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3 * 2000 Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>
5 * gstformat.h: Header for GstFormat types used in queries and
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25 #ifndef __GST_FORMAT_H__
26 #define __GST_FORMAT_H__
30 #include <gst/gstiterator.h>
36 * @GST_FORMAT_UNDEFINED: undefined format
37 * @GST_FORMAT_DEFAULT: the default format of the pad/element. This can be
38 * samples for raw audio, frames/fields for raw video.
39 * @GST_FORMAT_BYTES: bytes
40 * @GST_FORMAT_TIME: time in nanoseconds
41 * @GST_FORMAT_BUFFERS: buffers
42 * @GST_FORMAT_PERCENT: percentage of stream
44 * Standard predefined formats
46 /* NOTE: don't forget to update the table in gstformat.c when changing
49 GST_FORMAT_UNDEFINED = 0, /* must be first in list */
50 GST_FORMAT_DEFAULT = 1,
53 GST_FORMAT_BUFFERS = 4,
54 GST_FORMAT_PERCENT = 5
57 /* a percentage is always relative to 1000000 */
59 * GST_FORMAT_PERCENT_MAX:
61 * The PERCENT format is between 0 and this value
63 #define GST_FORMAT_PERCENT_MAX G_GINT64_CONSTANT (1000000)
65 * GST_FORMAT_PERCENT_SCALE:
67 * The value used to scale down the reported PERCENT format value to
70 #define GST_FORMAT_PERCENT_SCALE G_GINT64_CONSTANT (10000)
72 typedef struct _GstFormatDefinition GstFormatDefinition;
75 * GstFormatDefinition:
76 * @value: The unique id of this format
77 * @nick: A short nick of the format
78 * @description: A longer description of the format
79 * @quark: A quark for the nick
83 struct _GstFormatDefinition
91 void _gst_format_initialize (void);
93 const gchar* gst_format_get_name (GstFormat format);
94 GQuark gst_format_to_quark (GstFormat format);
96 /* register a new format */
97 GstFormat gst_format_register (const gchar *nick,
98 const gchar *description);
99 GstFormat gst_format_get_by_nick (const gchar *nick);
101 /* check if a format is in an array of formats */
102 gboolean gst_formats_contains (const GstFormat *formats, GstFormat format);
104 /* query for format details */
105 G_CONST_RETURN GstFormatDefinition*
106 gst_format_get_details (GstFormat format);
107 GstIterator* gst_format_iterate_definitions (void);
111 #endif /* __GST_FORMAT_H__ */