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22009-03-10  OpenCORE 2.02
3
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5   There is minor version number nomenclature change where the
6   minor version is now two digits.  So the previous releases
7   in the new nomenclature are 2.00 (2.0) and 2.01 (2.1).  The
8   new release is 2.02, which is a minor version increment beyond
9   the previous release.
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11
12New Features
13- AMR-WB support added to the OMX encoder node so that it can utilize
14  an OMX AMR-WB encoder component if it is part of the OMX core.
15- Buffer allocator mechanism allowing the Media I/O components to
16  supply buffers to the OMX decoders.  This method is especially useful
17  as an alternative way to allocate video buffers.  Details can be
18  found in the new document "Guide to Supplying Decoder Buffers from
19  the MIO Component" in the file mio_decoder_buffer_allocation_guide.pdf
20  in the top-level doc directory.
21
22Improvements
23- Resolution of Valgrind and static analysis warnings in player and author
24- Improvements in support for .mov files in MP4 FF Parser(relaxed some checks).
25- Modified OMX encoder node to allow setting the AMR bitrate
26  based on an extension interface value.
27- Fix inconsistencies in OSCL find method related to inclusion of the
28  directory name with the filename.
29- Improvement in PVMFInfoErrorHandlingComplete in the player datapath
30- Refactor of the Protocol Engine node to support a plugin architecture.
31  This improves extensibility of the module for new features in the future.
32- Introduce QueryInterfaceSync in PVMFNodeInterface and "all" metadata key
33- AMR NB and WB have conflicting meaning for frame_type and mode elements
34- Change the default settings related to caching for Oscl_File when
35  using PVFile within the fileformat parsers.
36- Replace test.mp4 with interop clip
37- Update of tests for support for progressive download of AMR
38- OMX Khronos header files (Omx_Core.h, Omx_Component.h) capitalization
39  changed to match that from the Khronos (previously they were all lowercase).
40- Updated MIO Developer's Guide in the top-level doc directory.
41
42Bugs Fixed
43- Memory leak when running GCF TC212 (2way-related)
44- MediaClockConverter divided by zero caused by timescale 0
45- MP4 composer node destructor memory corruption fixed.
46- Fix for intermittent crash in player engine TC 105
47- OMX dec node did not reset all the internal state during
48  Reset processing.
49
50===============================================================================
512009-02-26  OpenCORE 2.1 (2.01)
52
53New Features
54* OpenMAX Codec-related:
55  - Introduced the OMXConfigParser API to help in determining
56    which OpenMAX components can support the input bitstream.
57    It is used to narrow the list of candidate OpenMAX components
58    to be used for playback.  See the OpenMAX Core Integration Guide
59    document in the doc directory for more information.
60  - Added OMX AAC encoder support in the OMX encoder.
61  - Modified to use separate component roles for AMR-NB and AMR-WB as
62    described in the OpenMAX IL spec version 1.1.2.
63  - Added support for a new buffer format for H.264/AVC decode and
64    encode to allow passing multiple NALs in a single buffer.
65    The format uses OMX_OTHER_EXTRADATA structure defined in
66    section 4.2.33 of the OpenMAX IL spec version 1.1.2 to pass
67    NAL lengths.  See the OpenMAX Core Integration Guide document
68    in the doc directory for more information.
69* Author-related:
70  - Added support for authoring files with AAC audio.
71  - Added support for authoring AMR-WB audio to MP4/3GP files and
72    IETF storage format.
73  - Added support for writing to an open file descriptor as an option
74    instead of simply providing a filename.  The file descriptor
75    option is useful for cases where another process needs to open
76    the file because of permissions.
77* Added large file support in OSCL (i.e., 64-bit file size/offset
78    support) to handle files greater than 2 GiB on filesystems that
79  support it.
80* Added rotation support in the 32-bit color-conversion class.
81
82Improvements
83* Removed dynamically loaded modules from the prelink map to avoid
84  clutter and to make both the prelink map and loadable modules
85  easier to manage.  There may be an issue if a single instance of
86  a process tries to load libraries not in the prelink map more than
87  256 times
88  (See http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2042).
89* Update to the MP3 Decoder to fix security issue (oCERT_2009-002,
90  CVE-2009-0475)
91* Renamed the OSCL config directory linux_nj to android to match the
92  platform name.  Replaced all references of nj with android in the
93  codebase.
94* General security improvements found from static analysis in the
95  following areas:
96  - Buffer and type overruns and underruns
97  - Null pointer references
98* Refactored the jitter buffer node into a more modular architecture
99  for better support of different streaming use-cases and protocols.
100* Fixed an issue in the MP3 decoder when decoding for very of long
101  durations (over 2 GiB of data).
102* General improvements found during 3GPP packet-switched streaming
103  interoperability testing.
104* General improvements and resolution of issues found from module
105  level and engine (player, author, 2-way) level unit testing.
106
107New APIs / Behaviors
108* Added support in the player engine to cancel a single pending
109  command using the CancelCommand API.  See the player engine API
110  document for details.
111* Renumbered the author test cases to avoid issues with
112  preprocessor conditionals changing the test numbers based on
113  settings.  Now the test numbers shouldn't change.
114* In the case of 3rd party OMX components that support multiple roles,
115  returns an error if the component cannot set the role parameter
116* OMX components need to explicitly set nPortIndex parameter for
117  all appropriate parameters
118* Added fix for buffering percentage notification in streaming
119  scenario (see https://review.source.android.com/Gerrit#change,8699)
120* Updated omx shared library build configuration to separate component
121  registration from component build
122* Added methods in baselibs to serialize and deserialize the UTF-16,
123  UTF-16LE, UTF-16BE strings
124* Removed the iUseCPMPluginRegistry flag from the source data that was
125  previously used to enable the content policy manager.
