tutorials: Port 'hello world' to python

Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-docs/-/merge_requests/124>
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys
import gi
gi.require_version('GLib', '2.0')
gi.require_version('GObject', '2.0')
gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0')
from gi.repository import Gst, GObject, GLib
pipeline = None
bus = None
message = None
# initialize GStreamer
Gst.init(sys.argv[1:])
# build the pipeline
pipeline = Gst.parse_launch(
"playbin uri=https://www.freedesktop.org/software/gstreamer-sdk/data/media/sintel_trailer-480p.webm"
)
# start playing
pipeline.set_state(Gst.State.PLAYING)
# wait until EOS or error
bus = pipeline.get_bus()
msg = bus.timed_pop_filtered(
Gst.CLOCK_TIME_NONE,
Gst.MessageType.ERROR | Gst.MessageType.EOS
)
# free resources
pipeline.set_state(Gst.State.NULL)

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<div class="gi-symbol-c gi-symbol-javascript">

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<div class="gi-symbol-c gi-symbol-python">

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short-description: The mandatory 'Hello world' example
...
{{ ALERT_JS.md }}
# Basic tutorial 1: Hello world!
## Goal
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But since we are dealing with multimedia frameworks, we are going to
play a video instead.
{{ C.md }}
Do not be scared by the amount of code below: there are only 4 lines
which do *real* work. The rest is cleanup code, and, in C, this is
always a bit verbose.
{{ END_LANG.md }}
Without further ado, get ready for your first GStreamer application...
## Hello world
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Copy this code into a text file named `basic-tutorial-1.c` (or find it
in your GStreamer installation).
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> tutorials** section for your platform: [Linux][1], [Mac OS X][2] or
> [Windows][3].
>
> This tutorial opens a window and displays a movie, with accompanying
> audio. The media is fetched from the Internet, so the window might
> take a few seconds to appear, depending on your connection speed.
> Also, there is no latency management (buffering), so on slow
> connections, the movie might stop after a few seconds. See how [Basic
> tutorial 12: Streaming] solves this issue.
>
> Required libraries: `gstreamer-1.0`
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**basic-tutorial-1.py**
{{ tutorials/python/basic-tutorial-1.py }}
Just run the file with `python3 basic-tutorial-1.py`
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This tutorial opens a window and displays a movie, with accompanying audio. The
media is fetched from the Internet, so the window might take a few seconds to
appear, depending on your connection speed. Also, there is no latency management
(buffering), so on slow connections, the movie might stop after a few seconds.
See how [Basic tutorial 12: Streaming] solves this issue.
## Walkthrough
Let's review these lines of code and see what they do:
``` c
/* Initialize GStreamer */
gst_init (&argc, &argv);
```
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{{ tutorials/basic-tutorial-1.c[9:11] }}
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{{ PY.md }}
{{ tutorials/python/basic-tutorial-1.py[15:17] }}
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This must always be your first GStreamer command. Among other things,
[gst_init]\():
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benefit from the GStreamer standard command-line options (more on this
in [Basic tutorial 10: GStreamer tools])
``` c
/* Build the pipeline */
pipeline =
gst_parse_launch
("playbin uri=https://www.freedesktop.org/software/gstreamer-sdk/data/media/sintel_trailer-480p.webm",
NULL);
```
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{{ tutorials/basic-tutorial-1.c[13:17] }}
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{{ PY.md }}
{{ tutorials/python/basic-tutorial-1.py[18:22] }}
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This line is the heart of this tutorial, and exemplifies **two** key
points: [gst_parse_launch]\() and [playbin].
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only thing we are doing in this example is exiting on error, so do not
expect much feedback.
``` c
/* Start playing */
gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
```
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{{ tutorials/basic-tutorial-1.c[18:20] }}
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{{ tutorials/python/basic-tutorial-1.py[23:25] }}
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This line highlights another interesting concept: the state. Every
GStreamer element has an associated state, which you can more or less
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In this line, [gst_element_set_state]\() is setting `pipeline` (our only
element, remember) to the `PLAYING` state, thus initiating playback.
``` c
/* Wait until error or EOS */
bus = gst_element_get_bus (pipeline);
msg =
gst_bus_timed_pop_filtered (bus, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE,
GST_MESSAGE_ERROR | GST_MESSAGE_EOS);
```
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{{ tutorials/basic-tutorial-1.c[21:26] }}
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{{ tutorials/python/basic-tutorial-1.py[26:32] }}
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These lines will wait until an error occurs or the end of the stream is
found. [gst_element_get_bus]\() retrieves the pipeline's bus, and
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Before terminating the application, though, there is a couple of things
we need to do to tidy up correctly after ourselves.
``` c
/* Free resources */
if (msg != NULL)
gst_message_unref (msg);
gst_object_unref (bus);
gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
gst_object_unref (pipeline);
```
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{{ tutorials/basic-tutorial-1.c[27:33] }}
Always read the documentation of the functions you use, to know if you
should free the objects they return after using them.
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make sure it frees any resources it has allocated (More about states in
[Basic tutorial 3: Dynamic pipelines]). Finally, unreferencing the
pipeline will destroy it, and all its contents.
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The pipeline state should always be set back to [GST_STATE_NULL] before
quitting.
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## Conclusion
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[gst_parse_launch]: gst_parse_launch
[playbin]: playbin
[gst-launch-1.0]: tools/gst-launch.md
[GST_STATE_NULL]: GST_STATE_NULL