Solaris Multimedia

The GStreamer plugins required for DVD video playback have been available on my old repository for quite a while. I've recompiled the plugins with OpenSolaris 2009.06 and have been testing them for a few weeks. Until recently I was having problems getting the DVD playback working properly. "WhatsWrongWithThis" mentioned some compatibility issues between the free GStreamer DVD plugins and the Fluendo GStreamer Playback Plugins. I investigated and I think I have overcome the problem. The plugins have now been added to my new repository at http://ips.homeunix.com:10906. Read below for installation instructions and more detail about the compatibility issue with one of the Fluendo libraries.

The packages I've made available are

• MBLgst-plugin-dvdread
  
  dvdreadsrc: DVD Source
• MBLgst-plugin-a52dec
  
  a52dec: ATSC A/52 audio decoder
• MBLgst-plugin-dts
  
  dtsdec : DTS audio decoder
• MBLgst-plugin-mpeg2
  
  mpeg2dec: mpeg1 and mpeg2 video decoder
• MBLgst-plugin-mpegstream
  
  dvddemux: DVD Demuxer
  mpegdemux: MPEG Demuxer
  mpegparse: MPEG System Parser
• MBLgst-plugin-dvd
  
  MBLgst-plugin-dvdread
  MBLgst-plugin-a52dec
  MBLgst-plugin-dts
  MBLgst-plugin-mpeg2
  MBLgst-plugin-mpegstream

Simply install MBLgst-plugin-dvd to get all of the plugins and required dependencies.

If you haven't added the repository to your OpenSolaris installation follow the steps below to add the repository and install the plugins.

1. "pkg set-authority -O http://ips.homeunix.com:10906 ips.homeunix.com" to add repository.
2. "pkg refresh --full" to update catalog.
3. "pkg install MBLgst-plugin-dvd" to install plugins.
4. "mv /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstflumpegdemux.so /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstflumpegdemux.original" to disable the incompatible Fluendo plugin if you have it.

NOTE: I've had mixed success with DVD Video support under GStreamer. I believe that the DVD plugins are still relatively experimental. If you have issues/feedback please send me an email (mblakeman@netspace.net.au) or leave a comment.

Good luck