playbin and volume in C++

[Sebastian Dröge]

On Mo, 2014-06-30 at 08:29 +0200, Marco Trapanese wrote:
> Hello,
> from command line I type:
> 
> gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=file:///path-to-mp4 audio-sink=alsasink 
> volume=1.0
> 
> and it just works.
> Now I want to do the same from a C++ application:
> 
> GstElement *pipeline;
> GstElement *audiosink;
> GstElement *volume;
> 
> pipeline = gst_element_factory_make("playbin", "player");
> g_object_set(G_OBJECT(pipeline), "uri", "path-to-mp4", NULL);
> 
> volume = gst_element_factory_make("volume", "volume");
> g_object_set (G_OBJECT(pipeline), "volume", volume, 1.0, NULL);
> 
> audiosink = gst_element_factory_make ("alsasink", "audio_sink");
> g_object_set (G_OBJECT(pipeline), "audio-sink", audiosink, NULL);
> 
> gst_element_set_state(GST_ELEMENT(pipeline), GST_STATE_PLAYING);
> 
> 
> But the audio doesn't work. If I remove the two "volume" lines it works.
> Where is the mistake?

The gst-launch pipeline is different than the pipeline you build
manually here. You don't need to create a separate volume element but
can directly set the "volume" property on playbin.

> When the pipeline is playing will I be able to change the volume just 
> calling again the g_object_set with another volume value?

Yes

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Sebastian Dröge, Centricular Ltd - http://www.centricular.com
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