Release Notes - 0.18

These are the CVS commit-based notes concerning additions and fixes in MythTV 0.18 -- thanks to Nathan Hessan for compiling these.

This page should constitute a final list of the changes that were in version 0.18. It's been protected; if anyone notes anything important that was missed, please put it on the talk page.

February

Feb 12 2005

• Fix - Transcode supports PES MPEG streams
• Feature - Menu images zoom when selected
• Feature - nuvexport now supports --require-cutlist option to only display programs with cutlists
• Feature - nuvexport error string for ffMPEG
• Fix - Cannot save music data back to database if you never loaded any
• Fix - sync mythmusic database with current version

Feb 13 2005

• Fix - scheduler priorities
• Fix - nuvexport typo's, formatting, and catching segfaults
• Fix - MythTV audio reinit bug
• Feature - mythvideo tree
• Fix - Theme adjustments
• Fix - Menu font switch to freesans

Feb 14 2005

• Fix - possible frame leak fixed
• Fix - Dutch translation
• Fix - debug verbose output in ivtvdecoder

Feb 15 2005

• Fix - Uninitialized alsa variable in libmyth
• Fix - quicker exit of recorded programs and dumping audio that is too early
• Fix - Updated manual recording page
• Fix - Changed recording colors in scheduler
• Fix - Cleaned OSD in bob mode
• Updated - German translation in myth weather
• Updated - Dutch and German translations in mythnews
• Updated - Dutch translation in mythmusic
• Updated - Dutch translation in mythgame
• Updated - Dutch translation in mythbrowser
• Updated - Dutch translation in mythfrontend
• Fix - record font on set priorities
• Updated - Documentation
• Feature - Added --gencutlist from commercialskip
• Fix - proper error messages from job queue
• Fix - typo in sipparser
• Fix - transcoder and commflag to run on proper host
• Fix - timecodes in transcoder
• Feature - resize video while being transcoded

Feb 16 2005

• Updated - Australian update to mythweb
• Feature - show only favorites on mythweb
• Fix - nuppleplayer defaults to 4:3
• Updated - nuvexport command line handling
• Fix - unknown codec in nuvexport
• Updated - image offset counts when drawing theme and allow wrapping for one row
• Updated - menu drawing faster and make redraw meaningful

Feb 17 2005

• Fix - Menu will not erase parent paint box
• Fix - allow deletion of recordings that have missing files
• Fix - transcoder can work on remote machines
• Updated - changed custom record gui handling
• Updated - OS X requires glext.h
• Fix - mythphone segfaults on network outage
• Updated - better UI image quality

Feb 18 2005

• Fix - OS X alpha buffer fixed
• Fix - named colors have alpha set like hex colors in UI
• Fix - HDTV readbuffer larger
• Fix - ivtv decoder cannot access past buffer
• Fix - transcoder timecode
• Updated - Jobqueue display number of simultaneous jobs
• Fix - ability to use logo detection only
• Fix - mythstatus box looks at proper data
• Fix - no more crash during bootstrapping langsettings.cpp
• Fix - enable localizations for mysql bootstrapping screens
• Fix - transcoding timecodes

Feb 19 2005

• Feature - Allow userjobs to be run from the info popup
• Fix - Allow transcoder to run on frontend that recorded instead of backend if selected
• Feature - Add aspect ratio change to "All" on commercial detection
• Feature - Allow manual recordings to be preserved even after mythfilldatabase
• Fix - Overlap handling in scheduler

Feb 20 2005

• Updated - Swedish translations in frontend and web
• Updated - Added icons in minimalist-wide theme
• Fix - Exclude manual record from whats new list
• Fix - default sort on channel priorities
• Fix - mythweb unit_select settings
• Fix - use mythcontext instead of hardcoded paths
• Fix - allow UDF only drives as CD by mediamonitor

Feb 21 2005

• Fix - get correct memory size stats
• Fix - hide override in unscheduled programs in mythweb
• Feature - myth.rebuilddatabase.pl is a script to fix direct user db interaction
• Updated - Swedish updates in frontend
• Fix - aacdecoder closing file

Feb 22 2005

• Fix - mythweb weather css typos
• Updated - nuvexport cli revamped
• Fix - fails on OS X compilation problems
• Fix - qt3.1 compatibility with commflag
• Feature - rerun scheduler each time recording status changes to ensure accurate schedule
• Feature - mfd uses same audio output method as mythmusic and core

Feb 23 2005

• Feature - moved mysql connections to use a connection pool, simplifies coding and handling
• Fix - added include unistd.h for mythdbcon.cpp
• Fix - channel query string in manual record
• Fix - smartplaylist sql queries
• Fix - dvd title queries
• Fix - imdb.pl removes "s when calling amazon

Feb 24 2005

• Fix - mythweb socket timeouts back to 20s
• Fix - plugins to work with new db pool

Feb 25 2005

• Fix - frontend doesn't manually reload recorded list after delete
• Fix - Backend sends update command to all frontends after delete
• Feature - Add index to recorded for faster loading
• Fix - Jobstop in db instead of globally
• Fix - segfaults in mythfilldatabase

