# GStreamer &GST_API_VERSION; Library Reference Manual

for GStreamer Library &GST_API_VERSION; (&GST_VERSION;) The latest version of this documentation can be found on-line at http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer-libs/html/.

## GStreamer Libraries

To ease the creation of plugins, a library system was created. The most common functions for a plugin can be found in a library.

GStreamer provides some standard libraries you can use to create plugins.

### GStreamer Base and Utility Classes

libgstbase-&GST_API_VERSION;.so provides some base classes to be extended by elements and utility classes that are most useful for plugin developers.

### GStreamer Dynamic Parameter Control

libgstcontroller-&GST_API_VERSION;.so provides functionality to animate element properties over time.

### GStreamer Network Classes

libgstnet-&GST_API_VERSION;.so provides network elements and objects.

### GStreamer Check Unit Testing

libgstcheck-&GST_API_VERSION;.so provides functionality for writing unit tests that use the check framework.

## Object Hierarchy

API Index

Index of deprecated API

Index of new API in 1.14

Index of new API in 1.12.1

Index of new API in 1.12

Index of new API in 1.10

Index of new API in 1.8

Index of new API in 1.6

Index of new API in 1.4

Index of new API in 1.2

Index of new API in 1.0.1