2 * Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>
3 * 2000 Wim Taymans <wtay@chello.be>
5 * gstbuffer.c: Buffer operations
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25 * @short_description: Data-passing buffer type, supporting sub-buffers.
26 * @see_also: #GstPad, #GstMiniObject
28 * Buffers are the basic unit of data transfer in GStreamer. The #GstBuffer
29 * type provides all the state necessary to define a region of memory as part
30 * of a stream. Sub-buffers are also supported, allowing a smaller region of a
31 * buffer to become its own buffer, with mechanisms in place to ensure that
32 * neither memory space goes away prematurely.
34 * Buffers are usually created with gst_buffer_new(). After a buffer has been
35 * created one will typically allocate memory for it and set the size of the
36 * buffer data. The following example creates a buffer that can hold a given
37 * video frame with a given width, height and bits per plane.
39 * <title>Creating a buffer for a video frame</title>
42 * gint size, width, height, bpp;
44 * size = width * height * bpp;
45 * buffer = gst_buffer_new ();
46 * GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buffer) = size;
47 * GST_BUFFER_MALLOCDATA (buffer) = g_malloc (size);
48 * GST_BUFFER_DATA (buffer) = GST_BUFFER_MALLOCDATA (buffer);
53 * Alternatively, use gst_buffer_new_and_alloc()
54 * to create a buffer with preallocated data of a given size.
56 * The data pointed to by the buffer can be retrieved with the GST_BUFFER_DATA()
57 * macro. The size of the data can be found with GST_BUFFER_SIZE(). For buffers
58 * of size 0, the data pointer is undefined (usually NULL) and should never be used.
60 * If an element knows what pad you will push the buffer out on, it should use
61 * gst_pad_alloc_buffer() instead to create a buffer. This allows downstream
62 * elements to provide special buffers to write in, like hardware buffers.
64 * A buffer has a pointer to a #GstCaps describing the media type of the data
65 * in the buffer. Attach caps to the buffer with gst_buffer_set_caps(); this
66 * is typically done before pushing out a buffer using gst_pad_push() so that
67 * the downstream element knows the type of the buffer.
69 * A buffer will usually have a timestamp, and a duration, but neither of these
70 * are guaranteed (they may be set to #GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE). Whenever a
71 * meaningful value can be given for these, they should be set. The timestamp
72 * and duration are measured in nanoseconds (they are #GstClockTime values).
74 * A buffer can also have one or both of a start and an end offset. These are
75 * media-type specific. For video buffers, the start offset will generally be
76 * the frame number. For audio buffers, it will be the number of samples
77 * produced so far. For compressed data, it could be the byte offset in a
78 * source or destination file. Likewise, the end offset will be the offset of
79 * the end of the buffer. These can only be meaningfully interpreted if you
80 * know the media type of the buffer (the #GstCaps set on it). Either or both
81 * can be set to #GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_NONE.
83 * gst_buffer_ref() is used to increase the refcount of a buffer. This must be
84 * done when you want to keep a handle to the buffer after pushing it to the
87 * To efficiently create a smaller buffer out of an existing one, you can
88 * use gst_buffer_create_sub().
90 * If a plug-in wants to modify the buffer data in-place, it should first obtain
91 * a buffer that is safe to modify by using gst_buffer_make_writable(). This
92 * function is optimized so that a copy will only be made when it is necessary.
94 * A plugin that only wishes to modify the metadata of a buffer, such as the
95 * offset, timestamp or caps, should use gst_buffer_make_metadata_writable(),
96 * which will create a subbuffer of the original buffer to ensure the caller
97 * has sole ownership, and not copy the buffer data.
99 * Several flags of the buffer can be set and unset with the
100 * GST_BUFFER_FLAG_SET() and GST_BUFFER_FLAG_UNSET() macros. Use
101 * GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IS_SET() to test if a certain #GstBufferFlag is set.
103 * Buffers can be efficiently merged into a larger buffer with
104 * gst_buffer_merge() and gst_buffer_span() if the gst_buffer_is_span_fast()
105 * function returns TRUE.
