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Enumeration of the different standards that may apply to AFD data:

ETSI/DVB: https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/101100_101199/101154/02.01.01_60/ts_101154v020101p.pdf
ATSC A/53: https://www.atsc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/a_53-Part-4-2009.pdf
SMPTE ST2016-1:

AFD value is from DVB/ETSI standard

AFD value is from ATSC A/53 standard

Feature: v1_18

Enumeration of the various values for Active Format Description (AFD)

AFD should be included in video user data whenever the rectangular picture area containing useful information does not extend to the full height or width of the coded frame. AFD data may also be included in user data when the rectangular picture area containing useful information extends to the full height and width of the coded frame.

For details, see Table 6.14 Active Format in:

ATSC Digital Television Standard: Part 4 – MPEG-2 Video System Characteristics

https://www.atsc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/a_53-Part-4-2009.pdf

and Active Format Description in Complete list of AFD codes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Format_DescriptionComplete_list_of_AFD_codes

and SMPTE ST2016-1

Notes:

AFD 0 is undefined for ATSC and SMPTE ST2016-1, indicating that AFD data is not available: If Bar Data is not present, AFD '0000' indicates that exact information is not available and the active image should be assumed to be the same as the coded frame. AFD '0000'. AFD '0000' accompanied by Bar Data signals that the active image’s aspect ratio is narrower than 16:9, but is not 4:3 or 14:9. As the exact aspect ratio cannot be conveyed by AFD alone, wherever possible, AFD ‘0000’ should be accompanied by Bar Data to define the exact vertical or horizontal extent of the active image.
AFD 0 is reserved for DVB/ETSI
values 1, 5, 6, 7, and 12 are reserved for both ATSC and DVB/ETSI
values 2 and 3 are not recommended for ATSC, but are valid for DVB/ETSI

Unavailable (see note 0 below).

For 4:3 coded frame, letterbox 16:9 image, at top of the coded frame. For 16:9 coded frame, full frame 16:9 image, the same as the coded frame.

For 4:3 coded frame, letterbox 14:9 image, at top of the coded frame. For 16:9 coded frame, pillarbox 14:9 image, horizontally centered in the coded frame.

For 4:3 coded frame, letterbox image with an aspect ratio greater than 16:9, vertically centered in the coded frame. For 16:9 coded frame, letterbox image with an aspect ratio greater than 16:9.

For 4:3 coded frame, full frame 4:3 image, the same as the coded frame. For 16:9 coded frame, full frame 16:9 image, the same as the coded frame.

For 4:3 coded frame, full frame 4:3 image, the same as the coded frame. For 16:9 coded frame, pillarbox 4:3 image, horizontally centered in the coded frame.

For 4:3 coded frame, letterbox 16:9 image, vertically centered in the coded frame with all image areas protected. For 16:9 coded frame, full frame 16:9 image, with all image areas protected.

For 4:3 coded frame, letterbox 14:9 image, vertically centered in the coded frame. For 16:9 coded frame, pillarbox 14:9 image, horizontally centered in the coded frame.

For 4:3 coded frame, full frame 4:3 image, with alternative 14:9 center. For 16:9 coded frame, pillarbox 4:3 image, with alternative 14:9 center.

For 4:3 coded frame, letterbox 16:9 image, with alternative 14:9 center. For 16:9 coded frame, full frame 16:9 image, with alternative 14:9 center.

For 4:3 coded frame, letterbox 16:9 image, with alternative 4:3 center. For 16:9 coded frame, full frame 16:9 image, with alternative 4:3 center.

Feature: v1_18

Different alpha modes.

When input and output have alpha, it will be copied. When the input has no alpha, alpha will be set to GST_VIDEO_CONVERTER_OPT_ALPHA_VALUE

set all alpha to GST_VIDEO_CONVERTER_OPT_ALPHA_VALUE

multiply all alpha with GST_VIDEO_CONVERTER_OPT_ALPHA_VALUE. When the input format has no alpha but the output format has, the alpha value will be set to GST_VIDEO_CONVERTER_OPT_ALPHA_VALUE

Additional video buffer flags. These flags can potentially be used on any buffers carrying closed caption data, or video data - even encoded data.

Note that these are only valid for gst::Caps of type: video/... and caption/... They can conflict with other extended buffer flags.

If the gst::Buffer is interlaced. In mixed interlace-mode, this flags specifies if the frame is interlaced or progressive.

If the gst::Buffer is interlaced, then the first field in the video frame is the top field. If unset, the bottom field is first.

If the gst::Buffer is interlaced, then the first field (as defined by the VideoBufferFlags::Tff flag setting) is repeated.

If the gst::Buffer is interlaced, then only the first field (as defined by the VideoBufferFlags::Tff flag setting) is to be displayed (Since: 1.16).

The gst::Buffer contains one or more specific views, such as left or right eye view. This flags is set on any buffer that contains non-mono content - even for streams that contain only a single viewpoint. In mixed mono / non-mono streams, the absence of the flag marks mono buffers.

When conveying stereo/multiview content with frame-by-frame methods, this flag marks the first buffer in a bundle of frames that belong together.

The video frame has the top field only. This is the same as GST_VIDEO_BUFFER_FLAG_TFF | GST_VIDEO_BUFFER_FLAG_ONEFIELD (Since: 1.16). Use GST_VIDEO_BUFFER_IS_TOP_FIELD() to check for this flag.

The video frame has the bottom field only. This is the same as GST_VIDEO_BUFFER_FLAG_ONEFIELD (GST_VIDEO_BUFFER_FLAG_TFF flag unset) (Since: 1.16). Use GST_VIDEO_BUFFER_IS_BOTTOM_FIELD() to check for this flag.

The gst::Buffer contains the end of a video field or frame boundary such as the last subframe or packet (Since: 1.18).

Offset to define more flags

Implements

gst::BufferPoolExt, gst::ObjectExt, glib::object::ObjectExt

Create a new bufferpool that can allocate video frames. This bufferpool supports all the video bufferpool options.

Returns

a new gst::BufferPool to allocate video frames

The various known types of Closed Caption (CC).

Unknown type of CC

CEA-608 as byte pairs. Note that this format is not recommended since is does not specify to which field the caption comes from and therefore assumes it comes from the first field (and that there is no information on the second field). Use VideoCaptionType::Cea708Raw if you wish to store CEA-608 from two fields and prefix each byte pair with 0xFC for the first field and 0xFD for the second field.

CEA-608 as byte triplets as defined in SMPTE S334-1 Annex A. The second and third byte of the byte triplet is the raw CEA608 data, the first byte is a bitfield: The top/7th bit is 0 for the second field, 1 for the first field, bit 6 and 5 are 0 and bits 4 to 0 are a 5 bit unsigned integer that represents the line offset relative to the base-line of the original image format (line 9 for 525-line field 1, line 272 for 525-line field 2, line 5 for 625-line field 1 and line 318 for 625-line field 2).

CEA-708 as cc_data byte triplets. They can also contain 608-in-708 and the first byte of each triplet has to be inspected for detecting the type.

CEA-708 (and optionally CEA-608) in a CDP (Caption Distribution Packet) defined by SMPTE S-334-2. Contains the whole CDP (starting with 0x9669).

Feature: v1_16

Different chroma downsampling and upsampling modes

do full chroma up and down sampling

only perform chroma upsampling

only perform chroma downsampling

disable chroma resampling

Various Chroma sitings.

unknown cositing

no cositing

chroma is horizontally cosited

chroma is vertically cosited

choma samples are sited on alternate lines

chroma samples cosited with luma samples

jpeg style cositing, also for mpeg1 and mjpeg

mpeg2 style cositing

DV style cositing

A VideoCodecFrame represents a video frame both in raw and encoded form.

Gets private data set on the frame by the subclass via VideoCodecFrame::set_user_data previously.

Returns

The previously set user_data

Increases the refcount of the given frame by one.

Returns

buf

Sets user_data on the frame and the GDestroyNotify that will be called when the frame is freed. Allows to attach private data by the subclass to frames.

If a user_data was previously set, then the previous set notify will be called before the user_data is replaced.

