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Wim Taymans 5e8b9eb005 Lots of updates.
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Lots of updates.
Added a chapter about the autoplugcache.
Updated the autoplug example using the autoplugcache.
Moved some stuff around.
Added an example app for gst_parse_launch.
Updated the debug info.
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<chapter id="cha-debugging">
<title>Debugging</title>
<para>
GStreamer has an extensive set of debugging tools for
plugin developers.
</para>
<sect1>
<title>Command line options</title>
<para>
Applications using the GStreamer libraries accept the following set
of command line argruments to enable the debugging system.
</para>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<option>--gst-debug-mask=<replaceable>mask</replaceable></option>
Sets the mask for the debugging output.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<option>--gst-info-mask=<replaceable>mask</replaceable></option>
Sets the mask for the info output.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<option>--gst-mask=<replaceable>mask</replaceable></option>
Sets the mask for the info *and* the debug output.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<option>--gst-plugin-spew</option>
Enable printout of errors while loading GST plugins.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<option>--gst-plugin-path=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option>
Add a directory to the plugin search path.
</para>
<listitem>
<para>
<option>--help</option> Print the a short desciption of the
options and an overview of the current debugging/info masks
set.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
<para>
The follwing table gives an overview of the mask values and
their meaning. (enabled) means that the corresponding flag
has been set.
</para>
<programlisting>
Mask (to be OR'ed) info/debug FLAGS
--------------------------------------------------------
0x00000001 (enabled)/ GST_INIT
0x00000002 / COTHREADS
0x00000004 / COTHREAD_SWITCH
0x00000008 / AUTOPLUG
0x00000010 / AUTOPLUG_ATTEMPT
0x00000020 / PARENTAGE
0x00000040 / STATES
0x00000080 / PLANING
0x00000100 / SCHEDULING
0x00000200 / OPERATION
0x00000400 / BUFFER
0x00000800 / CAPS
0x00001000 / CLOCK
0x00002000 / ELEMENT_PADS
0x00004000 / ELEMENTFACTORY
0x00008000 / PADS
0x00010000 / PIPELINE
0x00020000 / PLUGIN_LOADING
0x00040000 / PLUGIN_ERRORS
0x00080000 / PLUGIN_INFO
0x00100000 / PROPERTIES
0x00200000 / THREAD
0x00400000 / TYPES
0x00800000 / XML
0x01000000 / NEGOTIATION
0x02000000 / REFCOUNTING
</programlisting>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Adding a custom debug handler</title>
<para>
</para>
</sect1>
</chapter>