0.10.6 Release

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Hi,
I think we are ready to start planning the next release. 
The tests I have done so far have been successful. All the sinks and source 
plugins works well after fixing the bug in the dshowvideosrc plugin. I have 
also tested AVI, MOV/MP4, OGG, ASF/WMV and MPG containers as well as MP3, 
AAC, Vorbis and WMA audio codecs and MPEG2, MPEG4/xvid/divx, Theora, WMV and 
H264 video codecs. We should definitivly have a media library for not missing 
any one, but should be discussed in the testing wiki page.

What I haven't been able to test is the installer. Could you please upload a 
new one with the last changes so I can check if everything is ok? 

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ylatuya on 22 Mar 2010 at 11:31

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I've posted a new beta on the downloads page with a complete rebuild of r553.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 23 Mar 2010 at 5:24

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The best place I know of for samples is: http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/

They've got most formats I've ever heard of and lots that I've never heard of. 
(c:

On the test page, you say the directdraw video sink should be auto selected 
normally, but dshow was still being selected on my win 7 machine. I don't 
personally 
have a problem w/ the direct draw video sink with regards to the things I'm 
using 
gstreamer for.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 23 Mar 2010 at 5:48

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Can you verify the issue mentioned here regarding missing plugins:
https://forja.rediris.es/forum/forum.php?thread_id=5148&forum_id=1624 

I haven't been able to reproduce it. But if there are missing plugins, it'll 
need to
be addressed before release.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 24 Mar 2010 at 5:20

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Sure. We should also try to include to udpsink for the release. Even if it's 
not well
tested it's better than having a plugin mostly broken :)

Original comment by ylatuya on 25 Mar 2010 at 10:12

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Go ahead and include the patch if you think it passes sufficient muster. Give 
me some
example pipelines to test on the Linux side and I can confirm if it works on 
that
platform or not.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 25 Mar 2010 at 5:27

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There are more examples we can use at:

http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/media/

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 25 Mar 2010 at 8:37

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Replying to comment #3, the user must be doing something wrong with the 
registry. All 
these plugins are available.
I have been testing the installer and it's everything is fine. I really like it!
Do you think changing the name to OSSBuild is a real need? We have been 
providing 
binaries and installers for almost 2 years now, and many projects and 
developers are 
used to WinBuilds.
The GStreamer web page mentions it[0] and some GStreamer core developers have 
blogged 
about it [1][2].
And to be honest, I think WinBuilds it's a better name for the installer since 
it's 
it's easy to identify both GStreamer and Windows in the name.
For me it's not a big deal, but I'd like to keep this name for the installers :)

BTW, today I talked with Julien Moutte, and they are moving Fluendo and Moovida 
to 
our build system :D 

[0]http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/download/
[1]http://thiagossantos.blogspot.com/2009/11/trying-gstreamer-at-windows.html
[2]http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2010/03/04/gstreamer-on-windows/

Original comment by ylatuya on 26 Mar 2010 at 12:05

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Well I was unsure how separate winbuilds was. That is, I was unsure if you guys 
were 
just hosting your install scripts in ossbuild or had something else going and 
were 
just checking out ossbuild from time to time and then using it in conjunction 
with 
your own code hosted elsewhere.

It's not a problem to rebrand it -- but we should update the winbuilds site to 
properly reflect the relationship. As I see it, GStreamer WinBuilds would now 
just be 
a specific build and release of OSSBuild.

It's great to see more people adopting it -- not to toot our own horn, but I 
think 
we're doing a good job and a good service to the OSS and Windows communities. 
(c:

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 26 Mar 2010 at 4:13

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I'm on travel for the next several days so I'll be off and on for most of that 
time. In 
the meantime, if you'd like to rebrand it, you'll need to edit <OSSBuild 
Home>\Main\GStreamer\Windows\Install\Properties.wxi and then the installer 
projects to 
emit a different name. Please leave the registry locations alone, though, since 
OSSBuild may (eventually) support more than GStreamer and having a central 
location for  
various products' settings would be very beneficial.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 26 Mar 2010 at 4:19

