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Original commit message from CVS: * docs/design/part-TODO.txt: * docs/design/part-caps.txt: * docs/design/part-clocks.txt: * docs/design/part-negotiation.txt: * docs/design/part-preroll.txt: Small doc updates
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Caps
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Caps are lighweight refcounted objects describing media types.
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They are composed of an array of GstStructures.
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Caps are exposed on GstPadTemplates to describe all possible types a
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given pad can handle. They are also stored in the registry along with
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a description of the element.
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Caps are exposed on the element pads using the _get_caps() pad function.
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This function describes the possible types that the pad can handle or
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produce (see part-pads.txt and part-negotiation.txt).
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Caps are also attached to buffers to describe to content of the data
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pointed to be the buffer.
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Various methods exist to work with the media types such as substracting
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or intersecting.
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