getting ready for 1.72 release

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<h1
id="uxplay-1.72-beta-airplay-mirror-and-airplay-audio-server-for-linux-macos-and-unix-now-also-runs-on-windows.">UxPlay
1.72 (beta): AirPlay-Mirror and AirPlay-Audio server for Linux, macOS,
and Unix (now also runs on Windows).</h1>
id="uxplay-1.72-airplay-mirror-and-airplay-audio-server-for-linux-macos-and-unix-also-runs-on-windows.">UxPlay
1.72: AirPlay-Mirror and AirPlay-Audio server for Linux, macOS, and Unix
(also runs on Windows).</h1>
<h3
id="now-developed-at-the-github-site-httpsgithub.comfdh2uxplay-where-all-user-issues-should-be-posted-and-latest-versions-can-be-found."><strong>Now
developed at the GitHub site <a href="https://github.com/FDH2/UxPlay"
class="uri">https://github.com/FDH2/UxPlay</a> (where ALL user issues
should be posted, and latest versions can be found).</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li><p><em><strong>NEW in v1.72</strong>: Improved Support for (YouTube)
HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) video with the new “-hls” option.</em>
<strong>Only streaming from the YouTube iOS app (in "m3u8" protocol) is
currently supported</strong>: (streaming using the AirPlay icon in a
browser window is <strong>not</strong> yet supported).Click on the
airplay icon in the YouTube app to stream video. <strong>Please report
any issues with this new feature of UxPlay</strong>.</p>
<li><p><strong>NEW in v1.72</strong>: Improved Support for (YouTube) HLS
(HTTP Live Streaming) video with the new “-hls” option (introduced in
1.71).* <strong>Only streaming from the YouTube iOS app (in "m3u8"
protocol) is currently supported</strong>: (streaming using the AirPlay
icon in a browser window is <strong>not</strong> yet supported).Click on
the airplay icon in the YouTube app to stream video. <strong>Please
report any issues with this new feature of UxPlay</strong>.</p>
<p><em>The default video player for HLS is GStreamer playbin v3: use
“-hls 2” to revert to playbin v2 if some videos fail to play</em>.</p>
<ul>
<li>added support for setting a password (as an alternative to on-screen
pin codes) to control client access (-pw option)</li>
<li>user-requested features: added support for setting a password (as an
alternative to on-screen pin codes) to control client access (-pw
option, see “man pw” or this README for details); added support for
setting initial client audio-streaming volume (-vol option), and output
of audio-mode metadata to file (for display by some external process,
-md option).</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>ISSUES</strong> <strong><em>(Please help to solve if you have
expertise)</em></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>in HLS video streaming from the YouTube app (-hls option), rendered
using GStreamers media player “playbin3” (or playbin2, with option -hls
2), we dont understand how to correctly deal with “interstitials” (= 15
sec commercials) when “skip” is pressed on the client. (HLS is handled
by handlers in lib/http_handlers.h)</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="highlights">Highlights:</h2>
@@ -771,23 +784,16 @@ not supply a complete GStreamer, but seems to have everything needed for
UxPlay). <strong>New: the UxPlay build script will now also detect
Homebrew installations in non-standard locations indicated by the
environment variable <code>$HOMEBREW_PREFIX</code>.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Using GStreamer installed from MacPorts</strong>: this is
<strong>not</strong> recommended, as currently the MacPorts GStreamer is
old (v1.16.2), unmaintained, and built to use X11:</p>
<ul>
<li>Instead <a
href="https://github.com/FDH2/UxPlay/wiki/Building-GStreamer-from-Source-on-macOS-with-MacPorts">build
gstreamer yourself</a> if you use MacPorts and do not want to use the
“Official” Gstreamer binaries.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>(If you really wish to use the MacPorts GStreamer-1.16.2, install
pkgconf (“sudo port install pkgconf”), then “sudo port install
<p><strong>Using GStreamer installed from MacPorts</strong>: MacPorts is
now providing recent GStreamer releases: install pkgconf (“sudo port
install pkgconf”), then “sudo port install gstreamer1
gstreamer1-gst-plugins-base gstreamer1-gst-plugins-good
gstreamer1-gst-plugins-bad gstreamer1-gst-libav”. For X11 support on
macOS, compile UxPlay using a special cmake option
<code>-DUSE_X11=ON</code>, and run it from an XQuartz terminal with -vs
ximagesink; older non-retina macs require a lower resolution when using
X11: <code>uxplay -s 800x600</code>.)</em></p>
gstreamer1-gst-plugins-bad gstreamer1-gst-libav”. (The following may no
longer be relevant: <em>For X11 support on macOS, compile UxPlay using a
special cmake option <code>-DUSE_X11=ON</code>, and run it from an
XQuartz terminal with -vs ximagesink; older non-retina macs require a
lower resolution when using X11:
<code>uxplay -s 800x600</code>.)</em></p>
<p>After installing GStreamer, build and install uxplay: open a terminal
and change into the UxPlay source directory (“UxPlay-master” for zipfile
downloads, “UxPlay” for “git clone” downloads) and build/install with
@@ -1644,9 +1650,11 @@ an AppleTV6,2 with sourceVersion 380.20.1 (an AppleTV 4K 1st gen,
introduced 2017, running tvOS 12.2.1), so it does not seem to matter
what version UxPlay claims to be.</p>
<h1 id="changelog">Changelog</h1>
<p>1.72 2025-05-15. Improved HLS Live Streaming (YouTube) support. Add
<p>1.72 2025-05-03. Improved HLS Live Streaming (YouTube) support. Add
support for password (HTTP Digest Authentication, -pw option) as
alternative to on-screen pin codes.</p>
alternative to on-screen one-time pin codes. Add requested options -md
to export audio-mode metadata text to a file for display, and -vol for
setting initial audio-streaming volume on client.</p>
<p>1.72 2024-04-22 Add requested options -md &lt;filename&gt; to output
audio metadata text to a file for possible display (complements -ca
option), and -vol <v> option to set initial audio-streaming volume. Add

