gstreamer/libs/gst/base/gstbasetransform.c

/* GStreamer
 * Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>
 *                    2005 Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>
 *                    2005 Andy Wingo <wingo@fluendo.com>
 *                    2005 Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 *                    2008 Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@gmail.com>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 */

/**
 * SECTION:gstbasetransform
 * @short_description: Base class for simple transform filters
 * @see_also: #GstBaseSrc, #GstBaseSink
 *
 * This base class is for filter elements that process data.
 *
 * It provides for:
 * <itemizedlist>
 *   <listitem><para>one sinkpad and one srcpad</para></listitem>
 *   <listitem><para>
 *      Possible formats on sink and source pad implemented
 *      with custom transform_caps function. By default uses
 *      same format on sink and source.
 *   </para></listitem>
 *   <listitem><para>Handles state changes</para></listitem>
 *   <listitem><para>Does flushing</para></listitem>
 *   <listitem><para>Push mode</para></listitem>
 *   <listitem><para>
 *       Pull mode if the sub-class transform can operate on arbitrary data
 *    </para></listitem>
 * </itemizedlist>
 *
 * <refsect2>
 * <title>Use Cases</title>
 * <para>
 * <orderedlist>
 * <listitem>
 *   <itemizedlist><title>Passthrough mode</title>
 *   <listitem><para>
 *     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.
 *   </para></listitem>
 *   <listitem><para>
 *     On the GstBaseTransformClass is the passthrough_on_same_caps variable
 *     which will automatically set/unset passthrough based on whether the
 *     element negotiates the same caps on both pads.
 *   </para></listitem>
 *   <listitem><para>
 *     passthrough_on_same_caps on an element that doesn't implement a
 *     transform_caps function is useful for elements that only inspect data
 *     (such as level)
 *   </para></listitem>
 *   </itemizedlist>
 *   <itemizedlist>
 *   <title>Example elements</title>
 *     <listitem>Level</listitem>
 *     <listitem>Videoscale, audioconvert, ffmpegcolorspace, audioresample in
 *     certain modes.</listitem>
 *   </itemizedlist>
 * </listitem>
 * <listitem>
 *   <itemizedlist>
 *     <title>Modifications in-place - input buffer and output buffer are the
 *     same thing.</title>
 *   <listitem><para>
 *     The element must implement a transform_ip function.
 *   </para></listitem>
 *   <listitem><para>
 *     Output buffer size must <= input buffer size
 *   </para></listitem>
 *   <listitem><para>
 *     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.
 *   </para></listitem>
 *   <listitem><para>
 *     Incoming writable buffers will be passed to the transform_ip function
 *     immediately.  </para></listitem>
 *   <listitem><para>
 *     only implementing transform_ip and not transform implies always_in_place
 *     = TRUE
 *   </para></listitem>
 *   </itemizedlist>
 *   <itemizedlist>
 *   <title>Example elements</title>
 *     <listitem>Volume</listitem>
 *     <listitem>Audioconvert in certain modes (signed/unsigned
 *     conversion)</listitem>
 *     <listitem>ffmpegcolorspace in certain modes (endianness
 *     swapping)</listitem>
 *   </itemizedlist>
 *  </listitem>
 * <listitem>
 *   <itemizedlist>
 *   <title>Modifications only to the caps/metadata of a buffer</title>
 *   <listitem><para>
 *     The element does not require writable data, but non-writable buffers
 *     should be subbuffered so that the meta-information can be replaced.
 *   </para></listitem>
 *   <listitem><para>
 *     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
 *   </para></listitem>
 *   </itemizedlist>
 *   <itemizedlist>
 *   <title>Example elements</title>
 *     <listitem>Capsfilter when setting caps on outgoing buffers that have
 *     none.</listitem>
 *     <listitem>identity when it is going to re-timestamp buffers by
 *     datarate.</listitem>
 *   </itemizedlist>
 * </listitem>
 * <listitem>
 *   <itemizedlist><title>Normal mode</title>
 *   <listitem><para>
 *     always_in_place flag is not set, or there is no transform_ip function
 *   </para></listitem>
 *   <listitem><para>
 *     Element will receive an input buffer and output buffer to operate on.
 *   </para></listitem>
 *   <listitem><para>
 *     Output buffer is allocated by calling the prepare_output_buffer function.
 *   </para></listitem>
 *   </itemizedlist>
 *   <itemizedlist>
 *   <title>Example elements</title>
 *     <listitem>Videoscale, ffmpegcolorspace, audioconvert when doing
 *     scaling/conversions</listitem>
 *   </itemizedlist>
 * </listitem>
 * <listitem>
 *   <itemizedlist><title>Special output buffer allocations</title>
 *   <listitem><para>
 *     Elements which need to do special allocation of their output buffers
 *     other than what gst_buffer_pad_alloc allows should implement a
 *     prepare_output_buffer method, which calls the parent implementation and
 *     passes the newly allocated buffer.
 *   </para></listitem>
 *   </itemizedlist>
 *   <itemizedlist>
 *   <title>Example elements</title>
 *     <listitem>efence</listitem>
 *   </itemizedlist>
 * </listitem>
 * </orderedlist>
 * </para>
 * </refsect2>
 * <refsect2>
 * <title>Sub-class settable flags on GstBaseTransform</title>
 * <para>
 * <itemizedlist>
 * <listitem><para>
 *   <itemizedlist><title>passthrough</title>
 *     <listitem><para>
 *       Implies that in the current configuration, the sub-class is not
 *       interested in modifying the buffers.
 *     </para></listitem>
 *     <listitem><para>
 *       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.
 *     </para></listitem>
 *   </itemizedlist>
 * </para></listitem>
 * <listitem><para>
 *   <itemizedlist><title>always_in_place</title>
 *     <listitem><para>
 *       Determines whether a non-writable buffer will be copied before passing
 *       to the transform_ip function.
 *     </para></listitem>
 *     <listitem><para>
 *       Implied TRUE if no transform function is implemented.
 *     </para></listitem>
 *     <listitem><para>
 *       Implied FALSE if ONLY transform function is implemented.
 *     </para></listitem>
 *   </itemizedlist>
 * </para></listitem>
 * </itemizedlist>
 * </para>
 * </refsect2>
 */

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#  include "config.h"
#endif

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

/* FIXME 0.11: suppress warnings for deprecated API such as GStaticRecMutex
 * with newer GLib versions (>= 2.31.0) */
#define GLIB_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
#include "../../../gst/gst_private.h"
#include "../../../gst/gst-i18n-lib.h"
#include "../../../gst/glib-compat-private.h"
#include "gstbasetransform.h"
#include <gst/gstmarshal.h>

GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gst_base_transform_debug);
#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_base_transform_debug

/* BaseTransform signals and args */
enum
{
  /* FILL ME */
  LAST_SIGNAL
};

#define DEFAULT_PROP_QOS	FALSE

enum
{
  PROP_0,
  PROP_QOS
};

#define GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_PRIVATE(obj)  \
    (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE ((obj), GST_TYPE_BASE_TRANSFORM, GstBaseTransformPrivate))

struct _GstBaseTransformPrivate
{
  /* QoS *//* with LOCK */
  gboolean qos_enabled;
  gdouble proportion;
  GstClockTime earliest_time;
  /* previous buffer had a discont */
  gboolean discont;

  GstActivateMode pad_mode;

  gboolean gap_aware;

  /* caps used for allocating buffers */
  gboolean proxy_alloc;
  GstCaps *sink_alloc;
  GstCaps *src_alloc;

  /*
   * This flag controls if basetransform should explicitly
   * do a pad alloc when it receives a buffer even if it operates on
   * passthrough, this is needed to check for downstream caps suggestions
   * and this newly alloc'ed buffer is discarded.
   *
   * Without this flag basetransform would try a pad alloc whenever it
   * gets a new buffer and pipelines like:
   * "src ! basetrans1 ! basetrans2 ! basetrans3 ! sink"
   * Would have a 3 pad allocs for each buffer pushed downstream from the src.
   *
   * This flag is set to TRUE on start up, on setcaps and when a buffer is
   * pushed downstream. It is set to FALSE after a pad alloc has been requested
   * downstream.
   * The rationale is that when a pad alloc flows through the pipeline, all
   * basetransform elements on passthrough will avoid pad alloc'ing when they
   * get the buffer.
   */
  gboolean force_alloc;

  /* upstream caps and size suggestions */
  GstCaps *sink_suggest;
  guint size_suggest;
  gboolean suggest_pending;

  gboolean reconfigure;

  /* QoS stats */
  guint64 processed;
  guint64 dropped;

  GstClockTime last_stop_out;
  GList *delayed_events;

  GstCaps *cached_peer_caps[2];
  GstCaps *cached_transformed_caps[2];
};

static GstElementClass *parent_class = NULL;

static void gst_base_transform_class_init (GstBaseTransformClass * klass);
static void gst_base_transform_init (GstBaseTransform * trans,
    GstBaseTransformClass * klass);
static GstFlowReturn gst_base_transform_prepare_output_buffer (GstBaseTransform
    * trans, GstBuffer * input, GstBuffer ** buf);

GType
gst_base_transform_get_type (void)
{
  static volatile gsize base_transform_type = 0;

  if (g_once_init_enter (&base_transform_type)) {
    GType _type;
    static const GTypeInfo base_transform_info = {
      sizeof (GstBaseTransformClass),
      NULL,
      NULL,
      (GClassInitFunc) gst_base_transform_class_init,
      NULL,
      NULL,
      sizeof (GstBaseTransform),
      0,
      (GInstanceInitFunc) gst_base_transform_init,
    };

    _type = g_type_register_static (GST_TYPE_ELEMENT,
        "GstBaseTransform", &base_transform_info, G_TYPE_FLAG_ABSTRACT);
    g_once_init_leave (&base_transform_type, _type);
  }
  return base_transform_type;
}

static void gst_base_transform_finalize (GObject * object);
static void gst_base_transform_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
    const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec);
static void gst_base_transform_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
    GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec);
static gboolean gst_base_transform_src_activate_pull (GstPad * pad,
    gboolean active);
static gboolean gst_base_transform_sink_activate_push (GstPad * pad,
    gboolean active);
static gboolean gst_base_transform_activate (GstBaseTransform * trans,
    gboolean active);
static gboolean gst_base_transform_get_unit_size (GstBaseTransform * trans,
    GstCaps * caps, guint * size);

static gboolean gst_base_transform_src_event (GstPad * pad, GstEvent * event);
static gboolean gst_base_transform_src_eventfunc (GstBaseTransform * trans,
    GstEvent * event);
static gboolean gst_base_transform_sink_event (GstPad * pad, GstEvent * event);
static gboolean gst_base_transform_sink_eventfunc (GstBaseTransform * trans,
    GstEvent * event);
static gboolean gst_base_transform_check_get_range (GstPad * pad);
static GstFlowReturn gst_base_transform_getrange (GstPad * pad, guint64 offset,
    guint length, GstBuffer ** buffer);
static GstFlowReturn gst_base_transform_chain (GstPad * pad,
    GstBuffer * buffer);
static GstCaps *gst_base_transform_getcaps (GstPad * pad);
static gboolean gst_base_transform_acceptcaps (GstPad * pad, GstCaps * caps);
static gboolean gst_base_transform_acceptcaps_default (GstBaseTransform * trans,
    GstPadDirection direction, GstCaps * caps);
static gboolean gst_base_transform_setcaps (GstPad * pad, GstCaps * caps);
static GstFlowReturn gst_base_transform_buffer_alloc (GstPad * pad,
    guint64 offset, guint size, GstCaps * caps, GstBuffer ** buf);
static gboolean gst_base_transform_query (GstPad * pad, GstQuery * query);
static gboolean gst_base_transform_default_query (GstBaseTransform * trans,
    GstPadDirection direction, GstQuery * query);
static const GstQueryType *gst_base_transform_query_type (GstPad * pad);

