Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.4-1388

Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

gst-plugins-good-1.28.0

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

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

GStreamer Good Plug-ins Dependencies

Required

gst-plugins-base-1.28.0

Recommended

Cairo-1.18.4, FLAC-1.5.0, gdk-pixbuf-2.44.5, LAME-3.100, libsoup-3.6.6, libvpx-1.16.0, mpg123-1.33.4, NASM-3.01, and PulseAudio-17.0

Optional

AAlib-1.4rc5, GTK-3.24.51 (for examples), libdv-1.0.0, Qt-6.10.2, Speex-1.2.1, taglib-2.2, Valgrind-3.26.0, v4l-utils-1.32.0, Wayland-1.24.0, alsa-oss, hotdoc, JACK, libcaca, libavc1394, libiec61883, libraw1394, libshout, libsoup2, Orc, TwoLame, and WavPack

Installation of GStreamer Good Plug-ins

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Note

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