docs/design/draft-klass.txt: We use Filter now.

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* docs/design/draft-klass.txt:
We use Filter now.
Added Connector to mark elements that are only used to
allow pipeline connections.
Moved Debug to extra feature since most of them are
functionally something else.
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Wim Taymans 2006-02-28 17:24:10 +00:00
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2006-02-28 Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>
* docs/design/draft-klass.txt:
We use Filter now.
Added Connector to mark elements that are only used to
allow pipeline connections.
Moved Debug to extra feature since most of them are
functionally something else.
2006-02-28 Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>
* docs/design/draft-klass.txt:

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@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Proposal:
* Source : produces data
* Sink : consumes data
* Filter : transforms data, no modification on the data is
* Filter : filters/transforms data, no modification on the data is
intended (although it might be unavoidable). The
filter can decide on input and output caps independently
of the stream contents (GstBaseTransform).
@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ Proposal:
typically works on raw types only. The source media type
is listed first.
* Analyzer : reports about the stream contents.
* Debug : tee, identity, fakesrc, navseek, ...
* Control : controls some aspect of a hardware device
* Extracter : extracts tags/headers from a stream
* Formatter : adds tags/headers to a stream
* Connector : allows for new connections in the pipeline. (tee, ...)
* ...
- Based on media type
@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ Proposal:
* Device : operates on some hardware device (disk, network,
audio card, video card, usb, ...)
* Visualisation : intended to be used for audio visualisation
* Debug : intended usage is more for debugging purposes.
3) suggested order:
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id3demux : Extracter/Metadata
udpsrc : Source/Network/Protocol/Device
videomixer : Mixer/Video
ffmpegcolorspace : Transform/Video (intended use to convert video with as little
ffmpegcolorspace : Filter/Video (intended use to convert video with as little
visible change as possible)
vertigotv : Effect/Video (intended use is to change the video)
volume : Effect/Audio (intended use is to change the audio data)
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adder : Mixer/Audio
videobox : Effect/Video
alsamixer : Control/Audio/Device
audioconvert : Transform/Audio
audioresample : Transform/Audio
audioconvert : Filter/Audio
audioresample : Filter/Audio
xvimagesink : Sink/Video/Device
navseek : Debug
navseek : Filter/Debug
decodebin : Decoder/Demuxer
level : Transform/Analyzer/Audio
level : Filter/Analyzer/Audio
tee : Connector/Debug
Use cases: