With export GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_RANK=pipewiresink:267, I correctly see: $ for a in alsasink pulsesink pipewiresink ; do echo $a; gst-inspect-1.0 $a|grep Rank; done alsasink Rank primary (256) pulsesink Rank primary + 10 (266) pipewiresink Rank primary + 11 (267)