Adding vp9parse element to parse various stream information such as
resolution, profile, and so on. If upstream does not provide resolution and/or
profile, this would be useful for decodebin pipeline for autoplugging
suitable decoder element depending on template caps of each decoder element.
In addition, vp9parse element supports unpacking superframe into
single frame for decoders. The vp9 superframe is a frame which consists
of multiple frames (or superframe with one frame is allowed) followed by superframe
index block. Then unpacked each frame will be considered as normal frame
by decoder. The decision for unpacking will be done by downstream element's
"alignment" caps field, which can be "super-frame" or "frame".
If downstream specifies the "alignment" as "frame",
then vp9parse element will split an incoming superframe into single frames
and the superframe index (located at the end of the superframe) data
will be discarded by vp9parse element.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/-/merge_requests/1041>
https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson
With contributions from:
Tim-Philipp Müller <tim@centricular.com>
Matej Knopp <matej.knopp@gmail.com>
Jussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com> (original port)
Highlights of the features provided are:
* Faster builds on Linux (~40-50% faster)
* The ability to build with MSVC on Windows
* Generate Visual Studio project files
* Generate XCode project files
* Much faster builds on Windows (on-par with Linux)
* Seriously fast configure and building on embedded
... and many more. For more details see:
http://blog.nirbheek.in/2016/05/gstreamer-and-meson-new-hope.htmlhttp://blog.nirbheek.in/2016/07/building-and-developing-gstreamer-using.html
Building with Meson should work on both Linux and Windows, but may
need a few more tweaks on other operating systems.