126  Since the CPM pluginsare dynamically loaded, the flag is not
127  needed and was removed.  See the playerdriver.cpp for details
128  of the change.
129
130===============================================================================
1312009-01-26  OpenCORE 2.0 (2.00)
132
133New Features
134- Consolidation of the clock logic into a common clock object
135  (PVMFMediaClock).  More details will be provided in a
136  Tech note at a later time.
137- Refactor MP4 Composer library
138- omx component refactoring (Introducing base omx component class)
139- OMX Encoder Support
140- Check URIs for illegal characters and run escaping algorithm if any
141  are found.
142- Support for 3GPP AssetInfo Metadata in Author SDK
143- MP3 Dynamic TOC Construction
144- Modify MPEG4/H.263 node/library to support arbitrary Decoder
145  Configuration Information (DCI)
146- backward playback support for MP4
147- Refactoring Colorconversion from mpeg4 encoder and adding support
148  for YUV420SemiPlanar
149- Refactor streaming manager node into feature specifc plugins
150- Thread Safe Player Engine APIs and Thread Safe queue
151- Adding capability to turn off AC prediction and change
152  IntraDCVlcThreshold for MPEG4 encoder library
153- Dynamically populate recognizer registry
154- add 2way support for OpenCORE
155- Combine OMX audio dec node and Video Dec node
156- OMX MasterCore
157- Apply new RGB to YUV color conversion libraries to OMX encoder
158  components
159- Use loadable modules in CPM
160- Adding support for YUV420Semiplanar to avc encoder, m4v encoder and
161  author
162- introduce dynamic loading of individual omx components
163
164Improvements
165- Removal of all compiler warnings reported by Android compiler
166  Exception: unit test app code
167- Module-level unit test fixes
168- Various Valgrind errors and fixes
169- Various Codesonar warnings and fixes
170- various security audit and fixes
171- various memory leak fixes
172- various crash, hang fixes for specific test content or test cases
173- Re-work Oscl Scheduler semaphore & lock
174- Author Engine Error Handling Robustness
175- Player Engine Error Handling Robustness
176- Add capability of assembling partial frames and inserting NAL start
177  codes to OMX node
178- The media I/O component configuration process needs to be improved.
179- Fundamental change in behavior of repositioning during 3GPP
180  streaming
181- Improvements to the PV FrameMetadataUtility [FMU]
182- mp3 parser - duration calculation by walking file in background
183- IOT merges from 2-way team
184- Longevity issues with live streaming
185- Local Playback MP3 file does not display attached art work
186- Issues with Oscl Leave, Panic, and Assert
187- Modify allocators to not leave in case of an alloc failure, but
188  instead have them return OsclErrNoMemory
189- Conversion of strcmp and strstr usage to strncmp for non null
190  terminated Strings
191- Change Oscl memory auditing from TLS-based to Singleton-based
192- Buffer status report in a periodical manner to improve the app
193  awareness about how engine is running in low bandwidth for PDL/PS
194- AVC Encoder Improved Rate Control
195- State Transition: Remove implicit ThreadLogoff() from Nodes
196- Include aac recognizer for Android
197- Audit MP4 parser against new iTunes spec
198- Replace PVMFSMSharedBufferAllocWithReSize allocator with
199  OsclMemPoolResizableAllocator
200- Player Engine registry re-work
201
202New KVPs / APIs / API behaviors
203- Change Download Manager Stop Command to Stop Download
204- Add a KVP to configure jitter buffer inactivity run time from the
205  app
206- OSCL Critical Error Handling
207- Adding kvp in SM node to set rtsp_timeout timer in rtsp engine node
208- Get rid of "getTrackOTIType" API in parser lib and switch mp4 parser
209  node to use "getTrackMIMEType".
210- Adding capability to turn off AC prediction and change
211  IntraDCVlcThreshold for MPEG4 encoder library
212- Deprecate PVMFCPMPluginLocalSyncAccessInterface
213- Introduce new API in Engine to Release MetaData Values
214- Use of PVMF format types in player registries
215- Introduce new kvp key to set jitter buffer size
216- Add a new meta data key to Mp3ParserNode to support channel mode
217  retrieval
218- Support for taking in video bitrate and other params from a config
219  file, for uncompressed AVI test cases.
220- Deprecate TLS-based memory audit
221- Use KVP "nodedataqueuing_timeout" instead of compile time tuneable
222  "SYNC_POINT_DIFF_THRESHOLD"
223- Please apply "mode=" for "x-pvmf/net/user-agent;valtype=char*" key.
224- Change libpv*.so to libopencore_*.so
225- Singleton and lock/unlock mechanism needed for OMX master core
226  globals
227- In case of 3rd party OMX components that support multiple roles -
228  input dec format and output enc format needs to be specified
229- OMX Core plugin code (for 3rd party omx cores integration)
230
231Known Issues
232- Had to temporarily remove the doc directory because of conflicts
233  with Gerrit and PDF files. These will be uploaded again now that
234  Gerrit is updated.
235- Additional documentation will be released as soon as possible.
236- The OpenMAX encoder node is configuring the OpenMAX component with
237  the wrong format for AMR. It is using
238  OMX_AUDIO_AMRFrameFormatRTPPayload when it should be
239  OMX_AUDIO_AMRFrameFormatFSF.
240- The OpenMAX encoder node is not handling Reset correctly in all
241  cases.
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