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

[John Cannon]

Good news, and if i had seen Chris's email sooner I could have also
told him why that wasn't working.  I'm going to try the new build now.

On 7/24/05, Michal Benes <michal.benes at xeris.cz> wrote:
> 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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> 
> 


-- 
John Cannon
Matroska Developer