diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
index 8179806859c97..675771b08a929 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,43 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, meson, ninja, gettext
+, config
 , pkgconfig, python3, gst-plugins-base, orc
+, gobject-introspection
 , faacSupport ? false, faac ? null
 , faad2, libass, libkate, libmms, librdf, ladspaH
 , libnice, webrtc-audio-processing, lilv, lv2, serd, sord, sratom
 , libbs2b, libmodplug, mpeg2dec
 , openjpeg, libopus, librsvg
+, bluez
+, chromaprint
+, curl
+, darwin
+, directfb
+, fdk_aac
+, flite
+, gsm
+, libaom
+, libdc1394
+, libde265
+, libdrm
+, libdvdnav
+, libdvdread
+, libgudev
+, libofa
+, libsndfile
+, libusb1
+, neon
+, openal
+, opencv3
+, openexr
+, openh264
+, pango
+, rtmpdump
+, sbc
+, soundtouch
+, spandsp
+, srtp
+, zbar
+, wayland-protocols
 , wildmidi, fluidsynth, libvdpau, wayland
 , libwebp, xvidcore, gnutls, mjpegtools
 , libGLU_combined, libintl, libgme
@@ -15,11 +48,11 @@
 assert faacSupport -> faac != null;
 
 let
-  inherit (stdenv.lib) optional;
+  inherit (stdenv.lib) optional optionals;
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gst-plugins-bad-${version}";
-  version = "1.14.4";
+  version = "1.16.0";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Gstreamer Bad Plugins";
@@ -40,37 +73,62 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   patches = [
+    ./fix_pkgconfig_includedir.patch
+    # Remove when https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/merge_requests/312 is merged and available to us
     (fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://bug794856.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=370409";
-        sha256 = "0hy0rcn35alq65yqwri4fqjz2hf3nyyg5c7rnndk51msmqjxpprk";
+      url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/commit/99790eaad9083cce5ab2b1646489e1a1c0faad1e.patch";
+      sha256 = "11bqy4sl05qq5mj4bx5s09rq106s3j0vnpjl4np058im32j69lr3";
     })
-    ./fix_pkgconfig_includedir.patch
-    # Enable bs2b compilation
-    # https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794346
-    (fetchurl {
-      url = https://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=369724;
-      sha256 = "1716mp0h2866ab33w607isvfhv1zwyj71qb4jrkx5v0h276v1pwr";
+    # Remove when https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/merge_requests/312 is merged and available to us
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/commit/1872da81c48d3a719bd39955fd97deac7d037d74.patch";
+      sha256 = "11zwrr5ggflmvr0qfssj7dmhgd3ybiadmy79b4zh24022zgw3xpz";
     })
   ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/src/gst-plugins-bad/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1r8dma3x127rbx42yab7kwq7q1bhkmvz2ykn0rnqnzl95q74w2wi";
+    sha256 = "019b0yqjrcg6jmfd4cc336h1bz5p4wxl58yz1c4sdb96avirs4r2";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig python3 gettext ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson ninja pkgconfig python3 gettext gobject-introspection
+  ]
+  ++ optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+    wayland-protocols
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     gst-plugins-base orc
     faad2 libass libkate libmms
-    libnice webrtc-audio-processing # webrtc
+    webrtc-audio-processing # webrtc
     libbs2b
-    ladspaH librdf # ladspa plug-in
-    lilv lv2 serd sord sratom # lv2 plug-in
+    ladspaH # ladspa plug-in
     libmodplug mpeg2dec
     openjpeg libopus librsvg
+    curl.dev
+    fdk_aac
+    gsm
+    libaom
+    libdc1394
+    libde265
+    libdvdnav
+    libdvdread
+    libsndfile
+    libusb1
+    mjpegtools
+    neon
+    openal
+    opencv3
+    openexr
+    openh264
+    rtmpdump
+    pango
+    soundtouch
+    srtp
+    zbar
     fluidsynth libvdpau
     libwebp xvidcore gnutls libGLU_combined
     libgme openssl x265 libxml2
@@ -78,12 +136,106 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     srt
   ]
     ++ optional faacSupport faac
+    ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin (with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks; [
+      # For unknown reasons the order is important, e.g. if
+      # VideoToolbox is last, we get:
+      #     fatal error: 'VideoToolbox/VideoToolbox.h' file not found
+      VideoToolbox
+      AudioToolbox
+      AVFoundation
+      CoreMedia
+      CoreVideo
+      Foundation
+      MediaToolbox
+    ])
+    # These currently do not evaluate on darwin
+    ++ optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [
+      bluez
+      chromaprint
+      directfb
+      flite
+      flite
+      libdrm
+      libgudev
+      libnice
+      libofa
+      librdf
+      lilv lv2 serd sord sratom # lv2 plug-in
+      sbc
+      spandsp
+    ]
     ++ optional stdenv.isLinux wayland
     # wildmidi requires apple's OpenAL
     # TODO: package apple's OpenAL, fix wildmidi, include on Darwin
     ++ optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) wildmidi
-    # TODO: mjpegtools uint64_t is not compatible with guint64 on Darwin
-    ++ optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) mjpegtools;
+    ;
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    # Enables all features, so that we know when new dependencies are necessary.
+    "-Dauto_features=enabled"
+
+    "-Dexamples=disabled" # requires many dependencies and probably not useful for our users
+
