Changelog

Version 0.26.3 (2003-11-22)

This is an interim release, intended to fix the following:

Compilation errors on gcc 3.3
Sometimes Qt header files could not be found, despite a correct QTDIR environment variable
Fixing problem with second run of 'configure' in camstream subdir.
Added proper 'mute' button (the old button was confusing)
Settings from videodevice are stored now too
You can now specify an external command to execute at save time
User message can be entered and is shown in image
The FTP port is now configurable

Version 0.26 (2002-05-18)

Adding YUV422 palette (== YUYV)
Fixing 'make install' from top-level dir
FTP client wasn't properly closed down when stopping regular intervals

Version 0.26pre2 (2002-04-30)

Fixing compilation problems
Adding check for Qt multi-threaded lib

Version 0.26pre1 (2002-04-27)

A big haulover of the program...

Improved speed of displaying images.
Fixed bug where, if the window was minimized, the uploaded images wouldn't get updated.
Created own FTP class, that can (hopefully) do better than Qt's class.
Now all Philips extensions are supported.
Tested with QT3, it compiles :-)

Note: Documentation is not up to date!

Version 0.25 (2001-06-20)

Fixed palette detection logic
Completed YUV view panel
Removed remnant of old user manual from documentation
Removed old code for comaptibilty with Qt 1.* (CamStream requires at least 2.2 now)

Version 0.24 (2001-05-29)

Revamp of the interface
Now has a (simple) installation procedure
Better detection of location of Qt libraries
Added some controls for the Philips Webcam
Added X libs for linking against static Qt library
Cleaned up the code, removing unused parts

Version 0.23 (2000-11-25)

Fixed compilation problems for Debian/Woody.
The brightness and contrast controls were mixed up in the Video Control dialog.
Fixed crash at munmap() in CVideoDevice.
Added "Philips Extensions" dialog, moved specific controls over there.
Added tuner slider, so you can select a channel on your TV cards (needs some more work, though).

Version 0.22 (2000-11-11)

Nothing fancy; there were some conflicts with the webcam driver and the bttv driver, which are resolved in both that driver and this program.

Fixed problem when setting a different framerate.
Size/Frame dialog now disables most invalid image sizes.
Added support for multiple inputs on TV cards.
Synced the frame-rate setting with the Philips webcam driver.

Version 0.21 (2000-09-25)

One step back, two steps forward. The video codec is momentarely halted; in stead, there's a primitive FTP upload available. Also some doodads and whistles are added, like text in the images.

Now supports mmap(), so TV grabber cards work too;
Introduced new objects, split into viewer and codecs;
Auto-detection of available video devices;
First version of FTP uploads;
Temporarely disable video codec;
More settings for snapshots, like the base filename;
Shows timestaps in image.

Version 0.20 (2000-08-06)

First step toward video conferencing

Introduced 'panels' to show the stages in video compressions
Open a device on the fly, not just from the command line
First 'simple' video codec
Lots of new objects, DCT compression, Adaptive Huffman coding, etc.
Small improvements in `configure' script after feedback from users.
...too much I don't remember...

Version 0.19 (2000-06-02) [NOT ONLINE]

Slight overturn of the code :)

Moved documentation and source in it's own directory;
Introduced Doxygen for documentation generation;
Moved GUI stuff in a subdirectory under src;
Hopefully improved the 'configure' script a lot in determining where include files and libraries are stored;
New dialog to set in which format you want to save files; available image types are determined on the fly;
Introduced saving configuration of some settings;

Version 0.18 (2000-04-23) [NOT ONLINE]

Fixed a colour-swap problem with Qt 2.*
re-introduced and enhanced timed snapshots
changed filename of saved snapshots to click*.jpg/png
introduced separate classes for video-device and video-encoder
Hot-unplug (that is, you can unplug your USB cam and it will disappear from camstream)
Numerous other modifications...
Made nice documation with snapshots

Version 0.16a (13-01-2000) [NOT ONLINE]

Total rewrite after I accidently ditched my code :-(
Support for multiple cams
Using the select() call for smoother user interface (uses QSocketNotifier)
Merged various dialogs into one tab dialog
Trying to get a best palette out of the cam(s)
Using QtArch for GIU design

Note! This version uses QSocketNotifier to trigger an event when a new frame from the cam is ready. This means that the webcam driver must implement the select() call. The Philips USB webcam driver version 3.2 and up have this call. The CPiA cam should follow Real Soon.

Version 0.16 (20-02-2000) [NOT ONLINE]

Pfew. To much to mention... Some of the things I remember:

There's a simple 'configure' script now
Handling of all kinds of palettes
Added assembly code for palette conversions
Added panels which show the various stages in deconstruction and reconstruction of images

Version 0.14a [NOT ONLINE]

Made the Save/Restore/Factory buttons actually DO something :)

Version 0.12 [NOT ONLINE]

Fixed the bug that caused a hundred message-boxes with "Video device not openend" and no way to stop them.
Fixed RGB/BGR order in data returned from read() call.
TakeSnapShot() is now properly disabled when snapshots are not compiled in.
Added colour saturation control
Added support for RGB24/RGB32 palette from camera.
Added delayed snapshot
Added 'movie' option (repeated snapshots).

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