Introduction to GStreamer Bad Plug-ins
The GStreamer Bad Plug-ins package
contains a set of plug-ins that aren't up to par compared to the
rest. They might be close to being good quality, but they're
missing something - be it a good code review, some documentation, a
set of tests, a real live maintainer, or some actual wide use.
![[Note]](../images/note.png)
Note
Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages
properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most
recent stable versions of the books.
Package Information
GStreamer Bad Plug-ins Dependencies
Required
gst-plugins-base-1.26.3
Recommended
libdvdread-6.1.3, libdvdnav-6.1.1,
libva-2.22.0, and SoundTouch-2.4.0
Optional
BlueZ-5.83, cURL-8.14.1,
faac-1.31.1, FAAD2-2.11.2, fdk-aac-2.0.3, GTK-3.24.49
(for examples), gst-plugins-good-1.26.3 (for
one test), JSON-GLib-1.10.6, Little
CMS-2.17, libaom-3.12.1, libass-0.17.4, libexif-0.6.25 (for one test), librsvg-2.60.0, libsndfile-1.2.2,
libssh2-1.11.1, libusb-1.0.29,
libwebp-1.6.0, libxkbcommon-1.10.0, libxml2-2.14.4, neon-0.34.2,
Nettle-3.10.2 or libgcrypt-1.11.1 (for SSL support in the hls
plugin, if both are not installed OpenSSL will be used instead),
opencv-4.12.0 (with additional modules),
OpenJPEG-2.5.3, Opus-1.5.2, Pango-1.56.4,
libqrencode-4.1.1, SBC-2.1, sdl12-compat-1.2.68,
Valgrind-3.25.1, both Vulkan-Loader-1.4.313 and glslc from shaderc-2025.3 (for
Vulkan plugin), Wayland-1.23.0 (GTK-3.24.49 must have been
compiled with wayland support), x265-4.1, zxing-cpp-2.3.0, bs2b, Chromaprint, dssim,
Flite,
FluidSynth,
Game Music Emu,
GSM,
hotdoc, LADSPA, ldacBT, libajantv2,
libavtp, libdc1394-2,
libdca,
libde265,
libkate, libmfx, libmms,
libmodplug, libnice,
libofa, libopenmpt,
libopenni,
libsoup2,
libsrtp, lilv, LRDF, ltc-tools,
microdns, MJPEG Tools,
mplex2, musepack, onnxruntime,
OpenAL, OpenEXR, OpenH264, Orc,
rtmpdump, spandsp, Srt, svthevcenc,
VO
AAC, VO
AMRWB, WildMidi, WPE-WebKit, WPEBackend-fdo,
ZBAR, and
ZVBI
Installation of GStreamer Bad Plug-ins
Note
If you need a plugin for a given dependency, that dependency
needs to be installed before this package.
Install GStreamer Bad Plug-ins by
running the following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
meson setup .. \
--prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-D gpl=enabled &&
ninja
To test the results, issue: ninja
test. Several tests need a terminal emulator in a
graphical session. One test, elements_dash_mpd, is known to fail. If
gst-plugins-good-1.26.3 is not
installed, two tests, elements_rtpsrc and elements_rtpsink, will fail.
Now, as the root user:
ninja install
Command Explanations
--buildtype=release:
Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as
the default may produce unoptimized binaries.
-D gpl=enabled: Without
this switch, plugins with dependencies on (A)GPL licensed libraries
are not built.