diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index 505bf7f..efc9690 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -1,25 +1,38 @@
UxPlay
-1.72 (beta): AirPlay-Mirror and AirPlay-Audio server for Linux, macOS,
-and Unix (now also runs on Windows).
+id="uxplay-1.72-airplay-mirror-and-airplay-audio-server-for-linux-macos-and-unix-also-runs-on-windows.">UxPlay
+1.72: AirPlay-Mirror and AirPlay-Audio server for Linux, macOS, and Unix
+(also runs on Windows).
Now
developed at the GitHub site https://github.com/FDH2/UxPlay (where ALL user issues
should be posted, and latest versions can be found).
-NEW in v1.72: Improved Support for (YouTube)
-HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) video with the new “-hls” option.
-Only streaming from the YouTube iOS app (in "m3u8" protocol) is
-currently supported: (streaming using the AirPlay icon in a
-browser window is not yet supported).Click on the
-airplay icon in the YouTube app to stream video. Please report
-any issues with this new feature of UxPlay.
+NEW in v1.72: Improved Support for (YouTube) HLS
+(HTTP Live Streaming) video with the new “-hls” option (introduced in
+1.71).* Only streaming from the YouTube iOS app (in "m3u8"
+protocol) is currently supported: (streaming using the AirPlay
+icon in a browser window is not yet supported).Click on
+the airplay icon in the YouTube app to stream video. Please
+report any issues with this new feature of UxPlay.
The default video player for HLS is GStreamer playbin v3: use
“-hls 2” to revert to playbin v2 if some videos fail to play.
-- added support for setting a password (as an alternative to on-screen
-pin codes) to control client access (-pw option)
+- user-requested features: added support for setting a password (as an
+alternative to on-screen pin codes) to control client access (-pw
+option, see “man pw” or this README for details); added support for
+setting initial client audio-streaming volume (-vol option), and output
+of audio-mode metadata to file (for display by some external process,
+-md option).
+
+ISSUES (Please help to solve if you have
+expertise)
+
+- in HLS video streaming from the YouTube app (-hls option), rendered
+using GStreamer’s media player “playbin3” (or playbin2, with option -hls
+2), we don’t understand how to correctly deal with “interstitials” (= 15
+sec commercials) when “skip” is pressed on the client. (HLS is handled
+by handlers in lib/http_handlers.h)
Highlights:
@@ -771,23 +784,16 @@ not supply a complete GStreamer, but seems to have everything needed for
UxPlay). New: the UxPlay build script will now also detect
Homebrew installations in non-standard locations indicated by the
environment variable $HOMEBREW_PREFIX.
-Using GStreamer installed from MacPorts: this is
-not recommended, as currently the MacPorts GStreamer is
-old (v1.16.2), unmaintained, and built to use X11:
-
-(If you really wish to use the MacPorts GStreamer-1.16.2, install
-pkgconf (“sudo port install pkgconf”), then “sudo port install
+Using GStreamer installed from MacPorts: MacPorts is
+now providing recent GStreamer releases: install pkgconf (“sudo port
+install pkgconf”), then “sudo port install gstreamer1
gstreamer1-gst-plugins-base gstreamer1-gst-plugins-good
-gstreamer1-gst-plugins-bad gstreamer1-gst-libav”. For X11 support on
-macOS, compile UxPlay using a special cmake option
--DUSE_X11=ON, and run it from an XQuartz terminal with -vs
-ximagesink; older non-retina macs require a lower resolution when using
-X11: uxplay -s 800x600.)
+gstreamer1-gst-plugins-bad gstreamer1-gst-libav”. (The following may no
+longer be relevant: For X11 support on macOS, compile UxPlay using a
+special cmake option -DUSE_X11=ON, and run it from an
+XQuartz terminal with -vs ximagesink; older non-retina macs require a
+lower resolution when using X11:
+uxplay -s 800x600.)
After installing GStreamer, build and install uxplay: open a terminal
and change into the UxPlay source directory (“UxPlay-master” for zipfile
downloads, “UxPlay” for “git clone” downloads) and build/install with
@@ -1644,9 +1650,11 @@ an AppleTV6,2 with sourceVersion 380.20.1 (an AppleTV 4K 1st gen,
introduced 2017, running tvOS 12.2.1), so it does not seem to matter
what version UxPlay claims to be.