+    "-Ddts=disabled" # required `libdca` library not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing, and marked as "BIG FAT WARNING: libdca is still in early development"
+    "-Dfaac=${if faacSupport then "enabled" else "disabled"}"
+    "-Diqa=disabled" # required `dssim` library not packaging in nixpkgs as of writing
+    "-Dmsdk=disabled" # not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing / no Windows support
+    # As of writing, with `libmpcdec` in `buildInputs` we get
+    #   "Could not find libmpcdec header files, but Musepack was enabled via options"
+    # This is likely because nixpkgs has the header in libmpc/mpcdec.h
+    # instead of mpc/mpcdec.h, like Arch does. The situation is not trivial.
+    # There are apparently 2 things called `libmpcdec` from the same author:
+    #   * http://svn.musepack.net/libmpcdec/trunk/src/
+    #   * http://svn.musepack.net/libmpc/trunk/include/mpc/
+    # Fixing it likely requires to first figure out with upstream which one
+    # is needed, and then patching upstream to find it (though it probably
+    # already works on Arch?).
+    "-Dmusepack=disabled"
+    "-Dopenmpt=disabled" # `libopenmpt` not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing
+    "-Dopenni2=disabled" # not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing
+    "-Dopensles=disabled" # not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing
+    "-Dsctp=disabled" # required `usrsctp` library not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing
+    "-Dteletext=disabled" # required `zvbi` library not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing
+    "-Dtinyalsa=disabled" # not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing
+    "-Dvoaacenc=disabled" # required `vo-aacenc` library not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing
+    "-Dvoamrwbenc=disabled" # required `vo-amrwbenc` library not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing
+    "-Dvulkan=disabled" # Linux-only, and we haven't figured out yet which of the vulkan nixpkgs it needs
+    "-Dwasapi=disabled" # not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing / no Windows support
+    "-Dwpe=disabled" # required `wpe-webkit` library not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing
+
+    # Requires CUDA and we haven't figured out how to make Meson find CUDA yet;
+    # it probably searches via pkgconfig, for which we have no .pc files,
+    # see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/54395
+    "-Dnvdec=disabled"
+    "-Dnvenc=disabled"
+  ]
+  ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    "-Dbluez=disabled"
+    "-Dchromaprint=disabled"
+    "-Ddirectfb=disabled"
+    "-Dflite=disabled"
+    "-Dkms=disabled" # renders to libdrm output
+    "-Dofa=disabled"
+    "-Dlv2=disabled"
+    "-Dsbc=disabled"
+    "-Dspandsp=disabled"
+    "-Ddvb=disabled"
+    "-Dfbdev=disabled"
+    "-Duvch264=disabled" # requires gudev
+    "-Dladspa=disabled" # requires lrdf
+    "-Dwebrtc=disabled" # requires libnice, which as of writing doesn't work on Darwin in nixpkgs
+    "-Dwildmidi=disabled" # see dependencies above
+  ]
+  ++ optional (!gst-plugins-base.glEnabled) "-Dgl=disabled"
+  ++ optional (!gst-plugins-base.waylandEnabled) "-Dwayland=disabled"
+  # `applemedia/videotexturecache.h` requires `gst/gl/gl.h`,
+  # but its meson build system does not declare the dependency.
+  ++ optional (!gst-plugins-base.glEnabled) "-Dapplemedia=disabled"
+  ;
+
+  # This package has some `_("string literal")` string formats
+  # that trip up clang with format security enabled.
+  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix
index 0acdf71fb72fc..50a77a746c482 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/base/default.nix
@@ -2,15 +2,26 @@
 , pkgconfig, meson, ninja, gettext, gobject-introspection
 , python3, gstreamer, orc, pango, libtheora
 , libintl, libopus
+, isocodes
+, libjpeg
+, libpng
+, libvisual
+, tremor # provides 'virbisidec'
+, gtk-doc, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_412
 , enableX11 ? stdenv.isLinux, libXv
 , enableWayland ? stdenv.isLinux, wayland
 , enableAlsa ? stdenv.isLinux, alsaLib
-, enableCocoa ? false, darwin
+# Enabling Cocoa seems to currently not work, giving compile
+# errors. Suspected is that a newer version than clang
+# is needed than 5.0 but it is not clear.
+, enableCocoa ? false
+, darwin
+, enableGl ? (enableX11 || enableWayland || enableCocoa)
 , enableCdparanoia ? (!stdenv.isDarwin), cdparanoia }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gst-plugins-base-${version}";
-  version = "1.14.4";
+  version = "1.16.0";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Base plugins and helper libraries";
@@ -22,30 +33,56 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/src/gst-plugins-base/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0qbllw4kphchwhy4p7ivdysigx69i97gyw6q0rvkx1j81r4kjqfa";
+    sha256 = "1bmmdwbyy89ayb85xc48y217f6wdmpz96f30zm6v53z2a5xsm4s0";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig python3 gettext gobject-introspection ]
-
-  # Broken meson with Darwin. Should hopefully be fixed soon. Tracking
-  # in https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781148.
-  ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [ meson ninja ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig python3 gettext gobject-introspection
+    meson
+    ninja
+    gtk-doc
+    # Without these, enabling the 'gtk_doc' gives us `FAILED: meson-install`
+    docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_412
+  ];
 
