#!/usr/bin/env python # # Sends a test stream to a fake sink. # This is utterly pointless, but allows easy testing of GStreamer # Python on a remote box that doesn't have video. # # Equivalent to: # gst-launch-1.0 videotestsrc ! fakesink # import gi gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0') from gi.repository import GObject, Gst import os Gst.init() mainloop = GObject.MainLoop() pipeline = Gst.Pipeline.new("pipe") videotestsrc = Gst.ElementFactory.make("videotestsrc", "videotestsrc") fakesink = Gst.ElementFactory.make("fakesink", "fakesink") pipeline.add(videotestsrc) pipeline.add(fakesink) videotestsrc.link(fakesink) pipeline.set_state(Gst.State.PLAYING) mainloop.run()