/* static guint gst_base_transform_signals[LAST_SIGNAL] = { 0 }; */

static void
gst_base_transform_drop_delayed_events (GstBaseTransform * trans)
{
  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
  if (trans->priv->delayed_events) {
    g_list_foreach (trans->priv->delayed_events, (GFunc) gst_event_unref, NULL);
    g_list_free (trans->priv->delayed_events);
    trans->priv->delayed_events = NULL;
  }
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);
}

static void
gst_base_transform_clear_transformed_caps_cache (GstBaseTransform * trans)
{
  struct _GstBaseTransformPrivate *priv = trans->priv;
  int n;

  for (n = 0; n < 2; ++n) {
    if (priv->cached_peer_caps[n]) {
      gst_caps_unref (priv->cached_peer_caps[n]);
      priv->cached_peer_caps[n] = NULL;
    }
    if (priv->cached_transformed_caps[n]) {
      gst_caps_unref (priv->cached_transformed_caps[n]);
      priv->cached_transformed_caps[n] = NULL;
    }
  }
}

static void
gst_base_transform_finalize (GObject * object)
{
  GstBaseTransform *trans;

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (object);

  gst_base_transform_drop_delayed_events (trans);
  gst_caps_replace (&trans->priv->sink_suggest, NULL);
  g_mutex_free (trans->transform_lock);

  gst_base_transform_clear_transformed_caps_cache (trans);

  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->finalize (object);
}

static void
gst_base_transform_class_init (GstBaseTransformClass * klass)
{
  GObjectClass *gobject_class;

  gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);

  GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_base_transform_debug, "basetransform", 0,
      "basetransform element");

  GST_DEBUG ("gst_base_transform_class_init");

  g_type_class_add_private (klass, sizeof (GstBaseTransformPrivate));

  parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);

  gobject_class->set_property = gst_base_transform_set_property;
  gobject_class->get_property = gst_base_transform_get_property;

  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_QOS,
      g_param_spec_boolean ("qos", "QoS", "Handle Quality-of-Service events",
          DEFAULT_PROP_QOS, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));

  gobject_class->finalize = gst_base_transform_finalize;

  klass->passthrough_on_same_caps = FALSE;
  klass->event = GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_sink_eventfunc);
  klass->src_event = GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_src_eventfunc);
  klass->accept_caps =
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_acceptcaps_default);
  klass->query = GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_default_query);
}

static void
gst_base_transform_init (GstBaseTransform * trans,
    GstBaseTransformClass * bclass)
{
  GstPadTemplate *pad_template;

  GST_DEBUG ("gst_base_transform_init");

  trans->priv = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_PRIVATE (trans);

  pad_template =
      gst_element_class_get_pad_template (GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (bclass), "sink");
  g_return_if_fail (pad_template != NULL);
  trans->sinkpad = gst_pad_new_from_template (pad_template, "sink");
  gst_pad_set_getcaps_function (trans->sinkpad,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_getcaps));
  gst_pad_set_acceptcaps_function (trans->sinkpad,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_acceptcaps));
  gst_pad_set_setcaps_function (trans->sinkpad,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_setcaps));
  gst_pad_set_event_function (trans->sinkpad,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_sink_event));
  gst_pad_set_chain_function (trans->sinkpad,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_chain));
  gst_pad_set_activatepush_function (trans->sinkpad,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_sink_activate_push));
  gst_pad_set_bufferalloc_function (trans->sinkpad,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_buffer_alloc));
  gst_pad_set_query_function (trans->sinkpad,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_query));
  gst_pad_set_query_type_function (trans->sinkpad,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_query_type));
  gst_element_add_pad (GST_ELEMENT (trans), trans->sinkpad);

  pad_template =
      gst_element_class_get_pad_template (GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (bclass), "src");
  g_return_if_fail (pad_template != NULL);
  trans->srcpad = gst_pad_new_from_template (pad_template, "src");
  gst_pad_set_getcaps_function (trans->srcpad,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_getcaps));
  gst_pad_set_acceptcaps_function (trans->srcpad,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_acceptcaps));
  gst_pad_set_event_function (trans->srcpad,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_src_event));
  gst_pad_set_checkgetrange_function (trans->srcpad,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_check_get_range));
  gst_pad_set_getrange_function (trans->srcpad,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_getrange));
  gst_pad_set_activatepull_function (trans->srcpad,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_src_activate_pull));
  gst_pad_set_query_function (trans->srcpad,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_query));
  gst_pad_set_query_type_function (trans->srcpad,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_base_transform_query_type));
  gst_element_add_pad (GST_ELEMENT (trans), trans->srcpad);

  trans->transform_lock = g_mutex_new ();
  trans->pending_configure = FALSE;
  trans->priv->qos_enabled = DEFAULT_PROP_QOS;
  trans->cache_caps1 = NULL;
  trans->cache_caps2 = NULL;
  trans->priv->pad_mode = GST_ACTIVATE_NONE;
  trans->priv->gap_aware = FALSE;
  trans->priv->delayed_events = NULL;

  trans->passthrough = FALSE;
  if (bclass->transform == NULL) {
    /* If no transform function, always_in_place is TRUE */
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "setting in_place TRUE");
    trans->always_in_place = TRUE;

    if (bclass->transform_ip == NULL) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "setting passthrough TRUE");
      trans->passthrough = TRUE;
    }
  }

  trans->priv->processed = 0;
  trans->priv->dropped = 0;
  trans->priv->force_alloc = TRUE;
}

/* given @caps on the src or sink pad (given by @direction)
 * calculate the possible caps on the other pad.
 *
 * Returns new caps, unref after usage.
 */
static GstCaps *
gst_base_transform_transform_caps (GstBaseTransform * trans,
    GstPadDirection direction, GstCaps * caps)
{
  GstCaps *ret;
  GstBaseTransformClass *klass;

  if (caps == NULL)
    return NULL;

  klass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);

  /* if there is a custom transform function, use this */
  if (klass->transform_caps) {
    GstCaps *temp;
    gint i;

    /* start with empty caps */
    ret = gst_caps_new_empty ();
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "transform caps (direction = %d)", direction);

    if (gst_caps_is_any (caps)) {
      /* for any caps we still have to call the transform function */
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "from: ANY");
      temp = klass->transform_caps (trans, direction, caps);
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "  to: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, temp);

      temp = gst_caps_make_writable (temp);
      gst_caps_append (ret, temp);
    } else {
      gint n = gst_caps_get_size (caps);
      /* we send caps with just one structure to the transform
       * function as this is easier for the element */
      for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        GstCaps *nth;

        nth = gst_caps_copy_nth (caps, i);
        GST_LOG_OBJECT (trans, "from[%d]: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, i, nth);
        temp = klass->transform_caps (trans, direction, nth);
        gst_caps_unref (nth);
        GST_LOG_OBJECT (trans, "  to[%d]: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, i, temp);

        temp = gst_caps_make_writable (temp);

        /* here we need to only append those structures, that are not yet
         * in there, we use the merge function for this */
        gst_caps_merge (ret, temp);

        GST_LOG_OBJECT (trans, "  merged[%d]: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, i, ret);
      }
      GST_LOG_OBJECT (trans, "merged: (%d)", gst_caps_get_size (ret));
      /* FIXME: we can't do much simplification here because we don't really want to
       * change the caps order
       gst_caps_do_simplify (ret);
       GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "simplified: (%d)", gst_caps_get_size (ret));
       */
    }
  } else {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "identity from: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);
    /* no transform function, use the identity transform */
    ret = gst_caps_ref (caps);
  }

  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "to: (%d) %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, gst_caps_get_size (ret),
      ret);

  return ret;
}

/* transform a buffer of @size with @caps on the pad with @direction to
 * the size of a buffer with @othercaps and store the result in @othersize
 *
 * We have two ways of doing this:
 *  1) use a custom transform size function, this is for complicated custom
 *     cases with no fixed unit_size.
 *  2) use the unit_size functions where there is a relationship between the
 *     caps and the size of a buffer.
 */
static gboolean
gst_base_transform_transform_size (GstBaseTransform * trans,
    GstPadDirection direction, GstCaps * caps,
    guint size, GstCaps * othercaps, guint * othersize)
{
  guint inunitsize, outunitsize, units;
  GstBaseTransformClass *klass;
  gboolean ret;

  klass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);

  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "asked to transform size %d for caps %"
      GST_PTR_FORMAT " to size for caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " in direction %s",
      size, caps, othercaps, direction == GST_PAD_SRC ? "SRC" : "SINK");

  if (klass->transform_size) {
    /* if there is a custom transform function, use this */
    ret = klass->transform_size (trans, direction, caps, size, othercaps,
        othersize);
  } else if (klass->get_unit_size == NULL) {
    /* if there is no transform_size and no unit_size, it means the
     * element does not modify the size of a buffer */
    *othersize = size;
    ret = TRUE;
  } else {
    /* there is no transform_size function, we have to use the unit_size
     * functions. This method assumes there is a fixed unit_size associated with
     * each caps. We provide the same amount of units on both sides. */
    if (!gst_base_transform_get_unit_size (trans, caps, &inunitsize))
      goto no_in_size;

    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "input size %d, input unit size %d", size,
        inunitsize);

    /* input size must be a multiple of the unit_size of the input caps */
    if (inunitsize == 0 || (size % inunitsize != 0))
      goto no_multiple;

    /* get the amount of units */
    units = size / inunitsize;

    /* now get the unit size of the output */
    if (!gst_base_transform_get_unit_size (trans, othercaps, &outunitsize))
      goto no_out_size;

    /* the output size is the unit_size times the amount of units on the
     * input */
    *othersize = units * outunitsize;
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "transformed size to %d", *othersize);

    ret = TRUE;
  }
  return ret;

  /* ERRORS */
no_in_size:
  {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "could not get in_size");
    g_warning ("%s: could not get in_size", GST_ELEMENT_NAME (trans));
    return FALSE;
  }
no_multiple:
  {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "Size %u is not a multiple of unit size %u", size,
        inunitsize);
    g_warning ("%s: size %u is not a multiple of unit size %u",
        GST_ELEMENT_NAME (trans), size, inunitsize);
    return FALSE;
  }
no_out_size:
  {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "could not get out_size");
    g_warning ("%s: could not get out_size", GST_ELEMENT_NAME (trans));
    return FALSE;
  }
}

/* get the caps that can be handled by @pad. We perform:
 *
 *  - take the caps of peer of otherpad,
 *  - filter against the padtemplate of otherpad,
 *  - calculate all transforms of remaining caps
 *  - filter against template of @pad
 *
 * If there is no peer, we simply return the caps of the padtemplate of pad.
 */
static GstCaps *
gst_base_transform_getcaps (GstPad * pad)
{
  GstBaseTransform *trans;
  GstPad *otherpad;
  const GstCaps *templ;
  GstCaps *peercaps, *caps, *temp;
  gboolean samecaps;
  int cache_index;

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));

  otherpad = (pad == trans->srcpad) ? trans->sinkpad : trans->srcpad;
  cache_index = (pad == trans->srcpad) ? 0 : 1;

  /* we can do what the peer can */
  peercaps = gst_pad_peer_get_caps_reffed (otherpad);
  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
  samecaps = (peercaps && trans->priv->cached_peer_caps[cache_index]
      && gst_caps_is_strictly_equal (peercaps,
          trans->priv->cached_peer_caps[cache_index]));
  if (!samecaps) {
    if (trans->priv->cached_peer_caps[cache_index]) {
      gst_caps_unref (trans->priv->cached_peer_caps[cache_index]);
      trans->priv->cached_peer_caps[cache_index] = NULL;
    }
    if (trans->priv->cached_transformed_caps[cache_index]) {
      gst_caps_unref (trans->priv->cached_transformed_caps[cache_index]);
      trans->priv->cached_transformed_caps[cache_index] = NULL;
    }
  } else {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
        "Returning cached transformed caps (index = %d)", cache_index);
    caps = gst_caps_ref (trans->priv->cached_transformed_caps[cache_index]);
    goto done;
  }
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);

  if (peercaps) {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "peer caps  %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, peercaps);

