[gst-devel] test/* status

[Wim Taymans]

just a quick overview of the test/* programs... 

status of test programs in the test/ dir.
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ac3parse
  Broken, uses a floating pad.

ac3play
  old, should work.

avi2mpg
  Broken, avidecoder confuses the scheduler.

aviparse
  Broken.

buffer
  Works but leaks.

cobin
  Broken, old

dv2mp1
  Broken, something with capsnego probably

dvdcat
  Untested because of license problems <g>

dvshow
  Works fine.

fake
  Works

mp1parse
  Audio works, video doesn't because of old videosink.
  Creates threads for audio/video decoding.

mp1tomp1
  hangs.

mp2toavi
  fails, possibly capsnego failing.

mp2tomp1
  Fails, uses wrong pad request method.

mp3
  broken, uses non existing mp3 element.

mp3mad
  works.

mp3parse
  broken, uses a pad on its own to show info about the decoded data.

mp3play
  Works.

mp3tovorbis
  Works.

mpeg2parse
  Fails, uses old videosink

mpeg2parse2
  works.
  sets up a pipeline with a video decoder chain, connects the pads
  to between mpeg2parse and the decoder queue upon the new_pad signal.

mpeg2parse3
  works.
  sets up a pipeline with a video and audio decode chain. connects
  the pads on new_pad.

mpeg2parse4
  Works but has a huge mem leak somewhere.
  Has a weird way of setting up the pipeline, part of it is constructed
  before PLAYING the pipeline and part of it on new_pad..

pipefiler
  broken.

qtest
  broken, doesn't use mp3parse.

record
  Works.

spectrum
  Broken, uses a nen existing element.

teardown
  Broken. looks like an element destruction problem.

vidcapture
  Broken. something about peer != NULL

vidcapture2
  Broken, 100%CPU, nothing happens.

video2mp1
  Broken, cothread: trying to switch to same thread, legal but not
necessary

videotest
  Broken, uses old videosink

videotest2
  Broken, bad capsnego.

wave
  Broken, uses old element.

xmmstest
  Segfault, in xmms plugin?


xml/*
  obsolete.

bindings/*
  ?

cothreads/*
  ?


random notes
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 xmms doesn't seem to build out of the box (Makefile entry missing?)