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# Basics (GStreamer command-line cheat sheet)
## Playing content
These examples assume that bash variable `SRC` to be set to a video file (e.g. an mp4 file). You can do this by, e.g.
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export SRC=/home/me/videos/test.mp4
```
### Play a video (with audio)
The magical element `playbin` can play anything:
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decodebin ! videoconvert ! videoscale ! autovideosink
```
### Play a video (no audio)
```
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gst-launch-1.0 -v filesrc location="$SRC" ! decodebin ! autovideosink
```
### Play just the audio from a video
```

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Use the `audiomixer` element to mix audio. It replaces the `adder` element, which struggles under some circumstances (according to the [GStreamer 1.14 release notes](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.14/)).
### Mix two (or more) test audio streams
Here we use two different frequencies (tones):
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audiotestsrc freq=600 ! mix.
```
### Mix two test streams, dynamically
[This Python example](python_examples/audio_dynamic_add.py) shows a dynamic equivalent of this example - the second test source is only mixed when the user presses Enter.
### Mix two (or more) MP3 files
Ensure `$AUDIO_SRC` and `$AUDIO_SRC2` environment variables are set to mp3 files.
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filesrc location=$AUDIO_SRC2 ! mpegaudioparse ! decodebin ! mix.
```
### Mix a test stream with an MP3 file
Because the audio streams are from different sources, they must each be passed through `audioconvert`.
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filesrc location=$AUDIO_SRC ! mpegaudioparse ! decodebin ! audioconvert ! mix.
```
## Mixing video & audio together
### Mix two fake video sources and two fake audio Sources
We use `compositor` to mix the video and `audiomixer` to mix the audio.
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audiotestsrc freq=600 ! audiomix.
```
### Mix a AV file with fake video and audio
This one puts a bouncing ball in the corner of a file:
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audiotestsrc freq=400 volume=0.2 ! audiomix.
```
### Mix two AV files
This does picture-in-picture, with the audio from both files included.

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| Name | Description | Points to note | Further reading |
| ---- | ----------- | -------------- | --------------- |
| *shmsink and shmsrc* | Allows video to be read/written from shared memory | Used to send/receive from Snowmix | See below |
| *appsrc/appsink* | Allows video data to leave/enter the pipeline from your own application | n/a | https://thiblahute.github.io/GStreamer-doc/app-1.0/index.html?gi-language=c |
| *fdsrc/fdsink* | Allows communication via a file descriptor | n/a | https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer-plugins/html/gstreamer-plugins-fdsrc.html |
| *interpipe* | Allows simple communication between two or more independent pipelines. Very powerful. | * Not part of GStreamer (though it is open-source... I'm not sure why it's not been included) | * Well-documented at https://developer.ridgerun.com/wiki/index.php?title=GstInterpipe<br>* https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/events/gstreamer-conference/2015/Melissa%20Montero%20-%20GST%20Daemon%20and%20Interpipes:%20A%20simpler%20way%20to%20get%20your%20applications%20done%20.pdf |
| *appsrc/appsink* | Allows video data to leave/enter the pipeline from your own application | n/a | [Docs](https://thiblahute.github.io/GStreamer-doc/app-1.0/index.html?gi-language=c) |
| *fdsrc/fdsink* | Allows communication via a file descriptor | n/a | [Docs](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer-plugins/html/gstreamer-plugins-fdsrc.html) |
| *interpipe* | Allows simple communication between two or more independent pipelines. Very powerful. | * Not part of GStreamer (though it is open-source... I'm not sure why it's not been included) | [Great RidgeRun docs](https://developer.ridgerun.com/wiki/index.php?title=GstInterpipe) [Presentation](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/events/gstreamer-conference/2015/Melissa%20Montero%20-%20GST%20Daemon%20and%20Interpipes:%20A%20simpler%20way%20to%20get%20your%20applications%20done%20.pdf) |
| *inter* (intervideosink, etc) | Send/receive AV between two pipelines in the same process | Only support raw audio or video, and drop events and queries at the boundary (source: [Nirbheek's blog](http://blog.nirbheek.in/2018/02/decoupling-gstreamer-pipelines.html)) | See below |
| *ipcpipeline* | Allows communication between pipelines *in different processes*. | Arrived with GStreamer 1.14 (Spring 2018) | https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2017/11/17/ipcpipeline-splitting-a-gstreamer-pipeline-into-multiple-processes/ |
| *ipcpipeline* | Allows communication between pipelines *in different processes*. | Arrived with GStreamer 1.14 (Spring 2018) | [Collabora post](https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2017/11/17/ipcpipeline-splitting-a-gstreamer-pipeline-into-multiple-processes/) |
| *gstproxy (proxysink and proxysrc)* | Send/receive AV between two pipelines in the same process. | Arrived with GStreamer 1.14 (Spring 2018) | See below |
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Unlike _inter_ below, _proxy_ will keep timing in sync. This is great if it's what you want... but if you want pipelines to have their own timing, it might not be right for your needs..
### gstproxy documentation
* Introduced by the blog mentioned above (http://blog.nirbheek.in/2018/02/decoupling-gstreamer-pipelines.html)
* Example code on proxysrc here: https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-bad-plugins/html/gst-plugins-bad-plugins-proxysrc.html
* Equivalent proxysink: https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-bad-plugins/html/gst-plugins-bad-plugins-proxysink.html
### gstproxy examples
It's not possible to use them via the command-line, because you connect them by having the receiver (`proxysrc`) reference the sender (`proxysink`).
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* separate proxies for audio and video
* that when the video ends, the other pipelines continue.
## inter (intervideosink/intervideosrc and their audio & subtitle counterparts)
The 'inter' versions of 'proxy' are dumber. They don't attempt to sync timings. But this can be useful if you want pipelines to be more independent. (Pros and cons on this discussed [here](http://gstreamer-devel.966125.n4.nabble.com/How-to-connect-intervideosink-and-intervideosrc-for-IPC-pipelines-td4684567.html).)
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Here's a more complex example, showing how two files can have separate seeking by being in different pipelines:
[/python_examples/gstinter_02_separate_seeking](/python_examples/gstinter_02_separate_seeking)
[/python_examples/gstinter_02_separate_seeking.py](/python_examples/gstinter_02_separate_seeking.py)

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Note that, when using the command-line, the `-e` parameter ensures the output file is correctly completed on exit.
### Write to an mp4 file
This example creates a test video (animated ball moving, with clock), and writes it as an MP4 file.
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mp4mux name=mux ! filesink location=file.mp4
```
### Other examples
*TODO* more descriptions here!
```
gst-launch-1.0 -e videotestsrc ! video/x-raw-yuv, framerate=25/1, width=640, height=360 ! x264enc ! \