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@@ -0,0 +1,452 @@ +libavg 1.8.1 - June 21, 2014 + + Bugfixes: + * Fixed anim keepAttr bug (#496) + * Fixed XInput multitouch support (r9651, #489) + * Documentation fixes (r9648, r9637, r9636, #487) + * Cleaner test output (r9629, r9630, #410) + * Fixed undefined reference in VDPAUHelper (r9635, #486) + * libav 0.10.0 support + +libavg 1.8.0 - Feb 15, 2014 + + svn revision 9557 + + Bugfixes + +libavg 1.8.0.pre2 - Feb 8, 2014 + + svn revision 9545 + + Bugfixes + +libavg 1.8.0.pre1 - Jan 11, 2014 + + svn revision 9495 + + Major New Features: + * Skinnable widget library including all standard button types, sliders, scroll and + progress bars, on-screen keyboard and media controls. + * Major speed improvements: libavg can now handle thousands of visible nodes, switched + to entirely shader-based rendering. + * New cool Firebirds sample (Scotty). + * Powerful unified event handling framework based on publish/subscribe pattern. + * Support for GLES and Raspberry Pi. + * Complete rewrite of the video decoder subsystem: Audio consistently works, VDPAU + support. + * Shiny new logging subsystem (Richy) + * Powerful new app class (OXullo) + + Less Major New Features: + * New StateMachine class + * WordsNode.alphagamma + * GPUInvertFilter (Richy) + * Faster handling of filled vector nodes (Benjamin Granzow) + * Easier creation of derived node classes in python + * €1 jitter filter support for gestures + * Global libavg.player variable + * CPU Thread affinity used for cleaner playback when many threads are involved + * Debug OpenGL context support + * Player.callFromThread() + * FontStyle class + * SwipeRecognizer gesture recognizer + * Bitmaps: added blt(), getResized(), (Incomplete) support for bitmaps > 2 GB, thread + pool support for BitmapLoader. + + LOTS of minor new features, support for current OSes and graphics drivers, bugfixes, + etc. + +libavg 1.7.1 - Jan 26, 2012 + + svn revision 7008, branch release1.7.x + + Bugfixes: + + - Mac avg_env.sh handling of PKG_CONFIG_PATH fixed (r6886). + - Fixed handling of files > 2 gb in VideoWriter (r6905, Bug #279). + - Fixed VideoWriter crash with some ffmpeg versions (r6922). + - Fixed crash when stopping and seeking one video simultaneously (r6961). + - Fixed slow tests on Linux machines with ATI display drivers (r6970). + - Fixed TUIO support under Linux x86-64 (r6982). + +libavg 1.7.0 - Oct 29, 2011 + + svn revision 6888, branch release1.7.x + + Bugfixes + +libavg 1.7.0.pre1 - Oct 29, 2011 + + svn revision 6871 + + Major New Features: + * Expanded effects support: New HueSatFXNode and InvertFXNode by Richard Klemm, major + speed improvements. + * Polished multitouch gesture support. + * New Contact class that delivers per-touch data, per-touch callbacks that make + event handling a lot easier. + * SVG support. + * New BitmapManager that allows loading of bitmaps in a background thread (OXullo + Intersecans). + + Other Changes: + * Lots of performance optimizations. + * Linux ATI graphics are supported now. + * Major speed improvements to VideoWriter. Saving full HD videos is not a problem + anymore and costs little performance for the main rendering thread. + * Callbacks don't hold references to python objects anymore - this should make + freeing nodes a lot easier. + * New StateMachine class. + * Added Player.getPixelsPerMM(), getPhysicalScreenDimensions(), assumePixelsPerMM() + * Added touch feedback class. + +libavg 1.6.0 - May 29, 2011 + + svn revision 6022, branch release1.6.x + + Bugfix release + +libavg 1.6.0.pre2 - May 27, 2011 + + svn revision 6018, branch release1.6.x + + Bugfix release + +libavg 1.6.0.pre1 - May 20, 2011 + + svn revision 5974 + + Major New Features: + * New Sphinx-based reference. + * Unified multitouch interface: internal tracker can now be activated using + enableMultitouch(), Windows 7 touch is supported, linux multitouch using + XInput 2.1 and LibMTDev. Drivers are autodetected if possible. + * (Finally!) Added