Bin

#GstBin is an element that can contain other #GstElement, allowing them to be managed as a group. Pads from the child elements can be ghosted to the bin, see #GstGhostPad. This makes the bin look like any other elements and enables creation of higher-level abstraction elements.

A new #GstBin is created with gst_bin_new(). Use a #GstPipeline instead if you want to create a toplevel bin because a normal bin doesn't have a bus or handle clock distribution of its own.

After the bin has been created you will typically add elements to it with gst_bin_add(). You can remove elements with gst_bin_remove().

An element can be retrieved from a bin with gst_bin_get_by_name(), using the elements name. gst_bin_get_by_name_recurse_up() is mainly used for internal purposes and will query the parent bins when the element is not found in the current bin.

An iterator of elements in a bin can be retrieved with gst_bin_iterate_elements(). Various other iterators exist to retrieve the elements in a bin.

gst_object_unref() is used to drop your reference to the bin.

The #GstBin::element-added signal is fired whenever a new element is added to the bin. Likewise the #GstBin::element-removed signal is fired whenever an element is removed from the bin.

<refsect2><title>Notes</title> <para> A #GstBin internally intercepts every #GstMessage posted by its children and implements the following default behaviour for each of them: <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>GST_MESSAGE_EOS</term> <listitem><para>This message is only posted by sinks in the PLAYING state. If all sinks posted the EOS message, this bin will post and EOS message upwards.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>GST_MESSAGE_SEGMENT_START</term> <listitem><para>just collected and never forwarded upwards. The messages are used to decide when all elements have completed playback of their segment.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>GST_MESSAGE_SEGMENT_DONE</term> <listitem><para> Is posted by #GstBin when all elements that posted a SEGMENT_START have posted a SEGMENT_DONE.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>GST_MESSAGE_DURATION_CHANGED</term> <listitem><para> Is posted by an element that detected a change in the stream duration. The default bin behaviour is to clear any cached duration values so that the next duration query will perform a full duration recalculation. The duration change is posted to the application so that it can refetch the new duration with a duration query. Note that these messages can be posted before the bin is prerolled, in which case the duration query might fail. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>GST_MESSAGE_CLOCK_LOST</term> <listitem><para> This message is posted by an element when it can no longer provide a clock. The default bin behaviour is to check if the lost clock was the one provided by the bin. If so and the bin is currently in the PLAYING state, the message is forwarded to the bin parent. This message is also generated when a clock provider is removed from the bin. If this message is received by the application, it should PAUSE the pipeline and set it back to PLAYING to force a new clock distribution. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>GST_MESSAGE_CLOCK_PROVIDE</term> <listitem><para> This message is generated when an element can provide a clock. This mostly happens when a new clock provider is added to the bin. The default behaviour of the bin is to mark the currently selected clock as dirty, which will perform a clock recalculation the next time the bin is asked to provide a clock. This message is never sent tot the application but is forwarded to the parent of the bin. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>OTHERS</term> <listitem><para> posted upwards.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist>

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Constructors

this
this(GstBin* gstBin, bool ownedRef)

Sets our main struct and passes it to the parent class.

this
this(Element elem)
this
this(string name)

Creates a new bin with the given name.

Members

Functions

add
bool add(Element element)

Adds the given element to the bin. Sets the element's parent, and thus takes ownership of the element. An element can only be added to one bin.

addOnDoLatency
void addOnDoLatency(bool delegate(Bin) dlg, ConnectFlags connectFlags)

Will be emitted when the bin needs to perform latency calculations. This signal is only emitted for toplevel bins or when async-handling is enabled.

addOnElementAdded
void addOnElementAdded(void delegate(Element, Bin) dlg, ConnectFlags connectFlags)

Will be emitted after the element was added to the bin.

addOnElementRemoved
void addOnElementRemoved(void delegate(Element, Bin) dlg, ConnectFlags connectFlags)

Will be emitted after the element was removed from the bin.

findUnlinkedPad
Pad findUnlinkedPad(GstPadDirection direction)

Recursively looks for elements with an unlinked pad of the given direction within the specified bin and returns an unlinked pad if one is found, or %NULL otherwise. If a pad is found, the caller owns a reference to it and should use gst_object_unref() on the pad when it is not needed any longer.

getBinStruct
GstBin* getBinStruct()

Get the main Gtk struct

getByInterface
Element getByInterface(GType iface)

