[gst-devel] problem with g_object properties

[Corentin Baron]

Hello,

I'm writing a gstreamer plugin for a video streaming library we use at 
work (called blinky, but that's not the point here), and I've got a 
problem with my plugin's properties. When I set the property at first, 
it seems correctly set, but alas when I set the state of my test 
pipeline to PLAYING the property is broken.

Here's the set_property function of my plugin (the g_print()s deserve to 
be deleted):

static void
gst_blinkysrc_set_property (GObject *object, guint prop_id,
                    const GValue *value, GParamSpec *pspec)
{
  GstBlinkySrc *filter;

  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_BLINKYSRC (object));
  filter = GST_BLINKYSRC (object);

  switch (prop_id)
  {
  case ARG_SILENT:
    filter->silent = g_value_get_boolean (value);
    g_print("gstblinky: set silent to %s\n", 
(filter->silent==TRUE?"true":"false"));
    break;
  case ARG_BL_DEVICE:
      filter->blinkydevice = g_value_get_string(value);
    g_print("gstblinky: set device to %s\n", filter->blinkydevice);
    break;
  case ARG_BL_SYNCHRONIZE:
    filter->blinkysync = g_value_get_boolean(value);
    g_print("gstblinky: set sync to %s\n", 
(filter->blinkysync==TRUE?"true":"false"));
    break;
  default:
    G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
    break;
  }
}

here's my test program instanciation and set_property() part:

pipeline = gst_thread_new("blinkytest");
   
    blinkysrc = gst_element_factory_make("BlinkySrc", "Source");
    if (blinkysrc == NULL) {
        g_print("Error instanciating blinky source.\n");
        return -1;
    }
   
    // Affichage d'infos sur le plugin :
    g_print(" * %s instanciated.\n", gst_element_get_name(blinkysrc));
   
    videosink = gst_element_factory_make("autovideosink", "video");
    g_print(" * %s instanciated.\n", gst_element_get_name(videosink));
   
    g_object_set(G_OBJECT(blinkysrc), "sync", TRUE, NULL);
    g_object_set(G_OBJECT(blinkysrc), "silent", FALSE, NULL);
    g_object_set(G_OBJECT(blinkysrc), "device", argv[1], NULL);
    g_print(" * properties set for %s\n", gst_element_get_name(blinkysrc));

and here's the output of my test program:

$ ./Debug/BlinkyGstTest 2
 * Begin.
 * gst_init done.
 * argc checked.
 * Source instanciated.
 * video instanciated.
gstblinky: set sync to true
gstblinky: set silent to false
gstblinky: set device to 2
 * properties set for Source
 * elements connected and added to the bin
connexion to blinky device \uffff\uffff...
BlinkyConnexion_Create: blinkyBEOpen(\uffff\uffff) failed

I think it could be a pointer problem, but the property seems correctly 
set first, and broken when I try to use it.

Any gst_plugin pro out there who could help?
thx,
Corentin BARON