A very very simple GStreamer application

main.c

#include <gst/gst.h>
#include <glib.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	GString *launch_str;
	GstElement *pipeline;
	GstBus *bus;
	GstMessage *msg;

	gst_init(&argc, &argv);

	launch_str = g_string_new(NULL);
	g_string_printf(launch_str,
			"fakesrc ! fakesink", NULL);
	
	pipeline = gst_parse_launch (launch_str->str, NULL);

	if (pipeline == NULL) {
		g_print("parse_launch fail.\n");
		return 1;
	}

	gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);

	bus = gst_element_get_bus (pipeline);
	msg = gst_bus_poll (bus, GST_MESSAGE_EOS | GST_MESSAGE_ERROR, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE);

	return 0;
}