Release notes for GStreamer Good Plug-ins 0.10.31 "Faster"

Features of this release

• audioparsers: propagate downstream caps constraints upstream
• ac3parse: add support for IEC 61937 alignment and conversion/switching between alignments
• ac3parse: let bsid 9 and 10 through
• auparse: implement seeking
• avidemux: fix wrong stride when inverting uncompressed video
• cairotextoverlay: add a "silent" property to skip rendering; forward new segment events
• deinterlace: add support for deinterlacing using buffer caps/flags (as set by e.g. fieldanalysis)
• deinterlace: new fieldanalysis-related properties: "locking" and "ignore-obscure"
• directsoundsink: fix negotiation/device setup: 16-bit audio is signed, 8-bit is unsigned
• effecttv: fix reverse negotiation; repair color modes in radioactv by taking rgb,bgr into account
• equalizer: also sync the parameters for the filter bands
• flacdec: better timestamp/offset handling; try upstream first for duration queries
• flacdec: send EOS when seeking after the end of file instead of failing
• flacenc: do not drop the first data buffer on the floor
• flacparse: detect when a file lies about fixed block size; ignore invalid minimum_blocksize
• flacparse: more accurate/better duration/timestamp handling
• flvdemux: better timestamp handling (negative cts, detect large pts gaps; fix discontinuity threshold check when timestamps go backwards)
• flvmux: properly determine final duration; metadata/header writing fixes
• gdkpixbufsink: fix inverted pixel-aspect-ratio info on pixbufs
• jack: add "client-name" property to jackaudiosink and jackaudiosrc
• jpegdec: add sof-marker to template caps, so we don't get plugged for lossless jpeg
• jpegdec: Implement upstream negotiation
• matroskademux: seeking fixes; better handling of non-finalized files
• matroskademux: better timestamp/duration handling, fix some stuttering A/V
• matroskademux: add "max-gap-time" property to make gap handling configurable
• matroskademux: UTF-8 subtitles may have markup
• matroskamux: do not use unoffical V_MJPEG codec id
• matroskamux: fix segment handling, so we actually use running time
• matroskamux: for streaming files, push tags first
• matroskamux: handle GstForceKeyUnit event
• multifile: new splitfilesrc element to read multiple files as if they were one single file
• multifilesrc: add "loop" property
• multifilesink: handle buffer lists, useful to keep groups of buffers (GOPs) in the same file
• multifilesink: add flag to cut after a force key unit event
• multifilesink: add "max-files" property
• multifilesink: add new 'max-size' mode and "max-file-size" property for switching to the next file based on size
• multifilesink: write stream-headers when switching to the next file in max-size mode
• multipartdemux: Add property to assume a single stream and emit no-more-pads
• multipartmux: Add \r\n to tail of pushed buffers
• navseek: toggle pause/play on space bar
• osxvideo: Fix leak of NSOpenGLPixelFormat object
• pcmadepay,pcmudepay: allow variable sample rate
• pngenc: increase arbitrary resolution limits
• pulse: Drop support for PA versions before 0.9.16 (1.x is recommended)
• pulse: new pulseaudiosink element to handle format changes (not autoplugged yet)
• pulsesink: add support for compressed audio format passthrough (S/PDIF, mp3-over-bluetooth)
• pulsesink: Allow writes in bigger chunks
• pulsesink: Use the extended stream API if available
• pulsesrc: add a "source-output-index" property; implement GstStreamVolume interface
• qtdemux: better fragmented support (avoid adjustment for keyframe seek; mark all audio track samples as keyframe)
• qtdemux: parse embedded ID32 tags; improve bitrate guessing/extraction
• qtdemux: push mode fixes, fix buffered streaming
• qtmux: add direct dirac mapping
• qtmux: calculate average bitrate for streams
• qtmux: fix ctts generation for streams that don't start at 0 timestamps
• qtmux: use GST_TAG_IMAGE for coverart too
• ismlmux: Use iso-fragmented as variant type (useful in connection with encodebin)
• rtph263ppay: implement getcaps following RFC 4629, picks the right annexes
• rtph263ppay: set H263-2000 if thats what the other side wants
• rtph264depay: complete merged AU on marker bit (thus reducing latency)
• rtph264depay: cope with FU-A E bit not being set (caused by buggy payloaders)
• rtph264depay: exclude NALu size from payload length on truncated packets
• rtph264pay: proxy downstream caps restrictions (converting profile-level-id from RTP caps into video/x-h264 style caps)
• rtph264pay: only set the marker bit on the last NALU of a multi-NALU access unit
• rtpjpegpay: add support for H.264 payload in MJPEG container
• rtpjpegpay: fix for "odd" resolutions not a multiple of DCTSIZE
