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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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[a7bd2b6f] | 7 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-download-http "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/gstreamer-&gstreamer-version;.tar.bz2">
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[ccc04dc] | 8 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gstreamer/0.8/gstreamer-&gstreamer-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-md5sum "3a251cf05b794ebac04e18f71e5b26eb">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-size "1.4 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-buildsize "81.2 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-time "3.2 SBU (includes building docs, additional 0.8 SBU to run the test suite)">
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[967a388] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="gstreamer" xreflabel="GStreamer-&gstreamer-version;">
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[a7bd2b6f] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="gstreamer.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a747b3c] | 21 | <keywordset>
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| 22 | <keyword role="package">gstreamer-&gstreamer-version;.tar</keyword>
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[f15e274] | 23 | <keyword role="ftpdir">gstreamer</keyword>
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[a747b3c] | 24 | </keywordset>
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[a7bd2b6f] | 25 | </sect1info>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <title>GStreamer-&gstreamer-version;</title>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer">
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| 30 | <primary sortas="a-GStreamer">GStreamer</primary>
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| 31 | </indexterm>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 34 | <title>Introduction to GStreamer</title>
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| 35 |
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[33d63e8d] | 36 | <para>The <application>GStreamer</application> package contains a streaming
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| 37 | media framework that enables applications to share a common set of plugins for
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| 38 | things like video decoding and encoding, audio encoding and decoding, audio
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| 39 | and video filters, audio visualisation, Web streaming and anything else that
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| 40 | streams in real-time or otherwise. It is modelled after research software
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[a7bd2b6f] | 41 | worked on at the Oregon Graduate Institute.</para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gstreamer-download-http;"/></para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gstreamer-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gstreamer-md5sum;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Download size: &gstreamer-size;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gstreamer-buildsize;</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>Estimated build time: &gstreamer-time;</para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | </itemizedlist>
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| 64 |
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[ab5b06b] | 65 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GStreamer Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[a7bd2b6f] | 66 |
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| 67 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[a747b3c] | 68 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="glib2"/>,
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[33d63e8d] | 69 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
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[a7bd2b6f] | 70 | <xref linkend="popt"/></para>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[a747b3c] | 73 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libgnomeui"/>,
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[33d63e8d] | 74 | <xref linkend="python"/> and
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[a7bd2b6f] | 75 | <ulink url="http://valgrind.kde.org/">Valgrind</ulink></para>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (to Build Documentation)</bridgehead>
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[a747b3c] | 78 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
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[33d63e8d] | 79 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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| 80 | <xref linkend="tex"/>,
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| 81 | <xref linkend="gs"/> or
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| 82 | <xref linkend="espgs"/>,
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| 83 | <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>,
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| 84 | <ulink url="http://www.xfig.org/">Transfig</ulink> and
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[a7bd2b6f] | 85 | <ulink url="http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/">Netpbm</ulink></para>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | </sect2>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 90 | <title>Installation of GStreamer</title>
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| 91 |
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[33d63e8d] | 92 | <para>Install <application>GStreamer</application> by running the following
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[a7bd2b6f] | 93 | commands:</para>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
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[2c24d1e] | 96 | --localstatedir=/var &&
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[a7bd2b6f] | 97 | make</userinput></screen>
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[11d6d1ac] | 98 |
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[a7bd2b6f] | 99 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[11d6d1ac] | 100 |
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[a7bd2b6f] | 101 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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[ec5db802] | 102 | if [ -d /usr/share/doc/gstreamer-&gstreamer-version;/faq/html ]; then
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| 103 | chown -v -R root:root \
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| 104 | /usr/share/doc/gstreamer-&gstreamer-version;/*/html
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| 105 | fi &&
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[a7bd2b6f] | 106 | gst-register</userinput></screen>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | </sect2>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 111 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 112 |
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[33d63e8d] | 113 | <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var</parameter>: This switch puts
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| 114 | <command>gst-register</command>'s cache in
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[d7ecaa6] | 115 | <filename class="directory">/var/cache/gstreamer-0.8</filename>
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[33d63e8d] | 116 | instead of
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[a7bd2b6f] | 117 | <filename class="directory">/usr/cache/gstreamer-0.8</filename>.</para>
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| 118 |
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[33d63e8d] | 119 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter>: This switch puts configuration
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[d7ecaa6] | 120 | files in <filename class="directory">/etc</filename>
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[a7bd2b6f] | 121 | instead of <filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</para>
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| 122 |
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[33d63e8d] | 123 | <para><command>chown -v -R root:root ...</command>: The documentation is
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| 124 | installed with ownerships of the user who untarred and built the package.
