GStreamer 1.0 Core Reference Manual: GStreamer 1.0 Core Reference Manual

for GStreamer Core 1.0 (1.14.3) The latest version of this documentation can be found on-line at http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer/html/.

GStreamer Overview

Building GStreamer and GStreamer Applications — How to build the GStreamer framework and applications using it.
Running GStreamer Applications — How to run and debug your GStreamer application

GStreamer Core Library

GStreamer — Media library supporting arbitrary formats and filter graphs.
GstAllocator — allocate memory blocks
GstAtomicQueue — An atomic queue implementation
GstBin — Base class and element that can contain other elements
GstBuffer — Data-passing buffer type
GstBufferList — Lists of buffers for data-passing
GstBufferPool — Pool for buffers
GstBus — Asynchronous message bus subsystem
GstCaps — Structure describing sets of media formats
GstCapsFeatures — A set of features in caps
GstSample — A media sample
GstChildProxy — Interface for multi child elements.
GstClock — Abstract class for global clocks
GstConfig — Build configuration options
GstContext — Lightweight objects to represent element contexts
GstControlBinding — attachment for control source sources
GstControlSource — base class for control source sources
GstDateTime — A date, time and timezone structure
GstDynamicTypeFactory — Represents a registered dynamically loadable GType
GstElement — Abstract base class for all pipeline elements
GstElementFactory — Create GstElements from a factory
GstError — Categorized error messages
GstEvent — Structure describing events that are passed up and down a pipeline
GstFormat — Dynamically register new data formats
GstGhostPad — Pseudo link pads
GstIterator — Object to retrieve multiple elements in a threadsafe way.
GstMemory — refcounted wrapper for memory blocks
GstMessage — Lightweight objects to signal the application of pipeline events
GstMeta — Buffer metadata
GstMiniObject — Lightweight base class for the GStreamer object hierarchy
GstObject — Base class for the GStreamer object hierarchy
GstPad — Object contained by elements that allows links to other elements
GstPadTemplate — Describe the media type of a pad.
GstParamSpec — GParamSpec implementations specific to GStreamer
GstParse — Get a pipeline from a text pipeline description
GstPipeline — Top-level bin with clocking and bus management functionality.
GstPlugin — Container for features loaded from a shared object module
GstPluginfeature — Base class for contents of a GstPlugin
GstPoll — Keep track of file descriptors and make it possible to wait on them in a cancellable way
GstPreset — helper interface for element presets
GstPromise — a miniobject for future/promise-like functionality
GstProtection — Functions and classes to support encrypted streams.
GstQuery — Provide functions to create queries, and to set and parse values in them.
GstRegistry — Abstract base class for management of GstPlugin objects
GstSegment — Structure describing the configured region of interest in a media file.
GstStreams — Base class for stream objects
GstStreamCollection — Base class for collection of streams
GstStructure — Generic structure containing fields of names and values
GstSystemClock — Default clock that uses the current system time
GstTagList — List of tags and values used to describe media metadata
GstTagsetter — Element interface that allows setting and retrieval of media metadata
GstTask — Abstraction of GStreamer streaming threads.
GstTaskPool — Pool of GStreamer streaming threads
GstToc — Generic table of contents support
GstTocSetter — Element interface that allows setting and retrieval of the TOC
GstTypefind — Stream type detection
GstTypeFindFactory — Information about registered typefind functions
GstUri — URI parsing and manipulation.
GstUriHandler — Interface to ease URI handling in plugins.
GstUtils — Various utility functions
GstValue — GValue implementations specific to GStreamer
GstVersion — GStreamer version macros.

GStreamer Device Discovery and Device Probing