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GStreamer 0.10 Library Reference Manual | ![]() |
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#include <gst/base/gstbasesrc.h> GstBaseSrc; GstBaseSrcClass; enum GstBaseSrcFlags; GstFlowReturn gst_base_src_wait_playing (GstBaseSrc *src); gboolean gst_base_src_is_live (GstBaseSrc *src); void gst_base_src_set_live (GstBaseSrc *src, gboolean live); void gst_base_src_set_format (GstBaseSrc *src, GstFormat format); gboolean gst_base_src_query_latency (GstBaseSrc *src, gboolean *live, GstClockTime *min_latency, GstClockTime *max_latency); gulong gst_base_src_get_blocksize (GstBaseSrc *src); void gst_base_src_set_blocksize (GstBaseSrc *src, gulong blocksize); gboolean gst_base_src_get_do_timestamp (GstBaseSrc *src); void gst_base_src_set_do_timestamp (GstBaseSrc *src, gboolean timestamp); #define GST_BASE_SRC_PAD (obj)
"blocksize" gulong : Read / Write "do-timestamp" gboolean : Read / Write "num-buffers" gint : Read / Write "typefind" gboolean : Read / Write
This is a generice base class for source elements. The following types of sources are supported:
random access sources like files
seekable sources
live sources
The source can be configured to operate in any GstFormat with the
gst_base_src_set_format()
method. The currently set format determines
the format of the internal GstSegment and any GST_EVENT_NEWSEGMENT
events. The default format for GstBaseSrc is GST_FORMAT_BYTES.
GstBaseSrc always supports push mode scheduling. If the following conditions are met, it also supports pull mode scheduling:
The format is set to GST_FORMAT_BYTES (default).
"is_seekable" returns TRUE
.
Since 0.10.9, any GstBaseSrc can enable pull based scheduling at any
time by overriding "check_get_range" so that it returns TRUE
.
If all the conditions are met for operating in pull mode, GstBaseSrc is automatically seekable in push mode as well. The following conditions must be met to make the element seekable in push mode when the format is not ""
"is_seekable" returns TRUE
.
"query" can convert all supported seek formats to the
internal format as set with gst_base_src_set_format()
.
"do_seek" is implemented, performs the seek and returns TRUE
.
When the element does not meet the requirements to operate in pull mode, the offset and length in the "create" method should be ignored. It is recommended to subclass GstPushSrc instead, in this situation. If the element can operate in pull mode but only with specific offsets and lengths, it is allowed to generate an error when the wrong values are passed to the "create" function.
GstBaseSrc has support for live sources. Live sources are sources that when
paused discard data, such as audio or video capture devices. A typical live
source also produces data at a fixed rate and thus provides a clock to publish
this rate.
Use gst_base_src_set_live()
to activate the live source mode.
A live source does not produce data in the PAUSED state. This means that the "create" method will not be called in PAUSED but only in PLAYING. To signal the pipeline that the element will not produce data, the return value from the READY to PAUSED state will be GST_STATE_CHANGE_NO_PREROLL.
A typical live source will timestamp the buffers it creates with the current running time of the pipeline. This is one reason why a live source can only produce data in the PLAYING state, when the clock is actually distributed and running.
Live sources that synchronize and block on the clock (an audio source, for
example) can since 0.10.12 use gst_base_src_wait_playing()
when the ::create
function was interrupted by a state change to PAUSED.
The "get_times" method can be used to implement pseudo-live sources. It only makes sense to implement the ::get_times function if the source is a live source. The ::get_times function should return timestamps starting from 0, as if it were a non-live source. The base class will make sure that the timestamps are transformed into the current running_time. The base source will then wait for the calculated running_time before pushing out the buffer.
For live sources, the base class will by default report a latency of 0. For pseudo live sources, the base class will by default measure the difference between the first buffer timestamp and the start time of get_times and will report this value as the latency. Subclasses should override the query function when this behaviour is not acceptable.
There is only support in GstBaseSrc for exactly one source pad, which should be named "src". A source implementation (subclass of GstBaseSrc) should install a pad template in its class_init function, like so:
static void my_element_class_init (GstMyElementClass *klass) { GstElementClass *gstelement_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass); // srctemplate should be a GstStaticPadTemplate with direction // GST_PAD_SRC and name "src" gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class, gst_static_pad_template_get (&srctemplate)); // see GstElementDetails gst_element_class_set_details (gstelement_class, &details); }
Applications that record from a live source may want to stop recording in a controlled way, so that the recording is stopped, but the data already in the pipeline is processed to the end (remember that many live sources would go on recording forever otherwise). For that to happen the application needs to make the source stop recording and send an EOS event down the pipeline. The application would then wait for an EOS message posted on the pipeline's bus to know when all data has been processed and the pipeline can safely be stopped.
