The #GstDiscoverer is a utility object which allows to get as much information as possible from one or many URIs. It provides two APIs, allowing usage in blocking or non-blocking mode. The blocking mode just requires calling gst_discoverer_discover_uri() with the URI one wishes to discover. The non-blocking mode requires a running #GMainLoop in the default #GMainContext, where one connects to the various signals, appends the URIs to be processed (through gst_discoverer_discover_uri_async()) and then asks for the discovery to begin (through gst_discoverer_start()). All the information is returned in a #GstDiscovererInfo structure. Creates a new #GstDiscoverer with the provided timeout. The new #GstDiscoverer. If an error occurred when creating the discoverer, @err will be set accordingly and %NULL will be returned. If @err is set, the caller must free it when no longer needed using g_error_free(). timeout per file, in nanoseconds. Allowed are values between one second (#GST_SECOND) and one hour (3600 * #GST_SECOND) Synchronously discovers the given @uri. A copy of @uri will be made internally, so the caller can safely g_free() afterwards. the result of the scanning. Can be %NULL if an error occurred. A #GstDiscoverer The URI to run on. Appends the given @uri to the list of URIs to discoverer. The actual discovery of the @uri will only take place if gst_discoverer_start() has been called. A copy of @uri will be made internally, so the caller can safely g_free() afterwards. %TRUE if the @uri was successfully appended to the list of pending uris, else %FALSE A #GstDiscoverer the URI to add. Allow asynchronous discovering of URIs to take place. A #GMainLoop must be available for #GstDiscoverer to properly work in asynchronous mode. A #GstDiscoverer Stop the discovery of any pending URIs and clears the list of pending URIS (if any). A #GstDiscoverer The duration (in nanoseconds) after which the discovery of an individual URI will timeout. If the discovery of a URI times out, the %GST_DISCOVERER_TIMEOUT will be set on the result flags. Will be emitted when all information on a URI could be discovered, or an error ocurred. When an error occurs, @info might still contain some partial information, depending on the circumstances of the error. the results #GstDiscovererInfo #GError, which will be non-NULL if an error occurred during discovery. You must not free this #GError, it will be freed by the discoverer. Will be emitted when all pending URIs have been processed. This signal is emitted after the source element has been created for, so the URI being discovered, so it can be configured by setting additional properties (e.g. set a proxy server for an http source, or set the device and read speed for an audio cd source). This signal is usually emitted from the context of a GStreamer streaming thread. source element Will be emitted when the discover starts analyzing the pending URIs #GstDiscovererStreamInfo specific to audio streams. the average or nominal bitrate of the stream in bits/second. a #GstDiscovererAudioInfo the number of channels in the stream. a #GstDiscovererAudioInfo the number of bits used per sample in each channel. a #GstDiscovererAudioInfo the language of the stream, or NULL if unknown. a #GstDiscovererAudioInfo the maximum bitrate of the stream in bits/second. a #GstDiscovererAudioInfo the sample rate of the stream in Hertz. a #GstDiscovererAudioInfo #GstDiscovererStreamInfo specific to container streams. the list of #GstDiscovererStreamInfo this container stream offers. Free with gst_discoverer_stream_info_list_free() after usage. a #GstDiscovererStreamInfo Structure containing the information of a URI analyzed by #GstDiscoverer. A copy of the #GstDiscovererInfo a #GstDiscovererInfo Finds all the #GstDiscovererAudioInfo contained in @info A #GList of matching #GstDiscovererStreamInfo. The caller should free it with gst_discoverer_stream_info_list_free(). a #GstDiscovererInfo Finds all the #GstDiscovererContainerInfo contained in @info A #GList of matching #GstDiscovererStreamInfo. The caller should free it with gst_discoverer_stream_info_list_free(). a #GstDiscovererInfo the duration of the URI in #GstClockTime (nanoseconds). a #GstDiscovererInfo Miscellaneous information stored as a #GstStructure (for example: information about missing plugins). If you wish to use the #GstStructure after the life-time of @info, you will need to copy it. a #GstDiscovererInfo the result of the discovery as a #GstDiscovererResult. a #GstDiscovererInfo the whether the URI is seekable. a #GstDiscovererInfo the structure (or topology) of the URI as a #GstDiscovererStreamInfo. This structure can be traversed to see the original hierarchy. Unref with gst_discoverer_stream_info_unref() after usage. a #GstDiscovererInfo the list of all streams contained in the #info. Free after usage with gst_discoverer_stream_info_list_free(). a #GstDiscovererInfo Finds the #GstDiscovererStreamInfo contained in @info that match the given @streamtype. A #GList of matching #GstDiscovererStreamInfo. The