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diff --git a/REQUIREMENTS b/REQUIREMENTS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4198a37 --- /dev/null +++ b/REQUIREMENTS @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +GStreamer uses a *large* array of tools and libraries, most of which are +optional. We have attempted to make sure that any code that depends on +optional libraries doesn't get built unless you have those libraries. If +you find this not to be the case, please, let us know by filing a bug +report at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/. + + +Required tools: +=============== + +An extra set of tools is required if you wish to build GStreamer out of +CVS (using autogen.sh): + +autoconf 2.52 or better +automake 1.5 +gettext 0.11.5 +libtool v1.4 or better +pkgconfig 0.9.0 or better (http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/) + +Required libraries: +=================== + +The core GStreamer libraries. See the gstreamer/ module in GStreamer cvs, or +the version that corresponds to this plugin release. + +Optional libraries: +=================== + +This file lists supporting libraries for which gst-plugins contains plugins, +as well as their minimum version. You can find the corresponding plugins in +ext/(library) + +dirac (Dirac video codec) + http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/dirac/index.shtml +libaudiofile (for afsrc/afsink + http://oss.sgi.com/projects/audiofile/ +libmad (for the mad mp3 decoder plugin) + http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/ +libjpeg (for jpegenc/jpegdec) + http://www.ijg.org/ +libopenquicktime (for the QT plugin) + http://sourceforge.net/projects/openquicktime/ +libXv (for videosink) +libxaudio (for xa mp3 decoder) + http://www.xaudio.com/ +libvorbis (for vorbisenc, vorbisdec) + http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/index.html +libcdparanoia (for cdparanoia ripper) + http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/index.html +liblame (for lame mp3 encoder) + http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/ +libshout (for the shoutcast plugin) + http://www.icecast.org +libasound (for the alsa src/sink plugin) + http://alsa-project.org/ +librtp (for the rtp sink plugin) + http://www.linphone.org/ortp/ +aalib (for the aa sink plugin) + http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aalib/ +libcaca (for the color aa sink plugin) + http://sam.zoy.org/projects/libcaca/ +aRts (for the arts plugin wrapper, and the artsd sink) + http://www.arts-project.org +raw1394/linux1394 (for the dv plugin) + http://linux1394.sourceforge.net +libdvdread (for the dvdsrc) + http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/ + (optional: libcss for encrypted DVDs) +libesound (for the esd sink + ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/esound) +gnome-vfs (for the gnome-vfs src) + >= 2.4.0 +libgsm (for the gsm plugin) + http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jutta/toast.html +sdl (for the sdl sink) + http://www.libsdl.org +xmms (for the xmms plugins wrapper) + http://www.xmms.org +mpeg2dec/a52dec (for mpeg2 related plugins and dvd playback) + http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/ + and http://liba52.sourceforge.net/ + >= v0.3.1/v0.7.2 +swfdec (for the swfdec (flash) plugin) + http://www.schleef.org/swfdec/ +liboil (for the liboil optimization library) + http://www.schleef.org/liboil/ + >= 0.2.0 +flac (for the FLAC lossless audio format) + http://flac.sourceforge.net + >= 1.0.3 preferred, 1.0.2 should work +gtk (for the gdk_pixbuf plugin) + http://www.gtk.org/ + >= 2.2.1 preferred, 2.0 ok +pango (for the textoverlay plugins) + http://www.pango.org/ +librfb (for capturing of VNC output into a videostream) + http://www.schleef.org/ +libHermes (for colorspace conversions (should not be needed anymore)) + http://www.clanlib.org/hermes/ +dtsdec (for DTS audio decoding) + http://www.videolan.org/libdca.html +divx (for divx decoding) + http://www.divx.com/divx/linux/ +libmng (for mng animated image format encoding/decoding) + http://gjuyn.xs4all.nl/libmng +libvisual (for audio visualisations) + http://libvisual.sourceforge.net/v2/ +musepack (for musepack audio codec/format) + (http://www.musepack.net/) +nas (for the NAS sound server sink) + (http://radscan.com/nas.html) +libtheora (for Ogg Theora video support) + (http://www.theora.org) +libmms (for MMS protocol support) + (http://www.sf.net/projects/libmms) +libamrnb (for AMR-NB support) + (http://www.penguin.cz/~utx/amr) +libamrwb (for AMR-WB support) + (http://www.penguin.cz/~utx/amr) + + +Optional (debian) packages: +=========================== + +gtk-doc-tools 1.6 -- needed to build documentation +python-xml -- needed to build plugin documentation |