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@@ -1,195 +1,50 @@ - GStreamer "Moo" 0.6.4 released +GStreamer: Release notes for GStreamer Plugins 0.6.5 "FLUSH" + - The GStreamer team is proud to announce a new version in the - ABI-stable 0.6.x series. +The GStreamer team is proud to announce a new release in the +ABI-stable 0.6.x series. - At this point in time GStreamer is fully functional for creating - audio-based applications, as shown by applications such as - gnome-sound-recorder, [1]rhythmbox, [2]sound-juicer and - nautilus-media. - The video part is known to be somewhat less functional than the audio - part, but applications such as [3]gst-player work very well. +This release is a service release, fixing some small outstanding issues +and versioning the binaries so that parallel +installability of the 0.6.x with future series is fixed. - We will also be releasing a development 0.7 release series, in which - we will work on the remaining issues, such as 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. + +Features of this release + + * Provides versioned binaries + * Provides versioned GConf installation + * compile fixes for mpeg2dec 0.4.0 + * compile fixes for ALSA 1.0.x + * fixes for uninstalled pkg-config files - 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. +Known issues + + * You need to manually migrate your GConf settings from /system/gstreamer to /system/gstreamer/0.6 - 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 [4]applications status page. +Download -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 - * Widely deployed through bundling with GNOME 2.2/2.4 - * 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 - * Tested to run on Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris - -Updates since 0.6.4 - - * gstreamer (core) - + #119456: [5][PATCH] assertion `GST_IS_SCHEDULER (sched)' - failed - + #90471: [6][0.6.x/patch] Autoplug functions only available - with varargs - + #114252: [7][PATCH] opt scheduler: implement unlinking pads - in different - + #115005: [8][PATCH] Fails to compile on OpenBSD - + #119155: [9]rhythmbox head fails to play a second song in the - playlist. - + #119770: [10]FreeBSD names libtool 1.4 libtool14 - + #120345: [11][PATCH] backport of --gst-disable-cpu-opt - + #120785: [12][PATCH] bison and yacc generated files aren't - disted - + #120960: [13]Failed to compile gstreamer 0.6.3 with gcc 3.3.1 - + #121311: [14][PATCH] Compilation Error - + #122272: [15][PATCH] [0.6.4] GST_CAPS_IS_FIXED is broken, as - well as prop - + #123137: [16][PATCH] Compilation fails when size_t is not an - unsigned int - + #123518: [17][PATCH] opt shouldn't add groups to run queue if - they're alr - + #123542: [18]inactive pads should be able to push a buffer if - their peer - + #124124: [19]docbook docs don't build properly - + #122059: [20]gst-md5sink needs a way to handle threads - + #123417: [21][PATCH] fix popt default scheduler description - + #123517: [22]more opt scheduler debug info - * gst-plugins - + #116077: [23][PATCH] sinesrc has problems in waveform - + #121165: [24]Compilation errors due to invalid -Wall option - + #121174: [25]Compiler error in gst-libs/gst/riff/riffutil.c - #define and v - + #121175: [26]Compiler error in - gst-libs/gst/media-info/media-info.c with - + #121184: [27][PATCH] ffmpeg requires gcc on x86 (at least) - + #121872: [28]gst-plugins fails to compile against - libmpeg2-0.3.2_pre20030 - + #122458: [29]Adding a visualisation video size signal to - libgstplay - + #122481: [30][PATCH] wavenc is somehow broken - + #123306: [31]Add error messages to cdparanoia plugin - + #123896: [32]xvideosink does too little parameter checking - and uses wrong - + #123939: [33]libgstplay : small fixes - + #123946: [34][PATCH] mpeg2dec-0.3.2-cvs run failure - + #121143: [35][PATCH] FLAC files with id3 tags fail to play - (can't find me - + #122031: [36]mpeg2dec plugin breaks against 0.3.2 cvs - + #123516: [37]adder unrefs the bufferpool wrongly +You find source releases of gst-plugins in the download directory: +http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins/ GStreamer Homepage - More details on these features can be found on the project's website, - [38]http://gstreamer.net/. +More details can be found on the project's website: +http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ Support and Bugs - We use [39]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 - - and attach the file "feedback" to your bug report, so that we have - some information useful in the debugging process. +We use GNOME's bugzilla for bug reports and feature requests: +http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer Developers - GStreamer is [40]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 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 - - * Brett Kosinski - * David Schleef - * Thomas Vander Stichele - * Jerry Talkington - - Plugins and Sample Applications - - * Damien Carbery - * Ronald Bultje - * Julien Moutte - * Jérémy Simon - * Ross Burton - - Misc - - * Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller - -References +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. - 1. http://www.rhythmbox.org/ - 2. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2003-April/msg00046.html - 3. http://gstreamer.net/releases/gst-player/0.5.0/ - 4. http://www.gstreamer.net/status/?category=2 - 5. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119456 - 6. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90471 - 7. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114252 - 8. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115005 - 9. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119155 - 10. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119770 - 11. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120345 - 12. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120785 - 13. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120960 - 14. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121311 - 15. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122272 - 16. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123137 - 17. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123518 - 18. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123542 - 19. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=124124 - 20. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122059 - 21. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123417 - 22. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123517 - 23. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116077 - 24. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121165 - 25. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121174 - 26. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121175 - 27. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121184 - 28. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121872 - 29. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122458 - 30. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122481 - 31. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123306 - 32. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123896 - 33. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123939 - 34. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123946 - 35. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121143 - 36. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122031 - 37. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123516 - 38. http://gstreamer.net/ - 39. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/ - 40. http://gstreamer.sf.net/ + +
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