Changes between Version 17 and Version 18 of News
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v17 v18 107 107 * NVENC module included in binary builds (#564) 108 108 * support for enhanced dummy driver with DPI option (#163) 109 * better build system with features auto-detection (many changes, ie: [ http://xpra.org/trac/changeset?old=6000&old_path=xpra%2Ftrunk%2Fsrc%2Fsetup.py&new=&new_path=xpra%2Ftrunk%2Fsrc%2Fsetup.py setup.py changes], r5983, r5982, etc)109 * better build system with features auto-detection (many changes, ie: [/changeset?old=6000&old_path=xpra%2Ftrunk%2Fsrc%2Fsetup.py&new=&new_path=xpra%2Ftrunk%2Fsrc%2Fsetup.py setup.py changes], r5983, r5982, etc) 110 110 * code refactorings and cleanups (ie: alpha channel support) 111 111 * platform fixes (ie: OSX keyboard #567, win32 keyboard #561) … … 176 176 This new major release brings a number of new exciting and exclusive 177 177 features: 178 * [ http://xpra.org/trac/wiki/Encodings/nvenc NVENC] support for hardware accelerated h264 encoding on Nvidia cards, this can compress video frames [http://xpra.org/stats/NVENC/ much faster] than your CPU ever will, which means that screen updates can get to your client very quickly. xpra is the first open source software to support NVENC.179 * Support for [/wiki/CSC/OpenCL OpenCL] and [ http://xpra.org/trac/wiki/CSC/NVCUDA CUDA] acceleration of [http://xpra.org/trac/wiki/CSC colourspace conversion]180 * [ http://xpra.org/trac/wiki/ProxyServer Proxy mode] for serving multiple sessions through a single TCP port:178 * [/wiki/Encodings/nvenc NVENC] support for hardware accelerated h264 encoding on Nvidia cards, this can compress video frames [http://xpra.org/stats/NVENC/ much faster] than your CPU ever will, which means that screen updates can get to your client very quickly. xpra is the first open source software to support NVENC. 179 * Support for [/wiki/CSC/OpenCL OpenCL] and [/wiki/CSC/NVCUDA CUDA] acceleration of [/wiki/CSC colourspace conversion] 180 * [/wiki/ProxyServer Proxy mode] for serving multiple sessions through a single TCP port: 181 181 * Support for sharing a TCP port with a server: "{{{--tcp-proxy=HOST:PORT}}}" 182 182 Non-xpra traffic will be forwarded to the target of your choice, which 183 183 can be very useful for serving both HTTP and xpra from the same port. See #474 184 * New and extensible [ http://xpra.org/trac/wiki/Authentication authentication mechanisms]184 * New and extensible [/wiki/Authentication authentication mechanisms] 185 185 * mDNS support: your xpra sessions will be advertised unless you 186 186 specify the switch "{{{--no-mdns}}}" … … 188 188 * "remote shadow start" so you can clone an existing remote X11 189 189 display to your desktop in one command: "{{{xpra shadow ssh:HOST:0}}}" 190 * Support for faster [ http://xpra.org/trac/wiki/PacketEncoding#lz4vszlib lz4 compression] which can make a [http://xpra.org/stats/lz4/ significant improvement in latency] with RGB encoding, and a [http://xpra.org/stats/bencode/ faster Cython bencoder]190 * Support for faster [/wiki/PacketEncoding#lz4vszlib lz4 compression] which can make a [http://xpra.org/stats/lz4/ significant improvement in latency] with RGB encoding, and a [http://xpra.org/stats/bencode/ faster Cython bencoder] 191 191 * {{{ffmpeg}}} and {{{libav}}} are no longer required for {{{vpx}}} and {{{x264}}} support, as we ship a (slower) fallback module. 192 192 * improved system tray support and native integration … … 201 201 202 202 The development for version 0.12 is about to start, and we already 203 have [ http://xpra.org/trac/milestone/0.12 quite a few tickets queued up].203 have [/milestone/0.12 quite a few tickets queued up]. 204 204 But if you have requests or killer features you would like to see 205 205 added, do let us know.