caller should free it with gst_discoverer_stream_info_list_free(). a #GstDiscovererInfo a #GType derived from #GstDiscovererStreamInfo Finds all the #GstDiscovererSubtitleInfo contained in @info A #GList of matching #GstDiscovererStreamInfo. The caller should free it with gst_discoverer_stream_info_list_free(). a #GstDiscovererInfo all tags contained in the URI. If you wish to use the tags after the life-time of @info, you will need to copy them. a #GstDiscovererInfo TOC contained in the URI. If you wish to use the TOC after the life-time of @info, you will need to copy it. a #GstDiscovererInfo the URI to which this information corresponds to. Copy it if you wish to use it after the life-time of @info. a #GstDiscovererInfo Finds all the #GstDiscovererVideoInfo contained in @info A #GList of matching #GstDiscovererStreamInfo. The caller should free it with gst_discoverer_stream_info_list_free(). a #GstDiscovererInfo Result values for the discovery process. The discovery was successful the URI is invalid an error happened and the GError is set the discovery timed-out the discoverer was already discovering a file Some plugins are missing for full discovery Base structure for information concerning a media stream. Depending on the stream type, one can find more media-specific information in #GstDiscovererAudioInfo, #GstDiscovererVideoInfo, and #GstDiscovererContainerInfo. The #GstDiscovererStreamInfo represents the topology of the stream. Siblings can be iterated over with gst_discoverer_stream_info_get_next() and gst_discoverer_stream_info_get_previous(). Children (sub-streams) of a stream can be accessed using the #GstDiscovererContainerInfo API. As a simple example, if you run #GstDiscoverer on an AVI file with one audio and one video stream, you will get a #GstDiscovererContainerInfo corresponding to the AVI container, which in turn will have a #GstDiscovererAudioInfo sub-stream and a #GstDiscovererVideoInfo sub-stream for the audio and video streams respectively. Decrements the reference count of all contained #GstDiscovererStreamInfo and fress the #GList. a #GList of #GstDiscovererStreamInfo the #GstCaps of the stream. Unref with #gst_caps_unref after usage. a #GstDiscovererStreamInfo additional information regarding the stream (for example codec version, profile, etc..). If you wish to use the #GstStructure after the life-time of @info you will need to copy it. a #GstDiscovererStreamInfo the next #GstDiscovererStreamInfo in a chain. %NULL for final streams. Unref with #gst_discoverer_stream_info_unref after usage. a #GstDiscovererStreamInfo the previous #GstDiscovererStreamInfo in a chain. %NULL for starting points. Unref with #gst_discoverer_stream_info_unref after usage. a #GstDiscovererStreamInfo a human readable name for the stream type of the given @info (ex : "audio", "container",...). a #GstDiscovererStreamInfo the tags contained in this stream. If you wish to use the tags after the life-time of @info you will need to copy them. a #GstDiscovererStreamInfo the TOC contained in this stream. If you wish to use the TOC after the life-time of @info you will need to copy it. a #GstDiscovererStreamInfo #GstDiscovererStreamInfo specific to subtitle streams (this includes text and image based ones). the language of the stream, or NULL if unknown. a #GstDiscovererSubtitleInfo #GstDiscovererStreamInfo specific to video streams (this includes images). the average or nominal bitrate of the video stream in bits/second. a #GstDiscovererVideoInfo the depth in bits of the video stream. a #GstDiscovererVideoInfo the framerate of the video stream (denominator). a #GstDiscovererVideoInfo the framerate of the video stream (numerator). a #GstDiscovererVideoInfo the height of the video stream in pixels. a #GstDiscovererVideoInfo the maximum bitrate of the video stream in bits/second. a #GstDiscovererVideoInfo the Pixel Aspect Ratio (PAR) of the video stream (denominator). a #GstDiscovererVideoInfo the Pixel Aspect Ratio (PAR) of the video stream (numerator). a #GstDiscovererVideoInfo the width of the video stream in pixels. a #GstDiscovererVideoInfo #TRUE if the video stream corresponds to an image (i.e. only contains one frame). a #GstDiscovererVideoInfo %TRUE if the stream is interlaced, else %FALSE. a #GstDiscovererVideoInfo #GstEncodingTarget category for recording and capture. Targets within this category are optimized for low latency encoding. #GstEncodingTarget category for device-specific targets. The name of the target will usually be the constructor and model of the device, and that target will contain #GstEncodingProfiles suitable for that device. #GstEncodingTarget category for online-services. The name of the target will usually be the name of the online service and that target will contain #GstEncodingProfiles suitable for that online service. #GstEncodingTarget category for storage, archiving and editing targets. Those targets can be lossless and/or provide very fast random access content. The name of the target will usually be the container type