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GeeXboX 1.1 : 'Not a substitue for Human interaction' edition (07/01/2007)
Although development never stopped, more than a year has passed without any new official GeeXboX release. This new one is a really good candidate for your HTPC multimedia distribution choice. It comes with an improved hardware support, providing dozens of new drivers (a lot of new WiFi controllers, DVB card chipsets and new remote controls). It also comes with a massively upgraded and more stable MPlayer, which features native decoding of various audio/video formats/codecs that used to be available through non-free Win32 DLLs only (such as Windows Media Video, Flash ...). Also, GeeXboX now has some decoding speed improvements (use of SSSE3 instructions from Core2Duos has been added) and the OSD menu has been completely rewritten to provide a lot of new attractives features. Oh, and did we mention ? It can plays decrypted EVO files from HD-DVD ?
While still working on version 2.0, the next version of GeeXboX (1.2) will come with some features that were requested for quite a long time. First, it'll come in both 32 and 64 bits editions (second one is 15% faster). But more importantly, it'll be first version of GeeXboX to come with a native HDTV screens support. So, just stay tuned, most of these features are already available, and 1.2 won't take a year to come this time ;-) By the way, speaking about the future, we're looking for a Sony PlayStation 3 to port GeeXboX to: that would make the best HTPC ever. Feel free to help us doing so ;-)
But let's get back to 1.1 release and just enjoy using it.
Detailed Changelog (relative to 1.0 release) :
System:
- Update Linux to v2.6.21.3
- Upgrade BusyBox to v1.5.1
- Update uClibc to 0.9.29.
- Upgraded SysLinux bootloader to v3.20.
- Better CPU frequency scaling capabilities.
Toolchain:
- Added optional support for GNU glibc 2.5 in toolchain for debugging purpose.
- Upgrade to GCC 4.1.2
Player:
- Upgrade to MPlayer SVN v23418.
- Added support libavformat demuxer in addition to internal libmpdemux.
- New native VC-1/WMV3/WMV9 video decoder (Windows Media Video).
- New native On2 VP50 and VP62 decoder (Flash video).
- New native lossless audio decoders for WavPack, TTA, and Shorten.
- Support for VC1 in MPEG-TS and MPEG-PS files (like HD-DVD and BlueRay ones).
- Support for EVO demuxing (HD-DVD file format).
- Added support for VP7 binary codec.
- Added binary extra codec (through Generator) for WMA Pro files handling.
- Added binary codec for VC-1 codec as the native decoder is not (yet) able to decode all samples.
- Support for audio stream switching in MPEG-TS/PS, Matroska and streams supported by libavformat.
- Support for audio stream switching between streams with different codecs.
- New native RTSP input (handles MPEG-TS over RTP only) for generic RTSP servers (like FreeboxTV) which deprecates Live555 usage.
- H.264 decoding speed improvements.
- SSA/ASS subtitle renderer.
- Added support for ICEcast netstreams.
- Radio is now handled direclty through V4L2.
- Support for 3GP, AAC, VDR and DVR-MS files.
- Added a new Preferences menu, with many new options to control audio streams, subtitles, colors and tweak all video parameters.
- Removed libdts, libmpcdec, libogg, libvorbis and libtheora, as deprecated by new MPlayer internal decoders/demuxers.
- Allows loading external subtitle files.
- Allows setting playback speed.
- Allow selection of radio Genres, and store each genre in a subfolder for easier discovery.
Video:
- Fix with VESA on i945 cards.
Drivers:
- Added support for IVTV based cards (such as Hauppauge PVR 150/250/350/500).
- Support for WPA encryption on WiFi cards.
- Added support for Broadcom BCM43xx WiFi chipsets (like Apple AirPort).
- Added Ralink RT61 and RT73 chipsets support.
- Added support for wireless TI ACX111 chipsets.
- Added support for MadWiFi-NG driver.
- Added support for ZyDAS ZD12x1 wireless chipsets.
- Added support for PVR USB 2 TV card.
- Added support for Rio Karma USB mass storage devices.
- Added support for USB soundcards.
- Fixed ATI USB mouse directional keycodes.
- Added Medion (also Aldi) X-10 OEM'd remote.
- Added support for Logitech UltraX Media remote.
- Added support for some USB to serial interfaces.
- Introduced new libata support in kernel for IDE disks support.
- Do no more force disks to 32bits I/O (crashes with CompactFlash over IDE).
- Much better autodetection of USB DVB devices.
- Support for more radio cards.
- Rework of DVB firmware loader.
Networking:
- Support for IPv4 multicast (useful for RTSP streams).
- Added NdisWrapper support that allows using Win32 network (WiFi) drivers under Linux.
- Upgraded bftpd to version 1.8.4 and added new file /etc/ftp for FTP authentication.
