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Differences amid Windows Version 1.0.2 and 1.0.3Windows magnetic declinationChanges amongst 1.0.2 and 1.0.3Video rigs* fetter painting quality when resizing the exposure on Windows Vista and 7, due to regressions in most popular drivers* newborn deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithmsDecoders* Windows version hurts right away natively the WMA professional personfessional codec, as itdidnt work in the packaged version of 1.0.2* Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 phone tracksEncoders* x264 has profile-limitter, liketranscodevcodec=h264,venc=x264profile=baseline,level=12..Input* Update for appletrailers lua script* Fixes on the RAR stream get through* Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams* discordant fixes for v4l and v4l2* Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxerService discovery* New udev module for linuxQt4 embrasure* Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panelsTranslations* French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updatesC hanges between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2Decoders* Native tin for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls* Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones* non-homogeneous fixes on theora and oggDemuxers* Various fixes for EPG sup portholehole in MPEG-TS demuxer* Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers admission fee* Fixes for v4l2 devices* Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanningQt larboard* Fix some playlist sorting issues mac OS X Interface* repair a crash when updating VLC* resolved a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)* added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item ( introduce-slave)* Added the Quit after Playback make mack OS X larboard* The Delete Preferences script is now delivered as a Universal Binarywith native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit* Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 no accommodate for Goom and SDL special text commentary stick out This port is still co nsidered as EXPERIMENTAL disdain its binary release.Encoders* MPEG2 transrate stream output removed* x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.* x264 rc- doings fixes if user defines qp-value, CQP- manner is employ otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used otherwise ABR-mode is used* x264 behave vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasnt defined these ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)Playlist* Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playbackUnix builds* Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSDTranslations* New Kazakh and Croatian translations* Lithunanian translation is purchasable on Windows* Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Brazilian, Arabic and French translation updatesChanges between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1Demuxers* Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop* Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and perceptual constancy for wav format* Fix seek in RTSP in unanimity to RFC 2 326* Fix Dailymotion access script* Fix crashes in xspf files handler* Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows versionAccess* Add extra caching for files on network shares* Prevent integer underflow in significant pseudo-RTSP module, notice by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, AlgeriaDecoders* Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files* Improve SSA subtitles rendering* Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac versionMuxers* Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audioQt Interface* Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller* Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders openingMac OS X Interface* Added options to disable patronize for apple Remote and Media Keys* resolved options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding* inflexible redraw issues when autosizing the video window* Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips* More reliable Information and Messages panels* Fix various crashesWindows port* The ZVBI module is now available f or Windows, for complete teletext stand outTranslations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, LithuanianChanges between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10HTTP Interface* frigid default ACLMac OS X* primed(p) crashes on multi-screen setups* Corrected chroma and subtitle encode options in the Preferences* better Information panel behavior, when playlist is not dis vie* Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models* Added a menu-item to unlock the video windows aspect ratio* Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window* Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidiVarious fixes to the following modules* access HTTP, SMB updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ) Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,DZCORE Labs, Algeria* stream out RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge* decoder TSCCChanges between 0.9.9a and 1.0.0Important notes-* Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.See Access for more info.* persist for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitationsPlayback* Instantaneous pa apply* Frame-by-Frame playback* Finer speed control* On-the-fly recording for all medias* Timeshift for most medias* RTSP trickplay support* Subtitles core improvements and fixesDecoders* New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder* New Dolby Digital Plus E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder* New True HD/MLP decoder and parser* New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder* New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder* meliorate Real Video 3.0 4.0 decoder* New WMA v1/2 glacial point integer decoder* Closed Captions use the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded* approach of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode* Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and orderingDemuxers* shop at for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files* Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)* Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD* Me tadata for mod files are supported* GSM codecs in Wav files are supported* New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams* New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streamsEncoders* Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)* Shine mp3 fixed-point encoderAccess* RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server* On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)* Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives* DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows* New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer supportOSS or Alsa audio input. Use input-slave alsa// or oss// if needed.* DVB scanning on linux* EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support* On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the formzip//file.zip/file.avi to specify the file the development form ofzip//file.zipfile.avi is not supported bothmore)* Opening of any file descriptor using fd//* MTP device access on Unix* CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)* s tart-time and stop-time can handle sub-second valuesInputs* Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules* Screen module now features partial screen capture and pilfer following onWindows and Mac OS X.Playlist* trade the playlist in HTML* Lua script for BBC radio playback* Better metadata handling and readingLinux/Windows interface* Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux* Various fixes for skins2 interface* Recently played items list* Interface toolbar customizations* Various Improvements on the Qt interface More menus actions Finer speed slider Improvements on many dialogs New dialog for plugins listing Fixed-size mode for videos Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control* Better integration in GTK environmentsMac OS X Interface* Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)* Reveal-in-Finder useableity for locally stored items.* Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu* Additional usability improvementsStream output* Re stored the old mpeg2 transrating module.* eight-fold bridge-in instances are now possible.* bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.* Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.* Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.Maemo Port* New Maemo port with an interface based on Hildon framework. scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.Windows CE PortEXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.Mac OS X Port* EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support* Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc* New document icons by Dominic Spitaler* financing for latest iSight modelsAudio output* Removed obsolete Esound and humanities plugins* Surround support for PulseAudioVideo output* Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output* Video is able to stay in original size and to birr in fullscreen(hotkey o) while keeping black borders* Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named scene.The old image video output has been removed.* co-occurrence f or scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample waswithdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.Miscellaneous* Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applicationsNew Localization* Khmer* Mongolian* SoraniChanges between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9aMac OS X* Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port* Playback fixes for PowerPC-based MacsChanges between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9Decoders* Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 4.0Demuxers* Various fixes related to real demuxerMac OS X Interface* Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel Note that VLC willing show culture on the currently _selected_ iteminstead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in themain controller window.* Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / trade WizardMac OS X Port* Improved video playback performance on Intel-based MacsNew Localizations* Indonesian* Bengali* Updates of other localizat ionsVarious bugfixes* Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.* Lots of small bugfixes.* Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows* Telnet fixes on Windows* Resampling fixes when transcodingChanges between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a guarantor update* Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)Bunch of small bugfixes.Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6New Localizations* UkranianSecurity updates* Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)* Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5Security updates* Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)* Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS buildsFeatures* Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2Various bugfixes* Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks* Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)Windows port* Fix bug where interface was eating some media keys* Fix some crashes in DirectShow accessQt Interface* Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didnt reset the dialog states* Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled* Various fixed in playlistAccess* MMAP module is now deactivated by defaultTranslations* Update of Brazillian, Swedish translationChanges between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4Various bugfixes* Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread* Fixes several memory leaks.Mac OS X port* Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )* Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.* Fixed targetname for downloaded updatesWindows port* Stability fix for the video output.Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3Various bugfixes* Fixed delirium tremens channel order on 5.1 systems* Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD* Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes* Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype* Fixed update system bugs* Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, s ubtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive+)Mac OS X port* Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs* Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences* Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X* Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences* Thicker border to the subtitle renderer* Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard* Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X* Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X* Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to keep down crashes onmodern Mac OS X versionsWindows port* Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller* Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasnt correctly uninstalled onwards installation* Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback* Multiple directory and path location fixes.Qt4 interface* Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel* Fixed deep in thought(p) playlist columns when switching the playlist view* Added needed options to Simple prefe rences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)* Fullscreen controller added time label, remembering of last position* Fixed dragn drop behaviour on the playlist* Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection)Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2* Restored the old behavior of sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.* Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.* Multiple bugfixes.Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0* Multiple bug fixes.Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0Important notes-* This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or morerecent to work correctly* The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have toedit the .hosts file. On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hostsIf youre using the old http interface, its located in/usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts On Windows they are in CProgram FilesVideoLANVLChttp.hosts andCProgram FilesVideoLANVLChttpold.hosts On Ma c OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hostsand respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts* This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.This interface lacks the Streaming Wizard that used to be present in VLC0.8.6, unless provides basic profiles.* The behavior of sout-keep was changed. Its now activated by default.* The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. Theynow require a target name as their first argument. Examplevlc sub-filter emailprotectedmarquee=Hello -I rc You can then use commands like test marq-marquee GoodbyeIf you didnt name the object using test, its name will default to theplugin name (hence marq) in this example.These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.* The rtp access output module has been removed.Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.Old stdaccess=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.25004,sa pNew rtpmux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap* You now need to append m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enableEXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited setof options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).* The old accessurl syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguitieswith some file names. Use access//url instead.E.g. vlc chuck up the sponge - vlc//quit udp239.255.12.12 - udp//239.255.12.12* The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)and postproc modules.* The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize thefollowing states IDLE/CLOSE=0, inception=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD andBACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus notfunctional atm.* Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd videofilter. For exampletrans codevcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppaddcropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100* Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.For exampletranscodevcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvaswidth=640,height=480* Glide video output module has been removed.ChangesSecurity updates* Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,CVE-2008-1807)* TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)* MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )Playlist* vastly improved playlist support* Media library creation to save all your playlist items* Live search* Shoutcast TV listings* Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support* Album art support* User determinable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt(Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video andlots of other URLs)* User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txtInputs* Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support* UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP* DCCP transport for RTP/AVP* Proxy support for MMSH stream* JACK audio input support* Input run time option (improved live stream recording)* BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows* Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS Xusing OpenGL instead of QuickDraw* Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.