[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 424157] New: Provide gst_play_file

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  GStreamer | gstreamer (core) | Ver: 0.10.x
           Summary: Provide gst_play_file
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: 0.10.x
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gstreamer (core)
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: mathias.hasselmann at gmx.de
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


GStreamer often is called too complicated and heavy for simple usage.
Considering that there is this great playbin element, I believe this assumption
is wrong. All that GStreamer needs for overcoming this wrong picture is a
simple API like this:

gboolean 
gst_play_file (const gchar *filename, GError **error);

Filename would be the absolute path to a file GStreamer can handle. The
function returns TRUE on success and FALSE on failure. Having such a function,
hello-gst.c would be reduced to this trivial snipped of code:

int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
    GError *error = NULL;

    gst_init (&argc, &argv);

    if (argc < 2) {
        g_print ("Usage: %s FILENAME\n", argv[0]);
        return 1;
    }

    if (!gst_play_file (argv[1], &error)) {
        g_warning (error ? error->message : "Unknown error");
        g_clear_error (&error);
        return 1;
    }

    return 0;
}

My assumption and hope is, that this function would greatly extend usage of
GStreamer as nobody could argue any more, GStreamer would be too complicated
for his/her simple application.

See also: Bug 424143, Project Ridley.


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