
                 GStreamer "Proven to be true" 0.6.1 released

   The  GStreamer  team  is  proud  to announce an updated version in the
   ABI-stable  0.6.x,  which  features  many  bugfixes  and  some feature
   improvements over the previous 0.6.0 release.

   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.

   The  video part is known to be somewhat less functional than the audio
   part, but applications such as [1]gst-player work quite well.

   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.

   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 [2]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 with regard to 0.6.0

     * Makefile corrections for bison/flex generated files ([3]#101421)
     * Better  handling  of  unknown  popt  arguments  (don't g_error()!)
       ([4]#101678)
     * Fixes  for  systems that don't have stdint.h and still want a52dec
       ([5]#104009)
     * Moved gst-element-check.m4 macro from plugins to core ([6]#104282)
     * Cleanup for arts Makefile (generated files mess; [7]#104689)
     * Remove CVS dir from dist for ffmpeg ([8]#104752)
     * xvideosink  does  no longer open $DISPLAY when registering plugins
       ([9]#105256)
     * Improved vorbis typefinding (also works for streams; [10]#106448)
     * Fix osssrc read()-before-format-negotiation bug ([11]#106709)
     * ISO C fix - use time_t instead of long ([12]#106774)
     * make ffmpeg use $(MAKE) instead of make ([13]#106776)
     * fix m4 scripts for lrint/lrintf (freeBSD fix; [14]#106777)
     * disable  ffmpeg  video/mpeg  typefinding  because it's too generic
       ([15]#107186)
     * Disable  qcam  plugin for archs that don't want it (everything but
       x86; [16]#109048)
     * Workaround  for  v4l  devices  that say they have audio while they
       don't (mostly webcams; [17]#109330)
     * spit  out  warning  for  cdparanoia  discids that we know could be
       wrong (data/audio combi cds; [18]#109558)
     * use  guint32  instead of gulong for things that need to be 4 bytes
       ([19]#109700)
     * prevent closing random file descriptors in udpsrc ([20]#109797)
     * Fix libgstcontrol linking ([21]#109993 & [22]#109994)
     * fix sine compilation ([23]#110038)
     * upgrade dvdnav plugin to next lib version ([24]#110138)
     * libgstplay/libgstgconf changes/additions ([25]#110171)
     * avidemux endianness fixes ([26]#110248)
     * fix modplug ([27]#110252)
     * fix mikmod ([28]#110253)
     * fix law plugins [29]#110255)
     * fix wav file parsing ([30]#110516)
     * fix wavenc on big-endian machines ([31]#110542)
     * fix vorbis metadata writing ([32]#110544)
     * new  gthread-based  schedulers  (mostly  relevant  for archs where
       cothreads don't work at all, like sparc; [33]#110545)
     * make bins forward EOS from their child elements ([34]#110589)
     * fix spider in case source elements provide caps too ([35]#93735)
     * fix mp3 typefinding, also works on streams now ([36]#94113)
     * Use   opt   scheduler   by  default  (increases  portability,  see
       [37]#109730)
     * Solaris optimizations disabled (not working, [38]#104715)
     * Fix  wrong  encoding  of  metadata in mad plugin (Latin instead of
       UTF-8, [39]#104344)
     * Fix v4l compilation problems due to different versions of v4l/v4l2
       headers around ([40]#105467 & [41]#110009)
     * Updates to goom/synaesthesia visualization plugins to prevent them
       from hanging on song change (DISCONT event)
     * Better dump_mem implementation ([42]#109729)
     * Fix   for   incorrect   refcounting   ([43]#110962,   [44]#110963,
       [45]#110964, [46]#109724 & [47]#109727)
     * Fix for compilation with debug disabled ([48]#106047)
     * New shaper element
     * Fix for mpeg playback crash ([49]#110899)
     * Center  X  image  that  playbacks  video  (xvideosink)  for non-Xv
       capable cards. Also give it black background borders
     * Send  events  over  the eventhandler rather than the eventfunction
       directly,  so  schedulers can insert their own handler. Also known
       as "Voodoo only Wim understands" ([50]#110976)

GStreamer Homepage

   More  details on these features can be found on the project's website,
   [51]http://gstreamer.net/.

Support and Bugs

   We  use [52]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 [53]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 <wim.taymans(AT)chello.be>
     * Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas(AT)apestaart.org>
     * David I. Lehn <dlehn(AT)vt.edu>
     * David Schleef <ds(AT)schleef.org>
     * Joshua N Pritikin <vishnu(AT)pobox.com>
     * Ronald Bultje <rbultje(AT)ronald.bitfreak.net>
     * Benjamin Otte <in7y118(AT)public.uni-hamburg.de>

  Plugins and Sample Applications

     * Julien MOUTTE <jmoutte(AT)electronic-group.com>
     * Cameron Hutchison <camh+gst(AT)xdna.net>
     * Iain Holmes <iain(AT)prettypeople.org>
     * Jrmy Simon <jsimon13(AT)yahoo.fr>
     * Jan Schmidt <thaytan(AT)mad.scientist.com>
     * Andrew Turner <zombie(AT)4free.co.nz>
     * Leif Morgan Johnson <lmjohns3(AT)eos.ncsu.edu>
     * Marinus Schraal <foser(AT)gentoo.org>
     * Martin Janzen <janzen(AT)pixelmetrix.com>

  Misc

     * Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller <Uraeus(AT)gnome.org>

References

   1. http://gstreamer.net/releases/gst-player/0.5.0/
   2. http://www.gstreamer.net/status/?category=2
   3. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101421
   4. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101678
   5. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104009
   6. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104282
   7. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104689
   8. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104752
   9. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105256
  10. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106448
  11. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106709
  12. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106774
  13. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106776
  14. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106777
  15. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107186
  16. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109048
  17. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109330
  18. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109558
  19. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109700
  20. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109797
  21. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109993
  22. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109994
  23. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110038
  24. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110138
  25. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110171
  26. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110248
  27. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110252
  28. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110253
  29. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110255
  30. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110516
  31. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110542
  32. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110544
  33. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110545
  34. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110589
  35. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93735
  36. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94113
  37. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109730
  38. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104715
  39. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104344
  40. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105467
  41. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110009
  42. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109729
  43. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110962
  44. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110963
  45. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110964
  46. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109724
  47. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109727
  48. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106047
  49. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110899
  50. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110976
  51. http://gstreamer.net/
  52. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/
  53. http://gstreamer.sf.net/
