GStreamer 1.28.6 stable bug-fix release

The GStreamer team is pleased another bug fix release in the new stable 1.28 release series.

This release contains security fixes and bug fixes. It should be safe to upgrade from 1.28.x, and we recommend you update at your earliest convenience.

Highlights:

  • Various security fixes and playback fixes
  • playbin3, playbin: fix stalls after re-enabling previously disabled subtitles
  • Fix regression in core if a pad is re-linked while changed sticky events are being pushed
  • dtls/webrtc: fix some issues with OpenSSL 4.0.0
  • RTP retransmission bitrate estimation fixes
  • Fix RTP depayloading of SMPTE ST291 frames with multiple ANC packets
  • Add H.266 muxing support to the Rust (f)mp4 muxers
  • Better handling of input buffers without timestamps in Rust (f)mp4 muxers
  • webrtcsink H.264 level/profile negotiation fixes and support for nvv4l2h265enc encoder
  • SMPTE ST2038 ancillary metadata and closed caption combiner improvements
  • Fix SEI insertion into H.265/HEVC streams with alpha
  • Windows D3D11 WinRT screen capture element fixes
  • Improved coded buffer size handling for VA encoders
  • Textaccumulate: various tweaks how the element outputs text, plus better handling of French punctuation
  • hlssink3: improved handling of input buffers without timestamps
  • Fix build against FFmpeg 9.0
  • cerbero: fix Windows packages binary size increase regression; upgrade libsrt recipe to 1.5.6
  • Various bug fixes, build fixes, memory leak fixes, and other stability and reliability improvements

Release notes with details about changes and fixed bugs can be found at:

For details of our security fixes, please check out our security center at

Binaries for Android, iOS, Mac OS X and Windows should be available soon.

As always, please let us know of any issues you run into by filing an issue or Merge Request in GitLab.

Thanks!

Source tarball download and checksums
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