BaseTransform

This base class is for filter elements that process data. Elements that are suitable for implementation using gst.BaseTransform.BaseTransform are ones where the size and caps of the output is known entirely from the input caps and buffer sizes. These include elements that directly transform one buffer into another, modify the contents of a buffer in-place, as well as elements that collate multiple input buffers into one output buffer, or that expand one input buffer into multiple output buffers. See below for more concrete use cases.

It provides for:

* one sinkpad and one srcpad * Possible formats on sink and source pad implemented with custom transform_caps function. By default uses same format on sink and source.

* Handles state changes * Does flushing * Push mode * Pull mode if the sub-class transform can operate on arbitrary data

Use Cases

Passthrough mode

* Element has no interest in modifying the buffer. It may want to inspect it, in which case the element should have a transform_ip function. If there is no transform_ip function in passthrough mode, the buffer is pushed intact.

* The GstBaseTransformClas.passthrough_on_same_capss variable will automatically set/unset passthrough based on whether the element negotiates the same caps on both pads.

* GstBaseTransformClas.passthrough_on_same_capss on an element that doesn't implement a transform_caps function is useful for elements that only inspect data (such as level)

* Example elements

* Level * Videoscale, audioconvert, videoconvert, audioresample in certain modes.

Modifications in-place - input buffer and output buffer are the same thing.

* The element must implement a transform_ip function. * Output buffer size must <= input buffer size * If the always_in_place flag is set, non-writable buffers will be copied and passed to the transform_ip function, otherwise a new buffer will be created and the transform function called.

* Incoming writable buffers will be passed to the transform_ip function immediately. * only implementing transform_ip and not transform implies always_in_place = TRUE

* Example elements: * Volume * Audioconvert in certain modes (signed/unsigned conversion) * videoconvert in certain modes (endianness swapping)

Modifications only to the caps/metadata of a buffer

* The element does not require writable data, but non-writable buffers should be subbuffered so that the meta-information can be replaced.

* Elements wishing to operate in this mode should replace the prepare_output_buffer method to create subbuffers of the input buffer and set always_in_place to TRUE

* Example elements * Capsfilter when setting caps on outgoing buffers that have none. * identity when it is going to re-timestamp buffers by datarate.

## Normal mode * always_in_place flag is not set, or there is no transform_ip function * Element will receive an input buffer and output buffer to operate on. * Output buffer is allocated by calling the prepare_output_buffer function. * Example elements: * Videoscale, videoconvert, audioconvert when doing scaling/conversions

## Special output buffer allocations * Elements which need to do special allocation of their output buffers beyond allocating output buffers via the negotiated allocator or buffer pool should implement the prepare_output_buffer method.

* Example elements: * efence

Sub-class settable flags on GstBaseTransform

* passthrough

* Implies that in the current configuration, the sub-class is not interested in modifying the buffers. * Elements which are always in passthrough mode whenever the same caps has been negotiated on both pads can set the class variable passthrough_on_same_caps to have this behaviour automatically.

* always_in_place * Determines whether a non-writable buffer will be copied before passing to the transform_ip function.

* Implied TRUE if no transform function is implemented. * Implied FALSE if ONLY transform function is implemented.

Constructors

this
this(GstBaseTransform* gstBaseTransform, bool ownedRef)

Sets our main struct and passes it to the parent class.

Members

Functions

getAllocator
void getAllocator(Allocator allocator, AllocationParams params)

Lets gst.BaseTransform.BaseTransform sub-classes to know the memory allocator used by the base class and its params.

getBaseTransformStruct
GstBaseTransform* getBaseTransformStruct(bool transferOwnership)

Get the main Gtk struct

getBufferPool
BufferPool getBufferPool()
getStruct
void* getStruct()

the main Gtk struct as a void*

isInPlace
bool isInPlace()

See if trans is configured as a in_place transform.

isPassthrough
bool isPassthrough()

See if trans is configured as a passthrough transform.

isQosEnabled
bool isQosEnabled()

Queries if the transform will handle QoS.

reconfigureSink
void reconfigureSink()

Instructs trans to request renegotiation upstream. This function is typically called after properties on the transform were set that influence the input format.

reconfigureSrc
void reconfigureSrc()

Instructs trans to renegotiate a new downstream transform on the next buffer. This function is typically called after properties on the transform were set that influence the output format.

setGapAware
void setGapAware(bool gapAware)

If gap_aware is FALSE (the default), output buffers will have the GST_BUFFER_FLAG_GAP flag unset.

setInPlace
void setInPlace(bool inPlace)

Determines whether a non-writable buffer will be copied before passing to the transform_ip function.

setPassthrough
void setPassthrough(bool passthrough)

Set passthrough mode for this filter by default. This is mostly useful for filters that do not care about negotiation.

