[gst-devel] How gstreamer get to know about elements

[Stefan Kost]

hi,

Dathathreya.Krishnabhat at nokia.com wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I want to know how gstreamer would know about elements. Is it thru'
> GST_PLUGIN_PATH. Since all the plugins are .so file, does gstreamer
> loads each .so file to know about the capabilities?
>
Some elements are always there. Most elements are found via
GST_PLUGIN_PATH and local directories like $HOME/.gstreamer-0.10/plugins/.
Basic information about plugins and their elements are cached in the
registry.

Stefan