</para>
<formalpara id="GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH">
- <title><envar>GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH</envar></title>
+ <title><envar>GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH</envar>,
+ <envar>GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0</envar></title>
<para>
The paths are scanned in the given order. This allows a user to override
system-installed plug-ins with his own versions.
</para>
+ <para>
+The GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0 variant is useful if both the old GStreamer 0.10
+version and the new GStreamer 1.0 version need to be pointed to new plugin
+paths. The latter will use the _1_0 variant over the non-versioned one if
+it is set.
+ </para>
<para>
Setting this variable to an empty string will cause GStreamer not to scan any
</formalpara>
<formalpara id="GST_PLUGIN_PATH">
- <title><envar>GST_PLUGIN_PATH</envar></title>
+ <title><envar>GST_PLUGIN_PATH</envar>, <envar>GST_PLUGIN_PATH_1_0</envar></title>
<para>
This environment variable can be set to a colon-separated list of paths.
GStreamer will scan these paths for GStreamer plug-ins. These plug-ins will
be loaded in addition to, and before, the plug-ins in the system paths.
</para>
-
+ <para>
+The GST_PLUGIN_PATH_1_0 variant is useful if both the old GStreamer 0.10
+version and the new GStreamer 1.0 version need to be pointed to new plugin
+paths. The latter will use the _1_0 variant over the non-versioned one if
+it is set.
+ </para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara id="GST_DEBUG">
non-fatal errors or warnings that might be related to the problem at hand.
</para>
+ <para>
+Since GStreamer 1.2 it is also possible to specify debug levels by name,
+e.g. GST_DEBUG=*:WARNING,*audio*:LOG
+ </para>
+
</formalpara>
<formalpara id="GST_DEBUG_NO_COLOR">
#GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE or #GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE_WITH_TS calls
and have the dot files in that location.
</para>
+ <para>
+This will only work if the application in question makes these calls in
+strategic places (like when the pipeline state changes or an error occurs).
+gst-launch-&GST_API_VERSION; is one such application.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+These .dot files can then be turned into images using the 'dot' utility
+from the graphviz set of tools, like this:
+ <command>dot foo.dot -Tsvg -o foo.svg</command> or
+ <command>dot foo.dot -Tpng -o foo.png</command> or
+ <command>dot foo.dot -Tjpg -o foo.jpg</command>.
+ </para>
+
+</formalpara>
+
+<formalpara id="GST_REGISTRY">
+ <title><envar>GST_REGISTRY</envar>, <envar>GST_REGISTRY_1_0</envar></title>
+
+ <para>
+Set this environment variable to make GStreamer use a different file for the
+plugin cache / registry than the default one. This is useful when operating
+in a separate environment which should not affect the default cache in the
+user's home directory.
+ </para>
</formalpara>