[gst-devel] How to find the stream meta-data using Gstreamer ?

[Timothy Braun]

playbin and decodebin both setup the decoders, using typefind, for you and
provide you with a raw decoded video and audio stream.

What are your goals for the output of the stream?

Tim

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 12:18 PM, gst_call_me_newbie() <
21stninjagod at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I am using souphttpsrc as my source. I want to get the stream meta-data
> like
> Codec(what are the audio/video codecs present in the stream), type
> (audio/video stream) etc.
>
> I checked that using playbin/playbin2 I can find the properties.
> LINK:
>
> http://www.gstreamer.net/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-base-plugins/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-playbin.html
>
> http://www.gstreamer.net/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-base-plugins/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-playbin.html
>
> but the problem is I have to transcode the incoming stream from a http URL
> to another format.
> So I don't think playbin2 is of any use for me. (CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG
> HERE)
>
> whatever may be the way, I just want to transcode incoming stream for which
> I should know the incoming stream format.
> So how would I get the stream meta data from "souphttpsrc"
> or should I go for playbin2 but then I am doubtful if I would be able to
> transcode stream using it.
>
> Thanks
> Mark
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