• rtpmp4adepay: fix output buffer timestamps in case of multiple frames
• rtpmp4gdepay: improve bogus interleaved index compensating
• rtpmp4vpay: deprecated send-config property and replace by config-interval
• rtppcmapay/depay: static clock rates on static payloads, dynamic on dynamic
• rtpvrawpay,-depay: RGB video payloading/depayloading fixes
• rtpg722pay: Compensate for clockrate vs. samplerate difference
• rtpbin: allow configurable rtcp stream syncing interval
• rtpbin: new "rtcp-sync" property, alternative inter-stream syncing methods
• rtpjitterbuffer/rtpbin: relax dropping rtcp packets; misc other fixes
• rtpmanager: don't reveal the user's username, hostname or real name by default
• rtpsession: process received Full Intra Requests (FIR)
• rtpsession: add special mode to use FIR as repair as Google does
• rtpsession: send FIR requests in response to key unit requests with all-headers=TRUE
• rtpsession: always send application requested feedback in immediate mode
• rtpsession: put the PLI requests in each RTPSource
• rtpsession: wait longer to timeout SSRC collision
• rtspsrc: implement async network I/O
• rtspsrc: allow sending short RTSP requests to a server
• rtspsrc: configure rtcp interval if provided
• rtspsrc: open on play and pause when not done yet
• shout2send: send video/webm through libshout
• soup: new souphttpclientsink element
• udpsrc: drop dataless UDP packets
• v4l2: take care not to change the current format where appropriate
• v4l2src, v4l2sink: add "norm" property; default to a pixel-aspect-ratio of 1/1
• v4l2src: do not ignore the highest frame interval or the largest resolution
• v4l2src: handle some feature query failures more gracefully
• videobox: avoid wrapping opaque to transparent
• wavenc: Allow setcaps to be called after a format was negotiated if it's compatible
• ximagesrc: add "xid" and "xname" properties to allow capturing a particular window
• ximagesrc: fallback to non-XShm mode if allocating the XShm image failed
• ximagesrc: clear flags on buffer reuse, so that flags like DISCONT aren't set accidentally

Bugs fixed in this release

• 668320 : rtpmanager: RTCP receiver reports reveal full user name
• 652727 : multifilesrc: add ability to loop
• 657422 : [souphttpsrc] The souphttpsrc plugin doesn't work behind a proxy that requires authentication
• 432612 : [matroskamux] doesn't handle segments correctly
• 541215 : [avimux] Dirac muxing is broken and results in A/V sync issues
• 546932 : [ximagesrc] allow recording of specific window only
• 571400 : RTSP blocks in gst_element_set_state( GST_STATE_PAUSED ) and incorrect url
• 576524 : rtpbin, jitterbuffer: add mode to support for recording RTP streams
• 586450 : [cairotextoverlay] Forward upstream events to both sinkpads
• 595055 : [pulsesrc] Should implement GstStreamVolume interface
• 605834 : directsoundsink: 16-bit audio is always signed while 8-bit is always unsigned
• 610916 : rtspsrc dosen't work under windows
• 614803 : v4l2: add tv-norm property
• 616686 : multipartdemux: add " single-stream " property to emit no-more-pads earlier
• 616936 : [matroskademux] Incorrect display of subtitles with markup
• 619548 : qtdemux: Guess bitrate if only one stream's bitrate is unknown
• 619590 : [matroskademux] Doesn't protect segment and other fields from concurrent changes from different threads
• 620186 : qtdemux: Export max bitrate for AMR-NB/-WB streams
• 622412 : [rtpmp4vpay] remove send-config parameter; obsoleted by config-interval
• 624887 : pitivi playback hangs / errors while playing mov clips on clip change
• 630456 : [ximagesrc] Fallback to non-XShm mode if image allocation fails
• 631430 : [flvdemux] Cannot play .flv to the end
• 632504 : [rtspsrc] reduce or avoid (network) hang during shutdown
• 634093 : RTSP client asks for unicast from multicast only server
• 638300 : v4l2src: make this work more than once in a row
• 639217 : udpsrc: allow skip-first-bytes of full buffer size
• 640323 : [cairotextoverlay] forward new segment events from the sink to the source
• 643847 : deinterlace: Add support for deinterlacing using buffer caps/flags
• 644151 : [multifilesink] Add option to create a new file after each GstForceKeyUnit event
• 644154 : [matroskamux] Force a new cluster after each GstForceKeyUnit event
• 644512 : [auparse] Add seeking
• 647540 : autoaudiosink picks element to use by rank, but pulsesink/alsasink/jackaudiosink are all PRIMARY
• 648312 : [v4l2sink] Unconditionally accepts video/mpegts
• 648642 : rtpsession: Ensure ssrc collisions aren't timed out immediately
• 648937 : matroskademux: avoid building index when streamable
• 649067 : v4l2src: got unexpected frame size of 262254 instead of 614400
• 649617 : [rtp] Deadlock and other fixes for rtpssrcdemux
