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# gst-inspect-1.0

> Print information on GStreamer plugins.
> More information: <https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/tools/gst-inspect.html>.

- Print information on a plugin:

`gst-inspect-1.0 {{plugin}}`

- List hardware transcoding capabilities of your device:

`gst-inspect-1.0 {{vaapi|nvcodec|...}}`

- List available container plugins:

`gst-inspect-1.0 {{matroska|avi|ogg|isomp4|...}}`

- List available audio codecs:

`gst-inspect-1.0 {{opus|vorbis|flac|...}}`

- List GStreamer core elements:

`gst-inspect-1.0 coreelements`

- List plugins that utilize graphics APIs:

`gst-inspect-1.0 {{vulkan|opengl|...}}`

- List available image codecs:

`gst-inspect-1.0 {{png|jpeg|...}}`

- List all available plugins:

`gst-inspect-1.0`