`user_data`

private data

`notify`

a GDestroyNotify

Decreases the refcount of the frame. If the refcount reaches 0, the frame will be freed.

Flags for VideoCodecFrame

is the frame only meant to be decoded

is the frame a synchronization point (keyframe)

should the output frame be made a keyframe

should the encoder output stream headers

Structure representing the state of an incoming or outgoing video stream for encoders and decoders.

Decoders and encoders will receive such a state through their respective set_format vmethods.

Decoders and encoders can set the downstream state, by using the VideoDecoder::set_output_state() or VideoEncoder::set_output_state() methods.

Increases the refcount of the given state by one.

Returns

buf

Decreases the refcount of the state. If the refcount reaches 0, the state will be freed.

The color matrix is used to convert between Y'PbPr and non-linear RGB (R'G'B')

unknown matrix

identity matrix

FCC color matrix

ITU-R BT.709 color matrix

ITU-R BT.601 color matrix

SMPTE 240M color matrix

ITU-R BT.2020 color matrix. Since: 1.6

The color primaries define the how to transform linear RGB values to and from the CIE XYZ colorspace.

unknown color primaries

BT709 primaries

BT470M primaries

BT470BG primaries

SMPTE170M primaries

SMPTE240M primaries

Generic film

BT2020 primaries. Since: 1.6

Adobe RGB primaries. Since: 1.8

SMPTE ST 428 primaries. Since: 1.16

SMPTE RP 431 primaries. Since: 1.16

SMPTE EG 432 primaries. Since: 1.16

EBU 3213 primaries. Since: 1.16

Possible color range values. These constants are defined for 8 bit color values and can be scaled for other bit depths.

unknown range

[0..255] for 8 bit components

[16..235] for 8 bit components. Chroma has [16..240] range.

This base class is for video decoders turning encoded data into raw video frames.

The GstVideoDecoder base class and derived subclasses should cooperate as follows:

Configuration

Initially, GstVideoDecoder calls start when the decoder element is activated, which allows the subclass to perform any global setup.
GstVideoDecoder calls set_format to inform the subclass of caps describing input video data that it is about to receive, including possibly configuration data. While unlikely, it might be called more than once, if changing input parameters require reconfiguration.
Incoming data buffers are processed as needed, described in Data Processing below.
GstVideoDecoder calls stop at end of all processing.

Data processing

The base class gathers input data, and optionally allows subclass to parse this into subsequently manageable chunks, typically corresponding to and referred to as 'frames'.
Each input frame is provided in turn to the subclass' handle_frame callback. The ownership of the frame is given to the handle_frame callback.
If codec processing results in decoded data, the subclass should call VideoDecoder::finish_frame to have decoded data pushed. downstream. Otherwise, the subclass must call VideoDecoder::drop_frame, to allow the base class to do timestamp and offset tracking, and possibly to requeue the frame for a later attempt in the case of reverse playback.

Shutdown phase

The GstVideoDecoder class calls stop to inform the subclass that data parsing will be stopped.

Additional Notes

Seeking/Flushing
When the pipeline is seeked or otherwise flushed, the subclass is informed via a call to its reset callback, with the hard parameter set to true. This indicates the subclass should drop any internal data queues and timestamps and prepare for a fresh set of buffers to arrive for parsing and decoding.
End Of Stream
At end-of-stream, the subclass parse function may be called some final times with the at_eos parameter set to true, indicating that the element should not expect any more data to be arriving, and it should parse and remaining frames and call VideoDecoder::have_frame if possible.

The subclass is responsible for providing pad template caps for source and sink pads. The pads need to be named "sink" and "src". It also needs to provide information about the output caps, when they are known. This may be when the base class calls the subclass' set_format function, though it might be during decoding, before calling VideoDecoder::finish_frame. This is done via VideoDecoder::set_output_state

The subclass is also responsible for providing (presentation) timestamps (likely based on corresponding input ones). If that is not applicable or possible, the base class provides limited framerate based interpolation.

Similarly, the base class provides some limited (legacy) seeking support if specifically requested by the subclass, as full-fledged support should rather be left to upstream demuxer, parser or alike. This simple approach caters for seeking and duration reporting using estimated input bitrates. To enable it, a subclass should call VideoDecoderExt::set_estimate_rate to enable handling of incoming byte-streams.

The base class provides some support for reverse playback, in particular in case incoming data is not packetized or upstream does not provide fragments on keyframe boundaries. However, the subclass should then be prepared for the parsing and frame processing stage to occur separately (in normal forward processing, the latter immediately follows the former), The subclass also needs to ensure the parsing stage properly marks keyframes, unless it knows the upstream elements will do so properly for incoming data.

The bare minimum that a functional subclass needs to implement is:

Provide pad templates
Inform the base class of output caps via VideoDecoder::set_output_state
Parse input data, if it is not considered packetized from upstream Data will be provided to parse which should invoke VideoDecoderExt::add_to_frame and VideoDecoder::have_frame to separate the data belonging to each video frame.
Accept data in handle_frame and provide decoded results to VideoDecoder::finish_frame, or call VideoDecoder::drop_frame.

Implements

VideoDecoderExt, gst::ElementExt, gst::ObjectExt, glib::object::ObjectExt, VideoDecoderExtManual

Trait containing all VideoDecoder methods.

Implementors

VideoDecoder

Removes next n_bytes of input data and adds it to currently parsed frame.

`n_bytes`

the number of bytes to add

Helper function that allocates a buffer to hold a video frame for self's current VideoCodecState.

You should use VideoDecoder::allocate_output_frame instead of this function, if possible at all.

Returns

allocated buffer, or NULL if no buffer could be allocated (e.g. when downstream is flushing or shutting down)

Helper function that allocates a buffer to hold a video frame for self's current VideoCodecState. Subclass should already have configured video state and set src pad caps.

The buffer allocated here is owned by the frame and you should only keep references to the frame, not the buffer.

`frame`

a VideoCodecFrame

Returns

gst::FlowReturn::Ok if an output buffer could be allocated

Same as VideoDecoder::allocate_output_frame except it allows passing gst::BufferPoolAcquireParams to the sub call gst_buffer_pool_acquire_buffer.

Feature: v1_12

`frame`

a VideoCodecFrame

`params`

a gst::BufferPoolAcquireParams

Returns

gst::FlowReturn::Ok if an output buffer could be allocated

Similar to VideoDecoder::finish_frame, but drops frame in any case and posts a QoS message with the frame's details on the bus. In any case, the frame is considered finished and released.

`frame`

the VideoCodecFrame to drop

Returns

a gst::FlowReturn, usually GST_FLOW_OK.

frame should have a valid decoded data buffer, whose metadata fields are then appropriately set according to frame data and pushed downstream. If no output data is provided, frame is considered skipped. In any case, the frame is considered finished and released.

After calling this function the output buffer of the frame is to be considered read-only. This function will also change the metadata of the buffer.

`frame`

a decoded VideoCodecFrame

Returns

a gst::FlowReturn resulting from sending data downstream

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

Unref the allocator after use it.

`allocator`

the gst::Allocator used

`params`

the gst::AllocationParams of allocator

Returns

the instance of the gst::BufferPool used by the decoder; free it after use it

Returns

currently configured byte to time conversion setting

Get a pending unfinished VideoCodecFrame

`frame_number`

system_frame_number of a frame

Returns

pending unfinished VideoCodecFrame identified by frame_number.

Get all pending unfinished VideoCodecFrame

Returns

pending unfinished VideoCodecFrame.

Query the configured decoder latency. Results will be returned via min_latency and max_latency.

`min_latency`

address of variable in which to store the configured minimum latency, or None

`max_latency`

address of variable in which to store the configured mximum latency, or None

Determines maximum possible decoding time for frame that will allow it to decode and arrive in time (as determined by QoS events). In particular, a negative result means decoding in time is no longer possible and should therefore occur as soon/skippy as possible.

`frame`

a VideoCodecFrame

Returns

max decoding time.

Returns

currently configured decoder tolerated error count.

Queries decoder required format handling.

Returns

true if required format handling is enabled.

