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GStreamer "Wild Rover" 0.6.2 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]net-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 0.6.1
* gstreamer (core)
* #112116: [6][0.6.2] if you don't have a registry, it shouldn't
crash
* #114385: [7][0.6.2] fix gst_event_new_discontinuous
* #114529: [8][0.6.2] gst-typefind addition
* #113195: [9][0.6.2] API docs should build in xml for devhelp
generation
* #114512: [10][0.6.2] Use proper min and max values for the
value_float pr
* #114668: [11][0.6.2] state_change functions have some problems
(recursion
* #93861: [12][0.6.2] gst-compprep needs X display to run
* #112579: [13][0.6.2] pngenc: event on source pad misrouted
* #114130: [14][0.6.2] refcounting for ghost and real pads is broken
and cr
* #114519: [15][0.6.2] make md5sink md5 functions static
* #110757: [16][0.6.2] memory corruption fix
* #112607: [17][0.6.2] fails to build gstgetbits_i386.s on Solaris
x86 w/o
gst-plugins:
* #110542: [18][PATCH] - wave files are little endian
* #112329: [19][0.6.2] gst-compprep seg faults because of aasink
* #111632: [20][0.6.2] videotestsrc ! xvideosink crash
* #110964: [21][0.6.2] xvideosink caps ref in get_caps
* #111692: [22][0.6.2 candidate] Fix wavparse
* #112608: [23][0.6.2] fails to build gst/videoscale on Solaris x86
w/o gas
* #112943: [24]videotestsrc failure
* #113421: [25]libgstplay should link to libgstcontrol
* #114315: [26][0.6.2] quiet a ladspa g_warning
* #111498: [27][0.6.2] infinite loop on truncated ogg file
* #112657: [28][0.6.2] cutter plug-in needed updating
* #112890: [29][0.6.2] lame timestamp fix
* #113018: [30][0.6.2] avimux/avidemux audio/raw mixup
* #114134: [31][0.6.2] libgstplay doesn't do error reporting.
* #114664: [32][0.6.2] play library doesn't check return values of
gst_elem
* #107967: [33][PATCH] - Fix for autogen.sh so that args are passed
to ./co
* #110963: [34][0.6.2] implement refcounting in colorspace
* #112595: [35][0.6.2] videoscale backport
* #112711: [36][0.6.2] [PATCH] videotestsrc doesn't ref caps and
doesn't ch
* #112895: [37][0.6.2] wavenc pad template only accepts 16 bit audio
* #113304: [38][0.6.2] flac metadata support
* #114158: [39]compile of 0.6.x branch fails in flac
* #112829: [40][0.6.2] wavenc is in a different category to other
audio enc
* #109069: [41][0.6.2] Fix for X window leak in xvideosink plugin
GStreamer Homepage
More details on these features can be found on the project's website,
[42]http://gstreamer.net/.
Support and Bugs
We use [43]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 [44]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://web.verbum.org/net-rhythmbox/
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=112116
7. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114385
8. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114529
9. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113195
10. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114512
11. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114668
12. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93861
13. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112579
14. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114130
15. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114519
16. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110757
17. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112607
18. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110542
19. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112329
20. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111632
21. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110964
22. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111692
23. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112608
24. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112943
25. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113421
26. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114315
27. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111498
28. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112657
29. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112890
30. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113018
31. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114134
32. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114664
33. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107967
34. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110963
35. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112595
36. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112711
37. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112895
38. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113304
39. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114158
40. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112829
41. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109069
42. http://gstreamer.net/
43. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/
44. http://gstreamer.sf.net/