This new file lists from a user point of view the main new features
of the package.
For more details refer to the README and/or the ChangeLog.
* MoviX 0.8.1
New features
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- added mouse support
- added multilingual support: now the MoviX menu is available in 6
languages: English, Italian, German, Polish, Portuguese and Russian.
To set your favorite language you have to boot with the boot arg
LANGUAGE=xx where 'xx' is the code of the country (e.g. it for Italy)
Of course you don't have to use any boot arg for English :-)
- added support for Polish and Russian keyboard layouts
- the 'Edit->Save config' menu is now able to save the config files
directly in the device it booted from
(when booting from HD partition/USB pen/NFS server)
Fixes
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- remotes now work fine again
- the 'Play' menu now gets correctly focused after every dialog box
- the 'aa' video output driver works fine once again
- lots of other small menu bugs have been fixed
* MoviX 0.8.1rc3
New features
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- CD/DVD drives are now slowed down by default to reduce thei noise
use 'SLOW=n' at the boot if you experience boot problems
- added a telnet daemon: now it is possible to log to a MoviX box
from a second PC as root with no password, the movix menu will
automatically start at the login.
BEWARE: use this feature *only* in internal *trusted* networks,
everybody will be able to log as root on your PC!
- every drive is now accessible from the MPlayer menu
- you can play the whole content of a CD from the MPlayer menu
using the Play->CD menu
- added shortcuts 'd','v','a','c' to MPlayer to play resp.
DVD,VCD,ACD,CD from the first drive.
This can be useful for DXR3/H+ users with slow CPUs since
the menu uses way too many resources
- added Prefs->Aspect menu to MPlayer to allow dynamic selection
of the screen size (BEWARE: does not work with the 'fbdev'
vo driver unless ':vidix' is also used [i.e. with ATI or Matrox
cards])
- added Radio support
- added multilingual menu support (currently available for italian
and german): use 'LANG=it' of 'LANG=de' boot args to activate it
- added boot args IP,GW,DNS in case you have no DHCP server
- info for Audio CDs should be displayed if the PC is connected
to the net
- the 'install.pl' script should now be able to find the movix files
even when you boot from hd, usb pen and nfs server
- now you can save the movix config files directly in the device
you booted from (unless it is a CD :-) using the
"Edit->Save config" menu
Fixes
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- now you can include any libdvdcss rpm file from
http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/
in a MoviX CD: the system should automatically detect it and use it
- SCSI CD/DVD drives should now be listed in the correct order
- the resolution you choose is now contained in the movixrc config file
- now the editor can really save files :-)
- TV-out for CLE266 cards should be ok now
- tftp boot has been improved (see README)
* MoviX 0.8.1rc2
New features
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- introduced two new Play->Net submenus to let you play very easily
a huge number of internet radios
- Wireless NIC devices are now supported
- you can boot from the net even if you don't have a NFS server on
- added support for Hauppauge serial remotes
Fixes
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- it works once again with as low as 64MB of RAM
- you can finally use IP names besides IP numbers
- samba and nfs volumes now are correctly mounted even when you
configure the net through the movixrc file
- [hopefully] fixed Matrox & Savage TV-out
- [hopefully] fixed DXR3/H+ drivers (but there's still lot to do for these cards)
- added instruction on how to customize MPlayer and MoviX menu backgrounds
* MoviX 0.8.1rc1
New features
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- You can choose a music file as an audio background for slideshows
- You can now use 'Tecram IR-mate 210' remotes to pilot MoviX
Fixes
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- 'fbi' now resizes the pictures correctly!
* MoviX 0.8.1pre5
New features
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- 'fbi' can now be controlled through a remote
- 'fbi' now supports also GIF and PhotoCD picts
- it is now possible to switch "completely" to the MPlayer menu:
once it is chosen thourgh "F4" it will keep running until the user
will explicitly switch to the MoviX menu
- Hauppauge serial remotes are now supported
Fixes
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- the default settings should now work with most PC (supervesafb fixed!)
- Play->SlideShow remembers now the last visited dir even with HD partitions
and net volumes
- the scaling parameters will now change accordingly with the resolution changes
* MoviX 0.8.1pre4
New features
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- now Play->Dir, Play->File and Play->SlideShow remember the last visited dir
and use it for the next access
Fixes
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- the routine used to change resolution has been fixed; now you can safely
answer "No" to it :-)
- now MoviX should be able to access immediately to your CD/DVD driver rather
than failing the first time as in pre3
* MoviX 0.8.1pre3
New features
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- now it's possible to change rez even with the default boot label
look under the Edit menu
- the Play->Partition entry has been replaced by the nicer Play->Dir
entry that you can use to play all audio/video files contained in a
particular dir (not necessarily the whole partition)
- no need to eject by hand anymore, just press the CD/DVD drive button
to extract them
- digital audio output should now be automatically on for cards that
support it
Fixes
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- MoviX is now again able to boot from windows partitions
- added a few hints on booting from the net with any kind
of network card
Known Problems
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- it seems that MoviX fails to play videos on machines with RAM <= 64M
unless a swap partiotion is present; please try and report!
* MoviX 0.8.1pre2
New cool MPlayer features
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The MPlayer binary bundled with MoviX contains now many cool features,
mainly imported thanks the GeexBox project, namely:
- subtitles 'on the fly' switch
- audio track 'on the fly' switch
- possibility to start DVD,VCD,AudioCD directly from within the MPlayer menu
- support for MPlayer menu even while an audio-only file is playing
- support for songs info while an audio-only file is playing
New net features
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It is now impossible to include a list of nfs/samba volumes to be mounted
automatically by the system right after the boot.
Give a look to the self-explanatory examples:
src/movix/nfsVolumes
src/movix/sambaVolumes
New menu features
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- added colors :-)
- added checkbox to tell MoviX to turn itself off after the end of a playback
- added SlideShow capabilities
- added menu to change resolution when booting with the "FB" or "TV" labels
- added possibility to edit a file from within the MoviX menu wiht the
'Edit->edit a file' entry
* MoviX 0.8.1pre1
Boot from new devices
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Now MoviX can boot from several new devices:
1. HD partitions
2. USB pens
3. CompactFlash cards
4. Net (through a dhcp server)
To install MoviX on a USB pen or a CompactFlash card you can also boot
from CD and run the script 'install.pl'
PCMCIA cards
------------
PCMCIA support has finally been added: please test it and report!
MoviX can run with 32 MB of RAM
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If you have a Linux swap partition on a HD, then MoviX will use it.
This allows MoviX work even on PCs with as low as 32MB of RAM.
Graphical boot
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The (useful) kernel boot messages are now covered by pictures (nice
but kind of unuseful).
If you need to check the kernel output you can press 'F2'.