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# UxPlay 1.72 (beta): AirPlay-Mirror and AirPlay-Audio server for Linux, macOS, and Unix (also runs on Windows).
# UxPlay 1.72: AirPlay-Mirror and AirPlay-Audio server for Linux, macOS, and Unix (also runs on Windows).
### **Now developed at the GitHub site <https://github.com/FDH2/UxPlay> (where ALL user issues should be posted, and latest versions can be found).**
- ***NEW in v1.72**: Improved Support for (YouTube) HLS (HTTP Live Streaming)
- **NEW in v1.72**: Improved Support for (YouTube) HLS (HTTP Live Streaming)
video with the new "-hls" option (introduced in 1.71).* **Only streaming from the YouTube iOS app
(in \"m3u8\" protocol) is currently supported**: (streaming using the AirPlay icon in a browser window
is **not** yet supported).Click on the airplay icon in the
@@ -14,10 +14,16 @@
some videos fail to play_.
* user-requested features: added support for setting a password (as an alternative to on-screen
pin codes) to control client access (-pw option); added support for
pin codes) to control client access (-pw option, see "man pw" or this README for details); added support for
setting initial client audio-streaming volume (-vol option), and output of audio-mode
metadata to file (for display by some external process, -md option).
**ISSUES** ***(Please help to solve if you have expertise)***
* in HLS video streaming from the YouTube app (-hls option), rendered using GStreamer's media player "playbin3" (or playbin2, with option -hls 2),
we don't understand how to correctly deal with "interstitials" (= 15 sec commercials) when "skip" is pressed on the client.
(HLS is handled by handlers in lib/http_handlers.h)
## Highlights:
- GPLv3, open source.
@@ -773,19 +779,12 @@ complete GStreamer, but seems to have everything needed for UxPlay).
installations in non-standard locations indicated by the environment
variable `$HOMEBREW_PREFIX`.**
**Using GStreamer installed from MacPorts**: this is **not**
recommended, as currently the MacPorts GStreamer is old (v1.16.2),
unmaintained, and built to use X11:
- Instead [build gstreamer
yourself](https://github.com/FDH2/UxPlay/wiki/Building-GStreamer-from-Source-on-macOS-with-MacPorts)
if you use MacPorts and do not want to use the "Official" Gstreamer
binaries.
*(If you really wish to use the MacPorts GStreamer-1.16.2, install
pkgconf ("sudo port install pkgconf"), then "sudo port install
**Using GStreamer installed from MacPorts**: MacPorts is now providing
recent GStreamer releases: install
pkgconf ("sudo port install pkgconf"), then "sudo port install gstreamer1
gstreamer1-gst-plugins-base gstreamer1-gst-plugins-good
gstreamer1-gst-plugins-bad gstreamer1-gst-libav". For X11 support on
gstreamer1-gst-plugins-bad gstreamer1-gst-libav".
(The following may no longer be relevant: *For X11 support on
macOS, compile UxPlay using a special cmake option `-DUSE_X11=ON`, and
run it from an XQuartz terminal with -vs ximagesink; older non-retina
macs require a lower resolution when using X11: `uxplay -s 800x600`.)*
@@ -1691,9 +1690,11 @@ introduced 2017, running tvOS 12.2.1), so it does not seem to matter
what version UxPlay claims to be.
# Changelog
1.72 2025-05-15. Improved HLS Live Streaming (YouTube) support.
1.72 2025-05-03. Improved HLS Live Streaming (YouTube) support.
Add support for password (HTTP Digest Authentication, -pw option) as
alternative to on-screen pin codes.
alternative to on-screen one-time pin codes. Add requested options
-md to export audio-mode metadata text to a file for display, and
-vol for setting initial audio-streaming volume on client.
1.72 2024-04-22 Add requested options -md \<filename\> to output audio
metadata text to a file for possible display (complements -ca option),

