How to print GST_DEBUG_OBJECT messages in console?

[Chuck Crisler]

The process does work, so you have some small but critical error. The
GST_DEBUG_OBJECT requires some object pointer as the first parameter, so
insure that you have that. Alternatively, you can simply use
GST_DEBUG(...). Second, you say 'declare GST_DEBUG=', it must be 'export
GST_DEBUG=' in your environment before launching the app, assuming Linux.

If you are still having trouble, post the OS you are using and code
snippets around the important lines (GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY, #define
_do_init..., export GST_DEBUG=...

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Francisco Velázquez <
francisco.javier at me.com> wrote:

> Hi GStreamer devel community,
>
> I have a question that may be trivial, but I’m struggling with it. My
> question refers to the code of Chapter 19 of the GStreamer manual posted in
> http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/manual/html/section-dynamic-pipelines.html
>
> My question is:
>
> How to print GST_DEBUG_OBJECT messages in console?
>
> I have read the threads below among others. The environment variable
> GST_DEBUG has an effect when being general. For example, GST_DEBUG=5 or
> GST_DEBUG=*:5 print messages from all involved categories. I have not
> figured out how to print to the console the messages from the code example.
>
>
> http://gstreamer-devel.966125.n4.nabble.com/how-do-you-enable-output-of-GST-DEBUG-OBJECT-td4662640.html
> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.gstreamer.devel/46433
>
> I have also tried to initialise a category for the code example with:
>
> GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (my_category);
> #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT my_category
>
> #define _do_init GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (my_category, "my category", 0, "This
> is the category for the code example of Chapter 19");
>
> Then, I declare GST_DEBUG=mycategory:9, but there are no messages printed
> from GST_DEBUG_OBJECT.
>
> Thanks a lot for any hint!
>
> Francisco
>
>
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