.TH GStreamer 1 "December 2005"
.SH "NAME"
gst\-inspect - print info about a GStreamer plugin or element
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B  gst\-inspect [OPTION...] [PLUGIN|ELEMENT]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fIgst\-inspect\fP is a tool that prints out information on
available \fIGStreamer\fP plugins, information about a particular
plugin, or information about a particular element.  When executed
with no PLUGIN or ELEMENT argument, \fIgst\-inspect\fP will print
a list of all plugins and elements together with a summary.
When executed with a PLUGIN or ELEMENT argument,
\fIgst\-inspect\fP will print information about that plug-in or
element.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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\fIgst\-inspect\fP accepts the following arguments and options:
.TP 8
.B  PLUGIN
Name of a plugin
.TP 8
.B  ELEMENT
Name of an element
.TP 8
.B  \-\-help
Print help synopsis and available FLAGS
.TP 8
.B  \-\-gst\-info\-mask=FLAGS
\fIGStreamer\fP info flags to set (list with \-\-help)
.TP 8
.B  \-a, \-\-print\-all
Print all plugins and elements
.TP 8
.B  \-\-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.
.TP 8
.B  \-\-gst\-debug\-mask=FLAGS
\fIGStreamer\fP debugging flags to set (list with \-\-help)
.TP 8
.B  \-\-gst\-mask=FLAGS
\fIGStreamer\fP info and debugging flags to set (list with \-\-help)
.TP 8
.B  \-\-gst\-plugin\-spew
\fIGStreamer\fP info flags to set
Enable printout of errors while loading \fIGStreamer\fP plugins
.TP 8
.B  \-\-gst\-plugin\-path=PATH
Add directories separated with ':' to the plugin search path
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR gst\-feedback (1),
.BR gst\-launch (1),
.BR gst\-typefind (1)
.SH "AUTHOR"
The GStreamer team at http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/