<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >GStreamer FAQ</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="General" HREF="chapter-general.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="article" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="title" ><A NAME="AEN2" >GStreamer FAQ</A ></H1 ><DIV CLASS="revhistory" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.1.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-04-24</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added Q&A about developing with uninstalled copy.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.1.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2002-10-01</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Initial conversion from FAQ database.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="abstract" ><P ></P ><A NAME="AEN4" ></A ><P > This is the FAQ for GStreamer, a multimedia framework. Questions and answers range from general information to deep-down-and-dirty compilation issues. </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="index.html#start" >Getting Started</A ></DT ><DT >2. <A HREF="chapter-general.html" >General</A ></DT ><DT >3. <A HREF="chapter-dependencies.html" >Dependencies</A ></DT ><DT >4. <A HREF="chapter-getting.html" >Getting GStreamer</A ></DT ><DT >5. <A HREF="chapter-using.html" >Using GStreamer</A ></DT ><DT >6. <A HREF="chapter-troubleshooting.html" >Troubleshooting GStreamer</A ></DT ><DT >7. <A HREF="chapter-cvs.html" >Building GStreamer from CVS</A ></DT ><DT >8. <A HREF="chapter-developing.html" >Developing applications with GStreamer</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="start" >1. Getting Started</A ></H1 ><P > So you're eager to get started learning about GStreamer. There's a few ways you can get started. <P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > If you want to learn by reading about it, start with <A HREF="chapter-general.html#chapter-general" ><I >General</I ></A > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > If you'd rather learn by trying it out, start with <A HREF="chapter-getting.html#chapter-getting" ><I >Getting GStreamer</I ></A > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > If you want to live on the bleeding edge and develop and use CVS, see <A HREF="chapter-cvs.html#chapter-cvs" ><I >Building GStreamer from CVS</I ></A > </P ></LI ></UL > </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="chapter-general.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >General</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >