gstreamer/gst/proxy/gstproxysrc.c
Nirbheek Chauhan 3f7e29d5b3 Add new 'proxy' element to stream data between pipelines
This keep-it-simple plugin is useful when you want to pipe arbitrary
data to a different pipeline within the same process. Some advantages
over appsink/appsrc, the inter elements, etc:

* Ease of use. Buffers, events, and caps are transmitted as-is without
  copying or serialization.
* Enables zerocopy (especially DMABUF) transparently without any
  special-casing.
* Enables usage with sinks or elements that are unreliable and may
  throw errors and need re-initialization, such as a network sink, a
  USB device sink (v4l2), etc.
* Transmits arbitrary data, not just audio/video/subs
* Can easily implement 1 producer pipeline -> N dynamic consumer
  pipelines within a single process when combined with the `tee`
  element.

All queries, events, buffers, and buffer lists are proxied. State
changes, clocks, and base times for the two pipelines are independent
since the upstream and downstreams continue to be different pipelines.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=788200
2018-02-07 22:49:36 +05:30

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/*
* Copyright (C) 2018 Centricular Ltd.
* Author: Sebastian Dröge <sebastian@centricular.com>
* Author: Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@centricular.com>
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Library General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
* Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
/**
* SECTION:element-proxysrc
* @title: proxysrc
*
* Proxysrc is a source element that proxies events, queries, and buffers from
* another pipeline that contains a matching proxysink element. The purpose is
* to allow two decoupled pipelines to function as though they are one without
* having to manually shuttle buffers, events, queries, etc between the two.
*
* The element queues buffers from the matching proxysink to an internal queue,
* so everything downstream is properly decoupled from the upstream pipeline.
* However, the queue may get filled up if the downstream pipeline does not
* accept buffers quickly enough; perhaps because it is not yet PLAYING.
*
* ## Usage
*
* |[<!-- language="C" -->
* GstElement *pipe1, *pipe2, *psink, *psrc;
* GstClock *clock;
*
* pipe1 = gst_parse_launch ("audiotestsrc ! proxysink name=psink", NULL);
* psink = gst_bin_get_by_name (GST_BIN (pipe1), "psink");
*
* pipe2 = gst_parse_launch ("proxysrc name=psrc ! autoaudiosink", NULL);
* psrc = gst_bin_get_by_name (GST_BIN (pipe2), "psrc");
*
* // Connect the two pipelines
* g_object_set (psrc, "proxysink", psink, NULL);
*
* // Both pipelines must agree on the timing information or we'll get glitches
* // or overruns/underruns. Ideally, we should tell pipe1 to use the same clock
* // as pipe2, but since that will be set asynchronously to the audio clock, it
* // is simpler and likely accurate enough to use the system clock for both
* // pipelines. If no element in either pipeline will provide a clock, this
* // is not needed.
* clock = gst_system_clock_obtain ();
* gst_pipeline_use_clock (GST_PIPELINE (pipe1), clock);
* gst_pipeline_use_clock (GST_PIPELINE (pipe2), clock);
* g_object_unref (clock);
*
* // This is not really needed in this case since the pipelines are created and
* // started at the same time. However, an application that dynamically
* // generates pipelines must ensure that all the pipelines that will be
* // connected together share the same base time.
