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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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[11d6d1ac] | 7 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-download-http "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/gstreamer-&gstreamer-version;.tar.bz2">
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[967a388] | 8 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gstreamer/0.8/gstreamer-&gstreamer-version;.tar.bz2">
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[11d6d1ac] | 9 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-md5sum "6769de224de8457ed0dc09016287883a">
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[967a388] | 10 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-size "1.4 MB">
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[11d6d1ac] | 11 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-buildsize "77 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-time "2.9 SBU (includes building docs, additional 0.9 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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| 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="gstreamer.html"?>
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| 21 | <title>GStreamer-&gstreamer-version;</title>
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[11d6d1ac] | 22 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer">
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| 23 | <primary sortas="a-GStreamer">GStreamer</primary></indexterm>
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[967a388] | 24 |
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| 25 | <sect2>
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| 26 | <title>Introduction to <application>GStreamer</application></title>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <para>The <application>GStreamer</application> package contains a streaming
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| 29 | media framework that enables applications to share a common set of plugins for
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| 30 | things like video decoding and encoding, audio encoding and decoding, audio
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| 31 | and video filters, audio visualisation, Web streaming and anything else that
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| 32 | streams in real-time or otherwise. It is modelled after research software
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| 33 | worked on at the Oregon Graduate Institute.</para>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 36 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 37 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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| 38 | url="&gstreamer-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 39 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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| 40 | url="&gstreamer-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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[dc2f5ad] | 41 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &gstreamer-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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[967a388] | 42 | <listitem><para>Download size: &gstreamer-size;</para></listitem>
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| 43 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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| 44 | &gstreamer-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 46 | &gstreamer-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 47 | </sect3>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <sect3><title><application>GStreamer</application> dependencies</title>
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| 50 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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[7c461b3] | 51 | <para><xref linkend="glib2"/>,
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[967a388] | 52 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
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| 53 | <xref linkend="popt"/></para>
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| 54 | </sect4>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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| 57 | <para><xref linkend="libgnomeui"/>,
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[775c349a] | 58 | <xref linkend="python"/> and
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[967a388] | 59 | <ulink url="http://valgrind.kde.org/">Valgrind</ulink></para>
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| 60 | </sect4>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <sect4><title>Optional (to build documentation)</title>
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| 63 | <para><xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
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| 64 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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[03d51788] | 65 | <xref linkend="tex"/>,
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[967a388] | 66 | <xref linkend="gs"/> or
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| 67 | <xref linkend="espgs"/>,
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| 68 | <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>,
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| 69 | <ulink url="http://www.xfig.org/">Transfig</ulink> and
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| 70 | <ulink url="http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/">Netpbm</ulink></para>
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| 71 | </sect4>
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| 72 | </sect3>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | </sect2>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <sect2>
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| 77 | <title>Installation of <application>GStreamer</application></title>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <para>Install <application>GStreamer</application> by running the following
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| 80 | commands:</para>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 83 | --localstatedir=/var --disable-docs-build &&
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[11d6d1ac] | 84 | make</command></userinput></screen>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <para>Now, as the root user:</para>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install &&
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| 89 | chown -R root:root /usr/share/doc/gstreamer-&gstreamer-version;/*/html &&
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[967a388] | 90 | gst-register</command></userinput></screen>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | </sect2>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <sect2>
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| 95 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var</parameter>: This switch puts
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| 98 | <command>gst-register</command>'s cache in
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| 99 | <filename class="directory">/var/cache/gstreamer-0.8</filename>
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| 100 | instead of
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| 101 | <filename class="directory">/usr/cache/gstreamer-0.8</filename>.</para>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter>: This switch puts configuration
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| 104 | files in <filename class="directory">/etc</filename>
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| 105 | instead of <filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</para>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <para><option>--disable-docs-build</option>: This switch prevents
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| 108 | the rebuilding of documentation during the <command>make</command>
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[11d6d1ac] | 109 | command. Remove this switch if you have the listed dependencies
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| 110 | installed.</para>
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[967a388] | 111 |
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[726be18] | 112 | <para><command>chown -R root:root ...</command>: The documentation is
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| 113 | installed with ownerships of the user who untarred and built the package.
