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xine-lib (1-beta3)
  * PSX STR file demuxer
  * Westwood Studios AUD demuxer
  * PVA file demuxer
  * VOX file demuxer
  * NSF file demuxer
  * Goom plugin updated and acceleration added (mmx/ppc)
  * live rawdv playback (from device)
  * plugin loader improvements
  * basic oscilloscope post plugin
  * basic Fast Fourier Transform post plugin
  * CD digital audio input source and stream demuxer
  * Dialogic ADPCM audio decoder
  * reporting of unhandled codecs
  * NSF audio decoding via Nosefart
  * DVB plugin updated to new DVB API, DVB-C and DVB-T support
  * gnome-vfs input plugin added
  * external subtitles support. use either MRL syntax like 
    "test.mpg#subtitle:file.sub" or the frontend option.
  * updated VIDIX driver (image controls supported)
  * "mms over http" streaming protocol support
  * FLAC support (demuxer/decoder)
  * fixed yuy2 overlays on big-endian systems
	
xine-lib (1-beta2)
  * what a GOOM! post plugin
  * Digital TV (DVB) input plugin (experimental)
  * Interplay MVE playback system (file demuxer, video decoder, audio decoder)
  * support for real video 4.0 (through external real binary plugins)
  * quicktime binary-only codec support bugfixes
	
xine-lib (1-beta1)
  * updated libfaad
  * improved engine for seeking and slider positioning
  * network input plugin is working again
  * handle avi files produced by dvgrab
  * real media demuxer should handle most files now 
  * real media rv20/rv30 video and cook/sipro/dnet audio should work 
    (except dnet x86 only)
  * real media rtsp protocol streaming support
  * mms input plugin cleanup/bugfixes/improvements
  * syncfb and sdl vo plugins ported
  * quicktime binary-only codec support (highly experimental)
  * dmo wmv9 binary codec support
  * MNG demuxer added
  * raw dv demuxer added
  * many FLI/FLC fixes
  
xine-lib (1-beta0)
  * fix decoder priority configuration
  * cache available plugins for faster xine loading
  * metronom's improvements for streams with slightly wrong sample rates
  * fix case were XV driver would segfault (YUY2)
  * first xine post effect plugin
  * new version of internal libdvdread fixing some DVD problems
  * longstanding dxr3 bug fixed: for some still menus the highlight did not move
  * asf demuxer fixes
  * fb video output plugin ported to new architecture
  * MPEG-4 file (*.mp4) support
  * closed caption support ported to new architecture
  
xine-lib (1-alpha2)
  * configurable image position
  * DVD menu button highlight position fixes
  * internal engine changes to allow a new layer of post effect plugins
  * VCD playback fixed (actually it was a bug in the real demuxer)
  * pnm input plugin (old real network protocol)
  * real demuxer fixes
  * use binary real codecs to decode rv20/30 video, sipro/cook audio
    (experimental)
  * arts audio output plugin ported to new architecture
  * esound audio output plugin ported to new architecture
	
xine-lib (1-alpha1) 
  * transport stream demuxer fixes
  * DVD playback should be working again (please report DVDs that don't play!)
  * stdin_fifo input plugin
  * vcd input plugin  
  * native Windows Media Audio (a.k.a. WMA, DivX audio) decoding via ffmpeg
  * XviD decoder is working again
  * DV decoder (ffmpeg)

xine-lib (1-alpha0) 

  * dvd plugin replaced by dvdnav with full menu support
  * fix segfault on exit for w32codecs
  * fix yuy2 on xshm bug (affects w32codecs and msvc)
  * reimplemented x/y zoom
  * Wing Commander III MVE movie file demuxer
  * Creative Voice (VOC) file demuxer
  * Westwood Studios VQA file demuxer
  * AIFF file demuxer
  * Sun/NeXT SND/AU file demuxer
  * YUV4MPEG2 file demuxer
  * RealMedia & RealAudio file demuxers
  * Electronic Arts WVE file demuxer
  * Id CIN video decoder
  * QT RLE video decoder
  * QT SMC video decoder
  * QT RPZA video decoder
  * Wing Commander III video decoder
  * Logarithmic PCM (mu-law & A-law) audio decoder
  * GSM 6.10 audio decoder
  * Electronic Arts ADPCM audio decoder
  * time-based seeking in ogg-streams
  * improved support for ogg-streams containing video (so-called ogm streams)
  * spu encoding for full overlay support with dxr3
  * icecast/shoutcast support
  * dvd raw device support
  * decode id3v1 tags in mp3 files 
  * updated internal liba52 to version 0.7.4
  * numeric selection of dvd menu buttons (could make some dvd easter eggs accesible)
  * big api cleanup
  * xine engine can open more than one stream at a time
  * audio compressor filter
  * content detection fixes (e.g. mpeg program streams)
  * much improved plugin loader, makes it possible to have several
    versions of libxine installed in parallel
  * file:// mrl use an uri-like syntax now, %xx-encoded chars are handled,
    '?' is used to separate subtitle files
  * incorporated pgx64[fb] plugin
  * improved support for invalid mpeg streams
  * some metronom changes hopefully improving some last glitches in dvd playback
  * URI conforming MRL syntax, new delimiter # for various stream parameters
  * variuos fixes for dxr3 overlay mode
	
