[xiph-commits] r15854 - in websites/xiph.org: . press press/2009 press/2009/thusnelda-alpha-1

Fri Mar 27 11:45:54 PDT 2009

Author: xiphmont
Date: 2009-03-27 11:45:54 -0700 (Fri, 27 Mar 2009)
New Revision: 15854

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   websites/xiph.org/press/2009/thusnelda-alpha-1/
   websites/xiph.org/press/2009/thusnelda-alpha-1/index.shtml.en
Modified:
   websites/xiph.org/index.shtml.en
   websites/xiph.org/press/index.shtml.en
Log:
Add news release for libtheora 1.1alpha1 (Thusnelda)



Modified: websites/xiph.org/index.shtml.en
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--- websites/xiph.org/index.shtml.en	2009-03-27 10:03:40 UTC (rev 15853)
+++ websites/xiph.org/index.shtml.en	2009-03-27 18:45:54 UTC (rev 15854)
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 	<h1>Xiph in the News</h1>
 
 	<ul class="newslist">
+		<li><a href="press/2009/thusnelda-alpha-1/">Next generation 'Thusnelda' encoder release</a></li>
 		<li><a href="press/2008/theora-release-1.0/">Theora 1.0 released</a></li>
 		<li><a href="press/2007/balance-of-2007/">A Balance of the Year 2007</a></li>
 		<li><a href="press/2007/w3c/">Xiph.Org Statement Regarding the HTML5 Draft and the Ogg Codec Set</a></li>

Added: websites/xiph.org/press/2009/thusnelda-alpha-1/index.shtml.en
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--- websites/xiph.org/press/2009/thusnelda-alpha-1/index.shtml.en	                        (rev 0)
+++ websites/xiph.org/press/2009/thusnelda-alpha-1/index.shtml.en	2009-03-27 18:45:54 UTC (rev 15854)
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<!--#include virtual="/ssi/header.include" -->
+<!-- Enter custom page information and styles here -->
+  <title>March 27, 2009: Xiph.Org releases Theora 1.1alpha1</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<!--#include virtual="/common/xiphbar.include" -->
+
+<!--#include virtual="/ssi/pagetop.include" -->
+<!--  All your page content goes here  -->
+
+
+<h3>libTheora 1.1 alpha 1 release: next-generation 'Thusnelda' encoder</h3>
+
+<p>Xiph.Org is pleased to announce the first alpha release of the
+rewrite of the Xiph.Org reference encoder for the Theora video format,
+codename "Thusnelda".
+
+<p><ul>
+<li><a href="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.1alpha1.tar.bz2">
+ http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.1alpha1.tar.bz2</a>
+
+<li><a href="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.1alpha1.zip">
+ http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.1alpha1.zip</a>
+
+<li><a href="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.1alpha1.tar.gz">
+http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.1alpha1.tar.gz</a>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Please download, test and give us feedback!
+
+<p>This is an alpha release consisting of substantially new code, and
+so may be unstable. We're making it more widely available at this point
+to facilitate wider testing and flush out unknown issues. The
+primary change is a completely rewritten encoder with vastly improved
+quality vs. bitrate in the default VBR/constant-quality mode, and
+better tracking of the target bitrate in CBR/ABR modes. There are some
+minor changes to the decoder and examples, but the new encoder is the
+reason to try out this release.
+
+<p>As this is an alpha release intended to get new code into the hands
+of testers as quickly as possible, it is shipping with a few known
+caveats that are being fixed:
+
+<ul>
+ <li>GNU autotools and scons builds should work on GNU/Linux/BSD
+systems, including MacOS X
+ <li>The Apple xcode project should work, but doesn't build a separate
+libtheoraenc. Use the legacy libtheora build for now.
+ <li>The xmingw32 build only mostly works.
+ <li>MSVC project files need updating for source code rearrangement.
+ <li>Some minor build fixes haven't been ported from the 1.0 release yet.
+</ul>
+
+<p>Development work for this is still on a separate branch, and will
+remain so until we have some of the build and code reorganization
+issues settled. If you're curious to track the ongoing development,
+please 'svn checkout http://svn.xiph.org/branches/theora-thusnelda/'.
+
+<p>Thanks, and happy hacking!
+
+<p><i> The Xiph.Org Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated
+to open, unencumbered multimedia technology. Xiph's formats and
+software levels the playing field for digital media so that all
+producers and artists can distribute their work for minimal cost,
+without restriction, regardless of affiliation.  May contain traces of
+nuts.</i></p>
+
+<!--#include virtual="/ssi/pagebottom.include" -->

Modified: websites/xiph.org/press/index.shtml.en
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--- websites/xiph.org/press/index.shtml.en	2009-03-27 10:03:40 UTC (rev 15853)
+++ websites/xiph.org/press/index.shtml.en	2009-03-27 18:45:54 UTC (rev 15854)
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
 
 <h1 style="margin-top: 0;">Press releases</h1>
 
+<h2>March 27, 2009: libTheora 1.1 alpha: Next generation 'Thusnelda' encoder</h2>
+
+<p>The Xiph.org Foundation announces an alpha release of libTheora 1.1
+including our long-discussed next-generation 'Thusnelda' video encoder...
+<a href="press/2009/thusnelda-alpha-1/">(read on)</a></p>
+
 <h2>November 3, 2008: libTheora 1.0 released</h2>
 
 <p>The Xiph.org Foundation announces the 1.0 release of the libtheora reference encoder and decoder libraries.... <a href="2008/theora-release-1.0/">(read on)</a></p>

