英文原文:https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/plugin-development/basics/eventfn.html
event函数通知你发生在数据流上的特殊事件(如caps, end-of-stream, newsegment, tags等)。events可以往上游传送,也可以下游传送,所以你即可以在sink pads中,也可以在source pads中收到它们。
下面是一个非常简单的event函数,我们可以在我们的element中安装它:
static gboolean gst_my_filter_sink_event (GstPad *pad,
GstObject *parent,
GstEvent *event);
[..]
static void
gst_my_filter_init (GstMyFilter * filter)
{
[..]
/* configure event function on the pad before adding
* the pad to the element */
gst_pad_set_event_function (filter->sinkpad,
gst_my_filter_sink_event);
[..]
}
static gboolean
gst_my_filter_sink_event (GstPad *pad,
GstObject *parent,
GstEvent *event)
{
gboolean ret;
GstMyFilter *filter = GST_MY_FILTER (parent);
switch (GST_EVENT_TYPE (event)) {
case GST_EVENT_CAPS:
/* we should handle the format here */
/* push the event downstream */
ret = gst_pad_push_event (filter->srcpad, event);
break;
case GST_EVENT_EOS:
/* end-of-stream, we should close down all stream leftovers here */
gst_my_filter_stop_processing (filter);
ret = gst_pad_event_default (pad, parent, event);
break;
default:
/* just call the default handler */
ret = gst_pad_event_default (pad, parent, event);
break;
}
return ret;
}
对于一些未知的events,调用默认的event处理函数
gst_pad_event_default()是一个不错的主意。根据event类型,默认的处理将向前传送event或简单的unref它。CAPS event默认是不向前传送的,所以我们需要在自己的element中处理它。