Last committed: $Id: ANNOUNCE 2195 2008-09-09 17:33:09Z too $

ANNOUNCE for m2vmp2cut 0.76

This is stable release of m2vmp2cut -- frame accurate (currently PAL)
mpeg2 video (m2v file) with accompanied mp2 audio (mp2 file) cutter.

Some frames around cutpoints are re-encoded using mpeg2enc;
rest picture data is written untouched to the output.

Audio is cut from separate mp2 file at positions that keep a/v sync
as good as possible (maximum sync difference is around 10-15 milliseconds).

This software is available currently at http://www.iki.fi/too/sw/m2vmp2cut/
and is licensed under GNU Public License (GPL).

Changes since 0.74 (r2192) 
	Fixed seeking to offset zero (-sb 0) in m2vtoyuv command.

Changes since 0.72 (r2177) 
	Fixed largefile support in fileparts command.
	Added getyuv.pl and getmp2.sh -- and related commands to m2vmp2cut;
	these outputs selected video and audio parts from the source.
	Added "contrib" interface.
	Added first "contrib" script, mpeg2 re-encoding.
	Tuned file/directory argument position on m2vmp2cut command (again).

Changes since 0.68 (r2174) (Not even far!):
	ANNOUNCE informs this is stable version.
	buildlibmpeg-051.sh accepts libmpeg-0.5.1.tar.gz with absolute path.
	Minor tunes, simplification etc.

Changes since 0.67 (r2169, Success is not an option):
	Binaries wavgraph and warpxpointer are installed.
	Audio sync fixed in cutpoint test functionality.
	ProjectX is linked for use during 'make install'.

Changes since 0.65 (r2101, Faux pas):
	Audio visualizer around current position in m2vcut-gui, to find
	(silent) spot for cutpoint.
	Test speedups, now audio is pre-scanned too.
	Some usage tunes, fixes and enchangements.
	Bug fixes in almost every area.

Changes since 0.63 (r2069, Epic Fail):
	Target size estimation.
	Keyboard control adjustments in gui.
	Bug fixes.

Changes since 0.62 (r1256, Gender-neutral pronouns):
	Added graphical gui client for cutpoint selection.
	Added m2vtoyuv for frame decoding -- in place of transcode(1)
	Now gops are closed just after encoded frames.
	Added (cli) frontend to do run demuxer, cutter and m2vmp2cut.pl
	Lots of other tunes

Changes since 0.58 (r658, Wrecking Stars):
	Makefile tail commands fixed to have -n before +<num>

Changes since 0.56 (r290, Fifty-Sixty):
	Timecodes in GOP's "fixed".
	Audio scanning implemented in C for speed...
	... and if audio bit/samplerates change in output that will be an 
		error.
	Source video format and intra_dc_precision value are used in video 
		encoder (Still some settings that cannot be defined in 
		encoder left, though).
	Some (a little less significant) improvements 

Changes since 0.54 (r144, Constit on monet):
	New option: --aonly (cut audio only (video to be re-encoded or so)).
	New option: --evbr (other way to prepare video for re-encoding...).
	Added "encoded frame count" checks.
	Uses lvemedia.lst in addition to lveedit.lst for finding cutpoints
		(to go around (IMHO) lve bug when dragging frame 0).
	Examples tuning/fixing.
	Added some lve patches to ./misc
	Internal workings changes.
	Bug fixes.

Changes since 0.42 (r104, Infinite Improbabilities):
	--sync option bugfix: negative numbers were taken as positive.
	--test option bugfix: was no-op in 0.42
	New options, --last, --requant, -. And --options, --examples.
	More embedded documentation.
	Added `misc' dir containing external stuff.
	Internal workings changes.

Enjoy

Tomi Ollila, too ät iki fi