107 * An element should either unref the buffer or push it out on a src pad
108 * using gst_pad_push() (see #GstPad).
110 * Buffers are usually freed by unreffing them with gst_buffer_unref(). When
111 * the refcount drops to 0, any data pointed to by GST_BUFFER_MALLOCDATA() will
114 * Last reviewed on August 11th, 2006 (0.10.10)
116 #include "gst_private.h"
125 #include "gstbuffer.h"
127 #include "gstutils.h"
128 #include "gstminiobject.h"
129 #include "gstversion.h"
131 static void gst_buffer_finalize (GstBuffer * buffer);
132 static GstBuffer *_gst_buffer_copy (GstBuffer * buffer);
134 static GType _gst_buffer_type = 0;
136 /* buffer alignment in bytes
137 * an alignment of 8 would be the same as malloc() guarantees
139 #ifdef HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN
140 #if defined(BUFFER_ALIGNMENT_MALLOC)
141 static size_t _gst_buffer_data_alignment = 8;
142 #elif defined(BUFFER_ALIGNMENT_PAGESIZE)
143 static size_t _gst_buffer_data_alignment = 0;
144 #elif defined(BUFFER_ALIGNMENT)
145 static size_t _gst_buffer_data_alignment = BUFFER_ALIGNMENT;
147 #error "No buffer alignment configured"
150 static inline gboolean
151 aligned_malloc (gpointer * memptr, guint size)
155 res = posix_memalign (memptr, _gst_buffer_data_alignment, size);
159 #endif /* HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN */
162 _gst_buffer_initialize (void)
164 /* the GstMiniObject types need to be class_ref'd once before it can be
165 * done from multiple threads;
166 * see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=304551 */
167 g_type_class_ref (gst_buffer_get_type ());
168 #ifdef HAVE_GETPAGESIZE
169 #ifdef BUFFER_ALIGNMENT_PAGESIZE
170 _gst_buffer_data_alignment = getpagesize ();
177 _gst_buffer_type = g_define_type_id; \
180 G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GstBuffer, gst_buffer, GST_TYPE_MINI_OBJECT, _do_init);
183 gst_buffer_class_init (GstBufferClass * klass)
185 klass->mini_object_class.copy = (GstMiniObjectCopyFunction) _gst_buffer_copy;
186 klass->mini_object_class.finalize =
187 (GstMiniObjectFinalizeFunction) gst_buffer_finalize;
191 gst_buffer_finalize (GstBuffer * buffer)
193 g_return_if_fail (buffer != NULL);
195 GST_CAT_LOG (GST_CAT_BUFFER, "finalize %p", buffer);
198 if (G_LIKELY (buffer->malloc_data))
199 buffer->free_func (buffer->malloc_data);
201 gst_caps_replace (&GST_BUFFER_CAPS (buffer), NULL);
204 gst_buffer_unref (buffer->parent);
206 /* ((GstMiniObjectClass *) */
207 /* gst_buffer_parent_class)->finalize (GST_MINI_OBJECT_CAST (buffer)); */
211 * gst_buffer_copy_metadata:
212 * @dest: a destination #GstBuffer
213 * @src: a source #GstBuffer
214 * @flags: flags indicating what metadata fields should be copied.
216 * Copies the metadata from @src into @dest. The data, size and mallocdata
217 * fields are not copied.
219 * @flags indicate which fields will be copied. Use #GST_BUFFER_COPY_ALL to copy
220 * all the metadata fields.
222 * This function is typically called from a custom buffer copy function after
223 * creating @dest and setting the data, size, mallocdata.
