playbin and decodebin both setup the decoders, using typefind, for you and provide you with a raw decoded video and audio stream. What are your goals for the output of the stream? Tim <div class="gmail_quote"> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 12:18 PM, gst_call_me_newbie() <<a href="mailto:21stninjagod@gmail.com">21stninjagod@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> I am using souphttpsrc as my source. I want to get the stream meta-data like Codec(what are the audio/video codecs present in the stream), type (audio/video stream) etc. I checked that using playbin/playbin2 I can find the properties. LINK: <a href="http://www.gstreamer.net/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-base-plugins/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-playbin.html" target="_blank">http://www.gstreamer.net/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-base-plugins/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-playbin.html</a> <a href="http://www.gstreamer.net/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-base-plugins/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-playbin.html" target="_blank">http://www.gstreamer.net/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-base-plugins/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-playbin.html</a> but the problem is I have to transcode the incoming stream from a http URL to another format. So I don't think playbin2 is of any use for me. (CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG HERE) whatever may be the way, I just want to transcode incoming stream for which I should know the incoming stream format. So how would I get the stream meta data from "souphttpsrc" or should I go for playbin2 but then I am doubtful if I would be able to transcode stream using it. Thanks Mark -- View this message in context: <a href="http://gstreamer-devel.966125.n4.nabble.com/How-to-find-the-stream-meta-data-using-Gstreamer-tp3169634p3169634.html" target="_blank">http://gstreamer-devel.966125.n4.nabble.com/How-to-find-the-stream-meta-data-using-Gstreamer-tp3169634p3169634.html</a> Sent from the GStreamer-devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database without downtime or disruption <a href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl" target="_blank">http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl</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>