• 649780 : flac: seek beyond end fails instead of EOSing immediately
• 649955 : flvmux: add support for mpegversion 2, which is also AAC
• 650258 : matroskademux/matroskaparse: gst_element_query_duration returns wrong value for Matroska files
• 650313 : ac3parse: Add support for iec61937 alignment
• 650503 : [dvdemux] Broken DURATION query handling
• 650555 : [aacparse] AAC profiles needed in caps
• 650691 : [flacparse] regression playing some flac files
• 650714 : [amrparse] skips first few frames (problem in checking sync)
• 650785 : [flacparse] duration query in DEFAULT format failing with flacparse in pipeline (regression)
• 650877 : matroska: refactor code common to matroskademux and matroskaparse
• 650912 : Rare leak in qtdemux
• 650916 : REGRESSION: ssrcdemux causing FLOW_NOT_LINKED
• 650937 : deinterlace: fix parameter type in trace
• 651059 : rtspsrc: uniform unknown message handling
• 651443 : multifilesink: add next-file=max-size mode and max-file-size property
• 652195 : matroskademux: seeking in non-finalized matroska files does not work correctly
• 652286 : matroskaparse: Gstreamer-CRITICAL when changing state from PAUSED to READY
• 652467 : matroska: missing < stdio.h > include for sscanf
• 653080 : matroskamux: make check for block_duration less sensitive
• 653091 : [dv1394src] Make the internal clock thread-safe
• 653327 : configure script for gst-plugins-good selects shout2 when it's not present
• 653559 : aacparse: too greedy minimum frame size
• 653709 : [ximagesrc] sets DISCONT on half the buffers
• 654175 : matroskademux: handle blocks with duration=0
• 654379 : matroskamux: make default framerate optional per stream
• 654583 : Immediate RTCP in rtpsession
• 654585 : rtpmp4gdepay choppy sound
• 654744 : matroskademux: fix aspect ratio if header has only onle display variable set
• 654749 : goom: unbreak build on PPC on openbsd
• 654816 : [rtspsrc] rtspsrc doesn't get eos if it's wrapped into a bin
• 655530 : Logitech B990 HD Webcam yields poor video in MJPEG mode.
• 655570 : qtdemux: assertion error when playing Apple Trailers
• 655805 : Make the extended RTSP headers optional
• 655866 : jackaudiosink: Don't call g_alloca in jack_process_cb
• 655918 : qtdemux : qtdemux_add_fragmented_samples return error.
• 656104 : v4l2src fails to correctly configure the framerate
• 656606 : crash in gst_spectrum_reset_message_data()
• 656649 : flacparse: fix off by one in frame size check
• 656734 : [aacparse] Assumes 1024 samples per frame
• 657080 : aacparse: failing test due to two buffers being dropped for one sync loss
• 657179 : pulse: New pulseaudiosink element to handle format changes
• 657376 : rtspsrc regression
• 657830 : multiudpsink: make add/remove/clear/get-stats action signals
• 658178 : udpsrc: rough error reporting when using an invalid URI
• 658305 : [souphttpsrc] can’t seek during double speed playback
• 658419 : Add FIR support to rtpsession
• 658543 : [v4l2src] Use GST_RESOURCE_ERROR_BUSY if webcam is already used
• 658546 : ac3parse: RealAudio file with AC-3 audio no longer plays
• 659009 : [matroskademux] property for configuring gap handling
• 659065 : navseek: toggle pause/play on space bar
• 659153 : matroskademux: fix stuttering A/V
• 659237 : [gstrtpbin] clock is not unreffed after finish using it
• 659242 : [matroskademux] Unexpected EOS when seeking on paused matroska file
• 659798 : Segfault when you convert with audioconvert from audio file mkv to audio file avi
• 659808 : matroskademux: misc fixes
• 659837 : matroskamux: unable to mux audio/x-raw-int,rate=8000,channels=1,endianness=1234,width=16,depth=16,signed=true
• 659943 : [ac3parse] it does not correcly check for ac3/e-ac3 switch
• 660249 : won't play wav file: invalid WAV header (no fmt at start): ID32
• 660275 : jpegdec doesn't implement upstream negotiation
• 660294 : goom2k1: Fix mingw compiler warnings
• 660448 : videomixer2: memory leak
• 660468 : speexenc: fix calculation of filler data size
• 660481 : v4l, ximagesrc: printf format warnings
• 660969 : qtmux memleak
• 661049 : matroskademux: support seek with start_type NONE
• 661215 : flacparse: fix last frame timestamp in fixed block size mode
• 661400 : rtpg722pay: G722 rtptime too fast
• 661477 : flvdemux: negative cts causes uint overflow, resulting in sinks waiting forever
• 661841 : [edgetv] video artifacts if videorate placed after edgetv
• 661874 : aacparse fails to forward caps to encoder
• 662856 : cairotextoverlay: add a 'silent' property to skip rendering
• 663186 : taginject is not gap aware
• 663334 : gst/flv/: add amfdefs.h to noinst_HEADERS
• 663580 : v4l2src negotiation failure with weird pixel-aspect-ratios
• 664548 : matroskaparse: memleak
• 664792 : Staircase effect in M-JPEG over RTP with unaligned image dimensions..
