Building Gstreamer on Windows 8 via cerbero

[Andoni Morales]

2013/10/16 Gazoo <gazoo at 42.dk>

> Hey Guys,
>
> I'm hoping to ask the occasional stupid question while trying to compile my
> own version of GStreamer using Cerbero (which I keep wanting to write as
> Cerebro). I'm doing this in order to get at the gst-plugin-gl! Following
> this guide here:
>
> http://docs.gstreamer.com/display/GstSDK/Building+from+source+using+Cerbero
>
> I've run into a spot of 'trubz'. When trying to run the build from my
> checked out git repo (using the cerebro-uninstalled boostrap command), I
> get
> the following error:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "./cerbero-uninstalled", line 8, in <module>
>     from cerbero.main import main
>   File ".\cerbero\main.py", line 34, in <module>
>     from cerbero import config, commands
>   File ".\cerbero\config.py", line 25, in <module>
>     from cerbero.utils import _, system_info, validate_packager,
> to_unixpath,\
>   File ".\cerbero\utils\shell.py", line 41, in <module>
>     PLATFORM = system_info()[0]
>   File ".\cerbero\utils\__init__.py", line 194, in system_info
>     raise FatalError("Windows version '%s' not supported" % win32_ver)
> cerbero.errors.FatalError: Fatal Error: Windows version '8' not supported
>
> I'd say the error is accurate, but am I truly boned? Can I not compile
> GStreamer on Windows 8?
>

Could you please put a print in cerbero/utils/__init__.py in lin 186?
I don't have Windows 8 to test but it should be supported, you probably
provide a patch too, it should be easy to fix :)


> I also have 1 suggestions, regarding the guide:
>
> Add a note that a restart of Msys/MinGw is required in order for the path
> pointing to Git and Python to take effect.
>

Thanks for the note

>
> For some reason the following command does nada for me:
>
> echo "alias cerbero='~/cerbero/cerbero-uninstalled'" >> ~/.bashrc
>
> As I still need to call it via cerbero-uninstalled. Doesn't ~ refer to my
> home dir? If so - it should work...
>
Apparently you have to create a ~/.profile file with msys shell instead

Andoni

>
> Regards,
> Gazoo
>
>
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