[Gstreamer-openmax] [PATCH 2/2] add gst-openmax registry (config file)

[Felipe Contreras]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Clark, Rob <rob at ti.com> wrote:
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> On Feb 26, 2010, at 6:05 AM, Felipe Contreras wrote:
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>> 3) The configuration location should be obtained with
>> g_get_user_config_dir() ($HOME/.config)
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> What do you think about leaving this as-is, but submitting a patch to gstreamer to add API to get the gst registry directory (gst_get_registry_dir() or something like that?), and later changing to using that?
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> I'm wondering if the config file makes more sense to be located along side gst registry..

The problem I have with this approach is that GStreamer registry is
fundamentally different; it's not something the user is supposed to
change.

In fact, the proper location of the registry should probably be
~/.cache/gstreamer-0.10 (through g_get_user_cache_dir()). So if we use
use gst_get_registry_dir() the conf might end up in ~/.cache, and I
don't think that's good.

In fact, I think the user should be able to configure the rank of
gstreamer elements (not gst-omx). And if such thing gets ever
implemented the configuration would probably be in ~/.config. Until
there's a gst_get_config_dir(), I think it's best to follow my
proposal.

Cheers.

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Felipe Contreras