• 664892 : [matroskademux] Doesn't set caps properly
• 665387 : v4l2src: fix stepwise enumeration ignoring the highest values
• 665412 : matroskamux: jpeg muxing regression
• 665502 : [flvdemux] broken a/v sync for some files
• 665666 : multifilesink: GstMultiFileSinkNext not documented
• 665872 : jackaudiosink, jackaudiosrc: add " client-name " property
• 665882 : gdkpixbufsink: " pixel-aspect-ratio " is the inverse of what it should be
• 665911 : Ability to specify ignore-length in wavparse
• 666361 : playbin2: regression: visualisations don't work with pulseaudiosink
• 666583 : matroskademux: too many bus messages in streamable mode
• 666602 : ac3parse: no valid frames found before end of stream (unexpected bsid=10)
• 666644 : udpsrc: infinite loop on dataless UDP packets
• 666688 : jpedec: peer_caps leak
• 666711 : rtspsrc: hostname lookup is not thread safe
• 667419 : matroskamux memleaks
• 667818 : osxvideo: Fix leak of NSOpenGLPixelFormat object
• 667820 : rtpptdemux: Plug potential pad leak.
• 667846 : rtph264depay: Exclude NALu size from payload length on truncated packets.
• 668648 : gst-plugins-good does not compile: cairo cannot find libgstvideo-0.10
• 669455 : V4l2src can't open webcamstudio new vloopback
• 669590 : [shout2send] support webm streaming
• 670197 : v4l2src: webcam doesn't work due to fatal error when querying color balance attributes
• 650960 : flacparse makes decoded flac files start at sample offset 9215
• 659947 : souphttpsink: rename to souphttpclientsink?
• 658659 : qtmux: Fix ctts entries for streams that don't start with timestamps from 0

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Contributors to this release

• Alessandro Decina
• Alexey Fisher
• Andoni Morales Alastruey
• Antoine Jacoutot
• Arun Raghavan
• Branko Subasic
• Brian Li
• Chad
• David Henningsson
• David Schleef
• David Svensson Fors
• Debarshi Ray
• Edward Hervey
• Gary Ching-Pang Lin
• Guillaume Desmottes
• Ha Nguyen
• Havard Graff
• Jan Schmidt
• Jayakrishnan M
• John Ogness
• Jonas Larsson
• Jonny Lamb
• Julien Isorce
• Konstantin Miller
• Lasse Laukkanen
• Marc Leeman
• Mark Nauwelaerts
• Mart Raudsepp
• Miguel Angel Cabrera Moya
• Monty Montgomery
• Nicola Murino
• Nicolas Baron
• Olivier Crête
• Pascal Buhler
• Peter Korsgaard
• Peter Seiderer
• Philip Jägenstedt
• Philippe Normand
• Raimo Järvi
• Ralph Giles
• Raul Gutierrez Segales
• René Stadler
• Reynaldo H. Verdejo Pinochet
• Robert Krakora
• Sebastian Dröge
• Sebastian Rasmussen
• Sjoerd Simons
• Stas Sergeev
• Stefan Kost
• Stefan Sauer
• Stig Sandnes
• Thiago Santos
• Tim-Philipp Müller
• Tristan Matthews
• Tuukka Pasanen
• Vincent Penquerc'h
• Wim Taymans