Thread: mplayer_1.0rc1-maemo.21
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Serge is offline Serge
2007-11-21 , 07:43
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A new build of mplayer has been released. Here is the list of changes since mplayer_1.0rc1-maemo.18 (a previous public release):
mplayer (1.0rc1-maemo.21) unstable; urgency=low

* control: libgstreamer and libsdl added to deps
* rules: force usage of gstreamer and sdl

mplayer (1.0rc1-maemo.20) unstable; urgency=low

* Enabled liba52 support (AC3 audio)
* Fixed bug #1270 ('Problems with audio in some AVI files when using
dspmp3 or ffmp3 decoders for playback')
* Security patches from upstream (DSA 1244-1 and SAID 24302), the
risk was very low for Internet Tablets considering the typical use of
mplayer or probably even nonexistent (for example the use of cddb),
but having them applied is a good idea anyway

mplayer (1.0rc1-maemo.19) unstable; urgency=low

* build for N810 added
* added build dependencies to libjpeg-dev libosso-dev, libhildonfm2-dev,
and libxsp-dev
* Performance optimizations for motion compensation code, more ARMv5TE IDCT
optimizations. Decoding mpeg4 video on Nokia 770 is now faster (speedup is
up to 5%), N800 build should be also faster but to a lesser extent.
* Fix for a crash with Xv output when going to fullscreen and then coming
back, support for "-wid" option for nokia770 video output
driver (patches from MoRpHeUz)
* Fixed bug #1068 ('MPlayer fails to play any video file (with old
OS2007 version 2.2006.51-6)')
* Fixed bug #1273 ('Audio/video is out of sync on N800 after seeking in movies
which have audio track encoded with something other than mp3 (vorbis,
aac, ..) (firmware 3.2007.10-7)')
New release has been uploaded to maemo extras devel repository with the goal to move packages to normal extras repository later once they can be considered stable enough. You can add extras devel repository information to your application manager in the following way:

Nokia 770 (OS2006):
Catalogue name: testing maemo Extras
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel
Distribution: gregale
Components: free non-free

Nokia N800 (OS2007):
Catalogue name: testing maemo Extras
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel
Distribution: bora
Components: free non-free

Nokia N800/N810 (OS2008):
Catalogue name: testing maemo Extras
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel
Distribution: chinook
Components: free non-free

A big warning: Repository extras-devel is expected to be full of untested and broken versions of various software, so be carefull when using it. You can enable this repository, install mplayer and then disable it again. If you upgrade all the software to more recent versions from extras-devel repository, you have a (small) chance to break your system. If you want to test new experimental versions of various software (the last build of mplayer is an example of such experimental version) that's fine. Otherwise you need to be very careful using extras-devel repository and upgrade only the applications you really want to try, keeping all the rest of software at stable versions.

Alternatively you can manually download deb packages from:
http://repository.maemo.org/extras-d...ree/m/mplayer/ (OS2006)
http://repository.maemo.org/extras-d...ree/m/mplayer/ (OS2007)
http://repository.maemo.org/extras-d...ree/m/mplayer/ (OS2008)

OS2007HE is not officially supported (bora package has N800/N810 cpu specific optimizations and will not run on Nokia 770), but you can try a package for OS2006 as usual.

Package for OS2008 is still not quite stable, it needs more testing and bugfixes. But packages for OS2006 and OS2007 should be good enough. MPlayer should become somewhat faster with this release, especially on Nokia 770.
Last edited by Serge; 2007-11-24 at 18:17. Reason: Added a warning about extras-devel repository
 

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