[gst-devel] using xoverlay

[Stefan Kost]

Hi,

Vinod Nanjaiah schrieb:
> Hi!
> Has anyone successfully used Xoverlay ;-)
> 
> I just can't seem to get the bus message "GST_MESSAGE_ELEMENT" so that I can
> proceed and call gst_x_overlay_set_xwindow_id ().
> 
> If however, I don't check for the message and directly call
> gst_x_overlay_set_xwindow_id (), my app just seg faults with the following
> errors.
> 
> GLIB WARNING ** GLib-GObject - invalid cast from `GstDSPMPEG4Sink' to
> `GstXOverlay'
> GLIB CRITICAL ** GStreamer - gst_implements_interface_cast: assertion
> `gst_element_implements_interface (GST_ELEMENT (from), iface_type)' failed
>

Are you by chance working on an Nokia 770? If the that wont work.
1.) The DspMpeg4Sink is a decoder sink that directly renders into the framebuffer.
2.) There is not xvideo support for the platform.

Both N800 and N810 have XVideo support and also normal decoders.

Stefan


> Can someone please, please enlighten me on this.
> 
> Regards,
> Vinod