gstreamer-runtime ☆

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Description:
Open Source Multimedia Framework

Type: Cask | Latest Version: 1.28.1@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | @gstreamer | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: multimedia framework video audio streaming codecs

Install: brew install --cask gstreamer-runtime

About:
GStreamer is a powerful, open-source multimedia framework that provides a unified pipeline for processing audio, video, and other media streams. The runtime package contains the essential shared libraries and core plugins needed to execute and play back GStreamer-based media applications. It serves as the foundational dependency for numerous multimedia tools and applications on macOS.

Key Features:

Cross-platform pipeline-based multimedia processing
Extensive library of built-in codecs and plugins
Hardware acceleration support for decoding and encoding
Mature and stable API for application integration

Use Cases:

Providing runtime support for GStreamer-based applications
Enabling advanced audio/video playback capabilities
Building custom multimedia processing workflows

Alternatives:

FFmpeg – FFmpeg is a command-line focused tool suite, while GStreamer provides a more modular, pipeline-based framework for building complex media applications.
VLC – VLC is a complete media player application that bundles its own codecs, whereas GStreamer is a framework used to build such players and applications.

Version History

Detected	Version	Change	Commit
Feb 27, 2026 1:19am	1.28.1	VERSION_BUMP	b12e1a2b
Jan 30, 2026 1:11pm	1.28.0	VERSION_BUMP	ad1e9ea4
Dec 28, 2025 5:03pm	1.26.10	VERSION_BUMP	a5c6b4aa
Sep 15, 2025 5:41pm	1.26.6	VERSION_BUMP	89910ee4
Aug 23, 2025 12:17pm	1.26.5	VERSION_BUMP	cfc569dd
Aug 9, 2025 12:33pm	1.26.5	VERSION_BUMP	29bc5f11
Jul 30, 2024 9:43pm	1.24.6	VERSION_BUMP	83dbea33
Feb 15, 2024 3:49pm	1.22.10	VERSION_BUMP	aff87a28
Nov 16, 2023 5:51pm	1.22.7	VERSION_BUMP	a11ca71a
Nov 2, 2023 3:39pm	1.22.6	VERSION_BUMP	cfe889a5
Nov 2, 2023 2:17pm	1.22.6	NEW	a823bcc6