- GStreamer "30 Second Frenchman" 0.3.4 released
-
- RELEASE NOTES
+ GStreamer "Desperately Seeking Sexiness" 0.4.0 released
The GStreamer team is happy to announce another release of the
- GStreamer streaming-media framework.
-
-Focus of this release
-
- This release fixes a few developer usability issues.
-
- A few of the API functions have been changed to offer better
- functionality and to be more consistent with other toolkits (GLib,
- GTK).
- Sample changes:
- * gst_elementfactory_make to gst_element_factory_make
- * GST_PADTEMPLATE_* to GST_PAD_TEMPLATE_*
-
- This release of GStreamer has been primarily made in support of
- RhythmBox. It should really work with their upcoming 0.2.0 release.
-
- The gst-launch parsing has been bisonified. This allows for better and
- more consistent command-line parsing. Accordingly, some changes in the
- dynamic pad treatment have been made as well.
- The registry handling has been changed. gst-register will now write to
- a local registry (in ~/.gstreamer/reg.xml) if it does not have
- permissions to write to the global registry. Normal applications not
- running as root will prefer this local registry if it exists, and fall
- back to the global otherwise.
- Also, a --gst-registry option has been added to all gst applications.
- If this is specified, then the application will ONLY use this
- registry. This is useful for testsuites inside the core as well as
- general testing of plugins.
-
- GStreamer is now in Gnome's Bugzilla. Please file bugs against us
- there whenever you find them !
-
-Changes in the 0.3.x tree
-
- The 0.3.x tree is our first tree using GLib 2.0 and libxml2 as the
- sole compile platform. We have also started including all our
- documentation in our RPMS starting this tree. People wanting to build
- GStreamer themselves with documentation should look at the DOCBUILDING
- file for some information on what packages are needed to build that
- successfully.
-
- Another new feature of this release tree is the gst-launch-ext
- command-line application. It uses predefined pipelines to play back
- media files based on their file extension. This means that you don't
- need to construct your own pipelines using gst-launch if all you want
- to do is play a file. Just type gst-launch-ext [filename] and the
- audiofile or movie plays for you. This of course also being a work in
- progress means that sometimes it might decide on the wrong pipeline,
- or cause jitter, as well as random headaches.
-
- For help building GStreamer, take a look at our [1]build help document
- .
-
-Updates and Enhancements in this release
-
- * Improved API naming
- * New registry handling, allowing for global, local or specified
- registry
- * bison parser
- * gst-launch-ext dynamic pad fixes
- * various fixes in mad and vorbisdec for RhythmBox
-
-Previously, in the 0.3.x tree
-
- * devhelp documentation
- * New and improved Props API
- * New master clock system
- * dxr3 plugin
- * libcolorspace plugin
- * Full dparams documentation
- * All functions documented (551 functions documented)
- * Python bindings
- * Portability fixes (no more C++ // style comments)
- * a52dec plugin updated to a52dec 0.7.3 API
- * gnome-vfs plugin updated to new seek api
- * Misc bug and caps fixes
- * SPEC files improvements
+ GStreamer streaming-media framework. We are quickly moving forward at
+ this time and more and more applications using GStreamer are popping
+ up. Please see the [1]release page for availability of source and
+ binary packages.
+
+Updates and Enhancements
+
+ General
+
+ * Graphical pipeline editor (gst-editor) ported to GNOME 2.0
+ * Autobuild system using [2]bitches to generate good RPMs
+ * Apt for rpm repository for GStreamer and plug-in dependencies on
+ RedHat 7.2 and 7.3, for both Ximian Red-Carpet Gnome 2 and
+ Gnomehide. See [3]http://gstreamer.net/releases/redhat/
+ * Red-Carpet GStreamer channel under construction.
+ * GConf schemas distributed for centralised sink settings
+ * Moved to [4]http://bugzilla.gnome.org/ for bug reports. Bugzilla
+ is more convenient than SourceForge's system, and Gnome already
+ has a system running. Thanks to Gnome for the support.
+ * Created a gst-feedback script to gather system information to be
+ added to a bug report for better debugging.
+
+ Core
+
+ * New much improved registry system implemented.
+ * New event-driven seek support. Event system is now working and
+ implemented
+ * Header files are now in a versioned directory to ease build pains.
+ * Improvements and bugfixes todparams.
+ * Docs updated, registry and system clock documentation added
+ * More tests added for improved troubleshooting
+ * Cothreads code made more POSIX-compatible
+ * PowerPC portability fixes
+
+ Plug-ins
+
+ * Quicktime plug-in rewritten
+ * [5]Effectv video effects plug-ins included
+ * Audio effect plug-ins fixes (int2float, floatcast etc.)
+ * A new filter plug-in for audio filters
+ * OSS plug-in fixes
+ * Audiofile plug-in works again (depends on upstream patch getting
+ included)
+ * lavencode plug-in renamed yuv4mpeg
+ * Synaesthesia plug-in added to gst-visualisation packages
+ * [6]Jack plug-in working and packaged -- CVS Jack required
+ * Floatcast plug-in added
+ * Include file setup fixes
+ * Avi plug-in ported to avifile 0.7.7
+ * Lots of fixes and cleanups on the DV plug-in
+ * libfame plug-in added (mpeg4)
+ * libdvdnav plug-in added
+ * Better URI handling in gnome-vfs plug-in
+ * RTP plug-in updated and ported to the [7]oRTP library
+
+Known Issues
+
+ GStreamer currently ships with two schedulers, named 'basic' and
+ 'standard'. Basic is the one we have been shipping for a long time now
+ and is still the default in GStreamer 0.4.0. There are however some
+ limitations and threadrelated bugs in basic. These limitations are not
+ present in standard, but unfortunately standard does not work with
+ i686 glibc atm due to differences in the way threads are handled
+ compared to other architectures including i386. We hope to get the
+ remaining issues in standard fixed before 0.4.1 and use that as
+ default.