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From my side, I consider us as a single project since the day you proposed me 
to move
from OABuild to OSSbuild, I tested it and started merging all the work done so 
far to
OSSbuild :)
If you look at the commits, you will see that it's not a time-to-time 
contribution:
291 commits over a total of 564 :D
As I told you some time ago I see OSSBuild like complete build system, able to 
host
any kind of FOSS project, and for that reason having a specific name for the
GStreamer build on Windows would be nice, moreover when many people have been
following GStreamer WinBuilds from the very beginning ;)
As you suggested, the root OSSBuild path should be kept, as in the future it 
will
host more projects, but I'd like to have the GStreamer build called 'GStreamer
WinBuilds' :)
I would also like to redirect the Winbuilds wiki and host it in this google 
project
site as well as the forum, to have something more consistent, rather than 
having the
code in one place, the forum in another place and the wiki in another place.
All the GStreamer's folks have talked to are impressed with the build system, 
which
is a definitively a sign that we are doing a very good job! 

Original comment by ylatuya on 26 Mar 2010 at 4:45

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I don't have any personal issue w/ changing the name in the gstreamer releases. 
But I 
suppose for consistency's sake we should follow the same scheme in other 
released 
products (e.g. "Xine WinBuilds" or "PiTiVi WinBuilds" or whatever else comes 
down the 
road).

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 27 Mar 2010 at 4:14

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Feel free to redirect the forums/wiki over here or to 
ossbuild.hoytsoft.org/forums/. I 
have no issue with that. I'll update the links on the ossbuild homepage once 
it's done.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 27 Mar 2010 at 4:16

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Preparing the release of LongoMatch I realized that jpegdec crashes. I didn't 
have time 
to look at it with more details. Can we we release without it for the moment? 

Original comment by ylatuya on 7 Apr 2010 at 12:16

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I think it should be corrected before a release. If that's crashing, it's 
entirely
possible that anything using jpegs could be crashing and I depend on it for 
some work
stuff.

What exactly is causing the crash?

I'm also working on some updated dependencies w/ an updated libjpeg (version 
8a).
Perhaps it would fix the issue? (Probably not).

The installers also need to be fixed as per this conversation. I can do it, but 
it'll
be several days before I'm able to get to it. I'm tied up with work and family 
right now.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 12:21

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It was late I didn't have time to investigate more but filesrc ! jpegdec ! 
fakesink
ended-up crashing.
I'm trying to get a copy a Visual Studio Pro since WiX won't work with Express
Edition. as soon as I get it I update the installers and upload the release if 
you
agreed.

Original comment by ylatuya on 7 Apr 2010 at 8:35

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Let me update the dependencies and then the installers.

WiX will have support for VS 2010 Express Edition (at least according to this 
blog
entry:
http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2009/10/30/WiX-v3.5-3s-Visual-Studio-2010-Bet
a-2).

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 5:00

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Nevermind -- the comments on the bottom of the page state otherwise. WiX won't
support express editions using the plugin b/c express editions don't support VS
integration packages.

That said, you can still use MSBuild from the commandline. (c:

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:26

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There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

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There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

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There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

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There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

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There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

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There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

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There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

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There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

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There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

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There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

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There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

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There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

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There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

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There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

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There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

[GoogleCodeExporter]

There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

[GoogleCodeExporter]

There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

[GoogleCodeExporter]

There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

[GoogleCodeExporter]

There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

[GoogleCodeExporter]

There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

[GoogleCodeExporter]

There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

[GoogleCodeExporter]

There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

[GoogleCodeExporter]

There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

[GoogleCodeExporter]

There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

[GoogleCodeExporter]

There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

[GoogleCodeExporter]

There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

[GoogleCodeExporter]

There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

[GoogleCodeExporter]

There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

[GoogleCodeExporter]

There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39

[GoogleCodeExporter]

There's a new release of libnice out, btw (v0.11). I have the package and mingw
version compiling. Let me know what you want to do regarding its compilation and
inclusion in the installer.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 7 Apr 2010 at 10:39