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gst-typefind-1.0(1)

gst-typefind-1.01

Print media type of file

Usage

gst-typefind-1.0 <file>

Overview

gst-typefind-1.0 uses the GStreamer type finding system to determine the relevant GStreamer plugin to parse or decode file, and the corresponding media type.

Options

gst-typefind-1.0 accepts the following options:

--help

Print help synopsis and available FLAGS

--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-path=PATH

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

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01 to Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
  • Debian 12 (Bookworm) to Debian 10 (Buster)
  • Debian 9 (Stretch) to Debian 8 (Jessie)

--gst-plugin-spew until Debian 12 (Bookworm).

Author

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

From gstreamer 1.28.8-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.