a question regarding pipeline design: single vs. multiple bins

[Andres Gonzalez]

Hi,

The design of this example pipeline is different from most other available
examples and is very interesting because it uses several bins instead of the
usual single pipeline/bin approach:

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/tree/tests/examples/rtp/server-rtpaux.c

This example uses one top-level bin, a pipeline created using
gst_pipeline_new(), then in addition, several more bins are created using
gst_bin_new(). So the video and audio paths are each in their own separate
bin. This appears to me to be a nice approach because it obviously
partitions the video path separate from the audio path all within the outter
bin/pipeline. 

Question: Using this multiple bin design, are there any additional
considerations that must be addressed that are different from those needed
for a single bin design?   That is, as long as all of the pads are linked
correctly, is that sufficient when using a multiple bin design?

Question: Given the exact same media elements, in the same link order, does
an additional bin containing the video/audio elements for example, cause a
performance difference between that of not using an additional/separate bin
to contain all the video/audio elements?  

The reason I am asking, is that I am having problems using this multiple bin
design and I want to make sure I am not missing some other higher-level
consideration that is different from the typical single bin design approach.

Thanks,

-Andres



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