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gst-play-1.0(1)


NAME

   gst-play-1.0 - Simple command line playback testing tool

SYNOPSIS

   gst-play-1.0 FILE|DIRECTORY|URI [FILE2|DIRECTORY2|URI2]

DESCRIPTION

   gst-play-1.0  is  a  command  line  tool that can be used to test basic
   playback using the playbin element. You can pass it  individual  files,
   URIs  or  whole  directories  (in  which case it will recurse into sub-
   directories as well).

OPTIONS

   gst-play-1.0 accepts the following options:

   --help  Print help synopsis and available command line options

   --version
           Print version and exit

   --audiosink=SOMESINK
           Use the SOMESINK element as audio sink instead of autoaudiosink

   --videosink=SOMESINK
           Use the SOMESINK element as video sink instead of autovideosink

   --volume=VOLUME
           Set initial playback volume to  VOLUME,  where  0.0=silent  and
           1.0=unchanged

   --shuffle
           Shuffle playlist (play files in random order)

   --no-interactive
           Disable  control  through keyboard interaction in terminal (see
           below)

   --gapless
           Enable gapless playback

INTERACTIVE KEYBOARD CONTROL

   SPACE   Pause/Resume playback

   ARROW UP/DOWN
           Volume up/down

   ARROW LEFT/RIGHT
           Seek back/forward

   +/-     Increase/decrease playback rate

   d       Reverse playback direction

   t       Cycle through trick modes

   a       Switch audio track

   s       Switch subtitle track

   v       Switch video track

   > or n  Skip to next item in playlist

   < or b  Go back to previous item in playlist

   0       Seek back to beginning of current track

   Q, ESC  Quit

SEE ALSO

   gst-inspect-1.0(1), gst-launch-1.0(1), gst-discoverer-1.0(1),

AUTHOR

   The GStreamer team at http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/

                              April 2014                      GStreamer(1)



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