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validate/tools/gst-validate-images-check.c create mode 100644 validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.in create mode 100644 validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c create mode 100644 validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c create mode 100644 validate/tools/gst-validate.c diff --git a/gst-integration-testsuites b/gst-integration-testsuites new file mode 160000 index 0000000..c7f00c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/gst-integration-testsuites @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Subproject commit c7f00c599c5b60cc4ffc238511fb2849a2ad514f diff --git a/packaging/gst-validate.spec b/packaging/gst-validate.spec new file mode 100755 index 0000000..4c193e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/packaging/gst-validate.spec @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +Name: gst-validate +Summary: GStreamer streaming media framework base plug-ins +Version: 1.4.5 +Release: 0 +Group: Applications/Multimedia +License: LGPL +Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz +Requires(post): /sbin/ldconfig +Requires(postun): /sbin/ldconfig +BuildRequires: pkgconfig(glib-2.0) +BuildRequires: pkgconfig(gstreamer-1.0) +BuildRequires: pkgconfig(gstreamer-plugins-base-1.0) +BuildRequires: intltool +BuildRequires: python + +%description +GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which +operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything +from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything +else media-related. Its plugin-based architecture means that new data +types or processing capabilities can be added simply by installing new +plug-ins. + + +%package devel +Summary: GStreamer Plugin Library Headers +Group: Development/Libraries +Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release} +Obsoletes: gstreamer-validate-devel < %{version}-%{release} +Provides: gstreamer-validate-devel = %{version}-%{release} + +%description devel +GStreamer Plugins Base library development and header files. + + +%prep +%setup -q + +%build +cd validate +%autogen --noconfigure + +export CFLAGS+=" -Wall -g -fPIC" + +%configure --prefix=/usr\ + +make %{?jobs:-j%jobs} + +%install +cd validate +rm -rf %{buildroot} +mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/share/license +cp COPYING %{buildroot}/usr/share/license/%{name} +%make_install +rm -rf %{buildroot}/tmp/dump + +%post -p /sbin/ldconfig + +%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig + +%files +%manifest validate/gst-validate.manifest +%defattr(-,root,root,-) +%doc validate/AUTHORS validate/COPYING validate/README validate/gst-validate.doap + +/usr/share/license/%{name} + +%{_bindir}/gst-validate-1.0 +%{_bindir}/gst-validate-launcher +%{_bindir}/gst-validate-media-check-1.0 +%{_bindir}/gst-validate-transcoding-1.0 + +/usr/share/gstreamer-1.0/validate/ +/usr/include/gstreamer-1.0/gst/validate/ + +# non-core plugins without external dependencies +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate-1.0.so +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate-1.0.so.0 +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate-1.0.so.0.0.0 +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate_preload-1.0.so +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate_preload-1.0.so.0 +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate_preload-1.0.so.0.0.0 +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate-default-overrides-1.0.so +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate-default-overrides-1.0.so.0 +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate-default-overrides-1.0.so.0.0.0 +%{_libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/validate/libgstvalidategapplication.so +%{_libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/validate/libgstvalidatefaultinjection.so +%{_libdir}/gst-validate-launcher/python/ + +%files devel +%manifest validate/gst-validate-devel.manifest +%defattr(-,root,root,-) + +# pkg-config files +%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/gst-validate-1.0.pc diff --git a/packaging/gst-validate.spec~ b/packaging/gst-validate.spec~ new file mode 100755 index 0000000..bf8c49d --- /dev/null +++ b/packaging/gst-validate.spec~ @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +Name: gst-validate +Summary: GStreamer streaming media framework base plug-ins +Version: 1.4.5 +Release: 0 +Group: Applications/Multimedia +License: LGPL +Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz +Requires(post): /sbin/ldconfig +Requires(postun): /sbin/ldconfig +BuildRequires: pkgconfig(glib-2.0) +BuildRequires: pkgconfig(gstreamer-1.0) +BuildRequires: pkgconfig(gstreamer-plugins-base-1.0) +BuildRequires: intltool +BuildRequires: python +BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libpyg-2.0) + +%description +GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which +operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything +from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything +else media-related. Its plugin-based architecture means that new data +types or processing capabilities can be added simply by installing new +plug-ins. + + +%package devel +Summary: GStreamer Plugin Library Headers +Group: Development/Libraries +Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release} +Obsoletes: gstreamer-validate-devel < %{version}-%{release} +Provides: gstreamer-validate-devel = %{version}-%{release} + +%description devel +GStreamer Plugins Base library development and header files. + + +%prep +%setup -q + +%build +cd validate +%autogen --noconfigure + +export CFLAGS+=" -Wall -g -fPIC" + +%configure --prefix=/usr\ + +make %{?jobs:-j%jobs} + +%install +cd validate +rm -rf %{buildroot} +mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/share/license +cp COPYING %{buildroot}/usr/share/license/%{name} +%make_install +rm -rf %{buildroot}/tmp/dump + +%post -p /sbin/ldconfig + +%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig + +%files +%manifest validate/gst-validate.manifest +%defattr(-,root,root,-) +%doc validate/AUTHORS validate/COPYING validate/README validate/gst-validate.doap + +/usr/share/license/%{name} + +%{_bindir}/gst-validate-1.0 +%{_bindir}/gst-validate-launcher +%{_bindir}/gst-validate-media-check-1.0 +%{_bindir}/gst-validate-transcoding-1.0 + +/usr/share/gstreamer-1.0/validate/ +/usr/include/gstreamer-1.0/gst/validate/ + +# non-core plugins without external dependencies +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate-1.0.so +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate-1.0.so.0 +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate-1.0.so.0.0.0 +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate_preload-1.0.so +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate_preload-1.0.so.0 +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate_preload-1.0.so.0.0.0 +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate-default-overrides-1.0.so +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate-default-overrides-1.0.so.0 +%{_libdir}/libgstvalidate-default-overrides-1.0.so.0.0.0 +%{_libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/validate/libgstvalidategapplication.so +%{_libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/validate/libgstvalidatefaultinjection.so +%{_libdir}/gst-validate-launcher/python/ + +%files devel +%manifest validate/gst-validate-devel.manifest +%defattr(-,root,root,-) + +# pkg-config files +%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/gst-validate-1.0.pc diff --git a/validate/.gitignore b/validate/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 0000000..251025b --- /dev/null +++ b/validate/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +*.[oa] +*.pyc +*.gcda +*.gcno +*.la +*.lo +*.loT +*.sw[po] +*.tar.* +*~ +.deps +.libs +ABOUT-NLS +INSTALL +Makefile +Makefile.in +aclocal.m4 +autom4te.cache +autoregen.sh +compile +config.guess +config.h +config.h.in +config.log +config.rpath +config.status +config.sub +configure +depcomp +install-sh +libtool +ltmain.sh +missing +py-compile +stamp-h1 +tags +test-driver +stamp-h.in +.dirstamp +*.gir +*.typefind +*.orig + +.arcconfig +/m4/*m4 + +/po +*docs/launcher/html +*tools/gst-validate-launcher + +/launcher/config.py diff --git a/validate/.gitmodules b/validate/.gitmodules new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 diff --git a/validate/AUTHORS b/validate/AUTHORS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 diff --git a/validate/COPYING b/validate/COPYING new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8add30a --- /dev/null +++ b/validate/COPYING @@ -0,0 +1,504 @@ + GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE + Version 2.1, February 1999 + + Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA + Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies + of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. + +[This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL. 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22:44:26 +0100 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c: + validate: spelling fixes + analize != analyze + +2015-05-29 16:45:25 +0900 Wonchul Lee + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c: + validate: media-check: add newline to end of print statements + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750089 + +2015-06-09 09:10:42 +0900 Wonchul Lee + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c: + validate: media-check: fix double unref in error code path + Writer would get unrefed twice when it could not parse the file. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750606 + +2015-06-13 19:25:17 +0100 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * validate/tools/Makefile.am: + validate: tools: fix build + /usr/bin/ld: gst-validate-images-check.o: undefined reference to symbol 'gst_init' + /home/tpm/gst/glib-master/gstreamer/gst/.libs/libgstreamer-1.0.so.0: error adding symbols: DSO missing from command line + +2015-06-12 12:10:55 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst-libs/gst/video/gstvalidatessim.c: + * validate/plugins/ssim/gstvalidatessim.c: + validate:ssim: Make position reporting parseable by the launcher + +2015-06-12 11:00:54 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/plugins/ssim/gstvalidatessim.c: + validate:ssim: Print better information about execution + +2015-06-12 10:59:28 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + validate: print REPORTER->name when passed as source in validate_printf + +2015-06-12 11:17:43 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Avoid printing twice env variables + When printing test command. + +2015-06-09 10:52:21 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/Makefile.am: + validate:tools: Cleanup Makefile.am + Removing useless CFLAGS and LIBS + +2015-06-09 11:14:58 +0900 Wonchul Lee + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + validate:media-descriptor-writer: cleanup get tag code + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750609 + +2015-06-08 18:48:30 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.h: + validate: Do not define GstValidateOverride type twice + +2015-06-08 18:20:33 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/docs/plugins/Makefile.am: + * validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins-overrides.txt: + * validate/tools/Makefile.am: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-images-check.c: + validate: Fix make distcheck + +2015-06-08 17:11:51 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/docs/Makefile.am: + * validate/docs/plugins/Makefile.am: + * validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins-docs.sgml: + * validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins-sections.txt: + * validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins.sgml: + * validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins.types: + * validate/docs/version.entities: + * validate/docs/version.entities.in: + * validate/plugins/Makefile.am: + validate: Generate documentation for Validate plugins + Summary: Depends on D215 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D216 + +2015-06-08 17:10:50 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/plugins/ssim/Makefile.am: + * validate/plugins/ssim/gstvalidatessim.c: + validate: Add a validate ssim plugin + Summary: + + Bump gst-video dependency to 1.4 as we need GstVideoConvert + Depends on D213: validate: Mark gst_validate_report a G_GNUC_PRINTF + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D215 + +2015-06-03 12:43:52 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.c: + validate: Mark gst_validate_report a G_GNUC_PRINTF + Summary: + And fix the issue it raised + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D213 + Depends on D211 + +2015-05-25 13:41:04 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/gst-libs/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst-libs/gst/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst-libs/gst/video/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst-libs/gst/video/gssim.c: + * validate/gst-libs/gst/video/gssim.h: + * validate/gst-libs/gst/video/gstvalidatessim.c: + * validate/gst-libs/gst/video/gstvalidatessim.h: + * validate/tools/.gitignore: + * validate/tools/Makefile.am: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-images-check.c: + validate: Add a gst-validate-images-check tool + Summary: + That is a new tool that uses ssim algorithm to compare images + + Add a GstValidateVideo internal library adding an helper Gssim class + Depends on D210 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D211 + +2015-05-27 19:35:15 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.h: + validate:utils: Add a utility to get a GstClockTime from a structure + Summary: + Properly handling the different types that can represent ClockTime + Make use of it in gst_validate_action_get_clocktime + API: gst_validate_utils_get_clocktime + Depends on D209 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D210 + +2015-05-26 18:45:45 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-internal.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + validate: Properly clear the overrides registry on deinit + Summary: Depends on D208 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D209 + +2015-05-26 13:58:15 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.h: + validate: Add a way to check whether Validate is initialized + Summary: + API: + gst_validate_is_initialized + Depends on D207 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D208 + +2015-05-26 15:57:29 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.h: + validate:override: Add a vmethod to check whether a monitor can attach it + Summary: Depends on D206 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D207 + +2015-05-26 12:04:02 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c: + validate:override-registry: Make use of gst_validate_element_has_klass + Summary: + + Fix a minor mixup bug between klass_overrides and name_overrides + Depends on D205 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D206 + +2015-05-26 12:03:25 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + validate:override: Make overrides GObjects + Summary: + This way we can subclass them getting a proper + context in the various override methods. + Depends on D204 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D205 + +2015-05-25 18:52:34 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/gst/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/plugins/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/plugins/fault_injection/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/plugins/fault_injection/socket_interposer.c: + * validate/gst/plugins/gapplication/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/plugins/gapplication/gstvalidategapplication.c: + * validate/gst/plugins/gtk/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/plugins/gtk/gstvalidategtk.c: + * validate/plugins/Makefile.am: + * validate/plugins/fault_injection/Makefile.am: + * validate/plugins/fault_injection/socket_interposer.c: + * validate/plugins/gapplication/Makefile.am: + * validate/plugins/gapplication/gstvalidategapplication.c: + * validate/plugins/gtk/Makefile.am: + * validate/plugins/gtk/gstvalidategtk.c: + validate: Move plugins to the toplevel directory + Summary: + Otherwise we end up with circular / complicated dependencies between + Validate, its libraries, and the plugins + Depends on D203 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D204 + +2015-05-27 16:41:00 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Round up computed ClockTime values + Otherwise we end up with rounding error and instead of + seeking to 0.1 we seek to 0.09999999999 for example + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D203 + +2015-05-27 13:18:33 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/preload/gst-validate-monitor-preload.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate:runner: Add a method to force exiting the runner + This method is similar to runner_printf() but can be used + only once. The user needs to make sure all the pipeline + are in NULL state when this is called. + The method emits a "STOPPING" signal and at that point + overrides or monitors should do extra processing/checks if + needed. + + Make use of it everywhere where it makes sense. + API: + gst_validate_runner_exit + GstValidateRunner::stopping signal + +2015-06-02 20:25:56 -0400 Olivier Crête + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + pad-monitor: Check that an ERROR GstMessage has been posted on GST_FLOW_ERROR + Summary: + Before returning GST_FLOW_ERROR, an element must post an ERROR GstMessage, + enforce that. + Reviewers: thiblahute, Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D201 + +2015-06-03 11:49:58 +0100 Luis de Bethencourt + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + validate: remove unused assignment + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D202 + +2015-06-02 16:46:15 -0400 Olivier Crête + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c: + Revert "validate-utils: simplify _read_builtin ()" + This breaks the fast_forward scenario parsing. + This reverts commit 0cfff156b1d7013174652cdd25d3ad3f0571813e. + +2015-05-29 17:40:26 +0100 Luis de Bethencourt + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c: + validate-utils: clean error handling in _file_get_lines () + +2015-05-29 16:29:44 +0100 Luis de Bethencourt + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c: + validate-utils: simplify _read_builtin () + +2015-05-29 15:40:04 +0100 Vineeth T M + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c: + validate-utils: sqrt(-1.0) leads to undefined result + Using sqrt of -1 is not valid and leads to undefined results. + When comparing the return value of the fucntion in validate-scenario, + it is being checked with ret == -1, so it makes sense to just return -1 in error case. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=748389 + +2015-05-20 13:57:55 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Make sure to actually test position to execute actions + +2015-05-15 14:45:04 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/data/gstvalidate.supp: + validate: add valgrind ignore supps for theora encoder + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D181 + +2015-05-15 14:26:35 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/data/gstvalidate.supp: + validate: add more H264 valgrind supp rules + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D180 + +2015-05-15 12:57:49 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/plugins/gtk/gstvalidategtk.c: + validate:gtk: Use event->type directly + gdk_event_get_event_type was introduced in Gtk 3.10 only + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749421 + +2015-05-14 17:43:40 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: extra_env_variables is a dictionnary + +2015-05-13 15:30:23 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Always set the protocol when creating a GstValidateMediaDescriptor + Summary: Depends on D174 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du, gdesmott + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D175 + +2015-05-13 15:29:43 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Allow passing extra env variables to the tests + Summary: Depends on D173 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du, gdesmott + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D174 + +2015-05-13 15:27:08 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c: + validate: overrides: Allow using regex for named overrides + Summary: + And minor fixes + Depends on D172 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du, gdesmott + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D173 + +2015-05-13 12:18:18 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/plugins/gapplication/gstvalidategapplication.c: + * validate/gst/plugins/gtk/gstvalidategtk.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate:scenario: Handle action execution after pipeline destruction + Summary: + It is possible to keep executing actions after the pipeline + has been destroyed. + API: + GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_DOESNT_NEED_PIPELINE + Depends on D171 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D172 + +2015-05-13 12:16:57 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate:scenario: Add a macro to get ActionType from an Action + Summary: Depends on D170 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D171 + +2015-05-13 12:13:17 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Factor out code to check position + Summary: + Making simpler to follow the execute_next_action function. + Depends on D169 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D170 + +2015-05-13 11:27:25 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.c: + validate:pipeline-monitor: Stop printing position when not possible + Summary: + If from anything >= PAUSED to anything <= READY we can not query + pipeline position, so do not try to. + Depends on D168 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D169 + +2015-05-13 11:20:42 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Rename 'get_position_id' to 'execute_actions_source_id' + Summary: Depends on D167 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D168 + +2015-05-12 12:07:13 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Do not unref twice the same list + Summary: Depends on D166 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D167 + +2015-05-12 10:58:19 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Add a way to specify the pipeline on which a scenario applies + Summary: + From within the scenario itself. + Depends on D165 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D166 + +2015-05-12 12:04:52 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Avoid depending on Gst 1.4 + Summary: Depends on D117 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D165 + +2015-04-21 15:29:15 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/gst/plugins/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/plugins/gtk/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/plugins/gtk/gstvalidategtk.c: + validate: Add a gtk plugins that implements action types relative to Gtk + Summary: + Currently the only supported action is gtk-put-event allowing press and + release keyboard keys. + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D117 + +2015-05-12 09:55:58 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/autogen.sh: + validate: Always git submodule update from the toplevel directory + Otherwise it fails with older git versions + +2015-05-09 16:28:20 +0200 Emanuele Aina + + * validate/docs/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/docs/validate/command-line-tools.xml: + * validate/docs/validate/envvariables.xml: + * validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-docs.sgml: + * validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-launcher.xml: + * validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-media-check.xml: + * validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.xml: + * validate/docs/validate/gst-validate.xml: + * validate/docs/validate/scenarios.xml: + validate: Reshape documentation + Fix some errors, use more Docbook tags and split each command reference + in its own file. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749162 + +2015-05-09 16:23:06 +0200 Emanuele Aina + + * validate/autogen.sh: + validate: Go back to the validate dir after submodule init + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749162 + +2015-05-11 17:08:37 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/data/gstvalidate.supp: + validate: ignore x264 valgrind errors + Summary: The x264 code is pretty hardcore so I just opened a bug for now. + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D164 + +2015-05-08 16:33:50 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/valgrind.config: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.c: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: disable QOS features when running with valgrind + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D156 + +2015-05-11 14:24:32 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.h: + validate: move element_has_klass() to utils + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D163 + +2015-05-11 12:22:25 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/launcher/utils.py: + validate: rename get_valgrind_suppression_file() + Summary: + This function is actually not specific to valgrind so we can make it more + generic. + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D162 + +2015-05-11 12:01:56 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + validate: allow to pass more than one file to GST_VALIDATE_CONFIG + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D161 + +2015-05-11 11:47:47 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + validate: gst_validate_plugin_get_config() return 'core' conf if plugin is NULL + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D160 + +2015-05-11 13:54:15 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.h: + * validate/tests/check/validate/monitoring.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/overrides.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/reporting.