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[a7bd2b6f] | 125 | This command changes the ownerships of the installed documentation files to
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[ec5db802] | 126 | root:root and is only executed if the documentation files were built and
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| 127 | installed.</para>
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[a7bd2b6f] | 128 |
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| 129 | </sect2>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 132 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <segmentedlist>
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| 135 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 136 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 137 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <seglistitem>
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[33d63e8d] | 140 | <seg>gst-complete, gst-complete-0.8, gst-compprep, gst-compprep-0.8,
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| 141 | gst-feedback, gst-feedback-0.8, gst-inspect, gst-inspect-0.8, gst-launch,
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| 142 | gst-launch-0.8, gst-md5sum, gst-md5sum-0.8, gst-register, gst-register-0.8,
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| 143 | gst-typefind, gst-typefind-0.8, gst-xmllaunch, gst-xmllaunch-0.8,
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[a7bd2b6f] | 144 | gst-xmlinspect, and gst-xmlinspect-0.8</seg>
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[33d63e8d] | 145 | <seg>libgstcontrol-0.8.[so,a], libgstreamer-0.8.[so,a], and
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[a7bd2b6f] | 146 | libgst*.[so,a] plugin modules</seg>
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[33d63e8d] | 147 | <seg>/usr/include/gstreamer-0.8, /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.8,
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| 148 | /usr/share/doc/gstreamer-&gstreamer-version;,
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| 149 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-0.8,
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[a7bd2b6f] | 150 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-libs-0.8, and /var/cache/gstreamer-0.8</seg>
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| 151 | </seglistitem>
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| 152 | </segmentedlist>
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| 153 |
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| 154 | <variablelist>
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| 155 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 156 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 157 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <varlistentry id="gst-complete">
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| 160 | <term><command>gst-complete-0.8</command></term>
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| 161 | <listitem>
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[33d63e8d] | 162 | <para>is a utility enabling <command>bash</command> to provide
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[d7ecaa6] | 163 | context sensitive tab completion for <command>gst-launch</command>
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[a7bd2b6f] | 164 | command lines.</para>
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| 165 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-complete">
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| 166 | <primary sortas="b-gst-complete">gst-complete-0.8</primary>
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| 167 | </indexterm>
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| 168 | </listitem>
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| 169 | </varlistentry>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <varlistentry id="gst-compprep">
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| 172 | <term><command>gst-compprep-0.8</command></term>
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| 173 | <listitem>
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[d7ecaa6] | 174 | <para>builds a registry of <application>GStreamer</application>
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[33d63e8d] | 175 | elements and their features that is used by
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[a7bd2b6f] | 176 | <command>gst-complete</command>.</para>
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| 177 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-compprep">
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| 178 | <primary sortas="b-gst-compprep">gst-compprep-0.8</primary>
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| 179 | </indexterm>
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| 180 | </listitem>
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| 181 | </varlistentry>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <varlistentry id="gst-feedback">
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| 184 | <term><command>gst-feedback-0.8</command></term>
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| 185 | <listitem>
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[d7ecaa6] | 186 | <para>generates debug info for <application>GStreamer</application>
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[a7bd2b6f] | 187 | bug reports.</para>
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| 188 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-feedback">
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| 189 | <primary sortas="b-gst-feedback">gst-feedback-0.8</primary>
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| 190 | </indexterm>
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| 191 | </listitem>
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| 192 | </varlistentry>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <varlistentry id="gst-inspect">
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| 195 | <term><command>gst-inspect-0.8</command></term>
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| 196 | <listitem>
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[33d63e8d] | 197 | <para>prints information about a
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[a7bd2b6f] | 198 | <application>GStreamer</application> plugin or element.</para>
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| 199 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-inspect">
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| 200 | <primary sortas="b-gst-inspect">gst-inspect-0.8</primary>
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| 201 | </indexterm>
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| 202 | </listitem>
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| 203 | </varlistentry>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <varlistentry id="gst-launch">
