[gst-devel] running pipeline without sinkelement?

[Stefan Kost]

Kocsis Tibor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a pipeline in PLAYING state. Is there any way to hold in the
> pipeline a source element in PLAYING (e.g. v4l2src) without a
> sinkelement, or I always have to use a sinkelement on the end of the
> pipeline (e.g. a fakesink)?
>   

You can't run a pipleine with loose ends. As soon as a pad_push/pull
happens on an unlinked pad you will get a dataflow error that is
critical and stops the pipeline. Just add a fakesink or block the pad.

Stefan
> Regards
> Tibor
>
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