On 30.09.2012 23:51, John Burrell wrote: > > >> >> VLC uses FFmpeg directly, not via GStreamer. GStreamer isn't even >> mentioned on VLC page, is it? > >> I didn't say that FFmpeg was deprecated, but the GStreamer FFmpeg plugin >> set. It was replaced by libav plugin set which does the same thing >> (libav is fork of FFmpeg). Honestly, I don't know why. It's up to >> GStreamer developers. GStreamer Libav is just plugin set for GStreamer >> 1.0 and provides very same functionality as the GStreamer FFmpeg plugin >> did for 0.10 series. > > Thanks for the clarification. > > Let's see if I get this yet. > > I use VLC. VLC needs ffmpeg. If I want the gst plugins for ffmpeg, I'll need > to install gst-ffmpeg which needs gstreamer-0.10 and associated plugins. > > If I want to upgrade to gnome-3.6 and keep VLC, I'll need both the 0.10 and > the 1.0 versions of gstreamer and the plugins. > > Is that correct? > > jb. > >
Wrong ... You don't need GStreamer at all if you want to use VLC. GStreamer is a seperate project. FFmpeg has nothing to do with GStreamer FFmpeg except the latter one extends old GStreamer to enable formats supported by FFmpeg and not by other plugin series (Good, Bad, Ugly). -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
