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AUTHORS
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.. gst-python AUTHORS
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.. This file writen with docutils markup (http://docutils.sourceforge.net/)
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Contact
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=======
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Please feel free to contact the developers. They hang out on IRC_ and the
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mailing lists_.
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.. _IRC: http://gstreamer.net/dev/
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.. _lists: http://gstreamer.net/contact/lists.php
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Authors
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=======
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Maintainer
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----------
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* David I. Lehn <dlehn@users.sourceforge.net>
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Contributions
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-------------
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Patches, suggestions, and other help:
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* Kenichi Sato <ksato@users.sourceforge.net>)
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Much of the framework for gst-python stolen from gtk and gconf bindings by:
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* James Henstridge <james@daa.com.au>
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* Johan Dahlin <jdahlin@telia.com>
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* Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com>
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* and many more...
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GStreamer
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---------
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And of course, none of this would be possible without the extreme hacker mojo
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of the whole GStreamer crew!
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The gst-python AUTHORS list is maintained at docs/gst-python.xml#authors.
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ChangeLog
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ChangeLog
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2003-06-26 David I. Lehn <dlehn@users.sourceforge.net>
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* configure.ac, AUTHORS, NEWS, README, TODO, docs/Makefile.am,
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docs/HEAD.in docs/docutils.conf, docs/gst-python.css:
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kill docutils based docs (easy come, easy go)
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* AUTHORS, NEWS, README, TODO, docs/Makefile.am, docs/gst-python.xml,
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docs/common.xsl, docs/html.xsl, docs/pdf.xsl, docs/gst-python.css:
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docbook based docs
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2003-06-25 David I. Lehn <dlehn@users.sourceforge.net>
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* gstreamer/Makefile.am: fix up line continuations
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NEWS
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NEWS
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.. gst-python NEWS
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News
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====
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2003-06-xx - 0.1.0 released
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---------------------------
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* first release
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The gst-python NEWS is maintained at docs/gst-python.xml#news.
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README
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README
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.. gst-python README
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.. This file writen with docutils markup (http://docutils.sourceforge.net/)
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About
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=====
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This is **gst-python**, the Python_ bindings for the GStreamer_ project. The
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bindings provide access to almost all of the GStreamer C API through an object
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oriented Python API.
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.. _Python: http://www.python.org/
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.. _GStreamer: http://www.gstreamer.net/
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Requirements
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============
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* Python_ 2.2
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* GStreamer_ 0.6.0
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* PyGTK_ 1.99.14
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.. _PyGTK: http://www.daa.com.au/~james/pygtk/
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Build/Install
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=============
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For build and install information please refer to the "``INSTALL``" file.
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Installation is optional, gst-python can be used from the build directory. The
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quick instructions: build and install PyGTK and GStreamer then build
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gst-python::
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$ ./configure && make
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Using
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=====
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You either need to install the package or add the root directory to your
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Python path::
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$ export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:`pwd`
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Try running examples::
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$ cd examples/gstreamer/
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$ python cp.py <input file> <output file>
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$ cmp <input file> <output file>
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$ python vorbisplay.py <a vorbis file>
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Documentation
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=============
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General/API
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-----------
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The gst-python bindings are directly generated from the GStreamer headers.
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Look at the GStreamer documentation_ for general API and programming issues.
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In most cases the GStreamer classes and boxed types map directly to Python
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classes. The function-based methods also map onto Python object methods.
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.. _documentation: http://www.gstreamer.net/docs/
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Divergence From C API
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---------------------
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Due to the nature of C and Python some of the GStreamer API is handled slightly
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different in Python than C. There are a few of the GStreamer C functions that
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are not yet provided in gst-python. These are mostly related to creating
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`Python Elements`_. A few others remain that return GList* or return values in
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their parameters. These have been wrapped as needed. Please file a bug_ if
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you need one of the unwrapped functions.
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API changes:
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* ``gst_props_entry_get_type`` is accessed through
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``PropsEntry.get_props_type()``. This is due to the ``_get_type`` function
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extention being normally used for ``GType`` access and is inaccessable
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otherwise.
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* Special `Pipeline Iteration`_ support through the following functions:
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* ``add_iterate_bin(bin) -> id``: used to iterate a bin with a C idle loop
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callback instead of a Python callback.
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* ``remove_iterate_bin(id)``: used to remove the ``add_iterate_bin``
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idle loop callback id.
