Dear libdvbpsi users and packagers,<br>
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A pre-release of libdvbpsi is available. Its version number is 1.0.0_pre3. Issues<br>found in the previous pre-release have been fixed and are now offered for testing<br>by users of this library. Please test and report issues.<br>
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If no regressions are found in the next coming weeks, then this will become<br>
the 1.0.0 version.<br>
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Libdvbpsi has been cleaned up, API's made more consistent, descriptors<br>
and tables added. Please test it thoroughly for any regression.<br>
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Libdvbpsi features:<br>
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* Bouquet Association Table (BAT), decoder and generator.<br>
* Conditional Access Table (CAT), decoder and generator.<br>
* EPG Information Table (EIT), decoder and generator.<br>
* Network Information Table (NIT), decoder and generator.<br>
* Program Association Table (PAT), decoder and generator.<br>
* Program Map Table (PMT), decoder and generator.<br>
* Section Description Table (SDT), decoder and generator.<br>
* Splice Information Section Table (SIS), decoder and generator.<br>
* TOT Table (TOT), decoder and generator.<br>
* All MPEG 2 descriptors, decoders and generators.<br>
* Supported platforms GNU/Linux, *BSD, Windows and MacOS X.<br>
* Version 0.2.0 and up have LGPL v2.1 license for easy integration<br>
in applications.<br>
* Versions prior to 0.2.0 are released under GPLv2 later version<br>
under LGPL v2.1<br>
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Changes between 0.2.2 and 1.0.0_pre3:<br>
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* new example application dvbinfo: use 'dvbinfo -h' for more<br>
information on commandline options<br>
* updated documentation (new api howto)<br>
* add log callback (remove fprintf's)<br>
* make API more consistent, see doxygen "howto-new-api" section for<br>
converting your code:<br>
- introduces dvbpsi_t typedef<br>
- removed dvbpsi_handle<br>
- changed argument order<br>
- changed table functions prototypes<br>
* EIT table generation and decoding fixes<br>
* RST table decoding and generation<br>
* new descriptor 0x40, 0x41, 0x49, 0x4a, 0x4b, 0x4f, 0x50 and 0x7c<br>
(decoder and generators)<br>
* descriptor 0x03: added variable_rate_audio_indicator<br>
* new descriptor (ATSC): 0x13, 0x14, 0x62, 0x66, 0x73, 0x83 decoders<br>
* ATSC tables EIT, ETT, MGT, STT and VCT decoders<br>
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You can download libdvbpsi 1.0.0_pre3 via HTTP or FTP :<br>
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<a href="http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvbpsi/1.0.0/" target="_blank">http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvbpsi/1.0.0/</a><br>
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* Tarballs are available.<br>
* Binary builds are not available.<br>
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More information about libdvbpsi can be found here:<br>
<a href="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvbpsi.html" target="_blank">http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvbpsi.html</a><br>
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On behalf of the libdvbpsi developers: