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 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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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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9 | <!ENTITY gst-plugins-base-md5sum "d29669dd79276c5cd94e1613c03cd9ab">
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10 | <!ENTITY gst-plugins-base-size "2.1 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY gst-plugins-base-buildsize "75 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY gst-plugins-base-time "1.6 SBU">
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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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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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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"/>,
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72 | <xref linkend="liboil"/>, and
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73 | <xref linkend="pango"/></para>
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74 |
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75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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76 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
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77 | <xref linkend="cdparanoia"/>,
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78 | <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>,
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79 | <xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/>,
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80 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/> (required to build the examples),
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81 | <xref linkend="libogg"/>,
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82 | <xref linkend="libtheora"/>,
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83 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libvisual/">libvisual</ulink>,
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84 | <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
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85 | <xref linkend="speex"/>,
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86 | <xref linkend="udev"/> (gudev),
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87 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
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88 | <ulink url="http://check.sourceforge.net/">Check</ulink>
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89 | (required to run the unit regression tests), and
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90 | <ulink url="http://www.valgrind.org/">Valgrind</ulink>
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91 | (optionally used during the unit regression tests)</para>
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92 |
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93 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Required to Rebuild the API
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94 | Documentation)</bridgehead>
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95 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and
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96 | <xref linkend="python"/> (compiled against an XML parser such as
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97 | <xref linkend=" expat"/>).</para>
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98 |
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99 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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100 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gst-plugins-base"/></para>
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101 |
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102 | </sect2>
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103 |
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104 | <sect2 role="installation">
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105 | <title>Installation of GStreamer Base Plug-ins</title>
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106 |
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107 | <para>Install <application>GStreamer Base Plug-ins</application> by running
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108 | the following commands:</para>
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109 |
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110 | <screen><userinput>sed -i 's/\(.*gtkdoc-rebase --relative.* \)\(;.*\)/\1|| true\2/' \
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111 | docs/libs/Makefile.in &&
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112 | ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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113 | make</userinput></screen>
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114 |
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115 | <!-- without libcheck, 'make check' is pointless -->
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116 | <para>To run the unit regression tests, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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117 | There is one failure, in elements/subparse. There are
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118 | many other <filename>Makefile</filename> targets you can specify for
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119 | running the tests, issue <command>make -C tests/check help</command> to see
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120 | the complete list.</para>
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121 |
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122 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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123 |
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124 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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125 |
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126 | <!-- Docs are installed now
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127 | <para>If you did not rebuild the API documentation by passing
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128 | <option>-enable-gtk-doc</option> to the <command>configure</command>
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129 | script and you wish to install the pre-built documentation, issue the
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130 | following command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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131 | user:</para>
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132 |
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133 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make -C docs/libs install-data &&
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134 | make -C docs/plugins install-data</userinput></screen>-->
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135 |
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136 | </sect2>
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137 |
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138 | <sect2 role="commands">
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139 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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140 |
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141 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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142 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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143 |
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144 | <para><option>sed -i 's/\(.*gtkdoc-rebase --relative.* \)\(;.*\)/\1|| true\2/' \
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145 | docs/libs/Makefile.in</option>: This Makefile tests if
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146 | <command>gtkdoc-rebase</command> is present, and only uses it if it is,
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147 | but the test <command>which gtk-doc</command> is interpreted as an error by
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148 | <command>make</command> if <command>gtkdoc-rebase</command> is not present. The
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149 | <command>sed</command> command ensures the command is always regarded as
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150 | successful.</para>
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151 |
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152 | <para><option>--disable-static</option>: This switch prevents the static
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153 | libraries from being built.</para>
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154 |
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155 | </sect2>
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156 |
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157 | <sect2 role="content">
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158 | <title>Contents</title>
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159 |
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160 | <segmentedlist>
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161 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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162 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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163 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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164 |
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165 | <seglistitem>
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166 | <seg>gst-visualise-0.10</seg>
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167 | <seg>libgst*.{so,a} and numerous <application>GStreamer</application>
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168 | plugins</seg>
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169 | <seg>/usr/include/gstreamer-0.10/gst/{too numerous to list} and
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170 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-libs-0.10</seg>
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171 | </seglistitem>
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172 | </segmentedlist>
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173 |
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174 | <variablelist>
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175 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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176 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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177 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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178 |
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179 | <varlistentry id="gst-visualise">
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180 | <term><command>gst-visualise-0.10</command></term>
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181 | <listitem>
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182 | <para>is used to run a basic <application>GStreamer</application>
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183 | pipeline to display a graphical visualisation of an audio stream.</para>
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184 | <indexterm zone="gst-plugins-base gst-visualise">
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185 | <primary sortas="b-gst-visualise">gst-visualise-0.10</primary>
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186 | </indexterm>
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187 | </listitem>
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188 | </varlistentry>
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189 |
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190 | </variablelist>
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191 |
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192 | </sect2>
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193 |
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194 | </sect1>
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