* gst_element_set_base_time (pipe1, 0);
* gst_element_set_base_time (pipe2, 0);
*
* gst_element_set_state (pipe1, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
* gst_element_set_state (pipe2, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
* ]|
*
*/
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "config.h"
#endif
#include "gstproxysrc.h"
#include "gstproxysink.h"
#include "gstproxy-priv.h"
#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_proxy_src_debug
GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (GST_CAT_DEFAULT);
static GstStaticPadTemplate src_template = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
GST_PAD_SRC,
GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
GST_STATIC_CAPS_ANY);
enum
{
PROP_0,
PROP_PROXYSINK,
};
struct _GstProxySrcPrivate
{
/* Queue to hold buffers from proxysink */
GstElement *queue;
/* Source pad of the above queue and the proxysrc element itself */
GstPad *srcpad;
/* Our internal srcpad that proxysink pushes buffers/events/queries into */
GstPad *internal_srcpad;
/* An unlinked dummy sinkpad; see gst_proxy_src_init() */
GstPad *dummy_sinkpad;
/* The matching proxysink; queries and events are sent to its sinkpad */
GWeakRef proxysink;
};
/* We're not subclassing from basesrc because we don't want any of the special
* handling it has for events/queries/etc. We just pass-through everything. */
/* Our parent type is a GstBin instead of GstElement because we contain a queue
* element */
#define parent_class gst_proxy_src_parent_class
G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstProxySrc, gst_proxy_src, GST_TYPE_BIN);
static gboolean gst_proxy_src_internal_src_query (GstPad * pad,
GstObject * parent, GstQuery * query);
static gboolean gst_proxy_src_internal_src_event (GstPad * pad,
GstObject * parent, GstEvent * event);
static GstStateChangeReturn gst_proxy_src_change_state (GstElement * element,
GstStateChange transition);
static void gst_proxy_src_dispose (GObject * object);
static void
gst_proxy_src_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id, GValue * value,
GParamSpec * spec)
{
GstProxySrc *self = GST_PROXY_SRC (object);
switch (prop_id) {
case PROP_PROXYSINK:
g_value_take_object (value, g_weak_ref_get (&self->priv->proxysink));
break;
default:
G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, spec);
break;
}
}
static void
gst_proxy_src_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
const GValue * value, GParamSpec * spec)
{
GstProxySrc *self = GST_PROXY_SRC (object);
GstProxySink *sink;
switch (prop_id) {
case PROP_PROXYSINK:
sink = g_value_dup_object (value);
if (sink == NULL) {
/* Unset proxysrc property on the existing proxysink to break the
* connection in that direction */
GstProxySink *old_sink = g_weak_ref_get (&self->priv->proxysink);
if (old_sink) {
gst_proxy_sink_set_proxysrc (old_sink, NULL);
g_object_unref (old_sink);
}
g_weak_ref_set (&self->priv->proxysink, NULL);
} else {
/* Set proxysrc property on the new proxysink to point to us */
gst_proxy_sink_set_proxysrc (sink, self);
g_weak_ref_set (&self->priv->proxysink, sink);
g_object_unref (sink);
}
break;
default:
G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, spec);
}
}
static void
gst_proxy_src_class_init (GstProxySrcClass * klass)
{
GObjectClass *gobject_class = (GObjectClass *) klass;
GstElementClass *gstelement_class = (GstElementClass *) klass;
GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_proxy_src_debug, "proxysrc", 0, "proxy sink");
g_type_class_add_private (klass, sizeof (GstProxySrcPrivate));
gobject_class->dispose = gst_proxy_src_dispose;
gobject_class->get_property = gst_proxy_src_get_property;
gobject_class->set_property = gst_proxy_src_set_property;
g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_PROXYSINK,
g_param_spec_object ("proxysink", "Proxysink", "Matching proxysink",
GST_TYPE_PROXY_SINK, G_PARAM_READWRITE));
gstelement_class->change_state = gst_proxy_src_change_state;
gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
gst_element_class_set_static_metadata (gstelement_class, "Proxy source",
"Source", "Proxy source for internal process communication",
"Sebastian Dröge <sebastian@centricular.com>");
}
static void
gst_proxy_src_init (GstProxySrc * self)
{
GstPad *srcpad, *sinkpad;
GstPadTemplate *templ;
GST_OBJECT_FLAG_SET (self, GST_ELEMENT_FLAG_SOURCE);
self->priv = G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE (self, GST_TYPE_PROXY_SRC,
GstProxySrcPrivate);
/* We feed incoming buffers into a queue to decouple the downstream pipeline
* from the upstream pipeline */
self->priv->queue = gst_element_factory_make ("queue", NULL);
gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (self), self->priv->queue);
srcpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (self->priv->queue, "src");
templ = gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template);
self->priv->srcpad = gst_ghost_pad_new_from_template ("src", srcpad, templ);
gst_object_unref (templ);
gst_object_unref (srcpad);
gst_element_add_pad (GST_ELEMENT (self), self->priv->srcpad);
/* A dummy sinkpad that's not actually used anywhere
* Explanation for why this is needed is below */
self->priv->dummy_sinkpad = gst_pad_new ("dummy_sinkpad", GST_PAD_SINK);
gst_object_set_parent (GST_OBJECT (self->priv->dummy_sinkpad),
GST_OBJECT (self));
self->priv->internal_srcpad = gst_pad_new ("internal_src", GST_PAD_SRC);
gst_object_set_parent (GST_OBJECT (self->priv->internal_srcpad),
GST_OBJECT (self->priv->dummy_sinkpad));
gst_pad_set_event_function (self->priv->internal_srcpad,
gst_proxy_src_internal_src_event);
gst_pad_set_query_function (self->priv->internal_srcpad,
gst_proxy_src_internal_src_query);
/* We need to link internal_srcpad from proxysink to the sinkpad of our
* queue. However, two pads can only be linked if they share a common parent.
