-Release notes for GStreamer Bad Plug-ins 0.10.20 "For it is a Human Number"
-
+Release notes for GStreamer Bad Plugins 1.6.0
+
+The GStreamer team is proud to announce a new major feature release in the
+stable 1.x API 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 Bad Plug-ins.
+This release has been in the works for more than a year and is packed with new
+features, bug fixes and other improvements.
-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.
+
+See
+http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.6/
+for the full list of changes.
No perfectly groomed moustache or any amount of fine clothing is going to
-cover up the truth - these plug-ins are Bad with a capital B.
+cover up the truth - these plugins are Bad with a capital B.
They look fine on the outside, and might even appear to get the job done, but
at the end of the day they're a black sheep. Without a golden-haired angel
to watch over them, they'll probably land in an unmarked grave at the final
You dig.
-This module contains a set of plug-ins that aren't up to par compared to the
+This module contains a set of plugins that aren't up to par compared to the
rest. They might be close to being good quality, but they're missing something
- be it a good code review, some documentation, a set of tests, a real live
maintainer, or some actual wide use. If the blanks are filled in they might be
upgraded to become part of either gst-plugins-good or gst-plugins-ugly,
depending on the other factors.
-If the plug-ins break, you can't complain - instead, you can fix the
+If the plugins break, you can't complain - instead, you can fix the
problem and send us a patch, or bribe someone into fixing them for you.
New contributors can start here for things to work on.
-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-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-libav
+contains a set of codecs plugins based on libav (formerly gst-ffmpeg)
-Features of this release
-
- * asfmux streaming fixes and improvements
- * new video effects plugins: coloreffects, gaudieffects, geometrictransform
- * new gsettings plugin with gsettings{audio,video}{src,sink} elements
- * new ivfparse element
- * new rtmpsrc element
- * new shmsink and shmsrc elements for IPC using shared memory
- * new videomaxrate element
- * dshowvideosink improvements
- * vdpau: H.264 and MPEG-4 decoder (not enabled for autoplugging yet though)
- * vp8enc: support multipass encoding and keyframe-only mode
- * neonhttpsrc: timeout properties and cookie support
- * h264parse and mpegvideoparse: can periodically insert codec data into stream now
- * build: require GLib >= 2.20, automake >= 1.10, autoconf >= 2.60, want orc
- * asfmux: deprecate "is-live" property, replaced by new "streamable" property
- * asfmux: don't set the 'seekable' flag in headers if we are streaming
- * asfmux: put headers into "streamheader" field in output caps for streaming
- * asfmux: write preroll info in the header at initialization
- * bayer: support more formats in bayer2rgb, add rgb2bayer element
- * camerabin: make viewfinder-sink property work with bins
- * celt: add support for celt 0.8, remove support for celt < 0.5
- * celtenc: add "prediction" and "start band" properties
- * coloreffects: new element with heat, sepia, xray and cross-process effects
- * dshowvideosink: many fixes and improvements
- * fpsdisplaysink: add "fps-update-interval" and read-only "max-fps"/"min-fps" properties
- * frei0r: check for plugins in /usr/{local/,}lib{32,64}/frei0r-1 too
- * gaudieffects: new plugin with burn, chromium, dilate, dodge, exclusion, gaussianblur and solarize video effect elements
- * geometrictransform: new plugin with circle, diffuse, kaleidoscope, marble, pinch, sphere, twirl, and waterripple, fisheye, mirror, square, tunnel, bulge, stretch video effect elements
- * gsettings: new GSettings plugin with audio/video sources and sinks (to replace gconf plugin)
- * h264parse: add "config-interval" property to insert SPS/PPS at periodic intervals
