-Release notes for GStreamer Good Plug-ins 0.10.26 "Escapades"
-
+Release notes for GStreamer Good Plugins 1.6.1
+
+
+The GStreamer team is proud to announce the first bugfix release in the stable
+1.6 release series of your favourite cross-platform multimedia framework!
-The GStreamer team is proud to announce a new release
-in the 0.10.x stable series of the
-GStreamer Good Plug-ins.
+Binaries for Android, iOS, Mac OS X and Windows are provided by the
+GStreamer project for this release.
+This release only contains bugfixes and it is safe to update from 1.6.0. For a
+full list of bugfixes see Bugzilla.
-The 0.10.x series is a stable series targeted at end users.
-It is not API or ABI compatible with the stable 0.8.x series.
-It is, however, parallel installable with the 0.8.x series.
+The 1.x series is a stable series targeted at end users. It is not API
+or ABI compatible with the 0.10.x series. It can, however, be installed
+in parallel with the 0.10.x series and will not affect an existing
+0.10.x installation.
+
+
+See http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.6/
+for the full release notes.
"Such ingratitude. After all the times I've saved your life."
-A collection of plug-ins you'd want to have right next to you on the
-battlefield. Shooting sharp and making no mistakes, these plug-ins have it
+A collection of plugins you'd want to have right next to you on the
+battlefield. Shooting sharp and making no mistakes, these plugins have it
all: good looks, good code, and good licensing. Documented and dressed up
-in tests. If you're looking for a role model to base your own plug-in on,
+in tests. If you're looking for a role model to base your own plugin on,
here it is.
like he's been walking 100 miles through the desert without water.
-This module contains a set of plug-ins that we consider to have good quality
- code, correct functionality, our preferred license (LGPL for the plug-in
+This module contains a set of plugins that we consider to have good quality
+ code, correct functionality, our preferred license (LGPL for the plugin
code, LGPL or LGPL-compatible for the supporting library).
-We believe distributors can safely ship these plug-ins.
+We believe distributors can safely ship these plugins.
People writing elements should base their code on these elements.
-Other modules containing plug-ins are:
+Other modules containing plugins are:
gst-plugins-base
-contains a basic set of well-supported plug-ins
+contains a basic set of well-supported plugins
gst-plugins-ugly
-contains a set of well-supported plug-ins, but might pose problems for
+contains a set of well-supported plugins, but might pose problems for
distributors
gst-plugins-bad
-contains a set of less supported plug-ins that haven't passed the
- rigorous quality testing we expect
+contains a set of less supported plugins that haven't passed the
+ rigorous quality testing we expect, or are still missing documentation
+ and/or unit tests
+gst-libav
+contains a set of codecs plugins based on libav (formerly gst-ffmpeg)
-Features of this release
-
- * alphacolor: make passthrough work
- * avidemux: reverse playback fixes; prevent overlap of subsequent fragments
- * deinterlace: remove assembly code in favor of orc
- * dvdemux: parse SMPTE time codes
- * flvdemux: parse and use cts (fixes jittery H.264 playback in some cases)
- * flvmux: resend onMetada tag when tags changes in streamable mode
- * g729pay: extend from right parent
- * gconf: Don't install schemas when GConf is disabled
- * goom, goom2k1: add latency compensation code, report latency correctly
- * gstrtpjpegpay: Added Define Restart Interval (DRI) Marker
- * h264depay: always mark the codec_data as keyframe
- * icydemux: forward tag events
- * id3v2mux: Add mapping for album artist
- * imagefreeze: generate a perfectly timestamped stream
- * level: avoid division by zero on silence
- * matroskademux: more robustness for parse errors and corner-cases
- * matroskademux: extract H.264 profile and level and set on caps
- * matroskamux: reduce newsegment event spam and set discont flag where needed
- * pulse: allow setting of pulse stream properties
- * pulse: fix device_description in READY
- * pulsesink: Add "client" property to set the PA client name
- * pulsesink: share the PA context between all clients with the same name
- * qtdemux: export AAC/MPEG-4/H.264 profile and level in caps
- * rtp: add G722 payloader and depayloader elements
- * rtpamr(de)pay: support AMR-WB SID frame
- * rtpamrpay: proper duration for multiple frame payload; properly support perfect-rtptime
- * rtpbin: add "ntp-sync" property and "use-pipeline-clock" properties