* Above, we set the parent of the dummy_sinkpad as proxysrc, and then we set
* the parent of internal_srcpad as dummy_sinkpad. This causes both these pads
* to share a parent allowing us to link them.
* Yes, this is a hack/workaround. */
sinkpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (self->priv->queue, "sink");
gst_pad_link (self->priv->internal_srcpad, sinkpad);
gst_object_unref (sinkpad);
}
static void
gst_proxy_src_dispose (GObject * object)
{
GstProxySrc *self = GST_PROXY_SRC (object);
gst_object_unparent (GST_OBJECT (self->priv->dummy_sinkpad));
self->priv->dummy_sinkpad = NULL;
gst_object_unparent (GST_OBJECT (self->priv->internal_srcpad));
self->priv->internal_srcpad = NULL;
g_weak_ref_set (&self->priv->proxysink, NULL);
G_OBJECT_CLASS (gst_proxy_src_parent_class)->dispose (object);
}
static GstStateChangeReturn
gst_proxy_src_change_state (GstElement * element, GstStateChange transition)
{
GstElementClass *gstelement_class =
GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (gst_proxy_src_parent_class);
GstProxySrc *self = GST_PROXY_SRC (element);
GstStateChangeReturn ret;
ret = gstelement_class->change_state (element, transition);
if (ret == GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE)
return ret;
switch (transition) {
case GST_STATE_CHANGE_READY_TO_PAUSED:
ret = GST_STATE_CHANGE_NO_PREROLL;
gst_pad_set_active (self->priv->internal_srcpad, TRUE);
break;
case GST_STATE_CHANGE_PAUSED_TO_READY:
gst_pad_set_active (self->priv->internal_srcpad, FALSE);
break;
default:
break;
}
return ret;
}
static gboolean
gst_proxy_src_internal_src_query (GstPad * pad, GstObject * parent,
GstQuery * query)
{
GstProxySrc *self = GST_PROXY_SRC (gst_object_get_parent (parent));
GstProxySink *sink;
gboolean ret = FALSE;
if (!self)
return ret;
GST_LOG_OBJECT (pad, "Handling query of type '%s'",
gst_query_type_get_name (GST_QUERY_TYPE (query)));
sink = g_weak_ref_get (&self->priv->proxysink);
if (sink) {
GstPad *sinkpad;
sinkpad = gst_proxy_sink_get_internal_sinkpad (sink);
ret = gst_pad_peer_query (sinkpad, query);
gst_object_unref (sinkpad);
gst_object_unref (sink);
}
gst_object_unref (self);
return ret;
}
static gboolean
gst_proxy_src_internal_src_event (GstPad * pad, GstObject * parent,
GstEvent * event)
{
GstProxySrc *self = GST_PROXY_SRC (gst_object_get_parent (parent));
GstProxySink *sink;
gboolean ret = FALSE;
if (!self)
return ret;
GST_LOG_OBJECT (pad, "Got %s event", GST_EVENT_TYPE_NAME (event));
sink = g_weak_ref_get (&self->priv->proxysink);
if (sink) {
GstPad *sinkpad;
sinkpad = gst_proxy_sink_get_internal_sinkpad (sink);
ret = gst_pad_push_event (sinkpad, event);
gst_object_unref (sinkpad);
gst_object_unref (sink);
} else
gst_event_unref (event);
gst_object_unref (self);
return ret;
}
/* Wrapper function for accessing private member */
GstPad *
gst_proxy_src_get_internal_srcpad (GstProxySrc * self)
{
return gst_object_ref (self->priv->internal_srcpad);
}