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| 114 | This command changes the ownerships of the installed documentation files to
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| 115 | root:root.</para>
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| 116 |
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[967a388] | 117 | </sect2>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <sect2>
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| 120 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 121 |
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[11d6d1ac] | 122 | <segmentedlist>
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| 123 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 124 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 125 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <seglistitem>
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| 128 | <seg>gst-complete, gst-complete-0.8, gst-compprep, gst-compprep-0.8,
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| 129 | gst-feedback, gst-feedback-0.8, gst-inspect, gst-inspect-0.8, gst-launch,
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| 130 | gst-launch-0.8, gst-md5sum, gst-md5sum-0.8, gst-register, gst-register-0.8,
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| 131 | gst-typefind, gst-typefind-0.8, gst-xmllaunch, gst-xmllaunch-0.8,
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| 132 | gst-xmlinspect, gst-xmlinspect-0.8</seg>
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| 133 | <seg>libgstcontrol-0.8.[so,a], libgstreamer-0.8.[so,a] and
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| 134 | libgst*.[so,a] plugin modules</seg>
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| 135 | <seg>/usr/include/gstreamer-0.8, /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.8,
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| 136 | /usr/share/doc/gstreamer-0.8.9, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-0.8,
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| 137 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-libs-0.8 and /var/cache/gstreamer-0.8</seg>
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| 138 | </seglistitem>
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| 139 | </segmentedlist>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <variablelist>
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| 142 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 143 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <varlistentry id="gst-complete">
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| 146 | <term><command>gst-complete-0.8</command></term>
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| 147 | <listitem><para>is a utility enabling <command>bash</command> to provide
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| 148 | context sensitive tab completion for <command>gst-launch</command> command
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| 149 | lines.</para>
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| 150 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-complete">
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| 151 | <primary sortas="b-gst-complete">gst-complete-0.8</primary>
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| 152 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 153 | </varlistentry>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <varlistentry id="gst-compprep">
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| 156 | <term><command>gst-compprep-0.8</command></term>
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| 157 | <listitem><para>builds a registry of <application>GStreamer</application>
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| 158 | elements and their features that is used by
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| 159 | <command>gst-complete</command>.</para>
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| 160 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-compprep">
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| 161 | <primary sortas="b-gst-compprep">gst-compprep-0.8</primary>
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| 162 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 163 | </varlistentry>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <varlistentry id="gst-feedback">
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| 166 | <term><command>gst-feedback-0.8</command></term>
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| 167 | <listitem><para>generates debug info for <application>GStreamer</application>
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| 168 | bug reports.</para>
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| 169 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-feedback">
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| 170 | <primary sortas="b-gst-feedback">gst-feedback-0.8</primary>
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| 171 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 172 | </varlistentry>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | <varlistentry id="gst-inspect">
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| 175 | <term><command>gst-inspect-0.8</command></term>
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| 176 | <listitem><para>prints information about a
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[967a388] | 177 | <application>GStreamer</application> plugin or element.</para>
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[11d6d1ac] | 178 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-inspect">
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| 179 | <primary sortas="b-gst-inspect">gst-inspect-0.8</primary>
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| 180 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 181 | </varlistentry>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <varlistentry id="gst-launch">
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| 184 | <term><command>gst-launch-0.8</command></term>
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| 185 | <listitem><para>is a tool that builds and runs basic
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[967a388] | 186 | <application>GStreamer</application> pipelines.</para>
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[11d6d1ac] | 187 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-launch">
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| 188 | <primary sortas="b-gst-launch">gst-launch-0.8</primary>
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| 189 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 190 | </varlistentry>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <varlistentry id="gst-md5sum">
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| 193 | <term><command>gst-md5sum-0.8</command></term>
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| 194 | <listitem><para>generates MD5 checksums of the data generated by a
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| 195 | <application>GStreamer</application> pipeline.</para>
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| 196 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-md5sum">
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| 197 | <primary sortas="b-gst-md5sum">gst-md5sum-0.8</primary>
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| 198 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 199 | </varlistentry>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | <varlistentry id="gst-register">
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| 202 | <term><command>gst-register-0.8</command></term>
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| 203 | <listitem><para>is used to register all the
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[967a388] | 204 | <application>GStreamer</application> plugins on the system. It creates a
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| 205 | listing of their properties so that when a
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| 206 | <application>GStreamer</application> based application is started, it does not
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| 207 | need to load plugins until it needs them.</para>
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[11d6d1ac] | 208 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-register">
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| 209 | <primary sortas="b-gst-register">gst-register-0.8</primary>
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| 210 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 211 | </varlistentry>
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| 212 |
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| 213 | <varlistentry id="gst-typefind">
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| 214 | <term><command>gst-typefind-0.8</command></term>
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| 215 | <listitem><para>uses the <application>GStreamer</application> type finding
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| 216 | system to determine the relevant <application>GStreamer</application> plugin
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| 217 | to parse or decode a file, and determine the corresponding
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| 218 | <acronym>MIME</acronym> type.</para>
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| 219 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-typefind">
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| 220 | <primary sortas="b-gst-typefind">gst-typefind-0.8</primary>
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| 221 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 222 | </varlistentry>
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| 223 |
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| 224 | <varlistentry id="gst-xmlinspect">
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| 225 | <term><command>gst-xmlinspect-0.8</command></term>
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| 226 | <listitem><para>prints information about a
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[967a388] | 227 | <application>GStreamer</application> plugin or element in
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| 228 | <acronym>XML</acronym> document format.</para>
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[11d6d1ac] | 229 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-xmlinspect">
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| 230 | <primary sortas="b-gst-xmlinspect">gst-xmlinspect-0.8</primary>
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| 231 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 232 | </varlistentry>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <varlistentry id="gst-xmllaunch">
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| 235 | <term><command>gst-xmllaunch-0.8</command></term>
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| 236 | <listitem><para>is used to build and run a basic
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[967a388] | 237 | <application>GStreamer</application> pipeline, loading it from an
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| 238 | <acronym>XML</acronym> description.</para>
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[11d6d1ac] | 239 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer gst-xmllaunch">
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| 240 | <primary sortas="b-gst-xmllaunch">gst-xmllaunch-0.8</primary>
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| 241 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 242 | </varlistentry>
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| 243 | </variablelist>
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[967a388] | 244 |
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| 245 | </sect2>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | </sect1>
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| 248 |
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