1 This is GStreamer Base Plug-ins 0.10.12, "Zombie Horde"
3 Please note that decodebin2 API included in this release is still
4 considered unstable and WILL change in future releases. At this stage, only
5 developers or early adopters should consider using the decodebin2 API embodied
6 in its signals and properties.
10 * New API for on-demand plugin installation
11 * Xv thread-safety and configuration enhancements
12 * decodebin2 improvements
13 * Support more raw audio format conversions
14 * Improvements in Ogg support
15 * AudioFilter base class ported to 0.10
17 * Latency/live-playback support for Alsa
18 * Lots of bug fixes and improvements
20 Bugs fixed since 0.10.11:
22 * 398721 : No video in .ogm files with decodebin2
23 * 339837 : [audioconvert] support for 64-bit float audio
24 * 341524 : [decodebin] can't handle decoders with always src pads wi...
25 * 352069 : Add de.po German translation
26 * 363379 : [oggmux] doesn't detect EOS on all sinkpads
27 * 378436 : [oggdemux] rhythmbox crash on fast clicking on rating in ...
28 * 380342 : Totem does not play mp3 files when lyrics are present
29 * 383195 : [cddabasesrc,basertpaudiopayload] compile errors with gcc...
30 * 383198 : totem crashed to gst_xvimagesink_update_colorbalance
31 * 384008 : [xvimagesink] accesses - > xwindow outside locks
32 * 384060 : gst_xoverlay_set_xwindow_id() causing lockups with x(v)im...
33 * 387138 : x input events processing in sinks with xoverlay interfac...
34 * 390063 : Documentation typo
35 * 390076 : add xv adaptor and port properties in xvimagesink element.
36 * 391365 : [oggdemux] internal stream error on OggFlac
37 * 392070 : [vorbis] GST_TAG_LOCATION not mapped
38 * 392393 : [API] add libgstbaseutils library for missing plugins mes...
39 * 396042 : mpeg4 video typefinder loops endlessly on quicktime redirect
40 * 396835 : audioconvert/audioresample combination causing buffer of ...
41 * 397673 : [patch] XIOError caught in x[v]imagesink.c
42 * 397810 : [typefinding] .vob file: could not determine type of stream
43 * 398110 : [theoraenc] GLib failed to allocate 3080991032 bytes on g...
44 * 399340 : Crash in the oggdemux plugin when trying to play a specia...
45 * 401029 : [playbin] rapidly changing visualisation freezes
46 * 401072 : Move libgimme-codec helper functions to GStreamer
47 * 402505 : visualisations don't work for some samplerates
48 * 407811 : decodebin2 hang on HD clip
49 * 409683 : Crash with Decodebin2
50 * 410396 : not reading " DATE " tags from Flac files
51 * 410963 : Fails to build with -z defs
52 * 357503 : [suparse] wrong timing with microdvd subtitles
53 * 393310 : [pango] localtime_r does not exist in MinGW
54 * 397207 : Test failure w/ HP-UX 11.11 & native compiler
55 * 399948 : [textoverlay] leaks upstream events if textpad unlinked
56 * 403963 : GstAudioFilter base class broken
57 * 404512 : [videoscale] floating point exception on 1x1 video
58 * 405020 : [alsa] probing the device-name doesn't seem to work corre...
59 * 408278 : [videorate] memory leak
60 * 410772 : Crash copying a GstNetBuffer
61 * 401118 : [visual] error if width not a multiple of 4
62 * 405451 : [alsasink] deadlocks when disconnecting USB Sounddevice
64 API additions since 0.10.11:
67 * GST_VIDEO_SINK_CAST()
68 * gst_pb_utils_add_codec_description_to_tag_list()
69 * gst_pb_utils_get_codec_description()
70 * gst_pb_utils_get_source_description()
71 * gst_pb_utils_get_sink_description()
72 * gst_pb_utils_get_decoder_description()
73 * gst_pb_utils_get_encoder_description()
74 * gst_pb_utils_get_element_description()
76 * gst_install_plugins_context_new()
77 * gst_install_plugins_context_set_xid()
78 * gst_install_plugins_context_free()
79 * gst_install_plugins_async()
80 * gst_install_plugins_sync()
81 * gst_install_plugins_return_get_name()
82 * gst_install_plugins_installation_in_progress()
83 * gst_missing_uri_source_message_new()
84 * gst_missing_uri_sink_message_new
85 * gst_missing_element_message_new
86 * gst_missing_decoder_message_new
87 * gst_missing_encoder_message_new
88 * gst_missing_plugin_message_get_installer_detail
89 * gst_missing_plugin_message_get_description
90 * gst_is_missing_plugin_message
92 Bugs fixed since 0.10.10:
94 * 360552 : [riff] [avi] extracts non-UTF8 metadata
95 * 365501 : [x/xvimagesink] race condition when creating first image ...
