[gst-devel] gstreamer in custom applications

[Benjamin Otte]

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Vlad Berditchevskiy wrote:

> I'm considering to use gstreamer in my own application (interactive
> multimedia presentation). I read the application development manual, but
> unfortunately it isn't very comprehensive, so I still have some
> questions:
>
We know that we seriously lack documentation at the moment.
Sorry.

> 1. Is it possible to do full screen playback? If I use xvideosink as
>    shown in the example, the picture is displayed in a small window in
>    the middle of the screen.
>
Yes, that is no problem. gst-player does that, to give you an example.

> 2. How do I draw my own stuff over the video? As far as I understand, I
>    have to write my own plugin. Are there examples which show how to do
>    such things? I need to implement something like an on-screen display
>    where a user can choose something from a menu. Maybe someone already
>    did something similar?
>
There's something, but nothing really nice. The textoverlay element is an
example.
I intend to work on that for my TV viewer though.

Benjamin