NVIDIA Tegra
NVIDIA Tegra Linux Driver Package

Development Guide
28.1 Release


 
Multimedia
 
GStreamer-based Multimedia Playback
GStreamer-based Camera Capture (NvGstCapture)
The Tegra Linux Driver Package includes the multimedia framework modules for testing purposes.
For more information see:
Jetson TX1 Accelerated GStreamer User Guide
Jetson TX2 Accelerated GStreamer User Guide
GStreamer-based Multimedia Playback
 
Installing GStreamer
Using NvGstPlayer
Use the GStreamer open source multimedia framework and the NvGstPlayer utility for testing multimedia local playback and HTTP/RTSP streaming playback use cases. The NvGstPlayer can be used as a reference implementation.
For more information about the NvGstPlayer application, refer to the ReadMe file included with the release.
Installing GStreamer
Install GStreamer from the Internet directly on the target. The wrapper library, gst-openmax, is an interface between GStreamer and OpenMAX. It enables accelerated NVIDIA plug-ins in the GStreamer framework.
For more information about GStreamer, see the following website:
http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org
NvGstPlayer is a multimedia player test application.
Complete prerequisite steps in the file nvgstcapture_README.txt before running the NvGstPlayer and NvGstCapture applications.
Instructions for installing GStreamer are also included in that text file.
Using NvGstPlayer
NvGstPlayer is a command line media file player. It plays audio/video files encapsulated in MP4, 3GP, AVI, ASF, WMA, MKV, M2TS, WEBM, and MOV. NvGstPlayer supports local file playback and playback over RSTP, HTTP, and UDP.
For information about NvGstPlayer runtime commands, default settings, and important notes see the nvgstplayer_README.txt file included in the release.
GStreamer-based Camera Capture (NvGstCapture)
NvGstCapture is a command line Camera capture appliation. NvGstCapture captures video data using a camera and encapsulate encoded Video data in the container file.
For information about NvGstCapture runtime commands, default settings, and important notes see the nvgstcapture-1.0_README.txt file included in the release.