Replacing default plugins with custom plugins

[Arun Raghavan]

On Mon, 1 Aug 2016, at 08:01 PM, Alfred wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have created a custom plugin for flac decoder using gstreamer plugins
> writers guide. I am planning to test that in gstreamer running in android
> jelly bean 4.2.2. For that I have to replace the default flac plugin in
> gstreamer-1.8.2 prebuilt libraries for android with my custom flac
> plugin. 
> 
> Is there any procedure that I can follow to achieve this ?

You don't need to replace it. Just give it a different name from flacdec
and give it a rank that is higher than flacdec's rank. Autoloading
should then just pick your plugin.

-- Arun