GstShark - Tracer Parameters

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This page describes how to pass parameters to the tracers. There are general parameters and tracer specific parameters. This page focuses on general tracer parameters. Tracer specific ones will be documented in the respective page.

General Syntax

The syntax to pass a parameter to a tracer is:

GST_TRACERS="tracer(parameter=value)" gst-launch-1.0 ...

Where:

tracer

The tracer to activate, i.e.: framerate, cpuusage, scheduletime, etc... See the list of available tracers

parameter

The name of the parameter to set for the tracer

value

The value to set to the tracer's parameter

Several parameters may be set for a single tracer using the following syntax:

GST_TRACERS="tracer(parameter1=value1,parameter2=value2)" gst-launch-1.0 ...

Similarly, some tracers allow several values to be set for the same parameter using the following syntax:

GST_TRACERS="tracer(parameter=value1,parameter=value2)" gst-launch-1.0 ...

Finally, different tracers may be activated with different parameters each, as in the following syntax:

GST_TRACERS="tracer1(parameter1=value1);tracer2(parameter2=value2)" gst-launch-1.0 ...

General Tracers

The following section describes the general tracers that apply almost all tracers. In case a tracer is not supported, it will be indicated respectively.

Individual Element Tracing (filter)

The individual element tracing, or filter parameter, allows the user to choose which elements get included in the tracing. The value to be set in the filter is a Glib Compatible Regular Expression, meaning that elements to be traced can be grouped by using a regex that matches with their name.

Periodic Tracers (period)

The periodic tracing, or period parameter, allows the user to choose the rate at which periodic tracers dump info. The value for period is an integer describing the number of seconds between each record. Floating-point values are truncated and invalid values are ignored and the default is used instead.

Examples

For the given pipeline:

gst-launch-1.0 videotestsrc ! identity ! fakesink

Print the amount of frames that flow every 5 seconds through the different src pads in the pipe

GST_TRACERS="framerate(period=5)" GST_DEBUG=GST_TRACER:7

Print the amount of bits that flow every 3 seconds through the different src pads in the pipe

GST_TRACERS="bitrate(period=3)" GST_DEBUG=GST_TRACER:7

Print the amount of frames that flow every 5 seconds and bits that flow every 3 seconds through the different src pads in the pipe

GST_TRACERS="framerate(period=5);bitrate(period=3)" GST_DEBUG=GST_TRACER:7

Print the amount of frames that flow every 5 through the identity

GST_TRACERS="framerate(period=5,filter=identity);bitrate(period=3)" GST_DEBUG=GST_TRACER:7