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>
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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>

#include "../../../gst/gst_private.h"
#include "../../../gst/gst-i18n-lib.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;
  /* 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;
};

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 const GstQueryType *gst_base_transform_query_type (GstPad * pad);

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

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

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (object);

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

  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);
}

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->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;
}

/* 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;
  GstCaps *caps;

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));

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

  /* we can do what the peer can */
  caps = gst_pad_peer_get_caps_reffed (otherpad);
  if (caps) {
    GstCaps *temp;
    const GstCaps *templ;

    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "peer caps  %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);

    /* 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 (caps, templ);
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "intersected %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, temp);
    gst_caps_unref (caps);

    /* 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;

    /* 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);
    temp = gst_caps_intersect (caps, templ);
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "intersected %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, temp);
    gst_caps_unref (caps);
    /* this is what we can do */
    caps = temp;
  } else {
    /* no peer or the peer can do anything, our padtemplate is enough then */
    caps = gst_caps_copy (gst_pad_get_pad_template_caps (pad));
  }

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

  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 (othercaps, templ_caps);

    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:
  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_query (GstPad * pad, GstQuery * query)
{
  gboolean ret = FALSE;
  GstBaseTransform *trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));
  GstPad *otherpad = (pad == trans->srcpad) ? 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 ((pad == trans->sinkpad)
            || (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;
  }

  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) {
    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 propertly 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;
    }
  }

  /* 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;
  GstBaseTransformClass *klass;
  GstBaseTransformPrivate *priv;
  GstFlowReturn res;
  gboolean proxy, suggest, same_caps;
  GstCaps *sink_suggest = NULL;
  guint size_suggest;

  trans = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));
  klass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);
  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);
  same_caps = !priv->suggest_pending && caps &&
      gst_caps_is_equal (priv->sink_alloc, caps);
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (pad);

  if (same_caps) {
    /* we have seen this before, see below if we need to proxy */
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "have old caps %p, size %u", caps, size);
    gst_caps_replace (&sink_suggest, caps);
    size_suggest = size;
    suggest = FALSE;
  } else {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "new format %p %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps, caps);

    /* 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);
      /* suggest is TRUE when we have a custom suggestion pending that we need
       * to unref later. */
      suggest = TRUE;
    } else {
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "using caps %p %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " size %u",
          caps, caps, size);
      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 (sink_suggest) {
      const GstCaps *templ;

      if (!gst_caps_is_fixed (sink_suggest)) {
        GstCaps *peercaps;

        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "Suggested caps is not fixed: %"
            GST_PTR_FORMAT, sink_suggest);

        peercaps =
            gst_pad_peer_get_caps_reffed (GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_SINK_PAD (trans));
        /* try fixating by intersecting with peer caps */
        if (peercaps) {
          GstCaps *intersect;

          intersect = gst_caps_intersect (peercaps, sink_suggest);
          gst_caps_unref (peercaps);
          gst_caps_unref (sink_suggest);
          sink_suggest = intersect;
        }

        if (gst_caps_is_empty (sink_suggest))
          goto not_supported;

        /* 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_caps_unref (sink_suggest);
          sink_suggest = NULL;
        }

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

      if (sink_suggest) {
        templ = gst_pad_get_pad_template_caps (pad);

        if (!gst_caps_can_intersect (sink_suggest, templ)) {
          GstCaps *allowed;
          GstCaps *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);
            allowed = gst_caps_make_writable (allowed);

            if (klass->fixate_caps) {
              peercaps =
                  gst_pad_get_allowed_caps (GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_SRC_PAD (trans));
              klass->fixate_caps (trans, GST_PAD_SRC, peercaps, allowed);
              gst_caps_unref (peercaps);
            }

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

            suggest = TRUE;

            GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (trans, "Fixated suggestion caps to %"
                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 {
      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;

    /* 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");
    }
  }

  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;
  }

  gst_object_unref (trans);
  if (sink_suggest)
    gst_caps_unref (sink_suggest);

  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 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));
  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)
    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));
  bclass = GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_GET_CLASS (trans);

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

  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);

  /* 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);

  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;

    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);

    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: 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_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_caps_replace (&trans->priv->sink_alloc, NULL);
  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (trans);
}