[Bug 756631] New: Add links to actual files and streams to help learning GStreamer.

[GStreamer (GNOME Bugzilla)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756631

            Bug ID: 756631
           Summary: Add links to actual files and streams to help learning
                    GStreamer.
    Classification: Platform
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: git master
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: documentation
          Assignee: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: exebook at gmail.com
        QA Contact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
     GNOME version: ---

Because getting examples from the documentation to work is a difficult thing
for a newbie already, this is not good to make it even harder for them and not
provide the working example media files and streams. My suggestion is to upload
a file for each example or create a stream somewhere on the internet and make
them constantly available as a part of the documentation. Then hard code the
names and paths, this could greatly simplify the first steps.

The idea is that not every media file or stream will work with the example, so
the learner will struggle and could potentially get lost thinking things like:
"is this a bug in the sample code", "did I compile GSTreamer right", "are my
media files fit properly this particular example code", "do I make a mistake on
the command line".

Providing media that will 100% work with the example code, like test1.ogg,
http://media.freedesktop.org/stream1.avi and stuff like that could really help.

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