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You can use an installed version of +GStreamer or from its build dir. + diff --git a/TODO b/TODO new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1b28c23ea5 --- /dev/null +++ b/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ + + - implement multicast and TCP transports + - use a config file to configure the server + - error recovery diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..0a8c579abe --- /dev/null +++ b/autogen.sh @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +#!/bin/sh +# Run this to generate all the initial makefiles, etc. + +DIE=0 +package=gst-rtsp +srcfile=src/rtsp-server.c + +# a quick cvs co to ease the transition +if test ! -d common; +then + echo "+ getting common/ from cvs" + if test -e CVS/Tag + then + TAG="-r `tail -c +2 CVS/Tag`" + fi + cvs co $TAG common +fi + +# source helper functions +if test ! -f common/gst-autogen.sh; +then + echo There is something wrong with your source tree. + echo You are missing common/gst-autogen.sh + exit 1 +fi +. common/gst-autogen.sh + +CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT='--enable-maintainer-mode --enable-gtk-doc' + +autogen_options $@ + +echo -n "+ check for build tools" +if test ! -z "$NOCHECK"; then echo ": skipped version checks"; else echo; fi +version_check "autoconf" "$AUTOCONF autoconf autoconf259 autoconf257 autoconf-2.54 autoconf-2.53 autoconf253 autoconf-2.52 autoconf252" \ + "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/" 2 52 || DIE=1 +version_check "automake" "$AUTOMAKE automake automake-1.9 automake19 automake-1.8 automake18 automake-1.7 automake17 automake-1.6 automake16" \ + "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake/" 1 7 || DIE=1 +version_check "autopoint" "autopoint" \ + "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/" 0 11 5 || DIE=1 +version_check "libtoolize" "libtoolize libtoolize15 glibtoolize" \ + "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libtool/" 1 5 0 || DIE=1 +version_check "pkg-config" "" \ + "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig" 0 8 0 || DIE=1 + +die_check $DIE + +autoconf_2_52d_check || DIE=1 +aclocal_check || DIE=1 +autoheader_check || DIE=1 + +die_check $DIE + +# if no arguments specified then this will be printed +if test -z "$*"; then + echo "+ checking for autogen.sh options" + echo " This autogen script will automatically run ./configure as:" + echo " ./configure $CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT" + echo " To pass any additional options, please specify them on the $0" + echo " command line." +fi + +toplevel_check $srcfile + +tool_run "$aclocal" "-I m4 -I common/m4 $ACLOCAL_FLAGS" +tool_run "$libtoolize" "--copy --force" +tool_run "$autoheader" + +# touch the stamp-h.in build stamp so we don't re-run autoheader in maintainer mode -- wingo +echo timestamp > stamp-h.in 2> /dev/null + +tool_run "$autoconf" +tool_run "$automake" "-a -c" + +# if enable exists, add an -enable option for each of the lines in that file +if test -f enable; then + for a in `cat enable`; do + CONFIGURE_FILE_OPT="--enable-$a" + done +fi + +# if disable exists, add an -disable option for each of the lines in that file +if test -f disable; then + for a in `cat disable`; do + CONFIGURE_FILE_OPT="$CONFIGURE_FILE_OPT --disable-$a" + done +fi + +test -n "$NOCONFIGURE" && { + echo "+ skipping configure stage for package $package, as requested." + echo "+ autogen.sh done." + exit 0 +} + +echo "+ running configure ... " +test ! -z "$CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT" && echo " ./configure default flags: $CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT" +test ! -z "$CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT" && echo " ./configure external flags: $CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT" +test ! -z "$CONFIGURE_FILE_OPT" && echo " ./configure enable/disable flags: $CONFIGURE_FILE_OPT" +echo + +./configure $CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT $CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT $CONFIGURE_FILE_OPT || { + echo " configure failed" + exit 1 +} diff --git a/common/ChangeLog b/common/ChangeLog new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8f8b8537fd --- /dev/null +++ b/common/ChangeLog @@ -0,0 +1,1041 @@ +2007-09-21 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + Let the AG_GST_ARG_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL macro default to disable + building of experimental plugins. Nobody uses it yet and the + --enable--experimental stuff from gst-plugins-good defaults to + disable too. + +2007-09-06 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + Just use the normal 'check' target and avoid a circular + dependency. + +2007-09-06 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + Add rule to error out if .hierarchy file contains tabs. + +2007-08-20 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * download-translations: + * po.mak: + If there are new languages, they need to be added to po/LINGUAS. + +2007-08-20 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * download-translations: + * po.mak: + Fix up 'download-po' a bit, so that we find new translations + for languages that aren't in our po/LINGUAS file yet too. + +2007-07-16 Jan Schmidt + + * gst.supp: + Add a suppression for GLib caching the tmp dir seen on an + Ubuntu Feisty system. + +2007-07-13 Jan Schmidt + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + If we want to use 'echo -e', call /bin/echo instead of the shell's + since -e is a bash extension, and our /bin/sh might not be being + provided by bash. + +2007-07-01 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * po.mak: + Translation project has moved. Also, no idea how this used to + work given that we weren't downloading a .po file. + +2007-06-25 Stefan Kost + + * gst-xmlinspect.py: + * plugins.xsl: + Also extract element caps for plugin-docs. Fixes parts of #117692. + +2007-06-21 Tim-Philipp Müller + + Patch by: Andreas Schwab + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + Fix quoting (#449493). + +2007-06-10 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Only generate the parser if bison >= 1.875 _and_ flex >= 2.5.31 is + installed and use pre-generated sources otherwise. Fixes bug #444820. + +2007-05-11 Michael Smith + + * gst.supp: + Suppression variant for our good friend the TLS leak, this time for + Ubuntu Feisty/x86. + +2007-05-09 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + Fix make distcheck again; change some spaces to tabs in makefile. + +2007-04-29 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak (-module): + Error out when the html build step gives warnings, so they get + fixed properly. + +2007-04-23 Stefan Kost + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + Add macro AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLES that checks the defines in + the configuration header and AC_DEFINES the setings. + +2007-04-19 Sebastian Dröge + + Patch by: Vincent Torri + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Put the AC_MSG_RESULT output in brackets to get it properly written to + the terminal. + +2007-04-18 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Check for flex >= 2.5.31 and set GENERATE_PARSER if we have at least + that version. Otherwise use pre-generated parser sources as we can't + raise the required flex version. HAVE_MT_SAVE_FLEX is obsolete now + as we use a new enough flex version anyway. First part of #349180 + +2007-04-10 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-check.m4: + Allow pre-setting the GST(PB)_TOOLS/PLUGINS_DIR variables to help + builds against older GStreamer. + +2007-03-25 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Fix the flex version check. It ignored the micro version before. + +2007-03-09 Jan Schmidt + + * check.mak: + Use the same timeout when generating valgrind suppressions as + running the valgrind test. + + * gst.supp: + Add some more suppressions and stuff. + +2007-03-08 Jan Schmidt + + * check.mak: + Make sure GSlice is disabled when building suppressions too. + + * gst.supp: + Add around *850* lines of suppressions for one-time initialisations + inside libasound and gconf/bonobo/ORBit. I feel so dirty. + +2007-03-07 Jan Schmidt + + * gst.supp: + add a suppression for this GConf flup on the FC5 buildbot. + +2007-03-06 Jan Schmidt + + * gst.supp: + Make the suppression a little more generic, to catch the FC5 + backtrace too. + +2007-03-06 Jan Schmidt + + * gst.supp: + Add a suppression for libcdio 0.76. It leaks an internal struct + when the CD-ROM device is not accessible. + +2007-02-28 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-arch.m4: + Move a line that was in the wrong macro + +2007-02-28 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst.m4: + Add + * m4/gst-arch.m4: + * m4/gst-args.m4: + * m4/gst-check.m4: + * m4/gst-debuginfo.m4: + * m4/gst-default.m4: + * m4/gst-doc.m4: + * m4/gst-error.m4: + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + * m4/gst-function.m4: + * m4/gst-gettext.m4: + * m4/gst-glib2.m4: + * m4/gst-libxml2.m4: + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + * m4/gst-plugin-docs.m4: + * m4/gst-plugindir.m4: + * m4/gst-valgrind.m4: + * m4/gst-x11.m4: + Convert all macros to use AG_GST style so we can properly warn + when they're missing if configure.ac calls AG_GST_INIT + Will require update in all GStreamer modules. + +2007-02-11 Stefan Kost + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + Remove 'enable' from configure switch description as this leads to + confusing lines like "disable enable builing ...". + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + Fix comment to sound less horrible. + +2007-02-07 Tim-Philipp Müller + + Patch by: Will Newton + + * m4/gst-check.m4: + Use $PKG_CONFIG rather than pkg-config directly, the one in our path + might not be the one we want, like when cross-compiling. Also, other + macros such as PKG_CHECK_MODULES use $PKG_CONFIG, so we should + probably too just for consistency. Fixes #405288. + +2007-01-08 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Need to use double square brackets again so m4 doesn't remove them + (fixes #378931). + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + Use double square brackets here as well, for the same reason. + +2007-01-05 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Use 'sed' rather than 'tr' to strip trailing letters from version + numbers, since 'tr' might not be available and we know sed is + (#378931). + +2006-10-21 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * check.mak: + Increase default timeout under valgrind, 60 is just too short and + some tests take a bit longer these days and not everyone has a + beefy machine. + +2006-09-29 Michael Smith + + * gst.supp: + More suppressions for edgy. + +2006-09-28 Jan Schmidt + + * m4/gst-glib2.m4: + Use gmodule-no-export-2.0.pc instead of gmodule-2.0.pc - we neither + want nor need --export-dynamic (which ends up making us export a bunch + of unneeded symbols) + +2006-09-14 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * gst.supp: + Some suppressions for the more recent ld.so in ubuntu edgy. + +2006-08-23 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * gst.supp: + Shorten function trail so the suppression works on + my ubuntu dapper system with core cvs as well. + +2006-07-28 Jan Schmidt + + * gst.supp: + Extra suppressions from my Ubuntu x86_64 machine + +2006-07-24 Tim-Philipp Müller + + Patch by: Frederic Peters + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Need to double square brackets in .m4 files. Should fix bison + version detection with version numbers like 1.23a (#348354). + +2006-07-24 Jan Schmidt + + * check.mak: + Valgrind fails to find tests written in tests/check/ directly (rather + than a subdir) - because valgrind gets run with a filename that + doesn't contain a relative path, it goes searching /usr/bin instead. + Run with ./.... to make things work either way. + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + Add $(top_builddir)/src as a place to look for plugins + when building too, since that's where gst-template keeps things + +2006-07-23 Stefan Kost + + Patch by: Frederic Peters + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Fix bison detection (#348354) + +2006-07-21 Stefan Kost + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + check for bison and flex + +2006-07-13 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-plugin-docs.m4: + remove the configure argument for enabling plugin doc build; + having gtk-doc enabled and pyxml present is enough of a trigger + +2006-07-03 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * coverage/lcov.mak: + fix up rules to work with gst-python as well + run "make lcov" to test and generate the reports + run "make lcov-reset" to redo it after that + +2006-07-02 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * Makefile.am: + * check.mak: + add an inspect target that inspects every element feature, + so we can have that added for coverage + * coverage/lcov.mak: + add support for lcov + +2006-07-02 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + when building with gcov, reset CFLAGS and friends to O0 + +2006-07-02 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + Find the gcov that matches the gcc version + Only allow gcov if we use gcc + +2006-07-02 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * Makefile.am: + * coverage/coverage-report-entry.pl: + * coverage/coverage-report.pl: + * coverage/coverage-report.xsl: + copy coverage reporting files from dbus + +2006-07-01 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + libtool strips gcov's -f flags, so libgcov does not get + linked in. Setting GCOV_LIBS with -lgcov fixes libtool's + stripping + also show what pkg-config-path we set + +2006-06-22 Tim-Philipp Müller + + Patch by: Peter Kjellerstedt + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + Show list of plugins without external dependencies that + will not be built as well (#344136). + +2006-06-15 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * m4/gst-plugin-docs.m4: + add GST_PLUGIN_DOCS, which checks for everything needed + to build the plugin docs (namely gtk-doc and pyxml); also + adds a new --enable-plugin-docs configure switch; will + set ENABLE_PLUGIN_DOCS conditional for use in Makefile.am + files (see #344039). + +2006-06-11 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-check.m4: + add GST_PKG_CHECK_MODULES, which in the normal case of checking + for a dependency lib for a plug-in only needs two arguments + to do the right thing. + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + clean up output a little of feature checking; also deal with + non-plug-in feature checks + * m4/Makefile.am: + * m4/gst-gstreamer.m4: + remove this file; it's a useless check + +2006-06-06 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-arch.m4: + add PPC64 so we can have separate structure sizes for it + +2006-06-05 Edward Hervey + + * gtk-doc.mak: + Check for the proper .devhelp2 file to remove. + +2006-05-31 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc.mak: + allow a magic variable to suppress errors from docbuilding + +2006-05-30 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc.mak: + error out if gtkdoc-mktmpl finds unused declarations + +2006-05-28 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: + Reverting previous commit. That's good to know, Edward, but why ? + +2006-05-28 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: + Added suppresion for memleak in g_option_context_parse on fc5-64 + +2006-05-19 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-check.m4: + set GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR just like GST_PLUGINS_DIR + +2006-05-18 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * check.mak: + Fix 'make help' in check directories, it should be + 'valgrind.gen-suppressions' not 'valgrind-gen-suppressions' + (not changing target to match help string on purpose to keep + scripts etc. functional). + +2006-05-18 Thomas Vander Stichele + + Patch by: Peter Kjellerstedt + + * m4/gst-arch.m4: + add support for CRIS and CRISv32. + +2006-05-17 Jan Schmidt + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + Fix the macros for command-line supplied package and origin names + so they don't end up being configure as "" (Fixes #341479) + +2006-05-14 Jan Schmidt + + * gtk-doc.mak: + Add uninstall rule to remove .devhelp2 files. + +2006-05-09 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: + Add suppression for GSlice version of + g_type_init calloc leak + +2006-04-05 Michael Smith + + * gst.supp: + Delete a bogus suppression for the registry code. + Generalise a suppression for a glib bug (see #337404) + +2006-04-04 Michael Smith + + * gst.supp: + Add a leak suppression: the existing glibc-doesn't-free-TLS one + wasn't triggering here. + +2006-04-04 Michael Smith + + * gst.supp: + Add some minimally-neccesary suppressions for my x86/dapper system. + +2006-04-01 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * plugins.xsl: + Do not display an origin link if origin does not start with http + See #323798 + +2006-04-01 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + add more macros + * m4/gst-x11.m4: + X11-related checks + +2006-04-01 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/as-version.m4: + newer version + * m4/gst-args.m4: + * m4/gst-doc.m4: + update and add other macros to be shared across projects + +2006-03-24 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gst.supp: + add a suppression for g_parse_debug_string + +2006-03-23 Stefan Kost + + * gstdoc-scangobj: + sync fully with gtkdoc-0.15 + +2006-03-23 Stefan Kost + + * gstdoc-scangobj: + * gtk-doc.mak: + sync a little with gtk-doc mainline + +2006-03-17 Wim Taymans + + * gst.supp: + add another clone suppression + change all glibc suppressions to match 2.3.* + +2006-03-09 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/check.m4: + fix test so it actually works when the normal check is used + over debian's/ubuntu's + +2006-03-08 Jan Schmidt + + * check.mak: + Set G_SLICE=always-malloc when valgrinding tests + (closes #333272) + +2006-02-21 Jan Schmidt + + * m4/gst-glib2.m4: + Fix debug output when the GLib version prerequisite is not found + +2006-02-13 Andy Wingo + + * m4/check.m4: Hack around Debian/Ubuntu's broken installation of + the PIC version of check as libcheck_pic.a. Should work with + cross-compilation too. Grr. + +2006-02-06 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-default.m4: + switch to auto* sinks for defaults + +2006-02-02 Wim Taymans + + * check.mak: + add a .valgrind.gen-suppressions target to aid in generating + suppressions + * gst.supp: + add more repressions from my debian glibc as of today + +2006-02-02 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + only add srcdir/gst if it exists + +2006-01-30 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * release.mak: + don't complain about disted enums in win32 + +2006-01-20 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-check.m4: + AC_SUBST CFLAGS and LIBS + do a non-command because something is stripping out our AC_SUBST + +2006-01-20 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + * m4/gst-valgrind.m4: + properly give a "no" result manually when providing a + not-found action to fix configure output + +2006-01-20 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/pkg.m4: + update with a more recent version + +2006-01-07 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gettext.patch: + make Makefile depend on LINGUAS, so rebuilds work when adding + a language + +2006-01-03 Michael Smith + + * check.mak: + Clarify error message from valgrind test runs. + +2005-12-16 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-arch.m4: + define HOST_CPU + +2005-11-29 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * check.mak: + add a valgrind-forever target for tests + +2005-11-28 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * check.mak: + when a "make test.check" run fails, make it rerun the test with + at least debug level 2 + +2005-11-14 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/Makefile.am: + * m4/gst-check.m4: + fix check for base plugins + * m4/gst-default.m4: + add m4 to set default elements + +2005-10-18 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-check.m4: + check for tools correctly + +2005-10-18 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc.mak: + only enable breaking on new API when make distcheck passes, + not before + +2005-10-18 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-check.m4: + Resurrect Julien's dead body and wipe his mind clean + +2005-10-18 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-check.m4: + Kill Julien + +2005-10-17 Julien MOUTTE + + * m4/gst-check.m4: I know Thomas will kill me but this + ifelse statement seems incorrect as it is always setting + required to "yes". With this one it seems to work. Fixes + build of gst-plugins-base on my setup where gstreamer-check + is definitely not present/required. + +2005-10-18 Stefan Kost + + * gtk-doc.mak: + make build break on new api that has not been added to the + sections file + +2005-10-17 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-glib2.m4: + * m4/Makefile.am: + * m4/gst-check.m4: + add macro for easy checks for GStreamer libs + +2005-10-16 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-glib2.m4: + update, warn in error cases + +2005-10-16 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-error.m4: + add GST_SET_DEFAULT_LEVEL + +2005-10-16 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/Makefile.am: + * m4/gst-gettext.m4: + remove the AM_GNU_GETTEXT* calls, they need to be in configure.ac + * m4/gst-glib2.m4: + clean up and re-use in core soon + * m4/gst-plugindir.m4: + macro to set up PLUGINDIR and plugindir define/var + +2005-10-15 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/Makefile.am: + * m4/gst-gettext.m4: + add macro for setting up gettext + +2005-10-15 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + add some .m4's for argument checking that can be shared among modules + +2005-10-15 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/as-libtool.m4: + set _LT_LDFLAGS + * m4/gst-libxml2.m4: + document + +2005-10-15 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-arch.m4: + indent a little + add AC_REQUIRE + * m4/gst-error.m4: + clean up + +2005-10-12 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gst-autogen.sh: + update version detection expression to catch stuff like + Libtool (libtool15) 1.5.0 + +2005-10-11 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gst.supp: + commit 6 new suppressions related to g_module_open; can these + really not be folded into one ? + +2005-10-11 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: + made the suppression more generic + Added pthread memleak suppresions + Added nss_parse_* memleak suppresion (used by g_option_context_parse) + +2005-10-11 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * check.mak: + be more strict, more leak resolution + * gst.supp: + clean up the g_type_init suppressions + +2005-10-07 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/Makefile.am: + * m4/gst-valgrind.m4: + put the valgrind detection in an .m4 + +2005-09-29 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * check.mak: + add some more targets, like "help", but also more intensive tests + +2005-09-23 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc.mak: + make certain doc warnings fatal so people maintain docs again + +2005-09-23 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * Makefile.am: + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + * scangobj-merge.py: + merge additions from the .signals.new and .args.new file in + the original ones, only updating if necessary + +2005-09-23 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gst-xmlinspect.py: + * gstdoc-scangobj: + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + fix properly for new API; make update in plugins dir now works + +2005-09-20 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gst-xmlinspect.py: + * gstdoc-scangobj: + some fixes for new API + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + set environment properly + +2005-09-17 David Schleef + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: Use new environment variables. + +2005-09-16 Michael Smith + + * gstdoc-scangobj: + Make the scanobj code reflect registry/plugin API changes + +2005-09-15 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + split out scanobj step (which will be run by doc maintainer) + from scan step (which will be run on every build) + clean up some of the commands for make distcheck + +2005-09-15 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + * mangle-tmpl.py: + first stab at reorganizing the plugins build so we can maintain + element docs + +2005-09-14 David Schleef + + * as-libtool.mak: Remove + * m4/as-libtool.m4: The libtool bug that this worked around has + been fixed. + * m4/as-version.m4: Don't define GST_RELEASE, since it causes + config.h to be regenerated needlessly, and we don't use it. + +2005-09-14 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + error out on inspect failure + +2005-09-14 Michael Smith + + * glib-gen.mak: + Don't call glib-mkenums with arguments that confuse/break MinGW, + fixes 316155. + +2005-09-03 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + * gtk-doc.mak: + * m4/gst-doc.m4: + separate out gtk-doc and docbook stuff + have two separate --enable configure flags + +2005-08-26 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * check.mak: + add a .gdb target; rebuild registry for each target, otherwise + a code rebuild always triggers a reg rebuild, and it's just too + annoying + * gstdoc-scangobj: + +2005-08-21 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * check.mak: + separate out REGISTRY_ENVIRONMENT; we want to use that from + our valgrind runs, but we also want TESTS_ENVIRONMENT to contain + everything that the first test, gst-register, needs + +2005-08-21 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * check.mak: + parse output of valgrind and check for definitely lost, and error + out; somehow I was led to believe valgrind returns non-zero for + leaks, but I can't make it do that, so let's parse + +2005-08-20 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * check.mak: + for some weird reason valgrind does not report actual memleaks + if GST_PLUGIN_PATH is set to anything but the core gstreamer dir + while valgrind is running. Since the registry is going to go + anyway, I don't want to waste any more time on this; I just run + valgrind without GST_PLUGIN_PATH set. Since the registry loading + doesn't check if GST_PLUGIN_PATH got changed as a reason to rebuild + the registry, that's actually fine. + +2005-08-15 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * mangle-tmpl.py: + keep original Long_Description; only insert an include if it's + not already the first line in there + * plugins.xsl: + output more information for plugins, including an origin hyperlink + +2005-08-15 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gst-xmlinspect.py: + a first stab at inspecting plugins and outputting an xml description + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + a gtk-doc using snippet for plugins documentation + * plugins.xsl: + a stylesheet to convert gst-xmlinspect.py output to docbook output + for inclusion in the gtk-doc stuff + +2005-07-20 Ronald S. Bultje + + * m4/gst-doc.m4: + s/pdf/eps/ in test for whether we output EPS images (#309379). + +2005-07-18 Andy Wingo + + * m4/as-libtool-tags.m4: Ooh, backported from libtool 1.6. Much + better. Thanks, Paolo Bonzini! + + * m4/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): + * m4/as-libtool-tags.m4: New file, tries to disable some CXX and + fortran checks. + +2005-07-08 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-error.m4: + add macro to set ERROR_CFLAGS + +2005-06-30 Jan Schmidt + + * gst-autogen.sh: + Remove the old autoregen.sh if it exists before recreating it, + to prevent confusing any shell process that might be reading it + currently. + +2005-06-29 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gtk-doc.m4: + added + +2005-06-03 Stefan Kost + + * gst-autogen.sh: create autoregen.sh *before* shifting the options + +2005-05-17 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gst-autogen.sh: only update autoregen.sh on actual runs + +2005-03-11 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/check.m4: m4 from the check unit test suite + +2004-12-14 David Schleef + + * m4/gst-arch.m4: remove MMX stuff, since it doesn't work and + isn't needed anywhere + +2004-12-08 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gst-autogen.sh: + allow failure command to be run so we can clean upfrom autopoint + +2004-09-03 Zeeshan Ali Khattak + * m4/gst-feature.m4: Trying to correct the GST_CHECK_CONFIGPROG macro + +2004-07-21 Benjamin Otte + + * m4/.cvsignore: exciting updates for libtool m4 files + +2004-07-12 David Schleef + + * m4/as-objc.m4: Add a macro to test for objective C + +2004-06-12 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + not all of them support --plugin-libs, so redirect stderr + +2004-06-12 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/as-scrub-include.m4: + sync with upstream to 0.1.4. Fixes #132440 + +2004-06-07 Benjamin Otte + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + write a big marker into configure output when checking next plugin + to allow easier parsing of why plugins are(n't) built. + +2004-06-01 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/as-compiler-flag.m4: + * m4/as-compiler.m4: + * m4/as-libtool.m4: + * m4/as-version.m4: + sync with upstream, change sticky options to -ko + +2004-05-24 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/as-scrub-include.m4: synced with upstream + +2004-05-03 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * po.mak: + snippet for updating .po files + +2004-03-18 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * Makefile.am: + * m4/Makefile.am: + integrate these with the dist + +2004-03-17 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * release.mak: add a release target + +2004-03-09 Thomas Vander Stichele + + patch by: Stephane Loeuillet + + * m4/ax_create_stdint_h.m4: + use head -n instead of head - (#136500) + +2004-03-05 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-doc.m4: don't build PS without dvips binary + +2004-02-22 Julio M. Merino Vidal + + reviewed by: Benjamin Otte + + * m4/as-docbook.m4: + don't use == operator with test(1) (fixes #135115) + +2004-02-16 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * common/m4/gst-arch.m4: x86_64 is x86 too (clue from Fedora 2 test) + +2004-02-13 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + remove AM_CONDITIONAL for the subsystem since automake 1.6.x + requires that call be in configure.ac + +2004-02-13 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-libxml2.m4: + take required version as argument, and default to 2.4.9 if not + specified + +2004-02-12 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + rename and fix up GST_CHECK_DISABLE_SUBSYSTEM + +2004-02-11 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * common/m4/as-ac-expand.m4: + * common/m4/as-auto-alt.m4: + * common/m4/as-compiler-flag.m4: + * common/m4/as-compiler.m4: + * common/m4/as-docbook.m4: + * common/m4/as-libtool.m4: + * common/m4/as-scrub-include.m4: + * common/m4/as-version.m4: + * common/m4/glib-gettext.m4: + * common/m4/gst-arch.m4: + * common/m4/gst-debuginfo.m4: + * common/m4/gst-doc.m4: + * common/m4/gst-feature.m4: + * common/m4/gst-function.m4: + * common/m4/gst-glib2.m4: + * common/m4/gst-gstreamer.m4: + * common/m4/gst-libxml2.m4: + * common/m4/gst-makecontext.m4: + * common/m4/gst-mcsc.m4: + * common/m4/pkg.m4: + fix underquoted macros as reported by automake 1.8.x (#133800) + +2004-02-11 Johan Dahlin + + * gst-autogen.sh: Use A-Z instead of A-z in sed expression to + avoid a warning + +2004-02-05 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-doc.m4: + we use --output-format=xml and --ingnore-files options to + gtkdoc-mkdb, which got added between 0.9 and 1.0 + +2004-02-04 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/as-libtool.m4: remove AM_PROG_LIBTOOL so it can move back + to configure.ac to shut up libtoolize + +2004-02-03 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * glib-gen.mak: added; used to generate enums and marshal code + +2004-01-13 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gettext.patch: added; used by autogen.sh to make sure + GETTEXT_PACKAGE is understood from po/Makefile.in.in -> po/Makefile.in + diff --git a/common/Makefile.am b/common/Makefile.am new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ca8c02916e --- /dev/null +++ b/common/Makefile.am @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +SUBDIRS = m4 + +EXTRA_DIST = \ + ChangeLog \ + gettext.patch \ + glib-gen.mak gtk-doc.mak upload.mak release.mak \ + gst-autogen.sh \ + c-to-xml.py gst-xmlinspect.py mangle-tmpl.py scangobj-merge.py \ + gtk-doc-plugins.mak \ + plugins.xsl gstdoc-scangobj \ + gst.supp check.mak \ + coverage/lcov.mak \ + coverage/coverage-report.pl \ + coverage/coverage-report.xsl \ + coverage/coverage-report-entry.pl diff --git a/common/c-to-xml.py b/common/c-to-xml.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8448fd248d --- /dev/null +++ b/common/c-to-xml.py @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +# -*- Mode: Python -*- +# vi:si:et:sw=4:sts=4:ts=4 + +""" +Convert a C program to valid XML to be included in docbook +""" + +import sys +import os +from xml.sax import saxutils + +def main(): + if len(sys.argv) == 1: + sys.stderr.write("Please specify a source file to convert") + sys.exit(1) + source = sys.argv[1] + + if not os.path.exists(source): + sys.stderr.write("%s does not exist.\n" % source) + sys.exit(1) + + content = open(source, "r").read() + + # print header + print '' + print '' + print + print '' + + # print content + print saxutils.escape(content).encode('UTF-8') + print '' + +main() diff --git a/common/check.mak b/common/check.mak new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9ac509d901 --- /dev/null +++ b/common/check.mak @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ +clean-local-check: + for i in `find . -name ".libs" -type d`; do \ + rm -rf $$i; \ + done + +if HAVE_VALGRIND +# hangs spectacularly on some machines, so let's not do this by default yet +check-valgrind: + make valgrind +else +check-valgrind: + @true +endif + +LOOPS = 10 + +# run any given test by running make test.check +# if the test fails, run it again at at least debug level 2 +%.check: % + @$(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) \ + CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=20 \ + $* || \ + $(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) \ + GST_DEBUG=$$GST_DEBUG,*:2 \ + CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=20 \ + $* + +# run any given test in a loop +%.torture: % + @for i in `seq 1 $(LOOPS)`; do \ + $(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) \ + CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=20 \ + $*; done + +# run any given test in an infinite loop +%.forever: % + @while true; do \ + $(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) \ + CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=20 \ + $* || break; done + +# valgrind any given test by running make test.valgrind +%.valgrind: % + $(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) \ + CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=360 \ + G_SLICE=always-malloc \ + libtool --mode=execute \ + $(VALGRIND_PATH) -q \ + $(foreach s,$(SUPPRESSIONS),--suppressions=$(s)) \ + --tool=memcheck --leak-check=full --trace-children=yes \ + --leak-resolution=high --num-callers=20 \ + ./$* 2>&1 | tee valgrind.log + @if grep "==" valgrind.log > /dev/null 2>&1; then \ + rm valgrind.log; \ + exit 1; \ + fi + @rm valgrind.log + +# valgrind any given test and generate suppressions for it +%.valgrind.gen-suppressions: % + $(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) \ + CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=360 \ + G_SLICE=always-malloc \ + libtool --mode=execute \ + $(VALGRIND_PATH) -q \ + $(foreach s,$(SUPPRESSIONS),--suppressions=$(s)) \ + --tool=memcheck --leak-check=full --trace-children=yes \ + --leak-resolution=high --num-callers=20 \ + --gen-suppressions=all \ + ./$* 2>&1 | tee suppressions.log + +# valgrind any given test until failure by running make test.valgrind-forever +%.valgrind-forever: % + @while make $*.valgrind; do \ + true; done + +# gdb any given test by running make test.gdb +%.gdb: % + $(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) \ + CK_FORK=no \ + libtool --mode=execute \ + gdb $* + +# torture tests +torture: $(TESTS) + -rm test-registry.xml + @echo "Torturing tests ..." + for i in `seq 1 $(LOOPS)`; do \ + make check || \ + (echo "Failure after $$i runs"; exit 1) || \ + exit 1; \ + done + @banner="All $(LOOPS) loops passed"; \ + dashes=`echo "$$banner" | sed s/./=/g`; \ + echo $$dashes; echo $$banner; echo $$dashes + +# forever tests +forever: $(TESTS) + -rm test-registry.xml + @echo "Forever tests ..." + while true; do \ + make check || \ + (echo "Failure"; exit 1) || \ + exit 1; \ + done + +# valgrind all tests +valgrind: $(TESTS) + @echo "Valgrinding tests ..." + @failed=0; \ + for t in $(filter-out $(VALGRIND_TESTS_DISABLE),$(TESTS)); do \ + make $$t.valgrind; \ + if test "$$?" -ne 0; then \ + echo "Valgrind error for test $$t"; \ + failed=`expr $$failed + 1`; \ + whicht="$$whicht $$t"; \ + fi; \ + done; \ + if test "$$failed" -ne 0; then \ + echo "$$failed tests had leaks or errors under valgrind:"; \ + echo "$$whicht"; \ + false; \ + fi + +# inspect every plugin feature +GST_INSPECT = $(GST_TOOLS_DIR)/gst-inspect-$(GST_MAJORMINOR) +inspect: + @echo "Inspecting features ..." + for e in `$(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) $(GST_INSPECT) | head -n -2 \ + | cut -d: -f2`; \ + do echo Inspecting $$e; \ + $(GST_INSPECT) $$e > /dev/null 2>&1; done + +help: + @echo "make check -- run all checks" + @echo "make torture -- run all checks $(LOOPS) times" + @echo "make (dir)/(test).check -- run the given check once" + @echo "make (dir)/(test).forever -- run the given check forever" + @echo "make (dir)/(test).torture -- run the given check $(LOOPS) times" + @echo + @echo "make (dir)/(test).gdb -- start up gdb for the given test" + @echo + @echo "make valgrind -- valgrind all tests" + @echo "make (dir)/(test).valgrind -- valgrind the given test" + @echo "make (dir)/(test).valgrind-forever -- valgrind the given test forever" + @echo "make (dir)/(test).valgrind.gen-suppressions -- generate suppressions" + @echo " and save to suppressions.log" + @echo "make inspect -- inspect all plugin features" + diff --git a/common/coverage/coverage-report-entry.pl b/common/coverage/coverage-report-entry.pl new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8f653afe69 --- /dev/null +++ b/common/coverage/coverage-report-entry.pl @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +#!/usr/bin/perl +# +# Copyright (C) 2006 Daniel Berrange +# +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +# (at your option) any later version. +# +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software +# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + + +print < + +Coverage report for $ARGV[0] + + + +

Coverage report for $ARGV[0]

+ +
+EOF
+
+
+while (<>) {
+    s/&/&/g;
+    s//>/g;
+
+    if (/^\s*function (\S+) called (\d+) returned \d+% blocks executed \d+%/) {
+	my $class = $2 > 0 ? "perfect" : "terrible";
+	$_ = "$_";
+    } elsif (/^\s*branch\s+\d+\s+taken\s+(\d+)%\s+.*$/) {
+	my $class = $1 > 0 ? "perfect" : "terrible";
+	$_ = "$_";
+    } elsif (/^\s*branch\s+\d+\s+never executed.*$/) {
+	my $class = "terrible";
+	$_ = "$_";
+    } elsif (/^\s*call\s+\d+\s+never executed.*$/) {
+	my $class = "terrible";
+	$_ = "$_";
+    } elsif (/^\s*call\s+\d+\s+returned\s+(\d+)%.*$/) {
+	my $class = $1 > 0 ? "perfect" : "terrible";
+	$_ = "$_";
+    }
+    
+
+    print;
+}
+
+print <
+
+
+EOF
diff --git a/common/coverage/coverage-report.pl b/common/coverage/coverage-report.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..046bc370c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/coverage/coverage-report.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006 Daniel Berrange
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+my %coverage = ( functions => {}, files => {} );
+
+my %filemap;
+
+my $type;
+my $name;
+
+my @functions;
+
+while (<>) {
+    if (/^Function '(.*)'\s*$/) {
+	$type = "function";
+	$name = $1;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name} = {};
+	push @functions, $name;
+    } elsif (/^File '(.*?)'\s*$/) {
+	$type = "file";
+	$name = $1;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name} = {};
+	
+	foreach my $func (@functions) {
+	    $coverage{"function"}->{$func}->{file} = $name;
+	}
+	@functions = ();
+    } elsif (/^Lines executed:(.*)%\s*of\s*(\d+)\s*$/) {
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{lines} = $2;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{linesCoverage} = $1;
+    } elsif (/^Branches executed:(.*)%\s*of\s*(\d+)\s*$/) {
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{branches} = $2;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{branchesCoverage} = $1;
+    } elsif (/^Taken at least once:(.*)%\s*of\s*(\d+)\s*$/) {
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{conds} = $2;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{condsCoverage} = $1;
+    } elsif (/^Calls executed:(.*)%\s*of\s*(\d+)\s*$/) {
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{calls} = $2;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{callsCoverage} = $1;
+    } elsif (/^No branches$/) {
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{branches} = 0;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{branchesCoverage} = "100.00";
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{conds} = 0;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{condsCoverage} = "100.00";
+    } elsif (/^No calls$/) {
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{calls} = 0;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{callsCoverage} = "100.00";
+    } elsif (/^\s*(.*):creating '(.*)'\s*$/) {
+	$filemap{$1} = $2;
+    } elsif (/^\s*$/) {
+	# nada
+    } else {
+	warn "Shit [$_]\n";
+    }
+}
+
+my %summary;
+foreach my $type ("function", "file") {
+    $summary{$type} = {};
+    foreach my $m ("lines", "branches", "conds", "calls") {
+	my $totalGot = 0;
+	my $totalMiss = 0;
+	my $count = 0;
+	foreach my $func (keys %{$coverage{function}}) {
+	    $count++;
+	    my $got = $coverage{function}->{$func}->{$m};
+	    $totalGot += $got;
+	    my $miss = $got * $coverage{function}->{$func}->{$m ."Coverage"} / 100;
+	    $totalMiss += $miss;
+	}
+	$summary{$type}->{$m} = sprintf("%d", $totalGot);
+	$summary{$type}->{$m . "Coverage"} = sprintf("%.2f", $totalMiss / $totalGot * 100);
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+print "\n";
+
+foreach my $type ("function", "file") {
+    printf "<%ss>\n", $type;
+    foreach my $name (sort { $a cmp $b } keys %{$coverage{$type}}) {
+	my $rec = $coverage{$type}->{$name};
+	printf "  \n", $name, ($type eq "file" ? $filemap{$name} : $filemap{$rec->{file}});
+	printf "    \n", $rec->{lines}, $rec->{linesCoverage};
+	if (exists $rec->{branches}) {
+	    printf "    \n", $rec->{branches}, $rec->{branchesCoverage};
+	}
+	if (exists $rec->{conds}) {
+	    printf "    \n", $rec->{conds}, $rec->{condsCoverage};
+	}
+	if (exists $rec->{calls}) {
+	    printf "    \n", $rec->{calls}, $rec->{callsCoverage};
+	}
+	print  "  \n";
+    }
+    
+    printf "  \n";
+    printf "    \n", $summary{$type}->{lines}, $summary{$type}->{linesCoverage};
+    printf "    \n", $summary{$type}->{branches}, $summary{$type}->{branchesCoverage};
+    printf "    \n", $summary{$type}->{conds}, $summary{$type}->{condsCoverage};
+    printf "    \n", $summary{$type}->{calls}, $summary{$type}->{callsCoverage};
+    printf  "  \n";
+    printf "\n", $type;
+}
+
+print "\n";
diff --git a/common/coverage/coverage-report.xsl b/common/coverage/coverage-report.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b19ebb638b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/coverage/coverage-report.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+
+
+
+
+  
+
+  
+    
+      
+        Coverage report
+        
+      
+      
+        
Coverage report

+        
+      
+    
+  
+
+  
+    
Function coverage

+    
+      
+    
+  
+  
+
+  
+    
File coverage

+    
+      
+    
+  
+
+  
+    
+    
+      
+        
+          
+          
+          
+          
+          
+        
+      
+      
+        
+          
+            
+            
+              
+                
+                  odd
+                
+                
+                  even
+                
+              
+            
+          
+        
+      
+      
+        
+          
+            
+            
+              
+                
+                  odd
+                
+                
+                  even
+                
+              
+            
+          
+        
+      
+    
NameLinesBranchesConditionsCalls

+  
+  
+  
+    
+    
+    
+      
+        
+          
+        
+        
+          
+        
+        
+          Summary
+        
+      
+
+      
+        
+      
+      
+        
+      
+
+      
+        
+      
+      
+        
+      
+
+      
+        
+      
+      
+        
+      
+
+      
+        
+      
+      
+        
+      
+
+    
+  
+  
+  
+    
+  
+
+  
+    
+  
+
+  
+    
+  
+
+  
+    
+  
+
+  
+    
+  
+
+  
+    
+      
+        
+          perfect
+        
+        
+          excellant
+        
+        
+          good
+        
+        
+          poor
+        
+        
+          bad
+        
+        
+          terrible
+        
+      
+    
+    
+    % of 
+  
+
+
diff --git a/common/coverage/lcov.mak b/common/coverage/lcov.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d848f5245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/coverage/lcov.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# run lcov from scratch, always
+lcov-reset:
+	make lcov-run
+	make lcov-report
+
+# run lcov from scratch if the dir is not there
+lcov:
+	make lcov-reset
+
+# reset run coverage tests
+lcov-run:
+	@-rm -rf lcov
+	find . -name "*.gcda" -exec rm {} \;
+	if test -d tests/check; then make -C tests/check inspect; fi
+	make check
+
+# generate report based on current coverage data
+lcov-report:
+	mkdir lcov
+	lcov --directory . --capture --output-file lcov/lcov.info
+	lcov -l lcov/lcov.info | grep -v "`cd $(top_srcdir) && pwd`" | cut -d: -f1 > lcov/remove
+	lcov -l lcov/lcov.info | grep "tests/check/" | cut -d: -f1 >> lcov/remove
+	lcov -r lcov/lcov.info `cat lcov/remove` > lcov/lcov.cleaned.info
+	rm lcov/remove
+	mv lcov/lcov.cleaned.info lcov/lcov.info
+	genhtml -t "$(PACKAGE_STRING)" -o lcov lcov/lcov.info
+
+lcov-upload: lcov
+	rsync -rvz -e ssh --delete lcov/* gstreamer.freedesktop.org:/srv/gstreamer.freedesktop.org/www/data/coverage/lcov/$(PACKAGE)
diff --git a/common/gettext.patch b/common/gettext.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..659718e3af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/gettext.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--- po/Makefile.in.in.orig	2006-01-07 12:03:45.000000000 +0100
++++ po/Makefile.in.in	2006-01-07 12:04:23.000000000 +0100
+@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
+ PACKAGE = @PACKAGE@
+ VERSION = @VERSION@
+ 
++# thomas: add GETTEXT_PACKAGE substitution as used in Makevars
++GETTEXT_PACKAGE = @GETTEXT_PACKAGE@
++
+ SHELL = /bin/sh
+ @SET_MAKE@
+ 
+@@ -305,7 +308,9 @@
+ update-gmo: Makefile $(GMOFILES)
+ 	@:
+ 
+-Makefile: Makefile.in.in $(top_builddir)/config.status POTFILES.in
++# thomas: add LINGUAS as a dependency so that the Makefile gets rebuilt
++# properly when we add languages
++Makefile: Makefile.in.in $(top_builddir)/config.status POTFILES.in LINGUAS
+ 	cd $(top_builddir) \
+ 	  && CONFIG_FILES=$(subdir)/$@.in CONFIG_HEADERS= \
+ 	       $(SHELL) ./config.status
diff --git a/common/glib-gen.mak b/common/glib-gen.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eff414714a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/glib-gen.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# these are the variables your Makefile.am should set
+# the example is based on the colorbalance interface
+
+#glib_enum_headers=$(colorbalance_headers)
+#glib_enum_define=GST_COLOR_BALANCE
+#glib_enum_prefix=gst_color_balance
+
+# these are all the rules generating the relevant files
+%-marshal.h: %-marshal.list
+	glib-genmarshal --header --prefix=$(glib_enum_prefix)_marshal $^ > $*-marshal.h.tmp
+	mv $*-marshal.h.tmp $*-marshal.h
+
+%-marshal.c: %-marshal.list
+	echo "#include \"$*-marshal.h\"" >> $*-marshal.c.tmp
+	glib-genmarshal --body --prefix=$(glib_enum_prefix)_marshal $^ >> $*-marshal.c.tmp
+	mv $*-marshal.c.tmp $*-marshal.c
+
+%-enumtypes.h: $(glib_enum_headers)
+	glib-mkenums \
+	--fhead "#ifndef __$(glib_enum_define)_ENUM_TYPES_H__\n#define __$(glib_enum_define)_ENUM_TYPES_H__\n\n#include \n\nG_BEGIN_DECLS\n" \
+	--fprod "\n/* enumerations from \"@filename@\" */\n" \
+	--vhead "GType @enum_name@_get_type (void);\n#define GST_TYPE_@ENUMSHORT@ (@enum_name@_get_type())\n"         \
+	--ftail "G_END_DECLS\n\n#endif /* __$(glib_enum_define)_ENUM_TYPES_H__ */" \
+	$^ > $@
+
+%-enumtypes.c: $(glib_enum_headers)
+	@if test "x$(glib_enum_headers)" == "x"; then echo "ERROR: glib_enum_headers is empty, please fix Makefile"; exit 1; fi
+	glib-mkenums \
+	--fhead "#include <$*.h>" \
+	--fprod "\n/* enumerations from \"@filename@\" */" \
+	--vhead "GType\n@enum_name@_get_type (void)\n{\n  static GType etype = 0;\n  if (etype == 0) {\n    static const G@Type@Value values[] = {"     \
+	--vprod "      { @VALUENAME@, \"@VALUENAME@\", \"@valuenick@\" }," \
+	--vtail "      { 0, NULL, NULL }\n    };\n    etype = g_@type@_register_static (\"@EnumName@\", values);\n  }\n  return etype;\n}\n" \
+	$^ > $@
+
+# a hack rule to make sure .Plo files exist because they get include'd
+# from Makefile's
+.deps/%-marshal.Plo:
+	touch $@
+
+.deps/%-enumtypes.Plo:
+	touch $@
diff --git a/common/gst-autogen.sh b/common/gst-autogen.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b312124b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/gst-autogen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,308 @@
+# a silly hack that generates autoregen.sh but it's handy
+# Remove the old autoregen.sh first to create a new file,
+# as the current one may be being read by the shell executing
+# this script.
