GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 154996
[docs] FAQ Updates
Last modified: 2005-06-30 15:15:26 UTC
The GStreamer Documentation buglist does not list a bug for people to request updates to the website documentation and FAQ, so I am creating this bug. Regarding the FAQ document section 5 "Using GStreamer": - section 5.2 mentions different sink plugins, but gives no advice on which one to choose. In my Fedora Core 2 Gnome case, I decided on ALSA (over OSS). There could be a note saying "if your distro includes kernel 2.6 or higher, ALSA will probably be the best choice" or something. - makes no mention of the 'gstreamer-properties' program to set the default source and sink. This could be section 5.3.5 or something. It should be noted that you run this program from your user account, NOT as root (my other problem, duh). - should have a note about using gconf-editor to edit properties (again as your user, not root), where they can be found, and where gstreamer-properties saves your selections to (I still don't know - the folders I found are mostly empty).
Created attachment 45255 [details] [review] add stuff Adds the above (except for the gconf-details, you can find them through schemas; we should not need to document them).
As for the rest, your distribution will choose the correct one for you. If it doesn't, you apparently use a distribution that assumes you have that knowledge. Applied the above; closing bug.