Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 11.0

Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

gst-plugins-good-1.18.4

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.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.0 platform.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

GStreamer Good Plug-ins Dependencies

Required

gst-plugins-base-1.18.4

Recommended

Cairo-1.17.4, FLAC-1.3.3, gdk-pixbuf-2.42.6, LAME-3.100, libgudev-237, libjpeg-turbo-2.1.1, libpng-1.6.37, libsoup-2.74.0, libvpx-1.10.0, Mesa-21.2.1, mpg123-1.28.2, NASM-2.15.05, and Xorg Libraries

Optional

AAlib-1.4rc5, ALSA OSS-1.1.8, GTK+-3.24.30 (for examples), libdv-1.0.0, PulseAudio-15.0, Qt-5.15.2, Speex-1.2.0, taglib-1.12, Valgrind-3.17.0, v4l-utils-1.20.0, Wayland-1.19.0, hotdoc, JACK, libcaca, libavc1394, libiec61883, libraw1394, libshout, Orc, TwoLame, and WavPack

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gst10-plugins-good

Installation of GStreamer Good Plug-ins

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Note

If you do not have an Objective-C compiler installed, the build system for this package will emit a warning about a failed sanity check. This is harmless, and it is safe to continue.

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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: 

patch -Np1 -i ../gst-plugins-good-1.18.4-upstream_fixes-1.patch &&

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson  --prefix=/usr       \
       --buildtype=release \
       -Dpackage-origin=https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/ \
       -Dpackage-name="GStreamer 1.18.4 BLFS" &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

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

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