[Gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 116185] Changed - flacdec doesn't work when src pad is not connected

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Changed by thomas at urgent.rug.ac.be.

--- shadow/116185	Sun Jun 29 05:08:36 2003
+++ shadow/116185.tmp.14322	Sun Jun 29 08:53:40 2003
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@
 
 I mean, what's the use of an unconnected pad in this case? The
 pipeline still won't do a thing. So?...
 
 GST_PAD_IS_USABLE() is only useful for multi-pad elements such as
 avidemux, mpegdemux etc.
+
+------- Additional Comments From thomas at urgent.rug.ac.be  2003-06-29 08:53 -------
+this was discussed a long time ago, check mad and vorbisfile.
+
+The point is that not connecting the src pad allows you to do very
+fast querying of media properties, without actually decoding to the
+raw format.
+
+So, yes, this is a very useful feature that we want to keep, makes a
+lot of sense, and no, it isn't a gst_element_error at all, in fact all
+other plugins need to be fixed in similar ways.