Custom GStreamer Plugin Installation

This article describes how to install a custom GStreamer plugin.

1. Install custom GStreamer plugin(s)

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

To install the x264enc GStreamer plugin, use:

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

For a more generic case, use:

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 with the path to the installation directory of GStreamer custom plugin(s).

For example, to update GST_PLUGIN_PATH with the /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0 path to the custom plugin, use the following command:

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