gstreamer/RELEASE

Release notes for GStreamer 0.10.36 "Harder"
        


The GStreamer team is proud to announce a new release
in the 0.10.x stable series of the
core of the GStreamer streaming media framework.


The 0.10.x series is a stable series targeted at end users.
It is not API or ABI compatible with the stable 0.8.x series.
It is, however, parallel installable with the 0.8.x series.


The 0.10.x series has been reworked for threadsafety.  It also features
various feature additions and enhancements.


This module, gstreamer, only contains core functionality.
For actual media playback, you will need other modules.

gst-plugins-base
contains a basic set of well-supported plug-ins
gst-plugins-good
contains a set of well-supported plug-ins under our preferred license
gst-plugins-ugly
contains a set of well-supported plug-ins, but might pose problems for
    distributors
gst-plugins-bad
contains a set of less supported plug-ins that haven't passed the
    rigorous quality testing we expect



  

Features of this release
    
      * bin: Don't interpret pipelines without sink elements as always being in EOS state
      * bin: Only post EOS messages after reaching the PLAYING state
      * buffer: add set/get_qdata() to attach arbitrary metadata to buffers
      * caps, structure, gstvalue: some optimisations and improvements
      * miniobject: add weak referencing functionality
      * gstobject: make gst_object_replace() atomic
      * pad: Only do the subset check in gst_pad_accept_caps() if the pad claims to accept the caps
      * pad: make public some ghostpad/proxypad API
      * preset: allow applications to specify an extra preset directory with application-specific presets
      * collectpads: add GstCollectPads2 API
      * basebarse: new detect vfunc so subclassed can do some format detection first
      * baseparse: new get_sink_caps vfunc so downstream caps restrictions can be propagated upstream
      * baseparse: answer position query in stream time and try upstream first
      * baseparse: send duration message when updating internal duration
      * baseparse: make baseparse-based elements is reusable
      * baseparse: provide latency query support
      * basesink: don't compensate for render-delay twice
      * basesink: try harder to arrange increasing position reporting
      * basesrc: allow for the size to change dynamically
      * basetransform: add query vfunc
      * basetransform: caps negotiation improvements
      * basetransform: delay serialized events when src caps are not set yet
      * filesrc: do not mistake short reads for EOS
      * filesrc/fdsrc: indicate dynamic size handling to basesrc
      * inputselector: add sync mode that syncs inactive pads to the running time of the active pad
      * queue2: add bufferlist support
      * queue2: adjust input data rate estimation
      * multiqueue: add mode to synchronize deactivated/not-linked streams by the running time
      * multiqueue: check filled state of queues even if another one is empty
      * outputselector: don't send last segment/buffer when no segment was configured yet
      * tools: teach gst-launch about missing-plugin messages
      * tools: make unversioned wrapper look for -0.10 tools only

