Rebuilding the pipeline...

[Eric Trousset]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gstreamer-devel [mailto:gstreamer-devel-
> bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Tim Müller
> Sent: mercredi 30 avril 2014 23:49
> To: gstreamer-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: Rebuilding the pipeline...
> 
> On Wed, 2014-04-30 at 14:19 +0200, Eric Trousset wrote:
> 
> > Would it be possible to rebuild the pipeline (playbin) keeping the
> > same source element and possibly the same video sink ?
> >
> > I have to handle a media type change. I d like the change to be
> > seamless.
> >
> > Any advice on how to achieve this?
> 
> Have you tried using the 'about-to-finish' signal of playbin yet to achieve
> "gapless" playback? (The time for the new source to preroll is not very large,
> so if there's lag for the second uri it won't be seamloss, but that's the easiest
> way to make it work).
> 
> What do you mean by 'media type change'? Uri protocol? Format?

Actually the server decimate the media, keeping only key frames, and removing audio. So the container stays the same as does the codec.
I can play the modified file ok, but switching stream while playing works only a few times (for mpeg pas) and then the pipeline freezes (some element stay in pause state)


> 
> Cheers
>  -Tim
> 
> --
> Tim Müller, Centricular Ltd - http://www.centricular.com
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