diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e9bcd4dbb..cc4131cc6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -16,6 +16,113 @@ The API of the two is incompatible. A crate for writing GStreamer plugins in Rust can be found here: https://github.com/sdroege/gst-plugin-rs +## Installation + +To build the GStreamer bindings or anything depending on them, you need to +have at least GStreamer 1.8 and gst-plugins-base 1.8 installed. In addition, +some of the examples/tutorials require various GStreamer plugins to be +available, which can be found in gst-plugins-base, gst-plugins-good, +gst-plugins-bad, gst-plugins-ugly and/or gst-libav. + +### Linux/BSDs + +You need to install the above mentioned packages with your distributions +package manager, or build them from source. + +On Debian/Ubuntu they can be installed with + +``` +$ apt-get install libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \ + gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \ + gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly \ + gstreamer1.0-libav +``` + +Package names on other distributions should be similar. +Please submit a pull request with instructions for yours. + +### macOS + +You can install GStreamer and the plugins via [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) or +by installing the [binaries](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/pkg/osx/) +provided by the GStreamer project. + +#### Homebrew + +``` +$ brew install gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good \ + gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav +``` + +#### GStreamer Binaries + +You need to download the *two* `.pkg` files from the GStreamer website and +install them, e.g. `gstreamer-1.0-1.12.3-x86_64.pkg` and +`gstreamer-1.0-devel-1.12.3-x86_64.pkg`. + +After installation, you also need to install `pkg-config` (e.g. via Homebrew) +and set the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable + +``` +$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/Frameworks/GStreamer.framework/Versions/Current/lib/pkgconfig${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:+:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" +``` + +### Windows + +You can install GStreamer and the plugins via [MSYS2](http://www.msys2.org/) +with `pacman` or by installing the +[binaries](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/pkg/windows/) provided by +the GStreamer project. + +#### MSYS2 / pacman + +``` +$ pacman -S pkg-config mingw-w64-x86_64-gstreamer mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-base \ + mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-good mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-bad \ + mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-ugly mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-libav +``` + +#### GStreamer Binaries + +You need to download the *two* `.msi` files for your platform from the +GStreamer website and install them, e.g. `gstreamer-1.0-x86_64-1.12.3.msi` and +`gstreamer-1.0-devel-x86_64-1.12.3.msi`. + +After installation, you also need to install `pkg-config` (e.g. via MSYS2 or +from [here](https://sourceforge.net/projects/pkgconfiglite/)) +and set the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable + +``` +$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="c:\\gstreamer\\1.0\\x86_64\\lib\\pkgconfig${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:+:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" +``` + +## Getting Started + +The API reference can be found +[here](https://sdroege.github.io/rustdoc/gstreamer/gstreamer/), however it is +only the Rust API reference and does not explain any of the concepts. + +For getting started with GStreamer development, the best would be to follow +the [documentation](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/) on the +GStreamer website, especially the [Application Development +Manual](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/application-development/). +While being C-centric, it explains all the fundamental concepts of GStreamer +and the code examples should be relatively easily translatable to Rust. The +API is basically the same, function/struct names are the same and everything +is only more convenient (hopefully) and safer. + +In addition there are +[tutorials](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/tutorials/) on the +GStreamer website. Many of them were ported to Rust already and the code can +be found in the +[tutorials](https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs/tree/master/tutorials) +directory. + +Some further examples for various aspects of GStreamer and how to use it from +Rust can be found in the +[examples](https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs/tree/master/examples) +directory. + ## LICENSE gstreamer-rs and all crates contained in here are licensed under either of diff --git a/gstreamer-app/README.md b/gstreamer-app/README.md index abd9b8471..9258c1495 100644 --- a/gstreamer-app/README.md +++ b/gstreamer-app/README.md @@ -16,6 +16,113 @@ The API of the two is incompatible. A crate for writing GStreamer plugins in Rust can be found here: https://github.com/sdroege/gst-plugin-rs +## Installation + +To build the GStreamer bindings or anything depending on them, you need to +have at least GStreamer 1.8 and gst-plugins-base 1.8 installed. In addition, +some of the examples/tutorials require various GStreamer plugins to be +available, which can be found in gst-plugins-base, gst-plugins-good, +gst-plugins-bad, gst-plugins-ugly and/or gst-libav. + +### Linux/BSDs + +You need to install the above mentioned packages with your distributions +package manager, or build them from source. + +On Debian/Ubuntu they can be installed with + +``` +$ apt-get install libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \ + gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \ + gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly \ + gstreamer1.0-libav +``` + +Package names on other distributions should be similar. +Please submit a pull request with instructions for yours. + +### macOS + +You can install GStreamer and the plugins via [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) or +by installing the [binaries](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/pkg/osx/) +provided by the GStreamer project. + +#### Homebrew + +``` +$ brew install gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good \ + gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav +``` + +#### GStreamer Binaries + +You need to download the *two* `.pkg` files from the GStreamer website and +install them, e.g. `gstreamer-1.0-1.12.3-x86_64.pkg` and +`gstreamer-1.0-devel-1.12.3-x86_64.pkg`. + +After installation, you also need to install `pkg-config` (e.g. via Homebrew) +and set the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable + +``` +$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/Frameworks/GStreamer.framework/Versions/Current/lib/pkgconfig${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:+:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" +``` + +### Windows + +You can install GStreamer and the plugins via [MSYS2](http://www.msys2.org/) +with `pacman` or by installing the +[binaries](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/pkg/windows/) provided by +the GStreamer project. + +#### MSYS2 / pacman + +``` +$ pacman -S pkg-config mingw-w64-x86_64-gstreamer mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-base \ + mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-good mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-bad \ + mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-ugly mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-libav +``` + +#### GStreamer Binaries + +You need to download the *two* `.msi` files for your platform from the +GStreamer website and install them, e.g. `gstreamer-1.0-x86_64-1.12.3.msi` and +`gstreamer-1.0-devel-x86_64-1.12.3.msi`. + +After installation, you also need to install `pkg-config` (e.g. via MSYS2 or +from [here](https://sourceforge.net/projects/pkgconfiglite/)) +and set the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable + +``` +$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="c:\\gstreamer\\1.0\\x86_64\\lib\\pkgconfig${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:+:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" +``` + +## Getting Started + +The API reference can be found +[here](https://sdroege.github.io/rustdoc/gstreamer/gstreamer/), however it is +only the Rust API reference and does not explain any of the concepts. + +For getting started with GStreamer development, the best would be to follow +the [documentation](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/) on the +GStreamer website, especially the [Application Development +Manual](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/application-development/). +While being C-centric, it explains all the fundamental concepts of GStreamer +and the code examples should be relatively easily translatable to Rust. The +API is basically the same, function/struct names are the same and everything +is only more convenient (hopefully) and safer. + +In addition there are +[tutorials](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/tutorials/) on the +GStreamer website. Many of them were ported to Rust already and the code can +be found in the +[tutorials](https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs/tree/master/tutorials) +directory. + +Some further examples for various aspects of GStreamer and how to use it from +Rust can be found in the +[examples](https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs/tree/master/examples) +directory. + ## LICENSE gstreamer-rs and all crates contained in here are licensed under either of diff --git a/gstreamer-audio/README.md b/gstreamer-audio/README.md index 167e848e3..086666a30 100644 --- a/gstreamer-audio/README.md +++ b/gstreamer-audio/README.md @@ -16,6 +16,113 @@ The API of the two is incompatible. A crate for writing GStreamer plugins in Rust can be found here: https://github.com/sdroege/gst-plugin-rs +## Installation + +To build the GStreamer bindings or anything depending on them, you need to +have at least GStreamer 1.8 and gst-plugins-base 1.8 installed. In addition, +some of the examples/tutorials require various GStreamer plugins to be +available, which can be found in gst-plugins-base, gst-plugins-good, +gst-plugins-bad, gst-plugins-ugly and/or gst-libav. + +### Linux/BSDs + +You need to install the above mentioned packages with your distributions +package manager, or build them from source. + +On Debian/Ubuntu they can be installed with + +``` +$ apt-get install libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \ + gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \ + gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly \ + gstreamer1.0-libav +``` + +Package names on other distributions should be similar. +Please submit a pull request with instructions for yours. + +### macOS + +You can install GStreamer and the plugins via [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) or +by installing the [binaries](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/pkg/osx/) +provided by the GStreamer project. + +#### Homebrew + +``` +$ brew install gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good \ + gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav +``` + +#### GStreamer Binaries + +You need to download the *two* `.pkg` files from the GStreamer website and +install them, e.g. `gstreamer-1.0-1.12.3-x86_64.pkg` and +`gstreamer-1.0-devel-1.12.3-x86_64.pkg`. + +After installation, you also need to install `pkg-config` (e.g. via Homebrew) +and set the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable + +``` +$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/Frameworks/GStreamer.framework/Versions/Current/lib/pkgconfig${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:+:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" +``` + +### Windows + +You can install GStreamer and the plugins via [MSYS2](http://www.msys2.org/) +with `pacman` or by installing the +[binaries](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/pkg/windows/) provided by +the GStreamer project. + +#### MSYS2 / pacman + +``` +$ pacman -S pkg-config mingw-w64-x86_64-gstreamer mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-base \ + mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-good mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-bad \ + mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-ugly mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-libav +``` + +#### GStreamer Binaries + +You need to download the *two* `.msi` files for your platform from the +GStreamer website and install them, e.g. `gstreamer-1.0-x86_64-1.12.3.msi` and +`gstreamer-1.0-devel-x86_64-1.12.3.msi`. + +After installation, you also need to install `pkg-config` (e.g. via MSYS2 or +from [here](https://sourceforge.net/projects/pkgconfiglite/)) +and set the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable + +``` +$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="c:\\gstreamer\\1.0\\x86_64\\lib\\pkgconfig${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:+:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" +``` + +## Getting Started + +The API reference can be found +[here](https://sdroege.github.io/rustdoc/gstreamer/gstreamer/), however it is +only the Rust API reference and does not explain any of the concepts. + +For getting started with GStreamer development, the best would be to follow +the [documentation](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/) on the +GStreamer website, especially the [Application Development +Manual](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/application-development/). +While being C-centric, it explains all the fundamental concepts of GStreamer +and the code examples should be relatively easily translatable to Rust. The +API is basically the same, function/struct names are the same and everything +is only more convenient (hopefully) and safer. + +In addition there are +[tutorials](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/tutorials/) on the +GStreamer website. Many of them were ported to Rust already and the code can +be found in the +[tutorials](https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs/tree/master/tutorials) +directory. + +Some further examples for various aspects of GStreamer and how to use it from +Rust can be found in the +[examples](https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs/tree/master/examples) +directory. + ## LICENSE gstreamer-rs and all crates contained in here are licensed under either of diff --git a/gstreamer-player/README.md b/gstreamer-player/README.md index b1f9d377b..3bec02f68 100644 --- a/gstreamer-player/README.md +++ b/gstreamer-player/README.md @@ -16,6 +16,113 @@ The API of the two is incompatible. A crate for writing GStreamer plugins in Rust can be found here: https://github.com/sdroege/gst-plugin-rs +## Installation + +To build the GStreamer bindings or anything depending on them, you need to +have at least GStreamer 1.8 and gst-plugins-base 1.8 installed. In addition, +some of the examples/tutorials require various GStreamer plugins to be +available, which can be found in gst-plugins-base, gst-plugins-good, +gst-plugins-bad, gst-plugins-ugly and/or gst-libav. + +### Linux/BSDs + +You need to install the above mentioned packages with your distributions +package manager, or build them from source. + +On Debian/Ubuntu they can be installed with + +``` +$ apt-get install libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \ + gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \ + gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly \ + gstreamer1.0-libav +``` + +Package names on other distributions should be similar. +Please submit a pull request with instructions for yours. + +### macOS + +You can install GStreamer and the plugins via [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) or +by installing the [binaries](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/pkg/osx/) +provided by the GStreamer project. + +#### Homebrew + +``` +$ brew install gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good \ + gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav +``` + +#### GStreamer Binaries + +You need to download the *two* `.pkg` files from the GStreamer website and +install them, e.g. `gstreamer-1.0-1.12.3-x86_64.pkg` and +`gstreamer-1.0-devel-1.12.3-x86_64.pkg`. + +After installation, you also need to install `pkg-config` (e.g. via Homebrew) +and set the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable + +``` +$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/Frameworks/GStreamer.framework/Versions/Current/lib/pkgconfig${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:+:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" +``` + +### Windows + +You can install GStreamer and the plugins via [MSYS2](http://www.msys2.org/) +with `pacman` or by installing the +[binaries](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/pkg/windows/) provided by +the GStreamer project. + +#### MSYS2 / pacman + +``` +$ pacman -S pkg-config mingw-w64-x86_64-gstreamer mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-base \ + mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-good mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-bad \ + mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-ugly mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-libav +``` + +#### GStreamer Binaries + +You need to download the *two* `.msi` files for your platform from