[opensource-dev] Linux 64bit and gstreamer

[Ambrosia]

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:28, Ambrosia <chaosstar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 05:27, Mike Chase
> <mike.chase at alternatemetaverse.com> wrote:
>> On 12/12/2010 10:48 PM, Marc Adored wrote:
>>> Yes 32bit SLVoice can run with 64bit viewer because the viewer is not
>>> using it as a lib its a network connection between each other so none
>>> of that matters.
>>>
>> Ok, so maybe one thing that might be considered for a 64 bit build is to
>> build the core client 64bit but do the voice and SLPlugin stuff as
>> 32bit.  Can the build scripts be taught to do that? It seems building
>> standalone with such a config would produce a fully functional client
>> (all the pieces would work).
>>
>> Mike
>
> I personally would also be interested in the opposite as well.
> I hate building standalone (Come on LL, why can't you provide 64bit
> prebuilds? It's not like 64bit OSes are exotic anymore), so on my
> 64bit Debian system, I build a 32bit client with the necessary libs
> installed in /*/lib32/ (as opposed to, say, a pure chroot)
>
> Naturally this makes media playback fail due to there being no 32bit
> gstreamer libs installed, and getting those properly setup with all
> dependencies can be a nightmare. A 32bit SLPlugin build communicating
> with the 64bit client would solve that.

Er, I meant a 64bit SLPlugin communicating with the 32bit client, in
my case, of course. :3