+if [ -f "autoregen.sh" ]; then
+  rm autoregen.sh
+fi
+echo "#!/bin/sh" > autoregen.sh
+echo "./autogen.sh $@ \$@" >> autoregen.sh
+chmod +x autoregen.sh
+
+# helper functions for autogen.sh
+
+debug ()
+# print out a debug message if DEBUG is a defined variable
+{
+  if test ! -z "$DEBUG"
+  then
+    echo "DEBUG: $1"
+  fi
+}
+
+version_check ()
+# check the version of a package
+# first argument : package name (executable)
+# second argument : optional path where to look for it instead
+# third argument : source download url
+# rest of arguments : major, minor, micro version
+# all consecutive ones : suggestions for binaries to use
+# (if not specified in second argument)
+{
+  PACKAGE=$1
+  PKG_PATH=$2
+  URL=$3
+  MAJOR=$4
+  MINOR=$5
+  MICRO=$6
+
+  # for backwards compatibility, we let PKG_PATH=PACKAGE when PKG_PATH null
+  if test -z "$PKG_PATH"; then PKG_PATH=$PACKAGE; fi
+  debug "major $MAJOR minor $MINOR micro $MICRO"
+  VERSION=$MAJOR
+  if test ! -z "$MINOR"; then VERSION=$VERSION.$MINOR; else MINOR=0; fi
+  if test ! -z "$MICRO"; then VERSION=$VERSION.$MICRO; else MICRO=0; fi
+
+  debug "major $MAJOR minor $MINOR micro $MICRO"
+  
+  for SUGGESTION in $PKG_PATH; do 
+    COMMAND="$SUGGESTION"
+
+    # don't check if asked not to
+    test -z "$NOCHECK" && {
+      echo -n "  checking for $COMMAND >= $VERSION ... "
+    } || {
+      # we set a var with the same name as the package, but stripped of
+      # unwanted chars
+      VAR=`echo $PACKAGE | sed 's/-//g'`
+      debug "setting $VAR"
+      eval $VAR="$COMMAND"
+      return 0
+    }
+
+    debug "checking version with $COMMAND"
+    ($COMMAND --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || 
+    {
+      echo "not found."
+      continue
+    }
+    # strip everything that's not a digit, then use cut to get the first field
+    pkg_version=`$COMMAND --version|head -n 1|sed 's/^.*)[^0-9]*//'|cut -d' ' -f1`
+    debug "pkg_version $pkg_version"
+    # remove any non-digit characters from the version numbers to permit numeric
+    # comparison
+    pkg_major=`echo $pkg_version | cut -d. -f1 | sed s/[a-zA-Z\-].*//g`
+    pkg_minor=`echo $pkg_version | cut -d. -f2 | sed s/[a-zA-Z\-].*//g`
+    pkg_micro=`echo $pkg_version | cut -d. -f3 | sed s/[a-zA-Z\-].*//g`
+    test -z "$pkg_major" && pkg_major=0
+    test -z "$pkg_minor" && pkg_minor=0
+    test -z "$pkg_micro" && pkg_micro=0
+    debug "found major $pkg_major minor $pkg_minor micro $pkg_micro"
+
+    #start checking the version
+    debug "version check"
+
+    # reset check
+    WRONG=
+
+    if [ ! "$pkg_major" -gt "$MAJOR" ]; then
+      debug "major: $pkg_major <= $MAJOR"
+      if [ "$pkg_major" -lt "$MAJOR" ]; then
+        debug "major: $pkg_major < $MAJOR"
+        WRONG=1
+      elif [ ! "$pkg_minor" -gt "$MINOR" ]; then
+        debug "minor: $pkg_minor <= $MINOR"
+        if [ "$pkg_minor" -lt "$MINOR" ]; then
+          debug "minor: $pkg_minor < $MINOR"
+          WRONG=1
+        elif [ "$pkg_micro" -lt "$MICRO" ]; then
+          debug "micro: $pkg_micro < $MICRO"
+	  WRONG=1
+        fi
+      fi
+    fi
+
+    if test ! -z "$WRONG"; then
+      echo "found $pkg_version, not ok !"
+      continue
+    else
+      echo "found $pkg_version, ok."
+      # we set a var with the same name as the package, but stripped of
+      # unwanted chars
+      VAR=`echo $PACKAGE | sed 's/-//g'`
+      debug "setting $VAR"
+      eval $VAR="$COMMAND"
+      return 0
+    fi
+  done
+
+  echo "not found !"
+  echo "You must have $PACKAGE installed to compile $package."
+  echo "Download the appropriate package for your distribution,"
+  echo "or get the source tarball at $URL"
+  return 1;
+}
+
+aclocal_check ()
+{
+  # normally aclocal is part of automake
+  # so we expect it to be in the same place as automake
+  # so if a different automake is supplied, we need to adapt as well
+  # so how's about replacing automake with aclocal in the set var,
+  # and saving that in $aclocal ?
+  # note, this will fail if the actual automake isn't called automake*
+  # or if part of the path before it contains it
+  if [ -z "$automake" ]; then
+    echo "Error: no automake variable set !"
+    return 1
+  else
+    aclocal=`echo $automake | sed s/automake/aclocal/`
+    debug "aclocal: $aclocal"
+    if [ "$aclocal" != "aclocal" ];
+    then
+      CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT="$CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT --with-aclocal=$aclocal"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x `which $aclocal` ]; then
+      echo "Error: cannot execute $aclocal !"
+      return 1
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+autoheader_check ()
+{
+  # same here - autoheader is part of autoconf
+  # use the same voodoo
+  if [ -z "$autoconf" ]; then
+    echo "Error: no autoconf variable set !"
+    return 1
+  else
+    autoheader=`echo $autoconf | sed s/autoconf/autoheader/`
+    debug "autoheader: $autoheader"
+    if [ "$autoheader" != "autoheader" ];
+    then
+      CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT="$CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT --with-autoheader=$autoheader"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x `which $autoheader` ]; then
+      echo "Error: cannot execute $autoheader !"
+      return 1
+    fi
+  fi
+
+}
+autoconf_2_52d_check ()
+{
+  # autoconf 2.52d has a weird issue involving a yes:no error
+  # so don't allow it's use
+  test -z "$NOCHECK" && {
+    ac_version=`$autoconf --version|head -n 1|sed 's/^[a-zA-Z\.\ ()]*//;s/ .*$//'`
+    if test "$ac_version" = "2.52d"; then
+      echo "autoconf 2.52d has an issue with our current build."
+      echo "We don't know who's to blame however.  So until we do, get a"
+      echo "regular version.  RPM's of a working version are on the gstreamer site."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  }
+  return 0
+}
+
+die_check ()
+{
+  # call with $DIE
+  # if set to 1, we need to print something helpful then die
+  DIE=$1
+  if test "x$DIE" = "x1";
+  then
+    echo
+    echo "- Please get the right tools before proceeding."
+    echo "- Alternatively, if you're sure we're wrong, run with --nocheck."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+autogen_options ()
+{
+  if test "x$1" = "x"; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  while test "x$1" != "x" ; do
+    optarg=`expr "x$1" : 'x[^=]*=\(.*\)'`
+    case "$1" in
+      --noconfigure)
+          NOCONFIGURE=defined
+	  AUTOGEN_EXT_OPT="$AUTOGEN_EXT_OPT --noconfigure"
+          echo "+ configure run disabled"
+          shift
+          ;;
+      --nocheck)
+	  AUTOGEN_EXT_OPT="$AUTOGEN_EXT_OPT --nocheck"
+          NOCHECK=defined
+          echo "+ autotools version check disabled"
+          shift
+          ;;
+      --debug)
+          DEBUG=defined
+	  AUTOGEN_EXT_OPT="$AUTOGEN_EXT_OPT --debug"
+          echo "+ debug output enabled"
+          shift
+          ;;
+      --prefix=*)
+	  CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT="$CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT --prefix=$optarg"
+	  echo "+ passing --prefix=$optarg to configure"
+          shift
+          ;;
+      --prefix)
+	  shift
+	  echo "DEBUG: $1"
+	  CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT="$CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT --prefix=$1"
+	  echo "+ passing --prefix=$1 to configure"
+          shift
+          ;;
+
+      -h|--help)
+          echo "autogen.sh (autogen options) -- (configure options)"
+          echo "autogen.sh help options: "
+          echo " --noconfigure            don't run the configure script"
+          echo " --nocheck                don't do version checks"
+          echo " --debug                  debug the autogen process"
+	  echo " --prefix		  will be passed on to configure"
+          echo
+          echo " --with-autoconf PATH     use autoconf in PATH"
+          echo " --with-automake PATH     use automake in PATH"
+          echo
+          echo "to pass options to configure, put them as arguments after -- "
+	  exit 1
+          ;;
+      --with-automake=*)
+          AUTOMAKE=$optarg
+          echo "+ using alternate automake in $optarg"
+	  CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT="$CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT --with-automake=$AUTOMAKE"
+          shift
+          ;;
+      --with-autoconf=*)
+          AUTOCONF=$optarg
+          echo "+ using alternate autoconf in $optarg"
+	  CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT="$CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT --with-autoconf=$AUTOCONF"
+          shift
+          ;;
+      --disable*|--enable*|--with*)
+          echo "+ passing option $1 to configure"
+	  CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT="$CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT $1"
+          shift
+          ;;
+       --) shift ; break ;;
+      *) echo "- ignoring unknown autogen.sh argument $1"; shift ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+  for arg do CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT="$CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT $arg"; done
+  if test ! -z "$CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT"
+  then
+    echo "+ options passed to configure: $CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT"
+  fi
+}
+
+toplevel_check ()
+{
+  srcfile=$1
+  test -f $srcfile || {
+        echo "You must run this script in the top-level $package directory"
+        exit 1
+  }
+}
+
+
+tool_run ()
+{
+  tool=$1
+  options=$2
+  run_if_fail=$3
+  echo "+ running $tool $options..."
+  $tool $options || {
+    echo
+    echo $tool failed
+    eval $run_if_fail
+    exit 1
+  }
+}
diff --git a/common/gst-xmlinspect.py b/common/gst-xmlinspect.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d7f696122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/gst-xmlinspect.py
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+# -*- Mode: Python -*-
+# vi:si:et:sw=4:sts=4:ts=4
+
+"""
+examine all plugins and elements and output xml documentation for them
+used as part of the plugin documentation build
+"""
+
+import sys
+import os
+import pygst
+pygst.require('0.10')
+import gst
+
+INDENT_SIZE = 2
+
+# all templates
+
+PAD_TEMPLATE = """
+  %(name)s
+  %(direction)s
+  %(presence)s
+  
%(details)s

+"""
+
+ELEMENT_TEMPLATE = """
+  %(name)s
+  %(longname)s
+  %(class)s
+  %(description)s
+  %(author)s
+  
+%(pads)s
+  
+"""
+
+PLUGIN_TEMPLATE = """
+  %(name)s
+  %(description)s
+  %(filename)s
+  %(basename)s
+  %(version)s
+  %(license)s
+  %(source)s
+  %(package)s
+  %(origin)s
+  
+%(elements)s
+  
+"""
+
+def xmlencode(line):
+    """
+    Replace &, <, and >
+    """
+    line = "&".join(line.split("&"))
+    line = "<".join(line.split("<"))
+    line = ">".join(line.split(">"))
+    return line
+
+def get_offset(indent):
+    return " " * INDENT_SIZE * indent
+
+def output_pad_template(pt, indent=0):
+    print  "PAD TEMPLATE", pt.name_template
+    paddir = ("unknown","source","sink")
+    padpres = ("always","sometimes","request")
+    
+    d = {
+      'name':        xmlencode(pt.name_template),
+      'direction':   xmlencode(paddir[pt.direction]),
+      'presence':    xmlencode(padpres[pt.presence]),
+      'details':     xmlencode(pt.static_caps.string),
+    }
+    block = PAD_TEMPLATE % d
+
+    offset = get_offset(indent)
+    return offset + ("\n" + offset).join(block.split("\n"))
+    
+def output_element_factory(elf, indent=0):
+    print  "ELEMENT", elf.get_name()
+
+    padsoutput = []
+    padtemplates = elf.get_static_pad_templates()
+    for padtemplate in padtemplates:
+        padsoutput.append(output_pad_template(padtemplate, indent))
+
+    d = {
+        'name':        xmlencode(elf.get_name()),
+        'longname':    xmlencode(elf.get_longname()),
+        'class':       xmlencode(elf.get_klass()),
+        'description': xmlencode(elf.get_description()),
+        'author':      xmlencode(elf.get_author()),
+        'pads': "\n".join(padsoutput),
+    }
+    block = ELEMENT_TEMPLATE % d
+
+    offset = get_offset(indent)
+    return offset + ("\n" + offset).join(block.split("\n"))
+
+def output_plugin(plugin, indent=0):
+    print "PLUGIN", plugin.get_name()
+    version = plugin.get_version()
+    
+    elements = {}
+    gst.debug('getting features for plugin %s' % plugin.get_name())
+    registry = gst.registry_get_default()
+    features = registry.get_feature_list_by_plugin(plugin.get_name())
+    gst.debug('plugin %s has %d features' % (plugin.get_name(), len(features)))
+    for feature in features:
+        if isinstance(feature, gst.ElementFactory):
+            elements[feature.get_name()] = feature
+    #gst.debug("got features")
+        
+    elementsoutput = []
+    keys = elements.keys()
+    keys.sort()
+    for name in keys:
+        feature = elements[name]
+        elementsoutput.append(output_element_factory(feature, indent + 2))
+
+    filename = plugin.get_filename()
+    basename = filename
+    if basename:
+        basename = os.path.basename(basename)
+    d = {
+        'name':        xmlencode(plugin.get_name()),
+        'description': xmlencode(plugin.get_description()),
+        'filename':    filename,
+        'basename':    basename,
+        'version':     version,
+        'license':     xmlencode(plugin.get_license()),
+        'source':      xmlencode(plugin.get_source()),
+        'package':     xmlencode(plugin.get_package()),
+        'origin':      xmlencode(plugin.get_origin()),
+        'elements': "\n".join(elementsoutput),
+    }
+    block = PLUGIN_TEMPLATE % d
+    
+    offset = get_offset(indent)
+    return offset + ("\n" + offset).join(block.split("\n"))
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
+        sys.stderr.write("Please specify a source module to inspect")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    source = sys.argv[1]
+
+    if len(sys.argv) > 2:
+        os.chdir(sys.argv[2])
+
+    registry = gst.registry_get_default()
+    all = registry.get_plugin_list()
+    for plugin in all:
+        gst.debug("inspecting plugin %s from source %s" % (
+            plugin.get_name(), plugin.get_source()))
+        # this skips gstcoreelements, with bin and pipeline
+        if plugin.get_filename() is None:
+            continue
+        if plugin.get_source() != source:
+            continue
+
+        filename = "plugin-%s.xml" % plugin.get_name()
+        handle = open(filename, "w")
+        handle.write(output_plugin(plugin))
+        handle.close()
+
+main()
diff --git a/common/gst.supp b/common/gst.supp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce0daa2568
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/gst.supp
@@ -0,0 +1,1660 @@
+### this file contains suppressions for valgrind when running
+### the gstreamer unit tests
+### it might be useful for wider use as well
+
+### syscall suppressions
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Param
+   clone(parent_tidptr)
+   fun:clone
+   fun:clone
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Param
+   clone(child_tidptr)
+   fun:clone
+   fun:clone
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Param
+   clone(tlsinfo)
+   fun:clone
+   fun:clone
+}
+
+### glibc suppressions
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+}
+
+# glibc does not deallocate thread-local storage
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:_dl_allocate_tls
+   fun:pthread_create@@*
+}
+
+# I get an extra stack entry on x86/dapper
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_allocate_tls
+   fun:pthread_create@@*
+}
+
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:strstr
+   fun:__pthread_initialize_minimal
+   obj:/lib/libpthread-*.so
+   obj:/lib/libpthread-*.so
+   fun:call_init
+   fun:_dl_init
+   obj:/lib/ld-*.so
+}
+
+# a thread-related free problem in glibc from Edgard
+{
+   __libc_freeres_rw_acess
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   fun:__libc_freeres
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+}
+
+# g_module_open-related problems
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr2
+   fun:memcpy
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+   fun:gst_registry_scan_path_level
+   fun:gst_registry_scan_path_level
+   fun:gst_registry_scan_path_level
+   fun:init_post
+   fun:g_option_context_parse
+   fun:gst_init_check
+   fun:gst_init
+   fun:gst_check_init
+   fun:main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   fun:memcpy
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+   fun:gst_registry_scan_path_level
+   fun:gst_registry_scan_path_level
+   fun:gst_registry_scan_path_level
+   fun:init_post
+   fun:g_option_context_parse
+   fun:gst_init_check
+   fun:gst_init
+   fun:gst_check_init
+   fun:main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:do_sym
+   fun:_dl_sym
+   fun:dlsym_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlsym
+   fun:g_module_symbol
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_by_name
+   fun:gst_plugin_feature_load
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_by_name
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:do_sym
+   fun:_dl_sym
+   fun:dlsym_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlsym
+   fun:g_module_symbol
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Param
+   futex(uaddr2)
+   fun:pthread_once
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.3.*.so
+   fun:mbsnrtowcs
+   fun:vfprintf
+   fun:vsprintf
+   fun:sprintf
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.3.*.so
+   fun:tmpfile
+   fun:setup_pipe
+   fun:setup_messaging_with_key
+   fun:setup_messaging
+}
+
+# valgrind doesn't allow me to specify a suppression for Addr1, Addr2, Addr4
+# as Addr*, so 3 copies for that; and then 2 of each for that pesky memcpy
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr1
+   fun:_dl_signal_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr2
+   fun:_dl_signal_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   fun:_dl_signal_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr1
+   fun:memcpy
+   fun:_dl_signal_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr2
+   fun:memcpy
+   fun:_dl_signal_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   fun:memcpy
+   fun:_dl_signal_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.3.*.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_by_name
+   fun:gst_plugin_feature_load
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.3.6.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.3.6.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.3.6.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+### glib suppressions
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:g_parse_debug_string
+   obj:/usr/lib*/libglib-2.0.so.*
+   fun:g_slice_alloc
+   fun:g_slice_alloc0
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:g_strdup
+   fun:g_quark_from_string
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   fun:g_type_register_fundamental
+   obj:*
+   fun:g_type_init_with_debug_flags
+   fun:g_type_init
+   fun:init_pre
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   fun:g_type_register_fundamental
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   fun:g_type_init_with_debug_flags
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:g_slice_alloc
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   fun:g_type_init_with_debug_flags
+}
+
+#pthread memleaks
+
+{
+   Thread creation leak
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:allocate_dtv
+   fun:_dl_allocate*
+   fun:_dl_allocate*
+   fun:__pthread_initialize_minimal
+}
+
+{
+   Thread management leak
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:allocate_dtv
+   fun:_dl_allocate*
+   fun:_dl_allocate*
+   fun:__pthread_*
+}
+
+{
+   Thread management leak 2
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:memalign
+   fun:_dl_allocate*
+   fun:_dl_allocate*
+   fun:__pthread_*
+}
+
+{
+   pthread_create Syscall param write(buf) points to uninitialised byte(s)
+   Memcheck:Param
+   write(buf)
+   fun:pthread_create@@GLIBC_2.2.5
+   fun:g_thread_create*
+
+}
+
+# nss_parse_* memleak (used by g_option_context_parse)
+{
+   nss_parse_* memleak
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:nss_parse_service_list
+   fun:__nss_database_lookup
+}
+
+# liboil suppressions
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   obj:/usr/lib/liboil-0.3.so.0.1.0
+   obj:/usr/lib/liboil-0.3.so.0.1.0
+   obj:/usr/lib/liboil-0.3.so.0.1.0
+   fun:oil_cpu_fault_check_try
+   fun:oil_test_check_impl
+   fun:oil_class_optimize
+   fun:oil_optimize_all
+   fun:oil_init
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Param
+   futex(uaddr2)
+   fun:pthread_once
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.3.6.so
+   fun:setlocale
+   fun:init_pre
+   fun:g_option_context_parse
+   fun:gst_init_check
+   fun:gst_init
+   fun:gst_check_init
+   fun:main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.3.6.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+}
+# this exists in a bunch of different variations, hence the short tail/trace
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+}
+
+# More edgy suppressions (Mike)
+{  
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+}
+
+{  
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+}
+
+{  
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   fun:do_sym
+   fun:_dl_sym
+}
+
+# This one's overly general, but there's zero other information in the stack
+# trace - just these five lines!
+{  
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   fun:_dl_allocate_tls
+   fun:pthread_create@@GLIBC_2.1
+}
+
+# TLS leaks for feisty/x86
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:allocate_dtv
+   fun:_dl_allocate_tls
+   fun:pthread_create@@GLIBC_2.1
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/usr/lib/libcdio.so.6.0.1
+   fun:cdio_open_am_linux
+   obj:/usr/lib/libcdio.so.6.0.1
+   fun:cdio_open_am
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.5.so
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:snd_pcm_direct_shm_create_or_connect
+   fun:snd_pcm_dsnoop_open
+   fun:_snd_pcm_dsnoop_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_open_slave
+   fun:_snd_pcm_plug_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_open_slave
+   fun:_snd_pcm_asym_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:snd_pcm_hw_param_set_near
+   fun:set_hwparams
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_snd_pcm_hw_param_set_min
+   fun:snd_pcm_hw_param_set_min
+   fun:snd_pcm_hw_param_set_near
+   fun:set_hwparams
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_snd_pcm_hw_param_set_min
+   fun:snd_pcm_hw_param_set_min
+   fun:snd_pcm_hw_param_set_near
+   fun:set_hwparams
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_hw_param_set_near
+   fun:set_hwparams
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_close
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:snd_pcm_direct_shm_create_or_connect
+   fun:snd_pcm_dmix_open
+   fun:_snd_pcm_dmix_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_open_slave
+   fun:_snd_pcm_softvol_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_open_slave
+   fun:_snd_pcm_plug_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_open_slave
+   fun:_snd_pcm_asym_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:strdup
+   fun:snd_dlobj_cache_add
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_open_slave
+   fun:snd_pcm_dsnoop_open
+   fun:_snd_pcm_dsnoop_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_open_slave
+   fun:_snd_pcm_plug_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_open_slave
+   fun:_snd_pcm_asym_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+}
+# Catch about 15 variations on inserting info into an ALSA
+# internal cache
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:snd_dlobj_cache_add
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_searcha_hooks
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_searcha_hooks
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_searcha_hooks
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_searcha_hooks
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_searcha_hooks
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load_for_all_cards
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_searcha_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_alias_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_definition
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load_for_all_cards
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_searcha_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_alias_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_definition
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_searcha_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_alias_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_definition
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_update_r
+   fun:snd_config_update
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_update_r
+   fun:snd_config_update
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_update_r
+   fun:snd_config_update
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_update_r
+   fun:snd_config_update
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_update_r
+   fun:snd_config_update
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_update_r
+   fun:snd_config_update
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_update_r
+   fun:snd_config_update
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_update_r
+   fun:snd_config_update
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_update_r
+   fun:snd_config_update
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_update_r
+   fun:snd_config_update
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_searcha_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_alias_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_definition
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_searcha_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_alias_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_definition
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load_for_all_cards
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_searcha_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_alias_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_definition
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load_for_all_cards
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_searcha_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_alias_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_definition
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load_for_all_cards
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_searcha_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_alias_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_definition
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load_for_all_cards
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_config_searcha_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_alias_hooks
+   fun:snd_config_search_definition
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   obj:/lib/libc*.so
+   fun:__nss_database_lookup
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   fun:getgrnam_r
+   fun:getgrnam
+   fun:snd_pcm_direct_parse_open_conf
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:_XCBInitDisplayLock
+   fun:XOpenDisplay
+}
+
+# GConf internal initialisations related to getting the default client.
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc_tcval
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.*
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_IOR
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_object
+   fun:CORBA_ORB_string_to_object
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   fun:gconf_get_current_lock_holder
+   fun:gconf_activate_server
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc_tcval
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.*
+   fun:PortableServer_POA_servant_to_reference
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc_tcval
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.*
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_IOR
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_object
+   fun:CORBA_ORB_string_to_object
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   fun:gconf_get_current_lock_holder
+   fun:gconf_activate_server
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}  
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.*
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_IOR
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_object
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_value
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.*
+   fun:ORBit_small_invoke_stub
+   fun:ConfigServer_get_default_database
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.*
+   fun:IOP_generate_profiles
+   fun:ORBit_marshal_object
+   fun:ORBit_marshal_value
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.*
+   fun:ORBit_small_invoke_stub
+   fun:ConfigServer_add_client
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc_by_tc
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.*
+   fun:PortableServer_POA_servant_to_reference
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc_by_tc
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.*
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_IOR
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_object
+   fun:CORBA_ORB_string_to_object
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   fun:gconf_get_current_lock_holder
+   fun:gconf_activate_server
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+
+# Some libORBit/bonobo initialisation stuff
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:ORBit_alloc_string
+   fun:CORBA_string_dup
+   fun:Bonobo_ActivationEnvValue_set
+   fun:bonobo_activation_init_activation_env
+   fun:bonobo_activation_orb_init
+   fun:bonobo_activation_init
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   fun:ORBit_small_alloc*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:PortableServer_POA_servant_to_reference
+   obj:/usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so*
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc_tcval
+   fun:ORBit_small_allocbuf
+   fun:ORBit_adaptor_setup
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:ORBit_POA_setup_root
+   fun:ORBit_init_internals
+   fun:CORBA_ORB_init
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc_tcval
+   fun:ORBit_adaptor_setup
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:ORBit_POA_setup_root
+   fun:ORBit_init_internals
+   fun:CORBA_ORB_init
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   fun:ORBit_small_allocbuf
+   fun:bonobo_activation_init_activation_env
+   fun:bonobo_activation_orb_init
+   fun:bonobo_activation_init
+}
+
+# More GConf stuff from the FC5 buildbot, mostly variations on the 
+# above stack traces
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Param
+   writev(vector[...])
+   fun:writev
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:link_connection_writev
+   fun:giop_send_buffer_write
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:ORBit_small_invoke_stub
+   fun:ORBit_small_invoke_stub_n
+   fun:ORBit_c_stub_invoke
+   fun:ConfigServer_ping
+   fun:gconf_activate_server
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   fun:ORBit_small_alloc*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:PortableServer_POA_servant_to_reference
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   fun:ORBit_small_alloc
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_IOR
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_object
+   fun:CORBA_ORB_string_to_object
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   fun:gconf_get_current_lock_holder
+   fun:gconf_activate_server
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   fun:ORBit_small_alloc*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_IOR
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_object
+   fun:CORBA_ORB_string_to_object
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   fun:gconf_get_current_lock_holder
+   fun:gconf_activate_server
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   fun:ORBit_small_alloc*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_IOR
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_object
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_value
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:ORBit_small_invoke_stub
+   fun:ORBit_small_invoke_stub_n
+   fun:ORBit_c_stub_invoke
+   fun:ConfigServer_get_default_database
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   fun:ORBit_small_alloc*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:ORBit_OAObject_object_to_objkey
+   fun:IOP_generate_profiles
+   fun:ORBit_marshal_object
+   fun:ORBit_marshal_value
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:ORBit_small_invoke_stub
+   fun:ORBit_small_invoke_stub_n
+   fun:ORBit_c_stub_invoke
+   fun:ConfigServer_add_client
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   obj:/lib/libc-*.so
+   fun:__nss_database_lookup
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   fun:getpwnam_r
+   fun:g_get_any_init_do
+   fun:g_get_home_dir
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   obj:/lib/libc-*.so
+   fun:__nss_database_lookup
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   fun:getpwnam_r
+   fun:g_get_any_init_do
+   fun:g_get_user_name
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   obj:/lib/libc-*.so
+   fun:__nss_database_lookup
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   fun:getpwnam_r
+   obj:/usr/lib*/libglib-2.0.so.*
+   fun:g_get_tmp_dir
+}
+
+
+## Some Fontconfig errors.
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:FcPatternObjectInsertElt
+   fun:FcPatternObjectAddWithBinding
+   fun:FcPatternAppend
+   fun:FcEndElement
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.0.0
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.0.0
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.0.0
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.0.0
+   fun:XML_ParseBuffer
+   fun:FcConfigParseAndLoad
+   fun:FcConfigParseAndLoad
+   fun:FcParseInclude
+   fun:FcEndElement
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.0.0
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.0.0
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.0.0
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.0.0
+   fun:XML_ParseBuffer
+   fun:FcConfigParseAndLoad
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:FcStrCopy
+   fun:FcEndElement
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.0.0
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.0.0
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.0.0
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.0.0
+   fun:XML_ParseBuffer
+   fun:FcConfigParseAndLoad
+   fun:FcConfigParseAndLoad
+   fun:FcParseInclude
+   fun:FcEndElement
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.0.0
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.0.0
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.0.0
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.0.0
+   fun:XML_ParseBuffer
+   fun:FcConfigParseAndLoad
+   fun:FcInitLoadConfig
+   fun:FcInitLoadConfigAndFonts
+}
+
diff --git a/common/gstdoc-scangobj b/common/gstdoc-scangobj
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0ff1b54960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/gstdoc-scangobj
@@ -0,0 +1,1562 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+# -*- cperl -*-
+#
+# gtk-doc - GTK DocBook documentation generator.
+# Copyright (C) 1998  Damon Chaplin
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+#
+
+#
+# This gets information about object heirarchies and signals
+# by compiling a small C program. CFLAGS and LDFLAGS must be
+# set appropriately before running this script.
+#
+# NOTE: the lookup_signal_arg_names() function contains the argument names of
+#       standard GTK signal handlers. This may need to be updated for new
+#       GTK signals or Gnome widget signals.
+
+use Getopt::Long;
+
+unshift @INC, '/usr/share/gtk-doc/data';
+require "gtkdoc-common.pl";
+
+# Options
+
+# name of documentation module
+my $MODULE;
+my $OUTPUT_DIR;
+my $PRINT_VERSION;
+my $PRINT_HELP;
+my $TYPE_INIT_FUNC="g_type_init ()";
+
+# --nogtkinit is deprecated, as it is the default now anyway.
+%optctl = (module => \$MODULE,
+           source => \$SOURCE,
+	   types => \$TYPES_FILE,
+	   nogtkinit => \$NO_GTK_INIT,
+	   'type-init-func' => \$TYPE_INIT_FUNC,
+	   'output-dir' => \$OUTPUT_DIR,
+	   'version' => \$PRINT_VERSION,
+	   'help' => \$PRINT_HELP);
+	   
+GetOptions(\%optctl, "module=s", "source=s", "types:s", "output-dir:s", "nogtkinit", "type-init-func:s", "version", "help");
+
+if ($NO_GTK_INIT) {
+  # Do nothing. This just avoids a warning.
+}
+
+if ($PRINT_VERSION) {
+    print "1.5\n";
+    exit 0;
+}
+
+if (!$MODULE) {
+    $PRINT_HELP = 1;
+}
+
+if ($PRINT_HELP) {
+    print "gstdoc-scangobj version 1.5\n";
+    print "\n--module=MODULE_NAME  Name of the doc module being parsed";
+    print "\n--source=SOURCE_NAME  Name of the source module for plugins";
+    print "\n--types=FILE          The name of the file to store the types in";
+    print "\n--type-init-func=FUNC The init function to call instead of g_type_init ()";
+    print "\n--output-dir=DIRNAME  The directory where the results are stored";
+    print "\n--version             Print the version of this program";
+    print "\n--help                Print this help\n";
+    exit 0;
+}
+
+$OUTPUT_DIR = $OUTPUT_DIR ? $OUTPUT_DIR : ".";
+
+# THOMAS: dynamic types; only use types file for headers
+ $TYPES_FILE = $TYPES_FILE ? $TYPES_FILE : "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.types";
+
+open (TYPES, $TYPES_FILE) || die "Cannot open $TYPES_FILE: $!\n";
+open (OUTPUT, ">$MODULE-scan.c") || die "Cannot open $MODULE-scan.c: $!\n";
+
+my $old_signals_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.signals";
+my $new_signals_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.signals.new";
+my $old_hierarchy_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.hierarchy";
+my $new_hierarchy_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.hierarchy.new";
+my $old_interfaces_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.interfaces";
+my $new_interfaces_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.interfaces.new";
+my $old_prerequisites_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.prerequisites";
+my $new_prerequisites_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.prerequisites.new";
+my $old_args_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.args";
+my $new_args_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.args.new";
+
+# write a C program to scan the types
+
+$includes = "";
+#@types = ();
+
+for () {
+    if (/^#include/) {
+	$includes .= $_;
+#    } elsif (/^%/) {
+#	next;
+#    } elsif (/^\s*$/) {
+#	next;
+#    } else {
+#	chomp;
+#	push @types, $_;
+    }
+}
+
+#$ntypes = @types + 1;
+
+print OUTPUT <
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+$includes
+#ifdef GTK_IS_WIDGET_CLASS
+#include 
+#endif
+GType *object_types = NULL;
+
+static GType *
+get_object_types (void)
+{
+    GList *plugins = NULL;
+    GList *factories = NULL;
+    GList *l;
+    GstElementFactory *factory = NULL;
+
+    gint i = 0;
+
+    /* get a list of features from plugins in our source module */
+    plugins = gst_registry_get_plugin_list (gst_registry_get_default());
+
+    while (plugins) {
+      GList *features;
+      GstPlugin *plugin;
+      const gchar *source;
+
+      plugin = (GstPlugin *) (plugins->data);
+      plugins = g_list_next (plugins);
+      source = gst_plugin_get_source (plugin);
+      g_print ("source: %s\\n", source);
+      if (!source || strcmp (gst_plugin_get_source (plugin), "$SOURCE") != 0) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      features =
+          gst_registry_get_feature_list_by_plugin (gst_registry_get_default (),
+          plugin->desc.name);
+      while (features) {
+        GstPluginFeature *feature;
+        feature = GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE (features->data);
+        feature = gst_plugin_feature_load (feature);
+        if (!feature) {
+          g_warning ("Could not load plugin feature %s",
+                     gst_plugin_feature_get_name (feature));
+        }
+
+        if (GST_IS_ELEMENT_FACTORY (feature)) {
+          factory = GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY (feature);
+          factories = g_list_append (factories, factory);
+        }
+        features = g_list_next (features);
+      }
+    }
+
+    g_message ("number of element factories: %d", g_list_length (factories));
+
+    /* allocate the object_types array to hold them */
+    object_types = g_new0 (GType, g_list_length (factories)+1);
+
+    l = factories;
+    i = 0;
+
+    /* fill it */
+    while (l) {
+      GType type;
+      factory = GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY (l->data);
+      g_message ("adding type for factory %s", gst_element_factory_get_longname (factory));
+      type = gst_element_factory_get_element_type (factory);
+      g_message ("adding type %p", (void *) type);
+      object_types[i] = type;
+      i++;
+      l = g_list_next (l);
+    }
+    object_types[i] = 0;
+EOT
+
+print OUTPUT <\\n%s::%s\\n%s\\n%s\\n%s\\n\\n",
+	   object_name, query_info.signal_name, ret_type_buffer, flags, buffer);
+}
+
+
+/* Returns the type name to use for a signal argument or return value, given
+   the GtkType from the signal info. It also sets is_pointer to TRUE if the
+   argument needs a '*' since it is a pointer. */
+static const gchar *
+get_type_name (GType type, gboolean * is_pointer)
+{
+  const gchar *type_name;
+
+  *is_pointer = FALSE;
+  type_name = g_type_name (type);
+
+  switch (type) {
+  case G_TYPE_NONE:
+  case G_TYPE_CHAR:
+  case G_TYPE_UCHAR:
+  case G_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
+  case G_TYPE_INT:
+  case G_TYPE_UINT:
+  case G_TYPE_LONG:
+  case G_TYPE_ULONG:
+  case G_TYPE_FLOAT:
+  case G_TYPE_DOUBLE:
+  case G_TYPE_POINTER:
+    /* These all have normal C type names so they are OK. */
+    return type_name;
+
+  case G_TYPE_STRING:
+    /* A GtkString is really a gchar*. */
+    *is_pointer = TRUE;
+    return "gchar";
+
+  case G_TYPE_ENUM:
+  case G_TYPE_FLAGS:
+    /* We use a gint for both of these. Hopefully a subtype with a decent
+       name will be registered and used instead, as GTK+ does itself. */
+    return "gint";
+
+  case G_TYPE_BOXED:
+    /* The boxed type shouldn't be used itself, only subtypes. Though we
+       return 'gpointer' just in case. */
+    return "gpointer";
+
+  case G_TYPE_PARAM:
+    /* A GParam is really a GParamSpec*. */
+    *is_pointer = TRUE;
+    return "GParamSpec";
+
+  default:
+    break;
+  }
+
+  /* For all GObject subclasses we can use the class name with a "*",
+     e.g. 'GtkWidget *'. */
+  if (g_type_is_a (type, G_TYPE_OBJECT))
+    *is_pointer = TRUE;
+
+  if (G_TYPE_IS_CLASSED (type))
+    *is_pointer = TRUE;
+
+  /* All boxed subtypes will be pointers as well. */
+  if (g_type_is_a (type, G_TYPE_BOXED))
+    *is_pointer = TRUE;
+
+  /* All pointer subtypes will be pointers as well. */
+  if (g_type_is_a (type, G_TYPE_POINTER))
+    *is_pointer = TRUE;
+
+  return type_name;
+}
+
+
+static const gchar *
+get_gdk_event (const gchar * signal_name)
+{
+  static const gchar *GbGDKEvents[] =
+  {
+    "button_press_event", "GdkEventButton",
+    "button_release_event", "GdkEventButton",
+    "motion_notify_event", "GdkEventMotion",
+    "delete_event", "GdkEvent",
+    "destroy_event", "GdkEvent",
+    "expose_event", "GdkEventExpose",
+    "key_press_event", "GdkEventKey",
+    "key_release_event", "GdkEventKey",
+    "enter_notify_event", "GdkEventCrossing",
+    "leave_notify_event", "GdkEventCrossing",
+    "configure_event", "GdkEventConfigure",
+    "focus_in_event", "GdkEventFocus",
+    "focus_out_event", "GdkEventFocus",
+    "map_event", "GdkEvent",
+    "unmap_event", "GdkEvent",
+    "property_notify_event", "GdkEventProperty",
+    "selection_clear_event", "GdkEventSelection",
+    "selection_request_event", "GdkEventSelection",
+    "selection_notify_event", "GdkEventSelection",
+    "proximity_in_event", "GdkEventProximity",
+    "proximity_out_event", "GdkEventProximity",
+    "drag_begin_event", "GdkEventDragBegin",
+    "drag_request_event", "GdkEventDragRequest",
+    "drag_end_event", "GdkEventDragRequest",
+    "drop_enter_event", "GdkEventDropEnter",
+    "drop_leave_event", "GdkEventDropLeave",
+    "drop_data_available_event", "GdkEventDropDataAvailable",
+    "other_event", "GdkEventOther",
+    "client_event", "GdkEventClient",
+    "no_expose_event", "GdkEventNoExpose",
+    "visibility_notify_event", "GdkEventVisibility",
+    "window_state_event", "GdkEventWindowState",
+    "scroll_event", "GdkEventScroll",
+    NULL
+  };
+
+  gint i;
+
+  for (i = 0; GbGDKEvents[i]; i += 2)
+    {
+      if (!strcmp (signal_name, GbGDKEvents[i]))
+	return GbGDKEvents[i + 1];
+    }
+  return "GdkEvent";
+}
+
+
+/* This returns argument names to use for some known GTK signals.
+    It is passed a widget name, e.g. 'GtkCList' and a signal name, e.g.
