2 * Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>
3 * 2000 Wim Taymans <wtay@chello.be>
4 * 2002 Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>
6 * gstparse.c: get a pipeline from a text pipeline description
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26 * @short_description: Get a pipeline from a text pipeline description
28 * These function allow to create a pipeline based on the syntax used in the
29 * gst-launch utillity.
34 #include "gst_private.h"
39 extern GstElement *_gst_parse_launch (const gchar *, GError **);
42 * gst_parse_error_quark:
44 * Get the error quark used by the parsing subsystem.
46 * Returns: the quark of the parse errors.
49 gst_parse_error_quark (void)
51 static GQuark quark = 0;
54 quark = g_quark_from_static_string ("gst_parse_error");
59 _gst_parse_escape (const gchar * str)
64 g_return_val_if_fail (str != NULL, NULL);
66 gstr = g_string_sized_new (strlen (str));
70 g_string_append_c (gstr, '\\');
71 g_string_append_c (gstr, *str);
76 g_string_free (gstr, FALSE);
83 * @argv: null-terminated array of arguments
84 * @error: pointer to a #GError
86 * Create a new element based on command line syntax.
87 * @error will contain an error message if an erroneuos pipeline is specified.
88 * An error does not mean that the pipeline could not be constructed.
90 * Returns: a new element on success and %NULL on failure.
93 gst_parse_launchv (const gchar ** argv, GError ** error)
97 const gchar **argvp, *arg;
100 g_return_val_if_fail (argv != NULL, NULL);
102 /* let's give it a nice size. */
103 str = g_string_sized_new (1024);
108 tmp = _gst_parse_escape (arg);
109 g_string_append (str, tmp);
111 g_string_append (str, " ");
115 element = gst_parse_launch (str->str, error);
117 g_string_free (str, TRUE);
124 * @pipeline_description: the command line describing the pipeline
125 * @error: the error message in case of an erroneous pipeline.
127 * Create a new pipeline based on command line syntax.
128 * Please note that you might get a return value that is not %NULL even though
129 * the @error is set. In this case there was a recoverable parsing error and you
130 * can try to play the pipeline.
132 * Returns: a new element on success, %NULL on failure. If more than one toplevel
133 * element is specified by the @pipeline_description, all elements are put into
134 * a #GstPipeline, which than is returned.
137 gst_parse_launch (const gchar * pipeline_description, GError ** error)
140 static GStaticMutex flex_lock = G_STATIC_MUTEX_INIT;
142 g_return_val_if_fail (pipeline_description != NULL, NULL);
144 GST_CAT_INFO (GST_CAT_PIPELINE, "parsing pipeline description %s",
145 pipeline_description);
147 /* the need for the mutex will go away with flex 2.5.6 */
148 g_static_mutex_lock (&flex_lock);
149 element = _gst_parse_launch (pipeline_description, error);
150 g_static_mutex_unlock (&flex_lock);