[gst-devel] autoplug(?) ac3dec/mad bug

[Wim Taymans]

On 18 Aug 2001 09:58:27 -0400, David I. Lehn wrote:
> * Wim Taymans <wim.taymans at chello.be> [20010818 06:26]:
> > On 18 Aug 2001 05:32:49 -0400, David I. Lehn wrote:
> > > I was trying to play a vob with cvs code and gstmediaplay.  It decides
> > > to hook up "mad" instead of "ac3dec" for the audio!  This works fine in
> > > 0.2.1 so something has changed since then.
> > 
> > pure luck :) The autoplugger we use is a static one. mpeg2parse can
> > either output mp3 or ac3, the autoplugger picks one (without even
> > looking at the stream), if you're lucky it has guessed it right and you
> > have sound.
> > 
> > A dynamic autoplugger (one with knowledge of the data) can solve this
> > problem.
> >  
> 
> hmm... pure bad luck you mean.
> 
> so, my next question is (obviously):
> how can I convince you to write a dynamic autoplugger? ;)

Omega has a simple 1-to-1 (one src, one sink) dynamic autoplugger
already. We "just" need to extend this to multiple src pads. It's is not
that easy but it will be done eventually... (insert the standard "help
appreciated" stuff here)

Wim

> 
> -dave
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