or editing target, and that target will contain #GstEncodingProfiles suitable for editing or storage. Variant of #GstEncodingProfile for audio streams. Creates a new #GstEncodingAudioProfile All provided allocatable arguments will be internally copied, so can be safely freed/unreferenced after calling this method. the newly created #GstEncodingAudioProfile. the #GstCaps the preset(s) to use on the encoder, can be #NULL the #GstCaps used to restrict the input to the encoder, can be NULL. See gst_encoding_profile_get_restriction() for more details. the number of time this stream must be used. 0 means any number of times (including never) Encoding profiles for containers. Keeps track of a list of #GstEncodingProfile Creates a new #GstEncodingContainerProfile. The newly created #GstEncodingContainerProfile. The name of the container profile, can be %NULL The description of the container profile, can be %NULL The format to use for this profile The preset to use for this profile Add a #GstEncodingProfile to the list of profiles handled by @container. No copy of @profile will be made, if you wish to use it elsewhere after this method you should increment its reference count. %TRUE if the @stream was properly added, else %FALSE. the #GstEncodingContainerProfile to use the #GstEncodingProfile to add. Checks if @container contains a #GstEncodingProfile identical to @profile. %TRUE if @container contains a #GstEncodingProfile identical to @profile, else %FALSE. a #GstEncodingContainerProfile a #GstEncodingProfile the list of contained #GstEncodingProfile. a #GstEncodingContainerProfile The opaque base class object for all encoding profiles. This contains generic information like name, description, format and preset. Find the #GstEncodingProfile with the specified name and category. The matching #GstEncodingProfile or %NULL. The name of the target The name of the profile The target category. Can be %NULL Creates a #GstEncodingProfile matching the formats from the given #GstEncodingProfile. Streams other than audio or video (eg, subtitles), are currently ignored. The new #GstEncodingProfile or %NULL. The #GstDiscovererInfo to read from the description of the profile, can be %NULL. a #GstEncodingProfile the #GstCaps corresponding to the media format used in the profile. Unref after usage. a #GstEncodingProfile Computes the full output caps that this @profile will be able to consume. The full caps the given @profile can consume. Call gst_caps_unref() when you are done with the caps. a #GstEncodingProfile the name of the profile, can be %NULL. a #GstEncodingProfile The number of times the profile is used in its parent container profile. If 0, it is not a mandatory stream. a #GstEncodingProfile the name of the #GstPreset to be used in the profile. a #GstEncodingProfile The restriction #GstCaps to apply before the encoder that will be used in the profile. The fields present in restriction caps are properties of the raw stream (that is before encoding), such as height and width for video and depth and sampling rate for audio. Does not apply to #GstEncodingContainerProfile (since there is no corresponding raw stream). Can be %NULL. Unref after usage. a #GstEncodingProfile the human-readable name of the type of @profile. a #GstEncodingProfile Checks whether the two #GstEncodingProfile are equal %TRUE if @a and @b are equal, else %FALSE. a #GstEncodingProfile a #GstEncodingProfile Set @description as the given description for the @profile. A copy of @description will be made internally. a #GstEncodingProfile the description to set on the profile Sets the media format used in the profile. a #GstEncodingProfile the media format to use in the profile. Set @name as the given name for the @profile. A copy of @name will be made internally. a #GstEncodingProfile the name to set on the profile Set the number of time the profile is used in its parent container profile. If 0, it is not a mandatory stream a #GstEncodingProfile the number of time the profile can be used Sets the preset to use for the profile. a #GstEncodingProfile the element preset to use Set the restriction #GstCaps to apply before the encoder that will be used in the profile. See gst_encoding_profile_set_restriction() for more about restrictions. Does not apply to #GstEncodingContainerProfile. a #GstEncodingProfile the restriction to apply Collection of #GstEncodingProfile for a specific target or use-case. When being stored/loaded, targets come from a specific category, like #GST_ENCODING_CATEGORY_DEVICE. Creates a new #GstEncodingTarget. The name and category can only consist of lowercase ASCII letters for the first character, followed by either lowercase ASCII letters, digits or hyphens ('-'). The @category <emphasis>should</emphasis> be one of the existing well-defined categories, like #GST_ENCODING_CATEGORY_DEVICE, but it <emphasis>can</emphasis> be a application or user specific category if needed. The newly created #GstEncodingTarget or %NULL if there was an error. The name of the target. The name of the category to