gstreamer/examples/cp.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# gst-python
# Copyright (C) 2002 David I. Lehn <dlehn@users.sourceforge.net>
#               2004 Johan Dahlin  <johan@gnome.org>
#
# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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#
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# Author: David I. Lehn <dlehn@users.sourceforge.net>
#

import sys

import gst

def filter(input, output):
   "A GStreamer copy pipeline which can add arbitrary filters"

   # create a new bin to hold the elements
   bin = gst.parse_launch('filesrc name=source ! ' +
                          'statistics silent=false buffer-update-freq=1 ' +
                          'update_on_eos=true ! ' +
                          'filesink name=sink')
   filesrc = bin.get_by_name('source')
   filesrc.set_property('location', input)

   filesink = bin.get_by_name('sink')
   filesink.set_property('location', output)

   # start playing
   bin.set_state(gst.STATE_PLAYING);

   try:
      while bin.iterate():
         pass
   except KeyboardInterrupt:
      pass

   # stop the bin
   bin.set_state(gst.STATE_NULL)

def main(args):
   "A GStreamer based cp(1) with stats"

   if len(args) != 3:
      print 'usage: %s source dest' % (sys.argv[0])
      return -1

   return filter(args[1], args[2])

if __name__ == '__main__':
   sys.exit(main(sys.argv))