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# GStreamer Plug-ins splitup
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*Note :* The GStreamer plugins were split-up starting from GStreamer 0.10.
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Here is some explanation regarding the split-up of plug-ins into separate
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modules. Without further ado ...
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## GStreamer - Hung by a Thread
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Starring:
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* **GSTREAMER**
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The core around which all other modules revolve. Base functionality and
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libraries, some essential elements, documentation, and testing.
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* **BASE**
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A well-groomed and well-maintained collection of GStreamer plug-ins and
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elements, spanning the range of possible types of elements one would want to
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write for GStreamer.
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And introducing, for the first time ever, on the development screen ...
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* **THE GOOD**
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> *Such ingratitude. After all the times I've saved your life.*
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A collection of plug-ins you'd want to have right next to you on the
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battlefield. Shooting sharp and making no mistakes, these plug-ins have it
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all: good looks, good code, and good licensing. Documented and dressed up in
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tests. If you're looking for a role model to base your own plug-in on, here it
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is.
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If you find a plot hole or a badly lip-synced line of code in them, let us
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know - it is a matter of honour for us to ensure Blondie doesn't look like
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he's been walking 100 miles through the desert without water.
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* **THE UGLY**
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> *When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.*
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There are times when the world needs a color between black and white. Quality
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code to match the good's, but two-timing, backstabbing and ready to sell your
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freedom down the river. These plug-ins might have a patent noose around their
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neck, or a lock-up license, or any other problem that makes you think twice
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about shipping them.
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We don't call them ugly because we like them less. Does a mother love her son
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less because he's not as pretty as the other ones? No - she commends him on
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his great personality. These plug-ins are the life of the party. And we'll
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still step in and set them straight if you report any unacceptable behaviour -
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because there are two kinds of people in the world, my friend: those with a
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rope around their neck and the people who do the cutting.
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* **THE BAD**
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> *That an accusation?*
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No perfectly groomed moustache or any amount of fine clothing is going to
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cover up the truth - these plug-ins are Bad with a capital B. They look fine
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on the outside, and might even appear to get the job done, but at the end of
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the day they're a black sheep. Without a golden-haired angel to watch over
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them, they'll probably land in an unmarked grave at the final showdown.
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Don't bug us about their quality - exercise your Free Software rights, patch
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up the offender and send us the patch on the fastest steed you can steal from
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the Confederates. Because you see, in this world, there's two kinds of people,
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my friend: those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.
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## The Lowdown
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> *I've never seen so many plug-ins wasted so badly.*
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GStreamer Plugins has grown so big that it's hard to separate the wheat from
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the chaff. Also, distributors have brought up issues about the legal status
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of some of the plug-ins we ship. To remedy this, we've divided the previous
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set of available plug-ins into four modules:
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### gst-plugins-base
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A small and fixed set of plug-ins, covering a wide range of possible types of
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elements; these are continuously kept up-to-date with any core changes during
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the development series.
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* We believe distributors can safely ship these plug-ins
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* People writing elements should base their code on these elements
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* These elements come with examples, documentation, and regression tests
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### gst-plugins-good
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A set of plug-ins that we consider to have good quality code, correct
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functionality, our preferred license (LGPL for the plug-in code, LGPL or
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LGPL-compatible for the supporting library).
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* We believe distributors can safely ship these plug-ins
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* People writing elements should base their code on these elements
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### gst-plugins-ugly
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A set of plug-ins that have good quality and correct functionality, but
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distributing them might pose problems. The license on either the plug-ins or the
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supporting libraries might not be how we'd like. The code might be widely known
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to present patent problems.
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* Distributors should check if they want/can ship these plug-ins
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* People writing elements should base their code on these elements
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### gst-plugins-bad
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A set of plug-ins that aren't up to par compared to the rest. They might be
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close to being good quality, but they're missing something - be it a good code
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review, some documentation, a set of tests, a real live maintainer, or some
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actual wide use.
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If the blanks are filled in they might be upgraded to become part of either
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gst-plugins-good or gst-plugins-ugly, depending on the other factors.
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* If the plug-ins break, you can't complain - instead, you can fix the problem
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and send us a patch, or bribe someone into fixing them for you
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* New contributors can start here for things to work on
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