Alpha (developer) versions

Help us testing! This page contains experimental dvdisaster versions which are created on the way to the next stable release.

A word of caution: This version is still evolving and some parts are not yet implemented. It may contain severe bugs and fail in non-obvious ways, even in functions which worked in previous versions. Do not process important data with this version and do not keep images and error correction data for archival purposes; that's what the stable version 0.72 is for.

Planned changes in the new version

All platforms:

Implement some small additions which have been put on hold during the 0.72 development cycle. [not yet started]
Remove obsolete functionality. [completed]
Clean up source code and prepare for multithreading and multi core processors. [in progress]
Implement the multithreaded RS03 codec. [in progress]
Document RS03 usage. [not yet started]

Windows:

Update the GTK+ toolkit and development system. [completed]
Raise system requirements to Windows 2000 or newer (older Windows releases are no longer supported by the development tools). This makes support for ASPI drivers and splitting files into 2G segments obsolete. [completed]

MacOS:

Update the GTK+ toolkit and provide more workarounds for the graphical user interface. [in progress]

Downloads

The alpha versions use the same package format as the regular releases.

dvdisaster-0.79 28-Feb-2010

Source code for all operating systems: dvdisaster-0.79.2.tar.bz2

Digital signature: dvdisaster-0.79.2.tar.bz2.gpg

Binary for Mac OS X 10.5 / x86: dvdisaster-0.79.2.app.zip -- please read these hints first

Digital signature: dvdisaster-0.79.2.app.zip.gpg

Binary for Windows: dvdisaster-0.79.2-setup.exe

Digital signature: dvdisaster-0.79.2-setup.exe.gpg

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Source code for all operating systems: dvdisaster-0.79.1.tar.bz2

Digital signature: dvdisaster-0.79.1.tar.bz2.gpg

Binary for Windows: dvdisaster-0.79.1-setup.exe

Digital signature: dvdisaster-0.79.1-setup.exe.gpg

All platforms: These releases contain major internal changes compared to 0.72.x. Please use them carefully.
0.79.2 (28-Feb-2010)

A binary package for Mac OS X is available now. The Mac OS X development environment has been updated; this removed some glitches in the graphical user interface.

Development of the RS03 codec makes progress, but is far from being finished yet.

0.79.1 (07-Feb-2010)

The SCSI layer contains a workaround for buggy chipsets found in recent drives. Starting a read or scan operation would case a system freeze with such drives. The problem seems to be especially visible under Windows XP, but other OS might expose similar failures. Please test if these drives are working now, and also report if some drives stopped working which were okay previously.

A reference implementation of the RS03 codec is included. This version is only supplied so that interested people can compare it against its specification. Take care and do not use it for productive work. The final version will be released with version 0.80.

Windows: All components of the development environment and the supplied libraries have been updated. Please test whether the graphical user interface and localization still work as expected.