* Experimental EyeTV access moduleThis requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app(available as a separate download).* Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).* RTMP input support* QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of videotaken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)* HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest AccessAuthentication.* New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display offrames. (auto-adjust-pts-delay and use-stream-immediate)Demuxers* MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support* Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files* Fixed audio glitch o n seek* Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)* AAC tags support* imitatorv1/2 tags support* Improved ID3v2 tags support* Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support* Raw video support* Standard MIDI File (types 0 1) support* TiVo Series 2 support* CD+G karaoke Files support* MXF files support* OMA supportDecoders* VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support* Flash Screen Video support* CamStudio Screen Video support* DosBox Capture support* Karl Mortons Video support* limited atrac3 support* Fraps support* Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)* New codec FOURCCs to support more specific filesAvid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, * H.264 PAFF support* DNxHD / VC-3 support* NellyMoser ASAO support* APE (Monkey audio) support* RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)* Dirac video support using libschroedingerSubtitles* Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, replayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)* VBI EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)* Ogg/Kate subtitles support* AQTitle subtitles suppo rt* MKV USF subtitles support* HTML-based subtitles support* MPSub subtitles support* JacoSub subtitles basic support* MPL2 subtitles support* Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support* PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support* Realtext subtitle support* DKS subtitle support* SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support* Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles supportEncoders* Flash Screen Video support* Improved H.264 encoding speedVideo outputs and filters* New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)* Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient andPsychedelic) video filters can now be streamed* New puzzle video output filter* Re-written motion maculation video filter* New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from avideo)* New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of abutting pixels)* New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)* Enhanced subtitles renderer to support bold, italic and some HT ML tags(Google Summer of Code Student project)* Support for RGBA and I420 blending.The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.* New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).* New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).This was previously part of the mosaic module.* Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.* Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter* Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters* Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters* New croppadd and canvas video filters.Audio outputs and filters* Replay gain support* Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction vianew scaletempo audio filter)* New spatializer audio filter* Correct DTS output via S/PDIFStream output* RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams* New RTP payload formats* Speex voice audio codec* ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output* G.711 (both A-law and -law) output* UDP-Lite transport for RTP* DCCP transport for RTP* Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcast* RTMP outputInterfaces* All* New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in anend-user suitable way.* Improved user interaction* Improved mouse gestures* Vastly improved Update checker* Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)* Windows/Linux* Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit* Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)* Mac OS X* Improved video output features* Online access to VideoLANs Help Wiki within VLC* New setting to disable the Recent Items service* When playing piano tuner (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly* Correct appearance on Macs using Aquas graphite theme* Simplified Extended Controls panel* Ncurses* Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,if libncursesw is available.* Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)* Experimental Lua interface modules. See vl c -I lua andshare/lua/playlist/README.txt for more info.* Unix* Option to allow only one ravel instance, using D-Bus interface.* D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS(Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus controlinterface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard whenfinished http//wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .* Motion module using phonograph recording accelerometers to keep video horizontal* Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl* Fixed VLM schedule time on LinuxLinux Port* VLC now complies with the XDG antecedent Directory Specification version 0.6http//standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html(which means that VLC doesnt use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)Mac OS X Port* Mac OS X Framework VLCKit that can be used to embed VLC in third partyapplications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)* New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Fr eetype solution* Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard* It is now required to compile a fully featured build* The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.LibVLC* Event management and various improvements in libvlc(Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)New Localizations* Finnish* Iranian* Polish* Punjabi* BulgarianDevelopers* LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.A vlc-plugin pkg-config package is provided.* Java bindings are now built from a separate source.Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i-Security updates* Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)Various bugfixes* Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module* Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD* Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc(transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,SAP services discovery, http control interface)* Updated Polish translationChanges between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h-S ecurity updates* Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)* Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)Goodies* Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.* Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc(ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)* Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro* More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams* Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could leadto an unexpected application line* New Serbian translation* Updated Romanian translationChanges between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g-Security updates* Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX(CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)* Removed loading plugins from the current directory(CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)* Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)* Fixe d libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)* Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)* Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)Various bugfixes* Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server* Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg* Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS* Fixed AAC resampling* The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,if the Always-on-top video option was selected.Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f-Security updates* Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)* Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-

