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/usr/bin/gst-launch-1.0

GStreamer streaming media framework

From gstreamer-1.28 1.28.9-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-07 by running gst-launch-1.0 --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage:
  gst-launch-1.0 [OPTION…] PIPELINE-DESCRIPTION

Help Options:
  -h, --help                       Show help options
  --help-all                       Show all help options
  --help-gst                       Show GStreamer Options

Application Options:
  -t, --tags                       Output tags (also known as metadata)
  -c, --toc                        Output TOC (chapters and editions)
  -v, --verbose                    Output status information and property notifications
  -q, --quiet                      Do not print any progress information
  -m, --messages                   Output messages
  -X, --exclude=PROPERTY-NAME      Do not output status information for the specified property if verbose output is enabled (can be used multiple times)
  -p, --prog-name=PROGRAM-NAME     Set the name of the program
  -f, --no-fault                   Do not install a fault handler
  -e, --eos-on-shutdown            Force EOS on sources before shutting the pipeline down
  --version                        Print version information and exit
  --no-position                    Do not print current position of pipeline. If this option is unspecified, the position will be printed when stdout is a TTY. To enable printing position when stdout is not a TTY, use "force-position" option
  --force-position                 Allow printing current position of pipeline even if stdout is not a TTY. This option has no effect if the "no-position" option is specified
Options (25)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpPrint help synopsis and available FLAGShelp + man
--help-allShow all help optionshelp
--help-gstShow GStreamer Optionshelp
-t, --tagsOutput tags (also known as metadata)help + man
-c, --tocOutput TOC (chapters and editions)help
-v, --verboseOutput status information and property notificationshelp + man
-q, --quietDo not print any progress informationhelp + man
-m, --messagesOutput messages posted on the pipeline's bushelp + man
-X, --exclude PROPERTY-NAMEDo not output status information for the specified property if verbose output is enabled (can be used multiple times)help
-p, --prog-name PROGRAM-NAMESet the name of the programhelp
-f, --no-faultDo not install a segfault handlerhelp + man
-e, --eos-on-shutdownForce an EOS event on sources before shutting the pipeline down.help + man
--versionPrint version information and exithelp
--no-positionDo not print the current position of pipeline.help + man
--force-positionAllow printing the current position of pipeline even if stdout is not a TTY.help + man
--gst-versionPrints the version string of the GStreamer core library. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--gst-fatal-warningsCauses GStreamer to abort if a warning message occurs. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--gst-debug STRINGA comma separated list of category_name:level pairs to specify debugging levels for each category. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--gst-debug-level LEVELSets the threshold for printing debugging messages. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--gst-debug-no-colorGStreamer normally prints debugging messages so that the messages are color-coded when printed to a terminal that handles ANSI escape sequences. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--gst-debug-color-modeGStreamer normally prints debugging messages so that the messages are color-coded when printed to a terminal that handles ANSI escape sequences (on nix), or uses W32 console API to color the messages… (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--gst-debug-disableDisables debugging. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--gst-debug-helpPrints a list of available debug categories and their default debugging level. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--gst-plugin-path PATHAdd directories separated with ':' to the plugin search path (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--gst-plugin-load PLUGINSPreload plugins specified in a comma-separated list. (in the manual page but not in --help)man

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