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/usr/bin/gst-inspect-1.0

GStreamer streaming media framework

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

Usage:
  gst-inspect-1.0 [OPTION…] [ELEMENT-NAME | PLUGIN-NAME]

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

Application Options:
  -a, --print-all                      Print all elements
  -b, --print-blacklist                Print list of blacklisted files
  --print-plugin-auto-install-info     Print a machine-parsable list of features the specified plugin or all plugins provide.
                                       Useful in connection with external automatic plugin installation mechanisms
  --plugin                             List the plugin contents
  -t, --types                          A slashes ('/') separated list of types of elements (also known as klass) to list. (unordered)
  --exists                             Check if the specified element or plugin exists
  --atleast-version                    When checking if an element or plugin exists, also check that its version is at least the version specified
  -u, --uri-handlers                   Print supported URI schemes, with the elements that implement them
  --no-colors                          Disable colors in output. You can also achieve the same by setting 'GST_INSPECT_NO_COLORS' environment variable to any value.
  --sort=<sort-key>                    Sort plugins and features. Sorting keys: name (default), none.
  -C, --color                          Color output, even when not sending to a tty.
  --version                            Print version information and exit
Options (19)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpPrint help synopsis and available FLAGShelp + man
--help-allShow all help optionshelp
--help-gstShow GStreamer Optionshelp
-a, --print-allPrint all plugins and elementshelp + man
-b, --print-blacklistPrint list of blacklisted fileshelp + man
--print-plugin-auto-install-infoPrint a machine-parsable list of features the specified plugin or all plugins provide.help + man
--pluginList the plugin contentshelp + man
-t, --types Element/TypesAllow inspecting only elements that match all the element types filtered in this slash (´/´) separated list of element types.help + man
--existsCheck if the specified element or plugin existshelp + man
--atleast-versionWhen checking if an element or plugin exists, also check that its version is at least the version specifiedhelp + man
-u, --uri-handlersPrint supported URI schemes, with the elements that implement themhelp + man
--no-colorsDisable colors in output.help + man
--sort sort-keySort plugins and features.help
-C, --colorColor output, even when not connected to a tty.help + man
--versionPrint version information and exithelp
--gst-info-mask FLAGSGStreamer info flags to set (list with --help) (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--gst-debug-mask FLAGSGStreamer debugging flags to set (list with --help) (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--gst-mask FLAGSGStreamer info and debugging flags to set (list with --help) (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

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