The movieplayer on the Linux and Unix variants platform called MPlayer has arrived at version 0.90 RC1. The following part can be found in the release notes:
We’ve started preparations for the real release: this pre-release is the RC1. There are quite some features about it which make it the player supporting all modern codecs of the world today. No other player can boast with support for all of RealAudio/Video 9, Windows Media Audio/Video 9, Quicktime Sorenson 3, QDesign Music Audio. This is a peak improvement, and I’m not talking PR now. I’m watching TV with MPlayer even now. I could do so even on my EGA or Hercules display. Quite touching isn’t it.[break]The changelog further informs us of the following points:[/break] Docs:
- new French translation
- Irix section
- various updates (both English & Hungarian)
Codecs:
- New codec pack download page (there are several packs for various IFs)
- Win32/Quicktime codec plugin DLL support -> SVQ3 + QDMC/QDM2/Qclp !!!
- Win32/DMO codec DLL interface support -> Windows Media Audio/Video 9 !!!
- MJPEG 2000 support (using Morgan & Imagepower VfW DLLs)
- libavcodec: optimized HuffYUV en/decoder, with experimental YV12 support
- libavcodec: mjpeg-b support (need more samples)
- more xvidencopts
- VorbisGain tag support, tremor (fast vorbis decoder lib) support
- BIG libavcodec messups & codmetics & cleanups & API changes & fixes
- dynamic plugin support for libmpcodecs (for future binary codec releases)
GUI:
- general code cleanup, more robust gtk code
- preferences: Screensaver, Autosync settings
- cache=4 fixed (caused jerky/lagging/slow playback with gmplayer)
Other:
- new config/cmdline parser code (optional)
- OSD menu system (preferences, shell, file selector etc)
- libaf: runtime cpudetection, volume, equalizer, better format conversion
- subtitle overlapping can be disabled, added subtitle sorting
- subtitle dump to JACOsub and SAMI formats
- displays URLs from ‘Reference Media’ type .mov files, dump generic data
- get position/length function in demuxers – for slavemode & -indentify
- -ao alsa9 surround fixes, 8-bit PCM fixed
- -vo dfbmga: -dr support, fixed OSD flickering
- -stop-xscreensaver fixed, support for KDE screensaver too
- More compiler warning fixes
- Altivec (G4) support
[break]The following mirrors are available:
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| Version number | 0.90 RC1 |
| Operating systems | Linux, BSD, Linux x86, UNIX |
| Website | mplayer |
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| License type | GPL |