Gstreamer on Android-x86

Tue Aug 16 22:35:29 PDT 2011

Hello,

I would gladly share what I have with you. Hopefully, you can help me solve
a problem I'm facing.

Tell me what you've done so far, where you have reached, and what issue is
stopping you.

As for what I've done, here is a summary:
1- I'm using Android-x86 port from
http://www.gingerbread-x86.org/gingerbread-x86 branch.
  The version I'm using is 2.3.5
2- I cloned the gstreamer_aggregate folder and the framework/base folder
from the git as decribed on collabor.co.uk
   However, since the framework/base is that of 2.3.2, I couldn't just
replace the one in 2.3.5, so I left it out of my android-x86 tree.
   This meant that I had to make a diff between the 2.3.2 and 2.3.5
framework files, whenever the compiler stops with an error. I did this so
that I only put the changes required by gstplayer to work. Not much is
required.
3- I replaced all arm references in the Android.mk files particularly
--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu
4- I added the switch --disable-asm in gstreamer_aggregate/x264/Android.mk
(although I might set this back to see if I can get it to work)
5- I'm still looking for an implementation of
"gst_codec_utils_h264_get_level_idc", at the moment I have an approximate
"dummy" implementation.
6- I compiled several times, and worked through little changes that I had to
make with the mk files.

The above is quite simple, managed to get this far in one afternoon...

Eventually it compiled and worked partially. As I mentioned, mp3, ogg files
play without a problem from with in Android UI. Videotestsrc overlays the
output on top of the android gui. However, I keep getting a missing-plugin
message when I try to play any video file.

Have you come across the missing plugin issue on your ARM device?
Can you please tell me, how many plugins list when you run gst-inspect on
your ARM device? Also, where are the .so files of the plugins located?

Hope the info I gave you is helpful. If you tell me how much you progressed,
I might be able to help you more.
Regards,

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> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:58:35 +0400
> From: Shady Rasheed <rasheedshady at gmail.com>
> Subject: Gstreamer on Android-x86
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> Hello,
>
> First off, fantastic work done on porting gstreamer to android. Big thanks
> to all.
> I've managed to use the modifications to modify the android-x86 tree
> and successfully and compiled gstreamer on android-x86
> So far, I can play mp3 and ogg files from with in Android. I managed to run
> "gst-launch videotestsrc ! surfaceflingersink" and saw the video
> test overlay-ed at the top left corner of the screen.
>
> And although gst-inspect states 140 plugins, 9 black listed, and 482
> features, Every time i try to play a video file ( mpeg, mpg, divx, asf,...)
> I get a missing-plugin in the logs.
>
> I believe the good, bad and ugly plugins have compiled successfully.
> However, I'm not sure if gstreamer is picking them up. I had to do a sym
> link to the gst-plugin-loader since a warning message was showing that it
> cannot be found. But even with the warning message gone, I'm still getting
> the missing-plugin message in the logs.
>
> Any help is highly appreciated. Looking forward for some feed back.
> Thanks in advance,
> -Shady
>
> Note: I've posted this on the google group "android-gstreamer" as well.
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> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:31:02 +0800
> From: Hai Wang <hkhaiwang at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Gstreamer on Android-x86
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> Hi, I have solve the video file play on ARM, but I don't solve the peoblem
> in x86, and do you have interest that we share each other's solution?
> Best wishes.
>  Hai Wang
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> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Shady Rasheed <rasheedshady at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > First off, fantastic work done on porting gstreamer to android. Big
> thanks
> > to all.
> > I've managed to use the modifications to modify the android-x86 tree
> > and successfully and compiled gstreamer on android-x86
> > So far, I can play mp3 and ogg files from with in Android. I managed to
> run
> > "gst-launch videotestsrc ! surfaceflingersink" and saw the video
> > test overlay-ed at the top left corner of the screen.
> >
> > And although gst-inspect states 140 plugins, 9 black listed, and 482
> > features, Every time i try to play a video file ( mpeg, mpg, divx,
> asf,...)
> > I get a missing-plugin in the logs.
> >
> > I believe the good, bad and ugly plugins have compiled successfully.
> > However, I'm not sure if gstreamer is picking them up. I had to do a sym
> > link to the gst-plugin-loader since a warning message was showing that it
> > cannot be found. But even with the warning message gone, I'm still
> getting
> > the missing-plugin message in the logs.
> >
> > Any help is highly appreciated. Looking forward for some feed back.
> > Thanks in advance,
> > -Shady
> >
> > Note: I've posted this on the google group "android-gstreamer" as well.
> >
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