[gst-devel] acast 0.17 released

[Zaheer Abbas Merali]

Today I released acast version 0.17.

acast is a program for webcasting audio from your sound device to a 
variety of different streaming servers.

Homepage: http://zaheer.merali.org/mediawiki/index.php/Acast
Screenshots: http://zaheer.merali.org/gallery/acast

Its features include:

#  can stream the audio in Ogg Vorbis (http://www.xiph.org) to Icecast 
2.x (http://www.icecast.org) servers and in mp3 to all the servers 
mentioned above
# the webcast stream can also be recorded to disk
# an extra higher quality stream can also be recorded to disk
# wav files ready to be burnt onto cd can also be recorded to disk
# GTK+2 interface as well as a console interface (useful for remote 
starting of streams)
# All the streams (webcast and recording ones) can be individually 
started and stopped dynamically while the streams are running
# the recording filenames can also be changed, thus allowing a 
conference to have separate files for each speaker, without 
interrupting the broadcast
# same stream can be webcast to multiple servers, by adding relays
# acast uses GStreamer (http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/) and it is 
this that makes acast possible.

Changes since version 0.16 are:

#  make visualisation disappear when stopped
# fix file naming scheme to use stream number instead of bitrate
# added support for using gnome-media profiles for recording
# added support for using Gnome default audio source and a configure 
option to enable/disable gnome support
# implemented file menu operations on gui
# implemented instant-apply for preferences
# moved the gst stuff from do_live_stream to acast_setup_gst_pipeline 
and acast_start_gst_pipeline methods
# large scale gui interface changes
# made into a gnome program (if in gui mode and configure flag enabled)
# plugged some memory leaks and cleaned up some gst code
# removed the HScales completely and made it only use vumeters
# removed peak and decaying peak vumeters, only have one vumeter per 
channels howing rms and peak
# changed vumeter so both rms and peak can be displayed on same vumeter

Zaheer Abbas Merali