libshcodecs 0.9.6 released

libshcodecs 0.9.6 Release
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libshcodecs is a library for controlling SH-Mobile hardware codecs.

The [SH-Mobile][0] processor series includes a hardware video processing
unit that supports MPEG-4 and H.264 encoding and decoding.
libshcodecs is available under the terms of the GNU LGPL.

The source archive, and more information about the library are available from:

       http://linux-sh.org/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/libshcodecs

New in this release
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       * New shcodecs-play tool to play directly to framebuffer

       * Added new functions for accessing physical memory addresses

       * Man pages for tools

       * Updated shared version info to 6:0:2


Changes
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Conrad Parker (21):
     support NV12->RGB565 conversion in tools
     add shcodecs_decoder_use_physical() public API call
     typo: Version_script reference to shcodecs_decoder_set_use_physical
     Encode to stdout if ouput file name is "-"
     tools: move all debug and error output to stderr, don't clobber stdout
     libshcodecs: move all debug messages to stderr, don't clobber stdout
     add v4l2 capture control example files
     don't do path concatenation on output file name "-" specifying stdout
     add streaming output file, with output filename "-" and
     add extra .ctl files to pkg
     add man pages for tools
     add KMp4-v4l2-stream capenc control file
     cleanup: report correct function names in debug
     add checks and #include "config.h" throughout
     add SIGINT and SIGPIPE handling to encoder tools
     add a note about benchmarking to shcodecs-dec man page
     add note to README about kernel configuration
     capenc: read video device filename from control file
     Document policy for freeing decode buffers
     stop shcodecs_decode() on non-zero callback return
     convert avcbe_global.h comments to UTF-8

Phil Edworthy (11):
     VEU scale, rotate, crop function.
     Added shcodecs-play tool
     Fixed path to v4l2 device.
     Fixed problem with opening framebuffer.
     Cleaned up h264 encoder code.
     h264 enc: merged encode by nal and pic into 1 function.
     mpeg4/h263 encoder cleanup
     Cleaned up buffer allocation for the encoder.
     Add ability to position output
     Fixed ANNEX_B symbol definition
     Fixed thread sync issues with shcodecs-play

Takashi Namiki (1):
     Added a function to get phisical address.


[0]:
http://www.renesas.com/fmwk.jsp?cnt=sh_mobile_family_land...