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Gstreamer command-line cheat sheet

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GStreamer command-line cheat sheet

This series of docs provides a cheat sheet for GStreamer on the command-line.

A few Python examples are also included for when you need GStreamer to be dynamic (i.e. react to user or some other action).

Contents

Sources and references

Other cheat-sheets

Interacting with the GStreamer pipeline

If you want to interact with GStreamer after it's started (e.g. respond to an event, or dynamically change a pipeline), the command-line GStreamer doesn't really cut it. Instead, here are some options:

Python with GStreamer

Python is an easy language, so it's no surprise that it's good way to develop using GStreamer.

Some example scripts can be found in the python_examples/ directory.

Other good GStreamer Python resources that I've found:

C/C++ with GStreamer

My favourite reference is Valadoc

Problems or suggestions with this guide?

If you spot anything incorrect or incomplete, reports are welcome, either using issues or pull requests

My GStreamer project

Creating this guide gave me enough GStreamer understanding to make Brave, a live video editor for the cloud.