Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2013-05-21

Chapter 28. The KDE Core

Phonon-backend-gstreamer-4.6.3

Introduction to the Phonon-backend-gstreamer

This package provides a Phonon backend which utilizes the GStreamer media framework.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.3 platform.

Package Information

Phonon-backend-gstreamer Dependencies

Required

phonon-4.6.0 and GStreamer-0.10.36

Recommended

gst-plugins-base-0.10.36 (needed for output to ALSA), gst-plugins-good-0.10.31 (needed for output to PulseAudio), gst-plugins-bad-0.10.23 (needed for AAC/M4A support) and gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.19 (needed for MP3 support)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/phonon-backend-gstreamer

Installation of Phonon-backend-gstreamer

Install Phonon-backend-gstreamer by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd build &&
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KDE_PREFIX \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
      .. &&
make

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release: This switch is used to apply higher level of compiler optimizations.

Contents

Installed Programs: none
Installed Libraries: phonon_gstreamer.so
Installed Directories: $KDE_PREFIX/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend and $KDE_PREFIX/share/kde4/services/phononbackends

Last updated on 2013-03-10 13:21:43 +0000