[needs-updating] libmpeg2 0.5.1 available upstream

[Aaron Whitehouse]

Binary package hint: mpeg2dec

Please upgrade libmpeg2 to version 0.5.1, which is available upstream:

http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/downloads.html

libmpeg2-0.5.1 (July 19, 2008): Fix broken installation of headers, fix pkgconfig files.

libmpeg2-0.5.0 (July 12, 2008): New optimisations for SSE2 and ARM instruction sets, support for aspect ratio changes detection, and robustness against corrupted streams.

[Cyril Lavier (davromaniak)]

Thank you for reporting this bug.

It's obvious mpeg2dec needs to be upgraded.

[Drew Scott Daniels (drewdaniels)]

At least someone else has packaged it in Debian experimental. Maybe we'll see it trickle down from Debian some day:

Accepted mpeg2dec 0.5.1-2 (source i386)
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-multimedia-maintainers/2008-December/002342.html

Did the ABI change? I'm hoping this new library will fix my MPEG2 problems I'm having with VLC. Even a recompile wouldn't be too bad if >0.5.1 is in main.

It'd be nice to see experimental packages become available for Ubuntu too.

[Drew Scott Daniels (drewdaniels)]

mpeg2dec 0.5.1 has a new ABI and new API additions so maybe it needs to live with 0.4.x as separate packages:

http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/m/mpeg2dec/mpeg2dec_0.5.1-2/changelog says:
[...]
with ABI changes and API additions; in particular,
     care should be taken to handle the new mpeg2_state_t
     STATE_SEQUENCE_MODIFIED.
[...]

     Drew Daniels
Resume: http://www.boxheap.net/ddaniels/resume.html

[Logan Rosen (logan)]

mpeg2dec 0.5.1 is now in Ubuntu as of Trusty.