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GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components.

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USE flags

USE flags for media-libs/gstreamer Open source multimedia framework

+caps Use Linux capabilities library to control privilege

+introspection Add support for GObject based introspection

nls Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)

ptp Controls Precision Time Protocol (PTP) helper. Written in Rust.

test Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)

unwind Enable sys-libs/libunwind usage for better backtrace support in leaks tracer module

verify-sig Verify upstream signatures on distfiles

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Emerge

root #emerge --ask media-libs/gstreamer

Plugins

A number of plugins are available for GStreamer. The Gentoo repository provides a selection in the media-plugins category, where the name of each plugin package has the form gst-plugins-<qualifier>.

However, rather than installing plugins individually, users can instead install the media-plugins/gst-plugins-meta package, which has the following USE flags:

USE flags for media-plugins/gst-plugins-meta Meta ebuild to pull in gst plugins for apps

X Add support for X11

a52 Enable support for decoding ATSC A/52 streams used in DVD

aac Enable support for MPEG-4 AAC Audio

alsa Add support for media-libs/alsa-lib (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)

cdda Add Compact Disk Digital Audio (Standard Audio CD) support

dts Enable DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder support

dv Enable support for a codec used by many camcorders

dvb Add support for DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting)

dvd Add support for DVDs

ffmpeg Enable ffmpeg/libav-based audio/video codec support

flac Add support for FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec

http Enable http streaming via net-libs/libsoup

jack Add support for the JACK Audio Connection Kit

lame Add support for MP3 encoding using LAME

libass SRT/SSA/ASS (SubRip / SubStation Alpha) subtitle support

libvisual Enable visualization effects via media-libs/libvisual

modplug Add libmodplug support for playing SoundTracker-style music files

mp3 Add support for reading mp3 files

mpeg Add libmpeg3 support to various packages

ogg Add support for the Ogg container format (commonly used by Vorbis, Theora and flac)

opus Enable Opus audio codec support

oss Add support for OSS (Open Sound System)

pulseaudio Add sound server support via media-libs/libpulse (may be PulseAudio or PipeWire)

taglib Enable tagging support with taglib

theora Add support for the Theora Video Compression Codec

v4l Enable support for video4linux (using linux-headers or userspace libv4l libraries)

vaapi Enable Video Acceleration API for hardware decoding

vcd Video CD support

vorbis Add support for the OggVorbis audio codec

vpx Add support for VP8/VP9 codecs (usually via media-libs/libvpx)

wavpack Add support for wavpack audio compression tools

x264 Enable H.264 encoding using x264

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