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This is GStreamer Python Bindings 0.10.10, "Destination Overtime"

Changes since 0.10.9:

      * Wrap new API for 0.10.16 GStreamer and Base releases.
      * New gst.pbutils module wraps the gst-plugins-base pbutils library.
      * Rework gst_pad_add_*probe function wrapping to avoid leaks.
      * Various build fixes.

Bugs fixed since 0.10.9:

      * 509522 : New gst-python bindings don't compile with python2.4
      * 472822 : Wrap -base utils helper library
      * 504786 : pad probes leak  refs to their data
      * 509766 : generated win32/common/config.h miss some defines
      * 510437 : Build failure due to missing Python.h

Changes since 0.10.8
      * Major crasher fixed when using latest pygobject
      * Build system for Visual Studio 6
      * Added wrapping for 0.10.15 gstreamer core/base

Bugs fixed since 0.10.8:

      * 490195 : [gst.URIHandler] interfaces with class-global virtual met...
      * 425847 : Silently overrides some functions of default module optparse

Changes since 0.10.7:

Bugs fixed since 0.10.7:

      * 398567 : undefined symbol: libxml_xmlDocPtrWrap
      * 343980 : [solaris] import gst crash python
      * 363795 : Impossible to reset a pad to " unnegotiated " from Python
      * 380966 : Discoverer doesn't cope well with demuxers that don't cre...
      * 381243 : No checks are made when converting from gst.Fraction to G...
      * 385841 : Handle gchar** (GStrv) arguments
      * 410838 : gst-python doesn't handle gst.Buffers in GValues (e.g. in...
      * 418222 : New parameter to the discoverer to change the default max...
      * 432521 : [gst-discover] show audio and video length in ms
      * 433375 : [win32] autogenerated win32/common/config.h needed
      * 436620 : get_uri_type methods should return enum objects
      * 446674 : API break
      * 450117 : [PATCH] gst.event_new_custom needs to copy structure as C...
      * 451645 : gst.Buffer.stamp() is broked
      * 454259 : Requestable Pad Segfaults When No Name Is Supplied
      * 376996 : [PATCH] Fully implement GstPropertyProbe interface
      * 415003 : build warnings against python 2.5 on x86_64
      * 428299 : Allow python elements to implement pad queries

Changes since 0.10.6:
      * Threadsafe fix

Bugs fixed since 0.10.6:

      * 383805 : segfault with videobalance
      * 401051 : Fails to build with gst-plugins-base < 0.10.11

Changes since 0.10.5:

      * Can now build without requiring pygtk and its dependencies
      * installation fixes

Bugs fixed since 0.10.5:

      * 355150 : Expose GST_PARAM_CONTROLLABLE in the bindings
      * 343980 : import gst crash python
      * 346190 : allow build/install without pygtk (ie pygobject)
      * 349623 : Build failure due to "discards qualifiers from pointer ta...
      * 359375 : variable 'interface' results in syntax error with MingW
      * 362011 : [patch] Indentation typo in examples/bps.py
      * 362183 : Please remove examples/gst123
      * 362202 : [patch] A replacement of examples/vorbisplay.py for 0.10
      * 362272 : [patch] Ports examples/audioconcat.py to 0.10
      * 362290 : [patch] Ports examples/cp.py to 0.10
      * 371969 : [Discoverer] Issues with demuxers that don't create pads ...
      * 348416 : remuxer example should use normal seek
      * 349107 : gst.BaseSrc can't negotiate with ffmpegcolorspace

Changes since 0.10.4:

      * now requires glib >= 2.8
      * switch to up-to-date pygtk codegenerator

Bugs fixed since 0.10.4:

      * 319871 : drop GIL state lock when doing something that can cause a...
      * 338982 : python refcounting problems in gstpad.override
      * 313138 : Need to update constructors to use properties
      * 329075 : __gsignals__ doesn' t work in classes derived from gst.Pi...
      * 334548 : Proper use of PyTuple and PyList for return values
      * 339040 : [patch] Error domains from gsterror are not wrapped
      * 339248 : Wrapper for virtual method GstBaseTransform.get_unit_size
      * 339308 : MiniObject arguments for virtual methods shouldn't have t...
      * 339767 : An example of subclassing GstBaseTransform
      * 339938 : filesrc.py example still uses 0.8 API
      * 341114 : pygst.require uses asserts rather than real error checking
      * 341799 : patch to make gst-python work on OSes without dl.so
      * 342493 : audio-controller.py needs slight updates for 0.10
      * 343652 : gstfile.py sometimes results in &quot; *** glibc detected *** c...

Changes since 0.10.3:

      * Conditional compile of core API additions
      * wrapped gst.BaseSrc and gst.PushSrc

Bugs fixed since 0.10.3:
    
      * 339010 : segfault/undefined behavior with optional GstCaps args
      * 337876 : TagList does not retreive tags by key if 2 or more tags w...

API added since 0.10.3:
     
      * gst.get_gst_version()
      * gst.get_pygst_version()

Changes since 0.10.2:

      * Backwards compatibility with older GStreamer installations
      * Wrapping of new API in GStreamer
      * Bug-fixes and enhancements

Bugs fixed since 0.10.2:

      * 329110 : gst-python sets RTLD_GLOBAL when importing, but doesn't s...
      * 332586 : pygst.require should raise an error based on StandardErro...
      * 333055 : PYGIL_API_IS_BUGGY is already defined in pygobect.h
      * 331616 : gst.version and gst.gst_version differ
  
Changes since 0.10.1:
    
      * Parallel installability with 0.8.x series
      * Threadsafe design and API
      * allow fractions in structures
      * added vmethods for base classes

Bugs fixed since 0.10.1:
    
      * 325459 : Fractions cannot be used as values for gst.Structure fileds

Changes since 0.10.0:

      * added discoverer
      * updated for core API additions

API changed since 0.10.0:
     
      * gst.extend.discoverer
      * wrapped gst_version()
      * wrapped gst_type_find_factory_get_list()
      * wrapped gst_mixer_options_get_values()
      * wrapped gst_dp_*()
      * wrapped gst_element_factory_get_static_pad_templates()

Changes since 0.9.6:
    
      * Updates for API changes

Bugs fixed since 0.9.6:
    
      * 322250 : Remove *_full wrappers

Changes since 0.9.5:
    
      * added FractionRange
      * updated for API changes

Bugs fixed since 0.9.5:
    
      * 318793 : check whether new date/tag API needs wrapping
      * 321839 : pipeline hangs in get_state after changing trival pipeline

Changes since 0.9.4:
    
      * Remove mini-object caching, fixes crashes
      * added gst.TagList
      * added gst.TIME_ARGS

Bugs fixed since 0.9.4:
    
      * 306817 : No way to set tags in gst-python
      * 320357 : element_query_duration not wrapped

Bugs fixed since 0.9.3:

      * 315433 : gst.element_factory_make and some other functions should ...
      * 318684 : [PATCH] reference leaks when using PyList_Append to popul...
      * 318692 : gst-python fails to build with python 2.3