setPreferPassthrough
void setPreferPassthrough(bool preferPassthrough)

If prefer_passthrough is TRUE (the default), trans will check and prefer passthrough caps from the list of caps returned by the transform_caps vmethod.

setQosEnabled
void setQosEnabled(bool enabled)

Enable or disable QoS handling in the transform.

updateQos
void updateQos(double proportion, GstClockTimeDiff diff, GstClockTime timestamp)

Set the QoS parameters in the transform. This function is called internally when a QOS event is received but subclasses can provide custom information when needed.

updateSrcCaps
bool updateSrcCaps(Caps updatedCaps)

Updates the srcpad caps and send the caps downstream. This function can be used by subclasses when they have already negotiated their caps but found a change in them (or computed new information). This way, they can notify downstream about that change without losing any buffer.

Static functions

getType
GType getType()

Variables

gstBaseTransform
GstBaseTransform* gstBaseTransform;

the main Gtk struct

Inherited Members

From Element

gstElement
GstElement* gstElement;

the main Gtk struct

getElementStruct
GstElement* getElementStruct(bool transferOwnership)

Get the main Gtk struct

getStruct
void* getStruct()

the main Gtk struct as a void*

queryPosition
long queryPosition()

Queries an element for the stream position. This is a convenience function for gstreamerD.

queryDuration
long queryDuration()

Queries an element for the stream duration. This is a convenience function for gstreamerD.

location
void location(string set)

This set's the filename for a filesrc element.

caps
void caps(Caps cp)

Set the caps property of an Element.

seek
int seek(long time_nanoseconds)

For your convenience in gstreamerD: you can seek to the position of the pipeline measured in time_nanoseconds.

pads
Pad[] pads()

Get's all the pads from an element in a Pad[].

getType
GType getType()
makeFromUri
Element makeFromUri(GstURIType type, string uri, string elementname)

Creates an element for handling the given URI.

register
bool register(Plugin plugin, string name, uint rank, GType type)

Create a new elementfactory capable of instantiating objects of the type and add the factory to plugin.

stateChangeReturnGetName
string stateChangeReturnGetName(GstStateChangeReturn stateRet)

Gets a string representing the given state change result.

stateGetName
string stateGetName(GstState state)

Gets a string representing the given state.

abortState
void abortState()

Abort the state change of the element. This function is used by elements that do asynchronous state changes and find out something is wrong.

addPad
bool addPad(Pad pad)

Adds a pad (link point) to element. pad's parent will be set to element; see gst_object_set_parent() for refcounting information.

addPropertyDeepNotifyWatch
gulong addPropertyDeepNotifyWatch(string propertyName, bool includeValue)
addPropertyNotifyWatch
gulong addPropertyNotifyWatch(string propertyName, bool includeValue)
callAsync
void callAsync(GstElementCallAsyncFunc func, void* userData, GDestroyNotify destroyNotify)

Calls func from another thread and passes user_data to it. This is to be used for cases when a state change has to be performed from a streaming thread, directly via Element.setState or indirectly e.g. via SEEK events.

changeState
GstStateChangeReturn changeState(GstStateChange transition)

Perform transition on element.

continueState
GstStateChangeReturn continueState(GstStateChangeReturn ret)

Commit the state change of the element and proceed to the next pending state if any. This function is used by elements that do asynchronous state changes. The core will normally call this method automatically when an element returned GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS from the state change function.

createAllPads
void createAllPads()

Creates a pad for each pad template that is always available. This function is only useful during object initialization of subclasses of gstreamer.Element

foreachPad
bool foreachPad(GstElementForeachPadFunc func, void* userData)

Call func with user_data for each of element's pads. func will be called exactly once for each pad that exists at the time of this call, unless one of the calls to func returns FALSE in which case we will stop iterating pads and return early. If new pads are added or pads are removed while pads are being iterated, this will not be taken into account until next time this function is used.

foreachSinkPad
bool foreachSinkPad(GstElementForeachPadFunc func, void* userData)

Call func with user_data for each of element's sink pads. func will be called exactly once for each sink pad that exists at the time of this call, unless one of the calls to func returns FALSE in which case we will stop iterating pads and return early. If new sink pads are added or sink pads are removed while the sink pads are being iterated, this will not be taken into account until next time this function is used.

foreachSrcPad
bool foreachSrcPad(GstElementForeachPadFunc func, void* userData)

Call func with user_data for each of element's source pads. func will be called exactly once for each source pad that exists at the time of this call, unless one of the calls to func returns FALSE in which case we will stop iterating pads and return early. If new source pads are added or source pads are removed while the source pads are being iterated, this will not be taken into account until next time this function is used.

getBaseTime
GstClockTime getBaseTime()

Returns the base time of the element. The base time is the absolute time of the clock when this element was last put to PLAYING. Subtracting the base time from the clock time gives the running time of the element.

