diff --git a/examples/gst/lat.py b/examples/gst/lat.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python2.2
+#
+# gst-python
+# Copyright (C) 2002 David I. Lehn
+#
+# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Library General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+# License along with this library; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+# Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+# 
+# Author: David I. Lehn <dlehn@vt.edu>
+#
+
+import sys
+import time
+from gstreamer import *
+from gobject import GObject
+
+def update(sender, *args):
+   print sender.get_name(), args
+
+max = 0
+min = -1
+total = 0
+count = 0
+print_del = 1
+interations = 0
+
+def handoff_src(src, buf):
+   #buf.set_timestamp(time.time())
+   pass
+
+def handoff_sink(sink, buf):
+   global max, min, total, count
+
+   end = time.time()
+   #d = end - buf.get_timestamp()
+   d = end - 0
+   if d > max:
+      max = d
+   if d < min:
+      min = d
+   total += d
+   count += 1
+   avg = total/count
+
+   if (count % print_del) == 0:
+      print '%07d:%08d min:%08d max:%08d avg:%f\n' %\
+            (count, d, min, max, avg),
+
+def identity_add(pipeline, first, count):
+   last = first
+
+   for i in range(count):
+     name = 'identity_%03d' % i
+     ident = gst_elementfactory_make('identity', name)
+     assert ident
+     ident.set_property('silent', 1)
+     pipeline.add(ident)
+     last.get_pad('src').connect(ident.get_pad('sink'))
+     last = ident
+
+   return last
+
+def fakesrc():
+   src = gst_elementfactory_make('fakesrc','src')
+   assert src
+   src.set_property('silent', 1)
+   src.set_property('num_buffers', iterations)
+   GObject.connect(src, 'handoff', handoff_src)
+   return src
+
+def fakesink():
+   sink = gst_elementfactory_make('fakesink','fakesink')
+   assert sink
+   sink.set_property('silent', 1)
+   GObject.connect(sink, 'handoff', handoff_sink)
+   return sink
+
+def simple(argv):
+   if len(argv) < 1:
+     print 'simple: bad params'
+     return None
+   idents = int(argv[0])
+   if len(argv) == 2:
+      gst_schedulerfactory_set_default_name (argv[1])
+
+   pipeline = gst_pipeline_new('pipeline')
+   assert pipeline
+
+   src = fakesrc()
+   pipeline.add(src)
+   last = identity_add(pipeline, src, idents)
+   sink = fakesink()
+   pipeline.add(sink)
+   last.get_pad('src').connect(sink.get_pad('sink'))
+
+   return pipeline
+
+def queue(argv):
+   if len(argv) < 1:
+      print 'queue: bad params'
+      return None
+   idents = int(argv[0])
+
+   if len(arv) == 2:
+      gst_schedulerfactory_set_default_name (argv[1])
+
+   pipeline = gst_pipeline_new('pipeline')
+   assert pipeline
+
+   src_thr = gst_thread_new('src_thread')
+   assert src_thr
+
+   src = fakesrc()
+   assert src
+   src_thr.add(src)
+
+   src_q = gst_elementfactory_make('queue','src_q')
+   assert src_q
+   src_thr.add(src_q)
+   src.get_pad('src').connect(src_q.get_pad('sink'))
+
+   pipeline.add(src_thr)
+
+   last = identity_add(pipeline, src_q, idents)
+
+   sink_q = gst_elementfactory_make('queue','sink_q')
+   assert sink_q
+   pipeline.add(sink_q)
+   last.get_pad('src').connect(sink_q.get_pad('sink'))
+
+   sink_thr = gst_thread_new('sink_thread')
+   assert sink_thr
+
+   sink = fakesink()
+   assert sink
+
+   sink_thr.add(sink)
+
+   pipeline.add(sink_thr)
+
+   sink_q.get_pad('src').connect(sink.get_pad('sink'))
+
+   return pipeline
+
+tests = {
+   'simple' : ('ident_count [scheduler_name]', simple),
+   'queue' : ('ident_count [scheduler_name]', queue),
+}
+
+def main():
+   "A GStreamer latency tester"
+   #gst_debug_set_categories(-1)
+   global iterations, print_del
+
+   if len(sys.argv) < 3:
+      print 'usage: %s iterations print_del test_name [test_params...]' % sys.argv[0]
+      for name in tests.keys():
+         doc, func = tests[name]
+         print '  %s %s' % (name, doc)
+      return -1
+   else:
+      iterations = int(sys.argv[1])
+      print_del = int(sys.argv[2])
+      name = sys.argv[3]
+ 
+   pipeline = tests[name][1](sys.argv[4:])
+   assert pipeline
+
+   #xmlSaveFile('lat.gst', gst_xml_write(pipeline))
+
+   pipeline.set_state(STATE_PLAYING)
+
+   while count < iterations:
+      pipeline.iterate()
+
+   pipeline.set_state(STATE_NULL)
+
+   print
+
+   return 0;
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+   ret = main()
+   sys.exit (ret)
