# gst-plugins-base This package contains a set of reference plugins, base classes for other plugins, and helper libraries. This module is kept up-to-date together with the core developments. Element writers should look at the elements in this module as a reference for their development. This module contains elements for, among others: * device plugins: x(v)imagesink, alsa, v4lsrc, cdparanoia * containers: ogg * codecs: vorbis, theora * text: textoverlay, subparse * sources: audiotestsrc, videotestsrc, gnomevfssrc * network: tcp * typefind * audio processing: audioconvert, adder, audiorate, audioscale, volume * visualisation: libvisual * video processing: ffmpegcolorspace * aggregate elements: decodebin, playbin