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faq: update troubleshooting

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@ -10,16 +10,21 @@ gst-inspect-1.0 (plug-in)
```
and replace (plug-in) with the plug-in you think is missing. If this
doesn't return any result, then you either don't have it or your
registry cannot find it.
doesn't return any result, then you either don't have it or it can't be
found (which can easily happen if you have installed things from source).
If you're not sure either way, then chances are good that you don't have
it. You should get the plug-in and run gst-register to register it. How
to get the plug-in depends on your distribution.
it. You should get the plug-in and restart the application. How
to get the plug-in depends on your distribution. Many applications
and distributions nowadays support automatic plugin installation of
missing plugins. Mayb also try playing your file with a different application
if your application does not support installation of missing plugins.
- if you run GStreamer using packages for your distribution, you
should check what packages are available for your distribution and
see if any of the available packages contains the plug-in.
see if any of the available packages contains the plug-in. Make sure
you have the common plugin packages installed, such as gst-plugins-base,
gst-plugins-good, gst-plugins-ugly, gst-plugins-bad, and gst-libav.
- if you run GStreamer from a source install, there's a good chance
the plug-in didn't get built because you are missing an external
@ -37,26 +42,13 @@ to get the plug-in depends on your distribution.
why it doesn't get built if you're sure you have the library needed
installed in a sane place.
## I get an error that says something like (process:26626):
GLib-GObject-WARNING \*\*: specified instance size for type
\`DVDReadSrc' is smaller than the parent type's \`GstElement' instance
size What's wrong ?
If you run GStreamer from git uninstalled, it means that
something changed in the core that requires a recompilation in the
plugins. Recompile the plugins by doing "make clean && make".
If you run GStreamer installed, it probably means that you run the
plugins against a different (incompatible) version than they were
compiled against, which ususally means that you run multiple
installations of GStreamer. Remove the old ones and - if needed -
recompile again to ensure that it is using the right version.
Note that we strongly recommend using Debian or RPM packages, since you
will not get such issues if you use provided packages.
## The GStreamer application I used stops with a segmentation fault. What can I do ?
The first point of contact for any problems with a GStreamer application
should be the developers of that application. They will be able to investigate
whether the problem lies with the application or with GStreamer, and will pass
on any issues to GStreamer developers if needed.
There are two things you can do. If you compiled GStreamer with
specific optimization compilation flags, you should try recompiling
GStreamer, the application and the plug-ins without any optimization
@ -110,15 +102,3 @@ To provide a backtrace, you should
and paste of all this information should be included in your [bug
report](#using-bugs-where).
## On my system there is no gst-register command.
Since GStreamer version 0.10 this is not needed anymore. The
registry will be rebuilt automatically. If you suspect the registry is
broken, just delete the `registry.*.xml` files under
`$HOME/.gstreamer-1.X/` and run
```
gst-inspect-1.0
```
to rebuild the registry.