How To Install gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 in Fedora 36. gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 is GStreamer H.264 plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 on Fedora 36.

What is gstreamer1-plugin-openh264

GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of elements which operate on media data. This package contains the H.264 plugin.

We can use yum or dnf to install gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gstreamer1-plugin-openh264.

Install gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gstreamer1-plugin-openh264

Install gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gstreamer1-plugin-openh264

How To Uninstall gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gstreamer1-plugin-openh264

gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/e08424b2f693b485eb3d857ba4389afd57e7e2
/usr/lib64/gstreamer-1.0/libgstopenh264.so
/usr/share/appdata/gstreamer-openh264.appdata.xml

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).