which this @target belongs. For example: #GST_ENCODING_CATEGORY_DEVICE. A description of #GstEncodingTarget in the current locale. A #GList of #GstEncodingProfile. Searches for the #GstEncodingTarget with the given name, loads it and returns it. If the category name is specified only targets from that category will be searched for. The #GstEncodingTarget if available, else %NULL. the name of the #GstEncodingTarget to load. the name of the target category, like #GST_ENCODING_CATEGORY_DEVICE. Can be %NULL Opens the provided file and returns the contained #GstEncodingTarget. The #GstEncodingTarget contained in the file, else %NULL The file location to load the #GstEncodingTarget from Adds the given @profile to the @target. Each added profile must have a unique name within the profile. The @target will steal a reference to the @profile. If you wish to use the profile after calling this method, you should increase its reference count. %TRUE if the profile was added, else %FALSE. the #GstEncodingTarget to add a profile to the #GstEncodingProfile to add The category of the @target. For example: #GST_ENCODING_CATEGORY_DEVICE. a #GstEncodingTarget The description of the @target. a #GstEncodingTarget The name of the @target. a #GstEncodingTarget The matching #GstEncodingProfile, or %NULL. a #GstEncodingTarget the name of the profile to retrieve A list of #GstEncodingProfile(s) this @target handles. a #GstEncodingTarget Saves the @target to a default user-local directory. %TRUE if the target was correctly saved, else %FALSE. a #GstEncodingTarget Saves the @target to the provided file location. %TRUE if the target was correctly saved, else %FALSE. a #GstEncodingTarget the location to store the @target at. Variant of #GstEncodingProfile for video streams, allows specifying the @pass. Creates a new #GstEncodingVideoProfile All provided allocatable arguments will be internally copied, so can be safely freed/unreferenced after calling this method. If you wish to control the pass number (in case of multi-pass scenarios), please refer to the gst_encoding_video_profile_set_pass() documentation. If you wish to use/force a constant framerate please refer to the gst_encoding_video_profile_set_variableframerate() documentation. the newly created #GstEncodingVideoProfile. the #GstCaps the preset(s) to use on the encoder, can be #NULL the #GstCaps used to restrict the input to the encoder, can be NULL. See gst_encoding_profile_get_restriction() for more details. the number of time this stream must be used. 0 means any number of times (including never) Get the pass number if this is part of a multi-pass profile. The pass number. Starts at 1 for multi-pass. 0 if this is not a multi-pass profile a #GstEncodingVideoProfile Whether non-constant video framerate is allowed for encoding. a #GstEncodingVideoProfile Sets the pass number of this video profile. The first pass profile should have this value set to 1. If this video profile isn't part of a multi-pass profile, you may set it to 0 (the default value). a #GstEncodingVideoProfile the pass number for this profile If set to %TRUE, then the incoming stream will be allowed to have non-constant framerate. If set to %FALSE (default value), then the incoming stream will be normalized by dropping/duplicating frames in order to produce a constance framerate. a #GstEncodingVideoProfile a boolean Opaque context structure for the plugin installation. Use the provided API to set details on it. Creates a new #GstInstallPluginsContext. a new #GstInstallPluginsContext. Free with gst_install_plugins_context_free() when no longer needed Frees a #GstInstallPluginsContext. a #GstInstallPluginsContext This function is for X11-based applications (such as most Gtk/Qt applications on linux/unix) only. You can use it to tell the external installer the XID of your main application window. That way the installer can make its own window transient to your application window during the installation. If set, the XID will be passed to the installer via a --transient-for=XID command line option. Gtk+/Gnome application should be able to obtain the XID of the top-level window like this: <programlisting> ##include &lt;gtk/gtk.h&gt; ##ifdef GDK_WINDOWING_X11 ##include &lt;gdk/gdkx.h&gt; ##endif ... ##ifdef GDK_WINDOWING_X11 xid = GDK_WINDOW_XWINDOW (GTK_WIDGET (application_window)-&gt;window); ##endif ... </programlisting> a #GstInstallPluginsContext the XWindow ID (XID) of the top-level application The prototype of the callback function that will be called once the external plugin installer program has returned. You only need to provide a callback function if you are using the asynchronous interface. whether the installation of the requested plugins succeeded or not the user data passed to gst_install_plugins_async() Result codes returned by gst_install_plugins_async() and gst_install_plugins_sync(), and also the result code passed to the #GstInstallPluginsResultFunc specified with gst_install_plugins_async(). These codes indicate success or failure of starting an external