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@@ -77,9 +77,14 @@ provided by the GStreamer project.
 
 #### Homebrew
 
+Homebrew only installs various plugins if explicitly enabled, so some extra
+`--with-*` flags may be required.
+
 ```
 $ brew install gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good \
-      gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav gst-rtsp-server
+      gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav gst-rtsp-server \
+      --with-orc -with-libogg --with-opus --with-pango --with-theora \
+      --with-libvorbis
 ```
 
 If you wish to install the gstreamer-player sub-crate, make sure the