do-timestamp=true and identity plugin

[Nicolas Dufresne]

Le jeudi 08 août 2019 à 02:47 -0500, doodlepuffs a écrit :
> I am a bit curious, do-timestamp=true and the identity plugin in the
> gstreamer pipeline are the same thing right? The only time i see the

No, do-timestamp is a property that tells basesink to set timestamp on
buffers automatically. identity is an element that does no thing, but
has some debugging features.

> timestamp is when I exit the video stream, then "Execution ended after
> 0:00:05.348379438" Is this the timestamp people are referring to when trying
> to extract it from video streams? I am very confused. Also how do I read it
> without exiting the video stream. 

I'm sorry, I don't understand this question.