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Gstreamer command-line cheat sheet

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basics.md	Better video conversion example	2018-02-25 17:16:54 +00:00
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mixing.md	Tidy up	2018-02-25 17:17:11 +00:00
network_transfer.md	Updates to memory transfer, RTMP, and images	2018-03-05 20:22:50 +00:00
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rtmp.md	Updates to memory transfer, RTMP, and images	2018-03-05 20:22:50 +00:00
test_streams.md	Improve RTMP examples, amongst other things	2018-02-21 22:46:55 +00:00
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README.md

GStreamer command-line cheat sheet

This series of docs provides a cheat sheet for GStreamer on the command-line.

Test streams
Basics
RTMP
Mixing video
Images
Capturing images
Sending/receiving video from shared memory
Network transfer (including how to send so that VLC can preview)

Sources and references

Other cheat-sheets

Interaction

If you want to interact with GStreamer after it's started (e.g. respond to an event, or dynamically change a pipeline), the command-line GStreamer doesn't really cut it. Instead you have two options:

GStreamer Daemon (gstd) - allows setting and updating via a TCP connection
Develop using the GStreamer library, in either C, Python, or C#/.NET

Python with GStreamer

Good GStreamer Python resources include:

Problems or suggestions with this guide?

If you spot anything incorrect or incomplete, reports are welcome, either using issues or pull requests