getBus
Bus getBus()

Returns the bus of the element. Note that only a gstreamer.Pipeline will provide a bus for the application.

getClock
Clock getClock()

Gets the currently configured clock of the element. This is the clock as was last set with Element.setClock.

getCompatiblePad
Pad getCompatiblePad(Pad pad, Caps caps)

Looks for an unlinked pad to which the given pad can link. It is not guaranteed that linking the pads will work, though it should work in most cases.

getCompatiblePadTemplate
PadTemplate getCompatiblePadTemplate(PadTemplate compattempl)

Retrieves a pad template from element that is compatible with compattempl. Pads from compatible templates can be linked together.

getContext
Context getContext(string contextType)

Gets the context with context_type set on the element or NULL.

getContextUnlocked
Context getContextUnlocked(string contextType)

Gets the context with context_type set on the element or NULL.

getContexts
ListG getContexts()

Gets the contexts set on the element.

getFactory
ElementFactory getFactory()

Retrieves the factory that was used to create this element.

getMetadata
string getMetadata(string key)

Get metadata with key in klass.

getPadTemplate
PadTemplate getPadTemplate(string name)

Retrieves a padtemplate from element with the given name.

getPadTemplateList
ListG getPadTemplateList()

Retrieves a list of the pad templates associated with element. The list must not be modified by the calling code.

getRequestPad
Pad getRequestPad(string name)

Retrieves a pad from the element by name (e.g. "src_\d"). This version only retrieves request pads. The pad should be released with Element.releaseRequestPad.

getStartTime
GstClockTime getStartTime()

Returns the start time of the element. The start time is the running time of the clock when this element was last put to PAUSED.

getState
GstStateChangeReturn getState(GstState state, GstState pending, GstClockTime timeout)

Gets the state of the element.

getStaticPad
Pad getStaticPad(string name)

Retrieves a pad from element by name. This version only retrieves already-existing (i.e. 'static') pads.

isLockedState
bool isLockedState()

Checks if the state of an element is locked. If the state of an element is locked, state changes of the parent don't affect the element. This way you can leave currently unused elements inside bins. Just lock their state before changing the state from GST_STATE_NULL

iteratePads
Iterator iteratePads()

Retrieves an iterator of element's pads. The iterator should be freed after usage. Also more specialized iterators exists such as Element.iterateSrcPads or Element.iterateSinkPads.

iterateSinkPads
Iterator iterateSinkPads()

Retrieves an iterator of element's sink pads.

iterateSrcPads
Iterator iterateSrcPads()

Retrieves an iterator of element's source pads.

link
bool link(Element dest)

Links src to dest. The link must be from source to destination; the other direction will not be tried. The function looks for existing pads that aren't linked yet. It will request new pads if necessary. Such pads need to be released manually when unlinking. If multiple links are possible, only one is established.

linkFiltered
bool linkFiltered(Element dest, Caps filter)

Links src to dest using the given caps as filtercaps. The link must be from source to destination; the other direction will not be tried. The function looks for existing pads that aren't linked yet. It will request new pads if necessary. If multiple links are possible, only one is established.

linkPads
bool linkPads(string srcpadname, Element dest, string destpadname)

Links the two named pads of the source and destination elements. Side effect is that if one of the pads has no parent, it becomes a child of the parent of the other element. If they have different parents, the link fails.

linkPadsFiltered
bool linkPadsFiltered(string srcpadname, Element dest, string destpadname, Caps filter)

Links the two named pads of the source and destination elements. Side effect is that if one of the pads has no parent, it becomes a child of the parent of the other element. If they have different parents, the link fails. If caps is not NULL, makes sure that the caps of the link is a subset of caps.

linkPadsFull
bool linkPadsFull(string srcpadname, Element dest, string destpadname, GstPadLinkCheck flags)

Links the two named pads of the source and destination elements. Side effect is that if one of the pads has no parent, it becomes a child of the parent of the other element. If they have different parents, the link fails.

lostState
void lostState()

Brings the element to the lost state. The current state of the element is copied to the pending state so that any call to Element.getState will return GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC.

messageFull
void messageFull(GstMessageType type, GQuark domain, int code, string text, string debug_, string file, string function_, int line)

Post an error, warning or info message on the bus from inside an element.

messageFullWithDetails
void messageFullWithDetails(GstMessageType type, GQuark domain, int code, string text, string debug_, string file, string function_, int line, Structure structure)

Post an error, warning or info message on the bus from inside an element.

noMorePads
void noMorePads()

Use this function to signal that the element does not expect any more pads to show up in the current pipeline. This function should be called whenever pads have been added by the element itself. Elements with GST_PAD_SOMETIMES pad templates use this in combination with autopluggers to figure out that the element is done initializing its pads.

