tldr/pages/common/gst-launch-1.0.md

gst-launch-1.0

Build and run a GStreamer pipeline. More information: https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/tools/gst-launch.html?gi-language=c.

• Play test video in a window:

gst-launch-1.0 videotestsrc ! xvimagesink

• Play a media file in a window:

gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri={{protocol}}://{{host}}/{{path/to/file}}

• Re-encode a media file:

gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location={{path/to/file}} ! {{file_type}}demux ! {{codec_type}}dec ! {{codec_type}}enc ! {{file_type}}mux ! filesink location={{path/to/file}}

• Stream a file to an RTSP server:

gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location={{path/to/file}} ! rtspclientsink location=rtsp://{{host_IP}}/{{path/to/file}}