[gst-devel] GStreamer in double loop

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

 [This is actually not about GStreamer anymore, but what the heck.]

On Friday 19 June 2009 00:48:39 Jeffrey Barish wrote:
> Here's what's baffling me.  This works:
>
>         loop = gobject.MainLoop()
>         context = loop.get_context()
>         while True:
>             context.iteration(False)
>             time.sleep(1.0)
>
> This doesn't:
>
>         loop = gobject.MainLoop()
>         context = loop.get_context()
>         while True:
>             context.iteration(True)

 Since you haven't registered any sources for the main loop, it will block 
forever.  And unless you created another thread or signal handler somewhere 
that calls loop.quit(), there is no way to get out of it.

> The difference is that the second one blocks on the iteration.  What is it
> about blocking that is incompatible with running this code in its own
> thread?

 AFAIK mainloops aren't really meant to be controlled from multiple threads.  
Inside the context.iteration(True), the mainloop will block waiting for an 
event on any of its registered sources.  Once it's blocking, I don't think 
adding a source from another thread interrupts the block.  You'd probably 
need to do a loop.quit() and re-run the mainloop.

 Regards,
 Arnout


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