96 * 339366 : [playbin] hangs if suburi file type cannot be determined
97 * 355914 : libvisual causes xvimagesink: assertion `GST_CAPS_REFCOU...
98 * 363118 : gst_riff_create_video_caps() should also store variant in...
99 * 363607 : xvimagesink xwindow_draw_border() slowness
100 * 336301 : [playbin] can't handle RTSP source
101 * 337026 : oggmux doesn't set EOS properly
102 * 337031 : vorbisdec outputs too much data
103 * 340049 : New BaseRTPAudioPayloader class to -base
104 * 348264 : Theora encoding, Ogg muxing don't handle discontinuities
105 * 354773 : xvimage assumes that XV_COLORKEY can be set in RGB888 format
106 * 355917 : libvisual plugin is broken
107 * 355935 : multifdsink doesn't allow setting maximums (soft, hard) i...
108 * 357038 : [ffmpegcolorspace] RGBA handling broken
109 * 357215 : [playbin] buffering notification not quite right yet
110 * 357289 : [riff] riff parser can't detect aac audio stream
111 * 357404 : [playbin] Linking can fail silently
112 * 357531 : [subparse] problem if markup is not closed
113 * 357577 : [playbin] regression: buffering still images broken
114 * 357591 : Avoid compiler warning with uclibc and -Werror
115 * 357613 : XvStopVideo in xvimagesink
116 * 357800 : [libvisual] doesn't pass audio data to libvisual 0.4.0 co...
117 * 359580 : tcpserversink and dataprotocol assert for multipart streams
118 * 361095 : Fixes compiling with forte: warning clean up (part 3)
119 * 361456 : [basertppayload] Memory leak
120 * 361634 : sink- > ringbuffer NULL in BaseAudioSink's setcaps()
121 * 361984 : [subparse] doesn't accept .srt file that doesn't start wi...
122 * 366334 : [PATCH] Windows vs8 fixes
123 * 368273 : Using the remove signal on multifdsink is not threadsafe
124 * 368310 : include file gstbasertpaudiopayload.h not included for r...
125 * 369482 : [typefind] MPEG system streams get recognized as mp3 files
126 * 370092 : [PATCH] Decodebin v2 : Implementation
127 * 377183 : regression: no eos when playing ogg vorbis files
128 * 381219 : bad debugging code left in audiorate
129 * 382223 : [decodebin] more delayed linking
130 * 382269 : Typefind detects mpeg video clip as audio/mpeg
131 * 335635 : Add an Ogg/Vorbis retagging element
132 * 341681 : [textoverlay] flickering with continuously timestamped text
133 * 342228 : [alsa] Recognize " Front " as a Master channel
134 * 357330 : [subparse] some sami parser minor but enhanced patch
135 * 357532 : [gsttag] vorbistag doesn't handle dates that include time...
136 * 359237 : [typefinding] doesn't recognize XML files shorter than 25...
137 * 362845 : [subparse] add support for tmplayer format
138 * 357977 : [videorate] new segment start is not respected
139 * 364812 : [PATCH] oggmux release pad does not remove pad
140 * 364856 : pngenc stride problems
141 * 372507 : Mac build fixes
143 API added since 0.10.10:
145 * playbin::queue-min-threshold property.
146 * GstVideoOrientation interface
147 * gst_base_rtp_depayload_push_ts
148 * gst_base_rtp_depayload_push
149 * Add dropped_buffers to multifdsink's get-stats GValueArray
150 * gst_ring_buffer_commit_full
152 Changes since 0.10.9:
154 * New elements: gdppay, gdpdepay
156 Bugs fixed since 0.10.9:
158 * 343787 : The adder cannot handle when multiple elements tries to l...
