Documentation and Tutorials

Feel free to jump straight to the download section, start practicing with the tutorials, or read the F.A.Q. if you don’t know what this is all about.

General

GStreamer APIs References

Warning Only the API in libraries from GStreamer core and gst-plugins-base are guaranteed to be API and ABI stable

Other modules

GStreamer Conference Videos and Slides

GStreamer licensing advisory

The GStreamer community provides the following licensing advisory for developers planing on or already using GStreamer for their applications:

GStreamer plugin module split-up

An explanation of the various plugin modules and how they were split up

RTP and RTSP support in GStreamer

Subpages:

Installing GStreamer – Download and install GStreamer

Frequently Asked Questions

How to Contribute to GStreamer – Contributing to GStreamer

Application Development Manual – Complete walkthrough for building an application using GStreamer

Tutorials – Learn how to use GStreamer

Deploying your application – Deploy GStreamer with your application

Command line tools – Command line tools

Plugin Writer's Guide – Complete walkthrough for writing your very own GStreamer plugin

List of Elements and Plugins

GStreamer Plug-ins splitup

Licensing your applications and plugins for use with GStreamer – Licensing your applications and plugins for use with GStreamer

RTP and RTSP support

GStreamer design documents

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