2 * Copyright (C) 2010 Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@gmail.com>
4 * gstbufferpool.h: Header for GstBufferPool object
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23 #ifndef __GST_BUFFER_POOL_H__
24 #define __GST_BUFFER_POOL_H__
26 #include <gst/gstminiobject.h>
27 #include <gst/gstatomicqueue.h>
28 #include <gst/gstpoll.h>
29 #include <gst/gstclock.h>
30 #include <gst/gstpad.h>
31 #include <gst/gstbuffer.h>
35 typedef struct _GstBufferPoolPrivate GstBufferPoolPrivate;
36 typedef struct _GstBufferPoolClass GstBufferPoolClass;
39 * GST_BUFFER_POOL_TRACE_NAME:
41 * The name used for tracing memory allocations.
43 #define GST_BUFFER_POOL_TRACE_NAME "GstBufferPool"
45 #define GST_TYPE_BUFFER_POOL (gst_buffer_pool_get_type())
46 #define GST_IS_BUFFER_POOL(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_BUFFER_POOL))
47 #define GST_IS_BUFFER_POOL_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_BUFFER_POOL))
48 #define GST_BUFFER_POOL_GET_CLASS(obj) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_BUFFER_POOL, GstBufferPoolClass))
49 #define GST_BUFFER_POOL(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_BUFFER_POOL, GstBufferPool))
50 #define GST_BUFFER_POOL_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_BUFFER_POOL, GstBufferPoolClass))
51 #define GST_BUFFER_POOL_CAST(obj) ((GstBufferPool *)(obj))
55 * @GST_BUFFER_POOL_FLAG_NONE: no flags
56 * @GST_BUFFER_POOL_FLAG_KEY_UNIT: buffer is keyframe
57 * @GST_BUFFER_POOL_FLAG_DONTWAIT: don't wait for buffer. This makes the
58 * acquire_buffer method return GST_FLOW_UNEXPECTED.
59 * @GST_BUFFER_POOL_FLAG_DISCONT: buffer is discont
61 * Additional flags to control the allocation of a buffer
64 GST_BUFFER_POOL_FLAG_NONE = 0,
65 GST_BUFFER_POOL_FLAG_KEY_UNIT = (1 << 0),
66 GST_BUFFER_POOL_FLAG_DONTWAIT = (1 << 1),
67 GST_BUFFER_POOL_FLAG_DISCONT = (1 << 2),
68 GST_BUFFER_POOL_FLAG_LAST = (1 << 16),
72 * GstBufferPoolParams:
73 * @format: the format of @start and @stop
74 * @start: the start position
75 * @stop: the stop position
76 * @flags: additional flags
78 * Parameters passed to the gst_buffer_pool_acquire_buffer() function to control the
79 * allocation of the buffer.
81 * The default implementation ignores the @start and @stop members but other
82 * implementations can use this extra information to decide what buffer to
85 typedef struct _GstBufferPoolParams {
89 GstBufferPoolFlags flags;
90 } GstBufferPoolParams;
93 * GST_BUFFER_POOL_IS_FLUSHING:
94 * @pool: a GstBufferPool
96 * Check if the bufferpool is flushing. Subclasses might want to check the
97 * state of the pool in the acquire function.
99 #define GST_BUFFER_POOL_IS_FLUSHING(pool) (g_atomic_int_get (&pool->flushing))
103 * @object: the parent structure
105 * The structure of a #GstBufferPool. Use the associated macros to access the public
108 struct _GstBufferPool {
116 GstAtomicQueue *queue;
120 GstStructure *config;
122 GstBufferPoolPrivate *priv;
124 gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
128 * GstBufferPoolClass:
129 * @object_class: Object parent class
130 * @get_options: get a list of options supported by this pool
131 * @set_config: apply the bufferpool configuration. The default configuration
132 * will parse the default config parameters
133 * @start: start the bufferpool. The default implementation will preallocate
134 * min-buffers buffers and put them in the queue
135 * @stop: stop the bufferpool. the default implementation will free the
136 * preallocated buffers. This function is called when all the buffers are
137 * returned to the pool.
138 * @acquire_buffer: get a new buffer from the pool. The default implementation
139 * will take a buffer from the queue and optionally wait for a buffer to
140 * be released when there are no buffers available.
141 * @alloc_buffer: allocate a buffer. the default implementation allocates
142 * buffers from the default memory allocator and with the configured
143 * size, prefix and alignment.
144 * @reset_buffer: reset the buffer to its state when it was freshly allocated.
145 * The default implementation will clear the flags and timestamps.
146 * @release_buffer: release a buffer back in the pool. The default
147 * implementation will put the buffer back in the queue and notify any
148 * blocking acquire_buffer calls.
149 * @free_buffer: free a buffer. The default implementation unrefs the buffer.
151 * The GstBufferPool class.
153 struct _GstBufferPoolClass {
154 GstObjectClass object_class;
157 const gchar ** (*get_options) (GstBufferPool *pool);
158 gboolean (*set_config) (GstBufferPool *pool, GstStructure *config);
160 gboolean (*start) (GstBufferPool *pool);
161 gboolean (*stop) (GstBufferPool *pool);
163 GstFlowReturn (*acquire_buffer) (GstBufferPool *pool, GstBuffer **buffer,
164 GstBufferPoolParams *params);
165 GstFlowReturn (*alloc_buffer) (GstBufferPool *pool, GstBuffer **buffer,
166 GstBufferPoolParams *params);
167 void (*reset_buffer) (GstBufferPool *pool, GstBuffer *buffer,
168 GstBufferPoolParams *params);
169 void (*release_buffer) (GstBufferPool *pool, GstBuffer *buffer);
170 void (*free_buffer) (GstBufferPool *pool, GstBuffer *buffer);
172 gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
175 GType gst_buffer_pool_get_type (void);
178 GstBufferPool * gst_buffer_pool_new (void);
180 /* state management */
181 gboolean gst_buffer_pool_set_active (GstBufferPool *pool, gboolean active);
182 gboolean gst_buffer_pool_is_active (GstBufferPool *pool);
184 gboolean gst_buffer_pool_set_config (GstBufferPool *pool, GstStructure *config);
185 GstStructure * gst_buffer_pool_get_config (GstBufferPool *pool);
187 const gchar ** gst_buffer_pool_get_options (GstBufferPool *pool);
188 gboolean gst_buffer_pool_has_option (GstBufferPool *pool, const gchar *option);
190 /* helpers for configuring the config structure */
191 void gst_buffer_pool_config_set (GstStructure *config, const GstCaps *caps,
192 guint size, guint min_buffers, guint max_buffers,
193 guint prefix, guint align);
194 gboolean gst_buffer_pool_config_get (GstStructure *config, const GstCaps **caps,
195 guint *size, guint *min_buffers, guint *max_buffers,
196 guint *prefix, guint *align);
199 guint gst_buffer_pool_config_n_options (GstStructure *config);
200 void gst_buffer_pool_config_add_option (GstStructure *config, const gchar *option);
201 const gchar * gst_buffer_pool_config_get_option (GstStructure *config, guint index);
202 gboolean gst_buffer_pool_config_has_option (GstStructure *config, const gchar *option);
204 /* buffer management */
205 GstFlowReturn gst_buffer_pool_acquire_buffer (GstBufferPool *pool, GstBuffer **buffer,
206 GstBufferPoolParams *params);
207 void gst_buffer_pool_release_buffer (GstBufferPool *pool, GstBuffer *buffer);
211 #endif /* __GST_BUFFER_POOL_H__ */