gstreamer/sdk-using-appsink-appsrc-in-qt.md
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# Using appsink/appsrc in Qt
## Goal
For those times when you need to stream data into or out of GStreamer
through your application, GStreamer includes two helpful elements:
- `appsink` - Allows applications to easily extract data from a
GStreamer pipeline
- `appsrc` - Allows applications to easily stream data into a
GStreamer pipeline
This tutorial will demonstrate how to use both of them by constructing a
pipeline to decode an audio file, stream it into an application's code,
then stream it back into your audio output device. All this, using
QtGStreamer.
## Steps
First, the files. These are also available in the
`examples/appsink-src` directory of the QGstreamer SDK.
**CMakeLists.txt**
```
project(qtgst-example-appsink-src)
find_package(QtGStreamer REQUIRED)
find_package(Qt4 REQUIRED)
include_directories(${QTGSTREAMER_INCLUDES} ${QT_QTCORE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
add_definitions(${QTGSTREAMER_DEFINITIONS})
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${QTGSTREAMER_FLAGS}")
add_executable(appsink-src main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(appsink-src ${QTGSTREAMER_UTILS_LIBRARIES} ${QT_QTCORE_LIBRARIES})
```
**main.cpp**
``` c
#include <iostream>
#include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
#include <QGlib/Error>
#include <QGlib/Connect>
#include <QGst/Init>
#include <QGst/Bus>
#include <QGst/Pipeline>
#include <QGst/Parse>
#include <QGst/Message>
#include <QGst/Utils/ApplicationSink>
#include <QGst/Utils/ApplicationSource>
class MySink : public QGst::Utils::ApplicationSink
{
public:
MySink(QGst::Utils::ApplicationSource *src)
: QGst::Utils::ApplicationSink(), m_src(src) {}
protected:
virtual void eos()
{
m_src->endOfStream();
}
virtual QGst::FlowReturn newBuffer()
{
m_src->pushBuffer(pullBuffer());
return QGst::FlowOk;
}
private:
QGst::Utils::ApplicationSource *m_src;
};
class Player : public QCoreApplication
{
public:
Player(int argc, char **argv);
~Player();
private:
void onBusMessage(const QGst::MessagePtr & message);
private:
QGst::Utils::ApplicationSource m_src;
MySink m_sink;
QGst::PipelinePtr pipeline1;
QGst::PipelinePtr pipeline2;
};
Player::Player(int argc, char **argv)
: QCoreApplication(argc, argv), m_sink(&m_src)
{
QGst::init(&argc, &argv);
if (argc <= 1) {
std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " <audio_file>" << std::endl;
std::exit(1);
}
const char *caps = "audio/x-raw-int,channels=1,rate=8000,"
"signed=(boolean)true,width=16,depth=16,endianness=1234";
/* source pipeline */
QString pipe1Descr = QString("filesrc location=\"%1\" ! "
"decodebin2 ! "
"audioconvert ! "
"audioresample ! "
"appsink name=\"mysink\" caps=\"%2\"").arg(argv[1], caps);
pipeline1 = QGst::Parse::launch(pipe1Descr).dynamicCast<QGst::Pipeline>();
m_sink.setElement(pipeline1->getElementByName("mysink"));
QGlib::connect(pipeline1->bus(), "message::error", this, &Player::onBusMessage);
pipeline1->bus()->addSignalWatch();
/* sink pipeline */
QString pipe2Descr = QString("appsrc name=\"mysrc\" caps=\"%1\" ! autoaudiosink").arg(caps);
pipeline2 = QGst::Parse::launch(pipe2Descr).dynamicCast<QGst::Pipeline>();
m_src.setElement(pipeline2->getElementByName("mysrc"));
QGlib::connect(pipeline2->bus(), "message", this, &Player::onBusMessage);
pipeline2->bus()->addSignalWatch();
/* start playing */
pipeline1->setState(QGst::StatePlaying);
pipeline2->setState(QGst::StatePlaying);
}
Player::~Player()
{
pipeline1->setState(QGst::StateNull);
pipeline2->setState(QGst::StateNull);
}
void Player::onBusMessage(const QGst::MessagePtr & message)
{
switch (message->type()) {
case QGst::MessageEos:
quit();
break;
case QGst::MessageError:
qCritical() << message.staticCast<QGst::ErrorMessage>()->error();
break;
default:
break;
}
}
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
Player p(argc, argv);
return p.exec();
}
```
### Walkthrough
As this is a very simple example, most of the action happens in the
`Player`'s constructor. First, GStreamer is initialized through
`QGst::init()`:
**GStreamer Initialization**
``` c
QGst::init(&argc, &argv);
```
Now we can construct the first half of the pipeline:
**Pipeline Setup**
``` c
const char *caps = "audio/x-raw-int,channels=1,rate=8000,"
"signed=(boolean)true,width=16,depth=16,endianness=1234";
 
/* source pipeline */
QString pipe1Descr = QString("filesrc location=\"%1\" ! "
"decodebin2 ! "
"audioconvert ! "
"audioresample ! "
"appsink name=\"mysink\" caps=\"%2\"").arg(argv[1], caps);
pipeline1 = QGst::Parse::launch(pipe1Descr).dynamicCast<QGst::Pipeline>();
m_sink.setElement(pipeline1->getElementByName("mysink"));
QGlib::connect(pipeline1->bus(), "message::error", this, &Player::onBusMessage);
pipeline1->bus()->addSignalWatch();
```
`QGst::Parse::launch()` parses the text description of a pipeline and
returns a `QGst::PipelinePtr`. In this case, the pipeline is composed
of:
- A `filesrc` element to read the file
- `decodebin2` to automatically examine the stream and pick the right
decoder(s)
- `audioconvert` and `audioresample` to convert the output of the
`decodebin2` into the caps specified for the `appsink`
- An `appsink` element with specific caps
Next, we tell our `MySink` class (which is a subclass
of `QGst::Utils::ApplicationSink`) what `appsink` element to use.
The second half of the pipeline is created similarly:
**Second Pipeline**
``` c
/* sink pipeline */
QString pipe2Descr = QString("appsrc name=\"mysrc\" caps=\"%1\" ! autoaudiosink").arg(caps);
pipeline2 = QGst::Parse::launch(pipe2Descr).dynamicCast<QGst::Pipeline>();
m_src.setElement(pipeline2->getElementByName("mysrc"));
QGlib::connect(pipeline2->bus(), "message", this, &Player::onBusMessage);
pipeline2->bus()->addSignalWatch();
```
Finally, the pipeline is started:
**Starting the pipeline**
``` c
/* start playing */
pipeline1->setState(QGst::StatePlaying);
pipeline2->setState(QGst::StatePlaying);
```
Once the pipelines are started, the first one begins pushing buffers
into the `appsink` element. Our `MySink` class implements the
`newBuffer()` method, which is called by QGStreamer when a new buffer is
ready for processing:
**MySink::newBuffer()**
``` c
virtual QGst::FlowReturn newBuffer()
{
m_src->pushBuffer(pullBuffer());
return QGst::FlowOk;
}
```
Our implementation takes the new buffer and pushes it into the
`appsrc` element, which got assigned in the `Player` constructor:
**Player::Player()**
``` c
Player::Player(int argc, char **argv)
: QCoreApplication(argc, argv), m_sink(&m_src)
```
From there, buffers flow into the `autoaudiosink` element, which
automatically figures out a way to send it to your speakers.
## Conclusion
You should now have an understanding of how to push and pull arbitrary
data into and out of a GStreamer pipeline.
It has been a pleasure having you here, and see you soon\!