xine-lib (0.9.13) unstable; urgency=low

  * improved audio resampling for cards limited to 16 bits, stereo or mono
  * native wmv7 decoder using ffmpeg
  * enable ffmpeg's native msmpeg4 v1/v2 decoder
  * correct highlight placement for anamorphic and pan&scan menus with DXR3
  * half-way support for widescreen tv sets with DXR3
  * WAV file demuxer
  * SMJPEG file demuxer
  * Id CIN file demuxer
  * FLI file demuxer
  * FLI video decoder
  * Raw RGB video support
  * Raw YUV video support
  * Microsoft RLE decoder
  * AAC decoder (FAAD2 library)
  * Reworked ALSA audio support 
  * demux_qt improvements to handle .mp4
  * initial support of Quicktime6 files
  * image redraw in paused mode (for window resize, adjusts etc)
  * skip by chapters GUI enhancement
  * deliver frame statistics only if frames have been skipped/dropped

 -- Siggi Langauf <siggi@debian.org>  Sat,  3 Aug 2002 22:44:16 +0200

xine-lib (0.9.12) unstable; urgency=low

  * demux_ts fixes for ATSC streams
  * configurable size of avi subtitles
  * fixed bug in libsputext that caused subtitle flashing
  * update win32 codec loading code
  * use directshow filter to decode msmpeg4 v1/v2
  * fixed logo file name extension
  * fixed german i18n files

 -- Guenter Bartsch <guenter@users.sourceforge.net>

xine-lib (0.9.11) unstable; urgency=low
  
  * sync with ffmpeg cvs
  * some endianess and 64bit machine fixes
  * better quality using linearblend filter
  * new FILM (CPK) demuxer
  * new RoQ demuxer
  * RoQ video decoder
  * RoQ audio decoder
  * new SVQ1 decoder
  * new QuickTime demuxer
  * DXR3 overlay mode fixed
  * DXR3 support for libfame 0.8.10 and above
  * fixes for transport streams demuxer
  * VIDIX video out driver (experimental)
  * TV fullscreen support using nvtvd
  * better support for gcc 3.1 (libmpeg2)
  * assorted open source ADPCM audio decoders
  * support setting config options using "opt:" pseudo MRLs

 -- Guenter Bartsch <guenter@users.sourceforge.net>
 
xine (0.9.10) unstable; urgency=low

  * fixed snapshot: capture current frame with overlays
  * AVI progressive index reconstruction
  * demuxers seeking cleanup and fixes
  * "streaming" AVI support (plays growing files)
  * handle AVIs bigger than 2GB
  * new resizing behaviour for xine-ui: user may choose if stream
    size changes should update video window size.
  * fix VCD playback
  * libmad updated to 0.14.2b and optimized for speed 
  * cinepak video decoder (native)
  * libwin32 compilation fixes
  * dxr3 compilation fixes
  * SyncFB video-out (brightness/contrast control is back, updated doc, ...)
  * new spec files for rpm package generation (xine-ui and xine-lib)
  * SDL video out driver (experimental)
  * XVidMode support fixed

