[gst-devel] gstreamer thread problem?

[Wim Taymans]

On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 09:32 +0000, woo john wrote:
> hi,
>   i am reading the plugin writer's guide. i am confused about scheduling 
> mode.
> 
>   It is clear for me that a filter or sink element can has its own 
> thread(act as puller).There is a simple example in the PWG to explain this 
> case.
> 
>   My question is :
> 
> 1 whether a source element can work at pull mode or push mode ?

See the docs for basesrc
(http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer-libs/html/gstreamer-libs-GstBaseSrc.html) for when the element can operate in pull mode.

> 
>   2 if it is at pull mode, is there a thread assigned for it?
>     if it is at push mode, is there a thread assigned for it?

An element operating in pull mode is not normally managing a thread
since it is being pulled by another element that normally uses a thread
to do this.
An element in push mode either uses a thread to push stuff out or uses
the thread from an upstream element (a typical _chain based element,
like a decoder). 

> 
>   3 As i know,I can insert a queue between a source element and the 
> downstream elements. In this case,what mode does the source element work? 
> pull or push?
Push, queue will not pull from any upstream peer. This means the source
starts a thread to push stuff into the queue. This also means that the
source has to perform the seeks on its own (currently).

Hope this helps,
Wim

> 
>   thanks in advance!
> 
> woo.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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