[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 359237] New: typefind does not recognize XML files shorter than 256 bytes

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  GStreamer | gst-plugins-base | Ver: 0.8.x

           Summary: typefind does not recognize XML files shorter than 256
                    bytes
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: 0.8.x
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gst-plugins-base
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: fgerlits at gmail.com
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


Please describe the problem:
In the application/xml portion of gst/typefind/gsttypefindfunctions.c, the
buffer size is set to 256.  This causes gst_type_find_peek to return NULL when
an XML file shorter than 256 bytes is fed to it, and therefore the file is not
recognized as a valid XML file.

This bug is present both in the 0.8.12 version of gst-plugins, and the HEAD
version of gst-plugins-base.


Steps to reproduce:
1. Write your own XML handler plugin (for example, see the SMIL plugin in the
LiveSupport project, http://livesupport.campware.org);
2. create an XML file shorter than 256 bytes, but otherwise valid;
3. try to play it.


Actual results:


Expected results:


Does this happen every time?
Yes.

Other information:


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