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# UxPlay 1.72 (beta): AirPlay-Mirror and AirPlay-Audio server for Linux, macOS, and Unix (now also runs on Windows).
# UxPlay 1.72: AirPlay-Mirror and AirPlay-Audio server for Linux, macOS, and Unix (also runs on Windows).
### **Now developed at the GitHub site <https://github.com/FDH2/UxPlay> (where ALL user issues should be posted, and latest versions can be found).**
- ***NEW in v1.72**: Improved Support for (YouTube) HLS (HTTP Live
Streaming) video with the new "-hls" option.* **Only streaming from
the YouTube iOS app (in \"m3u8\" protocol) is currently supported**:
(streaming using the AirPlay icon in a browser window is **not** yet
supported).Click on the airplay icon in the YouTube app to stream
video. **Please report any issues with this new feature of UxPlay**.
- **NEW in v1.72**: Improved Support for (YouTube) HLS (HTTP Live
Streaming) video with the new "-hls" option (introduced in 1.71).\*
**Only streaming from the YouTube iOS app (in \"m3u8\" protocol) is
currently supported**: (streaming using the AirPlay icon in a
browser window is **not** yet supported).Click on the airplay icon
in the YouTube app to stream video. **Please report any issues with
this new feature of UxPlay**.
*The default video player for HLS is GStreamer playbin v3: use "-hls
2" to revert to playbin v2 if some videos fail to play*.
- added support for setting a password (as an alternative to
on-screen pin codes) to control client access (-pw option)
- user-requested features: added support for setting a password
(as an alternative to on-screen pin codes) to control client
access (-pw option, see "man pw" or this README for details);
added support for setting initial client audio-streaming volume
(-vol option), and output of audio-mode metadata to file (for
display by some external process, -md option).
**ISSUES** ***(Please help to solve if you have expertise)***
- in HLS video streaming from the YouTube app (-hls option),
rendered using GStreamer's media player "playbin3" (or playbin2,
with option -hls 2), we don't understand how to correctly deal
with "interstitials" (= 15 sec commercials) when "skip" is
pressed on the client. (HLS is handled by handlers in
lib/http_handlers.h)
## Highlights:
@@ -773,22 +787,15 @@ complete GStreamer, but seems to have everything needed for UxPlay).
installations in non-standard locations indicated by the environment
variable `$HOMEBREW_PREFIX`.**
**Using GStreamer installed from MacPorts**: this is **not**
recommended, as currently the MacPorts GStreamer is old (v1.16.2),
unmaintained, and built to use X11:
- Instead [build gstreamer
yourself](https://github.com/FDH2/UxPlay/wiki/Building-GStreamer-from-Source-on-macOS-with-MacPorts)
if you use MacPorts and do not want to use the "Official" Gstreamer
binaries.
*(If you really wish to use the MacPorts GStreamer-1.16.2, install
pkgconf ("sudo port install pkgconf"), then "sudo port install
**Using GStreamer installed from MacPorts**: MacPorts is now providing
recent GStreamer releases: install pkgconf ("sudo port install
pkgconf"), then "sudo port install gstreamer1
gstreamer1-gst-plugins-base gstreamer1-gst-plugins-good
gstreamer1-gst-plugins-bad gstreamer1-gst-libav". For X11 support on
macOS, compile UxPlay using a special cmake option `-DUSE_X11=ON`, and
run it from an XQuartz terminal with -vs ximagesink; older non-retina
macs require a lower resolution when using X11: `uxplay -s 800x600`.)*
gstreamer1-gst-plugins-bad gstreamer1-gst-libav". (The following may no
longer be relevant: *For X11 support on macOS, compile UxPlay using a
special cmake option `-DUSE_X11=ON`, and run it from an XQuartz terminal
with -vs ximagesink; older non-retina macs require a lower resolution
when using X11: `uxplay -s 800x600`.)*
After installing GStreamer, build and install uxplay: open a terminal
and change into the UxPlay source directory ("UxPlay-master" for zipfile
@@ -1690,9 +1697,11 @@ what version UxPlay claims to be.
# Changelog
1.72 2025-05-15. Improved HLS Live Streaming (YouTube) support. Add
1.72 2025-05-03. Improved HLS Live Streaming (YouTube) support. Add
support for password (HTTP Digest Authentication, -pw option) as
alternative to on-screen pin codes.
alternative to on-screen one-time pin codes. Add requested options -md
to export audio-mode metadata text to a file for display, and -vol for
setting initial audio-streaming volume on client.
1.72 2024-04-22 Add requested options -md \<filename\> to output audio
metadata text to a file for possible display (complements -ca option),

