This was the intention from the start, just took me a few years *cough* to
actually implement it properly.
Gapless is handled by re-using as much as possible the same decoders and sinks
if present, and only pre-rolling switching at the sources level (with buffering
if/when needed).
In order to enable "gapless" playback, the "next" uri should be set at any time
between the moment the `about-to-finish` signal is emitted and the moment the
current play item is done. Previously this could only be done with the signal
emission.
This new implementation also allows "Instantaneous URI switching". This allows a
much faster way of switching playback entries while re-using as many elements as
possible. To enable this set `instant-uri` property to TRUE, the default being
FALSE.
API: instant-uri properties
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/2784>
GST_TRACERS="leaks" GST_DEBUG="GST_TRACER:7,leaks:6" gst-play-1.0 --use-playbin3 test.mkv
When running a pipeline like above, leaks are observed.
0:00:56.882419132 240637 0x5562c528ccc0 TRACE GST_TRACER :0:: object-alive, type-name=(string)GstConcatPad, address=(gpointer)0x7efd7c0d20a0, description=(string)<'':sink_0>, ref-count=(uint)1, trace=(string);
0:00:56.882429131 240637 0x5562c528ccc0 TRACE GST_TRACER :0:: object-alive, type-name=(string)GstConcatPad, address=(gpointer)0x7efd7c0d2be0, description=(string)<'':sink_0>, ref-count=(uint)1, trace=(string);
0:00:56.882437056 240637 0x5562c528ccc0 TRACE GST_TRACER :0:: object-alive, type-name=(string)GstConcatPad, address=(gpointer)0x7efd7c0d3720, description=(string)<'':sink_0>, ref-count=(uint)1, trace=(string);
gst_element_release_request_pad does not unref the pad. It needs to
be followed by gst_object_unref. Doing that fixes the above leaks.
Use g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func with gst_object_unref as the free
function to unref the pad after release.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/3177>
When collection is updated, decodebin3 exposes pad first and then
streams-selected message is posted.
The condition can cause a situation where playbin3 links non-existing
combiner/playsink pads (since streams-selected is not posted yet) with
new decodebin output pad. This commit will re-check selected/active
streams condition on pad-added and reconfigure output if needed.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/2482>
* Remove fields no longer used, or that can be replaced by smaller code
* Rename "channels" to a more meaningful "input pads"
* Directly handle/use combiner pads in the combiners instead of on the playbin3
main structure
Remove the corresponding combiner sinkpad whenever a uridecodebin3 source pad
goes away
* If used, store the corresponding combiner sink pad in the SourcePad helper
structure
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/2384>
GLib guarantees libintl is always present, using proxy-libintl as
last resort. There is no need to mock gettex API any more.
This fix static build on Windows because G_INTL_STATIC_COMPILATION must
be defined before including libintl.h, and glib does it for us as part
as including glib.h.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/2028>
Don't reconfigure outputs when the select-streams
event is sent from the app, as the selection may
not take effect for some time. Instead, wait
for the pipeline to confirm the new set of
selected streams when it sends the message.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1900>
Fix a small race where a group can receive stream-start
and post a pending buffering message just as another
thread posts a different buffering message, causing them
to be received by the application out of order. In the
worst case, this leads the application receiving a
stale 99% buffering message and going back to buffering
right after the 100% buffering message.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1840>
Retrieving the pad template caps from a ghost pad returns ANY which when
merged with any other caps will return ANY. ANY is not very specific
and may cause suboptimal code paths in e.g. decoders that assume the
lowest common denominator when presented with ANY caps.
Fixes negotiating dma-buf with vaapidecodebin between glupload in the
video sink element.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1144>
If the USE_PLAYBIN3=1 env var is set, we want to replace
playbin with playbin3, but separate to that, we always
want to register the 'playbin3' element so that applications
which explicitly use playbin3 work regardless of the env var.
This fixes `USE_PLAYBIN3=1 gst-validate-launcher`, for example.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1102>
Change locking around group deactivation to avoid deadlocks
when shutting down exactly as a buffering message arrives.
The PLAYBIN3_LOCK now protects the active field of the
source group. Everything else is still protected by the
source-group-lock.
Also properly protect group switching operations with
the PLAYBIN3_LOCK everywhere.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1049>
