gst-inspect(1) User Commands gst-inspect(1)
NAME
gst-inspect - print information about a GStreamer element or plugin
SYNOPSIS
gst-inspect [-a] [--print-all] [--print-plugin-auto-install-info] [--version] [gst-std-options] [element | plugin]
DESCRIPTION
gst-inspect prints information about available GStreamer plugins, information about a particular plugin, or information about a particular
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:
-a, --print-all
Print all elements.
--print-plugin-auto-install-info
Prints a machine-parsable list of features the specified plugin provides.
--version
Print GStreamer version number.
gst-std-options
Standard options available for use with most GStreamer applications. 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
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-media |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
gst-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.
SunOS 5.11 14 Oct 2004 gst-inspect(1)