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* New GTK configuration interface. This interface is generated dynamically
  at run-time from the configuration data contained in each plugin.
* config_PutPszVariable and config_GetPszVariable are now thread safe.
* Few modifications/optimizations to the config module.
* Got rid of all the _VAR macros in config.h

This is the first version of the GTK configuration interface. There are still
a few raw corners and a fews things left to do, but it basically does what
I wanted.
Constructive comments like it sucks or it smells rotten fish are of course
very welcome. And if there are GTK gurus out there, please don't hesitate to
add your touch.

I also started to add usefull comments to the configuration options but I'm not
really good at this kind of thing so if people want to help, they can finish
the job. For this look at all the *_LONGTEXT macros at the top of main.c

(PS: Translations will also be appreciated but not right now as the interface
will likely change again in the few coming days)

*Fixed EOF segfault at end of DVD

*Buffer manager is renintialised at area change.

  * ./src/interface/main.c: disabled the GNOME segfault dialog in debug
    mode. We want nice, clean segfaults, with huge core files and a lot
    of rattle noise.

  * ./plugins/ac3_adec/ac3_parse.c: ac3dec is now less verbose.
  * ./src/interface/interface.c: fixed a deadlock when seeking the
    stream using the keyboard arrows.

*Removed an occurance of former angle item in gtk.

*Fixed a bug in ES management introduced lately in DVD/DvdRead.

*Beginning of reorganisation in DVD plugin source files, in order to try to
make it easier to understand. There is some work left though :p.

*Decreased the score for VCD plugin, as the VCD demuxer was used even
for DVD :p. It should make autodetection work.
Some comment:
-I think that VCDInit should make a test on the access plugin and be launched
only if the access plugin is VCD,
-VCDOpen shouldn't set p_input->b_error: if it fails we just try another
module,
-PSRead doesn't need to be duplicated anymore: input_ReadPS is now available
for plugins (cf Christophe's commit).

Please comment around that: I'd like to know if the behaviour I've described
is the one everyone expects.

Enjoy my new bugs :p

* Dvd angle is now handled through a program structure, so that the interface
needs nothing specific to change angle.

* Fixed a bug in clock management where ES without a program couldn't get
timestamped.

*Fixed program management in gnome/gtk. Program now also appears in popup.

*In interface, only display ES associated with the selected program, or with
no program at all.

* fixed typo in the win32 change to the input parser.

for BT ;
* --6 and --4 options to force IPv6 or IPv4 (FIXME: it should be -6 and
-4 but I don't know how to do it with the new configuration module) ;
* Channel manager now uses a socket from the network plug-in and is more
portable (and probably broken, too :) ;
* input_ReadPS and input_ReadTS are now in mpeg_system.c to be more
easily reused by plug-ins other than mpeg_ps and mpeg_ts.

That's all for tonight.

* this time I actually commited the win32 modif to the input parser ;-)

* We now make sure the aout plugin buffers always contain between
AOUT_BUFFER_DURATION/2 and AOUT_BUFFER_DURATION*3/2 worth of audio.
This should solve the audio buffer underruns.

* fix for the bug in input when filename contains a '@' character.

* simplified the win32 specific changes to the input parser. ( I think
we can safely assume that no access plugin name will have a length of
one character)

* added network to the list of the plugins directories in Makefile
* small bugfixes

 * Fixed DVD input under Win32.
 * Fixed input parser under win32, chich couldn't understand that
c:\windows\bureau is a valid file and doesn't need to be accessed with
the plugin 'C' :-)
 * BTW, I added myself in the AUTHORS file :)

 * Various Win32 compilation fixes.
 * DVD compiles, but doesn't work yet.
 * Fixed some typos in my previous Win32 multicast commit

   * ./plugins/dummy/input_dummy.c: fixed `vlc vlc:quit'.
   * ./src/input/input.c: initialized uninitialized variables.

*Initiliaze p_access_module & p_demux_modules to NULL when input thread
in created.

  * ./po/no.po: Norwegian translation by Sigmund Augdal. Berd� ka p� t�t.
  * ./src/misc/modules.c: shortcuts for --intf work again, gvlc launches the
    Gtk interface, qvlc launches the Qt interface, etc.
  * ./plugins/fx/scope.c: we now have sound together with --aout scope.

