.TH "GStreamer" "1" "April 2014" "" ""
.SH "NAME"
gst\-play\-1.0 \- Simple command line playback testing tool
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBgst\-play\-1.0\fR \fIFILE|DIRECTORY|URI [FILE2|DIRECTORY2|URI2]\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.LP
\fIgst\-play\-1.0\fP is a command line tool that can be used to test
basic playback using the playbin element. You can pass it individual files,
URIs or whole directories (in which case it will recurse into sub-directories
as well).

.SH "OPTIONS"
.l
\fIgst\-play\-1.0\fP accepts the following options:
.TP 8
.B  \-\-help
Print help synopsis and available command line options
.TP 8
.B  \-\-version
Print version and exit
.TP 8
.B  \-\-audiosink=SOMESINK
Use the SOMESINK element as audio sink instead of autoaudiosink
.TP 8
.B  \-\-videosink=SOMESINK
Use the SOMESINK element as video sink instead of autovideosink
.TP 8
.B  \-\-volume=VOLUME
Set initial playback volume to VOLUME, where 0.0=silent and 1.0=unchanged
.TP 8
.B  \-\-shuffle
Shuffle playlist (play files in random order)
.TP 8
.B  \-\-interactive
Enable control through keyboard interaction in terminal (see below)
.TP 8
.B  \-\-gapless
Enable gapless playback

.SH "INTERACTIVE KEYBOARD CONTROL"
.l
.TP 8
.B  SPACE
Pause/Resume playback
.TP 8
.B  ARROW UP/DOWN
Volume up/down
.TP 8
.B  ARROW LEFT/RIGHT
Seek back/forward
.TP 8
.B  >
Skip to next item in playlist
.TP 8
.B  <
Go back to previous item in playlist
.TP 8
.B  Q, ESC
Quit

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR gst\-inspect\-1.0 (1),
.BR gst\-launch\-1.0 (1),
.BR gst\-discoverer\-1.0 (1),
.SH "AUTHOR"
The GStreamer team at http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
