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Michael Smith557da662005-11-24 11:16:53 +00002GStreamer: Release notes for GStreamer Good Plug-ins 0.9.6 "Everything's Not Lost"
Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +00003
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +00004
Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +00005The GStreamer team is petrified to announce a new release
6in the 0.9.x development series of the
Michael Smith557da662005-11-24 11:16:53 +00007GStreamer Good Plug-ins.
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +00008
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +00009
Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +000010The 0.9.x series is a development series and not recommended for end users.
11It is not API or ABI compatible with the stable 0.8.x series.
12It is, however, parallel installable with the 0.8.x series.
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000013
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000014
Michael Smith557da662005-11-24 11:16:53 +000015"Such ingratitude. After all the times I've saved your life."
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000016
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000017
Michael Smith557da662005-11-24 11:16:53 +000018A collection of plug-ins you'd want to have right next to you on the
19battlefield. Shooting sharp and making no mistakes, these plug-ins have it
20all: good looks, good code, and good licensing. Documented and dressed up
21in tests. If you're looking for a role model to base your own plug-in on,
22here it is.
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000023
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Michael Smith557da662005-11-24 11:16:53 +000025If you find a plot hole or a badly lip-synced line of code in them,
26let us know - it is a matter of honour for us to ensure Blondie doesn't look
27like he's been walking 100 miles through the desert without water.
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000028
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000029
Michael Smith557da662005-11-24 11:16:53 +000030This module contains a set of plug-ins that we consider to have good quality
31 code, correct functionality, our preferred license (LGPL for the plug-in
32 code, LGPL or LGPL-compatible for the supporting library).
33We believe distributors can safely ship these plug-ins.
34People writing elements should base their code on these elements.
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000035
Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +000036Other modules containing plug-ins are:
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Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000038
Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +000039gst-plugins-base
40contains a basic set of well-supported plug-ins
Michael Smith557da662005-11-24 11:16:53 +000041gst-plugins-ugly
42contains a set of well-supported plug-ins, but might pose problems for
43 distributors
Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +000044gst-plugins-bad
45contains a set of less supported plug-ins that haven't passed the
46 rigorous quality testing we expect
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Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000048
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Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +000050
51Features of this release
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53 * Parallel installability with 0.8.x series
54 * Threadsafe design and API
Michael Smith557da662005-11-24 11:16:53 +000055 * added speex RTP payloader/depayloader
56 * ported cutter
57 * fractional framerates
58 * more video filters now use BaseTransform
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000059
Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +000060Bugs fixed in this release
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Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000062
Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +000063Download
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000064
Michael Smith557da662005-11-24 11:16:53 +000065You can find source releases of gst-plugins-good in the download directory:
66http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-good/
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000067
Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +000068GStreamer Homepage
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000069
Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +000070More details can be found on the project's website:
71http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000072
Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +000073Support and Bugs
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000074
Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +000075We use GNOME's bugzilla for bug reports and feature requests:
76http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000077
Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +000078Developers
Thomas Vander Stichele5cfcaf52005-09-06 14:05:33 +000079
Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +000080CVS is hosted on cvs.freedesktop.org.
81All code is in CVS and can be checked out from there.
82Interested developers of the core library, plug-ins, and applications should
83subscribe to the gstreamer-devel list. If there is sufficient interest we
84will create more lists as necessary.
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87Applications
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89Contributors to this release
90
Michael Smith557da662005-11-24 11:16:53 +000091 * Andy Wingo
92 * Edgard Lima
93 * Edward Hervey
94 * Jan Schmidt
95 * Julien Moutte
Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +000096 * Michael Smith
Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +000097 * Thomas Vander Stichele
Michael Smith557da662005-11-24 11:16:53 +000098 * Tim-Philipp Müller
99 * Vincent Torri
Thomas Vander Stichelecb480632005-10-03 17:48:57 +0000100 * Wim Taymans
Michael Smith557da662005-11-24 11:16:53 +0000101