3 This is gst-plugins, a set of plug-ins for GStreamer.
7 - make sure you compiled and at least did a test-run of GStreamer (core)
8 - check output of ./configure --help to see if any options apply to you
9 - configure the source tree:
10 - if you installed GStreamer, then do:
12 If configure complains about missing GStreamer, you should try
13 ./configure --with-pkg-config-path=prefix/lib/pkgconfig
14 where prefix should be replaced by the prefix you used to configure
15 GStreamer. (Be mindful NOT to ADD a trailing / to that option !)
16 If this doesn't fix it, you have other issues ;)
18 - if you didn't install GStreamer, you can still compile the plug-ins.
19 Add the path to gstreamer-uninstalled.pc (which lives in the gstreamer
20 source tree) to PKG_CONFIG_PATH
21 or run configure --with-pkg-config-path=(path to gstreamer uninstalled)
23 - the output of configure will give you a list of plug-ins with external
24 dependencies (ie, depending on other libs, see below). By no means
25 should you try to get them all built on your first run. This is hard
26 enough as it is ;) Resist the urge to get the most features for now.
27 It doesn't list all of the non-depending plug-ins, which get built
28 regardless (unless you explicitly asked it not to).
32 If any plug-in causes a problem at this stage, you should re-configure
33 with --disable-(dependency)
34 and doublecheck if configure reports this plug-in as being disabled.
38 - if you installed GStreamer, and want to install the plug-ins as well, run
42 - if you installed GStreamer, but don't want to install the plug-ins, run
43 gst-register --gst-plugin-path=.
44 - if you didn't install GStreamer, then do
45 path/to/gstreamer/tools/gst-register --gst-plugin-path=.
46 (Replace path/to/gstreamer obviously)
50 gst-launch sinesrc ! fakesink
51 and prefix gst-launch with the path to gstreamer/tools if you didn't install
53 If this doesn't give any errors, you can abort it.
55 - try replacing fakesink with your choice of
56 osssink/esdsink/artsdsink/alsasink/jacksink (depending on what output
57 method you have available) and see if you hear a C tone.
59 - After this, you should look into installing an application, like
60 gst-player, gst-editor or monkey-media with rhythmbox.
64 When building from CVS sources, you will need to run autogen.sh to generate
65 the build system files.
67 GStreamer is cutting-edge stuff. To be a CVS developer, you need
68 what used to be considered cutting-edge tools.
70 ATM, most of us have at least these versions :
72 * autoconf 2.52 (NOT 2.52d)
75 * libtool 1.4 (NOT Gentoo's genetic failure 1.4.2)
78 autogen.sh will check for these versions and complain if you don't have
79 them. You can also specify specific versions of automake and autoconf with
80 --with-automake and --with-autoconf
82 Check autogen.sh options by running autogen.sh --help
84 autogen.sh can pass on arguments to configure - you just need to separate them
85 from autogen.sh with -- between the two.
86 prefix has been added to autogen.sh but will be passed on to configure because
87 some build scripts like that.
88 You will probably have to pass at least --with-pkg-config-path to autogen.sh
89 to point to the CVS version of GStreamer.
91 When you have done this once, you can use autoregen.sh to re-autogen with
92 the last passed options as a handy shortcut. Use it.
94 After the autogen.sh stage, you can follow the directions listed in
95 "COMPILING FROM SOURCE"
97 PLUG-IN DEPENDENCIES AND LICENSES
98 ---------------------------------
99 GStreamer is developed under the terms of the LGPL (see LICENSE file for
100 details). Some of our plug-ins however rely on libraries which are available
101 under other licenses. This means that if you are using an application which
102 has a non-GPL compatible license (for instance a closed-source application)
103 with GStreamer, you have to make sure not to use GPL-linked plug-ins.
104 When using GPL-linked plug-ins, GStreamer is for all practical reasons
105 under the GPL itself.
107 There is a LICESENSE_readme file containing licensing information on the plugins