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diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/history.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/history.xml index f93e0d9563..2b624920e3 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/history.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/history.xml @@ -6,104 +6,109 @@ <blockquote><para> This began a year ago... I have tried lots of players under linux -(mtv, xmps, dvdview, livid/oms, videolan, xine, xanim, avifile, xmmp) but -they all have some problem. Mostly with special files or with audio/video -sync. Most of them are unable to play both MPEG1, MPEG2 and AVI (DivX) -files. Many players have image quality or speed problems too. So I've -decided to write/modify one... +(<application>mtv</application>, <application>xmps</application>, +<application>dvdview</application>, <application>livid/oms</application>, +<application>videolan</application>, <application>xine</application>, +<application>xanim</application>, <application>avifile</application>, +<application>xmmp</application>) but they all have some problem. Mostly with +special files or with audio/video sync. Most of them are unable to play both +MPEG1, MPEG2 and AVI (DivX) files. Many players have image quality or speed +problems too. So I've decided to write/modify one... </para></blockquote><para>A'rpi, 2001</para> <para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">mpg12play v0.1-v0.3</emphasis>: Sep 22-25, 2000 + <emphasis role="bold"><application>mpg12play</application> v0.1-v0.3</emphasis>: Sep 22-25, 2000 </para> <para>The first try, hacked together in a half hour! I've used libmpeg3 from <ulink url="http://www.heroinewarrior.com"/> up to the version 0.3, but there were image quality and speed problems with it. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">mpg12play v0.5-v0.87</emphasis>: Sep 28-Oct 20, 2000 + <emphasis role="bold"><application>mpg12play</application> v0.5-v0.87</emphasis>: Sep 28-Oct 20, 2000 </para><para>Mpeg codec replaced with DVDview by Dirk Farin, it was a great stuff, but it was slow and was written in C++ (A'rpi hates C++!!!) </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">mpg12play v0.9-v0.95pre5</emphasis>: Oct 21-Nov 2, 2000 + <emphasis role="bold"><application>mpg12play</application> v0.9-v0.95pre5</emphasis>: Oct 21-Nov 2, 2000 </para><para>Mpeg codec was libmpeg2 (mpeg2dec) by Aaron Holtzman and Michel Lespinasse. It's great, optimized very fast C code with perfect image quality and 100% MPEG standard conformance. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer v0.3-v0.9</emphasis>: Nov 18-Dec 4, 2000 + <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.3-v0.9</emphasis>: Nov 18-Dec 4, 2000 </para><para>It was a pack of two programs: mpg12play v0.95pre6 and my new simple AVI player 'avip' based on avifile's Win32 DLL loader. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer v0.10</emphasis>: Jan 1, 2001 + <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.10</emphasis>: Jan 1, 2001 </para><para>The MPEG and AVI player in a single binary! </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer v0.11pre series</emphasis>: - </para><para>Some new developers joined and since 0.11 the MPlayer project - is a team-work! Added ASF file support, and OpenDivX + <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.11pre series</emphasis>: + </para><para>Some new developers joined and since 0.11 the <application>MPlayer</application> + project is a team-work! Added ASF file support, and OpenDivX (see <ulink url="http://www.projectmayo.com"/>) en/decoding. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer v0.17a "The IdegCounter"</emphasis> Apr 27, 2001 + <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.17a "The IdegCounter"</emphasis> Apr 27, 2001 </para><para>The release version of the 0.11pre after 4 months of heavy development! Try it, and be amazed! Thousands of new features added... and of course old code was improved too, bugs removed etc. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 0.18 "The BugCounter"</emphasis> Jul 9, 2001 + <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.18 "The BugCounter"</emphasis> Jul 9, 2001 </para><para>2 months since 0.17 and here's a new release.. Completed ASF support, more subtitle formats, introduced libao (similar to libvo but to audio), even more stable than ever, and so on. It's a MUST! </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 0.50 "The Faszom(C)ounter"</emphasis> Oct 8, 2001 + <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.50 "The Faszom(C)ounter"</emphasis> Oct 8, 2001 </para><para>Hmm. Release again. Tons of new features, beta GUI version, bugs fixed, new vo and ao drivers, ported to many systems, including opensource DivX codecs and much more. Try it! </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 0.60 "The RTFMCounter"</emphasis> Jan 3, 2002 + <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.60 "The RTFMCounter"</emphasis> Jan 3, 2002 </para><para>MOV/VIVO/RM/FLI/NUV fileformats support, native CRAM, Cinepak, ADPCM codecs, and support for XAnim's binary codecs; DVD subtitles support, - first release of MEncoder, TV grabbing, cache, liba52, countless fixes. + first release of <application>MEncoder</application>, TV grabbing, cache, + liba52, countless fixes. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 0.90pre10 "The BirthdayCounter"</emphasis> Nov 11, 2002 + <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.90pre10 "The BirthdayCounter"</emphasis> Nov 11, 2002 </para><para> Although this is not a release, I am going to mention it because it - came out 2 years after MPlayer v0.01. Happy birthday, MPlayer! + came out 2 years after <application>MPlayer</application> v0.01. + Happy birthday, <application>MPlayer</application>! </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 0.90rc1 "The CodecCounter"</emphasis> Dec 7, 2002 + <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.90rc1 "The CodecCounter"</emphasis> Dec 7, 2002 </para><para>Again not a release, but after adding Sorenson 3 (QuickTime) - and Windows Media 9 support, MPlayer is the world's first movie player with - support for all known video formats! + and Windows Media 9 support, <application>MPlayer</application> is the + world's first movie player with support for all known video formats! </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 0.90 "The CounterCounter"</emphasis> Apr 6, 2003 + <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.90 "The CounterCounter"</emphasis> Apr 6, 2003 </para><para>After more than 1 year, we finally concluded that the code was indeed stable again, and ready to be published as a release. Unfortunately we forgot even to increase the version number, and other annoying bugs went in, so get ready for... </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 0.91</emphasis> Aug 13, 2003 + <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.91</emphasis> Aug 13, 2003 </para><para>The above mentioned and lot of other bugs have been fixed. This is the latest stable version. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 1.0pre1 "Development on the beach"</emphasis> Sep 1, 2003 + <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 1.0pre1 "Development on the beach"</emphasis> Sep 1, 2003 </para><para>Although this is not a stable release, I am going to mention - it because it is the first pre version of the 1.0 series of MPlayer and - it is intended to help the <emphasis>big bug hunting party</emphasis>. + it because it is the first pre version of the 1.0 series of <application>MPlayer</application> + and it is intended to help the <emphasis>big bug hunting party</emphasis>. This is a huge step forward! </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 1.0</emphasis> date yet unknown + <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 1.0</emphasis> date yet unknown </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> |