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GStreamer "Panic Room" 0.5.2 released
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GStreamer "Hottest Pick" 0.6.0 released[*]
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The GStreamer team is happy to announce our final prerelease for the
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stable 0.6 series of the GStreamer streaming-media framework.
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The GStreamer team is happy to announce our first ABI stable release
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series. The 0.6.x series of the GStreamer streaming-media framework.
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From now on, GStreamer will follow a versioning scheme similar to
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kernel and GTK+/GLib releases. Odd minor numbers (like for this
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release) will be development releases. While GStreamer itself is very
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much under development, during stable releases we will guarantee API-
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and ABI-stability. The point of this development release cycle is to
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support Gnome 2.1.x development.
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At this point in time GStreamer is fully functional for creating
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audio-based applications, as shown by applications such as
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gnome-sound-recorder, Rhythmbox and nautilus-media.
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GStreamer major-minor series versions will now be
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parallel-installable. Please update your applications to check for
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gstreamer-0.5, gstreamer-libs-0.5 and gstreamer-play-0.5 using
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pkg-config.
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Video-based applications still have some issues at this point,
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especially in the area of audio/video sync and seeking, but we plan on
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solving those issues during the 0.6.x series.
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We will also be releasing a development 0.7 release series, in which
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we will work on such things as the remaining video issues and the
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interactivity support which is needed for DVD menus and SWF (Flash).
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This means developers working on apps needing these services can use
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the 0.7 series for development and then enable 0.6 support as these
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additions optionally get backported to 0.6 once they are stable and
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work well.
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Thread issues and GStreamer
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Many of GStreamer's features relies heavily on threads. Unfortunately
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everything is not rosy in the Linux world of threads. If you have a
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glibc version installed compiled with i686 optimizations (which uses a
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different codepath than standard i386 glibc), there is a good chance
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you will experience thread-related crashes in gstreamer-based
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applications. There are a few workarounds to this available.
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* You can use an i386 glibc package instead. (Since this is the only
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one shipping with Debian, debian users do not experience this
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issue.)
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* You can also try running the gstreamer-based applications using
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the command-line option --gst-scheduler=opt, which invokes a newly
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created scheduler that does not use threads. This scheduler is
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very new however so you might encounter other issues when using
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it. Please report issues to our bugzilla.
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People using the first Red Hat beta called Phoebe are recommended to
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update to glibc from Rawhide or from the second Phoebe release. This
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solves all thread issues, thanks to the new NTPL thread library that
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is included there.
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The GStreamer applications we ship all check for both gstreamer-0.6,
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gstreamer-libs-0.6 and gstreamer-play-0.6; if those aren't found the
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0.7 version of those files are checked for. We suggest anyone making
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GStreamer-based apps do the same.
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We are starting to have a really nice collection of applications under
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development using GStreamer. If you are looking for something specific
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check out our [1]applications status page.
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Updates and Enhancements
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Features
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Thread issues and GStreamer
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Many of GStreamers features relies heavily on threads. Unfortunately
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everything is not rosy in the Linux worlds of threads. If you have a
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glibc version installed compiled with i686 optimizations (which uses a
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different codepath than standard i386 glibc), there is a good chance
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you will experience thread-related crashes in gstreamer-based
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applications. There are a few workarounds to this available.
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* You can use an i386- or i586-optimized glibc package instead.
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* You can also try running the gstreamer-based applications using
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the command-line option --gst-scheduler=opt, which invokes a newly
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created scheduler that does not use threads. This scheduler is
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very new however so you might encounter other issues when using
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it.
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People using the Red Hat beta Phoebe are recommended to update to
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glibc from Rawhide. This solves all thread issues, thanks to the
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new NTPL thread library that is included there.
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General
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* Solaris Forte fixes, GStreamer now compiles with Forte
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* FreeBSD build fixes
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* Many minor build issues fixed
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* libgstplay updated to use filesrc
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Core
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* Many refcounting issues resolved
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* A few Valgrind detected memleaks killed
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Plug-ins
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* Fix to OSS plugin to handle blocking correctly [2]Bug 102025.
