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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.

       -o FILE, --output=FILE
	       Save  XML  representation  of pipeline to FILE and exit (DEPRE‐
	       CATED, DO NOT USE)

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

       --no-sigusr-handler
	       Do not install signal handlers for SIGUSR1 (play)  and  SIGUSR2
	       (stop)

       -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 0-5
	       where 0 will show no messages, and 5 will  show	all  messages.
	       The wildcard * can be used to match category names.

	       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 0-5,  with
	       the default being 0.

       --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-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

       MIMETYPE [, PROPERTY[, PROPERTY ...]]] [; CAPS[; CAPS ...]]

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

       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
       - 4 or fourcc for FOURCC values
       - 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 CONTROL
       A pipeline can be controlled by signals. SIGUSR2 will stop the pipeline
       (GST_STATE_NULL); SIGUSR1 will put it back to play (GST_STATE_PLAYING).
       By default, the pipeline will start in the playing state.
       There are currently no signals defined to go into the  ready  or	 pause
       (GST_STATE_READY and GST_STATE_PAUSED) state explicitly.

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  ffmpegcolorspace  (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-0.10
       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  !  ffmpegcolorspace  !  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	!  ffmpegcolorspace  !
       videoscale ! autovideosink   filesrc location=movie.avi ! decodebin2  !
       ffmpegcolorspace	 !  overlay.video_sink	  filesrc location=movie.srt !
       subparse ! overlay.text_sink

       Play an AVI movie with an external text subtitle stream using playbin2

	       gst-launch    playbin2	 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-yuv,width=128,height=96,for‐
       mat='(fourcc)'UYVY ! ffmpegcolorspace !	ffenc_h263  !  video/x-h263  !
       rtph263ppay pt=96 ! udpsink host=192.168.1.1 port=5000 sync=false
       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. !
       ffmpegcolorspace ! 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-yuv,for‐
       mat=(fourcc)YUY2;video/x-raw-yuv,format=(fourcc)YV12' ! xvimagesink
       Show a test image and use the YUY2 or YV12 video format for this.

	       gst-launch	    osssrc	     !		 'audio/x-raw-
       int,rate=[32000,64000],width=[16,32],depth={16,24,32},signed=(bool‐
       ean)true' ! 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

       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.

       GST_REGISTRY
	      Path    of    the	   plugin    registry	 file.	  Default   is
	      ~/.gstreamer-0.10/registry-CPU.xml where CPU is the  machine/cpu
	      type  GStreamer was compiled for, e.g. 'i486', 'i686', 'x86-64',
	      'ppc', etc. (check the output of "uname -i" and "uname  -m"  for
	      details).

       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

       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
       ~/.gstreamer-0.10/registry-*.xml
	       The xml plugin database; can be deleted at any  time,  will  be
	       re-created  automatically when it does not exist yet or plugins
	       change.

SEE ALSO
       gst-feedback(1), gst-inspect(1), gst-typefind(1)

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

				   May 2007			  GStreamer(1)
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