<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>playbin seems to do a poor job reporting 'file not found' error, instead it says:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> ' A FILE protocol source plugin is required to play this stream, but not installed.' </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I ran into this same issue a couple days ago on Mac OS X, and was baffled for an hour - then I fixed my path :-)</DIV><DIV>I'm betting your path is incorrectly specified... perhaps the '\' should be a '/' ?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jul 5, 2007, at 8:44 PM, Scott Peterson wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">I also tried this:<BR><BR>> gst-launch-0.10.exe playbin uri=<A href="file://C">file://C</A>:\dance.mp3<BR><BR>and I got this error:<BR><BR>Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...<BR>ERROR: Pipeline doesn't want to pause.<BR>ERROR: from element /playbin0: A FILE protocol source plugin is required to play this stream, but not installed. <BR>Additional debug info:<BR>E:\devel-release\src_releases\gst-plugins-base\gst\playback\gstplaybasebin.c(1602): (function) (): /playbin0:<BR>No URI handler for file<BR>Setting pipeline to NULL ...<BR>FREEING pipeline ... <BR><BR><DIV><SPAN class="gmail_quote">On 7/5/07, <B class="gmail_sendername">Scott Peterson</B> <<A href="mailto:lunchtimemama@gmail.com">lunchtimemama@gmail.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I've replied inline.<BR><BR><DIV><SPAN class="q"><SPAN class="gmail_quote">On 7/3/07, <B class="gmail_sendername">Sébastien Moutte</B> <<A href="mailto:sebastien@moutte.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> sebastien@moutte.net</A>> wrote:</SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> What version of Visual Studio are you using to build GStreamer ?<BR>Depending on the version used, GStreamer libraries will be linked on<BR>different version of MSVCRT.<BR>You must link on the same version of the libc for GLIB and GSTREAMER <BR>(you can't merge different version and you can't merge DEBUG version<BR>with RELEASE version).</BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN><DIV><BR>I'm using VS2005 which links to MSVCR80.DLL. How can I specify the use of an older version of the C runtime? I tried changing /MT to /MD, but that just removed the MSVCR80 reference; it did not add a reference to MSVCRT.dll.<BR></DIV><SPAN class="q"><BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Dependency Walker is a good tool to check your dependencies <BR>(<A href="http://www.dependencywalker.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://www.dependencywalker.com/</A>)<BR>One more thing, have you made some tests with gst-launch with the<BR>version of GStreamer you built ? Because if there is a problem between<BR>GStreamer and Glib dependencies, you will get error with gst-launch and <BR>gst-inspect.</BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN><DIV><BR>When I try to use gst-launch with the gstreamer binaries that I build myself, I get the same initialization problem (probably related to the MSVCRT problem). When I use gst-launch with the distribution binaries, here's the error I get: <BR>> gst-launch-0.10.exe filesrc location=dance.mp3 ! mad ! autoaudiosink<BR>Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...<BR>Pipeline is PREROLLING ...<BR>ERROR: from element /pipeline0/filesrc0: Internal data flow error.<BR>Additional debug info: E:\devel-cvs\src\gstreamer\libs\gst\base\gstbasesrc.c(1811): (function) (): /pipeline0/filesrc0: <BR>streaming task paused, reason not-linked (-1)<BR>ERROR: pipeline doesn't want to preroll.<BR>Setting pipeline to NULL ...<BR>FREEING pipeline ...<BR><BR>When I try to open that file with the test app gstplayer [1], it works fine. <BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Scott<BR><BR>[1] <A href="http://perso.orange.es/moutte983/gstreamer/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://perso.orange.es/moutte983/gstreamer/</A><BR></DIV><DIV> <SPAN class="e" id="q_113987f1155b9260_5"><BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Scott Peterson a écrit :<BR>> Is there anything else I could provide or do that would be of use?<BR>><BR>> On 6/29/07, *Scott Peterson* <<A href="mailto:lunchtimemama@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> lunchtimemama@gmail.com</A><BR> > <mailto:<A href="mailto:lunchtimemama@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">lunchtimemama@gmail.com</A>>> wrote:<BR>><BR>> Hey Sébastien, thanks for lending a hand. Here's the situation: <BR>><BR>> I'm using glib binaries from the OpenVista project [1]. <BR>><BR>> I initially used Gstreamer 0.10.13 binaries from <A href="http://freedesktop.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">freedesktop.org</A><BR>> <<A href="http://freedesktop.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://freedesktop.org</A>> [2], but now I'm building Gstreamer <BR>> 0.10.13 myself with Visual Studio so that I can debug the problem.