3 The goal of GstValidate is to be able to detect when elements are not
4 behaving as expected and report it to the user so he knows how things
5 are supposed to work inside a GstPipeline. In the end, fixing issues
6 found by the tool will ensure that all elements behave all together in
9 The easiest way of using GstValidate is to use one of its command-line
10 tools, located at tools/ directory. It is also possible to monitor
11 GstPipelines from any application by using the LD_PRELOAD gstvalidate
12 lib. The third way of using it is to write your own application that
13 links and uses libgstvalidate.
19 Releases are available at <URL>, download and extract the tarball. If you
20 want to use latest git version, do:
24 After cloning or extracting from a tarball, enter the gst-validate directory:
30 meson build --prefix=<installation-prefix>
32 sudo ninja -C build install (only if you want to install it)
34 Replace <installation-prefix> with your desired installation path, you can omit
35 the --prefix argument if you aren't going to install it or if you want the
36 default /usr/local. It is possible to use gst-validate CLI tools without
41 If you are looking for informations on how to use gst-validate -> docs/validate-usage.txt
42 If you are looking for informations on gst-validate design -> docs/validate-design.txt