-  # TODO How to pass these to Meson?
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--enable-x11=${if enableX11 then "yes" else "no"}"
-    "--enable-wayland=${if enableWayland then "yes" else "no"}"
-    "--enable-cocoa=${if enableCocoa then "yes" else "no"}"
+  mesonFlags = [
+    # Enables all features, so that we know when new dependencies are necessary.
+    "-Dauto_features=enabled"
+    "-Dexamples=disabled" # requires many dependencies and probably not useful for our users
+    "-Dgl-graphene=disabled" # not packaged in nixpkgs as of writing
+    "-Dgl_platform=[${lib.optionalString (enableX11 || enableWayland || enableCocoa) "auto"}]"
+    # See https://github.com/GStreamer/gst-plugins-base/blob/d64a4b7a69c3462851ff4dcfa97cc6f94cd64aef/meson_options.txt#L15 for a list of choices
+    "-Dgl_winsys=[${lib.concatStringsSep "," (lib.optional enableX11 "x11" ++ lib.optional enableWayland "wayland" ++ lib.optional enableCocoa "cocoa")}]"
+    # We must currently disable gtk_doc API docs generation,
+    # because it is not compatible with some features being disabled.
+    # See for example
+    #     https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/issues/38
+    # for it failing because some Wayland symbols are missing.
+    # This problem appeared between 1.15.1 and 1.16.0.
+    "-Dgtk_doc=disabled"
   ]
+  ++ lib.optional (!enableX11) "-Dx11=disabled"
+  # TODO How to disable Wayland?
+  ++ lib.optional (!enableGl) "-Dgl=disabled"
+  ++ lib.optional (!enableAlsa) "-Dalsa=disabled"
+  ++ lib.optional (!enableCdparanoia) "-Dcdparanoia=disabled"
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    "-Dlibvisual=disabled"
+  ]
+  ;
 
