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@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +GStreamer 1.1.x development series + WHAT IT IS ---------- @@ -21,8 +23,8 @@ We track bugs in GNOME's bugzilla; see the website for details. You can join us on IRC - #gstreamer on irc.freenode.org -GStreamer 0.10 series ---------------------- +GStreamer 1.0 series +-------------------- Starring @@ -135,13 +137,14 @@ PLATFORMS --------- - Linux is of course fully supported -- FreeBSD is reported to work; other BSD's should work too +- FreeBSD is reported to work; other BSDs should work too - Solaris is reported to work; a specific sunaudiosink plugin has been written -- MacOSX is reported to work; specific audio and video sinks have been written -- Windows support is experimental but improving. Output sinks have been - written but are not yet included in the code. We support - - MSys/MingW builds - - Microsoft Visual Studio 6 builds (see win32/README.txt) +- MacOSX works, binary 1.x packages can be built using the cerbero build tool +- Windows works; binary 1.x packages can be built using the cerbero build tool + - MSys/MinGW builds + - Microsoft Visual Studio builds are not yet available or supported +- Android works, binary 1.x packages can be built using the cerbero build tool +- iOS works INSTALLING FROM PACKAGES ------------------------ @@ -154,7 +157,7 @@ Only in cases where you: - want to hack on GStreamer - want to verify that a bug has been fixed - do not have a sane distribution -should you choose to build from source tarballs or CVS. +should you choose to build from source tarballs or git. Find more information about the various packages at http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/download/ @@ -190,13 +193,13 @@ COMPILING FROM SOURCE TARBALLS functionality you're probably looking for by now, so go on and read that README. -COMPILING FROM CVS +COMPILING FROM GIT ------------------ -When building from CVS sources, you will need to run autogen.sh to generate +When building from git sources, you will need to run autogen.sh to generate the build system files. -You will need a set of additional tools typical for building from CVS, +You will need a set of additional tools typical for building from git, including: - autoconf - automake @@ -208,10 +211,7 @@ them. You can also specify specific versions of automake and autoconf with Check autogen.sh options by running autogen.sh --help -autogen.sh can pass on arguments to configure - you just need to separate them -from autogen.sh with -- between the two. -prefix has been added to autogen.sh but will be passed on to configure because -some build scripts like that. +autogen.sh can pass on arguments to configure When you have done this once, you can use autoregen.sh to re-autogen with the last passed options as a handy shortcut. Use it. @@ -219,9 +219,17 @@ the last passed options as a handy shortcut. Use it. After the autogen.sh stage, you can follow the directions listed in "COMPILING FROM SOURCE" -You can also run your whole cvs stack uninstalled. The script in -the gstreamer module /docs/faq/gst-uninstalled) is helpful in setting -up your environment for this. +You can also run your whole git stack uninstalled in your home directory, +so that you can quickly test changes without affecting your system setup or +interfering with GStreamer installed from packages. Many GStreamer developers +use an uninstalled setup for their work. + +There is a 'create-uninstalled-setup.sh' script in + + http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/tree/scripts/ + +to easily create an uninstalled setup from scratch. + PLUG-IN DEPENDENCIES AND LICENSES --------------------------------- |