[gst-devel] mpeg4videoparse in decodebin(2)

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

 Hoi all,

 I've posted a bug about this: 
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=578926
but before starting on a fix I need some advice.

 I repeat the problem: when streaming MPEG4 from an IP camera over http, 
decodebin(2) doesn't insert an mpeg4videoparse element in the pipeline, which 
results in faulty decoding (by ffdec_mpeg4).

 I'm prepared to fix this, but I need some input about what would be the best 
solution:

1. don't fix it - application should insert mpeg4videoparse;

2. modify typefind and ffdec_mpeg4 (any others?) so they have 
parsed=(boolean)... in their caps;

3. increase rank of mpeg4videoparse, and modify decodebin2 so it will not 
chain multiple mpeg4videoparse elements;

4. do parsing in ffdec_mpeg4;

5. something else still.


 Option 2 seems to be the simplest to implement, but may affect other mpeg4 
elements that I don't know about.  It could also be considered an API change.  
Option 3 is the most generic (applies to other codecs too, and could be used 
to autoplug convertors, perhaps).

 Regards,
 Arnout
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