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: add gst_validate_deinit() + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D159 + +2015-05-11 14:25:49 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + validate: don't leak not maching config structures + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D158 + +2015-05-11 11:08:36 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + validate: factor out create_config() + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D157 + +2015-05-08 16:28:11 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: display debug info when stopping because EOS + Summary: + Useful to know if we are executing the 'stop' command provided by the scenario + or not. + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D155 + +2015-05-11 19:40:49 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * .gitignore: + Update .gitignore + +2015-05-07 11:19:57 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + validate: unref last_caps when destroying pad monitor + Reviewers: thiblahute + Reviewed By: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D150 + +2015-05-05 15:59:18 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/data/scenarios/reverse_playback.scenario: + validate: fix typo in reverse_playback.scenario + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D148 + +2015-05-05 12:46:38 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: initialize position + Summary: Fix invalid read when executing without having the actual position. + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D147 + +2015-05-05 09:32:53 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/data/gstvalidate.supp: + validate: be less specific when ignoring the pixman tls leak + Summary: I hit the same big in a slightly different code path. + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D146 + +2015-05-04 14:22:00 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/.gitignore: + * validate/tools/.gitignore: + update gitignore + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D145 + +2015-04-30 17:39:55 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/data/scenarios/setup_sink_props_max_lateness.scenario: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + use the setup_sink_props_max_lateness config scenario with valgrind + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D141 + +2015-04-30 17:22:19 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: add 'target-element-klass' property on set-property action + Summary: + This allows us to set a property on all the elements of the pipeline matching + a specific klass name. + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D140 + +2015-05-01 16:39:04 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate: add 'optional' action keyword + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D139 + +2015-04-30 15:39:23 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: scenario: call _element_added_cb() on existing children + Summary: + We want to have a chance to set property on all the elements of the pipelines, + including the existing children when the element is added. + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D138 + +2015-04-29 14:12:01 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/launcher/httpserver.py: + * validate/launcher/vfb_server.py: + Fix 'stoped' typo + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D137 + +2015-04-27 15:57:13 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/data/gstvalidate.supp: + validate: add vg suppression for libdrm bug + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D134 + +2015-04-27 15:14:10 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/data/gstvalidate.supp: + validate: ignore invalid read from libav aac decoding + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D133 + +2015-04-27 14:48:54 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/data/gstvalidate.supp: + validate: ignore libvpx valgrind errors + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D132 + +2015-04-27 14:04:05 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/data/gstvalidate.supp: + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: display the URL of ignored Valgrind bugs + Summary: + We don't want to forget about those so best to remind it when starting tests + as we do with blacklisted tests. + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D131 + +2015-04-27 13:25:44 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/launcher/utils.py: + validate: move look_for_file_in_source_dir and get_valgrind_suppression_file to utils + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D130 + +2015-04-30 23:57:09 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/autogen.sh: + validate: Make sure to run submodule init from the root dir + +2015-04-29 13:22:11 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Fix 'duration' property of the pause action + We preparse it into and set it as GstClockTime in the + structures so make sure to use them as such. + +2015-04-28 16:44:42 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Concider unset MediaDescriptor duration has 'infinite' + +2015-04-22 11:38:56 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/data/gstvalidate.supp: + validate: ignore a pixman leak which is fixed in master + http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D128 + +2015-04-21 15:57:57 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/data/gstvalidate.supp: + validate: use a bigger hammer to ignore mesa related leaks + Looks like some tests are hitting a slightly different code path in udev but + the root bug is the same. + http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D128 + +2015-04-23 12:33:26 +0100 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * codecanalyzer/src/codecanalyzer.c: + codecanalyzer: minor style fix + +2015-04-23 15:53:12 +0900 Vineeth T M + + * codecanalyzer/src/codecanalyzer.c: + codecanalyzer: don't try to free uninitialized pointers + xml_files_path and hex_files_path variable are not initialized. + There are chances that corruption happens when uninitialized + variables are freed, so init them to NULL before use. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=748351 + +2015-04-23 12:23:24 +0100 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * codecanalyzer/src/codecanalyzer.c: + codecanalyzer: run gst-indent on code + +2015-04-23 11:44:24 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/autogen.sh: + * validate/gst-validate.doap: + * validate/po/Makevars: + validate: Update autogen.sh + And add a gst-validate.doap file. + +2015-04-23 11:24:14 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/common: + Update common submodule + +2015-04-21 11:00:58 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/Makefile.am: + validate: use -debug versions of bins when running from source + Summary: + Those versions are using rpath instead of libtool's wrappers and so will be + faster to start and won't confuse valgrind. + Reviewers: thiblahute + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D116 + +2015-04-20 15:24:46 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/adaptive_video_framerate.scenario: + * validate/data/adaptive_video_framerate_size.scenario: + * validate/data/adaptive_video_size.scenario: + * validate/data/alternate_fast_backward_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/camerabin_signal.scenario: + * validate/data/change_state_intensive.scenario: + * validate/data/disable_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario: + * validate/data/fast_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/fast_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/force_key_unit.scenario: + * validate/data/pause_resume.scenario: + * validate/data/play_15s.scenario: + * validate/data/reverse_playback.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/scenarios/adaptive_video_framerate.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/adaptive_video_framerate_size.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/adaptive_video_size.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/alternate_fast_backward_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/camerabin_signal.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/change_state_intensive.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/disable_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/fast_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/fast_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/force_key_unit.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/pause_resume.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/play_15s.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/reverse_playback.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/scrub_backward_seeking.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/scrub_backward_seeking_full.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/scrub_forward_seeking.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/scrub_forward_seeking_full.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/seek_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/seek_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/seek_forward_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/seek_with_stop.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/simple_seeks.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/switch_audio_track.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/switch_audio_track_while_paused.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/switch_set_external_subtitle.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/switch_subtitle_track.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/switch_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/update_start.scenario: + * validate/data/scenarios/update_stop.scenario: + * validate/data/scrub_backward_seeking.scenario: + * validate/data/scrub_backward_seeking_full.scenario: + * validate/data/scrub_forward_seeking.scenario: + * validate/data/scrub_forward_seeking_full.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_forward_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_with_stop.scenario: + * validate/data/simple_seeks.scenario: + * validate/data/switch_audio_track.scenario: + * validate/data/switch_audio_track_while_paused.scenario: + * validate/data/switch_set_external_subtitle.scenario: + * validate/data/switch_subtitle_track.scenario: + * validate/data/switch_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario: + * validate/data/update_start.scenario: + * validate/data/update_stop.scenario: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + move scenarios to data/scenarios + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D115 + +2015-04-20 10:53:29 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/gstvalidate.supp: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: add gstvalidate.supp valgrind suppression file + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D115 + +2015-04-13 13:55:56 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: scenario: fix structure and action leak + +2015-04-10 11:28:34 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + validate: report: fix GString leak when early returning + +2015-04-19 11:57:36 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.c: + validate:pipelinemonitor: Print position only when in state >= PAUSED + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Reviewed By: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D86 + +2015-04-19 11:56:29 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/vfb_server.py: + validate:launcher: Use full HD screen as default screen size in xvfb + +2015-04-17 20:37:21 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/Makefile.am: + * validate/launcher/main.py: + * validate/launcher/vfb_server.py: + validate:launcher: Add a way to run tests without displaying the output + Summary: + Adding a --no-display option and running Xvfb virtual frame buffer X + server. + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D105 + +2015-04-17 19:56:17 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Error out if valgrind is not available on the system + Summary: + When the user wants to use valgrind, make sure it is present on the + system before doing anything + Reviewers: gdesmott + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D104 + +2015-04-17 19:28:19 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Stop scenario execution on stop action + And document it properly. + Summary: + The stop action was defined as "setting state to NULL" but + its actual goal is to stop the execution of the scenario. Make sure + that the scenario will not try to execute other actions when that + one has been executed. + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D103 + +2015-04-16 13:40:08 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.c: + validate: Gracefully handle absence of TAG on streams + Summary: And do not segfault when it happens! + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D99 + +2015-04-16 12:02:11 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Pass GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO to the subprocess env only + Summary: + And make sure to remove it from the env if the user has it in its main + environment. + Without that commit we ended up passing scenarios from previous tests + to the following ones where None were specified. + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D98 + +2015-03-31 15:10:11 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + validate: don't pass NULL to gst_caps_copy() + +2015-03-31 14:54:28 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c: + validate: use GstMediaDescriptorWriter as log handler + Allow us to catch warnings when running gst-validate-media-check-1.0. + +2015-03-31 09:59:58 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + validate: media-descriptor-writer: fix string leaks + +2015-04-15 14:02:32 +0900 Young Han Lee + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.in: + validate:launcher: Handle git error properly + 'OSError' exception is emitted but not handled properly when git is not + installed on running system. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747892 + +2015-04-14 12:31:32 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: set GST_GL_XINITTHREADS + This ensure that XInitThreads is called and so gl contexts are properly + initialized. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747840 + Signed-off-by: Guillaume Desmottes + +2015-04-10 18:19:40 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Make validate the only default testsuite + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D93 + +2015-04-10 18:11:09 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Let the responsibility to update asset to the testsuite + Summary: + It makes it easier to make sure that the assets needed for a specific + testsuite are available when needed + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D92 + +2015-04-10 13:29:47 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate:tools: EOS handling is the responsibility of the scenario + Summary: If any scenario set + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: + http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D90 + +2015-02-13 18:34:04 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Add support for waiting on signals and messages + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: + http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D88 + +2015-03-06 11:55:09 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate:scenario: Report disabling plugin issues + Summary: + + typedef GstValidateActionReturn so it can be used in the introspection + + Add GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR_REPORTED which should be used + to tell Validate that something wrong happened so the sub action + won't be executed, but that it should not report an error itself + as it has already been handled in the action function. + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D81 + +2015-03-06 11:51:19 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Allow execution of disable-plugin as a config action + Summary: + And fix a bug where config actions were added to the list of action even + if they had already been executed + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D80 + +2015-03-03 09:16:20 +0000 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/seek_forward_backward.scenario: + validate:scenarios: Set seek_forward_backward min-media-duration=45 + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D79 + +2015-02-27 23:20:43 +0000 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Set more env variable in the launcher command desc + Summary: + Adding if present: + * LD_PRELOAD + * DISPLAY + * GST_VALIDATE_CONFIG + * GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE + + enhance the add_env_variable method to more easily set envvar from + current value + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D78 + +2015-03-02 11:03:08 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/plugins/gapplication/gstvalidategapplication.c: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.h: + validate: Add a method to easily get plugin configuration + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D77 + +2015-02-26 13:11:51 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/gst/plugins/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/plugins/gapplication/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/plugins/gapplication/gstvalidategapplication.c: + validate:plugins: Add support to all GApplication as a test apps + Summary: + Add a very simple plugin that will allow any GApplication to easily be + used with GstValidate using the LD_PRELOAD feature + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D75 + +2015-01-17 22:21:16 +0100 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.h: + validate: let structs_from_filename be exported. + Summary: It is useful for plugins too + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D74 + +2015-03-03 15:42:06 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-internal.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Update Action.repeat field when needed + Summary: And print the current repeat value of the action that have such a field + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D73 + +2015-02-26 15:21:01 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Alway execute a 'quit' action on EOS + Summary: Making scenario more usable with LD_PRELOAD + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D72 + +2015-02-27 22:39:42 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Set the main action structure in fill_structure + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D71 + +2015-02-27 13:18:04 +0000 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Use GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO envvar to set scenarios + Summary: + Instead of concidering all apps will have a --set-scenario argument + which is not going to be the case as soon as we run the tests through + LD_PRELOAD + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D70 + +2015-02-27 13:16:01 +0000 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Move get_current_position from GstValidatePipelineTest to GstValidateTest + This is where it belongs + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D69 + +2015-04-08 14:13:11 +0900 Wonchul Lee + + * validate/docs/validate/scenarios.xml: + validate: fix typo in scenario file format docs + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747487 + +2015-03-30 16:47:28 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: scenario: fix caps leak + +2015-03-30 16:46:12 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.c: + validate: media-descriptor: fix filenode->caps leak + +2015-03-27 16:00:50 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + validate: transcoding: don't create a second mainloop + +2015-03-27 16:00:19 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + validate: transcoding: don't leak the requested sinkpad from decodebin + +2015-03-27 15:59:42 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + validate: pad-monitor: fix caps leak + Don't create othercaps when early returning. + +2015-03-27 12:16:03 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + validate: GstValidateMediaCheckTest should inherit from GstValidateTest + +2015-03-31 09:20:05 +0900 Young Han Lee + + * validate/launcher/Makefile.am: + validate:launcher: Install config.py for non-development mode + Running installed gst-validate-launcher aborted with the following error. + File "lib/gst-validate-launcher/python/launcher/baseclasses.py", line 28, in + import config + ImportError: No module named config + This is because config.py is added but not installed + in ba6d209b3fd062f4e6bd889f81f1213cc12339ec. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747087 + +2015-03-29 11:13:01 +0900 Young Han Lee + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Show timeout seconds for timeout result message + Current timeout message doesn't show how many seconds a test took and + it is timeouted by normal timeout or hard timeout. + This patch changes the message like following. + 1. normal timeout + old : validate.http.playback.reverse_playback.raw_video_mov: Timeout (Application timed out) + new : validate.http.playback.reverse_playback.raw_video_mov: Timeout (Application timed out: 120 secs) + 2. hard timeout + old : validate.http.playback.reverse_playback.raw_video_mov: Timeout (Application timed out) + new : validate.http.playback.reverse_playback.raw_video_mov: Timeout (Hard timeout reached: 600 secs) + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746957 + +2015-03-30 16:00:09 +0900 Young Han Lee + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Fix wrong test number with -j option + When '-j n' option is given, first n tests print test number 0. + This is caused by test_num part of 919db986052602dca452f05e284cfc857302d4f0. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747006 + +2015-03-28 23:29:56 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/launcher/config.py.in: + validate:launcher: Avoid depending on PyGObject + Summary: + And rely on our knowledge of the configuration to figure out where the + suppression file has been installed + Reviewers: gdesmott + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D61 + +2015-03-26 15:42:11 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + validate: media-descriptor-writer: don't leak info and streaminfo + +2015-03-26 15:39:12 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c: + validate: media-check: don't leak output_file and expected_file + +2015-03-26 13:59:30 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: check VALGRIND_ERROR_CODE in Test as well + We were doing it only in GstValidateTest which was overriding the default + implementation. + +2015-03-26 13:57:34 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: don't increase hard_timeout is if it's None + Some tests, like the media check ones, have None as hard_timeout. + +2015-03-26 11:29:26 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: increase VALGRIND_TIMEOUT_FACTOR + 5 wasn't enough for my poor laptop. + +2015-03-26 11:29:06 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: increase the normal timeout as well when using valgrind + +2015-03-26 10:32:09 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.c: + validate: media-descriptor: fix caps leak + gst_pad_get_current_caps() returns a reffed caps. + +2015-03-23 13:36:45 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + also call gst_deinit() in media-check and transcoding + More valgrind friendly. + +2015-03-23 16:19:49 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: raise an error if valgrind detected issues + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D53 + +2015-03-23 13:36:45 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + call gst_deinit() when we are done + More valgrind friendly. + +2015-03-23 13:35:41 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: call gst_bus_remove_signal_watch() + We are supposed to call gst_bus_remove_signal_watch() for each gst_bus_add_signal_watch() call to prevent leaks. + +2015-03-23 10:24:21 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.c: + validate: media-descriptor-parser: fix string leak + _set_content() doesn't actually consume @content so the caller is responsible + freeing it. + +2015-03-23 10:23:02 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + validate: pad-monitor: fix buffers list leak + +2015-03-23 10:22:47 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + validate: pad-monitor: fix caps leak + +2015-03-20 15:22:32 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + validate: fix a bunch of GstBus leaks + +2015-03-23 09:39:30 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: store valgrind logs to its own file + +2015-03-20 15:00:28 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: report: fix invalid read when destroying Report + Summary: + @report was invalid when we were trying to clear the mutex. + validate: scenario: remove weak pointer when destroying action + Free an invalid read when the scenario is destroyed after the action. + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D44 + +2015-03-20 14:49:24 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + validate: report: fix invalid read when destroying Report + @report was invalid when we were trying to clear the mutex. + +2015-03-20 12:15:03 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: fix string arguments leaks + We are responsible of freeing the string arguments parsed by GOptionContext. + +2015-03-20 11:39:32 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: scenario: don't borrow @structure in _fill_action() + @structure was borrowed in some code path and wasn't in some other. Make it + clearer, and fix a leak, by always copying it. + +2015-03-20 11:33:01 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c: + validate: override-registry: fix structs list leak + The list returned by _lines_get_strutures() needs to be deeply freed. + +2015-03-20 11:27:29 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: scenario: fix scenarios leak + +2015-03-20 11:25:39 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + validate: reporter: fix message leak + +2015-03-20 11:24:27 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + validate: report: don't shadow the GString variable + We were leaking the GString as it's freed outside of the block. + +2015-03-20 11:24:04 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + validate: report: fix GStrv leak + +2015-03-20 11:23:29 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + validate: report: fix GStrv leak + We borrow the content of the GStrv but were leaking the array itself. + +2015-03-19 17:22:26 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + launcher: try using gst.supp as valgrind suppressions file + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746465 + +2015-03-19 17:44:19 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/Makefile.am: + validate: install gst.supp + Will be used when running tests inside Valgrind. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746465 + +2015-03-19 16:06:54 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/launcher/main.py: + launcher: add valgrind support + Add a --valgrind option to gst-validate-launcher to run the tests inside + Valgrind and tune GLib's memory allocator accordingly. + Fix https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746465 + +2015-03-20 10:06:35 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/docs/validate/envvariables.xml: + * validate/docs/validate/scenarios.xml: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: move scenarios to validate/scenarios/ + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746465 + +2015-03-19 12:22:39 +0100 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Fix small typo + +2015-03-18 17:05:19 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Make sure to show apps specific options in the help + +2015-03-18 11:05:08 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Fix test number printing + +2015-03-14 15:40:17 +0000 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher Rename _other_testsuite_for_tester + To _check_tester_has_other_testsuite + +2015-03-14 15:08:12 +0000 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Cache all the tests in the runner + This way we do not have to re ask all the test managers + what tests should be run. + +2015-03-13 17:09:08 +0000 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Add a way to simply run validate default tests on uris + Summary: + This allows us to easily run all the scenarios on a particular file doing: + $ gst-validate-launcher validate --validate-check-uri file:///some/media/file.webm + Reviewers: Mathieu_Du + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D36 + +2015-03-13 17:07:00 +0000 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: keep executing actions even after linking up following execution + When linking actions execution without waiting on execution context, then + idle callback should keep being called so following action keep being + executed. + +2015-03-10 10:29:28 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * .arcconfig: + * validate/.gitignore: + validate: Add more files to .gitignore + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D34 + +2015-03-10 10:25:23 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Rename get_position to execute_next_action + That function was wrongly called and did not correspond to what it + actually does. + +2015-03-09 18:26:37 +0000 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/seek_backward_non_flushing.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_forward_non_flushing.scenario: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + Revert "validate: add non flushing seek support" + This reverts commit 3ff55dcc3119b39e7c86044159db8bce49a2dc3a. + Regressions on the test server, apparently linked to this patchset. + +2015-03-09 18:26:33 +0000 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + Revert "validate: use segments to detect success of flushing seeks too" + This reverts commit c47cc7ba90e96ffaefe201087428ef448670f3be. + Regressions on the test server, apparently linked to this patchset. + +2015-03-09 18:26:06 +0000 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + Revert "validate: expect a buffer with discontinuity after a seek" + This reverts commit 87064b6994e36203b6976d436feda809068f1497. + Regressions on the test server, apparently linked to this patchset. + +2015-03-09 18:41:54 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Make sure TIMEOUTs do not get converted to ERROR + This was a regression introduced in c0e3d2e4f190fc9627897cc3d3d016448cb5dbe9 + +2015-02-27 16:56:06 +0000 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: expect a buffer with discontinuity after a seek + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744783 + +2015-02-27 14:40:09 +0000 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: use segments to detect success of flushing seeks too + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744783 + +2015-02-19 13:12:50 +0000 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/seek_backward_non_flushing.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_forward_non_flushing.scenario: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: add non flushing seek support + and a couple scenarios using them + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744783 + +2015-03-06 09:39:10 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/apps/Makefile.am: + validate:launcher: Do not forget to install apps/__init__.py + It is a python module that should be usable by external apps/testsuites + +2015-03-05 13:33:27 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Handle not mandatory action types + Summary: + There is currently no way to handle the fact that action types + might be handled only by a specific application but not handling + this action types would not cause any difference for the good execution + of the scenario as a whole + Differential Revision: http://phabricator.freedesktop.org/D33 + +2015-03-02 17:32:56 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Better handle GST debug log outputs redirection + +2015-03-04 17:30:41 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: First rely on the presence of criticals to set tests result + In the case of external applications they might not set their exist + code bases on the result of validate so we should rely on what + validates as to say first. + +2015-03-04 17:26:55 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + validate:report: Allow registering of issue types through the introspection + Fixing annotations and make GstValidateIssue refcounted + We break the ABI in that commit but I do not expect anyone to register + issue type outside GstValidate yet. + Add padding in the structures so we can avoid breaking the ABI again later. + +2015-03-04 17:24:52 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c: + validate:monitor: Do not requiere a GstObject as target + We can work with any GObject and that allows applications to write + monitors for other aspects too + +2015-03-03 12:26:52 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Alway execute sub action on action running SYNC + Move methods around to avoid needing on top prototypes + +2015-03-03 19:26:33 +0900 Wonchul Lee + + * validate/docs/validate/command-line-tools.xml: + validate:docs: Rename gst-validate-launch to gst-validate-launcher + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=745510 + +2015-03-03 11:33:06 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Do not execute last sub action twice when ASYNC + +2015-03-03 10:39:52 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Properly print sub action as if they were main actions + +2015-03-02 14:38:16 +0100 Emanuele Aina + + * validate/docs/validate/scenarios.xml: + validate:docs: Fix typos in Scenario File Format + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736160 + +2015-02-26 18:51:57 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.in: + validate:launcher Do not use git -C as it is relatively recent + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736160 + +2015-02-26 11:09:23 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/preload/Makefile.am: + validate: Build the preload so when possible + +2015-02-24 19:32:37 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Print the long help in less when possible + +2015-02-24 19:08:12 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Mention testsuite implementation in the help + +2015-02-23 12:24:39 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + validate: Define GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS as needed + +2015-02-19 20:53:16 +0900 Young Han Lee + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.in: + validate: Determine development mode using git hash value + Development mode has been determined by whether the launcher is in git + repo + or not. This could be wrong when the launcher is installed to + subdirectory of other project's git repo, such as jhbuild. It is normal + to install compiled output to subdirectory of your jhbuild. + Changed logic gets the first commit hash of current git repo and + compares it with gst-devtools' the first commit hash. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744781 + +2015-02-19 11:32:05 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Fix typo s/FILE_EXTENDION/FILE_EXTENSION/g + +2015-02-18 14:23:16 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-internal.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate:scenario: Fix GstValidateAction ABI adding a private structure + This way we can easily extend the structure and avoid needing using + a union and such + +2015-01-22 22:29:10 +0100 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + validate: Test buffer outside of received range. + Summary: As part of the preparation for a port to tracer. + Test Plan: This is a test, we won't test tests + Reviewers: tsaunier + Differential Revision: http://internal.opencreed.com:8888/D19 + +2015-02-18 11:36:59 +0000 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * codecanalyzer/src/gst_analyzer.c: + codecanalyzer: fix codec detection with git master + The names might be 'MPEG-2 (Simple Profile)' now. + Shouldn't really rely on codec name strings here + in the first place, but use caps instead. + +2015-02-18 10:05:55 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.c: + validate: Properly notify user about missing plugins + This way it is clear in gst-validate-launcher that the failure is due + to a missing plugin + +2015-02-17 18:18:56 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate: Fix wrong sizeof usage + sizeof(int) is always <= sizeof(gpointer) + +2015-01-21 13:13:02 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: launcher: Use cElementTree for XML parsing + Using cElementTree instead of ElementTree speeds up parsing of media + descriptor files. + The total time spent parsing XML files drops from ~0.64 s to ~0.24 s, + leading to faster initialisation times for gst-validate-launcher. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743293 + +2015-02-17 14:56:47 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate: Print actions directly from the scenario + Avoiding user to have to print them in each and every action type + implementation. + This requires adding some API to prepare actions before printing them. + Preparing action in that case mean parsing the values contained in the + GstStructure parsing equations and setting back the actual value + afterward + API: + * GstValidatePrepateAction + * gst_validate_action_type_set_prepare_function + +2015-02-16 22:12:54 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + validate: Fix build on windows + Check where libgstvalidate.dll is installed and use that base folder to + figure out where GstValidate plugins are installed + +2015-02-16 20:52:54 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-types.h: + validate: Do not forget to dist _full variant of scrubing scenarios + +2015-02-16 19:49:50 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-types.h: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.h: + validate: Create a gst-validate-types.h header where we define types + And include it from validate.h. + This way we avoid to need to typedef GstValidateAction twice, which is + a C11 feature + +2015-02-16 19:24:23 +0100 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + validate-report: Fix valist usage + a va_list always 'exists' (it's a struct). It therefore can't be NULL + (and can't be tested) + Just use the regular print variant where appropriate. + +2015-02-16 16:47:37 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Document locking + +2015-02-13 12:17:37 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Make get_position happen on idle + Summary: + - Add a way to force action to be executed in their own GSource dispatch, disabling chain action execution + API: + GstValidateScenario::execute-on-idle property + +2015-02-12 16:23:49 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate:scenario: Add a method to retrieve all remaining actions + Not only the next one as it was not making much sense! + API: + - gst_validate_scenario_get_next_action + + gst_validate_scenario_get_actions + +2015-02-12 16:13:09 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c: + validate:utils: Fix some annotations + +2015-02-12 16:10:00 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate:scenario: Allow link up of action executions for overriden types + Exposing a GstValidateActionType.overriden_type field + And properly expose gst_validate_execute_action + +2015-02-12 16:09:11 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + validate:reporter: Always print reports in the Gst debug system + +2015-02-11 18:27:10 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Misc fixes + +2015-02-11 17:06:06 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Properly annotate gst_validate_register_action_type* + It does not return any reference to the type + +2015-02-10 13:50:23 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + Revert "validate:scenario: Add a way to specify action structure size" + This reverts commit b976319ef7f977b8ce910c4b8aa1a843da3b264f. + Now that the exact same structure can be used to represent different + action types, we can not rely on the structure size to stuff + informations into the action. Users should just make use of + GstMiniObject.qdata. + +2015-02-10 13:39:43 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: We do not own any ref in GstValidateExecuteAction + And gst_validate_action_set_done might very well unref the last + reference to the action + +2015-02-10 13:22:34 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Make sure that the latest action type registration is kept + Avoiding to change the behaviour! + +2015-02-07 12:51:30 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/change_state_intensive.scenario: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate:scenario: Handle scenario repeat property with sub actions + And port change_state_intensive.scenario to it + +2015-02-07 11:19:22 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Add the notion of sub actions + Sub action will allow user to executed action *right* after the + previous action has been completed, meaning in the end that both + action can be considered as one single action. + + Factor out a function to fill an GstValidateAction structure from a + GstStructure + + Factor out a function to set action playback time + +2015-02-06 12:20:30 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/docs/validate/envvariables.xml: + validate: Document some env variable usage + +2015-02-06 11:46:13 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/plugins/fault_injection/socket_interposer.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate: Add an API to cleanly register action type from plugins + API: + gst_validate_register_action_type_dynamic + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2015-02-04 22:12:48 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/plugins/fault_injection/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/plugins/fault_injection/socket_interposer.c: + validate: Rename libfaultinjector to libgstvalidatefaultinjector + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2015-02-04 15:14:04 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/plugins/fault_injection/socket_interposer.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Use plugin name as implementer_namespace when registering action type + And document it as a good practice as it will allow us to map plugins + and action types + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2015-02-04 14:54:55 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/fault_injection/Makefile.am: + * validate/fault_injection/socket_interposer.c: + * validate/fault_injection/socket_interposer.h: + * validate/gst/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/plugins/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/plugins/fault_injection/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/plugins/fault_injection/socket_interposer.c: + validate: Move the fault_injection plugin to gst/plugins/ + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2015-02-04 14:50:14 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + validate: Use an actual GstRegistry to track our plugins + Keeping everything internal for now + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2015-02-04 14:30:05 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/fault_injection/Makefile.am: + * validate/fault_injection/socket_interposer.c: + * validate/fault_injection/socket_interposer.h: + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + validate: Implement fault_injection as a Gs(tValidate)Plugin + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2015-02-02 18:00:14 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate:scenario: Add a way to specify action structure size + And return the register GstValidateActionType on registration + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2015-02-02 11:41:24 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Do not concider we are seek_in_paused if executing a new action + The new action might change the position on purpose and we should not + fail in that case. + Also at that point we know the test of position after the seek has + been executed + + Minor cosmetic fixes + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2015-01-20 09:59:23 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher:baseclasses: Avoid raising axception when all getting scenarios + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2015-01-13 19:07:04 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/main.py: + launcher: Use gst-integration-testsuites FDO git repo + And make sure that people that were using the old repo get the origin + repo properly updated. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2015-02-04 15:27:37 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: launcher: Allow discovering scenario from full path + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2015-02-04 15:25:50 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate: scenario: Add a method to get the following action to be executed + API: + + gst_validate_scenario_get_next_action + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2015-02-04 15:24:35 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + validate: Add helper functions ti print actions + API: + + gst_validate_scenario_get_next_action + + gst_validate_reporter_report_simple + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2015-02-04 15:23:29 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate: Minor documentation fixes + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2015-02-04 15:18:22 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/seek_with_stop.scenario: + validate: Set seek_with_stop as needing at least 2secs media files + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2014-12-13 23:23:11 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + validate: Fix the check of action that can be *not* executed + The check was wrong and we ended up allowing seek actions to no be + executed. + API: + GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NO_EXECUTION_NOT_FATAL + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2014-12-13 23:16:27 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate:scenario; Advertise action types that will be executed on addition + Adding a flag to the action type + And make that code thread safe. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2014-12-13 23:12:30 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate:scenario: Add a Flag fore ActionType that need clocks sync + And cleanly use it to set the need-clock-sync field in + the scenario properties + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2014-12-13 19:17:45 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate: Add the notion of INTERLACED actions + An interlaced action is an action that will be executed ASYNC but + without that will not block following actions during its execution. + The action should be set to done later on at any point during the + execution of the scenario. + API: + + GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_INTERLACED + + GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_INTERLACED + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2014-12-13 19:15:59 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-internal.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate: Add a way to retrieve register actoin type from outside + API: + * GstValidateActionType + * gst_validate_get_action_type + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2014-12-13 16:01:49 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Implement a FakeMediaDescriptor + This allows us to more cleanly implement Simple pipeline test + generation + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2014-12-13 16:00:19 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate:scenario: Make action->scenario public API + It can be usefull for action type implementers + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2014-12-13 16:00:12 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Add a disable-plugin action type + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2014-12-12 14:41:38 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Properly advertise the wait action as ASYNC + And add some printing when executing the set-property action + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2014-12-12 14:36:16 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + validate: Enhance support for simple pipeline test generation + The GstValidatePipelineGenerator was quite limited in term + of configuration for user who just want to specify pipelines + to run with/without scenario. + Enhance the API so that we can properly configure that. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2014-12-11 14:21:12 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Wait for switch-track to complete before executing next action + This action type can take some time, we need to make sure that the + combiner/input-selector element properly pushed a buffer marked + as DISCONT to concider the action is done. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2014-12-11 12:08:13 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate:scenario: Avoid waiting for 50ms between actions + We should be able to execute the next action as soon as the previous + one is fully completed, make sure the code tries to do that and does + not artificially add some waiting time. + And make sure if the gst_validate_action_set_done is called from outside + our execution thread, we do not try to execute anything + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2014-12-10 20:37:58 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Add a signal to notify user when the scenario is DONE executing + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743994 + +2015-01-20 16:44:07 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: launcher: Print test name in Result + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743063 + +2015-01-16 21:29:55 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate: launcher: Add option to run tests in parallel + Patch 4/4 to implement parallel test execution. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743063 + +2015-01-16 21:09:37 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: launcher: Print test number on result + With parallel test execution, it will be hard to track which result + relates to which test. Therefore, the test number should be printed + along with the results as well. + Patch 3/4 to implement parallel test execution. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743063 + +2015-01-16 21:08:54 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: launcher: Use jobs list to take track of tests running + Currently the tests are still run serially. + Patch 2/4 to implement parallel test execution. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743063 + +2015-01-16 20:35:33 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: launcher: Use test index instead of counting test numbers + Patch 1/4 to implement parallel test execution. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743063 + +2015-01-19 10:35:03 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/RangeHTTPServer.py: + validate: launcher: Support simultaneous requests in RangeHTTPServer + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743063 + +2015-01-16 19:08:19 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: launcher: Make TestManager handle waiting for processes + Patch 4/4 to make TestManager handle waiting for processes instead of + expecting each Test to do it. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743063 + +2015-01-16 19:03:07 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: launcher: Use a Queue to test for test completion + TestManager will use a Queue to track progress for all tests. This + commit implements a queue inside Test to simplify the transition. + Patch 3/4 to make TestManager handle waiting for processes instead of + expecting each Test to do it. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743063 + +2015-01-16 19:00:25 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: launcher: Initialize Test start time outside of wait_process + wait_process will be moved to TestManager, so the values used to track + process update must remain inside Test. + Patch 2/4 to make TestManager handle waiting for processes instead of + expecting each Test to do it. + +2015-01-16 18:57:06 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: launcher: Split process_update() out of wait_process() + Patch 1/4 to make TestManager handle waiting for processes instead of + expecting each Test to do it. + +2015-01-16 18:50:38 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/launcher/reporters.py: + validate: launcher: Move logfile handling out of Reporter and into Test + This makes each Test handle its own logfile, allowing the Reporter to + work on multiple tests at the same time. + Patch 5/5 to move logfile handling out of Reporter and into Test. + +2015-01-16 19:54:56 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/reporters.py: + validate: launcher: Remove redundant check + self.out is always available when _get_captured() is called. + Patch 4/5 to move logfile handling out of Reporter and into Test. + +2015-01-16 18:45:52 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/launcher/reporters.py: + validate: launcher: Split test log file handling in Reporter + Patch 3/5 to move logfile handling out of Reporter and into Test. + +2015-01-16 18:42:19 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/launcher/reporters.py: + validate: launcher: Separate Reporter from current Test + Instead of saving the current Test in Reporter for every test, use + function parameters to achieve the same goal. + Patch 2/5 to move logfile handling out of Reporter and into Test. + +2015-01-16 18:25:56 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/launcher/reporters.py: + validate: launcher: Initialize reporter timer before starting all tests + Patch 1/5 to move logfile handling out of Reporter and into Test. + +2015-01-12 13:09:33 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: launcher: Don't wait for processes longer than necessary + +2015-02-03 16:48:49 +0100 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/fault_injection/socket_interposer.c: + socket interposer: Be even more platform restrictive. + +2015-02-03 15:41:01 +0100 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/fault_injection/socket_interposer.c: + validate: do not compile for android. + +2015-01-30 18:52:57 +0100 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/fault_injection/Makefile.am: + * validate/fault_injection/socket_interposer.c: + * validate/fault_injection/socket_interposer.h: + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/tools/Makefile.am: + validate: Implement a fault injection library. + + And implement a corrupt-socket-recv action + + Only compile this on Linux, LD_PRELOAD won't work on Windows. + For now the registering of the action is done through + a call to socket_interposer_init, this will get better + when we refactor the action logic. