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@@ -20,5 +20,16 @@ channel to handle. For example: Debugging can be turned on using EMPATHY_DEBUG=all and logged to a file with EMPATHY_LOGFILE=/tmp/empathy.log +Sometimes you may want to load the locally compiled version of some GStreamer +plugin (e.g. Farstream) instead of the system installed one. To do so, just +set the GST_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable to tell GStreamer where your +plugins are located and the GST_PLUGIN_LOADING_WHITELIST to avoid conflicts +with system installed plugins. It's also a good idea to use GST_REGISTRY to +avoid clobbering your default GStreamer registry. For example you can +export these before launching the empathy processes as shown above: + export GST_PLUGIN_LOADING_WHITELIST=gstreamer:gst-plugins-base:gst-plugins-good:libnice:valve:siren:autoconvert:rtpmux:dtmf:mimic:shm + export GST_PLUGIN_PATH=/path/to/your/custom/lib/gstreamer-0.10 + export GST_REGISTRY=/tmp/gstreamer.registry + See http://live.gnome.org/Empathy/ about coding style conventions. See also http://live.gnome.org/Empathy/Git to read about our git workflow. |