Review gstreamer{,-plugins} + libmpeg2 updates

[Koop Mast]

On Sun, 2004-03-14 at 22:04 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:

> On Sun, 2004-03-14 at 20:11, Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:29:41PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 19:42, Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > 	Lev Serebryakov <lev at FreeBSD.org> prompted the update of
> > > > libmpeg2 port to version 0.4.0b
> > > > (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/63439)
> > > > 
> > > > 	The update went just fine so I began testing ports depending
> > > > on libmpeg2 to see if they worked fine with the new version.
> > > > 
> > > > 	Well, gstreamer-plugins 0.6.4 broke but we were fortunate
> > > > that a service release 0.6.5 addresses the libmpeg2 issue. I built
> > > > the new gstreamer-plugin 0.6.5 just fine and took the liberty to
> > > > update gstreamer to 0.6.5 as well.
> > > > 
> > > > 	gstreamer-player built just fine, plays avi/divx files BUT
> > > > it works weirdly with mpeg video files. Try playing one.
> > > 
> > > Sounds like there may be some issues with the new libmpeg2 library. 
> > > What other libmpeg2 apps have you tested?
> > 
> > 	According to what I could gather from gstreamer mailing lists,
> > it seems to be something with the way gstreamer is scheduling the mpeg
> > stream.... They're complaining about problems with Totem. I didn't
> > test Totem but I can guarantee problems with gst-player.
> > 
> > 	So it leaves us with the question: do we update libmpeg2
> > then upgrade gstreamer-* breaking gnome mpeg support? I'd rather
> > hold on libmpeg2 update until we can guarantee gnome's functionality.
> > 
> > 	And now, after a 'portupgrade -a', it seems I cannot reproduce
> > the "problem". My gst-player simply won't work for anything instead of
> > just breaking with mpeg.
> > 
> > 	Anyway, take a look a let me know.
> 
> I know GNOME works just fine with 0.6.5 so that's not a big deal.  Any
> word on the gst lists about libmpeg2 with gstreamer-0.7.6?  If they work
> together, I can commit the libmpeg2 update to my CVS repo, and bring it
> in with GNOME 2.6 at the end of the month.
> 
> Koop Mast is working on keeping the list of plug-ins up-to-date in
> gst-0.7.x.  I'll see if he would be interested in testing out the new
> libmpeg2 and see how it behaves.
> 
> Joe

Almost all mpeg file I could find, and that is a diverce lot. 
I tested those mpeg's that gave very slow playback or wouldn't play at
all on a 5.2-Current box which ran with the old libmpeg2 that is in the
ports, and that gave the same result. So I'm pretty sure those are
gstreamer issues. 

I tested it with gstreamer-player 0.8.0.

Koop

> > 
> > > > 
> > > > 	1) The audio is out of sync and tempo
> > > > 	2) No image
> > > > 
> > > > 	It might be something simple. I'll have time again for this
> > > > tomorrow but you guys might have some solution before I do.
> > > 
> > > Looks like the patches didn't come through on the list.
> > > 
> > > Joe
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 	Credits on these updates:
> > > > 
> > > > 	- libmpeg2 to 0.4.0b from levi PR 63439 with small changes
> > > > 	- Update both gstreamer{,-plugins} to 0.6.5 by lioux
> > > > 	- Dependency fix in gstreamer-plugins from pseniura at techie.com
> > > > 	  <pseniura at techie.com> PR 59230
> > 
> > 	Patches available at:
> > 
> > 	http://people.FreeBSD.org/~lioux/multimedia.libmpeg2.diff
> > 	http://people.FreeBSD.org/~lioux/multimedia.gstreamer.diff
> > 	http://people.FreeBSD.org/~lioux/multimedia.gstreamer-plugins.diff
> > 
> > 	Regards,
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