White Bread Essay -- Observation Essay, Descriptive

White BreadThe plastic wrapper of a loaf of Wonder scribbles DItaliano white bread is colored nitidly with the primary colors one associates with childhood and kindergarten playroom activities. The swirling script lettering of the word DItaliano makes the bread seem somehow more special than bread packaged with ordinary block lettering. On both ends of the shiny, clear wrapper, boldly colored round dots resembling bright balloons are arranged upon a blazing red background, conveying the joy and happiness the bread would bring to any sandwich and my fifteen-year-old life. Once, the bread represented a hopefulness and freshness that I hoped my life would someday acquire. However, the bread also served as a painful reminder of the dismal nature of our empty, barely paid for flatbed that my single mother, sister, and I shared. The bread symbolized both the good and bad aspects of that particularly intense period on the one hand, the potential to be just alike(p) any other kid my age, but on the other, all the things our small family lacked and my inadequacy at being what I considered normal. Growing up in sensitive Jersey, my sister and I were raised without a father in the house throughout most of our childhood. My uneducated mother always held at least devil jobs to provide the barest essentials such as a roof over our heads and food in the kitchen. She was usually employed as a waitress or bartender, which meant posthumous hours for her and a lot of time alone for my sister and me. During my early teenage years, I remember coming home from school on most days with a teenagers typically ravenous appetite. However, I usually found our kitchen disappointingly void of any kind of snack food. Although the refrigerator contained mai... ...sisters lovely face greeting me at the terminal gate, all my negative thoughts vanished, and I raced to hug her. During the visit, my mother and I went grocery shopping together at the same store I had freq uented as a young teenager. The excursion seemed mostly uneventful until I spied the loaves of DItaliano bread piled atop the shelves in the bread aisle. For a moment, I was transported back to that empty apartment where I had endured the most unhappy times of my childhood. The irony of the situation was that I was reliving the past bandage standing with my mother. She picked up a loaf and tossed it into the cart unaware of the profound effect the bread had on me. She turned to me and said, You said you were hungry. Would you like me to fix you a tuna sandwich when we get home? Stunned, I could only reply, Yes, that would be fine, and we moved on.

Lessons from The Piano Lesson by August Wilson Essay -- The Piano Less

What should one do with their legacy, and how should it be put to use? In the play The Piano Lesson, the Charles family faces this question, and struggles to find the answer. The familys legacy is in the form of a balmy. On the piano are carvings of their ancestors. The two main characters that are having a conflict over the piano are Berniece and boy Willie. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano so he can add the proceeds of the sale to the proceeds of selling watermelons and buy roughly land from Sutter. Berniece doesnt want to sell the piano because it holds the memories and blood that stains its wood (Gale, 2000, p255). She refuses to play the piano and keeps its history from her daughter in fear of calling up the spirits that might lie within the piano. The main symbol of the play is the 137-year-old piano, an object that holds a key to the family history. It takes on a number of meanings through the unravel of its life. It was carved to make Miss Ophelia happy, the pianos w ooden figures indicate the interchangeable nature of slavery. As Doaker notes, who is Berniece and Boy willies uncle, Now she had her piano and her niggers too. (ACT I, p741) The slave is the masters gift and accessory. The piano visibly records the lost lives of Berniece and Boy Willies ancestors, and it is the only tangible link remaining between past and present (Galens 2000). The piano also becomes a symbolic attempt to keep the family together. It is also then the physical record of the familys history. Boy Charles especially understands the carvings as narrative. As Doaker recalls say it was the story of our whole family and as foresighted as Sutter had it he had us. Say we was still in slavery. (Act I, p741)It might appear as if Be... ...ing ones legacy is answered so simply. The living draw strength from the ghosts of the past and the ghosts serve to the living because they speak from that very place. Works CitedMagills Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition 20 07 by Salem Press, Inc.http//search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=MOL9830000328& place=lrc-liveSparkNotes Editors. SparkNote on The Piano Lesson. SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. n.d.. Web. 1 Dec. 2014.The Piano Lesson. Drama for Students. Ed. David M. Galens. Vol. 7. Detroit Gale, 2000. 243-262. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 7 Dec. 2014. http//go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CCX2693200025&v=2.1&u=bali98452&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=wWilson, August. The Piano Lesson. Booth, Hunter, and Mays. The Norton Introductionto Literature. Portable ed. New York Norton, 2006, p716-778.

