[python] check if state is playing

[Pablo Rodríguez]

On 11/28/21 9:51 PM, Michael Gruner via gstreamer-devel wrote:
> Hey Pablo
>
> Python will return the current and pending states along with the return
> in a tuple as the following:
>
> (ret, state, pending) = pipeline.get_state()
>
> Then you can compare as usual:
>
> if state == gst.STATE_PLAYING:
>   pass

Many thanks for your help, Michael.

This solves my issue. I expected a string and I didn’t know how to deal
with the returns.

> You can pass in a timeout to the state query as
> in pipeline.get_state(timeout=gst.SECOND).

It’s also good to know this.

Many thanks for your help again,

Pablo