GStreamer Daemon

GStreamer Daemon (gst-daemon) is a service that allows remote control and management of GStreamer pipelines using a JSON-RPC API. This enables dynamic pipeline creation, modification, and execution without restarting applications.

📌 Features

• Remote control over pipelines via TCP/IP.
• Supports multiple pipelines simultaneously.
• JSON-RPC based API for pipeline manipulation.

🔗 How It Works

GStreamer Daemon acts as a server that listens for commands over a network interface. It provides an easy way to create, modify, and control media pipelines remotely.

💡 Use Cases

• Embedded Systems – Remote video processing without local UI.
• AI & Computer Vision – Dynamically changing streams based on AI inference.
• Cloud Streaming – Managing video pipelines in real-time on cloud-based servers.

🚀 Example Commands

Create and run a pipeline:

gst-client pipeline_create test_pipeline "videotestsrc ! autovideosink"
gst-client play test_pipeline

Stop the pipeline:

gst-client stop test_pipeline

📖 References

• GStreamer Daemon Documentation