Custom GStreamer Plugin Installation

This page provides steps how to install custom GStreamer plugin.

1. Install custom GStreamer plugin(s)

First, install dedicated GStreamer plugin(s) relevant for required, missed GStreamer element(s) using apt package manager.

Example for installing GStreamer plugin x264enc

sudo apt update
sudo apt install gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly

More generic case

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-dev gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-tools gstreamer1.0-x gstreamer1.0-alsa gstreamer1.0-gl gstreamer1.0-gtk3 gstreamer1.0-qt5 gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio

2. Update GStreamer plugin(s) settings

After installation, update the GST_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable about the path to GStreamer custom plugin(s) directory installed in the step 1

Example of updating GST_PLUGIN_PATH about path to the custom plugin i.e. /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0

export GST_PLUGIN_PATH=${GST_PLUGIN_PATH}:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0