source: gnome/core/gstreamer.xml@ d2c032a3

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

<!ENTITY gstreamer-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gstreamer/0.8/gstreamer-&gstreamer-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY gstreamer-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gstreamer/0.8/gstreamer-&gstreamer-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY gstreamer-size "1.2 MB">
<!ENTITY gstreamer-buildsize "92.6 MB">
<!ENTITY gstreamer-time "1.31 SBU">

]>

<sect1 id="gstreamer" xreflabel="GStreamer-&gstreamer-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="gstreamer.html"?>
<title>GStreamer-&gstreamer-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>GStreamer</application></title>

<para>The <application>GStreamer</application> package contains a framework 
for streaming media. This is useful for interfacing with binary 
<acronym>CODEC</acronym>s.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&gstreamer-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&gstreamer-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &gstreamer-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&gstreamer-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&gstreamer-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>GStreamer</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="libgnomeui"/>
</para></sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="Python"/>,
<xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
<xref linkend="pst-typesetting-tex"/>,
<xref linkend="gs"/> or
<xref linkend="espgs"/>,
<xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>,
<ulink url="http://epb.lbl.gov/xfig/">TransFig</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/">Netpbm</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://valgrind.kde.org/">Valgrind</ulink>
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>GStreamer</application></title>

<para>Install <application>GStreamer</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
    --localstatedir=/var/lib --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome \
    --disable-docs-build &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install &amp;&amp;
gst-register</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This switch
puts <application>gst-register</application>'s cache in <filename
class="directory">/var/lib/cache</filename>
instead of <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/var/cache</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</parameter>: This switch
puts configuration files in <filename
class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename> instead of
<filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/etc</filename>.</para>

<para><option>--disable-docs-build</option>: This switch prevents
the rebuilding of documentation during the <command>make</command>
command.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>GStreamer</application> package contains
<filename class="libraryfile">libgstreamer</filename>
libraries and <filename class="libraryfile">libgst</filename> libraries.</para>

</sect2>

</sect1>