*dvd and dvdread support for input III.

Dvdread is known to segfault at title change. I'm working on this.

- Major rewrite of the buffer core functions
- Modularity of access plugins (file, udp, http)
- Modularity of network stack (ipv4, soon ipv6)
- Autodetection of the type of stream

And a new killing feature : HTTP streams are now seekable.

Please note that dvd, dvdread and vcd plug-ins are broken and thus disabled.

  * ./plugins/mpeg_vdec/vpar_headers.c: we no longer crash when the next
    stream doesn't have the same image size as the previous one.
  * ./src/audio_output/aout_pcm.c: another overrun fix; please test.

  * ./plugins/dsp/aout_dsp.c: OpenBSD compilation fix.
  * ./src/video_output/video_output.c: fixed a segfault on exit.

  * ./src/input/input.c: BeOS network support (no idea if it works when you
    don't have BONE, though).

  * ./include/common.h: BeOS compile fixes.
  * ./plugins/beos/vout_beos.cpp: fixed BeOS video output.

* Fixed uninitialized variable in config_Duplicate()
* Fixed problem introduced in latest gtk commit

* forgot to add the declaration of server_port in main.c
* char pointers obtained by config_GetPszVariable need to be freed

Multicast now works under Win32, but this is a _bad_ kludge.

It still segfaults 4 secondes after the first frame, but, at least, I
can see two or three frames from MI2 :-)

I'd better used dvd_title or so but INPUT_TITLE_VAR is also used in
gtk_open.c and I can't find a neat way to prevent this, so I leave this
option in main.c.

  * ./include/threads.h: support for the State Threads Library, a userland
    threads library (http://state-threads.sourceforge.net/). Useless to most
    people, but can be handy to debug stuff. Activate with `--enable-st'.

*Adaptation to new configuration scheme for dvd, dvdread and spdif

  * Replacement header for aout_common.h.

  * Fixed a quite old bug in the audio output which made the sound stutter
    when wrapping around the audio output fifo.
  * Lots of simplifications in the audio output, got rid of b_stereo.

in multi-program streams (such as ones provided by a DVB-S card).

This is the first part of the new configuration architecture for vlc.
Two other parts will follow soon:
- config file implementation
- gtk configuration interface.

This part won't change much for end-users as these changes are mostly
internal, you will however notice that the command line interface has
changed. It will maybe be less user-friendly as I almost removed the
short options but it shouldn't a big problem when the config file is
implemented.

What as changed is that it is really easy now to add configuration
options to vlc. Plugins can also implement configuration options. All
you have to do is to declare a MODULE_CONFIG section in your plugin.
If you want to know more about this look at configuration.h and for some
example: main.c, dsp.c or xvideo.c

It would be nice if every developper could now start using configuration
options in there plugins and also enhance old plugins.

That's it, now let's hope I didn't break too many things ;-)

* fixed array over-run bug in intf_MsgUnsub

  * ./src/misc/modules_plugin.h: if symbol foo isn't found in the
    plugin, we always try to open _foo, whatever the architecture.

  * ./configure.in: removed a bashism.
  * ./plugins/x11/xcommon.c: support for systems without shm.h.
  * QNX compilation fixes here and there; the qnx plugin still doesn't work.

  * ./plugins/gtk/gtk.c: the log window is now black with colourful text.
  * ./plugins/gtk/gnome.c: ported the log window to the GNOME interface.
  * ./src/interface/intf_msg.c: messages are sent to the queue even if
    -vvvv* wasn't specified.

  * ./plugins/lirc/lirc.: various fixes, thanks to Sigmund Augdal.
  * ./plugins/text/logger.c: rewrote an ugly loop.
  * ./plugins/gtk/gtk.c: added a Gtk+ window containing all the log
    messages; updated in real time. To open it, go to "view"->"messages".

   * Got rid of TRACE and intf_DbgMsg which were seldom used anyway.
   * All intf_*Msg functions now write to stderr.
   * Implemented a message queue interface plugins can subscribe to.
   * Wrote the logger interface plugin. Usage:
      vlc -I logger:filename.log
   * Lots of fixes in the SPU renderer.