| Qt 5.13 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes |
| over the 5.12.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation |
| included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online: |
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| https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/index.html |
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| The Qt version 5.13 series is binary compatible with the 5.12.x series. |
| Applications compiled for 5.12 will continue to run with 5.13. |
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| Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers |
| corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker: |
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| https://bugreports.qt.io/ |
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| Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more |
| information about a particular change. |
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| **************************************************************************** |
| * Qt 5.13.0 Changes * |
| **************************************************************************** |
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| - [QTBUG-63596] Added support for selecting the output device used by QSoundEffect. |
| - [QTBUG-28850] QMediaResource class is now deprecated. |
| - [QTBUG-37301] Added flushMode property to QML VideoOutput element to define |
| what should be shown when flush is requested. |
| - Fixed QCameraInfo::defaultCamera() to return first non-empty name. |
| - Introduced QVideoFrame::buffer() to get access to the video buffer. |
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| **************************************************************************** |
| * Platform Specific Changes * |
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| - Android: |
| * [QTBUG-73119] Implemented audio roles. |
| * [QTBUG-69968] Changed video frame format from BGR32 to ABGR32. |
| * [QTBUG-74073] Introduced HTTP headers to MediaPlayer. |
| * [QTBUG-73583] Fixed a crash when the audio output is unable to get the min buffer size. |
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| - Windows: |
| * [QTBUG-32783] Removed -mediaplayer-backend config param which allowed |
| to build wmf together with DirectShow. |
| * [QTBUG-71610] The surface is now stopped when EndOfStream is received. |
| * [QTBUG-66526] Moved parsing of metadata to worker thread. |
| * [QTBUG-56400] Added QT_MULTIMEDIA_PREFERRED_PLUGINS to |
| specify preferred plugins if multiple backends are available. |
| * DircetShow or WMF can now be disabled by -no-directshow or -no-wmf |
| within configuring. |
| * [QTBUG-71819] Fixed video and audio probes in media player. |
| * [QTBUG-74180] Fixed to avoid setting camera zoom to 1x on restart when it is not requested. |
| * [QTBUG-75024] Fixed to avoid setting volume to 100% on restart when it is not requested. |
| * [QTBUG-65574] Fixed bug in EVR to prevent repainting with black |
| when the surface is not active. |
| * Now position of QMediaPlayer should be reset on pause after EOS. |
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| - GStreamer: |
| * [QTBUG-65402] Added fix to avoid appending a second extension to the file name, |
| if it already contains one. |
| * [QTBUG-72125] Add support for ksvideosrc and avfvideosrc within camerabin. |
| * Enabled gstreamer support by default for Windows and macOS. |
| * Added support of video orientation metadata. |
| * Now GstBuffer could be retrieved from QGstVideoBuffer. |
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| - PulseAudio: |
| * [QTBUG-71710] Introduced QT_PA_CHANNEL_MAP for QAudioOutput. |