- GStreamer "Panic Room" 0.5.2 released
+ GStreamer "Hottest Pick" 0.6.0 released[*]
- The GStreamer team is happy to announce our final prerelease for the
- stable 0.6 series of the GStreamer streaming-media framework.
+ The GStreamer team is happy to announce our first ABI stable release
+ series. The 0.6.x series of the GStreamer streaming-media framework.
- From now on, GStreamer will follow a versioning scheme similar to
- kernel and GTK+/GLib releases. Odd minor numbers (like for this
- release) will be development releases. While GStreamer itself is very
- much under development, during stable releases we will guarantee API-
- and ABI-stability. The point of this development release cycle is to
- support Gnome 2.1.x development.
+ At this point in time GStreamer is fully functional for creating
+ audio-based applications, as shown by applications such as
+ gnome-sound-recorder, Rhythmbox and nautilus-media.
- GStreamer major-minor series versions will now be
- parallel-installable. Please update your applications to check for
- gstreamer-0.5, gstreamer-libs-0.5 and gstreamer-play-0.5 using
- pkg-config.
+ Video-based applications still have some issues at this point,
+ especially in the area of audio/video sync and seeking, but we plan on
+ solving those issues during the 0.6.x series.
- We are starting to have a really nice collection of applications under
- development using GStreamer. If you are looking for something specific
- check out our [1]applications status page.
-
-Updates and Enhancements
+ We will also be releasing a development 0.7 release series, in which
+ we will work on such things as the remaining video issues and the
+ interactivity support which is needed for DVD menus and SWF (Flash).
+ This means developers working on apps needing these services can use
+ the 0.7 series for development and then enable 0.6 support as these
+ additions optionally get backported to 0.6 once they are stable and
+ work well.
Thread issues and GStreamer
- Many of GStreamers features relies heavily on threads. Unfortunately
- everything is not rosy in the Linux worlds of threads. If you have a
+ Many of GStreamer's features relies heavily on threads. Unfortunately
+ everything is not rosy in the Linux world of threads. If you have a
glibc version installed compiled with i686 optimizations (which uses a
different codepath than standard i386 glibc), there is a good chance
you will experience thread-related crashes in gstreamer-based
applications. There are a few workarounds to this available.
- * You can use an i386- or i586-optimized glibc package instead.
+ * You can use an i386 glibc package instead. (Since this is the only
+ one shipping with Debian, debian users do not experience this
+ issue.)
* You can also try running the gstreamer-based applications using
the command-line option --gst-scheduler=opt, which invokes a newly
created scheduler that does not use threads. This scheduler is
very new however so you might encounter other issues when using
- it.
- People using the Red Hat beta Phoebe are recommended to update to
- glibc from Rawhide. This solves all thread issues, thanks to the
- new NTPL thread library that is included there.
- General
-
- * Solaris Forte fixes, GStreamer now compiles with Forte
- * FreeBSD build fixes
- * Many minor build issues fixed
- * libgstplay updated to use filesrc
+ it. Please report issues to our bugzilla.
- Core
+ People using the first Red Hat beta called Phoebe are recommended to
+ update to glibc from Rawhide or from the second Phoebe release. This
+ solves all thread issues, thanks to the new NTPL thread library that
+ is included there.
- * Many refcounting issues resolved
- * A few Valgrind detected memleaks killed
+ The GStreamer applications we ship all check for both gstreamer-0.6,
+ gstreamer-libs-0.6 and gstreamer-play-0.6; if those aren't found the
+ 0.7 version of those files are checked for. We suggest anyone making
+ GStreamer-based apps do the same.
- Plug-ins
+ We are starting to have a really nice collection of applications under
+ development using GStreamer. If you are looking for something specific
+ check out our [1]applications status page.
- * Fix to OSS plugin to handle blocking correctly [2]Bug 102025.
- * Wavparse plugin fixed to handle MPEG audio
- * Swfdec plugin updated, now has sound
- * Updated ffmpeg plugin to handle xvid movies
- * modplug updated to work better with gst-player
- * alsasink 100% cpu bug fixed
- * pngenc cleaned up
+Features
+
+ * Pipeline based media architecture
+ * Over 130 plugins
+ * All parts interchangeable
+ * Few dependencies, only glib, popt and libxml for core (libxml
+ optional)
+ * Python Language bindings
+ * Good documentation
+ * Will be widely deployed through bundling with GNOME 2.2
+ * Design catering also for applications needing low-latency
+ * Highly portable, already running on most mainstream CPU's
+ * Modular design and use of 3rd party best of breed libraries means
+ no bloat
+ * LGPL licensing lays no restrictions on application developers
+ licensing.
+ * Easy for applications to ship their own plugins to the core as
+ needed
+ * Compiles with both GCC and Forte compilers
GStreamer Homepage
More details on these features can be found on the project's website,
- [3]http://gstreamer.net/.
+ [2]http://gstreamer.net/.
Support and Bugs
- We use [4]Gnome's Bugzilla for bug reports and feature requests. The
+ We use [3]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
Developers
- GStreamer is [5]hosted on SourceForge. All code is in CVS and can be
+ GStreamer is [4]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
- GStreamer. Patches fixing such problems are also more than welcome.
+ We are still looking for people with access to FreeBSD, Solaris,
+ HP-UX, Irix and True64 that would be willing to try building and
+ testing GStreamer. Patches fixing such problems are also more than
+ welcome.
Contributors to this release
Patches to the core of Gstreamer
* Wim Taymans <wim.taymans(AT)chello.be>
+ * Erik Walthinsen <omega(AT)temple-baptist.com>
* Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas(AT)apestaart.org>
* David I. Lehn <dlehn(AT)vt.edu>
* David Schleef <ds(AT)schleef.org>
- * Leif Morgan Johnson <lmjohns3(AT)eos.ncsu.edu>
* Brian Cameron <brian.cameron(AT)sun.com>
+ * Joshua N Pritikin <vishnu(AT)pobox.com>
Plugins and Sample Applications
+ * Julien MOUTTE <jmoutte(AT)electronic-group.com>
* Cameron Hutchison <camh+gst(AT)xdna.net>
* Ronald Bultje <rbultje(AT)ronald.bitfreak.net>
* Steve Baker <stevebaker_org(AT)yahoo.co.uk>
* Jan Schmidt <thaytan(AT)mad.scientist.com>
* Daniel Fischer <dan(AT)f3c.com>
* Martin Schlemmer <azarah(AT)gentoo.org>
- * Andrew Turner &li;zombie(AT)4free.co.nz>
+ * Andrew Turner <zombie(AT)4free.co.nz>
+ * Owen Fraser-Green <owen(AT)discobabe.net>
+ * Leif Morgan Johnson <lmjohns3(AT)eos.ncsu.edu>
+ * Benjamin Otte <in7y118(AT)public.uni-hamburg.de>
Misc
* Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller <Uraeus(AT)gnome.org>
* Alp Toker <alp(AT)atoker.com>
+ [*]: GStreamer is Hottest Pick in the UK Linux Format #36, out now !
+
References
1. http://www.gstreamer.net/status/?category=2
- 2. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102025
- 3. http://gstreamer.net/
- 4. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/
- 5. http://gstreamer.sf.net/
+ 2. http://gstreamer.net/
+ 3. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/
+ 4. http://gstreamer.sf.net/
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