228 gst_buffer_copy_metadata (GstBuffer * dest, const GstBuffer * src,
229 GstBufferCopyFlags flags)
231 g_return_if_fail (dest != NULL);
232 g_return_if_fail (src != NULL);
234 /* nothing to copy if the buffers are the same */
235 if (G_UNLIKELY (dest == src))
238 #if GST_VERSION_NANO == 1
239 /* we enable this extra debugging in git versions only for now */
240 g_warn_if_fail (gst_buffer_is_metadata_writable (dest));
243 GST_CAT_LOG (GST_CAT_BUFFER, "copy %p to %p", src, dest);
245 if (flags & GST_BUFFER_COPY_FLAGS) {
248 /* copy relevant flags */
249 mask = GST_BUFFER_FLAG_PREROLL | GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IN_CAPS |
250 GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT | GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DISCONT |
251 GST_BUFFER_FLAG_GAP | GST_BUFFER_FLAG_MEDIA1 |
252 GST_BUFFER_FLAG_MEDIA2 | GST_BUFFER_FLAG_MEDIA3;
253 GST_MINI_OBJECT_FLAGS (dest) |= GST_MINI_OBJECT_FLAGS (src) & mask;
256 if (flags & GST_BUFFER_COPY_TIMESTAMPS) {
257 GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (dest) = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (src);
258 GST_BUFFER_DURATION (dest) = GST_BUFFER_DURATION (src);
259 GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (dest) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (src);
260 GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (dest) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (src);
263 if (flags & GST_BUFFER_COPY_CAPS) {
264 gst_caps_replace (&GST_BUFFER_CAPS (dest), GST_BUFFER_CAPS (src));
269 _gst_buffer_copy (GstBuffer * buffer)
273 g_return_val_if_fail (buffer != NULL, NULL);
275 /* create a fresh new buffer */
276 copy = gst_buffer_new ();
278 /* we simply copy everything from our parent */
279 #ifdef HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN
281 gpointer memptr = NULL;
283 if (G_LIKELY (buffer->size)) {
284 if (G_UNLIKELY (!aligned_malloc (&memptr, buffer->size))) {
285 /* terminate on error like g_memdup() would */
286 g_error ("%s: failed to allocate %u bytes", G_STRLOC, buffer->size);
288 memcpy (memptr, buffer->data, buffer->size);
291 copy->data = (guint8 *) memptr;
292 GST_BUFFER_FREE_FUNC (copy) = free;
295 copy->data = g_memdup (buffer->data, buffer->size);
298 /* make sure it gets freed (even if the parent is subclassed, we return a
300 copy->malloc_data = copy->data;
301 copy->size = buffer->size;
303 gst_buffer_copy_metadata (copy, buffer, GST_BUFFER_COPY_ALL);
309 gst_buffer_init (GstBuffer * buffer)
311 GST_CAT_LOG (GST_CAT_BUFFER, "init %p", buffer);
313 GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer) = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
314 GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer) = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
315 GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (buffer) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_NONE;
316 GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (buffer) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_NONE;
317 GST_BUFFER_FREE_FUNC (buffer) = g_free;
323 * Creates a newly allocated buffer without any data.
327 * Returns: (transfer full): the new #GstBuffer.
330 gst_buffer_new (void)
334 newbuf = (GstBuffer *) gst_mini_object_new (_gst_buffer_type);
336 GST_CAT_LOG (GST_CAT_BUFFER, "new %p", newbuf);
342 * gst_buffer_new_and_alloc:
343 * @size: the size of the new buffer's data.
345 * Creates a newly allocated buffer with data of the given size.
346 * The buffer memory is not cleared. If the requested amount of
347 * memory can't be allocated, the program will abort. Use
348 * gst_buffer_try_new_and_alloc() if you want to handle this case
349 * gracefully or have gotten the size to allocate from an untrusted
350 * source such as a media stream.
353 * Note that when @size == 0, the buffer data pointer will be NULL.
357 * Returns: (transfer full): the new #GstBuffer.
360 gst_buffer_new_and_alloc (guint size)
364 newbuf = gst_buffer_new ();
366 #ifdef HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN
368 gpointer memptr = NULL;
370 if (G_LIKELY (size)) {
371 if (G_UNLIKELY (!aligned_malloc (&memptr, size))) {
372 /* terminate on error like g_memdup() would */
373 g_error ("%s: failed to allocate %u bytes", G_STRLOC, size);
376 newbuf->malloc_data = (guint8 *) memptr;
377 GST_BUFFER_FREE_FUNC (newbuf) = free;
380 newbuf->malloc_data = g_malloc (size);
382 GST_BUFFER_DATA (newbuf) = newbuf->malloc_data;
383 GST_BUFFER_SIZE (newbuf) = size;
385 GST_CAT_LOG (GST_CAT_BUFFER, "new %p of size %d", newbuf, size);
391 * gst_buffer_try_new_and_alloc:
392 * @size: the size of the new buffer's data.
