conda-forge/gstreamer-feedstock

gtksink plugin not available

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Hi,

I'm just starting off with GStreamer with a basic example pipeline which requires the gtksink element. I've installed the base and good plugins (as well as gstreamer) through conda-forge in a fresh environment.

When I run gst-inspect-1.0 gtksink I get

No such element or plugin 'gtksink'

Environment (conda list):
$ conda list
#
# Name                    Version                   Build  Channel
_libgcc_mutex             0.1                 conda_forge    conda-forge
_openmp_mutex             4.5                       1_gnu    conda-forge
ca-certificates           2020.12.5            ha878542_0    conda-forge
cairo                     1.16.0            h9f066cc_1006    conda-forge
certifi                   2020.12.5        py36h5fab9bb_0    conda-forge
fontconfig                2.13.1            h7e3eb15_1002    conda-forge
freetype                  2.10.4               h7ca028e_0    conda-forge
gettext                   0.19.8.1          hf34092f_1004    conda-forge
glib                      2.66.3               h58526e2_0    conda-forge
gobject-introspection     1.66.1           py36hc23f7e7_3    conda-forge
gst-plugins-base          1.18.2               h9fb0423_0    conda-forge
gst-plugins-good          1.18.2               h1fc3fae_0    conda-forge
gst-python                1.18.2           py36h3029192_1    conda-forge
gstreamer                 1.18.2               ha23517c_0    conda-forge
icu                       67.1                 he1b5a44_0    conda-forge
ld_impl_linux-64          2.35.1               hea4e1c9_1    conda-forge
libffi                    3.2.1             he1b5a44_1007    conda-forge
libgcc-ng                 9.3.0               h5dbcf3e_17    conda-forge
libglib                   2.66.3               hbe7bbb4_0    conda-forge
libgomp                   9.3.0               h5dbcf3e_17    conda-forge
libiconv                  1.16                 h516909a_0    conda-forge
libpng                    1.6.37               h21135ba_2    conda-forge
libstdcxx-ng              9.3.0               h2ae2ef3_17    conda-forge
libuuid                   2.32.1            h7f98852_1000    conda-forge
libxcb                    1.13              h14c3975_1002    conda-forge
libxml2                   2.9.10               h68273f3_2    conda-forge
ncurses                   6.2                  h58526e2_4    conda-forge
openssl                   1.1.1i               h7f98852_0    conda-forge
pcre                      8.44                 he1b5a44_0    conda-forge
pip                       20.3.3             pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
pixman                    0.40.0               h36c2ea0_0    conda-forge
pthread-stubs             0.4               h36c2ea0_1001    conda-forge
pycairo                   1.20.0           py36h4779a57_1    conda-forge
pygobject                 3.38.0           py36hf6b45a7_3    conda-forge
python                    3.6.11          h4d41432_2_cpython    conda-forge
python_abi                3.6                     1_cp36m    conda-forge
readline                  8.0                  he28a2e2_2    conda-forge
setuptools                49.6.0           py36h9880bd3_2    conda-forge
sqlite                    3.34.0               h74cdb3f_0    conda-forge
tk                        8.6.10               h21135ba_1    conda-forge
wheel                     0.36.2             pyhd3deb0d_0    conda-forge
xorg-kbproto              1.0.7             h14c3975_1002    conda-forge
xorg-libice               1.0.10               h516909a_0    conda-forge
xorg-libsm                1.2.3             h84519dc_1000    conda-forge
xorg-libx11               1.6.12               h516909a_0    conda-forge
xorg-libxau               1.0.9                h14c3975_0    conda-forge
xorg-libxdmcp             1.1.3                h516909a_0    conda-forge
xorg-libxext              1.3.4                h516909a_0    conda-forge
xorg-libxrender           0.9.10            h516909a_1002    conda-forge
xorg-renderproto          0.11.1            h14c3975_1002    conda-forge
xorg-xextproto            7.3.0             h14c3975_1002    conda-forge
xorg-xproto               7.0.31            h7f98852_1007    conda-forge
xz                        5.2.5                h516909a_1    conda-forge
zlib                      1.2.11            h516909a_1010    conda-forge

It is possible the gtksink is in gst_plugins_bad (as listed here). However; the actual list of gst_plugins_bad doesn't contain it; instead it is listed in gst_plugins_good.

I assume that it has been moved into good but the conda package is v. 1.18.2 and very recently updated (also this lists the good plugins as v. 1.16.0, so I'm not certain what these various version numbers refer to).

Cheers!

For the gtksink plugin, gstreamer-good-plugins would need to be rebuilt with gtk3 as additional dependency.

Thanks for the speedy reply.

I think that means I won't be able to use the conda-forge installation; instead using my system install of GStreamer (which does have gtksink).

Since I'm only doing basic things for learning; the ximagesink element is a good substitute (for linux) which works with the conda packages.

Mixing conda-forges gstreamer with the system provided one is not recommended and will likely result in segmentation faults when you do try so.

Best you can do is open a PR here with the necessary changes applied to the recipe.

Best you can do is open a PR here with the necessary changes applied to the recipe.

I lack experience to do this unfortunately; but can certainly give it a try after some reading around.