Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.5

Chapter 28. The KDE Core

Phonon-backend-gstreamer-4.7.1

Introduction to the Phonon-backend-gstreamer

This package provides a Phonon backend which utilizes the GStreamer media framework.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.5 platform.

Package Information

Phonon-backend-gstreamer Dependencies

Required

phonon-4.7.1 and GStreamer-0.10.36

Recommended

gst-plugins-base-0.10.36 (needed for output to ALSA), gst-plugins-good-0.10.31 (needed for output to PulseAudio), gst-plugins-bad-0.10.23 (needed for AAC/M4A support) and gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.19 (needed for MP3 support)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/phonon-backend-gstreamer

Installation of Phonon-backend-gstreamer

Install Phonon-backend-gstreamer by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KDE_PREFIX \
      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib         \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release         \
      -Wno-dev .. &&
make

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release: This switch is used to apply higher level of compiler optimizations.

Contents

Installed Programs: none
Installed Libraries: phonon_gstreamer.so
Installed Directories: $KDE_PREFIX/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend and $KDE_PREFIX/share/kde4/services/phononbackends

Last updated on 2014-02-27 20:59:01 -0800