gstreamermm 1.10.0

basics/bin.cc

A gstreamermm Gst::Bin example.

/*
* This example presents basic usage of the Gst::Bin class.
*/
#include <gstreamermm.h>
#include <iostream>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
Gst::init(argc, argv);
// Create some elements
Glib::RefPtr<Gst::Element> fakesrc = Gst::ElementFactory::create_element("fakesrc", "source");
Glib::RefPtr<Gst::Element> fakesink = Gst::ElementFactory::create_element("fakesink", "sink");
// Create empty bin
Glib::RefPtr<Gst::Bin> bin = Gst::Bin::create("my-bin");
// Add elements to a bin
try
{
bin->add(fakesrc)->add(fakesink);
}
catch (const std::runtime_error& ex)
{
std::cerr << "Exception while adding: " << ex.what() << std::endl;
return 1;
}
// Some of the elements are actually a bins, so we can cast
// them.
Glib::RefPtr<Gst::Element> playbin = Gst::ElementFactory::create_element("playbin");
Glib::RefPtr<Gst::Bin> playbin_bin = playbin_bin.cast_static(playbin);
if (!playbin_bin)
{
std::cerr << "Cannot find playbin element" << std::endl;
return 1;
}
// We can also iterate through the elements in the bin
Gst::Iterator<Gst::Element> it = playbin_bin->iterate_recurse();
std::cout << "List of elements in the container: " << std::endl;
while (it.next())
{
std::cout << " * " << it->get_name() << std::endl;
}
// We can also connect to signals emitted by bin, e.g. when
// the element has been removed.
bin->signal_element_removed().connect(
[] (const Glib::RefPtr<Gst::Element>& removed_element)
{
std::cout << "Element '" << removed_element->get_name()
<< "' has been removed from the bin" << std::endl;
}
);
bin->remove(fakesink);
std::cout << "returning from application..." << std::endl;
return 0;
}