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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[967a388] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[bff9ad6b] | 7 | <!ENTITY gst-plugins-download-http "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins/gst-plugins-&gst-plugins-version;.tar.bz2">
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[967a388] | 8 | <!ENTITY gst-plugins-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gst-plugins/0.8/gst-plugins-&gst-plugins-version;.tar.bz2">
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[bff9ad6b] | 9 | <!ENTITY gst-plugins-md5sum "4f6e7e730fa674ecd6ec713f937b8acb">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY gst-plugins-size "2.2 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY gst-plugins-buildsize "up to 100 MB (depends on what dependencies are installed)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY gst-plugins-time "up to 3.0 SBU">
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[967a388] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="gst-plugins" xreflabel="gst-plugins-&gst-plugins-version;">
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| 16 | <sect1info>
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| 17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 19 | </sect1info>
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| 20 | <?dbhtml filename="gst-plugins.html"?>
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| 21 | <title>gst-plugins-&gst-plugins-version;</title>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect2>
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| 24 | <title>Introduction to <application>gst-plugins</application></title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para>The <application>gst-plugins</application> package builds
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| 27 | graphics and multimedia <acronym>CODEC</acronym> interface modules for the
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[bff9ad6b] | 28 | <application>GStreamer</application> package. There are over 160 different
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[967a388] | 29 | modules that can be built, providing <application>GStreamer</application>
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| 30 | the capability to create a pipeline for almost every known media stream.</para>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 33 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 34 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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| 35 | url="&gst-plugins-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 36 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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| 37 | url="&gst-plugins-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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[dc2f5ad] | 38 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &gst-plugins-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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[967a388] | 39 | <listitem><para>Download size: &gst-plugins-size;</para></listitem>
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[518538f] | 40 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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[967a388] | 41 | &gst-plugins-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 42 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 43 | &gst-plugins-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 44 | </sect3>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <sect3><title><application>gst-plugins</application> dependencies</title>
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| 47 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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| 48 | <para><xref linkend="gstreamer"/></para>
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| 49 | </sect4>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <sect4><title>Optional utilities (graphics, compression, misc.)</title>
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| 52 | <para><xref linkend="aalib"/>,
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[bff9ad6b] | 53 | <ulink url="http://cairographics.org/">Cairo</ulink>,
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[0b5a693] | 54 | <xref linkend="cdparanoia"/>,
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[967a388] | 55 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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| 56 | <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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[a8eba10] | 57 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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[967a388] | 58 | <xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/>,
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| 59 | <ulink url="http://talinux.fi.tal.org/pub/talinux/sources/Hermes-1.3.3.tar.gz">Hermes</ulink>,
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| 60 | <ulink url="http://sam.zoy.org/projects/libcaca/">libcaca</ulink>,
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[bff9ad6b] | 61 | <ulink url="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/codecs/libcolorspace-pre/">libcolorspace</ulink>,
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[967a388] | 62 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/> or
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| 63 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/mjpeg/">MMX Jpeg</ulink>,
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| 64 | <ulink url="http://eetpc20.bd.psu.edu/~rfisher/Research/Libmmx/libmmx.html">libmmx</ulink>,
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| 65 | <xref linkend="libmng"/>,
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| 66 | <ulink url="http://www.schleef.org/liboil/">liboil</ulink>,
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| 67 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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| 68 | <xref linkend="NASM"/>,
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[7f8bd51] | 69 | <xref linkend="pango"/>,
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[967a388] | 70 | X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>)</para>
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| 71 | </sect4>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <sect4><title>Optional audio libraries/drivers/codecs</title>
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| 74 | <para><xref linkend="alsa"/>,
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| 75 | <xref linkend="arts"/>,
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| 76 | <xref linkend="audiofile"/>,
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[bff9ad6b] | 77 | <ulink url="https://cvs.comedi.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/audioresample/">audioresample</ulink>,
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[967a388] | 78 | <xref linkend="esound"/>,
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[bff9ad6b] | 79 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/faac">FAAC</ulink>,
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| 80 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/faac">FAAD2</ulink>,
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[967a388] | 81 | <xref linkend="flac"/>,
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| 82 | <ulink url="http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jutta/toast.html">GSM</ulink>,
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| 83 | <ulink url="http://jackit.sourceforge.net/">JACK</ulink>,
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[5db3785e] | 84 | <xref linkend="lame"/>,
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[967a388] | 85 | <xref linkend="liba52"/>,
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[bff9ad6b] | 86 | <ulink url="http://libcdaudio.sourceforge.net/">libcdaudio</ulink>,
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[967a388] | 87 | <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/libdca.html">libdts</ulink>,
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| 88 | <xref linkend="libmad"/> (and
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| 89 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/mad/">libid3tag</ulink>),
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| 90 | <xref linkend="libmikmod"/>,
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[bff9ad6b] | 91 | <ulink url="http://www.musepack.net/">libmusepack</ulink> (now known as
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| 92 | <application>libmpcdec</application>),
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[967a388] | 93 | <ulink url="http://www.musicbrainz.org/">libmusicbrainz</ulink>,
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| 94 | <xref linkend="libogg"/>,
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[bff9ad6b] | 95 | <ulink url="http://www.linux1394.org/">libraw1394</ulink> (and
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| 96 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libavc1394/">libavc1394</ulink>),
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[967a388] | 97 | <ulink url="http://www.icecast.org/">libshout</ulink>,
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| 98 | <ulink url="http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5147/sidplay/">libsidplay</ulink>,
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| 99 | <ulink url="http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/">libsndfile</ulink>,
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| 100 | <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