159 * 336075 : ALSA emu10k1 mixer tracks are wrongly classified as playb...
160 * 349105 : crash with playbin and resizing screen
161 * 342494 : [v4l] Query " device-name " even if device is not open
162 * 342680 : [adder] seeking with multiple ogg files fails to work
163 * 345188 : [alsa] can't handle more than 8 channels
164 * 347091 : converting vorbis comments to GstTagLists is lossy
165 * 348157 : Changed " Change Device " menu behaviour in gnome-volume-co...
166 * 348916 : [typefind] add multipart/x-mixed-replace typefinder
167 * 350157 : [riff] riff parser can't detect dts audio stream
168 * 350655 : [oggdemux] should process seeking queries
169 * 350900 : [adder] should not clamp floating point values
170 * 351426 : API: add gst_tag_parse_extended_comment
171 * 351502 : g_value_set_string leaks
172 * 351742 : [vorbisenc] discontinuity detection too sensitive, might ...
173 * 353658 : [videotestsrc] doesn't round strides correctly for YVYU
174 * 354594 : multifdsink doesn't work reliably with sync-method = 'nex...
175 * 351790 : [ogmparse] crash parsing video stream on x86-64
176 * 140139 : [avidemux] can't play broken avi with ogg (not vorbis) au...
177 * 347783 : [PLUGIN-MOVE] GDP elements should be moved
178 * 347918 : Internal data flow error in udpsrc
179 * 349656 : jitterbuffer in GstBaseRtp fails to handle rtp seqnum rol...
180 * 350784 : element alsamixer doesn't respect asoundrc
181 * 351308 : [netbuffer] build fails with gkt-doc critical warnings
182 * 353234 : audiorate preserves DISCONT on buffers
183 * 353912 : Add cmml caps to oggmux
185 API added since 0.10.9:
187 * gst_rtp_buffer_get_payload_subbuffer()
188 * gst_tag_parse_extended_comment()
189 * GstPlayBin::connection-speed
190 * GstTheoraParse::synchronization-points
191 * GST_AUDIO_CHANNEL_POSITION_NONE
193 Changes since 0.10.8:
195 * Parallel installability with 0.8.x series
196 * Threadsafe design and API
198 * Support for images in tags
199 * Playback improvements
200 * Gnomevfssrc now supports burn:// uris
201 * Videoscale now supports more RGBA formats
202 * Multifdsink improvements
203 * Testsuite can now generate coverage information
205 Bugs fixed since 0.10.8:
207 * 347296 : Problems with clocks on alsasrc hangs the application
208 * 347295 : [vorbisdec] Pushes before being initialized
209 * 329798 : [playbin] doesn't always give correct error message for m...
210 * 342085 : [alsasink] doesn't set buffer-time correctly
211 * 342789 : [audioresample] doesn't clear state when stopped, causing...
212 * 343303 : [subparse] workaround for bad entities in sami parser
213 * 343385 : [gnomevfs] add support for burn:// URIs
214 * 343500 : [riff] gst_riff_parse_strf_vids() can't parse extra data.
215 * 343699 : oggmux leaks
216 * 344503 : [subparse] parse font face property in sami parser.
217 * 345131 : [PATCH] videoscale support for 32-bit RGB-formats
218 * 345206 : [textoverlay] crash with non-UTF8 input
219 * 345225 : [theoradec] Clipping for exact seeking
220 * 345641 : [API] [libgsttag] add enums for image tag type
221 * 345879 : [riff] won't play a .wmv file with WMVA video stream
222 * 346581 : [typefinding] recognise text/html
223 * 347221 : [audioconvert] channel remapping does not work right
224 * 347304 : Massive leaks with xvimagesink
225 * 346527 : alsasrc get_range does not respect requested size
227 Changes since 0.10.7:
229 * alsasink probing fixes
230 * xvimagesink error reporting fixes
233 * vorbis multichannel fixes
234 * multifdsink streamheader fixes
236 Bugs fixed since 0.10.7:
238 * 169936 : [subparse] support for SAMI subtitles
239 * 315312 : Gstreamer Xv uses RGB instead of YUV.
