Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 11.0

Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

gstreamer-vaapi-1.18.4

Introduction to gstreamer-vaapi

The gstreamer-vaapi package contains a gstreamer plugin for hardware accelerated video decode/encode for the prevailing coding standards today (MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP/H.263, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, and VC-1/VMW3).

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.0 platform.

Package Information

gstreamer-vaapi Dependencies

Required

GTK+-3.24.30, gstreamer-1.18.4, gst-plugins-base-1.18.4, gst-plugins-bad-1.18.4, and libva-2.12.0

Optional

hotdoc

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gstreamer10-vaapi

Installation of gstreamer-vaapi

[Note]

Note

If you do not have an Objective-C compiler installed, the build system for this package will emit a warning about a failed sanity check. This is harmless, and it is safe to continue.

Install gstreamer-vaapi by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

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

This package does not come with a test suite.

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: libgstvaapi.so
Installed Directory: None

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