GstMeta

The #GstMeta structure should be included as the first member of a #GstBuffer metadata structure. The structure defines the API of the metadata and should be accessible to all elements using the metadata.

A metadata API is registered with gst_meta_api_type_register() which takes a name for the metadata API and some tags associated with the metadata. With gst_meta_api_type_has_tag() one can check if a certain metadata API contains a given tag.

Multiple implementations of a metadata API can be registered. To implement a metadata API, gst_meta_register() should be used. This function takes all parameters needed to create, free and transform metadata along with the size of the metadata. The function returns a #GstMetaInfo structure that contains the information for the implementation of the API.

A specific implementation can be retrieved by name with gst_meta_get_info().

See #GstBuffer for how the metadata can be added, retrieved and removed from buffers.

Members

Variables

flags
GstMetaFlags flags;

extra flags for the metadata

info
GstMetaInfo* info;

pointer to the #GstMetaInfo

Meta