[gst-devel] How to play a file lying on localhost using gst-launch ?

[wl2776]

wl2776 wrote:
> 
> playbin2 discovers that you give it an HTTP url.
> Then it searches through its element registry and discovers what source
> elements can handle http protocol, finds one, creates its instance, sets
> its location property to the uri value, 
> 
Well, to be more specific, it creates the uridecodebin element, gives that
uri to it, it creates the source element and the decodebin element, which
builds the rest of the decoding chain, basing on data, received from the
source element.



> Then it lets the source element to connect to the HTTP server, send GET
> request, receive response, output received data and so on.
> 
> 
> Anirudh wrote:
>> 
>> well!!! I tried to run that command u gave & it played the file but I
>> didn't get how it worked internally. I was trying to run it by making a
>> pipeline structure like I mentioned in my question. Since I am a newbie
>> in field of GStreamer if I manage to run the file using the way I was
>> trying to do earlier
>> (this way)
>> anirudh at anirudh-laptop:~$ gst-launch-0.10 tcpclientsrc protocol=none
>>  host=localhost port=80 ! oggdemux ! vorbisdec ! audioconvert ! alsasink
>>  Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
>>  Pipeline is PREROLLING ... 
>> 
>> 
>> then I will probably understand a bit more.I have been thru around 60
>> pages of the manual & I am able to understand the basics of Gstreamer and
>> this pipeline structure is right now more clearer in my mind. So can u
>> help me out on that ?
>> 
> 
> tcpclientsrc will not do since it expects raw data to come from the TCP
> socket, but the HTTP server won't send them out without HTTP request.
> 
> You should also learn about the OSI model and where TCP and HTTP protocols
> are in it.
> 

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