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diff --git a/gstreamer_ti_dm81xx/RELEASE_NOTES.TXT b/gstreamer_ti_dm81xx/RELEASE_NOTES.TXT new file mode 100644 index 0000000..279790b --- /dev/null +++ b/gstreamer_ti_dm81xx/RELEASE_NOTES.TXT @@ -0,0 +1,371 @@ +Release 1.02 +============ + + +New Features +------------ + DM365 Support: + - Tracker 976 - Support for the video/x-xvid mime type + + DVSDK Support: + + General: + - Tracker 966 - Update open-source base components + - Tracker 997 - Add "encodingPreset" property in encoder elements + - Tracker 1009 - Add support for MPEG-4 video inside quicktime container + - Tracker 1012 - videnc: add support for generating packetized/byte stream + - Tracker 1031 - Resolve build issues when using the CodeSourcery 2009q1 + toolset + - Tracker 1055 - Add support for DVSDK 3.10 + - Tracker 1070 - Add support for new DSPLink directory structure + - Tracker 1087 - Add support for new DSPLink directory structure in + Makefile.external + - Tracker 1089 - Build all components with -O2 by default + - Tracker 1094 - Add v4l2src support for the latest GIT kernels in + gst-plugins-g ood-0.10.16 + - Tracker 1096 - Add support for the NV16 colorspace in TIVidenc1 + - Tracker 1097 - Add support for the NV16 colorspace in TIDmaiVideoSink + - Tracker 1098 - Add support for the NV16 colorspace in TIVidResize + - Tracker 1099 - Add support for the 1080P_60 video standard in + TIDmaiVideoSink + - Tracker 1120 - Remove DM357 support + - Tracker 1126 - Create and integrate a new "TIDmaiBufTab" buffer table + object + - Tracker 1127 - Remove support for xDM 0.9-based codecs + - Tracker 1128 - Add support for user-allocated buffers in TIDmaiVideoSink + - Tracker 1139 - Add a property to hide the OSD on DM365/DM6446/DM355 + during video playback. + - Tracker 1160 - Add TIAuddec1 support for decoding AC3 audio streams + - Tracker 1163 - Add parameter to gst_ti_calc_buffer_size that specifies + pitch (bytes per line) + - Tracker 1165 - Remove MontaVista 4.0.1 configuration from Makefile.common + - Tracker 1167 - DVSDK 3.10 Support for DM6467T + - Tracker 1168 - DVSDK 3.10 Support for DM365 + - Tracker 1169 - DVSDK 3.10 Support for DM355 + + +Fixed Issues +------------ + - Tracker 962 - DM355 JPEG corruption in the lower right corner + - Tracker 970 - dmai-perf inaccuracy in fps and bps calculation + - Tracker 1001 - Handle the case when audio decoder outputs zero byte + - Tracker 1010 - rtph264pay may cause alignment trap signal + - Tracker 1015 - Do not abort the decoder thread when codec reports an + error or bit error + - Tracker 1016 - playbin2 fixes + - Tracker 1018 - dmaivideosink: enable the resizer support + - Tracker 1020 - dmaivideosink: use GST_ELEMENT_ERROR instead of GST_ERROR + - Tracker 1067 - Fix liboil preprocessor checks + - Tracker 1068 - Change format of patches for dependent components to match + review process + - Tracker 1073 - Always return NULL for the base sink's last-buffer property + - Tracker 1088 - Remove --force-mem option when building libmad with -O2 + - Tracker 1090 - Add clean_dev and clean_docs makefile targets + - Tracker 1091 - Fix typos in error messages + - Tracker 1092 - Fix assertion failure in TIImgenc1 + - Tracker 1093 - Don't error out if DMAI_INSTALL_DIR is set by Rules.make. + - Tracker 1095 - Correct size metadata imgdec1->hInBuf prior to calling the + code c + - Tracker 1100 - Remove DM365 guard for NV12 fourcc check + - Tracker 1101 - Create source caps information for MPEG-2 streams in + TIVidenc1 + - Tracker 1102 - Add support for the DivX and XviD mime types in TIViddec2 + - Tracker 1103 - Add GST_TI_PLATFORM variable to replace previous usage of + PLATFORM + - Tracker 1113 - Corrected TI Copyright notices (replaced $year with proper + years) + - Tracker 1114 - DM365: Leave the IPIPE open during UYVY capture + - Tracker 1115 - Force the TIViddec2 frameRate property to override + upstream caps + - Tracker 1116 - Fix duration query in TIAuddec1 + - Tracker 1121 - Remove v4l2 patch that resets bytesperline to 0 + - Tracker 1122 - Correct the way source caps information is generated in + TIViddec2 + - Tracker 1123 - Add static declaration for gst_tidmaivideosink_process_caps + - Tracker 1124 - Remove GST_TIDMAIVIDEOSINK_CAST