diff --git a/examples/gstreamer/lat.py b/examples/gstreamer/lat.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0e64808f8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/gstreamer/lat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2.2
+#
+# gst-python
+# Copyright (C) 2002 David I. Lehn
+#
+# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Library General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+# License along with this library; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+# Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+# 
+# Author: David I. Lehn <dlehn@vt.edu>
+#
+
+import sys
+import time
+from gstreamer import *
+from gobject import GObject
+
+def update(sender, *args):
+   print sender.get_name(), args
+
+max = 0
+min = -1
+total = 0
+count = 0
+print_del = 1
+interations = 0
+
+def handoff_src(src, buf):
+   #buf.set_timestamp(time.time())
+   pass
+
+def handoff_sink(sink, buf):
+   global max, min, total, count
+
+   end = time.time()
+   #d = end - buf.get_timestamp()
+   d = end - 0
+   if d > max:
+      max = d
+   if d < min:
+      min = d
+   total += d
+   count += 1
+   avg = total/count
+
+   if (count % print_del) == 0:
+      print '%07d:%08d min:%08d max:%08d avg:%f\n' %\
+            (count, d, min, max, avg),
+
+def identity_add(pipeline, first, count):
+   last = first
+
+   for i in range(count):
+     name = 'identity_%03d' % i
+     ident = gst_elementfactory_make('identity', name)
+     assert ident
+     ident.set_property('silent', 1)
+     pipeline.add(ident)
+     last.get_pad('src').connect(ident.get_pad('sink'))
+     last = ident
+
+   return last
+
+def fakesrc():
+   src = gst_elementfactory_make('fakesrc','src')
+   assert src
+   src.set_property('silent', 1)
+   src.set_property('num_buffers', iterations)
+   GObject.connect(src, 'handoff', handoff_src)
+   return src
+
+def fakesink():
+   sink = gst_elementfactory_make('fakesink','fakesink')
+   assert sink
+   sink.set_property('silent', 1)
+   GObject.connect(sink, 'handoff', handoff_sink)
+   return sink
+
+def simple(argv):
+   if len(argv) < 1:
+     print 'simple: bad params'
+     return None
+   idents = int(argv[0])
+   if len(argv) == 2:
+      gst_schedulerfactory_set_default_name (argv[1])
+
+   pipeline = gst_pipeline_new('pipeline')
+   assert pipeline
+
+   src = fakesrc()
+   pipeline.add(src)
+   last = identity_add(pipeline, src, idents)
+   sink = fakesink()
+   pipeline.add(sink)
+   last.get_pad('src').connect(sink.get_pad('sink'))
+
+   return pipeline
+
+def queue(argv):
+   if len(argv) < 1:
+      print 'queue: bad params'
+      return None
+   idents = int(argv[0])
+
+   if len(arv) == 2:
+      gst_schedulerfactory_set_default_name (argv[1])
+
+   pipeline = gst_pipeline_new('pipeline')
+   assert pipeline
+
+   src_thr = gst_thread_new('src_thread')
+   assert src_thr
+
+   src = fakesrc()
+   assert src
+   src_thr.add(src)
+
+   src_q = gst_elementfactory_make('queue','src_q')
+   assert src_q
+   src_thr.add(src_q)
+   src.get_pad('src').connect(src_q.get_pad('sink'))
+
+   pipeline.add(src_thr)
+
+   last = identity_add(pipeline, src_q, idents)
+
+   sink_q = gst_elementfactory_make('queue','sink_q')
+   assert sink_q
+   pipeline.add(sink_q)
+   last.get_pad('src').connect(sink_q.get_pad('sink'))
+
+   sink_thr = gst_thread_new('sink_thread')
+   assert sink_thr
+
+   sink = fakesink()
+   assert sink
+
+   sink_thr.add(sink)
+
+   pipeline.add(sink_thr)
+
+   sink_q.get_pad('src').connect(sink.get_pad('sink'))
+
+   return pipeline
+
+tests = {
+   'simple' : ('ident_count [scheduler_name]', simple),
+   'queue' : ('ident_count [scheduler_name]', queue),
+}
+
+def main():
+   "A GStreamer latency tester"
+   #gst_debug_set_categories(-1)
+   global iterations, print_del
+
+   if len(sys.argv) < 3:
+      print 'usage: %s iterations print_del test_name [test_params...]' % sys.argv[0]
+      for name in tests.keys():
+         doc, func = tests[name]
+         print '  %s %s' % (name, doc)
+      return -1
+   else:
+      iterations = int(sys.argv[1])
+      print_del = int(sys.argv[2])
+      name = sys.argv[3]
+ 
+   pipeline = tests[name][1](sys.argv[4:])
+   assert pipeline
+
+   #xmlSaveFile('lat.gst', gst_xml_write(pipeline))
+
+   pipeline.set_state(STATE_PLAYING)
+
+   while count < iterations:
+      pipeline.iterate()
+
+   pipeline.set_state(STATE_NULL)
+
+   print
+
+   return 0;
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+   ret = main()
+   sys.exit (ret)