-  # Introspection fails on my MacBook currently
-  ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "--disable-introspection";
-
-  buildInputs = [ orc libtheora libintl libopus ]
+  buildInputs = [ orc libtheora libintl libopus isocodes libjpeg libpng tremor ]
     ++ lib.optional enableAlsa alsaLib
+    ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [
+      libvisual
+    ]
     ++ lib.optionals enableX11 [ libXv pango ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+      pango
+      darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.OpenGL
+    ]
     ++ lib.optional enableWayland wayland
     ++ lib.optional enableCocoa darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Cocoa
     ++ lib.optional enableCdparanoia cdparanoia;
@@ -56,15 +93,32 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs .
   '';
 
+  # This package has some `_("string literal")` string formats
+  # that trip up clang with format security enabled.
+  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   doCheck = false; # fails, wants DRI access for OpenGL
 
   patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://bug794856.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=370414";
-        sha256 = "07x43xis0sr0hfchf36ap0cibx0lkfpqyszb3r3w9dzz301fk04z";
-    })
     ./fix_pkgconfig_includedir.patch
   ];
+
+  passthru = {
+    # Downstream `gst-*` packages depending on `gst-plugins-base`
+    # have meson build options like 'gl' etc. that depend
+    # on these features being built in `-base`.
+    # If they are not built here, then the downstream builds
+    # will fail, as they, too, use `-Dauto_features=enabled`
+    # which would enable these options unconditionally.
+    # That means we must communicate to these downstream packages
+    # if the `-base` enabled these options or not, so that
+    # the can enable/disable those features accordingly.
+    # The naming `*Enabled` vs `enable*` is intentional to
+    # distinguish inputs from outputs (what is to be built
+    # vs what was built) and to make them easier to search for.
+    glEnabled = enableGl;
+    waylandEnabled = enableWayland;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
index b69ab89df24d0..23b4d3675f65b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/core/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
 , pkgconfig, gettext, gobject-introspection
 , bison, flex, python3, glib, makeWrapper
 , libcap,libunwind, darwin
+, elfutils # for libdw
+, bash-completion
+, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_412
+, gtk-doc
 , lib
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gstreamer-${version}";
-  version = "1.14.4";
+  version = "1.16.0";
 
   meta = with lib ;{
     description = "Open source multimedia framework";
@@ -19,14 +23,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/src/gstreamer/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1izzhnlsy83rgr4zl3jcl1sryxqbbigrrqw3j4x3nnphqnb6ckzr";
+    sha256 = "003wy1p1in85p9sr5jsyhbnwqaiwz069flwkhyx7qhxy31qjz3hf";
   };
 
   patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://bug794856.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=370411";
-        sha256 = "16plzzmkk906k4892zq68j3c9z8vdma5nxzlviq20jfv04ykhmk2";
-    })
     ./fix_pkgconfig_includedir.patch
   ];
 
@@ -35,13 +35,28 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson ninja pkgconfig gettext bison flex python3 makeWrapper gobject-introspection
+    bash-completion
+    gtk-doc
+    # Without these, enabling the 'gtk_doc' gives us `FAILED: meson-install`
+    docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_412
   ];
+
   buildInputs =
-       lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ libcap libunwind ]
+       lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ libcap libunwind elfutils ]
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.CoreServices;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib ];
 
+  mesonFlags = [
+    # Enables all features, so that we know when new dependencies are necessary.
+    "-Dauto_features=enabled"
+    "-Ddbghelp=disabled" # not needed as we already provide libunwind and libdw, and dbghelp is a fallback to those
+    "-Dexamples=disabled" # requires many dependencies and probably not useful for our users
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.isDarwin) [
+    "-Dlibunwind=disabled"
+    "-Dlibdw=disabled"
+  ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     for prog in "$dev/bin/"*; do
         # We can't use --suffix here due to quoting so we craft the export command by hand
@@ -49,9 +64,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     done
   '';
 
