Hi, The Ruby-GNOME2 project released Ruby-GNOME2 1.1.0. This release fixes a crash bug by GC on Ruby 1.9. (It's not occurred on Ruby 1.8.) If you're using Ruby-GNOME 2 on Ruby 1.9, we recommend that you update it. Ruby/GStreamer gem for Windows is supported. If you want to play audio and/or video data on Windows, please try it. (You can install Ruby/GStreamer by "gem install gstreamer".) Web: http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/ Install: gem install gtk2 = About Ruby-GNOME2 Ruby-GNOME2 is a set of Ruby language bindings for the GTK+ 2.x and GNOME 2.x development environment. = About GTK+ from http://www.gtk.org/ GTK+ is a highly usable, feature rich toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces which boasts cross platform compatibility and an easy to use API. GTK+ it is written in C, but has bindings to many other popular programming languages such as C++, Python and C# among others. GTK+ is licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1 allowing development of both free and proprietary software with GTK+ without any license fees or royalties. = About GNOME from http://www.gnome.org/about/ The GNOME project provides two things: The GNOME desktop environment, an intuitive and attractive desktop for users, and the GNOME development platform, an extensive framework for building applications that integrate into the rest of the desktop. Thanks, -- kou