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* ``iterate_bin_all(bin)``: releases locks, calls ``gst_bin_iterate``
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until it returns 0, reacquires locks and completes
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* `Python Elements`_ support through the following horribly inefficient
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functions:
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* ``Buffer.get_data() -> string``: converts buffer data to a string and
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returns it.
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* ``Buffer.set_data(string)``: sets the buffer data from a string.
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Examples
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--------
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The best documentation right now is the examples in
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"``./examples/gstreamer/``". Read them.
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Threads
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-------
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Threading is a tricky subject for gst-python. There are a few lock you need to
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be aware of:
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* GIL
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The CPython interpreter is single threaded. Code execution in the
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interpreter is protected by a Global Interpreter Lock (GIL). This means that
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C code can run in other threads in parallel but only one thread will be
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running Python code at any one point. Most of this is handled internally by
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means of locking and unlocking the GIL at appropriate times. Callback code
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and other various code paths between Python and C *should* be setup to do
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proper GIL handling.
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However, it is possible that you may encounter a situation where proper
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locking is not done. This is most likely due to calling a wrapper function
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that follows a sequence like this:
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- Python -> wrapper function
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- wrapper function -> C GStreamer function
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- C GStreamer function -> side effect code
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- side effect code -> callback
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- callback -> tries to acquire Python GIL but it's already locked
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- deadlocked...
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This has been fixed for commonly called functions that have side effects
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which are likely to re-enter the interpreter. It just involves lock/unlock
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around the call to the C gst function. But doing it for every function could
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have performance issues and, more importantly, is not an automated process.
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Please file a bug_ if you have problems related to this and need other
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functions to be specially handled.
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* Gdk lock
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If you are using PyGTK you will have to deal with Gdk locking. Make sure
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you're holding the Gdk lock while executing Gdk/Gtk calls. See PyGTK
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documentation and FAQ list for more information.
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Pipeline Iteration
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------------------
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There are a number of ways to iterate pipelines. ./examples/gstreamer/bps.py
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is a small test program to measure the performance in buffers per second of
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these various techniques. Please see the example for how to use these
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techniques.
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* Bin.iterate() in Python from the gtk idle loop
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* gst_bin_iterate() in C from gtk idle loop
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* Bin.iterate() in a Python loop
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* gst_bin_iterate() in a C loop
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The method you chose depends on your application. The idle loop methods are
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slightly slower yet more flexible. Probably useful for interactive GUI
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applications.
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The basic loop methods are faster but probably more use for non-interactive
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applications. A variation on these loops would be to also check for a stop
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condition which may provide performance increase and some level of control.
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Python Elements
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---------------
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It is possible to write Python subclasses of GstElement. This support is very
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primitive and likely to change. See "``./examples/gstreamer/rot13.py``" for an
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example.
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Bugs
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====
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*Please* submit gst-python bugs, patches, or suggestions to GNOME Bugzilla_,
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Product: GStreamer, Component: gst-python. Thank you.
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.. _Bugzilla: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/
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.. _bug: `Bugs`_
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The gst-python README is maintained in doc/gst-python.xml.
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.. gst-python TODO
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TODO
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====
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- handle more of the functions that need manual wrapping code
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- add check that pygtk built with --enable-thread
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- improve Python gstreamer.Element creation
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- perhaps drop _set_foo_function() calls in favor of object methods
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- sane buffer handling with buffer type or Numeric?
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- docs
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- API ref
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- manual
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- tutorial
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- more examples
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- convert build system to distutils
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- wrap other GStreamer helper libs
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- add some standard widgets
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- gtk video widget (similar to widget gst-player is using)
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- testsuite
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The gst-python TODO list is maintained at docs/gst-python.xml#todo.