Get the oldest pending unfinished VideoCodecFrame

Returns

oldest pending unfinished VideoCodecFrame.

Get the VideoCodecState currently describing the output stream.

Returns

VideoCodecState describing format of video data.

Queries whether input data is considered packetized or not by the base class.

Returns

TRUE if input data is considered packetized.

Returns the number of bytes previously added to the current frame by calling VideoDecoderExt::add_to_frame.

Returns

The number of bytes pending for the current frame

Returns

The current QoS proportion.

Gathers all data collected for currently parsed frame, gathers corresponding metadata and passes it along for further processing, i.e. handle_frame.

Returns

a gst::FlowReturn

Sets the audio decoder tags and how they should be merged with any upstream stream tags. This will override any tags previously-set with gst_audio_decoder_merge_tags.

Note that this is provided for convenience, and the subclass is not required to use this and can still do tag handling on its own.

MT safe.

`tags`

a gst::TagList to merge, or NULL to unset previously-set tags

`mode`

the gst::TagMergeMode to use, usually gst::TagMergeMode::Replace

Negotiate with downstream elements to currently configured VideoCodecState. Unmark GST_PAD_FLAG_NEED_RECONFIGURE in any case. But mark it again if negotiate fails.

Returns

true if the negotiation succeeded, else false.

Returns caps that express caps (or sink template caps if caps == NULL) restricted to resolution/format/... combinations supported by downstream elements.

`caps`

initial caps

`filter`

filter caps

Returns

a gst::Caps owned by caller

Similar to VideoDecoder::drop_frame, but simply releases frame without any processing other than removing it from list of pending frames, after which it is considered finished and released.

`frame`

the VideoCodecFrame to release

Allows baseclass to perform byte to time estimated conversion.

`enabled`

whether to enable byte to time conversion

Same as VideoDecoder::set_output_state() but also allows you to also set the interlacing mode.

Feature: v1_16

`fmt`

a VideoFormat

`mode`

A VideoInterlaceMode

`width`

The width in pixels

`height`

The height in pixels

`reference`

An optional reference VideoCodecState

Returns

the newly configured output state.

Lets VideoDecoder sub-classes tell the baseclass what the decoder latency is. Will also post a LATENCY message on the bus so the pipeline can reconfigure its global latency.

`min_latency`

minimum latency

`max_latency`

maximum latency

Sets numbers of tolerated decoder errors, where a tolerated one is then only warned about, but more than tolerated will lead to fatal error. You can set -1 for never returning fatal errors. Default is set to GST_VIDEO_DECODER_MAX_ERRORS.

The '-1' option was added in 1.4

`num`

max tolerated errors

Configures decoder format needs. If enabled, subclass needs to be negotiated with format caps before it can process any data. It will then never be handed any data before it has been configured. Otherwise, it might be handed data without having been configured and is then expected being able to do so either by default or based on the input data.

`enabled`

new state

Creates a new VideoCodecState with the specified fmt, width and height as the output state for the decoder. Any previously set output state on self will be replaced by the newly created one.

If the subclass wishes to copy over existing fields (like pixel aspec ratio, or framerate) from an existing VideoCodecState, it can be provided as a reference.

If the subclass wishes to override some fields from the output state (like pixel-aspect-ratio or framerate) it can do so on the returned VideoCodecState.

The new output state will only take effect (set on pads and buffers) starting from the next call to VideoDecoder::finish_frame().

`fmt`

a VideoFormat

`width`

The width in pixels

`height`

The height in pixels

`reference`

An optional reference VideoCodecState

Returns

the newly configured output state.

Allows baseclass to consider input data as packetized or not. If the input is packetized, then the parse method will not be called.

`packetized`

whether the input data should be considered as packetized.

Lets VideoDecoder sub-classes decide if they want the sink pad to use the default pad query handler to reply to accept-caps queries.

By setting this to true it is possible to further customize the default handler with GST_PAD_SET_ACCEPT_INTERSECT and GST_PAD_SET_ACCEPT_TEMPLATE

`use_`

if the default pad accept-caps query handling should be used

Maximum number of tolerated consecutive decode errors. See VideoDecoderExt::set_max_errors for more details.

Feature: v1_18

Maximum number of tolerated consecutive decode errors. See VideoDecoderExt::set_max_errors for more details.

Feature: v1_18

If set to true the decoder will handle QoS events received from downstream elements. This includes dropping output frames which are detected as late using the metrics reported by those events.

Feature: v1_18

If set to true the decoder will handle QoS events received from downstream elements. This includes dropping output frames which are detected as late using the metrics reported by those events.

Feature: v1_18

Different dithering methods to use.

no dithering

propagate rounding errors downwards

Dither with floyd-steinberg error diffusion

Dither with Sierra Lite error diffusion

ordered dither using a bayer pattern

This base class is for video encoders turning raw video into encoded video data.

GstVideoEncoder and subclass should cooperate as follows.

Configuration

Initially, GstVideoEncoder calls start when the encoder element is activated, which allows subclass to perform any global setup.
GstVideoEncoder calls set_format to inform subclass of the format of input video data that it is about to receive. Subclass should setup for encoding and configure base class as appropriate (e.g. latency). While unlikely, it might be called more than once, if changing input parameters require reconfiguration. Baseclass will ensure that processing of current configuration is finished.
GstVideoEncoder calls stop at end of all processing.

Data processing

Base class collects input data and metadata into a frame and hands this to subclass' handle_frame.
If codec processing results in encoded data, subclass should call VideoEncoder::finish_frame to have encoded data pushed downstream.
If implemented, baseclass calls subclass pre_push just prior to pushing to allow subclasses to modify some metadata on the buffer. If it returns GST_FLOW_OK, the buffer is pushed downstream.
GstVideoEncoderClass will handle both srcpad and sinkpad events. Sink events will be passed to subclass if event callback has been provided.

Shutdown phase

GstVideoEncoder class calls stop to inform the subclass that data parsing will be stopped.

Subclass is responsible for providing pad template caps for source and sink pads. The pads need to be named "sink" and "src". It should also be able to provide fixed src pad caps in getcaps by the time it calls VideoEncoder::finish_frame.

Things that subclass need to take care of:

Provide pad templates
Provide source pad caps before pushing the first buffer
Accept data in handle_frame and provide encoded results to VideoEncoder::finish_frame.

The VideoEncoder:qos property will enable the Quality-of-Service features of the encoder which gather statistics about the real-time performance of the downstream elements. If enabled, subclasses can use VideoEncoderExt::get_max_encode_time to check if input frames are already late and drop them right away to give a chance to the pipeline to catch up.

Implements

VideoEncoderExt, gst::ElementExt, gst::ObjectExt, glib::object::ObjectExt, VideoEncoderExtManual

Trait containing all VideoEncoder methods.

Implementors

VideoEncoder

Helper function that allocates a buffer to hold an encoded video frame for self's current VideoCodecState.

`size`

size of the buffer

Returns

allocated buffer

Helper function that allocates a buffer to hold an encoded video frame for self's current VideoCodecState. Subclass should already have configured video state and set src pad caps.

The buffer allocated here is owned by the frame and you should only keep references to the frame, not the buffer.

`frame`

a VideoCodecFrame

`size`

size of the buffer

Returns

gst::FlowReturn::Ok if an output buffer could be allocated

frame must have a valid encoded data buffer, whose metadata fields are then appropriately set according to frame data or no buffer at all if the frame should be dropped. It is subsequently pushed downstream or provided to pre_push. In any case, the frame is considered finished and released.

After calling this function the output buffer of the frame is to be considered read-only. This function will also change the metadata of the buffer.

`frame`

an encoded VideoCodecFrame

Returns

a gst::FlowReturn resulting from sending data downstream

If multiple subframes are produced for one input frame then use this method for each subframe, except for the last one. Before calling this function, you need to fill frame->output_buffer with the encoded buffer to push.

You must call VideoEncoder::finish_frame() for the last sub-frame to tell the encoder that the frame has been fully encoded.

This function will change the metadata of frame and frame->output_buffer will be pushed downstream.