- * rtpg729pay: properly support perfect-rtptime
- * rtph264depay: only set delta unit on all-non-key units
- * rtpmanager: provide additional statistics
- * rtpmp4adepay: grab the sampling rate and put into caps
- * rtpmparobustdepay: properly insert dummy buffers; use valid bitrate for dummy frame
- * rtpmpvpay: fix timestamping of rtp buffers
- * rtpsession: Add the option to auto-discover the RTP bandwidth
- * rtpsession: Calculate RTCP bandwidth as a fraction of the RTP bandwidth
- * rtpsession: Count sent RTCP packets after they have been finished
- * rtpsession: relax third-party collision detection
- * rtpstats: Rectify description of current_time in RTPArrivalStats
- * rtspext: stop configuration on first failure
- * rtspsrc: Add property to configure udpsrc buffer size
- * rtspsrc: add rtsp-sdp protocol support
- * rtspsrc: don't add /UDP in the transport, it's the default
- * rtspsrc: fix duration reporting
- * rtspsrc: handle stale digest authentication session data
- * rtspsrc: use sdp uri parse method
- * shapewipe: add optional border parameter and slowdown animation
- * shapewipe: Force format to AYUV in the example pipeline for the same reason
- * shapewipe: Force the input to AYUV to prevent negotiation failures in videomixer
- * spectrum: only aggregate magnitude/phase if user asks for it, performance fixes
- * v4l2src: add controllable colorbalance parameters, add decimate property
- * v4l2src: fix using mpegts via the mmap interface; use GstBaseSrc::block-size as fallback size
- * videomixer2: new videomixer2 element that behaves better than videomixer
- * vrawdepay: handle invalid payload better
-
Bugs fixed in this release
- * 625825 : cannot link rtpmp4adepay ! aacparse
- * 629047 : segfault in seek matroskademux
- * 537544 : [pulse] allow setting pa context properties
- * 628996 : pulsesink broken after shared context patch (bug #624338)
- * 529672 : Big latency and bad framerate while mixing multiple live streams
- * 581294 : rtspext: extensions configure_stream methods conflict
- * 598915 : qtdemux: propagate jpeg2000 header data in image/x-j2c
- * 612313 : qtdemux: Post AAC profile/level in caps
- * 616521 : qtdemux: Export MPEG-4 video profile and level in stream caps
- * 617318 : matroskademux, qtdemux: Use pbutils for H.264 profile/level extraction
- * 620790 : [matroskademux] general stream error when trying to play certain .mkv file
- * 622390 : [v4l2] add controllable color balance properties / programmable camera
- * 624338 : [pulsesink] Handle pulse context separate from the ringbuffers and share them
- * 625547 : imagefreeze unit test fails occasionally
- * 626048 : [videomixer] needs mode that syncs streams based on timestamps
- * 626518 : [imagefreeze] better caps negotiation
- * 627162 : [pulse] better fallback return value for gst_pulse_client_name()
- * 627174 : [pulsesink] new property to tune the PA client name
- * 627289 : souphttpsrc: tweak error messages
- * 627341 : wavparse: strange handling of files less than 12 bytes
- * 627796 : rtpbin: add ntp clock sync
- * 628020 : [pulsesink] assertion failure in change_state NULL- > READY
- * 628058 : Need a way to set the SO_RCVBUF property on rtsp-based sockets.
- * 628127 : jpeg rtp payloader crashes when there is corruption in the jpeg byte stream.
- * 628214 : Add support to RTSP initiation through SDP files
- * 628349 : [v4l2src] Doesn't support capturing mpegts using mmap
- * 628454 : Matroska demuxer doesn't handle DATE tag if it contains only a year number
- * 628608 : [alphacolor] element classification is wrong
- * 629018 : rtpjpegpay: unable to build because of uninitialized variable warning
- * 629522 : [rtpjpegpay] add support for Define Restart Interval (DRI)
- * 629839 : [qtdemux] Update xmp tags parsing
- * 629896 : Error compiling raw1394 (without iec61883)
- * 630088 : [flvdemux] jerky h.264 video playback
- * 630205 : [icydemux] Forward tag events downstrem
- * 630256 : rtph264-pay/depay: doesn't respect timestamps from incomming buffers
- * 630317 : Getting pulsesink device names doesn't work like for alsasink
- * 630378 : speexenc/speexdec crash with MSVC
- * 630446 : rtpmanager: provide additional statistics
- * 630447 : rtpsession: relax third-party collision detection
- * 630449 : rtpbin: Unlock before adding pad in new_payload_found
- * 630451 : rtpbin: Handle rysnc of iterator when looking for free pad name
- * 630452 : rtpbin: Make cleaning up sources in rtp_session_on_timeout MT safe
- * 630457 : rtpmanager: packet lost should not be a warning.
- * 630458 : level: avoid division by zero on silence
- * 630500 : [rtspsrc] does rtsp setup message always need " /UDP " string?