Since GStreamer 0.10.16 an application may send an EOS event to a source
element to make it perform the EOS logic (send EOS event downstream or post a
GST_MESSAGE_SEGMENT_DONE on the bus). This can typically be done
with the gst_element_send_event()
function on the element or its parent bin.
After the EOS has been sent to the element, the application should wait for an EOS message to be posted on the pipeline's bus. Once this EOS message is received, it may safely shut down the entire pipeline.
The old behaviour for controlled shutdown introduced since GStreamer 0.10.3 is still available but deprecated as it is dangerous and less flexible.
Last reviewed on 2007-12-19 (0.10.16)
typedef struct { GstElementClass parent_class; /* virtual methods for subclasses */ /* get caps from subclass */ GstCaps* (*get_caps) (GstBaseSrc *src); /* notify the subclass of new caps */ gboolean (*set_caps) (GstBaseSrc *src, GstCaps *caps); /* decide on caps */ gboolean (*negotiate) (GstBaseSrc *src); /* generate and send a newsegment (UNUSED) */ gboolean (*newsegment) (GstBaseSrc *src); /* start and stop processing, ideal for opening/closing the resource */ gboolean (*start) (GstBaseSrc *src); gboolean (*stop) (GstBaseSrc *src); /* given a buffer, return start and stop time when it should be pushed * out. The base class will sync on the clock using these times. */ void (*get_times) (GstBaseSrc *src, GstBuffer *buffer, GstClockTime *start, GstClockTime *end); /* get the total size of the resource in bytes */ gboolean (*get_size) (GstBaseSrc *src, guint64 *size); /* check if the resource is seekable */ gboolean (*is_seekable) (GstBaseSrc *src); /* unlock any pending access to the resource. subclasses should unlock * any function ASAP. */ gboolean (*unlock) (GstBaseSrc *src); /* notify subclasses of an event */ gboolean (*event) (GstBaseSrc *src, GstEvent *event); /* ask the subclass to create a buffer with offset and size */ GstFlowReturn (*create) (GstBaseSrc *src, guint64 offset, guint size, GstBuffer **buf); /* additions that change padding... */ /* notify subclasses of a seek */ gboolean (*do_seek) (GstBaseSrc *src, GstSegment *segment); /* notify subclasses of a query */ gboolean (*query) (GstBaseSrc *src, GstQuery *query); /* check whether the source would support pull-based operation if * it were to be opened now. This vfunc is optional, but should be * implemented if possible to avoid unnecessary start/stop cycles. * The default implementation will open and close the resource to * find out whether get_range is supported and that is usually * undesirable. */ gboolean (*check_get_range) (GstBaseSrc *src); /* called if, in negotiation, caps need fixating */ void (*fixate) (GstBaseSrc *src, GstCaps *caps); /* Clear any pending unlock request, as we succeeded in unlocking */ gboolean (*unlock_stop) (GstBaseSrc *src); /* Prepare the segment on which to perform do_seek(), converting to the * current basesrc format. */ gboolean (*prepare_seek_segment) (GstBaseSrc *src, GstEvent *seek, GstSegment *segment); } GstBaseSrcClass;
Subclasses can override any of the available virtual methods or not, as
needed. At the minimum, the create
method should be overridden to produce
buffers.
GstElementClass parent_class ; |
Element parent class |
get_caps () |
Called to get the caps to report |
set_caps () |
Notify subclass of changed output caps |
negotiate () |
Negotiated the caps with the peer. |
newsegment () |
Generate and send a new_segment event (UNUSED) |
start () |
Start processing. Subclasses should open resources and prepare to produce data. |
stop () |
Stop processing. Subclasses should use this to close resources. |
get_times () |
Given a buffer, return the start and stop time when it should be pushed out. The base class will sync on the clock using these times. |
get_size () |
Return the total size of the resource, in the configured format. |
is_seekable () |
Check if the source can seek |
unlock () |
Unlock any pending access to the resource. Subclasses should unblock any blocked function ASAP |
event () |
Override this to implement custom event handling. |
create () |
Ask the subclass to create a buffer with offset and size. |
do_seek () |
Perform seeking on the resource to the indicated segment. |
query () |
Handle a requested query. |
check_get_range () |
Check whether the source would support pull-based operation if it were to be opened now. This vfunc is optional, but should be implemented if possible to avoid unnecessary start/stop cycles. The default implementation will open and close the resource to find out whether get_range is supported, and that is usually undesirable. |
fixate () |
Called during negotiation if caps need fixating. Implement instead of setting a fixate function on the source pad. |
unlock_stop () |
Clear the previous unlock request. Subclasses should clear
any state they set during unlock() , such as clearing command queues.