240 * 334002 : video4linux shouldn't depend on X in configure script
241 * 336881 : [libvisual] additional support for libvisual-0.4
242 * 337544 : [xvimagesink] Internal Error when image is too large
243 * 339520 : [subparse] add " encoding " property
244 * 340909 : [alsasink] can't enable spdif output
245 * 341542 : some users have an assertion failed: (GST_VIDEO_SINK_WIDT...
246 * 341562 : audioconvert doesn't list formats in order of preference
247 * 341696 : audioconvert crashes if converting from a format with no ...
248 * 341719 : bisection algorithm in ogg doesn't bisect in some cases
249 * 341732 : [alsasink] doesn't query supported sample rates
250 * 341873 : [alsasink] minor memory leak, uses unprotected static var...
251 * 342143 : [subparse] sami parser needs to escape characters
252 * 342181 : [alsa] add property probe interface to alsasink and alsasrc
253 * 342268 : [playbin] add 'subtitle-encoding' property
254 * 342345 : [riff] Elephant's Dream AVI does not play, JUNK chunk bef...
255 * 342566 : Building without GTK+ fails
256 * 343397 : H.264/AAC movie deadlocks with totem in gstreamer code, p...
257 * 339935 : [adder] dead-locks when adding sink pads in PAUSED state
259 Changes since 0.10.6:
261 * typefind improvements
262 * bug-fixes in textoverlay, audioconvert, videotestsrc,
263 multifdsink and audio source/sink base classes
264 * Ice-cast metadata support has moved from gnomevfssrc to the
265 icydemux element in gst-plugins-good
266 * audioresample now supports floating point samples
267 * Adder element fixes.
268 * Fixes for network playback and audio resampling in playbin
270 Bugs fixed since 0.10.6:
272 * 340060 : [adder] handle newsegment events properly
273 * 340375 : [API 0.11] [patch] typefind to differentiate between mp4 ...
274 * 339405 : [textoverlay] can't display '\n' character
275 * 338657 : [patch] adder should send events from src-pad to all sink...
276 * 338919 : [patch] alsasink should also query witdh capabilities fro...
277 * 301759 : [audioresample] float audio support (for OSX audio sinks)
278 * 331901 : [videotestsrc] framerate=0/1 gives assertion error
279 * 333657 : Replacing icy demuxing in gnomevfssrc
280 * 336339 : [audioresample] should support width != 16
281 * 338718 : [patch] [audioconvert] correctly clip float samples > 1.0
282 * 338778 : [patch] Bad audio with ASX files
283 * 338991 : [patch] Videoscale doesn't pass on pixel-aspect ratio
284 * 339574 : [patch] Race condition in multifdsink can lead to spuriou...
285 * 339786 : [typefinding] wavpack typefinding doesn't always work
286 * 340369 : [volume element] " volume " property range insufficient
287 * 340379 : [playbin] doesn't insert audioresample, causes problems w...
288 * 340392 : Problem with internal-decodebin
289 * 341160 : [multifdsink] client_status enum has an uninitialized nick
290 * 341182 : Accessing playbin's streaminfo property from high languag...
291 * 341432 : [playbin] automatically get icecast metadata requiring ic...
292 * 341542 : some users have an assertion failed: (GST_VIDEO_SINK_WIDT...
293 * 341557 : Map GST_TAG_IMAGE < = > ID3v2 APIC tag
295 API added since 0.10.6:
297 * client-fd-removed signal added to multifdsink
298 * stream-info-value-array property added to playbin
299 * gst_video_calculate_display_ratio() in libgstvideo
301 Changes since 0.10.5:
303 * QoS in sinks and transform elements
304 * Needs GStreamer 0.10.5 for new GstBaseSink::async_playback() vmethod
305 * added theoraparse element
307 Bugs fixed since 0.10.5:
309 * 313136 : [playbin] hang while playing truncated ogg file
310 * 172848 : [subparse] subtitles with special chars are displayed as ...
311 * 305279 : [riff] uncompressed AVIs with 24bpp don't work
312 * 320765 : [ffmpegcolorspace] make win32+msvc compliant, don't use _...
313 * 323852 : Disable tests/icles on platforms that do not have X
314 * 325653 : build errors compiling audioresample on win32(vs7)
315 * 327357 : gst-plugins-base fails to compile with GCC 4.1
316 * 334620 : [gnomevfssrc] fails to connect to icecast streaming servers
317 * 334822 : [ffmpegcolorspace] YVU9 support
318 * 335028 : [typefinding] ID3 v1 tag is not recognized with mp3-in-wa...