macro + - Tracker 1125 - Push all display initialization code into + gst_tidmaivideosink_init_display + - Tracker 1140 - Fix assertion failures when generating debug log + information + - Tracker 1141 - Declare all useMask _FREE flags in + gsttidmaibuffertransport.h + - Tracker 1159 - TIViddec1's resolution property should override caps + settings + - Tracker 1161 - Detect audio/mpeg, mpegversion=2 as AAC + - Tracker 1162 - Make sure capture buffer size is aligned on DM365 + - Tracker 1165 - Specify explicit pitch when allocating user buffers in + TIDmaiVideoSink + - Tracker 1172 - Fix race condition in GstTIDmaiBufTab + - Tracker 1189 - Use DMAI_INSTALL_DIR defined in DVSDK Rules.make + - Tracker 1190 - Export CROSS_COMPILE/PLATFORM_XDC environment variables + needed by cfg + - Tracker 1203 - Fix intermittent assertion failure in circular buffer + + +Known Issues +------------ + +Release 1.02: + - Tracker 1205 - Without kernel real-time patch, A/V decode on DM355 may + not play smoothly + - Tracker 1206 - On DM355, video decode to frame buffer is not a supported + configuration + - Tracker 1209 - Need to use YUV420P color space instead of UYVY when doing + JPEG encode + - Tracker 1220 - Specify the capture resolution to reduce memory + requirements + - Tracker 1222 - DM6467 doesn't support AAC encode + - Tracker 963 - MPEG4 decoding crashes + - Tracker 808 - [PATCH] Fix bug#798 + - Tracker 1204 - gsttidmaiperf CPU's workload issue solved for single core + platforms + + + +Release 1.01 +============ + +New Features +------------ + DM365 Support: + - Tracker 678 - Preliminary decode support. + - Tracker 918 - Capture support via v4l2src. + - Tracker 921 - Set TIDmaiVideoSink colorspace based on input buffer. + - Tracker 925 - Video encode support. + - Tracker 933 - Enhance video encoder to use hardware-accelerated frame + copy into circular buffer. + - Tracker 947 - General refinements to loadmodules.sh. + - Tracker 948 - Only adjust display buffer color space for non-DMAI input + buffers (refine tracker 921). + - Tracker 954 - Add new method for displaying frames multiple times without + additional frame copies. + - Tracker 955 - Adjustments to loadmodules.sh for H.264. + + DVSDK Support: + - Tracker 760 - Add support for DVSDK 2.00.00.22 on DM6446, DM355, and + DM6467. + - Tracker 824 - Add support for DVSDK 3.00.02.44 on OMAP35x. + + General: + - Tracker 700 - Plugin can be built with either libtool 1.5.x or 2.2.x. + - Tracker 714 - Make the configure --host argument configurable from the + "make". + - Tracker 773 - Upgrade open source software components to the latest + versions available on June 12th, 2009. + - Tracker 848 - Plugin can be configured to always load codec server from a + fixed location. + - Tracker 926 - Add support for xDM 1.x audio encoders. + - Tracker 941 - Add the "TIVidResize" element for resizing video. + - Tracker 953 - Add the "dmaiperf" DMAI-based performance data gathering + element. + - Tracker 956 - Only build open source packages that don't change once. + - Tracker 969 - Remove demo scripts from gstreamer_demo directory. Example + pipelines are now available at + http://wiki.davincidsp.com/index.php/Example_GStreamer_Pipelines + + +Fixed Issues +------------ + - Tracker 198 - GStremer 0.10.15 introduces a major performance degradation. + - Tracker 272 - Assertion while playing h264 elementry stream (fixed in + tracker 807). + - Tracker 309 - Decodebin and playbin not working. + - Tracker 496 - TIAuddec1 and TIViddec2 leaking memory during state + transition from PLAYING to NULL (fixed in tracker 745). + - Tracker 519 - TIAuddec1 and TIViddec2 leaking memory at EOS (fixed in + tracker 745). + - Tracker 716 - Destroy custom thread attribute object after we're done + using it. + - Tracker 717 - Fix TIAuddec memory leak. + - Tracker 744 - Fix free memory read during error check. + - Tracker 745 - Fix memory leak during the destruction of + TIDmaiBufferTransport. + - Tracker 770 - Assertions when playing back H.264 video (fixed in tracker + 807). + - Tracker 787 - Correct cmem output ownership waiting until fully released + before de-allocating them. + - Tracker 797 - Handle problematic downstream elements, like playbin that + don't unref sink buffers at