1 gst-vaapi NEWS -- summary of changes. 2013-01-29
2 Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Splitted-Desktop Systems
3 Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Intel Corporation
4 Copyright (C) 2011 Collabora
6 Version 0.5.1 - 29.Jan.2013
7 * Add simple decoder demo that only uses libgstvaapi
8 * Fix thread-safety issues in the Wayland renderer
9 * Fix VC-1 decoding bugs #692461, #692312, #692271, #692270, #692267
10 * Fix decoding of VC-1 videos in AVI containers (Feng Yuan)
11 * Fix H.264 parser to zero-initialize key syntax elements
12 * Fix MPEG-2, H.264 and VC-1 decoders to submit all decoded frames on <EOS>
14 Version 0.5.0 - 15.Jan.2013
15 * Optimize MPEG-2 and H.264 decoders
16 * Use GstVideoDecoder API for vaapidecode (+Sreerenj Balachandran)
17 * Add support for raw YUV buffers in vaapisink (+Halley Zhao)
18 * Add support for global-alpha subpictures/overlay (+Holger Kaelberer)
19 * Fix calculation of the vaapidecode time-out for a surface to get released
21 Version 0.4.2 - 18.Dec.2012
22 * Fix H.264 decoding on Cedar Trail platforms
23 * Fix MPEG-4 decoding at end-of-stream (Feng Yuan)
24 * Fix MPEG-4 decoding when a buffer contains multiple packets (Feng Yuan)
25 * Fix memory leak in GstVaapiVideoBuffer for images and surfaces (Feng Yuan)
26 * Fix symbols collision between built-in codecparsers/ and system library
27 * Use GST_PLUGIN_PATH, if set, to install plugin elements (Halley Zhao)
29 Version 0.4.1 - 27.Nov.2012
30 * Add support for H.264 interlaced streams
31 * Add support for Wayland 1.0 protocol (Robert Bradford)
32 * Add upstream bitstream parsers library (codecparsers)
33 * Fix build with the GNU gold linker
34 * Fix detection of H.264 picture boundaries
35 * Fix memory leak in MPEG-2 decoder for empty user-data packets
36 * Fix H.264 decoder with MMCO-based reference picture marking process
37 * Decode pending packets when an end-of-stream is received (+Feng Yuan)
38 * Use pixel-aspect-ratio from bitstream parsers (Simon Farnsworth)
40 Version 0.4.0 - 05.Oct.2012
41 * Add support for video rotation
42 * Add new video display APIs: Wayland and raw DRM for headless pipelines
43 * Drop FFmpeg-based decoders, only use codecparsers-based ones
44 * Only reset decoder if meaningful caps changed, e.g. size
45 * Allocate the minimal number of video surfaces useful for decoding
46 * Fix vaapisink to scale video down to fit the screen dimensions
47 * Fix vaapidecode crash when trying to release inexistent lock (Philip Lorenz)
49 Version 0.3.8 - 20.Sep.2012
50 * Disable FFmpeg-based decoders by default
51 * Add JPEG decoder (based on codecparsers)
52 * Fix crash when destroying GstVaapiDisplay objects early
53 * Fix GLX rendering with FBO + texture-from-pixmap (fallback for VA/GLX)
54 * Fix rendering with EMGD driver when overlay mode is used
55 * Fix MPEG-2 decoding on Intel Atom platforms with EMGD driver
56 * Fix release of dangling proxy surfaces when decoder is reset (Philip Lorenz)
58 Version 0.3.7 - 26.Jun.2012
59 * Fix vaapidecode to report unsupported codec profiles
60 * Fix MPEG-2 decoding of streams with extra slice() information
61 * Map MPEG-2 compatible High profile streams to Main profile
62 * Map MPEG-4 Simple Scalable profile streams to Advanced Simple (Feng Yuan)
63 * Fix various MPEG-4 decoding bugs (timestamps, reference frames) (Feng Yuan)
64 * Don't forcibly resize user provided X windows (Holger Kaelberer)
65 * Recalculate render rect only if caps are negotiated (Holger Kaelberer)
67 Version 0.3.6 - 02.Apr.2012
68 * Add support for decoding MPEG-2 interlaced streams
69 * Add support for interlaced streams with FFmpeg decoders (Holger Kaelberer)
70 * Add vaapipostproc element for video postprocessing (e.g. deinterlacing)
71 * Skip all H.264 Filler Data NALs
72 * Fix crashes in MPEG-4 decoder (Feng Yuan)
73 * Fix fallback from MPEG-2 Simple to Main profile
74 * Improve decoding of misformed MPEG-2 streams (+Feng Yuan)
75 * Avoid a hang in playbin2 for some MPEG-2 TS streams (Feng Yuan)
77 Version 0.3.5 - 02.Mar.2012
78 * Fix H.264 decoding when emulation prevention bytes are detected
79 * Skip all H.264 Access Unit (AU) NALs (Feng Yuan)
80 * Fix modification process of H.264 reference picture lists (Feng Yuan)
81 * Fix MPEG-2 stream size calculation (Sreerenj Balachandran)