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examples/Makefile
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examples/gstreamer/Makefile
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docs/Makefile
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docs/HEAD
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gst-python.spec
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])
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docs/.gitignore
vendored
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docs/.gitignore
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gst-python.html
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gst-python.txt
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gst-python.pdf
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.. gst-python HEAD.in
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.. This file writen with docutils markup (http://docutils.sourceforge.net/)
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==========
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gst-python
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==========
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:Author: David I. Lehn
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:Contact: dlehn@users.sourceforge.net
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:Web site: http://www.gstreamer.net/bindings/python/
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:Version: @VERSION@
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.. contents::
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EXTRA_DIST = HEAD.in docutils.conf gst-python.css
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XMLFILES = gst-python.xml
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XSLFILES = common.xsl html.xsl
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CSSFILES = gst-python.css
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DOCS = \
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$(srcdir)/HEAD \
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$(top_srcdir)/NEWS \
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$(top_srcdir)/README \
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$(top_srcdir)/TODO \
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$(top_srcdir)/AUTHORS
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DOCS = gst-python.txt gst-python.html
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gst-python.html: docutils.conf ${DOCS}
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@if [ ! $$DOCUTILSHOME ]; then \
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echo "ERROR: Please set \$$DOCUTILSHOME"; \
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exit 1; \
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fi
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@if [ ! -r $$DOCUTILSHOME/tools/html.py ]; then \
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echo "\$$DOCUTILSHOME/tools/html.py not found"; \
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exit 1; \
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fi
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rm -f gst-python.txt
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for doc in ${DOCS}; do \
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cat $$doc >> gst-python.txt; \
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printf "\n" >> gst-python.txt; \
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done
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PYTHONPATH=$$PYTHONPATH:$$DOCUTILSHOME $$DOCUTILSHOME/tools/html.py gst-python.txt gst-python.html
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lynx -dump -force_html gst-python.html > gst-python.out
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all: $(DOCS)
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CLEANFILES = gst-python.txt gst-python.html
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gst-python.txt: gst-python.xml
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xmlto txt $<
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# cp gst-python.txt $(top_builddir)/../README
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gst-python.html: gst-python.xml common.xsl html.xsl
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xmlto -m common.xsl -m html.xsl xhtml-nochunks $<
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gst-python.pdf: gst-python.xml common.xsl pdf.xsl
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xmlto -m common.xsl -m pdf.xsl pdf $<
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CLEANFILES = $(DOCS)
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EXTRA_DIST = $(XMLFILES) $(XSLFILES) $(CSSFILES)
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<?xml version='1.0'?>
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<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
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version='1.0'>
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<xsl:param name="section.autolabel" select="1"/>
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<xsl:param name="section.label.includes.component.label" select="1"/>
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<xsl:param name="use.id.as.filename" select="1"/>
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</xsl:stylesheet>
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[options]
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# These entries affect all processing:
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source-link: 1
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datestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M UTC
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generator: 1
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# These entries affect HTML output:
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stylesheet-path: gst-python.css
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/*
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:Author: David Goodger
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:Contact: goodger@users.sourceforge.net
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:date: $Date$
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:version: $Revision$
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:copyright: This stylesheet has been placed in the public domain.
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Default cascading style sheet for the HTML output of Docutils.
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*/
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.first {
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margin-top: 0 }
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.last {
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margin-bottom: 0 }
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a.toc-backref {
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text-decoration: none ;
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color: black }
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dd {
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margin-bottom: 0.5em }
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div.abstract {
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margin: 2em 5em }
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div.abstract p.topic-title {
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font-weight: bold ;
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text-align: center }
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div.attention, div.caution, div.danger, div.error, div.hint,
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div.important, div.note, div.tip, div.warning {
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margin: 2em ;
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border: medium outset ;
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padding: 1em }
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div.attention p.admonition-title, div.caution p.admonition-title,
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div.danger p.admonition-title, div.error p.admonition-title,
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div.warning p.admonition-title {
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color: red ;
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font-weight: bold ;
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font-family: sans-serif }
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div.hint p.admonition-title, div.important p.admonition-title,
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div.note p.admonition-title, div.tip p.admonition-title {
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font-weight: bold ;
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font-family: sans-serif }
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div.dedication {
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margin: 2em 5em ;
