Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r11.3-1128

Chapter 29. Introduction to KDE

Phonon-backend-gstreamer-4.10.0

Introduction to the Phonon-backend-gstreamer

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

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Package Information

Phonon-backend-gstreamer Dependencies

Required

gstreamer-1.22.4, libxml2-2.10.4, and phonon-4.11.1

Recommended

gst-plugins-base-1.22.4 (needed for output to ALSA), gst-plugins-good-1.22.4 (needed for output to PulseAudio), gst-plugins-bad-1.22.4 (needed for AAC/M4A support), and gst-plugins-ugly-1.22.4 (needed for MP3 support)

Installation of Phonon-backend-gstreamer

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

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr    \
      -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: /usr/lib/plugins/phonon4qt5_backend