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[glsdk/gstreamer0-10.git] / README

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@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ WHAT IT IS
 
 This is GStreamer, a framework for streaming media.
 
-This package is in the 0.9.x series.  This means that this is a
-development series leading up to a stable 0.10.x series.
-You have been warned.
-
 WHERE TO START
 --------------
 
@@ -25,8 +21,8 @@ We track bugs in GNOME's bugzilla; see the website for details.
 
 You can join us on IRC - #gstreamer on irc.freenode.org
 
-GStreamer 0.9 development series - Hung by a Thread
----------------------------------------------------
+GStreamer 0.10 series
+---------------------
 
 Starring
 
@@ -144,7 +140,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 - MacOSX is reported to work; specific audio and video sinks have been written
 - Windows support is experimental but improving.  Output sinks have been
   written but are not yet included in the code. We support
-  - MSys/MingW builds
+  - MSys/MinGW builds
   - Microsoft Visual Studio 6 builds (see win32/README.txt)
 
 INSTALLING FROM PACKAGES
@@ -158,7 +154,7 @@ Only in cases where you:
 - want to hack on GStreamer
 - want to verify that a bug has been fixed
 - do not have a sane distribution
-should you choose to build from source tarballs or CVS.
+should you choose to build from source tarballs or git.
 
 Find more information about the various packages at
 http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/download/
@@ -176,35 +172,31 @@ COMPILING FROM SOURCE TARBALLS
   make
 
   to build GStreamer.
-- if you want to install it (not required), run
+- if you want to install it (not required, but what you usually want to do), run
   make install
-- You should create a registry for things to work.
-  If you ran make install in the previous step, run
-  gst-register
-  as root.
-
-  If you didn't install, run
-  tools/gst-register
-  as a normal user.
 
 - try out a simple test:
-  gst-launch fakesrc num_buffers=5 ! fakesink
-  (If you didn't install GStreamer, again prefix gst-launch with tools/)
+  gst-launch -v fakesrc num_buffers=5 ! fakesink
+  (If you didn't install GStreamer, prefix gst-launch with tools/)
 
   If it outputs a bunch of messages from fakesrc and fakesink, everything is
   ok.
 
+  If it did not work, keep in mind that you might need to adjust the
+  PATH and/or LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variables to make the system
+  find GStreamer in the prefix where you installed (by default that is /usr/local).
+
 - After this, you're ready to install gst-plugins, which will provide the
   functionality you're probably looking for by now, so go on and read
   that README.
 
-COMPILING FROM CVS
+COMPILING FROM GIT
 ------------------
 
-When building from CVS sources, you will need to run autogen.sh to generate 
+When building from git sources, you will need to run autogen.sh to generate 
 the build system files.
 
-You will need a set of additional tools typical for building from CVS,
+You will need a set of additional tools typical for building from git,
 including:
 - autoconf
 - automake
@@ -227,8 +219,8 @@ the last passed options as a handy shortcut.  Use it.
 After the autogen.sh stage, you can follow the directions listed in
 "COMPILING FROM SOURCE"
 
-You can also run your whole cvs stack uninstalled.  The script in
-the gstreamer module /docs/faq/gst-uninstalled) is helpful in setting
+You can also run your whole git stack uninstalled.  The script in
+the gstreamer module /scripts/gst-uninstalled) is helpful in setting
 up your environment for this.
 
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