+    'select_row' and it returns a pointer to an array of argument types and
+    names. */
+static const gchar **
+lookup_signal_arg_names (const gchar * type, const gchar * signal_name)
+{
+  /* Each arg array starts with the object type name and the signal name,
+     and then signal arguments follow. */
+  static const gchar *GbArgTable[][16] =
+  {
+    {"GtkCList", "select_row",
+     "gint             row",
+     "gint             column",
+     "GdkEventButton  *event"},
+    {"GtkCList", "unselect_row",
+     "gint             row",
+     "gint             column",
+     "GdkEventButton  *event"},
+    {"GtkCList", "click_column",
+     "gint             column"},
+
+    {"GtkCList", "resize_column",
+     "gint             column",
+     "gint             width"},
+
+    {"GtkCList", "extend_selection",
+     "GtkScrollType    scroll_type",
+     "gfloat           position",
+     "gboolean         auto_start_selection"},
+    {"GtkCList", "scroll_vertical",
+     "GtkScrollType    scroll_type",
+     "gfloat           position"},
+    {"GtkCList", "scroll_horizontal",
+     "GtkScrollType    scroll_type",
+     "gfloat           position"},
+
+    {"GtkCTree", "tree_select_row",
+     "GtkCTreeNode    *node",
+     "gint             column"},
+    {"GtkCTree", "tree_unselect_row",
+     "GtkCTreeNode    *node",
+     "gint             column"},
+    {"GtkCTree", "tree_expand",
+     "GtkCTreeNode    *node"},
+    {"GtkCTree", "tree_collapse",
+     "GtkCTreeNode    *node"},
+    {"GtkCTree", "tree_move",
+     "GtkCTreeNode    *node",
+     "GtkCTreeNode    *new_parent",
+     "GtkCTreeNode    *new_sibling"},
+    {"GtkCTree", "change_focus_row_expansion",
+     "GtkCTreeExpansionType expansion"},
+
+    {"GtkEditable", "insert_text",
+     "gchar           *new_text",
+     "gint             new_text_length",
+     "gint            *position"},
+    {"GtkEditable", "delete_text",
+     "gint             start_pos",
+     "gint             end_pos"},
+    {"GtkEditable", "set_editable",
+     "gboolean         is_editable"},
+    {"GtkEditable", "move_cursor",
+     "gint             x",
+     "gint             y"},
+    {"GtkEditable", "move_word",
+     "gint             num_words"},
+    {"GtkEditable", "move_page",
+     "gint             x",
+     "gint             y"},
+    {"GtkEditable", "move_to_row",
+     "gint             row"},
+    {"GtkEditable", "move_to_column",
+     "gint             column"},
+
+    {"GtkEditable", "kill_char",
+     "gint             direction"},
+    {"GtkEditable", "kill_word",
+     "gint             direction"},
+    {"GtkEditable", "kill_line",
+     "gint             direction"},
+
+
+    {"GtkInputDialog", "enable_device",
+     "GdkDevice       *deviceid"},
+    {"GtkInputDialog", "disable_device",
+     "GdkDevice       *deviceid"},
+
+    {"GtkListItem", "extend_selection",
+     "GtkScrollType    scroll_type",
+     "gfloat           position",
+     "gboolean         auto_start_selection"},
+    {"GtkListItem", "scroll_vertical",
+     "GtkScrollType    scroll_type",
+     "gfloat           position"},
+    {"GtkListItem", "scroll_horizontal",
+     "GtkScrollType    scroll_type",
+     "gfloat           position"},
+
+    {"GtkMenuShell", "move_current",
+     "GtkMenuDirectionType direction"},
+    {"GtkMenuShell", "activate_current",
+     "gboolean         force_hide"},
+
+
+    {"GtkNotebook", "switch_page",
+     "GtkNotebookPage *page",
+     "guint            page_num"},
+    {"GtkStatusbar", "text_pushed",
+     "guint            context_id",
+     "gchar           *text"},
+    {"GtkStatusbar", "text_popped",
+     "guint            context_id",
+     "gchar           *text"},
+    {"GtkTipsQuery", "widget_entered",
+     "GtkWidget       *widget",
+     "gchar           *tip_text",
+     "gchar           *tip_private"},
+    {"GtkTipsQuery", "widget_selected",
+     "GtkWidget       *widget",
+     "gchar           *tip_text",
+     "gchar           *tip_private",
+     "GdkEventButton  *event"},
+    {"GtkToolbar", "orientation_changed",
+     "GtkOrientation   orientation"},
+    {"GtkToolbar", "style_changed",
+     "GtkToolbarStyle  style"},
+    {"GtkWidget", "draw",
+     "GdkRectangle    *area"},
+    {"GtkWidget", "size_request",
+     "GtkRequisition  *requisition"},
+    {"GtkWidget", "size_allocate",
+     "GtkAllocation   *allocation"},
+    {"GtkWidget", "state_changed",
+     "GtkStateType     state"},
+    {"GtkWidget", "style_set",
+     "GtkStyle        *previous_style"},
+
+    {"GtkWidget", "install_accelerator",
+     "gchar           *signal_name",
+     "gchar            key",
+     "gint             modifiers"},
+
+    {"GtkWidget", "add_accelerator",
+     "guint            accel_signal_id",
+     "GtkAccelGroup   *accel_group",
+     "guint            accel_key",
+     "GdkModifierType  accel_mods",
+     "GtkAccelFlags    accel_flags"},
+
+    {"GtkWidget", "parent_set",
+     "GtkObject       *old_parent"},
+
+    {"GtkWidget", "remove_accelerator",
+     "GtkAccelGroup   *accel_group",
+     "guint            accel_key",
+     "GdkModifierType  accel_mods"},
+    {"GtkWidget", "debug_msg",
+     "gchar           *message"},
+    {"GtkWindow", "move_resize",
+     "gint            *x",
+     "gint            *y",
+     "gint             width",
+     "gint             height"},
+    {"GtkWindow", "set_focus",
+     "GtkWidget       *widget"},
+
+    {"GtkWidget", "selection_get",
+     "GtkSelectionData *data",
+     "guint            info",
+     "guint            time"},
+    {"GtkWidget", "selection_received",
+     "GtkSelectionData *data",
+     "guint            time"},
+
+    {"GtkWidget", "drag_begin",
+     "GdkDragContext  *drag_context"},
+    {"GtkWidget", "drag_end",
+     "GdkDragContext  *drag_context"},
+    {"GtkWidget", "drag_data_delete",
+     "GdkDragContext  *drag_context"},
+    {"GtkWidget", "drag_leave",
+     "GdkDragContext  *drag_context",
+     "guint            time"},
+    {"GtkWidget", "drag_motion",
+     "GdkDragContext  *drag_context",
+     "gint             x",
+     "gint             y",
+     "guint            time"},
+    {"GtkWidget", "drag_drop",
+     "GdkDragContext  *drag_context",
+     "gint             x",
+     "gint             y",
+     "guint            time"},
+    {"GtkWidget", "drag_data_get",
+     "GdkDragContext  *drag_context",
+     "GtkSelectionData *data",
+     "guint            info",
+     "guint            time"},
+    {"GtkWidget", "drag_data_received",
+     "GdkDragContext  *drag_context",
+     "gint             x",
+     "gint             y",
+     "GtkSelectionData *data",
+     "guint            info",
+     "guint            time"},
+
+    {NULL}
+  };
+
+  gint i;
+
+  for (i = 0; GbArgTable[i][0]; i++)
+    {
+#if 1
+      if (!strcmp (type, GbArgTable[i][0])
+	  && !strcmp (signal_name, GbArgTable[i][1]))
+	return &GbArgTable[i][2];
+#endif
+    }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+/* This outputs the hierarchy of all objects which have been initialized,
+   i.e. by calling their XXX_get_type() initialization function. */
+static void
+output_object_hierarchy (void)
+{
+  FILE *fp;
+  gint i;
+
+  fp = fopen (hierarchy_filename, "w");
+  if (fp == NULL)
+    {
+      g_warning ("Couldn't open output file: %s : %s", hierarchy_filename, strerror(errno));
+      return;
+    }
+  output_hierarchy (fp, G_TYPE_OBJECT, 0);
+  output_hierarchy (fp, G_TYPE_INTERFACE, 0);
+  
+  for (i=0; object_types[i]; i++) {
+    if (!g_type_parent (object_types[i]) &&
+      (object_types[i] != G_TYPE_OBJECT) &&
+      (object_types[i] != G_TYPE_INTERFACE)
+    ) {
+      output_hierarchy (fp, object_types[i], 0);
+    }
+  }
+
+  fclose (fp);
+}
+
+/* This is called recursively to output the hierarchy of a widget. */
+static void
+output_hierarchy (FILE  *fp,
+		  GType  type,
+		  guint   level)
+{
+  guint i;
+  GType *children;
+  guint n_children;
+
+  if (!type)
+    return;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < level; i++)
+    fprintf (fp, "  ");
+  fprintf (fp, g_type_name (type));
+  fprintf (fp, "\\n");
+
+  children = g_type_children (type, &n_children);
+
+  for (i=0; i < n_children; i++)
+    output_hierarchy (fp, children[i], level + 1);
+
+  g_free (children);
+}
+
+static void output_object_interfaces (void)
+{
+  FILE *fp;
+
+  fp = fopen (interfaces_filename, "w");
+  if (fp == NULL)
+    {
+      g_warning ("Couldn't open output file: %s : %s", interfaces_filename, strerror(errno));
+      return;
+    }
+  output_interfaces (fp, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
+  fclose (fp);
+}
+
+static void
+output_interfaces (FILE  *fp,
+		   GType  type)
+{
+  guint i;
+  GType *children, *interfaces;
+  guint n_children, n_interfaces;
+
+  if (!type)
+    return;
+
+  interfaces = g_type_interfaces (type, &n_interfaces);
+
+  if (n_interfaces > 0)
+    {
+      fprintf (fp, g_type_name (type));
+      for (i=0; i < n_interfaces; i++)
+          fprintf (fp, " %s", g_type_name (interfaces[i]));
+      fprintf (fp, "\\n");
+     }
+  g_free (interfaces);
+
+  children = g_type_children (type, &n_children);
+
+  for (i=0; i < n_children; i++)
+    output_interfaces (fp, children[i]);
+
+  g_free (children);
+}
+
+static void output_interface_prerequisites (void)
+{
+  FILE *fp;
+
+  fp = fopen (prerequisites_filename, "w");
+  if (fp == NULL)
+    {
+      g_warning ("Couldn't open output file: %s : %s", prerequisites_filename, strerror(errno));
+      return;
+    }
+  output_prerequisites (fp, G_TYPE_INTERFACE);
+  fclose (fp);
+}
+
+static void
+output_prerequisites (FILE  *fp,
+		      GType  type)
+{
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,1,0)
+  guint i;
+  GType *children, *prerequisites;
+  guint n_children, n_prerequisites;
+
+  if (!type)
+    return;
+
+  prerequisites = g_type_interface_prerequisites (type, &n_prerequisites);
+
+  if (n_prerequisites > 0)
+    {
+      fprintf (fp, g_type_name (type));
+      for (i=0; i < n_prerequisites; i++)
+          fprintf (fp, " %s", g_type_name (prerequisites[i]));
+      fprintf (fp, "\\n");
+     }
+  g_free (prerequisites);
+
+  children = g_type_children (type, &n_children);
+
+  for (i=0; i < n_children; i++)
+    output_prerequisites (fp, children[i]);
+
+  g_free (children);
+#endif
+}
+
+static void
+output_args (void)
+{
+  FILE *fp;
+  gint i;
+
+  fp = fopen (args_filename, "w");
+  if (fp == NULL)
+    {
+      g_warning ("Couldn't open output file: %s : %s", args_filename, strerror(errno));
+      return;
+    }
+
+  for (i = 0; object_types[i]; i++) {
+    output_object_args (fp, object_types[i]);
+  }
+
+  fclose (fp);
+}
+
+static gint
+compare_param_specs (const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+  GParamSpec *spec_a = *(GParamSpec **)a;
+  GParamSpec *spec_b = *(GParamSpec **)b;
+
+  return strcmp (g_param_spec_get_name (spec_a), g_param_spec_get_name (spec_b));
+}
+
+/* Its common to have unsigned properties restricted
+ * to the signed range. Therefore we make this look
+ * a bit nicer by spelling out the max constants.
+ */
+
+/* Don't use "==" with floats, it might trigger a gcc warning.  */
+#define GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT(x, y) (x <= y && x >= y)
+
+static gchar*
+describe_double_constant (gdouble value)
+{
+  gchar *desc;
+
+  if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (value, G_MAXDOUBLE))
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXDOUBLE");
+  else if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (value, G_MINDOUBLE))
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MINDOUBLE");
+  else if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (value, -G_MAXDOUBLE))
+    desc = g_strdup ("-G_MAXDOUBLE");
+  else if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (value, G_MAXFLOAT))
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXFLOAT");
+  else if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (value, G_MINFLOAT))
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MINFLOAT");
+  else if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (value, -G_MAXFLOAT))
+    desc = g_strdup ("-G_MAXFLOAT");
+  else
+    desc = g_strdup_printf ("%lg", value);
+
+  return desc;
+}
+
+static gchar*
+describe_signed_constant (gint64 value)
+{
+  gchar *desc;
+
+  if (value == G_MAXINT)
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXINT");
+  else if (value == G_MININT)
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MININT");
+  else if (value == G_MAXUINT)
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXUINT");
+  else if (value == G_MAXLONG)
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXLONG");
+  else if (value == G_MINLONG)
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MINLONG");
+  else if (value == G_MAXULONG)
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXULONG");
+  else if (value == G_MAXINT64)
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXINT64");
+  else if (value == G_MININT64)
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MININT64");
+  else
+    desc = g_strdup_printf ("%" G_GINT64_FORMAT, value);
+
+  return desc;
+}
+
+static gchar*
+describe_unsigned_constant (guint64 value)
+{
+  gchar *desc;
+
+  if (value == G_MAXINT)
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXINT");
+  else if (value == G_MININT)
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MININT");
+  else if (value == G_MAXUINT)
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXUINT");
+  else if (value == G_MAXLONG)
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXLONG");
+  else if (value == G_MINLONG)
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MINLONG");
+  else if (value == G_MAXULONG)
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXULONG");
+  else if (value == G_MAXINT64)
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXINT64");
+  else if (value == G_MININT64)
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MININT64");
+  else if (value == G_MAXUINT64)
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXUINT64");
+  else
+    desc = g_strdup_printf ("%" G_GUINT64_FORMAT, value);
+
+  return desc;
+}
+
+static gchar*
+describe_type (GParamSpec *spec)
+{
+  gchar *desc;
+  gchar *lower;
+  gchar *upper;
+
+  if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_CHAR (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecChar *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_CHAR (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_signed_constant (pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_signed_constant (pspec->maximum);
+      if (pspec->minimum == G_MININT8 && pspec->maximum == G_MAXINT8)
+	desc = g_strdup ("");
+      else if (pspec->minimum == G_MININT8)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+      else if (pspec->maximum == G_MAXINT8)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_UCHAR (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecUChar *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_UCHAR (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_unsigned_constant (pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_unsigned_constant (pspec->maximum);
+      if (pspec->minimum == 0 && pspec->maximum == G_MAXUINT8)
+	desc = g_strdup ("");
+      else if (pspec->minimum == 0)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+      else if (pspec->maximum == G_MAXUINT8)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_INT (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecInt *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_INT (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_signed_constant (pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_signed_constant (pspec->maximum);
+      if (pspec->minimum == G_MININT && pspec->maximum == G_MAXINT)
+	desc = g_strdup ("");
+      else if (pspec->minimum == G_MININT)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+      else if (pspec->maximum == G_MAXINT)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_UINT (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecUInt *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_UINT (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_unsigned_constant (pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_unsigned_constant (pspec->maximum);
+      if (pspec->minimum == 0 && pspec->maximum == G_MAXUINT)
+	desc = g_strdup ("");
+      else if (pspec->minimum == 0)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+      else if (pspec->maximum == G_MAXUINT)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_LONG (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecLong *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_LONG (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_signed_constant (pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_signed_constant (pspec->maximum);
+      if (pspec->minimum == G_MINLONG && pspec->maximum == G_MAXLONG)
+	desc = g_strdup ("");
+      else if (pspec->minimum == G_MINLONG)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+      else if (pspec->maximum == G_MAXLONG)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_ULONG (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecULong *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_ULONG (spec);
+      gchar *upper;
+
+      lower = describe_unsigned_constant (pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_unsigned_constant (pspec->maximum);
+      if (pspec->minimum == 0 && pspec->maximum == G_MAXULONG)
+	desc = g_strdup ("");
+      else if (pspec->minimum == 0)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+      else if (pspec->maximum == G_MAXULONG)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_INT64 (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecInt64 *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_INT64 (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_signed_constant (pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_signed_constant (pspec->maximum);
+      if (pspec->minimum == G_MININT64 && pspec->maximum == G_MAXINT64)
+	desc = g_strdup ("");
+      else if (pspec->minimum == G_MININT64)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+      else if (pspec->maximum == G_MAXINT64)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_UINT64 (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecUInt64 *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_UINT64 (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_unsigned_constant (pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_unsigned_constant (pspec->maximum);
+      if (pspec->minimum == 0 && pspec->maximum == G_MAXUINT64)
+	desc = g_strdup ("");
+      else if (pspec->minimum == 0)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+      else if (pspec->maximum == G_MAXUINT64)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_FLOAT (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecFloat *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_FLOAT (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_double_constant (pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_double_constant (pspec->maximum);
+      if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (pspec->minimum, -G_MAXFLOAT))
+	{
+	  if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (pspec->maximum, G_MAXFLOAT))
+	    desc = g_strdup ("");
+	  else
+	    desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+	}
+      else if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (pspec->maximum, G_MAXFLOAT))
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_DOUBLE (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecDouble *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_DOUBLE (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_double_constant (pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_double_constant (pspec->maximum);
+      if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (pspec->minimum, -G_MAXDOUBLE))
+	{
+	  if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (pspec->maximum, G_MAXDOUBLE))
+	    desc = g_strdup ("");
+	  else
+	    desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+	}
+      else if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (pspec->maximum, G_MAXDOUBLE))
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      desc = g_strdup ("");
+    }
+
+  return desc;
+}
+
+static gchar*
+describe_default (GParamSpec *spec)
+{
+  gchar *desc;
+
+  if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_CHAR (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecChar *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_CHAR (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%d", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_UCHAR (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecUChar *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_UCHAR (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%u", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_BOOLEAN (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecBoolean *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_BOOLEAN (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%s", pspec->default_value ? "TRUE" : "FALSE");
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_INT (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecInt *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_INT (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%d", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_UINT (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecUInt *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_UINT (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%u", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_LONG (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecLong *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_LONG (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%ld", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_LONG (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecULong *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_ULONG (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%lu", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_INT64 (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecInt64 *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_INT64 (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%" G_GINT64_FORMAT, pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_UINT64 (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecUInt64 *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_UINT64 (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%" G_GUINT64_FORMAT, pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_UNICHAR (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecUnichar *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_UNICHAR (spec);
+
+      if (g_unichar_isprint (pspec->default_value))
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("'%c'", pspec->default_value);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("%u", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_ENUM (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecEnum *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_ENUM (spec);
+
+      GEnumValue *value = g_enum_get_value (pspec->enum_class, pspec->default_value);
+      if (value)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("%s", value->value_name);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("%d", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_FLAGS (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecFlags *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_FLAGS (spec);
+      guint default_value;
+      GString *acc;
+
+      default_value = pspec->default_value;
+      acc = g_string_new ("");
+
+      while (default_value)
+	{
+	  GFlagsValue *value = g_flags_get_first_value (pspec->flags_class, default_value);
+
+	  if (!value)
+	    break;
+
+	  if (acc->len > 0)
+	    g_string_append (acc, "|");
+	  g_string_append (acc, value->value_name);
+
+	  default_value &= ~value->value;
+	}
+
+      if (default_value == 0)
+	desc = g_string_free (acc, FALSE);
+      else
+	{
+	  desc = g_strdup_printf ("%d", pspec->default_value);
+	  g_string_free (acc, TRUE);
+	}
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_FLOAT (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecFloat *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_FLOAT (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%g", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_DOUBLE (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecDouble *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_DOUBLE (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%lg", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_STRING (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecString *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_STRING (spec);
+
+      if (pspec->default_value)
+	{
+	  gchar *esc = g_strescape (pspec->default_value, NULL);
+
+	  desc = g_strdup_printf ("\\"%s\\"", esc);
+
+	  g_free (esc);
+	}
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("NULL");
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      desc = g_strdup ("");
+    }
+
+  return desc;
+}
+
+
+static void
+output_object_args (FILE *fp, GType object_type)
+{
+  gpointer class;
+  const gchar *object_class_name;
+  guint arg;
+  gchar flags[16], *pos;
+  GParamSpec **properties;
+  guint n_properties;
+  gboolean child_prop;
+  gboolean style_prop;
+  gchar *type_desc;
+  gchar *default_value;
+
+  if (G_TYPE_IS_CLASSED (object_type))
+    {
+      class = g_type_class_peek (object_type);
+      if (!class)
+	return;
+
+      properties = g_object_class_list_properties (class, &n_properties);
+    }
+#if GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION > 2 || (GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION == 2 && GLIB_MINOR_VERSION >= 3)
+  else if (G_TYPE_IS_INTERFACE (object_type))
+    {
+      class = g_type_default_interface_ref (object_type);
+
+      if (!class)
+	return;
+
+      properties = g_object_interface_list_properties (class, &n_properties);
+    }
+#endif
+  else
+    return;
+
+  object_class_name = g_type_name (object_type);
+
+  child_prop = FALSE;
+  style_prop = FALSE;
+
+  while (TRUE) {
+    qsort (properties, n_properties, sizeof (GParamSpec *), compare_param_specs);
+    for (arg = 0; arg < n_properties; arg++)
+      {
+        GParamSpec *spec = properties[arg];
+        const gchar *nick, *blurb, *dot;
+
+        if (spec->owner_type != object_type)
+          continue;
+
+        pos = flags;
+        /* We use one-character flags for simplicity. */
+        if (child_prop && !style_prop)
+   	  *pos++ = 'c';
+        if (style_prop)
+   	  *pos++ = 's';
+        if (spec->flags & G_PARAM_READABLE)
+ 	  *pos++ = 'r';
+        if (spec->flags & G_PARAM_WRITABLE)
+	  *pos++ = 'w';
+        if (spec->flags & G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT)
+	  *pos++ = 'x';
+        if (spec->flags & G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY)
+	  *pos++ = 'X';
+        *pos = 0;
+
+        nick = g_param_spec_get_nick (spec);
+        blurb = g_param_spec_get_blurb (spec);
+
+        dot = "";
+        if (blurb) {
+          int str_len = strlen (blurb);
+          if (str_len > 0  && blurb[str_len - 1] != '.')
+            dot = ".";
+        }
+
+	type_desc = describe_type (spec);
+	default_value = describe_default (spec);
+        fprintf (fp, "\\n%s::%s\\n%s\\n%s\\n%s\\n%s\\n%s%s\\n%s\\n\\n\\n",
+	         object_class_name, g_param_spec_get_name (spec), g_type_name (spec->value_type), type_desc, flags, nick ? nick : "(null)", blurb ? blurb : "(null)", dot, default_value);
+	g_free (type_desc);
+	g_free (default_value);
+      }
+
+    g_free (properties);
+
+#ifdef GTK_IS_CONTAINER_CLASS
+    if (!child_prop && GTK_IS_CONTAINER_CLASS (class)) {
+      properties = gtk_container_class_list_child_properties (class, &n_properties);
+      child_prop = TRUE;
+      continue;
+    }
+#endif
+
+#ifdef GTK_IS_WIDGET_CLASS
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,1,0)
+    if (!style_prop && GTK_IS_WIDGET_CLASS (class)) {
+      properties = gtk_widget_class_list_style_properties (GTK_WIDGET_CLASS (class), &n_properties);
+      style_prop = TRUE;
+      continue;
+    }
+#endif
+#endif
+
+    break;
+  }
+}
+EOT
+
+close OUTPUT;
+
+# Compile and run our file
+
+$CC = $ENV{CC} ? $ENV{CC} : "gcc";
+$LD = $ENV{LD} ? $ENV{LD} : $CC;
+$CFLAGS = $ENV{CFLAGS} ? "$ENV{CFLAGS} -Wall -g" : "-Wall -g";
+$LDFLAGS = $ENV{LDFLAGS} ? $ENV{LDFLAGS} : "";
+
+my $o_file;
+if ($CC =~ /libtool/) {
+  $o_file  = "$MODULE-scan.lo"
+} else {
+  $o_file = "$MODULE-scan.o"
+}
+
+print "gtk-doc: Compiling scanner\n";
+$command = "$CC $CFLAGS -c -o $o_file $MODULE-scan.c";
+system($command) == 0 or die "Compilation of scanner failed: $!\n";
+
+print "gtk-doc: Linking scanner\n";
+$command = "$LD -o $MODULE-scan $o_file $LDFLAGS";
+system($command) == 0 or die "Linking of scanner failed: $!\n";
+
+print "gtk-doc: Running scanner $MODULE-scan\n";
+system("sh -c ./$MODULE-scan") == 0 or die "Scan failed: $!\n";
+
+unlink "./$MODULE-scan.c", "./$MODULE-scan.o", "./$MODULE-scan.lo", "./$MODULE-scan";
+
+#&UpdateFileIfChanged ($old_signals_filename, $new_signals_filename, 0);
+#&UpdateFileIfChanged ($old_hierarchy_filename, $new_hierarchy_filename, 0);
+#&UpdateFileIfChanged ($old_interfaces_filename, $new_interfaces_filename, 0);
+#&UpdateFileIfChanged ($old_prerequisites_filename, $new_prerequisites_filename, 0);
+#&UpdateFileIfChanged ($old_args_filename, $new_args_filename, 0);
+
+
diff --git a/common/gtk-doc-plugins.mak b/common/gtk-doc-plugins.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bb57a4566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/gtk-doc-plugins.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,358 @@
+# This is an include file specifically tuned for building documentation
+# for GStreamer plug-ins
+
+help:
+	@echo "If you are a doc maintainer, run 'make update' to update"
+	@echo "the documentation files maintained in CVS"
+
+# update the stuff maintained by doc maintainers
+update:
+	make inspect-update
+	make scanobj-update
+
+# We set GPATH here; this gives us semantics for GNU make
+# which are more like other make's VPATH, when it comes to
+# whether a source that is a target of one rule is then
+# searched for in VPATH/GPATH.
+#
+GPATH = $(srcdir)
+
+# thomas: make docs parallel installable
+TARGET_DIR=$(HTML_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
+
+EXTRA_DIST = 				\
+	scanobj-build.stamp		\
+	$(srcdir)/inspect/*.xml		\
+	inspect.stamp			\
+	inspect-build.stamp		\
+	$(SCANOBJ_FILES)		\
+	$(content_files)		\
+	$(extra_files)			\
+	$(HTML_IMAGES)			\
+	$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE)	\
+	$(DOC_MODULE).types		\
+	$(DOC_OVERRIDES)		\
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt
+
+MAINTAINER_DOC_STAMPS =			\
+	scanobj-build.stamp		\
+	inspect-build.stamp		\
+	inspect.stamp
+
+# we don't add inspect-build.stamp and scanobj-build.stamp here since they are
+# built manually by docs maintainers and result is commited to CVS
+DOC_STAMPS =				\
+	scan-build.stamp		\
+	tmpl-build.stamp		\
+	sgml-build.stamp		\
+	html-build.stamp		\
+	scan.stamp			\
+	tmpl.stamp			\
+	sgml.stamp			\
+	html.stamp
+
+# files generated/updated by gtkdoc-scangobj
+SCANOBJ_FILES =				\
+	$(DOC_MODULE).signals           \
+        $(DOC_MODULE).hierarchy         \
+        $(DOC_MODULE).interfaces        \
+        $(DOC_MODULE).prerequisites     \
+        $(DOC_MODULE).args
+
+SCANOBJ_FILES_O =			\
+	.libs/$(DOC_MODULE)-scan.o
+
+# files generated/updated by gtkdoc-scan
+SCAN_FILES =				\
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt	\
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-overrides.txt	\
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-undocumented.txt	\
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt		\
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-decl-list.txt
+
+if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
+all-local: html-build.stamp
+
+#### scan gobjects; done by documentation maintainer ####
+scanobj-update:
+	-rm scanobj-build.stamp
+	make scanobj-build.stamp
+
+# in the case of non-srcdir builds, the built gst directory gets added
+# to gtk-doc scanning; but only then, to avoid duplicates
+# FIXME: since we don't have the scan step as part of the build anymore,
+# we could remove that
+# TODO: finish elite script that updates the output files of this step
+# instead of rewriting them, so that multiple maintainers can generate
+# a collective set of args and signals
+scanobj-build.stamp: $(SCANOBJ_DEPS) $(basefiles)
+	@echo '*** Scanning GObjects ***'
+	if test x"$(srcdir)" != x. ; then				\
+	    for f in $(SCANOBJ_FILES);					\
+	    do								\
+	        cp $(srcdir)/$$f . ;					\
+	    done;							\
+	else								\
+	    $(INSPECT_ENVIRONMENT) 					\
+	    CC="$(GTKDOC_CC)" LD="$(GTKDOC_LD)" 			\
+	    CFLAGS="-g $(GTKDOC_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(GTKDOC_LIBS)"		\
+	    $(GST_DOC_SCANOBJ) --type-init-func="gst_init(NULL,NULL)"	\
+	        --module=$(DOC_MODULE) --source=$(PACKAGE) &&		\
+		$(PYTHON)						\
+		$(top_srcdir)/common/scangobj-merge.py $(DOC_MODULE);	\
+	fi
+	touch scanobj-build.stamp
+
+$(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt $(SCANOBJ_FILES) $(SCANOBJ_FILES_O): scan-build.stamp
+	@true
+
+### inspect GStreamer plug-ins; done by documentation maintainer ###
+
+# only look at the plugins in this module when building inspect .xml stuff
+INSPECT_REGISTRY=$(top_builddir)/docs/plugins/inspect-registry.xml
+INSPECT_ENVIRONMENT=\
+        GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH= \
+        GST_PLUGIN_PATH=$(top_builddir)/gst:$(top_builddir)/sys:$(top_builddir)/ext:$(top_builddir)/plugins:$(top_builddir)/src \
+        GST_REGISTRY=$(INSPECT_REGISTRY)
+
+# update the element and plugin XML descriptions; store in inspect/
+inspect:
+	mkdir inspect
+
+inspect-update: inspect
+	-rm $(INSPECT_REGISTRY)
+	-rm inspect-build.stamp
+	make inspect-build.stamp
+
+# FIXME: inspect.stamp should be written to by gst-xmlinspect.py
+# IFF the output changed; see gtkdoc-mktmpl
+inspect-build.stamp:
+	@echo '*** Rebuilding plugin inspection files ***'
+	if test x"$(srcdir)" != x. ; then \
+	    cp $(srcdir)/inspect.stamp . ; \
+	    cp $(srcdir)/inspect-build.stamp . ; \
+	else \
+	    $(INSPECT_ENVIRONMENT) $(PYTHON) \
+	        $(top_srcdir)/common/gst-xmlinspect.py $(PACKAGE) inspect && \
+	    echo -n "timestamp" > inspect.stamp && \
+	    touch inspect-build.stamp; \
+        fi
+
+### scan headers; done on every build ###
+scan-build.stamp: $(HFILE_GLOB) $(EXTRA_HFILES) $(basefiles) scanobj-build.stamp inspect-build.stamp
+	if test "x$(top_srcdir)" != "x$(top_builddir)" &&		\
+	   test -d "$(top_builddir)/gst";				\
+        then								\
+            export BUILT_OPTIONS="--source-dir=$(top_builddir)/gst";	\
+        fi;								\
+	gtkdoc-scan							\
+	    $(SCAN_OPTIONS) $(EXTRA_HFILES)				\
+	    --module=$(DOC_MODULE)					\
+	    $$BUILT_OPTIONS						\
+	    --ignore-headers="$(IGNORE_HFILES)";			\
+	touch scan-build.stamp
+
+#### update templates; done on every build ####
+
+### FIXME: make this error out again when docs are fixed for 0.9
+# in a non-srcdir build, we need to copy files from the previous step
+# and the files from previous runs of this step
+tmpl-build.stamp: $(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt $(SCANOBJ_FILES) $(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt $(DOC_OVERRIDES)
+	@echo '*** Rebuilding template files ***'
+	if test x"$(srcdir)" != x. ; then				\
+	    for f in $(SCANOBJ_FILES) $(SCAN_FILES);			\
+	    do								\
+	        if test -e $(srcdir)/$$f; then cp $(srcdir)/$$f . ; fi; \
+	    done;							\
+	fi
+	gtkdoc-mktmpl --module=$(DOC_MODULE) | tee tmpl-build.log
+	$(PYTHON) \
+		$(top_srcdir)/common/mangle-tmpl.py $(srcdir)/inspect tmpl
+	@cat $(DOC_MODULE)-unused.txt
+	rm -f tmpl-build.log
+	touch tmpl-build.stamp
+
+tmpl.stamp: tmpl-build.stamp
+	@true
+
+#### build xml; done on every build ####
+
+### FIXME: make this error out again when docs are fixed for 0.9
+sgml-build.stamp: tmpl.stamp inspect.stamp $(CFILE_GLOB) $(top_srcdir)/common/plugins.xsl
+	@echo '*** Building XML ***'
+	@-mkdir -p xml
+	@for a in $(srcdir)/inspect/*.xml; do \
+            xsltproc --stringparam module $(MODULE) \
+		$(top_srcdir)/common/plugins.xsl $$a > xml/`basename $$a`; done
+	@for f in $(EXAMPLE_CFILES); do \
+		$(PYTHON) $(top_srcdir)/common/c-to-xml.py $$f > xml/element-`basename $$f .c`.xml; done
+	gtkdoc-mkdb \
+		--module=$(DOC_MODULE) \
+		--source-dir=$(DOC_SOURCE_DIR) \
+		--main-sgml-file=$(srcdir)/$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) \
+		--output-format=xml \
+		--ignore-files="$(IGNORE_HFILES) $(IGNORE_CFILES)" \
+		$(MKDB_OPTIONS) \
+		| tee sgml-build.log
+	@if grep "WARNING:" sgml-build.log > /dev/null; then true; fi # exit 1; fi
+	cp ../version.entities xml
+	rm sgml-build.log
+	touch sgml-build.stamp
+
+sgml.stamp: sgml-build.stamp
+	@true
+
+#### build html; done on every step ####
+
+html-build.stamp: sgml.stamp $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) $(content_files)
+	@echo '*** Building HTML ***'
+	if test -d html; then rm -rf html; fi
+	mkdir html
+	cp $(srcdir)/$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) html
+	@for f in $(content_files); do cp $(srcdir)/$$f html; done
+	cp -pr xml html
+	cp ../version.entities html
+	cd html && gtkdoc-mkhtml $(DOC_MODULE) $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) \
+	    2>&1 | tee ../html-build.log
+	@if grep "warning:" html-build.log > /dev/null; then \
+		echo "ERROR"; grep "warning:" html-build.log; exit 1; fi
+	@rm html-build.log
+	rm -f html/$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE)
+	rm -rf html/xml
+	rm -f html/version.entities
+	test "x$(HTML_IMAGES)" = "x" || for i in "" $(HTML_IMAGES) ; do \
+	    if test "$$i" != ""; then cp $(srcdir)/$$i html ; fi; done
+	@echo '-- Fixing Crossreferences' 
+	gtkdoc-fixxref --module-dir=html --html-dir=$(HTML_DIR) $(FIXXREF_OPTIONS)
+	touch html-build.stamp
+else
+all-local:
+endif
+
+# FC3 seems to need -scan.c to be part of CLEANFILES for distcheck
+# no idea why FC4 can do without
+CLEANFILES = \
+	$(SCANOBJ_FILES_O) \
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-scan.c \
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-unused.txt \
+	$(DOC_STAMPS) \
+	inspect-registry.xml
+
+# FIXME: these rules need a little cleaning up
+clean-local:
+	rm -f *~ *.bak
+	rm -rf .libs
+# clean files generated for tmpl build
+	-rm -rf tmpl
+# clean files copied/generated for nonsrcdir tmpl build
+	if test x"$(srcdir)" != x. ; then \
+	    rm -rf $(SCANOBJ_FILES) $(SCAN_FILES);			\
+	fi
+# clean files generated for xml build
+	-rm -rf xml
+# clean files generate for html build
+	-rm -rf html
+
+distclean-local: clean
+	rm -rf tmpl/*.sgml.bak
+	rm -f *.stamp || true
+	rm -rf *.o
+
+# thomas: make docs parallel installable; devhelp requires majorminor too
+install-data-local:
+	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR) 
+	(installfiles=`echo ./html/*.html`; \
+	if test "$$installfiles" = './html/*.html'; \
+	then echo '-- Nothing to install' ; \
+	else \
+	  for i in $$installfiles; do \
+	    echo '-- Installing '$$i ; \
+	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR); \
+	  done; \
+	  pngfiles=`echo ./html/*.png`; \
+	  if test "$$pngfiles" != './html/*.png'; then \
+	    for i in $$pngfiles; do \
+	      echo '-- Installing '$$i ; \
+	      $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR); \
+	    done; \
+	  fi; \
+	  echo '-- Installing $(srcdir)/html/$(DOC_MODULE).devhelp' ; \
+	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/html/$(DOC_MODULE).devhelp \
+	    $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.devhelp; \
+	  echo '-- Installing $(srcdir)/html/index.sgml' ; \
+	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/html/index.sgml $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR); \
+		if test -e $(srcdir)/html/style.css; then \
+			echo '-- Installing $(srcdir)/html/style.css' ; \
+			$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/html/style.css $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR); \
+		fi; \
+	fi) 
+uninstall-local:
+	(installfiles=`echo ./html/*.html`; \
+	if test "$$installfiles" = './html/*.html'; \
+	then echo '-- Nothing to uninstall' ; \
+	else \
+	  for i in $$installfiles; do \
+	    rmfile=`basename $$i` ; \
+	    echo '-- Uninstalling $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/'$$rmfile ; \
+	    rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/$$rmfile; \
+	  done; \
+	  pngfiles=`echo ./html/*.png`; \
+	  if test "$$pngfiles" != './html/*.png'; then \
+	    for i in $$pngfiles; do \
+	      rmfile=`basename $$i` ; \
+	      echo '-- Uninstalling $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/'$$rmfile ; \
+	      rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/$$rmfile; \
+	    done; \
+	  fi; \
+	  echo '-- Uninstalling $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE).devhelp' ; \
+	  rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.devhelp; \
+	  echo '-- Uninstalling $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/index.sgml' ; \
+	  rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/index.sgml; \
+		if test -e $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/style.css; then \
+			echo '-- Uninstalling $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/style.css' ; \
+			rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/style.css; \
+		fi; \
+	fi) 
+	if test -d $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR); then rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR) 2>/dev/null; fi; true
+
+#
+# Checks
+#
+check-hierarchy: $(DOC_MODULE).hierarchy
+	@if grep '	' $(DOC_MODULE).hierarchy; then \
+	    echo "$(DOC_MODULE).hierarchy contains tabs, please fix"; \
+	    /bin/false; \
+	fi
+
+check: check-hierarchy
+
+
+#
+# Require gtk-doc when making dist
+#
+if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
+dist-check-gtkdoc:
+else
+dist-check-gtkdoc:
+	@echo "*** gtk-doc must be installed and enabled in order to make dist"
+	@false
+endif
+
+# FIXME: decide whether we want to dist generated html or not
+dist-hook: dist-check-gtkdoc dist-hook-local
+	mkdir $(distdir)/tmpl
+	mkdir $(distdir)/xml
+	mkdir $(distdir)/html
+	-cp $(srcdir)/tmpl/*.sgml $(distdir)/tmpl
+	-cp $(srcdir)/sgml/*.xml $(distdir)/xml
+	-cp $(srcdir)/html/index.sgml $(distdir)/html
+	-cp $(srcdir)/html/*.html $(srcdir)/html/*.css $(distdir)/html
+	-cp $(srcdir)/html/$(DOC_MODULE).devhelp $(distdir)/html
+
+	images=$(HTML_IMAGES) ;    	      \
+	for i in "" $$images ; do		      \
+	  if test "$$i" != ""; then cp $(srcdir)/$$i $(distdir)/html ; fi; \
+	done
+
+.PHONY : dist-hook-local
+
diff --git a/common/gtk-doc.mak b/common/gtk-doc.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea203d8745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/gtk-doc.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+###########################################################################
+# Everything below here is generic and you shouldn't need to change it.
+###########################################################################
+# thomas: except of course that we did
+
+# thomas: copied from glib-2
+# We set GPATH here; this gives us semantics for GNU make
+# which are more like other make's VPATH, when it comes to
+# whether a source that is a target of one rule is then
+# searched for in VPATH/GPATH.
+#
+GPATH = $(srcdir)
+
+# thomas: make docs parallel installable
+TARGET_DIR=$(HTML_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
+
+EXTRA_DIST = 				\
+	$(content_files)		\
+	$(extra_files)			\
+	$(HTML_IMAGES)			\
+	$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE)		\
+	$(DOC_MODULE).types		\
+	$(DOC_OVERRIDES)		\
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt
+
+DOC_STAMPS =				\
+	scan-build.stamp		\
+	tmpl-build.stamp		\
+	sgml-build.stamp		\
+	html-build.stamp		\
+	$(srcdir)/tmpl.stamp		\
+	$(srcdir)/sgml.stamp		\
+	$(srcdir)/html.stamp
+
+SCANOBJ_FILES =				\
+	$(DOC_MODULE).args		\
+	$(DOC_MODULE).hierarchy		\
+	$(DOC_MODULE).interfaces	\
+	$(DOC_MODULE).prerequisites	\
+	.libs/$(DOC_MODULE)-scan.o	\
+	$(DOC_MODULE).signals
+
+CLEANFILES = $(SCANOBJ_FILES) $(DOC_MODULE)-unused.txt $(DOC_STAMPS)
+
+if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
+all-local: html-build.stamp
+
+#### scan ####
+
+# in the case of non-srcdir builds, the built gst directory gets added
+# to gtk-doc scanning; but only then, to avoid duplicates
+scan-build.stamp: $(HFILE_GLOB) $(SCANOBJ_DEPS) $(basefiles)
+	@echo '*** Scanning header files ***'
+	if grep -l '^..*$$' $(srcdir)/$(DOC_MODULE).types > /dev/null;	\
+	then								\
+	    if test x"$(srcdir)" != x. ; then				\
+	        cp $(srcdir)/$(DOC_MODULE).types . ;			\
+	        chmod u+w $(DOC_MODULE).types ;				\
+	    fi ;							\
+	    GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH=`cd $(top_builddir) && pwd`		\
+	    GST_PLUGIN_PATH=						\
+	    CC="$(GTKDOC_CC)" LD="$(GTKDOC_LD)" 			\
+	    CFLAGS="$(GTKDOC_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(GTKDOC_LIBS)"		\
+	    gtkdoc-scangobj --type-init-func="gst_init(NULL,NULL)"	\
+	        --module=$(DOC_MODULE) ;				\
+	else								\
+	    cd $(srcdir) ;						\
+	    for i in $(SCANOBJ_FILES) ; do				\
+               test -f $$i || touch $$i ;				\
+	    done							\
+	fi
+	if test "x$(top_srcdir)" != "x$(top_builddir)";			\
+        then								\
+          export BUILT_OPTIONS="--source-dir=$(DOC_BUILD_DIR)";		\
+        fi;								\
+	gtkdoc-scan							\
+		$(SCAN_OPTIONS) $(EXTRA_HFILES)				\
+		--module=$(DOC_MODULE)					\
+		--source-dir=$(DOC_SOURCE_DIR)				\
+		$$BUILT_OPTIONS						\
+		--ignore-headers="$(IGNORE_HFILES)"
+	touch scan-build.stamp
+
+$(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt $(SCANOBJ_FILES): scan-build.stamp
+	@true
+
+#### templates ####
+
+tmpl-build.stamp: $(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt $(SCANOBJ_FILES) $(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt $(DOC_OVERRIDES)
+	@echo '*** Rebuilding template files ***'
+	if test x"$(srcdir)" != x. ; then \
+	    cp $(srcdir)/$(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt . ; \
+	    touch $(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt ; \
+	fi
+	gtkdoc-mktmpl --module=$(DOC_MODULE) | tee tmpl-build.log
+	@if test -s $(DOC_MODULE)-unused.txt; then \
+	    exit $(if $(DOCS_ARE_INCOMPLETE_PLEASE_FIXME),0,1); fi
+	rm -f tmpl-build.log
+	touch tmpl-build.stamp
+
+tmpl.stamp: tmpl-build.stamp
+	@true
+
+#### xml ####
+
+### FIXME: make this error out again when docs are fixed for 0.9
+sgml-build.stamp: tmpl.stamp $(CFILE_GLOB)
+	@echo '*** Building XML ***'
+	gtkdoc-mkdb --module=$(DOC_MODULE) --source-dir=$(DOC_SOURCE_DIR) --main-sgml-file=$(srcdir)/$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) --output-format=xml $(MKDB_OPTIONS) | tee sgml-build.log
+	@if grep "WARNING:" sgml-build.log > /dev/null; then true; fi # exit 1; fi
+	rm sgml-build.log
+	touch sgml-build.stamp
+
+sgml.stamp: sgml-build.stamp
+	@true
+
+#### html ####
+
+html-build.stamp: sgml.stamp $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) $(content_files)
+	@echo '*** Building HTML ***'
+	if test -d html; then rm -rf html; fi
+	mkdir html
+	cp $(srcdir)/$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) html
+	@for f in $(content_files); do cp $(srcdir)/$$f html; done
+	cp -pr xml html
+	cp ../version.entities html
+	cd html && gtkdoc-mkhtml $(DOC_MODULE) $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE)
+	rm -f html/$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE)
+	rm -rf html/xml
+	rm -f html/version.entities
+	test "x$(HTML_IMAGES)" = "x" || for i in "" $(HTML_IMAGES) ; do \
+	    if test "$$i" != ""; then cp $(srcdir)/$$i html ; fi; done
+	@echo '-- Fixing Crossreferences' 
+	gtkdoc-fixxref --module-dir=html --html-dir=$(HTML_DIR) $(FIXXREF_OPTIONS)
+	touch html-build.stamp
+else
+all-local:
+endif
+
+clean-local:
+	rm -f *~ *.bak
+	rm -rf xml html
+	rm -rf .libs
+
+maintainer-clean-local: clean
+	cd $(srcdir) && rm -rf xml html $(DOC_MODULE)-decl-list.txt $(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt
+
+# company: don't delete .sgml and -sections.txt as they're in CVS
+# FIXME : thomas added all sgml files and some other things to make
+# make distcheck work
+distclean-local: clean
+	rm -f $(DOC_MODULE)-decl-list.txt
+	rm -f $(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt
+	rm -f $(DOC_MODULE)-undocumented.txt
+	rm -f $(DOC_MODULE)-unused.txt
+	rm -rf tmpl/*.sgml.bak
+	rm -f $(DOC_MODULE).hierarchy
+	rm -f *.stamp || true
+	if test x"$(srcdir)" != x. ; then \
+	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE)-docs.sgml ; \
+	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE).types ; \
+	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE).interfaces ; \
+            rm -f $(DOC_MODULE)-overrides.txt ; \
+	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE).prerequisites ; \
+	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt ; \
+	    rm -rf tmpl/*.sgml ; \
+	fi
+	rm -rf *.o
+
+# thomas: make docs parallel installable; devhelp requires majorminor too
+install-data-local:
+	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR) 
+	(installfiles=`echo ./html/*.html`; \
+	if test "$$installfiles" = './html/*.html'; \
+	then echo '-- Nothing to install' ; \
+	else \
+	  for i in $$installfiles; do \
+	    echo '-- Installing '$$i ; \
+	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR); \
+	  done; \
+	  pngfiles=`echo ./html/*.png`; \
+	  if test "$$pngfiles" != './html/*.png'; then \
+	    for i in $$pngfiles; do \
+	      echo '-- Installing '$$i ; \
+	      $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR); \
+	    done; \
+	  fi; \
+	  echo '-- Installing $(srcdir)/html/$(DOC_MODULE).devhelp' ; \
+	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/html/$(DOC_MODULE).devhelp \
+	    $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.devhelp; \
+	  if test -e $(srcdir)/html/$(DOC_MODULE).devhelp2; then \
+        	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/html/$(DOC_MODULE).devhelp2 \
+	           $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.devhelp2; \
+	  fi; \
+	  echo '-- Installing $(srcdir)/html/index.sgml' ; \
+	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/html/index.sgml $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR); \
+		if test -e $(srcdir)/html/style.css; then \
+			echo '-- Installing $(srcdir)/html/style.css' ; \
+			$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/html/style.css $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR); \
+		fi; \
+	fi) 
+uninstall-local:
+	(installfiles=`echo ./html/*.html`; \
+	if test "$$installfiles" = './html/*.html'; \
+	then echo '-- Nothing to uninstall' ; \
+	else \
+	  for i in $$installfiles; do \
+	    rmfile=`basename $$i` ; \
+	    echo '-- Uninstalling $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/'$$rmfile ; \
+	    rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/$$rmfile; \
+	  done; \
+	  pngfiles=`echo ./html/*.png`; \
+	  if test "$$pngfiles" != './html/*.png'; then \
+	    for i in $$pngfiles; do \
+	      rmfile=`basename $$i` ; \
+	      echo '-- Uninstalling $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/'$$rmfile ; \
+	      rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/$$rmfile; \
+	    done; \
+	  fi; \
+	  echo '-- Uninstalling $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE).devhelp' ; \
+	  rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.devhelp; \
+	  if test -e $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.devhelp2; then \
+	    rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.devhelp2; \
+	  fi; \
+	  echo '-- Uninstalling $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/index.sgml' ; \
+	  rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/index.sgml; \
+		if test -e $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/style.css; then \
+			echo '-- Uninstalling $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/style.css' ; \
+			rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/style.css; \
+		fi; \
+	fi) 
+	if test -d $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR); then rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR) 2>/dev/null; fi; true
+
+#
+# Require gtk-doc when making dist
+#
+if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
+dist-check-gtkdoc:
+else
+dist-check-gtkdoc:
+	@echo "*** gtk-doc must be installed and enabled in order to make dist"
+	@false
+endif
+
+dist-hook: dist-check-gtkdoc dist-hook-local
+	mkdir $(distdir)/tmpl
+	mkdir $(distdir)/xml
+	mkdir $(distdir)/html
+	-cp $(srcdir)/tmpl/*.sgml $(distdir)/tmpl
+	-cp $(srcdir)/sgml/*.xml $(distdir)/xml
+	-cp $(srcdir)/html/index.sgml $(distdir)/html
+	-cp $(srcdir)/html/*.html $(srcdir)/html/*.css $(distdir)/html
+	-cp $(srcdir)/html/$(DOC_MODULE).devhelp* $(distdir)/html
+
+	images=$(HTML_IMAGES) ;    	      \
+	for i in "" $$images ; do		      \
+	  if test "$$i" != ""; then cp $(srcdir)/$$i $(distdir)/html ; fi; \
+	done
+
+.PHONY : dist-hook-local
diff --git a/common/m4/Makefile.am b/common/m4/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bbf0e96bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	README \
+	as-ac-expand.m4 \
+	as-auto-alt.m4 \
+	as-compiler-flag.m4 \
+	as-compiler.m4 \
+	as-docbook.m4 \
+	as-libtool.m4 \
+	as-libtool-tags.m4 \
+	as-python.m4 \
+	as-scrub-include.m4 \
+	as-version.m4 \
+	ax_create_stdint_h.m4 \
+	glib-gettext.m4 \
+	gst-arch.m4 \
+	gst-args.m4 \
+	gst-check.m4 \
+	gst-debuginfo.m4 \
+	gst-default.m4 \
+	gst-doc.m4 \
+	gst-feature.m4 \
+	gst-function.m4 \
+	gst-gettext.m4 \
+	gst-glib2.m4 \
+	gst-libxml2.m4 \
+	gst-plugindir.m4 \
+	gst-valgrind.m4 \
+	pkg.m4
diff --git a/common/m4/README b/common/m4/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f044598500
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/README
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+All aclocal .m4 files we need are put here and cat'd to acinclude.m4 in 
+the source root.  Official ones (taken from the relevant devel packages) 
+are named as-is, unofficial ones (or changed ones) get a gst-prefix.
diff --git a/common/m4/as-ac-expand.m4 b/common/m4/as-ac-expand.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6c9e33060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/as-ac-expand.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+dnl as-ac-expand.m4 0.2.0
+dnl autostars m4 macro for expanding directories using configure's prefix
+dnl thomas@apestaart.org
+
+dnl AS_AC_EXPAND(VAR, CONFIGURE_VAR)
+dnl example
+dnl AS_AC_EXPAND(SYSCONFDIR, $sysconfdir)
+dnl will set SYSCONFDIR to /usr/local/etc if prefix=/usr/local
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_AC_EXPAND],
+[
+  EXP_VAR=[$1]
+  FROM_VAR=[$2]
+
+  dnl first expand prefix and exec_prefix if necessary
+  prefix_save=$prefix
+  exec_prefix_save=$exec_prefix
+
+  dnl if no prefix given, then use /usr/local, the default prefix
+  if test "x$prefix" = "xNONE"; then
+    prefix="$ac_default_prefix"
+  fi
+  dnl if no exec_prefix given, then use prefix
+  if test "x$exec_prefix" = "xNONE"; then
+    exec_prefix=$prefix
+  fi
+
+  full_var="$FROM_VAR"
+  dnl loop until it doesn't change anymore
+  while true; do
+    new_full_var="`eval echo $full_var`"
+    if test "x$new_full_var" = "x$full_var"; then break; fi
+    full_var=$new_full_var
+  done
+
+  dnl clean up
+  full_var=$new_full_var
+  AC_SUBST([$1], "$full_var")
+
+  dnl restore prefix and exec_prefix
+  prefix=$prefix_save
+  exec_prefix=$exec_prefix_save
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/as-auto-alt.m4 b/common/m4/as-auto-alt.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f7920dd23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/as-auto-alt.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+dnl as-auto-alt.m4 0.0.2
+dnl autostars m4 macro for supplying alternate autotools versions to configure
+dnl thomas@apestaart.org
+dnl
+dnl AS_AUTOTOOLS_ALTERNATE()
+dnl
+dnl supplies --with arguments for autoconf, autoheader, automake, aclocal
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_AUTOTOOLS_ALTERNATE],
+[
+  dnl allow for different autoconf version
+  AC_ARG_WITH(autoconf,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-autoconf],
+                   [use a different autoconf for regeneration of Makefiles]),
+    [
+      unset AUTOCONF
+      AM_MISSING_PROG(AUTOCONF, ${withval})
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using $AUTOCONF as autoconf])
+    ])
+
+  dnl allow for different autoheader version
+  AC_ARG_WITH(autoheader,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-autoheader],
+                   [use a different autoheader for regeneration of Makefiles]),
+    [
+      unset AUTOHEADER
+      AM_MISSING_PROG(AUTOHEADER, ${withval})
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using $AUTOHEADER as autoheader])
+    ])
+
+  dnl allow for different automake version
+  AC_ARG_WITH(automake,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-automake],
+                   [use a different automake for regeneration of Makefiles]),
+    [
+      unset AUTOMAKE
+      AM_MISSING_PROG(AUTOMAKE, ${withval})
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using $AUTOMAKE as automake])
+    ])
+
+  dnl allow for different aclocal version
+  AC_ARG_WITH(aclocal,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-aclocal],
+                   [use a different aclocal for regeneration of Makefiles]),
+    [
+      unset ACLOCAL
+      AM_MISSING_PROG(ACLOCAL, ${withval})
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using $ACLOCAL as aclocal])
+    ])
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/as-compiler-flag.m4 b/common/m4/as-compiler-flag.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aba31b1c9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/as-compiler-flag.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+dnl as-compiler-flag.m4 0.1.0
+
+dnl autostars m4 macro for detection of compiler flags
+
+dnl David Schleef 
+
+dnl $Id: as-compiler-flag.m4,v 1.1 2004/06/01 09:33:45 thomasvs Exp $
+
+dnl AS_COMPILER_FLAG(CFLAGS, ACTION-IF-ACCEPTED, [ACTION-IF-NOT-ACCEPTED])
+dnl Tries to compile with the given CFLAGS.