Bugs fixed in this release
     
      * 647940 : [basesrc] - fails to send updated segment event when duration changes
      * 662777 : Caps negotiation got a lot slow since the last release
      * 647493 : Regression: gstbus: Not getting all messages posted on the bus
      * 415754 : [API] GstCollectPads2; muxing sparse/subtitle streams
      * 459466 : double memory usage for pluginfeature names
      * 546570 : gst_caps_append/merge should not require caps2 to be writable
      * 609473 : [miniobject] Add support for weak references
      * 619844 : [basetransform] transform_caps can ignore pass-through
      * 628021 : [baseaudiosink] position reporting not increasing
      * 629300 : gstructure: New API for comparing structures
      * 643269 : dot file flow direction
      * 645017 : [inputselector] Add mode to drop buffers only after the active sinkpad's running time is after the current buffer
      * 645107 : [multiqueue] Implement throttling based on stream's running time
      * 647756 : [bin] Posting EOS message although not reached PLAYING yet
      * 648025 : parse-launch: don't unescape inside quotes
      * 650002 : 'No space left on device' message logged continuously, filling /home slice
      * 650973 : check: add fail_unless_equals_int64
      * 652037 : basesrc: less persistent caching of size
      * 652577 : basesink: s/if/is/
      * 653137 : Warnings in Gstreamer (core) with Clang compiler
      * 653172 : Compilation fails when PR_SET_NAME is not defined in prctl.h
      * 655155 : Build failure for gstcontroller.c -- (-Wall)  assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
      * 655204 : bad interaction between queue and adder
      * 655381 : GstBitReader and GstByteReader functions missing out argument annotations
      * 656193 : don't revalidate utf8 elementfactory metadata all the time
      * 656265 : Fix compiler warnings reported by ICC
      * 656557 : Add Farsight and Nice support to gst-uninstalled
      * 657316 : capsfilter is racy when changing the caps during initial pipeline startup
      * 657318 : basetranform dosn't allow query handlers to be overridden
      * 657421 : Fix compiler warnings reported by ICC
      * 658076 : setcaps function for ghost pads never called
      * 658449 : Fix typos in docs and code comments
      * 658517 : [ghostpad] Peer query does not work with empty GstPlaySinkVideoConvert
      * 658518 : basesink: Backport query override support
      * 658541 : [API change] caps negotiation failures
      * 658918 : [pad] set caps on pad before checking for peer
      * 659139 : gstpad: make some debug traces more useful
      * 659571 : basetransform: delay events we cannot send right away
      * 659606 : Remaining non-subset caps warnings
      * 660083 : Fix mingw compiler warnings
      * 660144 : [GstBaseParse] make start/stop methods optional
      * 660165 : basetransform: send delayed events earlier
      * 660760 : .prs presets needs to have a per-application option
      * 660778 : multiqueue: check filled state of queues even if another one is empty
      * 660955 : gst_type_register_static_full: guard against large instance sizes that don't fit into a guint16
      * 662091 : plugin loader: spawn new plugin loader helper after loading N plugins
      * 662199 : [capsfilter] behavior has changed
      * 662291 : basetransform: cache transformed caps where appropriate
      * 662664 : API: add gst_element_class_add_static_pad_template() and fix template pad ref leaks
      * 663333 : basetransfrom cache should be invalidated whenever there is any change in the peer caps
      * 663643 : gstvalue: consider lists and ranges equal if they hold the same set
      * 664221 : [baseparse] ::sink_get_caps() vfunc breaks API/ABI
      * 664720 : API: add gst_buffer_{set,get}_qdata()
      * 665921 : filesrc: Incorrect EOF detection in create_read
      * 666174 : [basetransform] causes segfaults because gst_pad_alloc_buffer_and_set_caps return a buffer with a size of 0
      * 667284 : registry: add missing #ifndef guard
      * 667286 : gstpoll: Include correct poll.h based on autoconf  test
      * 667288 : plugins: Explicitly cast initialization values to the correct type.
      * 667290 : tools: Include locale.h before any i18n headers.
      * 667298 : basesink: don't compensate for render-delay twice
      * 667444 : baseparse: clear adapter in reset so no old data is read when re-using elements
      * 668289 : regression: playbin2: repeat mode only repeats twice in totem
      * 668764 : collectpads2: move private stuff into private struct
      * 669036 : Missing include in gstpreset.h causes build error
      * 669502 : [baseparse] duration msg spam when upstream knows avg bitrate

API changed in this release
     
- API additions:
    