installer program and to what extent the requested plugins could be installed. all of the requested plugins could be installed no appropriate installation candidate for any of the requested plugins could be found. Only return this if nothing has been installed. Return #GST_INSTALL_PLUGINS_PARTIAL_SUCCESS if some (but not all) of the requested plugins could be installed. an error occured during the installation. If this happens, the user has already seen an error message and another one should not be displayed some of the requested plugins could be installed, but not all the user has aborted the installation the installer had an unclean exit code (ie. death by signal) the helper returned an invalid status code returned by gst_install_plugins_async() to indicate that everything went fine so far and the provided callback will be called with the result of the installation later some internal failure has occured when trying to start the installer the helper script to call the actual installer is not installed a previously-started plugin installation is still in progress, try again later Convenience function to return the descriptive string associated with a status code. This function returns English strings and should not be used for user messages. It is here only to assist in debugging. a descriptive string for the status code in @ret the return status code The major version of GStreamer's gst-plugins-base libraries at compile time. The micro version of GStreamer's gst-plugins-base libraries at compile time. The minor version of GStreamer's gst-plugins-base libraries at compile time. The nano version of GStreamer's gst-plugins-base libraries at compile time. Actual releases have 0, GIT versions have 1, prerelease versions have 2-... Sets the level and profile on @caps if it can be determined from @audio_config. See gst_codec_utils_aac_get_level() and gst_codec_utils_aac_get_profile() for more details on the parameters. @caps must be audio/mpeg caps with an "mpegversion" field of either 2 or 4. If mpegversion is 4, the "base-profile" field is also set in @caps. %TRUE if the level and profile could be set, %FALSE otherwise. the #GstCaps to which level and profile fields are to be added a pointer to the AudioSpecificConfig as specified in the Elementary Stream Descriptor (esds) in ISO/IEC 14496-1 (see below for a more details). Length of @audio_config in bytes Determines the level of a stream as defined in ISO/IEC 14496-3. For AAC LC streams, the constraints from the AAC audio profile are applied. For AAC Main, LTP, SSR and others, the Main profile is used. The @audio_config parameter follows the following format, starting from the most significant bit of the first byte: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> Bit 0:4 contains the AudioObjectType </para></listitem> <listitem><para> Bit 5:8 contains the sample frequency index (if this is 0xf, then the next 24 bits define the actual sample frequency, and subsequent fields are appropriately shifted). </para></listitem> <listitem><para> Bit 9:12 contains the channel configuration </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <note> HE-AAC support has not yet been implemented. </note> The level as a const string and %NULL if the level could not be determined. a pointer to the AudioSpecificConfig as specified in the Elementary Stream Descriptor (esds) in ISO/IEC 14496-1. Length of @audio_config in bytes Returns the profile of the given AAC stream as a string. The profile is determined using the AudioObjectType field which is in the first 5 bits of @audio_config. <note> HE-AAC support has not yet been implemented. </note> The profile as a const string and %NULL if the profile could not be determined. a pointer to the AudioSpecificConfig as specified in the Elementary Stream Descriptor (esds) in ISO/IEC 14496-1 (see gst_codec_utils_aac_get_level() for a more details). Length of @audio_config in bytes Translates the sample rate index found in AAC headers to the actual sample rate. The sample rate if @sr_idx is valid, 0 otherwise. Sample rate index as from the AudioSpecificConfig (MPEG-4 container) or ADTS frame header Sets the level and profile in @caps if it can be determined from @sps. See gst_codec_utils_h264_get_level() and gst_codec_utils_h264_get_profile() for more details on the parameters. %TRUE if the level and profile could be set, %FALSE otherwise. the #GstCaps to which the level and profile are to be added Pointer to the sequence parameter set for the stream. Length of the data available in @sps. Converts the level indication (level_idc) in the stream's sequence parameter set into a string. The SPS is expected to have the same format as for gst_codec_utils_h264_get_profile(). The level as a const string, or %NULL if there is an error. Pointer to the sequence parameter set for the stream. Length of the data available in @sps. Transform a level string from the caps into the level_idc the level_idc or 0 if the level is unknown A level string from caps Converts the profile indication (profile_idc) in the stream's sequence parameter set into a string. The SPS is expected to have the following format, as defined in the H.264 specification. The SPS is viewed as a bitstream here, with bit 0 being the most significant bit of the first byte. <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>Bit 0:7 - Profile indication</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Bit 8 - constraint_set0_flag</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Bit 9 - constraint_set1_flag</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Bit 10 - constraint_set2_flag</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Bit 11 - constraint_set3_flag</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Bit 12 - constraint_set3_flag</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Bit 13:15 - Reserved</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Bit 16:24 - Level indication</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> The profile as a const string, or %NULL if there is an error. Pointer to the sequence parameter set for the stream. Length of the data available in @sps. Sets the level and profile in @caps if it can be determined from @vis_obj_seq. See gst_codec_utils_mpeg4video_get_level() and gst_codec_utils_mpeg4video_get_profile() for more details on the parameters. %TRUE if the level and profile could be set, %FALSE otherwise. the #GstCaps to which the level and profile are to be added Pointer to the visual object sequence for the stream. Length of the data available in @sps. Converts the level indication in the stream's visual object sequence into a string. @vis_obj_seq is expected to be the data following the visual object sequence start code. Only the first byte (profile_and_level_indication) is used. The level as a const string, or NULL if there is an error. Pointer to the visual object sequence for the stream. Length of the data available in @sps. Converts the profile indication in the stream's visual object sequence into a string. @vis_obj_seq is expected to be the data following the visual object sequence start code. Only the first byte (profile_and_level_indication) is used. The profile as a const string, or NULL if there is an error. Pointer to the visual object sequence for the stream. Length of the data available in @sps. List all available #GstEncodingTarget for the specified category, or all categories if @categoryname is %NULL. The list of #GstEncodingTarget The category, for ex: #GST_ENCODING_CATEGORY_DEVICE. Can be %NULL. Lists all #GstEncodingTarget categories present on disk. A list of #GstEncodingTarget categories. Requests plugin installation without blocking. Once the plugins have been installed or installation has failed, @func will be called with the result of the installation and your provided @user_data pointer. This function requires a running GLib/Gtk main loop. If you are not running a GLib/Gtk main loop, make sure to regularly call g_main_context_iteration(NULL,FALSE). The installer strings that make up @detail are typically obtained by calling gst_missing_plugin_message_get_installer_detail() on missing-plugin messages that have been caught on a pipeline's bus or created by the application via the provided API, such as gst_missing_element_message_new(). It is possible to request the installation of multiple missing plugins in one go (as might be required if there is a demuxer for a certain format installed but no suitable video decoder and no suitable audio decoder). result code whether an external installer could be started NULL-terminated array of installer string details (see below) a #GstInstallPluginsContext, or NULL the function to call when the installer program returns the user data to pass to @func when called, or NULL Checks whether plugin installation (initiated by this application only) is currently in progress. TRUE if plugin installation is in progress, otherwise FALSE Convenience function to return the descriptive string associated with a status code. This function returns English strings and should not be used for user messages. It is here only to assist in debugging. a descriptive string for the status code in @ret the return status code Checks whether plugin installation is likely to be supported by the current environment. This currently only checks whether the helper script that is to be provided by the distribution or operating system vendor exists. TRUE if plugin installation is likely to be supported. Requests plugin installation and block until the plugins have been installed or installation has failed. This function should almost never be used, it only exists for cases where a non-GLib main loop is running and the user wants to run it in a separate thread and marshal the result back asynchronously into the main thread using the other non-GLib main loop. You should almost always use gst_install_plugins_async() instead of this function. the result of the installation. NULL-terminated array of installer string details a #GstInstallPluginsContext, or NULL Checks whether @msg is a missing plugins message. %TRUE if @msg is a missing-plugins message, otherwise %FALSE. a #GstMessage Returns an opaque string containing all the details about the missing element to be passed to an external installer called via gst_install_plugins_async() or gst_install_plugins_sync(). This function is mainly for applications that call external plugin installation mechanisms using one of the two above-mentioned functions in the case where the application knows exactly what kind of plugin it is missing. a newly-allocated detail string, or NULL on error. Free string with g_free() when not needed any longer. the (fixed) caps for which a decoder element is needed Creates a missing-plugin message for @element to notify the application that a decoder element for a particular set of (fixed) caps is missing. This function is mainly for use in plugins. a new #GstMessage, or NULL on error the #GstElement posting the message the (fixed) caps for which a decoder element is needed Returns an opaque string containing all the details about the missing element to be passed to an external installer called via gst_install_plugins_async() or gst_install_plugins_sync(). This function is mainly for applications that call external plugin installation mechanisms using one of the two above-mentioned functions in the case where the application knows exactly what kind of plugin it is missing. a newly-allocated detail string, or NULL on error. Free string with g_free() when not needed any longer. the name of the missing element (element factory), e.g. "videoscale" or "cdparanoiasrc" Creates a missing-plugin message for @element to notify the application that a certain required element is missing. This function is mainly for use in plugins. a new #GstMessage, or NULL on error the #GstElement posting the message the name of the missing element (element factory), e.g. "videoscale" or "cdparanoiasrc" Returns an opaque string containing all the details about the missing element to be passed to an external installer called via gst_install_plugins_async() or gst_install_plugins_sync(). This function is mainly for applications that call external plugin installation mechanisms using one of the two above-mentioned functions in the case where the application knows exactly what kind of plugin it is missing. a newly-allocated detail string, or NULL on error. Free string with g_free() when not needed any longer. the (fixed) caps for which an encoder element is needed Creates a missing-plugin message for @element to notify the application that an encoder element for a particular set of (fixed) caps is missing. This function is mainly for use in plugins. a new #GstMessage, or NULL on error the #GstElement posting the message the (fixed) caps for which an encoder element is needed Returns a localised string describing the missing feature, for use in error dialogs and the like. Should never return NULL unless @msg is not a valid missing-plugin message. This function is mainly for applications that need a human-readable string describing a missing plugin, given a previously collected missing-plugin message a newly-allocated description string, or NULL on error. Free string with g_free() when not needed any longer. a missing-plugin #GstMessage of type #GST_MESSAGE_ELEMENT Returns an opaque string containing all the details about the missing element to be passed to an external installer called via gst_install_plugins_async() or gst_install_plugins_sync(). This function is mainly for applications that call external plugin installation mechanisms using one of the two above-mentioned functions. a newly-allocated detail string, or NULL on error. Free string with g_free() when not needed any longer. a missing-plugin #GstMessage of type #GST_MESSAGE_ELEMENT Returns an opaque string containing all the details about the missing element to be passed to an external installer called via gst_install_plugins_async() or gst_install_plugins_sync(). This function is mainly for applications that call external plugin installation mechanisms using one of the two above-mentioned functions in the case where the application knows exactly what kind of plugin it is missing. a newly-allocated detail string, or NULL on error. Free string with g_free() when not needed any longer. the URI protocol the missing source needs to implement, e.g. "http" or "mms" Creates a missing-plugin message for @element to notify the application that a sink element for a particular URI protocol is missing. This function is mainly for use in plugins. a new #GstMessage, or NULL on error the #GstElement posting the message the URI protocol the missing sink needs to implement, e.g. "http" or "smb" Returns an opaque string containing all the details about the missing element to be passed to an external installer called via gst_install_plugins_async() or gst_install_plugins_sync(). This function is mainly for applications that call external plugin installation mechanisms using one of the two above-mentioned functions in the case where the application