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logger_log(logger, LOGGER_DEBUG, "video_pipeline state change from %s to %s\n",
gst_element_state_get_name (old_state),gst_element_state_get_name (new_state));
gst_video_pipeline_base_time = gst_element_get_base_time(renderer->appsrc);
if (renderer == renderer_type[1]) {
logger_log(logger, LOGGER_INFO, "*** video format is h265 high definition (HD/4K) video %dx%d", width, height);
}
if (renderer_unused) {
for (int i = 0; i < n_renderers; i++) {
if (renderer_type[i] != renderer_unused) {

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.TH UXPLAY "1" "December 2024" "1.71" "User Commands"
.TH UXPLAY "1" "May 2025" "1.72" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
uxplay \- start AirPlay server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B uxplay
[\fI\,-n name\/\fR] [\fI\,-s wxh\/\fR] [\fI\,-p \/\fR[\fI\,n\/\fR]] [more \fI OPTIONS \/\fR ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
UxPlay 1.71: An open\-source AirPlay mirroring (+ audio streaming) server:
UxPlay 1.72: An open\-source AirPlay mirroring (+ audio streaming) server:
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B

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#include "renderers/video_renderer.h"
#include "renderers/audio_renderer.h"
#define VERSION "1.712beta"
#define VERSION "1.72"
#define SECOND_IN_USECS 1000000
#define SECOND_IN_NSECS 1000000000UL

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Name: uxplay
Version: 1.71.1
Version: 1.72
Release: 1%{?dist}
%global gittag v%{version}
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ cd build
%{_docdir}/%{name}/llhttp/LICENSE-MIT
%changelog
* Thu May 1 2025 UxPlay maintainer <https://github.com/FDH2/UxPlay>
Update for 1.72 release
* Fri Nov 15 2024 UxPlay maintainer <https://github.com/FDH2/UxPlay>
Initial uxplay.spec: tested on Fedora 38, Rocky Linux 9.2, OpenSUSE
Leap 15.5, Mageia 9, OpenMandriva ROME, PCLinuxOS