MediaSuite Release Notes

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.6.1853 - 2012-02-01

• Bug fixes
• Fix for a possible buffer overrun when adding STAP-A packets to an H.264 frame

MediaSuite 2.0 Version 2.0.96.0 - 2012-02-01

• Bug fixes
• Fixed H.264 encoder timestamp calculations dependant on H264Encoder.Framerate
• Fixed bug in ImageTools.ResizeRgb24 where certain strides caused a buffer overflow
• New features:
• Added CopyMetaDataFrom to copy meta information between MediaBuffer objects.
• Several improvements in quality of speech noise reduction filter
• Updated Noise reduction demo
• Added overload for ResizeRgb24 to accept MediaBuffer objects

MediaSuite 2.0 Version 2.0.90.0 - 2012-01-27

• Bug fixes
• Fix for a possible buffer overrun when adding STAP-A packets to an H.264 frame

MediaSuite 2.0 Version 2.0.86.0 - 2012-01-24

• Bug fixes:
• Fixed bug where H264Decoder idles at ~15% CPU after calling .Init().
• Fixed bug where FileNotFoundException is thrown occasionally upon loading of MediaBase.dll.
• Updated RTSPPlayer to consume less CPU when no picture frame is available.

MediaSuite 2.0 Version 2.0.80.0 - 2012-01-20

• What's new (Image processing (Streamcoders.Imaging.ImageTools)):
• RGB24ToGray(int InputWidth, int InputHeight, MediaBuffer InputBuffer, MediaBuffer OutputBuffer)
  • Converts RGB24 to grayscale 8-bit image
• GrayToRGB24(int InputWidth, int InputHeight, MediaBuffer InputBuffer, MediaBuffer OutputBuffer)
  • Converts grayscale 8-bit image to RGB24
• RGB24GrayWeightedSum(int InputWidth, int InputHeight, MediaBuffer Buffer1, MediaBuffer Buffer2, float alpha)
  • Calculates weighted some of each pixel in two pictures and stores it in Buffer2: Buffer2(ij) = Buffer1(ij) * alpha + Buffer2(ij) * (1-alpha)
• Rgb24AbsoluteDifference(int InputWidth, int InputHeight, MediaBuffer Buffer1, MediaBuffer Buffer2, MediaBuffer OutputBuffer)
  • Calculates absolute difference of two pictures and stores it in OutputBuffer: OutputBuffer(ij) = abs(Buffer1(ij) - Buffer2(ij))
• GrayGauss3x3(int InputWidth, int InputHeight, MediaBuffer Buffer1, MediaBuffer Buffer2)
  • Applies gaussian kernel to Buffer1 and stores it in Buffer2.
• GrayThreshold(int InputWidth, int InputHeight, MediaBuffer InputBuffer, int threshold)
  • Applies threshold to a grayscale picture Buffer(ij) > threshold {0} : {Buffer(ij)}
• GrayThreshold(int InputWidth, int InputHeight, MediaBuffer InputBuffer, int threshold, byte newValue)
  • Applies threshold to a grayscale picture Buffer(ij) > threshold {newValue} : {Buffer(ij)}
• GrayErosion(int InputWidth, int InputHeight, MediaBuffer InputBuffer)
  • Applies erosion filter on grayscale picture.
• GrayDilation(int InputWidth, int InputHeight, MediaBuffer InputBuffer)
  • Applies dilation filter on grayscale picture.
• BlobCounter class
• Added MotionDetection sample project

Bug fixes/Updates:

• Fixed bug in MediaBuffer Duration not being calculated
• OffsetBuffer & MediaBuffer now have struct constraint
• New SaveToFile function in OffsetBuffer
• RTSPPlayer can now save to mp4 file (H.264, MPEG4 & AAC)
• Fixed possible bug in Mp4Writer where a sample-delta can grow negatively
• Fixed checking for ADTS frames in AACTransform. If frame is not ADTS, the packet will pass through.
• Added ExpandAU to AacAccessUnitTool to expand AUs to a list of frames

MediaSuite 2.0 Version 2.0.62.0 - 2012-01-03

• Fix for possible access violation when using RtspSession with unknown media capabilities.

