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<sect1 id="chapter-dependencies">
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<title id="title-dependencies">Dependencies</title>
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<qandaset>
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="dependencies-why-so-many">
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<para>Why are there so many dependencies ?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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Making a full-featured media framework is a huge undertaking in itself.
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By using the work done by others, we both reduce the amount of redundant work
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being done and leave ourselves free to work on the architecture itself
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instead of working on the low-level stuff. We would be stupid not to reuse
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the code others have written.
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</para>
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<para>
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However, do realize that in no way you are forced to have all dependencies
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installed. None of the core developers has all of them installed. GStreamer
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has only a few obligate dependencies : GLib 2.0, popt >= 1.6.0, and very
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common stuff like glibc, a C compiler, and so on. All of the other
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dependencies are optional.
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</para>
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<para>
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So, in closing, let's rephrase the question to
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<quote>Why are you giving me so many choices and such a rich environment ?
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</quote>
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="dependencies-glib">
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<para>
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Does GStreamer use GTK+ 1.2/GLib 1.2 or GLib 2.0 ?
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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Since the 0.3.3 release of GStreamer, we use GLib 2.0 as the core library
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for GStreamer, which features a move of GObject from GTK+ 2.0 to GLib 2.0.
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If you want to compile using GTK+ 1.2/GLib 1.2, you need to get the
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0.3.1 or earlier release. It is of course not supported.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="dependencies-dxr">
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<para>
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Does GStreamer offer support for DVD decoder cards like dxr2/3 ?
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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We do have support for the dxr3, although dxr2 support is unknown.
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GStreamer can easily accomodate hardware acceleration by writing new
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device-specific elements.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="dependencies-x">
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<para>Is GStreamer X independent ?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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Yes, we have no X dependency in any of our core modules. There are GStreamer
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applications that run fine without any need for X. However, until our Linux
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Framebuffer or libsvga plugin is ready, you will not be able to play videos
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without X. In the future, there will probably be lots of different output
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plugins for video available.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="dependencies-ladspa">
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<para>What is GStreamer's position on efforts such as LADSPA ?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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GStreamer actively supports such efforts, and in the case of
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<ulink url="http://ladspa.org/"><citetitle>LADPSA</citetitle></ulink>,
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we already have a wrapper plugin. This wrapper plug-in detects the LADSPA
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plugins present on your system at register time.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="dependencies-midi">
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<para>Does GStreamer support MIDI ?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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Not yet. The GStreamer architecture should be able to support the needs of
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MIDI applications very well however. If you are a developer interested in
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adding MIDI support to GStreamer we are very interested in getting in touch
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with you.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="dependencies-gnome">
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<para>Does GStreamer depend on GNOME ?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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No. But many of the applications developed for GStreamer do, including our
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sample applications. There is nothing hindering people from developing
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applications using other toolkits however and we would happily help promote
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such efforts. A good example of an application using GStreamer, but which is
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not using GNOME is the
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<ulink url="http://mozstreamer.mozdev.org"><citetitle>
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Mozstreamer</citetitle></ulink> which uses Mozilla XUL.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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</qandaset>
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</sect1>
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