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Velocity5.0

Scripting language for generating and manipulating audio and video streams

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Liquidsoap 2.5.0 reaches its first release candidate while 2.4 keeps getting patches.

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◆Current state
Liquidsoap's 2.5.0 work, accumulated in a rolling release since August, reached a first release candidate on October 9, declared feature-complete and meant for staging rather than production. It brings subtitles as a content type, an Icecast-compatible server and a rewritten source composition model where switching fades by default. The 2.4 line continues in parallel: 2.4.6 on October 18 fixed fades, Icecast reconnection with chunked output and crossfade metadata.
◆Where it's heading
The project is in the run-up to a breaking release: 2.5 changes how switch, fallback, rotate and random take their arguments, so scripts will need edits. Keeping 2.4 patched in parallel gives users time to test before moving.
◆Prediction
Further 2.5.0 release candidates and then a 2.5.0 final are the next likely entries, with another 2.4.x patch possible alongside.

◆Recent moves

  1. 22d ago

    Liquidsoap 2.4.6: fade, Icecast reconnect and crossfade fixes

    A patch release fixing fade behaviour, Icecast reconnection with chunked output, and crossfade metadata handling. Maintenance on the 2.4 line while 2.5 is in release candidates.

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  2. 1mo ago

    Liquidsoap 2.5.0 first release candidate

    The first 2.5.0 release candidate is declared feature-complete and open for testing on staging setups, not production. The final 2.5.0 is the release to watch.

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  3. 2mo ago

    Liquidsoap 2.5 adds a subtitle content type and its own Icecast server

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    The pre-release channel where the 2.5.0 changelog is accumulating, and the first place the subtitle content type and icecast.server appear. Note for later: when the 2.5.0 final publishes and restates these notes, it is the same news arriving on the stable channel, not a second directional move.

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  4. 3mo ago

    Liquidsoap Rolling Release 2.4.x

    The equivalent rolling channel for the 2.4.x branch, republishing pre-release assets for the stable line. Superseded now that the rolling tag has moved to 2.5.x.

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  5. 4mo ago

    Queue removal commands and O(1) clock propagation in Liquidsoap 2.4.5

    Queue removal commands and O(1) clock propagation. Maintenance-line work on the 2.4 branch, the kind of scaling fix that precedes the larger rewrite now staged in 2.5.

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  6. 6mo ago

    Liquidsoap 2.4.4 supersedes 2.4.3 days after release

    A fast follow-up that supersedes 2.4.3 days after it shipped. Corrective release with nothing new for users.

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