clean windows build files for VS 2010 to the open source + distribution. + + Other Changes: + * (Finally!) Found an invisible workaround for the Linux/Mesa graphics segfault + that's been plaguing us for years (Chase Douglas). + * Support for input devices defined in python (Henrik Thoms). + * Added VideoWriter class (initial version by Henrik Thoms). + * Added initial manipulation classes for multitouch gesture support. + * Added connect/disconnectEventHandler functions to replace setEventHandler() + * Added Player.getFrameDuration(). + * Added geom.Arc and geom.PieSlice node classes. + * Added Player.isUsingShaders(). + * Added Player.getScreenResolution(). + * 16 bit texture support is more robust. + * Frame times are now monotonic, so libavg installations survive time zone changes. + * libavg can be built with binutils-gold under linux. + * Intelligent fallback for multisampling. + * FXNodes can now change the size of the node - necessary e.g. for blur and shadow. + * Added Player.getTimeSinceLastFrame(). + * Added avg_checkvsync.py utility. + +libavg 1.5.3 - February 20, 2011 (Linux only) + + svn revision 5599 + + Major new feature: + * Linux XInput 2.1 Multitouch support. + +libavg 1.5.1 - November 14, 2010 (Mac only) + + svn revision 5275 + + Fixed bug that caused fullscreen apps to crash on the mac (Bug # 162). + +libavg 1.5.0 - November 6, 2010 + + svn revision 5270 + + Major New Features: + * Nodes can be constructed directly from python, making createNode unnecessary. + * Added support for rendering avg scenes to offscreen canvases. + * Added GPU-based effects framework and Blur, Shadow, Chromakey effects. + * Added multitouch driver model and support for Apple Magic Trackpads and TUIO + devices. + * Support for flash videos with an alpha channel. Decoding is GPU-accellerated. + + Other Changes: + * Added color controls (gamma, brightness, contrast) to all RasterNodes. + * Node constructors have a parent parameter which makes a following addChild + redundant. + * Added Player.setEventHook(). + * Added onscreen keyboard for touchscreens. + * WordsNode.getNumLines(), .getCharIndexFromPos(), .getTextAsDisplayed(). + * DivNode.getEffectiveMediaDir(). + * Clearer profiling that works for multiple threads. + * Added AVG_BREAK_ON_IMPORT and AVG_BREAK_ON_ASSERT env variables. + * Added AVG_DUMP_TEST_FRAMES env variable. + * Added Player.setWindowFrame(). + * Added VideoNode.queuelength. + * Video stability & timing improvements. + * DivNode crop default is now false. + * Node class names are unified: All names end with 'Node': WordsNode, DivNode, etc. + * Added ImageNode.compression for 16 bpp texture support. + * Added avg_audioplayer.py. + + * Various compiler compatibility fixes: Compiles with gcc 4.5 and VC++ 2010 now. + * Lots of bugfixes - see the bug tracker. + +libavg 1.5.0.pre3 - November 4, 2010 + + svn revision 5267 + +libavg 1.5.0.pre2 - November 3, 2010 + + svn revision 5263 + +libavg 1.5.0.pre1 - October 31, 2010 + + svn revision 5244 + +libavg 1.0.0 - January 8, 2010 + + svn revision 4489 + + New Features: + + * hinting is now optional in words node. + * Multitouch emulation module added to AVGMTApp. + * masks now work with words nodes. + * Added video.volume property and video.hasAudio() method. + * Added AVG_LOG_CATEGORIES environment variable. Log configuration is now + done using the environment and not by calling a method. + * Added maskpos and masksize attribute so masks can be moved and rescaled. + * Added Player.getKeyModifierState() + * Added sse2 version of yuv->rgb color conversion. + * Added avg_videoinfo.sh. + * Added mesh node. + * Added avg_showcamera --resetbus to reset the firewire bus after crashes. + + Other Improvements: + * New anim framework is now stable. + * Snow Leopard compatibility. + * avg_showcamera has much better command line handling. + * The test suite is faster and a lot more comprehensive. + * hrefs and mediadirs are now unicode-aware, so filenames like "ö.png" + should