Feb 26 2005

• Fix - backend mysql start state
• Updated - ivtvdecoder more efficient and understandable
• Updated - ivtvvideoout OSD fading enabled

Feb 27 2005

• Updated - docs
• Fix - OSD code cleanup
• Fix - show German in mythweb settings
• Updated - Mythweb general cleaning and category for video_edit and checkbox to search HD only

Feb 28 2005

• Fix - tableless search options in mythweb
• Fix - don't load UI image if is none
• Fix - sql syntax checks for Custom recording schedules

March

Mar 1 2005

• Updated - Optimized for PPC
• Fix - disabled inline mac functions
• Feature - mythweb sort channels according to prefered channels
• Fix - cleanup of mythweb channel_details
• Fix - invisible channels in mythweb
• Fix - cleanup mythweb javascript code
• Fix - updated scheduled_recordings.php to show never record more accuratly
• Fix - general cleanup of mythweb code
• Updated - mencoder support
• Fix - mythfrontend typo
• Fix - audio bitrate > 0

Mar 2 2005

• Updated - DC6412 settings

Mar 3 2005

• Fix - leaks in screensaver
• Updated - added missings options to help in mythbackend

Mar 4 2005

• Updated - general code cleanup
• Fix - customrecord code for qt3.1
• Updated - swedish translation stuff
• Updated - video scan code(differences between fs and db)
• Updated - finnish translation

Mar 5 2005

• Updated - mfd handles what services are available
• Fix - mfd daapserver strings

Mar 6 2005

• Fix - typo in recording priorities
• Fix - Scheduler continues after a bad rule
• Fix - Weekly manual schedule logic
• Fix - smoother ffwd

Mar 7 2005

• Fix - force compression from nuv to rtjpeg
• Feature - -1 in Xinerama will span all screens
• Updated - mfd acts the same as mythmusic in metadata table

Mar 8 2005

• Updated - mythcontext handles screen sizes
• Fix - commercial skip cannot put marker in last 2 seconds of program(fixes hang)
• Updated - cleaned up job queue
• Feature - lock the database so that multiple systems cannot upgrade it at the same time
• Updated - improvments to nuvexport
• Feature - mfd uses http service lister

Mar 9 2005

• Fix - mythweb wml theme compatability
• Updated - mythweb weather icon theme

Mar 10 2005

• Fix - mythweb manual recording schedules

Mar 11 2005

• Updated - finnish translations
• Feature - handles non p2p firewire connections
• Feature - rtsp(real time streaming protocol) connections

Mar 12 2005

• Updated - cleaned up ffMPEG multipass signal

Mar 13 2005

• Fix - update ATSC when service version doesn't match database
• Fix - disable screensaver with play button
• Feature - download movie trailers
• Feature - job options for a playlist
• Updated - add never record to popup
• Fix - Auto expire only to files that exist
• Fix - transcoder and recorder can work with files that do not have typical framerates

Mar 14 2005

• Feature - clear osd keybinding

Mar 15 2005

• Updated - mythtvsetup changed to mythtv-setup
• Fix - enable save option on don't record options

Mar 16 2005

• Updated - mythweb done command
• Feature - added -vtag divx to nuvexport

Mar 17 2005

• Updated - documentation

Mar 19 2005

• Feature - using livemedia library for rstp
• Feature - plextor ConvertX support
• Fix - new overrides are always active so inactive will work

Mar 20 2005

• Fix - segfault on quiting mythphone

Mar 21 2005

• Updated - added -geometry override in mythfrontend
• Fix - less delay for MPEG-ts playback
• Updates - new configuration script

Mar 22 2005

• Feature - record status column in scheduled recording on mythweb
• Fix - mythweb javascript popups
• Fix - discard sections tables in dvb

Mar 23 2005

• Fix - stop discarding subchannels of 0
• Fix - configure script
• Fix - metadata stuff
• Fix - updated mythweather url
• Fix - check paths for nes screenshots
• Fix - 5 images for animated maps instead of 6
• Updated - sort music artists without leading "The ..."
• Feature - backend available through xml http://<ip>:6544/xml
• Updated - Italian translation
• Feature - allow 350 playback without a volume control
• Fix - save more program data with recording rather then depending on it from program table
• Fix - pvr-350 and 64 bit machines
• Fix - kill dvb signal strength for general use
• Fix - DEC2000-t scan improvments
• Fix - nytimes rss feed
• Fix - uninitialized variables for scanwizard
• Fix - mythgame won't die if 'system' isn't present
• Fix - improved poster handling
• Fix - sort recordings by original air date
• Feature - support multiple album images
• Fix - improved metadata extraction from filename's
• Updated - MythBrowser update
• Updated - protocol version number change
• Updated - French translation
• Updated - swedish translation

Mar 24 2005

• Fix - xvmc/xvmcvld defaults of off
• Fix - configure script updates

Mar 25 2005

• Fix - mythgame fixes
• Updated - added celeron, p3, p4, xeon, and AMD athalon to configure
• Feature - Mouse cursor visibility checkbox

