[gst-embedded] gst-inspect does not recognize installed plugins

[Tim-Philipp Müller]

On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 23:13 -0800, Anup Manakeshwar wrote:

Hi,

> I am working on i.MX31 ADS board. 
> I have codec plugins which i have compiled for Freescale i.MX31 ARM
> processor. 
> I have installed all the plugins in /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10 folder. 
> I have also exported GST_PLUGIN_PATH = /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10 
> But when i do gst-inspect....it does not detect the plugins which i have
> installed. 
> Can anyone tell what all paths one need to export to install plugins. 
> Any pointers why gst-inspect is not detecting the installed plugins. 
> Please do reply. 
> Your advice will be of great help to me. 

Have you tried doing

 gst-inspect-0.10 /path/to/your/libfooplugin.so

directly?

If that doesn't show anything, make sure you have linked your plugin
properly with e.g.

 ldd -r /usr/path/to/your/libfooplugin.so

Make sure it all resolves.

If you built libgstreamer-0.10.so with the GStreamer debugging info
enabled (you should have such a version for debugging purposes), you
could also try something like:

 GST_DEBUG=*:5 gst-inspect-0.10 /path/to/your/libfooplugin.so 2>&1 |
grep -C 20 foo

to see if it shows any obvious problems.

Cheers
 -Tim