-Release notes for GStreamer 0.10.36 "Harder"
-
+Release notes for GStreamer 1.4.0
+
+
+The GStreamer team is pleased to announce the first release of
+the stable 1.4 release series. The 1.4 release series is adding new
+features on top of the 1.0 and 1.2 series and is part of the API and
+ABI-stable 1.x release series of the GStreamer multimedia framework.
+
+
+Binaries for Android, iOS, Mac OS X and Windows are provided together
+with this release.
-The GStreamer team is proud to announce a new release
-in the 0.10.x stable series of the
-core of the GStreamer streaming media framework.
-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 stable 1.4 release series is API and ABI compatible with 1.0.x,
+1.2.x and any other 1.x release series in the future. Compared to 1.2.x
+it contains some new features and more intrusive changes that were
+considered too risky as a bugfix.
-The 0.10.x series has been reworked for threadsafety. It also features
-various feature additions and enhancements.
+
+The versioning scheme that is used in general is that 1.x.y is API and
+ABI backwards compatible with previous 1.x.y releases. If x is an even
+number it is a stable release series and all releases in this series
+will only contain important bugfixes, e.g. the 1.0 series with 1.0.7. If
+x is odd it is a development release series that will lead to the next
+stable release series 1.x+1 and contains new features and bigger
+changes. During the development release series, new API can still
+change.
+
This module, gstreamer, only contains core functionality.
For actual media playback, you will need other modules.
gst-plugins-base
-contains a basic set of well-supported plug-ins
+contains a basic set of well-supported plugins
gst-plugins-good
-contains a set of well-supported plug-ins under our preferred license
+contains a set of well-supported plugins under our preferred license
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
-
- * bin: Don't interpret pipelines without sink elements as always being in EOS state
- * bin: Only post EOS messages after reaching the PLAYING state
- * buffer: add set/get_qdata() to attach arbitrary metadata to buffers
- * caps, structure, gstvalue: some optimisations and improvements
- * miniobject: add weak referencing functionality
- * gstobject: make gst_object_replace() atomic
- * pad: Only do the subset check in gst_pad_accept_caps() if the pad claims to accept the caps
- * pad: make public some ghostpad/proxypad API
- * preset: allow applications to specify an extra preset directory with application-specific presets
- * collectpads: add GstCollectPads2 API
- * basebarse: new detect vfunc so subclassed can do some format detection first
- * baseparse: new get_sink_caps vfunc so downstream caps restrictions can be propagated upstream
- * baseparse: answer position query in stream time and try upstream first
- * baseparse: send duration message when updating internal duration
- * baseparse: make baseparse-based elements is reusable
- * baseparse: provide latency query support
- * basesink: don't compensate for render-delay twice
- * basesink: try harder to arrange increasing position reporting
- * basesrc: allow for the size to change dynamically
- * basetransform: add query vfunc
- * basetransform: caps negotiation improvements
- * basetransform: delay serialized events when src caps are not set yet
- * filesrc: do not mistake short reads for EOS
- * filesrc/fdsrc: indicate dynamic size handling to basesrc
- * inputselector: add sync mode that syncs inactive pads to the running time of the active pad
- * queue2: add bufferlist support
- * queue2: adjust input data rate estimation
- * multiqueue: add mode to synchronize deactivated/not-linked streams by the running time
- * multiqueue: check filled state of queues even if another one is empty
- * outputselector: don't send last segment/buffer when no segment was configured yet
- * tools: teach gst-launch about missing-plugin messages
- * tools: make unversioned wrapper look for -0.10 tools only
-
