gst-inspect(1) User Commands gst-inspect(1)NAMEgst-inspect - print information about a GStreamer element or plugin
SYNOPSISgst-inspect [--plugin] [--print-all] [--print-plugin-auto-install-info]
[--uri-handlers] [--version] [gst-std-options] [element | plugin]
DESCRIPTIONgst-inspect prints information about available GStreamer plugins,
information about a particular plugin, or information about a particu‐
lar element.
If no element or plugin argument is specified, gst-inspect prints a
list of all plugins and elements. If an element or plugin argument is
specified, gst-inspect prints information about that element or plug-
in. If a given argument is valid as either an element or a plugin, gst-
inspect treats the argument as an element, by default.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported by gst-inspect:
--plugin
List the plugin contents.
-a, --print-all
Print all elements.
--print-plugin-auto-install-info
Prints a machine-parsable list of features the specified plugin
provides.
-u, --uri-handlers
Print supported URI schemes, with the elements that implement them.
--version
Print GStreamer version number.
gst-std-options
Standard options available for use with most GStreamer applica‐
tions. See gst-std-options(5) for more information.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
element Name of an element.
plugin Name of a plugin.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Displaying Information About a Plugin:
example% gst-inspect alaw
Plugin Details:
Name: alaw
Description: ALaw audio conversion routines
Filename: /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstalaw.so
Version: 0.10.3
License: LGPL
Source module: gst-plugins-good
Binary package: GStreamer Good Plug-ins source release
Origin URL: Unknown package origin
alawdec: A Law audio decoder
alawenc: A Law audio encoder
2 features:
+-- 2 elements
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gst-inspect
Print information about a GStreamer element or plugin
/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/
GStreamer system plugin directory.
~/gstreamer-0.10/plugins
GStreamer user-specific plugin directory.
~/gstreamer-0.10/registry-*.xml
GStreamer plugin registry for user.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │library/audio/gstreamer │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface stability │Volatile │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOgst-feedback(1), gst-launch(1), gst-typefind(1), gst-xmlinspect(1),
gst-xmllaunch(1), gstreamer-properties(1), libgstreamer-0.10(3),
attributes(5), gst-std-options(5)NOTES
Original man page written by the GStreamer team at
http://www.gstreamer.net/.
Updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004, 2006.
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