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GstAppSink

GstAppSink — Easy way for applications to extract samples from a pipeline

Types and Values

Includes

#include <gst/app/gstappsink.h>

Description

Appsink is a sink plugin that supports many different methods for making the application get a handle on the GStreamer data in a pipeline. Unlike most GStreamer elements, Appsink provides external API functions.

appsink can be used by linking to the gstappsink.h header file to access the methods or by using the appsink action signals and properties.

The normal way of retrieving samples from appsink is by using the gst_app_sink_pull_sample() and gst_app_sink_pull_preroll() methods. These methods block until a sample becomes available in the sink or when the sink is shut down or reaches EOS. There are also timed variants of these methods, gst_app_sink_try_pull_sample() and gst_app_sink_try_pull_preroll(), which accept a timeout parameter to limit the amount of time to wait.

Appsink will internally use a queue to collect buffers from the streaming thread. If the application is not pulling samples fast enough, this queue will consume a lot of memory over time. The "max-buffers" property can be used to limit the queue size. The "drop" property controls whether the streaming thread blocks or if older buffers are dropped when the maximum queue size is reached. Note that blocking the streaming thread can negatively affect real-time performance and should be avoided.

If a blocking behaviour is not desirable, setting the "emit-signals" property to TRUE will make appsink emit the "new-sample" and "new-preroll" signals when a sample can be pulled without blocking.

The "caps" property on appsink can be used to control the formats that appsink can receive. This property can contain non-fixed caps, the format of the pulled samples can be obtained by getting the sample caps.

If one of the pull-preroll or pull-sample methods return NULL, the appsink is stopped or in the EOS state. You can check for the EOS state with the "eos" property or with the gst_app_sink_is_eos() method.

The eos signal can also be used to be informed when the EOS state is reached to avoid polling.

Functions

gst_app_sink_set_caps ()

void
gst_app_sink_set_caps (GstAppSink *appsink,
                       const GstCaps *caps);

Set the capabilities on the appsink element. This function takes a copy of the caps structure. After calling this method, the sink will only accept caps that match caps . If caps is non-fixed, or incomplete, you must check the caps on the samples to get the actual used caps.

Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

caps

caps to set

 

gst_app_sink_get_caps ()

GstCaps *
gst_app_sink_get_caps (GstAppSink *appsink);

Get the configured caps on appsink .

Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

Returns

the GstCaps accepted by the sink. gst_caps_unref() after usage.


gst_app_sink_is_eos ()

gboolean
gst_app_sink_is_eos (GstAppSink *appsink);

Check if appsink is EOS, which is when no more samples can be pulled because an EOS event was received.

This function also returns TRUE when the appsink is not in the PAUSED or PLAYING state.

Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

Returns

TRUE if no more samples can be pulled and the appsink is EOS.


gst_app_sink_set_emit_signals ()

void
gst_app_sink_set_emit_signals (GstAppSink *appsink,
                               gboolean emit);

Make appsink emit the "new-preroll" and "new-sample" signals. This option is by default disabled because signal emission is expensive and unneeded when the application prefers to operate in pull mode.

Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

emit

the new state

 

gst_app_sink_get_emit_signals ()

gboolean
gst_app_sink_get_emit_signals (GstAppSink *appsink);

Check if appsink will emit the "new-preroll" and "new-sample" signals.

Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

Returns

TRUE if appsink is emiting the "new-preroll" and "new-sample" signals.


gst_app_sink_set_max_buffers ()

void
gst_app_sink_set_max_buffers (GstAppSink *appsink,
                              guint max);

Set the maximum amount of buffers that can be queued in appsink . After this amount of buffers are queued in appsink, any more buffers will block upstream elements until a sample is pulled from appsink .

Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

max

the maximum number of buffers to queue

 

gst_app_sink_get_max_buffers ()

guint
gst_app_sink_get_max_buffers (GstAppSink *appsink);

Get the maximum amount of buffers that can be queued in appsink .

Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

Returns

The maximum amount of buffers that can be queued.


gst_app_sink_set_drop ()

void
gst_app_sink_set_drop (GstAppSink *appsink,
                       gboolean drop);

Instruct appsink to drop old buffers when the maximum amount of queued buffers is reached.

Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

drop

the new state

 

gst_app_sink_get_drop ()

gboolean
gst_app_sink_get_drop (GstAppSink *appsink);

Check if appsink will drop old buffers when the maximum amount of queued buffers is reached.

Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

Returns

TRUE if appsink is dropping old buffers when the queue is filled.


gst_app_sink_pull_preroll ()

GstSample *
gst_app_sink_pull_preroll (GstAppSink *appsink);

Get the last preroll sample in appsink . This was the sample that caused the appsink to preroll in the PAUSED state.

This function is typically used when dealing with a pipeline in the PAUSED state. Calling this function after doing a seek will give the sample right after the seek position.

Calling this function will clear the internal reference to the preroll buffer.

Note that the preroll sample will also be returned as the first sample when calling gst_app_sink_pull_sample().

If an EOS event was received before any buffers, this function returns NULL. Use gst_app_sink_is_eos() to check for the EOS condition.

This function blocks until a preroll sample or EOS is received or the appsink element is set to the READY/NULL state.

Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

Returns

a GstSample or NULL when the appsink is stopped or EOS. Call gst_sample_unref() after usage.