    /* filtered against our padtemplate on the other side */
    templ = gst_pad_get_pad_template_caps (otherpad);
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "our template  %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, templ);
    temp = gst_caps_intersect_full (peercaps, templ, GST_CAPS_INTERSECT_FIRST);
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "intersected %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, temp);
  } else {
    temp = gst_caps_copy (gst_pad_get_pad_template_caps (otherpad));
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "no peer, using our template caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
        temp);
  }

  /* then see what we can transform this to */
  caps = gst_base_transform_transform_caps (trans,
      GST_PAD_DIRECTION (otherpad), temp);
  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "transformed  %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);
  gst_caps_unref (temp);
  if (caps == NULL)
    goto done_update_cache;

  /* and filter against the template of this pad */
  templ = gst_pad_get_pad_template_caps (pad);
  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "our template  %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, templ);
  /* We keep the caps sorted like the returned caps */
  temp = gst_caps_intersect_full (caps, templ, GST_CAPS_INTERSECT_FIRST);
  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "intersected %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, temp);
  gst_caps_unref (caps);
  caps = temp;

  if (peercaps) {
    /* Now try if we can put the untransformed downstream caps first */
    temp = gst_caps_intersect_full (peercaps, caps, GST_CAPS_INTERSECT_FIRST);
    if (!gst_caps_is_empty (temp)) {
      gst_caps_merge (temp, caps);
      caps = temp;
    } else {
      gst_caps_unref (temp);
    }
  }

done_update_cache:
  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "returning  %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);

  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
  if (peercaps) {
    trans->priv->cached_peer_caps[cache_index] = gst_caps_ref (peercaps);
  }
  if (caps) {
    trans->priv->cached_transformed_caps[cache_index] = gst_caps_ref (caps);
  }

done:
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);

  if (peercaps)
    gst_caps_unref (peercaps);

  gst_object_unref (trans);

  return caps;
}

/* function triggered when the in and out caps are negotiated and need
 * to be configured in the subclass. */
static gboolean
gst_base_transform_configure_caps (GstBaseTransform * trans, GstCaps * in,
    GstCaps * out)
{
  gboolean ret = TRUE;
  GstBaseTransformClass *klass;

  klass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);

  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "in caps:  %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, in);
  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "out caps: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, out);

  /* clear the cache */
  gst_caps_replace (&trans->cache_caps1, NULL);
  gst_caps_replace (&trans->cache_caps2, NULL);

  /* figure out same caps state */
  trans->have_same_caps = gst_caps_is_equal (in, out);
  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "have_same_caps: %d", trans->have_same_caps);

  /* If we've a transform_ip method and same input/output caps, set in_place
   * by default. If for some reason the sub-class prefers using a transform
   * function, it can clear the in place flag in the set_caps */
  gst_base_transform_set_in_place (trans,
      klass->transform_ip && trans->have_same_caps);

  /* Set the passthrough if the class wants passthrough_on_same_caps
   * and we have the same caps on each pad */
  if (klass->passthrough_on_same_caps)
    gst_base_transform_set_passthrough (trans, trans->have_same_caps);

  /* now configure the element with the caps */
  if (klass->set_caps) {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "Calling set_caps method to setup caps");
    ret = klass->set_caps (trans, in, out);
  }

  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
  /* make sure we reevaluate how the buffer_alloc works wrt to proxy allocating
   * the buffer. FIXME, this triggers some quite heavy codepaths that don't need
   * to be taken.. */
  trans->priv->suggest_pending = TRUE;
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);
  trans->negotiated = ret;

  return ret;
}

/* check if caps @in on @pad can be transformed to @out on the other pad.
 * We don't have a vmethod to test this yet so we have to do a somewhat less
 * efficient check for this.
 */
static gboolean
gst_base_transform_can_transform (GstBaseTransform * trans, GstPad * pad,
    GstCaps * in, GstCaps * out)
{
  GstCaps *othercaps;

  /* convert the in caps to all possible out caps */
  othercaps =
      gst_base_transform_transform_caps (trans, GST_PAD_DIRECTION (pad), in);

  /* check if transform is empty */
  if (!othercaps || gst_caps_is_empty (othercaps))
    goto no_transform;

  /* check if the out caps is a subset of the othercaps */
  if (!gst_caps_can_intersect (out, othercaps))
    goto no_subset;

  if (othercaps)
    gst_caps_unref (othercaps);

  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "from %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, in);
  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "to   %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, out);

  return TRUE;

  /* ERRORS */
no_transform:
  {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
        "transform returned useless %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, othercaps);
    if (othercaps)
      gst_caps_unref (othercaps);
    return FALSE;
  }
no_subset:
  {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "no subset");
    if (othercaps)
      gst_caps_unref (othercaps);
    return FALSE;
  }
}

/* given a fixed @caps on @pad, create the best possible caps for the
 * other pad.
 * @caps must be fixed when calling this function.
 *
 * This function calls the transform caps vmethod of the basetransform to figure
 * out the possible target formats. It then tries to select the best format from
 * this list by:
 *
 * - attempt passthrough if the target caps is a superset of the input caps
 * - fixating by using peer caps
 * - fixating with transform fixate function
 * - fixating with pad fixate functions.
 *
 * this function returns a caps that can be transformed into and is accepted by
 * the peer element.
 */
static GstCaps *
gst_base_transform_find_transform (GstBaseTransform * trans, GstPad * pad,
    GstCaps * caps)
{
  GstBaseTransformClass *klass;
  GstPad *otherpad, *otherpeer;
  GstCaps *othercaps;
  gboolean peer_checked = FALSE;
  gboolean is_fixed;

  /* caps must be fixed here, this is a programming error if it's not */
  g_return_val_if_fail (gst_caps_is_fixed (caps), NULL);

  klass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);

  otherpad = (pad == trans->srcpad) ? trans->sinkpad : trans->srcpad;
  otherpeer = gst_pad_get_peer (otherpad);

  /* see how we can transform the input caps. We need to do this even for
   * passthrough because it might be possible that this element cannot support
   * passthrough at all. */
  othercaps = gst_base_transform_transform_caps (trans,
      GST_PAD_DIRECTION (pad), caps);

  /* The caps we can actually output is the intersection of the transformed
   * caps with the pad template for the pad */
  if (othercaps) {
    GstCaps *intersect;
    const GstCaps *templ_caps;

    templ_caps = gst_pad_get_pad_template_caps (otherpad);
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
        "intersecting against padtemplate %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, templ_caps);

    intersect =
        gst_caps_intersect_full (othercaps, templ_caps,
        GST_CAPS_INTERSECT_FIRST);

    gst_caps_unref (othercaps);
    othercaps = intersect;
  }

  /* check if transform is empty */
  if (!othercaps || gst_caps_is_empty (othercaps))
    goto no_transform;

  /* if the othercaps are not fixed, we need to fixate them, first attempt
   * is by attempting passthrough if the othercaps are a superset of caps. */
  /* FIXME. maybe the caps is not fixed because it has multiple structures of
   * fixed caps */
  is_fixed = gst_caps_is_fixed (othercaps);
  if (!is_fixed) {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
        "transform returned non fixed  %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, othercaps);

    /* see if the target caps are a superset of the source caps, in this
     * case we can try to perform passthrough */
    if (gst_caps_can_intersect (othercaps, caps)) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "try passthrough with %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);
      if (otherpeer) {
        /* try passthrough. we know it's fixed, because caps is fixed */
        if (gst_pad_accept_caps (otherpeer, caps)) {
          GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "peer accepted %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);
          /* peer accepted unmodified caps, we free the original non-fixed
           * caps and work with the passthrough caps */
          gst_caps_unref (othercaps);
          othercaps = gst_caps_ref (caps);
          is_fixed = TRUE;
          /* mark that we checked othercaps with the peer, this
           * makes sure we don't call accept_caps again with these same
           * caps */
          peer_checked = TRUE;
        } else {
          GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
              "peer did not accept %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);
        }
      } else {
        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "no peer, doing passthrough");
        gst_caps_unref (othercaps);
        othercaps = gst_caps_ref (caps);
        is_fixed = TRUE;
      }
    }
  }

  /* second attempt at fixation is done by intersecting with
   * the peer caps */
  if (!is_fixed && otherpeer) {
    /* intersect against what the peer can do */
    GstCaps *peercaps;
    GstCaps *intersect;

    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "othercaps now %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, othercaps);

    peercaps = gst_pad_get_caps_reffed (otherpeer);
    intersect = gst_caps_intersect (peercaps, othercaps);
    gst_caps_unref (peercaps);
    gst_caps_unref (othercaps);
    othercaps = intersect;
    peer_checked = FALSE;

    is_fixed = gst_caps_is_fixed (othercaps);

    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
        "filtering against peer yields %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, othercaps);
  }

  if (gst_caps_is_empty (othercaps))
    goto no_transform_possible;

  /* third attempt at fixation, call the fixate vmethod and
   * ultimately call the pad fixate function. */
  if (!is_fixed) {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
        "trying to fixate %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " on pad %s:%s",
        othercaps, GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (otherpad));

    /* since we have no other way to fixate left, we might as well just take
     * the first of the caps list and fixate that */

    /* FIXME: when fixating using the vmethod, it might make sense to fixate
     * each of the caps; but Wim doesn't see a use case for that yet */
    gst_caps_truncate (othercaps);
    peer_checked = FALSE;

    if (klass->fixate_caps) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "trying to fixate %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
          " using caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
          " on pad %s:%s using fixate_caps vmethod", othercaps, caps,
          GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (otherpad));
      klass->fixate_caps (trans, GST_PAD_DIRECTION (pad), caps, othercaps);
      is_fixed = gst_caps_is_fixed (othercaps);
    }
    /* if still not fixed, no other option but to let the default pad fixate
     * function do its job */
    if (!is_fixed) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "trying to fixate %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
          " on pad %s:%s using gst_pad_fixate_caps", othercaps,
          GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (otherpad));
      gst_pad_fixate_caps (otherpad, othercaps);
      is_fixed = gst_caps_is_fixed (othercaps);
    }
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "after fixating %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, othercaps);
  } else {
    GST_DEBUG ("caps are fixed");
    /* else caps are fixed but the subclass may want to add fields */
    if (klass->fixate_caps) {
      othercaps = gst_caps_make_writable (othercaps);

      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "doing fixate %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
          " using caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
          " on pad %s:%s using fixate_caps vmethod", othercaps, caps,
          GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (otherpad));

      klass->fixate_caps (trans, GST_PAD_DIRECTION (pad), caps, othercaps);
      is_fixed = gst_caps_is_fixed (othercaps);
    }
  }

  /* caps should be fixed now, if not we have to fail. */
  if (!is_fixed)
    goto could_not_fixate;

  /* and peer should accept, don't check again if we already checked the
   * othercaps against the peer. */
  if (!peer_checked && otherpeer && !gst_pad_accept_caps (otherpeer, othercaps))
    goto peer_no_accept;

  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "Input caps were %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
      ", and got final caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps, othercaps);

  if (otherpeer)
    gst_object_unref (otherpeer);

  return othercaps;

  /* ERRORS */
no_transform:
  {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
        "transform returned useless  %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, othercaps);
    goto error_cleanup;
  }
no_transform_possible:
  {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
        "transform could not transform %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
        " in anything we support", caps);
    goto error_cleanup;
  }
could_not_fixate:
  {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "FAILED to fixate %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, othercaps);
    goto error_cleanup;
  }
peer_no_accept:
  {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "FAILED to get peer of %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
        " to accept %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, otherpad, othercaps);
    goto error_cleanup;
  }
error_cleanup:
  {
    if (otherpeer)
      gst_object_unref (otherpeer);
    if (othercaps)
      gst_caps_unref (othercaps);
    return NULL;
  }
}

static gboolean
gst_base_transform_acceptcaps_default (GstBaseTransform * trans,
    GstPadDirection direction, GstCaps * caps)
{
#if 0
  GstPad *otherpad;
  GstCaps *othercaps = NULL;
#endif
  gboolean ret = TRUE;

#if 0
  otherpad = (pad == trans->srcpad) ? trans->sinkpad : trans->srcpad;

