[gst-devel] HTTP video source serves individual JPEG images

[Wim Taymans]

You could also wrap the source and decoder in a bin, patch up a buffer
timestamp,
catch the EOS event, set things to NULL internally and schedule a timeout for
the next frame. You could then more easily mux things.

Wim

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Wim Taymans <wim.taymans at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think the file would just be overwritten with new contents because
> the filesink
> would reopen (not in append mode) the file.
>
> Wim
>
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> wrote:
>> Good idea, but wouldn't that wreak havoc on the output file in case it's a
>> filesink instead of an xvimagesink?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Arnout
>>
>> On Saturday 22 January 2011 21:55:18, Wim Taymans wrote:
>>
>>> For those sources I would suggest to periodically set the pipeline to
>>
>>> NULL when you
>>
>>> get an EOS event. When you want to get a new image, set it back to
>>> PLAYING,
>>
>>> and then you repeat this.
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Wim
>>
>>>
>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia
>>
>>>
>>
>>> <grodriguez at ingelabs.com> wrote:
>>
>>> > Hello all,
>>
>>> >
>>
>>> > I am trying to use gstreamer to stream video (sort of) from a HTTP
>>> > source
>>
>>> > that serves individual JPEG images. This is not a MJPEG stream --
>>
>>> > instead, a new HTTP request is required for each frame that is to be
>>
>>> > retrieved.
>>
>>> >
>>
>>> > This pipeline works for MJPEG:
>>
>>> >
>>
>>> > gst-launch souphttpsrc location=http://user:pass@hostname/path ! jpegdec
>>
>>> > ! xvimagesink
>>
>>> >
>>
>>> > If I try to use the same pipeline for an HTTP source that serves
>>
>>> > individual JPEG images, only one image is shown (since the HTTP response
>>
>>> > actually contains just one single image).
>>
>>> >
>>
>>> > Is there any way to have souphttpsrc make additional requests
>>
>>> > periodically from the specified location?
>>
>>> >
>>
>>> > Is there any other way to achieve this?
>>
>>> >
>>
>>> > Thanks,
>>
>>> >
>>
>>> > GRodriguez
>>
>>> >
>>
>>> >
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