You can try blocking the src pad of your first element<br> <br> see : <a href="http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/docs/design/part-block.txt?revision=1.2&view=markup">http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/docs/design/part-block.txt?revision=1.2&view=markup </a><br> <br> Regards,<br> <br> Antoine<br> <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/20/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Kalyanavarathan, Vasanth</b> <<a href="mailto:VKalyanavarathan@ndsuk.com">VKalyanavarathan@ndsuk.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>Hello There</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>My Gst Application before modifying the pipeline content invokes pause and play using gst_element_set_state</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>in a thread context different from g_mainloop thread.</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>On some occasions I see that the gst_element_set_state does not return and hangs.</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>However by looking into the source I cannot see any obvious reason for this behaviour.</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>Could you please suggest an alternative asynchronous way to pause and play pipeline ?</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>Thanks</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>Vasanth</span></font></div>This email message and any attachments thereto are intended only for use by the addressee(s) named above, and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the <a href="mailto:postmaster@nds.com" title="mailto:postmaster@nds.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">postmaster@nds.com</a> and destroy the original message </div> </div><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT<br>Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your<br> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV" target="_blank"> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>gstreamer-devel mailing list<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:gstreamer-devel@lists.sourceforge.net"> gstreamer-devel@lists.sourceforge.net</a><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gstreamer-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gstreamer-devel </a><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br>