  /* we need fixed caps for the check, fall back to the default implementation
   * if we don't */
  if (!gst_caps_is_fixed (caps))
#endif
  {
    GstCaps *allowed;

    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "non fixed accept caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);

    /* get all the formats we can handle on this pad */
    if (direction == GST_PAD_SRC)
      allowed = gst_pad_get_caps_reffed (trans->srcpad);
    else
      allowed = gst_pad_get_caps_reffed (trans->sinkpad);

    if (!allowed) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "gst_pad_get_caps() failed");
      goto no_transform_possible;
    }

    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "allowed caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, allowed);

    /* intersect with the requested format */
    ret = gst_caps_can_intersect (allowed, caps);
    gst_caps_unref (allowed);

    if (!ret)
      goto no_transform_possible;
  }
#if 0
  else {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "accept caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);

    /* find best possible caps for the other pad as a way to see if we can
     * transform this caps. */
    othercaps = gst_base_transform_find_transform (trans, pad, caps);
    if (!othercaps || gst_caps_is_empty (othercaps))
      goto no_transform_possible;

    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "we can transform to %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, othercaps);
  }
#endif

done:
#if 0
  /* We know it's always NULL since we never use it */
  if (othercaps)
    gst_caps_unref (othercaps);
#endif

  return ret;

  /* ERRORS */
no_transform_possible:
  {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
        "transform could not transform %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
        " in anything we support", caps);
    ret = FALSE;
    goto done;
  }
}

static gboolean
gst_base_transform_acceptcaps (GstPad * pad, GstCaps * caps)
{
  gboolean ret = TRUE;
  GstBaseTransform *trans;
  GstBaseTransformClass *bclass;

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));
  bclass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);

  if (bclass->accept_caps)
    ret = bclass->accept_caps (trans, GST_PAD_DIRECTION (pad), caps);

  gst_object_unref (trans);

  return ret;
}

/* called when new caps arrive on the sink or source pad,
 * We try to find the best caps for the other side using our _find_transform()
 * function. If there are caps, we configure the transform for this new
 * transformation.
 *
 * FIXME, this function is currently commutative but this should not really be
 * because we never set caps starting from the srcpad.
 */
static gboolean
gst_base_transform_setcaps (GstPad * pad, GstCaps * caps)
{
  GstBaseTransform *trans;
  GstPad *otherpad, *otherpeer;
  GstCaps *othercaps = NULL;
  gboolean ret = TRUE;
  GstCaps *incaps, *outcaps;

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));

  otherpad = (pad == trans->srcpad) ? trans->sinkpad : trans->srcpad;
  otherpeer = gst_pad_get_peer (otherpad);

  /* if we get called recursively, we bail out now to avoid an
   * infinite loop. */
  if (GST_PAD_IS_IN_SETCAPS (otherpad))
    goto done;

  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "have new caps %p %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps, caps);

  /* find best possible caps for the other pad */
  othercaps = gst_base_transform_find_transform (trans, pad, caps);
  if (!othercaps || gst_caps_is_empty (othercaps))
    goto no_transform_possible;

  /* configure the element now */
  /* make sure in and out caps are correct */
  if (pad == trans->sinkpad) {
    incaps = caps;
    outcaps = othercaps;
  } else {
    incaps = othercaps;
    outcaps = caps;
  }

  /* if we have the same caps, we can optimize and reuse the input caps */
  if (gst_caps_is_equal (incaps, outcaps)) {
    GST_INFO_OBJECT (trans, "reuse caps");
    gst_caps_unref (othercaps);
    outcaps = othercaps = gst_caps_ref (incaps);
  }

  /* call configure now */
  if (!(ret = gst_base_transform_configure_caps (trans, incaps, outcaps)))
    goto failed_configure;

  /* we know this will work, we implement the setcaps */
  gst_pad_set_caps (otherpad, othercaps);

  if (pad == trans->srcpad && trans->priv->pad_mode == GST_ACTIVATE_PULL) {
    /* FIXME hm? */
    ret &= gst_pad_set_caps (otherpeer, othercaps);
    if (!ret) {
      GST_INFO_OBJECT (trans, "otherpeer setcaps(%" GST_PTR_FORMAT ") failed",
          othercaps);
    }
  }

done:
  /* new caps, force alloc on next buffer on the chain */
  trans->priv->force_alloc = TRUE;
  if (otherpeer)
    gst_object_unref (otherpeer);
  if (othercaps)
    gst_caps_unref (othercaps);

  trans->negotiated = ret;

  gst_object_unref (trans);

  return ret;

  /* ERRORS */
no_transform_possible:
  {
    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (trans,
        "transform could not transform %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
        " in anything we support", caps);
    ret = FALSE;
    goto done;
  }
failed_configure:
  {
    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (trans, "FAILED to configure caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
        " to accept %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, otherpad, othercaps);
    ret = FALSE;
    goto done;
  }
}

static gboolean
gst_base_transform_default_query (GstBaseTransform * trans,
    GstPadDirection direction, GstQuery * query)
{
  gboolean ret = FALSE;
  GstPad *otherpad;

  otherpad = (direction == GST_PAD_SRC) ? trans->sinkpad : trans->srcpad;

  switch (GST_QUERY_TYPE (query)) {
    case GST_QUERY_POSITION:{
      GstFormat format;

      gst_query_parse_position (query, &format, NULL);
      if (format == GST_FORMAT_TIME && trans->segment.format == GST_FORMAT_TIME) {
        gint64 pos;
        ret = TRUE;

        if ((direction == GST_PAD_SINK)
            || (trans->priv->last_stop_out == GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE)) {
          pos =
              gst_segment_to_stream_time (&trans->segment, GST_FORMAT_TIME,
              trans->segment.last_stop);
        } else {
          pos = gst_segment_to_stream_time (&trans->segment, GST_FORMAT_TIME,
              trans->priv->last_stop_out);
        }
        gst_query_set_position (query, format, pos);
      } else {
        ret = gst_pad_peer_query (otherpad, query);
      }
      break;
    }
    default:
      ret = gst_pad_peer_query (otherpad, query);
      break;
  }

  return ret;
}

static gboolean
gst_base_transform_query (GstPad * pad, GstQuery * query)
{
  GstBaseTransform *trans;
  GstBaseTransformClass *bclass;
  gboolean ret;

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));
  if (G_UNLIKELY (trans == NULL))
    return FALSE;

  bclass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);

  if (bclass->query)
    ret = bclass->query (trans, GST_PAD_DIRECTION (pad), query);
  else
    ret = gst_pad_query_default (pad, query);

  gst_object_unref (trans);

  return ret;
}

static const GstQueryType *
gst_base_transform_query_type (GstPad * pad)
{
  static const GstQueryType types[] = {
    GST_QUERY_POSITION,
    GST_QUERY_NONE
  };

  return types;
}

static void
compute_upstream_suggestion (GstBaseTransform * trans, guint expsize,
    GstCaps * caps)
{
  GstCaps *othercaps;
  GstBaseTransformPrivate *priv = trans->priv;

  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "trying to find upstream suggestion");

  /* we cannot convert the current buffer but we might be able to suggest a
   * new format upstream, try to find what the best format is. */
  othercaps = gst_base_transform_find_transform (trans, trans->srcpad, caps);

  if (!othercaps) {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "incompatible caps, ignoring");
    /* we received caps that we cannot transform. Upstream is behaving badly
     * because it should have checked if we could handle these caps. We can
     * simply ignore these caps and produce a buffer with our original caps. */
  } else {
    guint size_suggest;

    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "getting size of suggestion");

    /* not a subset, we have a new upstream suggestion, remember it and
     * allocate a default buffer. First we try to convert the size */
    if (gst_base_transform_transform_size (trans,
            GST_PAD_SRC, caps, expsize, othercaps, &size_suggest)) {

      /* ok, remember the suggestions now */
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
          "storing new caps and size suggestion of %u and %" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
          size_suggest, othercaps);

      GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans->sinkpad);
      if (priv->sink_suggest)
        gst_caps_unref (priv->sink_suggest);
      priv->sink_suggest = gst_caps_ref (othercaps);
      priv->size_suggest = size_suggest;
      trans->priv->suggest_pending = TRUE;
      GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans->sinkpad);
    }
    gst_caps_unref (othercaps);
  }
}

/* Allocate a buffer using gst_pad_alloc_buffer
 *
 * This function can do renegotiation on the source pad
 *
 * The output buffer is always writable. outbuf can be equal to
 * inbuf, the caller should be prepared for this and perform
 * appropriate refcounting.
 */
static GstFlowReturn
gst_base_transform_prepare_output_buffer (GstBaseTransform * trans,
    GstBuffer * in_buf, GstBuffer ** out_buf)
{
  GstBaseTransformClass *bclass;
  GstBaseTransformPrivate *priv;
  GstFlowReturn ret = GST_FLOW_OK;
  guint outsize, newsize, expsize;
  gboolean discard, setcaps, copymeta;
  GstCaps *incaps, *oldcaps, *newcaps, *outcaps;

  bclass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);

  priv = trans->priv;

  *out_buf = NULL;

  /* figure out how to allocate a buffer based on the current configuration */
  if (trans->passthrough) {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "doing passthrough alloc");
    /* passthrough, we don't really need to call pad alloc but we still need to
     * in order to get upstream negotiation. The output size is the same as the
     * input size. */
    outsize = GST_BUFFER_SIZE (in_buf);
    /* we always alloc and discard here */
    discard = TRUE;
  } else {
    gboolean want_in_place = (bclass->transform_ip != NULL)
        && trans->always_in_place;

    if (want_in_place) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "doing inplace alloc");
      /* we alloc a buffer of the same size as the input */
      outsize = GST_BUFFER_SIZE (in_buf);
      /* only discard it when the input was not writable, otherwise, we reuse
       * the input buffer. */
      discard = gst_buffer_is_writable (in_buf);
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "discard: %d", discard);
    } else {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "getting output size for copy transform");
      /* copy transform, figure out the output size */
      if (!gst_base_transform_transform_size (trans,
              GST_PAD_SINK, GST_PAD_CAPS (trans->sinkpad),
              GST_BUFFER_SIZE (in_buf), GST_PAD_CAPS (trans->srcpad),
              &outsize)) {
        goto unknown_size;
      }
      /* never discard this buffer, we need it for storing the output */
      discard = FALSE;
    }
  }

  oldcaps = GST_PAD_CAPS (trans->srcpad);

  if (bclass->prepare_output_buffer) {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
        "calling prepare buffer with caps %p %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, oldcaps,
        oldcaps);
    ret =
        bclass->prepare_output_buffer (trans, in_buf, outsize, oldcaps,
        out_buf);

    /* get a new ref to the srcpad caps, the prepare_output_buffer function can
     * update the pad caps if it wants */
    oldcaps = GST_PAD_CAPS (trans->srcpad);

    /* FIXME 0.11:
     * decrease refcount again if vmethod returned refcounted in_buf. This
     * is because we need to make sure that the buffer is writable for the
     * in_place transform. The docs of the vmethod say that you should return
     * a reffed inbuf, which is exactly what we don't want :), oh well.. */
    if (in_buf == *out_buf)
      gst_buffer_unref (in_buf);

    /* never discard the buffer from the prepare_buffer method */
    if (*out_buf != NULL)
      discard = FALSE;
  }

  if (ret != GST_FLOW_OK)
    goto alloc_failed;

  if (*out_buf == NULL) {
    if (trans->passthrough && !trans->priv->force_alloc) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "Avoiding pad alloc");
      *out_buf = gst_buffer_ref (in_buf);
    } else {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "doing alloc with caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
          oldcaps);

      ret = gst_pad_alloc_buffer (trans->srcpad,
          GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (in_buf), outsize, oldcaps, out_buf);
      if (ret != GST_FLOW_OK)
        goto alloc_failed;
    }
  }

  /* must always have a buffer by now */
  if (*out_buf == NULL)
    goto no_buffer;