Looks for an element inside the bin that implements the given interface. If such an element is found, it returns the element. You can cast this element to the given interface afterwards. If you want all elements that implement the interface, use gst_bin_iterate_all_by_interface(). This function recurses into child bins.

getByName
Element getByName(string name)

Gets the element with the given name from a bin. This function recurses into child bins.

getByNameRecurseUp
Element getByNameRecurseUp(string name)

Gets the element with the given name from this bin. If the element is not found, a recursion is performed on the parent bin.

getStruct
void* getStruct()

the main Gtk struct as a void*

iterateAllByInterface
Iterator iterateAllByInterface(GType iface)

Looks for all elements inside the bin that implements the given interface. You can safely cast all returned elements to the given interface. The function recurses inside child bins. The iterator will yield a series of #GstElement that should be unreffed after use.

iterateElements
Iterator iterateElements()

Gets an iterator for the elements in this bin.

iterateRecurse
Iterator iterateRecurse()

Gets an iterator for the elements in this bin. This iterator recurses into GstBin children.

iterateSinks
Iterator iterateSinks()

Gets an iterator for all elements in the bin that have the #GST_ELEMENT_FLAG_SINK flag set.

iterateSorted
Iterator iterateSorted()

Gets an iterator for the elements in this bin in topologically sorted order. This means that the elements are returned from the most downstream elements (sinks) to the sources.

iterateSources
Iterator iterateSources()

Gets an iterator for all elements in the bin that have the #GST_ELEMENT_FLAG_SOURCE flag set.

recalculateLatency
bool recalculateLatency()

Query @bin for the current latency using and reconfigures this latency to all the elements with a LATENCY event.

remove
bool remove(Element element)

Removes the element from the bin, unparenting it as well. Unparenting the element means that the element will be dereferenced, so if the bin holds the only reference to the element, the element will be freed in the process of removing it from the bin. If you want the element to still exist after removing, you need to call gst_object_ref() before removing it from the bin.

setStruct
void setStruct(GObject* obj)
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.

Mixins

__anonymous
mixin ChildProxyT!(GstBin)
Undocumented in source.

Static functions

callBackDoLatency
int callBackDoLatency(GstBin* binStruct, Bin _bin)
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
callBackElementAdded
void callBackElementAdded(GstBin* binStruct, GstElement* element, Bin _bin)
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
callBackElementRemoved
void callBackElementRemoved(GstBin* binStruct, GstElement* element, Bin _bin)
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
getType
GType getType()

Variables

connectedSignals
int[string] connectedSignals;
Undocumented in source.
gstBin
GstBin* gstBin;

the main Gtk struct

onDoLatencyListeners
bool delegate(Bin)[] onDoLatencyListeners;
Undocumented in source.
onElementAddedListeners
void delegate(Element, Bin)[] onElementAddedListeners;
Undocumented in source.
onElementRemovedListeners
void delegate(Element, Bin)[] onElementRemovedListeners;
Undocumented in source.

Inherited Members

From Element

gstElement
GstElement* gstElement;

the main Gtk struct

getElementStruct
GstElement* getElementStruct()

Get the main Gtk struct

getStruct
void* getStruct()

the main Gtk struct as a void*

setStruct
void setStruct(GObject* obj)
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
queryPosition
long queryPosition()

Queries an element for the stream position. This is a convenience function for gstreamerD.

queryDuration
long queryDuration()

Queries an element for the stream duration. This is a convenience function for gstreamerD.

location
void location(string set)

This set's the filename for a filesrc element.

caps
void caps(Caps cp)

Set the caps property of an Element.

seek
int seek(long time_nanoseconds)

For your convenience in gstreamerD: you can seek to the position of the pipeline measured in time_nanoseconds.

pads
Pad[] pads()

Get's all the pads from an element in a Pad[].

getType
GType getType()
makeFromUri
Element makeFromUri(GstURIType type, string uri, string elementname)

Creates an element for handling the given URI.

register
bool register(Plugin plugin, string name, uint rank, GType type)

Create a new elementfactory capable of instantiating objects of the @type and add the factory to @plugin.

stateChangeReturnGetName
string stateChangeReturnGetName(GstStateChangeReturn stateRet)

Gets a string representing the given state change result.

stateGetName
string stateGetName(GstState state)

Gets a string representing the given state.

abortState
void abortState()

Abort the state change of the element. This function is used by elements that do asynchronous state changes and find out something is wrong.

addPad
bool addPad(Pad pad)

