The GStreamer team has released a new bug-fix update, 1.26.7, of its cross-platform open-source multimedia framework for the stable 1.26 series.
Among the most notable improvements, CUDA 13.0 runtime kernel compilation issues have been resolved, while RTSP now keeps connections alive more reliably in TCP/interleaved modes.
The qtdemux plugin now handles surround sound channel layouts better and includes performance tweaks for GoPro videos, and Opus audio handling in MPEG-TS has been improved.
Several other fixes target the framework’s performance and memory management. For instance, cea608overlay now handles non-system memory better, fallbacksrc improves source handling, and unixfd now supports buffers with larger payloads. The threadshare module also received latency-related improvements to reduce processing delays.
On the video side, videorate now avoids assertion failures when handling variable frame rates, while d3d12 saw fixes for crop meta support and passthrough handling in the deinterlacer. Editing Services got attention, too—GESTimeline now correctly respects discard decisions from the SELECT_ELEMENT_TRACK signal and includes memory leak fixes.
Beyond that, the release includes gobject-introspection annotation updates and a cerbero toolchain refresh that bumps Meson to version 1.9.0, ensuring compatibility with Xcode 26.
For more information, see the announcement. Binaries for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows are expected to be available soon.
