[gst-devel] empty buffers & GST_BUFFER_FLAG_GAP

[Stefan Kost]

Hi all,

I've started to describe my use-cases as code-snippets on my wiki:
http://www.buzztard.org/index.php/Sparse_streams

There are some questions inlined :)

Stefan

Stefan Kost schrieb:
> hi,
> 
> imagine a source that from time to time produces empty buffers (silence
> or bank images). If the pipeline has many elements next, it would be
> cool to optimize the obsolete data procession in this case.
> 
> Examples for such sources are sound-generator (simsyn in gst-buzztard)
> and also a source in voip applications that uses noise-gating (to save
> bandwith).
> 
> What I like to do is having a GstBufferFlag that signals that this
> buffer contains blank data. Subsequent elements can use that to spare
> processing.
> 
> Is that what GST_BUFFER_FLAG_GAP is for? If not, may I also add
> GST_BUFFER_FLAG_BLANK. As part of the proposal I would update GstVolume,
> GstLevel, GstAdder and GstAudioconvert to make use of that.
> 
> What do you think about it?
> 
> Stefan