Changing filesink location when file reaches 4gb

[Gerard Toonstra]

Hopefully this link will help you out:

http://groakat.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/gstreamer-stream-h264-webcam-data-to-series-of-files/

On Jan 17, 2013, at 4:24 PM, hobbesc7 <hobbesc7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm currently writing a stream to a local .h264 file, as well as streaming
> live over udp to a remote client.
> 
> I need to record for long periods, and am writing to fat32-formatted SD
> cards.  When the file reaches 4gb, I'd like to seamlessly switchover to a
> new file, i.e. when video1.h264 reaches 4gb, I'd like to start recording to
> video2.h264.
> 
> I'd like to do this without the user having to stop/start the stream.
> 
> This is how my what I'm doing:
> 
> filesrc -- > tee --> queue1 --> udpsink
>                     --> queue2 --> filesink
> 
> Is there a way to change the filesink location property on the fly?  Or if I
> use fdsink instead of filesink, could I somehow change the file name on the
> fly?
> 
> Also, am I going to have to keep track of the file size myself?  How best to
> do that?
> 
> 
> 
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