# Getting the video library to work outside the PDE

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/getting-the-video-library-to-work-outside-the-pde/15532>\
**Category:** Libraries\
**Created:** [November 16, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/getting-the-video-library-to-work-outside-the-pde/15532 "2019-11-16T12:00:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/getting-the-video-library-to-work-outside-the-pde/15532/2 "2019-11-22T20:28:33Z")

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Possibly relevant past discussion of gstreamer in different versions of the video library:

> [@Video library to use new GStreamer bindings](https://discourse.processing.org/t/video-library-to-use-new-gstreamer-bindings/2223):
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> These are posts discussing a potential upgrade to the Video library: [https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/20383/video-1-0-1-read-a-frame-from-a-paused-video#latest](https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/20383/video-1-0-1-read-a-frame-from-a-paused-video#latest)[Help with text and video](https://discourse.processing.org/t/help-with-text-and-video/2104/16)[https://github.com/processing/processing/wiki/Project-List#-video-priority](https://github.com/processing/processing/wiki/Project-List#-video-priority)[https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/comment/120146/#Comment\_120146](https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/comment/120146/#Comment_120146) I decide to create this post to capture any future effort and to encourage future volunteers in case they are looking for a project to work o…

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