2 Release notes for GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins 0.10.17 "Raised by Wolves"
5 The GStreamer team is proud to announce a new release
6 in the 0.10.x stable series of the
7 GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins.
10 The 0.10.x series is a stable series targeted at end users.
14 "When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk."
17 There are times when the world needs a color between black and white.
18 Quality code to match the good's, but two-timing, backstabbing and ready to
19 sell your freedom down the river. These plug-ins might have a patent noose
20 around their neck, or a lock-up license, or any other problem that makes you
21 think twice about shipping them.
24 We don't call them ugly because we like them less. Does a mother love her
25 son less because he's not as pretty as the other ones ? No - she commends
26 him on his great personality. These plug-ins are the life of the party.
27 And we'll still step in and set them straight if you report any unacceptable
28 behaviour - because there are two kinds of people in the world, my friend:
29 those with a rope around their neck and the people who do the cutting.
32 This module contains a set of plug-ins that have good quality and correct
33 functionality, but distributing them might pose problems. The license
34 on either the plug-ins or the supporting libraries might not be how we'd
35 like. The code might be widely known to present patent problems.
36 Distributors should check if they want/can ship these plug-ins.
39 Other modules containing plug-ins are:
42 gst-plugins-base
43 contains a basic set of well-supported plug-ins
44 gst-plugins-good
45 contains a set of well-supported plug-ins under our preferred license
46 gst-plugins-bad
47 contains a set of less supported plug-ins that haven't passed the
48 rigorous quality testing we expect
54 Features of this release
56 * asfdemux: Handle new type of DRM'd asf files
57 * dvdreadsrc: fix handling of multi-angle streams
58 * dvdreadsrc: improve error messages on read errors
59 * mad: if gst_pad_alloc_buffer() returns a buffer with the wrong size allocate a new one
60 * mad: support reverse playback
61 * mpeg2dec: convert the position to stream time before answering to a position query
62 * mpeg2dec: fix position query by trusting upstream
63 * mpeg2dec: refactor cropping code to use libgstvideo functions
64 * mpeg2dec: use gst_pad_alloc_buffer() when cropping buffers
65 * mpegparse: re-fix flow return handling
66 * rmdemux: set GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT properly
67 * x264enc: add a note to the docs about encoder latency and queues
68 * x264enc: also accept YV12 input
69 * x264enc: Handle codec/encoder tags
70 * x264enc: Work around a rate control issue in libx264
71 * x264: use pkg-config to locate libx264
72 * x264: vbv-buf-capacity should have a minimum of 0
73 * xingmux: Don't ignore WRONG_STATE and NOT_LINKED when pushing data downstream
75 Bugs fixed in this release
77 * 539254 : [dvdreadsrc] DVDs with multiple angles switch angles during read
78 * 571146 : mpeg2dec: possibly uses wrong strides for 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 YUV with unusual display width or height
79 * 599515 : Fix dvb for DVB API 3.3
80 * 621465 : [x264enc] Video codec information copied incorrectly to output
81 * 632549 : [mpeg2dec] answers to position queries are wrong for DVDs
82 * 632861 : [x264enc] really bad quality with tune=zerolatency
83 * 634840 : x264: use pkg-config to locate dependencies for plugin
84 * 635291 : x264enc: " vbv-buf-capacity " property should have minimum value of 0
85 * 635461 : Crash in mad decoder when changing number of audio output channels in Totem while media is running
86 * 636107 : x264enc: docs should indicate specifics of using with queues
87 * 637093 : rmdemux: set GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT properly
88 * 637932 : realmedia: do not use the pad buffer allocation functions in demuxers
89 * 639226 : [asfdemux] Doesn't handle new PlayReady DRM files
91 Download
93 You can find source releases of gst-plugins-ugly in the download directory:
94 http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-ugly/
96 GStreamer Homepage
98 More details can be found on the project's website:
99 http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
101 Support and Bugs
103 We use GNOME's bugzilla for bug reports and feature requests:
104 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer
106 Developers
108 GStreamer is stored in Git, hosted at git.freedesktop.org, and can be cloned from there.
109 Interested developers of the core library, plug-ins, and applications should
110 subscribe to the gstreamer-devel list. If there is sufficient interest we
111 will create more lists as necessary.
114 Applications
116 Contributors to this release
118 * Benjamin Gaignard
119 * David Schleef
120 * Edward Hervey
121 * Guillaume Emont
122 * Jan Schmidt
123 * Leo Singer
124 * Mark Nauwelaerts
125 * Rob Clark
126 * Robert Swain
127 * Sebastian Dröge
128 * Stefan Kost
129 * Thiago Santos
130 * Thomas Green
131 * Tim-Philipp Müller
132 * Tristan Matthews
133 * Vincent Penquerc'h
134 * Wim Taymans