      * gst_base_parse_set_latency()
      * GstBaseParse::detect
      * GstBaseParse::get_sink_caps
      * gst_base_src_set_dynamic_size()
      * GstBaseTransform::query
      * gst_collect_pads2_add_pad()
      * gst_collect_pads2_add_pad_full()
      * gst_collect_pads2_available()
      * gst_collect_pads2()_collect
      * gst_collect_pads2_collect_range()
      * gst_collect_pads2_flush()
      * gst_collect_pads2_get_type()
      * gst_collect_pads2_is_active()
      * gst_collect_pads2_new()
      * gst_collect_pads2_peek()
      * gst_collect_pads2_pop()
      * gst_collect_pads2_read()
      * gst_collect_pads2_read_buffer()
      * gst_collect_pads2_remove_pad()
      * gst_collect_pads2_set_buffer_function()
      * gst_collect_pads2_set_clip_function()
      * gst_collect_pads2_set_compare_function()
      * gst_collect_pads2_set_event_function()
      * gst_collect_pads2_set_flushing()
      * gst_collect_pads2_set_function()
      * gst_collect_pads2_set_waiting()
      * gst_collect_pads2_start()
      * gst_collect_pads2_stop()
      * gst_collect_pads2_take_buffer()
      * gst_buffer_get_qdata()
      * gst_buffer_set_qdata()
      * gst_caps_is_strictly_equal()
      * gst_caps_is_subset_structure
      * gst_element_class_add_static_pad_template()
      * GstElement::state_changed
      * gst_ghost_pad_activate_pull_default()
      * gst_ghost_pad_activate_push_default()
      * gst_ghost_pad_internal_activate_pull_default()
      * gst_ghost_pad_internal_activate_push_default()
      * gst_ghost_pad_link_default()
      * gst_ghost_pad_setcaps_default()
      * gst_ghost_pad_unlink_default()
      * gst_mini_object_weak_ref()
      * gst_mini_object_weak_unref()
      * gst_preset_get_app_dir()
      * gst_preset_set_app_dir()
      * gst_proxy_pad_acceptcaps_default()
      * gst_proxy_pad_bufferalloc_default()
      * gst_proxy_pad_chain_default()
      * gst_proxy_pad_chain_list_default()
      * gst_proxy_pad_checkgetrange_default()
      * gst_proxy_pad_event_default()
      * gst_proxy_pad_fixatecaps_default()
      * gst_proxy_pad_get_internal()
      * gst_proxy_pad_getcaps_default()
      * gst_proxy_pad_getrange_default()
      * gst_proxy_pad_iterate_internal_links_default()
      * gst_proxy_pad_query_default()
      * gst_proxy_pad_query_type_default()
      * gst_proxy_pad_setcaps_default()
      * gst_proxy_pad_unlink_default()
      * gst_structure_can_intersect()
      * gst_structure_intersect()
      * gst_structure_is_equal()
      * gst_structure_is_subset()
      * gst_tag_list_is_equal()
      * gst_tag_list_new_from_string()
      * gst_tag_list_to_string()
      * fail_unless_equals_int64()
- API deprecations:
    
      * gst_plugin_feature_type_name_filter()
      * GstTypeNameData
      * gst_filter_run()
      * GstFilterFunc

Download

You can find source releases of gstreamer in the download directory:
http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/

GStreamer Homepage

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http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/

Support and Bugs

We use GNOME's bugzilla for bug reports and feature requests:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer

Developers

GStreamer is stored in Git, hosted at git.freedesktop.org, and can be cloned from there.
Interested developers of the core library, plug-ins, and applications should
subscribe to the gstreamer-devel list. If there is sufficient interest we
will create more lists as necessary.

        
Applications

Applications ported to GStreamer 0.10 include Totem, RhythmBox, Sound-Juicer,
Gnome Media, Flumotion, Amarok, Jamboree, Pitivi, Istanbul, AnnoAmp, Elisa, and others.
Let us know if you want to be added to this list.

  
Contributors to this release
    
      * Antoine Tremblay
      * David Schleef
      * Edward Hervey
      * Emmanuel Pacaud
      * Evan Nemerson
      * Fabrizio (Misto) Milo
      * Guillaume Desmottes
      * Havard Graff
      * Idar Tollefsen
      * Jan Schmidt
      * Josep Torra
      * João Paulo Pizani Flor
      * Mark Nauwelaerts
      * Nicolas Dufresne
      * Peteris Krisjanis
      * Philip Jägenstedt
      * Piotr Fusik
      * Raimo Järvi
      * Raluca Elena Podiuc
      * René Stadler
      * Reynaldo H. Verdejo Pinochet
      * Robert Swain
      * Sebastian Dröge
      * Shaun Hoopes
      * Sjoerd Simons
      * Stas Sergeev
      * Stefan Kost
      * Stefan Sauer
      * Thiago Santos
      * Tim-Philipp Müller
      * Vincent Penquerc'h
      * Wim Taymans