[mad-announce] MAD 0.13.0b available

[Rob Leslie]

MAD version 0.13.0b is now available.

Highlights of this release include:

  - complete file decode, including last frame
  - support for reading Xing VBR headers in the plug-in for Winamp
  - fixed visuals display in the plug-in for Winamp for 24- and 32-bit output
  - support for Layer III ancillary data extraction
  - fixed MPEG-2 Layer III intensity stereo decoding
  - new `--downsample' option for madplay (reduced decoding overhead)
  - fixed PIC-related crashing bug under ARM
  - libmad should now be thread-safe

More details can be found in the `CHANGES' file in the release.

The source code is here:

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

The plug-in for Winamp is here:

  http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/mad-plugin/

Cheers,

-- 
Rob Leslie
rob@mars.org