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author | Stefan Kost <ensonic@users.sf.net> | 2009-10-28 09:58:52 +0200 |
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committer | Stefan Kost <ensonic@users.sf.net> | 2009-10-28 09:58:52 +0200 |
commit | b66a4dbd42e238f5245a327f040723aadc40251f (patch) | |
tree | f0c5c71b06d4a89785d460c8622da8c5478b3ba9 | |
parent | 369a63b11cd8d88143ae0497a30f6641428964e1 (diff) |
docs: tell more about what happens in gst_init.
Add links to gst_update_registry and the env-vars.
-rw-r--r-- | gst/gst.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -456,6 +456,13 @@ gst_init_check (int *argc, char **argv[], GError ** err) * Initializes the GStreamer library, setting up internal path lists, * registering built-in elements, and loading standard plugins. * + * Unless the plugin registry is disabled at compile time, the registry will be + * loaded. By default this will also check if the registry cache needs to be + * updated and rescan all plugins if needed. See gst_update_registry() for + * details and section + * <link linkend="gst-running">Running GStreamer Applications</link> + * for how to disable automatic registry updates. + * * This function should be called before calling any other GLib functions. If * this is not an option, your program must initialise the GLib thread system * using g_thread_init() before any other GLib functions are called. |