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| 101 | <ulink url="http://www.ladspa.org/">LADSPA</ulink>,
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| 102 | <xref linkend="nas"/>,
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[bff9ad6b] | 103 | <ulink url="http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/polypaudio/">Polypaudio</ulink>,
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| 104 | <ulink url="http://www.speex.org/">Speex >= 1.1.6</ulink>,
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[967a388] | 105 | <ulink url="http://www.theora.org/">Theora</ulink>,
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| 106 | <ulink url="http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/index.html">Tremor</ulink></para>
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| 107 | </sect4>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <sect4><title>Optional video libraries/drivers/codecs</title>
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| 110 | <para><ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dirac/">Dirac</ulink>,
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[bff9ad6b] | 111 | <ulink url="http://directfb.org/">DirectFB</ulink>,
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[967a388] | 112 | <ulink url="http://www.divx.com/divx/linux/">DivX4Linux</ulink>,
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| 113 | <ulink url="http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/">DXR3</ulink>,
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| 114 | <xref linkend="libdv"/>,
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| 115 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvd/">libdvdnav</ulink>,
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| 116 | <xref linkend="libdvdread"/>,
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| 117 | <xref linkend="libfame"/>,
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| 118 | <ulink url="http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/">libmpeg2</ulink>,
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| 119 | <ulink url="https://cvs.comedi.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/librfb/">librfb</ulink>,
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[bff9ad6b] | 120 | <ulink url="http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/">MJPEG Tools</ulink>,
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[967a388] | 121 | <ulink url="http://www.thedirks.org/v4l2/">V4L2</ulink>,
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| 122 | <xref linkend="xvid"/></para>
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| 123 | </sect4>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <sect4><title>Optional multimedia utilities</title>
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[bff9ad6b] | 126 | <para><ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmms">libmms</ulink>,
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| 127 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libvisual/">libvisual</ulink>,
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[68ad918] | 128 | <xref linkend="sdl"/>,
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[967a388] | 129 | <ulink url="http://swfdec.sourceforge.net/">swfdec</ulink> and
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| 130 | <xref linkend="xine-lib"/></para>
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| 131 | </sect4>
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| 132 | </sect3>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | </sect2>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | <sect2>
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| 137 | <title>Installation of <application>gst-plugins</application></title>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <para>Install <application>gst-plugins</application> by running the following
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| 140 | commands:</para>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
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| 143 | make &&
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| 144 | make install &&
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| 145 | gst-register</command></userinput></screen>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | </sect2>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <sect2>
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| 150 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <para><option>--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=/etc/gnome/gconf/schemas</option>:
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| 153 | Use this option if you have the
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| 154 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym>-2</application>
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| 155 | <application>GConf</application> package installed.</para>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <para><option>--enable-gdk-pixbuf-loader</option>: Use this option to build
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| 158 | the <acronym>GDK</acronym> pixbuf loader module if you have
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| 159 | <application><acronym>GTK</acronym>+-2</application> installed.</para>
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| 160 |
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[bff9ad6b] | 161 | <!-- This module is currently broken
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| 162 | <para><option>-enable-xine</option>: Use this option to build the
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[967a388] | 163 | <application>Xine</application> wrapper module if you have
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| 164 | <application>xine-libs</application> installed.</para>
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[bff9ad6b] | 165 | -->
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <para><option>-enable-xine</option>: Using this option to build the
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| 168 | <application>Xine</application> wrapper module will break the build if you
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| 169 | have <application>xine-libs</application>-&xine-lib-version; installed.</para>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <para><option>--disable-musepack</option>: Use this option if you have
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| 172 | <application>libmusepack</application>-1.1.1 installed, as this version
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| 173 | of <application>libmusepack</application> breaks the build.</para>
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[967a388] | 174 |
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| 175 | <para>Note: all other modules are built if the <command>configure</command>
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| 176 | script discovers the required package. To prevent a module from being built,
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| 177 | pass --disable-<replaceable>[module]</replaceable> to
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| 178 | <command>configure</command>. Run <command>configure --help</command> for all
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| 179 | the available module names.</para>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | </sect2>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <sect2>
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| 184 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <para>The <application>gst-plugins</application> package contains
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| 187 | <command>gst-launch-ext-0.8</command>,
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| 188 | <command>gst-visualise-0.8</command>,
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| 189 | <filename class="libraryfile">libgst*</filename> libraries, numerous
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| 190 | <application>GStreamer</application> plugins and a
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| 191 | <application>Gstreamer</application>
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| 192 | <acronym>GDK</acronym> pixbuf loader module.</para>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | </sect2>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <sect2>
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| 197 | <title>Description</title>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <sect3><title>gst-launch-ext-0.8</title>
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| 200 | <para><command>gst-launch-ext-0.8</command> is used to run a basic predefined
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| 201 | <application>GStreamer</application> pipeline as a quick test to ensure proper
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| 202 | working of codecs and <application>GStreamer</application>.</para>
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| 203 | </sect3>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <sect3><title>gst-visualise-0.8</title>
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| 206 | <para><command>gst-visualise-0.8</command> is used to run a basic
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| 207 | <application>GStreamer</application> pipeline to display a graphical
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| 208 | visualisation of an audio stream.</para>
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| 209 | </sect3>
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| 210 |
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| 211 | </sect2>
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| 212 |
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| 213 | </sect1>
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