Hi, Something like that: #include <gst/interfaces/propertyprobe.h> GstElement* videodevicesrc = create_element("dshowvideosrc", NULL); GstPropertyProbe* probe = GST_PROPERTY_PROBE (videodevicesrc); GValueArray* va = gst_property_probe_get_values_name (probe, "device-name"); for(guint i=0; i < va->n_values; ++i) { GValue* v = g_value_array_get_nth(va, i); g_print ("one more device: %s\n", g_value_get_string(v)); } gst_element_set_state (videodevicesrc, GST_STATE_NULL); gst_object_unref(GST_OBJECT (videodevicesrc)); <div class="gmail_quote">2010/2/10 Francis Rammeloo <<a href="mailto:francis.rammeloo@gmail.com">francis.rammeloo@gmail.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I am using the directshowsrc for capturing a camera source. If there is only one camera it works out of the box without requiring me to specify a device-name. However when multiple cameras are connected then I need some way of enumerating the device names. Does GStreamer provide such a mechanism (similar to DirectShow's System Device Enumerator)? Grts, Francis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW <a href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev" target="_blank">http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev</a> _______________________________________________ gstreamer-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:gstreamer-devel@lists.sourceforge.net">gstreamer-devel@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gstreamer-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gstreamer-devel</a> </blockquote></div>