+dnl Runs ACTION-IF-ACCEPTED if the compiler can compile with the flags,
+dnl and ACTION-IF-NOT-ACCEPTED otherwise.
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_COMPILER_FLAG],
+[
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([to see if compiler understands $1])
+
+  save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $1"
+
+  AC_TRY_COMPILE([ ], [], [flag_ok=yes], [flag_ok=no])
+  CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
+
+  if test "X$flag_ok" = Xyes ; then
+    $2
+    true
+  else
+    $3
+    true
+  fi
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$flag_ok])
+])
+
diff --git a/common/m4/as-compiler.m4 b/common/m4/as-compiler.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..233a719d44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/as-compiler.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+dnl as-compiler.m4 0.1.0
+                                                                                
+dnl autostars m4 macro for detection of compiler flavor
+
+dnl Thomas Vander Stichele 
+
+dnl $Id: as-compiler.m4,v 1.4 2004/06/01 09:33:45 thomasvs Exp $
+                                                                                
+dnl AS_COMPILER(COMPILER)
+dnl will set variable COMPILER to
+dnl - gcc
+dnl - forte
+dnl - (empty) if no guess could be made
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_COMPILER],
+[
+  as_compiler=
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(for compiler flavour)
+
+  dnl is it gcc ?
+  if test "x$GCC" = "xyes"; then
+    as_compiler="gcc"
+  fi
+
+  dnl is it forte ?
+  AC_TRY_RUN([
+int main
+(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+#ifdef __sun
+  return 0;
+#else
+  return 1;
+#endif
+}
+  ], as_compiler="forte", ,)
+
+  if test "x$as_compiler" = "x"; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([unknown !])
+  else
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($as_compiler)
+  fi
+  [$1]=$as_compiler
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/as-docbook.m4 b/common/m4/as-docbook.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a2aa458d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/as-docbook.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+dnl AS_DOCBOOK([, ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]])
+dnl checks if xsltproc can build docbook documentation
+dnl (which is possible if the catalog is set up properly
+dnl I also tried checking for a specific version and type of docbook
+dnl but xsltproc seemed to happily run anyway, so we can't check for that
+dnl and version
+dnl this macro takes inspiration from
+dnl http://www.movement.uklinux.net/docs/docbook-autotools/configure.html
+AC_DEFUN([AS_DOCBOOK],
+[
+  XSLTPROC_FLAGS=--nonet
+  DOCBOOK_ROOT=
+  TYPE_LC=xml
+  TYPE_UC=XML
+  DOCBOOK_VERSION=4.1.2
+
+  if test ! -f /etc/xml/catalog; then
+    for i in /usr/share/sgml/docbook/stylesheet/xsl/nwalsh /usr/share/sgml/docbook/xsl-stylesheets/;
+    do
+      if test -d "$i"; then
+        DOCBOOK_ROOT=$i
+      fi
+    done
+  else
+    XML_CATALOG=/etc/xml/catalog
+    CAT_ENTRY_START=''
+  fi
+
+  dnl We need xsltproc to process the test
+  AC_CHECK_PROG(XSLTPROC,xsltproc,xsltproc,)
+  XSLTPROC_WORKS=no
+  if test -n "$XSLTPROC"; then
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether xsltproc docbook processing works])
+
+    if test -n "$XML_CATALOG"; then
+      DB_FILE="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/xhtml/docbook.xsl"
+    else
+      DB_FILE="$DOCBOOK_ROOT/docbook.xsl"
+    fi
+    $XSLTPROC $XSLTPROC_FLAGS $DB_FILE >/dev/null 2>&1 << END
+
+
+
+
+END
+    if test "$?" = 0; then
+      XSLTPROC_WORKS=yes
+    fi
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($XSLTPROC_WORKS)
+  fi
+
+  if test "x$XSLTPROC_WORKS" = "xyes"; then
+    dnl execute ACTION-IF-FOUND
+    ifelse([$1], , :, [$1])
+  else
+    dnl execute ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND
+    ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
+  fi
+
+  AC_SUBST(XML_CATALOG)
+  AC_SUBST(XSLTPROC_FLAGS)
+  AC_SUBST(DOCBOOK_ROOT)
+  AC_SUBST(CAT_ENTRY_START)
+  AC_SUBST(CAT_ENTRY_END)
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/as-libtool-tags.m4 b/common/m4/as-libtool-tags.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69f775e7da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/as-libtool-tags.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+dnl as-libtool-tags.m4 0.1.4
+
+dnl autostars m4 macro for selecting libtool "tags" (languages)
+
+dnl Andy Wingo does not claim credit for this macro
+dnl backported from libtool 1.6 by Paolo Bonzini
+dnl see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2003-12/msg00007.html
+
+dnl $Id: as-libtool-tags.m4,v 1.3 2006/04/01 15:30:56 thomasvs Exp $
+
+dnl AS_LIBTOOL_TAGS([tags...])
+
+dnl example
+dnl AS_LIBTOOL_TAGS([]) for only C (no fortran, etc)
+
+dnl When AC_LIBTOOL_TAGS is used, I redefine _LT_AC_TAGCONFIG
+dnl to be more similar to the libtool 1.6 implementation, which
+dnl uses an m4 loop and m4 case instead of a shell loop.  This
+dnl way the CXX/GCJ/F77/RC tests are not always expanded.
+
+dnl AS_LIBTOOL_TAGS
+dnl ---------------
+dnl tags to enable
+AC_DEFUN([AS_LIBTOOL_TAGS],
+[m4_define([_LT_TAGS],[$1])
+m4_define([_LT_AC_TAGCONFIG], [
+  # redefined LT AC TAGCONFIG
+  if test -f "$ltmain"; then
+    if test ! -f "${ofile}"; then
+      AC_MSG_WARN([output file `$ofile' does not exist])
+    fi
+
+    if test -z "$LTCC"; then
+      eval "`$SHELL ${ofile} --config | grep '^LTCC='`"
+      if test -z "$LTCC"; then
+        AC_MSG_WARN([output file `$ofile' does not look like a libtool script])
+      else
+        AC_MSG_WARN([using `LTCC=$LTCC', extracted from `$ofile'])
+      fi
+    fi
+
+    AC_FOREACH([_LT_TAG], _LT_TAGS,
+      echo THOMAS: tag _LT_TAG
+      [m4_case(_LT_TAG,
+      [CXX], [
+    if test -n "$CXX" && test "X$CXX" != "Xno"; then
+      echo "THOMAS: YAY CXX"
+      AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_CXX_CONFIG
+      available_tags="$available_tags _LT_TAG"
+    fi],
+      [F77], [
+    if test -n "$F77" && test "X$F77" != "Xno"; then
+      AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_F77_CONFIG
+      available_tags="$available_tags _LT_TAG"
+    fi],
+      [GCJ], [
+    if test -n "$GCJ" && test "X$GCJ" != "Xno"; then
+      AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_GCJ_CONFIG
+      available_tags="$available_tags _LT_TAG"
+    fi],
+      [RC], [
+    if test -n "$RC" && test "X$RC" != "Xno"; then
+      AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_RC_CONFIG
+      available_tags="$available_tags _LT_TAG"
+    fi],
+      [m4_errprintn(m4_location[: error: invalid tag name: ]"_LT_TAG")
+      m4_exit(1)])
+    ])
+    echo THOMAS: available tags: $available_tags
+  fi
+  # Now substitute the updated list of available tags.
+  if eval "sed -e 's/^available_tags=.*\$/available_tags=\"$available_tags\"/' \"$ofile\" > \"${ofile}T\""; then
+    mv "${ofile}T" "$ofile"
+    chmod +x "$ofile"
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([updated available libtool tags with $available_tags.])
+  else
+    rm -f "${ofile}T"
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([unable to update list of available tagged configurations.])
+
+  fi
+
+])dnl _LT_AC_TAG_CONFIG
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/as-libtool.m4 b/common/m4/as-libtool.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73dec1f408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/as-libtool.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+dnl as-libtool.m4 0.1.4
+
+dnl autostars m4 macro for libtool versioning
+
+dnl Thomas Vander Stichele 
+
+dnl $Id: as-libtool.m4,v 1.6 2004/06/01 10:04:44 thomasvs Exp $
+
+dnl AS_LIBTOOL(PREFIX, CURRENT, REVISION, AGE, [RELEASE])
+
+dnl example
+dnl AS_LIBTOOL(GST, 2, 0, 0)
+
+dnl this macro
+dnl - defines [$PREFIX]_CURRENT, REVISION and AGE
+dnl - defines [$PREFIX]_LIBVERSION
+dnl - defines [$PREFIX]_LT_LDFLAGS to set versioning
+dnl - AC_SUBST's them all
+
+dnl if RELEASE is given, then add a -release option to the LDFLAGS
+dnl with the given release version
+dnl then use [$PREFIX]_LT_LDFLAGS in the relevant Makefile.am's
+
+dnl call AM_PROG_LIBTOOL after this call
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_LIBTOOL],
+[
+  [$1]_CURRENT=[$2]
+  [$1]_REVISION=[$3]
+  [$1]_AGE=[$4]
+  [$1]_LIBVERSION=[$2]:[$3]:[$4]
+  AC_SUBST([$1]_CURRENT)
+  AC_SUBST([$1]_REVISION)
+  AC_SUBST([$1]_AGE)
+  AC_SUBST([$1]_LIBVERSION)
+
+  [$1]_LT_LDFLAGS="$[$1]_LT_LDFLAGS -version-info $[$1]_LIBVERSION"
+  if test ! -z "[$5]"
+  then
+    [$1]_LT_LDFLAGS="$[$1]_LT_LDFLAGS -release [$5]"
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST([$1]_LT_LDFLAGS)
+
+  AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/as-python.m4 b/common/m4/as-python.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb9b1754de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/as-python.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+## ------------------------
+## Python file handling
+## From Andrew Dalke
+## Updated by James Henstridge
+## Updated by Andy Wingo to loop through possible pythons
+## ------------------------
+
+# AS_PATH_PYTHON([MINIMUM-VERSION])
+
+# Adds support for distributing Python modules and packages.  To
+# install modules, copy them to $(pythondir), using the python_PYTHON
+# automake variable.  To install a package with the same name as the
+# automake package, install to $(pkgpythondir), or use the
+# pkgpython_PYTHON automake variable.
+
+# The variables $(pyexecdir) and $(pkgpyexecdir) are provided as
+# locations to install python extension modules (shared libraries).
+# Another macro is required to find the appropriate flags to compile
+# extension modules.
+
+# If your package is configured with a different prefix to python,
+# users will have to add the install directory to the PYTHONPATH
+# environment variable, or create a .pth file (see the python
+# documentation for details).
+
+# If the MINIMUM-VERSION argument is passed, AS_PATH_PYTHON will
+# cause an error if the version of python installed on the system
+# doesn't meet the requirement.  MINIMUM-VERSION should consist of
+# numbers and dots only.
+
+# Updated to loop over all possible python binaries by Andy Wingo
+# 
+# Updated to only warn and unset PYTHON if no good one is found
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_PATH_PYTHON],
+ [
+  dnl Find a version of Python.  I could check for python versions 1.4
+  dnl or earlier, but the default installation locations changed from
+  dnl $prefix/lib/site-python in 1.4 to $prefix/lib/python1.5/site-packages
+  dnl in 1.5, and I don't want to maintain that logic.
+
+  dnl should we do the version check?
+  PYTHON_CANDIDATES="python python2.2 python2.1 python2.0 python2 \
+                     python1.6 python1.5"
+  ifelse([$1],[],
+         [AC_PATH_PROG(PYTHON, $PYTHON_CANDIDATES)],
+         [
+     AC_MSG_NOTICE(Looking for Python version >= $1)
+    changequote(<<, >>)dnl
+    prog="
+import sys, string
+minver = '$1'
+# split string by '.' and convert to numeric
+minver_info = map(string.atoi, string.split(minver, '.'))
+# we can now do comparisons on the two lists:
+if sys.version_info >= tuple(minver_info):
+	sys.exit(0)
+else:
+	sys.exit(1)"
+    changequote([, ])dnl
+
+    python_good=false
+    for python_candidate in $PYTHON_CANDIDATES; do
+      unset PYTHON
+      AC_PATH_PROG(PYTHON, $python_candidate) 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
+
+      if test "x$PYTHON" = "x"; then continue; fi
+
+      if $PYTHON -c "$prog" 1>&AC_FD_CC 2>&AC_FD_CC; then
+        AC_MSG_CHECKING(["$PYTHON":])
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([okay])
+        python_good=true
+        break;
+      else
+        dnl clear the cache val
+        unset ac_cv_path_PYTHON
+      fi
+    done
+  ])
+
+  if test "$python_good" != "true"; then
+    AC_MSG_WARN([No suitable version of python found])
+    PYTHON=
+  else
+
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([local Python configuration])
+
+  dnl Query Python for its version number.  Getting [:3] seems to be
+  dnl the best way to do this; it's what "site.py" does in the standard
+  dnl library.  Need to change quote character because of [:3]
+
+  AC_SUBST(PYTHON_VERSION)
+  changequote(<<, >>)dnl
+  PYTHON_VERSION=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.version[:3]"`
+  changequote([, ])dnl
+
+
+  dnl Use the values of $prefix and $exec_prefix for the corresponding
+  dnl values of PYTHON_PREFIX and PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX.  These are made
+  dnl distinct variables so they can be overridden if need be.  However,
+  dnl general consensus is that you shouldn't need this ability.
+
+  AC_SUBST(PYTHON_PREFIX)
+  PYTHON_PREFIX='${prefix}'
+
+  AC_SUBST(PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX)
+  PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX='${exec_prefix}'
+
+  dnl At times (like when building shared libraries) you may want
+  dnl to know which OS platform Python thinks this is.
+
+  AC_SUBST(PYTHON_PLATFORM)
+  PYTHON_PLATFORM=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.platform"`
+
+
+  dnl Set up 4 directories:
+
+  dnl pythondir -- where to install python scripts.  This is the
+  dnl   site-packages directory, not the python standard library
+  dnl   directory like in previous automake betas.  This behaviour
+  dnl   is more consistent with lispdir.m4 for example.
+  dnl
+  dnl Also, if the package prefix isn't the same as python's prefix,
+  dnl then the old $(pythondir) was pretty useless.
+
+  AC_SUBST(pythondir)
+  pythondir=$PYTHON_PREFIX"/lib/python"$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages
+
+  dnl pkgpythondir -- $PACKAGE directory under pythondir.  Was
+  dnl   PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGE in previous betas, but this naming is
+  dnl   more consistent with the rest of automake.
+  dnl   Maybe this should be put in python.am?
+
+  AC_SUBST(pkgpythondir)
+  pkgpythondir=\${pythondir}/$PACKAGE
+
+  dnl pyexecdir -- directory for installing python extension modules
+  dnl   (shared libraries)  Was PYTHON_SITE_EXEC in previous betas.
+
+  AC_SUBST(pyexecdir)
+  pyexecdir=$PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX"/lib/python"$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages
+
+  dnl pkgpyexecdir -- $(pyexecdir)/$(PACKAGE)
+  dnl   Maybe this should be put in python.am?
+
+  AC_SUBST(pkgpyexecdir)
+  pkgpyexecdir=\${pyexecdir}/$PACKAGE
+
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([looks good])
+
+  fi
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/as-scrub-include.m4 b/common/m4/as-scrub-include.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96dfb8f088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/as-scrub-include.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+dnl as-scrub-include.m4 0.0.4
+
+dnl autostars m4 macro for scrubbing CFLAGS of system include dirs
+dnl because gcc 3.x complains about including system including dirs
+
+dnl Thomas Vander Stichele 
+
+dnl $Id: as-scrub-include.m4,v 1.5 2004/06/12 08:19:09 thomasvs Exp $
+
+dnl This macro uses output of cpp -v and expects it to contain text that 
+dnl looks a little bit like this:
+dnl #include <...> search starts here:
+dnl  /usr/local/include
+dnl  /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/include
+dnl  /usr/include
+dnl End of search list.
+
+dnl AS_SCRUB_INCLUDE(VAR)
+dnl example
+dnl AS_SCRUB_INCLUDE(CFLAGS)
+dnl will remove all system include dirs from the given CFLAGS
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_SCRUB_INCLUDE],
+[
+  GIVEN_CFLAGS=$[$1]
+  INCLUDE_DIRS=`echo | cpp -v 2>&1`
+
+  dnl remove everything from this output between the "starts here" and "End of"
+  dnl line
+  INCLUDE_DIRS=`echo $INCLUDE_DIRS | sed -e 's/.*<...> search starts here://' | sed -e 's/End of search list.*//'`
+  for dir in $INCLUDE_DIRS; do
+    dnl use "" as the sed script so $dir gets expanded
+    GIVEN_CFLAGS=`echo $GIVEN_CFLAGS | sed -e "s#-I$dir ##"`
+  done
+  [$1]=$GIVEN_CFLAGS
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/as-version.m4 b/common/m4/as-version.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5b439903e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/as-version.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+dnl as-version.m4 0.2.0
+
+dnl autostars m4 macro for versioning
+
+dnl Thomas Vander Stichele 
+
+dnl $Id: as-version.m4,v 1.4 2004/06/01 09:40:05 thomasvs Exp $
+
+dnl AS_VERSION
+
+dnl example
+dnl AS_VERSION
+
+dnl this macro
+dnl - AC_SUBST's PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR, _MINOR, _MICRO
+dnl - AC_SUBST's PACKAGE_VERSION_RELEASE,
+dnl    which can be used for rpm release fields
+dnl - doesn't call AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE anymore because it prevents
+dnl   maintainer mode from running correctly
+dnl
+dnl don't forget to put #undef PACKAGE_VERSION_RELEASE in acconfig.h
+dnl if you use acconfig.h
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_VERSION],
+[
+  PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR=$(echo AC_PACKAGE_VERSION | cut -d'.' -f1)
+  PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR=$(echo AC_PACKAGE_VERSION | cut -d'.' -f2)
+  PACKAGE_VERSION_MICRO=$(echo AC_PACKAGE_VERSION | cut -d'.' -f3)
+
+  AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR)
+  AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR)
+  AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_VERSION_MICRO)
+])
+
+dnl AS_NANO(ACTION-IF-NO-NANO, [ACTION-IF-NANO])
+
+dnl requires AC_INIT to be called before
+dnl For projects using a fourth or nano number in your versioning to indicate
+dnl development or prerelease snapshots, this macro allows the build to be
+dnl set up differently accordingly.
+
+dnl this macro:
+dnl - parses AC_PACKAGE_VERSION, set by AC_INIT, and extracts the nano number
+dnl - sets the variable PACKAGE_VERSION_NANO
+dnl - sets the variable PACKAGE_VERSION_RELEASE, which can be used
+dnl   for rpm release fields
+dnl - executes ACTION-IF-NO-NANO or ACTION-IF-NANO
+    
+dnl example:
+dnl AS_NANO(RELEASE="yes", RELEASE="no")
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_NANO],
+[
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(nano version)
+
+  NANO=$(echo AC_PACKAGE_VERSION | cut -d'.' -f4)
+
+  if test x"$NANO" = x || test "x$NANO" = "x0" ; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([0 (release)])
+    NANO=0
+    PACKAGE_VERSION_RELEASE=1
+    ifelse([$1], , :, [$1])
+  else
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($NANO)
+    PACKAGE_VERSION_RELEASE=0.`date +%Y%m%d.%H%M%S`
+    ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
+  fi
+  PACKAGE_VERSION_NANO=$NANO
+  AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_VERSION_NANO)
+  AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_VERSION_RELEASE)
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/ax_create_stdint_h.m4 b/common/m4/ax_create_stdint_h.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..061619fb1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/ax_create_stdint_h.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,569 @@
+dnl @synopsis AX_CREATE_STDINT_H [( HEADER-TO-GENERATE [, HEDERS-TO-CHECK])]
+dnl
+dnl the "ISO C9X: 7.18 Integer types " section requires the
+dnl existence of an include file  that defines a set of 
+dnl typedefs, especially uint8_t,int32_t,uintptr_t.
+dnl Many older installations will not provide this file, but some will
+dnl have the very same definitions in . In other enviroments
+dnl we can use the inet-types in  which would define the
+dnl typedefs int8_t and u_int8_t respectivly.
+dnl
+dnl This macros will create a local "_stdint.h" or the headerfile given as 
+dnl an argument. In many cases that file will just "#include " 
+dnl or "#include ", while in other environments it will provide 
+dnl the set of basic 'stdint's definitions/typedefs: 
+dnl   int8_t,uint8_t,int16_t,uint16_t,int32_t,uint32_t,intptr_t,uintptr_t
+dnl   int_least32_t.. int_fast32_t.. intmax_t
+dnl which may or may not rely on the definitions of other files,
+dnl or using the AC_CHECK_SIZEOF macro to determine the actual
+dnl sizeof each type.
+dnl
+dnl if your header files require the stdint-types you will want to create an
+dnl installable file mylib-int.h that all your other installable header
+dnl may include. So if you have a library package named "mylib", just use
+dnl      AX_CREATE_STDINT_H(mylib-int.h) 
+dnl in configure.ac and go to install that very header file in Makefile.am
+dnl along with the other headers (mylib.h) - and the mylib-specific headers
+dnl can simply use "#include " to obtain the stdint-types.
+dnl
+dnl Remember, if the system already had a valid , the generated
+dnl file will include it directly. No need for fuzzy HAVE_STDINT_H things...
+dnl
+dnl @, (status: used on new platforms) (see http://ac-archive.sf.net/gstdint/)
+dnl @version $Id: ax_create_stdint_h.m4,v 1.2 2004/03/09 14:57:53 thomasvs Exp $
+dnl @author  Guido Draheim  
+
+AC_DEFUN([AX_CREATE_STDINT_H],
+[# ------ AX CREATE STDINT H -------------------------------------
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for stdint types])
+ac_stdint_h=`echo ifelse($1, , _stdint.h, $1)`
+# try to shortcircuit - if the default include path of the compiler
+# can find a "stdint.h" header then we assume that all compilers can.
+AC_CACHE_VAL([ac_cv_header_stdint_t],[
+old_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" ; CXXFLAGS=""
+old_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS" ; CPPFLAGS=""
+old_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"     ; CFLAGS=""
+AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include ],[int_least32_t v = 0;],
+[ac_cv_stdint_result="(assuming C99 compatible system)"
+ ac_cv_header_stdint_t="stdint.h"; ],
+[ac_cv_header_stdint_t=""])
+CXXFLAGS="$old_CXXFLAGS"
+CPPFLAGS="$old_CPPFLAGS"
+CFLAGS="$old_CFLAGS" ])
+
+v="... $ac_cv_header_stdint_h"
+if test "$ac_stdint_h" = "stdint.h" ; then
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([(are you sure you want them in ./stdint.h?)])
+elif test "$ac_stdint_h" = "inttypes.h" ; then
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([(are you sure you want them in ./inttypes.h?)])
+elif test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_t" = "_" ; then
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([(putting them into $ac_stdint_h)$v])
+else
+ ac_cv_header_stdint="$ac_cv_header_stdint_t"
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([$ac_cv_header_stdint (shortcircuit)])
+fi
+
+if test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_t" = "_" ; then # can not shortcircuit..
+
+dnl .....intro message done, now do a few system checks.....
+dnl btw, all CHECK_TYPE macros do automatically "DEFINE" a type, therefore
+dnl we use the autoconf implementation detail _AC CHECK_TYPE_NEW instead
+
+inttype_headers=`echo $2 | sed -e 's/,/ /g'`
+
+ac_cv_stdint_result="(no helpful system typedefs seen)"
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for stdint uintptr_t], [ac_cv_header_stdint_x],[
+ ac_cv_header_stdint_x="" # the 1997 typedefs (inttypes.h)
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([(..)])
+  for i in stdint.h inttypes.h sys/inttypes.h $inttype_headers ; do
+   unset ac_cv_type_uintptr_t 
+   unset ac_cv_type_uint64_t
+   _AC_CHECK_TYPE_NEW(uintptr_t,[ac_cv_header_stdint_x=$i],dnl
+     continue,[#include <$i>])
+   AC_CHECK_TYPE(uint64_t,[and64="/uint64_t"],[and64=""],[#include<$i>])
+   ac_cv_stdint_result="(seen uintptr_t$and64 in $i)"
+   break;
+  done
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for stdint uintptr_t])
+ ])
+
+if test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_x" = "_" ; then
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for stdint uint32_t], [ac_cv_header_stdint_o],[
+ ac_cv_header_stdint_o="" # the 1995 typedefs (sys/inttypes.h)
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([(..)])
+  for i in inttypes.h sys/inttypes.h stdint.h $inttype_headers ; do
+   unset ac_cv_type_uint32_t
+   unset ac_cv_type_uint64_t
+   AC_CHECK_TYPE(uint32_t,[ac_cv_header_stdint_o=$i],dnl
+     continue,[#include <$i>])
+   AC_CHECK_TYPE(uint64_t,[and64="/uint64_t"],[and64=""],[#include<$i>])
+   ac_cv_stdint_result="(seen uint32_t$and64 in $i)"
+   break;
+  done
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for stdint uint32_t])
+ ])
+fi
+
+if test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_x" = "_" ; then
+if test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_o" = "_" ; then
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for stdint u_int32_t], [ac_cv_header_stdint_u],[
+ ac_cv_header_stdint_u="" # the BSD typedefs (sys/types.h)
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([(..)])
+  for i in sys/types.h inttypes.h sys/inttypes.h $inttype_headers ; do
+   unset ac_cv_type_u_int32_t
+   unset ac_cv_type_u_int64_t
+   AC_CHECK_TYPE(u_int32_t,[ac_cv_header_stdint_u=$i],dnl
+     continue,[#include <$i>])
+   AC_CHECK_TYPE(u_int64_t,[and64="/u_int64_t"],[and64=""],[#include<$i>])
+   ac_cv_stdint_result="(seen u_int32_t$and64 in $i)"
+   break;
+  done
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for stdint u_int32_t])
+ ])
+fi fi
+
+dnl if there was no good C99 header file, do some typedef checks...
+if test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_x" = "_" ; then
+   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for stdint datatype model])
+   AC_MSG_RESULT([(..)])
+   AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(char)
+   AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(short)
+   AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(int)
+   AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long)
+   AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(void*)
+   ac_cv_stdint_char_model=""
+   ac_cv_stdint_char_model="$ac_cv_stdint_char_model$ac_cv_sizeof_char"
+   ac_cv_stdint_char_model="$ac_cv_stdint_char_model$ac_cv_sizeof_short"
+   ac_cv_stdint_char_model="$ac_cv_stdint_char_model$ac_cv_sizeof_int"
+   ac_cv_stdint_long_model=""
+   ac_cv_stdint_long_model="$ac_cv_stdint_long_model$ac_cv_sizeof_int"
+   ac_cv_stdint_long_model="$ac_cv_stdint_long_model$ac_cv_sizeof_long"
+   ac_cv_stdint_long_model="$ac_cv_stdint_long_model$ac_cv_sizeof_voidp"
+   name="$ac_cv_stdint_long_model"
+   case "$ac_cv_stdint_char_model/$ac_cv_stdint_long_model" in
+    122/242)     name="$name,  IP16 (standard 16bit machine)" ;;
+    122/244)     name="$name,  LP32 (standard 32bit mac/win)" ;;
+    122/*)       name="$name        (unusual int16 model)" ;; 
+    124/444)     name="$name, ILP32 (standard 32bit unixish)" ;;
+    124/488)     name="$name,  LP64 (standard 64bit unixish)" ;;
+    124/448)     name="$name, LLP64 (unusual  64bit unixish)" ;;
+    124/*)       name="$name        (unusual int32 model)" ;; 
+    128/888)     name="$name, ILP64 (unusual  64bit numeric)" ;;
+    128/*)       name="$name        (unusual int64 model)" ;; 
+    222/*|444/*) name="$name        (unusual dsptype)" ;;
+     *)          name="$name        (very unusal model)" ;;
+   esac
+   AC_MSG_RESULT([combined for stdint datatype model...  $name])
+fi
+
+if test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_x" != "_" ; then
+   ac_cv_header_stdint="$ac_cv_header_stdint_x"
+elif  test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_o" != "_" ; then
+   ac_cv_header_stdint="$ac_cv_header_stdint_o"
+elif  test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_u" != "_" ; then
+   ac_cv_header_stdint="$ac_cv_header_stdint_u"
+else
+   ac_cv_header_stdint="stddef.h"
+fi
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for extra inttypes in chosen header])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([($ac_cv_header_stdint)])
+dnl see if int_least and int_fast types are present in _this_ header.
+unset ac_cv_type_int_least32_t
+unset ac_cv_type_int_fast32_t
+AC_CHECK_TYPE(int_least32_t,,,[#include <$ac_cv_header_stdint>])
+AC_CHECK_TYPE(int_fast32_t,,,[#include<$ac_cv_header_stdint>])
+AC_CHECK_TYPE(intmax_t,,,[#include <$ac_cv_header_stdint>])
+
+fi # shortcircut to system "stdint.h"
+# ------------------ PREPARE VARIABLES ------------------------------
+if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
+ac_cv_stdint_message="using gnu compiler "`$CC --version | head -n 1` 
+else
+ac_cv_stdint_message="using $CC"
+fi
+
+AC_MSG_RESULT([make use of $ac_cv_header_stdint in $ac_stdint_h dnl
+$ac_cv_stdint_result])
+
+# ----------------- DONE inttypes.h checks START header -------------
+AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([$ac_stdint_h],[
+AC_MSG_NOTICE(creating $ac_stdint_h : $_ac_stdint_h)
+ac_stdint=$tmp/_stdint.h
+
+echo "#ifndef" $_ac_stdint_h >$ac_stdint
+echo "#define" $_ac_stdint_h "1" >>$ac_stdint
+echo "#ifndef" _GENERATED_STDINT_H >>$ac_stdint
+echo "#define" _GENERATED_STDINT_H '"'$PACKAGE $VERSION'"' >>$ac_stdint
+echo "/* generated $ac_cv_stdint_message */" >>$ac_stdint
+if test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_t" != "_" ; then 
+echo "#define _STDINT_HAVE_STDINT_H" "1" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+
+cat >>$ac_stdint <
+#else
+#include 
+
+/* .................... configured part ............................ */
+
+STDINT_EOF
+
+echo "/* whether we have a C99 compatible stdint header file */" >>$ac_stdint
+if test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_x" != "_" ; then
+  ac_header="$ac_cv_header_stdint_x"
+  echo "#define _STDINT_HEADER_INTPTR" '"'"$ac_header"'"' >>$ac_stdint
+else
+  echo "/* #undef _STDINT_HEADER_INTPTR */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+
+echo "/* whether we have a C96 compatible inttypes header file */" >>$ac_stdint
+if  test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_o" != "_" ; then
+  ac_header="$ac_cv_header_stdint_o"
+  echo "#define _STDINT_HEADER_UINT32" '"'"$ac_header"'"' >>$ac_stdint
+else
+  echo "/* #undef _STDINT_HEADER_UINT32 */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+
+echo "/* whether we have a BSD compatible inet types header */" >>$ac_stdint
+if  test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_u" != "_" ; then
+  ac_header="$ac_cv_header_stdint_u"
+  echo "#define _STDINT_HEADER_U_INT32" '"'"$ac_header"'"' >>$ac_stdint
+else
+  echo "/* #undef _STDINT_HEADER_U_INT32 */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+
+echo "" >>$ac_stdint
+
+if test "_$ac_header" != "_" ; then if test "$ac_header" != "stddef.h" ; then
+  echo "#include <$ac_header>" >>$ac_stdint
+  echo "" >>$ac_stdint
+fi fi
+
+echo "/* which 64bit typedef has been found */" >>$ac_stdint
+if test "$ac_cv_type_uint64_t" = "yes" ; then
+echo "#define   _STDINT_HAVE_UINT64_T" "1"  >>$ac_stdint
+else
+echo "/* #undef _STDINT_HAVE_UINT64_T */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+if test "$ac_cv_type_u_int64_t" = "yes" ; then
+echo "#define   _STDINT_HAVE_U_INT64_T" "1"  >>$ac_stdint
+else
+echo "/* #undef _STDINT_HAVE_U_INT64_T */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+echo "" >>$ac_stdint
+
+echo "/* which type model has been detected */" >>$ac_stdint
+if test "_$ac_cv_stdint_char_model" != "_" ; then
+echo "#define   _STDINT_CHAR_MODEL" "$ac_cv_stdint_char_model" >>$ac_stdint
+echo "#define   _STDINT_LONG_MODEL" "$ac_cv_stdint_long_model" >>$ac_stdint
+else
+echo "/* #undef _STDINT_CHAR_MODEL // skipped */" >>$ac_stdint
+echo "/* #undef _STDINT_LONG_MODEL // skipped */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+echo "" >>$ac_stdint
+
+echo "/* whether int_least types were detected */" >>$ac_stdint
+if test "$ac_cv_type_int_least32_t" = "yes"; then
+echo "#define   _STDINT_HAVE_INT_LEAST32_T" "1"  >>$ac_stdint
+else
+echo "/* #undef _STDINT_HAVE_INT_LEAST32_T */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+echo "/* whether int_fast types were detected */" >>$ac_stdint
+if test "$ac_cv_type_int_fast32_t" = "yes"; then
+echo "#define   _STDINT_HAVE_INT_FAST32_T" "1" >>$ac_stdint
+else
+echo "/* #undef _STDINT_HAVE_INT_FAST32_T */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+echo "/* whether intmax_t type was detected */" >>$ac_stdint
+if test "$ac_cv_type_intmax_t" = "yes"; then
+echo "#define   _STDINT_HAVE_INTMAX_T" "1" >>$ac_stdint
+else
+echo "/* #undef _STDINT_HAVE_INTMAX_T */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+echo "" >>$ac_stdint
+
+  cat >>$ac_stdint <= 199901L
+#define _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef long long int64_t;
+typedef unsigned long long uint64_t;
+
+#elif !defined __STRICT_ANSI__
+#if defined _MSC_VER || defined __WATCOMC__ || defined __BORLANDC__
+#define _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef __int64 int64_t;
+typedef unsigned __int64 uint64_t;
+
+#elif defined __GNUC__ || defined __MWERKS__ || defined __ELF__
+/* note: all ELF-systems seem to have loff-support which needs 64-bit */
+#if !defined _NO_LONGLONG
+#define _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef long long int64_t;
+typedef unsigned long long uint64_t;
+#endif
+
+#elif defined __alpha || (defined __mips && defined _ABIN32)
+#if !defined _NO_LONGLONG
+typedef long int64_t;
+typedef unsigned long uint64_t;
+#endif
+  /* compiler/cpu type to define int64_t */
+#endif
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#if defined _STDINT_HAVE_U_INT_TYPES
+/* int8_t int16_t int32_t defined by inet code, redeclare the u_intXX types */
+typedef u_int8_t uint8_t;
+typedef u_int16_t uint16_t;
+typedef u_int32_t uint32_t;
+
+/* glibc compatibility */
+#ifndef __int8_t_defined
+#define __int8_t_defined
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _STDINT_NEED_INT_MODEL_T
+/* we must guess all the basic types. Apart from byte-adressable system, */
+/* there a few 32-bit-only dsp-systems that we guard with BYTE_MODEL 8-} */
+/* (btw, those nibble-addressable systems are way off, or so we assume) */
+
+dnl   /* have a look at "64bit and data size neutrality" at */
+dnl   /* http://unix.org/version2/whatsnew/login_64bit.html */
+dnl   /* (the shorthand "ILP" types always have a "P" part) */
+
+#if defined _STDINT_BYTE_MODEL
+#if _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 242
+/* 2:4:2 =  IP16 = a normal 16-bit system                */
+typedef unsigned char   uint8_t;
+typedef unsigned short  uint16_t;
+typedef unsigned long   uint32_t;
+#ifndef __int8_t_defined
+#define __int8_t_defined
+typedef          char    int8_t;
+typedef          short   int16_t;
+typedef          long    int32_t;
+#endif
+#elif _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 244 || _STDINT_LONG_MODEL == 444
+/* 2:4:4 =  LP32 = a 32-bit system derived from a 16-bit */
+/* 4:4:4 = ILP32 = a normal 32-bit system                */
+typedef unsigned char   uint8_t;
+typedef unsigned short  uint16_t;
+typedef unsigned int    uint32_t;
+#ifndef __int8_t_defined
+#define __int8_t_defined
+typedef          char    int8_t;
+typedef          short   int16_t;
+typedef          int     int32_t;
+#endif
+#elif _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 484 || _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 488
+/* 4:8:4 =  IP32 = a 32-bit system prepared for 64-bit    */
+/* 4:8:8 =  LP64 = a normal 64-bit system                 */
+typedef unsigned char   uint8_t;
+typedef unsigned short  uint16_t;
+typedef unsigned int    uint32_t;
+#ifndef __int8_t_defined
+#define __int8_t_defined
+typedef          char    int8_t;
+typedef          short   int16_t;
+typedef          int     int32_t;
+#endif
+/* this system has a "long" of 64bit */
+#ifndef _HAVE_UINT64_T
+#define _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef unsigned long   uint64_t;
+typedef          long    int64_t;
+#endif
+#elif _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 448
+/*      LLP64   a 64-bit system derived from a 32-bit system */
+typedef unsigned char   uint8_t;
+typedef unsigned short  uint16_t;
+typedef unsigned int    uint32_t;
+#ifndef __int8_t_defined
+#define __int8_t_defined
+typedef          char    int8_t;
+typedef          short   int16_t;
+typedef          int     int32_t;
+#endif
+/* assuming the system has a "long long" */
+#ifndef _HAVE_UINT64_T
+#define _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef unsigned long long uint64_t;
+typedef          long long  int64_t;
+#endif
+#else
+#define _STDINT_NO_INT32_T
+#endif
+#else
+#define _STDINT_NO_INT8_T
+#define _STDINT_NO_INT32_T
+#endif
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * quote from SunOS-5.8 sys/inttypes.h:
+ * Use at your own risk.  As of February 1996, the committee is squarely
+ * behind the fixed sized types; the "least" and "fast" types are still being
+ * discussed.  The probability that the "fast" types may be removed before
+ * the standard is finalized is high enough that they are not currently
+ * implemented.
