[847ae101] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[6732c094] | 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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[847ae101] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[43a05b2] | 7 | <!ENTITY gst-plugins-base-download-http "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-base/gst-plugins-base-&gst-plugins-base-version;.tar.bz2">
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[b221537] | 8 | <!ENTITY gst-plugins-base-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/gst-plugins-base/0.10/gst-plugins-base-&gst-plugins-base-version;.tar.bz2">
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[cc60178] | 9 | <!ENTITY gst-plugins-base-md5sum "0e0cd485311502ad1c0c028148e3186a">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY gst-plugins-base-size "1.9 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY gst-plugins-base-buildsize "58 MB typical (depends on what dependencies are installed, plus 5MB for the test suite)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY gst-plugins-base-time "1.5 SBU typical (plus 0.7 SBU to run the test suite)">
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[847ae101] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="gst-plugins-base"
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| 16 | xreflabel="GStreamer Base Plug-ins-&gst-plugins-base-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="gst-plugins-base.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <title>GStreamer Base Plug-ins-&gst-plugins-base-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="gst-plugins-base">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-GStreamer-Base-Plug-ins">GStreamer Base Plug-ins</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to GStreamer Base Plug-ins</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>The <application>GStreamer Base Plug-ins</application> is a
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| 34 | well-groomed and well-maintained collection of
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| 35 | <application>GStreamer</application> plug-ins and elements, spanning the
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| 36 | range of possible types of elements one would want to write for
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| 37 | <application>GStreamer</application>. It also contains helper libraries
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| 38 | and base classes useful for writing elements. A wide range of video and
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[c866109] | 39 | audio decoders, encoders, and filters are included. Also see the
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| 40 | <xref linkend="gst-plugins-good"/>, <xref linkend="gst-plugins-ugly"/>,
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| 41 | <ulink url="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/gst-plugins-bad.html">
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| 42 | GStreamer Bad Plug-ins</ulink> and <ulink
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| 43 | url="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/gst-ffmpeg.html">GStreamer
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| 44 | FFmpeg plug-in</ulink> packages.</para>
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[847ae101] | 45 |
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| 46 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 47 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gst-plugins-base-download-http;"/></para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gst-plugins-base-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gst-plugins-base-md5sum;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Download size: &gst-plugins-base-size;</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gst-plugins-base-buildsize;</para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>Estimated build time: &gst-plugins-base-time;</para>
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| 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | </itemizedlist>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GStreamer Base Plug-ins Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 71 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="gstreamer"/> and
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[29919079] | 72 | <xref linkend="liboil"/></para>
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[847ae101] | 73 |
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| 74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 75 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="alsa"/>,
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| 76 | <xref linkend="libogg"/>,
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| 77 | <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
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[bf1b5bf9] | 78 | <xref linkend="libtheora"/>,
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[847ae101] | 79 | <xref linkend="cdparanoia"/>,
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| 80 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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| 81 | <xref linkend="pango"/>,
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| 82 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/> (required to build the examples),
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| 83 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
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| 84 | <xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/>,
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| 85 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libvisual/">libvisual</ulink>,
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| 86 | <ulink url="http://check.sourceforge.net/">Check</ulink>
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| 87 | (required to run the unit regression tests), and
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| 88 | <ulink url="http://www.valgrind.org/">Valgrind</ulink>
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| 89 | (optionally used during the unit regression tests)</para>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Required to Rebuild the API
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| 92 | Documentation)</bridgehead>
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| 93 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and
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[cc60178] | 94 | <xref linkend="python"/> (compiled against an XML parser such as
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| 95 | <xref linkend=" expat"/>).</para>
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[847ae101] | 96 |
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| 97 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 98 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gst-plugins-base"/></para>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | </sect2>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 103 | <title>Installation of GStreamer Base Plug-ins</title>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <para>Install <application>GStreamer Base Plug-ins</application> by running
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| 106 | the following commands:</para>
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| 107 |
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[cc60178] | 108 | <screen><userinput>sed -i 's/\(.*gtkdoc-rebase --relative.* \)\(;.*\)/\1|| true\2/' \
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[30f30d2] | 109 | docs/libs/Makefile.in &&
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[cc60178] | 110 | ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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[847ae101] | 111 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 112 |
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[cc60178] | 113 | <!-- without libcheck, 'make check' is pointless -->
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| 114 | <para>To run the unit regression tests, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 115 | There is one failure, in elements/subparse. There are
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[847ae101] | 116 | many other <filename>Makefile</filename> targets you can specify for
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| 117 | running the tests, issue <command>make -C tests/check help</command> to see
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| 118 | the complete list.</para>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 123 |
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[b221537] | 124 | <!-- Docs are installed now
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[847ae101] | 125 | <para>If you did not rebuild the API documentation by passing
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[b221537] | 126 | <option>-enable-gtk-doc</option> to the <command>configure</command>
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[847ae101] | 127 | script and you wish to install the pre-built documentation, issue the
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| 128 | following command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 129 | user:</para>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make -C docs/libs install-data &&
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[b221537] | 132 | make -C docs/plugins install-data</userinput></screen>-->
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[847ae101] | 133 |
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| 134 | </sect2>
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| 135 |
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[cc60178] | 136 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 137 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
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| 140 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <para><option>sed -i 's/\(.*gtkdoc-rebase --relative.* \)\(;.*\)/\1|| true\2/' \
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| 143 | docs/libs/Makefile.in</option>: This Makefile tests if
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| 144 | <command>gtkdoc-rebase</command> is present, and only uses it if it is,
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| 145 | but the test <command>which gtk-doc</command> is interpreted as an error by
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| 146 | <command>make</command> if <command>gtkdoc-rebase</command> is not present. The
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| 147 | <command>sed</command> command ensures the command is always regarded as
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| 148 | successful.</para>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <para><option>--disable-static</option>: This switch prevents the static
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| 151 | libraries from being built.</para>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | </sect2>
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| 154 |
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[847ae101] | 155 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 156 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <segmentedlist>
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| 159 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 160 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 161 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <seglistitem>
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| 164 | <seg>gst-visualise-0.10</seg>
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| 165 | <seg>libgst*.{so,a} and numerous <application>GStreamer</application>
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| 166 | plugins</seg>
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| 167 | <seg>/usr/include/gstreamer-0.10/gst/{too numerous to list} and
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| 168 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-libs-0.10</seg>
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| 169 | </seglistitem>
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| 170 | </segmentedlist>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <variablelist>
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| 173 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 174 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 175 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 176 |
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| 177 | <varlistentry id="gst-visualise">
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| 178 | <term><command>gst-visualise-0.10</command></term>
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| 179 | <listitem>
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| 180 | <para>is used to run a basic <application>GStreamer</application>
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| 181 | pipeline to display a graphical visualisation of an audio stream.</para>
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| 182 | <indexterm zone="gst-plugins-base gst-visualise">
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| 183 | <primary sortas="b-gst-visualise">gst-visualise-0.10</primary>
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| 184 | </indexterm>
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| 185 | </listitem>
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| 186 | </varlistentry>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | </variablelist>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | </sect2>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | </sect1>
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