From 48a3a3530af3af1edbb00ab4ccc65df6ff2b9a73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Clark <matthew1000@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:43:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Tidy up and first python example

---
 python_examples/playbin.py | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 python_examples/playbin.py

diff --git a/python_examples/playbin.py b/python_examples/playbin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfeae66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python_examples/playbin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Make sure the environment variable SRC is set to a playable file
+# e.g.
+#   export SRC='/tmp/me.mp4'
+#
+
+import gi
+gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0')
+from gi.repository import GObject, Gst
+import os
+
+Gst.init()
+mainloop = GObject.MainLoop()
+
+pl = Gst.ElementFactory.make("playbin", "player")
+pl.set_property('uri','file://'+os.environ['SRC'])
+
+#running the playbin
+pl.set_state(Gst.State.PLAYING)
+mainloop.run()