diff --git a/test/gstreamer.tcl b/test/gstreamer.tcl
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/test/gstreamer.tcl
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+loadVirtualPrograms [list "virtual-programs/gstreamer.folk" "virtual-programs/images.folk"]
+Step
+
+# namespace eval Pipeline $::makePipeline
+# set pl [Pipeline::create "videotestsrc"]
+# Pipeline::play $pl
+# set img [Pipeline::frame $pl]
+# Pipeline::freeImage $img
+# Pipeline::destroy $pl
+
+When the gstreamer pipeline "videotestsrc" frame is /frame/ at /ts/ {
+  Wish the web server handles route "/gst-image/$" with handler [list apply {{im} {
+   set filename "/tmp/web-image-frame.png"
+   image saveAsPng $im $filename
+   set fsize [file size $filename]
+   set fd [open $filename r]
+   fconfigure $fd -encoding binary -translation binary
+   set body [read $fd $fsize]
+   close $fd
+   dict create statusAndHeaders "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\nConnection: close\nContent-Type: image/png\nContent-Length: $fsize\n\n" body $body
+  }} $frame]
+}
+
+forever { Step }
diff --git a/virtual-programs/gstreamer.folk b/virtual-programs/gstreamer.folk
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+++ b/virtual-programs/gstreamer.folk
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+set makePipeline {
+    rename [c create] cc
+
+    cc cflags {*}[exec pkg-config --cflags --libs gstreamer-1.0]
+    cc include <gst/gst.h>
+    cc include <assert.h>
+
+    proc defineGObjectType {cc type cast} {
+      set cc [uplevel {namespace current}]::$cc
+      $cc argtype $type* [format {
+        %s* $argname;
+        GObject* _$argname;
+        sscanf(Tcl_GetString($obj), "(%s) 0x%%p", &_$argname);
+        $argname = %s(_$argname);
+      } $type $type $cast]
+
+      # Tcl_ObjPrintf doesn't work with %lld/%llx for some reason,
+      # so we do it by hand.
+      $cc rtype $type* [format {
+        $robj = Tcl_ObjPrintf("(%s) 0x%%" PRIxPTR, (uintptr_t) G_OBJECT($rvalue));
+      } $type]
+    }
+
+    defineImageType cc
+    defineGObjectType cc GstElement GST_ELEMENT
+    defineGObjectType cc GstBus GST_BUS
+
+    cc struct pipeline_t {
+      GstElement* pipeline;
+      GstElement* sink;
+      GstBus* bus;
+    }
+
+    cc struct frame_t {
+      bool valid;
+      uint64_t timestamp;
+      image_t image;
+    }
+
+    cc code {
+      void log_messages(GstBus* bus) {
+        GstMessage* msg;
+        GError *err = NULL;
+        gchar *dbg_info = NULL;
+        while ((msg = gst_bus_pop_filtered(bus, GST_MESSAGE_ERROR | GST_MESSAGE_WARNING))) {
+          switch (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (msg)) {
+            case GST_MESSAGE_ERROR: {
+              gst_message_parse_error(msg, &err, &dbg_info);
+              g_printerr("ERROR from element %s: %s\n", GST_OBJECT_NAME(msg->src), err->message);
+              g_printerr("Debugging info: %s\n", (dbg_info) ? dbg_info : "none");
+              g_error_free(err);
+              g_free(dbg_info);
+              break;
+            }
+            case GST_MESSAGE_WARNING: {
+              gst_message_parse_warning(msg, &err, &dbg_info);
+              g_printerr("WARNING from element %s: %s\n", GST_OBJECT_NAME(msg->src), err->message);
+              g_printerr("Debugging info: %s\n", (dbg_info) ? dbg_info : "none");
+              g_error_free(err);
+              g_free(dbg_info);
+              break;
+            }
+            default:
+              break;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    cc proc destroy {pipeline_t p} void {
+      gst_object_unref(p.bus);
+      gst_object_unref(p.sink);
+      gst_element_set_state(p.pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
+      gst_object_unref(p.pipeline);
+    }
+
+    cc proc create {char* srcdec} pipeline_t {
+      GError* err = NULL;
+      gst_init(NULL, NULL);
+
+      char buf[512];
+      snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s ! videoconvert ! appsink caps=video/x-raw,format=RGBA name=output drop=true max-buffers=1", srcdec);
+      GstElement* pipeline = gst_parse_launch(buf, &err);
+      if (err) {