Bugs fixed in this release
- * 647940 : [basesrc] - fails to send updated segment event when duration changes
- * 662777 : Caps negotiation got a lot slow since the last release
- * 647493 : Regression: gstbus: Not getting all messages posted on the bus
- * 415754 : [API] GstCollectPads2; muxing sparse/subtitle streams
- * 459466 : double memory usage for pluginfeature names
- * 546570 : gst_caps_append/merge should not require caps2 to be writable
- * 609473 : [miniobject] Add support for weak references
- * 619844 : [basetransform] transform_caps can ignore pass-through
- * 628021 : [baseaudiosink] position reporting not increasing
- * 629300 : gstructure: New API for comparing structures
- * 643269 : dot file flow direction
- * 645017 : [inputselector] Add mode to drop buffers only after the active sinkpad's running time is after the current buffer
- * 645107 : [multiqueue] Implement throttling based on stream's running time
- * 647756 : [bin] Posting EOS message although not reached PLAYING yet
- * 648025 : parse-launch: don't unescape inside quotes
- * 650002 : 'No space left on device' message logged continuously, filling /home slice
- * 650973 : check: add fail_unless_equals_int64
- * 652037 : basesrc: less persistent caching of size
- * 652577 : basesink: s/if/is/
- * 653137 : Warnings in Gstreamer (core) with Clang compiler
- * 653172 : Compilation fails when PR_SET_NAME is not defined in prctl.h
- * 655155 : Build failure for gstcontroller.c -- (-Wall) assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
- * 655204 : bad interaction between queue and adder
- * 655381 : GstBitReader and GstByteReader functions missing out argument annotations
- * 656193 : don't revalidate utf8 elementfactory metadata all the time
- * 656265 : Fix compiler warnings reported by ICC
- * 656557 : Add Farsight and Nice support to gst-uninstalled
- * 657316 : capsfilter is racy when changing the caps during initial pipeline startup
- * 657318 : basetranform dosn't allow query handlers to be overridden
- * 657421 : Fix compiler warnings reported by ICC
- * 658076 : setcaps function for ghost pads never called
- * 658449 : Fix typos in docs and code comments
- * 658517 : [ghostpad] Peer query does not work with empty GstPlaySinkVideoConvert
- * 658518 : basesink: Backport query override support
- * 658541 : [API change] caps negotiation failures
- * 658918 : [pad] set caps on pad before checking for peer
- * 659139 : gstpad: make some debug traces more useful
- * 659571 : basetransform: delay events we cannot send right away
- * 659606 : Remaining non-subset caps warnings
- * 660083 : Fix mingw compiler warnings
- * 660144 : [GstBaseParse] make start/stop methods optional
- * 660165 : basetransform: send delayed events earlier
- * 660760 : .prs presets needs to have a per-application option
- * 660778 : multiqueue: check filled state of queues even if another one is empty
- * 660955 : gst_type_register_static_full: guard against large instance sizes that don't fit into a guint16
- * 662091 : plugin loader: spawn new plugin loader helper after loading N plugins
- * 662199 : [capsfilter] behavior has changed
- * 662291 : basetransform: cache transformed caps where appropriate
- * 662664 : API: add gst_element_class_add_static_pad_template() and fix template pad ref leaks
- * 663333 : basetransfrom cache should be invalidated whenever there is any change in the peer caps
- * 663643 : gstvalue: consider lists and ranges equal if they hold the same set
- * 664221 : [baseparse] ::sink_get_caps() vfunc breaks API/ABI
- * 664720 : API: add gst_buffer_{set,get}_qdata()
- * 665921 : filesrc: Incorrect EOF detection in create_read
- * 666174 : [basetransform] causes segfaults because gst_pad_alloc_buffer_and_set_caps return a buffer with a size of 0
- * 667284 : registry: add missing #ifndef guard
- * 667286 : gstpoll: Include correct poll.h based on autoconf test
- * 667288 : plugins: Explicitly cast initialization values to the correct type.
- * 667290 : tools: Include locale.h before any i18n headers.
