[sldev] gstreamer

[Glen Canaday]

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.

--GC