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743871 + +2015-01-23 02:04:47 +0100 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + validate: tests more issues with caps. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743387 + +2015-01-23 01:40:59 +0100 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.c: + validate: Add a test case for caps missing field. + + Make the fake decoder have video/x-raw caps. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743387 + +2015-01-22 22:29:10 +0100 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + validate: prepare tests for port to tracers backend. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=743387 + +2015-01-22 22:07:37 +0100 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + bin-monitor: add itself as gobject data. + +2015-01-13 02:32:16 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: launcher: Fix test log header output + Write log file header before running tests, instead of overwriting the + file afterwards. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742966 + +2015-01-15 15:32:12 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/launcher/httpserver.py: + * validate/launcher/reporters.py: + validate: launcher: Always create log files + Create log files even when stdout redirection is enabled. + This commit partially reverts 20c28de. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742973 + +2015-01-15 15:26:14 +0100 Ramiro Polla + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/launcher/httpserver.py: + * validate/launcher/main.py: + * validate/launcher/reporters.py: + validate: launcher: Introduce new parameter for log file redirecting + Allow log file redirection through the new --redirect-logs parameter. + Keep the old --logs-dir stdout/stderr parameter, but reset to the + default logs directory in that case, and set redirect_logs internally. + This also prevents the creation of an stdout/stderr directory for + writing xunit.xml. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742973 + +2015-01-09 14:04:16 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: plug caps leak on iterator resync + +2015-01-09 12:36:31 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: use the same filter caps when querying downstream caps + To avoid comparing the real result that has been filtered against + a much larger caps that contains all possibilities. + +2014-12-09 10:09:15 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.c: + validate: tests: disable g_log handler + It messes up our own failures counter + And pass test-utils into gst-indent + +2014-12-08 18:53:55 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + tests: padmonitor: disable glog handling + It messes up our own failures counter + +2014-12-08 17:27:52 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: get correct caps to check for proxied fields in caps queries + Elements should proxy the peer element's caps fields and not what they + have currently set on their pads when replying to a caps query + +2014-12-08 17:17:08 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: Only add pending caps fields for source pads + As caps events are downstream, caps set travels from sinks to + sources. Adding pending setcaps values to sink pads makes no sense + as when a new caps is set on the sink it would compare with values + currently set on the source pad, causing a critical failure when + renegotiation happens. + +2014-12-08 18:23:10 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: launcher: Take the timeout as ref timeout to compute hard_timeout + when it is provided. + +2014-12-08 15:27:54 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: launcher: Set a hard timeout on GstValidate tests if we know the duration + +2014-12-08 14:37:15 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: launcher: Force kill subprocess when done with them + Making sure that we do not end up having spurious subprocess around + +2014-12-08 08:42:51 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + launcher: baseclass: add missing parameter + Fixes "NameError: global name 'options' is not defined" + +2014-12-08 10:09:57 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate: launcher: Properly handle non default main dir + for the case of the new testsuite files + +2014-12-07 12:30:25 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/apps/__init__.py: + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate: launcher: Make the gstvalidate application a python module + +2014-12-06 10:53:37 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + validate: Remove remaining reference to launcher/apps/validate + It has been removed now. + +2014-12-03 11:28:28 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Avoid assert removing an already removed signal handler + And, make sure that we set the return value != 0 when we receive + SIGINT + +2014-12-02 17:32:18 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate: Handle setting the HTTP server local path from testsuites + +2014-12-02 15:41:17 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/main.py: + * validate/launcher/utils.py: + validate: Rename gst-qa-assets to gst-integration-testsuites + +2014-12-02 15:39:09 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: print execution of set_subtitles actions + +2014-12-02 10:02:09 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate: Factor out an LauncherConfig class type to handle configurations + Allowing us to more simply define default value and expose an API on + top of it + +2014-12-02 10:00:42 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + validate: Remove file specific blacklisted tests + +2014-11-29 13:43:06 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: Let the user know when new tests are added, or tests are REMOVED + +2014-11-29 00:03:04 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate: Add a cleaner API to setup tests in testsuite files + With the testsuite format you will get a setup_tests(tests_manager, + options) function called for each TestManager. + The function will have the exact same role as with old config + file but with a clean API and not magic global variables. + This implies that we need default blacklist to be directly set + on the TestManager and not on options.blacklisted_test + +2014-11-28 22:58:09 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate: Add a way to sync all assets, including big ones + +2014-11-28 22:42:47 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/apps/Makefile.am: + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/launcher/apps/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/launcher/apps/validate/validate_testsuite.py: + * validate/launcher/main.py: + * validate/launcher/utils.py: + validate: Remove the default testsuite implementation + The default testsuite implementation should belong to the default + asset repo where we have the corresponding knowledge. + We should style manage a sensible list of known blacklisted tests, + encoding profiles, and generators in GstValidate itself and allow testsuite + actual implementations to easily use them though the register_default_* + methods. + This allow us to be able to remove the ugly execfile() call. + +2014-11-27 12:11:43 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + validate: Make sure to at least listen to GStreamer and GLib g_logs + If somewhere else someone is overriding the g_log default handler, + we would not get notified of anything. + +2014-11-27 13:48:17 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: Disable coloration of GST_DEBUG logs when we have no-color + Do that only when those logs are not saved to a file + +2014-11-26 17:50:11 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.h: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.h: + validate: Factor out a function to print action types parametters + + Remove playback-type from the list and just print it + +2014-11-19 17:16:02 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: do not enforce caps querying rules for converters + Some encoders/decoders can also be converters, do not enforce + caps proxying rules for them + +2014-11-28 11:14:12 +0530 Vineeth T M + + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate: fix typo in documentation + There are some typing mistakes in gst-validate-launcher --help + Hence fixing the same. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=740833 + +2014-11-25 15:35:09 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/apps/validate/validate_testsuite.py: + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate: Handle unlimited tests duration + Running full length scenario when the user asks + +2014-11-25 15:32:31 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.c: + validate: Already having a monitor is no error + +2014-11-25 15:30:42 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/pre-commit-python.hook: + validate: pre commit hook: Do not try to run pep8 on non python files! + +2014-11-25 15:29:29 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/scrub_backward_seeking_full.scenario: + * validate/data/scrub_forward_seeking_full.scenario: + validate: Add scub_*_seeking_full scenarios + Which basically do the same thing as scrub_*_seeking but during + throughout the whole duration of the media + +2014-11-21 19:35:16 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-docs.sgml: + * validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-sections.txt: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h: + validate: Enhance documentation + +2014-11-19 17:58:23 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate: Add an option to update all .media_info files + +2014-11-16 23:05:45 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Execute actions without playback time without a valid position + If the user did not specify any playback time we should be able to + execute actions even if the pipeline can't answer the position query + + Make simpler to read the conditions of an action execution + +2014-11-09 19:08:52 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-internal.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate:scenario: Properly handle ASYNC action execution in the API + The ->execute function now return a GstValidateExecuteActionReturn + which can be set as ASYNC in order to tell the scenario that the action + will be executed asynchronously, when the action is done, the caller is + responsible for calling gst_validate_action_set_done(); so that the + scenario keeps going on. + In this commit we make sure that the old API keeps working as + GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR == FALSE and + GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK == TRUE + Morevover GstValidateExecuteActionReturn is just a define + API: + + gst_validate_action_set_done + + GstValidateExecuteActionReturn + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739854 + +2014-11-07 23:19:59 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-internal.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate: Add a GstValidateActionTypeFlag flag + Allowing us to define action types more in detail. + Keep backward compatibility, at least with the C API + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739854 + +2014-11-21 14:01:48 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-factory.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.h: + validate: Add a GstValidatePipelineMonitor subclass + We had quite a bit of code dedicated to handled GstPipeline monitoring + inside GstValidateBinMonitor, cleanly split that code into a new object + type + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=740704 + +2014-11-20 11:55:45 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/launcher/main.py: + * validate/launcher/utils.py: + validate:launcher: Force clock sync for some protocols + In HLS for example, not having clock sync might lead to races and failures + do not test that for now + +2014-11-20 11:53:34 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + validate: Don't fail getting master report from a ghostpad without target + +2014-11-19 20:05:57 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + validate: Print current position even if we do not know the rate + That could cause gst-validate-launcher to wrongly concider tests + as timeout + +2014-11-17 11:39:12 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Force clock sink for scenarios with a pause action + +2014-11-15 18:08:42 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: Handle wrong paths when listing avalaible apps + User can make mistake or we can have an empty path. + +2014-11-11 20:56:04 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + validate: Do not check if first buffer running time is 0 + It can perfectly not be 0, so it makes no sense to check that. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739965 + +2014-11-06 23:43:47 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/apps/validate/validate_testsuite.py: + validate: Add audiomixer test to the default testsuite + +2014-11-01 09:24:15 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: Give better details about segment mismatch issues + +2014-10-30 14:10:33 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + validate: Be more precise in issue type for wrong seqnum + Depending on the type of event where the bug occurs, + it is not the same issue type. That allows us to have + much precise reports, and better explain the user + where the issue stands. + +2014-10-16 17:32:56 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-factory.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Fix a few annotation issues + +2014-10-15 17:03:48 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/docs/validate/envvariables.xml: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Add the notion of WAIT_MULTIPLIER for the wait action + Allowing the user to decide to wait more, or less, or even not wait + for the wait action to execute when running scenarios. + +2014-09-28 22:37:01 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Report an EXECUTION_ERROR on action execution failure + If the action type handles a better error report type, it should just + return TRUE, and report its issue itself. + +2014-09-19 09:13:13 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: Do not exit when we can not discover a result file + Loggable.error actually exit the process, it is not what we want! + + Avoid a backtrace + +2014-11-03 11:50:54 +0100 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Allow set-property action to work much earlier + By default an action has no playback-time, this makes it actionable + immediatly. + When no playback-time is set on a set-property action, it will + be activated the moment the element is added in the pipeline. + +2014-10-31 16:01:52 +0100 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + validate-bin-monitor: Initialize local variable + Avoids segfaults when freeing them if they didn't get filled in + +2014-10-26 14:47:12 +0100 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/autogen.sh: + * validate/multi-pre-commit.hook: + * validate/pre-commit-python.hook: + validate: update pre-commit hook. + + Allows to run multiple pre-commit hooks. + + Always relink the hooks on autogen. + + Run pep8 on commited python files. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739208 + +2014-10-25 14:59:49 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + apps: gstvalidate.py: fix various pyflakes / uncaught pep8 issues. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739208 + +2014-10-25 14:50:54 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/launcher/utils.py: + validate-launcher: utils: fix various pyflakes / uncaught pep8 issues. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739208 + +2014-10-25 14:49:26 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/launcher/main.py: + validate-launcher: main: fix various pyflakes / uncaught pep8 issues. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739208 + +2014-10-25 14:46:26 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/launcher/loggable.py: + validate-launcher: loggable: fix various pyflakes / uncaught pep8 issues. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739208 + +2014-10-24 14:38:00 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate-launcher: baseclasses: fix various pyflakes / uncaught pep8 issues. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739208 + +2014-10-24 14:23:52 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/launcher/RangeHTTPServer.py: + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/launcher/apps/validate/validate_testsuite.py: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/launcher/httpserver.py: + * validate/launcher/loggable.py: + * validate/launcher/main.py: + * validate/launcher/reporters.py: + * validate/launcher/utils.py: + validate-launcher: pep8ify sources. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739208 + +2014-10-23 21:43:45 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c: + validate-utils: downgrade ERROR to DEBUG. + This function is called in places where it is legit for it + to return NULL. + +2014-10-23 21:36:03 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + launcher: add a way to specify an application directory. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739091 + +2014-10-23 21:34:27 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/launcher/apps/Makefile.am: + * validate/launcher/apps/geslaunch.py: + launcher: Don't implement product-specific TestManagers. + This manager will be moved in GES. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739091 + +2014-10-23 15:21:14 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/launcher/Makefile.am: + * validate/launcher/RangeHTTPServer.py: + * validate/launcher/__init__.py: + * validate/launcher/apps/Makefile.am: + * validate/launcher/apps/geslaunch.py: + * validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/launcher/apps/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/launcher/apps/validate/validate_testsuite.py: + * validate/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/launcher/httpserver.py: + * validate/launcher/loggable.py: + * validate/launcher/main.py: + * validate/launcher/reporters.py: + * validate/launcher/utils.py: + * validate/tools/Makefile.am: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.in: + * validate/tools/launcher/Makefile.am: + * validate/tools/launcher/RangeHTTPServer.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/__init__.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/Makefile.am: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/geslaunch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/validate/validate_testsuite.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/httpserver.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/loggable.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/reporters.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate-launcher: restructure filesystem + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739091 + +2014-10-24 18:41:30 +0530 Ramprakash Jelari + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + validate: Fix compiler warning about implicit enum type conversion + gst-validate-reporter.c:119:39: error: implicit conversion from enumeration type + 'GstValidateReportingDetails' to different enumeration type + 'GstValidateInterceptionReturn' [-Werror,-Wenum-conversion] + GstValidateInterceptionReturn ret = GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_UNKNOWN; + ~~~ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + gst-validate-reporter.c:124:11: error: implicit conversion from enumeration type + 'GstValidateReportingDetails' to different enumeration type + 'GstValidateInterceptionReturn' [-Werror,-Wenum-conversion] + ret = iface->get_reporting_level (reporter); + ~ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + gst-validate-reporter.c:127:10: error: implicit conversion from enumeration type + 'GstValidateInterceptionReturn' to different enumeration type + 'GstValidateReportingDetails' [-Werror,-Wenum-conversion] + return ret; + ~~~~~~ ^~~ + +2014-10-22 14:16:45 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + build: We install all headers system wide for now. + Will be fixed when the API is deemed stable enough + +2014-10-21 23:31:37 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-enums.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h: + * validate/tests/check/validate/overrides.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/reporting.c: + validate: rename GstValidateReportingLevel. + Removes the confusion with GstValidateReportLevel. + Modeled on GstDebugGraphDetails. + +2014-10-18 18:55:59 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + validate: Verify that elements always send a segment before pushing EOS + EOS is some kind of data flow and thus a segment event should always be + pushed before the EOS is sent + +2014-10-18 18:53:03 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/reporting.c: + validate: Properly check that the seqnum of the EOS is always properly set + In the pipeline, an EOS should always have the same seqnum of the + previous SEGMENT event that was received. If the segment is the result + of a seek, it should always be the same as the seek seqnum too. + + (Mathieu Duponchelle): fix reporting and concatenation tests. + +2014-10-03 18:51:17 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/tests/check/Makefile.am: + * validate/tests/check/validate/overrides.c: + validate: Add support for text based override files + Allowing user to easily determine the severity of issue + types in a config file + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737852 + +2014-10-03 18:53:42 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.h: + validate: Remove unused method + gst_media_descriptor_add_frame is not used anywhere + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737852 + +2014-10-03 18:42:04 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.h: + validate: Move GstStructure file parsing into utils + So it can be reused, at least in GstValidate. + +2014-10-02 15:34:28 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/overrides/gst-validate-default-overrides.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + validate: report: Simplify the issue ID registering using GQuarks + + Remove unused issue types + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737790 + +2014-09-15 17:27:54 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.h: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + validate: Check all buffers when we have the info from MediaDescriptor + We now check that each buffer is the expected one for each buffer that + come into the decoder. + + Fix some minor leaks in test-utils + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736138 + +2014-10-02 11:27:30 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.h: + validate:media-descriptor-parser: Add a way to create from a string + So it is simple to make use of it from the testsuite + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736138 + +2014-10-01 16:24:58 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + report: g_critical are CRITICAL issues! + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736138 + +2014-09-17 17:32:52 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: launcher: Fix printing of errors in final report + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736138 + +2014-09-15 19:14:27 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate: Add the possibility to generate media infos with frame descs + + Fix a little issue when the generation fails. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736138 + +2014-09-15 17:26:23 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.h: + validate: MediaDescriptors: Add md5sum to buffer informations + In the media descriptor files, we now have the md5sum of the actual + content of encoded buffers so that we can check that the buffer content is + perfectly what is was supposed to be. + + Fix the check of whether a frame is a keyframe in the string + comparison (g_ascii_strcasecmp return 0 if string matches) + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736138 + +2014-09-15 17:25:14 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.h: + validate: Move some method between GstMediaDescriptorParser and GstMediaDescriptor + So that method land where they actually belong. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736138 + +2014-09-15 17:22:52 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Add a way to pass a MediaDescriptor around monitors + And add an option in gst-validate so that the user can define what + media descriptor file to use. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736138 + +2014-09-12 12:12:14 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + validate:media-descriptor: Handle stream with no tags + It was segfaulting before. + +2014-09-17 16:51:20 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * .gitignore: + * validate/.gitignore: + * validate/docs/.gitignore: + * validate/docs/validate/.gitignore: + validate: Add more files to gitignore + +2014-09-15 17:25:14 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.h: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.h: + validate: Move some method between GstMediaDescriptorParser and GstMediaDescriptor + So that method land where they actually belong. + +2014-10-12 16:25:25 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/reporting.c: + validate-report / reporter: rework the way we repeat issues. + + runner: update reports count algorithm. + +2014-10-12 16:13:51 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: mark the peer pad as EOS too. + When a sink pad gets EOS, its src pad monitor should also + be marked as EOS (helpful with issue concatenation). + +2014-10-10 10:22:31 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/reporting.c: + validate-pad-monitor / runner: Check per-object reporting levels. + +2014-10-12 14:36:13 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + validate-report: Set conditions in which a report can't be master. + +2014-10-12 14:34:34 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + validate-report: Add a reporting level field and setter. + +2014-10-21 19:43:45 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/reporting.c: + validate-runner: implement synthetic report. + + Fix criticals logic in validate_runner_printf + + Update padmonitor tests + + Split validate_report_printf function. + +2014-10-10 06:01:03 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/reporting.c: + validate-runner: Implement REPORT_NONE for global reporting. + Yeah that was tough. Helpful already though, for example: + GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL=none,x:all gst-validate src name=x ! sink + will only report issues reported by the source. + + Add test. + +2014-10-10 05:08:28 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h: + * validate/tests/check/validate/reporting.c: + tests: Check monitors correctly determine their reporting level. + + [API] gst_validate_reporter_get_reporting_level + +2014-10-10 03:55:37 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + validate-runner / monitor: Let the user single out pads. + That's some pretty specific code but it should be helpful. + The following syntax can be used : element-name::pad-name. + + Free return of gst_object_get_name. + +2014-10-10 02:52:26 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + validate-runner / reporter: Sanitize reports refcounting. + The previous code worked but was confusing, the runner didn't actually + take the ref it was releasing later. + + Fix indentation. + +2014-10-10 02:49:54 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.h: + tests: Test reports refcounts. + + Set the element monitor on the element as qdata. + +2014-10-10 01:17:43 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.h: + validate-monitor: Determine the reporting level at setup. + +2014-10-09 19:41:48 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h: + * validate/tests/check/validate/reporting.c: + validate-runner: Add code to parse GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL. + + Extend the tests. + + [API] gst_validate_runner_get_default_reporting_level + + [API] gst_validate_runner_get_reporting_level_for_name + +2014-10-08 05:08:21 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-enums.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h: + * validate/tests/check/Makefile.am: + * validate/tests/check/validate/reporting.c: + validate-runner: report-level initial work. + + Defines reporting levels and document them. + + Add API to get the default level. + + fix indentation. + + fix some typos. + + Add the beginning of a reporting test. + +2014-10-02 02:50:29 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + validate-pad-monitor: concatenate issues. + Fixes https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=735665 + The process is to check for a similar report in intercept_report on + the pads of the upstream element, set that report as the master report + of the intercepted report, and return REPORTER_KEEP instead + of REPORTER_REPORT. + +2014-10-02 02:34:26 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.c: + * validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.h: + test-utils: add a create_and_monitor element function. + +2014-10-01 18:28:33 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h: + validate-reporter: Add some methods + + gst_validate_reporter_get_reports + + gst_validate_reporter_get_reports_count + +2014-10-01 15:53:24 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + validate-report: Add the notion of master / shadow reports. + A master report is a report that has been detected by a monitor + to stem from the same issue. It thus contains a list of + "shadow reports" which it will browse when printing itself. + +2014-10-01 15:50:11 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + validate-report: Make the ref / unref functions safer. + +2014-10-21 13:07:02 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + tests/padmonitor: Correcly strdup the result of get_metadata. + The const pointer was becoming invalid after the first call to add_metadata, + and we ended up setting corrupted data on the second call. + +2014-10-01 15:11:21 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate-reporter: Add return value to intercept_report. + It will allow to drop, keep or report reports. + +2014-09-30 16:08:46 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + validate-pad-monitor: Reimplement reporter interface. + + Do nothing there for now, except chain up. + +2014-09-30 14:52:35 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h: + validate-reporter: add gst_validate_reporter_get_report. + + Add locking. + +2014-10-20 13:38:20 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + Back to development + +2014-10-20 12:04:25 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/ChangeLog: + * validate/NEWS: + * validate/configure.ac: + Release 1.4.0 + +2014-10-13 16:28:54 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + validate: Print position if it could properly be queried + Otherwize we will print meaningless garbage. + +2014-10-13 10:32:07 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/docs/launcher/conf.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Minor enhancement in the documentation + +2014-10-12 20:19:42 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/adaptive_video_framerate.scenario: + * validate/data/adaptive_video_framerate_size.scenario: + * validate/data/adaptive_video_size.scenario: + * validate/data/alternate_fast_backward_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/camerabin_signal.scenario: + * validate/data/disable_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario: + * validate/data/fast_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/fast_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/force_key_unit.scenario: + * validate/data/pause_resume.scenario: + * validate/data/play_15s.scenario: + * validate/data/reverse_playback.scenario: + * validate/data/scrub_backward_seeking.scenario: + * validate/data/scrub_forward_seeking.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_forward_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_with_stop.scenario: + * validate/data/simple_seeks.scenario: + * validate/data/switch_audio_track.scenario: + * validate/data/switch_audio_track_while_paused.scenario: + * validate/data/switch_subtitle_track.scenario: + * validate/data/switch_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario: + * validate/data/update_start.scenario: + * validate/data/update_stop.scenario: + * validate/docs/validate/scenarios.xml: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Rename action type playback_time to playback-time + Keeping backward compatiblity with the old naming + +2014-10-12 20:07:58 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-sections.txt: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Rename gst_validate_add_action_type to gst_validate_register_action_type + The _register naming corresponds much better to what the method does + and makes it more similar to how we refer to this kind of action in + GStreamer. + It is a last minute API change, but that API should not change anymore + after 1.4 is released. + +2014-10-12 20:00:03 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Fix the addition of playback_time in the parameter types + +2014-10-12 19:46:39 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/docs/validate/scenarios.xml: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Rename --list-action-types to --inspect-action-type + Making clearer the meaning of the parameter and closer to the + usual naming in the GStreamer land. + +2014-10-12 19:16:08 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Add the 'flags' for the seek action type + This was always a mandatory field but was not documented + +2014-09-29 10:22:55 +0530 Anuj Jaiswal + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + validate: mishandled pointer criticals + Free glist of criticals + Signed-off-by: Anuj Jaiswal + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736313 + +2014-10-01 10:54:47 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/docs/validate/command-line-tools.xml: + validate:docs: Add documentation about the default testsuite + +2014-09-30 10:30:24 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h: + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + validate-runner: switch to using a GList for the reports. + + Return a copy of that list in get_reports. + + update tests. + +2014-09-30 09:24:48 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h: + * validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c: + validate-runner: Hide implementation. + +2014-09-30 09:11:58 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h: + gst-validate-runner: Add locking for the reports list. + +2014-09-29 15:37:40 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/ChangeLog: + * validate/NEWS: + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/docs/release.txt: + Release 1.3.90 + +2014-09-12 10:47:18 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Factorize code to get a MediaDescriptor name for classname + Instead of copy/pasting that code badly + +2014-09-12 10:22:15 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/docs/validate/gst-validate.types: + validate/docs: Add location of Scenario/Action defines + +2014-09-10 16:45:41 +0530 Anuj Jaiswal + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + validate: (performance issue)refactor to remove duplicate assignment + Signed-off-by: Anuj Jaiswal + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736412 + +2014-09-11 10:54:43 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/docs/Makefile.am: + validate: docs: Always dist the launcher directoty + Fixing make distcheck + +2014-09-11 09:42:02 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + validate: Get the Runner reports in order of arrival + Making sure they are printed in the right order + +2014-09-10 09:47:22 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + validate: Start a testsuite + Currently implemented tests are: + * Settup and cleanup on monitor is done properly + * Some tests in the PadMonitor are done properly, namely: + - Buffer before segment + - Buffer outside segment + - First buffer running time is always 0 + - The Demuxer flow aggregation is properly checked + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736379 + +2014-09-12 09:49:35 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-internal.h: + validate/private: Avoid double typdef + Instead just include required (public and local) header + gst-validate-scenario.h:43:44: error: redefinition of typedef 'GstValidateActionParameter' is a C11 feature [-Werror,-Wtypedef-redefinition] + +2012-09-26 02:28:00 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: disable tooltip while scrolling + +2012-09-26 02:00:10 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/columns.py: + Hide some columns by default + +2012-09-26 01:56:05 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/columns.py: + columns: optimize cell data functions a little + +2012-09-26 01:41:22 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + Fix crash when copying row to clipboard + +2012-09-24 22:58:58 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: fix incorrect position after scrolling using the timeline + Apparently events are dropped internally, so the last position after you stop + dragging can be off. + +2012-09-23 16:43:25 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/models.py: + models: store line offsets in arrays + +2012-09-23 17:22:53 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/columns.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Use pango markup instead of attributes + Attributes don't work from introspection, so this blocks porting to gtk3. + In MessageColumn, admit that multiple highlighters don't actually work. + +2012-09-23 17:22:12 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + findbar: highlight multiple matches in a message + +2012-09-24 02:15:09 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: only redraw updated parts of the graph + Improves rendering performance a lot. + +2012-09-24 02:23:22 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: fix position rectangle missing on first click + Regression caused by previous commit. + +2012-09-22 01:27:37 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: only redraw required areas when updating position rectangle + +2012-09-22 01:25:22 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/models.py: + Fix crash when range filtering + Regression from 25cfe9 (timeline: make log level calculation a lot faster). + +2012-09-22 00:33:41 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: clean up widget drawing + +2012-09-21 22:52:25 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/models.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: make log level calculation a lot faster + This is the step where the timeline graph gets colored with the individual log + level colors. It's roughly 4.5 times faster now. Probably can be made even + better, the code also needs a cleanup. + +2012-09-21 22:15:07 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + Data: improve stripped log file loading performance + A ~9% improvement for files without colors. This now slightly outperforms the + code before color support was added. + +2012-09-21 21:38:58 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + Data: also yield while loading unparseable files + Otherwise, the UI would be blocked while loading something big that is not a + log file at all. + +2012-09-21 19:13:07 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/gst-debug-strip-color.py: + Remove color stripping script + +2012-09-21 19:11:40 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + Data: add support for colored log files + Adds a ~5% penalty for loading stripped files. + +2012-09-21 00:40:07 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: remove broken actions from context menu + Hide lines before/after doesn't work as expected in this case. + +2012-09-20 23:51:05 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + Data: fix parsing of lines missing filename or function name + E.g. ffmpeg. + +2012-09-20 20:20:58 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: grab when scrolling in TimelineWidget + Also use gdk_event_request_motions. + +2012-09-20 20:11:48 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: move mouse handling into TimelineWidget + +2012-09-20 19:58:06 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: replace self.connect calls with vmethod overrides + +2012-09-17 18:39:53 +0200 Andrzej Bieniek + + * debug-viewer/setup.py: + setup: fix build + +2012-08-27 13:52:56 -0700 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: don't select row when changing position in the timeline + Behaves just like the scrollbar now. + +2012-08-27 13:46:14 -0700 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: stop scanning the file while filtering + +2012-08-27 13:45:57 -0700 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: small cleanup + +2012-08-24 02:09:04 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + * debug-viewer/data/menus.ui: + Modernize menus a little + A bit in preparation to gtk3 app menus. + +2012-08-24 01:50:44 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/models.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + Simplify and optimize filtered model implementation + RangeFilteredLogModel is gone. The functionality is trivially implemented in + FilteredLogModel now. Changing the range is now O(log n) at worst (was O(n) at + best, for rewriting the arrays). Stacking filtered models is not supported + anymore, which simplifies the code. + +2012-08-24 01:42:00 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/models.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + Make RangeFilteredLogModel internal to GUI.models + +2012-08-24 01:40:24 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/models.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + Always use a filtered log model in the log view + Preparing to phase out RangeFilteredLogModel. + +2012-08-24 01:37:27 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/models.py: + models: cleanup dead code + +2012-03-31 01:16:25 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + window: prevent default handler for delete-event from running + +2012-08-24 01:26:32 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + window: set to insensitive during load/filter operations + +2012-08-24 01:20:05 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + window: show error for unparseable files + +2012-08-24 00:24:55 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + * debug-viewer/data/progress-dialog.ui: + window: replace progress and error dialogs with InfoBars + +2012-08-24 00:10:05 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + window: set wmclass, to have a nicer app name when running uninstalled + +2011-11-16 20:37:21 +0100 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + Data: fix up out-of-order log lines + This is important because we rely on monotonically increasing timestamps for + binary searches in various places. + Overhead for an already sorted file with 1 million lines is less than 5%. + +2011-11-16 20:23:31 +0100 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + window: connect action handlers using a function decorator + A bit esoteric, but better than maintaining the list of action names. + +2011-11-16 19:50:06 +0100 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/GUI.py: + GUI: use 'with' statement + +2011-11-16 19:45:16 +0100 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/Main.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/utils.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + * debug-viewer/gst-debug-viewer: + Switch to new try..except syntax + This is forward compatible to Python 3. + +2011-11-06 13:35:26 +0100 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/columns.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + columns: auto size time column when setting base time + Base time formatting adds + or - in front of the timestamp, so the column has + to grow a little to not hide the last digit. + Also fixes a crash when setting the base time while the time column is hidden. + +2011-11-06 13:19:55 +0100 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/columns.py: + columns: also auto size thread and pid column on zoom change + +2011-11-06 13:18:19 +0100 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/columns.py: + columns: cleanup default size calculation + Some unused parameters here. + +2011-11-06 12:49:43 +0100 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Timeline: small cleanup + +2011-11-06 12:41:08 +0100 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/tests/create-test-log.py: + Data: remove log line serialization + This is incomplete and prone to error. Move it out into the utility script + (which is the only user). + +2011-11-06 12:19:52 +0100 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/colors.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/columns.py: + Remove odd-even row colors from log level column + This is more of visual clutter than aid. People also seem to be less likely to + spot the connection between the column and the timeline graph colors. + +2011-11-06 00:16:29 +0100 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/columns.py: + Resize time and log level columns after zoom change + +2011-11-05 23:47:47 +0100 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/app.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + Store zoom level in state + +2011-11-05 23:05:00 +0100 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + * debug-viewer/data/menus.ui: + Add zoom reset action + +2011-11-05 22:53:24 +0100 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/data/menus.ui: + Clean up context menu + These actions are not so commonly used, and also are not depending on the + context at all. + +2011-11-05 23:52:40 +0100 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/columns.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + Refactor and fix zoom handling + ColumnManager has to apply the zoom factor to newly added columns. Otherwise, + showing a previously hidden column appears with scale 1.0. + This also drops the value-changed signal emission for the vadjustment, as it is + apparently not needed. + +2010-07-06 11:42:08 +0300 Stefan Kost + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/colors.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Add 'fixme' and 'trace' log levels + +2010-06-30 16:16:45 +0300 Stefan Kost + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: add tooltip to histogram as well + +2010-04-16 18:26:26 +0300 Stefan Kost + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/app.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/columns.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + * debug-viewer/data/menus.ui: + Add zoom in/out actions, reduce vertical row padding + Add two actions to shrink and enlarge the text in the log pane. Add a theme + overide to set expander size to 1 (see bug #615985) and also turn focus lines + off. Remove extra ypadding on cells. + +2011-09-25 21:38:48 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/tests/test_models.py: + Fix tests + Forgot to convert this when modules got split. + +2011-09-11 21:10:47 +0100 Andrzej Bieniek + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Main.py: + Fix --version option + +2011-09-09 22:02:28 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + Improve wording of hide lines actions + These also appear in the context menu of the timeline. The more generic wording + makes more sense for the timeline, since you do not pinpoint any specific line + in this case. + +2011-09-09 21:47:16 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: fix grey background artifact when enlarging window + +2011-09-07 16:11:58 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/columns.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Fix glib warnings on model property access + Seems like pygobject can all of the sudden not handle a NULL model on a + property. Using the getter works around this. Also using the setter now for + consistency. + +2011-09-06 22:27:33 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: fix possible lag when dragging on timeline + I need to idle-aggregate scroll updates, since gtk performs heavy operations in + a synchronous fashion here (ironically, they do that to make scrolling smooth). + +2010-07-02 23:03:39 +0300 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/GUI.py: + GUI: Work around GtkBuilder name property API break (gtk+ 2.20) + +2009-10-21 00:32:09 +0300 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/setup.py: + setup.py: fix installation + +2009-10-21 00:31:46 +0300 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Main.py: + Main: fix import + +2009-10-21 00:27:46 +0300 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Remove stale GUI module + +2009-10-16 21:45:29 +0300 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/columns.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + * debug-viewer/data/menus.ui: + Add new base time feature + The log view context menu gains a new action "Set base time", which changes the + time column to show the delta to the selected row. + +2009-08-07 02:54:10 +0300 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/__init__.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/app.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/colors.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/columns.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/filters.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/models.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI/window.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Split giant GUI module into submodules + +2009-06-13 00:58:36 +0300 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + timeline: fix timestamp binary search + Fixes dragging the mouse over bigger gaps of log activity making the red + position rectangle come out next to the mouse pointer. Also selects the proper + row now, not randomly 1-2 rows before or after the gap. + +2009-06-12 21:53:28 +0300 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + GUI: remove unused imports + +2009-03-14 23:50:03 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/setup.py: + setup.py: Fix version number + +2009-03-14 23:02:45 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/Main.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/utils.