Changelog
-1.72 2025-05-15. Improved HLS Live Streaming (YouTube) support. Add
+
1.72 2025-05-03. Improved HLS Live Streaming (YouTube) support. Add
support for password (HTTP Digest Authentication, -pw option) as
-alternative to on-screen pin codes.
+alternative to on-screen one-time pin codes. Add requested options -md
+to export audio-mode metadata text to a file for display, and -vol for
+setting initial audio-streaming volume on client.
1.72 2024-04-22 Add requested options -md <filename> to output
audio metadata text to a file for possible display (complements -ca
option), and -vol option to set initial audio-streaming volume. Add
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 34430fb..f62a187 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# UxPlay 1.72 (beta): AirPlay-Mirror and AirPlay-Audio server for Linux, macOS, and Unix (also runs on Windows).
+# UxPlay 1.72: AirPlay-Mirror and AirPlay-Audio server for Linux, macOS, and Unix (also runs on Windows).
### **Now developed at the GitHub site (where ALL user issues should be posted, and latest versions can be found).**
-- ***NEW in v1.72**: Improved Support for (YouTube) HLS (HTTP Live Streaming)
+- **NEW in v1.72**: Improved Support for (YouTube) HLS (HTTP Live Streaming)
video with the new "-hls" option (introduced in 1.71).* **Only streaming from the YouTube iOS app
(in \"m3u8\" protocol) is currently supported**: (streaming using the AirPlay icon in a browser window
is **not** yet supported).Click on the airplay icon in the
@@ -14,10 +14,16 @@
some videos fail to play_.
* user-requested features: added support for setting a password (as an alternative to on-screen
- pin codes) to control client access (-pw option); added support for
+ pin codes) to control client access (-pw option, see "man pw" or this README for details); added support for
setting initial client audio-streaming volume (-vol option), and output of audio-mode
metadata to file (for display by some external process, -md option).
-
+
+ **ISSUES** ***(Please help to solve if you have expertise)***
+
+ * in HLS video streaming from the YouTube app (-hls option), rendered using GStreamer's media player "playbin3" (or playbin2, with option -hls 2),
+ we don't understand how to correctly deal with "interstitials" (= 15 sec commercials) when "skip" is pressed on the client.
+ (HLS is handled by handlers in lib/http_handlers.h)
+
## Highlights:
- GPLv3, open source.
@@ -773,19 +779,12 @@ complete GStreamer, but seems to have everything needed for UxPlay).
installations in non-standard locations indicated by the environment
variable `$HOMEBREW_PREFIX`.**
-**Using GStreamer installed from MacPorts**: this is **not**
-recommended, as currently the MacPorts GStreamer is old (v1.16.2),
-unmaintained, and built to use X11:
-
-- Instead [build gstreamer
- yourself](https://github.com/FDH2/UxPlay/wiki/Building-GStreamer-from-Source-on-macOS-with-MacPorts)
- if you use MacPorts and do not want to use the "Official" Gstreamer
- binaries.
-
-*(If you really wish to use the MacPorts GStreamer-1.16.2, install
-pkgconf ("sudo port install pkgconf"), then "sudo port install
+**Using GStreamer installed from MacPorts**: MacPorts is now providing
+recent GStreamer releases: install
+pkgconf ("sudo port install pkgconf"), then "sudo port install gstreamer1
gstreamer1-gst-plugins-base gstreamer1-gst-plugins-good
-gstreamer1-gst-plugins-bad gstreamer1-gst-libav". For X11 support on
+gstreamer1-gst-plugins-bad gstreamer1-gst-libav".
+(The following may no longer be relevant: *For X11 support on
macOS, compile UxPlay using a special cmake option `-DUSE_X11=ON`, and
run it from an XQuartz terminal with -vs ximagesink; older non-retina
macs require a lower resolution when using X11: `uxplay -s 800x600`.)*
@@ -1691,9 +1690,11 @@ introduced 2017, running tvOS 12.2.1), so it does not seem to matter
what version UxPlay claims to be.
