gst-inspect(1)							   User Commands						    gst-inspect(1)

NAME

       gst-inspect - print information about a GStreamer element or plugin

SYNOPSIS

       gst-inspect [-a] [--print-all] [--print-plugin-auto-install-info] [--version] [gst-std-options] [element | plugin]

DESCRIPTION

       gst-inspect  prints information about available GStreamer plugins, information about a particular plugin, or information about a particular
       element.

       If no element or plugin argument is specified, gst-inspect prints a list of all plugins and elements. If an element or plugin  argument	is
       specified,  gst-inspect	prints	information  about that element or plug-in. If a given argument is valid as either an element or a plugin,
       gst-inspect treats the argument as an element, by default.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported by gst-inspect:

       -a, --print-all

	   Print all elements.

       --print-plugin-auto-install-info

	   Prints a machine-parsable list of features the specified plugin provides.

       --version

	   Print GStreamer version number.

       gst-std-options

	   Standard options available for use with most GStreamer applications.  See gst-std-options(5) for more information.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       element	       Name of an element.

       plugin	       Name of a plugin.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Displaying Information About a Plugin:

       example% gst-inspect alaw
       Plugin Details:
	Name:		      alaw
	Description:	      ALaw audio conversion routines
	Filename:	      /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstalaw.so
	Version:	      0.10.3
	License:	      LGPL
	Source module:	      gst-plugins-good
	Binary package:       GStreamer Good Plug-ins source release
	Origin URL:	      Unknown package origin

	alawdec: A Law audio decoder
	alawenc: A Law audio encoder

	2 features:
	+-- 2 elements

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gst-inspect    Print information about a GStreamer element or plugin

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-media		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gst-feedback(1),  gst-launch(1),  gst-typefind(1),  gst-xmlinspect(1),  gst-xmllaunch(1),  gstreamer-properties(1),   libgstreamer-0.10(3),
       attributes(5), gst-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Original man page written by the GStreamer team at http://www.gstreamer.net/.

       Updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004, 2006.

SunOS 5.11							    14 Oct 2004 						    gst-inspect(1)