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text-align: center ;
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font-style: italic }
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div.dedication p.topic-title {
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font-weight: bold ;
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font-style: normal }
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div.figure {
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margin-left: 2em }
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div.footer, div.header {
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font-size: smaller }
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div.system-messages {
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margin: 5em }
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div.system-messages h1 {
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color: red }
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div.system-message {
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border: medium outset ;
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padding: 1em }
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div.system-message p.system-message-title {
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color: red ;
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font-weight: bold }
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div.topic {
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margin: 2em }
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h1.title {
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text-align: center }
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h2.subtitle {
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text-align: center }
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hr {
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width: 75% }
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ol.simple, ul.simple {
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margin-bottom: 1em }
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ol.arabic {
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list-style: decimal }
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ol.loweralpha {
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list-style: lower-alpha }
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ol.upperalpha {
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list-style: upper-alpha }
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ol.lowerroman {
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list-style: lower-roman }
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ol.upperroman {
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list-style: upper-roman }
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p.caption {
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font-style: italic }
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p.credits {
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font-style: italic ;
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font-size: smaller }
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p.label {
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white-space: nowrap }
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p.topic-title {
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font-weight: bold }
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pre.address {
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margin-bottom: 0 ;
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margin-top: 0 ;
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docs/gst-python.xml
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|
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<?xml version='1.0'?>
|
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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
|
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
|
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|
||||
<article id="gst-python">
|
||||
<articleinfo>
|
||||
<publisher><publishername>The GStreamer Development Team</publishername></publisher>
|
||||
<pubdate>June ??, 2003</pubdate>
|
||||
<copyright><year>2003</year><holder>David I. Lehn</holder></copyright>
|
||||
<title><application>gst-python</application>: A Python Interface to GStreamer</title>
|
||||
<titleabbrev>gst-python</titleabbrev>
|
||||
<authorgroup>
|
||||
<author>
|
||||
<firstname>David</firstname>
|
||||
<othername role="mi">I.</othername>
|
||||
<surname>Lehn</surname>
|
||||
<email>dlehn@users.sourceforge.net</email>
|
||||
</author>
|
||||
</authorgroup>
|
||||
<abstract>
|
||||
<para>Introductory information for the GStreamer Python bindings.</para>
|
||||
<para><ulink url="http://www.gstreamer.net/bindings/python/"/></para>
|
||||
</abstract>
|
||||
<revhistory>
|
||||
<revision>
|
||||
<revnumber>0.1.0</revnumber>
|
||||
<date>2003-06-??</date>
|
||||
<authorinitials>dil</authorinitials>
|
||||
<revremark>Initial version.</revremark>
|
||||
</revision>
|
||||
</revhistory>
|
||||
</articleinfo>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=====================================================================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="about">
|
||||
<title>About</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
|
||||
<application>gst-python</application>: the <ulink url="http://www.python.org/">Python</ulink> bindings for the <ulink url="http://www.gstreamer.net/">GStreamer</ulink> project. These bindings provide access to almost all of the GStreamer C API through an object oriented Python API.
|
||||
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=====================================================================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="news">
|
||||
<title>News</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<informaltable frame="all">
|
||||
<tgroup cols="3">
|
||||
<colspec align="center"/>
|
||||
<colspec align="center"/>
|
||||
<colspec align="left"/>
|
||||
<thead>
|
||||
<row>
|
||||
<entry>Date</entry>
|
||||
<entry>Version</entry>
|
||||
<entry>Notes</entry>
|
||||
</row>
|
||||
</thead>
|
||||
<tbody>
|
||||
<row>
|
||||
<entry>2003-06-xx</entry>
|
||||
<entry>0.1.0</entry>
|
||||
<entry>first release</entry>
|
||||
</row>
|
||||
</tbody>
|
||||
</tgroup>
|
||||
</informaltable>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=====================================================================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="installation">
|
||||
<title>Installation</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="requirements">
|
||||
<title>Requirements</title>
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Python 2.2 (<ulink url="http://www.python.org/"/>)
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
GStreamer 0.6.x (<emphasis>except</emphasis> 0.6.1) (<ulink url="http://www.gstreamer.net/"/>)
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
PyGTK 1.99.14 (<ulink url="http://www.daa.com.au/~james/pygtk/"/>)
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="building">
|
||||
<title>Building and Installation</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
For build and install information please refer to the "INSTALL" file. Installation is optional, gst-python can be used from the build directory. The quick instructions: build and install PyGTK and GStreamer then build gst-python:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<screen>
|
||||
$ ./configure && make
|
||||
</screen>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="using">
|
||||
<title>Using</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
You either need to install the package or add the root directory to your
|
||||
Python path:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<screen>
|
||||
$ export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:`pwd`
|
||||
</screen>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Try running examples:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<screen>
|
||||
$ cd examples/gstreamer/
|
||||
$ python cp.py <input file> <output file>
|
||||
$ cmp <input file> <output file>
|
||||
$ python vorbisplay.py <an Ogg Vorbis file>
|
||||
</screen>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=================-->
|
||||
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=====================================================================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="programming">
|
||||
<title>Programming</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="general-api">
|
||||
<title>General API</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
|
||||
The gst-python bindings are directly generated from the GStreamer headers. Look at the GStreamer documentation at <ulink url="http://www.gstreamer.net/docs/"/> for general API and programming issues. In most cases the GStreamer classes and boxed types map directly to Python classes. The function-based GObject methods also map onto Python methods.