  /* check if we got different caps on this new output buffer */
  newcaps = GST_BUFFER_CAPS (*out_buf);
  newsize = GST_BUFFER_SIZE (*out_buf);

  if (newcaps && !gst_caps_is_equal (newcaps, oldcaps)) {
    GstCaps *othercaps;
    gboolean can_convert;

    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "received new caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, newcaps);

    incaps = GST_PAD_CAPS (trans->sinkpad);

    /* check if we can convert the current incaps to the new target caps */
    can_convert =
        gst_base_transform_can_transform (trans, trans->sinkpad, incaps,
        newcaps);

    if (!can_convert) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "cannot perform transform on current buffer");

      gst_base_transform_transform_size (trans,
          GST_PAD_SINK, incaps, GST_BUFFER_SIZE (in_buf), newcaps, &expsize);

      compute_upstream_suggestion (trans, expsize, newcaps);

      /* we got a suggested caps but we can't transform to it. See if there is
       * another downstream format that we can transform to */
      othercaps =
          gst_base_transform_find_transform (trans, trans->sinkpad, incaps);

      if (othercaps && !gst_caps_is_empty (othercaps)) {
        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "we found target caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
            othercaps);
        *out_buf = gst_buffer_make_metadata_writable (*out_buf);
        gst_buffer_set_caps (*out_buf, othercaps);
        gst_caps_unref (othercaps);
        newcaps = GST_BUFFER_CAPS (*out_buf);
        can_convert = TRUE;
      } else if (othercaps)
        gst_caps_unref (othercaps);
    }

    /* it's possible that the buffer we got is of the wrong size, get the
     * expected size here, we will check the size if we are going to use the
     * buffer later on. */
    gst_base_transform_transform_size (trans,
        GST_PAD_SINK, incaps, GST_BUFFER_SIZE (in_buf), newcaps, &expsize);

    if (can_convert) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "reconfigure transform for current buffer");

      /* subclass might want to add fields to the caps */
      if (bclass->fixate_caps != NULL) {
        newcaps = gst_caps_copy (newcaps);

        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "doing fixate %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
            " using caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
            " on pad %s:%s using fixate_caps vmethod", newcaps, incaps,
            GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (trans->srcpad));
        bclass->fixate_caps (trans, GST_PAD_SINK, incaps, newcaps);

        *out_buf = gst_buffer_make_metadata_writable (*out_buf);
        gst_buffer_set_caps (*out_buf, newcaps);
        gst_caps_unref (newcaps);
        newcaps = GST_BUFFER_CAPS (*out_buf);
      }

      /* caps not empty, try to renegotiate to the new format */
      if (!gst_base_transform_configure_caps (trans, incaps, newcaps)) {
        /* not sure we need to fail hard here, we can simply continue our
         * conversion with what we negotiated before */
        goto failed_configure;
      }
      /* new format configure, and use the new output buffer */
      gst_pad_set_caps (trans->srcpad, newcaps);
      discard = FALSE;
      /* clear previous cached sink-pad caps, so buffer_alloc knows that
       * it needs to revisit the decision about whether to proxy or not: */
      gst_caps_replace (&priv->sink_alloc, NULL);
      /* if we got a buffer of the wrong size, discard it now and make sure we
       * allocate a properly sized buffer later. */
      if (newsize != expsize) {
        if (in_buf != *out_buf)
          gst_buffer_unref (*out_buf);
        *out_buf = NULL;
      }
      outsize = expsize;
    } else {
      compute_upstream_suggestion (trans, expsize, newcaps);

      if (in_buf != *out_buf)
        gst_buffer_unref (*out_buf);
      *out_buf = NULL;
    }
  } else if (outsize != newsize) {
    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (trans, "Caps did not change but allocated size does "
        "not match expected size (%d != %d)", newsize, outsize);
    if (in_buf != *out_buf)
      gst_buffer_unref (*out_buf);
    *out_buf = NULL;
  }

  /* these are the final output caps */
  outcaps = GST_PAD_CAPS (trans->srcpad);

  copymeta = FALSE;
  if (*out_buf == NULL) {
    if (!discard) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "make default output buffer of size %d",
          outsize);
      /* no valid buffer yet, make one, metadata is writable */
      *out_buf = gst_buffer_new_and_alloc (outsize);
      gst_buffer_copy_metadata (*out_buf, in_buf,
          GST_BUFFER_COPY_FLAGS | GST_BUFFER_COPY_TIMESTAMPS);
    } else {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "reuse input buffer");
      *out_buf = in_buf;
    }
  } else {
    if (trans->passthrough && in_buf != *out_buf) {
      /* we are asked to perform a passthrough transform but the input and
       * output buffers are different. We have to discard the output buffer and
       * reuse the input buffer. */
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "passthrough but different buffers");
      discard = TRUE;
    }
    if (discard) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "discard buffer, reuse input buffer");
      gst_buffer_unref (*out_buf);
      *out_buf = in_buf;
    } else {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "using allocated buffer in %p, out %p", in_buf,
          *out_buf);
      /* if we have different buffers, check if the metadata is ok */
      if (*out_buf != in_buf) {
        guint mask;

        mask = GST_BUFFER_FLAG_PREROLL | GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IN_CAPS |
            GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT | GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DISCONT |
            GST_BUFFER_FLAG_GAP | GST_BUFFER_FLAG_MEDIA1 |
            GST_BUFFER_FLAG_MEDIA2 | GST_BUFFER_FLAG_MEDIA3;
        /* see if the flags and timestamps match */
        copymeta =
            (GST_MINI_OBJECT_FLAGS (*out_buf) & mask) ==
            (GST_MINI_OBJECT_FLAGS (in_buf) & mask);
        copymeta |=
            GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (*out_buf) != GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (in_buf) ||
            GST_BUFFER_DURATION (*out_buf) != GST_BUFFER_DURATION (in_buf) ||
            GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (*out_buf) != GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (in_buf) ||
            GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (*out_buf) != GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (in_buf);
      }
    }
  }

  /* check if we need to make things writable. We need this when we need to
   * update the caps or the metadata on the output buffer. */
  newcaps = GST_BUFFER_CAPS (*out_buf);
  /* we check the pointers as a quick check and then go to the more involved
   * check. This is needed when we receive different pointers on the sinkpad
   * that mean the same caps. What we then want to do is prefer those caps over
   * the ones on the srcpad and set the srcpad caps to the buffer caps */
  setcaps = !newcaps || ((newcaps != outcaps)
      && (!gst_caps_is_equal (newcaps, outcaps)));
  /* we need to modify the metadata when the element is not gap aware,
   * passthrough is not used and the gap flag is set */
  copymeta |= !trans->priv->gap_aware && !trans->passthrough
      && (GST_MINI_OBJECT_FLAGS (*out_buf) & GST_BUFFER_FLAG_GAP);

  if (setcaps || copymeta) {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "setcaps %d, copymeta %d", setcaps, copymeta);
    if (!gst_buffer_is_metadata_writable (*out_buf)) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "buffer metadata %p not writable", *out_buf);
      if (in_buf == *out_buf)
        *out_buf = gst_buffer_create_sub (in_buf, 0, GST_BUFFER_SIZE (in_buf));
      else
        *out_buf = gst_buffer_make_metadata_writable (*out_buf);
    }
    /* when we get here, the metadata should be writable */
    if (setcaps)
      gst_buffer_set_caps (*out_buf, outcaps);
    if (copymeta)
      gst_buffer_copy_metadata (*out_buf, in_buf,
          GST_BUFFER_COPY_FLAGS | GST_BUFFER_COPY_TIMESTAMPS);
    /* clear the GAP flag when the subclass does not understand it */
    if (!trans->priv->gap_aware)
      GST_BUFFER_FLAG_UNSET (*out_buf, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_GAP);
  }

  return ret;

  /* ERRORS */
alloc_failed:
  {
    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (trans, "pad-alloc failed: %s", gst_flow_get_name (ret));
    return ret;
  }
no_buffer:
  {
    GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (trans, STREAM, NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
        ("Sub-class failed to provide an output buffer"), (NULL));
    return GST_FLOW_ERROR;
  }
unknown_size:
  {
    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (trans, "unknown output size");
    return GST_FLOW_ERROR;
  }
failed_configure:
  {
    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (trans, "failed to configure caps");
    return GST_FLOW_NOT_NEGOTIATED;
  }
}

/* Given @caps calcultate the size of one unit.
 *
 * For video caps, this is the size of one frame (and thus one buffer).
 * For audio caps, this is the size of one sample.
 *
 * These values are cached since they do not change and the calculation
 * potentially involves parsing caps and other expensive stuff.
 *
 * We have two cache locations to store the size, one for the source caps
 * and one for the sink caps.
 *
 * this function returns FALSE if no size could be calculated.
 */
static gboolean
gst_base_transform_get_unit_size (GstBaseTransform * trans, GstCaps * caps,
    guint * size)
{
  gboolean res = FALSE;
  GstBaseTransformClass *bclass;

  /* see if we have the result cached */
  if (trans->cache_caps1 == caps) {
    *size = trans->cache_caps1_size;
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "returned %d from first cache", *size);
    return TRUE;
  }
  if (trans->cache_caps2 == caps) {
    *size = trans->cache_caps2_size;
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "returned %d from second cached", *size);
    return TRUE;
  }

  bclass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);
  if (bclass->get_unit_size) {
    res = bclass->get_unit_size (trans, caps, size);
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
        ") has unit size %d, result %s", caps, *size, res ? "TRUE" : "FALSE");

    if (res) {
      /* and cache the values */
      if (trans->cache_caps1 == NULL) {
        gst_caps_replace (&trans->cache_caps1, caps);
        trans->cache_caps1_size = *size;
        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "caching %d in first cache", *size);
      } else if (trans->cache_caps2 == NULL) {
        gst_caps_replace (&trans->cache_caps2, caps);
        trans->cache_caps2_size = *size;
        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "caching %d in second cache", *size);
      } else {
        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "no free spot to cache unit_size");
      }
    }
  } else {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "Sub-class does not implement get_unit_size");
  }
  return res;
}

/* your upstream peer wants to send you a buffer
 * that buffer has the given offset, size and caps
 * you're requested to allocate a buffer
 */
static GstFlowReturn
gst_base_transform_buffer_alloc (GstPad * pad, guint64 offset, guint size,
    GstCaps * caps, GstBuffer ** buf)
{
  GstBaseTransform *trans;
  GstBaseTransformPrivate *priv;
  GstFlowReturn res;
  gboolean alloced = FALSE;
  gboolean proxy, suggest, new_caps;
  GstCaps *sink_suggest = NULL;
  guint size_suggest;

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));
  if (G_UNLIKELY (trans == NULL))
    return GST_FLOW_WRONG_STATE;
  priv = trans->priv;

  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "alloc with caps %p %" GST_PTR_FORMAT ", size %u",
      caps, caps, size);

  /* if the code below does not come up with a better buffer, we will return _OK
   * and an empty buffer. This will trigger the core to allocate a buffer with
   * given input size and caps. */
  *buf = NULL;
  res = GST_FLOW_OK;

  /* we remember our previous alloc request to quickly see if we can proxy or
   * not. We skip this check if we have a pending suggestion. */
  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (pad);
  suggest = priv->suggest_pending;
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (pad);

  if (!suggest) {
    /* we have no suggestion, see below if we need to proxy */
    gst_caps_replace (&sink_suggest, caps);
    size_suggest = size;
    suggest = FALSE;
    new_caps = sink_suggest
        && !gst_caps_is_equal (sink_suggest, priv->sink_alloc);

    if (new_caps)
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "new format %p %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps, caps);
    else
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "have old caps %p, size %u", caps, size);
  } else {
    /* if we have a suggestion, pretend we got these as input */
    GST_OBJECT_LOCK (pad);
    if (priv->sink_suggest && !gst_caps_is_equal (caps, priv->sink_suggest)) {
      sink_suggest = gst_caps_ref (priv->sink_suggest);
      size_suggest = priv->size_suggest;
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "have suggestion %p %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " size %u",
          sink_suggest, sink_suggest, priv->size_suggest);
    } else {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
          "have suggestion equal to upstream caps %p %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps,
          caps);
      gst_caps_replace (&sink_suggest, caps);
      size_suggest = size;
      suggest = FALSE;
    }
    priv->suggest_pending = FALSE;
    GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (pad);

