[sldev] gstreamer

[Sean Linden]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Glen Canaday <gcanaday at gmail.com> 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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