postMessage
bool postMessage(Message message)

Post a message on the element's gstreamer.Bus This function takes ownership of the message; if you want to access the message after this call, you should add an additional reference before calling.

provideClock
Clock provideClock()

Get the clock provided by the given element. > An element is only required to provide a clock in the PAUSED > state. Some elements can provide a clock in other states.

query
bool query(Query query)

Performs a query on the given element.

queryConvert
bool queryConvert(GstFormat srcFormat, long srcVal, GstFormat destFormat, long destVal)

Queries an element to convert src_val in src_format to dest_format.

queryDuration
bool queryDuration(GstFormat format, long duration)

Queries an element (usually top-level pipeline or playbin element) for the total stream duration in nanoseconds. This query will only work once the pipeline is prerolled (i.e. reached PAUSED or PLAYING state). The application will receive an ASYNC_DONE message on the pipeline bus when that is the case.

queryPosition
bool queryPosition(GstFormat format, long cur)

Queries an element (usually top-level pipeline or playbin element) for the stream position in nanoseconds. This will be a value between 0 and the stream duration (if the stream duration is known). This query will usually only work once the pipeline is prerolled (i.e. reached PAUSED or PLAYING state). The application will receive an ASYNC_DONE message on the pipeline bus when that is the case.

releaseRequestPad
void releaseRequestPad(Pad pad)

Makes the element free the previously requested pad as obtained with Element.requestPad.

removePad
bool removePad(Pad pad)

Removes pad from element. pad will be destroyed if it has not been referenced elsewhere using gst_object_unparent().

removePropertyNotifyWatch
void removePropertyNotifyWatch(gulong watchId)
requestPad
Pad requestPad(PadTemplate templ, string name, Caps caps)

Retrieves a request pad from the element according to the provided template. Pad templates can be looked up using Element.factoryGetStaticPadTemplates.

seek
bool seek(double rate, GstFormat format, GstSeekFlags flags, GstSeekType startType, long start, GstSeekType stopType, long stop)

Sends a seek event to an element. See Event.newSeek for the details of the parameters. The seek event is sent to the element using Element.sendEvent.

seekSimple
bool seekSimple(GstFormat format, GstSeekFlags seekFlags, long seekPos)

Simple API to perform a seek on the given element, meaning it just seeks to the given position relative to the start of the stream. For more complex operations like segment seeks (e.g. for looping) or changing the playback rate or seeking relative to the last configured playback segment you should use Element.seek.

sendEvent
bool sendEvent(Event event)

Sends an event to an element. If the element doesn't implement an event handler, the event will be pushed on a random linked sink pad for downstream events or a random linked source pad for upstream events.

setBaseTime
void setBaseTime(GstClockTime time)

Set the base time of an element. See Element.getBaseTime.

setBus
void setBus(Bus bus)

Sets the bus of the element. Increases the refcount on the bus. For internal use only, unless you're testing elements.

setClock
bool setClock(Clock clock)

Sets the clock for the element. This function increases the refcount on the clock. Any previously set clock on the object is unreffed.

setContext
void setContext(Context context)

Sets the context of the element. Increases the refcount of the context.

setLockedState
bool setLockedState(bool lockedState)

Locks the state of an element, so state changes of the parent don't affect this element anymore.

setStartTime
void setStartTime(GstClockTime time)

Set the start time of an element. The start time of the element is the running time of the element when it last went to the PAUSED state. In READY or after a flushing seek, it is set to 0.

setState
GstStateChangeReturn setState(GstState state)

Sets the state of the element. This function will try to set the requested state by going through all the intermediary states and calling the class's state change function for each.

syncStateWithParent
bool syncStateWithParent()

Tries to change the state of the element to the same as its parent. If this function returns FALSE, the state of element is undefined.

unlink
void unlink(Element dest)

Unlinks all source pads of the source element with all sink pads of the sink element to which they are linked.

unlinkPads
void unlinkPads(string srcpadname, Element dest, string destpadname)

Unlinks the two named pads of the source and destination elements.

addOnNoMorePads
gulong addOnNoMorePads(void delegate(Element) dlg, ConnectFlags connectFlags)

This signals that the element will not generate more dynamic pads. Note that this signal will usually be emitted from the context of the streaming thread.

addOnPadAdded
gulong addOnPadAdded(void delegate(Pad, Element) dlg, ConnectFlags connectFlags)

a new gstreamer.Pad has been added to the element. Note that this signal will usually be emitted from the context of the streaming thread. Also keep in mind that if you add new elements to the pipeline in the signal handler you will need to set them to the desired target state with Element.setState or Element.syncStateWithParent.

addOnPadRemoved
gulong addOnPadRemoved(void delegate(Pad, Element) dlg, ConnectFlags connectFlags)

a gstreamer.Pad has been removed from the element