Feature: v1_18

`frame`

a VideoCodecFrame being encoded

Returns

a gst::FlowReturn resulting from pushing the buffer downstream.

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

Unref the allocator after use it.

`allocator`

the gst::Allocator used

`params`

the gst::AllocationParams of allocator

Get a pending unfinished VideoCodecFrame

`frame_number`

system_frame_number of a frame

Returns

pending unfinished VideoCodecFrame identified by frame_number.

Get all pending unfinished VideoCodecFrame

Returns

pending unfinished VideoCodecFrame.

Query the configured encoding latency. Results will be returned via min_latency and max_latency.

`min_latency`

address of variable in which to store the configured minimum latency, or None

`max_latency`

address of variable in which to store the configured maximum latency, or None

Determines maximum possible encoding time for frame that will allow it to encode and arrive in time (as determined by QoS events). In particular, a negative result means encoding in time is no longer possible and should therefore occur as soon/skippy as possible.

If no QoS events have been received from downstream, or if VideoEncoder:qos is disabled this function returns G_MAXINT64.

Feature: v1_14

`frame`

a VideoCodecFrame

Returns

max decoding time.

Returns the minimum force-keyunit interval, see VideoEncoderExt::set_min_force_key_unit_interval for more details.

Feature: v1_18

Returns

the minimum force-keyunit interval

Get the oldest unfinished pending VideoCodecFrame

Returns

oldest unfinished pending VideoCodecFrame

Get the current VideoCodecState

Returns

VideoCodecState describing format of video data.

Checks if self is currently configured to handle Quality-of-Service events from downstream.

Feature: v1_14

Returns

true if the encoder is configured to perform Quality-of-Service.

Sets the video encoder tags and how they should be merged with any upstream stream tags. This will override any tags previously-set with VideoEncoderExt::merge_tags.

Note that this is provided for convenience, and the subclass is not required to use this and can still do tag handling on its own.

MT safe.

`tags`

a gst::TagList to merge, or NULL to unset previously-set tags

`mode`

the gst::TagMergeMode to use, usually gst::TagMergeMode::Replace

Negotiate with downstream elements to currently configured VideoCodecState. Unmark GST_PAD_FLAG_NEED_RECONFIGURE in any case. But mark it again if negotiate fails.

Returns

true if the negotiation succeeded, else false.

Returns caps that express caps (or sink template caps if caps == NULL) restricted to resolution/format/... combinations supported by downstream elements (e.g. muxers).

`caps`

initial caps

`filter`

filter caps

Returns

a gst::Caps owned by caller

Set the codec headers to be sent downstream whenever requested.

`headers`

a list of gst::Buffer containing the codec header

Informs baseclass of encoding latency.

`min_latency`

minimum latency

`max_latency`

maximum latency

Sets the minimum interval for requesting keyframes based on force-keyunit events. Setting this to 0 will allow to handle every event, setting this to GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE causes force-keyunit events to be ignored.

Feature: v1_18

`interval`

minimum interval

Request minimal value for PTS passed to handle_frame.

For streams with reordered frames this can be used to ensure that there is enough time to accommodate first DTS, which may be less than first PTS

`min_pts`

minimal PTS that will be passed to handle_frame

Creates a new VideoCodecState with the specified caps as the output state for the encoder. Any previously set output state on self will be replaced by the newly created one.

The specified caps should not contain any resolution, pixel-aspect-ratio, framerate, codec-data, .... Those should be specified instead in the returned VideoCodecState.

If the subclass wishes to copy over existing fields (like pixel aspect ratio, or framerate) from an existing VideoCodecState, it can be provided as a reference.

If the subclass wishes to override some fields from the output state (like pixel-aspect-ratio or framerate) it can do so on the returned VideoCodecState.

The new output state will only take effect (set on pads and buffers) starting from the next call to VideoEncoder::finish_frame().

`caps`

the gst::Caps to use for the output

`reference`

An optional reference VideoCodecState

Returns

the newly configured output state.

Configures self to handle Quality-of-Service events from downstream.

Feature: v1_14

`enabled`

the new qos value.

Minimum interval between force-keyunit requests in nanoseconds. See VideoEncoderExt::set_min_force_key_unit_interval for more details.

Feature: v1_18

Minimum interval between force-keyunit requests in nanoseconds. See VideoEncoderExt::set_min_force_key_unit_interval for more details.

Feature: v1_18

Field order of interlaced content. This is only valid for interlace-mode=interleaved and not interlace-mode=mixed. In the case of mixed or GST_VIDEO_FIELD_ORDER_UNKOWN, the field order is signalled via buffer flags.

unknown field order for interlaced content. The actual field order is signalled via buffer flags.

top field is first

bottom field is first

Feature: v1_12

Provides useful functions and a base class for video filters.

The videofilter will by default enable QoS on the parent GstBaseTransform to implement frame dropping.

Implements

gst_base::BaseTransformExt, gst::ElementExt, gst::ObjectExt, glib::object::ObjectExt

Extra video flags

no flags

a variable fps is selected, fps_n and fps_d denote the maximum fps of the video

Each color has been scaled by the alpha value.

Enum value describing the most common video formats.

See the GStreamer raw video format design document for details about the layout and packing of these formats in memory.

Unknown or unset video format id

Encoded video format. Only ever use that in caps for special video formats in combination with non-system memory GstCapsFeatures where it does not make sense to specify a real video format.

planar 4:2:0 YUV

planar 4:2:0 YVU (like I420 but UV planes swapped)

packed 4:2:2 YUV (Y0-U0-Y1-V0 Y2-U2-Y3-V2 Y4 ...)

packed 4:2:2 YUV (U0-Y0-V0-Y1 U2-Y2-V2-Y3 U4 ...)

packed 4:4:4 YUV with alpha channel (A0-Y0-U0-V0 ...)

sparse rgb packed into 32 bit, space last

sparse reverse rgb packed into 32 bit, space last

sparse rgb packed into 32 bit, space first

sparse reverse rgb packed into 32 bit, space first

rgb with alpha channel last

reverse rgb with alpha channel last

rgb with alpha channel first

reverse rgb with alpha channel first

RGB packed into 24 bits without padding (R-G-B-R-G-B)

reverse RGB packed into 24 bits without padding (B-G-R-B-G-R)

planar 4:1:1 YUV

planar 4:2:2 YUV

packed 4:2:2 YUV (Y0-V0-Y1-U0 Y2-V2-Y3-U2 Y4 ...)

planar 4:4:4 YUV

packed 4:2:2 10-bit YUV, complex format

packed 4:2:2 16-bit YUV, Y0-U0-Y1-V1 order

planar 4:2:0 YUV with interleaved UV plane

planar 4:2:0 YUV with interleaved VU plane

8-bit grayscale

16-bit grayscale, most significant byte first

16-bit grayscale, least significant byte first

packed 4:4:4 YUV (Y-U-V ...)

rgb 5-6-5 bits per component

reverse rgb 5-6-5 bits per component

rgb 5-5-5 bits per component

reverse rgb 5-5-5 bits per component

packed 10-bit 4:2:2 YUV (U0-Y0-V0-Y1 U2-Y2-V2-Y3 U4 ...)

planar 4:4:2:0 AYUV

8-bit paletted RGB

planar 4:1:0 YUV

planar 4:1:0 YUV (like YUV9 but UV planes swapped)

packed 4:1:1 YUV (Cb-Y0-Y1-Cr-Y2-Y3 ...)

rgb with alpha channel first, 16 bits per channel

packed 4:4:4 YUV with alpha channel, 16 bits per channel (A0-Y0-U0-V0 ...)

packed 4:4:4 RGB, 10 bits per channel

planar 4:2:0 YUV, 10 bits per channel

planar 4:2:2 YUV, 10 bits per channel

planar 4:4:4 YUV, 10 bits per channel (Since: 1.2)

planar 4:4:4 RGB, 8 bits per channel (Since: 1.2)

planar 4:4:4 RGB, 10 bits per channel (Since: 1.2)

planar 4:2:2 YUV with interleaved UV plane (Since: 1.2)

planar 4:4:4 YUV with interleaved UV plane (Since: 1.2)

