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# [NAME](#NAME)

gst-device-monitor-1.0 - Simple command line testing tool for GStreamer device monitors

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**gst-device-monitor-1.0** *\[DEVICE\_CLASSES\[:FILTER\_CAPS]] \[DEVICE\_CLASSES\[:FILTER\_CAPS]]*

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

*gst-device-monitor-1.0* is a command line tool that can be used to test GStreamer's device monitoring functionality. By default it will just print a list of all devices found and exit, but you can also make it wait around for more devices by passing the --follow option. You can also pass it one or more filter arguments to filter the kind of devices you are interested in.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

*gst-device-monitor-1.0* accepts the following options:

[**--help**](#help)

Print help synopsis and available command line options

[**--version**](#version)

Print version and exit

[**-f, --follow**](#f,)

Don't exit after showing the initial device list, but wait for devices to be added or removed

[**-i, --include-hidden**](#i,)

Include devices from hidden device providers.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

**gst-device-monitor-1.0**

[**gst-device-monitor-1.0 --follow**](#gst)

[**gst-device-monitor-1.0 Audio/Source**](#gst~2)

[**gst-device-monitor-1.0 Video/Source:video/x-raw**](#gst~3)

[**gst-device-monitor-1.0 -i Audio/Sink**](#gst-device-monitor-1.0)

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**gst-inspect-1.0**(1)](/man/os/gst-plugins-base-1.28/gst-inspect-1.0.1), [**gst-launch-1.0**(1)](/man/os/gst-plugins-base-1.28/gst-launch-1.0.1), [**gst-discoverer-1.0**(1)](/man/os/gst-plugins-base-1.28/gst-discoverer-1.0.1), [**gst-play-1.0**(1)](/man/os/gst-plugins-base-1.28/gst-play-1.0.1),

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

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

June 2014

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Document: gst-device-monitor-1.0(1) from gst-plugins-base-1.28 1.28.8-r0 (Chainguard OS)