From 67768135b61fe89047836d0443cefcb5cae4b485 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Steinar H. Gunderson" Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:01:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Release Nageru 1.0.0, with some documentation updates. --- NEWS | 3 +++ README | 19 +++++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) create mode 100644 NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e8477eb --- /dev/null +++ b/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +Nageru 1.0.0, January 30th, 2016 + + - Initial release. diff --git a/README b/README index 747588a..59917d1 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -26,18 +26,17 @@ to 800 MHz after 30 seconds due to thermal constraints), Intel HD Graphics (so 12.8 GB/sec theoretical memory bandwidth, shared between CPU and GPU). -Nageru is in alpha stage. It currently needs: +Nageru is in beta stage. It currently needs: - An Intel processor with Intel Quick Sync, or otherwise some hardware H.264 encoder exposed through VA-API. - - Two Blackmagic USB3 cards, either HDMI or SDI. Note that on some machines, - you may have to run a Linux kernel with power saving compiled out to avoid - LPM (link power management) and bandwidth allocation issues with USB3. - These are driven through the “bmusb“ driver embedded in bmusb/, using - libusb-1.0. + - Two or more Blackmagic USB3 cards, either HDMI or SDI. These are driven + through the “bmusb” driver embedded in bmusb/, using libusb-1.0. + Note that you will want a recent Linux kernel to avoid LPM (link power + management) and bandwidth allocation issues with USB3. - - Movit, my GPU-based video filter library (http://movit.sesse.net). + - Movit, my GPU-based video filter library (https://movit.sesse.net). Newer is almost certainly better; Nageru's needs tends to drive new features in Movit. @@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ patch are taken to be by Steinar H. Gunderson (ie., my work email, unlike Nageru itself and bmusb), and under the same license as the projects they patch. -To start it, just hook up your requipment, type “make” and then “./nageru”. +To start it, just hook up your equipment, type “make” and then “./nageru”. It is strongly recommended to have the rights to run at real-time priority; it will make the USB3 threads do so, which will make them a lot more stable. (A reasonable hack for testing is probably just to run it as root using sudo, @@ -85,6 +84,10 @@ to throw or cast. (I also later learned that it could mean to face defeat or give up, but that's not the intended meaning.) +Nageru's home page is at https://nageru.sesse.net/, where you can also find +contact information and link to the latest version. + + Legalese: TL;DR: Everything is GPLv3-or-newer compatible, and see Intel's copyright license at h264encode.h. -- 2.39.2