Zirconium Linux From Scratch - Version r12.4-45-systemd

Chapter 13. Preparing FFMpeg and Support Libraries

gst-plugins-good-1.26.9

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 12.4 platform.

Package Information

GStreamer Good Plug-ins Dependencies

Required

gst-plugins-base-1.26.9

Recommended

Cairo-1.18.4, FLAC-1.5.0, gdk-pixbuf-2.44.4, LAME-3.100, libsoup-3.6.5, libvpx-1.15.2, mpg123-1.33.3, NASM-3.01, and PulseAudio-17.0

Optional

GTK-3.24.51 (for examples), the section called “Speex-1.2.1”, v4l-utils-1.32.0, Wayland-1.24.0,

Installation of GStreamer Good Plug-ins

Prepare GStreamer Good Plug-ins by running the following commands: 

meson setup build         \
      --prefix=/usr       \
      --buildtype=release
ninja -C build

One test, elements_flvmux, is known to fail on some systems. To test the results, issue: 

ninja -C build test

Now Install the package, as the root user: 

ninja -C build 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