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gst-inspect-1.0 — Print information on GStreamer plugins. More information: <https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documen

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Problem

How to use the gst-inspect-1.0 command: Print information on GStreamer plugins. More information: <https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/tools/gst-inspect.html>.

Solution

gst-inspect-1.0 — Print information on GStreamer plugins. More information: <https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/tools/gst-inspect.html>.

Print information on a plugin:

gst-inspect-1.0 {{plugin}}

List hardware transcoding capabilities of your device:

gst-inspect-1.0 {{vaapi|nvcodec|...}}

List available container plugins:

gst-inspect-1.0 {{matroska|avi|ogg|isomp4|...}}

List available audio codecs:

gst-inspect-1.0 {{opus|vorbis|flac|...}}

List GStreamer core elements:

gst-inspect-1.0 coreelements

List plugins that utilize graphics APIs:

gst-inspect-1.0 {{vulkan|opengl|...}}

List available image codecs:

gst-inspect-1.0 {{png|jpeg|...}}

List all available plugins:

gst-inspect-1.0

Code Snippets

Print information on a plugin

gst-inspect-1.0 {{plugin}}

List hardware transcoding capabilities of your device

gst-inspect-1.0 {{vaapi|nvcodec|...}}

List available container plugins

gst-inspect-1.0 {{matroska|avi|ogg|isomp4|...}}

List available audio codecs

gst-inspect-1.0 {{opus|vorbis|flac|...}}

List GStreamer core elements

gst-inspect-1.0 coreelements

Context

tldr-pages: common/gst-inspect-1.0

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