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 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) libHermes (for colorspace conversions; you need this for any video work) http://www.clanlib.org/hermes/ libghttp (for httpsrc) http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/libghttp/ 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/ 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) 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 libswfdec (for the swfdec plugin) ftp://ftp.comedi.org/pub/libswfdec/ >= 0.1.1 flac (for the FLAC lossless audio format) http://flac.sourceforge.net >= 1.0.3 preferred, 1.0.2 should work Optional debian packages: ========================= gtk-doc-tools 0.4-0.2 -- needed to build documentation