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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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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 gstreamer-download-http "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/gstreamer-&gstreamer-version;.tar.bz2">
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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 "6769de224de8457ed0dc09016287883a">
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10 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-size "1.4 MB">
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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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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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22 | <indexterm zone="gstreamer">
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23 | <primary sortas="a-GStreamer">GStreamer</primary></indexterm>
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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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41 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &gstreamer-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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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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51 | <para><xref linkend="glib2"/>,
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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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58 | <xref linkend="python"/> and
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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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65 | <xref linkend="tex"/>,
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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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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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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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109 | command. Remove this switch if you have the listed dependencies
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110 | installed.</para>
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111 |
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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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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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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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177 | <application>GStreamer</application> plugin or element.</para>
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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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186 | <application>GStreamer</application> pipelines.</para>
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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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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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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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227 | <application>GStreamer</application> plugin or element in
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228 | <acronym>XML</acronym> document format.</para>
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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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237 | <application>GStreamer</application> pipeline, loading it from an
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238 | <acronym>XML</acronym> description.</para>
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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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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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