394 * Tries to create a newly allocated buffer with data of the given size. If
395 * the requested amount of memory can't be allocated, NULL will be returned.
396 * The buffer memory is not cleared.
398 * Note that when @size == 0, the buffer data pointer will be NULL.
402 * Returns: (transfer full): a new #GstBuffer, or NULL if the memory couldn't
408 gst_buffer_try_new_and_alloc (guint size)
412 #ifdef HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN
413 gpointer memptr = NULL;
415 if (G_LIKELY (size)) {
416 if (G_UNLIKELY (!aligned_malloc (&memptr, size))) {
417 GST_CAT_WARNING (GST_CAT_BUFFER, "failed to allocate %d bytes", size);
421 malloc_data = (guint8 *) memptr;
423 malloc_data = g_try_malloc (size);
425 if (G_UNLIKELY (malloc_data == NULL && size != 0)) {
426 GST_CAT_WARNING (GST_CAT_BUFFER, "failed to allocate %d bytes", size);
431 /* FIXME: there's no g_type_try_create_instance() in GObject yet, so this
432 * will still abort if a new GstBuffer structure can't be allocated */
433 newbuf = gst_buffer_new ();
435 GST_BUFFER_MALLOCDATA (newbuf) = malloc_data;
436 GST_BUFFER_DATA (newbuf) = malloc_data;
437 GST_BUFFER_SIZE (newbuf) = size;
438 #ifdef HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN
439 GST_BUFFER_FREE_FUNC (newbuf) = free;
442 GST_CAT_LOG (GST_CAT_BUFFER, "new %p of size %d", newbuf, size);
448 * gst_buffer_get_caps:
449 * @buffer: a #GstBuffer.
451 * Gets the media type of the buffer. This can be NULL if there
452 * is no media type attached to this buffer.
454 * Returns: (transfer full): a reference to the #GstCaps. unref after usage.
455 * Returns NULL if there were no caps on this buffer.
457 /* this is not made atomic because if the buffer were reffed from multiple
458 * threads, it would have a refcount > 2 and thus be immutable.
461 gst_buffer_get_caps (GstBuffer * buffer)
465 g_return_val_if_fail (buffer != NULL, NULL);
467 ret = GST_BUFFER_CAPS (buffer);
476 * gst_buffer_set_caps:
477 * @buffer: a #GstBuffer.
478 * @caps: (transfer none): a #GstCaps.
480 * Sets the media type on the buffer. The refcount of the caps will
481 * be increased and any previous caps on the buffer will be
484 /* this is not made atomic because if the buffer were reffed from multiple
485 * threads, it would have a refcount > 2 and thus be immutable.
488 gst_buffer_set_caps (GstBuffer * buffer, GstCaps * caps)
490 g_return_if_fail (buffer != NULL);
491 g_return_if_fail (caps == NULL || GST_CAPS_IS_SIMPLE (caps));
493 #if GST_VERSION_NANO == 1
494 /* we enable this extra debugging in git versions only for now */
495 g_warn_if_fail (gst_buffer_is_metadata_writable (buffer));
496 /* FIXME: would be nice to also check if caps are fixed here, but expensive */
499 gst_caps_replace (&GST_BUFFER_CAPS (buffer), caps);
503 * gst_buffer_is_metadata_writable:
506 * Similar to gst_buffer_is_writable, but this only ensures that the
507 * refcount of the buffer is 1, indicating that the caller is the sole
508 * owner and can change the buffer metadata, such as caps and timestamps.
510 * Returns: TRUE if the metadata is writable.
