<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi, what's done is:  - enc_lib=gst_plugin_load_file("libffmpeg_plugin.so", &err) <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">  - encoder=gst_element_factory_make("ffenc_h263", "encoder")  - use the encoder in a pipeline  - play pipeline  - destroy pipeline  - unref(enc_lib) next:  - enc_lib=gst_plugin_load_file("libffmpeg_plugin.so", &err) <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">  - encoder=gst_element_factory_make("ffenc_h263", "encoder") encoder element is not created this time (whereas the same thing done with a tee element, for instance, works perfectly) and is set to NULL. Hope that helps understand, Géraldine Thomas Vander Stichele wrote: <blockquote cite="mid1148473450.10564.134.camel@otto.amantes" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 14:38 +0200, Geraldine Rougier wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">When I create a new ffmpeg element with "pl_encoder = gst_element_factory_make("ffenc_h263", "encoder");" and I make it run into a bin everything is ok the first time. But, if I stop encoding, then unload the ffmpeg plugin library, reload ffmpeg plugin library </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> What do you mean by unloading and reloading ? Thomas ------------------------------------------------------- All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications in the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. Click to learn more <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=107521&bid=248729&dat=121642">http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=107521&bid=248729&dat=121642</a> _______________________________________________ gstreamer-devel mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gstreamer-devel@lists.sourceforge.net">gstreamer-devel@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gstreamer-devel">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gstreamer-devel</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>