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gst_app_sink_pull_sample ()

GstSample *
gst_app_sink_pull_sample (GstAppSink *appsink);

This function blocks until a sample or EOS becomes available or the appsink element is set to the READY/NULL state.

This function will only return samples when the appsink is in the PLAYING state. All rendered buffers will be put in a queue so that the application can pull samples at its own rate. Note that when the application does not pull samples fast enough, the queued buffers could consume a lot of memory, especially when dealing with raw video frames.

If an EOS event was received before any buffers, this function returns NULL. Use gst_app_sink_is_eos() to check for the EOS condition.

Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

Returns

a GstSample or NULL when the appsink is stopped or EOS. Call gst_sample_unref() after usage.

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gst_app_sink_try_pull_preroll ()

GstSample *
gst_app_sink_try_pull_preroll (GstAppSink *appsink,
                               GstClockTime timeout);

Get the last preroll sample in appsink . This was the sample that caused the appsink to preroll in the PAUSED state.

This function is typically used when dealing with a pipeline in the PAUSED state. Calling this function after doing a seek will give the sample right after the seek position.

Calling this function will clear the internal reference to the preroll buffer.

Note that the preroll sample will also be returned as the first sample when calling gst_app_sink_pull_sample().

If an EOS event was received before any buffers or the timeout expires, this function returns NULL. Use gst_app_sink_is_eos() to check for the EOS condition.

This function blocks until a preroll sample or EOS is received, the appsink element is set to the READY/NULL state, or the timeout expires.

Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

timeout

the maximum amount of time to wait for the preroll sample

 

Returns

a GstSample or NULL when the appsink is stopped or EOS or the timeout expires. Call gst_sample_unref() after usage.

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Since: 1.10


gst_app_sink_try_pull_sample ()

GstSample *
gst_app_sink_try_pull_sample (GstAppSink *appsink,
                              GstClockTime timeout);

This function blocks until a sample or EOS becomes available or the appsink element is set to the READY/NULL state or the timeout expires.

This function will only return samples when the appsink is in the PLAYING state. All rendered buffers will be put in a queue so that the application can pull samples at its own rate. Note that when the application does not pull samples fast enough, the queued buffers could consume a lot of memory, especially when dealing with raw video frames.

If an EOS event was received before any buffers or the timeout expires, this function returns NULL. Use gst_app_sink_is_eos() to check for the EOS condition.

Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

timeout

the maximum amount of time to wait for a sample

 

Returns

a GstSample or NULL when the appsink is stopped or EOS or the timeout expires. Call gst_sample_unref() after usage.

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Since: 1.10


gst_app_sink_get_buffer_list_support ()

gboolean
gst_app_sink_get_buffer_list_support (GstAppSink *appsink);

Check if appsink supports buffer lists.

Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

Returns

TRUE if appsink supports buffer lists.

Since: 1.12


gst_app_sink_set_buffer_list_support ()

void
gst_app_sink_set_buffer_list_support (GstAppSink *appsink,
                                      gboolean enable_lists);

Instruct appsink to enable or disable buffer list support.

For backwards-compatibility reasons applications need to opt in to indicate that they will be able to handle buffer lists.

Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

enable_lists

enable or disable buffer list support

 

Since: 1.12


gst_app_sink_get_wait_on_eos ()

gboolean
gst_app_sink_get_wait_on_eos (GstAppSink *appsink);

Check if appsink will wait for all buffers to be consumed when an EOS is received.

Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

Returns

TRUE if appsink will wait for all buffers to be consumed when an EOS is received.


gst_app_sink_set_wait_on_eos ()

void
gst_app_sink_set_wait_on_eos (GstAppSink *appsink,
                              gboolean wait);

Instruct appsink to wait for all buffers to be consumed when an EOS is received.

Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

wait

the new state

 

gst_app_sink_set_callbacks ()

void
gst_app_sink_set_callbacks (GstAppSink *appsink,
                            GstAppSinkCallbacks *callbacks,
                            gpointer user_data,
                            GDestroyNotify notify);

Set callbacks which will be executed for each new preroll, new sample and eos. This is an alternative to using the signals, it has lower overhead and is thus less expensive, but also less flexible.

If callbacks are installed, no signals will be emitted for performance reasons.

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Parameters

appsink

a GstAppSink

 

callbacks

the callbacks

 

user_data

a user_data argument for the callbacks

 

notify

a destroy notify function

 

Types and Values

GstAppSinkCallbacks

typedef struct {
  void          (*eos)              (GstAppSink *appsink, gpointer user_data);
  GstFlowReturn (*new_preroll)      (GstAppSink *appsink, gpointer user_data);
  GstFlowReturn (*new_sample)       (GstAppSink *appsink, gpointer user_data);
} GstAppSinkCallbacks;

A set of callbacks that can be installed on the appsink with gst_app_sink_set_callbacks().

Members

eos ()

Called when the end-of-stream has been reached. This callback is called from the streaming thread.

 

new_preroll ()

Called when a new preroll sample is available. This callback is called from the streaming thread. The new preroll sample can be retrieved with gst_app_sink_pull_preroll() either from this callback or from any other thread.

 

new_sample ()

Called when a new sample is available. This callback is called from the streaming thread. The new sample can be retrieved with gst_app_sink_pull_sample() either from this callback or from any other thread.

 

See Also

GstSample, GstBaseSink, appsrc

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