Adds a pad (link point) to @element. @pad's parent will be set to @element; see gst_object_set_parent() for refcounting information.

changeState
GstStateChangeReturn changeState(GstStateChange transition)

Perform @transition on @element.

continueState
GstStateChangeReturn continueState(GstStateChangeReturn ret)

Commit the state change of the element and proceed to the next pending state if any. This function is used by elements that do asynchronous state changes. The core will normally call this method automatically when an element returned %GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS from the state change function.

createAllPads
void createAllPads()

Creates a pad for each pad template that is always available. This function is only useful during object initialization of subclasses of #GstElement.

getBaseTime
GstClockTime getBaseTime()

Returns the base time of the element. The base time is the absolute time of the clock when this element was last put to PLAYING. Subtracting the base time from the clock time gives the running time of the element.

getBus
Bus getBus()

Returns the bus of the element. Note that only a #GstPipeline will provide a bus for the application.

getClock
Clock getClock()

Gets the currently configured clock of the element. This is the clock as was last set with gst_element_set_clock().

getCompatiblePad
Pad getCompatiblePad(Pad pad, Caps caps)

Looks for an unlinked pad to which the given pad can link. It is not guaranteed that linking the pads will work, though it should work in most cases.

getCompatiblePadTemplate
PadTemplate getCompatiblePadTemplate(PadTemplate compattempl)

Retrieves a pad template from @element that is compatible with @compattempl. Pads from compatible templates can be linked together.

getFactory
ElementFactory getFactory()

Retrieves the factory that was used to create this element.

getRequestPad
Pad getRequestPad(string name)

Retrieves a pad from the element by name (e.g. "src_\%d"). This version only retrieves request pads. The pad should be released with gst_element_release_request_pad().

getStartTime
GstClockTime getStartTime()

Returns the start time of the element. The start time is the running time of the clock when this element was last put to PAUSED.

getState
GstStateChangeReturn getState(GstState state, GstState pending, GstClockTime timeout)

Gets the state of the element.

getStaticPad
Pad getStaticPad(string name)

Retrieves a pad from @element by name. This version only retrieves already-existing (i.e. 'static') pads.

isLockedState
bool isLockedState()

Checks if the state of an element is locked. If the state of an element is locked, state changes of the parent don't affect the element. This way you can leave currently unused elements inside bins. Just lock their state before changing the state from #GST_STATE_NULL.

iteratePads
Iterator iteratePads()

Retrieves an iterator of @element's pads. The iterator should be freed after usage. Also more specialized iterators exists such as gst_element_iterate_src_pads() or gst_element_iterate_sink_pads().

iterateSinkPads
Iterator iterateSinkPads()

Retrieves an iterator of @element's sink pads.

iterateSrcPads
Iterator iterateSrcPads()

Retrieves an iterator of @element's source pads.

link
bool link(Element dest)

Links @src to @dest. The link must be from source to destination; the other direction will not be tried. The function looks for existing pads that aren't linked yet. It will request new pads if necessary. Such pads need to be released manually when unlinking. If multiple links are possible, only one is established.

linkFiltered
bool linkFiltered(Element dest, Caps filter)

Links @src to @dest using the given caps as filtercaps. The link must be from source to destination; the other direction will not be tried. The function looks for existing pads that aren't linked yet. It will request new pads if necessary. If multiple links are possible, only one is established.

linkPads
bool linkPads(string srcpadname, Element dest, string destpadname)

Links the two named pads of the source and destination elements. Side effect is that if one of the pads has no parent, it becomes a child of the parent of the other element. If they have different parents, the link fails.

linkPadsFiltered
bool linkPadsFiltered(string srcpadname, Element dest, string destpadname, Caps filter)

Links the two named pads of the source and destination elements. Side effect is that if one of the pads has no parent, it becomes a child of the parent of the other element. If they have different parents, the link fails. If @caps is not %NULL, makes sure that the caps of the link is a subset of @caps.

linkPadsFull
bool linkPadsFull(string srcpadname, Element dest, string destpadname, GstPadLinkCheck flags)

Links the two named pads of the source and destination elements. Side effect is that if one of the pads has no parent, it becomes a child of the parent of the other element. If they have different parents, the link fails.

lostState
void lostState()

Brings the element to the lost state. The current state of the element is copied to the pending state so that any call to gst_element_get_state() will return %GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC.

messageFull
void messageFull(GstMessageType type, GQuark domain, int code, string text, string dbg, string file, string funct, int line)