-  preConfigure= ''
-    patchShebangs .
-  '';
+  preConfigure=
+    # These files are not executable upstream, so we need to
+    # make them executable for `patchShebangs` to pick them up.
+    # Can be removed when this is merged and available:
+    #     https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/merge_requests/141
+    ''
+      chmod +x gst/parse/get_flex_version.py
+    '' +
+    ''
+      patchShebangs .
+    '';
 
   preFixup = ''
     moveToOutput "share/bash-completion" "$dev"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
index 9aec876340409..767ef8c6afdc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ rec {
 
   gst-plugins-ugly = callPackage ./ugly { inherit gst-plugins-base; };
 
-  gst-rtsp-server = callPackage ./rtsp-server { inherit gst-plugins-base; };
+  gst-rtsp-server = callPackage ./rtsp-server { inherit gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-bad; };
 
   gst-libav = callPackage ./libav { inherit gst-plugins-base; };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix
index fb7a37a4f4480..61d39bc963694 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gstreamer-editing-services-${version}";
-  version = "1.14.4";
+  version = "1.16.0";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Library for creation of audio/video non-linear editors";
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/src/gstreamer-editing-services/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0pxk65jib3mqszjkyvlzklwia4kbdj6j2b6jw1d502b06mdx5lak";
+    sha256 = "1las94jkx83sxmzi5w6b0xm89dqqwzpdsb6h9w9ixndhnbpzm8w2";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ gst-plugins-base libxml2 ];
 
   patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://bug794856.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=370413";
-        sha256 = "1xcgbs18g6n5p7z7kqj7ffakwmkxq7ijajyvhyl7p3zvqll9dc7x";
-    })
     ./fix_pkgconfig_includedir.patch
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
index 247a74e3a325f..affc8ae1ac8ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
@@ -6,10 +6,17 @@
 , libsoup, libpulseaudio, libintl
 , darwin, lame, mpg123, twolame
 , gtkSupport ? false, gtk3 ? null
+# As of writing, jack2 incurs a Qt dependency (big!) via `ffado`.
+# In the fuure we should probably split `ffado`.
+, enableJack ? false
 , libXdamage
 , libXext
 , libXfixes
 , ncurses
+, xorg
+, libgudev
+, wavpack
+, jack2
 }:
 
 assert gtkSupport -> gtk3 != null;
@@ -19,7 +26,7 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gst-plugins-good-${version}";
-  version = "1.14.4";
+  version = "1.16.0";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Gstreamer Good Plugins";
@@ -36,10 +43,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/src/gst-plugins-good/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0y89qynb4b6fry3h43z1r99qslmi3m8xhlq0i5baq2nbc0r5b2sz";
+    sha256 = "1zdhif1mhf0ihkjpjyrh65g2iz2cawkjjb3h5w8h9ml06grxwjk5";
   };
 
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+  outputs = [ "out" ];
 
   patches = [ ./fix_pkgconfig_includedir.patch ];
 
@@ -52,16 +59,51 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libdv libvpx speex flac taglib
     cairo gdk_pixbuf aalib libcaca
     libsoup libshout lame mpg123 twolame libintl
-    # TODO: Remove the comments once https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/commit/e234932dc703e51a0e1aa3b9c408f12758b12335
-    # is merged and available in nixpkgs.
-    libXdamage # present feature but undeclared in meson_options.txt, see https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/issues/553
-    libXext # present feature but undeclared in meson_options.txt, see https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/issues/553
-    libXfixes # present feature but undeclared in meson_options.txt, see https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/issues/553
+    libXdamage
+    libXext
+    libXfixes
     ncurses
+    xorg.libXfixes
+    xorg.libXdamage
+    wavpack
   ]
   ++ optional gtkSupport gtk3 # for gtksink
-  ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Cocoa ]
-  ++ optionals stdenv.isLinux [ libv4l libpulseaudio libavc1394 libiec61883 ];
+  ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Cocoa
+    # Needed for NSDefaultRunLoopMode symbols.
+    darwin.cf-private
+  ]
+  ++ optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+    libavc1394
+    libgudev
+    libiec61883
+    libpulseaudio
+    libv4l
+  ]
+  ++ optionals (stdenv.isLinux && enableJack) [
+    jack2
+  ];
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    # Enables all features, so that we know when new dependencies are necessary.
+    "-Dauto_features=enabled"
+    "-Dexamples=disabled" # requires many dependencies and probably not useful for our users
+    "-Dqt5=disabled" # not clear as of writing how to correctly pass in the required qt5 deps
+  ]
+  ++ optional (!gtkSupport) "-Dgtk3=disabled"
+  ++ optionals (!stdenv.isLinux) [
+    "-Ddv1394=disabled" # Linux only
+    "-Doss4=disabled" # Linux only
+    "-Doss=disabled" # Linux only
+    "-Dpulse=disabled" # TODO check if we can keep this enabled
+    "-Dv4l2-gudev=disabled" # Linux-only
+    "-Dv4l2=disabled" # Linux-only
+    "-Dximagesrc=disabled" # Linux-only
+    "-Dpulse=disabled" # TODO check if we can keep this enabled
+  ]
+  ++ optionals (!stdenv.isLinux || !enableJack) [
+    "-Djack=disabled" # unclear whether Jack works on Darwin
+  ];
 
