---
name: "gst-register-0.8"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libgstreamer0.8-0"
version: "0.8.12-2"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gst-register-0.8"
---

# gst-register-0.8(1)

register GStreamer plugins

## NAME

gst-register-0.8 - register GStreamer plugins

## SYNOPSIS

**gst-register-0.8 \[OPTION...\]**

## DESCRIPTION

*gst-register-0.8* is a tool that is used to register all the *GStreamer* plugins on your system.  It creates a listing of their properties such that on startup of *GStreamer* based application do not need to load plugins until they need them.

## OPTIONS

*gst-register-0.8* accepts the following options:

- **--help**

  Print help synopsis and available FLAGS

## GSTREAMER OPTIONS

- **--gst-info-mask=FLAGS**

  *GStreamer* info flags to set (list with --help)

- **--gst-debug-mask=FLAGS**

  *GStreamer* debugging flags to set (list with --help)

- **--gst-mask=FLAGS**

  *GStreamer* info and debugging flags to set (list with --help)

- **--gst-plugin-spew**

  *GStreamer* info flags to set Enable printout of errors while loading *GStreamer* plugins

- **--gst-plugin-path=PATH**

  Add directories separated with ':' to the plugin search path

- **--gst-scheduler=SCHEDULER**

  Use SCHEDULER as the default scheduler

- **--gst-registry=REGISTRY**

  Use the file REGISTRY as registry instead of the default

- **--version**

  Show version information and exit.

## FILES

- @prefix@/var/cache/gstreamer/registry.xml

  the xml plugin database

## SEE ALSO

[**gst-inspect-0.8**(1)](/gst-inspect-0.8/1.md), [**gst-launch-0.8**(1)](/gst-launch-0.8/1.md), [**gst-compprep-0.8**(1)](/gst-compprep-0.8/1.md)

## AUTHOR

The GStreamer team at http://gstreamer.net/