+ */
+
+#if defined _STDINT_NEED_INT_LEAST_T
+typedef  int8_t    int_least8_t;
+typedef  int16_t   int_least16_t;
+typedef  int32_t   int_least32_t;
+#ifdef _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef  int64_t   int_least64_t;
+#endif
+
+typedef uint8_t   uint_least8_t;
+typedef uint16_t  uint_least16_t;
+typedef uint32_t  uint_least32_t;
+#ifdef _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef uint64_t  uint_least64_t;
+#endif
+  /* least types */
+#endif
+
+#if defined _STDINT_NEED_INT_FAST_T
+typedef  int8_t    int_fast8_t; 
+typedef  int       int_fast16_t;
+typedef  int32_t   int_fast32_t;
+#ifdef _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef  int64_t   int_fast64_t;
+#endif
+
+typedef uint8_t   uint_fast8_t; 
+typedef unsigned  uint_fast16_t;
+typedef uint32_t  uint_fast32_t;
+#ifdef _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef uint64_t  uint_fast64_t;
+#endif
+  /* fast types */
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _STDINT_NEED_INTMAX_T
+#ifdef _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef  int64_t       intmax_t;
+typedef uint64_t      uintmax_t;
+#else
+typedef          long  intmax_t;
+typedef unsigned long uintmax_t;
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _STDINT_NEED_INTPTR_T
+#ifndef __intptr_t_defined
+#define __intptr_t_defined
+/* we encourage using "long" to store pointer values, never use "int" ! */
+#if   _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 242 || _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 484
+typedef  unsinged int   uintptr_t;
+typedef           int    intptr_t;
+#elif _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 244 || _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 444
+typedef  unsigned long  uintptr_t;
+typedef           long   intptr_t;
+#elif _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 448 && defined _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef        uint64_t uintptr_t;
+typedef         int64_t  intptr_t;
+#else /* matches typical system types ILP32 and LP64 - but not IP16 or LLP64 */
+typedef  unsigned long  uintptr_t;
+typedef           long   intptr_t;
+#endif
+#endif
+#endif
+
+  /* shortcircuit*/
+#endif
+  /* once */
+#endif
+#endif
+STDINT_EOF
+    if cmp -s $ac_stdint_h $ac_stdint 2>/dev/null; then
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([$ac_stdint_h is unchanged])
+    else
+      ac_dir=`AS_DIRNAME(["$ac_stdint_h"])`
+      AS_MKDIR_P(["$ac_dir"])
+      rm -f $ac_stdint_h
+      mv $ac_stdint $ac_stdint_h
+    fi
+],[# variables for create stdint.h replacement
+PACKAGE="$PACKAGE"
+VERSION="$VERSION"
+ac_stdint_h="$ac_stdint_h"
+_ac_stdint_h=AS_TR_CPP(_$PACKAGE-$ac_stdint_h)
+ac_cv_stdint_message="$ac_cv_stdint_message"
+ac_cv_header_stdint_t="$ac_cv_header_stdint_t"
+ac_cv_header_stdint_x="$ac_cv_header_stdint_x"
+ac_cv_header_stdint_o="$ac_cv_header_stdint_o"
+ac_cv_header_stdint_u="$ac_cv_header_stdint_u"
+ac_cv_type_uint64_t="$ac_cv_type_uint64_t"
+ac_cv_type_u_int64_t="$ac_cv_type_u_int64_t"
+ac_cv_stdint_char_model="$ac_cv_stdint_char_model"
+ac_cv_stdint_long_model="$ac_cv_stdint_long_model"
+ac_cv_type_int_least32_t="$ac_cv_type_int_least32_t"
+ac_cv_type_int_fast32_t="$ac_cv_type_int_fast32_t"
+ac_cv_type_intmax_t="$ac_cv_type_intmax_t"
+])
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/check.m4 b/common/m4/check.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19784ae01f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/check.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+dnl _AM_TRY_CHECK(MINIMUM-VERSION, EXTRA-CFLAGS, EXTRA-LIBS, CHECK-LIB-NAME
+dnl               [, ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]])
+dnl Test for check, and define CHECK_CFLAGS and CHECK_LIBS
+dnl Done this way because of the brokenness that is
+dnl https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/check/+bug/5840
+dnl
+
+AC_DEFUN([_AM_TRY_CHECK],
+[
+  min_check_version=$1
+  extra_cflags=$2
+  extra_libs=$3
+  check_lib_name=$4
+  
+  CHECK_CFLAGS="$extra_cflags"
+  CHECK_LIBS="$extra_libs -l$check_lib_name"
+
+  ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+  ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $CHECK_CFLAGS"
+  LIBS="$CHECK_LIBS $LIBS"
+
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(for check named $check_lib_name  - version >= $min_check_version)
+
+  rm -f conf.check-test
+  dnl unset no_check, since in our second run it would have been set to yes
+  dnl before
+  no_check=
+  AC_TRY_RUN([
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include 
+
+int main ()
+{
+  int major, minor, micro;
+  char *tmp_version;
+
+  system ("touch conf.check-test");
+
+  /* HP/UX 9 (%@#!) writes to sscanf strings */
+  tmp_version = strdup("$min_check_version");
+  if (sscanf(tmp_version, "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, µ) != 3) {
+     printf("%s, bad version string\n", "$min_check_version");
+     return 1;
+   }
+    
+  if ((CHECK_MAJOR_VERSION != check_major_version) ||
+      (CHECK_MINOR_VERSION != check_minor_version) ||
+      (CHECK_MICRO_VERSION != check_micro_version))
+    {
+      printf("\n*** The check header file (version %d.%d.%d) does not match\n",
+	     CHECK_MAJOR_VERSION, CHECK_MINOR_VERSION, CHECK_MICRO_VERSION);
+      printf("*** the check library (version %d.%d.%d).\n",
+	     check_major_version, check_minor_version, check_micro_version);
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  if ((check_major_version > major) ||
+      ((check_major_version == major) && (check_minor_version > minor)) ||
+      ((check_major_version == major) && (check_minor_version == minor) && (check_micro_version >= micro)))
+    {
+      return 0;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      printf("\n*** An old version of check (%d.%d.%d) was found.\n",
+             check_major_version, check_minor_version, check_micro_version);
+      printf("*** You need a version of check being at least %d.%d.%d.\n", major, minor, micro);
+      printf("***\n"); 
+      printf("*** If you have already installed a sufficiently new version, this error\n");
+      printf("*** probably means that the wrong copy of the check library and header\n");
+      printf("*** file is being found. Rerun configure with the --with-check=PATH option\n");
+      printf("*** to specify the prefix where the correct version was installed.\n");
+    }
+
+  return 1;
+}
+],, no_check=yes, [echo $ac_n "cross compiling; assumed OK... $ac_c"])
+
+  CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
+  LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
+
+  if test "x$no_check" = x ; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+    ifelse([$5], , :, [$5])
+  else
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+    if test -f conf.check-test ; then
+      :
+    else
+      echo "*** Could not run check test program, checking why..."
+      CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $CHECK_CFLAGS"
+      LIBS="$CHECK_LIBS $LIBS"
+      AC_TRY_LINK([
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include 
+], ,  [ echo "*** The test program compiled, but did not run. This usually means"
+        echo "*** that the run-time linker is not finding check. You'll need to set your"
+        echo "*** LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, or edit /etc/ld.so.conf to point"
+        echo "*** to the installed location  Also, make sure you have run ldconfig if that"
+        echo "*** is required on your system"
+	echo "***"
+        echo "*** If you have an old version installed, it is best to remove it, although"
+        echo "*** you may also be able to get things to work by modifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH"],
+      [ echo "*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for"
+        echo "*** the exact error that occured." ])
+    
+      CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
+      LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
+    fi
+
+    CHECK_CFLAGS=""
+    CHECK_LIBS=""
+
+    rm -f conf.check-test
+    ifelse([$6], , AC_MSG_ERROR([check not found]), [$6])
+  fi
+])
+
+
+dnl AM_PATH_CHECK([MINIMUM-VERSION, [ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]]])
+dnl Test for check, and define CHECK_CFLAGS and CHECK_LIBS
+dnl
+
+AC_DEFUN([AM_PATH_CHECK],
+[
+  AC_ARG_WITH(check,
+  [  --with-check=PATH       prefix where check is installed [default=auto]])
+ 
+  AC_ARG_WITH(checklibname,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-check-lib-name=NAME],
+      [name of the PIC check library (default=check)]))
+ 
+  min_check_version=ifelse([$1], ,0.8.2,$1)
+
+  if test x$with_check = xno; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(disabled)
+    ifelse([$3], , AC_MSG_ERROR([disabling check is not supported]), [$3])
+  else
+    if test "x$with_check" != x; then
+      CHECK_EXTRA_CFLAGS="-I$with_check/include"
+      CHECK_EXTRA_LIBS="-L$with_check/lib"
+    else
+      CHECK_EXTRA_CFLAGS=""
+      CHECK_EXTRA_LIBS=""
+    fi
+
+    if test x$with_checklibname = x; then
+      _AM_TRY_CHECK($min_check_version, $CHECK_EXTRA_CFLAGS, $CHECK_EXTRA_LIBS,
+        check_pic, [have_check=true], [have_check=false])
+      if test x$have_check = xtrue; then
+        ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
+      else
+        _AM_TRY_CHECK($min_check_version, $CHECK_EXTRA_CFLAGS, $CHECK_EXTRA_LIBS,
+          check, [have_check=true], [have_check=false])
+        if test x$have_check = xtrue; then
+          ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
+        else
+          ifelse([$3], , AC_MSG_ERROR([check not found]), [$3])
+        fi
+      fi
+    else
+      _AM_TRY_CHECK($min_check_version, $CHECK_EXTRA_CFLAGS, $CHECK_EXTRA_LIBS,
+        $with_checklibname, [have_check=true], [have_check=false])
+      if test x$have_check = xtrue; then
+        ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
+      else
+        ifelse([$3], , AC_MSG_ERROR([check not found]), [$3])
+      fi
+    fi
+
+    AC_SUBST(CHECK_CFLAGS)
+    AC_SUBST(CHECK_LIBS)
+    rm -f conf.check-test
+  fi
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/glib-gettext.m4 b/common/m4/glib-gettext.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a4ef2814e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/glib-gettext.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,380 @@
+# Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# This file is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU
+# General Public License.  As a special exception to the GNU General
+# Public License, this file may be distributed as part of a program
+# that contains a configuration script generated by Autoconf, under
+# the same distribution terms as the rest of that program.
+#
+# This file can be copied and used freely without restrictions.  It can
+# be used in projects which are not available under the GNU Public License
+# but which still want to provide support for the GNU gettext functionality.
+#
+# Macro to add for using GNU gettext.
+# Ulrich Drepper , 1995, 1996
+#
+# Modified to never use included libintl. 
+# Owen Taylor , 12/15/1998
+#
+# Major rework to remove unused code
+# Owen Taylor , 12/11/2002
+#
+# Added better handling of ALL_LINGUAS from GNU gettext version 
+# written by Bruno Haible, Owen Taylor  5/30/3002
+
+#
+# We need this here as well, since someone might use autoconf-2.5x
+# to configure GLib then an older version to configure a package
+# using AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
+AC_PREREQ(2.53)
+
+dnl
+dnl We go to great lengths to make sure that aclocal won't 
+dnl try to pull in the installed version of these macros
+dnl when running aclocal in the glib directory.
+dnl
+m4_copy([AC_DEFUN],[glib_DEFUN])
+m4_copy([AC_REQUIRE],[glib_REQUIRE])
+dnl
+dnl At the end, if we're not within glib, we'll define the public
+dnl definitions in terms of our private definitions.
+dnl
+
+# GLIB_LC_MESSAGES
+#--------------------
+glib_DEFUN([GLIB_LC_MESSAGES],
+  [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([locale.h])
+    if test $ac_cv_header_locale_h = yes; then
+    AC_CACHE_CHECK([for LC_MESSAGES], am_cv_val_LC_MESSAGES,
+      [AC_TRY_LINK([#include ], [return LC_MESSAGES],
+       am_cv_val_LC_MESSAGES=yes, am_cv_val_LC_MESSAGES=no)])
+    if test $am_cv_val_LC_MESSAGES = yes; then
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LC_MESSAGES, 1,
+        [Define if your  file defines LC_MESSAGES.])
+    fi
+  fi])
+
+# GLIB_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST
+#----------------------------
+dnl GLIB_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST(VARIABLE, PROG-TO-CHECK-FOR,
+dnl   TEST-PERFORMED-ON-FOUND_PROGRAM [, VALUE-IF-NOT-FOUND [, PATH]])
+glib_DEFUN([GLIB_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST],
+[# Extract the first word of "$2", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy $2; ac_word=[$]2
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for $ac_word])
+AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_path_$1,
+[case "[$]$1" in
+  /*)
+  ac_cv_path_$1="[$]$1" # Let the user override the test with a path.
+  ;;
+  *)
+  IFS="${IFS= 	}"; ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS="${IFS}:"
+  for ac_dir in ifelse([$5], , $PATH, [$5]); do
+    test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
+    if test -f $ac_dir/$ac_word; then
+      if [$3]; then
+	ac_cv_path_$1="$ac_dir/$ac_word"
+	break
+      fi
+    fi
+  done
+  IFS="$ac_save_ifs"
+dnl If no 4th arg is given, leave the cache variable unset,
+dnl so AC_PATH_PROGS will keep looking.
+ifelse([$4], , , [  test -z "[$]ac_cv_path_$1" && ac_cv_path_$1="$4"
+])dnl
+  ;;
+esac])dnl
+$1="$ac_cv_path_$1"
+if test ifelse([$4], , [-n "[$]$1"], ["[$]$1" != "$4"]); then
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$]$1)
+else
+  AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+fi
+AC_SUBST($1)dnl
+])
+
+# GLIB_WITH_NLS
+#-----------------
+glib_DEFUN([GLIB_WITH_NLS],
+  dnl NLS is obligatory
+  [USE_NLS=yes
+    AC_SUBST(USE_NLS)
+
+    gt_cv_have_gettext=no
+
+    CATOBJEXT=NONE
+    XGETTEXT=:
+    INTLLIBS=
+
+    AC_CHECK_HEADER(libintl.h,
+     [gt_cv_func_dgettext_libintl="no"
+      libintl_extra_libs=""
+
+      #
+      # First check in libc
+      #
+      AC_CACHE_CHECK([for dgettext in libc], gt_cv_func_dgettext_libc,
+        [AC_TRY_LINK([
+#include 
+],
+          [return (int) dgettext ("","")],
+	  gt_cv_func_dgettext_libc=yes,
+          gt_cv_func_dgettext_libc=no)
+        ])
+  
+      if test "$gt_cv_func_dgettext_libc" = "yes" ; then
+        AC_CHECK_FUNCS(bind_textdomain_codeset)
+      fi
+
+      #
+      # If we don't have everything we want, check in libintl
+      #
+      if test "$gt_cv_func_dgettext_libc" != "yes" \
+         || test "$ac_cv_func_bind_textdomain_codeset" != "yes" ; then
+        
+        AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, bindtextdomain,
+	    [AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, dgettext,
+		          gt_cv_func_dgettext_libintl=yes)])
+
+	if test "$gt_cv_func_dgettext_libintl" != "yes" ; then
+	  AC_MSG_CHECKING([if -liconv is needed to use gettext])
+	  AC_MSG_RESULT([])
+          AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, dcgettext,
+		       [gt_cv_func_dgettext_libintl=yes
+			libintl_extra_libs=-liconv],
+			:,-liconv)
+        fi
+
+        #
+        # If we found libintl, then check in it for bind_textdomain_codeset();
+        # we'll prefer libc if neither have bind_textdomain_codeset(),
+        # and both have dgettext
+        #
+        if test "$gt_cv_func_dgettext_libintl" = "yes" ; then
+          glib_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+          LIBS="$LIBS -lintl $libintl_extra_libs"
+          unset ac_cv_func_bind_textdomain_codeset
+          AC_CHECK_FUNCS(bind_textdomain_codeset)
+          LIBS="$glib_save_LIBS"
+
+          if test "$ac_cv_func_bind_textdomain_codeset" = "yes" ; then
+            gt_cv_func_dgettext_libc=no
+          else
+            if test "$gt_cv_func_dgettext_libc" = "yes"; then
+              gt_cv_func_dgettext_libintl=no
+            fi
+          fi
+        fi
+      fi
+
+      if test "$gt_cv_func_dgettext_libc" = "yes" \
+	|| test "$gt_cv_func_dgettext_libintl" = "yes"; then
+        gt_cv_have_gettext=yes
+      fi
+  
+      if test "$gt_cv_func_dgettext_libintl" = "yes"; then
+        INTLLIBS="-lintl $libintl_extra_libs"
+      fi
+  
+      if test "$gt_cv_have_gettext" = "yes"; then
+	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GETTEXT,1,
+	  [Define if the GNU gettext() function is already present or preinstalled.])
+	GLIB_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST(MSGFMT, msgfmt,
+	  [test -z "`$ac_dir/$ac_word -h 2>&1 | grep 'dv '`"], no)dnl
+	if test "$MSGFMT" != "no"; then
+          glib_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+          LIBS="$LIBS $INTLLIBS"
+	  AC_CHECK_FUNCS(dcgettext)
+	  AC_PATH_PROG(GMSGFMT, gmsgfmt, $MSGFMT)
+	  GLIB_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST(XGETTEXT, xgettext,
+	    [test -z "`$ac_dir/$ac_word -h 2>&1 | grep '(HELP)'`"], :)
+	  AC_TRY_LINK(, [extern int _nl_msg_cat_cntr;
+			 return _nl_msg_cat_cntr],
+	    [CATOBJEXT=.gmo 
+             DATADIRNAME=share],
+	    [case $host in
+	    *-*-solaris*)
+	    dnl On Solaris, if bind_textdomain_codeset is in libc,
+	    dnl GNU format message catalog is always supported,
+            dnl since both are added to the libc all together.
+	    dnl Hence, we'd like to go with DATADIRNAME=share and
+	    dnl and CATOBJEXT=.gmo in this case.
+            AC_CHECK_FUNC(bind_textdomain_codeset,
+	      [CATOBJEXT=.gmo 
+               DATADIRNAME=share],
+	      [CATOBJEXT=.mo
+               DATADIRNAME=lib])
+	    ;;
+	    *)
+	    CATOBJEXT=.mo
+            DATADIRNAME=lib
+	    ;;
+	    esac])
+          LIBS="$glib_save_LIBS"
+	  INSTOBJEXT=.mo
+	else
+	  gt_cv_have_gettext=no
+	fi
+      fi
+    ])
+
+    if test "$gt_cv_have_gettext" = "yes" ; then
+      AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_NLS, 1,
+        [always defined to indicate that i18n is enabled])
+    fi
+
+    dnl Test whether we really found GNU xgettext.
+    if test "$XGETTEXT" != ":"; then
+      dnl If it is not GNU xgettext we define it as : so that the
+      dnl Makefiles still can work.
+      if $XGETTEXT --omit-header /dev/null 2> /dev/null; then
+        : ;
+      else
+        AC_MSG_RESULT(
+	  [found xgettext program is not GNU xgettext; ignore it])
+        XGETTEXT=":"
+      fi
+    fi
+
+    # We need to process the po/ directory.
+    POSUB=po
+
+    AC_OUTPUT_COMMANDS(
+      [case "$CONFIG_FILES" in *po/Makefile.in*)
+        sed -e "/POTFILES =/r po/POTFILES" po/Makefile.in > po/Makefile
+      esac])
+
+    dnl These rules are solely for the distribution goal.  While doing this
+    dnl we only have to keep exactly one list of the available catalogs
+    dnl in configure.in.
+    for lang in $ALL_LINGUAS; do
+      GMOFILES="$GMOFILES $lang.gmo"
+      POFILES="$POFILES $lang.po"
+    done
+
+    dnl Make all variables we use known to autoconf.
+    AC_SUBST(CATALOGS)
+    AC_SUBST(CATOBJEXT)
+    AC_SUBST(DATADIRNAME)
+    AC_SUBST(GMOFILES)
+    AC_SUBST(INSTOBJEXT)
+    AC_SUBST(INTLLIBS)
+    AC_SUBST(PO_IN_DATADIR_TRUE)
+    AC_SUBST(PO_IN_DATADIR_FALSE)
+    AC_SUBST(POFILES)
+    AC_SUBST(POSUB)
+  ])
+
+# AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
+# -------------------
+# Do checks necessary for use of gettext. If a suitable implementation 
+# of gettext is found in either in libintl or in the C library,
+# it will set INTLLIBS to the libraries needed for use of gettext
+# and AC_DEFINE() HAVE_GETTEXT and ENABLE_NLS. (The shell variable
+# gt_cv_have_gettext will be set to "yes".) It will also call AC_SUBST()
+# on various variables needed by the Makefile.in.in installed by 
+# glib-gettextize.
+dnl
+glib_DEFUN([GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT],
+  [AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])dnl
+   AC_REQUIRE([AC_HEADER_STDC])dnl
+   
+   GLIB_LC_MESSAGES
+   GLIB_WITH_NLS
+
+   if test "$gt_cv_have_gettext" = "yes"; then
+     if test "x$ALL_LINGUAS" = "x"; then
+       LINGUAS=
+     else
+       AC_MSG_CHECKING(for catalogs to be installed)
+       NEW_LINGUAS=
+       for presentlang in $ALL_LINGUAS; do
+         useit=no
+         if test "%UNSET%" != "${LINGUAS-%UNSET%}"; then
+           desiredlanguages="$LINGUAS"
+         else
+           desiredlanguages="$ALL_LINGUAS"
+         fi
+         for desiredlang in $desiredlanguages; do
+ 	   # Use the presentlang catalog if desiredlang is
+           #   a. equal to presentlang, or
+           #   b. a variant of presentlang (because in this case,
+           #      presentlang can be used as a fallback for messages
+           #      which are not translated in the desiredlang catalog).
+           case "$desiredlang" in
+             "$presentlang"*) useit=yes;;
+           esac
+         done
+         if test $useit = yes; then
+           NEW_LINGUAS="$NEW_LINGUAS $presentlang"
+         fi
+       done
+       LINGUAS=$NEW_LINGUAS
+       AC_MSG_RESULT($LINGUAS)
+     fi
+
+     dnl Construct list of names of catalog files to be constructed.
+     if test -n "$LINGUAS"; then
+       for lang in $LINGUAS; do CATALOGS="$CATALOGS $lang$CATOBJEXT"; done
+     fi
+   fi
+
+   dnl If the AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR macro for autoconf is used we possibly
+   dnl find the mkinstalldirs script in another subdir but ($top_srcdir).
+   dnl Try to locate is.
+   MKINSTALLDIRS=
+   if test -n "$ac_aux_dir"; then
+     MKINSTALLDIRS="$ac_aux_dir/mkinstalldirs"
+   fi
+   if test -z "$MKINSTALLDIRS"; then
+     MKINSTALLDIRS="\$(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs"
+   fi
+   AC_SUBST(MKINSTALLDIRS)
+
+   dnl Generate list of files to be processed by xgettext which will
+   dnl be included in po/Makefile.
+   test -d po || mkdir po
+   if test "x$srcdir" != "x."; then
+     if test "x`echo $srcdir | sed 's@/.*@@'`" = "x"; then
+       posrcprefix="$srcdir/"
+     else
+       posrcprefix="../$srcdir/"
+     fi
+   else
+     posrcprefix="../"
+   fi
+   rm -f po/POTFILES
+   sed -e "/^#/d" -e "/^\$/d" -e "s,.*,	$posrcprefix& \\\\," -e "\$s/\(.*\) \\\\/\1/" \
+	< $srcdir/po/POTFILES.in > po/POTFILES
+  ])
+
+# AM_GLIB_DEFINE_LOCALEDIR(VARIABLE)
+# -------------------------------
+# Define VARIABLE to the location where catalog files will
+# be installed by po/Makefile.
+glib_DEFUN([GLIB_DEFINE_LOCALEDIR],
+[glib_REQUIRE([GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT])dnl
+glib_save_prefix="$prefix"
+glib_save_exec_prefix="$exec_prefix"
+test "x$prefix" = xNONE && prefix=$ac_default_prefix
+test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE && exec_prefix=$prefix
+if test "x$CATOBJEXT" = "x.mo" ; then
+  localedir=`eval echo "${libdir}/locale"`
+else
+  localedir=`eval echo "${datadir}/locale"`
+fi
+prefix="$glib_save_prefix"
+exec_prefix="$glib_save_exec_prefix"
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED($1, "$localedir",
+  [Define the location where the catalogs will be installed])
+])
+
+dnl
+dnl Now the definitions that aclocal will find
+dnl
+ifdef(glib_configure_in,[],[
+AC_DEFUN([AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT],[GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT($@)])
+AC_DEFUN([AM_GLIB_DEFINE_LOCALEDIR],[GLIB_DEFINE_LOCALEDIR($@)])
+])dnl
diff --git a/common/m4/gst-arch.m4 b/common/m4/gst-arch.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a32bd23b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/gst-arch.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+dnl AG_GST_ARCH
+dnl sets up defines and automake conditionals for host architecture
+dnl checks endianness
+dnl defines HOST_CPU
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARCH],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl we use host_ variables
+
+  dnl Determine CPU
+  case "x${host_cpu}" in
+    xi?86 | xk? | xi?86_64)
+      HAVE_CPU_I386=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_I386, 1, [Define if the host CPU is an x86])
+  
+      dnl FIXME could use some better detection
+      dnl (ie CPUID)
+      case "x${host_cpu}" in
+        xi386 | xi486) ;;
+        *)
+          AC_DEFINE(HAVE_RDTSC, 1, [Define if RDTSC is available]) ;;
+      esac ;;
+    xpowerpc)
+      HAVE_CPU_PPC=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_PPC, 1, [Define if the host CPU is a PowerPC]) ;;
+    xpowerpc64)
+      HAVE_CPU_PPC64=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_PPC64, 1, [Define if the host CPU is a 64 bit PowerPC]) ;;
+    xalpha*)
+      HAVE_CPU_ALPHA=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_ALPHA, 1, [Define if the host CPU is an Alpha]) ;;
+    xarm*)
+      HAVE_CPU_ARM=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_ARM, 1, [Define if the host CPU is an ARM]) ;;
+    xsparc*)
+      HAVE_CPU_SPARC=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_SPARC, 1, [Define if the host CPU is a SPARC]) ;;
+    xmips*)
+      HAVE_CPU_MIPS=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_MIPS, 1, [Define if the host CPU is a MIPS]) ;;
+    xhppa*)
+      HAVE_CPU_HPPA=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_HPPA, 1, [Define if the host CPU is a HPPA]) ;;
+    xs390*)
+      HAVE_CPU_S390=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_S390, 1, [Define if the host CPU is a S390]) ;;
+    xia64*)
+      HAVE_CPU_IA64=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_IA64, 1, [Define if the host CPU is a IA64]) ;;
+    xm68k*)
+      HAVE_CPU_M68K=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_M68K, 1, [Define if the host CPU is a M68K]) ;;
+    xx86_64)
+      HAVE_CPU_X86_64=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_X86_64, 1, [Define if the host CPU is a x86_64]) ;;
+    xcris)
+      HAVE_CPU_CRIS=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_CRIS, 1, [Define if the host CPU is a CRIS]) ;;
+    xcrisv32)
+      HAVE_CPU_CRISV32=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_CRISV32, 1, [Define if the host CPU is a CRISv32]) ;;
+  esac
+  
+  dnl Determine endianness
+  AC_C_BIGENDIAN
+  
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_I386,       test "x$HAVE_CPU_I386" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_PPC,        test "x$HAVE_CPU_PPC" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_PPC64,      test "x$HAVE_CPU_PPC64" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_ALPHA,      test "x$HAVE_CPU_ALPHA" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_ARM,        test "x$HAVE_CPU_ARM" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_SPARC,      test "x$HAVE_CPU_SPARC" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_HPPA,       test "x$HAVE_CPU_HPPA" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_MIPS,       test "x$HAVE_CPU_MIPS" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_S390,       test "x$HAVE_CPU_S390" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_IA64,       test "x$HAVE_CPU_IA64" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_M68K,       test "x$HAVE_CPU_M68K" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_X86_64,     test "x$HAVE_CPU_X86_64" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_CRIS,       test "x$HAVE_CPU_CRIS" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_CRISV32,    test "x$HAVE_CPU_CRISV32" = "xyes")
+
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HOST_CPU, "$host_cpu", [the host CPU])
+])
+
+dnl check if unaligned memory access works correctly
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_UNALIGNED_ACCESS], [
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([if unaligned memory access works correctly])
+  if test x"$as_cv_unaligned_access" = x ; then
+    case $host in
+      alpha*|arm*|hp*|mips*|sh*|sparc*|ia64*)
+        _AS_ECHO_N([(blacklisted) ])
+        as_cv_unaligned_access=no
+	;;
+      i?86*|powerpc*|m68k*|cris*)
+        _AS_ECHO_N([(whitelisted) ])
+        as_cv_unaligned_access=yes
+	;;
+    esac
+  else
+    _AS_ECHO_N([(cached) ])
+  fi
+  if test x"$as_cv_unaligned_access" = x ; then
+    AC_TRY_RUN([
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  char array[] = "ABCDEFGH";
+  unsigned int iarray[2];
+  memcpy(iarray,array,8);
+#define GET(x) (*(unsigned int *)((char *)iarray + (x)))
+  if(GET(0) != 0x41424344 && GET(0) != 0x44434241) return 1;
+  if(GET(1) != 0x42434445 && GET(1) != 0x45444342) return 1;
+  if(GET(2) != 0x43444546 && GET(2) != 0x46454443) return 1;
+  if(GET(3) != 0x44454647 && GET(3) != 0x47464544) return 1;
+  return 0;
+}
+    ], as_cv_unaligned_access="yes", as_cv_unaligned_access="no")
+  fi
+  AC_MSG_RESULT($as_cv_unaligned_access)
+  if test "$as_cv_unaligned_access" = "yes"; then
+    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS, 1,
+      [defined if unaligned memory access works correctly])
+  fi
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/gst-args.m4 b/common/m4/gst-args.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a326f96f2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/gst-args.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+dnl configure-time options shared among gstreamer modules
+
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_DEBUG
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_PROFILING
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_VALGRIND
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_GCOV
+
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_EXAMPLES
+
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PACKAGE_NAME
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PACKAGE_ORIGIN
+
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PLUGINS
+
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_ENABLE_EXTERNAL
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_ENABLE_BROKEN
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_DEBUG],
+[
+  dnl debugging stuff
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-debug],[disable addition of -g debugging info]),
+    [
+      case "${enableval}" in
+        yes) USE_DEBUG=yes ;;
+        no)  USE_DEBUG=no ;;
+        *)   AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-debug) ;;
+      esac
+    ],
+    [USE_DEBUG=yes]) dnl Default value
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_PROFILING],
+[
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(profiling,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-profiling],
+      [adds -pg to compiler commandline, for profiling]),
+    [
+      case "${enableval}" in
+        yes) USE_PROFILING=yes ;;
+        no)  USE_PROFILING=no ;;
+        *)   AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-profiling) ;;
+      esac
+    ], 
+    [USE_PROFILING=no]) dnl Default value
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_VALGRIND],
+[
+  dnl valgrind inclusion
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(valgrind,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-valgrind],[disable run-time valgrind detection]),
+    [
+      case "${enableval}" in
+        yes) USE_VALGRIND="$USE_DEBUG" ;;
+        no)  USE_VALGRIND=no ;;
+        *)   AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-valgrind) ;;
+      esac
+    ],
+    [USE_VALGRIND="$USE_DEBUG"]) dnl Default value
+  VALGRIND_REQ="2.1"
+  if test "x$USE_VALGRIND" = xyes; then
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(VALGRIND, valgrind > $VALGRIND_REQ,
+      USE_VALGRIND="yes",
+      [
+        USE_VALGRIND="no"
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+      ])
+  fi
+  if test "x$USE_VALGRIND" = xyes; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_VALGRIND, 1, [Define if valgrind should be used])
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using extra code paths for valgrind)
+  fi
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_GCOV],
+[
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(gcov,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-gcov],
+      [compile with coverage profiling instrumentation (gcc only)]),
+    enable_gcov=$enableval,
+    enable_gcov=no)
+  if test x$enable_gcov = xyes ; then
+    if test "x$GCC" != "xyes"
+    then
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([gcov only works if gcc is used])
+    fi
+
+    AS_COMPILER_FLAG(["-fprofile-arcs"],
+      [GCOV_CFLAGS="$GCOV_CFLAGS -fprofile-arcs"],
+      true)
+    AS_COMPILER_FLAG(["-ftest-coverage"],
+      [GCOV_CFLAGS="$GCOV_CFLAGS -ftest-coverage"],
+      true)
+    dnl remove any -O flags - FIXME: is this needed ?
+    GCOV_CFLAGS=`echo "$GCOV_CFLAGS" | sed -e 's/-O[[0-9]]*//g'`
+    dnl libtool 1.5.22 and lower strip -fprofile-arcs from the flags
+    dnl passed to the linker, which is a bug; -fprofile-arcs implicitly
+    dnl links in -lgcov, so we do it explicitly here for the same effect
+    GCOV_LIBS=-lgcov
+    AC_SUBST(GCOV_CFLAGS)
+    AC_SUBST(GCOV_LIBS)
+    GCOV=`echo $CC | sed s/gcc/gcov/g`
+    AC_SUBST(GCOV)
+
+    GST_GCOV_ENABLED=yes
+    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_GCOV_ENABLED, 1,
+      [Defined if gcov is enabled to force a rebuild due to config.h changing])
+    dnl if gcov is used, we do not want default -O2 CFLAGS
+    if test "x$GST_GCOV_ENABLED" = "xyes"
+    then
+      CFLAGS="-O0"
+      AC_SUBST(CFLAGS)
+      CXXFLAGS="-O0"
+      AC_SUBST(CXXFLAGS)
+      FFLAGS="-O0"
+      AC_SUBST(FFLAGS)
+      CCASFLAGS="-O0"
+      AC_SUBST(CCASFLAGS)
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([gcov enabled, setting CFLAGS and friends to $CFLAGS])
+    fi
+  fi
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(GST_GCOV_ENABLED, test x$enable_gcov = xyes)
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_EXAMPLES],
+[
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(examples,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-examples], [disable building examples]),
+      [
+        case "${enableval}" in
+          yes) BUILD_EXAMPLES=yes ;;
+          no)  BUILD_EXAMPLES=no ;;
+          *)   AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --disable-examples) ;;
+        esac
+      ],
+      [BUILD_EXAMPLES=yes]) dnl Default value
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_EXAMPLES,      test "x$BUILD_EXAMPLES" = "xyes")
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PKG_CONFIG_PATH],
+[
+  dnl possibly modify pkg-config path
+  AC_ARG_WITH(pkg-config-path, 
+     AC_HELP_STRING([--with-pkg-config-path],
+                    [colon-separated list of pkg-config(1) dirs]),
+     [
+       export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${withval}
+       AC_MSG_NOTICE(Set PKG_CONFIG_PATH to $PKG_CONFIG_PATH)
+     ])
+])
+
+
+dnl This macro requires that GST_CVS is set to yes or no (release)
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PACKAGE_NAME],
+[
+  dnl package name in plugins
+  AC_ARG_WITH(package-name,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-package-name],
+      [specify package name to use in plugins]),
+    [
+      case "${withval}" in
+        yes) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-package-name) ;;
+        no)  AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-package-name) ;;
+        *)   GST_PACKAGE_NAME="${withval}" ;;
+      esac
+    ], 
+    [
+      P=$1
+      if test "x$P" = "x"
+      then
+        P=$PACKAGE_NAME
+      fi
+      
+      dnl default value
+      if test "x$GST_CVS" = "xyes"
+      then
+        dnl nano >= 1
+        GST_PACKAGE_NAME="$P CVS/prerelease"
+      else
+        GST_PACKAGE_NAME="$P source release"
+      fi
+    ]
+  )
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using $GST_PACKAGE_NAME as package name)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_PACKAGE_NAME, "$GST_PACKAGE_NAME",
+      [package name in plugins])
+  AC_SUBST(GST_PACKAGE_NAME)
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PACKAGE_ORIGIN],
+[
+  dnl package origin URL
+  AC_ARG_WITH(package-origin,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-package-origin],
+      [specify package origin URL to use in plugins]),
+    [
+      case "${withval}" in
+        yes) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-package-origin) ;;
+        no)  AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-package-origin) ;;
+        *)   GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN="${withval}" ;;
+      esac
+    ], 
+    [GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN="[Unknown package origin]"] dnl Default value
+  )
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using $GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN as package origin)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN, "$GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN",
+      [package origin])
+  AC_SUBST(GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN)
+])
+
+dnl sets GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED to the list given as an argument, or to
+dnl GST_PLUGINS_ALL
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PLUGINS],
+[
+  AC_ARG_WITH(plugins,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-plugins],
+      [comma-separated list of dependencyless plug-ins to compile]),
+    [
+      for i in `echo $withval | tr , ' '`; do
+        if echo $GST_PLUGINS_ALL | grep $i > /dev/null
+        then
+            GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED="$GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED $i"
+        else
+            echo "plug-in $i not recognized, ignoring..."
+        fi
+    done],
+    [GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED=$GST_PLUGINS_ALL])
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_ENABLE_EXTERNAL],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE(EXTERNAL, [enable building of plug-ins with external deps],,
+    HAVE_EXTERNAL=yes, enabled,
+    [
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE(building external plug-ins)
+      BUILD_EXTERNAL="yes"
+    ],[
+      AC_MSG_WARN(all plug-ins with external dependencies will not be built)
+      BUILD_EXTERNAL="no"
+    ])
+  # make BUILD_EXTERNAL available to Makefile.am
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_EXTERNAL, test "x$BUILD_EXTERNAL" = "xyes")
+])
+
+dnl experimental plug-ins; stuff that hasn't had the dust settle yet
+dnl read 'builds, but might not work'
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE(EXPERIMENTAL,
+    [building of experimental plug-ins],,
+    HAVE_EXPERIMENTAL=yes, disabled,
+    [
+      AC_MSG_WARN(building experimental plug-ins)
+      BUILD_EXPERIMENTAL="yes"
+    ],[
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE(not building experimental plug-ins)
+      BUILD_EXPERIMENTAL="no"
+    ])
+  # make BUILD_EXPERIMENTAL available to Makefile.am
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_EXPERIMENTAL, test "x$BUILD_EXPERIMENTAL" = "xyes")
+])
+
+dnl broken plug-ins; stuff that doesn't seem to build at the moment
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_ENABLE_BROKEN],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE(BROKEN, [enable building of broken plug-ins],,
+    HAVE_BROKEN=yes, disabled,
+    [
+      AC_MSG_WARN([building broken plug-ins -- no bug reports on these, only patches ...])
+    ],[
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([not building broken plug-ins])
+    ])
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/gst-check.m4 b/common/m4/gst-check.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f6b8ffd46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/gst-check.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+dnl pkg-config-based checks for GStreamer modules and dependency modules
+
+dnl generic:
+dnl AG_GST_PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PREFIX], [WHICH], [REQUIRED])
+dnl sets HAVE_[$PREFIX], [$PREFIX]_*
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES([PREFIX], [MODULE], [MINVER], [NAME], [REQUIRED])
+dnl sets HAVE_[$PREFIX], [$PREFIX]_*
+
+dnl specific:
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST([MAJMIN], [MINVER], [REQUIRED])
+dnl   also sets/ACSUBSTs GST_TOOLS_DIR and GST_PLUGINS_DIR
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST_BASE([MAJMIN], [MINVER], [REQUIRED])
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST_GDP([MAJMIN], [MINVER], [REQUIRED])
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST_CONTROLLER([MAJMIN], [MINVER], [REQUIRED])
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST_CHECK([MAJMIN], [MINVER], [REQUIRED])
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_BASE([MAJMIN], [MINVER], [REQUIRED])
+dnl   also sets/ACSUBSTs GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_PKG_CHECK_MODULES],
+[
+  which="[$2]"
+  dnl not required by default, since we use this mostly for plugin deps
+  required=ifelse([$3], , "no", [$3])
+
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([$1], $which,
+    [
+      HAVE_[$1]="yes"
+    ],
+    [
+      HAVE_[$1]="no"
+      AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+      if test "x$required" = "xyes"; then
+        AC_MSG_ERROR($[$1]_PKG_ERRORS)
+      else
+        AC_MSG_NOTICE($[$1]_PKG_ERRORS)
+      fi
+    ])
+
+  dnl AC_SUBST of CFLAGS and LIBS was not done before automake 1.7
+  dnl It gets done automatically in automake >= 1.7, which we now require
+]))
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES],
+[
+  module=[$2]
+  minver=[$3]
+  name="[$4]"
+  required=ifelse([$5], , "yes", [$5]) dnl required by default
+
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([$1], $module >= $minver,
+    [
+      HAVE_[$1]="yes"
+    ],
+    [
+      HAVE_[$1]="no"
+      AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE($[$1]_PKG_ERRORS)
+      if test "x$required" = "xyes"; then
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([no $module >= $minver ($name) found])
+      else
+        AC_MSG_NOTICE([no $module >= $minver ($name) found])
+      fi
+    ])
+
+  dnl AC_SUBST of CFLAGS and LIBS was not done before automake 1.7
+  dnl It gets done automatically in automake >= 1.7, which we now require
+]))
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_GST],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES(GST, gstreamer-[$1], [$2], [GStreamer], [$3])
+  dnl allow setting before calling this macro to override
+  if test -z $GST_TOOLS_DIR; then
+    GST_TOOLS_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=toolsdir gstreamer-[$1]`
+    if test -z $GST_TOOLS_DIR; then
+      AC_MSG_ERROR(
+        [no tools dir set in GStreamer pkg-config file, core upgrade needed.])
+    fi
+  fi
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([using GStreamer tools in $GST_TOOLS_DIR])
+  AC_SUBST(GST_TOOLS_DIR)
+
+  dnl check for where core plug-ins got installed
+  dnl this is used for unit tests
+  dnl allow setting before calling this macro to override
+  if test -z $GST_PLUGINS_DIR; then
+    GST_PLUGINS_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=pluginsdir gstreamer-[$1]`
+    if test -z $GST_PLUGINS_DIR; then
+      AC_MSG_ERROR(
+        [no pluginsdir set in GStreamer pkg-config file, core upgrade needed.])
+    fi
+  fi
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([using GStreamer plug-ins in $GST_PLUGINS_DIR])
+  AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGINS_DIR)
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_GST_BASE],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES(GST_BASE, gstreamer-base-[$1], [$2],
+    [GStreamer Base Libraries], [$3])
+])
+  
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_GST_GDP],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES(GST_GDP, gstreamer-dataprotocol-[$1], [$2],
+    [GStreamer Data Protocol Library], [$3])
+])
+  
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_GST_CONTROLLER],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES(GST_CONTROLLER, gstreamer-controller-[$1], [$2],
+    [GStreamer Controller Library], [$3])
+])  
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_GST_CHECK],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES(GST_CHECK, gstreamer-check-[$1], [$2],
+    [GStreamer Check unittest Library], [$3])
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_BASE],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES(GST_PLUGINS_BASE, gstreamer-plugins-base-[$1], [$2],
+    [GStreamer Base Plug-ins Library], [$3])
+
+  dnl check for where base plug-ins got installed
+  dnl this is used for unit tests
+  dnl allow setting before calling this macro to override
+  if test -z $GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR; then
+    GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=pluginsdir gstreamer-plugins-base-[$1]`
+    if test -z $GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR; then
+      AC_MSG_ERROR(
+        [no pluginsdir set in GStreamer Base Plug-ins pkg-config file])
+    fi
+  fi
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([using GStreamer Base Plug-ins in $GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR])
+  AC_SUBST(GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR)
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/gst-debuginfo.m4 b/common/m4/gst-debuginfo.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b48854d97a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/gst-debuginfo.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_DEBUGINFO], [
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug,
+AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-debug],[disable addition of -g debugging info]),
+[case "${enableval}" in
+  yes) USE_DEBUG=yes ;;
+  no)  USE_DEBUG=no ;;
+  *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-debug) ;;
+esac],
+[USE_DEBUG=yes]) dnl Default value
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(DEBUG,
+AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-DEBUG],[disables compilation of debugging messages]),
+[case "${enableval}" in
+  yes) ENABLE_DEBUG=yes ;;
+  no)  ENABLE_DEBUG=no ;;
+  *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-DEBUG) ;;
+esac],
+[ENABLE_DEBUG=yes]) dnl Default value
+if test x$ENABLE_DEBUG = xyes; then
+  AC_DEFINE(GST_DEBUG_ENABLED, 1, [Define if DEBUG statements should be compiled in])
+fi
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(INFO,
+AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-INFO],[disables compilation of informational messages]),
+[case "${enableval}" in
+  yes) ENABLE_INFO=yes ;;
+  no)  ENABLE_INFO=no ;;
+  *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-INFO) ;;
+esac],
+[ENABLE_INFO=yes]) dnl Default value
+if test x$ENABLE_INFO = xyes; then
+  AC_DEFINE(GST_INFO_ENABLED, 1, [Define if INFO statements should be compiled in])
+fi
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug-color,
+AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-debug-color],[disables color output of DEBUG and INFO output]),
+[case "${enableval}" in
+  yes) ENABLE_DEBUG_COLOR=yes ;;
+  no)  ENABLE_DEBUG_COLOR=no ;;
+  *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-debug-color) ;;
+esac],
+[ENABLE_DEBUG_COLOR=yes]) dnl Default value
+if test "x$ENABLE_DEBUG_COLOR" = xyes; then
+  AC_DEFINE(GST_DEBUG_COLOR, 1, [Define if debugging messages should be colorized])
+fi
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/gst-default.m4 b/common/m4/gst-default.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da1a81c938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/gst-default.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+dnl default elements used for tests and such
+
+dnl AG_GST_DEFAULT_ELEMENTS
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_DEFAULT_ELEMENTS],
+[
+  dnl decide on default elements
+  dnl FIXME: provide configure-time options for this
+  dnl FIXME: describe where exactly this gets used
+  dnl FIXME: decide if it's a problem that this could point to sinks from
+  dnl        depending plugin modules
+  DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK="autoaudiosink"
+  DEFAULT_VIDEOSINK="autovideosink"
+  DEFAULT_AUDIOSRC="alsasrc"
+  DEFAULT_VIDEOSRC="v4lsrc"
+  DEFAULT_VISUALIZER="goom"
+  case "$host" in
+    *-sun-* | *pc-solaris* )
+      DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK="sunaudiosink"
+      DEFAULT_VIDEOSINK="ximagesink"
+      DEFAULT_AUDIOSRC="sunaudiosrc"
+      ;;
+    *-darwin* )
+      DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK="osxaudiosink"
+      DEFAULT_AUDIOSRC="osxaudiosrc"
+      DEFAULT_VIDEOSINK="osxvideosink"
+      ;;
+  esac
+  
+  AC_SUBST(DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK, "$DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK",
+    [Default audio sink])
+  AC_SUBST(DEFAULT_AUDIOSRC)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DEFAULT_AUDIOSRC, "$DEFAULT_AUDIOSRC",
+    [Default audio source])
+  AC_SUBST(DEFAULT_VIDEOSINK)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DEFAULT_VIDEOSINK, "$DEFAULT_VIDEOSINK",
+    [Default video sink])
+  AC_SUBST(DEFAULT_VIDEOSRC)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DEFAULT_VIDEOSRC, "$DEFAULT_VIDEOSRC",
+    [Default video source])
+  AC_SUBST(DEFAULT_VISUALIZER)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DEFAULT_VISUALIZER, "$DEFAULT_VISUALIZER",
+    [Default visualizer])
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/gst-doc.m4 b/common/m4/gst-doc.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7000c17ad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/gst-doc.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_DOCBOOK_CHECK],
+[
+  dnl choose a location to install docbook docs in
+  if test "x$PACKAGE_TARNAME" = "x"
+  then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Internal error - PACKAGE_TARNAME not set])
+  fi
+  docdir="\$(datadir)/doc/$PACKAGE_TARNAME-$GST_MAJORMINOR"
+
+  dnl enable/disable docbook documentation building
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(docbook,
+  AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-docbook],
+                 [use docbook to build documentation [default=no]]),,
+                 enable_docbook=no)
+
+  have_docbook=no
+
+  if test x$enable_docbook = xyes; then
+    dnl check if we actually have everything we need
+
+    dnl check for docbook tools
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_DOCBOOK2PS, docbook2ps, yes, no)
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_DOCBOOK2HTML, docbook2html, yes, no)
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_JADETEX, jadetex, yes, no)
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_PS2PDF, ps2pdf, yes, no)
+
+    # -V option appeared in 0.6.10
+    docbook2html_min_version=0.6.10
+    if test "x$HAVE_DOCBOOK2HTML" != "xno"; then
+      docbook2html_version=`docbook2html --version`
+      AC_MSG_CHECKING([docbook2html version ($docbook2html_version) >= $docbook2html_min_version])
+      if perl -w < \$min_version_major) ||
+  	     ((\$docbook2html_version_major == \$min_version_major) &&
+  	      (\$docbook2html_version_minor >= \$min_version_minor)) ||
+  	     ((\$docbook2html_version_major == \$min_version_major) &&
+  	      (\$docbook2html_version_minor >= \$min_version_minor) &&
+  	      (\$docbook2html_version_micro >= \$min_version_micro)))
+  	     ? 0 : 1);
+EOF
+      then
+        AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+      else
+        AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+        HAVE_DOCBOOK2HTML=no
+      fi
+    fi
+
+    dnl check if we can process docbook stuff
+    AS_DOCBOOK(have_docbook=yes, have_docbook=no)
+ 
+    dnl check for extra tools
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_DVIPS, dvips, yes, no)
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_XMLLINT, xmllint, yes, no)
+ 
+    dnl check for image conversion tools
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_FIG2DEV, fig2dev, yes, no)
+    if test "x$HAVE_FIG2DEV" = "xno" ; then
+      AC_MSG_WARN([Did not find fig2dev (from xfig), images will not be generated.])
