gstreamer/tools/gst-inspect-1.0.1

.TH GStreamer 1 "December 2005"
.SH "NAME"
gst\-inspect\-1.0 \- print info about a GStreamer plugin or element
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B  gst\-inspect\-1.0 [OPTION...] [PLUGIN|ELEMENT]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fIgst\-inspect\-1.0\fP is a tool that prints out information on
available \fIGStreamer\fP plugins, information about a particular
plugin, or information about a particular element.  When executed
with no PLUGIN or ELEMENT argument, \fIgst\-inspect\-1.0\fP will print
a list of all plugins and elements together with a summary.
When executed with a PLUGIN or ELEMENT argument,
\fIgst\-inspect\-1.0\fP will print information about that plug-in or
element.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
.l
\fIgst\-inspect\-1.0\fP accepts the following arguments and options:
.TP 8
.B  PLUGIN
Name of a plugin
.TP 8
.B  ELEMENT
Name of an element
.TP 8
.B  \-\-help
Print help synopsis and available FLAGS
.TP 8
.B  \-\-gst\-info\-mask=FLAGS
\fIGStreamer\fP info flags to set (list with \-\-help)
.TP 8
.B  \-a, \-\-print\-all
Print all plugins and elements
.TP 8
.B  \-b, \-\-print\-blacklist
Print list of blacklisted files
.TP 8
.B  \-\-plugin
List the plugin contents
.TP 8
.B  \-\-types=Element/Types
Allow inspecting only elements that match all the element types filtered
in this slash (\'/\') separated list of element types. Those types correspond to
what is also called \'klass\' which is a string describing the type of
element, like \'Decoder\', \'Audio\', \'Encoder\' etc... This options
implies that only elements will be printed (not typefind functions or
tracers).
.TP 8
.B  \-\-exists
Check if the specified element or plugin exists
.TP 8
.B  \-\-atleast\-version
When checking if an element or plugin exists, also check that its version
is at least the version specified
.TP 8
.B  \-u, \-\-uri\-handlers
Print supported URI schemes, with the elements that implement them
.TP 8
.B  \-\-no\-colors
Disable colors in output. You can also achieve the same by setting
\'GST_INSPECT_NO_COLORS\' environment variable to any value.
.TP 8
.B  \-C, \-\-color
Color output, even when not connected to a tty.
.TP 8
.B  \-\-print\-plugin\-auto\-install\-info
Print a machine-parsable list of features the specified plugin provides.
Useful in connection with external automatic plugin installation mechanisms.
.TP 8
.B  \-\-gst\-debug\-mask=FLAGS
\fIGStreamer\fP debugging flags to set (list with \-\-help)
.TP 8
.B  \-\-gst\-mask=FLAGS
\fIGStreamer\fP info and debugging flags to set (list with \-\-help)
.TP 8
.B  \-\-gst\-plugin\-spew
\fIGStreamer\fP info flags to set
Enable printout of errors while loading \fIGStreamer\fP plugins
.TP 8
.B  \-\-gst\-plugin\-path=PATH
Add directories separated with ':' to the plugin search path
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.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
.l
\fIgst\-inspect\-1.0\fP reads the following environment variables, in addition
to the generic \fIGStreamer\fP environment variables also described in
.BR gst\-launch\-1.0 (1):
.TP 8
.B GST_LESS
Override the options passed to \fIless\fR (by default "RXF").
.br
See \fBless\fR(1) for more information.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR gst\-launch\-1.0 (1),
.BR gst\-typefind\-1.0 (1)
.SH "AUTHOR"
The GStreamer team at http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/