1 GStreamer uses a *large* array of tools and libraries, most of which are
2 optional. We have attempted to make sure that any code that depends on
3 optional libraries doesn't get built unless you have those libraries. If
4 you find this not to be the case, please, let us know by filing a bug
5 report at http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=1936.
11 The core GStreamer libraries are required which depend on the following:
13 the latest glib2, currently at v2.0.4
14 libxml2 (also called gnome-xml, available from http://xmlsoft.org/)
16 These libraries are all central parts of gnome, and are available from the
17 ftp.gnome.org or its mirrors, amongst other places.
23 This file lists supporting libraries for which gst-plugins contains plugins,
24 as well as their minimum version. You can find the corresponding plugins in
28 libgnomeui (for gstplay, gsteditor, autoplug example, several tests)
29 libglade (for gstplay, gsteditor)
30 libHermes (for colorspace conversions; you need this for any video work)
31 http://www.clanlib.org/hermes/
32 libghttp (for httpsrc)
33 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/libghttp/
34 libaudiofile (for afsrc/afsink)
35 http://oss.sgi.com/projects/audiofile/
36 libmad (for the mad mp3 decoder plugin)
37 http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/
38 libjpeg (for jpegenc/jpegdec)
40 libopenquicktime (for the QT plugin)
41 http://sourceforge.net/projects/openquicktime/
43 libxaudio (for xa mp3 decoder)
44 http://www.xaudio.com/
45 libvorbis (for vorbisenc, vorbisdec)
46 http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/index.html
47 libcdparanoia (for cdparanoia ripper)
48 http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/index.html
49 liblame (for lame mp3 encoder)
50 http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/
51 libshout (for the shoutcast plugin)
52 http://www.icecast.org
53 libasound (for the alsa src/sink plugin)
54 http://alsa-project.org/
55 ortp (for the rtp sink plugin)
56 http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
57 aalib (for the aa sink plugin)
58 http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aalib/
59 aRts (for the arts plugin wrapper, and the artsd sink)
60 http://www.arts-project.org
61 raw1394/linux1394 (for the dv plugin)
62 http://linux1394.sourceforge.net
63 libdvdread (for the dvdsrc)
64 http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/
65 (optional: libcss for encrypted DVDs)
66 libesound (for the esd sink
67 ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/esound)
68 gnome-vfs (for the gnome-vfs src)
69 libgsm (for the gsm plugin)
70 http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jutta/toast.html
71 sdl (for the sdl sink)
73 xmms (for the xmms plugins wrapper)
75 mpeg2dec/a52dec (for mpeg2 related plugins and dvd playback)
76 http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/
77 and http://liba52.sourceforge.net/
79 avifile (for the avi windows decoder plugins)
80 http://avifile.sourceforge.net/
81 you might want to get the windows libraries
82 from http://divx.euro.ru/ and put the .dll files
87 flac (for the FLAC lossless audio format)
88 http://flac.sourceforge.net
94 An extra set of tools is required if you wish to build GStreamer out of
95 CVS (using autogen.sh):
99 libtool v1.4 or better
100 pkgconfig 0.8.0 (http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/)
112 Optional debian packages:
113 =========================
115 (This is an incomplete list, made only of problems which have been reported,
116 rather than by an audit.)
117 task-helix-gnome-dev OR libgnome-dev
119 gtk-doc-tools 0.4-0.2 -- needed to build documentation
121 Alternatively, the docbook-gnome-bin package, which is available by adding the
122 following lines to apt's sources.list (/etc/apt/sources.list):
124 deb ftp://ftp.home-of-linux.org/pub/debian gnome/
125 deb-src ftp://ftp.home-of-linux.org/pub/debian gnome/