Basic steps to install gstreamer

Basic Step to install Gstreamer on your host :

1. Download following contents from  http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/

>> gstreamer-0.10.17.tar
>> gst-ffmpeg-0.10.3.tar
>> gst-plugins-0.8.12.tar
>> gst-plugins-bad-0.10.5.tar
>> gst-plugins-base-0.10.17.tar
>> gst-plugins-good-0.10.6.tar
>> gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.6.tar

2. It is pre-requisite to install liboil zlib libxml2 bison flex for gstreamer

3. do : # export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig

4. Install all above package with ..
>> configure --prefix=/usr/local
>> make clean ; make
>> sudo make install
Order of installation is : Gstreamer,liboil,base,ffmpeg,good,bad,ugly

5. Test all the plugings installation by commad - "gst-inspect"

6. Try out following commands

gst-launch -v filesrc location=sampl.mp4 ! qtdemux name=demuxer ! { queue ! decodebin ! sdlvideosink } { demuxer. ! queue ! decodebin ! alsasink }

gst-launch -v filesrc location=ultra.mp4 ! qtdemux name=demuxer ! { queue ! decodebin ! textoverlay text="Room A" valign=top halign=left ! sdlvideosink } { demuxer. ! queue ! decodebin ! alsasink }