work. + * node.unlink(True) now deletes all event handlers in the node, making + it a lot easier to avoid memory leaks. + * Lots of bug fixes: + - Windows gamma is now reset correctly on program end. + - Linux vsync now much more stable. + - Setting node.pos.x now throws an error instead of being ignored. + Same for all other Point2D attributes. + - video.getNumFrames() now returns the exact number of frames. + - Behaviour of nodes before Player.play() and when they are not in the + avg tree is now much more stable. + - Fixed words node sensitive area for centered and right-aligned nodes. + +libavg 1.0.0.pre3 - January 6, 2010 + + svn revision 4475 + +libavg 1.0.0.pre2 - December 23, 2009 + + svn revision 4398 + +libavg 1.0.0.pre1 - December 21, 2009 + + svn revision 4387 + +libavg 0.9.0 - August 23, 2009 + + svn revision 4100 + + Major new features: + + * Support for vector node types: Line, PolyLine, Curve, Circle, Polygon, + Rectangle. Vector nodes can be textured, with the closed vectors taking two + textures: one for the outline, one for the fill. Vector drawing is GPU-based. + * Plugin support. Plugins written in C++ can define complete new node types. + * Powerful (but still experimental) new animation framework. + * Unified & much more stable camera drivers. Consistent support for all + resolutions & framerates we could test. Support for more than one camera on all + platforms. fw800 is supported. + * Uniform support for aggregate types in node interfaces (node.pos, node.pivot, + ...) + + Other improvements: + * gcc 4.4 and ffmpeg 0.5.0 compatibility. + * Added letterspacing support to words node. + * Threaded videos are now the default. + * Improved video seek and loop performance. + * New Node::getElementByPos() method that returns the node at that point on the + screen. + * Added avg.svnrevision and avg.svndate properties so the avg version can be + queried. + * New avg_showfont.py utility to help font selection. + * New avg_showcamera.py utility to help camera setup. + * New avg.getMemoryUsage function that returns the resident set size. + * New Words.addFontDir(). + * Added support for mipmapping node textures, including videos. + * rasternode.maskhref to support static alpha masks for any videos, word nodes, + etc. + + Syntax and semantic changes: + * In the course of adding aggregate types for node attributes, several attributes + have changed: + - words.size is now called words.fontsize. + - pivotx and pivoty have been replaced by pivot. + * right-aligned and centered words nodes are positioned differently. + * avgtrackerrc syntax has changed significantly; see src/avgtrackerrc.minimal. + * Support for firewire cameras using libdc1394 ver. 1 has been phased out. Please + install ver. 2.x. + * The old python-based anim framework is marked deprecated. You need to explicitly + use the namespace anim to access it. + +libavg 0.9.0.pre3 - August 20, 2009 + + svn rev. 4086 + +libavg 0.9.0.pre2 - August 11, 2009 + + svn revision 4066 + +libavg 0.9.0.pre1 - August 9, 2009 + + svn revision 4046 + +libavg 0.8.0 - September 22, 2008 + + svn revision 3196 + +libavg 0.8.0.pre3 - September 16, 2008 + + svn revision 3171 + + * Fixed testgpu bug on older graphics cards. + * Fixed gcc 4.3 compile. + * Error instead of crash if vertex buffers are not supported. + +libavg 0.8.0.pre2 - September 13, 2008 + + svn revision 3161 + + Major new Features: + + * Major tracking improvements: Parts now run as shaders on the GPU, + lots of optimizations, speed and ellipse axes of blobs are now available + in python, blob contours can be calculated, etc. + * Major rendering performance improvements. + * Much improved words node - variant attribute to select font variant to use, + _much_ faster rendering, full unicode support, getGlyphPos() and + getGlyphSize() methods, avg_showfont.py utility (parts by oxullol02l.org). + * Support for stereo sound mixing (Mostly Nick Hebner - hebern@gmail.com). + * Support for audio playback for videos (Mostly