+    fi
+ 
+    dnl The following is a hack: if fig2dev doesn't display an error message
+    dnl for the desired type, we assume it supports it.
+    HAVE_FIG2DEV_EPS=no
+    if test "x$HAVE_FIG2DEV" = "xyes" ; then
+      fig2dev_quiet=`fig2dev -L eps &1 >/dev/null`
+      if test "x$fig2dev_quiet" = "x" ; then
+        HAVE_FIG2DEV_EPS=yes
+      fi
+    fi
+    HAVE_FIG2DEV_PNG=no
+    if test "x$HAVE_FIG2DEV" = "xyes" ; then
+      fig2dev_quiet=`fig2dev -L png &1 >/dev/null`
+      if test "x$fig2dev_quiet" = "x" ; then
+        HAVE_FIG2DEV_PNG=yes
+      fi
+    fi
+    HAVE_FIG2DEV_PDF=no
+    if test "x$HAVE_FIG2DEV" = "xyes" ; then
+      fig2dev_quiet=`fig2dev -L pdf &1 >/dev/null`
+      if test "x$fig2dev_quiet" = "x" ; then
+        HAVE_FIG2DEV_PDF=yes
+      fi
+    fi
+  
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_PNGTOPNM, pngtopnm, yes, no)
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_PNMTOPS,  pnmtops,  yes, no)
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_EPSTOPDF, epstopdf, yes, no)
+  
+    dnl check if we can generate HTML
+    if test "x$HAVE_DOCBOOK2HTML" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$enable_docbook" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_XMLLINT" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_FIG2DEV_PNG" = "xyes"; then
+      DOC_HTML=yes
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE(Will output HTML documentation)
+     else
+      DOC_HTML=no
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE(Will not output HTML documentation)
+    fi
+    
+    dnl check if we can generate PS
+    if test "x$HAVE_DOCBOOK2PS" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$enable_docbook" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_XMLLINT" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_JADETEX" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_FIG2DEV_EPS" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_DVIPS" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_PNGTOPNM" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_PNMTOPS" = "xyes"; then
+      DOC_PS=yes
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE(Will output PS documentation)
+    else
+      DOC_PS=no
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE(Will not output PS documentation)
+    fi
+    
+    dnl check if we can generate PDF - using only ps2pdf
+    if test "x$DOC_PS" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$enable_docbook" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_XMLLINT" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_PS2PDF" = "xyes"; then
+      DOC_PDF=yes
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE(Will output PDF documentation)
+    else
+      DOC_PDF=no
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE(Will not output PDF documentation)
+    fi
+
+    dnl if we don't have everything, we should disable
+    if test "x$have_docbook" != "xyes"; then
+      enable_docbook=no
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  dnl if we're going to install documentation, tell us where
+  if test "x$have_docbook" = "xyes"; then
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE(Installing documentation in $docdir)
+    AC_SUBST(docdir)
+  fi
+
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_DOCBOOK,      test x$enable_docbook = xyes)
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(DOC_HTML,            test x$DOC_HTML = xyes)
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(DOC_PDF,             test x$DOC_PDF = xyes)
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(DOC_PS,              test x$DOC_PS = xyes)
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/gst-error.m4 b/common/m4/gst-error.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c3f12c4df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/gst-error.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+dnl handle various error-related things
+
+dnl Thomas Vander Stichele 
+
+dnl Last modification: 2005-10-16
+
+dnl AG_GST_SET_ERROR_CFLAGS([ADD-WERROR])
+dnl AG_GST_SET_LEVEL_DEFAULT([IS-CVS-VERSION])
+
+
+dnl Sets ERROR_CFLAGS to something the compiler will accept.
+dnl AC_SUBST them so they are available in Makefile
+
+dnl -Wall is added if it is supported
+dnl -Werror is added if ADD-WERROR is not "no"
+
+dnl These flags can be overridden at make time:
+dnl make ERROR_CFLAGS=
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_SET_ERROR_CFLAGS],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
+  AC_REQUIRE([AS_COMPILER_FLAG])
+
+  
+  dnl if we support -Wall, set it unconditionally
+  AS_COMPILER_FLAG(-Wall,
+                   ERROR_CFLAGS="-Wall",
+                   ERROR_CFLAGS="")
+  
+  dnl if asked for, add -Werror if supported
+  if test "x$1" != "xno"
+  then
+    AS_COMPILER_FLAG(-Werror, ERROR_CFLAGS="$ERROR_CFLAGS -Werror")
+
+    dnl if -Werror isn't suported
+    if test "x$ERROR_CFLAGS" == "x"
+    then
+      dnl try -errwarn=%all,no%E_EMPTY_DECLARATION,no%E_STATEMENT_NOT_REACHED (Sun Forte case)
+      dnl For Forte we need disable "empty declaration" warning produced by un-needed semicolon 
+      dnl "statement not reached" disabled because there is g_assert_not_reached () in some places
+      AS_COMPILER_FLAG([-errwarn=%all,no%E_EMPTY_DECLARATION,no%E_STATEMENT_NOT_REACHED],
+                       [ERROR_CFLAGS="-errwarn=%all,no%E_EMPTY_DECLARATION,no%E_STATEMENT_NOT_REACHED"])
+
+      dnl if this also isn't suported, try only for -errwarn=%all
+      if test "x$ERROR_CFLAGS" == "x"
+      then
+        AS_COMPILER_FLAG(-errwarn=%all,
+                         ERROR_CFLAGS="-errwarn=%all")
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  AC_SUBST(ERROR_CFLAGS)
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([set ERROR_CFLAGS to $ERROR_CFLAGS])
+])
+
+dnl Sets the default error level for debugging messages
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_SET_LEVEL_DEFAULT],
+[
+  dnl define correct errorlevel for debugging messages. We want to have
+  dnl GST_ERROR messages printed when running cvs builds
+  if test "x[$1]" = "xyes"; then
+    GST_LEVEL_DEFAULT=GST_LEVEL_ERROR
+  else
+    GST_LEVEL_DEFAULT=GST_LEVEL_NONE
+  fi
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_LEVEL_DEFAULT, $GST_LEVEL_DEFAULT,
+    [Default errorlevel to use])
+  dnl AC_SUBST so we can use it for win32/common/config.h
+  AC_SUBST(GST_LEVEL_DEFAULT)
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/gst-feature.m4 b/common/m4/gst-feature.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..510d228d9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/gst-feature.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+dnl Perform a check for a feature for GStreamer
+dnl Richard Boulton 
+dnl Thomas Vander Stichele  added useful stuff
+dnl Last modification: 25/06/2001
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE(FEATURE-NAME, FEATURE-DESCRIPTION,
+dnl                   DEPENDENT-PLUGINS, TEST-FOR-FEATURE,
+dnl                   DISABLE-BY-DEFAULT, ACTION-IF-USE, ACTION-IF-NOTUSE)
+dnl
+dnl This macro adds a command line argument to allow the user to enable
+dnl or disable a feature, and if the feature is enabled, performs a supplied
+dnl test to check if the feature is available.
+dnl
+dnl The test should define HAVE_ to "yes" or "no" depending
+dnl on whether the feature is available.
+dnl
+dnl The macro will set USE_ to "yes" or "no" depending on
+dnl whether the feature is to be used.
+dnl Thomas changed this, so that when USE_ was already set
+dnl to no, then it stays that way.
+dnl
+dnl The macro will call AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_<, ...) to allow
+dnl the feature to control what is built in Makefile.ams.  If you want
+dnl additional actions resulting from the test, you can add them with the
+dnl ACTION-IF-USE and ACTION-IF-NOTUSE parameters.
+dnl
+dnl FEATURE-NAME        is the name of the feature, and should be in
+dnl                     purely upper case characters.
+dnl FEATURE-DESCRIPTION is used to describe the feature in help text for
+dnl                     the command line argument.
+dnl DEPENDENT-PLUGINS   lists any plug-ins which depend on this feature.
+dnl TEST-FOR-FEATURE    is a test which sets HAVE_ to "yes"
+dnl                     or "no" depending on whether the feature is
+dnl                     available.
+dnl DISABLE-BY-DEFAULT  if "disabled", the feature is disabled by default,
+dnl                     if any other value, the feature is enabled by default.
+dnl ACTION-IF-USE       any extra actions to perform if the feature is to be
+dnl                     used.
+dnl ACTION-IF-NOTUSE    any extra actions to perform if the feature is not to
+dnl                     be used.
+dnl
+dnl
+dnl thomas :
+dnl we also added a history.
+dnl GST_PLUGINS_YES will contain all plugins to be built
+dnl                 that were checked through AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE
+dnl GST_PLUGINS_NO will contain those that won't be built
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE],
+[echo
+AC_MSG_NOTICE(*** checking feature: [$2] ***)
+if test "x[$3]" != "x"
+then
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE(*** for plug-ins: [$3] ***)
+fi
+dnl
+builtin(define, [gst_endisable], ifelse($5, [disabled], [enable], [disable]))dnl
+dnl if it is set to NO, then don't even consider it for building
+NOUSE=
+if test "x$USE_[$1]" = "xno"; then
+  NOUSE="yes"
+fi
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(translit([$1], A-Z, a-z),
+  [  ]builtin(format, --%-26s gst_endisable %s, gst_endisable-translit([$1], A-Z, a-z), [$2]ifelse([$3],,,: [$3])),
+  [ case "${enableval}" in
+      yes) USE_[$1]=yes;;
+      no) USE_[$1]=no;;
+      *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-translit([$1], A-Z, a-z)) ;;
+    esac],
+  [ USE_$1=]ifelse($5, [disabled], [no], [yes]))           dnl DEFAULT
+
+dnl *** set it back to no if it was preset to no
+if test "x$NOUSE" = "xyes"; then
+  USE_[$1]="no"
+  AC_MSG_WARN(*** $3 pre-configured not to be built)
+fi
+NOUSE=
+
+dnl *** If it's enabled
+
+if test x$USE_[$1] = xyes; then
+  dnl save compile variables before the test
+
+  gst_check_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+  gst_check_save_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
+  gst_check_save_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+  gst_check_save_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
+  gst_check_save_CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS
+
+  HAVE_[$1]=no
+  dnl TEST_FOR_FEATURE
+  $4
+
+  LIBS=$gst_check_save_LIBS
+  LDFLAGS=$gst_check_save_LDFLAGS
+  CFLAGS=$gst_check_save_CFLAGS
+  CPPFLAGS=$gst_check_save_CPPFLAGS
+  CXXFLAGS=$gst_check_save_CXXFLAGS
+
+  dnl If it isn't found, unset USE_[$1]
+  if test x$HAVE_[$1] = xno; then
+    USE_[$1]=no
+  else
+    ifelse([$3], , :, [AC_MSG_NOTICE(*** These plugins will be built: [$3])])
+  fi
+fi
+dnl *** Warn if it's disabled or not found
+if test x$USE_[$1] = xyes; then
+  ifelse([$6], , :, [$6])
+  if test "x$3" != "x"; then
+    GST_PLUGINS_YES="\t[$3]\n$GST_PLUGINS_YES"
+  fi
+  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_[$1], , [support for features: $3])
+else
+  ifelse([$3], , :, [AC_MSG_NOTICE(*** These plugins will not be built: [$3])])
+  if test "x$3" != "x"; then
+    GST_PLUGINS_NO="\t[$3]\n$GST_PLUGINS_NO"
+  fi
+  ifelse([$7], , :, [$7])
+fi
+dnl *** Define the conditional as appropriate
+AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_[$1], test x$USE_[$1] = xyes)
+])
+
+dnl Use a -config program which accepts --cflags and --libs parameters
+dnl to set *_CFLAGS and *_LIBS and check existence of a feature.
+dnl Richard Boulton 
+dnl Last modification: 26/06/2001
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_CONFIGPROG(FEATURE-NAME, CONFIG-PROG-FILENAME, MODULES)
+dnl
+dnl This check was written for GStreamer: it should be renamed and checked
+dnl for portability if you decide to use it elsewhere.
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_CONFIGPROG],
+[
+  AC_PATH_PROG([$1]_CONFIG, [$2], no)
+  if test x$[$1]_CONFIG = xno; then
+    [$1]_LIBS=
+    [$1]_CFLAGS=
+    HAVE_[$1]=no
+  else
+    if [$2] --plugin-libs [$3] &> /dev/null; then
+      [$1]_LIBS=`[$2] --plugin-libs [$3]`
+    else
+      [$1]_LIBS=`[$2] --libs [$3]`
+    fi
+    [$1]_CFLAGS=`[$2] --cflags [$3]`
+    HAVE_[$1]=yes
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST([$1]_LIBS)
+  AC_SUBST([$1]_CFLAGS)
+])
+
+dnl Use AC_CHECK_LIB and AC_CHECK_HEADER to do both tests at once
+dnl sets HAVE_module if we have it
+dnl Richard Boulton 
+dnl Last modification: 26/06/2001
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_LIBHEADER(FEATURE-NAME, LIB NAME, LIB FUNCTION, EXTRA LD FLAGS,
+dnl                     HEADER NAME, ACTION-IF-FOUND, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND)
+dnl
+dnl This check was written for GStreamer: it should be renamed and checked
+dnl for portability if you decide to use it elsewhere.
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_LIBHEADER],
+[
+  AC_CHECK_LIB([$2], [$3], HAVE_[$1]=yes, HAVE_[$1]=no,[$4])
+  if test "x$HAVE_[$1]" = "xyes"; then
+    AC_CHECK_HEADER([$5], :, HAVE_[$1]=no)
+    if test "x$HAVE_[$1]" = "xyes"; then
+      dnl execute what needs to be
+      ifelse([$6], , :, [$6])
+    else
+      ifelse([$7], , :, [$7])
+    fi
+  else
+    ifelse([$7], , :, [$7])
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(HAVE_[$1])
+]
+)
+
+dnl 2004-02-14 Thomas - changed to get set properly and use proper output
+dnl 2003-06-27 Benjamin Otte - changed to make this work with gstconfig.h
+dnl
+dnl Add a subsystem --disable flag and all the necessary symbols and substitions
+dnl
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE(SYSNAME, [subsystem name])
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE],
+[
+  dnl this define will replace each literal subsys_def occurrence with
+  dnl the lowercase hyphen-separated subsystem
+  dnl e.g. if $1 is GST_DEBUG then subsys_def will be a macro with gst-debug
+  define([subsys_def],translit([$1], _A-Z, -a-z))
+
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(subsys_def,
+    AC_HELP_STRING(--disable-subsys_def, [disable $2]),
+    [
+      case "${enableval}" in
+        yes) GST_DISABLE_[$1]=no ;;
+        no) GST_DISABLE_[$1]=yes ;;
+        *) AC_MSG_ERROR([bad value ${enableval} for --enable-subsys_def]) ;;
+       esac
+    ],
+    [GST_DISABLE_[$1]=no]) dnl Default value
+
+  if test x$GST_DISABLE_[$1] = xyes; then
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([disabled subsystem [$2]])
+    GST_DISABLE_[$1]_DEFINE="#define GST_DISABLE_$1 1"
+  else
+    GST_DISABLE_[$1]_DEFINE="/* #undef GST_DISABLE_$1 */"
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(GST_DISABLE_[$1]_DEFINE)
+  undefine([subsys_def])
+])
+
+
+dnl Parse gstconfig.h for feature and defines add the symbols and substitions
+dnl
+dnl AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE(GST_CONFIGPATH, FEATURE)
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE],
+[
+  grep >/dev/null "#undef GST_DISABLE_$2" $1
+  if test $? = 0; then
+    GST_DISABLE_[$2]=0
+  else
+    GST_DISABLE_[$2]=1
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(GST_DISABLE_[$2])
+])
+
+dnl Parse gstconfig.h and defines add the symbols and substitions
+dnl
+dnl GST_CONFIGPATH=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=includedir gstreamer-0.10`"/gst/gstconfig.h"
+dnl AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLES(GST_CONFIGPATH)
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLES],
+[
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,GST_DEBUG)
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,LOADSAVE)
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,PARSE)
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,TRACE)
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,ALLOC_TRACE)
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,REGISTRY)
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,ENUMTYPES)
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,INDEX)
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,PLUGIN)
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,URI)
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,XML)
+])
+
+
+
+dnl relies on GST_PLUGINS_ALL, GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED, GST_PLUGINS_YES,
+dnl GST_PLUGINS_NO, and BUILD_EXTERNAL
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_OUTPUT_PLUGINS], [
+
+echo "configure: *** Plug-ins without external dependencies that will be built:"
+( for i in $GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED; do /bin/echo -e '\t'$i; done ) | sort
+echo
+
+echo "configure: *** Plug-ins without external dependencies that will NOT be built:"
+( for i in $GST_PLUGINS_ALL; do
+    case $GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED in
+      *$i*)
+	;;
+      *)
+	/bin/echo -e '\t'$i
+	;;
+    esac
+  done ) | sort
+echo
+
+if test "x$BUILD_EXTERNAL" = "xno"; then
+  echo "configure: *** No plug-ins with external dependencies will be built"
+else
+  /bin/echo -n "configure: *** Plug-ins with dependencies that will be built:"
+  /bin/echo -e "$GST_PLUGINS_YES" | sort
+  /bin/echo
+  /bin/echo -n "configure: *** Plug-ins with dependencies that will NOT be built:"
+  /bin/echo -e "$GST_PLUGINS_NO" | sort
+  /bin/echo
+fi
+])
+
diff --git a/common/m4/gst-function.m4 b/common/m4/gst-function.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12166214d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/gst-function.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+dnl
+dnl Check for compiler mechanism to show functions in debugging
+dnl copied from an Ali patch floating on the internet
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_FUNCTION],[
+  dnl #1: __PRETTY_FUNCTION__
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether $CC implements __PRETTY_FUNCTION__)
+  AC_CACHE_VAL(have_pretty_function,[
+    AC_TRY_LINK([#include ],
+                [printf("%s", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);],
+                have_pretty_function=yes,
+                have_pretty_function=no)
+  ])
+  AC_MSG_RESULT($have_pretty_function)
+  if test "$have_pretty_function" = yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRETTY_FUNCTION, 1,
+              [defined if the compiler implements __PRETTY_FUNCTION__])
+  fi
+
+dnl #2: __FUNCTION__
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether $CC implements __FUNCTION__)
+  AC_CACHE_VAL(have_function,[
+    AC_TRY_LINK([#include ],
+                [printf("%s", __FUNCTION__);],
+                have_function=yes,
+                have_function=no)
+  ])
+  AC_MSG_RESULT($have_function)
+  if test "$have_function" = yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_FUNCTION, 1,
+              [defined if the compiler implements __FUNCTION__])
+  fi
+
+dnl #3: __func__
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether $CC implements __func__)
+  AC_CACHE_VAL(have_func,[
+    AC_TRY_LINK([#include ],
+                [printf("%s", __func__);],
+                have_func=yes,
+                have_func=no)
+  ])
+  AC_MSG_RESULT($have_func)
+  if test "$have_func" = yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_FUNC, 1,
+              [defined if the compiler implements __func__])
+  fi
+
+dnl now define FUNCTION to whatever works, and fallback to ""
+  if test "$have_pretty_function" = yes; then
+    function=__PRETTY_FUNCTION__
+  else
+    if test "$have_function" = yes; then
+      function=__FUNCTION__
+    else
+      if test "$have_func" = yes; then
+        function=__func__
+      else
+        function=\"\"
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_FUNCTION, $function, [macro to use to show function name])
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/gst-gettext.m4 b/common/m4/gst-gettext.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a63651bf84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/gst-gettext.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+dnl gettext setup
+
+dnl AG_GST_GETTEXT([gettext-package])
+dnl defines GETTEXT_PACKAGE and LOCALEDIR
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_GETTEXT],
+[
+  if test "$USE_NLS" = "yes"; then
+    GETTEXT_PACKAGE=[$1]
+  else
+    GETTEXT_PACKAGE=[NULL]
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([GETTEXT_PACKAGE], "$GETTEXT_PACKAGE",
+                     [gettext package name])
+
+  dnl define LOCALEDIR in config.h
+  AS_AC_EXPAND(LOCALEDIR, $datadir/locale)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([LOCALEDIR], "$LOCALEDIR",
+                     [gettext locale dir])
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/gst-glib2.m4 b/common/m4/gst-glib2.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71e293b279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/gst-glib2.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+dnl check for a minimum version of GLib
+
+dnl AG_GST_GLIB_CHECK([minimum-version-required])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_GLIB_CHECK],
+[
+  dnl Minimum required version of GLib
+  GLIB_REQ=[$1]
+  if test "x$GLIB_REQ" = "x"
+  then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Please specify a required version for GLib 2.0])
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(GLIB_REQ)
+
+  dnl Check for glib with everything
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB,
+    glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQ gobject-2.0 gthread-2.0 gmodule-no-export-2.0,
+    HAVE_GLIB=yes,HAVE_GLIB=no)
+
+  if test "x$HAVE_GLIB" = "xno"; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([This package requires GLib >= $GLIB_REQ to compile.])
+  fi
+
+  dnl for the poor souls who for example have glib in /usr/local
+  AS_SCRUB_INCLUDE(GLIB_CFLAGS)
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/gst-libxml2.m4 b/common/m4/gst-libxml2.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..001d67b827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/gst-libxml2.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+dnl call this macro with the minimum required version as an argument
+dnl this macro sets and AC_SUBSTs XML_CFLAGS and XML_LIBS
+dnl it also sets LIBXML_PKG, used for the pkg-config file
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_LIBXML2_CHECK],
+[
+  dnl Minimum required version of libxml2
+  dnl default to 2.4.9 if not specified
+  LIBXML2_REQ=ifelse([$1],,2.4.9,[$1])
+  AC_SUBST(LIBXML2_REQ)
+
+  dnl check for libxml2
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XML, libxml-2.0 >= $LIBXML2_REQ, 
+                    HAVE_LIBXML2=yes, HAVE_LIBXML2=no)
+  if test "x$HAVE_LIBXML2" = "xyes"; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBXML2, 1, [Define if libxml2 is available])
+  else
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Need libxml2 for glib2 builds -- you should be able to do without it -- this needs fixing])
+  fi
+  dnl this is for the .pc file
+  LIBXML_PKG=', libxml-2.0' 
+  AC_SUBST(LIBXML_PKG)
+  AC_SUBST(XML_LIBS)
+  AC_SUBST(XML_CFLAGS)
+
+  dnl XML_LIBS might pull in -lz without zlib actually being on the system, so
+  dnl try linking with these LIBS and CFLAGS
+  ac_save_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+  ac_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $XML_CFLAGS"
+  LIBS="$LIBS $XML_LIBS"
+  AC_TRY_LINK([
+#include 
+#include 
+],[ 
+/* function body */
+],
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([Test xml2 program linked]),
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not link libxml2 test program.  Check if you have the necessary dependencies.])
+  )
+  CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
+  LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/gst-plugindir.m4 b/common/m4/gst-plugindir.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09989d0742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/gst-plugindir.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+dnl AG_GST_SET_PLUGINDIR
+
+dnl AC_DEFINE PLUGINDIR to the full location where plug-ins will be installed
+dnl AC_SUBST plugindir, to be used in Makefile.am's
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_SET_PLUGINDIR],
+[
+  dnl define location of plugin directory
+  AS_AC_EXPAND(PLUGINDIR, ${libdir}/gstreamer-$GST_MAJORMINOR)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PLUGINDIR, "$PLUGINDIR",
+    [directory where plugins are located])
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using $PLUGINDIR as the plugin install location])
+
+  dnl plugin directory configure-time variable for use in Makefile.am
+  plugindir="\$(libdir)/gstreamer-$GST_MAJORMINOR"
+  AC_SUBST(plugindir)
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/gst-valgrind.m4 b/common/m4/gst-valgrind.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93c26357b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/gst-valgrind.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_VALGRIND_CHECK],
+[
+  dnl valgrind inclusion
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(valgrind,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-valgrind], [disable run-time valgrind detection]),
+    [
+      case "${enableval}" in
+        yes) USE_VALGRIND="$USE_DEBUG" ;;
+        no)  USE_VALGRIND=no ;;
+        *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-valgrind) ;;
+      esac],
+    [
+      USE_VALGRIND="$USE_DEBUG"
+    ]) dnl Default value
+
+  VALGRIND_REQ="2.1"
+  if test "x$USE_VALGRIND" = xyes; then
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(VALGRIND, valgrind > $VALGRIND_REQ,
+      USE_VALGRIND="yes",
+      [
+        USE_VALGRIND="no"
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+      ])
+  fi
+
+  if test "x$USE_VALGRIND" = xyes; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_VALGRIND, 1, [Define if valgrind should be used])
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using extra code paths for valgrind)
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(VALGRIND_CFLAGS)
+  AC_SUBST(VALGRIND_LIBS)
+  
+  AC_PATH_PROG(VALGRIND_PATH, valgrind, no)
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_VALGRIND, test ! "x$VALGRIND_PATH" = "xno")
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/gtk-doc.m4 b/common/m4/gtk-doc.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af73800bf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/gtk-doc.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+dnl -*- mode: autoconf -*-
+
+# serial 1
+
+dnl Usage:
+dnl   GTK_DOC_CHECK([minimum-gtk-doc-version])
+AC_DEFUN([GTK_DOC_CHECK],
+[
+  AC_BEFORE([AC_PROG_LIBTOOL],[$0])dnl setup libtool first
+  AC_BEFORE([AM_PROG_LIBTOOL],[$0])dnl setup libtool first
+  dnl for overriding the documentation installation directory
+  AC_ARG_WITH(html-dir,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-html-dir=PATH], [path to installed docs]),,
+    [with_html_dir='${datadir}/gtk-doc/html'])
+  HTML_DIR="$with_html_dir"
+  AC_SUBST(HTML_DIR)
+
+  dnl enable/disable documentation building
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(gtk-doc,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-gtk-doc],
+                   [use gtk-doc to build documentation [default=no]]),,
+    enable_gtk_doc=no)
+
+  have_gtk_doc=no
+  if test x$enable_gtk_doc = xyes; then
+    if test -z "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
+      AC_PATH_PROG(PKG_CONFIG, pkg-config, no)
+    fi
+    if test "$PKG_CONFIG" != "no" && $PKG_CONFIG --exists gtk-doc; then
+      have_gtk_doc=yes
+    fi
+
+  dnl do we want to do a version check?
+ifelse([$1],[],,
+    [gtk_doc_min_version=$1
+    if test "$have_gtk_doc" = yes; then
+      AC_MSG_CHECKING([gtk-doc version >= $gtk_doc_min_version])
+      if $PKG_CONFIG --atleast-version $gtk_doc_min_version gtk-doc; then
+        AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+      else
+        AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+        have_gtk_doc=no
+      fi
+    fi
+])
+    if test "$have_gtk_doc" != yes; then
+      enable_gtk_doc=no
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_GTK_DOC, test x$enable_gtk_doc = xyes)
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(GTK_DOC_USE_LIBTOOL, test -n "$LIBTOOL")
+])
diff --git a/common/m4/pkg.m4 b/common/m4/pkg.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c35916f6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/m4/pkg.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+# pkg.m4 - Macros to locate and utilise pkg-config.            -*- Autoconf -*-
+# 
+# Copyright © 2004 Scott James Remnant .
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+#
+# As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you
+# distribute this file as part of a program that contains a
+# configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it under
+# the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that program.
+
+# PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG([MIN-VERSION])
+# ----------------------------------
+AC_DEFUN([PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG],
+[m4_pattern_forbid([^_?PKG_[A-Z_]+$])
+m4_pattern_allow([^PKG_CONFIG(_PATH)?$])
+AC_ARG_VAR([PKG_CONFIG], [path to pkg-config utility])dnl
+if test "x$ac_cv_env_PKG_CONFIG_set" != "xset"; then
+	AC_PATH_TOOL([PKG_CONFIG], [pkg-config])
+fi
+if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
+	_pkg_min_version=m4_ifval([$1], [$1], [0.9.0])
+	AC_MSG_CHECKING([pkg-config is at least version $_pkg_min_version])
+	if $PKG_CONFIG --atleast-pkgconfig-version $_pkg_min_version; then
+		AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+	else
+		AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+		PKG_CONFIG=""
+	fi
+		
+fi[]dnl
+])# PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
+
+# PKG_CHECK_EXISTS(MODULES, [ACTION-IF-FOUND], [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND])
+#
+# Check to see whether a particular set of modules exists.  Similar
+# to PKG_CHECK_MODULES(), but does not set variables or print errors.
+#
+#
+# Similar to PKG_CHECK_MODULES, make sure that the first instance of
+# this or PKG_CHECK_MODULES is called, or make sure to call
+# PKG_CHECK_EXISTS manually
+# --------------------------------------------------------------
+AC_DEFUN([PKG_CHECK_EXISTS],
+[AC_REQUIRE([PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG])dnl
+if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
+    AC_RUN_LOG([$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "$1"]); then
+  m4_ifval([$2], [$2], [:])
+m4_ifvaln([$3], [else
+  $3])dnl
+fi])
+
+
+# _PKG_CONFIG([VARIABLE], [COMMAND], [MODULES])
+# ---------------------------------------------
+m4_define([_PKG_CONFIG],
+[if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
+        PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([$3],
+                         [pkg_cv_[]$1=`$PKG_CONFIG --[]$2 "$3" 2>/dev/null`],
+			 [pkg_failed=yes])
+else
+	pkg_failed=untried
+fi[]dnl
+])# _PKG_CONFIG
+
+# PKG_CHECK_MODULES(VARIABLE-PREFIX, MODULES, [ACTION-IF-FOUND],
+# [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND])
+#
+#
+# Note that if there is a possibility the first call to
+# PKG_CHECK_MODULES might not happen, you should be sure to include an
+# explicit call to PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG in your configure.ac
+#
+#
+# --------------------------------------------------------------
+AC_DEFUN([PKG_CHECK_MODULES],
+[AC_REQUIRE([PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG])dnl
+AC_ARG_VAR([$1][_CFLAGS], [C compiler flags for $1, overriding pkg-config])dnl
+AC_ARG_VAR([$1][_LIBS], [linker flags for $1, overriding pkg-config])dnl
+
+pkg_failed=no
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for $1])
+
+_PKG_CONFIG([$1][_CFLAGS], [cflags], [$2])
+_PKG_CONFIG([$1][_LIBS], [libs], [$2])
+
+if test $pkg_failed = yes; then
+	$1[]_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --errors-to-stdout --print-errors "$2"`
+	# Put the nasty error message in config.log where it belongs
+	echo "$$1[]_PKG_ERRORS" 1>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
+
+	ifelse([$4], , [AC_MSG_ERROR(dnl
+[Package requirements ($2) were not met.
+Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
+installed software in a non-standard prefix.
+
+Alternatively you may set the $1_CFLAGS and $1_LIBS environment variables
+to avoid the need to call pkg-config.  See the pkg-config man page for
+more details.])],
+		[$4])
+elif test $pkg_failed = untried; then
+	ifelse([$4], , [AC_MSG_FAILURE(dnl
+[The pkg-config script could not be found or is too old.  Make sure it
+is in your PATH or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable to the full
+path to pkg-config.
+
+Alternatively you may set the $1_CFLAGS and $1_LIBS environment variables
+to avoid the need to call pkg-config.  See the pkg-config man page for
+more details.
+
+To get pkg-config, see .])],
+		[$4])
+else
+	$1[]_CFLAGS=$pkg_cv_[]$1[]_CFLAGS
+	$1[]_LIBS=$pkg_cv_[]$1[]_LIBS
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+	ifelse([$3], , :, [$3])
+fi[]dnl
+])# PKG_CHECK_MODULES
diff --git a/common/mangle-tmpl.py b/common/mangle-tmpl.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3190402b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/mangle-tmpl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+# -*- Mode: Python -*-
+# vi:si:et:sw=4:sts=4:ts=4
+
+"""
+use the output from gst-xmlinspect.py to mangle tmpl/*.sgml and
+insert/overwrite Short Description and Long Description
+"""
+
+# FIXME: right now it uses pygst and scans on its own;
+# we really should use inspect/*.xml instead since the result of
+# gst-xmlinspect.py is commited by the docs maintainer, who can be
+# expected to have pygst, but this step should be done for every docs build,
+# so no pygst allowed
+
+# read in inspect/*.xml
+# for every tmpl/element-(name).xml: mangle with details from element
+
+import glob
+import re
+import sys
+import os
+
+class Tmpl:
+    def __init__(self, filename):
+        self.filename = filename
+        self._sectionids = []
+        self._sections = {}
+
+    def read(self):
+        """
+        Read and parse the sections from the given file.
+        """
+        lines = open(self.filename).readlines()
+        matcher = re.compile("\n")
+        id = None
+
+        for line in lines:
+            match = matcher.search(line)
+            if match:
+                id = match.expand("\\1")
+                self._sectionids.append(id)
+                self._sections[id] = []
+            else:
+                if not id:
+                    sys.stderr.write(
+                        "WARNING: line before a SECTION header: %s" % line)
+                else:
+                    self._sections[id].append(line)
+
+    def get_section(self, id):
+        """
+        Get the content from the given section.
+        """
+        return self._sections[id]
+
+    def set_section(self, id, content):
+        """
+        Replace the given section id with the given content.
+        """
+        self._sections[id] = content
+
+    def output(self):
+        """
+        Return the output of the current template in the tmpl/*.sgml format.
+        """
+        lines = []
+        for id in self._sectionids:
+            lines.append("\n" % id)
+            for line in self._sections[id]:
+                lines.append(line)
+
+        return "".join(lines)
+
+    def write(self, backup=False):
+        """
+        Write out the template file again, backing up the previous one.
+        """
+        if backup:
+            target = self.filename + ".mangle.bak"
+            os.rename(self.filename, target)
+
+        handle = open(self.filename, "w")
+        handle.write(self.output())
+        handle.close()
+
+from xml.dom.ext.reader import Sax2
+from xml.dom.NodeFilter import NodeFilter
+
+def get_elements(file):
+    elements = {}
+    handle = open(file)
+    reader = Sax2.Reader()
+    doc = reader.fromStream(handle)
+    handle.close()
+
+    walker = doc.createTreeWalker(doc.documentElement,
+        NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT, None, 0)
+    while walker.currentNode and walker.currentNode.tagName != 'elements':
+        walker.nextNode()
+        
+    # we're at elements now
+    el = walker.firstChild()
+    while walker.currentNode:
+        element = walker.firstChild()
+        # loop over children of 
+        name = None
+        description = None
+        while walker.currentNode:
+            if walker.currentNode.tagName == 'name':
+                name = walker.currentNode.firstChild.data.encode('UTF-8')
+            if walker.currentNode.tagName == 'description':
+                description = walker.currentNode.firstChild.data.encode('UTF-8')
+            if not walker.nextSibling(): break
+        # back up to 
+        walker.parentNode()
+        elements[name] = {'description': description}
+
+        if not walker.nextSibling(): break
+
+    return elements
+
+        
+def main():
+    if not len(sys.argv) == 3:
+        sys.stderr.write('Please specify the inspect/ dir and the tmpl/ dir')
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    inspectdir = sys.argv[1]
+    tmpldir = sys.argv[2]
+
+    # parse all .xml files; build map of element name -> short desc
+    #for file in glob.glob("inspect/plugin-*.xml"):
+    elements = {}
+    for file in glob.glob("%s/plugin-*.xml" % inspectdir):
+        elements.update(get_elements(file))
+
+    for file in glob.glob("%s/element-*.sgml" % tmpldir):
+        base = os.path.basename(file)
+        element = base[len("element-"):-len(".sgml")]
+        tmpl = Tmpl(file)
+        tmpl.read()
+        if element in elements.keys():
+            description = elements[element]['description']
+            tmpl.set_section("Short_Description", "%s\n\n" % description)
+
+        # put in an include if not yet there
+        line = '\n'
+        section = tmpl.get_section("Long_Description")
+        if not section[0]  == line:
+            section.insert(0, line)
+        tmpl.set_section("Long_Description", section)
+        tmpl.write()
+
+main()
diff --git a/common/plugins.xsl b/common/plugins.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..150087f53d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/plugins.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+ 
+
+
+ 
+
+
+
+  
+    
+      
+        
+          -plugins-
+          
+        
+      
+      
+        
+      
+    
+    
+    
+    
+
+      
+        Element Information
+        
+        
+          
+          
+            plugin
+            
+              
+                
+                  plugin-
+                  
+                
+              
+            
+          
+        
+          
+            author
+            
+              
+            
+          
+        
+          
+            class
+            
+              
+            
+          
+                      
+         
+
+        Element Pads
+        
+        
+          
+            
+              name
+              
+                
+              
+            
+            
+            
+              direction
+              
+                
+              
+            
+            
+            
+              presence
+              
+                
+              
+            
+            
+            
+              details
+              
+                
+              
+            
+
+           
+
+          
+
+        
+      
+
+    
+  
+
+  
+    
+      -plugins-plugin-
+
+      
+        
+          
+        
+        3
+        FIXME Library
+       
+
+      
+        
+          
+            plugin-
+            
+          
+        
+  
+        
+          
+        
+      
+
+      
+        Plugin Information
+        
+
+          
+            filename
+            
+              
+            
+          
+
+          
+            version
+            
+              
+            
+          
+
+          
+            run-time license
+            
+              
+            
+          
+
+          
+            package
+            
+              
+            
+          
+
+          
+            origin
+            
+              
+                
+                
+                  
+                    
+                      
+                      
+                    
+                  
+                  
+                    
+                  
+                
+              
+            
+          
+
+        
+      
+
+      
+        Elements
+        
+        
+          
+        
+      
+
+    
+
+  
+
+  
+  
+
+
diff --git a/common/po.mak b/common/po.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e019fac121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/po.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# rule to download the latest .po files
+download-po: $(top_srcdir)/common/download-translations
+	$(top_srcdir)/common/download-translations $(PACKAGE)
+
diff --git a/common/release.mak b/common/release.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..373146537a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/release.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# include this snippet to add a common release: target by using
+# include $(top_srcdir)/common/release.mak
+
+# make bz2 as well
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = dist-bzip2
+
+release: dist
+	make $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz.md5
+	make $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.bz2.md5
+
+# generate md5 sum files
+%.md5: %
+	md5sum $< > $@
+
+# check that no marshal or enumtypes files are included
+# this in turn ensures that distcheck fails for missing .list files which is currently
+# shadowed when the corresponding .c and .h files are included.
+distcheck-hook:
+	@test "x" = "x`find $(distdir) -name \*-enumtypes.[ch] | grep -v win32`" && \
+	test "x" = "x`find $(distdir) -name \*-marshal.[ch]`" || \
+	( $(ECHO) "*** Leftover enumtypes or marshal files in the tarball." && \
+          $(ECHO) "*** Make sure the following files are not disted:" && \
+          find $(distdir) -name \*-enumtypes.[ch] | grep -v win32 && \
+          find $(distdir) -name \*-marshal.[ch] && \
+          false )
diff --git a/common/scangobj-merge.py b/common/scangobj-merge.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4917255da5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/scangobj-merge.py
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- Mode: Python -*-
+# vi:si:et:sw=4:sts=4:ts=4
+
+"""
+parse, update and write .signals and .args files
+"""
+
+from twisted.python import util
+
+import sys
+import os
+
+def debug(*args):
+    pass
+
+class Object:
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        self._signals = util.OrderedDict()
+        self._args = util.OrderedDict()
+        self.name = name
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "" % self.name
+
+    def add_signal(self, signal, overwrite=True):
+        if not overwrite and self._signals.has_key(signal.name):
+            raise IndexError, "signal %s already in %r" % (signal.name, self)
+        self._signals[signal.name] = signal
+
+    def add_arg(self, arg, overwrite=True):
+        if not overwrite and self._args.has_key(arg.name):
+            raise IndexError, "arg %s already in %r" % (arg.name, self)
+        self._args[arg.name] = arg
+        
+class Docable:
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        for key in self.attrs:
+            setattr(self, key, kwargs[key])
+        self.dict = kwargs
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<%r %s>" % (str(self.__class__), self.name)
+
+class Signal(Docable):
+    attrs = ['name', 'returns', 'args']
+
+class Arg(Docable):
+    attrs = ['name', 'type', 'range', 'flags', 'nick', 'blurb', 'default']
+
+class GDoc:
+    def load_file(self, filename):
+        try:
+            lines = open(filename).readlines()
+            self.load_data("".join(lines))
+        except IOError:
+            print "WARNING - could not read from %s" % filename
+
+    def save_file(self, filename, backup=False):
+        """
+        Save the signals information to the given .signals file if the
+        file content changed.
+        """
+        olddata = None
+        try:
+            lines = open(filename).readlines()
+            olddata = "".join(lines)
+        except IOError:
+            print "WARNING - could not read from %s" % filename
+        newdata = self.get_data()
+        if olddata and olddata == newdata:
+            return
+
+        if olddata:
+            if backup:
+                os.rename(filename, filename + '.bak')
+
+        handle = open(filename, "w")
+        handle.write(newdata)
+        handle.close()
+
+class Signals(GDoc):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._objects = util.OrderedDict()
+
+    def load_data(self, data):
+        """
+        Load the .signals lines, creating our list of objects and signals.
+        """
+        import re
+        smatcher = re.compile(
+            '(?s)'                                      # make . match \n
+            '\n(.*?)\n'
+            )
+        nmatcher = re.compile(
+            ''
+            '(?P\S*)'                           # store object
+            '::'
+            '(?P\S*)'                           # store signal
+            ''
+        )
+        rmatcher = re.compile(
+            '(?s)'                                      # make . match \n
+            '(?P\S*)\n'     # store returns
+            '(?P.*)'                              # store args
+        )
+        for block in smatcher.findall(data):
+            nmatch = nmatcher.search(block)
+            if nmatch:
+                o = nmatch.group('object')
+                debug("Found object", o)
+                debug("Found signal", nmatch.group('signal'))
+                if not self._objects.has_key(o):
+                    object = Object(o)
+                    self._objects[o] = object
+
+                rmatch = rmatcher.search(block)
+                if rmatch:
+                    dict = rmatch.groupdict().copy()
+                    dict['name'] = nmatch.group('signal')
+                    signal = Signal(**dict)
+                    self._objects[o].add_signal(signal)
+
+    def get_data(self):
+        lines = []
+        for o in self._objects.values():
+            for s in o._signals.values():
+                block = """
+%(object)s::%(name)s
+%(returns)s
+%(args)s
+"""
+                d = s.dict.copy()
+                d['object'] = o.name
+                lines.append(block % d)
+
+        return "\n".join(lines) + '\n'
+
+class Args(GDoc):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._objects = util.OrderedDict()
+
+    def load_data(self, data):
+        """
+        Load the .args lines, creating our list of objects and args.