|
||||
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="divergence-from-c-api">
|
||||
<title>Divergence From C API</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>Due to the nature of C and Python some of the GStreamer API is handled
|
||||
slightly different in Python than C. There are a few of the GStreamer C
|
||||
functions that are not yet provided in gst-python. These are mostly related to
|
||||
creating <xref linkend="python-elements" endterm="python-elements.title"/>. A
|
||||
few others remain that return GList* or return values in their parameters.
|
||||
These have been wrapped as needed. Please file a <link
|
||||
linkend="bugs">bug</link> if you need one of the unwrapped functions.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>API changes:</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para><function>gst_props_entry_get_type</function> is accessed
|
||||
through <function>PropsEntry.get_props_type</function>(). This is due to the
|
||||
<function>_get_type</function> function extention being normally used for
|
||||
<function>GType</function> access and is inaccessable
|
||||
otherwise.</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>Special <link linkend="pipeline-iteration">pipeline
|
||||
iteration</link> support through the following functions:</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para><function>add_iterate_bin</function>(<parameter
|
||||
class="function">bin</parameter>) -> <returnvalue>id</returnvalue>: used
|
||||
to iterate a bin with a C idle loop callback instead of a Python
|
||||
callback.</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para><function>remove_iterate_bin</function>(<parameter
|
||||
class="function">id</parameter>): used to remove the
|
||||
<function>add_iterate_bin</function> idle loop callback
|
||||
id.</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para><function>iterate_bin_all</function>(<parameter
|
||||
class="function">bin</parameter>): releases locks, calls
|
||||
<function>gst_bin_iterate</function> until it returns 0, reacquires locks
|
||||
and completes</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para><link linkend="python-elements">Python Elements</link> support through the following currently horribly inefficient functions:</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para><function>Buffer.get_data</function>() ->
|
||||
<returnvalue>string</returnvalue>: converts buffer data to a string and
|
||||
returns it.</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para><function>Buffer.set_data</function>(<parameter
|
||||
class="function">string</parameter>): sets the buffer data from a
|
||||
string.</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="examples">
|
||||
<title>Examples</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The best documentation right now are the examples in <filename
|
||||
class="directory">./examples/gstreamer/</filename>. Read them.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="threads">
|
||||
<title>Threads</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>Threading is a tricky subject for gst-python. There are a few lock you
|
||||
need to be aware of:</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="gil">
|
||||
<title>GIL</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The CPython interpreter is single threaded. Code execution in the
|
||||
interpreter is protected by a Global Interpreter Lock (GIL). This means that C
|
||||
code can run in other threads in parallel but only one thread will be running
|
||||
Python code at any one point. Most of this is handled internally by means of
|
||||
locking and unlocking the GIL at appropriate times. Callback code and other
|
||||
various code paths between Python and C *should* be setup to do proper GIL
|
||||
handling.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>However, it is possible that you may encounter a situation where proper
|
||||
locking is not done. This is most likely due to calling a wrapper function
|
||||
that follows a sequence like this:</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<orderedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Python calls wrapper function</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>wrapper function calls C GStreamer function</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>C GStreamer function calls side effect code</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>side effect code calls callback</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>callback tries to acquire Python GIL but it's already locked</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>deadlocked...</para></listitem>
|
||||
</orderedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>This has been fixed for commonly called functions that have side effects
|
||||
which are likely to re-enter the interpreter. It just involves lock/unlock
|
||||
around the call to the C gst function. But doing it for every function could
|
||||
have performance issues and, more importantly, is not an automated
|
||||
process.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>Please file a <link linkend="bugs">bug</link> if you have problems
|
||||
related to this and need other functions to be specially handled.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="gdk-lock">
|
||||
<title>Gdk Lock</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>If you are using PyGTK you will have to deal with Gdk locking. Make sure
|
||||
you're holding the Gdk lock while executing Gdk/Gtk calls. See PyGTK
|
||||
documentation and FAQ list for more information.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="pipeline-iteration">
|
||||
<title>Pipeline Iteration</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>There are a number of ways to iterate pipelines.