   # fails 1 tests with "Unexpected critical/warning: g_object_set_is_valid_property: object class 'GstRtpStorage' has no property named ''"
   doCheck = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/libav/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/libav/default.nix
index 7f7393bba28ef..297c8ada884ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/libav/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/libav/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ assert withSystemLibav -> libav != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gst-libav-${version}";
-  version = "1.14.4";
+  version = "1.16.0";
 
   meta = {
     homepage = https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org;
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/src/gst-libav/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1nk5g24z2xx5kaw5cg8dv8skdc516inahmkymcz8bxqxj28qbmyz";
+    sha256 = "16ixqpfrr7plaaz14n3vagr2q5xbfkv7gpmcsyndrkx98f813b6z";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
@@ -34,4 +34,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     [ gst-plugins-base orc bzip2 ]
     ++ optional withSystemLibav libav
     ;
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    # Enables all features, so that we know when new dependencies are necessary.
+    "-Dauto_features=enabled"
+  ];
+
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rtsp-server/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rtsp-server/default.nix
index 6236edec6a400..c4620a29e9458 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rtsp-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/rtsp-server/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, meson, ninja, pkgconfig
-, gst-plugins-base, gettext, gobject-introspection
+, gettext, gobject-introspection
+, gst-plugins-base
+, gst-plugins-bad
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gst-rtsp-server-${version}";
-  version = "1.14.4";
+  version = "1.16.0";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Gstreamer RTSP server";
@@ -19,12 +21,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/src/gst-rtsp-server/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1wc4d0y57hpfvv9sykjg8mxj86dw60mf696fbqbiqq6dzlmcw3ix";
+    sha256 = "069zy159izy50blci9fli1i2r8jh91qkmgrz1n0xqciy3bn9x3hr";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja gettext gobject-introspection pkgconfig ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ gst-plugins-base ];
+  buildInputs = [ gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-bad ];
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    # Enables all features, so that we know when new dependencies are necessary.
+    "-Dauto_features=enabled"
+    "-Dexamples=disabled" # requires many dependencies and probably not useful for our users
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
index 0cdfd1f4a7b69..5c3a56814bad8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 , gst-plugins-base, orc, gettext
 , a52dec, libcdio, libdvdread
 , libmad, libmpeg2, x264, libintl, lib
+, opencore-amr
 , darwin
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gst-plugins-ugly-${version}";
-  version = "1.14.4";
+  version = "1.16.0";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Gstreamer Ugly Plugins";
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/src/gst-plugins-ugly/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "08vd1xgwmapnviah47zv5h2r02qdd20y4f07rvv5zhv6y4vxh0mc";
+    sha256 = "1hm46c1fy9vl1wfwipsj41zp79cm7in1fpmjw24j5hriy32n82g3";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
@@ -37,8 +38,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     a52dec libcdio libdvdread
     libmad libmpeg2 x264
     libintl
+    opencore-amr
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin (with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks;
     [ IOKit CoreFoundation DiskArbitration ]);
 
