GStreamer 1.28.1 Released with Support for the AV1 Stateful V4L2 Decoder

GStreamer 1.28.1 Released with Support for the AV1 Stateful V4L2 Decoder

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Marcus Nestor
Mar 12, 2026

Coming a month after GStreamer 1.28, the GStreamer 1.28.1 point release introduces a new Whisper-based speech-to-text transcription element, a new debugseimetainserter plugin for testing SEI meta insertion, a subproject for providing the LunarG MoltenVK SDK, and support for the AV1 stateful V4L2 (Video4Linux2) decoder.

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Marcus Nestor

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