|
||||
<filename>./examples/gstreamer/bps.py</filename> is a small test program to
|
||||
measure the performance in buffers per second of these various techniques.
|
||||
Please see the example for how to use these techniques.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para><function>Bin.iterate</function>() in Python from the gtk idle loop</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para><function>gst_bin_iterate</function>() in C from gtk idle loop</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para><function>Bin.iterate</function>() in a Python loop</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para><function>gst_bin_iterate</function>() in a C loop</para></listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The method you chose depends on your application. The idle loop methods
|
||||
are slightly slower yet more flexible. Probably useful for interactive GUI
|
||||
applications.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>The basic loop methods are faster but probably more use for
|
||||
non-interactive applications. A variation on these loops would be to also
|
||||
check for a stop condition which may provide performance increase and some
|
||||
level of control.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="python-elements">
|
||||
<title id="python-elements.title">Python Elements</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para> It is possible to write Python subclasses of GstElement. This support
|
||||
is very primitive and likely to change. See
|
||||
<filename>./examples/gstreamer/rot13.py</filename> for an example.</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=================-->
|
||||
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=====================================================================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="bugs">
|
||||
<title>Bugs</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis>Please</emphasis> submit gst-python bugs, patches, or suggestions to GNOME Bugzilla (<ulink url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/"/>). Product: GStreamer, Component: gst-python. Or alternatively send a message to the gstreamer-devel list or the maintainer. Thank you.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=====================================================================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="todo">
|
||||
<title>TODO</title>
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>handle more of the functions that need manual wrapping code</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>add check that pygtk built with <parameter class="command">--enable-thread</parameter></para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>improve Python gstreamer.Element creation</para>
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>perhaps drop <function>_set_foo_function</function>() calls in favor of object methods</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>sane buffer handling with buffer type or Numeric?</para></listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>docs</para>
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>API ref</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>manual</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>tutorial</para></listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>more examples</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>convert build system to distutils</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>wrap other GStreamer helper libs</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>add some standard widgets</para>
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>gtk video widget (similar to widget gst-player is using)</para></listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>testsuite</para></listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=====================================================================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="authors">
|
||||
<title>Authors</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Please feel free to contact the developers. They hang out on IRC (<ulink url="http://gstreamer.net/dev/"/>) and the mailing lists (<ulink url="http://gstreamer.net/contact/lists.php"/>).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="maintainer">
|
||||
<title>Maintainer</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>David I. Lehn <email>dlehn at users.sourceforge.net</email></para></listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="contributions">
|
||||
<title>Contributions</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Patches, suggestions, and other help:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Kenichi Sato <email>ksato at users.sourceforge.net</email></para></listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Much of the framework for gst-python stolen from gtk and gconf bindings by:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>James Henstridge <email>james at daa.com.au</email></para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Johan Dahlin <email>jdahlin at telia.com</email></para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Matt Wilson <email>msw at redhat.com</email></para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>and many more...</para></listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=================-->
|
||||
|
||||
<section id="gstreamer-team">
|
||||
<title>GStreamer Team</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
And of course, none of this would be possible without the extreme hacker mojo
|
||||
of the whole GStreamer crew!
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
|
||||
<!--=================-->
|
||||
|
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</section>
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<!--=====================================================================-->
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</article>
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docs/html.xsl
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8
docs/html.xsl
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<?xml version='1.0'?>
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<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
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version='1.0'>
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<xsl:param name="html.stylesheet" select="'gst-python.css'"/>
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<xsl:param name="linenumbering.extension" select="1"/>
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</xsl:stylesheet>
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docs/pdf.xsl
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18
docs/pdf.xsl
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<?xml version='1.0'?>
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<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
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version='1.0'>
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<xsl:param name="body.margin.top">0.5in</xsl:param>
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<xsl:template name="is.graphic.extension">
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<xsl:param name="ext"></xsl:param>
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<xsl:if test="$ext = 'png'
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or $ext = 'pdf'
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or $ext = 'jpeg'
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or $ext = 'gif'
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or $ext = 'tif'
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or $ext = 'tiff'
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or $ext = 'bmp'">1</xsl:if>
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</xsl:template>
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</xsl:stylesheet>
|
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