319 * 335365 : inefficient use of GList in gst-plugins-base
320 * 336190 : [gnomevfssink] should accept non-URI filenames as " location "
321 * 336194 : [gnomevfssrc] some minor memory leaks
322 * 336477 : plugins need better/univied descriptions
323 * 336617 : Unable to recognise MPEG TS stream
324 * 337548 : Memory leaks in basertpdepayload
325 * 337945 : [oggdemux] segment stop position ignored
326 * 338419 : Regression in the handling of files with multiple audio/s...
327 * 338897 : Videoscale crashes as part of DVD to Ogg transcoding
328 * 339013 : [videorate] Goes into an infinite loop
329 * 339047 : [riff] handle H264 fourcc in addition to h264
330 * 339212 : ISO file typefinding regression
331 * 330748 : deadlock in base audio sink on playing- > paused state change
333 Bugs fixed since 0.10.4:
335 * 334216 : [gnomevfssrc] won't open some media on NFS mounts any longer
336 * 334226 : typefindfunctions plugin crashes on PPC on registration
338 Changes since 0.10.3:
340 * (Experimental) QoS support
341 * oggmuxer now creates 100% valid streams for Theora, Vorbis and Speex
342 * documentation updates
343 * better support for subtitles (seeking)
345 Bugs fixed since 0.10.3:
347 * 310202 : [subtitles] < i > < /i > tags and others should be supported i...
348 * 312439 : XVideo output doesn't work on remote displays (probably r...
349 * 321271 : audio output is truncated at EOS
350 * 321650 : Can't decode this ogm file
351 * 325732 : [oggdemux] problem when seeking to time less than 4s with...
352 * 325972 : [typefinding] doesn't recognise this mp3
353 * 326720 : [alsasink] doesn't support more than 2 channels anymore
354 * 330711 : [ffmpegcolorspace] problems with palettized RGB (fencount...
355 * 330789 : gstbaseaudiosink causes noise on seeking
356 * 330888 : Fix build with gcc 2.95 (again)
357 * 331295 : gnomevfssink doesn't respect umask when creating files
358 * 331526 : 3GP type detection is too simple
359 * 331678 : Decodebin is not reusable within a single pipeline (as in...
360 * 331690 : playbin won't play my last.fm stream
361 * 331763 : [alsamixer] unmute sets the volume to 100%
362 * 331765 : [alsamixer] mixer applet slider doesn't want to move from...
363 * 331903 : [videorate] doesnt handle input caps of framerate=0/1 sanely
364 * 332778 : [ogmparse] " Already an existing pad " WARNING
365 * 332964 : random crashes in mp3_type_find
366 * 333254 : theora encoder does not set IN_CAPS flag properly
367 * 333352 : [gnomevfssink] reports disk full as generic error
368 * 333488 : Allow for palette < 256 colours in AVI files
369 * 333510 : [PATCH] Fix gst_pad_new_from_template (gst_static_pad_tem...
370 * 333545 : [riff] set depth on wma caps to make asfdemux and pitfdll...
371 * 333663 : [patch] unref the result of gst_pad_get_parent
372 * 333900 : [typefind] cannot play a particular mp3 file
373 * 334112 : variable not initialized
374 * 334129 : Disable frame dropping for now
375 * 317038 : use default channel layout if none is specified in multic...
376 * 319340 : [cdparanoia] uncorrected-error signal never fired
378 API added since 0.10.3:
380 * GstTextOverlay::halignment
381 * GstTextOverlay::valignment
383 Changes since 0.10.2:
385 * typefind improvements
386 * Ogg decoding and encoding fixes
387 * Improved audio and video sink classes
389 * Improved video scaling
390 * On-the-fly visualisation switching
393 Bugs fixed since 0.10.2:
395 * 330244 : gsttextoverlay.c:895: 'struct _GstCollectData' has no mem...
396 * 324000 : [playbin] post error or message on unknown input
397 * 153004 : [typefind] can't identify mp3 file with one single mpeg f...
398 * 323874 : [playbin] leaks sinks and threads when using gconfaudiosink
399 * 324626 : ffmpegcolorspace support for fourcc " UYVY "
400 * 326447 : check that all elements in -base pass queries they can't ...
