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.
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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 Bad Plug-ins Dependencies
Required
gst-plugins-base-1.22.8
Recommended
libdvdread-6.1.3, libdvdnav-6.1.1, and SoundTouch-2.3.2
Optional
BlueZ-5.72, cURL-8.5.0, FAAC-1_30, FAAD2-2.11.1, fdk-aac-2.0.3, GTK+-3.24.40 (for examples), gst-plugins-good-1.22.8 (for one test), JSON-GLib-1.8.0, Little CMS-2.14, libaom-3.8.1, libass-0.17.1, libexif-0.6.24 (for one test), librsvg-2.57.1, 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-4.9.0 (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, both Vulkan-Loader-1.3.275 and glslc (for Vulkan plugin), Wayland-1.22.0 (GTK+-3.24.40 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, 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/svn/ \
-Dpackage-name="GStreamer 1.22.8 BLFS" &&
ninja
To test the results, issue: ninja test. Several tests need a terminal emulator in a graphical session. Three tests, elements_vacompositor, elements_netsim, and elements_dash_mpd, are known to fail. If gst-plugins-good-1.22.8 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.