How To Install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad is:
GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything else media-related. Its plugin-based architecture means that new data types or processing capabilities can be added simply by installing new plug-ins.
GStreamer Bad Plug-ins is a set of plug-ins that aren’t up to par compared to the rest. They might be close to being good quality, but they’re missing something - be it a good code review, some documentation, a set of tests, a real live maintainer, or some actual wide use. Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop Gstreamer-Decoders: application/dash+xml; application/mxf; application/vnd.ms-sstr+xml; application/x-hls; application/x-yuv4mpeg, y4mversion=(int)2; audio/midi; audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)4, stream-format=(string){ raw, adts }; audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)2; audio/ms-gsm; audio/riff-midi; audio/x-adpcm, layout=(string){ microsoft, dvi }; audio/x-aiff; audio/x-ay; audio/x-dts; audio/x-gbs; audio/x-gsm; audio/x-gym; audio/x-hes; audio/x-ircam; audio/x-it; audio/x-kss; audio/x-midi-event; audio/x-mod; audio/x-musepack, streamversion=(int){ 7, 8 }; audio/x-nist; audio/x-nsf; audio/x-paris; audio/x-private1-dts; audio/x-rf64; audio/x-s3m; audio/x-sap; audio/x-sbc, parsed=(boolean)true; audio/x-sds; audio/x-siren, dct-length=(int)320; audio/x-spc; audio/x-stm; audio/x-svx; audio/x-vgm; audio/x-voc; audio/x-w64; audio/x-xi; audio/x-xm; image/jp2; image/png; image/svg; image/svg+xml; image/webp; image/x-exr; image/x-j2c; image/x-jpc; image/x-portable-anymap; image/x-portable-bitmap; image/x-portable-graymap; image/x-portable-pixmap; subtitle/x-kate; video/mpeg, mpegversion=(int){ 1, 2 }, systemstream=(boolean){ true, false }; video/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)4, systemstream=(boolean)false; video/mpegts, systemstream=(boolean)true; video/x-av1; video/x-cdxa; video/x-divx, divxversion=(int)[ 4, 5 ]; video/x-h263, variant=(string)itu; video/x-h264; video/x-h265; video/x-ivf; video/x-vmnc, version=(int)1 Gstreamer-Elements: a2dpsink, accurip, adpcmdec, adpcmenc, aiffmux, aiffparse, asfmux, asfparse, assrender, audiobuffersplit, audiochannelmix, audiolatency, audiomixmatrix, audioparse, audiosegmentclip, autoconvert, autovideoconvert, av1dec, av1enc, avdtpsink, avdtpsrc, avwait, bayer2rgb, bpmdetect, bs2b, bulge, burn, bz2dec, bz2enc, cc708overlay, cccombiner, ccconverter, ccextractor, checksumsink, chopmydata, chromahold, chromaprint, chromium, circle, coloreffects, combdetect, compare, curlfilesink, curlftpsink, curlhttpsink, curlhttpsrc, curlsmtpsink, dashdemux, dc1394src, debugspy, decklinkaudiosink, decklinkaudiosrc, decklinkvideosink, decklinkvideosrc, diffuse, dilate, diracparse, dodge, dtlsdec, dtlsenc, dtlssrtpdec, dtlssrtpdemux, dtlssrtpenc, dtmfdetect, dtsdec, dvbbasebin, dvbsrc, dvbsuboverlay, dvdspu, errorignore, exclusion, faad, faceoverlay, fakevideosink, fbdevsink, festival, fieldanalysis, fisheye, flitetestsrc, fluiddec, fpsdisplaysink, freeverb, gaussianblur, gdpdepay, gdppay, gmedec, gsmdec, gsmenc, h263parse, h264parse, h265parse, hlsdemux, hlssink, hlssink2, id3mux, interaudiosink, interaudiosrc, interlace, intersubsink, intersubsrc, intervideosink, intervideosrc, ipcpipelinesink, ipcpipelinesrc, ipcslavepipeline, irtspparse, ivfparse, ivtc, jp2kdecimator, jpeg2000parse, kaleidoscope, katedec, kateenc, kateparse, katetag, kmssink, ladspa-amp-so-amp-mono, ladspa-amp-so-amp-stereo, ladspa-delay-so-delay-5s, ladspa-filter-so-hpf, ladspa-filter-so-lpf, ladspa-sine-so-sine-faaa, ladspa-sine-so-sine-faac, ladspa-sine-so-sine-fcaa, ladspasrc-noise-so-noise-white, ladspasrc-sine-so-sine