- * h264parse: handle 3-byte bytestream sync codes; process incoming timestamps more correctly
- * id3mux: add support for beats-per-minute tag
- * invtelecine: support more video formats, more pulldown formats, add "verify-field-flags" property
- * ivfparse: add simple IVF parser element (simple framing for VP8 video data)
- * jpegformat: add exif writing to jifmux and exif parsing to jpegparse
- * jpegparse: skip extra 0xff markers, optimize jpeg image parsing
- * mimic: lots of fixes and clean-ups
- * mpeg4videoparse: add "config-interval" property to re-insert config in stream
- * mpegtsmux: start pmt at 0x020; take all the pmt in the streamheaders
- * mpegtsparse: actually work when we have small buffers coming in
- * mpegvideoparse: apply previous timestamp when there isn't any newer
- * neonhttpsrc: add "connect-timeout", "read-timeout" and "cookies" properties
- * qtmux: write audio/video stream bitrates into header, if available
- * qtmux: write track-number etc. tags even if count is not available
- * rtmpsrc: new RTMP source element based on librtmp
- * rtpdtmfmux: add priority sink pads and drop buffers on non-priority sink pads when something is incoming on the priority sink
- * rtpmux: add support for GstBufferLists; aggregate incoming segments; fix buffer leak
- * shm: add new shm-based shmsink and shmsrc elements for IPC using shared memory
- * vdpau: add H.264 decoder and MPEG-4 part 2 decoder; countless other fixes and improvements
- * videomaxrate: new plugin/element to limit videorate conditionally based on threshold
- * vp8dec: mark discont buffers, set decoder deadline from the QoS information
- * vp8enc: allow a maximum keyframe distance of 0, i.e. all frames are keyframes
- * vp8enc: fix handling of invisible/alt ref frames
- * vp8enc: add support for enabling automatic insertion of alt-ref frames by the encoder
- * vp8enc: implement multipass encoding
- * wildmidi: Add support for wildmidi 0.2.3
-
Bugs fixed in this release
- * 625908 : [geometrictransform] Some more configuration options for effects
- * 625076 : neonhttpsrc: add connect-timeout and read-timeout properties
- * 620746 : basevideodecoder: remove spurious warning
- * 566614 : bayer2rgb: Make first line configurable
- * 570428 : autogen.sh fails
- * 574290 : [dshowvideosink] make set_xwindow_id() in PLAYING state work
- * 579926 : [directshowvideosink] Doesn't update the last frame after a seek with the pipeline in PAUSED state.
- * 580967 : shared memory based sink and source
- * 591622 : [vdpau] needs better error/failure handling
- * 602551 : dshowvideosink window close doesn't cause gst-launch to exit
- * 602936 : [ mp4mux] Lipsync issue when converting mkv to mp4 using h264/aac
- * 613346 : [dshowvideosink] Add support for updating video caps
- * 616265 : Add a GSettings plugin that provides the same services as the GConf plugin
- * 618336 : [mpegvideoparse] mpegvideoparse makes some streams unplayable
- * 618522 : [asfmux][patch] Improve support for streaming
- * 618921 : [dshowvideosink] Replace CoIntialize with CoInitializeEx for bettrer integration with GStreamer threads
- * 618936 : [dshowvideosink] close the created window in ::stop()
- * 620324 : Format warning in ivfparse
- * 620717 : [geometrytransform] Incomplete template caps
- * 620825 : [geometrytransform] Make properties controllable and threadsafe
- * 620978 : insert NAL7/8 always when encountering I frame
- * 621205 : [mpeg4videoparse] add config-interval property to insert mpeg4video config data in regular intervals
- * 621348 : [vp8enc] Implement multipass encoding
- * 621523 : [id3mux] write beats-per-minute tag
- * 622369 : [rtmpsrc] crash if correct server but wrong video file name
- * 622484 : [qtmux] missing track number tag when transcoding to aac
- * 622690 : elements/jpegparse check fails
- * 622692 : pipelines/metadata check fails
- * 622725 : [mpgtsparse] Doesn't remove pids from pes_pids
- * 623272 : [dshowvideosink] setting force-aspect-ratio has no effect after the sink's renderer has been configured
