|  |  | News archive from 2010
      
        | dvdisaster 0.79.3 released | 21.11.2010 |  
      | For GNU/Linux, the SG_IO driver is used by default
for accessing optical drives. This resolves the problem
with system freezes on parallel SCSI adapters which were
caused by the old CDROM_SEND_PACKET driver.
The RS03 codec now contains Altivec optimizations
on PowerPC platforms. |    
      
        | Added Windows and Mac OS X versions for 0.72.2 | 07.11.2010 |  
      | Windows and Mac OS X versions of 0.72.2 are now available.
They were built using the updated development environment of 0.79.x.
This results in shipping with newer versions of the GTK+ libraries
and might yield slightly different visuals and behaviour. |    
      
        | dvdisaster 0.72.2 released | 31.10.2010 |  
      | This version introduces a workaround which prevents parallel SCSI
adapters from freezing under Linux. 
Improved upward compatibility with dvdisaster 0.79.x. |    
      
        | dvdisaster 0.79.2 released | 28.02.2010 |  
      | Mac OS X binaries are available again as the Mac OS X development environment 
 has been updated for this version.
 RS03 codec development progresses,
but is still far from being finished. |    
      
        | Started new development branch 0.79 | 07.02.2010 |  
      | The first version of the new development branch (0.79.1) has just
been released. This release is meant for testing new functions;
it is not recommended for doing productive work. See the
download page for information on
what has been changed and how you can participate in testing. |    |