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + * debug-viewer/setup.py: + * debug-viewer/tests/test_models.py: + Cleanup whitespace + +2009-03-14 20:40:52 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/data/about-dialog.ui: + Update copyright statement in about dialog + +2009-03-14 20:06:16 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + * debug-viewer/data/menus.ui: + * debug-viewer/setup.py: + Rename UIManager file + +2009-03-14 20:03:37 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/data/about-dialog.ui: + * debug-viewer/data/main-window.ui: + * debug-viewer/data/progress-dialog.ui: + Re-write builder files with glade3 + +2009-03-14 19:38:36 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/__init__.py: + * debug-viewer/data/about-dialog.ui: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.glade: + * debug-viewer/data/main-window.ui: + * debug-viewer/data/progress-dialog.ui: + * debug-viewer/setup.py: + Migrate from glade to GtkBuilder + +2009-03-11 00:41:26 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.gladep: + Remove glade project file + +2008-11-29 21:06:52 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/Main.py: + Fix logging being on by default with recent Python + The fix for Python issue #1021 uncovered a mistake of mine. I was under the + impression that logging.NOTSET level means "off", but in fact it means to not + modify the level, and setting that on the root logger with basicConfig leads to + turning on all levels. + +2008-11-29 21:00:20 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + Use mmap in a portable way + +2008-11-26 23:21:57 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Add FIXME comments + +2008-11-26 23:13:05 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + GUI: Fix edit-copy-line action crashing/copying wrong line + When the view was unfiltered, this crashed. When the view was range filtered, + this copied the wrong line. + Spotted by Stefan Kost. + +2008-11-05 00:00:48 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/.bzrignore: + * debug-viewer/.gitignore: + Migrate .bzrignore -> .gitignore + +2008-06-30 19:48:34 +0300 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Move more attribute lookups out of loops for speed + +2008-06-29 21:14:07 +0300 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + Add support for recent log format changes, be more tolerant on whitespaces, cope with object names containing '>' + +2008-06-13 22:58:54 +0300 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.glade: + Use correct license in about dialog + +2008-03-02 15:24:16 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/setup.py: + Fix installation by including missing packages + +2008-03-01 20:44:53 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.svg: + Add (placeholder) SVG icon file + +2008-02-05 17:29:52 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Update vertical timeline when the widget size changes + +2008-02-04 17:36:57 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Fix bottom view showing the wrong selected log line + +2008-02-04 17:26:48 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Fix bottom view line activating the wrong line after filtering + +2008-01-25 15:44:38 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Fix bottom view not showing current line until you add something there + +2008-01-25 12:40:51 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Faster handling of partial expose events in timeline + +2008-01-25 11:17:02 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Main.py: + Mention GStreamer in --help output + +2008-01-25 11:12:48 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Allow to cancel a running filter process + +2008-01-24 16:19:15 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Make hide before/after action insensitive when first/last line is selected + +2008-01-24 15:18:37 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + Add filtering for object name and source code filename + +2008-01-24 14:29:39 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Add FIXME comment + +2008-01-24 12:16:41 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + Create own menu structure for log view context menu + +2008-01-24 11:49:41 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Sync show-timeline action state before connecting signal handler + +2008-01-24 11:47:27 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Timeline.py: Move per-window management into own class + +2008-01-24 11:12:05 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Re-format long line + +2008-01-24 10:59:14 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Replace gdk.ALL_EVENTS_MASK with proper minimal set of event flags + +2008-01-23 17:13:07 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/tests/performance.py: + Move performance test program into its own file + +2008-01-23 17:07:55 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + Allow creation of more than one window + +2008-01-23 17:07:51 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Add TODO comment + +2008-01-23 14:51:14 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Use GdkColors for level column, cleanup color handling + +2008-01-23 11:03:47 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Replace linear-time filtered index search with usage of bisect module + +2008-01-22 16:28:09 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Restore visible range of log view when changing filter + +2008-01-22 13:50:04 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Resolve small FIXME in SubRange + +2008-01-22 13:40:36 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Cleanup FilteredLogModel.super_model_changed_range + +2008-01-22 12:59:37 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/tests/test_models.py: + Fix crash with unparsable files + +2008-01-22 11:22:38 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/Main.py: + Make option parser work with glib before 2.13.2 + +2008-01-21 14:45:02 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + s/get_cells/get_cell_renderers/ again + +2008-01-21 13:24:02 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + Correctly parse categories with digits in them (fixes flump3dec, v4l2src messages) + +2008-01-21 11:15:42 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/tests/test_models.py: + Fix filtered range transformation (finally!) + +2008-01-11 11:11:00 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/tests/test_models.py: + Add simple identity filter model tests + +2008-01-10 16:15:53 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/tests/test_models.py: + Fix filtered model index translation and improve tests + +2008-01-10 14:14:12 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/tests/test_models.py: + Add test suite for filtered models + +2008-01-10 14:12:34 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Fix off-by-one error in filtered model range reclamping + +2008-01-10 13:49:58 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Improve filtered model interacting with range changes + +2008-01-02 20:54:33 +0100 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Unify two very similar methods + +2007-12-21 15:10:15 +0100 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Add FIXME about broken index translation logic + +2007-12-18 18:48:28 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Prevent crash with older bindings + +2007-12-18 17:10:08 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Fix more problems when clamping with filter turned on + +2007-12-18 15:26:05 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Fix off-by-one error causing display of spurious line when clamping with filter turned on + +2007-12-18 13:46:55 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Fix selection of line after changing filter, add logging + +2007-12-17 17:50:10 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Preserve clamped timestamp range when filtering and vice versa + +2007-12-13 13:43:28 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/gst-debug-strip-color.py: + Fix color stripping script + +2007-12-13 13:36:45 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/gst-debug-strip-color.py: + Add gst-debug-strip-color.py, a script to strip color codes + +2007-12-12 18:35:28 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Implement idle filtering (with progress display) + +2007-12-12 16:22:51 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.glade: + Factor out progress dialog handling into its own reusable object class + +2007-12-12 14:59:53 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Implement category filtering + +2007-12-12 13:49:02 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Allow for more than one (log level) filter to be set + +2007-12-11 11:38:45 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Restore search to a consistent state when showing the search bar again + +2007-12-11 11:28:17 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Add accelerators to search result navigation actions + +2007-12-11 11:16:44 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Fix search result navigation action sensitivity when showing the find bar + +2007-12-11 11:13:46 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Add search navigation menu items to view menu + +2007-12-11 10:44:20 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/GUI.py: + When right clicking to open a context menu, pass the event on (which selects the row) + +2007-12-10 17:40:31 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Implement backward search result navigation + +2007-12-10 17:09:07 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Remove dead/useless code + +2007-12-10 17:06:23 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Rename variable + +2007-12-10 17:04:47 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Implement lazy searching + +2007-12-10 14:22:51 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Some search fixes + +2007-12-10 11:49:39 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/__init__.py: + Add status label to find bar + +2007-12-07 16:50:02 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Fix timeline warning/error indicator triangle vertical position + +2007-12-07 16:24:01 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Add GUI utility function to add a popup menu to a widget + +2007-12-07 14:10:03 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Cleanup timeline warning/error triangle drawing, add TODOs + +2007-12-07 12:02:15 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Add tooltip to vertical timeline widget + +2007-12-07 11:25:30 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Add hide before/after menu items to timeline context menu + +2007-12-06 17:51:33 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + Add context menu to bottom view, with entry to clear all lines + +2007-12-04 16:34:53 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Fix copying of line to clipboard + +2007-12-04 16:21:45 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Remove implicit keybinding of copy message action + +2007-12-04 14:44:34 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Fix adding rows to the bottom view + +2007-12-04 14:40:41 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Fix crash when adding a line to bottom view with log filter turned on + +2007-12-04 14:35:50 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Implement filtered log model index translation + +2007-12-04 14:22:19 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Add support for stacking log model filters + +2007-12-03 17:49:04 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Do not let the user add duplicate lines to the bottom log view + +2007-12-03 17:44:40 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Keep the bottom view sorted by timestamp + +2007-12-03 16:38:29 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Unbreak filtering again + +2007-12-03 16:07:05 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Improve method to update log view after search text change + +2007-12-03 15:47:58 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Remove dead code + +2007-12-03 15:45:09 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Use the mmapped fileobj in more places and use slice access + +2007-12-03 15:24:20 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Add simple cache eviction to LazyLogModel to limit memory usage + +2007-12-03 14:58:04 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Rename show-find-bar action callback handler + +2007-12-03 12:18:23 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Implement lazy highlighting of search results + +2007-12-03 11:46:44 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Move search matching logic into the SearchOperation object + +2007-12-03 11:35:31 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Add search result navigation + +2007-11-30 17:41:33 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Fix crash when showing all lines after having filtered down to zero lines + +2007-11-30 17:39:36 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Avoid GtkWarning when filtering down to no visible line at all + +2007-11-30 17:33:08 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Fix crash when displaying only one line + +2007-11-30 17:14:36 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Hide unimplemented filtering actions + +2007-11-30 17:13:12 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Add preliminary log level filtering support + +2007-11-30 16:44:36 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + Add level, category, object filtering actions + +2007-11-30 16:01:51 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Derive range/clamping model filter from the new base class + +2007-11-30 16:00:09 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Add identity filter model to save some memory + +2007-11-30 15:47:51 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Add base class for filtered log models + +2007-11-30 15:38:20 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Move class around + +2007-11-30 15:35:05 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Change code to cleaner terminology of filter model relationships + +2007-11-30 14:15:32 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Try to avoid a crash regarding illegal paths received from GtkTreeView + +2007-11-30 14:05:18 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Fix timeline level distribution plotting after gaps + +2007-11-30 10:54:32 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + For search highlighting, use pango attrlists instead of markup + +2007-11-30 10:31:45 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + After changing the filter, scroll to the selected row + +2007-11-30 10:21:38 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Retain bottom view model and fix crash after filter change + +2007-11-29 17:28:35 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Keep line selection when changing filter model + +2007-11-29 16:21:38 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Only auto size view columns once + +2007-11-29 15:49:58 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.glade: + Remove redundant property settings + +2007-11-29 15:40:51 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.glade: + Fix window size and position state persistency + +2007-11-29 15:34:35 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Fix hanging after loading an unparsable/colored file + +2007-11-29 15:25:31 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Behave a little better with unparsable/colored files + +2007-11-29 15:11:40 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Fix division by zero crash with unparsable/colored files + +2007-11-29 15:03:07 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + Fix crash when viewing a colored log file + +2007-11-29 14:29:10 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Fix crash when opening a file that has trash lines only + +2007-11-29 14:26:56 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + Gracefully handle garbage lines at the line cache level + +2007-11-29 14:07:31 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Correct wording in benchmark output + +2007-11-29 13:53:42 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Fix comment + +2007-11-29 13:51:46 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Fix level distribution calculation for the last partition + +2007-11-29 13:31:54 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Make message column receive a minimal size, which removes the size warning + +2007-11-29 13:26:54 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Remove more outdated comments + +2007-11-29 13:15:28 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Remove outdated comment + +2007-11-29 13:09:20 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Remove commented code + +2007-11-29 11:38:39 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + Add separator to view menu + +2007-11-29 11:37:51 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + s/omit lines/hide lines/ + +2007-11-29 11:20:34 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + After load, select the first line + +2007-11-29 11:19:00 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + When navigating with the timeline, select the line in the center of the view + +2007-11-29 11:16:34 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + When navigating with the bottom view, select the target line + +2007-11-29 11:09:28 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + When activating a bottom view row, navigate the log view there + +2007-11-29 10:31:59 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Add ability to add rows to bottom view + +2007-11-28 16:10:57 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Avoid copies of the line index list in the line view model (fixes range filtering) + +2007-11-28 15:58:28 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Remove left over whitespace + +2007-11-28 15:32:06 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.glade: + Display timestamp and full message of selected line + +2007-11-28 11:27:26 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Correctly set sensitivity of row action group + +2007-11-28 10:57:02 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Add a (pretty limited) context menu to the timeline widget + +2007-11-28 10:42:46 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Adjust comment + +2007-11-28 10:27:45 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/Main.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Main.py: + Fix handling of filename command line argument + +2007-11-28 09:56:35 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Tweak thread colors a bit + +2007-11-27 17:11:28 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Add fuzzy compatibility to unpatched pygtk 2.12.0 + +2007-11-27 16:50:41 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + Add ranged line omission feature + +2007-11-27 13:47:30 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Speed up immediate search results by setting search start position + +2007-11-27 13:30:28 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/Data.py: + Use low idle priority for dispatching, to fix initial vtimeline display + +2007-11-27 12:03:32 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + Add basic search highlighting + +2007-11-26 18:01:30 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Draw vertical timeline connectors as triangles + +2007-11-26 16:55:11 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Set view selection mode to BROWSE + +2007-11-26 16:52:21 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Fix timeline position drawing and vertical timeline initial display + +2007-11-26 15:42:44 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Put basename of open file into window title + +2007-11-26 15:31:13 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + Add reload file functionality + +2007-11-26 14:55:31 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Disable interactive search on the log view + +2007-11-26 14:42:46 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FileProperties.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/__init__.py: + Save state of timeline visibility + +2007-11-26 13:55:03 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Refactor state/config classes to be more flexible + +2007-11-26 11:06:31 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + Comment out unimplemented new-window action item + +2007-11-26 10:53:37 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Gracefully handle errors when opening a file + +2007-11-26 09:47:53 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FindBar.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.glade: + Add very simple search bar + +2007-11-23 16:06:10 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Colorize vertical timeline lines to indicate different threads + +2007-11-23 15:04:14 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Add (commented) support to draw the vertical timeline on first display + +2007-11-23 11:46:43 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.glade: + Add vertical timeline widget (which looks quite cool) + +2007-11-22 20:44:02 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + s/get_cells/get_cell_renderers/ + +2007-11-22 16:27:34 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + Replace filename column with code column, listing filename and line number + +2007-11-22 16:06:55 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/__init__.py: + Make file->open work correctly + +2007-11-22 13:48:47 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Enable double-clicking a file in file chooser dialog + +2007-11-22 13:36:13 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Align log level column text in center + +2007-11-22 13:35:39 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Fix initial column size measurement + +2007-11-22 11:56:34 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/tests/create-test-log.py: + Adjust test log generator + +2007-11-22 11:03:09 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Clamp timeline mouse position to actual range + +2007-11-22 10:47:06 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/Main.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/__init__.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/utils.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Main.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/ColorizeRows.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FileProperties.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/__init__.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/__init__.py: + * debug-viewer/gst-debug-viewer: + * debug-viewer/setup.py: + Fix copyright/license headers and module docstrings + +2007-11-22 10:33:18 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/__init__.py: + Cleanup + +2007-11-22 10:29:23 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/__init__.py: + Display timeline by default + +2007-11-22 10:19:36 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Fix missing the last vertical ref line in the timeline display + +2007-11-22 09:56:21 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/.bzrignore: + Add .bzrignore file + +2007-11-22 09:55:13 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.glade.bak: + Kick glade backup file out of the repo + +2007-11-22 09:54:10 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.glade: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.glade.bak: + Implement cancelling of the load process in the UI + +2007-11-22 09:31:37 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Progressively draw the debug level distribution into the timeline widget + +2007-11-21 17:40:31 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Don't make timeline data processing block the GUI + +2007-11-21 15:21:40 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/__init__.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Ease importing of modules from the Common package + +2007-11-21 14:21:38 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + Ditch arrays for offset storage again + +2007-11-21 13:42:32 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Fix timeline for files where the first timestamp >> 0 + +2007-11-21 11:40:13 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + Use an array for line offset mapping (if file < 4GB) + +2007-11-21 10:47:40 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + Add LogLines class + +2007-11-20 17:45:35 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Rename COL_LINE to COL_LINE_NUMBER + +2007-11-20 17:40:35 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + Fix object name serialization + +2007-11-20 15:58:52 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/tests/create-test-log.py: + Add test script to generate a simple test log. Fix level name space adjustment + +2007-11-20 15:32:14 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/MANIFEST.in: + * debug-viewer/po/POTFILES.in: + Add dummy po directory and add MANIFEST.in + +2007-11-20 15:25:32 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/gst-debug-viewer: + * debug-viewer/gst-debug-viewer.desktop: + * debug-viewer/gst-debug-viewer.desktop.in: + * debug-viewer/gst-debug-viewer.py: + * debug-viewer/setup.cfg: + * debug-viewer/setup.py: + Copy over distutils setup from gst-inspector + +2007-11-20 14:52:26 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Almost allow copying a full line to clipboard + +2007-11-20 13:58:34 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Remove commented code + +2007-11-20 13:56:15 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Replace model.get with model.get_value + +2007-11-20 13:34:00 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Cleanup + +2007-11-20 13:31:58 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Remove commented code, resolve FIXME + +2007-11-20 12:33:47 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Simplify function + +2007-11-20 11:06:27 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Rename more density stuff to timeline + +2007-11-19 15:55:08 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Remove unused attribute + +2007-11-19 15:52:01 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + And now make it actually run\! + +2007-11-19 15:44:54 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Also commit the previous change to the GUI module :-/ + +2007-11-19 15:27:16 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Move final log line parsing from GUI to Data module + +2007-11-19 11:35:27 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + Optimize color stripping function a bit + +2007-11-19 10:59:52 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + Also plot green info line count in timeline display + +2007-11-17 10:23:58 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Add user/system time to benchmark output + +2007-11-17 10:06:09 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/LineFrequency.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/Timeline.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + Rename line frequency plugin/widget to timeline + +2007-11-16 17:25:08 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/LineFrequency.py: + Speed up level density sentinel + +2007-11-16 16:30:17 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Correctly handle variable length thread address formatting + +2007-11-16 15:56:57 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/LineFrequency.py: + Add markers for warning and error log messages to the timeline display + +2007-11-16 15:06:59 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/LineFrequency.py: + Colorize log and debug log levels in frequency display widget + +2007-11-16 13:26:20 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Colorize debug level column + +2007-11-16 12:53:02 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Rename debug level instances + +2007-11-16 12:48:08 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Hacky commit to parse debug level on line cache level + +2007-11-16 11:03:22 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + Add (commented out) support for parsing debug level at line cache scan time + +2007-11-16 10:28:23 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/LineFrequency.py: + Cleanup + +2007-11-15 18:17:28 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Fix timestamps of unparsable lines to fix line density display + +2007-11-15 18:12:57 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Fix message display + +2007-11-15 17:54:30 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Save huge amounts of memory by never caching the message and interning data for the other columns + +2007-11-15 15:06:37 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Use less regex matching to parse lines (does not provide a performance gain though) + +2007-11-15 14:07:00 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Make column id order match log line fields order + +2007-11-15 14:01:53 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Fix benchmark hack option + +2007-11-15 13:47:38 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + Add some simple filtering + +2007-11-15 09:20:34 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Add evil comment about treeview slowness with multiple selection mode + +2007-11-15 08:58:48 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Fix comment + +2007-11-14 22:51:47 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Use monospace font for some numeric columns + +2007-11-14 20:35:18 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/LineFrequency.py: + Also draw vertical help lines + +2007-11-14 16:56:35 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Change model design to be more filter friendly + +2007-11-14 15:49:03 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/LineFrequency.py: + Draw horizontal helper lines in frequency display + +2007-11-14 15:44:01 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Separate log model into base class and lazy implementation. Add basis for a filter model based on that + +2007-11-14 14:49:55 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Remove dead/commented out code + +2007-11-14 14:48:31 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Add/change comments + +2007-11-14 13:57:08 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Change view columns menu item label + +2007-11-14 13:34:53 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + Add PID column + +2007-11-14 13:15:36 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/FileProperties.