Found the issue. I installed libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 but what I needed was gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
** Changed in: gst-plugins-bad1.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gst-plugins-bad1.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1780581 Title: h264parse is missing after install Status in gst-plugins-bad1.0 package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: After installing libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 the h264parse element is not available for use: $ gst-inspect-1.0 h264parse No such element or plugin 'h264parse' ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 1.14.1-1ubuntu1~ubuntu18.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-24.26-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Jul 8 00:49:13 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-31 (37 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) SourcePackage: gst-plugins-bad1.0 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gst-plugins-bad1.0/+bug/1780581/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp