[gst-devel] decodebin problem (gst 0.8.9; gentoo linux)

[Stefan Bambach]

Hi,

I took the decodebin example code, but want to have another queueing.

I thought of 3 bins.
- bin pipeline
- thread decoding (decodebin)
- thread sink

bin_main = gst_pipeline_new("bin_main");
main_src = gst_element_factory_make("filesrc", "main_src");
g_object_set(G_OBJECT(main_src), "location", filename, NULL);
main_queue = gst_element_factory_make("queue", "main_queue");

bin_decoder = gst_thread_new("bin_decoder");
decoder_dec = gst_element_factory_make("decodebin", "decoder_dec");
g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(decoder_dec), "new-decoded-pad",
	G_CALLBACK(decoder_newpad), NULL);
decoder_queue = gst_element_factory_make("queue", "decoder_queue");

bin_sink = gst_thread_new("bin_sink");
sink_conv = gst_element_factory_make("audioconvert", "sink_conv");
sink_pad = gst_element_get_pad(sink_conv, "sink");
sink_scale = gst_element_factory_make("audioscale", "sink_scale");
sink_out = gst_element_factory_make("alsasink", "sink_out");
g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(sink_out), "eos",
	G_CALLBACK(sink_eos), pma);
	

I tried many combinations for "gst_bin_add_many" and
"gst_element_link_many" but none worked... Sometimes it won't even start
to play and sometimes the state changed from PAUSED to PLAYING and
direktly back to PAUSED (and I do not change this state!).

Why I want this:
The call to gst_bin_iterate() is too slow! When I want to shutdown my
own thread (which do the iterate() call), I set a variable
"thread_cancel=1" and loop in the thread code with
"while(thread_cancel==0) {...iterate...}". But the iterate() method can
need much time (~2sec) for iterating, and so my thread shutdown needs
this time, too. And setting the state to NULL/READY/PAUSE before
thread_cancel ends in core dumps at "..._get_state".

My app configuration:
- main app
  - starts pipeline, and other gst stuff
  - my own pthread iterates over elements (gst_bin_iterate())
    -> not blocking main app
  - other commands from main app (seek, pause, getposition, gettotal)


Can I break the gst_bin_iterate() method ? (states?)

Howto link and add elements for my example ?

What state should be set and when ?

To which element should I send seek, getposition, pause "events" ?


ciao. Stefan