Description A GstElement is linked to other elements via "pads", which are extremely light-weight generic link points. After two pads are retrieved from an element with gst_element_get_pad(), the pads can be link with gst_pad_link(). (For quick links, you can also use gst_element_link(), which will make the obvious link for you if it's straightforward.) Pads are typically created from a GstPadTemplate with gst_pad_new_from_template(). Pads have GstCaps attached to it to describe the media type they are capable of dealing with. gst_pad_get_caps() and gst_pad_set_caps() are used to manipulate the caps of the pads. Pads created from a pad template cannot set capabilities that are incompatible with the pad template capabilities. Pads without pad templates can be created with gst_pad_new(), which takes a direction and a name as an argument. If the name is NULL, then a guaranteed unique name will be assigned to it. gst_pad_get_parent() will retrieve the GstElement that owns the pad. A GstElement creating a pad will typically use the various gst_pad_set_*_function() calls to register callbacks for various events on the pads. GstElements will use gst_pad_push() and gst_pad_pull_range() to push out or pull in a buffer. To send a GstEvent on a pad, use gst_pad_send_event() and gst_pad_push_event(). Last reviewed on 2006-07-06 (0.10.9)