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diff --git a/doc/src/platforms/linux.qdoc b/doc/src/platforms/linux.qdoc index 13871a0f6..2c5653c27 100644 --- a/doc/src/platforms/linux.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/platforms/linux.qdoc @@ -332,12 +332,15 @@ As described in the \l Multimedia overview, Qt Multimedia uses the GStreamer multimedia framework as the backend for audio and video playback on Linux. The minimum required - version of GStreamer is 0.10. + version of GStreamer is 0.10.24. The 1.x series is also supported. To build Qt Multimedia, you need the GStreamer library, base plugins, and development - files for your system. The package names for GStreamer vary between Linux - distributions; try searching for \c gstreamer or \c libgstreamer in your - distribution's package repository to find suitable packages. + files for your system. To run applications that use Qt Multimedia, you might also need to + install the following GStreamer plugins: 'good', 'ugly', 'bad', ffmpeg (0.10), and libav (1.x). + These additional plugins contain various codecs for audio and video decoding, as well as the + necessary components for using the camera APIs. The package names for GStreamer vary between + Linux distributions; try searching for \c gstreamer or \c libgstreamer in your distribution's + package repository to find suitable packages. \section1 Qt WebKit Dependencies |