- * 630888 : v4l2sink does not cope with v4l2loopback kernel module
- * 631082 : rtpjitterbuffer: improve document reference
- * 631303 : [goom] qos warnings if source is GstAudioSrc
- * 631330 : [flvmux][PATCH] Resend updated onMetada tag when tags changes in streamable mode
- * 631996 : [h264depay] regression: rtsp://stream.zoovision.com/KibaEp1n900.3gp
- * 632548 : [rtspsrc] regression; fails to report duration
- * 632553 : --disable-gconf still tries to install schemas
- * 632682 : [matroskademux] Handle missing CodecPrivate for Vorbis/Theora
- * 632945 : rtph264depay in access-unit=true mode does not aggregate the delta unit flag correctly
- * 633205 : Fix for navigation events in videoflip
- * 633212 : [goom] Return not-negotiated when bps is unknown
- * 633970 : [icydemux] broken taglist handling
- * 635532 : rtspsrc: unexpected eos when using authentication (regression)
- * 635843 : [rtph264depay] segfault on empty payload
- * 636179 : [deinterlace] Fields in wrong order
- * 626463 : [matroskademux] " reading large block of size 14688496 not supported "
- * 628894 : [matroskademux] sloppy reverse playback
- * 633294 : deinterlace breaks some DVD menu scenarios
-
-Download
-
-You can find source releases of gst-plugins-good in the download directory:
-http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-good/
-
-GStreamer Homepage
-
-More details can be found on the project's website:
-http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
-
-Support and Bugs
+ * 750108 : splitmuxsink: post messages when fragments are being opened and closed
+ * 753617 : splitmuxsink: allow non-video streams to serve as reference
+ * 753622 : splitmuxsink: do not destroy the multiqueue & muxer when going to NULL
+ * 753624 : splitmuxsink: initialize mux_start_time properly
+ * 754212 : cutter: Fix buffer leak
+ * 755611 : aacparse: wrong LOAS config reading
+ * 755708 : matroskademux: assertion failed: (stream- > alignment < = G_MEM_ALIGN)
+ * 755773 : gdkpixbufoverlay memleak
+ * 756068 : qtmux: fix sample memory leak
+ * 756154 : qtmux: doesn't compile on OS X 10.6: strnlen not available
+ * 756171 : qtmux: fix date memory leak
+ * 756387 : qtmux: Allow negotiating to S8 as a raw format but stop making it best choice
+ * 756388 : qtmux: Add ProRes support
+ * 756544 : qtdemux: Fix taglist leak
+ * 756561 : qtdemux: fix caps leak
+ * 756799 : auparse: fix event leak
+ * 756967 : matroskamux: drops JPEG input buffers with just PTS and no DTS set on them
+ * 757033 : scaletempo: Does not work properly with negative rates playback
+ * 757087 : splitmux: unit test fails due to missing files
+
+==== Download ====
+
+You can find source releases of gst-plugins-good in the download
+directory: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-good/
+
+The git repository and details how to clone it can be found at
+http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/
+
+==== Homepage ====
+
+The project's website is http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
+
+==== Support and Bugs ====
We use GNOME's bugzilla for bug reports and feature requests:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer
-Developers
+Please submit patches via bugzilla as well.
+
+For help and support, please subscribe to and send questions to the
+gstreamer-devel mailing list (see below for details).
+
+There is also a #gstreamer IRC channel on the Freenode IRC network.
-GStreamer is stored in Git, hosted at git.freedesktop.org, and can be cloned 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.
+==== Developers ====
+
+GStreamer is stored in Git, hosted at git.freedesktop.org, and can be cloned
+from there (see link above).
+
+Interested developers of the core library, plugins, and applications should
+subscribe to the gstreamer-devel list.
-Applications
-
Contributors to this release
- * Alessandro Decina
- * American Dynamics
- * Andoni Morales Alastruey
- * Arun Raghavan
- * Bastien Nocera
- * David Hoyt
- * David Schleef
- * Edward Hervey
- * Havard Graff
- * IOhannes m zmölnig
+ * George Kiagiadakis
+ * Guillaume Desmottes
+ * Guillaume Marquebielle
* Jan Schmidt
- * Jonathan Matthew
- * Mark Nauwelaerts
- * Olivier Crête
- * Pascal Buhler
- * Pavel Kostyuchenko
- * Philip Jägenstedt
- * Philippe Normand
- * René Stadler
- * Robert Swain
+ * Nicola Murino
+ * Nirbheek Chauhan
+ * Ramiro Polla
+ * Ryan Hendrickson
* Sebastian Dröge
- * Sjoerd Simons
- * Stefan Kost
* Thiago Santos
* Thibault Saunier
- * Thijs Vermeir
* Tim-Philipp Müller
- * Trond Andersen
- * Vladimir Eremeev
- * Wim Taymans
- * Zaheer Abbas Merali
+ * Vineeth TM
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