[gst-devel] handling unknown streams gracefully

[Stefan Kost]

Am 02.03.2010 23:55, schrieb Jeremiah Rose:
> I was hoping for a little more detail, as I've been unable to find any
> documentation on the subject (once I've got a thorough understanding,
> I'd be happy to write some).
> 
> Which signals are they?
> 
> I am aware that decodebin emits "unkown-type", but what does it do
> after it emits the signal?
> 
> I am blocking and pre-rolling the pipeline, and it seems like the
> block and preroll happen anyway, without any decoded pads being
> connected. Is this the correct behaviour?
> 
> Also, does the failure to typefind cause the pipeline to post any messages?
> 
> Where can I find more information?

For python, there is some docs on a berlios project (use google). Using grep on
python sources is a good idea too.

Anyway the idea is that you grab the GstBus and listen for the message:error
signal there. If you get such one, give up on the track and continue with the
next one.

Stefan

> 
> thanks,
> 
> Jez
> 
> On 2 March 2010 17:25, Kapil Agrawal <kapil.agl at gmail.com> wrote:
>> IMHO you can write a application and catch the error signals on the Bus, and
>> based on that skip the file.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Jeremiah Rose
>> <jeremiah.aaron.rose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> hey all,
>>>
>>> I have a (python) program that runs through a playlist of audio files.
>>> It uses decodebin2 and associated machinery. If a file cannot be
>>> decoded, I wish to simply skip it, without complaint. How is this
>>> done?
>>>
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