513 gst_buffer_is_metadata_writable (GstBuffer * buf)
515 return (GST_MINI_OBJECT_REFCOUNT_VALUE (GST_MINI_OBJECT_CAST (buf)) == 1);
519 * gst_buffer_make_metadata_writable:
520 * @buf: (transfer full): a #GstBuffer
522 * Similar to gst_buffer_make_writable, but does not ensure that the buffer
523 * data array is writable. Instead, this just ensures that the returned buffer
524 * is solely owned by the caller, by creating a subbuffer of the original
525 * buffer if necessary.
527 * After calling this function, @buf should not be referenced anymore. The
528 * result of this function has guaranteed writable metadata.
530 * Returns: (transfer full): a new #GstBuffer with writable metadata, which
531 * may or may not be the same as @buf.
534 gst_buffer_make_metadata_writable (GstBuffer * buf)
538 if (gst_buffer_is_metadata_writable (buf)) {
541 ret = gst_buffer_create_sub (buf, 0, GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buf));
543 gst_buffer_unref (buf);
549 #define GST_IS_SUBBUFFER(obj) (GST_BUFFER_CAST(obj)->parent != NULL)
552 * gst_buffer_create_sub:
553 * @parent: a #GstBuffer.
554 * @offset: the offset into parent #GstBuffer at which the new sub-buffer
556 * @size: the size of the new #GstBuffer sub-buffer, in bytes.
558 * Creates a sub-buffer from @parent at @offset and @size.
559 * This sub-buffer uses the actual memory space of the parent buffer.
560 * This function will copy the offset and timestamp fields when the
561 * offset is 0. If not, they will be set to #GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE and
562 * #GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_NONE.
563 * If @offset equals 0 and @size equals the total size of @buffer, the
564 * duration and offset end fields are also copied. If not they will be set
565 * to #GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE and #GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_NONE.
569 * Returns: (transfer full): the new #GstBuffer or NULL if the arguments were
573 gst_buffer_create_sub (GstBuffer * buffer, guint offset, guint size)
575 GstBuffer *subbuffer;
579 g_return_val_if_fail (buffer != NULL, NULL);
580 g_return_val_if_fail (buffer->mini_object.refcount, NULL);
581 g_return_val_if_fail (buffer->size >= offset + size, NULL);
583 /* find real parent */
584 if (GST_IS_SUBBUFFER (buffer)) {
585 parent = buffer->parent;
589 gst_buffer_ref (parent);
591 /* create the new buffer */
592 subbuffer = gst_buffer_new ();
593 subbuffer->parent = parent;
594 GST_BUFFER_FLAG_SET (subbuffer, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_READONLY);
596 GST_CAT_LOG (GST_CAT_BUFFER, "new subbuffer %p (parent %p)", subbuffer,
599 /* set the right values in the child */
600 GST_BUFFER_DATA (subbuffer) = buffer->data + offset;
601 GST_BUFFER_SIZE (subbuffer) = size;
603 if ((offset == 0) && (size == GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buffer))) {
604 /* copy all the flags except IN_CAPS */
605 GST_BUFFER_FLAG_SET (subbuffer, GST_BUFFER_FLAGS (buffer));
606 GST_BUFFER_FLAG_UNSET (subbuffer, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IN_CAPS);
608 /* copy only PREROLL & GAP flags */
609 GST_BUFFER_FLAG_SET (subbuffer, (GST_BUFFER_FLAGS (buffer) &
610 (GST_BUFFER_FLAG_PREROLL | GST_BUFFER_FLAG_GAP)));
613 /* we can copy the timestamp and offset if the new buffer starts at
616 GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (subbuffer) = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer);
617 GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (subbuffer) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (buffer);
618 complete = (buffer->size == size);
620 GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (subbuffer) = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
621 GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (subbuffer) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_NONE;
628 /* if we copied the complete buffer we can copy the duration,
629 * offset_end and caps as well */
630 GST_BUFFER_DURATION (subbuffer) = GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer);
631 GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (subbuffer) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (buffer);
632 if ((caps = GST_BUFFER_CAPS (buffer)))
634 GST_BUFFER_CAPS (subbuffer) = caps;
636 GST_BUFFER_DURATION (subbuffer) = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
637 GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (subbuffer) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_NONE;
638 GST_BUFFER_CAPS (subbuffer) = NULL;
644 * gst_buffer_is_span_fast:
645 * @buf1: the first #GstBuffer.
