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 12.4
platform.
Package Information
GStreamer Bad Plug-ins Dependencies
Required
gst-plugins-base-1.26.5
Recommended
libdvdread-6.1.3, libdvdnav-6.1.1,
libva-2.22.0, and SoundTouch-2.4.0
Optional
BlueZ-5.83, cURL-8.15.0,
faac-1.31.1, FAAD2-2.11.2, fdk-aac-2.0.3, GTK-3.24.50
(for examples), gst-plugins-good-1.26.5 (for
one test), JSON-GLib-1.10.6, Little
CMS-2.17, libaom-3.12.1, libass-0.17.4, libexif-0.6.25 (for one test), librsvg-2.61.0, libsndfile-1.2.2,
libssh2-1.11.1, libusb-1.0.29,
libwebp-1.6.0, libxkbcommon-1.11.0, libxml2-2.14.5, neon-0.35.0,
Nettle-3.10.2 or libgcrypt-1.11.2 (for SSL support in the hls
plugin, if both are not installed OpenSSL will be used instead),
opencv-4.12.0 (with additional modules),
OpenJPEG-2.5.3, Opus-1.5.2, Pango-1.56.4,
libqrencode-4.1.1, SBC-2.1, sdl12-compat-1.2.68,
Valgrind-3.25.1, both Vulkan-Loader-1.4.321 and glslc from shaderc-2025.3 (for
Vulkan plugin), Wayland-1.24.0 (GTK-3.24.50 must have been
compiled with wayland support), x265-4.1, zxing-cpp-2.3.0, bs2b, Chromaprint, dssim,
Flite,
FluidSynth,
Game Music Emu,
GSM
(currently broken), hotdoc, LADSPA, ldacBT, libajantv2,
libavtp, libdc1394-2,
libdca,
libde265,
libkate, libmfx, libmms,
libmodplug, libnice,
libofa, libopenmpt,
libopenni,
libsoup2,
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, WPEBackend-fdo,
ZBAR, and
ZVBI
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 \
-D gpl=enabled &&
ninja
To test the results, issue: ninja
test. Several tests need a terminal emulator in a
graphical session. If gst-plugins-good-1.26.5 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.
-D gpl=enabled: Without
this switch, plugins with dependencies on (A)GPL licensed libraries
are not built.