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.
This package is known to build and work properly
using an LFS 11.3 platform.
Package Information
GStreamer Bad Plug-ins Dependencies
Required
gst-plugins-base-1.22.0
Recommended
libdvdread-6.1.3,
libdvdnav-6.1.1, and
SoundTouch-2.3.2
Optional
BlueZ-5.66,
cURL-7.88.1,
FAAC-1_30,
FAAD2-2.10.1,
fdk-aac-2.0.2,
GTK+-3.24.36 (for examples),
gst-plugins-good-1.22.0 (for one test),
Little CMS-2.14,
libass-0.17.0,
libexif-0.6.24 (for one test),
librsvg-2.54.5,
libsoup-2.74.3 (for one test),
libsndfile-1.2.0,
libssh2-1.10.0,
libusb-1.0.26,
libva-2.17.0,
libwebp-1.3.0,
libxkbcommon-1.5.0,
neon-0.32.5,
Nettle-3.8.1 or libgcrypt-1.10.1
(for SSL support in hls plugin, if both are not installed OpenSSL will
be used instead),
opencv-4.7.0 (with additional modules),
OpenJPEG-2.5.0,
Opus-1.3.1,
SBC-2.0,
SDL-1.2.15,
Valgrind-3.20.0,
Wayland-1.21.0 (GTK+-3.24.36 must have been
compiled with wayland support),
wpebackend-fdo-1.14.0,
x265-20230215,
aom,
bs2b,
Chromaprint,
dssim,
Flite,
FluidSynth,
Game Music Emu,
GSM,
hotdoc,
LADSPA,
libavtp,
libdc1394-2,
libdca,
libde265,
libkate,
libmfx,
libmms,
libmodplug,
libnice,
libofa,
libopenmpt,
libopenni,
libsrtp,
lilv,
LRDF,
ltc-tools,
microdns,
MJPEG Tools,
OpenAL,
OpenEXR,
OpenH264,
Orc,
rtmpdump,
spandsp,
Srt,
svthevcenc,
VO AAC,
VO AMRWB,
Vulkan,
WildMidi,
WPE-WebKit,
ZBAR,
ZVBI, and
zxing
User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gst10-plugins-bad
Installation of GStreamer Bad Plug-ins
![[Note]](../images/note.png)
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 --prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-Dgpl=enabled \
-Dpackage-origin=https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/ \
-Dpackage-name="GStreamer 1.22.0 BLFS" &&
ninja
To test the results, issue: ninja test. Several tests
need a terminal emulator in a graphical session. two tests,
elements_vapostproc and
elements_vacompositor are known to fail.
If gst-plugins-good-1.22.0 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.
-Dgpl=enabled: Without this switch, plugins with
dependencies on (A)GPL licensed libraries are not built.