Download http stream to local disk and play from downloading location

[Ian Davidson]

My understanding is that the AVI format has important information 
written as a trailer at the end of the file.  In that case, playback 
cannot begin until the entire file has been downloaded.

Ian

On 26/06/2015 14:25, Bhavya wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I am trying to download and play http stream simultaneously
>
> Download http stream
>
> gst-launch-0.10 souphttpsrc location=http://192.168.0.144/Test.avi ! queue2
> ! filesink location=Download.avi
>
> Meanwhile through other pipeline start playback from downloading location
>
> gst-launch-0.10 filesrc location=Download.avi ! avidemux name=demux demux. !
> queue ! ffdec_h264 ! autovideosink demux. ! queue ! ffdec_mp3 ! alsasink
>
> Now problem with above logic is, video doesn't play completely.
>
> Is this because filesrc caches entire file when pipeline set to play, so
> data downloaded until that is played?  OR
> Do we need to set some property of filesink to make sure it as written to
> actual location?
>
>
>
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