# Not finding gstreamer hardware accelerated encoding/decoding plugins in default Debian image

**URL:** <https://community.solid-run.com/t/not-finding-gstreamer-hardware-accelerated-encoding-decoding-plugins-in-default-debian-image/460>\
**Category:** NXP i.MX8M Plus\
**Created:** [September 9, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/not-finding-gstreamer-hardware-accelerated-encoding-decoding-plugins-in-default-debian-image/460 "2022-09-09T14:46:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![avikde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@avikde](https://community.solid-run.com/u/avikde)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.solid-run.com/t/not-finding-gstreamer-hardware-accelerated-encoding-decoding-plugins-in-default-debian-image/460/1 "2022-09-09T14:46:23Z")

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Hardware: Hummingboard Pulse with iMX8 Plus (SKU SRMP8QDWB1D01GE008U03CH)  
Image: [sr-imx8-debian-bullseye-20220227-cli-imx8mp-sdhc-hummingboard-pulse.img.xz](https://solid-run-images.sos-de-fra-1.exo.io/IMX8/Debian/sr-imx8-debian-bullseye-20220227-cli-imx8mp-sdhc-hummingboard-pulse.img.xz)

I installed gstreamer with `sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-libav libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-dev gstreamer1.0-tools gstreamer1.0-x`

However, gst-inspect-1.0 is not listing anything indicating hardware video encode/decode.

```auto
debian@sr-imx8:~$ gst-inspect-1.0 | grep vpu
debian@sr-imx8:~$ gst-inspect-1.0 | grep v4l2
video4linux2: v4l2deviceprovider (GstDeviceProviderFactory)
video4linux2: v4l2radio: Radio (video4linux2) Tuner
video4linux2: v4l2sink: Video (video4linux2) Sink
video4linux2: v4l2src: Video (video4linux2) Source

```

In particular, I am looking for v4l2 h264/265 encoding, or the “vpudec” etc. proprietary encoders/decoders. This page [i.MX8 - Multimedia - GStreamer Support - Hardware-accelerated plugins (ridgerun.com)](https://developer.ridgerun.com/wiki/index.php/IMX8/Multimedia/GStreamer_Support/Hardware-accelerated_plugins) indicates that this is possible with the same chip or even SOM.