Post an error, warning or info message on the bus from inside an element.

noMorePads
void noMorePads()

Use this function to signal that the element does not expect any more pads to show up in the current pipeline. This function should be called whenever pads have been added by the element itself. Elements with #GST_PAD_SOMETIMES pad templates use this in combination with autopluggers to figure out that the element is done initializing its pads.

postMessage
bool postMessage(Message message)

Post a message on the element's #GstBus. This function takes ownership of the message; if you want to access the message after this call, you should add an additional reference before calling.

provideClock
Clock provideClock()

Get the clock provided by the given element. <note>An element is only required to provide a clock in the PAUSED state. Some elements can provide a clock in other states.</note>

query
bool query(Query query)

Performs a query on the given element.

queryConvert
bool queryConvert(GstFormat srcFormat, long srcVal, GstFormat destFormat, long destVal)

Queries an element to convert @src_val in @src_format to @dest_format.

queryDuration
bool queryDuration(GstFormat format, long duration)

Queries an element (usually top-level pipeline or playbin element) for the total stream duration in nanoseconds. This query will only work once the pipeline is prerolled (i.e. reached PAUSED or PLAYING state). The application will receive an ASYNC_DONE message on the pipeline bus when that is the case.

queryPosition
bool queryPosition(GstFormat format, long cur)

Queries an element (usually top-level pipeline or playbin element) for the stream position in nanoseconds. This will be a value between 0 and the stream duration (if the stream duration is known). This query will usually only work once the pipeline is prerolled (i.e. reached PAUSED or PLAYING state). The application will receive an ASYNC_DONE message on the pipeline bus when that is the case.

releaseRequestPad
void releaseRequestPad(Pad pad)

Makes the element free the previously requested pad as obtained with gst_element_request_pad().

removePad
bool removePad(Pad pad)

Removes @pad from @element. @pad will be destroyed if it has not been referenced elsewhere using gst_object_unparent().

requestPad
Pad requestPad(PadTemplate templ, string name, Caps caps)

Retrieves a request pad from the element according to the provided template. Pad templates can be looked up using gst_element_factory_get_static_pad_templates().

seek
bool seek(double rate, GstFormat format, GstSeekFlags flags, GstSeekType startType, long start, GstSeekType stopType, long stop)

Sends a seek event to an element. See gst_event_new_seek() for the details of the parameters. The seek event is sent to the element using gst_element_send_event().

seekSimple
bool seekSimple(GstFormat format, GstSeekFlags seekFlags, long seekPos)

Simple API to perform a seek on the given element, meaning it just seeks to the given position relative to the start of the stream. For more complex operations like segment seeks (e.g. for looping) or changing the playback rate or seeking relative to the last configured playback segment you should use gst_element_seek().

sendEvent
bool sendEvent(Event event)

Sends an event to an element. If the element doesn't implement an event handler, the event will be pushed on a random linked sink pad for downstream events or a random linked source pad for upstream events.

setBaseTime
void setBaseTime(GstClockTime time)

Set the base time of an element. See gst_element_get_base_time().

setBus
void setBus(Bus bus)

Sets the bus of the element. Increases the refcount on the bus. For internal use only, unless you're testing elements.

setClock
bool setClock(Clock clock)

Sets the clock for the element. This function increases the refcount on the clock. Any previously set clock on the object is unreffed.

setContext
void setContext(Context context)

Sets the context of the element. Increases the refcount of the context.

setLockedState
bool setLockedState(bool lockedState)

Locks the state of an element, so state changes of the parent don't affect this element anymore.

setStartTime
void setStartTime(GstClockTime time)

Set the start time of an element. The start time of the element is the running time of the element when it last went to the PAUSED state. In READY or after a flushing seek, it is set to 0.

setState
GstStateChangeReturn setState(GstState state)

Sets the state of the element. This function will try to set the requested state by going through all the intermediary states and calling the class's state change function for each.

syncStateWithParent
bool syncStateWithParent()

Tries to change the state of the element to the same as its parent. If this function returns %FALSE, the state of element is undefined.

unlink
void unlink(Element dest)

Unlinks all source pads of the source element with all sink pads of the sink element to which they are linked.

unlinkPads
void unlinkPads(string srcpadname, Element dest, string destpadname)

Unlinks the two named pads of the source and destination elements.

