GstPadTemplate Describe the media type of a pad. Padtemplates describe the possible media types a pad or an elementfactory can handle. Pad and PadTemplates have #GstCaps attached to it to describe the media type they are capable of dealing with. gst_padtemplate_get_caps() is used to get the caps of a padtemplate. It's not possible to modify the caps of a padtemplate after creation. Padtemplates can be created with gst_padtemplate_new() or with the convenient GST_PADTEMPLATE_FACTORY() macro. A padtemplate can be used to create a pad or to add to an elementfactory. The following code example shows the code to create a pad from a padtemplate. GST_PADTEMPLATE_FACTORY (my_template_factory, "sink", /* the name of the pad */ GST_PAD_SINK, /* the direction of the pad */ GST_PAD_ALWAYS, /* when this pad will be present */ GST_CAPS_NEW ( /* the capabilities of the padtemplate */ "my_caps", "audio/raw", "format", GST_PROPS_STRING ("int"), "channels", GST_PROPS_INT_RANGE (1, 6) ) ) void my_method (void) { GstPad *pad; pad = gst_pad_new_from_template (GST_PADTEMPLATE_GET (my_template_factory), "sink"); ... } The following example shows you how to add the padtemplate to an elementfactory: gboolean my_factory_init (GstPlugin *plugin) { GstElementFactory *factory; factory = gst_elementfactory_new ("my_factory", GST_TYPE_MYFACTORY, &gst_myfactory_details); g_return_val_if_fail (factory != NULL, FALSE); gst_elementfactory_add_padtemplate (factory, GST_PADTEMPLATE_GET (my_template_factory)); gst_plugin_add_feature (plugin, GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE (factory)); return TRUE; } #GstPad, #GstElementFactory Indicates when this pad will become available. @GST_PAD_ALWAYS: the pad is always available @GST_PAD_SOMETIMES: the pad will become available depending on the media stream @GST_PAD_REQUEST: th pad is only available on request with gst_element_request_pad_by_name() or gst_element_request_compatible_pad(). @object: @name_template: @direction: @presence: @caps: @fixed: Get a handle to the padtemplate #GstCaps @templ: the template to query Get the direction of the padtemplate. @templ: the template to query Get the nametemplate of the padtemplate. @templ: the template to query Get the presence of the padtemplate. @templ: the template to query Create a new padtemplate. @padname: the nametemplate for the pads that will be created with this template @dir: the direction of the pads. @pres: the presence of the pads. @a...: the capabilities of this padtemplate usually created with GST_CAPS_NEW() Create a factory for a padtemplate. This can be used if you only want one instance of the padtemplate. Use GST_PADTEMPLATE_GET() to get the unique padtemplate. @name: th name of the factory @padname: the nametemplate of the pads @dir: the direction of the pads. @pres: the presence of the pads. @a...: the capabilities of this padtemplate, usually created with GST_CAPS_NEW() Get the padtemplate of the factory created with GST_PADTEMPLATE_FACTORY() @fact: the factory name to get the padtemplate from. @templ: @templ: @name_template: @direction: @presence: @caps: @Varargs: @Returns: @parent: @Returns: @templ: @parent: @Returns: @templ: @Returns: @templ: @name: @Returns: