GES samples/tests?

[Thibault Saunier]

> I've read the GESAsset documentation a few times. Even so I believed (incorrectly) that I should add Clips instead of assets. There wasn't really a good question there, just some stumbling trying to comprehend the API.

You can do both, I think it is simpler to use assets in many cases (so
you can 'introspect' the elements before using them).

> Setting the auto-transition to true worked great. Can I change the type of transition?

Sure, you should just retrieve the transition and set properties on it.

Regards,

Thibault Saunier

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Kovamees, Carl <ckovamees at novetta.com> wrote:
> Thanks again for taking the time to explain.
>
> I've read the GESAsset documentation a few times. Even so I believed
> (incorrectly) that I should add Clips instead of assets. There wasn't really
> a good question there, just some stumbling trying to comprehend the API.
>
> Setting the auto-transition to true worked great. Can I change the type of
> transition?
>
>
> /Carl
>
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Thibault Saunier <tsaunier at gnome.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Carl,
>>
>> Did you have a look at the GESAsset documentation:
>>
>> http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer-editing-services/html/GESAsset.html
>> it contains quite abit of information about the concept and what
>> problem it solves.
>>
>> Most of the time you should just enable GESTimeline::auto-transition
>> if you want to have transition in your timeline (instead of doing it
>> by hand, and probably handle it wrong).
>>
>> I am not sure what you question is in that last mail? :)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Thibault
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Kovamees, Carl <ckovamees at novetta.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Thanks Thibault,
>> >
>> > I thought layers consisted of clips. Then I ran into assets and was
>> > trying
>> > to understand the concept a little more. It seems like instead of adding
>> > clips to the timeline, the samples I see now adds assets. Does it matter
>> > which?
>> >
>> > This is a part of a what I have working, but I haven't really seen asset
>> > talked about to any extent.
>> >
>> > ges_layer_add_asset (layer,
>> > GES_ASSET(ges_uri_clip_asset_request_sync(uri,
>> > NULL)), 0, 0 * GST_SECOND, 6 * GST_SECOND, GES_TRACK_TYPE_UNKNOWN);
>> > g_free (uri);
>> >
>> > GESVideoTransition * transition = ges_video_transition_new();
>> > GESAsset * transition = GES_ASSET(ges_asset_request(GES_TYPE_TRANSITION,
>> > "crossfade", NULL));
>> > ges_layer_add_asset (layer, GES_ASSET(transition), 4 * GST_SECOND, 0, 2
>> > *
>> > GST_SECOND, GES_TRACK_TYPE_UNKNOWN);
>> >
>> > ges_layer_add_asset (layer,
>> > GES_ASSET(ges_uri_clip_asset_request_sync(uri2,
>> > NULL)), 5 * GST_SECOND, 0, 5 * GST_SECOND, GES_TRACK_TYPE_UNKNOWN);
>> > g_free (uri2);
>> >
>> >
>> > /Carl
>> >
>> > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Thibault Saunier <tsaunier at gnome.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello Carl,
>> >>
>> >> The tests are not outdated but are not really good examples of how to
>> >> use the API.
>> >>
>> >> You can have a look at the ges-launch application but it is a bit
>> >> big/complex these days.
>> >>
>> >> The examples are outdated, we should really update them.
>> >>
>> >> You can also have a look at little scripts such as
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> http://mathieuduponchelle.github.io/coding/2013/06/08/Fun-with-videomixer.html
>> >> which might be helpful to understand.
>> >>
>> >> Otherwize just ask any question you have :)
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Thibault Saunier
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:42 PM, Carl Kovamees <ckovamees at novetta.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > What's the best place for GES samples/tests to learn from? I looked
>> >> > in
>> >> > gstreamer/gst-editing-services/tests and it seems a little outdated.
>> >> >
>> >> > /Carl
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
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