-fcac, lcms, libde265dec, line21decoder, line21encoder, marble, midiparse, mirror, mmssrc, modplug, mpeg2enc, mpeg4videoparse, mpegpsdemux, mpegpsmux, mpegtsmux, mpegvideoparse, mplex, mssdemux, musepackdec, mxfdemux, mxfmux, netsim, ofa, openalsink, openalsrc, openexrdec, openjpegdec, openjpegenc, openmptdec, opusparse, pcapparse, perspective, pinch, pitch, pngparse, pnmdec, pnmenc, proxysink, proxysrc, removesilence, rfbsrc, rgb2bayer, rotate, rsndvdbin, rsvgdec, rsvgoverlay, rtmpsink, rtmpsrc, rtpasfpay, rtponvifparse, rtponviftimestamp, sbcdec, sbcenc, scenechange, sctpdec, sctpenc, sdpdemux, sdpsrc, sfdec, shmsink, shmsrc, simplevideomark, simplevideomarkdetect, sirendec, sirenenc, smooth, solarize, spacescope, spanplc, spectrascope, speed, sphere, square, srtclientsink, srtclientsrc, srtenc, srtpdec, srtpenc, srtserversink, srtserversrc, srtsink, srtsrc, stretch, synaescope, teletextdec, testsrcbin, timecodestamper, tonegeneratesrc, tsdemux, tsparse, ttmlparse, ttmlrender, tunnel, twirl, uvch264mjpgdemux, uvch264src, vc1parse, videoanalyse, videodiff, videoframe-audiolevel, videoparse, videosegmentclip, vmncdec, voaacenc, voamrwbenc, vulkansink, vulkanupload, watchdog, waterripple, wavescope, waylandsink, webpdec, webpenc, webrtcbin, webrtcdsp, webrtcechoprobe, webvttenc, wildmididec, x265enc, y4mdec, yadif, zbar, zebrastripe Gstreamer-Encoders: application/mxf; application/x-bzip; application/x-dtls; application/x-gdp; application/x-kate; application/x-rtp, media=(string){ audio, video, application }, encoding-name=(string)X-ASF-PF; application/x-sctp; application/x-subtitle; application/x-subtitle-vtt; audio/AMR-WB; audio/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)4, stream-format=(string){ adts, raw }, base-profile=(string)lc; audio/x-adpcm, layout=(string)dvi; audio/x-aiff; audio/x-gsm; audio/x-sbc, channel-mode=(string){ mono, dual, stereo, joint }, blocks=(int){ 4, 8, 12, 16 }, subbands=(int){ 4, 8 }, allocation-method=(string){ snr, loudness }, bitpool=(int)[ 2, 64 ]; audio/x-siren, dct-length=(int)320; image/jp2; image/webp; image/x-j2c, num-components=(int)[ 1, 4 ], sampling=(string){ RGB, BGR, RGBA, BGRA, YCbCr-4:4:4, YCbCr-4:2:2, YCbCr-4:2:0, YCbCr-4:1:1, GRAYSCALE, YCbCrA-4:4:4:4 }, colorspace=(string){ sRGB, sYUV, GRAY }; image/x-jpc, num-components=(int)[ 1, 4 ], sampling=(string){ RGB, BGR, RGBA, BGRA, YCbCr-4:4:4, YCbCr-4:2:2, YCbCr-4:2:0, YCbCr-4:1:1, GRAYSCALE, YCbCrA-4:4:4:4 }, colorspace=(string){ sRGB, sYUV, GRAY }; image/x-portable-anymap; image/x-portable-bitmap; image/x-portable-graymap; image/x-portable-pixmap; subtitle/x-kate; video/mpeg, systemstream=(boolean)false, mpegversion=(int){ 1, 2 }; video/mpeg, systemstream=(boolean)true; video/mpegts, systemstream=(boolean)true, packetsize=(int){ 188, 192 }; video/x-av1; video/x-h265, stream-format=(string)byte-stream, alignment=(string)au, profile=(string){ main }; video/x-ms-asf, parsed=(boolean)true Gstreamer-Uri-Sinks: rtmfp, rtmp, rtmpe, rtmps, rtmpt, rtmpte, rtmpts, srt Gstreamer-Uri-Sources: dvb, dvd, http, https, mms, mmsh, mmst, mmsu, rtmfp, rtmp, rtmpe, rtmps, rtmpt, rtmpte, rtmpts, sdp, srt, testbin Gstreamer-Version: 1.16
There are three methods to install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
Install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
Install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
How To Uninstall gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
Uninstall gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
Remove gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad Configurations and Data
To remove gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
Remove gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