Rites of Passage in Australia :: essays research papers

Rituals act as signposts to assist us in recognizing the splendor of particular passages in our lives. In an Australian context, the passage from childhood to adulthood is less formal, however, it mirrors the putting surface structures found in rites of passage and ceremonial initiations in most cultures. The transition from secondary to tertiary education, a progression from one liminal space to another, is a process which also has structuralized social conventions the rituals of advanced school graduation, the transitory halt of liminality, the assimilation into university society. Societys formal rituals serve to signpost the individual through the transitory process and to recognize the possible stressors associated with this period to provide a path through the liminal state.The final year of secondary education, a period of life with mutual experiences for all graduates, is accompanied by a level of comradeliness and recognition of common ambiguity of social role. All non liminal distinctions disappeared (Schultz & Lavenda, 2005, p.167) as we were unified by the common rite of passage we were undertaking. Arnold Van Gennep (1960) noted that any reason within the social structure involves a temporary musical interval from the individuals role in that society (Schultz & Lavenda, 2005, p167). In Kung culture, the formalized separation during the manly initiation ceremony of Choma, demonstrates the structure found universally in most rituals of social movement, as well as the necessity for a period of separation from social role (Shostak 2002, p.215). Separation from the social position of boys under the authority of the academic institution, was a process principally marked by liberation from the restraints and regulations of high school life, and an introduction to the responsibilities of manhood. The ritual of the graduation ceremony symbolizes this comradeship through the celebration of the essential and genetic human bonds (Turner 1969, p.97). Th is bond was the social transition common to all graduates, and provided personal comfort in the knowledge that this process was natural and therefore, nobody was alone on that path to adulthood.The period of era after graduation, and the rituals associated with that time result from the liminal state of social responsibility experienced by most after graduating lack of social role, lack of structure and potential danger atomic number 18 all aspects of this phase. Australian culture has labeled this group high-school Leavers, as many behavioral traits argon common to this entire group. As a Leaver, ritualized behaviors are associated with the individual using ritual and communitas to cope with a new paradox freedom and liberation from previous social restraints brings greater social expectation and responsibility.

Tradition and Customs in So Long A Letter by Mariama Ba Essay -- Paper

Tradition and Customs in So Long A Letter by Mariama BaTradition and customs very often hold an important position in ones life and culture. The novel So Long A Letter, by Mariama Ba, is found on the Senegalese culture and shows how important tradition is in Africa. The novel is a series of letters written by a recently leave woman, Ramatoulaye, to her best friend Aissatou. The transition through the many grieving stages and traditional mourning events are explained, as well as a woman?s place in a Senegalese society and family.According to Muslim tradition, which was the dominant tradition in Senegal, when Ramatoulaye?s husband, Modou, passed away, she had to mourn over her loss for lead months. During this time, friends and family members gathered in her house to accompany her. One of the traditions, which she wasn?t too fond of, was having to give up her possessions and belongings as gifts to her in-laws, as well as her deceased husband?s personal secrets. This whole proce ss was a way of giving up herself as a person. ?Beyond her possessions she gives up her ...

