v4l2transform: Implement stable element name

The first converter to be found will now gain the name v4l2convert.
Other converters will be named after the m2m dev node end point they are
attached to.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784958

diff --git a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2transform.c b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2transform.c
index 98f7dd8..eb22a3e 100644 (file)
--- a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2transform.c
+++ b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2transform.c
@@ -1184,7 +1184,10 @@ gst_v4l2_transform_register (GstPlugin * plugin, const gchar * basename,
   type_info.class_data = cdata;
   type_info.instance_init = gst_v4l2_transform_subinstance_init;
 
-  type_name = g_strdup_printf ("v4l2%sconvert", basename);
+  if (g_type_from_name ("v4l2convert") != 0)
+    type_name = g_strdup_printf ("v4l2%sconvert", basename);
+  else
+    type_name = g_strdup ("v4l2convert");
   subtype = g_type_register_static (type, type_name, &type_info, 0);
 
   if (!gst_element_register (plugin, type_name, GST_RANK_NONE, subtype))