GStreamer 1.20 is going to be a large feature release while to ensure it's stable and in good standing, the first release candidate is out today. Among the changes worked on for GStreamer 1.20 include:
- GstPlay as a new high-level playback library to replace GstPlayer.
- WebM alpha decoding support.
- Support for application-specified element properties to tweak encoding profiles individually.
- Multi-threaded video conversion and mixing for the compositor code.
- Smart encoding passthrough support for VP8 / VP9 / H.265 in encodebin/transcodebin.
- Video decoder automatic packet-loss, data corruption, and keyframe request handling for RTP / WebRTC / RTSP.
- Many WebRTC improvements.
- The new VA-API plugin implementation is getting squared away with more decoders implemented, new post processing elements, and other features being wired up.
- Updated Rust bindings and several new Rust plug-ins.
- VP9 and MPEG-2 support for the Linux stateless codec support.
- GStreamer on Windows with the Direct3D 11 / DXVDA decoder now supports AV1.
- Performance improvements and many other changes.
Downloads and more details on the tentative changes for GStreamer 1.20 via the project site at FreeDesktop.org .