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
This version of BLFS may not build or run
some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated
since the most recent stable version of the System V
books.
Package Information
Additional Downloads
GStreamer Bad Plug-ins Dependencies
Required
gst-plugins-base-1.28.0
Recommended
libaom-3.13.1 (for chroma subsampling outside
of YUV420), libdvdread-7.0.1, libdvdnav-7.0.0,
libva-2.23.0, SVT-AV1-4.0.1 (only
supports YUV420), SoundTouch-2.4.0
Optional
BlueZ-5.86, cURL-8.18.0,
faac-1.31.1, FAAD2-2.11.2, fdk-aac-2.0.3, GTK-3.24.51
(for examples), gst-plugins-good-1.28.0 (for
one test), JSON-GLib-1.10.8, Little
CMS-2.18, libass-0.17.4, libde265-1.0.16,
libexif-0.6.25 (for one test), librsvg-2.61.4, libsndfile-1.2.2,
libssh2-1.11.1, libusb-1.0.29,
libwebp-1.6.0, libxkbcommon-1.13.1, libxml2-2.15.1, neon-0.36.0,
Nettle-3.10.2 or libgcrypt-1.12.0 (for SSL support in the hls
plugin, if both are not installed OpenSSL will be used instead),
opencv-4.13.0 (with additional modules),
OpenJPEG-2.5.4, Opus-1.6.1, Pango-1.57.0,
libqrencode-4.1.1, SBC-2.2, Valgrind-3.26.0, both Vulkan-Loader-1.4.341.0 and glslc from shaderc-2026.1 (for
Vulkan plugin), Wayland-1.24.0 (GTK-3.24.51 must have been
compiled with wayland support), x265-4.1, zxing-cpp-3.0.2, bs2b, Chromaprint, dssim,
Flite,
FluidSynth,
Game Music Emu,
GSM
(currently broken), hotdoc, LADSPA, ldacBT, libajantv2,
libavtp, libdc1394-2,
libdca,
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.
At first, fix compatibility with zxing-cpp-3.0.0 or newer:
patch -Np1 -i ../gst-plugins-bad-1.28.0-zxing_cpp_3-1.patch
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. If gst-plugins-good-1.28.0 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.