NV12 with 64x32 tiling in zigzag pattern (Since: 1.4)

planar 4:4:2:0 YUV, 10 bits per channel (Since: 1.6)

planar 4:4:2:2 YUV, 10 bits per channel (Since: 1.6)

planar 4:4:4:4 YUV, 10 bits per channel (Since: 1.6)

planar 4:2:2 YUV with interleaved VU plane (Since: 1.6)

planar 4:2:0 YUV with interleaved UV plane, 10 bits per channel (Since: 1.10)

packed 4:4:4 YUV (U-Y-V ...) (Since: 1.10)

packed 4:2:2 YUV (V0-Y0-U0-Y1 V2-Y2-U2-Y3 V4 ...)

planar 4:4:4:4 ARGB, 8 bits per channel (Since: 1.12)

planar 4:4:4:4 ARGB, 10 bits per channel (Since: 1.12)

planar 4:4:4 RGB, 12 bits per channel (Since: 1.12)

planar 4:4:4:4 ARGB, 12 bits per channel (Since: 1.12)

planar 4:2:0 YUV, 12 bits per channel (Since: 1.12)

planar 4:2:2 YUV, 12 bits per channel (Since: 1.12)

planar 4:4:4 YUV, 12 bits per channel (Since: 1.12)

10-bit grayscale, packed into 32bit words (2 bits padding) (Since: 1.14)

10-bit variant of VideoFormat::Nv12, packed into 32bit words (MSB 2 bits padding) (Since: 1.14)

10-bit variant of VideoFormat::Nv16, packed into 32bit words (MSB 2 bits padding) (Since: 1.14)

Fully packed variant of NV12_10LE32 (Since: 1.16)

packed 4:2:2 YUV, 10 bits per channel (Since: 1.16)

packed 4:4:4 YUV, 10 bits per channel(A-V-Y-U...) (Since: 1.16)

packed 4:4:4 YUV with alpha channel (V0-U0-Y0-A0...) (Since: 1.16)

packed 4:4:4 RGB with alpha channel(B-G-R-A), 10 bits for R/G/B channel and MSB 2 bits for alpha channel (Since: 1.16)

packed 4:4:4 RGB with alpha channel(R-G-B-A), 10 bits for R/G/B channel and MSB 2 bits for alpha channel (Since: 1.18)

planar 4:4:4 YUV, 16 bits per channel (Since: 1.18)

planar 4:2:0 YUV with interleaved UV plane, 16 bits per channel (Since: 1.18)

planar 4:2:0 YUV with interleaved UV plane, 12 bits per channel (Since: 1.18)

packed 4:2:2 YUV, 12 bits per channel (Y-U-Y-V) (Since: 1.18)

packed 4:4:4:4 YUV, 12 bits per channel(U-Y-V-A...) (Since: 1.18)

The different video flags that a format info can have.

The video format is YUV, components are numbered 0=Y, 1=U, 2=V.

The video format is RGB, components are numbered 0=R, 1=G, 2=B.

The video is gray, there is one gray component with index 0.

The video format has an alpha components with the number 3.

The video format has data stored in little endianness.

The video format has a palette. The palette is stored in the second plane and indexes are stored in the first plane.

The video format has a complex layout that can't be described with the usual information in the VideoFormatInfo.

This format can be used in a GstVideoFormatUnpack and GstVideoFormatPack function.

The format is tiled, there is tiling information in the last plane.

Extra video frame flags

no flags

The video frame is interlaced. In mixed interlace-mode, this flag specifies if the frame is interlaced or progressive.

The video frame has the top field first

The video frame has the repeat flag

The video frame has one field

The video contains one or more non-mono views

The video frame is the first in a set of corresponding views provided as sequential frames.

The video frame has the top field only. This is the same as GST_VIDEO_FRAME_FLAG_TFF | GST_VIDEO_FRAME_FLAG_ONEFIELD (Since: 1.16).

The video frame has the bottom field only. This is the same as GST_VIDEO_FRAME_FLAG_ONEFIELD (GST_VIDEO_FRAME_FLAG_TFF flag unset) (Since: 1.16).

disable gamma handling

convert between input and output gamma Different gamma conversion modes

Information describing image properties. This information can be filled in from GstCaps with VideoInfo::from_caps. The information is also used to store the specific video info when mapping a video frame with VideoFrame::map.

Use the provided macros to access the info in this structure.

Allocate a new VideoInfo that is also initialized with VideoInfo::init.

Returns

a new VideoInfo. free with VideoInfo::free.

Adjust the offset and stride fields in self so that the padding and stride alignment in align is respected.

Extra padding will be added to the right side when stride alignment padding is required and align will be updated with the new padding values.

`align`

alignment parameters

Returns

false if alignment could not be applied, e.g. because the size of a frame can't be represented as a 32 bit integer (Since: 1.12)

This variant of VideoInfo::align provides the updated size, in bytes, of each video plane after the alignment, including all horizontal and vertical paddings.

In case of GST_VIDEO_INTERLACE_MODE_ALTERNATE info, the returned sizes are the ones used to hold a single field, not the full frame.

Feature: v1_18

`align`

alignment parameters

`plane_size`

array used to store the plane sizes

Returns

false if alignment could not be applied, e.g. because the size of a frame can't be represented as a 32 bit integer

Converts among various gst::Format types. This function handles GST_FORMAT_BYTES, GST_FORMAT_TIME, and GST_FORMAT_DEFAULT. For raw video, GST_FORMAT_DEFAULT corresponds to video frames. This function can be used to handle pad queries of the type GST_QUERY_CONVERT.

`src_format`

gst::Format of the src_value

`src_value`

value to convert

`dest_format`

gst::Format of the dest_value

`dest_value`

pointer to destination value

Returns

TRUE if the conversion was successful.

Copy a GstVideoInfo structure.

Returns

a new VideoInfo. free with gst_video_info_free.

Free a GstVideoInfo structure previously allocated with VideoInfo::new or VideoInfo::copy.

Parse caps and update self.

`caps`

a gst::Caps

Returns

TRUE if caps could be parsed

Initialize self with default values.

Compares two VideoInfo and returns whether they are equal or not

`other`

a VideoInfo

Returns

true if self and other are equal, else false.

Set the default info for a video frame of format and width and height.

Note: This initializes self first, no values are preserved. This function does not set the offsets correctly for interlaced vertically subsampled formats.

`format`

the format

`width`

a width

`height`

a height

Returns

false if the returned video info is invalid, e.g. because the size of a frame can't be represented as a 32 bit integer (Since: 1.12)

Same as VideoInfo::set_format but also allowing to set the interlaced mode.

Feature: v1_16

`format`

the format

`mode`

a VideoInterlaceMode

`width`

a width

`height`

a height

Returns

false if the returned video info is invalid, e.g. because the size of a frame can't be represented as a 32 bit integer.

Convert the values of self into a gst::Caps.

Returns

a new gst::Caps containing the info of self.

The possible values of the VideoInterlaceMode describing the interlace mode of the stream.

all frames are progressive

2 fields are interleaved in one video frame. Extra buffer flags describe the field order.

frames contains both interlaced and progressive video, the buffer flags describe the frame and fields.

2 fields are stored in one buffer, use the frame ID to get access to the required field. For multiview (the 'views' property > 1) the fields of view N can be found at frame ID (N * 2) and (N * 2) + 1. Each field has only half the amount of lines as noted in the height property. This mode requires multiple GstVideoMeta metadata to describe the fields.

1 field is stored in one buffer, GST_VIDEO_BUFFER_FLAG_TF or GST_VIDEO_BUFFER_FLAG_BF indicates if the buffer is carrying the top or bottom field, respectively. The top and bottom buffers are expected to alternate in the pipeline, with this mode (Since: 1.16).

Different color matrix conversion modes

do conversion between color matrices

use the input color matrix to convert to and from R'G'B

use the output color matrix to convert to and from R'G'B

disable color matrix conversion.

GstVideoMultiviewFlags are used to indicate extra properties of a stereo/multiview stream beyond the frame layout and buffer mapping that is conveyed in the VideoMultiviewMode.

