[Mesa-dev] [Mesa-dev, kmscube 05/10] gst-decoder.c: Use element factory name to detect V4L2 video decoder

[Carlos Rafael Giani]

Signed-off-by: Carlos Rafael Giani <dv at pseudoterminal.org>
---
 gst-decoder.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gst-decoder.c b/gst-decoder.c
index 51304a2..05d73b7 100644
--- a/gst-decoder.c
+++ b/gst-decoder.c
@@ -115,15 +115,24 @@ gst_thread_func(void *args)
 static void
 element_added_cb(GstBin *bin, GstElement *element, gpointer user_data)
 {
+	GstElementFactory *elem_factory;
+	gchar const *factory_name;
+
 	(void)user_data;
 	(void)bin;
 
-	printf("added: %s\n", GST_OBJECT_NAME(element));
+	elem_factory = gst_element_get_factory(element);
+	factory_name = gst_plugin_feature_get_name(elem_factory);
+
+	GST_DEBUG("added element %s (created with factory %s)", GST_OBJECT_NAME(element), factory_name);
 
-	// XXX is there a better way to do this, like match class name?
-	if (strstr(GST_OBJECT_NAME(element), "v4l2video0dec") == GST_OBJECT_NAME(element)) {
+	/* v4l2 video decoder factories are generated by the GStreamer v4l probe.
+	 * The format is v4l2videoNdec, where N is an integer. So, check if the
+	 * element's factory name fits this pattern. */
+	if (g_str_has_prefix(factory_name, "v4l2video") && g_str_has_suffix(factory_name, "dec")) {
 		/* yes, "capture" rather than "output" because v4l2 is bonkers */
 		gst_util_set_object_arg(G_OBJECT(element), "capture-io-mode", "dmabuf");
+		printf("found GStreamer V4L2 video decoder element with name \"%s\"\n", GST_OBJECT_NAME(element));
 	}
 }
 
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