Added first desciption of the changes for 0.2.0

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Added first desciption of the changes for 0.2.0
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Wim Taymans 2001-06-03 15:29:08 +00:00
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Version 0.2.0
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compile fixes:
- added a gstreamer.m4 script.
- more compatibility fixes for various xml libs.
- more BSD patches.
- gstversion.h added.
bug fixes:
- allow quoted and escaped args in gstparse.c
- preliminary work on proper refcounting
changes:
- better CPU detection
- dynamic autopluggers with a new more powerfull API.
- sparc cothreads.
- reworked arg setting (gstparse.c and gstelement.c xml handling)
- testsuite directory added
- incremental scheduling is now implemented.
- dynamic adding and removing of elements in a runnning
pipeline.
- proper synchronisation and thread interlock.
- caps negotiation
- allow elements to exchange and agree on a media type.
- get rid of the metadata.
- man pages added for command line utils.
- more documentation updates
- colourfull debug system
- new plugin initialisation mechanism sot that the core can refuse
to load plugins build with an incompatible version number.
- added bash comand line completion for gstreamer-launch
- pipefilter is now decoupled as it should be
- added gnomevfssrc as the prefered element in gstplay
- PAUSED and PLAYING state are now swapped.
- elements cannot have identical names when added to a bin.
- lots of plugin updates.
- reworked AVI decoder.
plugins:
- xmms input, effect
- mpeg2dec based on libmpeg2
- alsa sink and src.
- rtp sink
- FLX decoder
- multidisksrc
- a new X-only videosink
- stero2mono and mono2stereo
- mulaw encoder/decoder
- colorspace converter
- artsdsink
- alaw encoder/decoder
- mad mp3 decoder
- passthrough and script to create a plugin boilerplate
- volenv (a volume envelope filter)
- adder (an audio mixer)
- arts plugin
- 1394src (a firewire source)
- DV decoder.
- aasink
- intfloat and floatint converter
- autoplugcache
- gstoss to import audio from legacy apps by hijacking /dev/dsp
- lav encoder (for interoperability with mjpegtools)
- gnomevfssrc (read data from gnomevfs) and gnomevfssink
- sdlvideosink (display video using SDL)
- quicktime decoder based on openquicktime.
- audiofile src and sink.
- level (level detection plugin)
- gsm decoder/encoder (based on libgsm)
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