GST_PLUGIN_PATH vs registry.add_path

[Stefan Kost]

Hi,

Am 04.04.2011 22:23, schrieb Oleksandr Lavrushchenko:
> Hi all,
> 
> i want to load custom plugins (*.so) placed in $PWD, from python application.
> I'm aware that i can export GST_PLUGIN_PATH variable, from shell and
> then start app, but i prefer to configure this internally
> in app. Google search giving me this exaple in C:
> 
> GstRegistry *registry;
> registry = gst_registry_get_default();
> gst_registry_add_path(registry, directory);
> 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2120444/gstreamer-plugin-search-path/2213274#2213274
> 
> But my try to reassemble it in python unfortunately fail:
> 
> import gst
> reg=gst.registry_get_default()
> reg.add_path(path,"./");
> 
> Seems, like last call rewrite path completly instead of adding to system path.
> 
> 
> Will be glad to hear an advice on how to do it right way. Thanks.
> _______________________________________________

I was trying to do that a while ago myself too and saw that the api is
completely unimplemented.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=608841

Stefan