gstreamer/gst/avi
Ronald S. Bultje ea118a8d64 ext/flac/gstflacdec.c: Only return true if we actually filled something in. Prevents player applications from showing...
Original commit message from CVS:
* ext/flac/gstflacdec.c: (gst_flacdec_src_query):
Only return true if we actually filled something in. Prevents
player applications from showing a random length for flac files.
* gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-read.c: (gst_riff_read_class_init),
(gst_riff_read_use_event), (gst_riff_read_handle_event),
(gst_riff_read_seek), (gst_riff_read_skip), (gst_riff_read_strh),
(gst_riff_read_strf_vids_with_data),
(gst_riff_read_strf_auds_with_data), (gst_riff_read_strf_iavs):
OK, ok, so I implemented event handling. Apparently it's normal
that we receive random events at random points without asking
for it.
* gst/avi/gstavidemux.c: (gst_avi_demux_reset),
(gst_avi_demux_src_convert), (gst_avi_demux_handle_src_query),
(gst_avi_demux_handle_src_event), (gst_avi_demux_stream_index),
(gst_avi_demux_sync), (gst_avi_demux_stream_scan),
(gst_avi_demux_massage_index), (gst_avi_demux_stream_header),
(gst_avi_demux_handle_seek), (gst_avi_demux_process_next_entry),
(gst_avi_demux_stream_data), (gst_avi_demux_loop):
* gst/avi/gstavidemux.h:
Implement non-lineair chunk handling and subchunk processing.
The first solves playback of AVI files where the audio and video
data of individual buffers that we read are not synchronized.
This should not happen according to the wonderful AVI specs, but
of course it does happen in reality. It is also a prerequisite for
the second. Subchunk processing allows us to cut chunks in small
pieces and process each of these pieces separately. This is
required because I've seen several AVI files with incredibly large
audio chunks, even some files with only one audio chunk for the
whole file. This allows for proper playback including seeking.
This patch is supposed to fix all AVI A/V sync issues.
* gst/flx/gstflxdec.c: (gst_flxdec_class_init),
(flx_decode_chunks), (flx_decode_color), (gst_flxdec_loop):
Work.
* gst/modplug/gstmodplug.cc:
Proper return value setting for the query() function.
* gst/playback/gstplaybasebin.c: (setup_source):
Being in non-playing state (after, e.g., EOS) is not necessarily
a bad thing. Allow for that. This fixes playback of short files.
They don't actually playback fully now, because the clock already
runs. This means that small files (<500kB) with a small length
(<2sec) will still not or barely play. Other files, such as mod
or flx, will work correctly, however.
2004-09-29 09:45:40 +00:00
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.gitignore Initial revision 2001-12-22 23:22:30 +00:00
avi-ids.h *.h: Revert indenting 2004-03-15 16:32:54 +00:00
avi.vcproj more working plugins 2004-07-27 21:41:30 +00:00
gstavi.c don't mix tabs and spaces 2004-03-15 19:32:27 +00:00
gstavidecoder.c don't mix tabs and spaces 2004-03-15 19:32:27 +00:00
gstavidemux.c ext/flac/gstflacdec.c: Only return true if we actually filled something in. Prevents player applications from showing... 2004-09-29 09:45:40 +00:00
gstavidemux.h ext/flac/gstflacdec.c: Only return true if we actually filled something in. Prevents player applications from showing... 2004-09-29 09:45:40 +00:00
gstavimux.c first batch : remove ',' at end of enums as they could confuse older gcc, foreign compilers (forte) and gtk-doc 2004-05-21 22:39:30 +00:00
gstavimux.h *.h: Revert indenting 2004-03-15 16:32:54 +00:00
Makefile.am Riff, EBML, fourcc etc. work. Not fully finished, but better than what we used to have and definately worth a first b... 2003-12-07 20:00:41 +00:00
README Change everyone to video/x-msvideo 2003-11-27 21:49:39 +00:00

The avi decoder plugins 
-----------------------

The avi decoder consists of a set of gstreamer plugins:

 - demuxer (avidemux)
 - avi to gstreamer type converter (avitypes)
 - windows dlls wrappers.

the avidecoder element uses the above plugins to perform the avi
decoding. It is constructed as a custom bin which initially only has
the demuxer element in it. The demuxer has a set of padtemplates for
raw audio and video.

  (------------------------------------)
  ! avidecoder                         !
  !                                 (video/raw)...
  !     (----------)                   !
  !     ! demuxer (video/x-msvideo, auds)..
  !     !          !                   !
  !   -src         !                   !
  !  /  !         (video/x-msvideo, vids)..
 - src  !          !                   !
  !     (----------)                (audio/raw)...
  !                                    !
  (------------------------------------)

the demuxer has a set of padtemplates for the raw avi header properties.

The avi decoder will act on the new_pad signal of the demuxer element
and will attach an avitype plugin to the new pad. Caps negotiation will
convert the raw avi caps to the gstreamer caps. If the src pad of the
avitypes plugin are compatible with the avidecoder padtemplate, the 
avitype pad is ghosted to the avidecoder bin, this is the case where no
codec is needed (for raw PCM samples, for example).

When the avitypes caps are not compatible with one of the avidecoder 
templates, a static autoplugger is used the find an element to connect
the demuxers pad to the decoders padtemplate.

When no element could be found, an windec plugin is attached to the 
demuxers pad and the avitypes plugin is removed from the decoder.


example:
--------

 An avidecoder that has a video pad (decoded with windows dlls) and an
 audio pad (raw PCM).

  (----------------------------------------------------------------)
  ! avidecoder               (--------)    (------)                !
  !                          !avitypes!    !windec!       /-- (video/raw)
  !     (----------)     /-sink      src--sink   src -----         !
  !     !demuxer (video/x-msvideo,    !    !      !                !
  !     !          ! auds).. (--------)    (------)                !  
  !   -sink        !         (--------)                            !
  !  /  !        (video/x-..,!avitypes!                            !
 -sink  !          ! vids).. !        !                            !
  !     (----------)     \-sink      src -------------------- (audio/raw)
  !                          (--------)                            !
  (----------------------------------------------------------------)



TODO
----

automatically generate the padtemplates from all possible avi types
found in the registry.