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GStreamer(1)							  GStreamer(1)

NAME
       gst-launch - build and run a GStreamer pipeline

SYNOPSIS
       gst-launch [OPTION...] PIPELINE-DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION
       gst-launch is a tool that builds and runs basic GStreamer pipelines.

       In  simple form, a PIPELINE-DESCRIPTION is a list of elements separated
       by exclamation marks (!). Properties may be appended  to	 elements,  in
       the form property=value.

       For  a  complete	 description of possible PIPELINE-DESCRIPTIONS see the
       section pipeline description below or consult the GStreamer  documenta‐
       tion.

       Please  note that gst-launch is primarily a debugging tool for develop‐
       ers and users. You should not build applications	 on  top  of  it.  For
       applications,  use the gst_parse_launch() function of the GStreamer API
       as an easy way to construct pipelines from pipeline descriptions.

OPTIONS
       gst-launch accepts the following options:

       --help  Print help synopsis and available FLAGS

       -v, --verbose
	       Output status information and property notifications

       -q, --quiet
	       Do not print any progress information

       -m, --messages
	       Output messages posted on the pipeline's bus

       -t, --tags
	       Output tags (also known as metadata)

       -e, --eos-on-shutdown
	       Force an EOS event on  sources  before  shutting	 the  pipeline
	       down.  This is useful to make sure muxers create readable files
	       when a muxing pipeline is shut down forcefully via Control-C.

       -i, --index
	       Gather and print index statistics. This is  mostly  useful  for
	       playback or recording pipelines.

       -f, --no-fault
	       Do not install a fault handler

       -T, --trace
	       Print  memory allocation traces. The feature must be enabled at
	       compile time to work.

       GSTREAMER OPTIONS
	      gst-launch also accepts the following options that are common to
	      all GStreamer applications:

       --gst-version
	       Prints the version string of the GStreamer core library.

       --gst-fatal-warnings
	       Causes  GStreamer to abort if a warning message occurs. This is
	       equivalent to  setting  the  environment	 variable  G_DEBUG  to
	       'fatal_warnings'	 (see  the section environment variables below
	       for further information).

       --gst-debug=STRING
	       A comma separated list of category_name:level pairs to  specify
	       debugging  levels  for each category. Level is in the range 0-9
	       where 0 will show no messages, and 9 will  show	all  messages.
	       The  wildcard * can be used to match category names.  Note that
	       the order of categories and levels is important,	 wildcards  at
	       the  end	 may  override levels set earlier. The log levels are:
	       1=ERROR, 2=WARNING, 3=FIXME, 4=INFO, 5=DEBUG,  6=LOG,  7=TRACE,
	       9=MEMDUMP. Since GStreamer 1.2 one can also use the debug level
	       names, e.g. --gst-debug=*sink:LOG. A full  description  of  the
	       various debug levels can be found in the GStreamer core library
	       API documentation, in the "Running GStreamer Applications" sec‐
	       tion.

	       Use --gst-debug-help to show category names

	       Example: GST_CAT:5,GST_ELEMENT_*:3,oggdemux:5

       --gst-debug-level=LEVEL
	       Sets  the  threshold for printing debugging messages.  A higher
	       level will print more messages.	The useful range is 0-9,  with
	       the default being 0. Level 6 (LOG level) will show all informa‐
	       tion that is usually required for  debugging  purposes.	Higher
	       levels  are  only  useful in very specific cases. See above for
	       the full list of levels.

       --gst-debug-no-color
	       GStreamer normally prints debugging messages so that  the  mes‐
	       sages  are  color-coded when printed to a terminal that handles
	       ANSI escape sequences.  Using this option causes	 GStreamer  to
	       print  messages	without	 color. Setting the GST_DEBUG_NO_COLOR
	       environment variable will achieve the same thing.

       --gst-debug-color-mode
	       GStreamer normally prints debugging messages so that  the  mes‐
	       sages  are  color-coded when printed to a terminal that handles
	       ANSI escape sequences (on *nix), or uses	 W32  console  API  to
	       color  the messages printed into a console (on W32). Using this
	       option causes GStreamer to print messages without color	('off'
	       or  'disable'),	print  messages	 with  default colors ('on' or
	       'auto'), or print messages using ANSI escape sequences for col‐
	       oring  ('unix').	 Setting  the GST_DEBUG_COLOR_MODE environment
	       variable will achieve the same thing.

       --gst-debug-disable
	       Disables debugging.

       --gst-debug-help
	       Prints a list of available debug categories and	their  default
	       debugging level.