EOS. + - Tracker 807 - If no NAL prefix code for h264 decode, then parse + codec_data to construct NAL header. + - Tracker 845 - TIViddec2 crashes when it on EOS after decode_thread stops + the codec. + - Tracker 912 - Remove the queue thread from all elements. This resolves + some potential issues on EOS. + - Tracker 913 - Guarantee that the input buffer is always unref'd by + creating single exit point in *_chain functions. + - Tracker 914 - Guarantee that the circular buffer will not be accessed + during shut-down. + - Tracker 915 - Since other threads may be checking the circular buffer + pointer, set the circular buffer pointer to NULL before + unref'ing it. + - Tracker 916 - When calling drain_pipeline, set drainingEOS to TRUE AFTER + the check for codec exists. + - Tracker 919 - Add error checking to circular buffer API's. + - Tracker 924 - Circular buffer allocation fix for TIAuddec and TIAuddec1. + - Tracker 929 - Replace GST_ERROR function with GST_ELEMENT_ERROR in all + elements. + - Tracker 934 - Work around DMAI 1.20.00.06 defect in non-accelerated frame + copy for YUV420PSEMI data. + - Tracker 940 - Enable hardware-accelerated frame copy when encoder is + receiving dmai transport buffer. + - Tracker 945 - Set parent_class in gst_tidmaivideosink_class_init(). + - Tracker 967 - Codec fails to initialize when encoding from a file with no + caps negotiation. + - Tracker 964 - Changes to remove queue thread caused memory leak with + packetized h.264 streams (refine tracker 912). + - Tracker 959 - AAC decoding crashes while running gst-launch pipeline. + - Tracker 957 - Fix printf formatting warnings that were causing build + failures. + - Tracker 958 - Improved clean target so it doesn't fail if the + configuration step hasn't been performed. + - Tracker 874 - Update codec table to add video encoder strings. + - Tracker 871 - v4l2src: Fix frame rate numerator and denominator values. + - Tracker 858 - Delete temporary buffer created in circular buffer during + video encode process. + + +Known Issues +------------ + +Release 1.01: + - Tighter memory constraints in OMAP35x may cause OOM killers in + some cases. See the README.TXT for information on modifying + bootarg settings to make more memory available to the system. + - If you don't have "gperf" installed on your system, it may manifest + as a mysterious run issue with libid3tag involving unresolved + symbols (something like "undefined symbol: id3_frametype_unknown"). + The gperf package that comes with RHEL 4.6 is sufficient, but you need + to make sure it is installed. + - The JPEG image elements support multiple color spaces. However, + not every codec supports every color space. If you specify a + color space that is not supported you will get an error message + indicating that the plugin failed to create the codec. Check + the codec user's guide to determine if your codec supports the + color spaces used for the input and output. + - If clip size is smaller and TIDmaiVideoSink element reports + "assertion" then try disabling hardware-accelerated frame-copies. This + can be disabled by specifying accelFrameCopy=FALSE for TIDmaiVideoSink. + Note: disabling hardware-accelerated frame-copies will affect + performance. + - Tracker 972 - AVI video playback crash in VGA video standard. + When playing an AVI file with VGA video standard, it plays ok + the first time it runs, the second time it crashes. + - The plugin will not build on DM357 unless you upgrade the version of + DMAI in DVSDK 2.05 to DMAI 1.20.00.06. More information is available + in the README.TXT. + + +Trackers unresolved for release 1.01 scheduled for next release + + - Tracker 970 - dmai-perf inaccuracy in fps and bps calculation. + - Tracker 966 - Update open-source base components. + - Tracker 903 - DMAI video encoder support refactor. + - Tracker 867 - Improve video encoders timestamp handling. + - Tracker 532 - Buffers used during for decoding uses fixed sizes buffers. + - Tracker 881 - Changing the video Output to use from LCD to DVI crashes + the system. + + +Trackers for defects in other non-plugin software components + + - Tracker 965 - Building gst-plugins-good-0.10.15 with X11 development + headers installed on host machine fails. + - Tracker 968 - 1: command not