+  mesonFlags = [
+    # Enables all features, so that we know when new dependencies are necessary.
+    "-Dauto_features=enabled"
+    "-Dexamples=disabled" # requires many dependencies and probably not useful for our users
+    "-Dsidplay=disabled" # sidplay / sidplay/player.h isn't packaged in nixpkgs as of writing
+  ];
+
   NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lm" ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix
index e84f8dce91252..c0541857e8b7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gst-vaapi-${version}";
-  version = "1.14.4";
+  version = "1.16.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/src/gstreamer-vaapi/gstreamer-vaapi-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "18yha6119v7mwz47idv2vykzfssqfmh6hc824wqqsshwjvzdn66f";
+    sha256 = "07qpynamiz0lniqajcaijh3n7ixs4lfk9a5mfk50sng0dricwzsf";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mkdir -p $GST_PLUGIN_PATH_1_0
   '';
 
+  mesonFlags = [
+    # Enables all features, so that we know when new dependencies are necessary.
+    "-Dauto_features=enabled"
+    "-Dexamples=disabled" # requires many dependencies and probably not useful for our users
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/validate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/validate/default.nix
index 916185bf7ecf6..2ce2e751df87b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/validate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/validate/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gstreamer, gst-plugins-base
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, gstreamer, gst-plugins-base
 , python, gobject-introspection, json-glib
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gst-validate-${version}";
-  version = "1.14.4";
+  version = "1.16.0";
 
   meta = {
     description = "Integration testing infrastructure for the GStreamer framework";
@@ -15,9 +15,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "${meta.homepage}/src/gst-validate/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1ismv4i7ldi04swq76pcpd5apxqd52yify5hvlyan2yw9flwrp0q";
+    sha256 = "1jfnd0g9hmdbqfxsx96yc9vpf1w6m33hqwrr6lj4i83kl54awcck";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fixes a duplicate symbol compilation error on Darwin.
+    # TODO Remove when https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-devtools/commit/22e179cbc1acf8e4bcbc8173c833ea5f086fa28c is available in nixpkgs, likely for 1.18.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-devtools/commit/751a6d756c0f7c3a721a235ced74fec17f038185.patch";
+      sha256 = "05pzjn63pcsf3y153r7azy8dbr0cmn10d10r11cdprgw2bv5hlha";
+      stripLen = 1; # gst-validate is a subdir of the `gst-devtools` git repo
+    })
+  ];
+
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -31,4 +41,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ gstreamer gst-plugins-base ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    # Enables all features, so that we know when new dependencies are necessary.
+    "-Dauto_features=enabled"
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnice/default.nix
index e71bcd0e36802..2bd04c65caab7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnice/default.nix
@@ -33,18 +33,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig python3 gobject-introspection gtk-doc docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_412 ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson ninja pkgconfig python3 gobject-introspection
+    gtk-doc
+    # Without these, enabling the 'gtk_doc' gives us `FAILED: meson-install`
+    docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_412
+  ];
   buildInputs = [ gst_all_1.gstreamer gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base gnutls ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib gupnp-igd ];
 
   mesonFlags = [
-    "-Dgupnp=enabled"
-    "-Dgstreamer=enabled"
-    "-Dignored-network-interface-prefix=enabled"
-    "-Dexamples=enabled"
-    "-Dtests=enabled"
-    "-Dgtk_doc=enabled"
-    "-Dintrospection=enabled"
+    # Enables all features, so that we know when new dependencies are necessary.
+    "-Dauto_features=enabled"
+    "-Dgtk_doc=enabled" # Disabled by default as of libnice-0.1.15
+    "-Dexamples=disabled" # requires many dependencies and probably not useful for our users
   ];
 
   # TODO; see #53293 etc.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 904fc2a01a7bf..0fbf0a20c60eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10429,7 +10429,7 @@ in
   gsettings-qt = libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/libraries/gsettings-qt { };
 
   gst_all_1 = recurseIntoAttrs(callPackage ../development/libraries/gstreamer {
-    callPackage = pkgs.newScope (pkgs // { libav = pkgs.ffmpeg; });
+    callPackage = pkgs.newScope (pkgs // { libav = pkgs.ffmpeg_4; });
   });
 
   gstreamer = callPackage ../development/libraries/gstreamer/legacy/gstreamer {