+
+ As for the bugs in basic we did not feel they warranted not releasing
+ 0.4.0 as they are rather obscure. For instance if you are using
+ Rhythmbox you will need to be playing over 500 songs nonstop to
+ trigger it.
+
+ If you want to test the standard scheduler, run your GStreamer
+ application with --gst-scheduler=standard
+
+GStreamer Homepage
More details on these features can be found on the project's website,
- [2]http://gstreamer.net/. Source tarballs are also mirrored at
- [3]http://gstreamer.net/releases/current/src/. If you use Red Hat (or
- possibly other RPM-based systems), RPMs for both GStreamer itself,
- external libraries and development tools not included in the standard
- reference distribution (RedHat 7.2) can be found in
- [4]http://gstreamer.net/releases/current/redhat.
-
- GStreamer is hosted on SourceForge, so support requests and bugs may
- be filed as usual. Interested developers of the core library, plugins,
- and applications should subscribe to the gstreamer-devel list. If
- there is sufficient interest we will create more lists as necessary.
+ [8]http://gstreamer.net/.
+
+Support
+
+ We use [9]Gnome's Bugzilla for bug reports and feature requests. The
+ "product name" is GStreamer (capital G). Please do the following
+ before writing a bug report :
+gst-feedback > feedback 2>&1
+
+ and attach the file "feedback" to your bug report, so that we have
+ some information useful in the debugging process.
+
+Developers
+
+ GStreamer is [10]hosted on SourceForge. All code is in CVS and can be
+ checked out from there. Interested developers of the core library,
+ plug-ins, and applications should subscribe to the gstreamer-devel
+ list. If there is sufficient interest we will create more lists as
+ necessary.
We are still looking for people with access to Solaris, HP-UX, Irix
and True64 that would be willing to try building and testing
Core
- * Erik Walthinsen <omega@temple-baptist.com>
- * Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>
- * Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas@apestaart.org>
- * Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>
- * Benjamin Otte <in7y118@public.uni-hamburg.de>
+ * Erik Walthinsen <omega(AT)temple-baptist.com>
+ * Wim Taymans <wim.taymans(AT)chello.be>
+ * Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas(AT)apestaart.org>
+ * Andy Wingo <wingo(AT)pobox.com>
+ * Benjamin Otte <in7y118(AT)public.uni-hamburg.de>
+ * Steve Baker <stevebaker_org(AT)yahoo.co.uk>
Plugins and Sample Applications
- * Richard Boulton <richard@tartarus.org>
- * David Lehn <dlehn@vt.edu>
- * Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
- * Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
- * Martin Enlund <martin@enlund.net>
- * Arik Devens <arik@gnome.org>
- * Jérémy Simon <jsimon13@yahoo.fr>
- * Zeeshan Ali Khattak <zak147@yahoo.com>
- * Steve Baker <stevebaker_org@yahoo.co.uk>
- * Rehan Khwaja <rehankhwaja@yahoo.com>
+ * Richard Boulton <richard(AT)tartarus.org>
+ * David Lehn <dlehn(AT)vt.edu>
+ * Ronald Bultje <rbultje(AT)ronald.bitfreak.net>
+ * Bastien Nocera <hadess(AT)hadess.net>
+ * Martin Enlund <martin(AT)enlund.net>
+ * Arik Devens <arik(AT)gnome.org>
+ * Jérémy Simon <jsimon13(AT)yahoo.fr>
+ * Zeeshan Ali Khattak <zak147(AT)yahoo.com>
+ * Rehan Khwaja <rehankhwaja(AT)yahoo.com>
+ * Kentarou Fukuchi <fukuchi(AT)is.titech.ac.jp>
+ * Artyom Baginski <artm(AT)nerve.v2.nl>
+ * David Schleef <ds(AT)schleef.org>
+ * Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel(AT)free.fr>
Misc
- * Christian Schaller <christian.schaller@linuxrising.org>
- * Calum Selkirk <cselkirk@panix.com>
+ * Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller
+ <uraeus(AT)linuxrising.org>
+ * Calum Selkirk <cselkirk(AT)panix.com>
References
- 1. http://gstreamer.net/releases/current/buildhelp.php
- 2. http://gstreamer.net/
- 3. http://gstreamer.net/releases/current/src/
- 4. http://gstreamer.net/releases/current/redhat/
+ 1. http://gstreamer.net/releases/current/
+ 2. http://urgent.rug.ac.be/thomas/
+ 3. http://gstreamer.net/releases/redhat/
+ 4. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/
+ 5. http://effectv.sourceforge.net/
+ 6. http://jackit.sf.net/
+ 7. http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
+ 8. http://gstreamer.net/
+ 9. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/
+ 10. http://gstreamer.sf.net/
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