- * 623365 : [qtmux and variant] Don't store codec tags
- * 623550 : doesn't compile with celt 0.8
- * 623678 : qtmux: Write AAC/H.264 bitrate if available
- * 623710 : [frei0r] Load frei0r plugins in /usr/lib64/frei0r-1 too
- * 623713 : [dshowaudiodec][patch] Fix compilation error
- * 623722 : gstwildmidi element update to newer library version
- * 623802 : camerabin: Bin based viewfinder sink support is broken
- * 623854 : jpegparse reads a wrong EXIF section size
- * 623881 : aiffmux.c divide by zero
- * 623883 : [winks] gstksvideosrc.c error on MSVC using gst_element_class_set_details()
- * 625003 : [examples] Don't use GdkDraw
- * 625138 : [dshowvideosrc] Don't use a range in the caps if min==max
- * 625174 : neonhttpsrc: adds cookies support
- * 625496 : qtmux - misc fix on btrt box
- * 625722 : [geometrictransform] Some new effect elements for cheese
- * 625817 : coloreffects: new plugin for lookup table color mapping
- * 625959 : geometrictransform: make CircleGeometricTransform " radius " property relative
- * 626049 : [vdpau] crashes in states.check unit test
- * 626603 : generic/states check fails with gsettings element installed
- * 626670 : gaudieffects: Fails to link inline functions properly
- * 626815 : vp8dec: infinite loop if EOS event before started
- * 627413 : jifmux causes broken jpeg images at least with some rgb pixel format
- * 627918 : Do not install gst-camera.ui
- * 627991 : rtpmux will freeze whenever a flush is sent
- * 624212 : mp4mux produces incorrect frame rates when h264 input uses bframes
- * 619158 : IVF parser plugin
- * 619484 : vp8dec: s/IMG_FMT_I420/VPX_IMG_FMT_I420/
- * 621404 : [dvbsrc] Set stats-reporting-interval on construction
-
-Download
-
-You can find source releases of gst-plugins-bad in the download directory:
-http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-bad/
-
-GStreamer Homepage
-
-More details can be found on the project's website:
-http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
-
-Support and Bugs
+ * 754903 : eagl: crashes or no video display on reuse
+ * 755249 : gtkglsink: Hide and cleaned the GtkWindow we might create
+ * 755251 : gtksink: Rework threading around GtkWindow creation
+ * 755411 : mpdparser: Only check stream- > segments for a repeated last segment if we have a static list of segments
+ * 755426 : decklinkvideosrc: Can't go to PAUSED again from READY
+ * 755456 : glmemory: fix texture leak in _gl_mem_copy
+ * 755459 : gtksink: Do not show window until we reach the PAUSED state
+ * 755542 : gtk: Fix a race where we end up setting wrong VideoInfo
+ * 755618 : gstglfilter: fix error GL_INVALID_OPERATION " glBindBuffer: buffer bound to more than 1 "
+
+==== Download ====
+
+You can find source releases of gst-plugins-bad in the download
+directory: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-bad/
+
+The git repository and details how to clone it can be found at
+http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/
+
+==== 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).
-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.
+There is also a #gstreamer IRC channel on the Freenode IRC network.
+
+==== 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
- * Andoni Morales
- * Andoni Morales Alastruey
* Arun Raghavan
- * Austin Lund
- * Bastien Nocera
- * Benjamin Otte
- * Carl-Anton Ingmarsson
- * David Hoyt
- * David Schleef
- * Edward Hervey
- * Filippo Argiolas
- * Jan Schmidt
- * Jonathan Matthew
- * Julien Moutte
- * Luis de Bethencourt
- * Marc-André Lureau
- * Mark Nauwelaerts
- * Michael Smith
- * Olivier Crête
- * Philip Jägenstedt
- * Philippe Normand
- * Raimo Jarvi
- * Robert Swain
- * Sameer Naik
+ * Julien Isorce
+ * Matthew Waters
* Sebastian Dröge
- * Sebastian Pölsterl
- * Stefan Kost
- * Thiago Santos
- * Thijs Vermeir
- * Tim-Philipp Müller
- * Víctor Manuel Jáquez Leal
- * Youness Alaoui
- * Zaheer Abbas Merali
- * Руслан Ижбулатов
+ * Thibault Saunier
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