 -- Guenter Bartsch <guenter@users.sourceforge.net> 

xine (0.9.9) unstable; urgency=low
  
  * new (fast) demuxer seeking
  * libdivx4 updated to support divx5
  * several memory leak fixes
  * sound card clock drift correction
  * reworked video driver api
  * new deinterlace method (linear blend)
  * win32 dll stability fixes
  * updated ffmpeg (with divx5 support)
  * updated mpeg2dec (0.2.1)
  * new metronom code and discontinuity handling
  * logo moved to xine-lib
  * improved still frame detection and video_out code 
  * several dxr3 fixes
  * avi multiple audio stream support
  * font encoding support for avi subtitles
  * avi subtitles can be turned off
  * mms streaming plugin
  * better playing support for ffmpeg/win32 codecs on slow machines
  * using "%" instead of ":" as subtitle file seperator
  * xvid (http://www.xvid.org) codec support
  * use of $CFLAGS instead of $GLOBAL_CFLAGS 

 -- Guenter Bartsch <guenter@users.sourceforge.net> Sat Apr 20 20:32:33 CEST 2002

xine (0.9.8) unstable; urgency=low

  * Linux framebuffer video out driver (experimental)
  * several bugfixes
  * still frame detection
  * closed caption decoding
  * ffmpeg updated to cvs version
  * metronom bugfixes
  * better looking OSD fonts
  * fix audio pause on discontinuities
  * merged dxr3 and dxr3enc drivers into single dxr3 driver. See README.dxr3 
  * dxr3 encoding support for librte-0.4 besides the traditional libfame.
  * support for (live) mpg streams via tcp
  * two new skins

 -- Guenter Bartsch <guenter@users.sourceforge.net> Sun Jan 13 16:15:07 CET 2002

xine (0.9.7) unstable; urgency=low

  * fix some win32 dll segfaults
  * seamless branching on input_dvd
  * fix no audio deadlock
  * OSD (On Screen Display) for rendering text and graphics into overlays
  * reworked spu and overlay manager (multiple overlays supported)
  * support for avi text subtitles (use something like xine stream.avi:foo.sub)
  * altivec support

 -- Guenter Bartsch <guenter@users.sourceforge.net> Tue Nov 27 01:20:06 CET 2001

xine (0.9.6) unstable; urgency=low

  * demux_asf big fragments handling
  * working setup dialog (experimental)
  * dxr3 bugfixes
  * sun audio interface version fixed
  * fix segfault with -A null
  * add support for quicktime streams without audio
  * audio plugin interface fix

 -- Guenter Bartsch <guenter@users.sourceforge.net> Tue Nov 27 01:20:06 CET 2001

xine (0.9.5) unstable; urgency=low

  * improved responsiveness (pause, stop, resume, seek)
  * catch segfaults when loading plugins
  * test OS support for SSE instructions
  * new win32 codecs supported (including Windows Media Video 7/8)
  * libwin32dll bugfixes and DirectShow support
  * demux_asf reworked to handle asf oddities
  * input_http bugfixes, proxy, auth and proxy-auth support
  * snapshots of YUY2 images should work now
  * SyncFB video out plugin: bug fixes, YUY2 support and several enhancements
  * dxr3 overlay<->tv & TV mode switching on-the-fly (see README.dxr3)
  * new config file handling (.xinerc is gone, .xine/config is the replacement)
  * setup dialog preview
  * new metronom code for smoother playback of streams containing broken pts
  * xinerama patch by George Staikos <staikos@0wned.org>

 -- Guenter Bartsch <guenter@users.sourceforge.net> Fri Nov 23 14:10:26 CET 2001

xine (0.9.4) unstable; urgency=low

  * new SyncFB video out plugin (see README.syncfb)
  * catch SIGSEGV during libdivxdecore version probing. see README.divx4.
  * audio_force_rate .xinerc option

 -- Guenter Bartsch <guenter@users.sourceforge.net> Sun Nov  4 23:43:55 CET 2001

xine (0.9.3) unstable; urgency=low

  * XShm gamma adjusting (brightness)
  * bugfix: lot skipped frames and low cpu
  * bugfix: dolby 2.0 audio was not correctly played back (mono)
  * option for constant downmixing to dolby 2.0 added (see README.xinerc)
  * reworked spu/menu decoder
  * new deinterlace method using Xv scaling for slower systems
  * mmx/mmxext/sse optimized memcpy functions
  * oss softsync fixes
  * EXPERIMENTAL dxr3enc video driver for displaying non-mpeg streams on dxr3
    (read xine-ui/doc/README.dxr3 for details on compilation and usage)
  * version checking of external libdivxdecore.so in divx4 decoder plugin
  * default priority of divx4 decoder (4) lower than ffmpeg (5)
  * removed divx4 decoder warning and code cleanup; updated README.divx4
  * dxr3 option for 'zoom' mode (see README.dxr3)
  * dxr3 still-menu/audio sync fixes / menu buttons now auto-display
  * dxr3 now keeps BCS values in .xinerc / Aspect ratio autodetection
  
xine (0.9.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * bugfixes
  * ogg/vorbis support
  * improved softsync (esd, oss) support
  * ASF support
  * non-gcc compiler support
  * improved spu/menu support
  * fast, specialized scaling functions
  * documentation cleanup
  * audio volume slider

