Looking for suggestions regarding dropped connection when using rtspsrc

[Sebastian Dröge]

On Mi, 2014-01-08 at 06:56 -0800, fahad wrote:
> I am using an 'rtspsrc' to capture and encode streaming video. Everything
> seems to be working just fine so far. One option I would like to have is to
> ensure that if the RTSP connection drops out (e.g. unplug the cable or turn
> a switch off) I would like to detect that in my pipeline and replace the
> streaming video being captured by a static display for the duration of a
> recording session. 
> 
> Right now if I unplug the network cable, the pipeline just destroys itself,
> I would like some suggestions on how to go about handling this and figured I
> ask everyone on the Dev List for ideas.

You could put the source (and depayloader and decoder) in a custom bin
that catches (GstBin::handle_message()) the error message from the
source. And once it gets one it would dynamically unplug the source and
replace it with another source that outputs your static image.

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Sebastian Dröge, Centricular Ltd - http://www.centricular.com
Expertise, Straight from the Source
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