MediaSuite 2.0 Version 2.0.46.0 - 2011-12-20

New Features:

• New speech Automatic Gain Control functionality (AGC) Streamcoders.Wave.AutomaticGainControl
• New speech Noise Reduction functionality StreamCoders.Wave.NoiseReduction
• New ImageTools overloads for MediaBuffer support for MirrorRgb24
• New Visuals.ByteArrayToBitmap_RGB24 overload for MediaBuffer
• New ImageTools functions for 8-bit grayscale conversion: RGB24ToGray, GrayToRGB24
• Added samples AGCDemo, NoiseReductionDemo
• Added support for SetRingBuffer to video encoders (currently only for EncodeToArray(MediaBuffer))

Bug fixes:

• Fixed SDPMediaHelper problem with creating SDP for H.264 encoder
• Fixed Codec property of H264Encoder & H263Encoder
• Minor bug fixes in H264FrameCreator (when MediaBuffer.Buffer.Offset != 0)

MediaSuite 2.0 Version 2.0.34.0 - 2011-12-08

New Features:

• Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) support:
  • HttpMJpegServer
  • HttpJpegSource
  • HttpMJpegSource
• New samples: HttpMJpegServerDemo, HttpMJpegClientDemo
• Support to convert RGB-32 to RGB-24 (ImageTools.Rgb32ToRgb24)

MediaSuite 2.0 Version 2.0.27.0 - 2011-12-04

Networking

• RTPParticipant generic instantiation
  • Supported Transports: UDP Unicast, UDP Multicast
• AacAccessUnitTool to create AUs for single & multiple frames as well as RTP frames.
• Transactional RTSP extensions (Streamcoders.Rtsp.Extensions)
• Dynamic & Extendable RTSP Content (SDP, XML, custom)
• Extendable Transport classes INetworkClient (TcpNetworkClient, UdpNetworkClient, UdpNetworkMulticastClient) & TcpNetworkServer
• RTSPManager support for OnBeforeSend, OnBeforeReceive events
• Support for RTSP over HTTP
• SDPMediaHelper class to create SDP media sections automatically by passing video, audio or speech encoder objects
• Support for MPEG-DASH (ISO/IEC FCD 23001-6) MPD schema

Codecs

• VP8 video decoder (Streamcoders.Decoder.VP8Decoder)
• Vorbis audio decoder (Streamcoders.Decoder.VorbisDecoder)
• H264ParamSet class to separately parse SPS/PPS
• Introduction of MediaBuffer<T> class replacing MediaPackage (supports pinning pointers and locking if used with LockableRingBuffer)
• Introduction of LockableRingBuffer (currently only decoders) for direct memory access and buffer caching which greatly improves decoding performance

Containers

• WebM File reader (Streamcoders.Container.WebMReader)
• Matroska File reader (Streamcoders.Container.MatroskaReader)

Devices 

• CamCapture now returns frames with timing information (GetTimedFrame)

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.6.1852 - 2011-11-02

• Fix for MP4Writer NullReferenceException when writing AAC samples in certain scenarios

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.6.1700 - 2011-10-31

• Fix for RTSP Authentication header parsing of username

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.6.1409 - 2011-10-03

• MP4Writer now checks for duplicate SPS/PPS (AVCDecoderConfigurationRecord.AddSps/AddPps)
• Fixed MP4Writer.SampleToChunkBox.GetChunk now returns correct Chunk even with only one entry list present (<Configuration.SamplesPerChunk)

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.6.1376 - 2011-09-08

• Fixed AVIReader H.264 track identification

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.6.1332 - 2011-08-26

• Added GSM Fullrate to SpeechEncoder
• New H264Transform class to create access units from NALs
• Fixed bug in RtspManager.CreateTeardown to include authorization headers
• Fixed H.264 SEI AU packing in Mp4Writer

