Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r11.2-237

Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

gst-libav-1.20.3

Introduction to GStreamer Libav

The GStreamer Libav package contains GStreamer plugins for Libav (a fork of FFmpeg).

[Note]

Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the book.

Package Information

GStreamer Libav Dependencies

Required

FFmpeg-5.1.2 and gst-plugins-base-1.20.3

Recommended

yasm-1.3.0

Optional

hotdoc

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

Installation of GStreamer Libav

Install GStreamer Libav by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson  --prefix=/usr       \
       --buildtype=release \
       -Dpackage-origin=https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/ \
       -Dpackage-name="GStreamer 1.20.3 BLFS" &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test. One test, elements_avaudenc, is known to fail with ffmpeg-5.1.

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 Library: libgstlibav.so in /usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0 directory
Installed Directory: None