[gst-devel] Re: MingW conflict, was : DirectX sinks for Windows status

[Michal Benes]

Hi Christian,

    gst-register does not register DLLs in lib, it is there only to 
register the plugins. Therefore, if You want to run Ixion, you will need 
to have the directory Ixion/lib in Your path. Also you can try to copy 
the content of Ixion/lib to Ixion/

    I do not know if the libraries can be in conflict, but I'd say that 
the system really can not find the library because it is not in your path.

    BTW: Today, I made a test and Ixion is able to play Matroska file 
with h264 video and Vorbis audio.

    BTW2.: I am going to release a new version now with some bugfixes - 
most important is that it finally plays avi files.

        Michal  



Christian HJ Wiesner wrote:

> Hi Michal,
>
> OK, the problems seems to be related with registration of the DLLs in 
> 'lib'. I can only run Ixion from 'ixion.bat' , and not from 
> 'ixion.exe' irrespective of how often i try to run the 
> 'gst-register.bat' before, it will always come back to me with a 
> message that mingwm10.dll can not be found.
>
> Because of this, also the command
>
> ixion --gst-debug-level=2
>
> will return the same message ( see above, mingwm10.dll not found ) , 
> leading nowhere.
>
> Is it possible that this is the result of having two differnt mingw 
> DLLs on my PC, for mmg.exe ( mkvmerge GUI ) and Ixion ?
>
> Thanks for a short answer
>
> Christian
>
> Michal Benes schrieb:
>
>> Hi Christian,
>>
>>     Yes, there is a CLI. But probably the first thing You can try is
>> to run ixion --gst-debug-level=2 It should say if there is any 
>> problem initializing the hardware (what is
>> most likely our problem).
>>
>> The most basic thing, you can try is
>> gst-launch --gst-debug-level=2 sinesrc ! dsoundsink
>> or perhaps if it doesn't work
>> gst-launch --gst-debug-level=2 sinesrc ! audioconvert ! dsoundsink
>> it should produce a harmonic tone.
>>
>> To test video, run
>> gst-launch --gst-debug-level=2 videotestsrc ! ddrawsink
>> or
>> gst-launch --gst-debug-level=2 videotestsrc ! ffmpegcolorspace !
>> ddrawsink
>>
>> You can find man pages for gst-launch, gst-inspect and gst-register
>> through Google (search for gst-launch man page)
>>
>>     Let me know what happened
>>
>>         Michal
>>
>> Christian HJ Wiesner píše v So 23. 07. 2005 v 08:26 +0200:
>>  
>>
>>> Ok, here is what i did :
>>>
>>> - unzipped into c:\Program Files\Ixion\
>>> - run  gst-register.bat
>>> - run ixion.bat
>>>
>>> The Ixion GUI will show up ( looing nice :) ), but unfortunetely it 
>>> didnt show anyhting else but grey rectangles on the screen. It could 
>>> determine the duration of the AVI and MPG files i was trying to 
>>> open, but i couldnt hear or see anything. What can i do to find out 
>>> whats wrong ? are there any test suites or CLI tools available to 
>>> check functionality of the sinks ?
>>>
>>> Christian
>>>
>>> Michal Benes schrieb:
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>> Hello everybody (interested),
>>>>
>>>>     I am sending a new status report about sinks for Windows. At 
>>>> last, I
>>>> had success and I was able build working audio and video sink. You can
>>>> find all the information at the new project page
>>>> http://gstreamer.xeris.cz/
>>>>
>>>>     Also, we have a first working video player for Windows based on
>>>> GStreamer framework, check screenshots at
>>>> http://gstreamer.xeris.cz/ixion.html
>>>>
>>>>     As I am neither DirectX nor GStreamer expert, I would welcome 
>>>> any help
>>>>     
>>>> from you. 
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>>     First of all, the GStreamer port to Windows seems to be quite 
>>>> unstable,
>>>> I suspect there may be some problems with the assembler code in
>>>> GStreamer and plugins. I am using MinGW with GCC 3.4.2 (are there any
>>>> known issues?).
>>>>
>>>>     My next project is to fill the Windows related bugs to bugzilla.
>>>>
>>>>     And once more: any feedback is welcomed.
>>>>
>>>>     Regards
>>>>
>>>>         Michal
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>
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