Doubts on the plugins

[Rajesh K-6]

Hi,
I have a doubt on the required plugins.
Why do i require the plugins in the gst-good,bad and ugly?
Is it not sufficient just to have the gst-base and gst-ffmpeg plugins?
My understanding is that ffmpeg contains most of the codecs and demuxers.
Only the ones that are not supported in ffmpeg plugins can be installed on a need basis.
Is my understanding correct?
I am sure some of you would have listed what plugins are required and what are not required.
Regards
Rajesh


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[Christopher Halse Rogers]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Rajesh K <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a doubt on the required plugins.
> Why do i require the plugins in the gst-good,bad and ugly?
> Is it not sufficient just to have the gst-base and gst-ffmpeg plugins?
> My understanding is that ffmpeg contains most of the codecs and demuxers.
> Only the ones that are not supported in ffmpeg plugins can be installed on a
> need basis.
> Is my understanding correct?
> I am sure some of you would have listed what plugins are required and what
> are not required.

As I understand it, the elements from gst-ffmpeg almost all have a
rank which will prohibit them from being autoplugged.  It seems that
they tend to suffer from bugs not found in the native elements, too.

Of course, the plugins you require will depend on the range of codecs
you expect to encounter.

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[Rajesh K-6]

Hi Rogers,
So do you mean to say that I need to have all the plugins like ffmpeg as well as good, bad etc?
 I just looked at the plugins in the gst-good, not many codecs exist. Is that the reason you require ffmpeg plugins apart from the good/bad/ugly?(My line of thinking is can I just skip ffmpeg plugins and go with just good bad & ugly plugins in case I have the required codecs)
Regards
Rajesh

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Christopher Halse Rogers <[hidden email]> wrote:

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Rajesh K <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a doubt on the required plugins.
> Why do i require the plugins in the gst-good,bad and ugly?
> Is it not sufficient just to have the gst-base and gst-ffmpeg plugins?
> My understanding is that ffmpeg contains most of the codecs and demuxers.
> Only the ones that are not supported in ffmpeg plugins can be installed on a
> need basis.
> Is my understanding correct?
> I am sure some of you would have listed what plugins are required and what
> are not required.

As I understand it, the elements from gst-ffmpeg almost all have a
rank which will prohibit them from being autoplugged.  It seems that
they tend to suffer from bugs not found in the native elements, too.

Of course, the plugins you require will depend on the range of codecs
you expect to encounter.

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[Christopher Halse Rogers]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Rajesh K <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi Rogers,
> So do you mean to say that I need to have all the plugins like ffmpeg as
> well as good, bad etc?
>  I just looked at the plugins in the gst-good, not many codecs exist. Is
> that the reason you require ffmpeg plugins apart from the good/bad/ugly?(My
> line of thinking is can I just skip ffmpeg plugins and go with just good bad
> & ugly plugins in case I have the required codecs)
> Regards
> Rajesh
>

I'm not entirely sure what you are asking.  Lots of codecs are covered
by the combination of good, bad, and ugly.  The ffmpeg plugin
leverages the extremely broad codec support of the ffmpeg library to
provide encoders and decoders for more obscure codecs and
muxer/demuxers for more obscure containers.

You don't _need_ any of the plugin packages, although obviously you
won't be able to play anything.  The particular plugins you do need
will depend on the file or stream you're trying to play, and the
system you're trying to play them on.

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