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.6.1279 - 2011-07-20

• Fixed possible memory corruption in H264Decoder

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.6.1211 - 2011-06-16

• Fixed bug in RTCPCompound.Parse for RTCP-BYE messages would sometimes cause an infinite loop
• FLVReader added support for PackageType.CONFIG for H.264 frames containing SPS/PPS
• MP4Writer added support for samples per chunk (MP4WriterConfiguration.SamplesPerChunk)
• MP4Writer (STTS) TimeToSampleBox.GetSampleNumberByTime fixed bug to omit when SampleDelta == 0

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.6.796 - 2011-01-28

• Added support for H.264 in AVIReader
• Added support for text media attribute in RTSPManager

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.6.288 - 2010-07-08

• Bug Fixes:
  • Assembly signature & version information update

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.6.246 - 2010-06-30

• New Features:
  • MediaSuite now comes with an installer
  • WaveOut: Added QueuedSamples & QueuedSamplesInSecond
  • RTPFrame: When setting RTPFrame.Timestamp all contained packets in the frame are also updated
  • All video decoders now support passing of IntPtr
  • Updated sample code
• Bug fixes:
  • H263Encoder
  • Fixed bug with larger than expected Intra Macroblocks in P-Frame
  • Fixed bug with possible exception in motion estimation SAD calculation
  • DTMFToneDetector: Fixed memory corruption when disposing the object

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.983P2 - 2010-05-25

• New Features:
  • Added AudioMetric to WaveOut device capability
  • New fast image tools Resize and Mirror for RGB 24bit
• Bug fixes:
  • Fixed bug under XP RDP not playing sound using WaveOutput
  • Fixed H264Decoder potential memory leak
  • Fixed byte alignment bug in SpeechDecoder (Speex NB/WB)

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.983P1 - 2010-05-04

• New Features:
  • MPEG4Decoder
  • Method ClearFrameBuffer to clear the current frame in the decoder
  • Option ReorderFrameBuffer to avoid reordering of frames from decode to presentation order
• Bug Fixes:
  • Speex OutputBitrate fixed for both Narrow-band and Wide-band

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.983 - 2010-03-25

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.982(P3)

• New features:
  • MP4ToolKit Beta (MP4 extensible Open Platform Framework API)
  • Supports: ISO 14496-1, 12, 14, 15; 3GP TS-26 244, Apple QuickTime Format
  • Codecs supported: AAC, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, AMR-WB+, H.263, MPEG-4.2, MPEG-4.10
  • Support for passing Stream objects to FLVReader
  • Added H264Frame.GetAssembledFrame overload with reference to buffer
  • H264Encoder RateControl (ConstantQuality, ConstantBitrate (F/S))
• Bug fixes:
  • Fixed possible memory corruption in Speex decoder destructor
  • Fixed PacketType == 0 in RTCPRR packets
  • Fixed possible crash in GetAssembledFrame when passing 1080p frames

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.982

• Bug fixes:
  • Elimination of initial delay of frames when decoding H.264
  • Fixed bug in RTPFrame creation in MPEG4Encoder
  • Fixed occasional lockup of FilePlayer when seeking

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.981

• New features:
  • 64-bit support

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.980

• New features:
  • Added Proxy support to RTSP (RTSPManager)
  • Added LastError to CamCapture to better troubleshoot device initiation
  • H.264 Encoder performance gain (intermediate buffer elimination)

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.979

• New features:
  • Fixed ConnectionReset Exception in RTPParticipant when remote endpoint is not valid
  • Support for simplified/traditional Chinese in CamCapture
  • AACDecoder PS Tool is now disabled by default

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.978

• New features:
  • H.264Encoder 4 new Rate Control modes (ConstantQuality, ConstantQualitySlice, ConstantBitrate, ConstantBitrateSlice)
  • RTSP Content-Location header is now in URL selection chain
  • Full support for RTP Header extensions
  • SpeechDecoder PacketDuration is now set to default value for each codec after calling SetCodec
• Bug fixes:
  • RTPParticipant fixed bug where SendTo on symmetric RTP would cause an exception
  • RTSP rewritten RTSP describe reply parser in RTSPManager
  • Fixed bug in G.722 post filtering

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.977-P3

• Bug fixes:
  • WaveOutput - CurrentSampleOffset wasn't working on some XP systems
  • Speedup in instantiation time of each class in MediaSuite.