- Updated Samba to 3.0.25, uses UTF-8 charset to mount shares and fixes some mount points handling issues.
- Allows Samba and NFS mounts to come up if the servers are brought up after geexbox boots up, by looping in the background.
- Added basic WebGUI implementation.
Generator:
- Support for NDISwrapper driver loading.
- Added new tab to add extra files to generated ISO image.
- New generator option to set WiFi channel number.
- Support for Windows Vista.
Miscellaneous:
- Removed deprecated non-working recorder/mencoder support.
- Added remote=/receiver= cheat codes in isolinux for easy change.
- Added menus in installator for selecting remote/receivers.
- Added support for various keyboard mapping (azerty/qwerty/qwertz)
- New makefile rules to build and play VMware virtual machines (make vmx; make vmx-play).
- Fixed QEMU/VirtualBox emulation.
- Add autoplay support for USB devices.
- Reworked internationalization files.
- Support for multiple languages in the same ISO image.
- Support for JFS file system.
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New HDTV ISO is available
New HDTV ISO is available.
ChangeLog:
- support for AMD GeodeLX
- new driver for Intel video cards.
- way better fetch of monitor's native resolution and parameters.
- you can now pass xorg=XxY (without frequency argument) at boot prompt
- you can now pass xorg=480p/720p/1080p at boot prompt
- aspect ratio correction (16:9 now really looks 16:9)
- support for installator
Good news is that now it works for me Wink
I mean that GeeXboX can autodetect and set my LCD TV screen to its native resolution (1360x768) without any special option.
Picture really is full screen, with no more black border or image stretching.
Works on my ATI card.
I've tested with Via Unichrome too and it only works with my 4:3 TFT (doesn't seem to like much the wide resolutions, I've got green stripes).
Besides, it works in both VGA (native 1360x768) and DVI/HDMI (native 720p, i.e. 1280x720) connections.
Generator can be fetched at:
http://geexbox.org/~ben/xorg/geexbox...19.i386.tar.gz
Good tests !
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Preview GeeXboX HDTV (X.Org inside)
Hey hey hey, a new GeeXboX release to be tested.
It is way far from being complete and in a release state (don't ask when it'll be out) and it's still based on V1.x design (no freevo inside), but ...
Here comes the first HDTV Ready version of GeeXboX.
Basically I've managed to add X.Org server to the distribution.
One way to test, grab the i386 generator:
http://geexbox.org/~ben/xorg/geexbox...19.i386.tar.gz
The ISO is a bit bigger but nothing harmful.
So, what's new ...
- HD resolutions (both square and wide) are now taken into account.
- All video cards (ATI, nVidia, SiS, Unichrome ...) now have fully optimized drivers (i.e. supports overlay, the equivalent to vidix).
- Unless you choose to run in VESA mode (but then only standard resolutions should be available), there's no more TVOut support. Considering that TVOut only supports up to 800x600, there's no need for HDTV and so no need for X.Org (just keep the old version).
- There's not (yet) XVMC support (a.k.a. MPEG2/4 hardware decompression).
Using the generator, you may have to edit the /etc/X11/X.cfg file.
There you can set the requested resolution, frequency and driver you want to use.
The list of resolutions is listed in /etc/X11/resolutions file (same for drivers in /etc/X11/drivers file). You should keep driver selection to "auto", it should work pretty well. You can also set a resolution that is not in this list, it may work (or tell me more resolutions to be added to this file).
GeeXboX will try do determine the best suited video driver and set the screen at the requested resolution, than as a fallback, to the highest resolution from the /etc/X11/resolutions file. Once booted (it may take a bit more time than before), you'll have a new menu in info menu, telling you which resolution your screen has been configured to.
To avoid burning ISO 50 times to set a good resolution, you can also pass arguments from boot prompt:
Ex:
- "geexbox" starts in console mode (old school)
- "hdtv xorg=AxB@F", ex: hdtv xorg=1368x768@60
- "hdtv xorg=AxB", ex: hdtv xorg=1280x720
- "hdtv xorg=480p/720p/1080p" (choose one only)
Please report bugs (and there will be a lot of), congratulations, insults, money, hot chicks, caiman bank account opening or whatever you like ...
Have a nice try
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GeeXboX 1.1-rc2
Thanks to your 1.1-rc1 testings, we've been able to fix out a lot of bugs from GeeXboX. It is now up to you to test this new release again. Once again, please test this version and report problems in this thread. As usual, the more you'll be to test it, the faster we'll release 1.1.