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + Add skeleton for file properties plugin + +2007-11-14 12:48:43 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + Add debug output. Add filename column + +2007-11-14 11:31:57 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Add view columns visibility and ordering state persistence + +2007-11-14 11:13:07 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Don't make column headers clickable + +2007-11-14 10:55:12 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + Fix progress display on load + +2007-11-14 10:44:08 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/LineFrequency.py: + If the indicator in the frequency display is just 1px wide, don't use transparency + +2007-11-14 10:30:19 +0200 René Stadler + + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/Main.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/__init__.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Common/utils.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Data.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/GUI.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Main.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/ColorizeRows.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/LineFrequency.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/Plugins/__init__.py: + * debug-viewer/GstDebugViewer/__init__.py: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.glade: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.glade.bak: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.gladep: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.png: + * debug-viewer/data/gst-debug-viewer.ui: + * debug-viewer/gst-debug-viewer.desktop: + * debug-viewer/gst-debug-viewer.py: + * debug-viewer/pixmaps/gst-debug-viewer.png: + New import (the old repo got busted, just had 4 revs anyways) + +2014-09-06 12:34:39 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/docs/Makefile.am: + validate: Make sphinx documentation generation optionnal + +2014-09-06 11:41:48 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/docs/Makefile.am: + * validate/docs/launcher/Makefile.am: + * validate/docs/launcher/conf.py: + * validate/docs/launcher/index.rst: + * validate/docs/launcher/launcher.rst: + * validate/docs/launcher/modules.rst: + validate:launcher: Add needed files to build documentation with sphinx + +2014-09-06 11:38:38 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/Makefile.am: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/geslaunch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py: + validate: launcher: Cleanup and rename apps to avoid '-' in their name + +2014-09-06 10:02:13 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:launcher: Avoid '.' before media file extension in test classnames + +2014-09-05 19:47:00 +0000 Felix Schwarz + + * validate/docs/validate-design.txt: + * validate/docs/validate-usage.txt: + * validate/docs/validate/command-line-tools.xml: + * validate/docs/validate/envvariables.xml: + * validate/docs/validate/scenarios.xml: + validate:docs: fix spelling mistakes + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736160 + +2014-09-05 23:15:29 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Take a const gchar ** in gst_validate_print_action_types + This is what we actually need and thus is cleaner. + +2014-09-05 23:03:58 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-internal.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Implement the notion of implementer namespace to the action types + This allows users to know who implements an action type. + + Enhance the printing of all action making it readable. + +2014-09-05 19:30:52 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Add informations on the switch-track action overrided for playbin + +2014-09-04 23:54:34 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/docs/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/docs/validate/command-line-tools.xml: + * validate/docs/validate/envvariables.xml: + * validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-docs.sgml: + * validate/docs/validate/scenarios.xml: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: docs: Add some GstValidate usage documentation + + Fix minor issues in the gst-validate and gst-validate-transcoding + tools documentation + +2014-09-04 11:54:41 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-factory.c: + validate: remove redundant pre-condition in monitor_factory_create + The same check is already done at the head of the function. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736019 + +2014-09-04 11:53:56 +0200 Guillaume Desmottes + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + validate: fix a couple of typos in comments + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736019 + +2014-09-04 19:18:25 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/docs/validate-usage.txt: + validate:docs: Sensibly update the usage file + +2014-08-22 19:30:14 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Use a GList to store action types instead of hashtable + It is more adapted and allows us to print the action types in a stable + maneer. + +2014-08-22 18:45:13 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + validate: report: Do not repeat type name when printing its details + +2014-08-19 11:10:57 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + validate: Change the version to 1.0.0.1 + The 1.0.0.1 means that it is targetting the GStreamer 1.X serie, + and is a git version (thus 0.1) + GstValidate will most probably not be released and we should try to + be able to use it with as many version of the GStreamer 1.X serie + as possible. + +2014-08-18 18:41:50 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/docs/Makefile.am: + * validate/docs/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-docs.sgml: + * validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-sections.txt: + * validate/docs/validate/gst-validate.types: + * validate/docs/version.entities: + * validate/docs/version.entities.in: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-internal.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-factory.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + validate: Document the API with gtk-doc + +2014-06-11 09:23:11 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + validate: Add GObject Introspection support + +2014-08-14 10:55:44 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-internal.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Rework the action parameter API + Making it possible to properly define parameters, and describe them. + + Document all action types! + +2014-08-13 23:07:47 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-internal.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Add an option to print all avalaible actions with details + + Cleanup actions descriptions + + Make GstValidateActionType internal only and only expose the structure + +2014-08-14 10:57:33 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Use the buffering mode to see if pipeline is live or not + +2014-08-14 10:56:56 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + validate: Do not segfault when receiving a segment on unlink pad + For some reason we did no discover that before. + +2014-08-13 20:47:24 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate: Make GstValidateActionType a GstMiniObject and expose it in the API + +2014-08-13 20:46:17 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate:scenario: Cleanup header and add some padding to classes + Let's start making gst-validate ABI and API stable + +2014-08-20 18:59:26 +0530 Anuj Jaiswal + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + gst-validate: fix some minor memory leaks + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=735099 + +2014-08-19 18:06:14 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate: generate test names with the stream_info filename. + And not with the contained uri string, which is variable. + +2014-08-12 15:14:28 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: The scenario only old a weak ref so unref the weak ref + We were unrefing an object we did not actually own a ref on. + +2014-08-12 09:36:34 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Print when we set pipeline state because of buffering + +2014-08-11 20:19:02 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.in: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/Makefile.am: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Properly handle libsdir when gst-validate is installed + + Fix the _in_devel function + + Install the validate default testsuite implementation in the right + place + +2014-08-11 13:21:09 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Let testsuite know the actual file in which they are + +2014-08-11 13:19:22 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Add the logic of needed env variables in tests + +2014-08-10 12:41:57 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:launcher: Expose all classes to be used to create testsuites + To create testsuite from outside gst-validate, the user will need to be + able to use the TestGenerator and subclasses of Test that we implement + in the apps, to do so we publicly expose them in the TestManager class + so that user have acces to everything they need. + +2014-08-10 12:04:31 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/httpserver.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/reporters.py: + validate:launcher: Handle stdout/stderr as possible logfiles + Allowing people to get all the logs in the terminal + +2014-08-09 23:22:39 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + validate: Allow several outputs in GST_VALIDATE_FILE + +2014-08-09 16:34:09 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate: Launcher: Add support for the dash protocol + And make sure that the HTTP server is started if it is needed to serve + some HLS or DASH streams + +2014-08-08 19:14:02 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:Launcher: Use the first media path as a path for http server + We need to have a default path and the first one sounds like a + reasonnable default. + +2014-08-08 12:33:54 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.h: + * validate/tools/launcher/RangeHTTPServer.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/httpserver.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Allow limitating local HTTP server bandwith + By default we limit its bandwith to 1MBps which is somehow similare to a + good internet connection case. + +2014-08-05 18:51:20 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/switch_audio_track_while_paused.scenario: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/validate/validate_testsuite.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Disable racy HLS tests + + Add need-clock-synk to switch_audio_track_while_paused as it relies on + the clock sync to pause and then display subtitles + +2014-08-05 10:59:21 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/validate/validate_testsuite.py: + validate:launcher: Take into account exitcode in transcoding tests + And disable a few racy tests that were not detected because of that + +2014-07-29 12:17:21 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/validate/validate_testsuite.py: + validate:launcher:testsuite: De activate backward playback where appropriate + And re activate it where it works + +2014-07-26 11:42:09 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Actually accept rounding errors and small mistakes for position + WHen seeking in paused the position right after should be pretty much + the exact one, but sometimes it can be a little different because of + rounding issues and similare. + +2014-07-26 11:41:09 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h: + validate: Add a way to avoid printing all the issue in reports + Avoiding user to be flooded by information he does not want while + debugging + +2014-07-26 08:27:55 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + validate: Print the report when aborting because of an issue + Letting a chance to the user to know what bug he faced! + +2014-07-24 19:26:29 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Enhance output about critical errors + +Lower some warning to INFO + +2014-07-24 19:02:38 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Allow overrides for scenario issues + +2014-07-21 18:00:42 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/reporters.py: + validate: Avoid readding several time the same test in the tests result list + +2014-07-19 11:47:44 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Fix test number print + +2014-07-31 17:54:17 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/validate/validate_testsuite.py: + tools: Launcher: Disable validate.file.*.simple.scrub_forward_seeking.synchronized + It is still a bit racy and sometimes the seek just does not happen + +2014-07-31 17:43:51 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/validate/validate_testsuite.py: + tools: launcher: Disable subtitle track switching scenario on Sintel + It is racy at the moment. + +2014-07-23 20:39:05 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/change_state_intensive.scenario: + * validate/data/fast_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/fast_forward.scenario: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Allow informing minimum media duration in scenarios + Allowing the launcher to avoid running tests on medias that are not long + enough + +2014-07-23 17:49:21 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/reporters.py: + validate:launcher: Always print final report + enhance output + +2014-07-23 14:51:43 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Properly check that remaining actions are not 'ending' ones + When checking that all action were executed, we need to make sure that + actions such as EOS or stop are not taken into account as we might have + shorter medias than the duration of the scenario, and that should not be + fatal. + + Plug a leak on the way + +2014-07-23 14:43:29 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/change_state_intensive.scenario: + * validate/data/fast_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/fast_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_forward.scenario: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: launcher: Force clock syncronization for some scenarios + In some cases it is necessary that the clock is sync so that all the + actions can be executed. + +2014-07-23 10:54:37 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate: Launcher: Make sure tests are always executed in same order + +2014-07-22 11:42:48 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/data/camerabin_signal.scenario: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + gst-validate-scenario: add emit-signal + emit-signal action allows to emit signals to elements in scenarios. + The implementation only accepts signals without arguments for now but + it can be extended to use parameters if needed in the future + +2014-07-22 15:49:09 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: Launcher: Fix a backtrace using self in a @staticmethod + +2014-07-21 22:41:28 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + gst-validate-scenario: the structure has the type + Get the GValue directly from the structure and do not assume everything + is stored as a string and use the GstStructure's GValue to set the property + to the instances + +2014-07-21 22:01:27 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + gst-validate: properly set pipeline to null before unref + In case it fails when going ready->paused it will remain in ready state + and be unref'd in ready, leading to an assertion + +2014-07-21 19:09:24 +0200 Arnaud Vrac + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + validate: Fix build on some custom platforms + We need to explicitely pass GLIB_LIBS for GModule as it seems not to be included by + GST_ALL_LIBS and we need LIBM + +2014-05-19 18:06:46 +0200 Lubosz Sarnecki + + * validate/tools/launcher/httpserver.py: + httpserver: launch webserver with the same python interpreter. + +2014-07-19 09:48:17 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Dot the pipeline on interuption + +2014-07-18 15:57:24 +0200 Aurélien Zanelli + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + validate: duplicate strings in gst_validate_issue_new() + Do this to avoid discarding 'const' qualifier when using it with + constant strings. Moreover it will avoid a g_free on constant string. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733362 + +2014-07-18 16:28:49 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Fix a backtrace using an undefined method + +2014-07-17 16:48:21 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + valdate:launcher: Do not refer to self in @staticmethod + There is no self in there. + +2014-07-17 16:44:08 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Add a set-debug-threshold scenario action + Allowing users to activate the debug only at the interesting time + +2014-07-17 16:42:02 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + validate: Add Gst debugging when using gst-validate printing feature + Giving usefull debugging informations in the GSt debug logs + +2014-07-17 12:17:31 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Do not auto flush pipeline bus + We want to see all messages in our async handler + And flush it when we are done. + +2014-07-16 19:38:01 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:launcher: Avoid using sync=true on fakesinks + Making the test run much faster! + +2014-07-16 19:37:35 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/reporters.py: + validate: Launcher: Print total time spent in the final report + +2014-07-16 18:21:16 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/switch_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario: + validate: Make switch_subtitle_track_while_paused handle states + +2014-07-16 14:46:32 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/disable_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario: + vaildate: Make disable_subtitle_track_while_paused handle states + +2014-07-13 18:21:50 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/scrub_forward_seeking.scenario: + validate: Make scrub_forward_seeking handle states + +2014-07-16 13:54:54 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Properly check that encoded files have the exact wanted format + +2014-07-16 12:50:41 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Add a method to create a GstValidateMediaDescriptor from a uri + +2014-07-16 12:16:03 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:launcher: Move MediaFormatCombination to baseclasses.py + + Add some simple helpers + +2014-07-16 12:03:14 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:launcher: Implement a GstValidateEncodingTestInterface class + Allowing code to be shared between apps that run rendering tests + +2014-07-16 11:39:08 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + validate:launcher: Implement a MediaDescriptor subclass for xges project files + +2014-07-16 11:36:29 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Make a MediaDescriptor baseclass to be used by any application + +2014-07-16 10:35:34 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Give information to users when cloning asset failed + It might not be obvious from the stacktrace so it is better to clearly + explain what the failure was when we know it + +2014-07-16 10:16:19 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Fixup the default asset update command + +2014-07-16 10:12:04 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:launcher: Generate proper EncodingProfiles for audio/video only media files + +2014-07-16 10:10:44 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Move the MediaDescriptor class to the baseclasses.py file + +2014-07-16 10:09:32 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:launcher: Allow transcoding audio only files 5 time longer than long_limit + Transcoding audio is a lot shorter so we can concider that transcoding files that are only + only is 5 time shorter than the actual file (empirical number) + +2014-07-16 10:03:11 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c: + validate:media-check: Pass the GError where needed. + +2014-07-15 12:16:34 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + validate: Avoid segfault in the error path + +2014-07-15 11:59:23 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + validate:media-descriptor-writer: Handle medias with 1 single stream + +2014-07-08 13:50:11 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Check that after a seek in PAUSED position is perfect + In case of ACCURATE seeking, the position after a SEEK in PAUSED state + should be *exactly* the one requested by the user. + +2014-07-11 15:45:18 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: add set_property scenario action + Allows setting element's properties during a scenario. Very useful + for testing that elements behave correctly when changing properties + during playing state + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733070 + +2014-07-09 19:10:57 +0300 Sreerenj Balachandran + + * codecanalyzer/.gitignore: + * codecanalyzer/AUTHORS: + * codecanalyzer/COPYING: + * codecanalyzer/Makefile.am: + * codecanalyzer/NEWS: + * codecanalyzer/README.md: + * codecanalyzer/autogen.sh: + * codecanalyzer/configure.ac: + * codecanalyzer/data/Makefile.am: + * codecanalyzer/data/pixmaps/Makefile.am: + * codecanalyzer/data/pixmaps/codecanalyzer-logo.png: + * codecanalyzer/data/pixmaps/frame-thumbnail.png: + * codecanalyzer/data/ui/LICENSE.txt: + * codecanalyzer/data/ui/Makefile.am: + * codecanalyzer/data/ui/mainwindow.xml: + * codecanalyzer/data/ui/menu.xml: + * codecanalyzer/src/Makefile.am: + * codecanalyzer/src/codecanalyzer.c: + * codecanalyzer/src/gst_analyzer.c: + * codecanalyzer/src/gst_analyzer.h: + * codecanalyzer/src/plugins/Makefile.am: + * codecanalyzer/src/plugins/gst/Makefile.am: + * codecanalyzer/src/plugins/gst/analyzersink/Makefile.am: + * codecanalyzer/src/plugins/gst/analyzersink/analyzer_utils.c: + * codecanalyzer/src/plugins/gst/analyzersink/analyzer_utils.h: + * codecanalyzer/src/plugins/gst/analyzersink/gstanalyzersink.c: + * codecanalyzer/src/plugins/gst/analyzersink/gstanalyzersink.h: + * codecanalyzer/src/plugins/gst/analyzersink/mpeg_xml.c: + * codecanalyzer/src/plugins/gst/analyzersink/mpeg_xml.h: + * codecanalyzer/src/plugins/gst/analyzersink/plugin.c: + * codecanalyzer/src/plugins/gst/analyzersink/xml_utils.c: + * codecanalyzer/src/plugins/gst/analyzersink/xml_utils.h: + * codecanalyzer/src/xml_parse.c: + * codecanalyzer/src/xml_parse.h: + New Tool: Add a CodecAnalyzer + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=731853 + +2014-07-07 16:12:22 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/TODO: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + TODO: add some planning comments + +2013-10-22 10:57:14 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: add wikilink for opus + +2014-07-02 17:53:55 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Execute actions if we get seeked in ready state + +2014-07-02 11:27:22 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Let scenarios tell the apps about whether it handles states + The user only needs to add handles-states=true in the description line + of the scenario + +2014-06-19 12:58:49 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Do not care about the position if we are not at least in PAUSED state + At that time the position query will be meaningless so we should just go to the next + action. + +2014-06-26 15:07:39 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/validate/validate_testsuite.py: + validate: Handle MXF files + +2014-06-26 15:03:07 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.c: + validate:media-check: Changes in tags detection are not fatal issues + +2014-06-26 13:01:13 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/Makefile.am: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/validate/validate_testsuite.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/validate_default_testsuite.py: + validate:launcher Add video mixing tests + + Move default_testsuite.py to validate_testsuite.py as we are now + exposing tests that are not enabled by default + +2014-06-26 12:42:38 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/validate_default_testsuite.