- * 667298 : basesink: don't compensate for render-delay twice
- * 667444 : baseparse: clear adapter in reset so no old data is read when re-using elements
- * 668289 : regression: playbin2: repeat mode only repeats twice in totem
- * 668764 : collectpads2: move private stuff into private struct
- * 669036 : Missing include in gstpreset.h causes build error
- * 669502 : [baseparse] duration msg spam when upstream knows avg bitrate
-
-API changed in this release
-
-- API additions:
-
- * gst_base_parse_set_latency()
- * GstBaseParse::detect
- * GstBaseParse::get_sink_caps
- * gst_base_src_set_dynamic_size()
- * GstBaseTransform::query
- * gst_collect_pads2_add_pad()
- * gst_collect_pads2_add_pad_full()
- * gst_collect_pads2_available()
- * gst_collect_pads2()_collect
- * gst_collect_pads2_collect_range()
- * gst_collect_pads2_flush()
- * gst_collect_pads2_get_type()
- * gst_collect_pads2_is_active()
- * gst_collect_pads2_new()
- * gst_collect_pads2_peek()
- * gst_collect_pads2_pop()
- * gst_collect_pads2_read()
- * gst_collect_pads2_read_buffer()
- * gst_collect_pads2_remove_pad()
- * gst_collect_pads2_set_buffer_function()
- * gst_collect_pads2_set_clip_function()
- * gst_collect_pads2_set_compare_function()
- * gst_collect_pads2_set_event_function()
- * gst_collect_pads2_set_flushing()
- * gst_collect_pads2_set_function()
- * gst_collect_pads2_set_waiting()
- * gst_collect_pads2_start()
- * gst_collect_pads2_stop()
- * gst_collect_pads2_take_buffer()
- * gst_buffer_get_qdata()
- * gst_buffer_set_qdata()
- * gst_caps_is_strictly_equal()
- * gst_caps_is_subset_structure
- * gst_element_class_add_static_pad_template()
- * GstElement::state_changed
- * gst_ghost_pad_activate_pull_default()
- * gst_ghost_pad_activate_push_default()
- * gst_ghost_pad_internal_activate_pull_default()
- * gst_ghost_pad_internal_activate_push_default()
- * gst_ghost_pad_link_default()
- * gst_ghost_pad_setcaps_default()
- * gst_ghost_pad_unlink_default()
- * gst_mini_object_weak_ref()
- * gst_mini_object_weak_unref()
- * gst_preset_get_app_dir()
- * gst_preset_set_app_dir()
- * gst_proxy_pad_acceptcaps_default()
- * gst_proxy_pad_bufferalloc_default()
- * gst_proxy_pad_chain_default()
- * gst_proxy_pad_chain_list_default()
- * gst_proxy_pad_checkgetrange_default()
- * gst_proxy_pad_event_default()
- * gst_proxy_pad_fixatecaps_default()
- * gst_proxy_pad_get_internal()
- * gst_proxy_pad_getcaps_default()
- * gst_proxy_pad_getrange_default()
- * gst_proxy_pad_iterate_internal_links_default()
- * gst_proxy_pad_query_default()
- * gst_proxy_pad_query_type_default()
- * gst_proxy_pad_setcaps_default()
- * gst_proxy_pad_unlink_default()
- * gst_structure_can_intersect()
- * gst_structure_intersect()
- * gst_structure_is_equal()
- * gst_structure_is_subset()
- * gst_tag_list_is_equal()
- * gst_tag_list_new_from_string()
- * gst_tag_list_to_string()
- * fail_unless_equals_int64()
-- API deprecations:
-
- * gst_plugin_feature_type_name_filter()
- * GstTypeNameData
- * gst_filter_run()
- * GstFilterFunc
+ * 733121 : debugutils: Unref pad template after use
+ * 733291 : typefindelement: Propagate input buffer PTS and DTS
-Download
+==== Download ====
-You can find source releases of gstreamer in the download directory:
-http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/
+You can find source releases of gstreamer in the download
+directory: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/
-GStreamer Homepage
+The git repository and details how to clone it can be found at
+http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/
-More details can be found on the project's website:
-http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
+==== Homepage ====
-Support and Bugs
+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.
-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.
+For help and support, please subscribe to and send questions to the
+gstreamer-devel mailing list (see below for details).
-
-Applications
+There is also a #gstreamer IRC channel on the Freenode IRC network.
-Applications ported to GStreamer 0.10 include Totem, RhythmBox, Sound-Juicer,
-Gnome Media, Flumotion, Amarok, Jamboree, Pitivi, Istanbul, AnnoAmp, Elisa, and others.
-Let us know if you want to be added to this list.
+==== 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.
+
+
Contributors to this release
- * Antoine Tremblay
- * David Schleef
* Edward Hervey
- * Emmanuel Pacaud
- * Evan Nemerson
- * Fabrizio (Misto) Milo
- * Guillaume Desmottes
- * Havard Graff
- * Idar Tollefsen
- * Jan Schmidt
- * Josep Torra
- * João Paulo Pizani Flor
- * Mark Nauwelaerts
- * Nicolas Dufresne
- * Peteris Krisjanis
- * Philip Jägenstedt
- * Piotr Fusik
- * Raimo Järvi
- * Raluca Elena Podiuc
- * René Stadler
- * Reynaldo H. Verdejo Pinochet
- * Robert Swain
* Sebastian Dröge
- * Shaun Hoopes
- * Sjoerd Simons
- * Stas Sergeev
- * Stefan Kost
- * Stefan Sauer
+ * Sebastian Rasmussen
* Thiago Santos
- * Tim-Philipp Müller
- * Vincent Penquerc'h
- * Wim Taymans
+ * Thibault Saunier
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