Archives for January 2008

January 30, 2008

Source updates

I’ve been working on getting all my changes checked in, and I’m mostly done. However, there have been lots of merges into the Linux branch from the trunk, and in...

January 28, 2008

Release 0.0.7: Let there be Mini support!

A few changes in this release: Support for GMA950-based video hardware, like Mac Mini and some MacBooks. Until this point you’ve had to live vicariously through your larger-mac’d brethren. No...

January 25, 2008

Shortest Release Cycle Ever: 0.0.6

OK, I figured out why DTS wasn’t working. I suppose it would help to actually build libDTS. Now passthrough works with both AC3 and DTS for me and Scott, who...

January 25, 2008

Release 0.0.5: Better AC3 passthrough?

OK, my head is still spinning from all the CoreAudio reading and VLC/Portaudio source browsing I’ve been doing. I’ve made a few changes that seem to help out the passthrough...

January 25, 2008

Looking for some help with AC3/DTS passthrough

Specifically, I’m looking for someone with a surround receiver hooked up to run this binary and send me the console output (specifically, the stuff about “Asked to create device…”, “Considering…”,...

January 23, 2008

Release 0.0.4: Yummy!

Lots of good stuff in this release: Video thumbnails are auto-generated for stacked files. More OpenGL fixes for GMA950, it **might** work on Mac Mini and Mac Book now. If...

January 22, 2008

Status with Mac Mini and Macs with ATI video

Just to let you know, there are still problems with GMA950 video cards (used by the Mac Mini). I changed some of the calls from glMultiTexCoord2f to glMultiTexCoord2fARB, but it...

January 21, 2008

Much progress on video

Changes in this version: Videos play at the right speed, and don’t lock up. Even seeking works. Audio now works during video playback, including DTS and AC3 passthrough!! SDL’s OpenGL...

January 19, 2008

Audio hardware poll

I’m looking for some input into the names of audio outputs on different Mac models (e.g. “Internal Speakers”, “Line Out”, etc.) I’m especially interested in the names of your digital...

January 16, 2008

Fix for video problems on ATI

For those of you who experience a green screen when viewing videos, download this new version. I’ve disabled the ATI-specific OpenGL renderer, since (a) I’m not quite sure what its...

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