gstreamer/plugins/elements/gstmultiqueue.h
Edward Hervey f4ba43b15d multiqueue: Add a pad property to "group" streams
When syncing by running time, multiqueue will throttle unlinked streams
based on a global "high-time" and the pending "next_time" of a stream.

The idea is that we don't want unlinked streams to be "behind" the global
running time of linked streams, so that if/when they get linked (like when
switching tracks) decoding/playback can resume from the same position as
the other streams.

The problem is that it assumes elements downstream will have a more or less
equal buffering/latency ... which isn't the case for streams of different
type. Video decoders tend to have higher latency (and therefore consume more
from upstream to output a given decoded frame) compared to audio ones, resulting
in the computed "high_time" being at the position of the video stream,
much further than the audio streams.

This means the unlinked audio streams end up being quite a bit after the linked
audio streams, resulting in gaps when switching streams.

In order to mitigate this issue, this patch adds a new "group-id" pad property
which allows users to "group" streams together. Calculating the high-time will
now be done not only globally, but also per group. This ensures that within
a given group unlinked streams will be throttled by that group's high-time
instead.

This fixes gaps when switching downstream elements (like switching audio tracks).
2016-06-30 14:45:10 +02:00

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/* GStreamer
* Copyright (C) 2006 Edward Hervey <edward@fluendo.com>
*
* gstmultiqueue.h:
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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*
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*/
#ifndef __GST_MULTI_QUEUE_H__
#define __GST_MULTI_QUEUE_H__
#include <gst/gst.h>
#include <gst/base/gstdataqueue.h>
G_BEGIN_DECLS
#define GST_TYPE_MULTI_QUEUE \
(gst_multi_queue_get_type())
#define GST_MULTI_QUEUE(obj) \
(G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST((obj),GST_TYPE_MULTI_QUEUE,GstMultiQueue))
#define GST_MULTI_QUEUE_CLASS(klass) \
(G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST((klass),GST_TYPE_MULTI_QUEUE,GstMultiQueueClass))
#define GST_IS_MULTI_QUEUE(obj) \
(G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE((obj),GST_TYPE_MULTI_QUEUE))
#define GST_IS_MULTI_QUEUE_CLASS(obj) \
(G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE((klass),GST_TYPE_MULTI_QUEUE))
typedef struct _GstMultiQueue GstMultiQueue;
typedef struct _GstMultiQueueClass GstMultiQueueClass;
typedef struct _GstMultiQueuePad GstMultiQueuePad;
typedef struct _GstMultiQueuePadClass GstMultiQueuePadClass;
/**
* GstMultiQueue:
*
* Opaque #GstMultiQueue structure.
*/
struct _GstMultiQueue {
GstElement element;
gboolean sync_by_running_time;
gboolean use_interleave;
/* number of queues */
guint nbqueues;
/* The list of individual queues */
GList *queues;
guint32 queues_cookie;
GstDataQueueSize max_size, extra_size;
gboolean use_buffering;
gint low_percent, high_percent;
gboolean buffering;
gint percent;
guint counter; /* incoming object counter, use atomic accesses */
guint32 highid; /* contains highest id of last outputted object */
GstClockTimeDiff high_time; /* highest start running time */
GMutex qlock; /* Global queue lock (vs object lock or individual */
/* queues lock). Protects nbqueues, queues, global */
/* GstMultiQueueSize, counter and highid */
gint numwaiting; /* number of not-linked pads waiting */
gboolean percent_changed;
GMutex buffering_post_lock; /* assures only one posted at a time */
GstClockTime interleave; /* Input interleave */
GstClockTimeDiff last_interleave_update;
GstClockTime unlinked_cache_time;
};
struct _GstMultiQueueClass {
GstElementClass parent_class;
/* signals emitted when ALL queues are either full or empty */
void (*underrun) (GstMultiQueue *queue);
void (*overrun) (GstMultiQueue *queue);
};
G_GNUC_INTERNAL GType gst_multi_queue_get_type (void);
G_END_DECLS
#endif /* __GST_MULTI_QUEUE_H__ */