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 12.1
platform.
Package Information
GStreamer Bad Plug-ins Dependencies
Required
gst-plugins-base-1.22.10
Recommended
libdvdread-6.1.3, libdvdnav-6.1.1, and
SoundTouch-2.3.2
Optional
BlueZ-5.72, cURL-8.6.0,
FAAC-1_30,
FAAD2-2.11.1, fdk-aac-2.0.3, GTK+-3.24.41
(for examples), gst-plugins-good-1.22.10 (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-1.0.27,
libva-2.20.0, libwebp-1.3.2,
libxkbcommon-1.6.0, neon-0.33.0,
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-1.3.277 and glslc (for
Vulkan plugin), Wayland-1.22.0 (GTK+-3.24.41 must have
been compiled with wayland support), wpebackend-fdo-1.14.2, x265-20240216, 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]](../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 setup .. \
--prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-Dgpl=enabled \
-Dpackage-origin=https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/12.1-systemd/ \
-Dpackage-name="GStreamer 1.22.10 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-1.22.10 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.