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* Wavparse plugin fixed to handle MPEG audio
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* Swfdec plugin updated, now has sound
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* Updated ffmpeg plugin to handle xvid movies
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* modplug updated to work better with gst-player
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* alsasink 100% cpu bug fixed
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* pngenc cleaned up
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* Pipeline based media architecture
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* Over 130 plugins
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* All parts interchangeable
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* Few dependencies, only glib, popt and libxml for core (libxml
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optional)
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* Python Language bindings
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* Good documentation
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* Will be widely deployed through bundling with GNOME 2.2
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* Design catering also for applications needing low-latency
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* Highly portable, already running on most mainstream CPU's
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* Modular design and use of 3rd party best of breed libraries means
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no bloat
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* LGPL licensing lays no restrictions on application developers
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licensing.
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* Easy for applications to ship their own plugins to the core as
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needed
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* Compiles with both GCC and Forte compilers
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GStreamer Homepage
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More details on these features can be found on the project's website,
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[3]http://gstreamer.net/.
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[2]http://gstreamer.net/.
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Support and Bugs
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We use [4]Gnome's Bugzilla for bug reports and feature requests. The
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We use [3]Gnome's Bugzilla for bug reports and feature requests. The
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"product name" is GStreamer (capital G). Please do the following
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before writing a bug report :
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gst-feedback &> feedback 2>&1
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Developers
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GStreamer is [5]hosted on SourceForge. All code is in CVS and can be
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GStreamer is [4]hosted on SourceForge. All code is in CVS and can be
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checked out from there. Interested developers of the core library,
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plug-ins, and applications should subscribe to the gstreamer-devel
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list. If there is sufficient interest we will create more lists as
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necessary.
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We are still looking for people with access to Solaris, HP-UX, Irix
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and True64 that would be willing to try building and testing
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GStreamer. Patches fixing such problems are also more than welcome.
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We are still looking for people with access to FreeBSD, Solaris,
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HP-UX, Irix and True64 that would be willing to try building and
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testing GStreamer. Patches fixing such problems are also more than
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welcome.
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Contributors to this release
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Patches to the core of Gstreamer
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* Wim Taymans <wim.taymans(AT)chello.be>
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* Erik Walthinsen <omega(AT)temple-baptist.com>
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* Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas(AT)apestaart.org>
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* David I. Lehn <dlehn(AT)vt.edu>
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* David Schleef <ds(AT)schleef.org>
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* Leif Morgan Johnson <lmjohns3(AT)eos.ncsu.edu>
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* Brian Cameron <brian.cameron(AT)sun.com>
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* Joshua N Pritikin <vishnu(AT)pobox.com>
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Plugins and Sample Applications
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* Julien MOUTTE <jmoutte(AT)electronic-group.com>
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* Cameron Hutchison <camh+gst(AT)xdna.net>
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* Ronald Bultje <rbultje(AT)ronald.bitfreak.net>
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* Steve Baker <stevebaker_org(AT)yahoo.co.uk>
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* Jan Schmidt <thaytan(AT)mad.scientist.com>
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* Daniel Fischer <dan(AT)f3c.com>
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* Martin Schlemmer <azarah(AT)gentoo.org>
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* Andrew Turner &li;zombie(AT)4free.co.nz>
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* Andrew Turner <zombie(AT)4free.co.nz>
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* Owen Fraser-Green <owen(AT)discobabe.net>
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* Leif Morgan Johnson <lmjohns3(AT)eos.ncsu.edu>
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* Benjamin Otte <in7y118(AT)public.uni-hamburg.de>
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Misc
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* Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller <Uraeus(AT)gnome.org>
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* Alp Toker <alp(AT)atoker.com>
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[*]: GStreamer is Hottest Pick in the UK Linux Format #36, out now !
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References
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1. http://www.gstreamer.net/status/?category=2
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2. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102025
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3. http://gstreamer.net/
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4. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/
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5. http://gstreamer.sf.net/
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2. http://gstreamer.net/
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3. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/
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4. http://gstreamer.sf.net/
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