       --gst-plugin-spew
	       GStreamer  info	flags  to  set Enable printout of errors while
	       loading GStreamer plugins

       --gst-plugin-path=PATH
	       Add directories separated with ':' to the plugin search path

       --gst-plugin-load=PLUGINS
	       Preload plugins specified in a  comma-separated	list.  Another
	       way  to	specify	 plugins  to preload is to use the environment
	       variable GST_PLUGIN_PATH

PIPELINE DESCRIPTION
       A pipeline consists elements and links. Elements can be put  into  bins
       of  different  sorts.  Elements,	 links	and bins can be specified in a
       pipeline description in any order.

       Elements

       ELEMENTTYPE [PROPERTY1 ...]

       Creates an element of type ELEMENTTYPE and sets the PROPERTIES.

       Properties

       PROPERTY=VALUE ...

       Sets the property to the specified value. You can use gst-inspect(1) to
       find out about properties and allowed values of different elements.
       Enumeration properties can be set by name, nick or value.

       Bins

       [BINTYPE.] ( [PROPERTY1 ...] PIPELINE-DESCRIPTION )

       Specifies  that	a bin of type BINTYPE is created and the given proper‐
       ties are set. Every element between the braces is  put  into  the  bin.
       Please  note  the  dot  that has to be used after the BINTYPE. You will
       almost never need this functionality, it	 is  only  really  useful  for
       applications  using  the	 gst_launch_parse() API with 'bin' as bintype.
       That way it is possible to build partial pipelines instead of  a	 full-
       fledged top-level pipeline.

       Links

       [[SRCELEMENT].[PAD1,...]]   !   [[SINKELEMENT].[PAD1,...]]    [[SRCELE‐
       MENT].[PAD1,...]] ! CAPS ! [[SINKELEMENT].[PAD1,...]]

       Links the element  with	name  SRCELEMENT  to  the  element  with  name
       SINKELEMENT,  using  the caps specified in CAPS as a filter.  Names can
       be set on elements with the name property. If the name is omitted,  the
       element	that  was  specified directly in front of or after the link is
       used. This works across bins. If a padname is given, the link  is  done
       with  these pads. If no pad names are given all possibilities are tried
       and a matching pad is used.  If multiple padnames are given, both sides
       must have the same number of pads specified and multiple links are done
       in the given order.
       So the simplest link is a simple exclamation mark, that links the  ele‐
       ment to the left of it to the element right of it.

       Caps

       MEDIATYPE [, PROPERTY[, PROPERTY ...]]] [; CAPS[; CAPS ...]]

       Creates	a  capability  with  the  given media type and optionally with
       given properties. The media type can be escaped using " or '.   If  you
       want  to	 chain	caps,  you can add more caps in the same format after‐
       wards.

       Properties

       NAME=[(TYPE)]VALUE
       in lists and ranges: [(TYPE)]VALUE

       Sets the requested property in capabilities. The name  is  an  alphanu‐
       meric  value  and the type can have the following case-insensitive val‐
       ues:
       - i or int for integer values or ranges
       - f or float for float values or ranges
       - b, bool or boolean for boolean values
       - s, str or string for strings
       - fraction for fractions (framerate, pixel-aspect-ratio)
       - l or list for lists
       If no type was given, the following order  is  tried:  integer,	float,
       boolean, string.
       Integer values must be parsable by strtol(), floats by strtod(). FOURCC
       values may either be integers or	 strings.  Boolean  values  are	 (case
       insensitive)  yes,  no,	true  or false and may like strings be escaped
       with " or '.
       Ranges are in this format:  [ VALUE, VALUE ]
       Lists use this format:	   { VALUE [, VALUE ...] }

PIPELINE EXAMPLES
       The examples below assume that you have the correct plug-ins available.
       In  general,  "osssink"	can  be	 substituted with another audio output
       plug-in such as "esdsink", "alsasink", "osxaudiosink", or  "artsdsink".
       Likewise,   "xvimagesink"   can	 be   substituted  with	 "ximagesink",
       "sdlvideosink", "osxvideosink", or "aasink". Keep in mind  though  that
       different  sinks	 might accept different formats and even the same sink
       might accept different formats on different machines, so you might need
       to  add	converter  elements  like  audioconvert and audioresample (for
       audio) or videoconvert (for video) in front of the sink to make	things
       work.

       Audio playback

	       gst-launch  filesrc  location=music.mp3	! mad ! audioconvert !
       audioresample ! osssink
       Play the mp3 music file "music.mp3" using a  libmad-based  plug-in  and
       output to an OSS device

	       gst-launch  filesrc location=music.ogg ! oggdemux ! vorbisdec !
       audioconvert ! audioresample ! osssink
       Play an Ogg Vorbis format file

	       gst-launch gnomevfssrc location=music.mp3 ! mad ! osssink
	       gst-launch gnomevfssrc  location=http://domain.com/music.mp3  !
       mad ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! osssink
       Play an mp3 file or an http stream using GNOME-VFS

	       gst-launch  gnomevfssrc location=smb://computer/music.mp3 ! mad
       ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! osssink
       Use GNOME-VFS to play an mp3 file located on an SMB server

