There is a similar explanation in gst_caps_make_writable, but the existing
documentation can be misleading since it does not define what 'is already
writable' means.
Also note when this function is meant to be used.
API: GST_BUFFER_DTS_OR_PTS
Many scenarios/elements require dealing with streams of buffers that
might have DTS set (i.e. encoded data, potentially reordered)
To simplify getting the increasing "timestamp" of those buffers, create
a macro that will return the DTS if valid, and if not the PTS
A core meta which helps implement the old concept
of sub-buffering in some situations, by making it
possible for a buffer to keep a ref on a different
parent buffer. The parent buffer is unreffed when
the Meta is freed.
This meta is used to ensure that a buffer whose
memory is being shared to a child buffer isn't freed
and returned to a buffer pool until the memory
is.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750039
There was few Since: mark missing their column. Also unify the way
we set the Since mark on enum value and structure members. These
sadly don't show up in the index.
A variant of gst_buffer_copy that forces the underlying memory
to be copied.
This is added to avoid adding an extra reference to a GstMemory
that might belong to a bufferpool that is trying to be drained.
The use case is when the buffer copying is done to release the
old buffer and all its resources.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=745287
* fix typo GstBufferFlag -> GstBufferFlags
* fix typo GstFeatures -> GstCapsFeatures
* fix typo GstAllocatorParams -> GstAllocationParams
* fix typo GstContrlSources -> GstControlSource
* do not refer to gstcheck as an object
* make references gtk_init() and tcase_set_timeout() not be references
* gst_element_get_pad() renamed gst_element_get_static_pad()
* gst_clock_id_wait_async_full() renamed gst_clock_id_wait_async()
* _drop_element() is really gst_queue_array_drop_element()
* gst_pad_accept_caps() was removed, do not refer to it
* separate GST_META_TAG_MEMORY_STR declaration from description
* do not describe removed gst_collect_pads_collect()
* correctly link to GstElementClass' virtual set_context()
Fixes https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719614
GObject Introspection does not support macros.
This is needed for bindings. We can still add back
macros or inline functions again later if we think
it's worth it.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678301
Make GstAllocator a GstObject instead of a GstMiniObject, like bufferpool.
Make a new gstallocator.c file. Make a GstAllocator subclass for the default
allocator.
Move the locking methods from GstMemory to GstMiniObject.
Add a miniobject flag to enable LOCKABLE objects. LOCKABLE objects can
use the lock/unlock API to control the access to the object.
Add a minobject flag that allows you to lock an object in readonly mode.
Modify the _is_writable() method to check the shared counter for LOCKABLE
objects. This allows us to control writability separately from the refcount for
LOCKABLE objects.
Make a gst_buffer_append_region() function that allows you to append a memory
region from one buffer to another. This is a more general version of
gst_buffer_append().
gst_buffer_take_memory -> gst_buffer_insert_memory because insert is what the
method does.
Make all methods deal with ranges so that we can replace, merge, remove and map
a certain subset of the memory in a buffer. With the new methods we can make
some code nicer and reuse more code. Being able to deal with a subset of the
buffer memory allows us to optimize more cases later (most notably RTP headers
and payload that could be in different memory objects).
Make some more convenient macros that call the more generic range methods.
Add gst_buffer_append() which appends the memory blocks from one buffer to
another. Remove the old inefficient _merge() and _join() methods which forced a
premature memcpy in most cases.
Remove the _is_span() and _span() methods they are not needed anymore now that
we can _append(). Merging and spanning will be delayed until mapping or maybe
not at all when the element can deal with the different memory blocks.
Make it possible to wrap all kinds of memory by exposing all properties to
gst_buffer_new_wrapped_full(). This makes it possible to also create writable
memory without a free function or memory with extra padding.
Group the extra allocation parameters in a GstAllocationParams structure to make
it easier to deal with them and so that we can extend them later if needed.
Make gst_buffer_new_allocate() take the GstAllocationParams for added
functionality.
Add boxed type for GstAllocationParams.
Split out the registration of the metadata API and its implementation. Make a
GType for each metadata API. This allows us to store extra information with the
API type such as the tags.
Change the buffer API so that we can get the metadata using the API GType.
Change the query API so that we use the metadata API GType in the allocation
query instead of a string.
Update netaddress and unit tests
Rename _is_writable() with _is_exclusive because the writability does not depend
on the amount of references to the memory object anymore.
Add accessor macros for the memory flags.
Rename the GstBuffer _peek_memory() method to _get_memory() and return a
reference to the memory now that we can do this without affecting writability
of the memory object. Make it possible to also make this function merge the
buffer memory.
Add methods to replace memory in a buffer. Make some convience macros for the
buffer memory functions.
Fix unit tests.
Add refcounting to the GstAllocator object.
Remove const from functions because the allocator is refcounted now.
Rename the vmethods for consistency
Expose the constructor for GstAllocator and add a destroy notify for the
user_data. This should make it possible to create allocators that are not
registered and shared globally along with the possibility to destroy them
properly.
Update defs with new symbols.
