[gst-devel] appsink cannot go from PLAYING -> NULL -> PLAYING

[Stefan Kost]

Am 29.07.2010 16:47, schrieb bparker:
> I am using an appsink on a playbin2 element to get raw decoded frames
> for a video. Whenever the first file in my playlist is done playing
> (hits EOS signal), I try to set the state to NULL (then change the
> playbin "uri" property to go to the next video) and then back to PLAYING
> from my main thread, but setting the state to playing always returns
> ASYNC and no amount of timeout to get_state() after that seems to be
> enough for it to go to playing state, it just blocks forever. When I
> don't use an appsink and just send the video directly to a normal video
> sink (e.g. glimagesink), it works as expected. Any idea what could be
> causing this?

You are setting appsink as the videosink? As a workaround you might be able to
use uri-decodebin and add appsinks for the streams you want to grab.
Please also file a bug.

Stefan

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