The Birth of the International Union of Elevator Constructors :: IUEC Construction Employment Essays

The Birth of the International Union of Elevator ConstructorsThe International Union of Elevator Constructors began inauspiciously on a hot summer day in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was July 15, 1901. Eleven men were gathered in a room at the Griswold Hotel. Brothers H. McLaughlin and E. Oliver came from New York, Brothers J.S. Holmes and John Lally from Chicago, F. W. Doyle from St. Louis, Walter McIntire and Frank F. Moxon from Boston, Brothers W. Young and J. Giberson from Philadelphia, and of course, Brothers George W. Porter and David G. Barnett from Pittsburgh. It did not steer this small group long to come to an agreement. These men represented locals in their cities that, they decided, would benefit from a broader base of power and representation. There were other cities that had formed unions at this time but did not attend this meeting in Pittsburgh . At the meeting in the Griswold Hotel, John Lally was appointed as temporary escritoire and was later elected 1st General Vice-President. Committees were formed to draft rules of order, by-laws, and a constitution. The representatives worked through the night and presented their work collectively in the morning. Everything was adopted, and the unions framework was in place. By lunch, the officers of the new union had been nominated, elected, and installed. The first President of the fledgling national union was F.W. Doyle of St. Louis. Election results made H. McLaughlin 2nd Vice-President, D.G. Barnett 3rd General Vice-President, Joseph Giberson 4th General Vice-President, and Walter McIntire fifth General Vice-President. William Young was elected General Secretary Treasurer.They were unanimous in their resolve and solidarity. They knew what they wanted, and they created it together in record time. The same day, charters were applied for a $5 charter fee was paid and six locals suddenly had been transformed into a national trade union. Quickly, they made application for charter and membership in the national Building Trades Council of the American Federation of Labor. It was a no nonsense beginning. The total expense of the convention was $13.90. After the collection of the charter fees, the newly formed field of study Union of Elevator Constructors went home with a treasury in the black of $16.10.It had taken just three days to form an organization which would promote and foster the interests of thousands of elevator constructors across America then and now. The IUEC, like many of the building trades unions, came at the dawn of the modern technological revolution, which had as a first symbol, the skyscraper just now there could be no skyscrapers without elevators.

The View from the Bottom Rail Essay -- essays papers

The gaze from the Bottom RailThe Lewinsky Scandal A absolute example as to why we cannot accept everything at face value forward carefully examining it first. Everyone thought President Clinton was behaving himself in the White House, but, as it turns out, he was more or less definitely not. This can be the same for history. We must carefully consider different aspects of articles so that we do no make the mistake of accept everything we read. In order to fully understand an article, we must understand the author that wrote it. It is necessary to examine prejudices, microbes, information left out, and missing background information before accepting an article. This method of critical analysis allows us to better understand the article and therefore history because we are more aware of the authors and their possible mishaps. The View from the Bottom Rail, an article in After the Fact, provides an opportunity to examine different aspects of analysis. If we look at it caref ully, then we will be able to follow if the thesis was proven effectively. In The View from the Bottom Rail, the authors, James Davidson and Mark Lytle, proposed, For several reasons, that debased position has made it unusually difficult for historians to find out the freedmans point of view. Within the article, Davidson and Lytle cycled through different aspects as to why it is hard for historians to determine the view from the bottom rail. They questioned the validity of many sources that, if spotless, would have contained the perspective of an ex-slave. These sources included both white and black testimony. In order to examine these sources, the authors traced the topics using microcosm. Because they were covering a topic and not an event, microcosm was the most appropriate method of examining the subject. Davidson and Lytle first introduced a source. Then, they pondered over the different ways that the source could be biased. They took small segments from the source a nd used those to demonstrate why the source could not be taken at face value. For example, when examining the proposed source of a slave masters account, Davidson and Lytle examined one aspect of this to make a conclusion. They placed that, With slaves so dependent on the masters authority, they were hardly likely to reveal their true feelings the dangerous consequences of such indiscr... ...s old. The authors do question whether her mental spot was viable or not. However, further background information was needed. It was imperative for the authors to examine the validity of this source before using it. It is not know if the ex-slave was capable of recalling accurate details of her life. Since the authors argument was that the same slave told two different stories depending on the circumstances of the interview, how do we know if the stories varied because of the circumstances or because of a poor people or maybe even imaginative memory? This background information would make the authors arguments even more convincing. However, if we assume that the ex-slave was capable, then the argument is flawless.Overall, the article was rise up written. Only minor aspects were left uncovered. In addition, not much background information was needed. Also, the authors only had sparse and subtle prejudices. A variety of sources was used effectively. In the end, the thesis was proven convincingly. Almost all audiences would be assured that, For several reasons, that debased position has made it unusually difficult for historians to recover the freedmans point of view.