---
name: "gst-discoverer-1.0"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gst-plugins-base-libs"
version: "1.28.8-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gst-discoverer-1.0"
---

# gst-discoverer-1.0(1)

Display file metadata and stream information

## NAME

gst-discoverer-1.0 - Display file metadata and stream information

## SYNOPSIS

**gst-discoverer-1.0** *FILE\|DIRECTORY\|URI \[FILE2\|DIRECTORY2\|URI2\]*

## DESCRIPTION

*gst-discoverer-1.0* is a tool that can be used to print basic metadata and stream information about a media file. It can be run on individual files or whole directories. It will recurse into sub-directories in that case.

## OPTIONS

*gst-discoverer-1.0* accepts the following options:

- **--help**

  Print help synopsis and available FLAGS

- **-v, --verbose**

  Output all available information

- **-a, --async**

  Use asynchronous code path

- **-t, --timeout=T**

  Specify timeout in seconds (default: 10 seconds)

- **-c, --toc**

  Output TOC (chapters and editions) if available

- [**gst-inspect-1.0**(1)](/gst-inspect-1.0/1.md),

  ## SEE ALSO

[**gst-launch-1.0**(1)](/gst-launch-1.0/1.md),

## AUTHOR

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