GStreamer data protocol
-
-Intended to wrap GstData objects in a line protocol for use with
-pipe/network elements.
-
-IDEAS
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-* for transporting buffers, have a function that creates a header for
- a given buffer to be written before the buffer. This way, you don't lose
- time creating a GDP buffer from the buffer
-* allow for CRC'ing of the GstBuffer, optionally
-* have a version number of the protocol
-* optimizing the header for size is not useful since the GstData structure
- already contains more than 32 bytes anyway, making up half the header size
-
-PROTOCOL
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-* 1 byte GDP major version
-* 1 byte GDP minor version
-* 1 byte GDP flags
-* 1 byte GDP data type
- 1 for buffer, 2 caps, 65+ for events
-* 4 byte length of "payload"
-* 8 byte timestamp of buffer/event
-* 8 byte duration of buffer
-* 8 byte offset
-* 8 byte offset_end
-* 16 byte future extension (ABI padding)
-* 2 byte optional header crc
-* 2 byte optional payload crc
-* (length) payload
-
-header: 60 bytes
-
-all numbers use network byte ordering.
+ Intended to wrap GstData objects in a line protocol for use with
+ pipe / network elements.
+ IDEAS-- -- -*for transporting buffers, have a function that creates a header for a given buffer to be written before the buffer.
+ This way, you don't lose time creating a GDP buffer from the buffer
+* allow for CRC' ing of the GstBuffer, optionally * have a version number of the protocol * optimizing the header for size is not useful since the GstData structure
+ already contains more than 32 bytes anyway, making up half the header size PROTOCOL-- -- ----*1 byte GDP major
+version (0)
+ *1 byte GDP minor version (1)
+ * 1 byte GDP flags
+ * 1 byte GDP data type
+ 1 for buffer, 2 caps, 65 + for events
+ * 4 byte length of "payload"
+ * 8 byte timestamp of buffer / event
+ * 8 byte duration of buffer
+ * 8 byte offset
+ * 8 byte offset_end
+ * 2 byte buffer data flags * 14 byte future extension (ABI padding)
+ *2 byte optional header crc
+ * 2 byte optional payload crc
+ * (length) payload
+ header:60 bytes
+ PROTOCOL CHANGELOG-- --
+ --------------0.1:added two bytes for buffer flags all numbers use
+ network byte ordering.