[gst-devel] Re: Native Win32 build of GStreamer 0.8.1

[Marc VanDaele]

Hello Thomas,

Thanks for your reply.
Unfortunately, I still face some problems.

I did the following
1. while unzipping gstreamer-0.8.1.tar.gz, I ran into some 'duplicate' files
like GstTag.sgml and gsttag.sgml which only differ by case
2. next I unzipped glib-2.4.1.tar.gz and tried ./configure;
after adding the environment variables of vcvars32.bat, this ended with 
	checking for pkg-config... no
	configure: error: *** pkg-config not found. See
http://www.freedesktop.org/softw
	are/pkgconfig/

3. next I installed pkg-config (0.15.0) [which contains glib-1.2.8?] and
tried ./configure
This complained about no cc or ld and after copying cl.exe to cc.exe and
link.exe to ld.exe 
this ended with 
	checking for non-GNU ld... no
	configure: error: no acceptable ld found in $PATH
	configure: error: ./configure failed for glib-1.2.8
so I assume this glib-1.2.8 needs a gnu compatible ld?

Any help appreciated.

Marc


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Vander Stichele [mailto:thomas at apestaart.org]
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 11:20 AM
> To: Marc VanDaele
> Cc: gstreamer-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [gst-devel] Re: Native Win32 build of GStreamer 0.8.1
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > I'm a complete Linux newbie but I do have a lot of 
> streaming experience.
> > I've been developing applications, components and part of 
> the framework
> > of TSSA (Trimedia Software Streaming Architecture) which 
> runs on Philips
> > Trimedia/Nexperia processors, mainly under psos.
> 
> Welcome :)
> 
> > We do anticipate building products using Linux in the near 
> future so 
> > I would like to get a deeper understanding of gstreamer.
> 
> Good idea.
> 
> > I'm currently going through the documentation but I would 
> love to step
> > through a dummy application (eg disk_source - disk_sink) to 
> get acquainted
> > with the framework.
> > 
> > Given the posts below, I would expect this to be (almost?) possible.
> > I'm working under Windows2000 and using MSVC C++ .Net.
> > I would like to use this as a debugger but I have no 
> problems in using 
> > eg cygwin to build the application.
> 
> If you have no problems using cygwin, it should already be possible to
> get GStreamer compiled.
> 
> > However, since I have no Linux expertise, I have no clue to how to 
> > build such a gstreamer application.  Is somebody willing to 
> help me out?
> > I guess I need to 
> > 1. retrieve gstreamer from cvs; I guess I need to install 
> eg WinCvs but then
> > I'm lost
> 
> You don't need CVS, I'd only recommend getting it if you find 
> a problem
> with the released source tarballs.
> 
> If you decide you do want to use CVS though, see
> http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/dev/
> 
> The module you need, if you want to start with a simple filesrc !
> filesink pipeline, is just "gstreamer".
> 
> > 2. retrieve all libs on which gstreamer depends 
> > 	a. glib from http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/
> > 	b. gobject from ?
> gobject is included in glib.  There might be someone 
> providing some sort
> of package for cygwin of glib, I haven't checked in a long time.
> 
> > 	c. others?
> libxml (www.xmlsoft.org) and popt (check
> .http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-05/msg00230.html).
> 
> That mailing list archive might be useful to you for other 
> dependencies
> as well.
> 
> Furthermore, you will need stuff like bison and yacc working, and
> disable the documentation build for now.
> 
> > 3. cygwin from http://www.cygwin.com/
> > 4. what is msys? something similar as cygwin?
> 
> I think it's mingw ? I'm not sure.
> 
> > 5. I need to build it
> > 	a. can I use the command below to build glib and the other libs?
> 
> which command ? Basically, with cygwin set up properly, it 
> should be as
> simple as running ./configure, make, make install from the release
> tarballs.
> 
> 
> > I do have some questions already though
> > 1. why do you provide so many convenience functions in the 
> interfaces? 
> > IMO, it clutters up the interface.
> 
> It's a methodology decision.  Both ways work :) After all, we 
> could all
> be coding in assembler as well, and still manage to make code.  (Well,
> some of us would, and others would give up)
> 
> >   I'm always insisting on defining 
> > primitive interfaces (unless there is a performance issue) and I'm
> > wondering what your rationale is for these convenience 
> functions like
> > - gst_element_factory_make
> > - GST_CAPS_NEW
> > - gst_element_link_many
> 
> > 2. Why is Gnome opposed to using C++
> 
> It's not opposed to it.  As a stack of libraries, GNOME prefers C
> because it is easier to wrap in other languages, compiles faster than
> C++, has less ABI issues between different compilers, and for 
> historical
> reasons.
> 
> My personal opinion is that it doesn't provide a big enough 
> step up over
> C, I like to skip by two levels of complexity at once.  So 
> you'll see me
> programming barebone logic gates, but not assembler, and C, 
> but not C++,
> and python, but not something more abstracted.  Others have different
> reasons :)
> 
> Thomas
> 
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