       Format conversion

	       gst-launch filesrc location=music.mp3 ! mad  !  audioconvert  !
       vorbisenc ! oggmux ! filesink location=music.ogg
       Convert an mp3 music file to an Ogg Vorbis file

	       gst-launch  filesrc  location=music.mp3	! mad ! audioconvert !
       flacenc ! filesink location=test.flac
       Convert to the FLAC format

       Other

	       gst-launch filesrc location=music.wav ! wavparse ! audioconvert
       ! audioresample ! osssink
       Plays a .WAV file that contains raw audio data (PCM).

	       gst-launch filesrc location=music.wav ! wavparse ! audioconvert
       ! vorbisenc ! oggmux ! filesink location=music.ogg
	       gst-launch filesrc location=music.wav ! wavparse ! audioconvert
       ! lame ! filesink location=music.mp3
       Convert a .WAV file containing raw audio data into an Ogg Vorbis or mp3
       file

	       gst-launch cdparanoiasrc mode=continuous ! audioconvert !  lame
       ! id3v2mux ! filesink location=cd.mp3
       rips  all  tracks  from compact disc and convert them into a single mp3
       file

	       gst-launch  cdparanoiasrc  track=5  !  audioconvert  !  lame  !
       id3v2mux ! filesink location=track5.mp3
       rips track 5 from the CD and converts it into a single mp3 file

       Using  gst-inspect(1),  it  is  possible	 to discover settings like the
       above for cdparanoiasrc that will tell it to rip the entire cd or  only
       tracks  of  it.	 Alternatively,	 you can use an URI and gst-launch-1.0
       will find an element (such as cdparanoia) that supports	that  protocol
       for you, e.g.:
	      gst-launch  cdda://5  !  lame  vbr=new  vbr-quality=6 ! filesink
       location=track5.mp3

	       gst-launch  osssrc  !  audioconvert  !  vorbisenc  !  oggmux  !
       filesink location=input.ogg
       records sound from your audio input and encodes it into an ogg file

       Video

	       gst-launch  filesrc location=JB_FF9_TheGravityOfLove.mpg ! dvd‐
       demux ! mpeg2dec ! xvimagesink
       Display only the video portion of an MPEG-1 video file,	outputting  to
       an X display window

	       gst-launch filesrc location=/flflfj.vob ! dvddemux ! mpeg2dec !
       sdlvideosink
       Display the video portion of a .vob file (used on DVDs), outputting  to
       an SDL window

	       gst-launch  filesrc  location=movie.mpg ! dvddemux name=demuxer
       demuxer. ! queue ! mpeg2dec ! sdlvideosink  demuxer. ! queue  !	mad  !
       audioconvert ! audioresample ! osssink
       Play both video and audio portions of an MPEG movie

	       gst-launch  filesrc location=movie.mpg ! mpegdemux name=demuxer
       demuxer. ! queue ! mpeg2dec ! videoconvert ! sdlvideosink   demuxer.  !
       queue ! mad ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! osssink
       Play an AVI movie with an external text subtitle stream

       This  example  also  shows  how to refer to specific pads by name if an
       element (here: textoverlay) has multiple sink or source pads.

	       gst-launch textoverlay name=overlay ! videoconvert ! videoscale
       !   autovideosink   filesrc location=movie.avi ! decodebin2 ! videocon‐
       vert ! overlay.video_sink   filesrc  location=movie.srt	!  subparse  !
       overlay.text_sink

       Play an AVI movie with an external text subtitle stream using playbin

	       gst-launch     playbin	 uri=file:///path/to/movie.avi	  sub‐
       uri=file:///path/to/movie.srt

       Network streaming

       Stream video using RTP and network elements.

	       gst-launch   v4l2src   !	  video/x-raw,width=128,height=96,for‐
       mat=UYVY ! videoconvert ! ffenc_h263 ! video/x-h263 ! rtph263ppay pt=96
       ! udpsink host=192.168.1.1 port=5000
       This command would be run on the transmitter

	       gst-launch  udpsrc  port=5000   !   application/x-rtp,	clock-
       rate=90000,payload=96  !	 rtph263pdepay	queue-delay=0  !  ffdec_h263 !
       xvimagesink
       Use this command on the receiver

       Diagnostic

	       gst-launch -v fakesrc num-buffers=16 ! fakesink
       Generate a null stream and ignore it (and print out details).

	       gst-launch  audiotestsrc	 !  audioconvert  !  audioresample   !
       osssink
       Generate a pure sine tone to test the audio output

	       gst-launch videotestsrc ! xvimagesink
	       gst-launch videotestsrc ! ximagesink
       Generate a familiar test pattern to test the video output

