11.2.0 - January 27, 2014
2 - Added missing ao_file_extension() (see Trac #1841)
3 - Fixed memory leak in ao_shutdown() (see Trac #1799)
4 - Updated manpage libao.conf.5 (see Trac #1822)
5 - Corrected doc/ao_play.html (see Trac #1808)
6 - Latency adjustments
7 - Implement PulseAudio client_name (see Trac #1924)
8 - Other ALSA, Pulse, Roar, sndio and MacOS driver improvements
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101.1.0 - February 21, 2011
11 - Add autofoo ld symbol versioning to build system
12 - Update Roar driver to latest API
13 - Fix Roar driver to not block on SLP lookup during probe
14 - Improve/correct latency setup in ALSA (see Trac #1762)
15 - Add missing ctype.h header in build (see Trac #1760)
16 - Move toward more consistent option naming across drivers
17 - Fix Mac OS X AUHAL support to properly handle suspend/wakeup,
18   headphone plug/unplug, other hardware events
19 - Correct ao_example.c source to not pass dangling pointer for
20   the matrix argument.
21 - Add 24 bit playback to Pulse plugin
22 - Fix 24 bit playback in ALSA plugin
23 - Fix segfaults when closing a driver that did not successfully open.
24 - Fix compilation of sndio plugin
25 - Fix building Mac OS X driver AUHAL compilation for 10.5,
26   restore Mac OS X 10.4 support
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281.0.0 - March 25, 2010
29 - AO returns to active development
30 - Added surround channel mapping API and capability
31 - Update and test all drivers on modern installs
32 - New config file options
33 - Driver options may be specifid in config file
34 - Support for MacosX < 10.5 dropped, driver modded to AUHAL
35 - Build in WMM driver rather than using dlopen()
36 - Added Roar Audio driver
37 - Added OpenBSD SNDIO driver
38 - Work around ESD non-4096 byte write bug
39 - Work around aRts server crash bug
40 - Workaround for VIA82xx click/crackle bugs under ALSA
41 - Remove dead/unused drivers (solaris, alasa05, mmsound)
42 - Numerous patches from multiple downstreams
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440.8.8 - May 24, 2007
45 - New win32 driver
46 - Few fixes and changes in autotools and configuration files.
47
480.8.7 - unreleased snapshot
49- obsolete alsa device renamed to alsa05
50- the 'alsa' device now uses the 0.9/1.0 API
51- ALSA driver fixes
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530.8.6 - January 11, 2005
54- Added Polypaudio driver(libao-polyp 0.4)
55  from Lennart Poettering <mzyvonbcbylc (at) 0pointer (dot) de>
56- Use esd_close() in the esd driver
57- Broaden sample rate tolerance in the OSS driver for nForce
58  compatibility
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600.8.5 - March 19, 2004
61- Support now for the ALSA 1.0 API
62- Can build with --disable-esd option again
63- Minor build fixes
64- ALSA mmap() mode can be enabled/disabled at runtime using "use_mmap"
65  option.
66- Patch to OSS plugin to fix skipping issues with some drivers
67  (like emu10k1).
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690.8.4 - October 4, 2003
70- Added AIX sound driver from Stefan Tibus <sjti@gmx.net>
71- Committed some fixes from the Fink project to allow compiling on
72  OS X (still with all the dlcompat stuff)
73- Improvements in plugin detection code by David Walser, especially
74  when ESD or aRts are present.
75- NAS plugin from Antoine Mathys.
76- Portability fixes for various platforms (including dlopen() bugs)
77  including HP-UX and *BSD.
78- Memory/resource leak fixes
79- Significant fixes to ALSA 0.9.x plugin by Kevin Cody, Jr.  This
80  should fix stuttering audio for mpg321 users.  The
81  --enable-alsa09-mmap option to ./configure turns on memory-mapped
82  I/O.  Note this is an experimental feature and causes some problems
83  with some sound card drivers and also users of the dmix software mixer.
84
850.8.3 - July 2002
86- fix to ao.m4 macro
87- minor alsa09 plugin updates
88- fixes to irix plugin
89
900.8.2 - December 2001
91- alsa09 plugin updated
92
930.8.0 - August 2000
94- Major API rewrite.  Old apps and plugins will not work with this library!
95- Default driver detection now works.
96- /etc/libao.conf and ~/.libao config files now supported, see libao.conf man
97  page for details.
98- WAV files can now be piped to non-picky applications.  (Please don't
99  complain if this fails.  You shouldn't be using be using WAV for this
100  anyway.)
101- Various portability fixes for Solaris and *BSD.
102
1030.7.0 - June 2000
104- minor build fixes for different platforms
105
1060.6.0 - December 2000
107- slight api modification with ao_append_option()
108- fixed an option leak
109
1100.5.0 - November 2000
111- first official release under the Xiphophorus projects
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