|
prepare_seek_segment () |
Prepare the GstSegment that will be passed to the do_seek vmethod for executing a seek request. Sub-classes should override this if they support seeking in formats other than the configured native format. By default, it tries to convert the seek arguments to the configured native format and prepare a segment in that format. Since: 0.10.13 |
typedef enum { GST_BASE_SRC_STARTED = (GST_ELEMENT_FLAG_LAST << 0), /* padding */ GST_BASE_SRC_FLAG_LAST = (GST_ELEMENT_FLAG_LAST << 2) } GstBaseSrcFlags;
The GstElement flags that a basesrc element may have.
GstFlowReturn gst_base_src_wait_playing (GstBaseSrc *src);
If the "create" method performs its own synchronisation against the clock it must unblock when going from PLAYING to the PAUSED state and call this method before continuing to produce the remaining data.
This function will block until a state change to PLAYING happens (in which case this function returns GST_FLOW_OK) or the processing must be stopped due to a state change to READY or a FLUSH event (in which case this function returns GST_FLOW_WRONG_STATE).
src : |
the src |
Returns : | GST_FLOW_OK if src is PLAYING and processing can
continue. Any other return value should be returned from the create vmethod.
|
Since 0.10.12
gboolean gst_base_src_is_live (GstBaseSrc *src);
Check if an element is in live mode.
src : |
base source instance |
Returns : | TRUE if element is in live mode.
|
void gst_base_src_set_live (GstBaseSrc *src, gboolean live);
If the element listens to a live source, live
should
be set to TRUE
.
A live source will not produce data in the PAUSED state and will therefore not be able to participate in the PREROLL phase of a pipeline. To signal this fact to the application and the pipeline, the state change return value of the live source will be GST_STATE_CHANGE_NO_PREROLL.
src : |
base source instance |
live : |
new live-mode |
void gst_base_src_set_format (GstBaseSrc *src, GstFormat format);
Sets the default format of the source. This will be the format used for sending NEW_SEGMENT events and for performing seeks.
If a format of GST_FORMAT_BYTES is set, the element will be able to operate in pull mode if the "is_seekable" returns TRUE.
src : |
base source instance |
format : |
the format to use |
Since 0.10.1
gboolean gst_base_src_query_latency (GstBaseSrc *src, gboolean *live, GstClockTime *min_latency, GstClockTime *max_latency);
Query the source for the latency parameters. live
will be TRUE when src
is
configured as a live source. min_latency
will be set to the difference
between the running time and the timestamp of the first buffer.
max_latency
is always the undefined value of -1.
This function is mostly used by subclasses.
src : |
the source |
live : |
if the source is live |
min_latency : |
the min latency of the source |
max_latency : |
the max latency of the source |
Returns : | TRUE if the query succeeded. |
Since 0.10.13
gulong gst_base_src_get_blocksize (GstBaseSrc *src);
Get the number of bytes that src
will push out with each buffer.
src : |
the source |
Returns : | the number of bytes pushed with each buffer. |
Since 0.10.22
void gst_base_src_set_blocksize (GstBaseSrc *src, gulong blocksize);
Set the number of bytes that src
will push out with each buffer. When
blocksize
is set to -1, a default length will be used.
src : |
the source |
blocksize : |
the new blocksize in bytes |
Since 0.10.22
gboolean gst_base_src_get_do_timestamp (GstBaseSrc *src);
Query if src
timestamps outgoing buffers based on the current running_time.
src : |
the source |
Returns : | TRUE if the base class will automatically timestamp outgoing buffers.
|
Since 0.10.15
void gst_base_src_set_do_timestamp (GstBaseSrc *src, gboolean timestamp);
Configure src
to automatically timestamp outgoing buffers based on the
current running_time of the pipeline. This property is mostly useful for live
sources.
src : |
the source |
timestamp : |
enable or disable timestamping |
Since 0.10.15
"blocksize"
property"blocksize" gulong : Read / Write
Size in bytes to read per buffer (-1 = default).
"do-timestamp"
property"do-timestamp" gboolean : Read / Write
Apply current stream time to buffers.
Default value: FALSE
"num-buffers"
property"num-buffers" gint : Read / Write
Number of buffers to output before sending EOS (-1 = unlimited).
Allowed values: >= -1
Default value: -1