       Automatic linking

       You  can	 use  the  decodebin element to automatically select the right
       elements to get a working pipeline.

	       gst-launch filesrc location=musicfile ! decodebin  !  audiocon‐
       vert ! audioresample ! osssink
       Play any supported audio format

	       gst-launch  filesrc location=videofile ! decodebin name=decoder
       decoder. ! queue ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! osssink   decoder.  !
       videoconvert ! xvimagesink
       Play  any  supported  video format with video and audio output. Threads
       are used automatically. To make this even easier, you can use the play‐
       bin element:

	       gst-launch playbin uri=file:///home/joe/foo.avi

       Filtered connections

       These examples show you how to use filtered caps.

	       gst-launch   videotestsrc  !  'video/x-raw,format=YUY2;video/x-
       raw,format=YV12' ! xvimagesink
       Show a test image and use the YUY2 or YV12 video format for this.

	       gst-launch   osssrc   !	  'audio/x-raw,rate=[32000,64000],for‐
       mat={S16LE,S24LE,S32LE}' ! wavenc ! filesink location=recording.wav
       record  audio  and write it to a .wav file. Force usage of signed 16 to
       32 bit samples and a sample rate between 32kHz and 64KHz.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       GST_DEBUG
	      Comma-separated  list  of	 debug	categories  and	 levels	 (e.g.
	      GST_DEBUG=totem:4,typefind:5).  '*'  is allowed as a wildcard as
	      part of debug category names (e.g. GST_DEBUG=*sink:6,*audio*:6).
	      Since 1.2.0 it is also possible to specify the log level by name
	      (1=ERROR, 2=WARN,	 3=FIXME,  4=INFO,  5=DEBUG,  6=LOG,  7=TRACE,
	      9=MEMDUMP) (e.g. GST_DEBUG=*audio*:LOG)

       GST_DEBUG_NO_COLOR
	      When  this environment variable is set, coloured debug output is
	      disabled.

       GST_DEBUG_DUMP_DOT_DIR
	      When set to a filesystem path, store  'dot'  files  of  pipeline
	      graphs  there.   These can then later be converted into an image
	      using the 'dot' utility from the graphviz	 set  of  tools,  like
	      this: dot foo.dot -Tsvg -o foo.svg (png or jpg are also possible
	      as output format)

       GST_REGISTRY
	      Path   of	   the	  plugin    registry	file.	 Default    is
	      ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0/registry-CPU.bin	where	CPU   is   the
	      machine/cpu  type	 GStreamer  was	 compiled  for,	 e.g.  'i486',
	      'i686', 'x86-64',

       GST_REGISTRY_UPDATE
	      Set  to  "no"  to force GStreamer to assume that no plugins have
	      changed, been added or been removed. This	 will  make  GStreamer
	      skip  the	 initial check whether a rebuild of the registry cache
	      is required or not. This may be useful in embedded  environments
	      where the installed plugins never change. Do not use this option
	      in any other setup.

       GST_PLUGIN_PATH
	      Specifies a list of directories to scan for additional  plugins.
	      These take precedence over the system plugins.

       GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH
	      Specifies	 a  list of plugins that are always loaded by default.
	      If not set, this defaults to the system-installed path, and  the
	      plugins installed in the user's home directory

       GST_DEBUG_FILE
	      Set this variable to a file path to redirect all GStreamer debug
	      messages to this file. If left unset,  debug  messages  with  be
	      output unto the standard error.

       ORC_CODE
	      Useful  Orc  environment	variable. Set ORC_CODE=debug to enable
	      debuggers such as gdb to create useful backtraces from  Orc-gen‐
	      erated  code.   Set  ORC_CODE=backup  or ORC_CODE=emulate if you
	      suspect Orc's SIMD code generator is producing  incorrect	 code.
	      (Quite  a	 few  important	 GStreamer  plugins like videotestsrc,
	      audioconvert or audioresample use Orc).

       G_DEBUG
	      Useful GLib environment variable. Set G_DEBUG=fatal_warnings  to
	      make GStreamer programs abort when a critical warning such as an
	      assertion failure occurs. This is useful if you want to find out
	      which  part  of the code caused that warning to be triggered and
	      under what circumstances. Simply set G_DEBUG as mentioned	 above
	      and  run	the  program  in gdb (or let it core dump). Then get a
	      stack trace in the usual way.

FILES
       ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0/registry-*.bin
	       The plugin cache; can be deleted at any time, will  be  re-cre‐
	       ated  automatically  when  it  does  not	 exist	yet or plugins
	       change. Based on XDG_CACHE_DIR, so may be in a different	 loca‐
	       tion than the one suggested.

SEE ALSO
       gst-inspect-1.0(1), gst-launch-1.0(1),

AUTHOR
       The GStreamer team at http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/

				   May 2007			  GStreamer(1)
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