GStreamer
Universal version latest seen at v1.28.5 · Reported by 41 Macs in the community.
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GStreamer is a framework and multimedia library from the Freedesktop project that enables applications to play, record, and process audio and video content across macOS, Linux and other platforms. It provides a modular, plugin-based architecture supporting dozens of audio and video codecs, containers and effects. GStreamer is widely used by scientific applications (MATLAB via Psychtoolbox), media players, streaming tools, and multimedia software development. A native Apple Silicon build has been confirmed running on Macs in the Rosetta Check community.
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1 suggestionGStreamer ships a native Apple Silicon (Universal Binary) framework from version 1.22 onwards. The native build is available directly from the GStreamer project at gstreamer.freedesktop.org. Download and install the latest macOS universal binary framework package (.pkg) from the official GStreamer downloads page — the installer will automatically place the framework in /Library/Frameworks/GStreamer.framework and replace your existing Intel-only version. After installation, any application that links against GStreamer will automatically use the native arm64 libraries. If you installed GStreamer via Homebrew, you can alternatively update it using 'brew upgrade gstreamer' to pull the native build, though the official .pkg installer from the Freedesktop site is the recommended path for best compatibility. Applications that depend on GStreamer (such as Psychtoolbox) do not need to be separately updated — they will automatically use the native framework once you have upgraded GStreamer itself.
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