# Changelog
-1.72 2025-05-15. Improved HLS Live Streaming (YouTube) support.
+1.72 2025-05-03. Improved HLS Live Streaming (YouTube) support.
Add support for password (HTTP Digest Authentication, -pw option) as
-alternative to on-screen pin codes.
+alternative to on-screen one-time pin codes. Add requested options
+-md to export audio-mode metadata text to a file for display, and
+-vol for setting initial audio-streaming volume on client.
1.72 2024-04-22 Add requested options -md \ to output audio
metadata text to a file for possible display (complements -ca option),
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 371fb50..d09aa71 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -1,19 +1,33 @@
-# UxPlay 1.72 (beta): AirPlay-Mirror and AirPlay-Audio server for Linux, macOS, and Unix (now also runs on Windows).
+# UxPlay 1.72: AirPlay-Mirror and AirPlay-Audio server for Linux, macOS, and Unix (also runs on Windows).
### **Now developed at the GitHub site (where ALL user issues should be posted, and latest versions can be found).**
-- ***NEW in v1.72**: Improved Support for (YouTube) HLS (HTTP Live
- Streaming) video with the new "-hls" option.* **Only streaming from
- the YouTube iOS app (in \"m3u8\" protocol) is currently supported**:
- (streaming using the AirPlay icon in a browser window is **not** yet
- supported).Click on the airplay icon in the YouTube app to stream
- video. **Please report any issues with this new feature of UxPlay**.
+- **NEW in v1.72**: Improved Support for (YouTube) HLS (HTTP Live
+ Streaming) video with the new "-hls" option (introduced in 1.71).\*
+ **Only streaming from the YouTube iOS app (in \"m3u8\" protocol) is
+ currently supported**: (streaming using the AirPlay icon in a
+ browser window is **not** yet supported).Click on the airplay icon
+ in the YouTube app to stream video. **Please report any issues with
+ this new feature of UxPlay**.
*The default video player for HLS is GStreamer playbin v3: use "-hls
2" to revert to playbin v2 if some videos fail to play*.
- - added support for setting a password (as an alternative to
- on-screen pin codes) to control client access (-pw option)
+ - user-requested features: added support for setting a password
+ (as an alternative to on-screen pin codes) to control client
+ access (-pw option, see "man pw" or this README for details);
+ added support for setting initial client audio-streaming volume
+ (-vol option), and output of audio-mode metadata to file (for
+ display by some external process, -md option).
+
+ **ISSUES** ***(Please help to solve if you have expertise)***
+
+ - in HLS video streaming from the YouTube app (-hls option),
+ rendered using GStreamer's media player "playbin3" (or playbin2,
+ with option -hls 2), we don't understand how to correctly deal
+ with "interstitials" (= 15 sec commercials) when "skip" is
+ pressed on the client. (HLS is handled by handlers in
+ lib/http_handlers.h)
## Highlights:
@@ -773,22 +787,15 @@ complete GStreamer, but seems to have everything needed for UxPlay).
installations in non-standard locations indicated by the environment
variable `$HOMEBREW_PREFIX`.**
-**Using GStreamer installed from MacPorts**: this is **not**
-recommended, as currently the MacPorts GStreamer is old (v1.16.2),
-unmaintained, and built to use X11:
-
-- Instead [build gstreamer
- yourself](https://github.com/FDH2/UxPlay/wiki/Building-GStreamer-from-Source-on-macOS-with-MacPorts)
- if you use MacPorts and do not want to use the "Official" Gstreamer
- binaries.