    /* check if we actually handle this format on the sinkpad */
    if (suggest) {
      GstCaps *peercaps;

      /* Always intersect with the peer caps to get correct
       * and complete caps. The suggested caps could be incomplete,
       * for example video/x-raw-yuv without any fields at all.
       */
      peercaps =
          gst_pad_peer_get_caps_reffed (GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_SINK_PAD (trans));

      if (peercaps) {
        GstCaps *intersect;

        intersect =
            gst_caps_intersect_full (sink_suggest, peercaps,
            GST_CAPS_INTERSECT_FIRST);
        gst_caps_unref (peercaps);

        /* If intersected caps is empty then just keep them empty. The
         * code below will try to come up with possible caps if there
         * are any */
        gst_caps_unref (sink_suggest);
        sink_suggest = intersect;
      }

      /* If the suggested caps are not empty and not fixed, try to fixate them */
      if (!gst_caps_is_fixed (sink_suggest)
          && !gst_caps_is_empty (sink_suggest)) {
        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
            "Suggested caps is not fixed: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, sink_suggest);

        /* try the alloc caps if it is still not fixed */
        if (!gst_caps_is_fixed (sink_suggest)) {
          GstCaps *intersect;

          GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "Checking if the input caps is compatible "
              "with the non-fixed caps suggestion");
          intersect =
              gst_caps_intersect_full (sink_suggest, caps,
              GST_CAPS_INTERSECT_FIRST);
          if (!gst_caps_is_empty (intersect)) {
            GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "It is, using it");
            gst_caps_replace (&sink_suggest, caps);
          }
          gst_caps_unref (intersect);
        }

        /* be safe and call default fixate */
        sink_suggest = gst_caps_make_writable (sink_suggest);
        gst_pad_fixate_caps (GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_SINK_PAD (trans), sink_suggest);

        if (!gst_caps_is_fixed (sink_suggest)) {
          GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
              "Impossible to fixate caps, using upstream caps");
          gst_caps_replace (&sink_suggest, caps);
          size_suggest = size;
          suggest = FALSE;
        }

        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "Caps fixed to: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
            sink_suggest);
      }
    }

    new_caps = sink_suggest
        && !gst_caps_is_equal (sink_suggest, priv->sink_alloc);
  }

  /* Check if the new caps are compatible with our
   * sinkpad template caps and if they're not
   * we try to come up with any supported caps
   */
  if (new_caps) {
    const GstCaps *templ;

    templ = gst_pad_get_pad_template_caps (pad);

    /* Fall back to the upstream caps if the suggested caps
     * are not actually supported. Shouldn't really happen
     */
    if (suggest && !gst_caps_can_intersect (sink_suggest, templ)) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
          "Suggested caps not supported by sinkpad, using upstream caps");
      gst_caps_replace (&sink_suggest, caps);
      size_suggest = size;
      suggest = FALSE;
      new_caps = sink_suggest
          && !gst_caps_is_equal (sink_suggest, priv->sink_alloc);
    }

    if (new_caps && (suggest || !gst_caps_can_intersect (sink_suggest, templ))) {
      GstCaps *allowed, *peercaps;

      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
          "Requested pad alloc caps are not supported: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
          sink_suggest);
      /* the requested pad alloc caps are not supported, so let's try
       * picking something allowed between the pads (they are linked,
       * there must be something) */
      allowed = gst_pad_get_allowed_caps (pad);
      if (allowed && !gst_caps_is_empty (allowed)) {
        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
            "pads could agree on one of the following caps: " "%"
            GST_PTR_FORMAT, allowed);

        /* Check which caps would be possible with downstream */
        peercaps =
            gst_pad_get_allowed_caps (GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_SRC_PAD (trans));
        if (peercaps) {
          GstCaps *tmp, *intersect;

          tmp =
              gst_base_transform_transform_caps (trans, GST_PAD_SRC, peercaps);
          gst_caps_unref (peercaps);
          intersect = gst_caps_intersect (allowed, tmp);
          gst_caps_unref (tmp);
          gst_caps_unref (allowed);

          if (gst_caps_is_empty (intersect)) {
            gst_caps_unref (intersect);
            goto not_supported;
          }

          allowed = intersect;
        }

        allowed = gst_caps_make_writable (allowed);

        /* Fixate them to be safe if the subclass didn't do it */
        gst_caps_truncate (allowed);
        gst_pad_fixate_caps (pad, allowed);

        if (!gst_caps_is_fixed (allowed)) {
          GST_ERROR_OBJECT (trans, "Impossible to fixate any caps");
          gst_caps_unref (allowed);
          goto not_supported;
        }

        gst_caps_replace (&sink_suggest, allowed);
        gst_caps_unref (allowed);

        suggest = TRUE;
        new_caps = !gst_caps_is_equal (sink_suggest, priv->sink_alloc);

        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "Calculated new suggestion caps %"
            GST_PTR_FORMAT, sink_suggest);
      } else {
        if (allowed)
          gst_caps_unref (allowed);
        goto not_supported;
      }
    }
  }

  /* find the best format for the other side here we decide if we will proxy
   * the caps or not. */
  if (sink_suggest == NULL) {
    /* always proxy when the caps are NULL. When this is a new format, see if
     * we can proxy it downstream */
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "null caps, marking for proxy");
    priv->proxy_alloc = TRUE;
  } else if (new_caps) {
    GstCaps *othercaps;

    /* we have a new format, see what we need to proxy to */
    othercaps = gst_base_transform_find_transform (trans, pad, sink_suggest);
    if (!othercaps || gst_caps_is_empty (othercaps)) {
      /* no transform possible, we certainly can't proxy */
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "can't find transform, disable proxy");
      priv->proxy_alloc = FALSE;
    } else {
      /* we transformed into something */
      if (gst_caps_is_equal (sink_suggest, othercaps)) {
        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "best caps same as input, marking for proxy");
        priv->proxy_alloc = TRUE;
      } else {
        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
            "best caps different from input, disable proxy");
        priv->proxy_alloc = FALSE;
      }
    }
    if (othercaps)
      gst_caps_unref (othercaps);
  }

  /* remember the new caps */
  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (pad);
  gst_caps_replace (&priv->sink_alloc, sink_suggest);
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (pad);

  proxy = priv->proxy_alloc;
  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "doing default alloc, proxy %d, suggest %d", proxy,
      suggest);

  /* we only want to proxy if we have no suggestion pending, FIXME */
  if (proxy && !suggest) {
    GstCaps *newcaps;

    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "proxy buffer-alloc with caps %p %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
        ", size %u", caps, caps, size);

    /* we always proxy the input caps, never the suggestion. The reason is that
     * We don't yet handle the caps of renegotiation in here. FIXME */
    res = gst_pad_alloc_buffer (trans->srcpad, offset, size, caps, buf);
    if (res != GST_FLOW_OK)
      goto alloc_failed;
    alloced = TRUE;

    /* check if the caps changed */
    newcaps = GST_BUFFER_CAPS (*buf);

    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "got caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, newcaps);

    if (!gst_caps_is_equal (newcaps, caps)) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "caps are new");
      /* we have new caps, see if we can proxy downstream */
      if (gst_pad_peer_accept_caps (pad, newcaps)) {
        /* peer accepts the caps, return a buffer in this format */
        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "peer accepted new caps");
        /* remember the format */
        GST_OBJECT_LOCK (pad);
        gst_caps_replace (&priv->sink_alloc, newcaps);
        GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (pad);
      } else {
        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "peer did not accept new caps");
        /* peer does not accept the caps, disable proxy_alloc, free the
         * buffer we received and create a buffer of the requested format
         * by the default handler. */
        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "disabling proxy");
        priv->proxy_alloc = FALSE;
        gst_buffer_unref (*buf);
        *buf = NULL;
      }
    } else {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "received required caps from peer");
    }
  } else if (suggest) {
    /* there was a custom suggestion, create a buffer of this format and return
     * it. Note that this format  */
    *buf = gst_buffer_new_and_alloc (size_suggest);
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans,
        "doing suggestion of size %u, caps %p %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, size_suggest,
        sink_suggest, sink_suggest);
    GST_BUFFER_CAPS (*buf) = sink_suggest;
    sink_suggest = NULL;
  } else {
    /* fallback buffer allocation by gst_pad_alloc_buffer() with the
     * caps and size provided by the caller */
  }

  if (sink_suggest)
    gst_caps_unref (sink_suggest);

  if (res == GST_FLOW_OK && alloced) {
    /* just alloc'ed a buffer, so we only want to do this again if we
     * received a buffer */
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "Cleaning force alloc");
    trans->priv->force_alloc = FALSE;
  }

  gst_object_unref (trans);
  return res;

  /* ERRORS */
alloc_failed:
  {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "pad alloc failed: %s", gst_flow_get_name (res));
    if (sink_suggest)
      gst_caps_unref (sink_suggest);
    gst_object_unref (trans);
    return res;
  }
not_supported:
  {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "pad alloc with unsupported caps");
    if (sink_suggest)
      gst_caps_unref (sink_suggest);
    gst_object_unref (trans);
    return GST_FLOW_NOT_NEGOTIATED;
  }
}

static void
gst_base_transform_send_delayed_events (GstBaseTransform * trans)
{
  GList *list, *tmp;

  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
  list = trans->priv->delayed_events;
  trans->priv->delayed_events = NULL;
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);
  if (!list)
    return;

  for (tmp = list; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
    GstEvent *ev = tmp->data;

    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans->srcpad, "Sending delayed event %s",
        GST_EVENT_TYPE_NAME (ev));
    gst_pad_push_event (trans->srcpad, ev);
  }
  g_list_free (list);
}

static gboolean
gst_base_transform_sink_event (GstPad * pad, GstEvent * event)
{
  GstBaseTransform *trans;
  GstBaseTransformClass *bclass;
  gboolean ret = TRUE;
  gboolean forward = TRUE;

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));
  if (G_UNLIKELY (trans == NULL)) {
    gst_event_unref (event);
    return FALSE;
  }
  bclass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);

  if (bclass->event)
    forward = bclass->event (trans, event);

  /* FIXME, do this in the default event handler so the subclass can do
   * something different. */
  if (forward) {
    gboolean delay, caps_set = (GST_PAD_CAPS (trans->srcpad) != NULL);

    /* src caps may not yet be set, so we delay any serialized events
       that we receive before (in particular newsegment events), except
       EOS and flush stops, since those'll obsolete previous events */
    if (GST_EVENT_TYPE (event) == GST_EVENT_FLUSH_STOP) {
      gst_base_transform_drop_delayed_events (trans);
      delay = FALSE;
    } else {
      delay = GST_EVENT_IS_SERIALIZED (event) && !caps_set
          && GST_EVENT_TYPE (event) != GST_EVENT_EOS;
    }

    if (delay) {
      GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
      trans->priv->delayed_events =
          g_list_append (trans->priv->delayed_events, event);
      GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);
    } else {
      if (caps_set && GST_EVENT_IS_SERIALIZED (event))
        gst_base_transform_send_delayed_events (trans);
      ret = gst_pad_push_event (trans->srcpad, event);
    }
  } else
    gst_event_unref (event);

  gst_object_unref (trans);

  return ret;
}

static gboolean
gst_base_transform_sink_eventfunc (GstBaseTransform * trans, GstEvent * event)
{
  switch (GST_EVENT_TYPE (event)) {
    case GST_EVENT_FLUSH_START:
      break;
    case GST_EVENT_FLUSH_STOP:
      GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
      /* reset QoS parameters */
      trans->priv->proportion = 1.0;
      trans->priv->earliest_time = -1;
      trans->priv->discont = FALSE;
      trans->priv->processed = 0;
      trans->priv->dropped = 0;
      GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);
      /* we need new segment info after the flush. */
      trans->have_newsegment = FALSE;
      gst_segment_init (&trans->segment, GST_FORMAT_UNDEFINED);
      trans->priv->last_stop_out = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
      break;
    case GST_EVENT_EOS:
      break;
    case GST_EVENT_TAG:
      break;
    case GST_EVENT_NEWSEGMENT:
    {
      GstFormat format;
      gdouble rate, arate;
      gint64 start, stop, time;
      gboolean update;

      gst_event_parse_new_segment_full (event, &update, &rate, &arate, &format,
          &start, &stop, &time);

      trans->have_newsegment = TRUE;

      gst_segment_set_newsegment_full (&trans->segment, update, rate, arate,
          format, start, stop, time);

      if (format == GST_FORMAT_TIME) {
        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "received TIME NEW_SEGMENT %" GST_TIME_FORMAT
            " -- %" GST_TIME_FORMAT ", time %" GST_TIME_FORMAT
            ", accum %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
            GST_TIME_ARGS (trans->segment.start),
            GST_TIME_ARGS (trans->segment.stop),
            GST_TIME_ARGS (trans->segment.time),
            GST_TIME_ARGS (trans->segment.accum));
      } else {
        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "received NEW_SEGMENT %" G_GINT64_FORMAT
            " -- %" G_GINT64_FORMAT ", time %" G_GINT64_FORMAT
            ", accum %" G_GINT64_FORMAT,
            trans->segment.start, trans->segment.stop,
            trans->segment.time, trans->segment.accum);
      }
      break;
    }
    default:
      break;
  }

  return TRUE;
}

static gboolean
gst_base_transform_src_event (GstPad * pad, GstEvent * event)
{
  GstBaseTransform *trans;
  GstBaseTransformClass *bclass;
  gboolean ret = TRUE;

