Gstreamer1

Jul 20, 2023

Media applications framework

GStreamer allows the construction of graphs of media-handling components, ranging from simple mp3 playback to complex audio mixing and video non-linear editing processing. Applications can take advantage of advances in codec and filter technology transparently. Developers can add new codecs and filters by writing a simple plugin with a clean, generic interface. GStreamer is released under the LGPL, with many of the included plugins retaining the license of the code they were derived from, usually GPL or BSD.

  • Features
  • Comprehensive Core Library
  • Intelligent Plugin Architecture
  • Extensive Development Tools

  • Is GStreamer a media player? No, GStreamer is a development framework for creating applications like media players, video editors, streaming media broadcasters and so on. That said, very good media players can easily be built on top of GStreamer and a simple yet functional player gst-play is included in the framework via the plugins port.


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