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| GStreamer: Release notes for GStreamer 0.9.6 "Always On Time" |
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| The GStreamer team is petrified to announce a new release |
| in the 0.9.x development series of the |
| core of the GStreamer streaming media framework. |
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| The 0.9.x series is a development series and not recommended for 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. |
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| The main focus of the 0.9 series is to make GStreamer threadsafe. |
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| This module, gstreamer, only contains core functionality. |
| For actual media playback, you will need other modules. |
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| gst-plugins-base |
| contains a basic set of well-supported plug-ins |
| gst-plugins-good |
| contains a set of well-supported plug-ins under our preferred license |
| gst-plugins-ugly |
| contains a set of well-supported plug-ins, 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 |
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| Features of this release |
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| * Parallel installability with 0.8.x series |
| * Threadsafe design and API |
| * API changes and clean-up |
| * Extensive documentation updates |
| * remove GLib 2.4 compatibility |
| * added clock selection |
| * added network clocking |
| * added fd:// URI handler |
| * added more fraction functionality |
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| Bugs fixed in this release |
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| * 143472 : [api] gst_tag_list_foreach() takes a non-const GstTagList* |
| * 156633 : [API] don't use same API for arrays as for normal lists |
| * 164168 : circular pipeline fails to negotiate |
| * 165650 : [API] gst_value_deserialize doesn't work correctly for NU... |
| * 168438 : [API] GstIndexFilter doesn't receive user_data |
| * 168494 : [API] gst_index_add_object() does nothing |
| * 305291 : Obnoxious bug-filing request |
| * 311489 : Possible gstghostpad locking problems |
| * 319178 : [API] finish filler events and support them in GstCollect... |
| * 319388 : 0.9 API changes tracker |
| * 319389 : state change updates obsolete some functions |
| * 319392 : GstEventType is not bindings-friendly |
| * 319395 : Macro name/visibility API bugs |
| * 319940 : Use GLIB macros for GCC extensions |
| * 320060 : add a CORE error category for missing ELEMENTS/PLUGINS |
| * 320097 : GST_BUFFER_FLAG_ORIGINAL should die |
| * 320113 : [API] duration message changes |
| * 320299 : gst_pad_send_event should take stream lock for serialized... |
| * 320324 : [API] GST_FOURCC_FORMAT should drop leading '%' |
| * 320423 : [API] padding for GstCollectData |
| * 320766 : [API] collect pads API changes |
| * 321061 : GstURI not used |
| * 321235 : [API] GST_PAD_IS_USABLE should be removed |
| * 321386 : [SEGFAULT] basetransform when doing reverse caps negotiation |
| * 321452 : GstPad's " template " property is b0rked |
| * 321528 : capsfilter: assertion `caps != NULL' failed |
| * 321595 : GstBin doesn't clean the message queue when changing stat... |
| * 321638 : Don't use // style comments in headers |
| * 321648 : Wrong type check in gst_message_parse_clock_lost |
| * 321710 : GstClock resolution functions should take a GstClockTime |
| * 321712 : GstClock adjust function changes |
| * 321875 : gst_plugin_check_file disappeared |
| * 321950 : gst_registry_scan_paths lacks implementation |
| * 321962 : [easyfix] gst_value_is_fixed uses gst_value_list_* on GST... |
| * 322027 : [API] Rename gst_caps_structure_fixate_* to gst_structure... |
| * 322034 : Elements should be updated not to take the stream lock in... |
| * 322069 : Names of GstTagSetter methods should be more descriptive |
| * 322134 : API master/slave clocks |
| * 322139 : our elements are confused about GEnumValue and which is t... |
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| Download |
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| You can find source releases of gstreamer in the download directory: |
| http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/ |
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| GStreamer Homepage |
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| More details can be found on the project's website: |
| http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ |
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| Support and Bugs |
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| We use GNOME's bugzilla for bug reports and feature requests: |
| http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer |
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| Developers |
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| CVS is hosted on cvs.freedesktop.org. |
| 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. |
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| Applications |
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| At this point, ports of existing applications to 0.9 are still experimental. |
| A patch for Totem is maintained at |
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| http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=313086. |
| A patch for Rhythmbox is maintained at |
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| http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309609. |
| Jamboree has a branch with the tag "jamboree-gst-0.9" that works against |
| GStreamer 0.9. |
| Flumotion has been mostly ported to 0.9 as well. |
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| Contributors to this release |
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| * Alessandro Dessina |
| * Andy Wingo |
| * Daniel Fischer |
| * Edward Hervey |
| * Jan Schmidt |
| * Johan Dahlin |
| * Julien MOUTTE |
| * Michael Smith |
| * Stefan Kost |
| * Thomas Vander Stichele |
| * Tim-Philipp Müller |
| * Torsten Schoenfeld |
| * Wim Taymans |
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