so basically like this: CustomData* data; GstElement* splitmuxsink = gst_element_factory_make("splitmuxsink","split"); g_signal_emit_by_name (splitmuxsink, "split-now",data); ----- ------------------------------ Gstreamer 1.14.3 ------------------------------ Windows -- Sent from: http://gstreamer-devel.966125.n4.nabble.com/