+        g_printerr("ERROR launching gst pipeline: %s\n", err->message);
+        FOLK_ERROR("Error launching pipeline");
+      }
+
+      pipeline_t p;
+      p.pipeline = pipeline;
+      p.bus = gst_element_get_bus(p.pipeline);
+      p.sink = gst_bin_get_by_name(GST_BIN(p.pipeline), "output");
+      log_messages(p.bus);
+
+      return p;
+    }
+
+    cc proc play {pipeline_t p} void {
+      GstState state;
+      gst_element_set_state(p.pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
+      gst_element_get_state(p.pipeline, &state, NULL, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE);
+      log_messages(p.bus);
+
+      if (state != GST_STATE_PLAYING) {
+        g_printerr("ERROR launching gst pipeline: pipeline failed to start\n");
+        destroy(p);
+        FOLK_ERROR("Error starting pipeline playback");
+      }
+    }
+
+    if {[namespace exists ::Heap]} {
+      cc import ::Heap::cc folkHeapAlloc as folkHeapAlloc
+      cc import ::Heap::cc folkHeapFree as folkHeapFree
+    } else {
+      cc code {
+        #define folkHeapAlloc malloc
+        #define folkHeapFree free
+      }
+    }
+    cc proc frame {pipeline_t p} frame_t {
+      frame_t frame;
+
+      GstSample* sample;
+      g_signal_emit_by_name(p.sink, "pull-sample", &sample);
+      FOLK_CHECK(sample, "pipeline playback stopped");
+
+      GstCaps* caps = gst_sample_get_caps(sample);
+      // gst_println("caps are %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);
+
+      GstStructure* s = gst_caps_get_structure(caps, 0);
+      FOLK_ENSURE(gst_structure_get_int(s, "width", (gint*)&frame.image.width));
+      FOLK_ENSURE(gst_structure_get_int(s, "height", (gint*)&frame.image.height));
+      const gchar* format = gst_structure_get_string(s, "format");
+      if (g_str_equal(format, "RGB")) {
+        frame.image.components = 3;
+      } else if (g_str_equal(format, "RGBA")) {
+        frame.image.components = 4;
+      } else {
+        g_printerr("frame: invalid cap format '%s'\n", format);
+        FOLK_ERROR("invalid cap format");
+      }
+      frame.image.bytesPerRow = frame.image.width * frame.image.components;
+
+    	GstMapInfo map;
+      GstBuffer* buffer = gst_sample_get_buffer(sample);
+      gst_buffer_map(buffer, &map, GST_MAP_READ);
+
+      frame.image.data = folkHeapAlloc(map.size);
+      memmove(frame.image.data, map.data, map.size);
+      frame.timestamp = (uint64_t) GST_BUFFER_DTS(buffer);
+
+      gst_buffer_unmap(buffer, &map);
+      gst_sample_unref(sample);
+
+      return frame;
+    }
+
+    cc proc freeImage {image_t image} void {
+      folkHeapFree(image.data);
+    }
+
+    cc compile
+}
+
+set ::pipelineIndex 0
+When when the gstreamer pipeline /pl/ frame is /frame/ at /ts/ /lambda/ with environment /e/ {
+  Start process "gstreamer-[incr ::pipelineIndex]" {
+    Wish $::thisProcess shares statements like \
+      [list /someone/ claims the gstreamer pipeline /...anything/]
+
+    namespace eval Pipeline $makePipeline
+
+    try {
+      set pipe [Pipeline::create $pl]
+      Commit { Claim the gstreamer pipeline $pl is starting }
+      Pipeline::play $pipe
+      Commit { Claim the gstreamer pipeline $pl is playing with time 0 }
+    } on error e {
+      Commit {
+        Claim the gstreamer pipeline $pl is stopped
+        Claim the gstreamer pipeline $pl has error $e
+      }
+    }
+
+    set ::oldFrames [list]
+    When the gstreamer pipeline $pl is playing with time /t/ &\
+         $::thisProcess has step count /c/ {
+      try {
+        set frame [Pipeline::frame $pipe]
+        dict with frame {
+          Commit {
+            Claim the gstreamer pipeline $pl is playing with time $timestamp
+            Claim the gstreamer pipeline $pl frame is $image at [clock milliseconds]
+          }
+
+          lappend ::oldFrames $image
+          if {[llength $::oldFrames] >= 10} {
+            set ::oldFrames [lassign $::oldFrames oldestFrame]
+            Pipeline::freeImage $oldestFrame
+          }
+        }
+      } on error e {
+        Commit {
+          Claim the gstreamer pipeline $pl is stopped
+          Claim the gstreamer pipeline $pl has error $e
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}