What is currently broken:
 * Some playlist demuxers (shout, dvb and pls)
 * DAAP
 * BeOS playlist
 * GPE playlist, I suppose

What has some trouble:
 * Meta handling in several demuxers (most notably TS)
 * Skins2 playlist (doesn't refresh correctly)
 * OS X playlist (see bigben's latest commits)

* Collect more meta-information in id3

AUTHORS: updated my entry

(da big courmischage)

* src/input/demux.c: skip header id3tag in the core before loading the demux (id3tags have a tendency to mess probing).
* modules/demux/flac.c, modules/demux/mpeg/m4a.c,mpga.c: update id3tag parsing.
* modules/demux/util/id3tag.c: id3tag parsing doesn't need to skip the id3tag header anymore.
* modules/demux/util/id3.c: module removed because id3tag header skipping isn't needed anymore.

* parsed info by mp3 is not retained between demux module probes since vlc_meta was introduced. so remove the old logic
This should fix the id3 parsing when you open an mp3.

    + Fixed compiler warnings.

* src/input/input.c:
   + introduced input_item_t that is shared between the playlist/vlm and the input thread (contains input name, options, infos, etc...).
   + changed prototype of input_CreateThread() to input_thread_t *input_CreateThread( vlc_object_t *, input_item_t * ).
* ALL: use input_item_t and INPUT_ADD_INFO when necessary.

* ALL: small portability fixes.

much memory, and was inconsistent, especially with input_CreateThread
taking an array of options

* Revert to using array of options

* To add an item with options:
    - either use playlist_ItemNew, ItemAddOption, and then AddItem
      (useful if you don't have all your options in an array)
    - either use playlist_AddExt (use this if all your options are
      already in an array)

* To add an item without options: use playlist_Add

You can still add options after an item has been added by using either
playlist_AddOption or playlist_ItemAddOption

* Attempt to improve API and solve thread safety issues.
  - playlist_Item* functions allow to touch items only.
    p_item->lock must be used when needed
    (playlist_ItemNew, playlist_ItemDelete, playlist_Item*Info,
     playlist_ItemSet* )

  - playlist_ItemGetById and ItemGetByPos give you playlist_items
    for GetByPos, you should have the playlist lock

At the moment, the playlist_Set* and playlist_*Info functions are kept (they work with position) but should be avoided.

  modules/demux/avi/avi.c
  modules/demux/asf/asf.c
  src/input/es_out.c
        - Fill the playlist info structures

  This fixes the ID3 detection of ID3v1.

* modules/demux/util/id3.c, modules/demux/util/id3tag.c: don't use input_Peek() to read an id3 tag as these tags can be bigger than what input_Peek() can read.

   - splitted the enormous playlist.c file
   - implemented a better item group system: groups have a name
     and must be created before use by
      playlist_CreateGroup( p_playlist, "newgroupname")

* modules/misc/sap.c
   - Create our own playlist group ("SAP") and use it

* modules/access/slp.c
   - Create our own playlist group ("SLP") and use it

* modules/demux/util/id3tag.c
   - Trigger playlist update when we have parsed our tag

* modules/gui/wxwindows/interface.cpp
   - Fixed the about box by using vlc_wraptext
   - Added the simple open and the streaming wizard icons
           *** Icons need to be changed ! ***
   - Added the visualization to the extended gui

* modules/gui/wxwindows/preferences.cpp && include/vlc_help.h
   - Enlarged the window to fit the wrapped text
   - Added help for audio encoders

* modules/gui/wxwindows/stream.cpp  & open.cpp & include/vlc_interface.h
   - Created a "streaming wizard" window (3-step streaming)

* modules/gui/wxwindows/iteminfo.cpp:
   - Group change is now based on the name

* modules/gui/wxwindows/playlist.cpp
   - Added author and group columns to the listview
   - Redesigned the window
   - Added the Sort menu with several criteria (title, author, group)
   - Added up/down buttons to move an item in the playlist
   - Added the group menu to enable/disable a group in an understandable way


TODO:
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* playlist core :
   - Implement advanced sort capabilities  (multi-criteria)
   - File format to save the new features
   - export playlist (to M3U, eg)
   - more robust group creation (duplicates check, ...)

* wxWindows playlist:
   The idea of a treeview seems impossible, because of wxWindow's treeview,
   that don't allow multi-selection, and, as far as I know, multi-columns.
   - Provide a frontend to advanced sort (when it's done :-) )
   - Allow moving items by drag & drop (well, if possible, haven't checked yet)
   - Allow moving several items at once
   - Customizable listview (ability to remove/move columns)
   - Find a solution to the focus problem
     (when you change track, the selected one scrolls at the
      bottom of the visible screen)

* wxWindows interface:
   - New icons, our icons begin to get old and not so pretty
   - Find a solution for the volume bar (nobody understands what it is)

    + Removed u8, s8, u16 etc. for good.
  * ALL:
    + Replaced all occurrences of u8, s8, u16 etc. with uint8_t, int8_t, etc.

  multiple times anymore.

* modules/demux/util/id3tag.c: small cleanup.

true, since this seems to break playback of some streams over http. It also
takes to much time just to get some fancy metadata

seeks are expensive. (Though not enough)

caused id3v2.4 tags at the end of the file to not work. Added checks to
avoid seeking off the ends of the file. Should close #325, please confirm

 modules/demux/util/id3tag.c: do not parse id3v1 tags at the end of file, as
these cause to much trubble

 modules/gui/kde/*: only set variable the user actually have changed when
apply is pressed in the preferences window.

demuxers need it