On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Glen Canaday <[email protected]> wrote:
> I just erased a huge rant relating to trying to use a 32-bit gstreamer on a > 64-bit Linux installation. I'll just say this: it doesn't work and it will > never work. At this point any streaming through the client at all brings it > down like a sack of bricks the moment it is activated. > > I can't build my own client though I would love to. TYVM for the OpenAL > sound-- I can finally use system sound and viewer sound at the same time. > For > the first time ever, in fact, and it's awesome! > > However, streaming just isn't going to happen. I would like to remove the > gstreamer dependency completely and be allowed to choose my own streaming > backend... for example, OpenAL / Jack / ?? / ALSA for system sounds and > voice, > gstreamer / xine / ?? / Phonon for streaming media. > > Has anyone here ever successfully compiled a 64-bit Linux client on Ubuntu > 8.10? How? I'll bet that for the meantime, being able to do that will go a > looooong way toward being able to get gstreamer to work until I can see > about > adding a backend switch. > > I wish I had the time to attempt to do a build - I have the same problem - the viewer crashes immediately if I try to enable streaming. Voice works, but not using pulseaudio. I have to kill pulseaudio before starting SL, and if I don't need to use voice and I leave pulseaudio running, the viewer will frequently hang or cause other audio apps to hang, resulting in my needing to restart pulseaudio after quitting the viewer. I'm not *quite* regretting putting 64 bit Intrepid on my Macbook, but I occasionally wish I'd stuck with 32 bit when I'm trying to get into an in-world meeting in a hurry. Anyway, if I find the time/nerve/brains to attempt to do a build, I'll let you know how it turns out (I'm in ops, not dev).
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