the +GStreamer website and install them, e.g. `gstreamer-1.0-x86_64-1.12.3.msi` and +`gstreamer-1.0-devel-x86_64-1.12.3.msi`. + +After installation, you also need to install `pkg-config` (e.g. via MSYS2 or +from [here](https://sourceforge.net/projects/pkgconfiglite/)) +and set the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable + +``` +$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="c:\\gstreamer\\1.0\\x86_64\\lib\\pkgconfig${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:+:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" +``` + +## Getting Started + +The API reference can be found +[here](https://sdroege.github.io/rustdoc/gstreamer/gstreamer/), however it is +only the Rust API reference and does not explain any of the concepts. + +For getting started with GStreamer development, the best would be to follow +the [documentation](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/) on the +GStreamer website, especially the [Application Development +Manual](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/application-development/). +While being C-centric, it explains all the fundamental concepts of GStreamer +and the code examples should be relatively easily translatable to Rust. The +API is basically the same, function/struct names are the same and everything +is only more convenient (hopefully) and safer. + +In addition there are +[tutorials](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/tutorials/) on the +GStreamer website. Many of them were ported to Rust already and the code can +be found in the +[tutorials](https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs/tree/master/tutorials) +directory. + +Some further examples for various aspects of GStreamer and how to use it from +Rust can be found in the +[examples](https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs/tree/master/examples) +directory. + ## LICENSE gstreamer-rs and all crates contained in here are licensed under either of diff --git a/gstreamer-video/README.md b/gstreamer-video/README.md index 2ef4aabe4..9261cabe3 100644 --- a/gstreamer-video/README.md +++ b/gstreamer-video/README.md @@ -16,6 +16,113 @@ The API of the two is incompatible. A crate for writing GStreamer plugins in Rust can be found here: https://github.com/sdroege/gst-plugin-rs +## Installation + +To build the GStreamer bindings or anything depending on them, you need to +have at least GStreamer 1.8 and gst-plugins-base 1.8 installed. In addition, +some of the examples/tutorials require various GStreamer plugins to be +available, which can be found in gst-plugins-base, gst-plugins-good, +gst-plugins-bad, gst-plugins-ugly and/or gst-libav. + +### Linux/BSDs + +You need to install the above mentioned packages with your distributions +package manager, or build them from source. + +On Debian/Ubuntu they can be installed with + +``` +$ apt-get install libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \ + gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \ + gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly \ + gstreamer1.0-libav +``` + +Package names on other distributions should be similar. +Please submit a pull request with instructions for yours. + +### macOS + +You can install GStreamer and the plugins via [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) or +by installing the [binaries](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/pkg/osx/) +provided by the GStreamer project. + +#### Homebrew + +``` +$ brew install gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good \ + gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav +``` + +#### GStreamer Binaries + +You need to download the *two* `.pkg` files from the GStreamer website and +install them, e.g. `gstreamer-1.0-1.12.3-x86_64.pkg` and +`gstreamer-1.0-devel-1.12.3-x86_64.pkg`. + +After installation, you also need to install `pkg-config` (e.g. via Homebrew) +and set the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable + +``` +$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/Frameworks/GStreamer.framework/Versions/Current/lib/pkgconfig${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:+:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" +``` + +### Windows + +You can install GStreamer and the plugins via [MSYS2](http://www.msys2.org/) +with `pacman` or by installing the +[binaries](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/pkg/windows/) provided by +the GStreamer project. + +#### MSYS2 / pacman + +``` +$ pacman -S pkg-config mingw-w64-x86_64-gstreamer mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-base \ + mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-good mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-bad \ + mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-ugly mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-libav +``` + +#### GStreamer Binaries + +You need to download the *two* `.msi` files for your platform from the +GStreamer website and install them, e.g. `gstreamer-1.0-x86_64-1.12.3.msi` and +`gstreamer-1.0-devel-x86_64-1.12.3.msi`. + +After installation, you also need to install `pkg-config` (e.g. via MSYS2 or +from [here](https://sourceforge.net/projects/pkgconfiglite/)) +and set the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable + +``` +$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="c:\\gstreamer\\1.0\\x86_64\\lib\\pkgconfig${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:+:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" +``` + +## Getting Started + +The API reference can be found +[here](https://sdroege.github.io/rustdoc/gstreamer/gstreamer/), however it is +only the Rust API reference and does not explain any of the concepts. + +For getting started with GStreamer development, the best would be to follow +the [documentation](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/) on the +GStreamer website, especially the [Application