Download GeeXboX 1.1-rc2

GeeXboX is a standalone media player that runs on a modified version of Linux. After booting from the CD, the program is able to play mpeg, DivX, XviD, RealMedia, ogg, mp3 and wmv media files, among others. GeeXboX can be operated via the OSD or with a remote control. The program runs on an x86 processor, at least a Pentium II 400MHz, and on a PowerPC G3/4. The developers have released the second release candidate of GeeXboX 1.1 with the following changes:

Version 1.1-rc2

Thanks to your 1.1-rc1 testings, we’ve been able to fix out a lot of bugs from GeeXboX. It is now up to you to test this new release again. Once again, please test this version and report problems to the Forum. As usual, the more you’ll be to test it, the faster we’ll release 1.1.

• Fix with VESA on i945 cards.
• Restored old IDE layer (was deprecated by upcoming experimental libata)
• Fixed QEMU/VirtualBox emulation.
• New generator option to set WiFi channel number.
• Fixed A/V synchronization issues with FreeboxTV.
• Restored mke2fs which prevented installer to install on EXT2/3 partitions.
• Support for VES1820 DVB driver.
• Solves blinking cursor in VESA output mode that was recently encountered.
• Fixed zd1201 firmware loading.
• Updated ALSA lib and utils to 1.0.14-rc2
• Updated uClibc 20070212.
• Fixes NetStreams handling.
• Added binary codec for VC-1 codec as the native decoder is not (yet) able to decode all samples.

Version 1.1-rc1

While the team is working on 2.x series achievement, the 1.x series has continued to evolve and here’s the first release candidate of the upcoming 1.1 version. In order for us to discover the remaining nasty bugs and help us release 1.1 as soon as possible, please test this version and report problems to the Forum. As usual, the more you’ll be to test it, the faster we’ll release 1.1.

Systems:

• Support for linux 2.6.20-rc7 kernel.
• Support for BusyBox 1.4.1.
• Support for uClibc 20070110.
• Upgraded SysLinux boot loader to v3.20.
• Better CPU frequency scaling capabilities.

Tool chain:

• Added optional support for GNU glibc 2.5 in toolchain for debugging purpose.

player:

• Upgrade to MPlayer 1.0rc1.
• Added support libavformat demuxer in addition to internal libmpdemux.
• New native VC-1/WMV3/WMV9 video decoder (Windows Media Video).
• New native On2 VP50 and VP62 decoder (Flash video).
• New native lossless audio decoders for WavPack, TTA, and Shorten.
• Added support for VP7 binary codec.
• Added binary extra codec (through Generator) for WMA Pro files handling.
• Support for audio stream switching in MPEG-TS/PS, Matroska and streams supported by libavformat.
• Support for audio stream switching between streams with different codecs.
• New native RTSP input (handles MPEG-TS over RTP only) for generic RTSP servers (like FreeboxTV) which deprecates Live555 usage.
• H.264 decoding speed improvements.
• SSA/ASS subtitle renderer.
• Added support for ICEcast netstreams.
• Radio is now handled directly through V4L2.

Video:

• Support for nVidia cards on PowerPC machines.
• Added DirectFB 1.0.0-rc3 video output fro nVidia cards on PowerPC machines.
• Added VidiX support for Radeon 9600SE cards.

drivers:

• Added support for IVTV based cards (such as Hauppauge PVR 150/250/350/500).
• Support for WPA encryption on WiFi cards.
• Added support for Broadcom BCM43xx WiFi chipsets (like Apple AirPort).
• Added support for wireless TI ACX111 chipsets.
• Added support for MadWiFi-NG driver.
• Added support for ZyDAS ZD12x1 wireless chipsets.
• Added support for PVR USB 2 TV card.
• Added support for Rio Karma USB mass storage devices.
• Added support for USB sound cards.
• Fixed ATI USB mouse directional key codes.
• Added Medion (also Aldi) X-10 OEM’d remote.
• Added support for some USB to serial interfaces.
• Introduced new libata support in kernel for IDE disks support.
• Do no more force disks to 32bits I/O (crashes with CompactFlash over IDE).
• Much better autodetection of USB DVB devices.

Networking:

• Support for IPv4 multicast (useful for RTSP streams).
• Added NdisWrapper support that allows using Win32 network (WiFi) drivers under Linux.
• Upgrading bftpd to version 1.6.2.
• Fix some Samba mount points handling.

Generator:

• Support for NDISwrapper driver loading.
• Added new tab to add extra files to generated ISO image.
• Support for Windows Vista.

Miscellaneous:

• Removed deprecated non-working recorder/mencoder support.
• Added remote=/receiver= cheat codes in isolinux for easy change.
• Added menus in installer for selecting remote/receivers.
• Added support for various keyboard mapping (azerty/qwerty/qwertz)
• New makefile rules to build and play VMware virtual machines (make vmx && make vmx-play).

Happy Testing![break]The following files can be downloaded:
GeeXboX 1.1-rc2 ISO for i386
GeeXboX 1.1-rc2 ISO Generator for i386
GeeXboX 1.1-rc2 ISO for PowerPC
GeeXboX 1.1-rc2 ISO Generator for PowerPC
GeeXboX 1.1-rc2 Light Sources