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<chapter id="cha-connections">
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<title>Connecting elements</title>
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<para>
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You can connect the different pads of elements together so that the elements
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form a chain.
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</para>
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<figure float="1" id="sec-connection">
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<title>Visualisation of three connected elements</title>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="images/connected-elements" format="PNG">
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</imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</figure>
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<para>
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By connecting these three elements, we have created a very simple pipeline. The effect
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of this will be that the output of the source element (element1) will be used as input
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for the filter element (element2). The filter element will do something with the data and
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send the result to the final sink element (element3).
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</para>
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<para>
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Imagine the above graph as a simple mpeg audio decoder. The source element is a
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disk source, the filter element is the mpeg decoder and the sink element is your
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audiocard. We will use this simple graph to construct an mpeg player later
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in this manual.
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</para>
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<para>
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You can connect two pads with:
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</para>
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<programlisting>
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GstPad *srcpad, *sinkpad;
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srcpad = gst_element_get_pad (element1, "src");
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sinpad = gst_element_get_pad (element2, "sink");
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// connect them
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gst_pad_connect (srcpad, sinkpad);
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....
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// and disconnect them
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gst_pad_disconnect (srcpad, sinkpad);
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</programlisting>
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<para>
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A convenient shortcut for the above code is done with the gst_element_connect ()
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function:
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</para>
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<programlisting>
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// connect them
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gst_element_connect (element1, "src", element2, "sink");
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....
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// and disconnect them
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gst_element_disconnect (element1, "src", element2, "sink");
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</programlisting>
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<para>
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You can query if a pad is connected with GST_PAD_IS_CONNECTED (pad).
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</para>
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<para>
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To query for the <classname>GstPad</classname> this srcpad is connected to, use
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gst_pad_get_peer (srcpad).
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</para>
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</chapter>
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