Homer 0.26.0 RC 2

Added: support for player-only usage, user can deactivate conference functions and close all network ports
Added: pre-buffering of audio/video streams, support for automatic restart of buffering if the stream continues again after interrupt
Added: new "mosaic mode" for simultaneous playback of different audio/video streams within a compact fullscreen view
Added: support for synchronizing audio/video playback which are received from the same source
Added: support for synchronizing audio/video playback of each conference participant
Added: multi-language support: GUI in German language
Added: PTT (push-to-talk) mode, PTT button in the main window
Added: support for suppressing audio frames which contain only silence
Added: frame rate and time drift compensation for video stream from desktop capturing
Added: support for additional file types: *.m2t, *.ogv, *.flv, *.ogg
Added: preventing screensaver/sleep mode if a video is played in fullscreen
Added: movie controls for fullscreen video playback
Added: automatic desktop capturing which adapts the captured resolution if the desktop changes its settings
Added: automatic screen capturing which adapts the captured resolution if the screen changes its settings
Added: mouse visualization during desktop capturing
Added: new video source which outputs the Homer Conferencing logo as constant video stream
Added: Homer Conferencing logo as place holder if an audio-only file is played
Added: allow to (de)activate the video/audio transmission towards each conference participant
Added: reworked usage of timestamps in case of RTP based audio streaming
Added: extensive statistics about audio/video streams: packet loss, delay
Added: support for portaudio based audio capturing/playback
Added: support for pulseaudio based audio capturing/playback
Added: support for hiding the main program menu and status bar
Added: reworked audio resampling for streaming and recording
Added: support for web based audio streams (http based media sources)
Added: compensation of frame rate variation from unstable media sources
Added: support for TCP based SIP conference management
Added: stable audio/video frame rate in case of packet loss
Added: stable audio/video playback in case the RTP timestamp shows an overflow
Added: automatically detect if the source of an audio/video stream has changed and automatically reset the local decoder
Added: configuration of the outgoing audio/video bit rate
Added: support for RTCP sender reports
Added: detection and compensation of overflows in the RTP timestamps/sequence numbers overflows, allows long-term streaming
Added: support for wmx playlist files
Added: support for mms:// based urls
Added: support for multi-thread video recording
Added: support for Windows 64 bit builds of the base libraries
Added: various usability improvements
Bug-fix: multi-monitor support, use correct monitor for fullscreen video playback and its movie controls
Bug-fix: showing the correct file position when playing a local audio/video file
Bug-fix: correct loop detection when the user wants to start a new conference session
Bug-fix: A/V sync: audio frames which are outside allowed delay range aren't played anymore
Bug-fix: avoidance of crashes when no audio playback device is available
Bug-fix: avoidance of delay problems when using H.264 codec
Bug-fix: correct seeking in audio/video files
Bug-fix: communication with SIP servers (PBX boxes)
Bug-fix: avoidance of gaps during audio playback
Bug-fix: show correct system information in "help" dialog"
Bug-fix: crash when pausing playback of local video/audio file
Bug-fix: playback of audio files with low sampling rates, e.g., *.wav files with 16 kHz sampling rate
Bug-fix: 100% cpu load was caused by an endless event loop in case an unsupported (shortcut) key was pressed
Bug-fix: more stable detection of the video resolution in files
Bug-fix: setting the correct parameter for UDP-Lite check sum handling
Bug-fix: avoidance of several deadlocks in case an audio/video decoder is closed/reset
Bug-fix: avoidance of streaming of old data chunks in case the position of the local file playback was changed
Bug-fix: increased fragment buffers for Windows, avoidance of high packet loss on Windows systems
Bug-fix: support pls playlist files even if they don't include title tags
Bug-fix: decreased the memory consumption for 32 bit systems
Bug-fix: asynchronous file reading and file playback
Bug-fix: playback of sound during program start/stop
Bug-fix: NAT traversal support for OS X
Bug-fix: correct packet loss detection
Bug-fix: compatibility with ffmpeg 1.x and ffmpeg 0.10.6
Bug-fix: avoidance of memory leaks