[gst-devel] HTTP source plugin

[Christian F.K. Schaller]

In the GStreamer application developers guide there is a porting
guidewith some hints and tips -

http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/manual/html/chapter-porting.html

Christian

On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 09:51 +0200, David SIORPAES wrote:
> Hi Christian,
> 
> yes, I also guess that it would be easier (and more valuable) to port
> my application to 0.10 - so I will take that route.
> Is there any sort of "Moving gstreamer applications to 0.10" guide
> around ? that would save me some time..
> 
> thanks & regards,
> 
> 
> David S.
> 
> 
> 
> Christian F.K. Schaller wrote: 
> > Hi David,
> > Yes, I think the gnomevfssrc is the only one. You might be able to cut
> > down its dependencies by grabbing some of the patches Nokia made to
> > gnomevfs to move it to dbus etc., from maemo.org. I have no idea how
> > well this would work though and I fear you might end up doing more work
> > that way compared to moving your app to 0.10
> > 
> > Christian
> > 
> > On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 17:18 +0200, David SIORPAES wrote:
> >   
> > > Michael Smith wrote: 
> > >     
> > > > On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 17:00 +0200, David SIORPAES wrote:
> > > >   
> > > >       
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > 
> > > > > I am using gstreamer in an embedded environment with quite limited 
> > > > > resources and I need to use gstreamer-0.8.12 for compatibility reasons 
> > > > > with some  applications.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I need to instantiate a gst element that acts as a HTTP source but it 
> > > > > looks like the only one that can do the job is the gnomevfssrc element. 
> > > > > I would not like to bloat my system with all the gnome libraries this 
> > > > > plugin depends on so I am trying to sort out an alternative.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Old fashioned glib-based gsthttpsrc element is not there anymore, 
> > > > > whereas the neon-based plugin "gstneonhttp" is only available in 0.10 
> > > > > "bad" plugins package.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Is there any other solution I can look for before backporting the 
> > > > > neon-based element to 0.8 ? any other hint ?
> > > > >     
> > > > >         
> > > > You are, of course, welcome to write a new 0.8 element using libneon for
> > > > your purposes. However, it's fairly likely to be better for you to
> > > > upgrade your application(s) instead - 0.10 simply works a lot better,
> > > > more reliably, and the existing plugins are generally more stable and
> > > > better supported.
> > > > 
> > > > Also, I doubt anyone will be interested in helping you with 0.8 at all -
> > > > if you choose this route, you'll be entirely on your own.
> > > > 
> > > > Mike
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >   
> > > >       
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > thanks for your prompt reply.
> > > I will check the effort required to upgrade my gstreamer applications
> > > to 0.10 and move on.
> > > 
> > > Can you confirm the only way to have an HTTP source in 0.8.12 is to
> > > instantiate a gnomevfssrc element ?
> > > 
> > > thanks & regards,
> > > 
> > > David S.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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