At long last, MAD 0.15.0b is now available.

This release is a bit different from previous releases: there are now independent packages for libmad, libid3tag, and madplay.

There is not at this time an update to the MAD plug-in for Winamp; 0.14.2b is still the current release for the plug-in.

Here is a summary of the important changes:

General - Shared libraries are now built by default. - Cygwin builds have reverted to Cygwin dependency by default; MinGW builds are still possible with the --host=mingw32 option to 'configure'.

libmad - Minor compatibility enhancements: 64th entry to Layer I/Layer II scalefactor table; allow reserved emphasis value in frame headers. - Bug fix for ARM mad_f_scale64() that was tickled by certain optimization options. - API additions: mad_f_div(), MAD_EMPHASIS_RESERVED. - Rewritten PPC fixed-point assembly.

libid3tag - Numerous API additions: id3_tag_version(), id3_tag_options(), id3_tag_setlength(), id3_frame_field(), id3_field_getlatin1(), id3_field_getfulllatin1(), id3_genre_index(), id3_genre_number(), id3_latin1_ucs4duplicate(), id3_utf16_ucs4duplicate(), id3_utf8_ucs4duplicate(). - Fixed missing interfaces for other API routines. - Bug fix for segfault rendering ID3v1 tags. - Bug fix for reading ID3v2.2 frames. - Other miscellaneous improvements.

madplay - Support for arbitrary resampling ratios (--sample-rate). - Support for RVA2 (relative volume adjustment) ID3 tag frames. - Keyboard controls for dynamic volume control (+/-). - Support for ancillary data output (--ancillary-output). - New audio_qnx, audio_alsa modules (untested). - New audio_carbon module (tested, for Mac OS X). - Other miscellaneous improvements.

For complete details, see the CHANGES file in each package. Be sure also to review the README in each package for modified build/install instructions.

You will find the new releases here:

ftp://ftp.mars.org/pub/mpeg/

Windows developers who need zlib (no longer included with the above) can find a convenient package here:

ftp://ftp.mars.org/pub/mpeg/extra/

(Note that zlib is already available as part of Cygwin, so you may only need this package if you are using MSVC++ or want to use MinGW to eliminate the Cygwin dependency.)

Enjoy,