646 * @buf2: the second #GstBuffer.
648 * Determines whether a gst_buffer_span() can be done without copying
649 * the contents, that is, whether the data areas are contiguous sub-buffers of
653 * Returns: TRUE if the buffers are contiguous,
654 * FALSE if a copy would be required.
657 gst_buffer_is_span_fast (GstBuffer * buf1, GstBuffer * buf2)
659 g_return_val_if_fail (buf1 != NULL && buf2 != NULL, FALSE);
660 g_return_val_if_fail (buf1->mini_object.refcount, FALSE);
661 g_return_val_if_fail (buf2->mini_object.refcount, FALSE);
663 /* it's only fast if we have subbuffers of the same parent */
664 return (GST_IS_SUBBUFFER (buf1) &&
665 GST_IS_SUBBUFFER (buf2) && (buf1->parent == buf2->parent)
666 && ((buf1->data + buf1->size) == buf2->data));
671 * @buf1: the first source #GstBuffer to merge.
672 * @offset: the offset in the first buffer from where the new
673 * buffer should start.
674 * @buf2: the second source #GstBuffer to merge.
675 * @len: the total length of the new buffer.
677 * Creates a new buffer that consists of part of buf1 and buf2.
678 * Logically, buf1 and buf2 are concatenated into a single larger
679 * buffer, and a new buffer is created at the given offset inside
680 * this space, with a given length.
682 * If the two source buffers are children of the same larger buffer,
683 * and are contiguous, the new buffer will be a child of the shared
684 * parent, and thus no copying is necessary. you can use
685 * gst_buffer_is_span_fast() to determine if a memcpy will be needed.
689 * Returns: (transfer full): the new #GstBuffer that spans the two source
690 * buffers, or NULL if the arguments are invalid.
693 gst_buffer_span (GstBuffer * buf1, guint32 offset, GstBuffer * buf2,
698 g_return_val_if_fail (buf1 != NULL && buf2 != NULL, NULL);
699 g_return_val_if_fail (buf1->mini_object.refcount, NULL);
700 g_return_val_if_fail (buf2->mini_object.refcount, NULL);
701 g_return_val_if_fail (len, NULL);
702 g_return_val_if_fail (len <= buf1->size + buf2->size - offset, NULL);
704 /* if the two buffers have the same parent and are adjacent */
705 if (gst_buffer_is_span_fast (buf1, buf2)) {
706 GstBuffer *parent = buf1->parent;
708 /* we simply create a subbuffer of the common parent */
709 newbuf = gst_buffer_create_sub (parent,
710 buf1->data - parent->data + offset, len);
712 GST_CAT_DEBUG (GST_CAT_BUFFER,
713 "slow path taken while spanning buffers %p and %p", buf1, buf2);
714 /* otherwise we simply have to brute-force copy the buffers */
715 newbuf = gst_buffer_new_and_alloc (len);
717 /* copy the first buffer's data across */
718 memcpy (newbuf->data, buf1->data + offset, buf1->size - offset);
719 /* copy the second buffer's data across */
720 memcpy (newbuf->data + (buf1->size - offset), buf2->data,
721 len - (buf1->size - offset));
723 /* if the offset is 0, the new buffer has the same timestamp as buf1 */
725 GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (newbuf) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (buf1);
726 GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (newbuf) = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buf1);
728 /* if we completely merged the two buffers (appended), we can
729 * calculate the duration too. Also make sure we's not messing with
730 * invalid DURATIONS */
731 if (buf1->size + buf2->size == len) {
732 if (GST_BUFFER_DURATION_IS_VALID (buf1) &&
733 GST_BUFFER_DURATION_IS_VALID (buf2)) {
735 GST_BUFFER_DURATION (newbuf) = GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buf1) +
736 GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buf2);
738 if (GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END_IS_VALID (buf2)) {
740 GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (newbuf) = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (buf2);