[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 556019] New: Add the ability to make souphttpsrc act as a live source

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  GStreamer | gst-plugins-good | Ver: HEAD CVS
           Summary: Add the ability to make souphttpsrc act as a live source
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: HEAD CVS
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gst-plugins-good
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: sjoerd at luon.net
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


For certain http streams, for example multipart jpeg cameras, it's usefull to
have the httpsrc timestamp the incoming buffers. Being derived from basesrc,
souphttpsrc already has a do-timestamp property, but as it's not a live source,
it will start pushing buffers before there is a clock selected. Hence the first
few buffers have a wrong timestamp. 

Attached patch solves this by adding a property to turn the souphttpsrc into a
live src. In combination with do-timestamp this makes it push out nicely
timestamped buffers


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