# GStreamer documentation

Feel free to jump straight to the download section, start practicing
with the tutorials, or read the F.A.Q. if you don’t know what this is
all about.



## General

| - | - |
| Application Development Manual (Read this first) | [HTML](manual-index.md) |
| Frequently Asked Questions |  <a href="/data/doc/gstreamer/head/faq/html/index.html">HTML</a> \| <a href="/data/doc/gstreamer/head/faq/faq.pdf">PDF</PDF> |
| Plugin Writer's Guide | [HTML](pwg-index.md) |
| Core Reference | <a href="/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer/html/">HTML</a>  |
| Core Libraries Reference | <a href="/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer-libs/html/">HTML</a> |
| Core Design Documentation | <a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/tree/docs/design/">HTML</a> |
| GStreamer 0.10 to 1.0 porting guide | <a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/plain/docs/random/porting-to-1.0.txt">HTML</a> |

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## GStreamer Plugins-Base Module Libraries Reference

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| GStreamer Base Plugins Libraries Reference | <a href="/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-base-libs/html/">HTML</a> |

## GStreamer Plugins-Bad Module Libraries Reference

Note: The API from these gst-plugins-bad libraries is unstable and can
change between releases.

Only the API in libraries from GStreamer core and
gst-plugins-base are guaranteed to be API and ABI stable

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| GStreamer Bad Plugins Libraries Reference | <a href="/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-bad-libs/html/">HTML</a> |

## Plugin Modules

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| Overview of all Plug-ins | <a href="plugins.html">HTML</a> |
| GStreamer Core Plugins Reference | <a href="/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer-plugins/html/">HTML</a> |
| GStreamer Base Plugins Reference | <a href="/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-base-plugins/html/">HTML</a> |
| GStreamer Good Plugins Reference | <a href="/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-good-plugins/html/">HTML</a> |
| GStreamer Ugly Plugins Reference | <a href="/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-ugly-plugins/html/">HTML</a> |
| GStreamer Bad Plugins Reference | <a href="/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-bad-plugins/html/">HTML</a> |

## Other modules

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| GStreamer Editing Services Reference | <a href="/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer-editing-services/html/">HTML</a> |
| GStreamer RTSP Server Reference | <a href="/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-rtsp-server/html/">HTML</a> |
| GStreamer VAAPI Reference | <a href="/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer-vaapi-plugins/html/">HTML</a> |
| QtGStreamer Reference | <a href="/data/doc/gstreamer/head/qt-gstreamer/html/">HTML</a> |
| GstValidate Reference | <a href="/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-validate/html/">HTML</a> |
| Orc - Optimized inner loop Runtime Compiler |  <a href="/data/doc/orc/">HTML</a> |
| GStreamer Non-Linear Multimedia Editing Plugins Reference (deprecated) | <a href="/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gnonlin/html/">HTML</a> |

## GStreamer Conference Videos and Slides

* <a href="http://gstconf.ubicast.tv/channels/#gstreamer-conference-2015">GStreamer Conference 2015: Videos and Slides</a> <a href="/data/events/gstreamer-conference/2015/">(PDF slides)</a>
 * <a href="http://gstconf.ubicast.tv/channels/#gstreamer-conference-2014">GStreamer Conference 2014: Videos and Slides</a> <a href="/data/events/gstreamer-conference/2014/">(PDF slides)</a>
 * <a href="http://gstconf.ubicast.tv/channels/#gstreamer-conference-2013">GStreamer Conference 2013: Videos and Slides</a> <a href="/data/events/gstreamer-conference/2013/">(PDF slides)</a>
 * <a href="http://gstconf.ubicast.tv/channels/#gstreamer-conference-2012">GStreamer Conference 2012: Videos and Slides</a> <a href="/data/events/gstreamer-conference/2012/">(PDF slides)</a>
 * <a href="http://gstconf.ubicast.tv/channels/#conferences-2011">GStreamer Conference 2011: Videos and Slides</a> <a href="/data/events/gstreamer-conference/2011/">(PDF slides)</a>
* <a href="http://gstconf.ubicast.tv/channels/#conferences-2010">GStreamer Conference 2010: Videos and Slides</a> <a href="/data/events/gstreamer-conference/2010/">(PDF slides)</a>


## GStreamer licensing advisory

The GStreamer community provides the following licensing advisory for
developers planing on or already using GStreamer for their applications:

<a href="/documentation/licensing.html">GStreamer Licensing Advisory</a>


## GStreamer plugin module split-up

[An explanation of the various plugin modules and how they were split up](splitup.md)

## RTP and RTSP support in GStreamer

[RTSP and RTP component overview](rtp.md)