# GstBus
-The GstBus is an object responsible for delivering GstMessages in a
+The `GstBus` is an object responsible for delivering `GstMessages` in a
first-in first-out way from the streaming threads to the application.
Since the application typically only wants to deal with delivery of
-these messages from one thread, the GstBus will marshall the messages
+these messages from one thread, the `GstBus` will marshall the messages
between different threads. This is important since the actual streaming
-of media is done in another threads (streaming threads) than the
+of media is done in other threads (streaming threads) than the
application. It is also important to not block the streaming threads
while the application deals with the message.
-The GstBus provides support for GSource based notifications. This makes
+The `GstBus` provides support for `GSource` based notifications. This makes
it possible to handle the delivery in the glib mainloop. Different
-GSources can be added to the same bin provided they listen to different
+`GSources` can be added to the same bin provided they listen to different
message types.
A message is posted on the bus with the `gst_bus_post()` method. With
the `gst_bus_peek()` and `_pop()` methods one can look at or retrieve a
previously posted message.
-The bus can be polled with the `gst_bus_poll()` method. This methods
+The bus can be polled with the `gst_bus_poll()` method. This method
blocks up to the specified timeout value until one of the specified
-messages types is posted on the bus. The application can then `_pop()`
-the messages from the bus to handle them.
+message types are posted on the bus. The application can then `_pop()`
+these messages from the bus to handle them.
It is also possible to get messages from the bus without any thread
marshalling with the `gst_bus_set_sync_handler()` method. This makes
-it possible to react to a message in the same thread that posted the
-message on the bus. This should only be used if the application is able
+it possible to react to a message in the same thread that posted it
+on the bus. This should only be used if the application is able
to deal with messages from different threads.
-If no messages are popped from the bus with either a GSource or
+If no messages are popped from the bus with either a `GSource` or
`gst_bus_pop()`, they remain on the bus.
When a pipeline or bin goes from READY into NULL state, it will set its
bus to flushing, ie. the bus will drop all existing and new messages on
-the bus, This is necessary because bus messages hold references to the
+the bus. This is necessary because bus messages hold references to the
bin/pipeline or its elements, so there are circular references that need
to be broken if one ever wants to be able to destroy a bin or pipeline
properly.