Nick Hebner - hebern@gmail.com). + + Other improvements: + * General Mac OS X 10.5 stability. + * Added mediadir attribute for div nodes to specify where media used in child + nodes should be loaded from. + * Switched from ImageMagick to GraphicsMagick. + * Nodes can now be constructed in python using a dict for the attributes (Nick + Hebner - hebern@gmail.com). + * Mouse Wheel support. + * Added Player::setWindowPos() + * Added Node::unlink() to remove a node from the tree. + * The anim module now allows only one animation per node attribute. + * avg_videoplayer.py utility. + * Support for application-specific fonts. + * Added Player::getGPUMemoryUsage() (oxullo@02l.net). + * Experimental button, checkbox and textarea gui classes. + * Added Player::loadString() to load avg tree from a string. + * Added DivNode::reorderChild(), ::insertChildBefore() and ::removeChild(pNode). + * Experimental TUIO protocol support in remote.py. + * Support for bayer pattern decoding (oxullo@02l.net). + * Added Node::getAbsPos(). + * Added Node::getMediaSize(). + * Unicode handling for keyboard events. + * New Point2D class exposed to python. + * Added anim.abortAnim(node, attrName). + + +libavg 0.8.0.pre1 - September 9, 2008 + + svn revision 3118 + + +libavg 0.7.1.pre1 - November 25, 2007 + + svn revision 2439 + + Major new features: + + * Rotating div nodes is now possible curtesy of Nick Hebner (hebnern@gmail.com) + * Works with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) + + Other improvements: + + * Improved font rendering on Mac (pango-1.18.2, freetype-2.3.5) + * If AVG_CONSOLE_TEST is defined during make check, all tests that involve + opening windows are skipped. + * Fixed a memory corruption bug involving timeouts. + * Added draggable class. + * Added continuousAnimation class by Martin Heistermann + * Added DivNode::reorderChild() + * Fixes for new MacBook Pros with NVidia 8600 cards. + + +libavg 0.7.0 - August 31, 2007 + + svn Revision 2309 + + Major new features: + + * Support for camera tracking and multitouch surfaces. (Lots of code by + igor@c-base.org.) + * Multi-threaded video decoding and video playback at speeds other than the + player redraw speed. + * API cleanups (not really a major feature, but a heads up that things will + break :-)). + * Much improved documentation. + + Other improvements: + + * Improved dynamic node API (DivNode::insertChild()). + * Video4Linux support curtesy of Xullo (x@02l.net). + * Update to new ffmpeg version. + * Callback support on video end of file. + * Support for python threads. + * Improved warp interface. + * Event callbacks now pass the event as a parameter. + * Added Player::setOnFrameHandler(). + * Added Node::getRelPos(). + * Any pythoon callable can be used as event handler now using + Node::setEventHandler(). + * Added Anim.abort() and .isDone(). + * Lots of new automatic low-level tests. + * libavg now uses correct python package semantics. Use + 'from libavg import avg' to import it now. It shouldn't be necessary to + use PYTHONPATH anymore (igor@c-base.org). + * Much faster Image::setBitmap(). + +libavg 0.6.0 - October 7, 2006 + + svn Revision 1664 + + Major new features: + + * Added support for dynamically adding and removing nodes to/from the tree. + * libavg now runs under windows, curtesy of Thomas Schüppel. + + Other improvements: + + * Compatible with Mesa 6.5.1 OpenGL. + * Much improved Gentoo ebuild. + * Added event capture capability (setEventCapture/releaseEventCapture) to nodes. + * Major speed improvement for motion jpeg videos. + * Some panorama image improvements. + * Text rendering speed improvements, minor text rendering quality improvements. + * Fixed mac fontconfig configuration directory issue. + * Fixed camera bug that caused an endless loop after 16 open/close cycles. + * Better error checking for broken videos and missing video files. + * More minor bugfixes. + +libavg 0.5.9 - August 11, 2006 + + * Test suite now completely automatic and a lot faster. + |