[gst-devel] gtk and threads

[alberto colombo]

hello

I'm using gstreamer for a small video analysis application written in
gtk. I am trying to update the GUI with some information about the
current frame of the video (i.e., the position of a tracked
target, ...). 

To make it simpler, suppose I have a frame-counter plugin and that I
want to show the current frame number in a GtkLabel. I can think of two
ways of doing it:

        1) have the frame-counter emit a custom signal with the current
        frame number, catch the signal from the application and update
        the label, or
        
        2) have a GtkLabel property in the plugin, and update if from
        within the plugin on the _chain function.
        
Alas, none of the above work. When the pipeline is playing, the
interface is frozen and does not repaint until the pipeline is paused. I
tryed to queue_redraw() it, the I tryed with gtk_main_iteration(), then 
g_main_context_iteration(): they only make things worse (deadlocks).

What can I do? What am I doing wrong?

thank you very much
alberto 
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