No flags

For stereo streams, the normal arrangement of left and right views is reversed.

The left view is vertically mirrored.

The left view is horizontally mirrored.

The right view is vertically mirrored.

The right view is horizontally mirrored.

For frame-packed multiview modes, indicates that the individual views have been encoded with half the true width or height and should be scaled back up for display. This flag is used for overriding input layout interpretation by adjusting pixel-aspect-ratio. For side-by-side, column interleaved or checkerboard packings, the pixel width will be doubled. For row interleaved and top-bottom encodings, pixel height will be doubled.

The video stream contains both mono and multiview portions, signalled on each buffer by the absence or presence of the VideoBufferFlags::MultipleView buffer flag.

VideoMultiviewFramePacking represents the subset of VideoMultiviewMode values that can be applied to any video frame without needing extra metadata. It can be used by elements that provide a property to override the multiview interpretation of a video stream when the video doesn't contain any markers.

This enum is used (for example) on playbin, to re-interpret a played video stream as a stereoscopic video. The individual enum values are equivalent to and have the same value as the matching VideoMultiviewMode.

A special value indicating no frame packing info.

All frames are monoscopic.

All frames represent a left-eye view.

All frames represent a right-eye view.

Left and right eye views are provided in the left and right half of the frame respectively.

Left and right eye views are provided in the left and right half of the frame, but have been sampled using quincunx method, with half-pixel offset between the 2 views.

Alternating vertical columns of pixels represent the left and right eye view respectively.

Alternating horizontal rows of pixels represent the left and right eye view respectively.

The top half of the frame contains the left eye, and the bottom half the right eye.

Pixels are arranged with alternating pixels representing left and right eye views in a checkerboard fashion.

All possible stereoscopic 3D and multiview representations. In conjunction with VideoMultiviewFlags, describes how multiview content is being transported in the stream.

A special value indicating no multiview information. Used in GstVideoInfo and other places to indicate that no specific multiview handling has been requested or provided. This value is never carried on caps.

All frames are monoscopic.

All frames represent a left-eye view.

All frames represent a right-eye view.

Left and right eye views are provided in the left and right half of the frame respectively.

Left and right eye views are provided in the left and right half of the frame, but have been sampled using quincunx method, with half-pixel offset between the 2 views.

Alternating vertical columns of pixels represent the left and right eye view respectively.

Alternating horizontal rows of pixels represent the left and right eye view respectively.

The top half of the frame contains the left eye, and the bottom half the right eye.

Pixels are arranged with alternating pixels representing left and right eye views in a checkerboard fashion.

Left and right eye views are provided in separate frames alternately.

Multiple independent views are provided in separate frames in sequence. This method only applies to raw video buffers at the moment. Specific view identification is via the GstVideoMultiviewMeta and VideoMeta(s) on raw video buffers.

Multiple views are provided as separate gst::Memory framebuffers attached to each gst::Buffer, described by the GstVideoMultiviewMeta and VideoMeta(s)

The VideoOverlay interface is used for 2 main purposes :

To get a grab on the Window where the video sink element is going to render. This is achieved by either being informed about the Window identifier that the video sink element generated, or by forcing the video sink element to use a specific Window identifier for rendering.
To force a redrawing of the latest video frame the video sink element displayed on the Window. Indeed if the gst::Pipeline is in gst::State::Paused state, moving the Window around will damage its content. Application developers will want to handle the Expose events themselves and force the video sink element to refresh the Window's content.

Using the Window created by the video sink is probably the simplest scenario, in some cases, though, it might not be flexible enough for application developers if they need to catch events such as mouse moves and button clicks.

Setting a specific Window identifier on the video sink element is the most flexible solution but it has some issues. Indeed the application needs to set its Window identifier at the right time to avoid internal Window creation from the video sink element. To solve this issue a gst::Message is posted on the bus to inform the application that it should set the Window identifier immediately. Here is an example on how to do that correctly:

static GstBusSyncReply
create_window (GstBus * bus, GstMessage * message, GstPipeline * pipeline)
{
 // ignore anything but 'prepare-window-handle' element messages
 if (!gst_is_video_overlay_prepare_window_handle_message (message))
   return GST_BUS_PASS;

 win = XCreateSimpleWindow (disp, root, 0, 0, 320, 240, 0, 0, 0);

 XSetWindowBackgroundPixmap (disp, win, None);

 XMapRaised (disp, win);

 XSync (disp, FALSE);

 gst_video_overlay_set_window_handle (GST_VIDEO_OVERLAY (GST_MESSAGE_SRC (message)),
     win);

 gst_message_unref (message);

 return GST_BUS_DROP;
}
...
int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
...
 bus = gst_pipeline_get_bus (GST_PIPELINE (pipeline));
 gst_bus_set_sync_handler (bus, (GstBusSyncHandler) create_window, pipeline,
        NULL);
...
}

Two basic usage scenarios

There are two basic usage scenarios: in the simplest case, the application uses playbin or playsink or knows exactly what particular element is used for video output, which is usually the case when the application creates the videosink to use (e.g. xvimagesink, ximagesink, etc.) itself; in this case, the application can just create the videosink element, create and realize the window to render the video on and then call VideoOverlay::set_window_handle directly with the XID or native window handle, before starting up the pipeline. As playbin and playsink implement the video overlay interface and proxy it transparently to the actual video sink even if it is created later, this case also applies when using these elements.

In the other and more common case, the application does not know in advance what GStreamer video sink element will be used for video output. This is usually the case when an element such as autovideosink is used. In this case, the video sink element itself is created asynchronously from a GStreamer streaming thread some time after the pipeline has been started up. When that happens, however, the video sink will need to know right then whether to render onto an already existing application window or whether to create its own window. This is when it posts a prepare-window-handle message, and that is also why this message needs to be handled in a sync bus handler which will be called from the streaming thread directly (because the video sink will need an answer right then).

As response to the prepare-window-handle element message in the bus sync handler, the application may use VideoOverlay::set_window_handle to tell the video sink to render onto an existing window surface. At this point the application should already have obtained the window handle / XID, so it just needs to set it. It is generally not advisable to call any GUI toolkit functions or window system functions from the streaming thread in which the prepare-window-handle message is handled, because most GUI toolkits and windowing systems are not thread-safe at all and a lot of care would be required to co-ordinate the toolkit and window system calls of the different threads (Gtk+ users please note: prior to Gtk+ 2.18 GDK_WINDOW_XID was just a simple structure access, so generally fine to do within the bus sync handler; this macro was changed to a function call in Gtk+ 2.18 and later, which is likely to cause problems when called from a sync handler; see below for a better approach without GDK_WINDOW_XID used in the callback).

GstVideoOverlay and Gtk+

#include &lt;gst/video/videooverlay.h&gt;
#include &lt;gtk/gtk.h&gt;
#ifdef GDK_WINDOWING_X11
#include &lt;gdk/gdkx.h&gt;  // for GDK_WINDOW_XID
#endif
#ifdef GDK_WINDOWING_WIN32
#include &lt;gdk/gdkwin32.h&gt;  // for GDK_WINDOW_HWND
#endif
...
static guintptr video_window_handle = 0;
...
static GstBusSyncReply
bus_sync_handler (GstBus * bus, GstMessage * message, gpointer user_data)
{
 // ignore anything but 'prepare-window-handle' element messages
 if (!gst_is_video_overlay_prepare_window_handle_message (message))
   return GST_BUS_PASS;

 if (video_window_handle != 0) {
   GstVideoOverlay *overlay;

   // GST_MESSAGE_SRC (message) will be the video sink element
   overlay = GST_VIDEO_OVERLAY (GST_MESSAGE_SRC (message));
   gst_video_overlay_set_window_handle (overlay, video_window_handle);
 } else {
   g_warning ("Should have obtained video_window_handle by now!");
 }

 gst_message_unref (message);
 return GST_BUS_DROP;
}
...
static void
video_widget_realize_cb (GtkWidget * widget, gpointer data)
{
#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,18,0)
  // Tell Gtk+/Gdk to create a native window for this widget instead of
  // drawing onto the parent widget.
  // This is here just for pedagogical purposes, GDK_WINDOW_XID will call
  // it as well in newer Gtk versions
  if (!gdk_window_ensure_native (widget->window))
    g_error ("Couldn't create native window needed for GstVideoOverlay!");
#endif

