Basic Step to install Gstreamer on your host :

1. Download following contents from? http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/ >> gstreamer-0.10.17.tar >> gst-ffmpeg-0.10.3.tar >> gst-plugins-0.8.12.tar >> gst-plugins-bad-0.10.5.tar >> gst-plugins-base-0.10.17.tar >> gst-plugins-good-0.10.6.tar >> gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.6.tar 2. It is pre-requisite to install liboil zlib libxml2 bison flex for gstreamer 3. do : # export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig 4. Install all above package with .. >> configure --prefix=/usr/local >> make clean ; make >> sudo make install Order of installation is : Gstreamer,liboil,base,ffmpeg,good,bad,ugly 5. Test all the plugings installation by commad - "gst-inspect" 6. Try out following commands gst-launch -v filesrc location=sampl.mp4 ! qtdemux name=demuxer ! { queue ! decodebin ! sdlvideosink } { demuxer. ! queue ! decodebin ! alsasink } gst-launch -v filesrc location=ultra.mp4 ! qtdemux name=demuxer ! { queue ! decodebin ! textoverlay text="Room A" valign=top halign=left ! sdlvideosink } { demuxer. ! queue ! decodebin ! alsasink }