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.977-P2

• New features:
  • WaveOutput - Extended AudioDeviceInfo: Channels, Product and Manufacturer Id, WaveFormats, Support Functions
  • WaveOutput - New Function: OpenDevice(AudioDeviceInfo), Pause, Resume
  • WaveInput - Extended AudioDeviceInfo: Channels, Product and Manufacturer Id, WaveFormats, Support Functions
  • WaveInput - New Function: OpenDevice(AudioDeviceInfo), WaitSamplesAvailable(int) to avoid busy waiting on samples
  • AACDecoder - Option to explicitly disable SBR (incl Quality/Performance Control) and PS tools (AACDecoder.Tools)

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.977-P1

• Bug fixes:
  • RTSP.URL.Clone not copying query parameter
  • RTSP.Describe fixed extra termination character when authentication is used
  • RTPParticipant passing port 0 endpoint for local RTP/RTCP will let the OS decide the port. But now this only goes for rtp port and rtcp port will be rtp.port + 1
  • Added support for multiple RTSP authorization headers in RTSPManager (Axis encrypted & unencrypted)
  • RTSPPlayer support for AAC mono, G.711a/u and G.726
  • Timers.StopWatch now delivers in double precision, microsecond resolution and is multiprocessor safe

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.953

• New features:
  • Support for audio channel masks in WaveOutput/WaveInput
  • Comprehensive rate control support MPEG4 encoder
  • Completely rewritten FLVWriter.NET
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed bug in RTSPConnectionManager where Endpoint binding caused an exception
  • Fixed bug in RTCP-SR/RTCP-SDES 32-bit alignment
  • Added function AddChunk (SDESChunk) to RTCPSDES
  • Fixed bug with zero length headers in RTSP parser
  • Added RTSP GET_PARAMETER method
  • Added custom timestamp incrementor in AACFrameCreator and choice between single or multi AU per packet (SingleAU)

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.952

• New features:
  • AAC Frame Creator ADTS/ADIF/RAW autodetection
  • SpeechEncoder Speex NB/WB crash fix

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.951

• Bug Fixes:
  • Version 1.5.950 runtime library fixup
  • SpeechEncoder Timestamp generation corrected

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.950

• New features:
  • LipSync framework
  • JitterBuffer framework
  • AVIReader support for HTTP streams (beta)
  • MP4Reader support for HTTP streams (beta)
  • RTPPacket: UpdateAge, SetExpiry, IsExpired
  • RTSPManager ConnectionState, ConnectTimeout
  • AAC AU Frame Creator
• Enhancements:
  • RTSP Player - Ability to save stream to file
  • RTSP Player - Arbitrary video clocking resolution
• Bug fixes:
  • FLVReader ECMA Array Termination
  • FLVReader TrackStatus corrected for EOS
  • Improved ReceiveBuffer for RTPParticipant
  • RTCPSR NTP-Timestamp was a reference and interpreted as valuetype
  • RTCPCompoundPacket wrong length byte
  • MP4Writer invalid file structure for H.264 streams
  • MP4Writer fixed H.264 SPS/PPS index overrun
  • MP4Writer wrong codec tag for MPEG4.2
  • RTSP absolute/relative path determination for SETUP, introduces new function RTSP.URL.Combine
  • SDPMessage Parser correction of initial string trimming
  • RTSPManager Fixed uncatchable exception when connecting to an invalid remote endpoint
  • G.726 Reamplification and G.726->16-bit linear
  • RTCP-APP length byte fix

