.TH "GStreamer" "1" "September 2002"
.SH "NAME"
gst\-md5sum \- get an md5sum of a GStreamer pipeline through md5sink
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBgst\-md5sum\fR \fI[OPTION...]\fR PARTIAL\-PIPELINE\-DESCRIPTION
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.LP 
\fIgst\-md5sum\fP generates MD5 checksums of the data generated by
a GStreamer pipeline.

In theory, running

	gst-md5sum filesrc location=music.mp3

should print out the same checksum as

	md5sum music.mp3
  
If the pipeline contains an md5sink element, gst-md5sum will query it
for the md5sum at the end of pipeline iteration.

If it doesn't contain an md5sink element, gst-md5sum will automatically
connect an md5sink to the right hand side of the given pipeline.

See the man page for gst\-launch or the GStreamer docuementation for 
more information on how to create a PARTIAL\-PIPELINE\-DESCRIPTION.
.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.l
\fIgst\-md5sum\fP accepts the following options:
.TP 8
.B  \-\-help
Print help synopsis and available FLAGS
.TP 8
.B  \-v
Output verbose information
.TP 8
.B  \-\-gst\-info\-mask=FLAGS
\fIGStreamer\fP info flags to set (list with \-\-help)
.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
.TP 8
.B  \-\-version
Show version information and exit.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR gst\-launch (1)
.SH "AUTHOR"
The GStreamer team at http://gstreamer.net/