<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=ltr> <DIV dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV> <DIV>I create a pipeline containing the following components in order:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    UDP Source</DIV> <DIV>    Queue</DIV> <DIV>    RTPDepay</DIV> <DIV>    Mpeg4Decoder</DIV> <DIV>    VideoRate</DIV> <DIV>    ColourSpaceConvert</DIV> <DIV>    Tee</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I then attach a bin to the Tee.  The bin is simply a queue followed by a DirectShow sink, i.e.:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    Queue</DIV> <DIV>    DirectShowSink</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I also attach a fake sink to the Tee so that the pipeline has somewhere to send data if the DirectShow sink isn't there:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    Queue</DIV> <DIV>    FakeSink</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This works fine and I see streaming video in the DirectShow window.  Now if I want to pause streaming, and for the sake of argument when I say pause streaming I mean continue the streaming underneath to a fake sink, but just freeze the display, I first pause the pipeline, then unlink the DirectShow bin and finally I remove the DirectShow bin from the pipeline.  Again, this works as expected, with the RTP stream's clock still counting upward, but the DirectShow window remaining static.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Now, when I want to get the DirectShow window displaying again, linking it back into the pipeline, I assume I just need to pause the pipeline, add the DirectShow bin to the pipeline and then link it to the Tee again.  However unlike the first time I linked it, this time it gives me an error:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    0:01:47.192718000  5288   08CF9038 INFO GST_ELEMENT_PADS gstutils.c:1614:gst_element_link_pads_full: trying to link element gStreamerBinStreamRTP_tee:(any) to element gStreamerBinDirectShow_queue:(any)</DIV> <DIV>    0:01:47.196718000  5288   08CF9038 INFO GST_ELEMENT_PADS gstelement.c:963:gst_element_get_static_pad: found pad gStreamerBinDirectShow_queue:sink</DIV> <DIV>    0:01:47.196718000  5288   08CF9038 INFO GST_ELEMENT_PADS gstutils.c:1221:gst_element_get_compatible_pad:<gStreamerBinDirectShow_queue> Could not find a compatible pad to link to gStreamerBinStreamRTP_tee:src1</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is odd because obviously the first time it tried to link it was quite happy, i..e:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    0:00:15.019501000  5288   00331AD0 INFO GST_ELEMENT_PADS gstutils.c:1614:gst_element_link_pads_full: trying to link element gStreamerBinStreamRTP_tee:(any) to element gStreamerBinDirectShow_queue:(any)</DIV> <DIV>    0:00:15.030502000  5288   00331AD0 INFO GST_ELEMENT_PADS gstelement.c:716:gst_element_add_pad:<gStreamerBinStreamRTP_tee> adding pad 'src1'</DIV> <DIV>    0:00:15.031503000  5288   00331AD0 INFO GST_PADS gstutils.c:1520:prepare_link_maybe_ghosting: gStreamerBinStreamRTP_tee and gStreamerBinDirectShow_queue not in same bin, making ghost pads</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So, where am I going wrong here?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks.</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>