found when building DM357 DVSDK. + - Tracker 930 - gstticodecplugin should fail to initialize if + CERuntime_init() fails. + + +Trackers unresolved for release 1.01 + + - Tracker 974 - Video playback freezes with H264 and MPEG2 (1080i test) + - Tracker 971 - Video playback freezes + - Tracker 963 - MPEG4 decoding crashes + - Tracker 962 - Blockiness on encoded image + - Tracker 960 - MP4 decoding crashes when using accelerated frame copy + - Tracker 893 - TIViddec2 buffer processing thread takes about one minute + before invoking the decoder thread + - Tracker 883 - If GStreamer is killed forcibly, the process becomes a + zombie in DVSDK 3.00.00.40 + - Tracker 870 - BUG: TIViddec2 crashes on transition from PLAYING to NULL + during playback + - Tracker 194 - Figure out why open source AVI demuxer crashes on really + large clips + - Tracker 200 - GLib 2.14.1 introduces code that crashes DM6446 + - Tracker 250 - about playback stalls problem during playing + - Tracker 274 - H.264 Quality with TIViddec2 is poor on DM6467 + - Tracker 342 - Lip Sync missing in Audio and Video + - Tracker 498 - TIDmaiVideoSink fails if DISPLAY_WIDTH - VIDEO_WIDTH is not + a multiple of 32 + - Tracker 521 - TIViddec2 / TIAuddec1 audio / video get out of sync after + long MP4 playback + - Tracker 523 - Can not play back captured H264 stored in MP4 with common + players + - Tracker 525 - H264 encoded AVI file doesn't play on common players + - Tracker 677 - Multiple Pipelines + - Tracker 484 - Patches to support MP4/H.264/AAC encode on OMAP3 platform + { PSP 1.0.2/DVSDK 3.00.00.29} + - Tracker 808 - [PATCH] Fix bug#798 + - Tracker 196 - Remove #if defined(Platform_omap3530) preprocessor macros + from display sink + - Tracker 267 - Analyze memory usage on all platforms and define reasonable + default CMEM pools. + - Tracker 412 - Provide benchmarking numbers with the GStreamer release + - Tracker 457 - Add support for contiguous input buffers to image encoders + - Tracker 505 - Create one codec combo for encode and decode + - Tracker 840 - MPEG4(AAC) audio stream not played by aachedec. Is played + properly with libfaad + + + + +Release 1.00 +============ + + +New Features +------------ + - Added support for video encoding elements TIVidenc and TIVidenc1. + These elements support the DM355, DM6446, DM357, DM367 and + OMAP35x devices. + - Patches for v4l2src element in the GST good plugin collection + - Patch 503 Support decodebin and playbin + + +Fixed Issues +------------ + - Patch 499 Fix memory leak during Fifo flush + - Patch 506 Fix data type mismatch int / bool for resizer and + autoselect properties in TIDmaiVideoSink + - Bug 303 Playback of audio and video increments VmallocUsed + - Bug 389 Memory leak in gsttividdec.c and gsttiauddec.c + (and probably others) + - Bug 707 Decode of mp4 file plays back with skips + + +Known Issues +------------ + - Video encode is not supported on DM6467. DM6467 requires DMAI + version at least 1.20.00.06 which is meant to be used with + DVSDK 2.00. Official support for video encoding on DM6467 + will be added when DVSDK 2.00 is released. For customer that + already have DVSDK 2.00 you can upgrade the DMAI version in + order to use the video encoder. + - If you don't have "gperf" installed on your system, it may manifest + as a mysterious run issue with libid3tag involving unresolved + symbols. The gperf package that comes with RHEL 4.6 is sufficient, + but you need to make sure it is installed. + - The JPEG image elements support multiple color spaces. However, + not every codec supports every color space. If you specify a + color space that is not supported you will get an error message + indicating that the plugin failed to create the codec. Check + the codec user's guide to determine if your codec supports the + color spaces used for the input and output. + - If clip size is smaller and dmaivideosink element reports + "assertion" then try disabling hw accelerated framecopy. This can + be disabled with -c option in scripts. Note: disabling hw accel + framecopy will affect performance. + - H264 encoded video from TIVidenc works with VLC if it has a + file extension of .264. In the 1.00.00 release, it was + incorrectly stated there was a problem playing H264 files + with VLC. |