Problem with the same custom element multiple times

[Stirling Westrup]

I can't really help without knowing any more about the APIs involved than
you've mentioned. Basically, it looks like you are using a badly-built
commercial library, and i would look for something less badly built.


On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Totoketchup <anthony.damato at hotmail.fr>
wrote:

> Hi, thank you for your detailed answer.
>
> The main problem is that I can't modify what the module entry is, so I
> can't send my GstBuffer to it. This eliminates the a) solution. Secondly, I
> can't modify what this module is doing with the raw data. This  eliminates
> the b). The c) is the solution I was thinking about yes :)
> But when I have the timestamps information how can I give it to the new
> GstBuffer ?
> Le 26 juin 2015 16:38, "Stirling Westrup [via GStreamer-devel]" <ml-node+[hidden
> email] <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4672479&i=0>> a écrit :
>
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Totoketchup <[hidden email]
> <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4672473&i=0>> wrote:
>
> Hi !
>
> My element (TetrysElement) adds redundancy (linear combination between
> packets) and adds a header (to distinguish each packet during the
> reception).
> But, I have to "break" the structure of the GstBuffer in the chain loop to
> send the data to another module. When the module has finished, he sends
> back
> in a callback function the data with header and the redundancy packet. Then
> I create a new GstBuffer that I fill with this and I send it to the next
> element. But during this 'travel', I have lost the timestamps information.
> Do you know how can I have it back ?
>
>  I don't see how this is even a problem. You can solve this any number of
> ways, by just including the timestamp data in the round trip. This could be
> any one of
>
>  a) Send the GstBuffer to the redundancy module, and it builds and
> returns a GstBuffer with the new data and timestamps transferred over.
> (this is what I would do).
>
>  b) Include the timestamps in the raw data you send to the redundancy
> module, and have it return them in its callback.
>
>  c) Hold onto the original buffer and its data until the callback,
> associate them somehow, and build a new GstBuffer using the saved data and
> the callback data.  I would only recommend this if the redundancy module is
> an opaque library with a bad interface (ie, no round trip of user data).
>
>
>
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