OSX strangeness   2 comments

GStreamer under OSX requires setting a couple of environmental variables: DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH and GST_PLUGIN_PATH. One approach I relied on before in order to define these variables was to use the the setenv command in the /etc/launchd.conf file. launchd.conf is read by the launchd service during system boot. But, it turns out that any variable that starts with DYLD is just ignored…
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Posted May 12, 2010 by ac in Programming

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Solving library conflict with the installer of GStreamer for OSX   1 comment

In a post from a while ago, I mentioned an “experimental” installer of gstreamer for OSX. Some people found that libraries bundled with the installer (libiconv.2.dylib in particular) conflicted with versions of the same libraries deployed by other applications. Brad Borevitz just suggested a hack to remedy this issue. As with any hack, no responsibilities are taken for unexpected/undesired effects:-)
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Posted April 18, 2010 by ac in Software

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GLGraphics 0.9.3.3   3 comments

Thanks to the contributions from Jean Pierre Charalambos and Aaron Koblin, I finished a new version of GLGraphics with a couple of very useful additions, plus some bug fixes as well. Download the library package from sourceforge.
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Posted March 4, 2010 by ac in Programming

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…and unavoidable bugfixes.   Leave a comment

As it is usual thing after releasing a new version of some code, fixes come shortly after. In this case, in the release 0.9.3.1 of glgraphics.
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Posted February 9, 2010 by ac in Software

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GLGraphics 0.9.3   15 comments

After a long pause, I’m back to the blog. This time, to mention a new package of the GLGraphics library, 0.9.3, that I uploaded to sourceforge just a few days ago. Download link here.
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Posted February 4, 2010 by ac in Programming

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