Gstreamer : gst_element_factory_make() : always fail and return NULL : Qt5

Question

My problem is, I cannot create Gstreamer element. I am creating Gstreamer project using Qt 5.2.1

What I am doing :

Answer 1

Try to make a different element and see if that works, e.g.:

gst_element_factory_make("fakesrc", NULL);

If that also fails then it is likely your environment is not set up correctly. You can try setting the environment variable GST_PLUGIN_PATH to the directory containing your gstreamer plugins.