#ifdef GDK_WINDOWING_X11
  {
    gulong xid = GDK_WINDOW_XID (gtk_widget_get_window (video_window));
    video_window_handle = xid;
  }
#endif
#ifdef GDK_WINDOWING_WIN32
  {
    HWND wnd = GDK_WINDOW_HWND (gtk_widget_get_window (video_window));
    video_window_handle = (guintptr) wnd;
  }
#endif
}
...
int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
  GtkWidget *video_window;
  GtkWidget *app_window;
  ...
  app_window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
  ...
  video_window = gtk_drawing_area_new ();
  g_signal_connect (video_window, "realize",
      G_CALLBACK (video_widget_realize_cb), NULL);
  gtk_widget_set_double_buffered (video_window, FALSE);
  ...
  // usually the video_window will not be directly embedded into the
  // application window like this, but there will be many other widgets
  // and the video window will be embedded in one of them instead
  gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (ap_window), video_window);
  ...
  // show the GUI
  gtk_widget_show_all (app_window);

  // realize window now so that the video window gets created and we can
  // obtain its XID/HWND before the pipeline is started up and the videosink
  // asks for the XID/HWND of the window to render onto
  gtk_widget_realize (video_window);

  // we should have the XID/HWND now
  g_assert (video_window_handle != 0);
  ...
  // set up sync handler for setting the xid once the pipeline is started
  bus = gst_pipeline_get_bus (GST_PIPELINE (pipeline));
  gst_bus_set_sync_handler (bus, (GstBusSyncHandler) bus_sync_handler, NULL,
      NULL);
  gst_object_unref (bus);
  ...
  gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
  ...
}

GstVideoOverlay and Qt

#include <glib.h>;
#include <gst/gst.h>;
#include <gst/video/videooverlay.h>;

#include <QApplication>;
#include <QTimer>;
#include <QWidget>;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  if (!g_thread_supported ())
    g_thread_init (NULL);

  gst_init (&argc, &argv);
  QApplication app(argc, argv);
  app.connect(&app, SIGNAL(lastWindowClosed()), &app, SLOT(quit ()));

  // prepare the pipeline

  GstElement *pipeline = gst_pipeline_new ("xvoverlay");
  GstElement *src = gst_element_factory_make ("videotestsrc", NULL);
  GstElement *sink = gst_element_factory_make ("xvimagesink", NULL);
  gst_bin_add_many (GST_BIN (pipeline), src, sink, NULL);
  gst_element_link (src, sink);

  // prepare the ui

  QWidget window;
  window.resize(320, 240);
  window.show();

  WId xwinid = window.winId();
  gst_video_overlay_set_window_handle (GST_VIDEO_OVERLAY (sink), xwinid);

  // run the pipeline

  GstStateChangeReturn sret = gst_element_set_state (pipeline,
      GST_STATE_PLAYING);
  if (sret == GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE) {
    gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
    gst_object_unref (pipeline);
    // Exit application
    QTimer::singleShot(0, QApplication::activeWindow(), SLOT(quit()));
  }

  int ret = app.exec();

  window.hide();
  gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
  gst_object_unref (pipeline);

  return ret;
}

Implements

VideoOverlayExt, VideoOverlayExtManual

Trait containing all VideoOverlay methods.

Implementors

VideoOverlay

This helper shall be used by classes implementing the VideoOverlay interface that want the render rectangle to be controllable using properties. This helper will install "render-rectangle" property into the class.

Feature: v1_14

`oclass`

The class on which the properties will be installed

`last_prop_id`

The first free property ID to use

This helper shall be used by classes implementing the VideoOverlay interface that want the render rectangle to be controllable using properties. This helper will parse and set the render rectangle calling VideoOverlay::set_render_rectangle.

Feature: v1_14

`object`

The instance on which the property is set

`last_prop_id`

The highest property ID.

`property_id`

The property ID

`value`

The gobject::Value to be set

Returns

true if the property_id matches the GstVideoOverlay property

Tell an overlay that it has been exposed. This will redraw the current frame in the drawable even if the pipeline is PAUSED.

This will post a "have-window-handle" element message on the bus.

This function should only be used by video overlay plugin developers.

`handle`

a platform-specific handle referencing the window

Tell an overlay that it should handle events from the window system. These events are forwarded upstream as navigation events. In some window system, events are not propagated in the window hierarchy if a client is listening for them. This method allows you to disable events handling completely from the VideoOverlay.

`handle_events`

a gboolean indicating if events should be handled or not.

This will post a "prepare-window-handle" element message on the bus to give applications an opportunity to call VideoOverlay::set_window_handle before a plugin creates its own window.

This function should only be used by video overlay plugin developers.

Configure a subregion as a video target within the window set by VideoOverlay::set_window_handle. If this is not used or not supported the video will fill the area of the window set as the overlay to 100%. By specifying the rectangle, the video can be overlayed to a specific region of that window only. After setting the new rectangle one should call VideoOverlay::expose to force a redraw. To unset the region pass -1 for the width and height parameters.

This method is needed for non fullscreen video overlay in UI toolkits that do not support subwindows.

`x`

the horizontal offset of the render area inside the window

`y`

the vertical offset of the render area inside the window

`width`

the width of the render area inside the window

`height`

the height of the render area inside the window

Returns

false if not supported by the sink.

This will call the video overlay's set_window_handle method. You should use this method to tell to an overlay to display video output to a specific window (e.g. an XWindow on X11). Passing 0 as the handle will tell the overlay to stop using that window and create an internal one.

`handle`

a handle referencing the window.

Overlay format flags.

no flags

RGB are premultiplied by A/255.

a global-alpha value != 1 is set.

The different flags that can be used when packing and unpacking.

No flag

When the source has a smaller depth than the target format, set the least significant bits of the target to 0. This is likely slightly faster but less accurate. When this flag is not specified, the most significant bits of the source are duplicated in the least significant bits of the destination.

The source is interlaced. The unpacked format will be interlaced as well with each line containing information from alternating fields. (Since: 1.2)

Different primaries conversion modes

disable conversion between primaries

do conversion between primaries only when it can be merged with color matrix conversion.

fast conversion between primaries

Different subsampling and upsampling methods

Duplicates the samples when upsampling and drops when downsampling

Uses linear interpolation to reconstruct missing samples and averaging to downsample

Uses cubic interpolation

Uses sinc interpolation

Uses lanczos interpolation

Provides useful functions and a base class for video sinks.

GstVideoSink will configure the default base sink to drop frames that arrive later than 20ms as this is considered the default threshold for observing out-of-sync frames.

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VideoSinkExt, gst_base::BaseSinkExt, gst::ElementExt, gst::ObjectExt, glib::object::ObjectExt

Trait containing all VideoSink methods.

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VideoSink

Takes src rectangle and position it at the center of dst rectangle with or without scaling. It handles clipping if the src rectangle is bigger than the dst one and scaling is set to FALSE.

`src`

the VideoRectangle describing the source area

`dst`

the VideoRectangle describing the destination area

`result`

a pointer to a VideoRectangle which will receive the result area

`scaling`

a gboolean indicating if scaling should be applied or not

Whether to show video frames during preroll. If set to false, video frames will only be rendered in PLAYING state.

Enum value describing the available tiling modes.

Unknown or unset tile mode

Every four adjacent blocks - two horizontally and two vertically are grouped together and are located in memory in Z or flipped Z order. In case of odd rows, the last row of blocks is arranged in linear order.

field_count must be 0 for progressive video and 1 or 2 for interlaced.

A representation of a SMPTE time code.

hours must be positive and less than 24. Will wrap around otherwise. minutes and seconds must be positive and less than 60. frames must be less than or equal to config.fps_n / config.fps_d These values are NOT automatically normalized.

