1 Release notes for GStreamer Good Plugins 1.0.0
3 The GStreamer project is pleased to announce the very first release of the
4 new API and ABI-stable 1.x series of the GStreamer multimedia framework.
6 The 1.x series is a stable series targeted at end users. It is not API or ABI
7 compatible with the 0.10.x series. It can, however, be installed in parallel
8 with the 0.10.x series and will not affect an existing 0.10.x installation.
10 Major improvements include: more flexible memory handling; extensible and
11 negotiable metadata for buffers; caps negotiation and renegotiation mechanisms,
12 decoupled from buffer allocation; improved caps renegotiation; automatic
13 re-sending of state for dynamic pipelines; reworked and more fine-grained pad
14 probing; simpler and more descriptive audio and video caps; more efficient
15 allocation of buffers, events and other mini objects; improved timestamp
16 handling; support for gobject-inspection-based language bindings; countless
19 Most of these changes involve the GStreamer plugin API. The application API
20 has changed comparatively little, and most applications should be fairly easy
21 to port to the new API. There is a porting guide available.
23 The GStreamer team would like to thank everyone who helped bring this release
24 about, whether by submitting patches, reporting bugs, testing, sponsoring
25 development, attending hackfests, or simply supplying moral support.
27 This is the end of a long development process, but also the beginning of
28 one. This release does not mark the pinnacle of perfection, but the point
29 where the team is content with the API and stability and quality of the code
30 base in general, especially compared to the old 0.10 series.
32 There will be bugs to fix, and starting from this release there will be
33 distinct bug-fixing and feature development cycles, with the goal of getting
34 bug-fixes out quicker and unencumbered by other more risky changes. See
36 http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/wiki/ReleasePlanning/RoadMap
38 for a tentative road map and possible schedule.
42 "Such ingratitude. After all the times I've saved your life."
44 A collection of plugins you'd want to have right next to you on the
45 battlefield. Shooting sharp and making no mistakes, these plugins have it
46 all: good looks, good code, and good licensing. Documented and dressed up
47 in tests. If you're looking for a role model to base your own plugin on,
50 If you find a plot hole or a badly lip-synced line of code in them,
51 let us know - it is a matter of honour for us to ensure Blondie doesn't look
52 like he's been walking 100 miles through the desert without water.
54 This module contains a set of plugins that we consider to have good quality
55 code, correct functionality, our preferred license (LGPL for the plugin code,
56 LGPL or LGPL-compatible for the supporting library).
58 We believe distributors can safely ship these plugins.
60 People writing elements should base their code on these elements.
62 Other modules containing plugins are:
64 gst-plugins-base : a basic set of well-supported plugins
65 gst-plugins-ugly : a set of well-supported plugins, but might pose problems
67 gst-plugins-bad : a set of less supported plugins that haven't passed the
68 rigorous quality testing we expect
69 gst-libav : a set of codecs plugins based on libav (formerly gst-ffmpeg)
73 You can find source releases of gstreamer in the download directory:
75 http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/
77 ==== GStreamer Homepage
79 More details can be found on the project's website:
81 http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
85 We use GNOME's bugzilla for bug reports and feature requests:
87 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer
89 http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/bugs/
93 GStreamer is stored in Git, hosted at git.freedesktop.org, and can be
94 cloned from there. Interested developers of the core library, plugins, and
95 applications should subscribe to the gstreamer-devel list and/or pop into
96 our #gstreamer IRC channel on Freenode.
98 ==== Contributors to this release
101 Aleix Conchillo Flaque
105 Andoni Morales Alastruey
114 Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller
118 Dominique Leuenberger
135 Maria Giovanna Chiossa
148 Oleksij Rempel (Alexey Fisher)
159 Reynaldo H. Verdejo Pinochet
165 Sreerenj Balachandran
169 Thomas Vander Stichele
173 Víctor Manuel Jáquez Leal