 -- Guenter Bartsch <guenter@users.sourceforge.net> Sun Oct 14 20:13:20 CEST 2001

xine (0.9.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * support for subtitle names
  * new software deinterlacer (try --deinterlace; caution: CPU intensive!)
  * new --version argument
  * autoconf-2.52/automake-1.5 support (please test!)
  * lots of small bugfxes...

 -- Siggi Langauf <siggi@debian.org>  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 01:48:38 +0200

xine (0.9.0) unstable; urgency=low

  * generic menu support
  * many bugfixes
  * quicktime demuxer
  * dts via s/pdif output

 -- Guenter Bartsch <guenter@users.sourceforge.net>  Fri Sep 14 01:37:31 CEST 2001

xine (0.5.3) unstable; urgency=low

  * small bugfix release

 -- Guenter Bartsch <guenter@users.sourceforge.net>  Wed Sep  5 02:41:11 CEST 2001

xine (0.5.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * many bugfixes
  * ffmpeg (mpeg4, opendivx ...) works on bigendian machines now
  * time-based seeking (try the cursor keys)
  * stream bitrate/length estimation (not implemented in all demuxers yet)
  * transport stream support should work now 
  * trick-plays (fast forward, slow motion, true pause function)
  * audio output architecture change

 -- Guenter Bartsch <guenter@users.sourceforge.net>  Sun Sep  2 23:47:00 CEST 2001

xine (0.5.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * ffmpeg plugin (OpenDivX, MS mpeg 4, motion-jpeg support)
  * various bugfixes

 -- Guenter Bartsch <guenter@users.sourceforge.net>  Sat,  11 Aug 2001 01:39:12 +0200

xine (0.5.0) unstable; urgency=low

  This is the big, long-awaited architecture change

  * new, plugin-based architecture
  * major GUI enhancements (MRL browser, usability...)
  * ports to Solaris (sparc/intel), IRIX (mips)
  * fullscreen and yuy2 support for XShm
  * support for remote X11 displays
  * aalib video output
  * artsd support
  * dxr3/h+ support now finally in the official tree
  * 4/5/5.1 audio channel output (OSS/ ALSA?)
  * a new default skin by Jérôme Villette

 -- Guenter Bartsch <guenter@users.sourceforge.net>  Sun,  22 Jul 2001 13:10:52 +0200

xine (0.4.3) unstable; urgency=low

  This is a minor bugfix release

  * GUI bugfixes and minor improvements
  * build fixes for FreeBSD
  * tarball should be complete now
  * improved demuxer file type detection
  * making metronom a bit more tolerant for small wraps
  * improved mp3 sample rate handling 

 -- Guenter Bartsch <guenter@users.sourceforge.net>  Sun,  16 May 2001 22:59:00 +0200

xine (0.4.2) unstable; urgency=low

  This is mainly a bugfix release for those who want a stable xine _now_,
  before the new, better, universal 0.5 architecture has stabilized.
  
  * RPM package fixes (version 0.4.01)
  * Stability/portability patches by Henry Worth
    (fixes lots of hangs and the like, should build on ppc now)
  * tests for ALSA version <0.9 in configure
  * improved synchronization, especially for AVIs
  * added file browser dialog (bad hack, but mostly working)
  * fixed "squeeking mpeg sound" bug
  * fixed segfault bug with non-seekable input plugins
  * fifo plugin now refuses to handle plain file name MRLs
    (fixes broken seek for files on some installations)
  
 -- Siggi Langauf <siggi@debian.org>  Sun,  6 May 2001 14:24:01 +0200

xine (0.4.0) unstable; urgency=low

  * new multithreaded architecture - xine becomes idle
  * notable performance improvements
  * lots of portability patches (alpha, powerpc...)
  * dynamic loading of demuxers

  * added support for ESD audio output
  * new CORBA interface (optional)

