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| -rw-r--r-- | README.rst | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/gstreamer/meson.build | 12 |
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@@ -120,12 +120,13 @@ setting the ``LIBCAMERA_LOG_LEVELS`` environment variable: Using GStreamer plugin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -To use GStreamer plugin from source tree, set the following environment so that -GStreamer can find it. This isn't necessary when libcamera is installed. +To use the GStreamer plugin from the source tree, use the meson ``devenv`` +command. This will create a new shell instance with the ``GST_PLUGIN_PATH`` +environment set accordingly. .. code:: - export GST_PLUGIN_PATH=$(pwd)/build/src/gstreamer + meson devenv -C build The debugging tool ``gst-launch-1.0`` can be used to construct a pipeline and test it. The following pipeline will stream from the camera named "Camera 1" diff --git a/src/gstreamer/meson.build b/src/gstreamer/meson.build index 20784b71..c2a01e7b 100644 --- a/src/gstreamer/meson.build +++ b/src/gstreamer/meson.build @@ -46,3 +46,15 @@ libcamera_gst = shared_library('gstlibcamera', install : true, install_dir : '@0@/gstreamer-1.0'.format(get_option('libdir')), ) + +# Make the plugin visible to GStreamer inside meson devenv. +fs = import('fs') +gst_plugin_path = fs.parent(libcamera_gst.full_path()) + +gst_env = environment() +gst_env.prepend('GST_PLUGIN_PATH', gst_plugin_path) + +# Avoid polluting the system registry. +gst_env.set('GST_REGISTRY', gst_plugin_path / 'registry.data') + +meson.add_devenv(gst_env) |