1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gstreamer/0.8/gstreamer-&gstreamer-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gstreamer/0.8/gstreamer-&gstreamer-version;.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-md5sum "6cbfa914cd577d2623bf7e16cf1f6510">
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10 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-size "1.4 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-buildsize "74 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY gstreamer-time "2.30 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="gstreamer" xreflabel="GStreamer-&gstreamer-version;">
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16 | <sect1info>
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17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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19 | </sect1info>
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20 | <?dbhtml filename="gstreamer.html"?>
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21 | <title>GStreamer-&gstreamer-version;</title>
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22 |
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23 | <sect2>
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24 | <title>Introduction to <application>GStreamer</application></title>
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25 |
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26 | <para>The <application>GStreamer</application> package contains a streaming
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27 | media framework that enables applications to share a common set of plugins for
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28 | things like video decoding and encoding, audio encoding and decoding, audio
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29 | and video filters, audio visualisation, Web streaming and anything else that
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30 | streams in real-time or otherwise. It is modelled after research software
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31 | worked on at the Oregon Graduate Institute.</para>
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32 |
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33 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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34 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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35 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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36 | url="&gstreamer-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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37 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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38 | url="&gstreamer-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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39 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &gstreamer-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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40 | <listitem><para>Download size: &gstreamer-size;</para></listitem>
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41 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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42 | &gstreamer-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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43 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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44 | &gstreamer-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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45 | </sect3>
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46 |
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47 | <sect3><title><application>GStreamer</application> dependencies</title>
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48 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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49 | <para><xref linkend="glib2"/>,
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50 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
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51 | <xref linkend="popt"/></para>
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52 | </sect4>
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53 |
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54 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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55 | <para><xref linkend="libgnomeui"/>,
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56 | <xref linkend="python"/> and
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57 | <ulink url="http://valgrind.kde.org/">Valgrind</ulink></para>
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58 | </sect4>
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59 |
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60 | <sect4><title>Optional (to build documentation)</title>
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61 | <para><xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
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62 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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63 | <xref linkend="pst-typesetting-tex"/>,
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64 | <xref linkend="gs"/> or
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65 | <xref linkend="espgs"/>,
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66 | <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>,
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67 | <ulink url="http://www.xfig.org/">Transfig</ulink> and
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68 | <ulink url="http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/">Netpbm</ulink></para>
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69 | </sect4>
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70 | </sect3>
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71 |
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72 | </sect2>
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73 |
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74 | <sect2>
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75 | <title>Installation of <application>GStreamer</application></title>
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76 |
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77 | <para>Install <application>GStreamer</application> by running the following
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78 | commands:</para>
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79 |
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80 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
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81 | --localstatedir=/var --disable-docs-build &&
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82 | make &&
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83 | make install &&
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84 | chown -R root:root /usr/share/doc/gstreamer-&gstreamer-version; &&
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85 | gst-register</command></userinput></screen>
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86 |
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87 | </sect2>
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88 |
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89 | <sect2>
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90 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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91 |
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92 | <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var</parameter>: This switch puts
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93 | <command>gst-register</command>'s cache in
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94 | <filename class="directory">/var/cache/gstreamer-0.8</filename>
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95 | instead of
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96 | <filename class="directory">/usr/cache/gstreamer-0.8</filename>.</para>
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97 |
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98 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter>: This switch puts configuration
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99 | files in <filename class="directory">/etc</filename>
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100 | instead of <filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</para>
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101 |
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102 | <para><option>--disable-docs-build</option>: This switch prevents
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103 | the rebuilding of documentation during the <command>make</command>
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104 | command.</para>
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105 |
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106 | <para><command>chown -R root:root ...</command>: The documentation is
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107 | installed with ownerships of the user who untarred and built the package.
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108 | This command changes the ownerships of the installed documentation files to
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109 | root:root.</para>
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110 |
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111 | </sect2>
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112 |
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113 | <sect2>
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114 | <title>Contents</title>
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115 |
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116 | <para>The <application>GStreamer</application> package contains
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117 | <command>gst-complete</command>,
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118 | <command>gst-compprep</command>,
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119 | <command>gst-feedback</command>,
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120 | <command>gst-inspect</command>,
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121 | <command>gst-launch</command>,
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122 | <command>gst-md5sum</command>,
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123 | <command>gst-register</command>,
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124 | <command>gst-typefind</command>,
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125 | <command>gst-xmlinspect</command>,
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126 | <command>gst-xmllaunch</command>,
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127 | the <filename class="libraryfile">libgstreamer</filename>,
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128 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libgstcontrol</filename> and
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129 | <filename class="libraryfile">libgst</filename> libraries.</para>
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130 |
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131 | </sect2>
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132 |
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133 | <sect2>
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134 | <title>Description</title>
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135 |
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136 | <sect3><title>gst-complete</title>
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137 | <para><command>gst-complete</command> is a utility enabling
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138 | <command>bash</command> to provide context sensitive tab completion for
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139 | <command>gst-launch</command> command lines.</para>
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140 | </sect3>
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141 |
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142 | <sect3><title>gst-compprep</title>
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143 | <para><command>gst-compprep</command> builds a registry of
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144 | <application>GStreamer</application> elements and their features that is used
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145 | by <command>gst-complete</command>.</para>
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146 | </sect3>
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147 |
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148 | <sect3><title>gst-feedback</title>
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149 | <para><command>gst-feedback</command> generates debug info for
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150 | <application>GStreamer</application> bug reports.</para>
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151 | </sect3>
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152 |
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153 | <sect3><title>gst-inspect</title>
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154 | <para><command>gst-inspect</command> prints information about a
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155 | <application>GStreamer</application> plugin or element.</para>
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156 | </sect3>
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157 |
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158 | <sect3><title>gst-launch</title>
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159 | <para><command>gst-launch</command> is a tool that builds and runs basic
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160 | <application>GStreamer</application> pipelines.</para>
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161 | </sect3>
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162 |
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163 | <sect3><title>gst-md5sum</title>
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164 | <para><command>gst-md5sum</command> generates MD5 checksums of the data
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165 | generated by a <application>GStreamer</application> pipeline.</para>
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166 | </sect3>
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167 |
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168 | <sect3><title>gst-register</title>
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169 | <para><command>gst-register</command> is used to register all the
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170 | <application>GStreamer</application> plugins on the system. It creates a
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171 | listing of their properties so that when a
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172 | <application>GStreamer</application> based application is started, it does not
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173 | need to load plugins until it needs them.</para>
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174 | </sect3>
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175 |
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176 | <sect3><title>gst-typefind</title>
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177 | <para><command>gst-typefind</command> uses the
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178 | <application>GStreamer</application> type finding system to determine the
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179 | relevant <application>GStreamer</application> plugin to parse or decode a file,
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180 | and determine the corresponding MIME type.</para>
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181 | </sect3>
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182 |
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183 | <sect3><title>gst-xmlinspect</title>
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184 | <para><command>gst-xmlinspect</command> prints information about a
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185 | <application>GStreamer</application> plugin or element in
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186 | <acronym>XML</acronym> document format.</para>
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187 | </sect3>
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188 |
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189 | <sect3><title>gst-xmllaunch</title>
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190 | <para><command>gst-xmllaunch</command> is used to build and run a basic
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191 | <application>GStreamer</application> pipeline, loading it from an
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192 | <acronym>XML</acronym> description.</para>
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193 | </sect3>
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194 |
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195 | </sect2>
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196 |
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197 | </sect1>
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198 |
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