eCAL v5.5.0:

* eCAL message recorder released
  * records messages in realtime in HDF5 format
  * synchronized recording over multiple targets
  * pre-buffer feature
  * modern QT based control gui
* eCAL message player
  * eCAL message replay
  * topic filtering
  * adjustable replay speed / looped play
  * modern QT based gui
  * command line version (with interactive mode)
* eCAL HDF5 recording read / write C++ SDK
  * high level API to iterate over recorded data sets
    * auto merging of splitted record files
    * distributed recording on multiple machines, handling as one recording
* Performance improvements
  * reduced memory copying on subscriber side
  * new latency send / receive samples demonstrating new performance
    using callback receive method
    * see Performance section in Readme.md file
    * performance factor 2 for windows factor 4 Linux for large messages
* CPack installer generates start menu entries on windows platform
* Different bug fixes

.appveyor.yml

@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ image: Visual Studio 2015
 
 environment:
   QT5_ROOT_DIRECTORY: C:\Qt\5.11.3
+  HDF5_DIR: C:\Program Files\HDF_Group\HDF5\1.8.21\cmake
 
 install:
   - git submodule update --init --recursive
+  - curl -fsS -O https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-1.8/hdf5-1.8.21/bin/hdf5-1.8.21-Std-win7_64-vs14.zip
+  - 7z x -bb0 hdf5-1.8.21-Std-win7_64-vs14.zip
+  - msiexec /package hdf5\HDF5-1.8.21-win64.msi /quiet
   - choco install doxygen.install
   - choco install cmake
   - choco install wixtoolset

.gitmodules

@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@
 [submodule "thirdparty/simpleini"]
 	path = thirdparty/simpleini
 	url = https://github.com/brofield/simpleini.git
+[submodule "thirdparty/spdlog"]
+	path = thirdparty/spdlog
+	url = https://github.com/gabime/spdlog.git

.travis.yml

@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ addons:
       - graphviz
       - zlib1g-dev
       - qt5-default
+      - libhdf5-dev
       - cmake
       - cmake-data
-    
+
 script:
   - mkdir _build
   - cd _build

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ cmake_policy(SET CMP0054 NEW)
 # command line build options
 # use it that way cmake .. -DBUILD_APPS=ON -DBUILD_SAMPLES=ON
 # --------------------------------------------------------
+option(HAS_HDF5                                "Platform supports HDF5 library"                                   ON)
 option(HAS_QT5                                 "Platform supports Qt 5 library"                                   ON)
 option(HAS_CAPNPROTO                           "Platform supports Cap'n Proto library"                           OFF)
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ option(ECAL_NPCAP_SUPPORT                      "Enable the eCAL Npcap Receiver (
 # Set option regarding third party library builds
 option(ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CMAKE_FUNCTIONS   "Build CMakeFunctions with eCAL"                                   ON)
 option(ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF          "Build Protobuf with eCAL"                                         ON)
+option(ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_SPDLOG            "Build spdlog with eCAL"                                           ON)
 
 
 # there is a CMake issue with testing threading availibility via TEST_RUN
@@ -62,19 +64,6 @@ endif()
 
 # find_project(eCAL calls shall be ignored, eCAL is build as part of the project)
 set(as_subproject eCAL)
-if (ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CMAKE_FUNCTIONS)
-list(APPEND as_subproject CMakeFunctions) 
-endif ()
-if (ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF)
-list(APPEND as_subproject Protobuf) 
-endif ()
-
-
-macro(find_package)
-  if(NOT "${ARGV0}" IN_LIST as_subproject)
-    _find_package(${ARGV})
-  endif()
-endmacro()
 
 # Normalize backslashes from Windows paths
 file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}" CMAKE_MODULE_PATH)
@@ -86,11 +75,8 @@ message(STATUS "Prefix Path: ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}")
 # --------------------------------------------------------
 # third party dependencies as requested
 # --------------------------------------------------------
-if (ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CMAKE_FUNCTIONS)
-  add_subdirectory(thirdparty/cmake_functions)
-endif ()
-
 if (ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF)
+  list(APPEND as_subproject Protobuf)    
   if(MSVC)
     # supress google protobuf warnings for windows platform
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_OLD "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
@@ -119,6 +105,30 @@ if (ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF)
   endif()
 endif()
 
+if (ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_SPDLOG)
+  list(APPEND as_subproject spdlog)  
+  add_subdirectory(thirdparty/spdlog)
+  add_library(spdlog::spdlog ALIAS spdlog)
+endif ()
+
+
+
+if (ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CMAKE_FUNCTIONS)
+  list(APPEND as_subproject CMakeFunctions) 
+endif()
+
+macro(find_package)
+  if(NOT "${ARGV0}" IN_LIST as_subproject)
+    _find_package(${ARGV})
+  endif()
+endmacro()
+
+if (ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_CMAKE_FUNCTIONS)
+  add_subdirectory(thirdparty/cmake_functions)
+endif ()
+
+
+
 find_package(CMakeFunctions REQUIRED)
 
 git_revision_information()
@@ -276,13 +286,18 @@ add_subdirectory(ecal/core/src)
 # --------------------------------------------------------
 # custom libs
 # --------------------------------------------------------
+add_subdirectory(lib/ThreadingUtils)
 add_subdirectory(lib/EcalUtils)
 if(HAS_QT5)
   add_subdirectory(lib/CustomQt)
 endif()
 if(ECAL_NPCAP_SUPPORT)
   add_subdirectory(lib/Udpcap)
 endif()
+add_subdirectory(lib/EcalParser)
+if(HAS_QT5)
+  add_subdirectory(lib/QEcalParser)
+endif(HAS_QT5)
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------
 # ecal mon plugin sdk
@@ -299,6 +314,14 @@ if(BUILD_TIME)
   add_subdirectory(contrib/ecaltime)
 endif()
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------
+# ecal hdf5 support
+# --------------------------------------------------------
+if(HAS_HDF5)
+  add_subdirectory(contrib/ecalhdf5/src)
+  add_subdirectory(contrib/message)
+endif()
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------
 # console applications
 # --------------------------------------------------------
@@ -309,6 +332,18 @@ if(BUILD_APPS)
   add_subdirectory(app/util/eCALStop/src)
 endif()
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------
+# applications using hdf5
+# --------------------------------------------------------
+if(BUILD_APPS AND HAS_HDF5)
+  add_subdirectory(app/play/eCALPlayCore)
+  add_subdirectory(app/play/eCALPlay)
+
+  add_subdirectory(app/rec/rec_cli)
+  add_subdirectory(app/rec/rec_core)
+  add_subdirectory(app/rec/rec_server_core)
+endif()
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------
 # qt applications
 # --------------------------------------------------------
@@ -320,6 +355,13 @@ if(BUILD_APPS AND HAS_QT5)
     set(ECAL_MON_PLUGIN_DIR ecal/plugins/mon)
   endif()
   add_subdirectory(app/mon/eCALMonPlugins)
+# --------------------------------------------------------
+# Qt5 Apps using HDF5
+# --------------------------------------------------------
+if(BUILD_APPS AND HAS_QT5 AND HAS_HDF5)
+  add_subdirectory(app/play/eCALPlayGUI)
+  add_subdirectory(app/rec/rec_gui)
+endif()
 endif()
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------