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Original commit message from CVS: * docs/design/draft-ghostpads.txt: * docs/design/draft-push-pull.txt: * docs/design/draft-query.txt: * docs/design/part-overview.txt: Docs updates. Added general overview doc. Added draft ghostpad replacement idea.
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DRAFT Query
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Status
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Implemented, move me to design...
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Purpose
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Queries are used to get information about the stream.
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A query is started on a specific pad and travels up or downstream.
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Types of queries
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- get length of stream
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- get position in stream
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- get seeking capabilities
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- get latency
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- convert one value to another
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- query supported formats
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- query internal links.
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Current implementation
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The current implementation of query requires pads to implement the
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following functions:
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gboolean (*GstPadConvertFunction) (GstPad *pad,
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GstFormat src_format, gint64 src_value,
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GstFormat *dest_format, gint64 *dest_value);
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gboolean (*GstPadQueryFunction) (GstPad *pad, GstQueryType type,
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GstFormat *format, gint64 *value);
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GList* (*GstPadIntLinkFunction) (GstPad *pad);
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const GstFormat* (*GstPadFormatsFunction) (GstPad *pad);
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const GstEventMask* (*GstPadEventMaskFunction) (GstPad *pad);
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const GstQueryType* (*GstPadQueryTypeFunction) (GstPad *pad);
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Most of these functions are not very extensible in particular,
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the queryfunction can only return one value.
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Requirements
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- multiple return values, grouped together when they make sense.
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- one pad function to perform the query
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- extensible queries.
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Proposition
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- define GstQuery extending GstData and containing a GstStructure (see GstMessage)
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- define standard query types (see proposed types)
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- define methods to create a parse the results in the GstQuery.
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- define pad method:
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gboolean (*GstPadQueryFunction) (GstPad *pad, GstQuery *query);
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pad returns result in query structure and TRUE as result or FALSE when
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query is not supported.
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Proposed types
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- GST_QUERY_SEEKING:
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- get info on how seeking can be done
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- getrange, with/without offset/size
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- ranges where seeking is efficient (for caching network sources)
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- flags describing seeking behaviour (forward, backward, segments,
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play backwards, ...)
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- GST_QUERY_POSITION:
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- get info on current position of the stream
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- start position
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- current position
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- end position
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- length
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- GST_QUERY_LATENCY:
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- get amount of buffering
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- GST_QUERY_CONVERT:
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- convert format/value to another format/value pair.
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- GST_QUERY_FORMATS:
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- return list of supported formats.
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Also????
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- GST_QUERY_CAPS:
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