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.930

• New Features:
  • High Resolution Timing functions - StopWatch for timing intervals at milliseconds and microsecond resolution (10th of)
  • High Resolution Timing functions - Waitable for waitable timers at millisecond and microsecond resolution (10th of)
  • High Resolution Timing functions - Sleep - Replacement for System.Threading.Thread.Sleep with more accuracy using waitable timer per thread at millisecond resolution
  • RTSP - Embedded/Interleave TCP mode support
  • RTSP - Headers: RTP-Info, Scale, Require, Timestamp, If-Modified-Since are no longer generic headers.
  • RTSP - Full support for PAUSE and REDIRECT
  • RTSP - Convenience classes for server-side development: RTSPSession, RTSPSessionManager and RTSPConnectionManager
  • MediaPackage - New DataLength property to have data inside a buffer of arbitrary length and to avoid resizing (performance gain)
  • MediaPackage - 4 more constructors for more convenience
  • AAC Encoder - Support for Spectral Band Replication (SBR)
  • H.263 Decoder - New function: PredictFrameType to predict the type of frame without decoding it.
  • MPEG4 Decoder - New function: PredictFrameType to predict the type of frame without decoding it.
  • H.264 Encoder - Profile, Level, Speed/Quality tradeoff, Number of reference frames, Deblocking filter and B-Frame Count can now be set.
  • H.264 Encoder - Overall performance improvement
  • WaveOutput - New properties: Volume, Pitch, PlaybackRate and Capabilities
  • WaveOutput - New properties: CurrentTimeOffset and CurrentSampleOffset for more accurate timing
  • WaveInput - New property: BytesAvailable - To retrieve the number of bytes queued
  • SpeechDecoder - Support for AMR-NB Storage Format (RFC 3267)
  • SpeechDecoder - Support for decoding single RTP packets or whole frames
  • SpeechEncoder - Support for AMR-NB Storage Format (RFC 3267)
  • SpeechEncoder - New property: CompatibilityMode for accepting unsupported parameters without throwing exception
  • MP4Writer - New property: CompatibilityMode for accepting unsupported parameters without throwing exception
  • MP4Writer - Full support for H.264 video streams
  • FLVWriter (Beta) - FLV Writer for Adobe Flash Video supports H.264 Baseline and AAC
  • FLVWriter (Beta) - It is currently only able to write to file streams (arbitrary streams, including network streams will be supported in the next release)
• Bug Fixes:
  • Removed debug message from RTPSession.GetNextFrame
  • Fixed PacketsSent counter in RTPSession
  • FLVReader is now IDisposable
  • Fixed support for sending RTCP through RTPParticipant
  • Common interface for audio encoders (MP3, AAC)
  • Fix in MP4Writer where Init would return false on success.
  • Fixed length bug in RTCPBye class
  • SDPAttribute equal sign not always serialized
  • Fixed problem with OpenMP conflicting with other OpenMP libraries
• Misc:
  • Support for .divx in FilePlayer
  • Support for 3gp, 3g2 and Flash F4V files in FilePlayer
  • New design and feature support in RTSPPlayer
  • Obsoleted properties in WaveOutput: CurrentTimestamp, CurrentDuration, LastSampleTickerDelta -> See CurrentTimeOffset and CurrentSampleOffset for replacement
  • DTMFDetector performance improvement
  • RTSPPlayer support for AMR and AAC

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.892

• New Features:
  • FLVReader Release
  • H263Decoder Improved Error Recovery (vlc->DC Coeffs) - When false VLCs are encountered, the decoder will continue at the next MB boundary.
  • H263Decoder improved Deblocking Filter
  • MPEG4Encoder Support for Data Partitioning (error resilience) and VOP, VOL Header Generation
  • H264Encoder Support for getting SPS and PPS NAL Units (GetDecoderConfigurationInfo)
  • Common interface to MP4/AVI/FLV Writer
  • Resampler.NET
  • Local/Remote RTP/RTCP Endpoint retrieval after initialization in RTP.NET
  • SDP static helper functions (SDPMessage.Create, SDPAttribute.CreateKeyValue)
  • RTSP static helper functions (ResponseHeader.Create, GetResponseCodeText)
• Bug Fixes:
  • MP4Reader Track order was wrong for some MP4 files
  • AVIReader Track order was wrong for some AVI files
  • MP4Reader Support for AAC Version 0 and 1 headers
  • H263/2190 Bit start/end bit buffer was shifted incorrectly - Mode B start/end bits are now correctly carried.
  • RTPFrame Incorrect Age values - Age now reports the correct time in milliseconds since the creation of itself.
  • WaveInput Improved buffer overflow protection - On slower machines, chunks of the ring buffer aren't returned to the OS fast enough.

