So maybe someone should provide a download of the needed 32bit gstreamer libraries :) I think that if linden did this sort of like Pheonix does with the SLVoice where the first launch it downloads any extra libraries and puts them in the libs/bins folder. Is this a practice linden might be interested in?
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Boroondas Gupte <slli...@boroon.dasgupta.ch> wrote: > Hi Marc > > On 02/05/2011 05:03 AM, Marc Adored wrote: > > I am on 64bit ubuntu and noticed that media on a prim works now even > though I am using a 32bit viewer. I am assuming this is because it is > a SLPlugin and not part of the viewer? > > That's not the reason: The SLPlugin binary, while a separate process than > the viewer main binary, is also shipped only compiled for 32bit in the > official downloads and thus faces the same problem as the main binary: it > can only load 32bit libraries. The reason why it can display web content > anyway, is that the library used for rendering html is also included (also > in 32bit) in the download. > > I was wondering if the > streaming audio/video that has not worked for 32bit viewers on 64bit > systems could be reworked to work the same way? > > For audio/video stream display, the GStreamer libraries are used, but those > aren't included in the download. So SLPlugin tries to load the > system-installed version (if any), which (if SLPlugin is compiled for 32bit) > can only succeed if those libs are compiled for 32bit, too. > > So the possibilities would be: > > Include 32bit GStreamer libraries in the official download (or in a separate > download) > > Around 17 MB including common plugins, but still excluding any dependency > libraries that might have to be added for this to work, too > > Offer SPLugin (and maybe the whole viewer) compiled for 64bit, too > > This would mean additional QA work for LL. > > Have Linux 64bit users install a 32bit GStreamer > > Probably difficult on many distributions (because GStreamer is usually not > part of the 32bit compatibility bundles, such as ia32-libs) > > (I've gone into more detail about the options from the users' point of view > in past explanations.) > > Is there plans for this? > > I don't know of any specific one. There's a feature request for offering > official 64bit downloads: VWR-13793. > > I think that with the refusal to work on a 64bit viewer this > would be a good compromise because that is the only reason I require a > 64bit built viewer. > > That would indeed make life much easier for non-technical Linux 64bit users. > > I just thought I would probe here first before messing with jiras :) > > Although this has been discussed in the past, it's good that someone brings > it up again. > > Cheers, > Boroondas > _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