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));
  if (G_UNLIKELY (trans == NULL)) {
    gst_event_unref (event);
    return FALSE;
  }

  bclass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);

  if (bclass->src_event)
    ret = bclass->src_event (trans, event);
  else
    gst_event_unref (event);

  gst_object_unref (trans);

  return ret;
}

static gboolean
gst_base_transform_src_eventfunc (GstBaseTransform * trans, GstEvent * event)
{
  gboolean ret;

  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "handling event %p %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, event, event);

  switch (GST_EVENT_TYPE (event)) {
    case GST_EVENT_SEEK:
      break;
    case GST_EVENT_NAVIGATION:
      break;
    case GST_EVENT_QOS:
    {
      gdouble proportion;
      GstClockTimeDiff diff;
      GstClockTime timestamp;

      gst_event_parse_qos (event, &proportion, &diff, &timestamp);
      gst_base_transform_update_qos (trans, proportion, diff, timestamp);
      break;
    }
    default:
      break;
  }

  ret = gst_pad_push_event (trans->sinkpad, event);

  return ret;
}

/* perform a transform on @inbuf and put the result in @outbuf.
 *
 * This function is common to the push and pull-based operations.
 *
 * This function takes ownership of @inbuf */
static GstFlowReturn
gst_base_transform_handle_buffer (GstBaseTransform * trans, GstBuffer * inbuf,
    GstBuffer ** outbuf)
{
  GstBaseTransformClass *bclass;
  GstFlowReturn ret = GST_FLOW_OK;
  gboolean want_in_place, reconfigure;
  GstClockTime running_time;
  GstClockTime timestamp;
  GstCaps *incaps;

  bclass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);

  if (G_LIKELY ((incaps = GST_BUFFER_CAPS (inbuf)))) {
    GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
    reconfigure = trans->priv->reconfigure;
    trans->priv->reconfigure = FALSE;
    GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);

    if (G_UNLIKELY (reconfigure)) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "we had a pending reconfigure");
      /* if we need to reconfigure we pretend a buffer with new caps arrived. This
       * will reconfigure the transform with the new output format. We can only
       * do this if the buffer actually has caps. */
      if (!gst_base_transform_setcaps (trans->sinkpad, incaps))
        goto not_negotiated;
    }
  }

  if (GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_IS_VALID (inbuf))
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "handling buffer %p of size %d and offset %"
        G_GUINT64_FORMAT, inbuf, GST_BUFFER_SIZE (inbuf),
        GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (inbuf));
  else
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "handling buffer %p of size %d and offset NONE",
        inbuf, GST_BUFFER_SIZE (inbuf));

  /* Don't allow buffer handling before negotiation, except in passthrough mode
   * or if the class doesn't implement a set_caps function (in which case it doesn't
   * care about caps)
   */
  if (!trans->negotiated && !trans->passthrough && (bclass->set_caps != NULL))
    goto not_negotiated;

  /* Set discont flag so we can mark the outgoing buffer */
  if (GST_BUFFER_IS_DISCONT (inbuf)) {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "got DISCONT buffer %p", inbuf);
    trans->priv->discont = TRUE;
  }

  /* can only do QoS if the segment is in TIME */
  if (trans->segment.format != GST_FORMAT_TIME)
    goto no_qos;

  /* QOS is done on the running time of the buffer, get it now */
  timestamp = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (inbuf);
  running_time = gst_segment_to_running_time (&trans->segment, GST_FORMAT_TIME,
      timestamp);

  if (running_time != -1) {
    gboolean need_skip;
    GstClockTime earliest_time;
    gdouble proportion;

    /* lock for getting the QoS parameters that are set (in a different thread)
     * with the QOS events */
    GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
    earliest_time = trans->priv->earliest_time;
    proportion = trans->priv->proportion;
    /* check for QoS, don't perform conversion for buffers
     * that are known to be late. */
    need_skip = trans->priv->qos_enabled &&
        earliest_time != -1 && running_time <= earliest_time;
    GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);

    if (need_skip) {
      GstMessage *qos_msg;
      GstClockTime duration;
      guint64 stream_time;
      gint64 jitter;

      GST_CAT_DEBUG_OBJECT (GST_CAT_QOS, trans, "skipping transform: qostime %"
          GST_TIME_FORMAT " <= %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
          GST_TIME_ARGS (running_time), GST_TIME_ARGS (earliest_time));

      trans->priv->dropped++;

      duration = GST_BUFFER_DURATION (inbuf);
      stream_time =
          gst_segment_to_stream_time (&trans->segment, GST_FORMAT_TIME,
          timestamp);
      jitter = GST_CLOCK_DIFF (running_time, earliest_time);

      qos_msg =
          gst_message_new_qos (GST_OBJECT_CAST (trans), FALSE, running_time,
          stream_time, timestamp, duration);
      gst_message_set_qos_values (qos_msg, jitter, proportion, 1000000);
      gst_message_set_qos_stats (qos_msg, GST_FORMAT_BUFFERS,
          trans->priv->processed, trans->priv->dropped);
      gst_element_post_message (GST_ELEMENT_CAST (trans), qos_msg);

      /* mark discont for next buffer */
      trans->priv->discont = TRUE;
      goto skip;
    }
  }

no_qos:

  /* first try to allocate an output buffer based on the currently negotiated
   * format. While we call pad-alloc we could renegotiate the srcpad format or
   * have a new suggestion for upstream buffer-alloc.
   * In any case, outbuf will contain a buffer suitable for doing the configured
   * transform after this function. */
  ret = gst_base_transform_prepare_output_buffer (trans, inbuf, outbuf);
  if (G_UNLIKELY (ret != GST_FLOW_OK))
    goto no_buffer;

  /* now perform the needed transform */
  if (trans->passthrough) {
    /* In passthrough mode, give transform_ip a look at the
     * buffer, without making it writable, or just push the
     * data through */
    if (bclass->transform_ip) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "doing passthrough transform");
      ret = bclass->transform_ip (trans, *outbuf);
    } else {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "element is in passthrough");
    }
  } else {
    want_in_place = (bclass->transform_ip != NULL) && trans->always_in_place;

    if (want_in_place) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "doing inplace transform");

      if (inbuf != *outbuf) {
        guint8 *indata, *outdata;

        /* Different buffer. The data can still be the same when we are dealing
         * with subbuffers of the same buffer. Note that because of the FIXME in
         * prepare_output_buffer() we have decreased the refcounts of inbuf and
         * outbuf to keep them writable */
        indata = GST_BUFFER_DATA (inbuf);
        outdata = GST_BUFFER_DATA (*outbuf);

        if (indata != outdata)
          memcpy (outdata, indata, GST_BUFFER_SIZE (inbuf));
      }
      ret = bclass->transform_ip (trans, *outbuf);
    } else {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "doing non-inplace transform");

      if (bclass->transform)
        ret = bclass->transform (trans, inbuf, *outbuf);
      else
        ret = GST_FLOW_NOT_SUPPORTED;
    }
  }

skip:
  /* only unref input buffer if we allocated a new outbuf buffer */
  if (*outbuf != inbuf)
    gst_buffer_unref (inbuf);

  /* pushed a buffer, we can now try an alloc */
  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "Pushed a buffer, setting force alloc to true");
  trans->priv->force_alloc = TRUE;
  return ret;

  /* ERRORS */
not_negotiated:
  {
    gst_buffer_unref (inbuf);
    GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (trans, STREAM, NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
        ("not negotiated"), ("not negotiated"));
    return GST_FLOW_NOT_NEGOTIATED;
  }
no_buffer:
  {
    gst_buffer_unref (inbuf);
    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (trans, "could not get buffer from pool: %s",
        gst_flow_get_name (ret));
    return ret;
  }
}

static gboolean
gst_base_transform_check_get_range (GstPad * pad)
{
  GstBaseTransform *trans;
  gboolean ret;

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));

  ret = gst_pad_check_pull_range (trans->sinkpad);

  gst_object_unref (trans);

  return ret;
}

/* FIXME, getrange is broken, need to pull range from the other
 * end based on the transform_size result.
 */
static GstFlowReturn
gst_base_transform_getrange (GstPad * pad, guint64 offset,
    guint length, GstBuffer ** buffer)
{
  GstBaseTransform *trans;
  GstBaseTransformClass *klass;
  GstFlowReturn ret;
  GstBuffer *inbuf;

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));

  ret = gst_pad_pull_range (trans->sinkpad, offset, length, &inbuf);
  if (G_UNLIKELY (ret != GST_FLOW_OK))
    goto pull_error;

  klass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);
  if (klass->before_transform)
    klass->before_transform (trans, inbuf);

  GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_LOCK (trans);
  ret = gst_base_transform_handle_buffer (trans, inbuf, buffer);
  GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_UNLOCK (trans);

done:
  gst_object_unref (trans);

  return ret;

  /* ERRORS */
pull_error:
  {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "failed to pull a buffer: %s",
        gst_flow_get_name (ret));
    goto done;
  }
}

static GstFlowReturn
gst_base_transform_chain (GstPad * pad, GstBuffer * buffer)
{
  GstBaseTransform *trans;
  GstBaseTransformClass *klass;
  GstFlowReturn ret;
  GstClockTime last_stop = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
  GstClockTime timestamp, duration;
  GstBuffer *outbuf = NULL;

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (GST_OBJECT_PARENT (pad));

  timestamp = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer);
  duration = GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer);

  /* calculate end position of the incoming buffer */
  if (timestamp != GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE) {
    if (duration != GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE)
      last_stop = timestamp + duration;
    else
      last_stop = timestamp;
  }

  klass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);
  if (klass->before_transform)
    klass->before_transform (trans, buffer);

  gst_base_transform_send_delayed_events (trans);

  /* protect transform method and concurrent buffer alloc */
  GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_LOCK (trans);
  ret = gst_base_transform_handle_buffer (trans, buffer, &outbuf);
  GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_UNLOCK (trans);

  /* outbuf can be NULL, this means a dropped buffer, if we have a buffer but
   * GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_FLOW_DROPPED we will not push either. */
  if (outbuf != NULL) {
    if ((ret == GST_FLOW_OK)) {
      GstClockTime last_stop_out = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;

