[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 584838] New: basesrc: confusing QUERY_SEEKING handling

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  GStreamer | gstreamer (core) | Ver: git
           Summary: basesrc: confusing QUERY_SEEKING handling
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: git
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gstreamer (core)
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: manauw at skynet.be
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


Different interpretations of (response to) GST_QUERY_SEEKING seem possible:

1) Reply with "preferred" format and seekability in that format (typically TRUE
if the preferred on), thereby discarding original format in query.   This is
currently done by basesrc which responds with the src's format and seekability
(leading to a TRUE seekability in BYTES for filesrc for a TIME seek query).

2) It has been suggested it might be more appropriate/intuitive to preserve the
original queried format, and to respond with the ability to seek in that
format.
This is currently done by oggdemux (and presumably widely elsewhere).

The point here is to consider/interpret 1) as a bug :)


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