spectrum

spectrum

Properties

guint bands Read / Write
guint64 interval Read / Write
gboolean message Read / Write
gint threshold Read / Write
gboolean message-magnitude Read / Write
gboolean message-phase Read / Write
gboolean post-messages Read / Write
gboolean multi-channel Read / Write

Types and Values

struct GstSpectrum

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰── GstObject
            ╰── GstElement
                ╰── GstBaseTransform
                    ╰── GstAudioFilter
                        ╰── GstSpectrum

Description

The Spectrum element analyzes the frequency spectrum of an audio signal. If the “post-messages” property is TRUE, it sends analysis results as element messages named

"spectrum" after each interval of time given

by the “interval” property.

The message's structure contains some combination of these fields:

  • GstClockTime "timestamp": the timestamp of the buffer that triggered the message.

  • GstClockTime "stream-time": the stream time of the buffer.

  • GstClockTime "running-time": the running_time of the buffer.

  • GstClockTime "duration": the duration of the buffer.

  • GstClockTime "endtime": the end time of the buffer that triggered the message as stream time (this is deprecated, as it can be calculated from stream-time + duration)

  • GstValueList of gfloat "magnitude": the level for each frequency band in dB. All values below the value of the “threshold” property will be set to the threshold. Only present if the “message-magnitude” property is TRUE.

  • GstValueList of gfloat "phase": The phase for each frequency band. The value is between -pi and pi. Only present if the “message-phase” property is TRUE.

If “multi-channel” property is set to true. magnitude and phase fields will be each a nested GstValueArray. The first dimension are the channels and the second dimension are the values.

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/* GStreamer
 * Copyright (C) 2006 Stefan Kost <ensonic@users.sf.net>
 * Copyright (C) 2008 Jan Schmidt <jan.schmidt@sun.com>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
 * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <gst/gst.h>

static guint spect_bands = 20;

#define AUDIOFREQ 32000

/* receive spectral data from element message */
static gboolean
message_handler (GstBus * bus, GstMessage * message, gpointer data)
{
  if (message->type == GST_MESSAGE_ELEMENT) {
    const GstStructure *s = gst_message_get_structure (message);
    const gchar *name = gst_structure_get_name (s);
    GstClockTime endtime;

    if (strcmp (name, "spectrum") == 0) {
      const GValue *magnitudes;
      const GValue *phases;
      const GValue *mag, *phase;
      gdouble freq;
      guint i;

      if (!gst_structure_get_clock_time (s, "endtime", &endtime))
        endtime = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;

      g_print ("New spectrum message, endtime %" GST_TIME_FORMAT "\n",
          GST_TIME_ARGS (endtime));

      magnitudes = gst_structure_get_value (s, "magnitude");
      phases = gst_structure_get_value (s, "phase");

      for (i = 0; i < spect_bands; ++i) {
        freq = (gdouble) ((AUDIOFREQ / 2) * i + AUDIOFREQ / 4) / spect_bands;
        mag = gst_value_list_get_value (magnitudes, i);
        phase = gst_value_list_get_value (phases, i);

        if (mag != NULL && phase != NULL) {
          g_print ("band %d (freq %g): magnitude %f dB phase %f\n", i, freq,
              g_value_get_float (mag), g_value_get_float (phase));
        }
      }
      g_print ("\n");
    }
  }
  return TRUE;
}

int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  GstElement *bin;
  GstElement *src, *audioconvert, *spectrum, *sink;
  GstBus *bus;
  GstCaps *caps;
  GMainLoop *loop;

  gst_init (&argc, &argv);

  bin = gst_pipeline_new ("bin");

  src = gst_element_factory_make ("audiotestsrc", "src");
  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (src), "wave", 0, "freq", 6000.0, NULL);
  audioconvert = gst_element_factory_make ("audioconvert", NULL);
  g_assert (audioconvert);

  spectrum = gst_element_factory_make ("spectrum", "spectrum");
  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (spectrum), "bands", spect_bands, "threshold", -80,
      "post-messages", TRUE, "message-phase", TRUE, NULL);

  sink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", "sink");
  g_object_set (G_OBJECT (sink), "sync", TRUE, NULL);

  gst_bin_add_many (GST_BIN (bin), src, audioconvert, spectrum, sink, NULL);

  caps = gst_caps_new_simple ("audio/x-raw",
      "rate", G_TYPE_INT, AUDIOFREQ, NULL);

  if (!gst_element_link (src, audioconvert) ||
      !gst_element_link_filtered (audioconvert, spectrum, caps) ||
      !gst_element_link (spectrum, sink)) {
    fprintf (stderr, "can't link elements\n");
    exit (1);
  }
  gst_caps_unref (caps);

  bus = gst_element_get_bus (bin);
  gst_bus_add_watch (bus, message_handler, NULL);
  gst_object_unref (bus);

  gst_element_set_state (bin, GST_STATE_PLAYING);

  /* we need to run a GLib main loop to get the messages */
  loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
  g_main_loop_run (loop);

  gst_element_set_state (bin, GST_STATE_NULL);

  gst_object_unref (bin);

  return 0;
}

Synopsis

Element Information

plugin

spectrum

author

Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>, Stefan Kost <ensonic@users.sf.net>, Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>

class

Filter/Analyzer/Audio

Element Pads

name

sink

direction

sink

presence

always

details

audio/x-raw, format=(string){ S16LE, S24LE, S32LE, F32LE, F64LE }, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], layout=(string)interleaved

name

src

direction

source

presence

always

details

audio/x-raw, format=(string){ S16LE, S24LE, S32LE, F32LE, F64LE }, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], layout=(string)interleaved

Functions

Types and Values

struct GstSpectrum

struct GstSpectrum;

Property Details

The “bands” property

  “bands”                    guint

Number of frequency bands.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [2,1073741824]

Default value: 128


The “interval” property

  “interval”                 guint64

Interval of time between message posts (in nanoseconds).

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= 1

Default value: 100000000


The “message” property

  “message”                  gboolean

Whether to post a 'spectrum' element message on the bus for each passed interval (deprecated, use post-messages).

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: TRUE


The “threshold” property

  “threshold”                gint

dB threshold for result. All lower values will be set to this.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: <= 0

Default value: -60


The “message-magnitude” property

  “message-magnitude”        gboolean

Whether to add a 'magnitude' field to the structure of any 'spectrum' element messages posted on the bus.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: TRUE


The “message-phase” property

  “message-phase”            gboolean

Whether to add a 'phase' field to the structure of any 'spectrum' element messages posted on the bus.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE


The “post-messages” property

  “post-messages”            gboolean

Whether to post a 'spectrum' element message on the bus for each passed interval.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: TRUE


The “multi-channel” property

  “multi-channel”            gboolean

Send separate results for each channel.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE