GStreamer "Mother Theresa" 0.6.3 released The GStreamer team is proud to announce an updated version 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 works very well, and a port of [4]Totem is in progress in GNOME CVS. We will also be releasing a development 0.7 release series, in which we will work on such things as 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. 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. 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 [5]applications status page. 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 * Tested to run on Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris Updates since 0.6.3 * gstreamer (core) * #104829: [6][0.6.3] crash when removing plugin without rerunning gst-register * #113280: [7][0.6.3] Atomic sparc code needs testing * #117786: [8][0.6.3] Can't play files on a read-only NTFS drive * #118067: [9][0.6.3] build failure with debugging disabled * #118619: [10]please update the online docs * #119393: [11]backport m68k fix * #117837: [12]docs/libs doesn't build properly * #120741: [13][PATCH] xml registry typefinding is recursive and can lead t * #116146: [14]opt scheduler doesn't set event handler on unconnected src p gst-plugins * #94113: [15][0.6.3] spider doesn't detect type of mp3 stream * #115965: [16]dvdnavsrc plug-in isn't updated against 0.1.9 * #114948: [17]make install fails at gst-libs/ext/ffmpeg * #114976: [18][0.6.3/patch] videotestsrc and xvideosink do not reset their * #116416: [19]vorbis metadata: use fields compatible with most players * #116420: [20]lame metadata: write id3 v1 and v2 tags in encoded files * #119372: [21][0.6.3] [patch] mpeg2 identification bug * #116152: [22]modplug doesn't handle state changes properly * #119105: [26][0.6.3/patch] gst-plugins build fails due to warnings and -Werror GStreamer Homepage More details on these features can be found on the project's website, [23]http://gstreamer.net/. Support and Bugs We use [24]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. Developers GStreamer is [25]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 * Wim Taymans * Thomas Vander Stichele * Ronald Bultje * Benjamin Otte * David Schleef * David I. Lehn * Hidetoshi Tajima * Joshua N Pritikin * Christophe Fergeau Plugins and Sample Applications * Julien MOUTTE * Zeeshan Ali Khattak * Jérémy Simon * Ross Burton * Martin Janzen Misc * Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller References 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.hadess.net/totem.php3 5. http://www.gstreamer.net/status/?category=2 6. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104829 7. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113280 8. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117786 9. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118067 10. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118619 11. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119393 12. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117837 13. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120741 14. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116146 15. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94113 16. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115965 17. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114948 18. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114976 19. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116416 20. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116420 21. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119372 22. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116152 23. http://gstreamer.net/ 24. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/ 25. http://gstreamer.sf.net/ 26. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119105