2012 Embedded Linux Conference | Presentations

GStreamer 1.0 : No Longer Compromise Flexibility for Performance

The now-5-year-old 0.10 series of the GStreamer multimedia framework has been used on numerous platforms and has proven to be a viable option for offering a common system for multimedia usages. However, a number of its limitations have made vendors introduce non-standard changes to some elements, in order to leverage the best performance from the underlying hardware, at the cost of no longer being 100% compatible with other applications and elements. During this talk Edward Hervey will introduce the changes and new API available in the GStreamer 1.0 series. Through some targeted examples he will explain how this allows for better power and memory usage, and how elements can better leverage underlying hardware and library features. All of that in a widely compatible way, allowing easier re-use of other existing elements and applications. This presentation is for developers who wish to understand what GStreamer can help them achieve and how.

Edward Hervey, Collabora

Edward Hervey has been contributing to FOSS projects, and the GStreamer multimedia framework in particular, since 2003 when he initiated the PiTiVi video editor project. Since then, he has become a core contributor to GStreamer and contributes mainly to extending it to new use-cases, improving its performance and integration on numerous platforms and systems. Hervey has been giving presentations on those multiple usages of GStreamer since 2005. Hervey is a Senior Multimedia Architect at Collabora where he helps clients and decision-makers into making the most of the GStreamer framework and other FOSS technologies Collabora creates and maintains.