-
-*(If you really wish to use the MacPorts GStreamer-1.16.2, install
-pkgconf ("sudo port install pkgconf"), then "sudo port install
+**Using GStreamer installed from MacPorts**: MacPorts is now providing
+recent GStreamer releases: install pkgconf ("sudo port install
+pkgconf"), then "sudo port install gstreamer1
gstreamer1-gst-plugins-base gstreamer1-gst-plugins-good
-gstreamer1-gst-plugins-bad gstreamer1-gst-libav". For X11 support on
-macOS, compile UxPlay using a special cmake option `-DUSE_X11=ON`, and
-run it from an XQuartz terminal with -vs ximagesink; older non-retina
-macs require a lower resolution when using X11: `uxplay -s 800x600`.)*
+gstreamer1-gst-plugins-bad gstreamer1-gst-libav". (The following may no
+longer be relevant: *For X11 support on macOS, compile UxPlay using a
+special cmake option `-DUSE_X11=ON`, and run it from an XQuartz terminal
+with -vs ximagesink; older non-retina macs require a lower resolution
+when using X11: `uxplay -s 800x600`.)*
After installing GStreamer, build and install uxplay: open a terminal
and change into the UxPlay source directory ("UxPlay-master" for zipfile
@@ -1690,9 +1697,11 @@ what version UxPlay claims to be.
# Changelog
-1.72 2025-05-15. Improved HLS Live Streaming (YouTube) support. Add
+1.72 2025-05-03. Improved HLS Live Streaming (YouTube) support. Add
support for password (HTTP Digest Authentication, -pw option) as
-alternative to on-screen pin codes.
+alternative to on-screen one-time pin codes. Add requested options -md
+to export audio-mode metadata text to a file for display, and -vol for
+setting initial audio-streaming volume on client.
1.72 2024-04-22 Add requested options -md \ to output audio
metadata text to a file for possible display (complements -ca option),
diff --git a/renderers/video_renderer.c b/renderers/video_renderer.c
index efd9b9b..eae69f2 100644
--- a/renderers/video_renderer.c
+++ b/renderers/video_renderer.c
@@ -835,6 +835,9 @@ int video_renderer_choose_codec (bool video_is_h265) {
logger_log(logger, LOGGER_DEBUG, "video_pipeline state change from %s to %s\n",
gst_element_state_get_name (old_state),gst_element_state_get_name (new_state));
gst_video_pipeline_base_time = gst_element_get_base_time(renderer->appsrc);
+ if (renderer == renderer_type[1]) {
+ logger_log(logger, LOGGER_INFO, "*** video format is h265 high definition (HD/4K) video %dx%d", width, height);
+ }
if (renderer_unused) {
for (int i = 0; i < n_renderers; i++) {
if (renderer_type[i] != renderer_unused) {
diff --git a/uxplay.1 b/uxplay.1
index 8fede90..c2739ae 100644
--- a/uxplay.1
+++ b/uxplay.1
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-.TH UXPLAY "1" "December 2024" "1.71" "User Commands"
+.TH UXPLAY "1" "May 2025" "1.72" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
uxplay \- start AirPlay server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B uxplay
[\fI\,-n name\/\fR] [\fI\,-s wxh\/\fR] [\fI\,-p \/\fR[\fI\,n\/\fR]] [more \fI OPTIONS \/\fR ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-UxPlay 1.71: An open\-source AirPlay mirroring (+ audio streaming) server:
+UxPlay 1.72: An open\-source AirPlay mirroring (+ audio streaming) server:
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B
diff --git a/uxplay.cpp b/uxplay.cpp
index 03f16e6..4f6ae33 100644
--- a/uxplay.cpp
+++ b/uxplay.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
#include "renderers/video_renderer.h"
#include "renderers/audio_renderer.h"
-#define VERSION "1.712beta"
+#define VERSION "1.72"
#define SECOND_IN_USECS 1000000
#define SECOND_IN_NSECS 1000000000UL
diff --git a/uxplay.spec b/uxplay.spec
index 9dd17df..85b4f96 100644
--- a/uxplay.spec
+++ b/uxplay.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
Name: uxplay
-Version: 1.71.1
+Version: 1.72
Release: 1%{?dist}
%global gittag v%{version}
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ cd build
%{_docdir}/%{name}/llhttp/LICENSE-MIT
%changelog
+* Thu May 1 2025 UxPlay maintainer
+ Update for 1.72 release
* Fri Nov 15 2024 UxPlay maintainer
Initial uxplay.spec: tested on Fedora 38, Rocky Linux 9.2, OpenSUSE
Leap 15.5, Mageia 9, OpenMandriva ROME, PCLinuxOS