ANNOUNCE: gstreamermm-0.10.3

[José Alburquerque <jaalburquerque cox net>]

General Information 
===================

gstreamermm provides C++ bindings for the GStreamer streaming multimedia
library (http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org).  With gstreamermm it is possible to
develop applications that work with multimedia in C++.

gstreamermm is developed over glibmm, libsigc++ and libxml++ and the
functionalities they provide.  This means that, among other things, referencing
and unreferencing of GObjects is handled automatically via glibmm's automatic
pointer class, Glib:RefPtr<>, and libsigc++'s slots are used for callbacks and
signals.

There are several examples, including a media player, in the examples/
directory, that demonstrate how to use the API and there are API docs in the
docs/reference/html directory.  The core plug-ins, such as Gst::Identity and
Gst::FileSrc are also provided along with many of the base plug-ins.

Changes:
=======

0.10.3 (unstable):

Plugins:
* Added decodebin2, multifdsink, playbin, tcpserversink, theoraparse,
  uridecodebin plug-ins.
  (José Alburquerque)
Examples:
* Added new typefind example showing how to extract the mime type from a
  stream/file.
  (Murray Cumming)
API:
* Structure: Replace use of Glib::QueryQuark with Glib::ustrig in slots.
* TagList: Added add_value(), add(), get_value() and get() Glib::ustring
  overrides for tags not in the Gst::Tag enum.
  (Murray Cumming)
* Bin: Added convenience method add_ghost_pad().
* GhostPad: Made ghost pad name in constructors optional.
* TagSetter: Add Glib::ustring tag overrides for custom tags (not in Gst::Tag
  enum).
  (José Alburquerque, Murray Cumming)
* BaseAudioSrc: Wrapped {get,set}_slave_method().
* BaseSink: Wrapped do_preroll(), {get,set}_blocksize().
* BaseSrc: Wrapped {get,set}_blocksize().
* BaseTransform: Wrapped suggest(), reconfigure().
* ColorBalance: Wrapped get_balance_type().
* Element: Wrapped {get,set}_start_time(), lost_state().
* Event: Overloaded the Event classes parse() methods.
* Added MessageStepDone, MessageStepStart, MessageStructureChange,
  MessageRequestState and MessageStreamStatus message classes.
* Mixer: Wrapped get_mixer_type().
* Navigation: Wrapped send_command().
* Added TaskPool class.
* Plugin: Wrapped add_dependency() and register_static() methods.
* PropertyProbe: Wrapped methods and vfuncs.
* Segment: Wrapped to_position() and set_running_time() methods.
* Task: Wrapped {get,set}_pool(), set_priority(), set_state() and
  set_thread_slots() methods.
* Added TypeFind and TypeFindFactory classes to complement the new typefind
* example.
  (José Alburquerque)
Fixes:
* Removed no longer needed gst-inspect check from configure.ac.  Bug #587306.
  (David King)

Links
=====

git:
  git://git.gnome.org/gstreamermm
  http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gstreamermm/
  (It's in jhbuild)
download:
  http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gstreamermm/
submit bugs: 
  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnomemm&component=gstreamermm
view bugs:
  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?query=component%3Agstreamermm+product%3Agnomemm+

-- 
José Alburquerque