| 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/gstreamer/0.10/gstreamer-&gstreamer-version;.tar.xz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/gstreamer/0.10/gstreamer-&gstreamer-version;.tar.xz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-md5sum "15389c73e091b1dda915279c388b9cb2">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-size "2.9 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-buildsize "90 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-time "1.2 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="gstreamer" xreflabel="GStreamer-&gstreamer-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="gstreamer.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 20 | </sect1info>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <title>GStreamer-&gstreamer-version;</title>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer">
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| 25 | <primary sortas="a-GStreamer">GStreamer</primary>
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| 26 | </indexterm>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 29 | <title>Introduction to GStreamer</title>
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| 30 | <!--
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| 31 | <para>
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| 32 | <application>GStreamer</application> is a streaming media framework that
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| 33 | enables applications to share a common set of plugins for things like
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| 34 | video decoding and encoding, audio encoding and decoding, audio and video
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| 35 | filters, audio visualisation, Web streaming and anything else that streams
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| 36 | in real-time or otherwise. It is modelled after research software worked
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| 37 | on at the Oregon Graduate Institute. After installing
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| 38 | <application>GStreamer</application>, you'll likely need to install one or
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| 39 | more of the <xref linkend="gst-plugins-bad"/>,
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| 40 | <xref linkend="gst-plugins-good"/>, <xref linkend="gst-plugins-ugly"/> and
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| 41 | <xref linkend="gst-ffmpeg"/> packages.
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| 42 | </para>
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| 43 | -->
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| 44 | &lfs77_checked;
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| 45 |
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| 46 | &gst-compat;
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 49 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>
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| 52 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gstreamer-download-http;"/>
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| 53 | </para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>
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| 57 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gstreamer-download-ftp;"/>
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| 58 | </para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>
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| 62 | Download MD5 sum: &gstreamer-md5sum;
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| 63 | </para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>
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| 67 | Download size: &gstreamer-size;
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| 68 | </para>
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| 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | <listitem>
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| 71 | <para>
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| 72 | Estimated disk space required: &gstreamer-buildsize;
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| 73 | </para>
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| 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | <listitem>
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| 76 | <para>
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| 77 | Estimated build time: &gstreamer-time;
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| 78 | </para>
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| 79 | </listitem>
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| 80 | </itemizedlist>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GStreamer Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 85 | <para role="required">
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| 86 | <xref linkend="glib2"/> and
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| 87 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>
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| 88 | </para>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Required if building GNOME)</bridgehead>
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| 91 | <para role="optional">
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| 92 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>
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| 93 | </para>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 96 | <para role="optional">
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| 97 | <xref linkend="gsl"/>,
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| 98 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>
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| 99 | (optionally used during the unit regression tests)
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| 100 | </para>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">
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| 103 | Optional (Required to rebuild the API Documentation)
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| 104 | </bridgehead>
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| 105 | <para role="optional">
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| 106 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and
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| 107 | <xref linkend="python2"/>
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| 108 | </para>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Required to Build Manuals)</bridgehead>
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| 111 | <para role="optional">
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| 112 | <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>,
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| 113 | <xref linkend="gs"/>
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| 114 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/> and
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| 115 | <xref linkend="texlive"/> (or <xref linkend="tl-installer"/>)
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| 116 | </para>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 119 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gstreamer"/>
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| 120 | </para>
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| 121 | </sect2>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 124 | <title>Installation of GStreamer</title>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <para>
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| 127 | Install <application>GStreamer</application> by running the following
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| 128 | commands:
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| 129 | </para>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <screen><userinput>sed -i -e '/YYLEX_PARAM/d' \
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| 132 | -e '/parse-param.*scanner/i %lex-param { void *scanner }' \
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| 133 | gst/parse/grammar.y &&
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| 134 |
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| 135 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 136 | --disable-static &&
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| 137 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <para>
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| 140 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>. There are
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| 141 | many other <filename>Makefile</filename> targets you can specify for
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| 142 | running the tests, issue <command>make -C tests/check help</command>
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| 143 | to see the complete list.
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| 144 | </para>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <para>
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| 147 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 148 | </para>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 151 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/gstreamer-0.10/design &&
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| 152 | install -v -m644 docs/design/*.txt \
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| 153 | /usr/share/doc/gstreamer-0.10/design &&
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| 154 |
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| 155 | if [ -d /usr/share/doc/gstreamer-0.10/faq/html ]; then
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| 156 | chown -v -R root:root \
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| 157 | /usr/share/doc/gstreamer-0.10/*/html
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| 158 | fi</userinput></screen>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <sect3>
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| 161 | <title>Testing the Installation</title>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <para>
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| 164 | To test the functionality of the
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| 165 | <application>GStreamer</application> installation, you can run a
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| 166 | simple test as an unprivileged user (you may have to run
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| 167 | <command>ldconfig</command> as the
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| 168 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user before
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| 169 | attempting the test).
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| 170 | </para>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <screen><userinput>gst-launch -v fakesrc num_buffers=5 ! fakesink</userinput></screen>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | <para>
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| 175 | If the command outputs a series of messages from fakesrc and
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| 176 | fakesink, everything is okay.
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| 177 | </para>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | </sect3>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | </sect2>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 184 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <para>
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| 187 | <command>sed ... gst/parse/grammar.y</command>: This command corrects
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| 188 | a problem caused by the most recent version of Bison.
