gstreamer0.10-vaapi software package provides VA-API plugins for GStreamer, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-vaapi
gstreamer0.10-vaapi is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gstreamer0.10-vaapi package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gstreamer0.10-vaapi *
You will get with gstreamer0.10-vaapi package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | gstreamer0.10-vaapi |
| Version | 0.3.6-0ubuntu2 |
| Description | VA-API plugins for GStreamer |
| Sub Section | libs |