+        """
+        import re
+        amatcher = re.compile(
+            '(?s)'                                      # make . match \n
+            '\n(.*?)\n'
+            )
+        nmatcher = re.compile(
+            ''
+            '(?P\S*)'                           # store object
+            '::'
+            '(?P\S*)'                              # store arg
+            ''
+        )
+        rmatcher = re.compile(
+            '(?s)'                                      # make . match \n
+            '(?P\S*)\n'              # store type
+            '(?P.*?)\n'           # store range
+            '(?P\S*)\n'           # store flags
+            '(?P.*?)\n'              # store nick
+            '(?P.*?)\n'           # store blurb
+            '(?P.*?)\n'     # store default
+        )
+        for block in amatcher.findall(data):
+            nmatch = nmatcher.search(block)
+            if nmatch:
+                o = nmatch.group('object')
+                debug("Found object", o)
+                debug("Found arg", nmatch.group('arg'))
+                if not self._objects.has_key(o):
+                    object = Object(o)
+                    self._objects[o] = object
+
+                rmatch = rmatcher.search(block)
+                if rmatch:
+                    dict = rmatch.groupdict().copy()
+                    dict['name'] = nmatch.group('arg')
+                    arg = Arg(**dict)
+                    self._objects[o].add_arg(arg)
+                else:
+                    print "ERROR: could not match arg from block %s" % block
+
+    def get_data(self):
+        lines = []
+        for o in self._objects.values():
+            for a in o._args.values():
+                block = """
+%(object)s::%(name)s
+%(type)s
+%(range)s
+%(flags)s
+%(nick)s
+%(blurb)s
+%(default)s
+
+"""
+                d = a.dict.copy()
+                d['object'] = o.name
+                lines.append(block % d)
+
+        return "\n".join(lines) + '\n'
+
+def main(argv):
+    modulename = None
+    try:
+        modulename = argv[1]
+    except IndexError:
+        sys.stderr.write('Pleae provide a documentation module name\n')
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    print "Merging scangobj output for %s" % modulename
+    signals = Signals()
+    signals.load_file(modulename + '.signals')
+    signals.load_file(modulename + '.signals.new')
+    signals.save_file(modulename + '.signals', backup=True)
+
+    args = Args()
+    args.load_file(modulename + '.args')
+    args.load_file(modulename + '.args.new')
+    args.save_file(modulename + '.args', backup=True)
+
+main(sys.argv)
diff --git a/common/upload.mak b/common/upload.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60731e5783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/upload.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# this snippet is to be included by both our docbook manuals
+# and gtk-doc API references
+
+# it adds an upload target to each of these dir's Makefiles
+
+# each Makefile.am should define the following variables:
+# - DOC: the base name of the documentation
+#        (faq, manual, pwg, gstreamer, gstreamer-libs)
+# - FORMATS: the formats in which DOC is output
+#            (html ps pdf)
+
+# if you want to use it, make sure your $HOME/.ssh/config file contains the
+# correct User entry for the Host entry for the DOC_SERVER
+
+# these variables define the location of the online docs
+DOC_SERVER = gstreamer.freedesktop.org
+DOC_BASE = /srv/gstreamer.freedesktop.org/www/data/doc
+DOC_URL = $(DOC_SERVER):$(DOC_BASE)
+
+upload: $(FORMATS)
+	@if test "x$(PACKAGE_VERSION_NANO)" = x0; then \
+            export DOCVERSION=$(VERSION); \
+        else export DOCVERSION=head; \
+        fi; \
+        export DIR=$(DOC_BASE)/gstreamer/$$DOCVERSION/$(DOC); \
+	ssh $(DOC_SERVER) mkdir -p $$DIR; \
+	if echo $(FORMATS) | grep html > /dev/null; then export SRC="$$SRC html"; fi; \
+	if echo $(FORMATS) | grep ps > /dev/null; then export SRC="$$SRC $(DOC).ps"; fi; \
+	if echo $(FORMATS) | grep pdf > /dev/null; then export SRC="$$SRC $(DOC).pdf"; fi; \
+	echo Uploading $$SRC to $(DOC_SERVER):$$DIR; \
+	rsync -rv -e ssh --delete $$SRC $(DOC_SERVER):$$DIR; \
+	ssh $(DOC_SERVER) chmod -R g+w $$DIR; \
+	echo Done
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63a2231d41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+AC_PREREQ(2.52)
+
+dnl initialize autoconf
+dnl when going to/from release please set the nano (fourth number) right !
+dnl releases only do Wall, cvs and prerelease does Werror too
+AC_INIT(Gst-RTSP, 0.10.0.1,
+    http://gstreamer.net/,
+    gst-rtsp)
+
+dnl initialize automake
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+
+dnl define PACKAGE_VERSION_* variables
+AS_VERSION
+
+dnl check if this is a release version
+AS_NANO(GST_CVS="no", GST_CVS="yes")
+
+dnl can autoconf find the source ?
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/rtsp-server.c])
+
+dnl define the output header for config
+AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
+
+dnl AM_MAINTAINER_MODE only provides the option to configure to enable it
+AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
+
+dnl sets host_* variables
+AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+
+dnl our libraries and install dirs use major.minor as a version
+GST_MAJORMINOR=$PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR.$PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR
+dnl we override it here if we need to for the release candidate of new series
+GST_MAJORMINOR=0.10
+AC_SUBST(GST_MAJORMINOR)
+
+AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
+
+dnl *** required versions of GStreamer stuff ***
+GST_REQ=0.10.20
+GSTPB_REQ=0.10.20
+
+dnl export for .pc files
+AC_SUBST([GST_REQ])
+AC_SUBST([GSTPB_REQ])
+
+dnl *** autotools stuff ****
+
+dnl allow for different autotools
+AS_AUTOTOOLS_ALTERNATE
+
+dnl Add parameters for aclocal
+AC_SUBST(ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS, "-I m4 -I common/m4")
+
+dnl *** check for arguments to configure ***
+
+AG_GST_ARG_DEBUG
+AG_GST_ARG_VALGRIND
+AG_GST_ARG_GCOV
+AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PACKAGE_NAME
+AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PACKAGE_ORIGIN
+
+dnl *** checks for platform ***
+
+dnl * hardware/architecture *
+
+dnl *** checks for programs ***
+
+dnl find a compiler
+AC_PROG_CC
+
+AC_PATH_PROG(VALGRIND_PATH, valgrind, no)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_VALGRIND, test ! "x$VALGRIND_PATH" = "xno")
+
+dnl check for documentation tools
+AG_GST_DOCBOOK_CHECK
+GTK_DOC_CHECK([1.3])
+
+dnl GTK is optional and used in examples
+HAVE_GTK=NO
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK, gtk+-2.0 >= 2.8.0, HAVE_GTK=yes, HAVE_GTK=no)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_GTK, test "x$HAVE_GTK" = "xyes")
+
+dnl *** checks for libraries ***
+
+dnl *** checks for header files ***
+
+dnl *** checks for types/defines ***
+
+dnl *** checks for structures ***
+
+dnl *** checks for compiler characteristics ***
+
+dnl *** checks for library functions ***
+
+dnl *** checks for dependancy libraries ***
+
+dnl GLib is required (GStreamer is ok with GLib-2.8, but we want at least 2.10)
+GLIB_REQ=2.10.0
+AC_SUBST([GLIB_REQ])
+AG_GST_GLIB_CHECK([$GLIB_REQ])
+
+dnl checks for gstreamer
+dnl uninstalled is selected preferentially -- see pkg-config(1)
+AG_GST_CHECK_GST($GST_MAJORMINOR, [$GST_REQ])
+
+GST_TOOLS_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=toolsdir gstreamer-$GST_MAJORMINOR`
+if test -z $GST_TOOLS_DIR; then
+  AC_MSG_ERROR([no tools dir defined in GStreamer pkg-config file; core upgrade needed.])
+fi
+AC_SUBST(GST_TOOLS_DIR)
+
+GST_PLUGINS_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG gstreamer-$GST_MAJORMINOR --variable pluginsdir`
+AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGINS_DIR)
+AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using GStreamer Core Plugins in $GST_PLUGINS_DIR)
+
+AG_GST_CHECK_GST_BASE($GST_MAJORMINOR, [$GST_REQ])
+
+AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_BASE($GST_MAJORMINOR, [$GSTPB_REQ])
+GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG gstreamer-plugins-base-$GST_MAJORMINOR --variable pluginsdir`
+AC_SUBST(GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR)
+AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using GStreamer Base Plugins in $GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR)
+
+AG_GST_CHECK_GST_CHECK($GST_MAJORMINOR, [$GST_REQ], no)
+
+dnl FIXME: get rid of this by making sure gstreamer-check brings it in
+dnl check for "check", unit testing library/header
+AM_PATH_CHECK(0.9.2, HAVE_CHECK=yes, HAVE_CHECK=no)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CHECK, test "x$HAVE_CHECK" = "xyes")
+
+dnl *** set variables based on configure arguments ***
+
+dnl set license and copyright notice
+GST_LICENSE="LGPL"
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_LICENSE, "$GST_LICENSE", [GStreamer license])
+AC_SUBST(GST_LICENSE)
+
+dnl set location of plugin directory
+AG_GST_SET_PLUGINDIR
+
+dnl define an ERROR_CFLAGS Makefile variable
+AG_GST_SET_ERROR_CFLAGS($GST_CVS)
+
+dnl define correct level for debugging messages
+AG_GST_SET_LEVEL_DEFAULT($GST_CVS)
+
+dnl used in examples
+AG_GST_DEFAULT_ELEMENTS
+
+dnl *** finalize CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, LIBS
+
+dnl Overview:
+dnl GST_OPTION_CFLAGS:  common flags for profiling, debugging, errors, ...
+dnl GST_*:              flags shared by built objects to link against GStreamer
+dnl GST_ALL_LDFLAGS:    linker flags shared by all
+dnl GST_LIB_LDFLAGS:    additional linker flags for all libaries
+dnl GST_LT_LDFLAGS:     library versioning of our libraries
+dnl GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS: flags to be used for all plugins
+
+dnl GST_OPTION_CFLAGS
+if test "x$USE_DEBUG" = xyes; then
+   PROFILE_CFLAGS="-g"
+fi
+AC_SUBST(PROFILE_CFLAGS)
+
+DEPRECATED_CFLAGS="-DGST_DISABLE_DEPRECATED"
+AC_SUBST(DEPRECATED_CFLAGS)
+
+dnl every flag in GST_OPTION_CFLAGS can be overridden at make time
+GST_OPTION_CFLAGS="\$(ERROR_CFLAGS) \$(DEBUG_CFLAGS) \$(PROFILE_CFLAGS) \$(GCOV_CFLAGS) \$(OPT_CFLAGS) \$(DEPRECATED_CFLAGS)"
+AC_SUBST(GST_OPTION_CFLAGS)
+
+dnl FIXME: do we want to rename to GST_ALL_* ?
+dnl prefer internal headers to already installed ones
+dnl add GST_OPTION_CFLAGS, but overridable
+GST_CFLAGS="$GST_CFLAGS \$(GST_OPTION_CFLAGS)"
+AC_SUBST(GST_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(GST_LIBS)
+
+dnl GST_ALL_*
+dnl vars common to for all internal objects (core libs, elements, applications)
+dnl CFLAGS:
+dnl - src and build dirs need to be added because every piece that gets built
+dnl   will need the GStreamer source and generated headers
+GST_ALL_CFLAGS="-I\$(top_srcdir) -I\$(top_builddir) $GST_CFLAGS \$(GST_OPTION_CFLAGS)"
+AC_SUBST([GST_ALL_CFLAGS])
+
+dnl FIXME: check if LTLIBINTL is needed everywhere
+dnl I presume it is given that it contains the symbols that _() stuff maps to
+GST_ALL_LIBS="$GST_LIBS $LTLIBINTL \$(GCOV_LIBS)"
+AC_SUBST([GST_ALL_LIBS])
+
+dnl LDFLAGS really should only contain flags, not libs - they get added before
+dnl whatevertarget_LIBS and -L flags here affect the rest of the linking
+GST_ALL_LDFLAGS="-no-undefined"
+AC_SUBST(GST_ALL_LDFLAGS)
+
+dnl GST_OBJ_*
+dnl default vars for all internal objects built on libgstphonon
+dnl includes GST_ALL_*
+GST_OBJ_CFLAGS="\$(GST_ALL_CFLAGS)"
+AC_SUBST([GST_OBJ_CFLAGS])
+GST_OBJ_LIBS="\$(top_builddir)/gst-phonon/libgstphonon.la \$(GST_ALL_LIBS)"
+AC_SUBST([GST_OBJ_LIBS])
+
+dnl this really should only contain flags, not libs - they get added before
+dnl whatevertarget_LIBS and -L flags here affect the rest of the linking
+
+dnl *** output files ***
+
+dnl keep this alphabetic per directory, please
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([
+Makefile
+gst-rtsp.spec
+common/Makefile
+common/m4/Makefile
+m4/Makefile
+src/Makefile
+])
+AC_OUTPUT
+
+echo "Gst-rtsp-server configured. Type 'make' to build."
diff --git a/docs/design/gst-rtp-server-design b/docs/design/gst-rtp-server-design
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7da8283078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/design/gst-rtp-server-design
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+RTSP server
+-----------
+
+This directory contains an example RTSP server built with various GStreamer
+components and libraries. It also uses GStreamer for all of the multimedia
+procesing and RTP bits. The following features are implemented:
+
+ - 
+
+Server Design
+-------------
+
+The toplevel component of the server is a GstRTSPServer object. This object
+creates and binds on the server socket and attaches into the mainloop.
+
+For each request a new GstRTSPClient object is created that will accept the
+request and a thread is started to handle further communication with the
+client until the connection is closed.
+
+When a client issues a SETUP request we create a GstRTSPSession object,
+identified with a sessionid, that will keep track of the state of a client.
+The object is destroyed when a TEARDOWN request is made for that sessionid.
+
+We also maintain a pool of URL to media pipeline mappings. Each url is mapped to
+an object that is able to provide a pipeline for that media. We provide
+pipelines to stream live captured data, on-demand file streaming or on-demand
+transcoding of a file or stream.
+
+A pool of currently active pipelines is also maintained. Usually the active
+pipelines are in use by one or more GstRTSPSession objects. An active pipeline
+becomes inactive when no more sessions refer to it.
+
+A client can choose to start a new pipeline or join a currently active pipeline.
+Some active pipeline cannot be joined (such as on-demand streams) but a new
+instance of that pipeline can be created.
diff --git a/gst-rtsp.spec.in b/gst-rtsp.spec.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c4eebcb5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gst-rtsp.spec.in
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+%define         gst_majorminor @GST_MAJORMINOR@
+
+Name:           gstreamer-rtsp-server
+Version:        @VERSION@
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        GStreamer based RTSP server
+Vendor:		Collabora Multimedia
+Group:          Applications/Multimedia
+License:        LGPLv2+
+Source0:        gst-rtsp-%{version}.tar.bz2
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+
+BuildRequires:  gstreamer-devel >= 0.10.11
+
+
+%description
+This is a RTSP server using the GStreamer framework.
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n gst-rtsp-%{version}
+
+
+%build
+%configure
+
+make
+
+%install
+%makeinstall
+
+# Clean out files that should not be part of the rpm.
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/gstreamer-%{majorminor}/*.a
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.a
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING README INSTALL docs/design/gst-rtp-server-design
+%{_bindir}/gst-rtsp-server
+
+%changelog
+* Thu Oct 9 2008 Christian Schaller 
+- First spec file
diff --git a/m4/Makefile.am b/m4/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..226cc479db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	codeset.m4
+	gettext.m4
+	glibc21.m4 \
+	iconv.m4 \
+	intdiv0.m4 \
+	inttypes-pri.m4 \
+	nttypes.m4 \
+	inttypes_h.m4 \
+	isc-posix.m4 \
+	lcmessage.m4 \
+	lib-ld.m4 \
+	lib-link.m4 \
+	lib-prefix.m4 \
+	progtest.m4 \
+	stdint_h.m4 \
+	uintmax_t.m4 \
+	ulonglong.m4
diff --git a/m4/codeset.m4 b/m4/codeset.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59535ebcff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/codeset.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# codeset.m4 serial AM1 (gettext-0.10.40)
+dnl Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl This file is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU
+dnl General Public License.  As a special exception to the GNU General
+dnl Public License, this file may be distributed as part of a program
+dnl that contains a configuration script generated by Autoconf, under
+dnl the same distribution terms as the rest of that program.
+
+dnl From Bruno Haible.
+
+AC_DEFUN([AM_LANGINFO_CODESET],
+[
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for nl_langinfo and CODESET], am_cv_langinfo_codeset,
+    [AC_TRY_LINK([#include ],
+      [char* cs = nl_langinfo(CODESET);],
+      am_cv_langinfo_codeset=yes,
+      am_cv_langinfo_codeset=no)
+    ])
+  if test $am_cv_langinfo_codeset = yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LANGINFO_CODESET, 1,
+      [Define if you have  and nl_langinfo(CODESET).])
+  fi
+])
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82674faf5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+bin_PROGRAMS = gst-rtsp-server
+
+gst_rtsp_server_SOURCES = 	main.c \
+			rtsp-server.c \
+			rtsp-client.c \
+			rtsp-media.c \
+			rtsp-session-pool.c \
+			rtsp-session.c
+
+gst_rtsp_server_CFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CFLAGS) $(GST_CFLAGS)
+gst_rtsp_server_LDADD = $(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_LIBS) $(GST_BASE_LIBS) \
+		    -lgstrtp-@GST_MAJORMINOR@ -lgstrtsp-@GST_MAJORMINOR@ \
+                    -lgstsdp-@GST_MAJORMINOR@ $(GST_LIBS) $(LIBM)
+gst_rtsp_server_LDFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
+
+noinst_HEADERS = rtsp-server.h \
+		rtsp-client.h \
+		rtsp-session.h \
+		rtsp-session-pool.h \
+		rtsp-media.h
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70b1fdc9d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Wim Taymans 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include 
+
+#include "rtsp-server.h"
+
+int
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  GMainLoop *loop;
+  GstRTSPServer *server;
+
+  gst_init (&argc, &argv);
+
+  loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
+
+  /* create a server instance */
+  server = gst_rtsp_server_new ();
+
+  /* attach the server to the default maincontext */
+  gst_rtsp_server_attach (server, NULL);
+
+  g_main_loop_run (loop);
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/rtsp-client.c b/src/rtsp-client.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4bcbc1b85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rtsp-client.c
@@ -0,0 +1,811 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Wim Taymans 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include 
+
+#include 
+
+#include "rtsp-client.h"
+
+#undef DEBUG
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstRTSPClient, gst_rtsp_client, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
+
+static void
+gst_rtsp_client_class_init (GstRTSPClientClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *gobject_class;
+
+  gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_rtsp_client_init (GstRTSPClient * client)
+{
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_client_new:
+ *
+ * Create a new #GstRTSPClient instance.
+ */
+GstRTSPClient *
+gst_rtsp_client_new (void)
+{
+  GstRTSPClient *result;
+
+  result = g_object_new (GST_TYPE_RTSP_CLIENT, NULL);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+static void
+handle_generic_response (GstRTSPClient *client, GstRTSPStatusCode code, 
+    GstRTSPMessage *request)
+{
+  GstRTSPMessage response = { 0 };
+
+  gst_rtsp_message_init_response (&response, code, 
+	gst_rtsp_status_as_text (code), request);
+
+  gst_rtsp_connection_send (client->connection, &response, NULL);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+handle_teardown_response (GstRTSPClient *client, const gchar *uri, GstRTSPMessage *request)
+{
+  GstRTSPResult res;
+  GstRTSPSessionMedia *media;
+  GstRTSPSession *session;
+  gchar *sessid;
+  GstRTSPMessage response = { 0 };
+  GstRTSPStatusCode code;
+
+  res = gst_rtsp_message_get_header (request, GST_RTSP_HDR_SESSION, &sessid, 0);
+  if (res == GST_RTSP_OK) {
+    /* we had a session in the request, find it again */
+    if (!(session = gst_rtsp_session_pool_find (client->pool, sessid)))
+      goto session_not_found;
+  }
+  else
+    goto service_unavailable;
+
+  /* get a handle to the configuration of the media in the session */
+  media = gst_rtsp_session_get_media (session, client->media);
+
+  gst_rtsp_session_media_stop (media);
+
+  gst_rtsp_session_pool_remove (client->pool, session);
+  g_object_unref (session);
+
+  /* remove the session id from the request, which will also remove it from the
+   * response */
+  gst_rtsp_message_remove_header (request, GST_RTSP_HDR_SESSION, -1);
+
+  /* construct the response now */
+  code = GST_RTSP_STS_OK;
+  gst_rtsp_message_init_response (&response, code, gst_rtsp_status_as_text (code), request);
+
+  gst_rtsp_connection_send (client->connection, &response, NULL);
+
+  return FALSE;
+
+  /* ERRORS */
+session_not_found:
+  {
+    handle_generic_response (client, GST_RTSP_STS_SESSION_NOT_FOUND, request);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+service_unavailable:
+  {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+}
+
+static gboolean
+handle_pause_response (GstRTSPClient *client, const gchar *uri, GstRTSPMessage *request)
+{
+  GstRTSPResult res;
+  GstRTSPSessionMedia *media;
+  GstRTSPSession *session;
+  gchar *sessid;
+  GstRTSPMessage response = { 0 };
+  GstRTSPStatusCode code;
+
+  res = gst_rtsp_message_get_header (request, GST_RTSP_HDR_SESSION, &sessid, 0);
+  if (res == GST_RTSP_OK) {
+    /* we had a session in the request, find it again */
+    if (!(session = gst_rtsp_session_pool_find (client->pool, sessid)))
+      goto session_not_found;
+  }
+  else
+    goto service_unavailable;
+
+  /* get a handle to the configuration of the media in the session */
+  media = gst_rtsp_session_get_media (session, client->media);
+
+  gst_rtsp_session_media_pause (media);
+  g_object_unref (session);
+
+  /* construct the response now */
+  code = GST_RTSP_STS_OK;
+  gst_rtsp_message_init_response (&response, code, gst_rtsp_status_as_text (code), request);
+
+  gst_rtsp_connection_send (client->connection, &response, NULL);
+
+  return FALSE;
+
+  /* ERRORS */
+session_not_found:
+  {
+    handle_generic_response (client, GST_RTSP_STS_SESSION_NOT_FOUND, request);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+service_unavailable:
+  {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+}
+
+static gboolean
+handle_play_response (GstRTSPClient *client, const gchar *uri, GstRTSPMessage *request)
+{
+  GstRTSPResult res;
+  GstRTSPSessionMedia *media;
+  GstRTSPSession *session;
+  gchar *sessid;
+  GstRTSPMessage response = { 0 };
+  GstRTSPStatusCode code;
+  GstStateChangeReturn ret;
+  GString *rtpinfo;
+  guint n_streams, i;
+  guint timestamp, seqnum;
+
+  res = gst_rtsp_message_get_header (request, GST_RTSP_HDR_SESSION, &sessid, 0);
+  if (res == GST_RTSP_OK) {
+    /* we had a session in the request, find it again */
+    if (!(session = gst_rtsp_session_pool_find (client->pool, sessid)))
+      goto session_not_found;
+  }
+  else
+    goto service_unavailable;
+
+  /* get a handle to the configuration of the media in the session */
+  media = gst_rtsp_session_get_media (session, client->media);
+
+  /* wait for paused to get the caps */
+  ret = gst_rtsp_session_media_pause (media);
+  switch (ret) {
+    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_NO_PREROLL:
+      break;
+    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS:
+      break;
+    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE:
+      goto service_unavailable;
+    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC:
+      ret = gst_element_get_state (media->pipeline, NULL, NULL, -1);
+      break;
+  }
+
+  /* grab RTPInfo from the payloaders now */
+  rtpinfo = g_string_new ("");
+  n_streams = gst_rtsp_media_n_streams (client->media);
+  for (i = 0; i < n_streams; i++) {
+    GstRTSPMediaStream *stream;
+
+    stream = gst_rtsp_media_get_stream (client->media, i);
+
+    g_object_get (G_OBJECT (stream->payloader), "seqnum", &seqnum, NULL);
+    g_object_get (G_OBJECT (stream->payloader), "timestamp", ×tamp, NULL);
+
+    if (i > 0)
+      g_string_append (rtpinfo, ", ");
+    g_string_append_printf (rtpinfo, "url=%s/stream=%d;seq=%u;rtptime=%u", uri, i, seqnum, timestamp);
+  }
+
+  /* construct the response now */
+  code = GST_RTSP_STS_OK;
+  gst_rtsp_message_init_response (&response, code, gst_rtsp_status_as_text (code), request);
+
+  /* add the RTP-Info header */
+  gst_rtsp_message_add_header (&response, GST_RTSP_HDR_RTP_INFO, rtpinfo->str);
+  g_string_free (rtpinfo, TRUE);
+
+  gst_rtsp_connection_send (client->connection, &response, NULL);
+
+  /* start playing after sending the request */
+  gst_rtsp_session_media_play (media);
+  g_object_unref (session);
+
+  return FALSE;
+
+  /* ERRORS */
+session_not_found:
+  {
+    handle_generic_response (client, GST_RTSP_STS_SESSION_NOT_FOUND, request);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+service_unavailable:
+  {
+    handle_generic_response (client, GST_RTSP_STS_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, request);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+}
+
+static gboolean
+handle_setup_response (GstRTSPClient *client, const gchar *uri, GstRTSPMessage *request)
+{
+  GstRTSPResult res;
+  gchar *sessid;
+  gchar *transport;
+  gchar **transports;
+  gboolean have_transport;
+  GstRTSPTransport *ct, *st;
+  GstRTSPSession *session;
+  gint i;
+  GstRTSPLowerTrans supported;
+  GstRTSPMessage response = { 0 };
+  GstRTSPStatusCode code;
+  GstRTSPSessionStream *stream;
+  gchar *trans_str, *pos;
+  guint streamid;
+  GstRTSPSessionMedia *media;
+  gboolean need_session;
+
+  /* find the media associated with the uri */
+  if (client->media == NULL) {
+    if ((client->media = gst_rtsp_media_new (uri)) == NULL)
+      goto not_found;
+  }
+
+  /* parse the transport */
+  res = gst_rtsp_message_get_header (request, GST_RTSP_HDR_TRANSPORT, &transport, 0);
+  if (res != GST_RTSP_OK)
+    goto unsupported_transports;
+
+  transports = g_strsplit (transport, ",", 0);
+  gst_rtsp_transport_new (&ct);  
+
+  /* loop through the transports, try to parse */
+  have_transport = FALSE;
+  for (i = 0; transports[i]; i++) {
+
+    gst_rtsp_transport_init (ct);  
+    res = gst_rtsp_transport_parse (transports[i], ct);
+    if (res == GST_RTSP_OK) {
+      have_transport = TRUE;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  g_strfreev (transports);
+
+  /* we have not found anything usable, error out */
+  if (!have_transport) {
+    gst_rtsp_transport_free (ct);  
+    goto unsupported_transports;
+  }
+
+  /* we have a valid transport, check if we can handle it */
+  if (ct->trans != GST_RTSP_TRANS_RTP)
+    goto unsupported_transports;
+  if (ct->profile != GST_RTSP_PROFILE_AVP)
+    goto unsupported_transports;
+  supported = GST_RTSP_LOWER_TRANS_UDP |
+	GST_RTSP_LOWER_TRANS_UDP_MCAST | GST_RTSP_LOWER_TRANS_TCP;
+  if (!(ct->lower_transport & supported))
+    goto unsupported_transports;
+
+  /* a setup request creates a session for a client, check if the client already
+   * sent a session id to us */
+  res = gst_rtsp_message_get_header (request, GST_RTSP_HDR_SESSION, &sessid, 0);
+  if (res == GST_RTSP_OK) {
+    /* we had a session in the request, find it again */
+    if (!(session = gst_rtsp_session_pool_find (client->pool, sessid)))
+      goto session_not_found;
+    need_session = FALSE;
+  }
+  else {
+    /* create a session if this fails we probably reached our session limit or
+     * something. */
+    if (!(session = gst_rtsp_session_pool_create (client->pool)))
+      goto service_unavailable;
+    need_session = TRUE;
+  }
+
+  /* get a handle to the configuration of the media in the session */
+  media = gst_rtsp_session_get_media (session, client->media);
+
+  /* parse the stream we need to configure */
+  if (!(pos = strstr (uri, "stream=")))
+    goto bad_request;
+
+  pos += strlen ("stream=");
+  if (sscanf (pos, "%u", &streamid) != 1)
+    goto bad_request;
+
+  /* get a handle to the stream in the media */
+  stream = gst_rtsp_session_get_stream (media, streamid);
+
+  /* setup the server transport from the client transport */
+  st = gst_rtsp_session_stream_set_transport (stream, inet_ntoa (client->address.sin_addr), ct);
+
+  /* serialize the server transport */
+  trans_str = gst_rtsp_transport_as_text (st);
+
+  /* construct the response now */
+  code = GST_RTSP_STS_OK;
+  gst_rtsp_message_init_response (&response, code, gst_rtsp_status_as_text (code), request);
+
+  if (need_session)
+    gst_rtsp_message_add_header (&response, GST_RTSP_HDR_SESSION, session->sessionid);
+  gst_rtsp_message_add_header (&response, GST_RTSP_HDR_TRANSPORT, trans_str);
+  g_free (trans_str);
+  g_object_unref (session);
+
+  gst_rtsp_connection_send (client->connection, &response, NULL);
+
+  return TRUE;
+
+  /* ERRORS */
+not_found:
+  {
+    handle_generic_response (client, GST_RTSP_STS_NOT_FOUND, request);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+bad_request:
+  {
+    handle_generic_response (client, GST_RTSP_STS_BAD_REQUEST, request);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+session_not_found:
+  {
+    handle_generic_response (client, GST_RTSP_STS_SESSION_NOT_FOUND, request);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+unsupported_transports:
+  {
+    handle_generic_response (client, GST_RTSP_STS_UNSUPPORTED_TRANSPORT, request);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+service_unavailable:
+  {
+    handle_generic_response (client, GST_RTSP_STS_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, request);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+}
+
+static gboolean
+handle_describe_response (GstRTSPClient *client, const gchar *uri, GstRTSPMessage *request)
+{
+  GstRTSPMessage response = { 0 };
+  GstSDPMessage *sdp;
+  guint n_streams, i;
+  gchar *sdptext;
+  GstRTSPMedia *media;
+
+  /* check what kind of format is accepted */
+
+
+  /* for the describe we must generate an SDP */
+  if (!(media = gst_rtsp_media_new (uri)))
+    goto no_media;
+
+  /* create a pipeline if we have to */
+  if (client->pipeline == NULL) {
+    client->pipeline = gst_pipeline_new ("client-pipeline");
+  }
+
+  /* prepare the media into the pipeline */
+  if (!gst_rtsp_media_prepare (media, GST_BIN (client->pipeline)))
+    goto no_media;
+
+  /* link fakesink to all stream pads and set the pipeline to PLAYING */
+  n_streams = gst_rtsp_media_n_streams (media);
+  for (i = 0; i < n_streams; i++) {
+    GstRTSPMediaStream *stream;
+    GstElement *sink;
+    GstPad *sinkpad;
+
+    stream = gst_rtsp_media_get_stream (media, i);
+
+    sink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", NULL);
+    gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (client->pipeline), sink);
+
+    sinkpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (sink, "sink");
+    gst_pad_link (stream->srcpad, sinkpad);
+    gst_object_unref (sinkpad);
+  }
+
+  /* now play and wait till we get the pads blocked. At that time the pipeline
+   * is prerolled and we have the caps on the streams too. */
+  gst_element_set_state (client->pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
+
+  /* wait for state change to complete */
+  gst_element_get_state (client->pipeline, NULL, NULL, -1);
+
+  /* we should now be able to construct the SDP message */
+  gst_sdp_message_new (&sdp);
+
+  /* some standard things first */
+  gst_sdp_message_set_version (sdp, "0");
+  gst_sdp_message_set_origin (sdp, "-", "1188340656180883", "1", "IN", "IP4", "127.0.0.1");
+  gst_sdp_message_set_session_name (sdp, "Session streamed with GStreamer");
+  gst_sdp_message_set_information (sdp, "rtsp-server");
+  gst_sdp_message_add_time (sdp, "0", "0", NULL);
+  gst_sdp_message_add_attribute (sdp, "tool", "GStreamer");
+  gst_sdp_message_add_attribute (sdp, "type", "broadcast");
+
+  for (i = 0; i < n_streams; i++) {
+    GstRTSPMediaStream *stream;
+    GstSDPMedia *smedia;
+    GstStructure *s;
+    const gchar *caps_str, *caps_enc, *caps_params;
+    gchar *tmp;
+    gint caps_pt, caps_rate;
+    guint n_fields, j;
+    gboolean first;
+    GString *fmtp;
+
+    stream = gst_rtsp_media_get_stream (media, i);
+    gst_sdp_media_new (&smedia);
+
+    s = gst_caps_get_structure (stream->caps, 0);
+
+    /* get media type and payload for the m= line */
+    caps_str = gst_structure_get_string (s, "media");
+    gst_sdp_media_set_media (smedia, caps_str);
+
+    gst_structure_get_int (s, "payload", &caps_pt);
+    tmp = g_strdup_printf ("%d", caps_pt);
+    gst_sdp_media_add_format (smedia, tmp);
+    g_free (tmp);
+
+    gst_sdp_media_set_port_info (smedia, 0, 1);
+    gst_sdp_media_set_proto (smedia, "RTP/AVP");
+
+    /* for the c= line */
+    gst_sdp_media_add_connection (smedia, "IN", "IP4", "127.0.0.1", 0, 0);
+
+    /* get clock-rate, media type and params for the rtpmap attribute */
+    gst_structure_get_int (s, "clock-rate", &caps_rate);
+    caps_enc = gst_structure_get_string (s, "encoding-name");
+    caps_params = gst_structure_get_string (s, "encoding-params");
+
+    if (caps_params)
+      tmp = g_strdup_printf ("%d %s/%d/%s", caps_pt, caps_enc, caps_rate,
+		      caps_params);
+    else
+      tmp = g_strdup_printf ("%d %s/%d", caps_pt, caps_enc, caps_rate);
+
+    gst_sdp_media_add_attribute (smedia, "rtpmap", tmp);
+    g_free (tmp);
+
+    /* the config uri */
+    tmp = g_strdup_printf ("stream=%d", i);
+    gst_sdp_media_add_attribute (smedia, "control", tmp);
+    g_free (tmp);
+
+    /* collect all other properties and add them to fmtp */
+    fmtp = g_string_new ("");
+    g_string_append_printf (fmtp, "%d ", caps_pt);
+    first = TRUE;
+    n_fields = gst_structure_n_fields (s);
+    for (j = 0; j < n_fields; j++) {
+      const gchar *fname, *fval;
+
+      fname = gst_structure_nth_field_name (s, j);
+
+      /* filter out standard properties */
+      if (!strcmp (fname, "media")) 
+	continue;
+      if (!strcmp (fname, "payload")) 
+	continue;
+      if (!strcmp (fname, "clock-rate")) 
+	continue;
+      if (!strcmp (fname, "encoding-name")) 
+	continue;
+      if (!strcmp (fname, "encoding-params")) 
+	continue;
+      if (!strcmp (fname, "ssrc")) 
+	continue;
+      if (!strcmp (fname, "clock-base")) 
+	continue;
+      if (!strcmp (fname, "seqnum-base")) 
+	continue;
+
+      if ((fval = gst_structure_get_string (s, fname))) {
+        g_string_append_printf (fmtp, "%s%s=%s", first ? "":";", fname, fval);
+	first = FALSE;
+      }
+    }
+    if (!first) {
+      tmp = g_string_free (fmtp, FALSE);
+      gst_sdp_media_add_attribute (smedia, "fmtp", tmp);
+      g_free (tmp);
+    }
+    else {
+      g_string_free (fmtp, TRUE);
+    }
+    gst_sdp_message_add_media (sdp, smedia);
+  }
+  /* go back to NULL */
+  gst_element_set_state (client->pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
+
+  g_object_unref (media);
+
+  gst_object_unref (client->pipeline);
+  client->pipeline = NULL;
+
+  gst_rtsp_message_init_response (&response, GST_RTSP_STS_OK, 
+	gst_rtsp_status_as_text (GST_RTSP_STS_OK), request);
+
+  /* add SDP to the response body */
+  sdptext = gst_sdp_message_as_text (sdp);
+  gst_rtsp_message_take_body (&response, (guint8 *)sdptext, strlen (sdptext));
+  gst_sdp_message_free (sdp);
+
+  gst_rtsp_connection_send (client->connection, &response, NULL);
+
+  return TRUE;
+
+  /* ERRORS */
+no_media:
+  {
+    handle_generic_response (client, GST_RTSP_STS_NOT_FOUND, request);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+handle_options_response (GstRTSPClient *client, const gchar *uri, GstRTSPMessage *request)
+{
+  GstRTSPMessage response = { 0 };
+  GstRTSPMethod options;
+  GString *str;
+
+  gst_rtsp_message_init_response (&response, GST_RTSP_STS_OK, 
+	gst_rtsp_status_as_text (GST_RTSP_STS_OK), request);
+
+  options = GST_RTSP_DESCRIBE |
+	    GST_RTSP_OPTIONS |
+    //        GST_RTSP_PAUSE |
+            GST_RTSP_PLAY |
+            GST_RTSP_SETUP |
+            GST_RTSP_TEARDOWN;
+
+  /* always return options.. */
+  str = g_string_new ("OPTIONS");
+
+  if (options & GST_RTSP_DESCRIBE)
+    g_string_append (str, ", DESCRIBE");
+  if (options & GST_RTSP_ANNOUNCE)
+    g_string_append (str, ", ANNOUNCE");
+  if (options & GST_RTSP_GET_PARAMETER)
+    g_string_append (str, ", GET_PARAMETER");
+  if (options & GST_RTSP_PAUSE)
+    g_string_append (str, ", PAUSE");
+  if (options & GST_RTSP_PLAY)
+    g_string_append (str, ", PLAY");
+  if (options & GST_RTSP_RECORD)
+    g_string_append (str, ", RECORD");
+  if (options & GST_RTSP_REDIRECT)
+    g_string_append (str, ", REDIRECT");
+  if (options & GST_RTSP_SETUP)
+    g_string_append (str, ", SETUP");
+  if (options & GST_RTSP_SET_PARAMETER)
+    g_string_append (str, ", SET_PARAMETER");
+  if (options & GST_RTSP_TEARDOWN)
+    g_string_append (str, ", TEARDOWN");
+
+  gst_rtsp_message_add_header (&response, GST_RTSP_HDR_PUBLIC, str->str);
+
+  g_string_free (str, TRUE);
+
+  gst_rtsp_connection_send (client->connection, &response, NULL);
+}
+
+/* this function runs in a client specific thread and handles all rtsp messages
+ * with the client */
+static gpointer
+handle_client (GstRTSPClient *client)
+{
+  GstRTSPMessage request = { 0 };
+  GstRTSPResult res;
+  GstRTSPMethod method;
+  const gchar *uri;
+  GstRTSPVersion version;
+
+  while (TRUE) {
+    /* start by waiting for a message from the client */
+    res = gst_rtsp_connection_receive (client->connection, &request, NULL);
+    if (res < 0)
+      goto receive_failed;
+
+#ifdef DEBUG
+    gst_rtsp_message_dump (&request);
+#endif
+
+    gst_rtsp_message_parse_request (&request, &method, &uri, &version);
+
+    if (version != GST_RTSP_VERSION_1_0) {
+      /* we can only handle 1.0 requests */
+      handle_generic_response (client, GST_RTSP_STS_RTSP_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED, &request);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    /* now see what is asked and dispatch to a dedicated handler */
+    switch (method) {
+      case GST_RTSP_OPTIONS:
+        handle_options_response (client, uri, &request);
+        break;
+      case GST_RTSP_DESCRIBE:
+        handle_describe_response (client, uri, &request);
+        break;
+      case GST_RTSP_SETUP:
+        handle_setup_response (client, uri, &request);
+        break;
+      case GST_RTSP_PLAY:
+        handle_play_response (client, uri, &request);
+        break;
+      case GST_RTSP_PAUSE:
+        handle_pause_response (client, uri, &request);
+        break;
+      case GST_RTSP_TEARDOWN:
+        handle_teardown_response (client, uri, &request);
+        break;
+      case GST_RTSP_ANNOUNCE:
+      case GST_RTSP_GET_PARAMETER:
+      case GST_RTSP_RECORD:
+      case GST_RTSP_REDIRECT:
+      case GST_RTSP_SET_PARAMETER:
+        handle_generic_response (client, GST_RTSP_STS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, &request);
+        break;
+      case GST_RTSP_INVALID:
+      default:
+        handle_generic_response (client, GST_RTSP_STS_BAD_REQUEST, &request);
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  g_object_unref (client);
+  return NULL;
+
+  /* ERRORS */
+receive_failed:
+  {
+    g_print ("receive failed, disconnect client %p\n", client);
+    gst_rtsp_connection_close (client->connection);
+    g_object_unref (client);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+}
+
+/* called when we need to accept a new request from a client */
+static gboolean
+client_accept (GstRTSPClient *client, GIOChannel *source)
+{
+  /* a new client connected. */
+  int server_sock_fd;
+  unsigned int address_len;
+  GstRTSPConnection *conn;
+
+  conn = client->connection;
+
+  server_sock_fd = g_io_channel_unix_get_fd (source);
+
+  address_len = sizeof (client->address);
+  memset (&client->address, 0, address_len);
+
+  conn->fd.fd = accept (server_sock_fd, (struct sockaddr *) &client->address,
+      &address_len);
+  if (conn->fd.fd == -1)
+    goto accept_failed;
+
+  g_print ("added new client %p ip %s with fd %d\n", client,
+	        inet_ntoa (client->address.sin_addr), conn->fd.fd);
+
+  /* FIXME some hackery, we need to have a connection method to accept server
+   * connections */
+  gst_poll_add_fd (conn->fdset, &conn->fd);
+
+  return TRUE;
+
+  /* ERRORS */
+accept_failed:
+  {
+    g_error ("Could not accept client on server socket %d: %s (%d)",
+            server_sock_fd, g_strerror (errno), errno);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_client_set_session_pool:
+ * @client: a #GstRTSPClient
+ * @pool: a #GstRTSPSessionPool
+ *
+ * Set @pool as the sessionpool for @client which it will use to find
+ * or allocate sessions.
+ */
+void
+gst_rtsp_client_set_session_pool (GstRTSPClient *client, GstRTSPSessionPool *pool)
+{
+  GstRTSPSessionPool *old;
+
+  old = client->pool;
+  if (pool)
+    g_object_ref (pool);
+  client->pool = pool;
+  if (old)
+    g_object_unref (old);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_client_get_session_pool:
+ * @client: a #GstRTSPClient
+ *
+ * Get the #GstRTSPSessionPool object that @client uses to manage its sessions.
+ *
+ * Returns: a #GstRTSPSessionPool, unref after usage.
+ */
+GstRTSPSessionPool *
+gst_rtsp_client_get_session_pool (GstRTSPClient *client)
+{
+  GstRTSPSessionPool *result;
+
+  if ((result = client->pool))
+    g_object_ref (result);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_client_attach:
+ * @client: a #GstRTSPClient
+ * @context: a #GMainContext
+ *
+ * Attaches @client to @context. When the mainloop for @context is run, the
+ * client will be dispatched.
+ *
+ * This function should be called when the client properties and urls are fully
+ * configured and the client is ready to start.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if the client could be accepted.
+ */
+gboolean
+gst_rtsp_client_accept (GstRTSPClient *client, GIOChannel *source)
+{
+  gst_rtsp_connection_create (NULL, &client->connection);
+
+  if (!client_accept (client, source))
+    goto accept_failed;
+
+  /* client accepted, spawn a thread for the client */
+  g_object_ref (client);
+  client->thread = g_thread_create ((GThreadFunc)handle_client, client, TRUE, NULL);
+
+  return TRUE;
+
+  /* ERRORS */
+accept_failed:
+  {
+    gst_rtsp_connection_close (client->connection);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/rtsp-client.h b/src/rtsp-client.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a29e6887ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rtsp-client.h
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Wim Taymans 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#ifndef __GST_RTSP_CLIENT_H__
+#define __GST_RTSP_CLIENT_H__
+
+#include "rtsp-media.h"
+#include "rtsp-session-pool.h"
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define GST_TYPE_RTSP_CLIENT              (gst_rtsp_client_get_type ())
+#define GST_IS_RTSP_CLIENT(obj)           (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_RTSP_CLIENT))
+#define GST_IS_RTSP_CLIENT_CLASS(klass)   (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_RTSP_CLIENT))
+#define GST_RTSP_CLIENT_GET_CLASS(obj)    (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_RTSP_CLIENT, GstRTSPClientClass))
+#define GST_RTSP_CLIENT(obj)              (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_RTSP_CLIENT, GstRTSPClient))
+#define GST_RTSP_CLIENT_CLASS(klass)      (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_RTSP_CLIENT, GstRTSPClientClass))
+#define GST_RTSP_CLIENT_CAST(obj)         ((GstRTSPClient*)(obj))
+#define GST_RTSP_CLIENT_CLASS_CAST(klass) ((GstRTSPClientClass*)(klass))
+
+typedef struct _GstRTSPClient GstRTSPClient;
+typedef struct _GstRTSPClientClass GstRTSPClientClass;
+
+struct _GstRTSPClient {
+  GObject       parent;
+
+  GstRTSPConnection *connection;
+  struct sockaddr_in address;
+
+  GstRTSPMedia *media;
+  GstElement   *pipeline;
+
+  GstRTSPSessionPool *pool;
+  GstRTSPSession     *session;
+
+  GThread *thread;
+};
+
+struct _GstRTSPClientClass {
+  GObjectClass  parent_class;
+};
+
+GType                gst_rtsp_client_get_type          (void);
+
+GstRTSPClient *      gst_rtsp_client_new               (void);
+
+void                 gst_rtsp_client_set_session_pool  (GstRTSPClient *client, 
+                                                        GstRTSPSessionPool *pool);
+GstRTSPSessionPool * gst_rtsp_client_get_session_pool  (GstRTSPClient *client);
+
+gboolean             gst_rtsp_client_accept            (GstRTSPClient *client, 
+                                                        GIOChannel *source);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_RTSP_CLIENT_H__ */
diff --git a/src/rtsp-media.c b/src/rtsp-media.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7e181dc77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rtsp-media.c
@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Wim Taymans 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include "rtsp-media.h"
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstRTSPMedia, gst_rtsp_media, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
+
+static void gst_rtsp_media_finalize (GObject * obj);
+
+static void
+gst_rtsp_media_class_init (GstRTSPMediaClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *gobject_class;
+
+  gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+
+  gobject_class->finalize = gst_rtsp_media_finalize;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_rtsp_media_init (GstRTSPMedia * media)
+{
+  media->streams = g_array_new (FALSE, TRUE, sizeof (GstRTSPMediaStream *));
+}
+
+static void
+gst_rtsp_media_stream_free (GstRTSPMediaStream *stream)
+{
+}
+
+static void
+gst_rtsp_media_finalize (GObject * obj)
+{
+  GstRTSPMedia *media;
+  guint i;
+
+  media = GST_RTSP_MEDIA (obj);
+
+  g_free (media->location);
+  gst_rtsp_url_free (media->url);
+
+  for (i = 0; i < media->streams->len; i++) {
+    GstRTSPMediaStream *stream;
+
+    stream = g_array_index (media->streams, GstRTSPMediaStream *, i);
+
+    gst_rtsp_media_stream_free (stream);
+  }
+  g_array_free (media->streams, TRUE);
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (gst_rtsp_media_parent_class)->finalize (obj);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_media_new:
+ * @location: the URL of the media
+ *
+ * Create a new #GstRTSPMedia instance.
+ *
+ * Returns: a new #GstRTSPMedia object or %NULL when location did not contain a
+ * valid or understood URL.
+ */
+GstRTSPMedia *
+gst_rtsp_media_new (const gchar *location)
+{
+  GstRTSPMedia *result;
+  GstRTSPUrl *url;
+
+  url = NULL;
+
+  if (gst_rtsp_url_parse (location, &url) != GST_RTSP_OK)
+    goto invalid_url;
+
+  result = g_object_new (GST_TYPE_RTSP_MEDIA, NULL);
+  result->location = g_strdup (location);
+  result->url = url;
+
+  return result;
+
+  /* ERRORS */
+invalid_url:
+  {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+caps_notify (GstPad * pad, GParamSpec * unused, GstRTSPMediaStream * stream)
+{
+  if (stream->caps)
+    gst_caps_unref (stream->caps);
+  if ((stream->caps = GST_PAD_CAPS (pad)))
+    gst_caps_ref (stream->caps);
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ * STREAMING CONFIGURATION
+ *
+ * gst_rtsp_media_prepare:
+ * @media: a #GstRTSPMedia
+ * @bin: the parent bin to create the elements in.
+ *
+ * Prepare the media object so that it creates its streams. Implementations
+ * should crate the needed gstreamer elements and add them to @bin. No state
+ * changes should be performed on them yet.
+ *
+ * One or more GstRTSPMediaStream objects should be added to @media with the
+ * srcpad member set to a source pad that produces buffer of type 
+ * application/x-rtp.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if the media could be prepared.
+ */
+gboolean
+gst_rtsp_media_prepare (GstRTSPMedia *media, GstBin *bin)
+{
+  GstRTSPMediaStream *stream;
+  GstElement *pay, *element;
+  GstPad * pad;
+  gint i;
+
+  /* if we're already prepared we must exit */
+  g_return_val_if_fail (media->prepared == FALSE, FALSE);
+
+  g_print ("%s\n", media->url->abspath);
+
+  if (g_str_has_prefix (media->url->abspath, "/camera")) {
+    /* live */
+    element = gst_parse_launch ("( "
+	"v4l2src ! video/x-raw-yuv,width=352,height=288,framerate=15/1 ! "
+	"queue ! videorate ! ffmpegcolorspace ! "
+	"x264enc bitrate=300 ! rtph264pay name=pay0 "
+	"alsasrc ! audio/x-raw-int,rate=8000 ! queue ! "
+	"amrnbenc ! rtpamrpay name=pay1 "
+	")", NULL);
+  }
+  else if (g_str_has_prefix (media->url->abspath, "/h264")) {
+    /* transcode h264 */
+    element = gst_parse_launch ("( uridecodebin "
+	"uri=file:///home/cschalle/Videos/mi2.avi ! "
+	"x264enc bitrate=300 ! rtph264pay name=pay0 )", NULL);
+  }
+  else if (g_str_has_prefix (media->url->abspath, "/theora")) {
+    /* transcode theora */
+    element = gst_parse_launch ("( uridecodebin "
+  	"uri=file:///home/wim/data/mi2.avi ! "
+	"theoraenc ! rtptheorapay name=pay0 )", NULL);
+  }
+  else if (g_str_has_prefix (media->url->abspath, "/macpclinux")) {
+    /* theora/vorbis */
+    element = gst_parse_launch ("( filesrc "
+	"location=/home/cschalle/Videos/mac_pc_linux_2.ogg ! oggdemux name=d ! "
+	"queue ! theoraparse ! rtptheorapay name=pay0 "
+	"d. ! queue ! vorbisparse ! rtpvorbispay name=pay1 )", NULL);
+  }
+  else if (g_str_has_prefix (media->url->abspath, "/rtspproxy")) {
+    /* proxy RTSP transcode */
+    element = gst_parse_launch ("( uridecodebin "
+	"uri=rtsp://ia300135.us.archive.org:554/0/items/uncovered_interviews/uncovered_interviews_3_256kb.mp4 ! "
+	"x264enc bitrate=1800 ! rtph264pay name=pay0 )", NULL);
+  }
+  else if (g_str_has_prefix (media->url->abspath, "/httpproxy")) {
+    /* proxy HTTP transcode */
+    element = gst_parse_launch ("( uridecodebin "
+	"uri=http://movies.apple.com/movies/fox/maxpayne/maxpayne-tlre_h480.mov name=d "
+	"d. ! queue ! x264enc bitrate=1800 ! rtph264pay name=pay0 "
+	"d. ! queue ! faac ! rtpmp4gpay name=pay1 )", NULL);
+  }
+  else
+    return FALSE;
+
+  gst_bin_add (bin, element);
+
+  for (i = 0; ; i++) {
+    gchar *name;
+
+    name = g_strdup_printf ("pay%d", i);
+
+    if (!(pay = gst_bin_get_by_name (GST_BIN (element), name))) {
+      g_free (name);
+      break;
+    }
+    
+    /* create the stream */
+    stream = g_new0 (GstRTSPMediaStream, 1);
+    stream->media = media;
+    stream->element = element;
+    stream->payloader = pay;
+    stream->idx = media->streams->len;
+
+    pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (pay, "src");
+
+    stream->srcpad = gst_ghost_pad_new (name, pad);
+    gst_element_add_pad (stream->element, stream->srcpad);
+
+    stream->caps_sig = g_signal_connect (pad, "notify::caps", (GCallback) caps_notify, stream);
+    gst_object_unref (pad);
+
+    /* add stream now */
+    g_array_append_val (media->streams, stream);
+    gst_object_unref (pay);
+
+    g_free (name);
+  }
+
+  media->prepared = TRUE;
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_media_n_streams:
+ * @media: a #GstRTSPMedia
+ *
+ * Get the number of streams in this media.
+ *
+ * Returns: The number of streams.
+ */
+guint
+gst_rtsp_media_n_streams (GstRTSPMedia *media)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_RTSP_MEDIA (media), 0);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (media->prepared, 0);
+
+  return media->streams->len;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_media_get_stream:
+ * @media: a #GstRTSPMedia
+ * @idx: the stream index
+ *
+ * Retrieve the stream with index @idx from @media.
+ *
+ * Returns: the #GstRTSPMediaStream at index @idx.
+ */
+GstRTSPMediaStream *
+gst_rtsp_media_get_stream (GstRTSPMedia *media, guint idx)
+{
+  GstRTSPMediaStream *res;
+  
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_RTSP_MEDIA (media), NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (media->prepared, 0);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (idx < media->streams->len, NULL);
+
+  res = g_array_index (media->streams, GstRTSPMediaStream *, idx);
+
+  return res;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/rtsp-media.h b/src/rtsp-media.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf4bede1ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rtsp-media.h
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Wim Taymans 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#ifndef __GST_RTSP_MEDIA_H__
+#define __GST_RTSP_MEDIA_H__
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define GST_TYPE_RTSP_MEDIA              (gst_rtsp_media_get_type ())
+#define GST_IS_RTSP_MEDIA(obj)           (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_RTSP_MEDIA))
+#define GST_IS_RTSP_MEDIA_CLASS(klass)   (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_RTSP_MEDIA))
+#define GST_RTSP_MEDIA_GET_CLASS(obj)    (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_RTSP_MEDIA, GstRTSPMediaClass))
+#define GST_RTSP_MEDIA(obj)              (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_RTSP_MEDIA, GstRTSPMedia))
+#define GST_RTSP_MEDIA_CLASS(klass)      (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_RTSP_MEDIA, GstRTSPMediaClass))
+#define GST_RTSP_MEDIA_CAST(obj)         ((GstRTSPMedia*)(obj))
+#define GST_RTSP_MEDIA_CLASS_CAST(klass) ((GstRTSPMediaClass*)(klass))
+
+typedef struct _GstRTSPMedia GstRTSPMedia;
+typedef struct _GstRTSPMediaStream GstRTSPMediaStream;
+typedef struct _GstRTSPMediaClass GstRTSPMediaClass;
+
+struct _GstRTSPMediaStream {
+  GstRTSPMedia *media;
+
+  guint       idx;
+  gchar      *name;
+
+  GstElement *element;
+  GstPad     *srcpad;
+  GstElement *payloader;
+  gulong      caps_sig;
+  GstCaps    *caps;
+};
+
+struct _GstRTSPMedia {
+  GObject       parent;
+
+  gchar        *location;
+  GstRTSPUrl   *url;
+
+  gboolean      prepared;
+  GArray       *streams;
+};
+
+struct _GstRTSPMediaClass {
+  GObjectClass  parent_class;
+};
+
+GType                gst_rtsp_media_get_type             (void);
+
+GstRTSPMedia *       gst_rtsp_media_new                  (const gchar *name);
+
+gboolean             gst_rtsp_media_prepare              (GstRTSPMedia *media, GstBin *bin);
+
+guint                gst_rtsp_media_n_streams            (GstRTSPMedia *media);
+GstRTSPMediaStream * gst_rtsp_media_get_stream           (GstRTSPMedia *media, guint idx);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_RTSP_MEDIA_H__ */
diff --git a/src/rtsp-server.c b/src/rtsp-server.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..524275275a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rtsp-server.c
@@ -0,0 +1,232 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Wim Taymans 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include 
+
+#include "rtsp-server.h"
+#include "rtsp-client.h"
+
+#define TCP_BACKLOG             5
+#define DEFAULT_PORT            1554
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstRTSPServer, gst_rtsp_server, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
+
+static void
+gst_rtsp_server_class_init (GstRTSPServerClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *gobject_class;
+
+  gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_rtsp_server_init (GstRTSPServer * server)
+{
+  server->server_port = DEFAULT_PORT;
+  server->pool = gst_rtsp_session_pool_new ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_server_new:
+ *
+ * Create a new #GstRTSPServer instance.
+ */
+GstRTSPServer *
+gst_rtsp_server_new (void)
+{
+  GstRTSPServer *result;
+
+  result = g_object_new (GST_TYPE_RTSP_SERVER, NULL);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_rtsp_server_sink_init_send (GstRTSPServer * server)
+{
+  int ret;
+
+  /* create server socket */
+  if ((server->server_sock.fd = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1)
+    goto no_socket;
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (server, "opened sending server socket with fd %d",
+      server->server_sock.fd);
+
+  /* make address reusable */
+  ret = 1;
+  if (setsockopt (server->server_sock.fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR,
+          (void *) &ret, sizeof (ret)) < 0)
+    goto reuse_failed;
+
+  /* keep connection alive; avoids SIGPIPE during write */
+  ret = 1;
+  if (setsockopt (server->server_sock.fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE,
+          (void *) &ret, sizeof (ret)) < 0)
+    goto keepalive_failed;
+
+  /* name the socket */
+  memset (&server->server_sin, 0, sizeof (server->server_sin));
+  server->server_sin.sin_family = AF_INET;        /* network socket */
+  server->server_sin.sin_port = htons (server->server_port);        /* on port */
+  server->server_sin.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl (INADDR_ANY);        /* for hosts */
+
+  /* bind it */
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (server, "binding server socket to address");
+  ret = bind (server->server_sock.fd, (struct sockaddr *) &server->server_sin,
+      sizeof (server->server_sin));
+  if (ret)
+    goto bind_failed;
+
+  /* set the server socket to nonblocking */
+  fcntl (server->server_sock.fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (server, "listening on server socket %d with queue of %d",
+      server->server_sock.fd, TCP_BACKLOG);
+  if (listen (server->server_sock.fd, TCP_BACKLOG) == -1)
+    goto listen_failed;
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (server,
+      "listened on server socket %d, returning from connection setup",
+      server->server_sock.fd);
+
+  return TRUE;
+
+  /* ERRORS */
+no_socket:
+  {
+    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (server, "failed to create socket: %s", g_strerror (errno));
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+reuse_failed:
+  {
+    if (server->server_sock.fd >= 0) {
+      close (server->server_sock.fd);
+      server->server_sock.fd = -1;
+    }
+    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (server, "failed to reuse socket: %s", g_strerror (errno));
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+keepalive_failed:
+  {
+    if (server->server_sock.fd >= 0) {
+      close (server->server_sock.fd);
+      server->server_sock.fd = -1;
+    }
+    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (server, "failed to configure keepalive socket: %s", g_strerror (errno));
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+listen_failed:
+  {
+    if (server->server_sock.fd >= 0) {
+      close (server->server_sock.fd);
+      server->server_sock.fd = -1;
+    }
+    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (server, "failed to listen on socket: %s", g_strerror (errno));
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+bind_failed:
+  {
+    if (server->server_sock.fd >= 0) {
+      close (server->server_sock.fd);
+      server->server_sock.fd = -1;
+    }
+    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (server, "failed to bind on socket: %s", g_strerror (errno));
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+}
+
+/* called when an event is available on our server socket */
+static gboolean
+server_dispatch (GIOChannel *source, GIOCondition condition, GstRTSPServer *server)
+{
+  if (condition & G_IO_IN) {
+    GstRTSPClient *client;
+
+    /* a new client connected, create a session to handle the client. */
+    client = gst_rtsp_client_new ();
+
+    /* set the session pool that this client should use */
+    gst_rtsp_client_set_session_pool (client, server->pool);
+
+    /* accept connections for that client, this function returns after accepting
+     * the connection and will run the remainder of the communication with the
+     * client asyncronously. */
+    if (!gst_rtsp_client_accept (client, source))
+      goto accept_failed;
+
+    /* can unref the client now, when the request is finished, it will be
+     * unreffed async. */
+    gst_object_unref (client);
+  }
+  else {
+    g_print ("received unknown event %08x", condition);
+  }
+  return TRUE;
+
+  /* ERRORS */
+accept_failed:
+  {
+    g_error ("Could not accept client on server socket %d: %s (%d)",
+            server->server_sock.fd, g_strerror (errno), errno);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_server_attach:
+ * @server: a #GstRTSPServer
+ * @context: a #GMainContext
+ *
+ * Attaches @server to @context. When the mainloop for @context is run, the
+ * server will be dispatched.
+ *
+ * This function should be called when the server properties and urls are fully
+ * configured and the server is ready to start.
+ *
+ * Returns: the ID (greater than 0) for the source within the GMainContext. 
+ */
+guint
+gst_rtsp_server_attach (GstRTSPServer *server, GMainContext *context)
+{
+  guint res;
+
+  if (!gst_rtsp_server_sink_init_send (server))
+    goto init_failed;
+
+  /* create IO channel for the socket */
+  server->io_channel = g_io_channel_unix_new (server->server_sock.fd);
+
+  /* create a watch for reads (new connections) and possible errors */
+  server->io_watch = g_io_create_watch (server->io_channel, G_IO_IN |
+		  G_IO_ERR | G_IO_HUP | G_IO_NVAL);
+
+  /* configure the callback */
+  g_source_set_callback (server->io_watch, (GSourceFunc) server_dispatch, server, NULL);
+
+  res = g_source_attach (server->io_watch, context);
+
+  return res;
+
+  /* ERRORS */
+init_failed:
+  {
+    return 0;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/rtsp-server.h b/src/rtsp-server.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93bc820d8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rtsp-server.h
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Wim Taymans 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include 
+
+#include "rtsp-session-pool.h"
+
+#ifndef __GST_RTSP_SERVER_H__
+#define __GST_RTSP_SERVER_H__
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define GST_TYPE_RTSP_SERVER              (gst_rtsp_server_get_type ())
+#define GST_IS_RTSP_SERVER(obj)           (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_RTSP_SERVER))
+#define GST_IS_RTSP_SERVER_CLASS(klass)   (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_RTSP_SERVER))
+#define GST_RTSP_SERVER_GET_CLASS(obj)    (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_RTSP_SERVER, GstRTSPServerClass))
+#define GST_RTSP_SERVER(obj)              (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_RTSP_SERVER, GstRTSPServer))
+#define GST_RTSP_SERVER_CLASS(klass)      (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_RTSP_SERVER, GstRTSPServerClass))
+#define GST_RTSP_SERVER_CAST(obj)         ((GstRTSPServer*)(obj))
+#define GST_RTSP_SERVER_CLASS_CAST(klass) ((GstRTSPServerClass*)(klass))
+
+typedef struct _GstRTSPServer GstRTSPServer;
+typedef struct _GstRTSPServerClass GstRTSPServerClass;
+
+struct _GstRTSPServer {
+  GObject       parent;
+
+  /* server information */
+  int server_port;
+  gchar *host;
+  struct sockaddr_in server_sin;
+
+  /* socket */
+  GstPollFD server_sock;
+
+  GIOChannel *io_channel;
+  GSource *io_watch;
+
+  /* sessions on this server */
+  GstRTSPSessionPool *pool;
+};
+
+struct _GstRTSPServerClass {
+  GObjectClass  parent_class;
+};
+
+GType             gst_rtsp_server_get_type             (void);
+
+GstRTSPServer *   gst_rtsp_server_new                  (void);
+
+guint             gst_rtsp_server_attach               (GstRTSPServer *server, 
+                                                        GMainContext *context);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_RTSP_SERVER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/rtsp-session-pool.c b/src/rtsp-session-pool.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..716e88827b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rtsp-session-pool.c
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Wim Taymans 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include "rtsp-session-pool.h"
+
+#undef DEBUG
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstRTSPSessionPool, gst_rtsp_session_pool, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
+
+static void
+gst_rtsp_session_pool_class_init (GstRTSPSessionPoolClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *gobject_class;
+
+  gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_rtsp_session_pool_init (GstRTSPSessionPool * pool)
+{
+  pool->lock = g_mutex_new ();
+  pool->sessions = g_hash_table_new_full (g_str_hash, g_str_equal,
+		  g_free, NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_session_pool_new:
+ *
+ * Create a new #GstRTSPSessionPool instance.
+ */
+GstRTSPSessionPool *
+gst_rtsp_session_pool_new (void)
+{
+  GstRTSPSessionPool *result;
+
+  result = g_object_new (GST_TYPE_RTSP_SESSION_POOL, NULL);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_session_pool_find:
+ * @pool: the pool to search
+ * @sessionid: the session id
+ *
+ * Find the session with @sessionid in @pool.
+ *
+ * Returns: the #GstRTSPSession with @sessionid or %NULL when the session did
+ * not exist. g_object_unref() after usage.
+ */
+GstRTSPSession *
+gst_rtsp_session_pool_find (GstRTSPSessionPool *pool, const gchar *sessionid)
+{
+  GstRTSPSession *result;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_RTSP_SESSION_POOL (pool), NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (sessionid != NULL, NULL);
+
+  g_mutex_lock (pool->lock);
+  result = g_hash_table_lookup (pool->sessions, sessionid);
+  if (result)
+    g_object_ref (result);
+  g_mutex_unlock (pool->lock);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+static gchar *
+create_session_id (void)
+{
+  gchar id[16];
+  gint i;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+    id[i] = g_random_int_range ('a', 'z');
+  }
+
+  return g_strndup (id, 16);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_session_pool_create:
+ * @pool: a #GstRTSPSessionPool
+ *
+ * Create a new #GstRTSPSession object in @pool.
+ *
+ * Returns: a new #GstRTSPSession.
+ */
+GstRTSPSession *
+gst_rtsp_session_pool_create (GstRTSPSessionPool *pool)
+{
+  GstRTSPSession *result = NULL;
+  gchar *id;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_RTSP_SESSION_POOL (pool), NULL);
+
+  do {
+    /* start by creating a new random session id, we assume that this is random
+     * enough to not cause a collision, which we will check later  */
+    id = create_session_id ();
+
+    g_mutex_lock (pool->lock);
+    /* check if the sessionid existed */
+    result = g_hash_table_lookup (pool->sessions, id);
+    if (result) {
+      /* found, retry with a different session id*/
+      result = NULL;
+    }
+    else {
+      /* not found, create session and insert it in the pool */
+      result = gst_rtsp_session_new (id); 
+      /* take additional ref for the pool */
+      g_object_ref (result);
+      g_hash_table_insert (pool->sessions, result->sessionid, result);
+    }
+    g_mutex_unlock (pool->lock);
+
+    g_free (id);
+  } while (result == NULL);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_session_pool_remove:
+ * @pool: a #GstRTSPSessionPool
+ * @sess: a #GstRTSPSession
+ *
+ * Remove @sess from @pool and Clean it up.
+ *
+ * Returns: a new #GstRTSPSession.
+ */
+void
+gst_rtsp_session_pool_remove (GstRTSPSessionPool *pool, GstRTSPSession *sess)
+{
+  gboolean found;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_RTSP_SESSION_POOL (pool));
+  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_RTSP_SESSION (sess));
+
+  g_mutex_lock (pool->lock);
+  found = g_hash_table_remove (pool->sessions, sess);
+  g_mutex_unlock (pool->lock);
+
+  if (found) {
+    g_object_unref (sess);
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/rtsp-session-pool.h b/src/rtsp-session-pool.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9336647d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rtsp-session-pool.h
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Wim Taymans 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include 
+
+#ifndef __GST_RTSP_SESSION_POOL_H__
+#define __GST_RTSP_SESSION_POOL_H__
+
+#include "rtsp-session.h"
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define GST_TYPE_RTSP_SESSION_POOL              (gst_rtsp_session_pool_get_type ())
+#define GST_IS_RTSP_SESSION_POOL(obj)           (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_RTSP_SESSION_POOL))
+#define GST_IS_RTSP_SESSION_POOL_CLASS(klass)   (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_RTSP_SESSION_POOL))
+#define GST_RTSP_SESSION_POOL_GET_CLASS(obj)    (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_RTSP_SESSION_POOL, GstRTSPSessionPoolClass))
+#define GST_RTSP_SESSION_POOL(obj)              (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_RTSP_SESSION_POOL, GstRTSPSessionPool))
+#define GST_RTSP_SESSION_POOL_CLASS(klass)      (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_RTSP_SESSION_POOL, GstRTSPSessionPoolClass))
+#define GST_RTSP_SESSION_POOL_CAST(obj)         ((GstRTSPSessionPool*)(obj))
+#define GST_RTSP_SESSION_POOL_CLASS_CAST(klass) ((GstRTSPSessionPoolClass*)(klass))
+
+typedef struct _GstRTSPSessionPool GstRTSPSessionPool;
+typedef struct _GstRTSPSessionPoolClass GstRTSPSessionPoolClass;
+
+/**
+ * GstRTSPSessionPool:
+ *
+ * An object that keeps track of the active sessions.
+ */
+struct _GstRTSPSessionPool {
+  GObject       parent;
+
+  GMutex       *lock;
+  GHashTable   *sessions;
+};
+
+struct _GstRTSPSessionPoolClass {
+  GObjectClass  parent_class;
+};
+
+GType                 gst_rtsp_session_pool_get_type          (void);
+
+GstRTSPSessionPool *  gst_rtsp_session_pool_new               (void);
+
+GstRTSPSession *      gst_rtsp_session_pool_find              (GstRTSPSessionPool *pool,
+                                                               const gchar *sessionid);
+GstRTSPSession *      gst_rtsp_session_pool_create            (GstRTSPSessionPool *pool);
+void                  gst_rtsp_session_pool_remove            (GstRTSPSessionPool *pool,
+                                                               GstRTSPSession *sess);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_RTSP_SESSION_POOL_H__ */
diff --git a/src/rtsp-session.c b/src/rtsp-session.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7893632c42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rtsp-session.c
@@ -0,0 +1,503 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Wim Taymans 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include "rtsp-session.h"
+
+#undef DEBUG
+
+static void gst_rtsp_session_finalize (GObject * obj);
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstRTSPSession, gst_rtsp_session, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
+
+static void
+gst_rtsp_session_class_init (GstRTSPSessionClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *gobject_class;
+
+  gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+
+  gobject_class->finalize = gst_rtsp_session_finalize;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_rtsp_session_init (GstRTSPSession * session)
+{
+}
+
+static void
+gst_rtsp_session_free_stream (GstRTSPSessionStream *stream)
+{
+  if (stream->client_trans)
+    gst_rtsp_transport_free (stream->client_trans);
+  g_free (stream->destination);
+  if (stream->server_trans)
+    gst_rtsp_transport_free (stream->server_trans);
+
+  if (stream->udpsrc[0])
+    gst_object_unref (stream->udpsrc[0]);
+
+  g_free (stream);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_rtsp_session_free_media (GstRTSPSessionMedia *media)
+{
+  GList *walk;
+
+  gst_element_set_state (media->pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
+
+  if (media->media)
+    g_object_unref (media->media);
+
+  for (walk = media->streams; walk; walk = g_list_next (walk)) {
+    GstRTSPSessionStream *stream = (GstRTSPSessionStream *) walk->data; 
+
+    gst_rtsp_session_free_stream (stream);
+  }
+  if (media->pipeline)
+    gst_object_unref (media->pipeline);
+  g_list_free (media->streams);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_rtsp_session_finalize (GObject * obj)
+{
+  GstRTSPSession *session;
+  GList *walk;
+
+  session = GST_RTSP_SESSION (obj);
+
+  g_free (session->sessionid);
+
+  for (walk = session->medias; walk; walk = g_list_next (walk)) {
+    GstRTSPSessionMedia *media = (GstRTSPSessionMedia *) walk->data; 
+
+    gst_rtsp_session_free_media (media);
+  }
+  g_list_free (session->medias);
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (gst_rtsp_session_parent_class)->finalize (obj);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_session_get_media:
+ * @sess: a #GstRTSPSession
+ * @media: a #GstRTSPSessionMedia
+ *
+ * Get or create the session information for @media.
+ *
+ * Returns: the configuration for @media in @sess.
+ */
+GstRTSPSessionMedia *
+gst_rtsp_session_get_media (GstRTSPSession *sess, GstRTSPMedia *media)
+{
+  GstRTSPSessionMedia *result;
+  GList *walk;
+
+  for (walk = sess->medias; walk; walk = g_list_next (walk)) {
+    result = (GstRTSPSessionMedia *) walk->data; 
+
+    if (result->media == media)
+      break;
+
+    result = NULL;
+  }
+  if (result == NULL) {
+    result = g_new0 (GstRTSPSessionMedia, 1);
+    result->media = media;
+    result->pipeline = gst_pipeline_new ("pipeline");
+
+    /* prepare media into the pipeline */
+    if (!gst_rtsp_media_prepare (media, GST_BIN (result->pipeline)))
+      goto no_media;
+
+    result->rtpbin = gst_element_factory_make ("gstrtpbin", "rtpbin");
+
+    /* add stuf to the bin */
+    gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (result->pipeline), result->rtpbin);
+
+    gst_element_set_state (result->pipeline, GST_STATE_READY);
+
+    sess->medias = g_list_prepend (sess->medias, result);
+  }
+  return result;
+
+  /* ERRORS */
+no_media:
+  {
+    gst_rtsp_session_free_media (result);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_session_get_stream:
+ * @media: a #GstRTSPSessionMedia
+ * @idx: the stream index
+ *
+ * Get a previously created or create a new #GstRTSPSessionStream at @idx.
+ *
+ * Returns: a #GstRTSPSessionStream that is valid until the session of @media
+ * is unreffed.
+ */
+GstRTSPSessionStream *
+gst_rtsp_session_get_stream (GstRTSPSessionMedia *media, guint idx)
+{
+  GstRTSPSessionStream *result;
+  GList *walk;
+
+  for (walk = media->streams; walk; walk = g_list_next (walk)) {
+    result = (GstRTSPSessionStream *) walk->data; 
+
+    if (result->idx == idx)
+      break;
+
+    result = NULL;
+  }
+  if (result == NULL) {
+    result = g_new0 (GstRTSPSessionStream, 1);
+    result->idx = idx;
+    result->media = media;
+    result->media_stream = gst_rtsp_media_get_stream (media->media, idx);
+
+    media->streams = g_list_prepend (media->streams, result);
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_session_new:
+ *
+ * Create a new #GstRTSPSession instance.
+ */
+GstRTSPSession *
+gst_rtsp_session_new (const gchar *sessionid)
+{
+  GstRTSPSession *result;
+
+  result = g_object_new (GST_TYPE_RTSP_SESSION, NULL);
+  result->sessionid = g_strdup (sessionid);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+alloc_udp_ports (GstRTSPSessionStream * stream)
+{
+  GstStateChangeReturn ret;
+  GstElement *udpsrc0, *udpsrc1;
+  GstElement *udpsink0, *udpsink1;
+  gint tmp_rtp, tmp_rtcp;
+  guint count;
+  gint rtpport, rtcpport, sockfd;
+  gchar *name;
+
+  udpsrc0 = NULL;
+  udpsrc1 = NULL;
+  udpsink0 = NULL;
+  udpsink1 = NULL;
+  count = 0;
+
+  /* Start with random port */
+  tmp_rtp = 0;
+
+  /* try to allocate 2 UDP ports, the RTP port should be an even
+   * number and the RTCP port should be the next (uneven) port */
+again:
+  udpsrc0 = gst_element_make_from_uri (GST_URI_SRC, "udp://0.0.0.0", NULL);
+  if (udpsrc0 == NULL)
+    goto no_udp_protocol;
+  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (udpsrc0), "port", tmp_rtp, NULL);
+
+  ret = gst_element_set_state (udpsrc0, GST_STATE_PAUSED);
+  if (ret == GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE) {
+    if (tmp_rtp != 0) {
+      tmp_rtp += 2;
+      if (++count > 20)
+        goto no_ports;
+
+      gst_element_set_state (udpsrc0, GST_STATE_NULL);
+      gst_object_unref (udpsrc0);
+
+      goto again;
+    }
+    goto no_udp_protocol;
+  }
+
+  g_object_get (G_OBJECT (udpsrc0), "port", &tmp_rtp, NULL);
+
+  /* check if port is even */
+  if ((tmp_rtp & 1) != 0) {
+    /* port not even, close and allocate another */
+    if (++count > 20)
+      goto no_ports;
+
+    gst_element_set_state (udpsrc0, GST_STATE_NULL);
+    gst_object_unref (udpsrc0);
+
+    tmp_rtp++;
+    goto again;
+  }
+
+  /* allocate port+1 for RTCP now */
+  udpsrc1 = gst_element_make_from_uri (GST_URI_SRC, "udp://0.0.0.0", NULL);
+  if (udpsrc1 == NULL)
+    goto no_udp_rtcp_protocol;
+
+  /* set port */
+  tmp_rtcp = tmp_rtp + 1;
+  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (udpsrc1), "port", tmp_rtcp, NULL);
+
+  ret = gst_element_set_state (udpsrc1, GST_STATE_PAUSED);
+  /* tmp_rtcp port is busy already : retry to make rtp/rtcp pair */
+  if (ret == GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE) {
+
+    if (++count > 20)
+      goto no_ports;
+
+    gst_element_set_state (udpsrc0, GST_STATE_NULL);
+    gst_object_unref (udpsrc0);
+
+    gst_element_set_state (udpsrc1, GST_STATE_NULL);
+    gst_object_unref (udpsrc1);
+
+    tmp_rtp += 2;
+    goto again;
+  }
+
+  /* all fine, do port check */
+  g_object_get (G_OBJECT (udpsrc0), "port", &rtpport, NULL);
+  g_object_get (G_OBJECT (udpsrc1), "port", &rtcpport, NULL);
+
+  /* this should not happen... */
+  if (rtpport != tmp_rtp || rtcpport != tmp_rtcp)
+    goto port_error;
+
+  name = g_strdup_printf ("udp://%s:%d", stream->destination, stream->client_trans->client_port.min);
+  udpsink0 = gst_element_make_from_uri (GST_URI_SINK, name, NULL);
+  g_free (name);
+
+  if (!udpsink0)
+    goto no_udp_protocol;
+
+  g_object_get (G_OBJECT (udpsrc0), "sock", &sockfd, NULL);
+  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (udpsink0), "sockfd", sockfd, NULL);
+  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (udpsink0), "closefd", FALSE, NULL);
+
+  name = g_strdup_printf ("udp://%s:%d", stream->destination, stream->client_trans->client_port.max);
+  udpsink1 = gst_element_make_from_uri (GST_URI_SINK, name, NULL);
+  g_free (name);
+
+  if (!udpsink1)
+    goto no_udp_protocol;
+
+  g_object_get (G_OBJECT (udpsrc1), "sock", &sockfd, NULL);
+  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (udpsink1), "sockfd", sockfd, NULL);
+  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (udpsink1), "closefd", FALSE, NULL);
+  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (udpsink1), "sync", FALSE, NULL);
+  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (udpsink1), "async", FALSE, NULL);
+
+
+  /* we keep these elements, we configure all in configure_transport when the
+   * server told us to really use the UDP ports. */
+  stream->udpsrc[0] = gst_object_ref (udpsrc0);
+  stream->udpsrc[1] = gst_object_ref (udpsrc1);
+  stream->udpsink[0] = gst_object_ref (udpsink0);
+  stream->udpsink[1] = gst_object_ref (udpsink1);
+  stream->server_trans->server_port.min = rtpport;
+  stream->server_trans->server_port.max = rtcpport;
+
+  /* they are ours now */
+  gst_object_sink (udpsrc0);
+  gst_object_sink (udpsrc1);
+  gst_object_sink (udpsink0);
+  gst_object_sink (udpsink1);
+
+  return TRUE;
+
+  /* ERRORS */
+no_udp_protocol:
+  {
+    goto cleanup;
+  }
+no_ports:
+  {
+    goto cleanup;
+  }
+no_udp_rtcp_protocol:
+  {
+    goto cleanup;
+  }
+port_error:
+  {
+    goto cleanup;
+  }
+cleanup:
+  {
+    if (udpsrc0) {
+      gst_element_set_state (udpsrc0, GST_STATE_NULL);
+      gst_object_unref (udpsrc0);
+    }
+    if (udpsrc1) {
+      gst_element_set_state (udpsrc1, GST_STATE_NULL);
+      gst_object_unref (udpsrc1);
+    }
+    if (udpsink0) {
+      gst_element_set_state (udpsink0, GST_STATE_NULL);
+      gst_object_unref (udpsink0);
+    }
+    if (udpsink1) {
+      gst_element_set_state (udpsink1, GST_STATE_NULL);
+      gst_object_unref (udpsink1);
+    }
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_session_stream_init_udp:
+ * @stream: a #GstRTSPSessionStream
+ * @ct: a client #GstRTSPTransport
+ *
+ * Set @ct as the client transport and create and return a matching server
+ * transport. After this call the needed ports and elements will be created and
+ * initialized.
+ * 
+ * Returns: a server transport or NULL if something went wrong.
+ */
+GstRTSPTransport *
+gst_rtsp_session_stream_set_transport (GstRTSPSessionStream *stream, 
+    const gchar *destination, GstRTSPTransport *ct)
+{
+  GstRTSPTransport *st;
+  GstPad *pad;
+  gchar *name;
+  GstRTSPSessionMedia *media;
+
+  media = stream->media;
+
+  /* prepare the server transport */
+  gst_rtsp_transport_new (&st);
+
+  st->trans = ct->trans;
+  st->profile = ct->profile;
+  st->lower_transport = ct->lower_transport;
+  st->client_port = ct->client_port;
+
+  /* keep track of the transports */
+  g_free (stream->destination);
+  stream->destination = g_strdup (destination);
+  if (stream->client_trans)
+    gst_rtsp_transport_free (stream->client_trans);
+  stream->client_trans = ct;
+  if (stream->server_trans)
+    gst_rtsp_transport_free (stream->server_trans);
+  stream->server_trans = st;
+
+  alloc_udp_ports (stream);
+
+  gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (media->pipeline), stream->udpsink[0]);
+  gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (media->pipeline), stream->udpsink[1]);
+  gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (media->pipeline), stream->udpsrc[1]);
+
+  /* hook up the stream to the RTP session elements. */
+  name = g_strdup_printf ("send_rtp_sink_%d", stream->idx);
+  stream->send_rtp_sink = gst_element_get_request_pad (media->rtpbin, name);
+  g_free (name);
+  name = g_strdup_printf ("send_rtp_src_%d", stream->idx);
+  stream->send_rtp_src = gst_element_get_static_pad (media->rtpbin, name);
+  g_free (name);
+  name = g_strdup_printf ("send_rtcp_src_%d", stream->idx);
+  stream->send_rtcp_src = gst_element_get_request_pad (media->rtpbin, name);
+  g_free (name);
+  name = g_strdup_printf ("recv_rtcp_sink_%d", stream->idx);
+  stream->recv_rtcp_sink = gst_element_get_request_pad (media->rtpbin, name);
+  g_free (name);
+
+  gst_pad_link (stream->media_stream->srcpad, stream->send_rtp_sink);
+  pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (stream->udpsink[0], "sink");
+  gst_pad_link (stream->send_rtp_src, pad);
+  gst_object_unref (pad);
+  pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (stream->udpsink[1], "sink");
+  gst_pad_link (stream->send_rtcp_src, pad);
+  gst_object_unref (pad);
+  pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (stream->udpsrc[1], "src");
+  gst_pad_link (pad, stream->recv_rtcp_sink);
+  gst_object_unref (pad);
+
+  return st;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_session_media_play:
+ * @media: a #GstRTSPSessionMedia
+ *
+ * Tell the media object @media to start playing and streaming to the client.
+ *
+ * Returns: a #GstStateChangeReturn
+ */
+GstStateChangeReturn
+gst_rtsp_session_media_play (GstRTSPSessionMedia *media)
+{
+  GstStateChangeReturn ret;
+
+  ret = gst_element_set_state (media->pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_session_media_pause:
+ * @media: a #GstRTSPSessionMedia
+ *
+ * Tell the media object @media to pause.
+ *
+ * Returns: a #GstStateChangeReturn
+ */
+GstStateChangeReturn
+gst_rtsp_session_media_pause (GstRTSPSessionMedia *media)
+{
+  GstStateChangeReturn ret;
+
+  ret = gst_element_set_state (media->pipeline, GST_STATE_PAUSED);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_rtsp_session_media_stop:
+ * @media: a #GstRTSPSessionMedia
+ *
+ * Tell the media object @media to stop playing. After this call the media
+ * cannot be played or paused anymore
+ *
+ * Returns: a #GstStateChangeReturn
+ */
+GstStateChangeReturn
+gst_rtsp_session_media_stop (GstRTSPSessionMedia *media)
+{
+  GstStateChangeReturn ret;
+
+  ret = gst_element_set_state (media->pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/rtsp-session.h b/src/rtsp-session.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ad4b3b9b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rtsp-session.h
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Wim Taymans 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include 
+
+#include 
+
+#include "rtsp-media.h"
+
+#ifndef __GST_RTSP_SESSION_H__
+#define __GST_RTSP_SESSION_H__
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define GST_TYPE_RTSP_SESSION              (gst_rtsp_session_get_type ())
+#define GST_IS_RTSP_SESSION(obj)           (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_RTSP_SESSION))
+#define GST_IS_RTSP_SESSION_CLASS(klass)   (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_RTSP_SESSION))
+#define GST_RTSP_SESSION_GET_CLASS(obj)    (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_RTSP_SESSION, GstRTSPSessionClass))
+#define GST_RTSP_SESSION(obj)              (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_RTSP_SESSION, GstRTSPSession))
+#define GST_RTSP_SESSION_CLASS(klass)      (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_RTSP_SESSION, GstRTSPSessionClass))
+#define GST_RTSP_SESSION_CAST(obj)         ((GstRTSPSession*)(obj))
+#define GST_RTSP_SESSION_CLASS_CAST(klass) ((GstRTSPSessionClass*)(klass))
+
+typedef struct _GstRTSPSession GstRTSPSession;
+typedef struct _GstRTSPSessionClass GstRTSPSessionClass;
+
+typedef struct _GstRTSPSessionStream GstRTSPSessionStream;
+typedef struct _GstRTSPSessionMedia GstRTSPSessionMedia;
+
+/**
+ * GstRTSPSessionStream:
+ *
+ * Configuration of a stream.
+ */
+struct _GstRTSPSessionStream
+{
+  guint idx;
+
+  /* the owner media */
+  GstRTSPSessionMedia *media;
+
+  GstRTSPMediaStream *media_stream;
+
+  /* client and server transports */
+  gchar *destination;
+  GstRTSPTransport *client_trans;
+  GstRTSPTransport *server_trans;
+
+  /* pads on the rtpbin */
+  GstPad       *recv_rtcp_sink;
+  GstPad       *send_rtp_sink;
+  GstPad       *send_rtp_src;
+  GstPad       *send_rtcp_src;
+
+  /* sinks used for sending and receiving RTP and RTCP, they share sockets */
+  GstElement   *udpsrc[2];
+  GstElement   *udpsink[2];
+};
+
+/**
+ * GstRTSPSessionMedia:
+ *
+ * State of a client session regarding a specific media.
+ */
+struct _GstRTSPSessionMedia
+{
+  /* the owner session */
+  GstRTSPSession *session;
+
+  /* the media we are handling */
+  GstRTSPMedia *media;
+
+  /* the pipeline for the media */
+  GstElement   *pipeline;
+
+  /* RTP session manager */
+  GstElement   *rtpbin;
+
+  /* for TCP transport */
+  GstElement   *fdsink;
+
+  /* configuration for the different streams */
+  GList        *streams;
+};
+
+/**
+ * GstRTSPSession:
+ *
+ * Session information kept by the server for a specific client.
+ */
+struct _GstRTSPSession {
+  GObject       parent;
+
+  gchar        *sessionid;
+
+  GList        *medias;
+};
+
+struct _GstRTSPSessionClass {
+  GObjectClass  parent_class;
+};
+
+GType                  gst_rtsp_session_get_type             (void);
+
+GstRTSPSession *       gst_rtsp_session_new                  (const gchar *sessionid);
+
+GstRTSPSessionMedia *  gst_rtsp_session_get_media            (GstRTSPSession *sess,
+                                                              GstRTSPMedia *media);
+GstRTSPSessionStream * gst_rtsp_session_get_stream           (GstRTSPSessionMedia *media,
+                                                              guint idx);
+
+GstStateChangeReturn   gst_rtsp_session_media_play           (GstRTSPSessionMedia *media);
+GstStateChangeReturn   gst_rtsp_session_media_pause          (GstRTSPSessionMedia *media);
+GstStateChangeReturn   gst_rtsp_session_media_stop           (GstRTSPSessionMedia *media);
+
+GstRTSPTransport *     gst_rtsp_session_stream_set_transport (GstRTSPSessionStream *stream,
+                                                              const gchar *destination,
+                                                              GstRTSPTransport *ct);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_RTSP_SESSION_H__ */