[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 587082] New: v4lsrc should open/close the device in ready

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  GStreamer | gst-plugins-base | Ver: git
           Summary: v4lsrc should open/close the device in ready
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: git
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gst-plugins-base
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: ensonic at sonicpulse.de
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


it opens/closes the device in basesrc::start/stop. This requires apps to set
the element to paused to query settings and this causes it to start streaming
(which is not very fast). Same thing was fixed for v4l2src recently.


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