complete WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE support, multichannel assignments in format and documen...
authorJosh Coalson <jcoalson@users.sourceforce.net>
Fri, 6 Oct 2006 05:51:13 +0000 (05:51 +0000)
committerJosh Coalson <jcoalson@users.sourceforce.net>
Fri, 6 Oct 2006 05:51:13 +0000 (05:51 +0000)
doc/html/changelog.html

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@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
                                <ul>
                                        <li>Large file (&gt;2GB) support everywhere</li>
                                        <li>Much better recovery for corrupted files</li>
+                                       <li>Better multichannel support</li>
                                        <li><span class="commandname">flac</span> now supports FLAC as input to the encoder (i.e. can re-encode FLAC to FLAC) and preserve all the metadata like tags, etc.</li>
                                        <li>New <a href="format.html#def_PICTURE"><span class="code">PICTURE</span></a> metadata block for storing things like cover art, new <span class="argument"><a href="documentation.html#flac_options_picture">--picture</a></span> option to <span class="commandname">flac</span> and <span class="argument"><a href="documentation.html#metaflac_shorthand_import_picture">--import-picture</a></span> option to <span class="commandname">metaflac</span> for importing pictures, and metadata API <a href="api/group__flac__metadata__level0.html#ga3">additions</a> for searching for suitable pictures based on type, size and color constraints.</li>
                                        <li>Support for new <tt>REPLAYGAIN_REFERENCE_LOUDNESS</tt> tag.</li>
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@
                                FLAC format:
                                <ul>
                                        <li>New <a href="format.html#def_PICTURE"><span class="code">PICTURE</span></a> metadata block for storing things like cover art</li>
+                                       <li>Speaker assignments and channel orders for 3-6 channels (see <a href="format.html#frame_header">frame header</a>)</li>
                                </ul>
                        </li>
                        <li>
@@ -90,6 +92,9 @@
                                <ul>
                                        <li>Improved the <a href="documentation.html#flac_options_decode_through_errors"><span class="argument">-F</span></a> to allow decoding of FLAC files whose metadata is corrupted, and other kinds of corruption.</li>
                                        <li>Encoder can now take FLAC as input.  The output FLAC file will have all the same metadata as the original unless overridden with options on the command line.</li>
+                                       <li>Encoder can now take WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE WAVE files as input; decoder will output WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE WAVE files when necessary to conform to the latest Microsoft specifications.</li>
+                                       <li>Now properly supports AIFF and WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE multichannel input, performing necessary channel reordering both for encoding and decoding.  WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE channel mask is also saved to a tag on encoding and restored on decoding for situations when there is no natural mapping to FLAC channel assignments.</li>
+                                       <li>Added support for "odd" sample resolutions; all resolution from 4 to 24 bits-per-sample now supported.</li>
                                        <li>Added a new option <a href="documentation.html#flac_options_tag_from_file"><span class="argument">--tag-from-file</span></a> for setting a tag from file (e.g. for importing a cuesheet as a tag).</li>
                                        <li>Added a new option <span class="argument"><a href="documentation.html#flac_options_picture">--picture</a></span> for adding pictures.</li>
                                        <li>Added support for encoding from non-compressed AIFF-C (<a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&amp;atid=113478&amp;aid=1090933&amp;group_id=13478">SF #1090933</a>).</li>