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-1.22.7
Recommended
libdvdread-6.1.3,
libdvdnav-6.1.1, and
SoundTouch-2.3.2
Optional
BlueZ-5.70,
cURL-8.4.0,
FAAC-1_30,
FAAD2-2.11.1,
fdk-aac-2.0.2,
GTK+-3.24.38 (for examples),
gst-plugins-good-1.22.7 (for one test),
JSON-GLib-1.8.0,
Little CMS-2.14,
libaom-3.7.1,
libass-0.17.1,
libexif-0.6.24 (for one test),
librsvg-2.57.0,
libsoup-2.74.3 (for one test),
libsndfile-1.2.2,
libssh2-1.11.0,
libusb-1.0.26,
libva-2.20.0,
libwebp-1.3.2,
libxkbcommon-1.6.0,
neon-0.32.5,
Nettle-3.9.1 or libgcrypt-1.10.3
(for SSL support in the hls plugin, if both are not installed OpenSSL will
be used instead),
opencv-4.8.1 (with additional modules),
OpenJPEG-2.5.0,
Opus-1.4,
qrencode-4.1.1,
SBC-2.0,
sdl12-compat-1.2.68,
Valgrind-3.22.0,
Wayland-1.22.0 (GTK+-3.24.38 must have been
compiled with wayland support),
wpebackend-fdo-1.14.2,
x265-20230215,
bs2b,
Chromaprint,
dssim,
Flite,
FluidSynth,
Game Music Emu,
GSM,
hotdoc,
LADSPA,
ldacBT,
libavtp,
libdc1394-2,
libdca,
libde265,
libkate,
libmfx,
libmms,
libmodplug,
libnice,
libofa,
libopenmpt,
libopenni,
libsrtp,
lilv,
LRDF,
ltc-tools,
microdns,
MJPEG Tools,
mplex2,
musepack,
onnxruntime,
OpenAL,
OpenEXR,
OpenH264,
Orc,
rtmpdump,
spandsp,
Srt,
svthevcenc,
VO AAC,
VO AMRWB,
Vulkan,
WildMidi,
WPE-WebKit,
ZBAR,
ZVBI, and
zxing
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 \
-Dgpl=enabled \
-Dpackage-origin=https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/systemd/ \
-Dpackage-name="GStreamer 1.22.7 BLFS" &&
ninja
To test the results, issue: ninja test. Several tests
need a terminal emulator in a graphical session. Two tests,
elements_vacompositor and
elements_netsim are known to fail.
If gst-plugins-good-1.22.7 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.
-Dgpl=enabled: Without this switch, plugins with
dependencies on (A)GPL licensed libraries are not built.