gstreamer/RELEASE

                   GStreamer "Mother Theresa" 0.6.3 released

   The  GStreamer  team  is  proud  to announce an updated version in the
   ABI-stable 0.6.x series.

   At  this  point  in  time  GStreamer  is fully functional for creating
   audio-based   applications,   as   shown   by   applications  such  as
   gnome-sound-recorder,      [1]rhythmbox,      [2]sound-juicer      and
   nautilus-media.

   The  video part is known to be somewhat less functional than the audio
   part,  but  applications  such as [3]gst-player works very well, and a
   port of [4]Totem is in progress in GNOME CVS.

   We  will  also be releasing a development 0.7 release series, in which
   we  will  work  on  such  things  as the remaining issues, such as the
   interactivity  support  which is needed for DVD menus and SWF (Flash).
   This  means  developers working on apps needing these services can use
   the  0.7  series  for development and then enable 0.6 support as these
   additions  optionally  get  backported to 0.6 once they are stable and
   work well.

   The  GStreamer  applications we ship all check for both gstreamer-0.6,
   gstreamer-libs-0.6  and  gstreamer-play-0.6; if those aren't found the
   0.7  version  of those files are checked for. We suggest anyone making
   GStreamer-based apps do the same.

   We are starting to have a really nice collection of applications under
   development using GStreamer. If you are looking for something specific
   check out our [5]applications status page.

Features

     * Pipeline based media architecture
     * Over 130 plugins
     * All parts interchangeable
     * Few  dependencies,  only  glib,  popt  and libxml for core (libxml
       optional)
     * Python Language bindings
     * Good documentation
     * Will be widely deployed through bundling with GNOME 2.2
     * Design catering also for applications needing low-latency
     * Highly portable, already running on most mainstream CPU's
     * Modular  design and use of 3rd party best of breed libraries means
       no bloat
     * LGPL  licensing  lays  no  restrictions  on application developers
       licensing.
     * Easy  for  applications  to  ship their own plugins to the core as
       needed
     * Compiles with both GCC and Forte compilers
     * Tested to run on Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris

Updates since 0.6.3

     * gstreamer (core)

     * #104829:  [6][0.6.3]  crash when removing plugin without rerunning
       gst-register
     * #113280: [7][0.6.3] Atomic sparc code needs testing
     * #117786: [8][0.6.3] Can't play files on a read-only NTFS drive
     * #118067: [9][0.6.3] build failure with debugging disabled
     * #118619: [10]please update the online docs
     * #119393: [11]backport m68k fix
     * #117837: [12]docs/libs doesn't build properly
     * #120741: [13][PATCH] xml registry typefinding is recursive and can
       lead t
     * #116146:   [14]opt   scheduler   doesn't   set  event  handler  on
       unconnected src p

     gst-plugins
     * #94113: [15][0.6.3] spider doesn't detect type of mp3 stream
     * #115965: [16]dvdnavsrc plug-in isn't updated against 0.1.9
     * #114948: [17]make install fails at gst-libs/ext/ffmpeg
     * #114976:  [18][0.6.3/patch]  videotestsrc  and  xvideosink  do not
       reset their
     * #116416:  [19]vorbis  metadata:  use  fields  compatible with most
       players
     * #116420:  [20]lame  metadata:  write id3 v1 and v2 tags in encoded
       files
     * #119372: [21][0.6.3] [patch] mpeg2 identification bug
     * #116152: [22]modplug doesn't handle state changes properly

GStreamer Homepage

   More  details on these features can be found on the project's website,
   [23]http://gstreamer.net/.

Support and Bugs

   We  use [24]Gnome's Bugzilla for bug reports and feature requests. The
   "product  name"  is  GStreamer  (capital  G).  Please do the following
   before writing a bug report :
gst-feedback &> feedback 2>&1

   and  attach  the  file  "feedback" to your bug report, so that we have
   some information useful in the debugging process.

Developers

   GStreamer  is [25]hosted on SourceForge. All code is in CVS and can be
   checked  out  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.

   We  are  still  looking  for  people  with access to FreeBSD, Solaris,
   HP-UX,  Irix  and  True64  that  would  be willing to try building and
   testing  GStreamer.  Patches  fixing  such problems are also more than
   welcome.

Contributors to this release

  Patches to the core of GStreamer

     * Wim Taymans <wim.taymans(AT)chello.be>
     * Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas(AT)apestaart.org>
     * Ronald Bultje <rbultje(AT)ronald.bitfreak.net>
     * Benjamin Otte <in7y118(AT)public.uni-hamburg.de>
     * David Schleef <ds(AT)schleef.org>
     * David I. Lehn <dlehn(AT)vt.edu>
     * Hidetoshi Tajima <hidetoshi.tajima(AT)sun.com>
     * Joshua N Pritikin <vishnu(AT)pobox.com>
     * Christophe Fergeau <teuf(AT)users.sourceforge.net>

  Plugins and Sample Applications

     * Julien MOUTTE <jmoutte(AT)electronic-group.com>
     * Zeeshan Ali Khattak <zak147(AT)yahoo.com>
     * J<>r<EFBFBD>my Simon <jsimon13(AT)yahoo.fr>
     * Ross Burton <r.burton(AT)180sw.com>
     * Martin Janzen <janzen(AT)pixelmetrix.com>

  Misc

     * Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller <Uraeus(AT)gnome.org>

References

   1. http://www.rhythmbox.org/
   2. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2003-April/msg00046.html
   3. http://gstreamer.net/releases/gst-player/0.5.0/
   4. http://www.hadess.net/totem.php3
   5. http://www.gstreamer.net/status/?category=2
   6. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104829
   7. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113280
   8. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117786
   9. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118067
  10. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118619
  11. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119393
  12. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117837
  13. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120741
  14. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116146
  15. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94113
  16. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115965
  17. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114948
  18. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114976
  19. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116416
  20. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116420
  21. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119372
  22. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116152
  23. http://gstreamer.net/
  24. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/
  25. http://gstreamer.sf.net/