Can use fork and execl in gstream program

[sung descent]

Hi,

I read the artcile:
http://www.linuxprogrammingblog.com/threads-and-fork-think-twice-before-using-them

I find the gstream will generate 8 thread in my system when play a video
file.
Can I use fork and execl to run a command?
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