Implement simple seek API. This can later be extended to work with GstPipeline as...

Original commit message from CVS:
Implement simple seek API. This can later be extended to work with GstPipeline as arguments and so on *autodetect proper element to send event to and so on), but this'll do as a start... See #116149

diff --git a/gst/gstelement.c b/gst/gstelement.c
index 2429d40..406d5a1 100644 (file)
--- a/gst/gstelement.c
+++ b/gst/gstelement.c
@@ -1901,6 +1901,26 @@ gst_element_send_event (GstElement *element, GstEvent *event)
 }
 
 /**
+ * gst_element_seek:
+ * @element: a #GstElement to send the event to.
+ * @seek_type: the method to use for seeking.
+ * @offset: the offset to seek to.
+ *
+ * Sends a seek event to an element.
+ *
+ * Returns: TRUE if the event was handled.
+ */
+gboolean
+gst_element_seek (GstElement  *element,
+                 GstSeekType  seek_type,
+                 guint64      offset)
+{
+  GstEvent *event = gst_event_new_seek (seek_type, offset);
+
+  return gst_element_send_event (element, event);
+}
+
+/**
  * gst_element_get_query_types:
  * @element: a #GstElement to query
  *

diff --git a/gst/gstelement.h b/gst/gstelement.h
index 81194f7..f86dada 100644 (file)
--- a/gst/gstelement.h
+++ b/gst/gstelement.h
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ void                        gst_element_unlink_pads         (GstElement *src, const gchar *srcpadname,
 
 const GstEventMask*    gst_element_get_event_masks     (GstElement *element);
 gboolean               gst_element_send_event          (GstElement *element, GstEvent *event);
+gboolean               gst_element_seek                (GstElement *element, GstSeekType seek_type,
+                                                        guint64 offset);
 const GstQueryType*    gst_element_get_query_types     (GstElement *element);
 gboolean               gst_element_query               (GstElement *element, GstQueryType type,
                                                         GstFormat *format, gint64 *value);