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authorIain Holmes <iain@prettypeople.org>2003-09-29 22:02:41 +0000
committerIain Holmes <iain@prettypeople.org>2003-09-29 22:02:41 +0000
commit623db82a1e138131f306d8a848fb797fbf8b8685 (patch)
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downloadgstreamer-623db82a1e138131f306d8a848fb797fbf8b8685.tar.gz
Update the documentation here too to include more details on --gst-debug
Original commit message from CVS: Update the documentation here too to include more details on --gst-debug
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@@ -55,7 +55,14 @@ Prints the version string of the \fIGStreamer\fP core library.
Causes \fIGStreamer\fP to abort if a warning message occurs.
.TP 8
.B \-\-gst\-debug=STRING
-\fIGStreamer\fP debugging flags to set (list with \-\-gst\-mask\-help)
+A colon seperated list of category_name=level pairs to specify debugging levels
+for each category. Level is in the range 0-5 where 0 will show no messages, and
+5 will show all messages. The wildcard * can be used to match category names.
+
+Use \-\-gst\-debug\-help to show category names
+
+Example:
+GST_CAT=5:GST_ELEMENT_*=3
.TP 8
.B \-\-gst\-debug\-level=LEVEL
Sets the threshold for printing debugging messages. A higher level