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| 189 | </para>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 192 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 195 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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| 196 |
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| 197 | <para>
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| 198 | <option>--enable-docbook</option>: This parameter is used to build
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| 199 | HTML, PDF and PostScript versions of the
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| 200 | <application>GStreamer</application> User's Manual, FAQ and Writer's
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| 201 | Guide. Note that you must have all the listed dependencies installed.
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| 202 | </para>
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| 203 |
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| 204 | <para>
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| 205 | <command>chown -v -R root:root ...</command>: The documentation is
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| 206 | installed with the ownership of the user who untarred and built the
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| 207 | package. This command changes the ownership of the installed
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| 208 | documentation files to root:root, and is only executed if the
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| 209 | documentation files were built and installed.
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| 210 | </para>
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| 211 |
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| 212 | </sect2>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 215 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <segmentedlist>
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| 218 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 219 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 220 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <seglistitem>
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| 223 | <seg>
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| 224 | gst-feedback, gst-feedback-0.10, gst-inspect, gst-inspect-0.10,
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| 225 | gst-launch, gst-launch-0.10, gst-typefind, gst-typefind-0.10,
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| 226 | gst-xmlinspect, gst-xmlinspect-0.10, gst-xmllaunch and
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| 227 | gst-xmllaunch-0.10
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| 228 | </seg>
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| 229 | <seg>
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| 230 | libgstbase-0.10.so, libgstcheck-0.10.so, libgstcontroller-0.10.so,
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| 231 | libgstdataprotocol-0.10.so, libgstnet-0.10.so and
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| 232 | libgstreamer-0.10.so
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| 233 | </seg>
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| 234 | <seg>
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| 235 | /usr/include/gstreamer-0.10,
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| 236 | /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10,
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| 237 | /usr/libexec/gstreamer-0.10,
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| 238 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-0.10,
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| 239 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-libs-0.10 and
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| 240 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-plugins-0.10
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| 241 | </seg>
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| 242 | </seglistitem>
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| 243 | </segmentedlist>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <variablelist>
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| 246 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 247 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 248 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 249 |
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| 250 | <varlistentry id="gst-feedback">
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| 251 | <term><command>gst-feedback-0.10</command></term>
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| 252 | <listitem>
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| 253 | <para>
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| 254 | generates debug info for <application>GStreamer</application>
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| 255 | bug reports.
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| 256 | </para>
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| 257 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-feedback">
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| 258 | <primary sortas="b-gst-feedback">gst-feedback-0.10</primary>
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| 259 | </indexterm>
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| 260 | </listitem>
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| 261 | </varlistentry>
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <varlistentry id="gst-inspect">
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| 264 | <term><command>gst-inspect-0.10</command></term>
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| 265 | <listitem>
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| 266 | <para>
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| 267 | prints information about a
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| 268 | <application>GStreamer</application> plugin or element.
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| 269 | </para>
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| 270 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-inspect">
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| 271 | <primary sortas="b-gst-inspect">gst-inspect-0.10</primary>
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| 272 | </indexterm>
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| 273 | </listitem>
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| 274 | </varlistentry>
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| 275 |
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| 276 | <varlistentry id="gst-launch">
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| 277 | <term><command>gst-launch-0.10</command></term>
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| 278 | <listitem>
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| 279 | <para>
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| 280 | is a tool that builds and runs basic
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| 281 | <application>GStreamer</application> pipelines.
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| 282 | </para>
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| 283 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-launch">
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| 284 | <primary sortas="b-gst-launch">gst-launch-0.10</primary>
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| 285 | </indexterm>
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| 286 | </listitem>
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| 287 | </varlistentry>
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| 288 |
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| 289 | <varlistentry id="gst-typefind">
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| 290 | <term><command>gst-typefind-0.10</command></term>
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| 291 | <listitem>
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| 292 | <para>
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| 293 | uses the <application>GStreamer</application> type finding system
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| 294 | to determine the relevant <application>GStreamer</application>
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| 295 | plugin to parse or decode a file, and determine the corresponding
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| 296 | MIME type.
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| 297 | </para>
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| 298 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-typefind">
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| 299 | <primary sortas="b-gst-typefind">gst-typefind-0.10</primary>
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| 300 | </indexterm>
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| 301 | </listitem>
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| 302 | </varlistentry>
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| 303 |
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| 304 | <varlistentry id="gst-xmlinspect">
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| 305 | <term><command>gst-xmlinspect-0.10</command></term>
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| 306 | <listitem>
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| 307 | <para>
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| 308 | prints information about a <application>GStreamer</application>
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| 309 | plugin or element in XML document format.
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| 310 | </para>
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| 311 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-xmlinspect">
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| 312 | <primary sortas="b-gst-xmlinspect">gst-xmlinspect-0.10</primary>
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| 313 | </indexterm>
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| 314 | </listitem>
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| 315 | </varlistentry>
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| 316 |
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| 317 | <varlistentry id="gst-xmllaunch">
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| 318 | <term><command>gst-xmllaunch-0.10</command></term>
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| 319 | <listitem>
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| 320 | <para>
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| 321 | is used to build and run a basic <application>GStreamer</application>
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| 322 | pipeline, loading it from an XML description.
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| 323 | </para>
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| 324 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-xmllaunch">
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| 325 | <primary sortas="b-gst-xmllaunch">gst-xmllaunch-0.10</primary>
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| 326 | </indexterm>
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| 327 | </listitem>
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| 328 | </varlistentry>
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| 329 |
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| 330 | </variablelist>
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| 331 |
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| 332 | </sect2>
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| 333 |
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| 334 | </sect1>
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