[gst-devel] GST_DISABLE_REGISTRY

[Stefan Kost]

Hi ved,

ved kpl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am using gstreamer v0.10.11.
> I am trying to reduce  the time taken by gst_init()
> I am going thru the code of gst_init and have found out that
> in init_post() (called within gst_init()) the ensure_current_registry()
> consumes around 85% of the time taken by gst_init().
> 
> The code is like this:
> 
> #ifndef GST_DISABLE_REGISTRY
>   if (!ensure_current_registry (error))
>     return FALSE;
> #endif
> 
> I rebulit the gstreamer core with GST_DISABLE_REGISTRY.
> After that, when I do gst_inspect,  only 2 plugins are shown.
> and also the test app that wrote comprising of filesrc and filesink
> failed too, showing that filesrc, filesink not found.
> 
> I tried the same with 0.10.13 too, but same results.
> Could anyone please some light on this and tell
> whether i am doing the right approach.

Without a registry you need to explicitely load the plugins you want to use. I
have recently comiitted some patches that make the registry loading faster. Try
using the current prereleases.

Stefan