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<chapter id="chapter-states-api">
<title>Element states</title>
<sect1 id="section-states-api">
<title>Changing element state</title>
<para>
The state of an element can be changed with the following code:
</para>
<programlisting>
GstElement *bin;
// create a bin, put elements in it and link them
...
gst_element_set_state (bin, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
...
</programlisting>
<para>
You can set the following states on an element:
</para>
<informaltable pgwide="1" frame="none" role="enum">
<tgroup cols="2">
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><literal>GST_STATE_NULL</literal></entry>
<entry>Reset the state of an element.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>GST_STATE_READY</literal></entry>
<entry>will make the element ready to start processing data.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>GST_STATE_PAUSED</literal></entry>
<entry>temporary stops the data flow.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>GST_STATE_PLAYING</literal></entry>
<entry>means there really is data flowing through the graph.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect1>
</chapter>