Re: Using PyGObject to control gstreamer under MSYS2 from windows

Hello,

I wanted to provide an update as I've managed to figure out a solution to
the immediate part of issue 1) the solution is discussed on this page.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76458520/create-an-executable-from-a-python-and-pygtk-script-under-windows
"chcp.com 65001"
I am able to play a video using the example
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/tutorials/basic/hello-world.html?gi-language=python
while under a msys2 shell now.

I am still stuck with the second question regarding what package is
equivalent to gstreamer1.0-python3-plugin-loader on pacman for msys2.

Peter

On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 3:01 PM Peter <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am attempting to port a python linux application that uses PyGObject to
> interact with gstreamer over to windows.
> It also makes use of the python3 plugin loader included with the debian
> package gstreamer1.0-python3-plugin-loader.
> I am running into 2 problems.
>
> 1) I am unable to get gstreamer to successfully run from within a msys2
> console window.
> I have tried very basic things like "gst-inspect-1.0" but it crashes with
> an error.
> I originally attempted to use the pacman packges included with mingw64
> msys2 "mingw-w64-x86_64-gstreamer mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-devtools
> mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-base" but got a popup error "Unspecified fatal
> error encountered, aborting".
> So I then uninstalled those pacman packages and installed the MingW x86_64
> runtime installer from the gstreamer website "
> https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/pkg/windows/1.22.5/mingw/gstreamer-1.0-mingw-x86_64-1.22.5.msi
> .".
> I still get the exact same error though whenever I try to launch the
> program from either MSYS2, MSYS2 MingW64, MSYS2 ucrt64 (all three different
> shells).
> When I run the command from a command prompt "cmd.exe" it runs fine though.
>
> I'm not sure but is there a way to get gstreamer to run within an msys2
> shell context on windows?
> it seems like the only way to use PyGObject is from within an msys2 shell
> unless I'm mistaken so I'm not sure if this means it's not possible to
> interact with gstreamer or PyGObject or not.
>
> 2) Assuming it is possible to interact with gstreamer using PyGObject on
> windows under msys2  (or otherwise if possible). Is there some equivalent
> to the debian package of gstreamer1.0-python3-plugin-loader for arch? or
> whatever packages are used by msys2 to install gstreamer? Perhaps it is
> included within one of the other packages and not broken out into it's own
> package?
>
> It seems like perhaps I need to port my python application to c++ if I
> hope to get it running on windows.
>
> Thanks for any assistance,
>
> Peter
>