Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.3-861

Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

gst-plugins-good-1.26.2

Introduction to GStreamer Good Plug-ins

The GStreamer Good Plug-ins is a set of plug-ins considered by the GStreamer developers to have good quality code, correct functionality, and the preferred license (LGPL for the plug-in code, LGPL or LGPL-compatible for the supporting library). A wide range of video and audio decoders, encoders, and filters are included.

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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 Good Plug-ins Dependencies

Required

gst-plugins-base-1.26.2

Recommended

Cairo-1.18.4, FLAC-1.5.0, gdk-pixbuf-2.42.12, LAME-3.100, libsoup-3.6.5, libvpx-1.15.2, mpg123-1.33.0, NASM-2.16.03, and PulseAudio-17.0

Optional

AAlib-1.4rc5, GTK-3.24.49 (for examples), libdv-1.0.0, Qt-6.9.1, Speex-1.2.1, taglib-2.1, Valgrind-3.25.1, v4l-utils-1.30.1, Wayland-1.23.0, alsa-oss, hotdoc, JACK, libcaca, libavc1394, libiec61883, libraw1394, libshout, libsoup2, Orc, TwoLame, and WavPack

Installation of GStreamer Good Plug-ins

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If you need a plugin for a given dependency, that dependency needs to be installed before this package.

Install GStreamer Good Plug-ins by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup ..            \
      --prefix=/usr       \
      --buildtype=release &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test. One test, elements_flvmux, is known to fail on some systems.

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.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: Several plugins under /usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0
Installed Directories: /usr/share/gstreamer-1.0/presets