[xiph-commits] r6822 - websites/theora.org

[giles at dactyl.lonelymoon.com]

Author: giles
Date: Fri Jun 25 13:31:44 2004
New Revision: 6822

Modified:
websites/theora.org/index.html
Log:
Add a news item (belatedly) about the alpha 3 release.


Modified: websites/theora.org/index.html
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--- websites/theora.org/index.html	2004-06-15 02:11:03 UTC (rev 6821)
+++ websites/theora.org/index.html	2004-06-15 02:18:55 UTC (rev 6822)
@@ -81,6 +81,44 @@
<tr>
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+<p><strong>[ 2004 Mar 20 - Theora alpha 3 release ]</strong></p>
+<p>
+We're pleased to announce the alpha 3 release of the theora reference
+implementation.
+<blockquote>
+<a href="http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.tar.bz2">
+    http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.tar.bz2
+</a><br><a href="http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.tar.gz">
+    http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.tar.gz
+</a><br><a href="http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.zip">
+    http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.zip</a>
+</blockquote>
+</p><p>
+The main differences over alpha 2:
+<ul>
+<li>    The encoded image has been flipped to match the sense used in VP3,
+    with the origin at the lower left. This allows lossless transcoding
+    of VP3 content.
+</li>
+<li>    The decoder data tables included in the bitstream header are more
+    complete and have more scope for future encoder improvements.
+</li>
+<li>    Some experimental tools are available in the win32 directory,
+    including a transcoder for avi vp3 files.
+</li>
+</ul>
+</p><p>
+We hope there were be no more incompatible bitstream changes, but as
+with previous alpha releases we make no promises that the format will
+not change again. Only with the beta 1 release will we promise to
+support encoded content, so use this only for content you can re-encode
+later.
+</p><p>
+Experimental playback support is now available (separately) for
+Helix/Realplayer 10, Xine and mplayer; you might look at those if you
+want a more full-featured player. Be sure to use an alpha-3 compatible
+version.
+</p>
<p><strong>[ 2004 Mar 20 - source now in subversion ]</strong></p>
<p>
We've switched our version control system to <a