Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.3

Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

gst-plugins-base-1.14.2

Introduction to GStreamer Base Plug-ins

The GStreamer Base Plug-ins is a well-groomed and well-maintained collection of GStreamer plug-ins and elements, spanning the range of possible types of elements one would want to write for GStreamer. You will need at least one of Good, Bad, Ugly or Libav plugins for GStreamer applications to function properly.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.3 platform.

Package Information

GStreamer Base Plug-ins Dependencies

Required

gstreamer-1.14.2

Recommended

alsa-lib-1.1.6, CDParanoia-III-10.2 (for building the CDDA plugin), gobject-introspection-1.56.1, ISO Codes-3.79, libogg-1.3.3, libtheora-1.1.1, libvorbis-1.3.6, and Xorg Libraries

Optional

GTK+-3.22.30 (for examples), GTK-Doc-1.28, Opus-1.2.1, Qt-5.11.1 (for examples), SDL-1.2.15, Valgrind-3.13.0, libvisual, Orc, and Tremor

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gst10-plugins-base

Installation of GStreamer Base Plug-ins

[Note]

Note

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

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

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --with-package-name="GStreamer Base Plugins 1.14.2 BLFS" \
            --with-package-origin="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/" &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check. The tests require an X terminal running, or all of the GL tests will fail.

[Note]

Note

When installing, the Makefile does some additional linking. If you do not have Xorg in /usr, the LIBRARY_PATH variable needs to be defined for the root user. If using sudo to assume root, use the -E option to pass your current environment variables for the install process.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: gst-device-monitor-1.0, gst-discoverer-1.0, and gst-play-1.0
Installed Libraries: libgstallocators-1.0.so, libgstapp-1.0.so, libgstaudio-1.0.so, libgstfft-1.0.so, libgstgl-1.0.so, libgstpbutils-1.0.so, libgstriff-1.0.so, libgstrtp-1.0.so, libgstrtsp-1.0.so, libgstsdp-1.0.so, libgsttag-1.0.so, libgstvideo-1.0.so and several plugins under /usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gstreamer-1.0/gst/{allocators,app,audio,fft,gl,pbutils}, /usr/include/gstreamer-1.0/gst/{riff,rtp,rtsp,sdp,tag,video}, /usr/share/gst-plugins-base, and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-{libs,plugins}-1.0

Short Descriptions

gst-device-monitor-1.0

is a command line tool that can be used to test GStreamer's device monitoring functionality

gst-discoverer-1.0

is a tool that can be used to print basic metadata and stream information about a media file.

gst-play-1.0

is a command line tool that can be used to test basic playback using the playbin element.

Last updated on 2018-08-20 13:08:58 -0700