Below are links to 1.1-rc2:
- x86 ISO: http://www.geexbox.org/releases/1.1-...c2-en.i386.iso
- x86 generator: http://www.geexbox.org/releases/1.1-...c2.i386.tar.gz
- ppc ISO: http://www.geexbox.org/releases/1.1-...rc2-en.ppc.iso
- ppc generator: http://www.geexbox.org/releases/1.1-...rc2.ppc.tar.gz
- Light sources package: http://www.geexbox.org/releases/1.1-...2-lite.tar.bz2
The 1.1-rc2 ChangeLog features the following changes towards 1.1-rc1 release:
- Fix with VESA on i945 cards.
- Restored old IDE layer (was deprecated by upcoming experimental libata)
- Fixed QEMU/VirtualBox emulation.
- New generator option to set WiFi channel number.
- Fixed A/V synchronization issues with FreeboxTV.
- Restored mke2fs which prevented installator to install on EXT2/3 partitions.
- Support for VES1820 DVB driver.
- Solves blinking cursor in VESA output mode that was recently encountered.
- Fixed zd1201 firmware loading.
- Updated ALSA lib and utils to 1.0.14-rc2
- Updated uClibc 20070212.
- Fixes NetStreams handling.
- Added binary codec for VC-1 codec as the native decoder is not (yet) able to decode all samples.
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GeeXboX 1.1-rc1
The first release candidate of GeeXboX 1.1 is out.
In order for the whole development team to discover the remaining nasty bugs and help us release the final 1.1 as soon as possible, please test this version and report problems to this thread. As usual, the more you'll be to test it, the faster we'll release 1.1.
The 1.1-rc1 ChangeLog features the following changes towards 1.0 release:
System:
- Support for linux 2.6.20-rc7 kernel.
- Support for BusyBox 1.4.1.
- Support for uClibc 20070110.
- Upgraded SysLinux bootloader to v3.20.
- Better CPU frequency scaling capabilities.
Toolchain:
- Added optional support for GNU glibc 2.5 in toolchain for debugging purpose.
Player:
- Upgrade to MPlayer 1.0rc1.
- Added support libavformat demuxer in addition to internal libmpdemux.
- New native VC-1/WMV3/WMV9 video decoder (Windows Media Video).
- New native On2 VP50 and VP62 decoder (Flash video).
- New native lossless audio decoders for WavPack, TTA, and Shorten.
- Added support for VP7 binary codec.
- Added binary extra codec (through Generator) for WMA Pro files handling.
- Support for audio stream switching in MPEG-TS/PS, Matroska and streams supported by libavformat.
- Support for audio stream switching between streams with different codecs.
- New native RTSP input (handles MPEG-TS over RTP only) for generic RTSP
servers (like FreeboxTV) which deprecates Live555 usage.
- H.264 decoding speed improvements.
- SSA/ASS subtitle renderer.
- Added support for ICEcast netstreams.
- Radio is now handled direclty through V4L2.
Video:
- Support for nVidia cards on PowerPC machines.
- Added DirectFB 1.0.0-rc3 video output fro nVidia cards on PowerPC
machines.
- Added VidiX support for Radeon 9600SE cards.
Drivers:
- Added support for IVTV based cards (such as Hauppauge PVR 150/250/350/500).
- Support for WPA encryption on WiFi cards.
- Added support for Broadcom BCM43xx WiFi chipsets (like Apple
AirPort).
- Added support for wireless TI ACX111 chipsets.
- Added support for MadWiFi-NG driver.
- Added support for ZyDAS ZD12x1 wireless chipsets.
- Added support for PVR USB 2 TV card.
- Added support for Rio Karma USB mass storage devices.
- Added support for USB soundcards.
- Fixed ATI USB mouse directional keycodes.
- Added Medion (also Aldi) X-10 OEM'd remote.
- Added support for some USB to serial interfaces.
- Introduced new libata support in kernel for IDE disks support.
- Do no more force disks to 32bits I/O (crashes with CompactFlash over
IDE).
- Much better autodetection of USB DVB devices.
Networking:
- Support for IPv4 multicast (useful for RTSP streams).
- Added NdisWrapper support that allows using Win32 network (WiFi)
drivers under Linux.
- Upgrading bftpd to version 1.6.2.
- Fix some Samba mount points handling.
Generator:
- Support for NDISwrapper driver loading.
- Added new tab to add extra files to generated ISO image.
- Support for Windows Vista.
Miscellaneous:
- Removed deprecated non-working recorder/mencoder support.
- Added remote=/receiver= cheat codes in isolinux for easy change.
- Added menus in installator for selecting remote/receivers.
- Added support for various keyboard mapping (azerty/qwerty/qwertz)
- New makefile rules to build and play VMware virtual machines (make
vmx && make vmx-play).
Happy testing !
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Evvai, guardate la sezione driver quante novità, finalmente i WPA criptati sono supportati! :oink:
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