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Add Q+A about different GStreamer versions (#364056).
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2007-09-24 Tim-Philipp Müller <tim at centricular dot net>
* docs/faq/getting.xml:
Add Q+A about different GStreamer versions (#364056).
2007-09-24 Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@gmail.com>
* libs/gst/base/gstbasesink.c: (gst_base_sink_query_latency),

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</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="gstreamer-versions-explained">
<para>There seem to be different GStreamer versions, like 0.8 and 0.10?
What's up with that?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
GStreamer-0.8 and GStreamer-0.10 are the main version
&apos;series&apos; currently in use. For all practical purposes
you should think of them as two completely different libraries
which just happen to have a similar name. They can be installed
in parallel and are completely independent.
</para>
<para>
For the 0.8 version you will need the 0.8 plugins and bindings
(gst-plugins 0.8.x, gst-ffmpeg 0.8.x, gst-python 0.8.x etc.), while
for the 0.10 version you will need the 0.10 plugins and bindings
(ie. gst-plugins-base 0.10.x, gst-plugins-good 0.10.x,
gst-plugins-ugly 0.10.x, gst-plugins-bad 0.10.x, gst-ffmpeg 0.10.x,
gst-python 0.10.x). The micro version for each main version does
not have to match exactly, only the major versions needs to be the
same (ie. it may be that the current gst-plugins-good version is
0.10.6 and the current GStreamer core version is 0.10.13).
GStreamer-0.10 will not see or use any of the GStreamer-0.8 plugins
and vice versa.
</para>
<para>
All GStreamer command line tools are suffixed with their main
version, e.g. gst-launch-0.8 and gst-launch-0.10, or gst-inspect-0.8
and gst-inspect-0.10. There corresponding GStreamer command line
tools without a suffix (e.g. gst-launch) will default to the highest
major version.
</para>
<para>
Applications will use either GStreamer-0.8 or GStreamer-0.10, since
the 0.8 and 0.10 API/ABI are not compatible.
</para>
<para>
Odd-numbered versions such as 0.9.x, 0.11.x, etc. are unstable
developer releases that should generally not be used.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="gstreamer-versions-which-one-to-get">
<para>So which GStreamer version should I get?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
You should download GStreamer-0.10. GStreamer-0.8 is not developed
any longer and has not been maintained for almost two years (you
may still find it packaged for your disto though, but that's most
likely for legacy applications).
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="getting-gstreamer-source">
<para>How can I install GStreamer from source ?</para>
</question>