connectedSignals
int[string] connectedSignals;
Undocumented in source.
onNoMorePadsListeners
void delegate(Element)[] onNoMorePadsListeners;
Undocumented in source.
addOnNoMorePads
void addOnNoMorePads(void delegate(Element) dlg, ConnectFlags connectFlags)

This signals that the element will not generate more dynamic pads. Note that this signal will usually be emitted from the context of the streaming thread.

callBackNoMorePads
void callBackNoMorePads(GstElement* elementStruct, Element _element)
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
onPadAddedListeners
void delegate(Pad, Element)[] onPadAddedListeners;
Undocumented in source.
addOnPadAdded
void addOnPadAdded(void delegate(Pad, Element) dlg, ConnectFlags connectFlags)

a new #GstPad has been added to the element. Note that this signal will usually be emitted from the context of the streaming thread. Also keep in mind that if you add new elements to the pipeline in the signal handler you will need to set them to the desired target state with gst_element_set_state() or gst_element_sync_state_with_parent().

callBackPadAdded
void callBackPadAdded(GstElement* elementStruct, GstPad* newPad, Element _element)
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
onPadRemovedListeners
void delegate(Pad, Element)[] onPadRemovedListeners;
Undocumented in source.
addOnPadRemoved
void addOnPadRemoved(void delegate(Pad, Element) dlg, ConnectFlags connectFlags)

a #GstPad has been removed from the element

callBackPadRemoved
void callBackPadRemoved(GstElement* elementStruct, GstPad* oldPad, Element _element)
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.

From ChildProxyIF

getChildProxyStruct
GstChildProxy* getChildProxyStruct()

Get the main Gtk struct

getStruct
void* getStruct()

the main Gtk struct as a void*

childAdded
void childAdded(ObjectG child, string name)

Emits the "child-added" signal.

childRemoved
void childRemoved(ObjectG child, string name)

Emits the "child-removed" signal.

getChildByIndex
ObjectG getChildByIndex(uint index)

Fetches a child by its number.

getChildByName
ObjectG getChildByName(string name)

Looks up a child element by the given name.

getChildrenCount
uint getChildrenCount()

Gets the number of child objects this parent contains.

childGetProperty
void childGetProperty(string name, Value value)

Gets a single property using the GstChildProxy mechanism. You are responsible for freeing it by calling g_value_unset()

childGetValist
void childGetValist(string firstPropertyName, void* varArgs)

Gets properties of the parent object and its children.

lookup
bool lookup(string name, ObjectG target, ParamSpec pspec)

Looks up which object and #GParamSpec would be effected by the given @name.

childSetProperty
void childSetProperty(string name, Value value)

Sets a single property using the GstChildProxy mechanism.

childSetValist
void childSetValist(string firstPropertyName, void* varArgs)

Sets properties of the parent object and its children.

onChildAddedListeners
void delegate(ObjectG, string, ChildProxyIF)[] onChildAddedListeners [@property getter]
Undocumented in source.
addOnChildAdded
void addOnChildAdded(void delegate(ObjectG, string, ChildProxyIF) dlg, ConnectFlags connectFlags)

Will be emitted after the @object was added to the @child_proxy.

onChildRemovedListeners
void delegate(ObjectG, string, ChildProxyIF)[] onChildRemovedListeners [@property getter]
Undocumented in source.
addOnChildRemoved
void addOnChildRemoved(void delegate(ObjectG, string, ChildProxyIF) dlg, ConnectFlags connectFlags)

Will be emitted after the @object was removed from the @child_proxy.

Detailed Description

A #GstBin implements the following default behaviour for answering to a #GstQuery: <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>GST_QUERY_DURATION</term> <listitem><para>If the query has been asked before with the same format and the bin is a toplevel bin (ie. has no parent), use the cached previous value. If no previous value was cached, the query is sent to all sink elements in the bin and the MAXIMUM of all values is returned. If the bin is a toplevel bin the value is cached. If no sinks are available in the bin, the query fails. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>GST_QUERY_POSITION</term> <listitem><para>The query is sent to all sink elements in the bin and the MAXIMUM of all values is returned. If no sinks are available in the bin, the query fails. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>OTHERS</term> <listitem><para>the query is forwarded to all sink elements, the result of the first sink that answers the query successfully is returned. If no sink is in the bin, the query fails.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist>

A #GstBin will by default forward any event sent to it to all sink elements. If all the sinks return %TRUE, the bin will also return %TRUE, else %FALSE is returned. If no sinks are in the bin, the event handler will return %TRUE.

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