Mar 26 2005

• Fix - general dvb fixes
• Updated - removed dvb status page
• Feature - added mmx and xbox processor to configure
• Fix - channel table
• Fix - can't adjust mute/volume if no output

Mar 27 2005

• Fix - tweaked mythcontext to work with mac's
• Feature - Add autotranscode before commflag
• Feature - Allow commflaging while being recorded
• Feature - jobqueue has three sections global, host, and job
• Feature - job start time

Mar 28 2005

• Fix - display aspect ratio tightened up
• Fix - Strict commercial detection works with blank frame detection
• Updated - Documentation
• Fix - transcoding works with AC3 passthrough
• Fix - prevent overlapping OSD's
• Fix - first page of database settings wasn't getting saved

Mar 29 2005

• Fix - added hardware decoder option for dec2000-t
• Fix - ffMPEG cannot deinterlace twice
• Updated - swedish translations
• Fix - power search only allows one wildcard
• Updated - changed colors in Iulius
• Updated - added step ability with combo boxes
• Fix - old recordings compatibility issues

Mar 30 2005

• Fix - nuvexport commandline -vcd instead of dvcd
• Fix - OS X display resets if myth crashes

Mar 31 2005

• Fix - added options to configure

April

Apr 1 2005

• Fix - update nuvexport timestamps
• Fix - added showwith option for osd
• Updated - "go back from where I skipped from button"
• Updated - added fast-denoise option for nuvexport
• Fix - Cannot comm skip within last 10 sec of recording
• Updated - commercial skip has it's own configuration page
• Fix - DCT6200 support
• Fix - re-record autoexpired
• Updated - change recording priorities keybindings - left decrease, right increase

Apr 2 2005

• Fix - mythnotify on OS X
• Updated - nuvexport complete command line implementation
• Updated - english mythweb updates
• Fix - mythweb "returns to near deleted"
• Fix - deinterlace runs in ffMPEG
• Updated - swedish translation
• Updated - german tranlation
• Feature - added audio output nulldevice
• Feature - DiSEqC switch support
• Fix - mythweb variable declaration

Apr 3 2005

• Feature - log file added to mythweb
• Updated - ffMPEG based conversions support aspect ratio's
• Fix - nonvisible channels not displayed in browse mode
• Fix - removed wildcard from people search, speed improvment
• Updated - nuvexport closer to old behavior and bug fixes
• Updated - query vbitrate even on vbr
• Fix - commercial skip false detection
• Fix - OS X compile problem

Apr 4 2005

• Updated - added -v to mythtranscode
• Fix - transcode exporter aspect ratio and rate conversion handling
• Feature - added custom record powersearch with find types
• Updated - documentation
• Fix - QT 3.3.4 date work around
• Feature - fetch movie theater data from TMS servers

Apr 5 2005

• Updated - add --help, --usage, and -geometry to mythtv-setup
• Updated - add --usage, -display and fix of -geometry in mythfrontend
• Updated - swedish translation
• Updated - start on mythmovietime ui
• Updated - mythphone changes: support codec changes mid-call, max_bandwidth parameter, german lang, and various bug fixes

Apr 6 2005

• Updated - mythmovietime fixes
• Updated - documentation
• Fix - minor changes to message loop
• Fix - slave backend problems
• Updated - sort program list by time and title in program list

Apr 7 2005

• Feature - fully added mythmovietime to menu
• Updated - added short form of -geometry and updated -usage in setup and frontend
• Fix - remote tuners not listed as local
• Fix - percentage display of comm flag for realtime flagging
• Updated - swedish translations
• Updated - get true aspect ratio and displayres in mythfrontend
• Updated - more processors in configure script
• Updated - 1 and 2 keys sort previously recorded page
• Fix - international support for MPEG files aspect ratio's
• Fix - mythtv visual class to avoid name conflicts
• Feature - added mythdeque class
• Fix - mythcontext compiler warning
• Feature - added 2cpu.com to news

Apr 8 2005

• Updated - if user hasn't configured mythmovietimes go to config plugin
• Fix - mythfrontend compiler error
• Updated - mythvideo layout

Apr 9 2005

• Fix - parental levels in video tree
• Feature - added tstorms in mythweather
• Updated - documentation
• Feature - for title lists, sorting by subtitles
• Fix - ringbuffer in livetv
• Fix - get rid of autotranscode for livetv
• Fix - realtime comm flag percentage display
• Fix - clear dtv_multiplex table when clearing channel settings
• Fix - mythmusic compile problem
• Fix - clarify connection error messages
• Fix - disable processor specific optimizations
• Fix - mythvideo compile problem
• Fix - schedule manually, and handling of multiple cards
• Fix - compiler warnings
• Fix - reenable autotranscode for livetv

Apr 10 2005

• Updated - bump version names
• Fix - rearranged videomode settings page for bigger fonts
• Updated - log audio language
• Updated - mythgame improvments
• Fix - program guide freeze during livetv
• Fix - smart playlists
• Fix - allow bookmarks for video files
• Fix - theme fallback support
• Updated - translations
• Fix - log utf8
• Updated - feeds for mythnews
• Updated - mythbrowser enhancements
• Fix - mame version parsing