knows exactly what kind of plugin it is missing. a newly-allocated detail string, or NULL on error. Free string with g_free() when not needed any longer. the URI protocol the missing source needs to implement, e.g. "http" or "mms" Creates a missing-plugin message for @element to notify the application that a source element for a particular URI protocol is missing. This function is mainly for use in plugins. a new #GstMessage, or NULL on error the #GstElement posting the message the URI protocol the missing source needs to implement, e.g. "http" or "mms" Adds a codec tag describing the format specified by @caps to @taglist. TRUE if a codec tag was added, FALSE otherwise. a #GstTagList a GStreamer codec tag such as #GST_TAG_AUDIO_CODEC, #GST_TAG_VIDEO_CODEC or #GST_TAG_CODEC the (fixed) #GstCaps for which a codec tag should be added. Returns a localised (as far as this is possible) string describing the media format specified in @caps, for use in error dialogs or other messages to be seen by the user. Should never return NULL unless @caps is invalid. Also see the convenience function gst_pb_utils_add_codec_description_to_tag_list(). a newly-allocated description string, or NULL on error. Free string with g_free() when not needed any longer. the (fixed) #GstCaps for which an format description is needed Returns a localised string describing an decoder for the format specified in @caps, for use in error dialogs or other messages to be seen by the user. Should never return NULL unless @factory_name or @caps are invalid. This function is mainly for internal use, applications would typically use gst_missing_plugin_message_get_description() to get a description of a missing feature from a missing-plugin message. a newly-allocated description string, or NULL on error. Free string with g_free() when not needed any longer. the (fixed) #GstCaps for which an decoder description is needed Returns a localised string describing the given element, for use in error dialogs or other messages to be seen by the user. Should never return NULL unless @factory_name is invalid. This function is mainly for internal use, applications would typically use gst_missing_plugin_message_get_description() to get a description of a missing feature from a missing-plugin message. a newly-allocated description string, or NULL on error. Free string with g_free() when not needed any longer. the name of the element, e.g. "giosrc" Returns a localised string describing an encoder for the format specified in @caps, for use in error dialogs or other messages to be seen by the user. Should never return NULL unless @factory_name or @caps are invalid. This function is mainly for internal use, applications would typically use gst_missing_plugin_message_get_description() to get a description of a missing feature from a missing-plugin message. a newly-allocated description string, or NULL on error. Free string with g_free() when not needed any longer. the (fixed) #GstCaps for which an encoder description is needed Returns a localised string describing a sink element handling the protocol specified in @protocol, for use in error dialogs or other messages to be seen by the user. Should never return NULL unless @protocol is invalid. This function is mainly for internal use, applications would typically use gst_missing_plugin_message_get_description() to get a description of a missing feature from a missing-plugin message. a newly-allocated description string, or NULL on error. Free string with g_free() when not needed any longer. the protocol the sink element needs to handle, e.g. "http" Returns a localised string describing a source element handling the protocol specified in @protocol, for use in error dialogs or other messages to be seen by the user. Should never return NULL unless @protocol is invalid. This function is mainly for internal use, applications would typically use gst_missing_plugin_message_get_description() to get a description of a missing feature from a missing-plugin message. a newly-allocated description string, or NULL on error. Free string with g_free() when not needed any longer. the protocol the source element needs to handle, e.g. "http" Initialises the base utils support library. This function is not thread-safe. Applications should call it after calling gst_init(), plugins should call it from their plugin_init function. This function may be called multiple times. It will do nothing if the library has already been initialised. Gets the version number of the GStreamer Plugins Base libraries. pointer to a guint to store the major version number, or %NULL pointer to a guint to store the minor version number, or %NULL pointer to a guint to store the micro version number, or %NULL pointer to a guint to store the nano version number, or %NULL This function returns a string that is useful for describing this version of GStreamer's gst-plugins-base libraries to the outside world: user agent strings, logging, about dialogs ... a newly allocated string describing this version of gst-plugins-base