[gst-devel] Changing an image on the fly

[Jan Schmidt]

On Mon, 2006-07-10 at 16:04 -0500, Daniel Díaz wrote:
> Hello there!
> 
> I'm trying to do a tiny application that reads a web image, and then
> reloads that image every 5 minutes. For that, I have this pipeline
> (which works great, btw):
> 
> gst-launch neonhttpsrc
> uri="http://dfwtraffic.dot.state.tx.us/sod/Snapshots/DAL_316.jpg" !
> jpegdec ! freeze ! ffmpegcolorspace ! ximagesink
> 
> Now, how can I change the image that's being displayed?
> 
> I'm thinking I should pause, unlink, change, relink, and set to play
> again something, but I just can't figure out the combination.
> 

It should be sufficient to set the pipeline to READY, change the uri on
neonhttpsrc and then set it to PLAYING again. Any failure in that cycle
is a bug in an element not resetting itself correctly - the elements
you're using should all do that ok except possibly freeze.

Cheers,
Jan.
-- 
Jan Schmidt <thaytan at noraisin.net>