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GStreamer 1.28-RC1 Brings A Rust-Based GIF Decoder, Other New Rust Components

Written by Michael Larabel in Multimedia on 6 January 2026 at 05:58 AM EST. 15 Comments
On Monday the first release candidate of the GStreamer 1.28 multimedia framework was released. As is a recurring focus in recent releases, more GStreamer code is written in Rust for memory safety especially around decoding content.

GStreamer 1.28-RC1 introduces a new GIF decoder written in the Rust programming language. The GStreamer 1.28 release also brings a new YOLOX tensor decoder written in Rust along with a new audio source separation element and a new Icecastsink element with AAC support.

In addition to the new Rust components, GStreamer 1.28 has been working on improvements to inference elements, support for gapless looping in GstPlay, fixed handling of JPEG images with HDR gain maps, and a variety of other bug fixes and improvements.

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Downloads and more details on this updated open-source multimedia framework via GStreamer on FreeDesktop.org.

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