401 * 328263 : Fix build with gcc 2.95
402 * 328279 : [decodebin] timeout issue when pre-rolling
403 * 329326 : Fix oggmux removing pads from collect pads
405 Changes since 0.10.1:
407 * ported gnomevfssink, cdparanoia
408 * New library and base class: GstCddaBaseSrc
409 * ported mixerutils.h
410 * added 'sine-tab' waveform to audiotestsrc
411 * added float audio to audiorate
413 Bugs fixed since 0.10.1:
415 * 324216 : [cdparanoia] missing patches from 0.8
416 * 324696 : [videotestsrc] does not start counting the time from zero...
417 * 324900 : Problem compiling gst-plugins-base with Forte
418 * 325984 : [playbin] cannot handle sources that produce raw audio/video
419 * 325990 : patch videotestsrc for using glib types
420 * 326601 : GstRingBuffer crashes with alaw/mulaw caps
421 * 327114 : [theoradec] should post tags on the bus
422 * 327216 : vorbisdec segfaults on certain queries
424 API added since 0.10.1:
426 * added libgstcddabase
429 Changes since 0.10.0:
431 * Parallel installability with 0.8.x series
432 * Threadsafe design and API
433 * removed gst-launch-ext
435 * Fixes for: subparse, xvimagesink, audioresample, videorate, decodebin
437 Bugs fixed since 0.10.0:
439 * 322347 : GstBaseRtpDepayload timestamps are wring
440 * 323900 : Basertpdepayloader lets NEWSEGMENT events through unfiltered
441 * 323878 : missing < string.h > inclusion (for memset & FD_ZERO)
443 API added since 0.10.0:
445 * GstAlsaMixer::device
446 * GstAlsaMixer::device-name
448 Bugs fixed since 0.9.7:
450 * 319172 : gstreamer-plugins-base-0.9.pc doesn't export linking flags
451 * 323017 : While(1) loop with sleep(0) in basertpdepayload.c
455 * Parallel installability with 0.8.x series
456 * Threadsafe design and API
457 * ximagesink and xvimagesink updates and interactive test
459 * rename net to netbuffer library
460 * rtp element renaming
461 * stream selector fixes
463 Bugs fixed since 0.9.6:
465 * 319618 : [decodebin] some ogg videos don't play
466 * 320644 : RTP packetizer does't set the packet timestamps correctly
467 * 322388 : xvimagesink force-aspect-ratio=True always displays squar...
468 * 322704 : oggdemux typefind list leak
472 * Parallel installability with 0.8.x series
473 * Threadsafe design and API
475 * flicker-free and rewritten X sinks
476 * fractional framerates
477 * removed sinesrc, replaced by audiotestsrc
479 Bugs fixed since 0.9.5:
481 * 316442 : playbin should use autoaudiosink/autovideosink by default
482 * 318353 : [ffmpegcolorspace] forward-port fixes from 0.8 branch
483 * 320200 : vorbisenc: min-bitrate and max-bitrate are 1/1000 bps rat...
484 * 321164 : gstringbuffer stops working under load
485 * 321426 : ximage plugin should be renamed to ximagesink
486 * 321446 : sinesrc should be dropped in favour of audiotestsrc
487 * 321451 : GstRtpBuffer: no way to create a sub buffer with only the...
488 * 321816 : [API] xoverlay API to post prepare-xwindow-id message
489 * 321894 : vorbisenc doesn't compile
490 * 322117 : Rename libgsttagedit to libgsttag
494 * video caps now use a good range for framerate and w/h
495 * oggdemux/oggmux improvements
496 * playbin improvements
498 Bugs fixed since 0.9.4:
500 * 319110 : [PATCH] oggdemux chain finding is slow
501 * 320058 : playbin of a jpeg over http does not work
502 * 320923 : [volume] doesn't build on Solaris
503 * 321011 : gstbasertpdepayload doesn't send the " new segment " event ...
507 * New element: audiotestsrc
508 * typefind improvements
509 * buffer-frames removed
515 Bugs fixed since 0.9.2:
517 * 313251 : ximagesink unused functions
518 * 315159 : audioconvert lost 24 bit conversions in the rewrite