      /* Remember last stop position */
      if (last_stop != GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE &&
          trans->segment.format == GST_FORMAT_TIME)
        gst_segment_set_last_stop (&trans->segment, GST_FORMAT_TIME, last_stop);

      if (GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP_IS_VALID (outbuf)) {
        last_stop_out = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (outbuf);
        if (GST_BUFFER_DURATION_IS_VALID (outbuf))
          last_stop_out += GST_BUFFER_DURATION (outbuf);
      } else if (last_stop != GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE) {
        last_stop_out = last_stop;
      }
      if (last_stop_out != GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE
          && trans->segment.format == GST_FORMAT_TIME)
        trans->priv->last_stop_out = last_stop_out;

      /* apply DISCONT flag if the buffer is not yet marked as such */
      if (trans->priv->discont) {
        if (!GST_BUFFER_IS_DISCONT (outbuf)) {
          outbuf = gst_buffer_make_metadata_writable (outbuf);
          GST_BUFFER_FLAG_SET (outbuf, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DISCONT);
        }
        trans->priv->discont = FALSE;
      }
      trans->priv->processed++;

      ret = gst_pad_push (trans->srcpad, outbuf);
    } else {
      gst_buffer_unref (outbuf);
    }
  }

  /* convert internal flow to OK and mark discont for the next buffer. */
  if (ret == GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_FLOW_DROPPED) {
    trans->priv->discont = TRUE;
    ret = GST_FLOW_OK;
  }

  return ret;
}

static void
gst_base_transform_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
    const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
{
  GstBaseTransform *trans;

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (object);

  switch (prop_id) {
    case PROP_QOS:
      gst_base_transform_set_qos_enabled (trans, g_value_get_boolean (value));
      break;
    default:
      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
      break;
  }
}

static void
gst_base_transform_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
    GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
{
  GstBaseTransform *trans;

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (object);

  switch (prop_id) {
    case PROP_QOS:
      g_value_set_boolean (value, gst_base_transform_is_qos_enabled (trans));
      break;
    default:
      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
      break;
  }
}

/* not a vmethod of anything, just an internal method */
static gboolean
gst_base_transform_activate (GstBaseTransform * trans, gboolean active)
{
  GstBaseTransformClass *bclass;
  gboolean result = TRUE;

  bclass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);

  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
  gst_base_transform_clear_transformed_caps_cache (trans);
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);

  if (active) {
    if (trans->priv->pad_mode == GST_ACTIVATE_NONE && bclass->start)
      result &= bclass->start (trans);

    GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);

    if (GST_PAD_CAPS (trans->sinkpad) && GST_PAD_CAPS (trans->srcpad))
      trans->have_same_caps =
          gst_caps_is_equal (GST_PAD_CAPS (trans->sinkpad),
          GST_PAD_CAPS (trans->srcpad)) || trans->passthrough;
    else
      trans->have_same_caps = trans->passthrough;
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "have_same_caps %d", trans->have_same_caps);
    trans->negotiated = FALSE;
    trans->have_newsegment = FALSE;
    gst_segment_init (&trans->segment, GST_FORMAT_UNDEFINED);
    trans->priv->last_stop_out = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
    trans->priv->proportion = 1.0;
    trans->priv->earliest_time = -1;
    trans->priv->discont = FALSE;
    gst_caps_replace (&trans->priv->sink_suggest, NULL);
    trans->priv->processed = 0;
    trans->priv->dropped = 0;
    trans->priv->force_alloc = TRUE;

    GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);
  } else {
    /* We must make sure streaming has finished before resetting things
     * and calling the ::stop vfunc */
    GST_PAD_STREAM_LOCK (trans->sinkpad);
    GST_PAD_STREAM_UNLOCK (trans->sinkpad);

    gst_base_transform_drop_delayed_events (trans);

    trans->have_same_caps = FALSE;
    /* We can only reset the passthrough mode if the instance told us to
       handle it in configure_caps */
    if (bclass->passthrough_on_same_caps) {
      gst_base_transform_set_passthrough (trans, FALSE);
    }
    gst_caps_replace (&trans->cache_caps1, NULL);
    gst_caps_replace (&trans->cache_caps2, NULL);
    gst_caps_replace (&trans->priv->sink_alloc, NULL);
    gst_caps_replace (&trans->priv->sink_suggest, NULL);

    if (trans->priv->pad_mode != GST_ACTIVATE_NONE && bclass->stop)
      result &= bclass->stop (trans);
  }

  return result;
}

static gboolean
gst_base_transform_sink_activate_push (GstPad * pad, gboolean active)
{
  gboolean result = TRUE;
  GstBaseTransform *trans;

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));

  result = gst_base_transform_activate (trans, active);

  if (result)
    trans->priv->pad_mode = active ? GST_ACTIVATE_PUSH : GST_ACTIVATE_NONE;

  gst_object_unref (trans);

  return result;
}

static gboolean
gst_base_transform_src_activate_pull (GstPad * pad, gboolean active)
{
  gboolean result = FALSE;
  GstBaseTransform *trans;

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));

  result = gst_pad_activate_pull (trans->sinkpad, active);

  if (result)
    result &= gst_base_transform_activate (trans, active);

  if (result)
    trans->priv->pad_mode = active ? GST_ACTIVATE_PULL : GST_ACTIVATE_NONE;

  gst_object_unref (trans);

  return result;
}

/**
 * gst_base_transform_set_passthrough:
 * @trans: the #GstBaseTransform to set
 * @passthrough: boolean indicating passthrough mode.
 *
 * Set passthrough mode for this filter by default. This is mostly
 * useful for filters that do not care about negotiation.
 *
 * Always TRUE for filters which don't implement either a transform
 * or transform_ip method.
 *
 * MT safe.
 */
void
gst_base_transform_set_passthrough (GstBaseTransform * trans,
    gboolean passthrough)
{
  GstBaseTransformClass *bclass;

  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_BASE_TRANSFORM (trans));

  bclass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);

  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
  if (passthrough == FALSE) {
    if (bclass->transform_ip || bclass->transform)
      trans->passthrough = FALSE;
  } else {
    trans->passthrough = TRUE;
  }

  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "set passthrough %d", trans->passthrough);
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);
}

/**
 * gst_base_transform_is_passthrough:
 * @trans: the #GstBaseTransform to query
 *
 * See if @trans is configured as a passthrough transform.
 *
 * Returns: TRUE is the transform is configured in passthrough mode.
 *
 * MT safe.
 */
gboolean
gst_base_transform_is_passthrough (GstBaseTransform * trans)
{
  gboolean result;

  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_BASE_TRANSFORM (trans), FALSE);

  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
  result = trans->passthrough;
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);

  return result;
}

/**
 * gst_base_transform_set_in_place:
 * @trans: the #GstBaseTransform to modify
 * @in_place: Boolean value indicating that we would like to operate
 * on in_place buffers.
 *
 * Determines whether a non-writable buffer will be copied before passing
 * to the transform_ip function.
 * <itemizedlist>
 *   <listitem>Always TRUE if no transform function is implemented.</listitem>
 *   <listitem>Always FALSE if ONLY transform function is implemented.</listitem>
 * </itemizedlist>
 *
 * MT safe.
 */
void
gst_base_transform_set_in_place (GstBaseTransform * trans, gboolean in_place)
{
  GstBaseTransformClass *bclass;

  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_BASE_TRANSFORM (trans));

  bclass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);

  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);

  if (in_place) {
    if (bclass->transform_ip) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "setting in_place TRUE");
      trans->always_in_place = TRUE;
    }
  } else {
    if (bclass->transform) {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "setting in_place FALSE");
      trans->always_in_place = FALSE;
    }
  }

  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);
}

/**
 * gst_base_transform_is_in_place:
 * @trans: the #GstBaseTransform to query
 *
 * See if @trans is configured as a in_place transform.
 *
 * Returns: TRUE is the transform is configured in in_place mode.
 *
 * MT safe.
 */
gboolean
gst_base_transform_is_in_place (GstBaseTransform * trans)
{
  gboolean result;

  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_BASE_TRANSFORM (trans), FALSE);

  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
  result = trans->always_in_place;
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);

  return result;
}

/**
 * gst_base_transform_update_qos:
 * @trans: a #GstBaseTransform
 * @proportion: the proportion
 * @diff: the diff against the clock
 * @timestamp: the timestamp of the buffer generating the QoS expressed in
 * running_time.
 *
 * 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.
 *
 * MT safe.
 *
 * Since: 0.10.5
 */
void
gst_base_transform_update_qos (GstBaseTransform * trans,
    gdouble proportion, GstClockTimeDiff diff, GstClockTime timestamp)
{

  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_BASE_TRANSFORM (trans));

  GST_CAT_DEBUG_OBJECT (GST_CAT_QOS, trans,
      "qos: proportion: %lf, diff %" G_GINT64_FORMAT ", timestamp %"
      GST_TIME_FORMAT, proportion, diff, GST_TIME_ARGS (timestamp));

  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
  trans->priv->proportion = proportion;
  trans->priv->earliest_time = timestamp + diff;
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);
}

/**
 * gst_base_transform_set_qos_enabled:
 * @trans: a #GstBaseTransform
 * @enabled: new state
 *
 * Enable or disable QoS handling in the transform.
 *
 * MT safe.
 *
 * Since: 0.10.5
 */
void
gst_base_transform_set_qos_enabled (GstBaseTransform * trans, gboolean enabled)
{
  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_BASE_TRANSFORM (trans));

  GST_CAT_DEBUG_OBJECT (GST_CAT_QOS, trans, "enabled: %d", enabled);

  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
  trans->priv->qos_enabled = enabled;
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);
}

/**
 * gst_base_transform_is_qos_enabled:
 * @trans: a #GstBaseTransform
 *
 * Queries if the transform will handle QoS.
 *
 * Returns: TRUE if QoS is enabled.
 *
 * MT safe.
 *
 * Since: 0.10.5
 */
gboolean
gst_base_transform_is_qos_enabled (GstBaseTransform * trans)
{
  gboolean result;

  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_BASE_TRANSFORM (trans), FALSE);

  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
  result = trans->priv->qos_enabled;
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);

  return result;
}

/**
 * gst_base_transform_set_gap_aware:
 * @trans: a #GstBaseTransform
 * @gap_aware: New state
 *
 * If @gap_aware is %FALSE (the default), output buffers will have the
 * %GST_BUFFER_FLAG_GAP flag unset.
 *
 * If set to %TRUE, the element must handle output buffers with this flag set
 * correctly, i.e. it can assume that the buffer contains neutral data but must
 * unset the flag if the output is no neutral data.
 *
 * MT safe.
 *
 * Since: 0.10.16
 */
void
gst_base_transform_set_gap_aware (GstBaseTransform * trans, gboolean gap_aware)
{
  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_BASE_TRANSFORM (trans));

  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
  trans->priv->gap_aware = gap_aware;
  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "set gap aware %d", trans->priv->gap_aware);
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);
}

/**
 * gst_base_transform_suggest:
 * @trans: a #GstBaseTransform
 * @caps: (transfer none): caps to suggest
 * @size: buffer size to suggest
 *
 * Instructs @trans to suggest new @caps upstream. A copy of @caps will be
 * taken.
 *
 * Since: 0.10.21
 */
void
gst_base_transform_suggest (GstBaseTransform * trans, GstCaps * caps,
    guint size)
{
  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_BASE_TRANSFORM (trans));

  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans->sinkpad);
  if (trans->priv->sink_suggest)
    gst_caps_unref (trans->priv->sink_suggest);
  if (caps)
    caps = gst_caps_copy (caps);
  trans->priv->sink_suggest = caps;
  trans->priv->size_suggest = size;
  trans->priv->suggest_pending = TRUE;
  gst_base_transform_clear_transformed_caps_cache (trans);
  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "new suggest %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans->sinkpad);
}

/**
 * gst_base_transform_reconfigure:
 * @trans: a #GstBaseTransform
 *
 * 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.
 *
 * Since: 0.10.21
 */
void
gst_base_transform_reconfigure (GstBaseTransform * trans)
{
  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_BASE_TRANSFORM (trans));

  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (trans);
  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "marking reconfigure");
  trans->priv->reconfigure = TRUE;
  gst_base_transform_clear_transformed_caps_cache (trans);
  gst_caps_replace (&trans->priv->sink_alloc, NULL);
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);
}