Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.5

Chapter 39. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

gst-plugins-base-0.10.36

Introduction to GStreamer Base Plug-ins

The GStreamer Base Plug-ins is a well-groomed and well-maintained collection of GStreamer plug-ins and elements, spanning the range of possible types of elements one would want to write for GStreamer. It also contains helper libraries and base classes useful for writing elements. A wide range of video and audio decoders, encoders, and filters are included. Also see the gst-plugins-bad-0.10.23, gst-plugins-good-0.10.31, gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.19, and gst-ffmpeg-0.10.13 packages.

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

[Note]

Note

GStreamer 1.0 series is not API or ABI compatible with GStreamer 0.10 series and both can be installed on the same system.

Package Information

GStreamer Base Plug-ins Dependencies

Required

GStreamer-0.10.36 and Pango-1.36.2

Recommended

alsa-lib-1.0.27.2, libogg-1.3.1, libtheora-1.1.1, libvorbis-1.3.4, udev-extras (from systemd) (for gudev), and Xorg Libraries

Optional (Required if building GNOME)

gobject-introspection-1.38.0

Optional

CDParanoia-III-10.2, GTK+-3.10.7 (required to build the examples), libvisual, ORC, Check-0.9.12 (required to run the unit regression tests), and Valgrind (optionaly used during the unit regression tests)

Optional (Required to Rebuild the API Documentation)

GTK-Doc-1.19 and Python-2.7.6 (compiled against an XML parser such as expat-2.1.0).

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gst-plugins-base

Installation of GStreamer Base Plug-ins

Install GStreamer Base Plug-ins by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make

To run the unit regression tests, issue: make check. There are many other Makefile targets you can specify for running the tests, issue make -C tests/check help to see the complete list.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: gst-visualise-0.10
Installed Libraries: libgstapp-0.10.so, libgstaudio-0.10.so, libgstcdda-0.10.so, libgstfft-0.10.so, libgstinterfaces-0.10.so, libgstnetbuffer-0.10.so, libgstpbutils-0.10.so, libgstriff-0.10.so, libgstrtp-0.10.so, libgstrtsp-0.10.so, libgstsdp-0.10.so, libgsttag-0.10.so and libgstvideo-0.10.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gstreamer-0.10/gst/{app,audio,cdda,fft,floatcast,interfaces,netbuffer} /usr/include/gstreamer-0.10/gst/{pbutils,riff,rtp,rtsp,sdp,tag,video}, /usr/share/gst-plugins-base, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-libs-0.10 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-0.10

Short Descriptions

gst-visualise-0.10

is used to run a basic GStreamer pipeline to display a graphical visualisation of an audio stream.

Last updated on 2014-02-20 11:59:37 -0800