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GStreamer for Debian
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This package contains the GStreamer plugin distribution.
More information can be found at http://gstreamer.net/
GStreamer plugins are split into a number of packages:
pseudo package:
gstreamer-all depends on all the packages below
plugins without external dependencies:
gstreamer-misc many independent plugins
plugins with external dependencies:
gstreamer-a52dec
gstreamer-aa
gstreamer-alsa
gstreamer-arts
gstreamer-artsd
gstreamer-audiofile
gstreamer-avifile
gstreamer-cdparanoia
gstreamer-colorspace
gstreamer-dvd
gstreamer-esd
gstreamer-festival
gstreamer-flac
gstreamer-gnomevfs
gstreamer-gsm
gstreamer-jpeg
gstreamer-mad
gstreamer-mikmod
gstreamer-mpeg2dec
gstreamer-oss
gstreamer-sdl
gstreamer-sid
gstreamer-vorbis
gstreamer-x
library plugins:
gstreamer-lib-misc various libs
gstreamer-lib-misc-dev headers for -lib-misc libs
Notes:
Various plugins in the upstream source are not yet packaged. This is
most likely due to:
1 - upstream considers them too unstable
2 - libraries they depend on not being in Debian.
Your favorite codec isn't wrapped as a plugin? External programs can be
used to process streams. Take a look at "pipefilter" element or try
something like this:
$ mkfifo fifo
$ gst-launch myaudiosrc ! disksink location=fifo &
$ cat fifo | my_encoder > output_file
mp3 encoding plugins are NOT packaged. Specifically, the LAME plugin is
NOT packaged due to Debian not including the LAME libraries. Please see
the following links for more information:
http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/unable-to-package
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0006/msg01213.html
http://www.mp3dev.org/
It was packaged prior to 0.3.3-2. In case anyone is interested the
unsupported diff might be found at:
http://gstreamer.net/releases/debian/gstreamer-lame-0.3.3-1.diff
Ogg Vorbis provides a good alternative to mp3s. Try the
gstreamer-vorbis package. For more information:
http://www.vorbis.com/
David I. Lehn <dlehn@vt.edu> Fri, 19 Jan 2001 19:13:06 -0500