We have recently changed the build system and switched to OSSBuild

1. Install Tortoise SVN
2. Fetch a copy of the build system from the SVN repository (do not use a path with spaces): svn checkout http://ossbuild.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/

• The system requirements are listed in $OSSBUILD/ReadMe.txt

This option builds GStreamer in release mode linking to msvcrt.dll. This CRT is present both in Windows XP and Vista and also used by MinGW/MSYS, which reduces the risks of mixing different CRT's

The debug option is not supported anymore. If you need to debug your application use the debug symbols in $OSSBUILD/Build/Windows/Win32/Release/pdb.

Inno Setup scripts are provided to create GStreamer installers in $OSSBUILD/Packaging/Win32

The GStreamer WinBuilds installer installs all the GStreamer binaries (core libraries and plugins) and its dependencies in the path selected at installation time. It adds the $(InstallationPath)\bin\ folder to the system PATH (so any application using GStreamer will be able to find all the related dll's), and sets the GST_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable to $(InstallationPath)\lib\gstreamer-0.10\

You may want to choose this option if you need to:

• Avoid mixing dependencies and versions.
• Use an unique installer to deploy you application.
• Add/remove plugins.

The steps to follow are:

1. Copy all the DLL's in bin\ to your application's bin folder.
2. Copy all the plugins in lib\gstreamer-0.10\ anywhere in the application's root folder (the recomended path is lib/gstreamer-0.10)
3. Set the GST_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable before calling gst_init() in the main() method of your app or using a batch script before running the app:
   • C# : Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(“GST_PLUGIN_PATH”,”..\\lib\\gstreamer-0.10”))
   • C/C++: putenv(“GST_PLUGIN_PATH=InstallationPath\\lib\\gstreamer-0.10”)