<BR>><BR>> I tried to initialize the Gstreamer that I built, but it failed<BR>> with this error:<BR>><BR>> > Debug Assertion Failed! <BR>> > File: write.c<BR>> > Line: 68<BR>> > Expression: (_osfile(fh) & FOPEN)<BR>><BR>> The error happens in line 72 of gstregistryxml.c, in the method<BR>> gst_registry_save. The line is: <BR>><BR>> > written = write (registry->cache_file, str, len);<BR>><BR>> I think the error arises because registry->cache_file has the<BR>> value 3. registry->cache_file is assigned on line 849 of <BR>> gstregistryxml.c in the method gst_registry_xml_write_cache. The<BR>> line is:<BR>><BR>> > registry->cache_file = g_mkstemp (tmp_location);<BR>><BR>> Prior to execution of this line, registry->cache_file is 0. After <BR>> execution, it is 3. Someone on IRC advised me that this is a<BR>> problem having to do with the fact that I'm building Gstreamer<BR>> myself, but not glib. Unfortunately I'm not able to build glib for <BR>> a number of reasons, so I just got around this problem by inserting<BR>><BR>> > goto fail;<BR>><BR>> before the registry->cache_file assignment. Gstreamer now initializes.<BR>><BR> > Now to the playback problem. Banshee playback is handled in a C<BR>> library called libbanshee. The relevant file is<BR>> gst-playback-0.10.c [3]. When a song is played in the interface,<BR>> the method gst_playback_open is called, and then gst_playback_play <BR>> (see gst-playback-0.10.c). The error occurs while executing<BR>> gst_playback_play.<BR>><BR>> I've traced the problem to the method gst_base_src_start in<BR>> gstbasesrc.c on line 1986: <BR>><BR>> > result = bclass->start (basesrc);<BR>><BR>> I'm not able to enter that function while debugging (what code is<BR>> this pointing to?) but when it returns, result is 0. I can provide <BR>> loads of stack trace info or variable values, but I don't know<BR>> what would be helpful for you to know. I don't understand what<BR>> much of the code is doing, but I do know that this is happening <BR>> during a pad activation (whatever that is).<BR>><BR>> Thanks again for helping out and let me know what other info I can<BR>> provide.<BR>><BR>> Best,<BR>> Scott<BR>><BR> > [1] <BR>> <A href="https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=74626&package_id=223067" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=74626&package_id=223067 </A><BR>> <<A href="https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=74626&package_id=223067" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=74626&package_id=223067</A>><BR>> [2] <A href="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/pkg/windows/releases/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/pkg/windows/releases/ </A><BR>> [3]<BR>> <A href="http://svn.gnome.org/viewcvs/banshee/trunk/banshee/libbanshee/gst-playback-0.10.c?view=markup" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://svn.gnome.org/viewcvs/banshee/trunk/banshee/libbanshee/gst-playback-0.10.c?view=markup </A><BR>> <<A href="http://svn.gnome.org/viewcvs/banshee/trunk/banshee/libbanshee/gst-playback-0.10.c?view=markup" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://svn.gnome.org/viewcvs/banshee/trunk/banshee/libbanshee/gst-playback-0.10.c?view=markup </A> ><BR>><BR>><BR>> On 6/28/07, *Sébastien Moutte* <<A href="mailto:sebastien@moutte.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">sebastien@moutte.net</A><BR>> <mailto: <A href="mailto:sebastien@moutte.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">sebastien@moutte.net</A>>> wrote: <BR>><BR>> Hey Scott,<BR>><BR>> I'll be happy to help you making Banshee work with Gstreamer<BR>> in Windows<BR>> if I can.<BR>> What's the status of the problems you were having ? <BR>> This error "GStreamer resource error: OpenRead" makes me think<BR>> about a<BR>> LIBC problem as there are some incompatiblities (with files<BR>> descriptors<BR> > for ie) between msvcrt.dll and newer versions.<BR>> What binaries of GStreamer are you using ?<BR>><BR>> Regards,<BR>> Sebastien<BR>><BR>> Scott Peterson a écrit : <BR>> > Hey GStreamer folks! I'm porting the music app Banshee [1] to<BR>> Windows<BR>> > as a project for the Google Summer of Code. Banshee uses<BR>> gstreamer for<BR> > > its playback backend so I'm now in the process of making that<BR>> work on<BR>> > Windows. Unfortunately, I'm having a bit of trouble. I'll be<BR>> fully<BR> > > investigating the issue come next week, but I thought I'd<BR>> start my<BR>> > quest be making contact with the mailing list. I've<BR>> summarized the<BR>> > trouble I'm having on our Summer of Code list [2] so if <BR>> anyone has a<BR>> > spare moment and wouldn't mind lending a hand to a gstreamer<BR>> newcomer,<BR>> > I'd appreciate any input you might have. Thanks!<BR>> > <BR>> > [1] <A href="http://banshee-project.org/Main_Page" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://banshee-project.org/Main_Page</A><BR>> > [2]<BR>> > <A href="http://groups.google.com/group/mono-soc-2007/browse_thread/thread/d1d8510fb208bad" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://groups.google.com/group/mono-soc-2007/browse_thread/thread/d1d8510fb208bad</A><BR>> > <<BR>> <A href="http://groups.google.com/group/mono-soc-2007/browse_thread/thread/d1d8510fb208bad" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://groups.google.com/group/mono-soc-2007/browse_thread/thread/d1d8510fb208bad </A><BR>> <<A href="http://groups.google.com/group/mono-soc-2007/browse_thread/thread/d1d8510fb208bad" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://groups.google.com/group/mono-soc-2007/browse_thread/thread/d1d8510fb208bad </A>>><BR>> > <BR>> > --<BR>> > Scott.<BR>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> ><BR>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- <BR>> > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express<BR>> > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take<BR>> > control of your XML. 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