[gst-devel] Re: [gst-cvs] company gstreamer: gstreamer/ gstreamer/docs/random/ gstreamer/gst/ gstreamer/gst/elements/

[Christian Schaller]

On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 11:06, Benjamin Otte wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 03:25, Benjamin Otte wrote:
> > > 	* gst/elements/gstfilesrc.c: (gst_filesrc_set_location):
> > > 	  make it only work in NULL.
> >
> > Actually, READY is fine too. File is a stream resource (as opposed to an
> > element resource) so it's only opened on READY->PAUSED.
> >
> No, it's not. Devices and files are external ressources. External
> ressources are opened on NULL=>READY.
> 
> We had this discussion half a year ago, so I kinda don't wanna get into
> this discussion again ;)
Update the PWG with the explanation then or you will be having this
discussion every six months :)

Christian