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.5.864

• Features/Bug Fixes:
  • Additional features for CamCapture: SelectDevice, SelectMetrics, BasicMode
  • FLVReader.NET (New!)
  • Performance improvements for SpeechDecoder and SpeechEncoder
  • Additional features for RTSP.NET: AddGenericHeader, DeleteGenericHeader
  • Additional features for SpeechDecoder: MaximumInputLength
  • Additional features for H263Decoder.NET: Support for uneven resolutions, parameterless initialization
  • Bug Fix: MP3Decoder sample frequencies (16000, 22050, 24000) now working properly
  • Bug Fix: SpeechDecoder for possible buffer overrun.
  • Video Capture Device support in DrawTest Demo Application
  • FLV Support in FilePlayer Demo Application (including HTTP streaming)

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.0.840

• Features/Bug Fixes:
  • Additional features for MP3Encoder: Low Pass Filter, Advanced Noise Shaping, Stereo Modes (L/R, JT, M/S, Mono), MediaPackage encoding (timing information present)
  • Additional features for AACEncoder: Config Parameter String generation for i.e. SDP
  • New WaveInput property: TransferBufferCount
  • New StreamTools.Visuals function: Array24Rotate
  • Fixed compatibility issues (VideoLAN) with MPEG4Encoder
  • Bug Fix in WaveInput for buffer underruns with high sample frequencies
  • Bug Fix AVIWriter, MP4Writer (Filename & Init)
  • Bug Fix AACDecoder for possible buffer overflows
  • Additional Sample Code (available online) for AVIWriter and MP4Writer

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.0.828

• Features/Bug Fixes:
  • Support for Speex Codec (NB, WB)
  • Improved support for MPEG-4 Audio (AudioSource parameter specification)
  • Improved Waveout/Wavein performance (GetNextData, GetAllData)
  • Fixed PictureStartCodeCompression in RTP4629
  • Fixed bug in Downsampler for SpeechEncoder
  • Support for additional FourCCs in AVIReader

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.0.806

• Features/Bug Fixes:
  • Mode1 Packetizer for H.264
  • Significant RTSP parser performance improvement
  • H.264 Encoder I-FrameFrequency minor correction
  • H.264 larger output buffer adjustment (would produce null frames in certain conditions)
  • New H.264 / RFC 3984 Packetizer for Mode 1 (H264FrameCreator)
  • RTP.NET support for symmetric NAT
  • AAC Encoder Initialization and Encoding interface fixed

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.0.804

• Features/Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed char* conversion bug in Mp4Reader
  • Camera Capture Support
  • Added PayloadType to SpeechEncoder
  • Fixed constant timestamp value in H.263 Encoder
  • Fixed Bug in AMR Packetizer
  • RTSP Renamed URL to URI
  • Waveinput optimizations
  • WaveInput/WaveOutput device selection
  • Bug Fix in RTCP (SDESChunk PRIV)

MediaSuite.NET Version 1.0.803

• Features:
  • RTSP.NET Basic & Digest Authentication
  • RTSP.NET Automatic & Manual authentication (automatic through simply setting username & password)
  • Adjustable Receive Buffer in RTP.NET
  • DTMF Tone Generator
  • DTMF Tone Detector
  • Arbitrary Frequency Tone Generator
  • New & Improved Sample Code
  • H.263 fine tuning
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed bug in AACEncoder initialization routine
  • Fixed bug in H264Encoder initialization routine
  • Fixed bug in RTSPManager DNS resolution when URI host is an IP address