diff --git a/validate/tools/launcher/Makefile.am b/validate/tools/launcher/Makefile.am
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+launcherdir = $(libdir)/gst-validate-launcher/python/launcher/
+
+SUBDIRS = \
+	apps
+
+launcher_PYTHON = \
+	baseclasses.py  \
+	__init__.py  \
+	loggable.py  \
+	reporters.py  \
+	main.py  \
+	utils.py
+
+clean-local:
+	rm -rf *.pyc *.pyo
+
diff --git a/validate/tools/launcher/apps/Makefile.am b/validate/tools/launcher/apps/Makefile.am
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+++ b/validate/tools/launcher/apps/Makefile.am
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+appsdir = $(libdir)/gst-validate-launcher/python/launcher/apps/
+
+apps_PYTHON = \
+	ges-launch.py \
+	gst-validate.py
diff --git a/validate/tools/launcher/main.py b/validate/tools/launcher/main.py
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+#!/usr//bin/python
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2014,Thibault Saunier <thibault.saunier@collabora.com>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+import os
+import urlparse
+import loggable
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+from baseclasses import _TestsLauncher
+from utils import printc, path2url, DEFAULT_GST_QA_ASSETS, launch_command
+
+DEFAULT_GST_QA_ASSETS_REPO = "git://people.freedesktop.org/~tsaunier/gst-qa-assets/"
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = OptionParser()
+    # FIXME:
+    #parser.add_option("-g", "--gdb", dest="gdb",
+                      #action="store_true",
+                      #default=False,
+                      #help="Run applications into gdb")
+    #parser.add_option("-f", "--forever", dest="forever",
+                      #action="store_true", default=False,
+                      #help="Keep running tests until one fails")
+    #parser.add_option("-F", "--fatal-error", dest="fatal_error",
+                      #action="store_true", default=False,
+                      #help="Stop on first fail")
+    parser.add_option('--xunit-file', action='store',
+                      dest='xunit_file', metavar="FILE",
+                      default=None,
+                      help=("Path to xml file to store the xunit report in. "
+                      "Default is xunit.xml the logs-dir directory"))
+    parser.add_option("-t", "--wanted-tests", dest="wanted_tests",
+                      default=None,
+                      help="Define the tests to execute, it can be a regex")
+    parser.add_option("-L", "--list-tests",
+                      dest="list_tests",
+                      action="store_true",
+                      default=False,
+                      help="List tests and exit")
+    parser.add_option("-l", "--logs-dir", dest="logsdir",
+                      action="store_true", default=os.path.expanduser("~/gst-validate/logs/"),
+                      help="Directory where to store logs")
+    parser.add_option("-p", "--medias-paths", dest="paths",
+                      default=[os.path.join(DEFAULT_GST_QA_ASSETS, "medias")],
+                      help="Paths in which to look for media files")
+    parser.add_option("-m", "--mute", dest="mute",
+                      action="store_true", default=False,
+                      help="Mute playback output, which mean that we use "
+                      "a fakesink")
+    parser.add_option("-o", "--output-path", dest="dest",
+                     default=None,
+                     help="Set the path to which projects should be"
+                     " renderd")
+    loggable.init("GST_VALIDATE_LAUNCHER_DEBUG", True, False)
+
+    tests_launcher = _TestsLauncher()
+    tests_launcher.add_options(parser)
+    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+    if options.xunit_file is None:
+        options.xunit_file = os.path.join(options.logsdir, "xunit.xml")
+    if options.dest is None:
+        options.dest = os.path.join(options.logsdir, "rendered")
+    if urlparse.urlparse(options.dest).scheme == "":
+        options.dest = path2url(options.dest)
+    tests_launcher.set_settings(options, args)
+
+    if options.list_tests:
+        for test in tests_launcher.tests:
+            printc(test)
+        return 0
+
+    if options.paths == [os.path.join(DEFAULT_GST_QA_ASSETS, "medias")]:
+        if os.path.exists(DEFAULT_GST_QA_ASSETS):
+            launch_command("cd %s && git pull --rebase" % DEFAULT_GST_QA_ASSETS)
+        else:
+            launch_command("git clone %s %s" % (DEFAULT_GST_QA_ASSETS_REPO, DEFAULT_GST_QA_ASSETS))
+
+    tests_launcher.list_tests()
+    tests_launcher.run_tests()
+    tests_launcher.final_report()
+
+    return 0