2 * Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>
3 * 2000,2004 Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>
5 * gstelementmetadata.h: Metadata for GstElement classes
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23 #ifndef __GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_H__
24 #define __GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_H__
29 * GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_LONGNAME:
31 * The long English name of the element. E.g. "File Sink"
33 #define GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_LONGNAME "long-name"
35 * GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_KLASS:
37 * String describing the type of element, as an unordered list
38 * separated with slashes ('/'). See draft-klass.txt of the design docs
39 * for more details and common types. E.g: "Sink/File"
41 #define GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_KLASS "klass"
44 * GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_DESCRIPTION:
46 * Sentence describing the purpose of the element.
47 * E.g: "Write stream to a file"
49 #define GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_DESCRIPTION "description"
51 * GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_AUTHOR:
53 * Name and contact details of the author(s). Use \n to separate
54 * multiple author details.
55 * E.g: "Joe Bloggs <joe.blogs at foo.com>"
57 #define GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_AUTHOR "author"
60 * GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_DOC_URI:
62 * Set uri pointing to user documentation. Applications can use this to show
63 * help for e.g. effects to users.
65 #define GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_DOC_URI "doc-uri"
67 * GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_ICON_NAME:
69 * Elements that bridge to certain other products can include an icon of that
70 * used product. Application can show the icon in menus/selectors to help
71 * identifying specific elements.
73 #define GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_ICON_NAME "icon-name"
77 #endif /* __GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_H__ */