Review gstreamer{,-plugins} + libmpeg2 updates

[Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira]

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.

> > 
> > 	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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