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Release notes for GStreamer Libav Plugins 1.0.0
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The GStreamer project is pleased to announce the very first release of the
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new API and ABI-stable 1.x series of the GStreamer multimedia framework.
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The 1.x series is a stable series targeted at end users. It is not API or ABI
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compatible with the 0.10.x series. It can, however, be installed in parallel
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with the 0.10.x series and will not affect an existing 0.10.x installation.
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Major improvements include: more flexible memory handling; extensible and
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negotiable metadata for buffers; caps negotiation and renegotiation mechanisms,
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decoupled from buffer allocation; improved caps renegotiation; automatic
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re-sending of state for dynamic pipelines; reworked and more fine-grained pad
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probing; simpler and more descriptive audio and video caps; more efficient
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allocation of buffers, events and other mini objects; improved timestamp
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handling; support for gobject-inspection-based language bindings; countless
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other improvements.
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Most of these changes involve the GStreamer plugin API. The application API
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has changed comparatively little, and most applications should be fairly easy
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to port to the new API. There is a porting guide available.
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The GStreamer team would like to thank everyone who helped bring this release
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about, whether by submitting patches, reporting bugs, testing, sponsoring
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development, attending hackfests, or simply supplying moral support.
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This is the end of a long development process, but also the beginning of
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one. This release does not mark the pinnacle of perfection, but the point
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where the team is content with the API and stability and quality of the code
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base in general, especially compared to the old 0.10 series.
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There will be bugs to fix, and starting from this release there will be
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distinct bug-fixing and feature development cycles, with the goal of getting
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bug-fixes out quicker and unencumbered by other more risky changes. See
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http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/wiki/ReleasePlanning/RoadMap
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for a tentative road map and possible schedule.
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=== Module
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This module contains plugins using libraries from the libav project.
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It replaces the gst-ffmpeg module from the 0.10.x series.
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Other modules containing plugins are:
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gst-plugins-base : a basic set of well-supported plugins
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gst-plugins-good : a set of well-supported plugins under our preferred license
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gst-plugins-ugly : a set of well-supported plugins, but might pose problems
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for distributors
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gst-plugins-bad : a set of less supported plugins that haven't passed the
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rigorous quality testing we expect
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==== Download
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You can find source releases of gstreamer in the download directory:
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http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/
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==== GStreamer Homepage
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More details can be found on the project's website:
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http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
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==== Support and Bugs
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We use GNOME's bugzilla for bug reports and feature requests:
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http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer
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or
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http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/bugs/
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==== Developers
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GStreamer is stored in Git, hosted at git.freedesktop.org, and can be
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cloned from there. Interested developers of the core library, plugins, and
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applications should subscribe to the gstreamer-devel list and/or pop into
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our #gstreamer IRC channel on Freenode.
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==== Contributors to this release
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Alessandro Decina
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Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller
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Edward Hervey
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Mark Nauwelaerts
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Martin Storsjo
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Matej Knopp
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Michael Smith
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Nicolas Dufresne
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Robert Swain
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Sebastian Dröge
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Sjoerd Simons
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Stefan Sauer
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Thomas Vander Stichele
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Tim-Philipp Müller
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Vincent Penquerc'h
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Wim Taymans
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Руслан Ижбулатов
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