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| 206 | <term><command>gst-launch-0.8</command></term>
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| 207 | <listitem>
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[33d63e8d] | 208 | <para>is a tool that builds and runs basic
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[a7bd2b6f] | 209 | <application>GStreamer</application> pipelines.</para>
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| 210 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-launch">
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| 211 | <primary sortas="b-gst-launch">gst-launch-0.8</primary>
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| 212 | </indexterm>
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| 213 | </listitem>
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| 214 | </varlistentry>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | <varlistentry id="gst-md5sum">
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| 217 | <term><command>gst-md5sum-0.8</command></term>
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| 218 | <listitem>
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[33d63e8d] | 219 | <para>generates MD5 checksums of the data generated by a
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[a7bd2b6f] | 220 | <application>GStreamer</application> pipeline.</para>
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| 221 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-md5sum">
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| 222 | <primary sortas="b-gst-md5sum">gst-md5sum-0.8</primary>
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| 223 | </indexterm>
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| 224 | </listitem>
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| 225 | </varlistentry>
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| 226 |
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| 227 | <varlistentry id="gst-register">
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| 228 | <term><command>gst-register-0.8</command></term>
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| 229 | <listitem>
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[d7ecaa6] | 230 | <para>is used to register all the <application>GStreamer</application>
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[33d63e8d] | 231 | plugins on the system. It creates a listing of their properties so that when a
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| 232 | <application>GStreamer</application> based application is started, it
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[a7bd2b6f] | 233 | does not need to load plugins until it needs them.</para>
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| 234 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-register">
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| 235 | <primary sortas="b-gst-register">gst-register-0.8</primary>
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| 236 | </indexterm>
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| 237 | </listitem>
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| 238 | </varlistentry>
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| 239 |
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| 240 | <varlistentry id="gst-typefind">
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| 241 | <term><command>gst-typefind-0.8</command></term>
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| 242 | <listitem>
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[33d63e8d] | 243 | <para>uses the <application>GStreamer</application> type finding
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[d7ecaa6] | 244 | system to determine the relevant <application>GStreamer</application>
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[33d63e8d] | 245 | plugin to parse or decode a file, and determine the corresponding
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[a7bd2b6f] | 246 | MIME type.</para>
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| 247 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-typefind">
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| 248 | <primary sortas="b-gst-typefind">gst-typefind-0.8</primary>
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| 249 | </indexterm>
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| 250 | </listitem>
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| 251 | </varlistentry>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | <varlistentry id="gst-xmlinspect">
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| 254 | <term><command>gst-xmlinspect-0.8</command></term>
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| 255 | <listitem>
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[d7ecaa6] | 256 | <para>prints information about a <application>GStreamer</application>
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[a7bd2b6f] | 257 | plugin or element in XML document format.</para>
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| 258 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-xmlinspect">
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| 259 | <primary sortas="b-gst-xmlinspect">gst-xmlinspect-0.8</primary>
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| 260 | </indexterm>
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| 261 | </listitem>
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| 262 | </varlistentry>
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| 263 |
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| 264 | <varlistentry id="gst-xmllaunch">
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| 265 | <term><command>gst-xmllaunch-0.8</command></term>
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| 266 | <listitem>
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[d7ecaa6] | 267 | <para>is used to build and run a basic <application>GStreamer</application>
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[a7bd2b6f] | 268 | pipeline, loading it from an XML description.</para>
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| 269 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-xmllaunch">
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| 270 | <primary sortas="b-gst-xmllaunch">gst-xmllaunch-0.8</primary>
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| 271 | </indexterm>
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| 272 | </listitem>
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| 273 | </varlistentry>
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| 274 |
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| 275 | </variablelist>
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| 276 |
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| 277 | </sect2>
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[967a388] | 278 |
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| 279 | </sect1>
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