2 * Copyright (C) 2003 Benjamin Otte <in7y118@public.uni-hamburg.de>
4 * gsttypefind.c: typefinding subsystem
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24 * @short_description: Stream type detection
26 * The following functions allow you to detect the media type of an unknown
29 * Last reviewed on 2005-11-09 (0.9.4)
32 #include "gst_private.h"
34 #include "gsttypefind.h"
35 #include "gstregistry.h"
36 #include "gsttypefindfactory.h"
38 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_EXTERN (type_find_debug);
39 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT type_find_debug
42 gst_type_find_get_type (void)
44 static GType typefind_type = 0;
46 if (G_UNLIKELY (typefind_type == 0)) {
47 typefind_type = g_pointer_type_register_static ("GstTypeFind");
53 * gst_type_find_register:
54 * @plugin: A #GstPlugin.
55 * @name: The name for registering
56 * @rank: The rank (or importance) of this typefind function
57 * @func: The #GstTypeFindFunction to use
58 * @extensions: Optional extensions that could belong to this type
59 * @possible_caps: Optionally the caps that could be returned when typefinding
61 * @data: Optional user data. This user data must be available until the plugin
63 * @data_notify: a #GDestroyNotify that will be called on @data when the plugin
66 * Registers a new typefind function to be used for typefinding. After
67 * registering this function will be available for typefinding.
68 * This function is typically called during an element's plugin initialization.
70 * Returns: TRUE on success, FALSE otherwise
73 gst_type_find_register (GstPlugin * plugin, const gchar * name, guint rank,
74 GstTypeFindFunction func, gchar ** extensions,
75 const GstCaps * possible_caps, gpointer data, GDestroyNotify data_notify)
77 GstTypeFindFactory *factory;
79 g_return_val_if_fail (plugin != NULL, FALSE);
80 g_return_val_if_fail (name != NULL, FALSE);
81 g_return_val_if_fail (func != NULL, FALSE);
83 GST_INFO ("registering typefind function for %s", name);
85 factory = g_object_new (GST_TYPE_TYPE_FIND_FACTORY, NULL);
86 GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (factory, "using new typefind factory for %s", name);
87 g_assert (GST_IS_TYPE_FIND_FACTORY (factory));
88 gst_plugin_feature_set_name (GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE (factory), name);
90 gst_plugin_feature_set_rank (GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE (factory), rank);
91 if (factory->extensions)
92 g_strfreev (factory->extensions);
94 factory->extensions = g_strdupv (extensions);
95 gst_caps_replace (&factory->caps, (GstCaps *) possible_caps);
96 factory->function = func;
97 factory->user_data = data;
98 factory->user_data_notify = data_notify;
99 GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE (factory)->plugin_name = plugin->desc.name; /* interned string */
100 GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE (factory)->loaded = TRUE;
102 gst_registry_add_feature (gst_registry_get_default (),
103 GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE (factory));
108 /*** typefind function interface **********************************************/
111 * gst_type_find_peek:
112 * @find: The #GstTypeFind object the function was called with
113 * @offset: The offset
114 * @size: The number of bytes to return
116 * Returns the @size bytes of the stream to identify beginning at offset. If
117 * offset is a positive number, the offset is relative to the beginning of the
118 * stream, if offset is a negative number the offset is relative to the end of
119 * the stream. The returned memory is valid until the typefinding function
120 * returns and must not be freed.
122 * Returns: the requested data, or NULL if that data is not available.
125 gst_type_find_peek (GstTypeFind * find, gint64 offset, guint size)
127 g_return_val_if_fail (find->peek != NULL, NULL);
129 return find->peek (find->data, offset, size);
133 * gst_type_find_suggest:
134 * @find: The #GstTypeFind object the function was called with
135 * @probability: The probability in percent that the suggestion is right
136 * @caps: The fixed #GstCaps to suggest
138 * If a #GstTypeFindFunction calls this function it suggests the caps with the
139 * given probability. A #GstTypeFindFunction may supply different suggestions
141 * It is up to the caller of the #GstTypeFindFunction to interpret these values.
144 gst_type_find_suggest (GstTypeFind * find, guint probability,
145 const GstCaps * caps)
147 g_return_if_fail (find->suggest != NULL);
148 g_return_if_fail (probability <= 100);
149 g_return_if_fail (caps != NULL);
150 g_return_if_fail (gst_caps_is_fixed (caps));
152 find->suggest (find->data, probability, caps);
156 * gst_type_find_get_length:
157 * @find: The #GstTypeFind the function was called with
159 * Get the length of the data stream.
161 * Returns: The length of the data stream, or 0 if it is not available.
164 gst_type_find_get_length (GstTypeFind * find)
166 if (find->get_length == NULL)
169 return find->get_length (find->data);