82 * Fix MPEG-2 decoding on Intel Gen with multiple slices per MB line
83 * Fix crash when downloading/uploading VA images on PowerVR (Cedar Trail)
84 * Fix double buffer free issues with some VA drivers
85 * Fix crash when there is no free surface available for decoding
86 * Skip profiles which have no entrypoints (Halley Zhao)
87 * Fix minor memory leaks in plug-in elements
89 Version 0.3.4 - 01.Feb.2012
90 * Add H.264 decoder (based on codecparsers)
91 * Add workaround for qtdemux not exposing H.263 profiles (Halley Zhao)
92 * Alias H.263 Baseline profile to MPEG-4:2 Simple profile (Halley Zhao)
93 * Use optimized path to submit slice data buffers
94 * Fix possible memory leak in MPEG-2 decoder
95 * Fix vaapisink to cap window size to the maximum display size
96 * Fix MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and VC-1 decoders to refcount reference surfaces properly
98 Version 0.3.3 - 16.Jan.2012
99 * Add MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and VC-1 decoders (based on codecparsers)
100 * Add support for GstXOverlay::set_render_rectangle() in vaapisink
101 * Fix memory leak of GL texture (Nicolas Dufresne)
102 * Fix vaapisink to automatically fit video to window
103 * Fix vaapiupload to only set caps on newly created buffers (Nicolas Dufresne)
104 * Fix gst_vaapi_ensure_display() to honour DISPLAY environment variable
106 Version 0.3.2 - 06.Jan.2012
107 * Rename vaapiconvert element to vaapiupload
108 * Fix vaapiupload from NV12 buffers
109 * Fix possible leaks of VA surfaces in FFmpeg decoder
110 * Fix memory leak in vaapiupload initialization function
111 * Fix possible crash in vaapidecode deinitialization code
112 * Add vaapidownload element to convert from VA surfaces to YUV pixels
114 Version 0.3.1 - 16.Dec.2011
115 * Fix check for supported VA images
116 * Add support for partial VA image updates
117 * Add support for new subtitle/overlay infrastructure (Thibault Saunier)
118 * Add missing video context queries in vaapisink/vaapiconvert (Nicolas Dufresne)
120 Version 0.3.0 - 09.Dec.2011
121 * Group all plugins into the same bundle
122 * Use new XOverlay API (Sreerenj Balachandran)
123 * Use new GstVideoContext and GstSurfaceBuffer API (Nicolas Dufresne)
124 * Fix vaapidecode sink caps if decoder is in NULL state (Sreerenj Balachandran)
125 * Fix auto-plugging and downstream buffer allocation (Nicolas Dufresne)
126 * Fix crash in VA display init if no VA configs were found (Nicolas Dufresne)
128 Version 0.2.7 - 07.Dec.2011
129 * Relicense plugins and tests to LGPL v2.1 (SDS)
130 * Fix MPEG-2 decoding from TS & PS streams
131 * Fix build with newer versions of FFmpeg
132 * Fix vaapiconvert direct-rendering modes
133 * Fix use of invalid data at the end-of-stream
135 Version 0.2.6 - 14.Jun.2011
136 * Fix licensing terms (LGPL v2.1)
138 Version 0.2.5 - 20.Jul.2010
139 * Fix build with older VA-API 0.29-sds
140 * Fix decoding of some H.264 streams. e.g. Ice Age 2 trailer
141 * Fix VA/GLX support with texture-from-pixmap and GLX version < 1.3
143 Version 0.2.4 - 18.May.2010
144 * Fix video rendering rect within an embedder window (Totem)
145 * Disable GLX rendering when vaapisink uses a foreign X window
147 Version 0.2.3 - 16.May.2010
148 * Fix memory leak of encoded buffers
149 * Fix decoder caps to report codec aliases
150 * Fix VC-1 decoding through the playbin2 pipeline
152 Version 0.2.2 - 14.May.2010
153 * Fix packaging dependencies
154 * Fix a crash in the FFmpeg decoder on close
155 * Fix OpenGL texture internal format (Clutter)
156 * Fix foreign window size for embedding (Totem)
158 Version 0.2.1 - 12.May.2010
159 * Fix integration within the playbin2 pipeline
160 * Fix vaapidecode to expose the HW supported caps only
161 * Add GstXOverlay interface to vaapisink (Totem media player)
163 Version 0.2.0 - 05.May.2010
164 * Relicense gst-libs/ code to LGPL v2.1+
165 * Add FFmpeg/VAAPI decoder for the new `vaapidecode' element
167 Version 0.1.2 - 30.Mar.2010
168 * Add AYUV image format
169 * Add compatibility with the original VA-API 0.29
170 * Add OpenGL support through VA/GLX extensions or TFP+FBO fallback
172 Version 0.1.1 - 23.Mar.2010
173 * Document public API for libgstvaapi-*.so.*
174 * Optimize `vaapiconvert' pipeline (direct-rendering)
175 * Allow `vaapisink` to render videos in fullscreen mode
177 Version 0.1.0 - 16.Mar.2010