diff --git a/docs/random/filter-writers-guide b/docs/random/filter-writers-guide deleted file mode 100644 index c40ac20fe1..0000000000 --- a/docs/random/filter-writers-guide +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ -GStreamer Filter Writer's Guide -=============================== - -Outline: - -Basic concepts - Chain vs loop elements - Scheduling - Buffers - Typing and Properties - Metadata -Building our first filter - Constructing the boilerplate - Doing it the easy way with FilterFactory - (NOTE: FilterFactory doesn't exist yet) - Doing it the hard way with G[tk]Object - An identity filter - Building an object with pads - Attaching functions - The chain function - The plugin_init function - Registering the types - Registering the filter -Building a simple test application - Initialization - Instantiating the plugins - (NOTE: we really should have a debugging Sink) - Connecting them - Running the pipeline -Loop-based Elements - How scheduling works, aka pushing and pulling - How a loopfunc works, aka pulling and pushing - Adding a second output - Identity is now a tee - Modifying the test application -Types and Properties - Building a simple format for testing - A simple MIME type - Type properties - Typefind functions and autopluggin -Buffers and Metadata - Anatomy of a Buffer - Refcounts and mutability - Metadata - How Properties work efficiently - Metadata mutability - (FIXME: this is an unsolved problem) -Sources and Sinks - Writing a source - Pull vs loop based - Region pulling - (NOTE: somewhere explain how filters use this) - Writing a sink - Gee, that was easy -State management - What are states? - Mangaging filter state