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The missing plugins workaround was previously discussed in the forum. It wasn't working anymore so I wrote a paragraph about it with the current change that works.
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== Installing via nixpkgs ==
== Installing via nixpkgs ==
In Nix as in other Linux distributions those tools and plugins are split  into separate packages, which you can bring together with a custom Nix shell environment:
In Nix as in other Linux distributions those tools and plugins are split  into separate packages, which you can bring together with a custom Nix shell environment:
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
 
# file: flake.nix
{{File|3={
{
   description = "A GStreamer development flake";
   description = "A GStreamer development flake";


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       };
       };
     };
     };
}
}|name=/etc/nixos/flake.nix|lang=nix}}


</syntaxhighlight>
To activate this environment in your terminal run
To activate this environment in your terminal run
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
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</syntaxhighlight>Note: "gstreamer.out" is the derivative that contains "/lib" directory for that package.
</syntaxhighlight>Note: "gstreamer.out" is the derivative that contains "/lib" directory for that package.
<references />
==== nautilus: "Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in." ====
[[File:Screenshot From 2025-03-28 09-58-50.png|thumb|nautilus: "Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in."]]
To fix the issue I found the following solutions:
* Using <code>nix-shell</code>:<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
nix-shell -p gst_all_1.gstreamer gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base gst_all_1.gst-plugins-good gst_all_1.gst-plugins-bad gst_all_1.gst-plugins-ugly gst_all_1.gst-libav gst_all_1.gst-vaapi --run "nautilus"
</syntaxhighlight>
*Using the environment variable "<code>GST_PLUGIN_PATH</code>":[[File:Screenshot From 2025-03-28 12-51-31.png|thumb|"Audio and Video Properties" of "Properties" window of nautilus after fix]]{{File|3={ config, pkgs, ... }:
{
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    gst_all_1.gstreamer
    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-good
    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-bad
    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-ugly
    gst_all_1.gst-libav
    gst_all_1.gst-vaapi
  ];
  environment.variables = {
    GST_PLUGIN_PATH = "/run/current-system/sw/lib/gstreamer-1.0/";
  };
}|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|lang=nix}} {{Evaluate|boot}}
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