Development +Manual](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/application-development/). +While being C-centric, it explains all the fundamental concepts of GStreamer +and the code examples should be relatively easily translatable to Rust. The +API is basically the same, function/struct names are the same and everything +is only more convenient (hopefully) and safer. + +In addition there are +[tutorials](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/tutorials/) on the +GStreamer website. Many of them were ported to Rust already and the code can +be found in the +[tutorials](https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs/tree/master/tutorials) +directory. + +Some further examples for various aspects of GStreamer and how to use it from +Rust can be found in the +[examples](https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs/tree/master/examples) +directory. + ## LICENSE gstreamer-rs and all crates contained in here are licensed under either of diff --git a/gstreamer/README.md b/gstreamer/README.md index e9bcd4dbb..cc4131cc6 100644 --- a/gstreamer/README.md +++ b/gstreamer/README.md @@ -16,6 +16,113 @@ The API of the two is incompatible. A crate for writing GStreamer plugins in Rust can be found here: https://github.com/sdroege/gst-plugin-rs +## Installation + +To build the GStreamer bindings or anything depending on them, you need to +have at least GStreamer 1.8 and gst-plugins-base 1.8 installed. In addition, +some of the examples/tutorials require various GStreamer plugins to be +available, which can be found in gst-plugins-base, gst-plugins-good, +gst-plugins-bad, gst-plugins-ugly and/or gst-libav. + +### Linux/BSDs + +You need to install the above mentioned packages with your distributions +package manager, or build them from source. + +On Debian/Ubuntu they can be installed with + +``` +$ apt-get install libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \ + gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \ + gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly \ + gstreamer1.0-libav +``` + +Package names on other distributions should be similar. +Please submit a pull request with instructions for yours. + +### macOS + +You can install GStreamer and the plugins via [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) or +by installing the [binaries](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/pkg/osx/) +provided by the GStreamer project. + +#### Homebrew + +``` +$ brew install gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good \ + gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav +``` + +#### GStreamer Binaries + +You need to download the *two* `.pkg` files from the GStreamer website and +install them, e.g. `gstreamer-1.0-1.12.3-x86_64.pkg` and +`gstreamer-1.0-devel-1.12.3-x86_64.pkg`. + +After installation, you also need to install `pkg-config` (e.g. via Homebrew) +and set the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable + +``` +$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/Frameworks/GStreamer.framework/Versions/Current/lib/pkgconfig${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:+:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" +``` + +### Windows + +You can install GStreamer and the plugins via [MSYS2](http://www.msys2.org/) +with `pacman` or by installing the +[binaries](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/pkg/windows/) provided by +the GStreamer project. + +#### MSYS2 / pacman + +``` +$ pacman -S pkg-config mingw-w64-x86_64-gstreamer mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-base \ + mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-good mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-bad \ + mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-ugly mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-libav +``` + +#### GStreamer Binaries + +You need to download the *two* `.msi` files for your platform from the +GStreamer website and install them, e.g. `gstreamer-1.0-x86_64-1.12.3.msi` and +`gstreamer-1.0-devel-x86_64-1.12.3.msi`. + +After installation, you also need to install `pkg-config` (e.g. via MSYS2 or +from [here](https://sourceforge.net/projects/pkgconfiglite/)) +and set the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable + +``` +$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="c:\\gstreamer\\1.0\\x86_64\\lib\\pkgconfig${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:+:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" +``` + +## Getting Started + +The API reference can be found +[here](https://sdroege.github.io/rustdoc/gstreamer/gstreamer/), however it is +only the Rust API reference and does not explain any of the concepts. + +For getting started with GStreamer development, the best would be to follow +the [documentation](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/) on the +GStreamer website, especially the [Application Development +Manual](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/application-development/). +While being C-centric, it explains all the fundamental concepts of GStreamer +and the code examples should be relatively easily translatable to Rust. The +API is basically the same, function/struct names are the same and everything +is only more convenient (hopefully) and safer. + +In addition there are +[tutorials](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/tutorials/) on the +GStreamer website. Many of them were ported to Rust already and the code can +be found in the +[tutorials](https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs/tree/master/tutorials) +directory. + +Some further examples for various aspects of GStreamer and how to use it from +Rust can be found in the +[examples](https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-rs/tree/master/examples) +directory. + ## LICENSE gstreamer-rs and all crates contained in here are licensed under either of