NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       gst-inspect [OPTION...] [PLUGIN|ELEMENT]

DESCRIPTION

       gst-inspect  is  a  tool  that  prints  out  information  on  available GStreamer plugins,
       information about a particular plugin, or information about a  particular  element.   When
       executed  with no PLUGIN or ELEMENT argument, gst-inspect will print a list of all plugins
       and elements together with a summary.  When executed with a PLUGIN  or  ELEMENT  argument,
       gst-inspect will print information about that plug-in or element.

OPTIONS

       gst-inspect accepts the following arguments and options:

       PLUGIN  Name of a plugin

       ELEMENT Name of an element

       --help  Print help synopsis and available FLAGS

       --gst-info-mask=FLAGS
               GStreamer info flags to set (list with --help)

       -a, --print-all
               Print all plugins and elements

       --print-plugin-auto-install-info
               Print  a  machine-parsable list of features the specified plugin provides.  Useful
               in connection with external automatic plugin installation mechanisms.

       --gst-debug-mask=FLAGS
               GStreamer debugging flags to set (list with --help)

       --gst-mask=FLAGS
               GStreamer info and debugging flags to set (list with --help)

       --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

SEE ALSO

       gst-feedback(1), gst-launch(1), gst-typefind(1)

AUTHOR

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

                                          December 2005                              GStreamer(1)