Feature: v1_10

field_count is 0 for progressive, 1 or 2 for interlaced. latest_daiy_jam reference is stolen from caller.

Feature: v1_10

`fps_n`

Numerator of the frame rate

`fps_d`

Denominator of the frame rate

`latest_daily_jam`

The latest daily jam of the VideoTimeCode

`flags`

VideoTimeCodeFlags

`hours`

the hours field of VideoTimeCode

`minutes`

the minutes field of VideoTimeCode

`seconds`

the seconds field of VideoTimeCode

`frames`

the frames field of VideoTimeCode

`field_count`

Interlaced video field count

Returns

a new VideoTimeCode with the given values. The values are not checked for being in a valid range. To see if your timecode actually has valid content, use VideoTimeCode::is_valid.

Feature: v1_10

Returns

a new empty, invalid VideoTimeCode

The resulting config->latest_daily_jam is set to midnight, and timecode is set to the given time.

This might return a completely invalid timecode, use VideoTimeCode::new_from_date_time_full to ensure that you would get None instead in that case.

Feature: v1_12

`fps_n`

Numerator of the frame rate

`fps_d`

Denominator of the frame rate

`dt`

glib::DateTime to convert

`flags`

VideoTimeCodeFlags

`field_count`

Interlaced video field count

Returns

the VideoTimeCode representation of dt.

The resulting config->latest_daily_jam is set to midnight, and timecode is set to the given time.

Feature: v1_16

`fps_n`

Numerator of the frame rate

`fps_d`

Denominator of the frame rate

`dt`

glib::DateTime to convert

`flags`

VideoTimeCodeFlags

`field_count`

Interlaced video field count

Returns

the VideoTimeCode representation of dt, or None if no valid timecode could be created.

Feature: v1_12

`tc_str`

The string that represents the VideoTimeCode

Returns

a new VideoTimeCode from the given string or None if the string could not be passed.

Adds or subtracts frames amount of frames to self. tc needs to contain valid data, as verified by VideoTimeCode::is_valid.

Feature: v1_10

`frames`

How many frames to add or subtract

This makes a component-wise addition of tc_inter to self. For example, adding ("01:02:03:04", "00:01:00:00") will return "01:03:03:04". When it comes to drop-frame timecodes, adding ("00:00:00;00", "00:01:00:00") will return "00:01:00;02" because of drop-frame oddities. However, adding ("00:09:00;02", "00:01:00:00") will return "00:10:00;00" because this time we can have an exact minute.

Feature: v1_12

`tc_inter`

The VideoTimeCodeInterval to add to self. The interval must contain valid values, except that for drop-frame timecode, it may also contain timecodes which would normally be dropped. These are then corrected to the next reasonable timecode.

Returns

A new VideoTimeCode with tc_inter added or None if the interval can't be added.

Initializes self with empty/zero/NULL values and frees any memory it might currently use.

Feature: v1_10

Compares self and tc2. If both have latest daily jam information, it is taken into account. Otherwise, it is assumed that the daily jam of both self and tc2 was at the same time. Both time codes must be valid.

Feature: v1_10

`tc2`

another valid VideoTimeCode

Returns

1 if self is after tc2, -1 if self is before tc2, 0 otherwise.

Feature: v1_10

Returns

a new VideoTimeCode with the same values as self.

Feature: v1_10

Returns

how many frames have passed since the daily jam of self.

Frees self.

Feature: v1_10

Adds one frame to self.

Feature: v1_10

field_count is 0 for progressive, 1 or 2 for interlaced. latest_daiy_jam reference is stolen from caller.

Initializes self with the given values. The values are not checked for being in a valid range. To see if your timecode actually has valid content, use VideoTimeCode::is_valid.

Feature: v1_10

`fps_n`

Numerator of the frame rate

`fps_d`

Denominator of the frame rate

`latest_daily_jam`

The latest daily jam of the VideoTimeCode

`flags`

VideoTimeCodeFlags

`hours`

the hours field of VideoTimeCode

`minutes`

the minutes field of VideoTimeCode

`seconds`

the seconds field of VideoTimeCode

`frames`

the frames field of VideoTimeCode

`field_count`

Interlaced video field count

The resulting config->latest_daily_jam is set to midnight, and timecode is set to the given time.

Will assert on invalid parameters, use VideoTimeCode::init_from_date_time_full for being able to handle invalid parameters.

Feature: v1_12

`fps_n`

Numerator of the frame rate

`fps_d`

Denominator of the frame rate

`dt`

glib::DateTime to convert

`flags`

VideoTimeCodeFlags

`field_count`

Interlaced video field count

The resulting config->latest_daily_jam is set to midnight, and timecode is set to the given time.

Feature: v1_16

`fps_n`

Numerator of the frame rate

`fps_d`

Denominator of the frame rate

`dt`

glib::DateTime to convert

`flags`

VideoTimeCodeFlags

`field_count`

Interlaced video field count

Returns

true if self could be correctly initialized to a valid timecode

Feature: v1_10

Returns

whether self is a valid timecode (supported frame rate, hours/minutes/seconds/frames not overflowing)

Feature: v1_10

Returns

how many nsec have passed since the daily jam of self.

The self.config->latest_daily_jam is required to be non-NULL.

Feature: v1_10

Returns

the glib::DateTime representation of self or None if self has no daily jam.

Feature: v1_10

Returns

the SMPTE ST 2059-1:2015 string representation of self. That will take the form hh:mm:ss:ff. The last separator (between seconds and frames) may vary:

';' for drop-frame, non-interlaced content and for drop-frame interlaced field 2 ',' for drop-frame interlaced field 1 ':' for non-drop-frame, non-interlaced content and for non-drop-frame interlaced field 2 '.' for non-drop-frame interlaced field 1

Flags related to the time code information. For drop frame, only 30000/1001 and 60000/1001 frame rates are supported.

No flags

Whether we have drop frame rate

Whether we have interlaced video

Feature: v1_10

A representation of a difference between two VideoTimeCode instances. Will not necessarily correspond to a real timecode (e.g. 00:00:10;00)

Feature: v1_12

`hours`

the hours field of VideoTimeCodeInterval

`minutes`

the minutes field of VideoTimeCodeInterval

`seconds`

the seconds field of VideoTimeCodeInterval

`frames`

the frames field of VideoTimeCodeInterval

Returns

a new VideoTimeCodeInterval with the given values.

tc_inter_str must only have ":" as separators.

Feature: v1_12

`tc_inter_str`

The string that represents the VideoTimeCodeInterval

Returns

a new VideoTimeCodeInterval from the given string or None if the string could not be passed.

Initializes self with empty/zero/NULL values.

Feature: v1_12

Returns

a new VideoTimeCodeInterval with the same values as self.

Frees self.

Feature: v1_12

Initializes self with the given values.

Feature: v1_12

`hours`

the hours field of VideoTimeCodeInterval

`minutes`

the minutes field of VideoTimeCodeInterval

`seconds`

the seconds field of VideoTimeCodeInterval

`frames`

the frames field of VideoTimeCodeInterval

The video transfer function defines the formula for converting between non-linear RGB (R'G'B') and linear RGB

unknown transfer function

linear RGB, gamma 1.0 curve

Gamma 1.8 curve

Gamma 2.0 curve

Gamma 2.2 curve

Gamma 2.2 curve with a linear segment in the lower range

Gamma 2.4 curve with a linear segment in the lower range

Gamma 2.8 curve

Logarithmic transfer characteristic 100:1 range

Logarithmic transfer characteristic 316.22777:1 range

Gamma 2.2 curve with a linear segment in the lower range. Used for BT.2020 with 12 bits per component. Since: 1.6

Gamma 2.19921875. Since: 1.8

Rec. ITU-R BT.2020-2 with 10 bits per component. (functionally the same as the values GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_BT709 and GST_VIDEO_TRANSFER_BT2020_12). Since: 1.18

SMPTE ST 2084 for 10, 12, 14, and 16-bit systems. Known as perceptual quantization (PQ) Since: 1.18

Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB) STD-B67 and Rec. ITU-R BT.2100-1 hybrid loggamma (HLG) system Since: 1.18

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