[mad-dev] MAD suite 0.15.1b released

Rob Leslie rob@mars.org
Tue, 17 Feb 2004 19:50:51 -0800


MAD 0.15.1b is now available.

Here is a summary of the important changes:

libmad
   - New Layer III IMDCT routine based on Szu-Wei Lee's fast algorithm.
   - Improved robustness of Layer II bitrate/mode combinations.
   - Other improved portability and robustness.

libid3tag
   - New id3_field_gettextencoding() API routine.
   - Other slightly improved robustness.

madplay
   - New Replay Gain support (-G, --replay-gain).
   - Tags can now be shown without decoding any audio (-T, 
--show-tags-only).
   - New support for reading and displaying encoder tag information 
written
     by e.g. lame(1).

For complete details, see the CHANGES file in each package as well as 
the updated man page for madplay(1).

You will find the new releases here:

     ftp://ftp.mars.org/pub/mpeg/

Enjoy,

-- 
Rob Leslie
rob@mars.org