1 gst-plugins : plug-ins for GStreamer
3 * to develop against uninstalled GStreamer core :
4 add path to gstreamer-uninstalled.pc to PKG_CONFIG_PATH
5 or run configure --with-pkg-config-path=(path to gstreamer uninstalled)
7 * to register plug-ins in source tree
8 run gst-register --gst-plugin-path=.
10 * if a certain plug-in doesn't build, then redo configure with
12 to disable it from the build
14 * Additional documentation :
16 GStreamer is developed under the terms of the LGPL (see LICENSE file for
17 details). Some of our plug-ins however rely on libraries which are available
18 under other licenses. This means that if you are using an application which
19 has a non-GPL compatible license (for instance a closed-source application)
20 with GStreamer, you have to make sure not to use GPL-linked plug-ins.
21 When using GPL-linked plug-ins, GStreamer is for all practical reasons
24 The plug-ins which use a GPL library are as follows:
25 cdparanoia libcdparanoia (http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/)
26 aasink aalib (http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aalib/)
27 xmms libxmms (http://www.xmms.org)
28 decdvd ac3dec,mpeg2dec (http://linuxvideo.org/mpeg2dec/,http://linuxvideo.org/ac3dec/)a
30 Plug-ins which use an LGPL library are as follows:
31 colorspace Hermes (http://www.clanlib.org/hermes/)
32 httpsrc libghttp (ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/libghttp/)
33 alsasink alsa (http://alsa-project.org)
34 arts aRts (http://arts-project.org)
35 sdlsink libsdl (http://www.libsdl.org)
36 gnomevfssource gnome-vfs (ftp.gnome.org//pub/GNOME/stable/sources/gnome-vfs)
37 gnomevfssink gnome-vfs
38 esdsink libesd (ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/esound)
39 icastsend libshout (http://www.icecast.org)
40 lame libmp3lame (http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/)
41 gst1394 libraw1394 (http://linux1394.sourceforge.net)
42 flac libFLAC (http://flac.sourceforge.net)
43 RTP ortp (http://www.linphone.org/ortp/)
45 Plug-ins which use a BSD covered library are as follows:
46 vorbisenc libogg/libvorbis (http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis)
47 vorbisdec libogg/libvorbis
49 Plug-ins based on libraries with other free licenses:
50 xvideosink libXv (MIT X11 / X Consortium license)
51 gsm libgsm (MIT license http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jutta/toast.html)
53 Plug-ins using non-free libraries:
54 wincodec win32ddl (http://divx.euro.ru/)