 -- Siggi Langauf <siggi@debian.org>  Sat,  3 Mar 2001 01:36:39 +0100

xine (0.3.7) unstable; urgency=low

  * subpicture/subtitle support
  * experimental AC3 digital output with some ALSA drivers 
  * restricted Debian build architecture to i386
    (closes:Bug#83138,Bug#83541,Bug#83373)
  * added Setup dialog for brightness and contrast controls

 -- Siggi Langauf <siggi@debian.org>  Sun,  4 Feb 2001 14:44:23 +0100

xine (0.3.6) unstable; urgency=low

  * support for field pictures
  * added autoprobing for audio driver
  * fixed autoconf paths for architecture independant files
  * VCD support for FreeBSD
  * raw device support fixed
  * libmpg123 update and bugfixes
  * mpeg audio (mp3) demuxer
  * video window resizing for Xv available
  * updated Debian control and copyright (closes:Bug#82817,Bug#83044,Bug#83047)

 -- Siggi Langauf <siggi@debian.org>  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:06:08 +0100

xine (0.3.5) unstable; urgency=low

  * (hopefully) fixed autoconf for Athlon processors
  * fixed aspect ratio calculation (=> SVCD support)
  * fixed demuxer bug (xine crashed aftera few minutes w/ some streams)
  * teletux support for YUY2 video format

  * added fixed build architecture for Debian package
  * Debian packages are now using /usr/lib/win32 for Windows Codecs
  * using English man page instead of French one, both to come...

 -- Siggi Langauf <siggi@users.sourceforge.net>  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 11:10:57 +0100

xine (0.3.4) unstable; urgency=low

  * re-debianized package using debhelper (much cleaner debian packages)

  * rudimentary support for win32 codecs
  * added Teletux support patch from Joachim Koenig
  * 3Dnow! support
  * build improvements on K6/K7 processors  

 -- Siggi Langauf <siggi@users.sourceforge.net>  Mon,  8 Jan 2001 04:03:11 +0100


xine (0.3.3) unstable; urgency=low

  * playlist, autoplay function
  * seamless branching
  * lpcm support
  * sigint handling
  * fixed shared memory release
  * fixed NTSC aspect ratio

 -- Siggi Langauf <siggi@users.sourceforge.net>  Thu, 04 Jan 2001 01:37:42 +0100


xine (0.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
  
  * audio rate up/downsampling
  * new yuv2rgb routines
  * anamorphic scaling for Xshm output
  * gui improvements (audio channel selection, fullscreen,
	  skinfiles, slider, transparency, a new theme)
  * ac3dec performance improved 
  * improved debugging/logging functions
  * improved dabian packages
  * RedHat 7 / gcc "2.96" build fixes

   -- Siggi Langauf <siggi@users.sourceforge.net>  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 02:44:18 +0100


xine (0.3.1p1) unstable; urgency=high

  * Bugfix for Debian package: 0.3.1 always segfaulted. This release should
    work... 

 -- Siggi Langauf <siggi@users.sourceforge.net>  Tue, 21 Nov 2000 21:43:18 +0100


xine (0.3.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Initial release of Debian package.

  * xine should run on kde now
  * better audio driver detection
  * fixed aspect ratio bug
  * fixed pause function (restart pos)
  * fixed playlist-next bug  

 -- Siggi Langauf <siggi@users.sourceforge.net>  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 15:33:28 +0100

xine (0.3.0+older) unstable; urgency=low
  
  0.3.0
        - NULL audio driver (ability to run without sound card) 
        - ALSA audio driver
	- pause function
	- simple playlist function
	- massive performance improvements for xshm
 	  through subslice output
	- gui/skin improvements
	- improved build process
	- improved internal architecture
	- many minor updates/bugfixes

  0.2.4
	this is a maintenance/bugfix
	release, just wanted to release all the small little changes
	before we go for the next big architecture update that will
	be in the 0.3.x series

	
  0.2.3
	- included patches by Alan Cox:
	  net_plugin, bug fixes (i.e. VCD ...)
	- xshm video output module fixed for bpp>16
	  (but don't use that for speed reasons!)
	- new iDCT_mmx code from walken 
	  => picture quality massively improved :))
	- FAQ update
	- speed improvements due to new compiler switches
	- minor Makefile fixes for FreeBSD ports 
  
 -- Siggi Langauf <siggi@users.sourceforge.net>  Sun,  7 Jan 2001 23:59:12 +0100