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Move the notion of test generator to the baseclasses + This can be very usefull for all the TestManager and thus exposes a + higher level API for test writers. + +2014-06-19 16:26:43 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/Makefile.am: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/validate_default_testsuite.py: + validate:launcher: Move default testsuite to a dedicated file + Making the separation cleaner between the launcher and the test + implementation + +2014-06-20 19:01:41 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Properly handle CLOCK_TIME_NONE position and duration values + In the value parser. + +2014-06-19 13:03:48 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Print the return value at the end + Making it easier to know whether the test passed or not. + +2014-06-19 12:56:34 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Move the check about whether we are still seeking upper in the function + Avoiding to try to get position and do operations on a pipeline that is seeking + +2013-11-25 13:55:10 +0000 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate-scenario: only use valid position/duration + Position/duration query may fail, or yield unknown values (eg, + unknown duration for live streams). In these cases, we must ensure + we do not use those invalid values. + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=715160 + +2014-06-19 09:38:52 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:launcher: Not concider all scenarios by default with --wanted-test + Instead let the users activate that with -t ALL + +2014-06-19 09:22:36 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Let the user set user options in the config file + +2014-06-18 17:27:09 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Use RawTextHelpFormatter to (not) format user help + +2014-06-18 17:26:05 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Add a way to create test suite outside the three + + Make sure to namespace the API + + Remove cruft about G_V_PROTOCOL_VIDEO_RESTRICTION_CAPS + +2014-06-18 13:02:53 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: We are not changing state if the set_state failed. + +2014-06-18 13:02:29 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Add a debug category and add some debug + +2014-06-18 13:01:42 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + validate: media-descirptor: Add more infos about discoverer error + +2014-06-18 12:51:02 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:launcher: Cleanup the way we generate tests adding the notion of TestGenerator + Making it easier to extend the testsuite. + +2014-06-18 15:57:14 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate:tools: Dot the pipeline on usefull places + Meaning on warning and state changes. + +2014-06-28 12:33:45 +0200 Sebastian Dröge + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + validate: Don't call gst_debug_log_valist() if debugging is disabled + And also stop leaking a string every time. + +2014-06-28 11:36:27 +0200 Sebastian Dröge + + * validate/tools/Makefile.am: + gst-validate: Add $(GIO_LIBS) and $(GIO_CFLAGS) as required + +2014-06-17 15:10:41 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.in: + validate: Fix launcher when running installed + +2014-06-17 14:17:21 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + validate: scenarios: Install play_15s.scenario + +2014-06-16 16:47:18 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/reporters.py: + validate:launcher:reporter: Sort Final report by results + +2014-06-16 16:46:21 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:launcher:ges: Fix rendered duration checking + +2014-06-16 16:40:10 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + validate: pad-monitor: Do not compare not fixed sinkpad caps fields + We are only able to check that the sink pad caps values are inside the src pad + value. + +2014-06-16 08:49:22 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Do not be so tolerant about seek drift + +2014-06-03 09:38:29 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: Handle out-of-segment first buffer + If the initial buffer is before segment.start, we don't want to raise + the "first buffer doesn't have 0 running-time" issue. + Also add debug for tracking issues + +2014-06-03 10:02:10 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Run gst-indent on all code + so whitespace. much indent. spacing ! + +2014-05-27 12:30:54 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + validate: Depend at least on GLib 2.36 + +2014-05-19 19:42:46 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/scrub_backward_seeking.scenario: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + validate: Add a scrub_backward_seeking scenario + + Make use of it in ges-launch and do not try to seek while playing in + GES as it is not supported yet + +2014-05-24 01:28:36 -0400 Nicolas Dufresne + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Don't pass NULL to g_strsplit + +2014-05-22 16:13:31 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c: + validate-utils: Fix unitialized variable + gst-validate-utils.c:413:7: error: variable 'v0' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized] + if (c == '!') { + ^~~~~~~~ + gst-validate-utils.c:424:10: note: uninitialized use occurs here + return v0; + ^~ + gst-validate-utils.c:413:3: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false + if (c == '!') { + ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + gst-validate-utils.c:411:13: note: initialize the variable 'v0' to silence this warning + gdouble v0; + ^ + = 0.0 + 1 + +2014-05-21 11:50:09 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/gst/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/overrides/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/overrides/gst-validate-default-overrides.c: + * validate/gst/preload/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/preload/gst-validate-monitor-preload.c: + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-default-overrides.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-preload.c: + validate: Move overrides and preload libraries to dedicated folders + This way it is cleaner and it is simpler to handle the various compilation dependencies. + +2014-05-16 16:20:26 +0200 Lubosz Sarnecki + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.in: + * validate/tools/launcher/RangeHTTPServer.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/__init__.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/httpserver.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/reporters.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + python: change shebangs to python2 + +2014-05-15 09:46:24 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + validate: Properly use boolean in XML + +2014-05-08 17:48:39 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + validate: Improve perf when writing the XML file + + Pass the file into gst-indent + +2014-05-07 13:14:51 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/change_state_intensive.scenario: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate: Add a scenario that switches state many intensively + + Use it by default in the launcher tests + +2014-05-07 12:43:53 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate: Minor fix for blacklisted test output formatting + +2014-05-07 12:21:49 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Add an option to only launch the http server + +2014-05-07 12:21:30 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: Keep scenario discovering logs in a file + +2014-05-07 11:34:47 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/fast_forward.scenario: + validate: Avoid using stop value in the fast_forward scenario + +2014-05-07 11:30:39 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate: Properly check that outputed videos have a correct duration + +2014-05-07 11:30:09 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate: Add the notion of "long" tests so that we can avoid some test to be run if they are too long + +2014-05-07 09:51:19 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Add a general action to set state + +2014-05-07 09:50:28 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/autogen.sh: + validate: Properly set the pre commit hook + +2014-05-07 09:46:28 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Pass into gst-indent + +2014-05-07 09:15:34 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: The wait mandatory field is duration + +2014-05-07 09:11:12 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Make sure mandatory fields are present when parsing scenarios + +2014-05-06 15:34:08 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenarios: add a stateless property. + This property enables the user to have actions executed independently + of the state of the pipeline. + Conflicts: + validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c + +2014-05-05 17:00:45 +0200 Mathieu Duponchelle + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: make sure to not execute actions when changing state. + Conflicts: + validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c + +2014-05-04 09:30:14 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: The 'buffering' variable needs to be static + We need its value between bus_callback calls to be the same + +2014-05-02 17:25:07 -0400 Luis de Bethencourt + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + gst-validate: some static variables can be local + buffering is only used inside the bus_callback, so it can have that local + scope. same thing with ret which is only used in the main function. + +2014-05-02 16:53:51 -0400 Luis de Bethencourt + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + gst-validate: small typo in usage summary + +2014-05-02 20:05:28 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Wait for the PAUSED state to be reached before executing actions + +2014-05-02 19:00:49 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate: Fix the name of the sintel blacklisting + +2014-05-02 18:50:41 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/disable_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario: + validate: Add a scenario to disable subtitle track while paused + +2014-05-02 14:06:18 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.h: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c: + validate: Implement frame by frame writing in the media descriptor writer + + Add an option to fully parse media files in the gst-validate-media-check tool + +2014-05-01 14:58:14 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Execute position right when the pipeline reaches PAUSED + We might go to PAUSED SYNC if nothing happens in the pipeline + +2014-05-01 14:11:24 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate: Add a scenario that disable subtitles + + Clean the sythax to define switch-track action that actually + desactivate the track + +2014-05-01 12:52:09 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Do not execute action when buffering + While buffering we should no try to execute anything as we would not be + controlling properly the execution. + + Activate scrub forward seeking for HTTP streams + +2014-05-01 12:34:35 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/switch_set_external_subtitle.scenario: + * validate/data/switch_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate: Add a scenario that switches subtitle track while paused + + Integrate it in the launcher + +2014-05-01 11:32:42 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:launcher: Sensibly simplify scenario handling + +2014-05-01 10:27:53 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Plug a minor leak + +2014-04-30 15:51:43 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + validate: Use ges-launch recursing path new feature + And fix path to URI conversion + +2014-04-30 15:40:10 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate: Add a gst-validate-launcher documentation + +2014-04-30 11:52:00 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Port OptionParser to ArgParse + +2014-04-30 11:20:43 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate: Can not do reverse playback on sintel sample + + Minor improvement in the CLI + +2014-04-30 11:13:51 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + validate:launcher: Do not except meaningless argument in ges-launch + +2014-04-30 11:06:09 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: Handle per file special scenarios + When a file is int the same folder as a media file and has a name like: + mediafilename.mkv.scenarios_name.scenario we run that scenario on that + particular file + +2014-04-30 09:35:03 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Allow specifying scenarios to parse when lisiting them + It used to only handle the scenario present in proper paths, we + also need to handle special scenarios provided by users on the fly + +2014-04-29 20:00:21 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Handle ERROR on the bus when monitoring the pipeline + This way the user get a clear information in the report about the issue + + sensibly cleanup code + +2014-04-29 19:04:46 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/switch_subtitle_track.scenario: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: Add a scenarios that switchs subtitle track + + Make it easier and cleaner to tell that a switch is actually disabling + a track type. + And run the scenario in gst-validate-launcher by default + +2014-04-29 18:51:54 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/switch_audio_track_while_paused.scenario: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate: Add a switch_audio_track_while_paused scenario + And run it as a default + +2014-05-01 18:20:25 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Add an action to set an external URI file on playbin at runtime + +2014-05-01 18:19:50 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Override switch_track action when using a playbin + And use the playbin feature for that when the pipeline is based on playbin + +2014-05-01 18:17:44 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c: + validate: Do not g_strrstr with a NULL pointer as needle + +2014-05-01 18:16:16 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Print more details when executing the switch_track action + + Fix some issue in the memory freeing codepath of GstValidateAction + +2014-04-29 17:16:50 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + validate: Do not try to use a NULL iter + +2013-10-01 21:11:35 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + pad-monitor: check that no buffers are pushed after a pad is EOS + Make sure no resources are wasted after elements are done with the + current segment + +2014-04-28 13:08:09 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + launcher: Now using git annex to handle media files + +2014-04-26 09:52:37 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate: Expose a seeking method so other actions types can seek + Other action types might need to seek and we GstValidateScenario need + to know about it, add a method others can use to do the seeking + +2014-04-26 09:16:26 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/reporters.py: + Revert "validate:launcher: Always put gst-validate result as stderr in reports" + This reverts commit 925ff7542b69bb5516b6eb5b4488da23124a0cbc. + Actually jenkins never truncates on failure stacktrace... we do not + want to set gst-validate as failure stacktrace in our results. That + commit was not usefull. + +2014-04-26 08:11:20 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/reporters.py: + validate:launcher: Always put gst-validate result as stderr in reports + This way jenkins will always keep the information in its database even + if the test passes + +2014-04-25 18:33:33 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Pass -scenario.c into gst-indent and fix some docs + +2014-04-25 18:27:30 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Add a "dot-pipeline" action + +2014-04-25 18:26:50 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.h: + validate: Return a boolean when parsing an enum string + +2014-04-25 13:42:03 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/adaptive_video_framerate.scenario: + * validate/data/adaptive_video_framerate_size.scenario: + * validate/data/adaptive_video_size.scenario: + * validate/data/force_key_unit.scenario: + * validate/data/pause_resume.scenario: + * validate/data/play_15s.scenario: + * validate/data/scrub_forward_seeking.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/switch_audio_track.scenario: + validate:scenarios: Prefer stop action instead of EOS when appropriate + +2014-04-25 13:19:19 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Properly set error message when sending EOS did not work + +2014-04-25 13:18:41 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Add a way to specify tests filtering only on defaults + +2014-04-25 13:17:39 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/switch_audio_track.scenario: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Add support for audio track switching scenario + +2014-04-25 11:32:04 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Make it possible to run any scenario test in gst-validate + +2014-04-25 11:31:27 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:launcher: Do not run reverse playback on mpegts files + +2014-04-25 11:31:01 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:launcher: Cleanup media descriptor usage + +2014-04-25 10:23:21 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:launch: Port to the new media_info format + +2014-04-24 15:41:50 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.h: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.h: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c: + validate: Add a media-descriptor parser and writer + +2014-04-23 13:25:44 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Minor printing cleanup + +2014-04-23 13:24:23 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Add a 'stop' action to stop a pipeline + It uses the GST_MESSAGE_REQUEST state with the scenario as a source + so that application can stop running when they receive it on the bus. + +2014-04-23 11:47:10 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/reporters.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:launcher: Use the new validatelog file + Making the output cleaner and clearer in junit XML file + +2014-04-23 11:27:41 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Handle position printing at the monitor level + Instead of replicating that code all around + +2014-04-23 11:16:29 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + validate: Add printing utilities + Allowing the user to print everyting in a file through the + GST_VALIDATE_FILE env variable + +2014-04-22 16:50:08 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Add an action to wait for a given amout of time + During that time we will just not execute any new action + + Lower WARNING to DEBUG when no playbcak_time is provided for an + action, it should just be 0. + +2014-04-22 12:02:35 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.h: + validate: Check that for raw, buffers are strictly contained in segment + For encoded data we might need buffers that have timestamp < + segment.start to make sure that we have the keyframe, etc... but for raw + data, buffer end should strictly be inside the segment, be more strict + about that. + +2014-04-22 11:21:34 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + validate: PAR is not a mandatory field + Also make it possible to check other not mandatory fields in the future + +2014-04-22 11:10:01 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + validate: Do not use GST_PTR_FORMAT when reporting + It will not work now that we have our own implementation of printf for that in Gst and + thus provide us with pretty useless infos + +2014-04-22 10:49:10 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Send SIGINT signal instead of killing the subprocess + This way we get the result from GstValidate even on timeouts + +2014-04-22 09:42:57 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:launcher: Always set sync=True on fakesink on playback pipelines + This way we are in closer condition of real sink playback. + + some minor cleanup in gst-validate.c + +2014-04-17 12:58:48 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:launcher: ring-buffer-max-size is in bytes + +2014-04-17 12:17:03 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Handle g_log errors at the gst-validate level + +2014-04-17 11:23:23 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Allow comments in scenario files + Comment are per line only and start with # + +2014-04-15 15:26:36 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:launcher: Fix default blacklist management + +2014-04-02 19:14:30 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Print the number of the test being run + +2014-04-02 19:13:50 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + validate: Avoid segfault when discovering fails + In that case the x->stream_info might not be set + +2014-04-02 12:12:11 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:launcher: Fix mixup in media_check tests expected file path + +2014-03-31 13:54:27 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:launcher: Flush stdout each time we print + So everything gets printed on time on windows and jenkins + +2014-03-31 11:03:48 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate: launcher: Use the ConfigPraser object everywhere for file_infos + +2014-03-28 15:01:12 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Properly handle missing scenarios on the system + +2014-03-28 15:00:45 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + validate:launcher: Handle windows path to construct arguments + +2014-03-28 15:00:01 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:launcher: Handle the fact that win32 apps end with .exe + +2014-03-28 11:30:01 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + validate: Do not build LD_PRELOAD related code on windows + And do not forget to link against gst-pbutils + +2014-03-28 10:30:21 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c: + validate: Use GModule to 'dlopen' ovverrides + We want gst-validate to be cross platform so use cross platform tools + +2014-03-26 20:09:12 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:launcher: Put gst logs in a specific file + + Make default timeout 30seconds just in case. + +2014-03-26 19:37:44 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate: launcher: Let the use debug on test fail + When a test timeouts, let the user know about the subprocess etc, + and let him possibly connect gdb to it. + +2014-03-26 11:46:48 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + validate:launcher: Do not set sample path to letter in ges-launch + +2014-03-26 11:00:32 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:launcher: Start the server only when actually needed to run filtered tests + +2014-03-26 10:56:58 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + validate: Do not query pad caps to check if caps are properly fowarded + Query caps will actually get the caps from downstream and those caps + might be different in case there is a Filter in between. What we want is + to check that the caps set on the internally linked pads are correct. + +2014-03-19 18:42:37 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + launcher: Allow user to set media-files directory + That was broken by 71dee6c3843d02d9d41bbb353cb3fa653190018d + +2014-03-19 17:43:43 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + tools:validate: Start printing position on ASYNC_DONE + As this is what is done in the scenarios. + +2014-03-19 18:09:09 +0100 Edward Hervey + + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + launcher: Don't hardcode option defaults + Since they are relative to other options, we need to post-process them + to get the proper value. + Fixes using the launcher with non-default MAIN_DIR + +2014-03-19 17:13:14 +0100 Edward Hervey + + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + launcher: Warn if MAIN_DIR isn't present + And move blacklist file listing to further down + +2014-03-19 17:04:14 +0100 Edward Hervey + + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + launcher: No need to start a web server when listing tests + It's not needed and makes listing faster. + Also sort the list of tests + +2014-03-19 17:03:05 +0100 Edward Hervey + + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + launcher: --sync: Only update/clone git repo if specified + Allows: + * handling non-git-based asset directory + * working offline + * working without forcing updates + +2014-03-19 17:02:03 +0100 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate-scenario: Handle non-set env variable + Nothing guarantees it's present/set + +2014-03-12 15:23:33 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Do not be strict about position after not accurate seek + +2014-03-12 14:24:02 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Cleanup output and pass into gst-indent + +2014-03-12 12:21:38 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Cleanup output of --list-scenarios + +2014-03-12 12:04:52 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: scenario: Load scenario if the name is actually a path to a file + +2014-02-12 11:20:06 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate: tools: Fix path to media folder + +2014-02-19 13:07:03 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:tools: Clean test between runs when running forever + +2014-02-19 10:31:15 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: Do not check result furthers if alredy set as passing + +2014-02-19 09:58:22 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Pass into gst-indent + +2014-02-19 09:56:12 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Add actions to the actions list only when they are fully parsed + Otherwize in some corner cases they can be executed before they are actually parsed + +2014-01-24 17:36:53 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Ignore EOS actions that can not be executed + +2014-02-18 18:49:00 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Handle various paths in GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIOS_PATH + +2014-02-18 18:15:33 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate:scenario: Make GstValidateAction a GstMiniObject + +2014-02-18 18:13:39 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.h: + validate: Move enums and flags deserialization from scenario to utilities + This way it can be reused. + +2014-02-18 18:09:37 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + validate:scenario: Make the pipeline puiblic + This way people can access it from outside the main action implementation. + +2014-02-14 16:07:51 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Avoid running useless tests + For example we should not check if duration are equal when transcoding + with scenario set. + Also checking if position is in the seeked segment should be done at + a lower level + +2014-02-13 15:35:01 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:launcher: Avoid seeking in output files to parse them + Tihs creates issue and missing content. + +2014-02-13 15:34:10 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:launcher: Properly classify test for media check + +2014-02-13 15:33:25 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:launcher: Handle issue with unknown framerate in HLS while transcoding + +2014-02-13 15:31:58 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:tools: Handle cases were EOS does not stop the pipeline in the launcher + + Fix parsing of GstClockTime + + Avoid using play_15s scenario when not necessary + +2014-02-12 11:18:14 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate: tools: Use the new scenario discovering fearure in the launcher + +2014-02-12 00:28:41 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/adaptive_video_framerate.scenario: + * validate/data/adaptive_video_framerate_size.scenario: + * validate/data/adaptive_video_size.scenario: + * validate/data/alternate_fast_backward_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/fast_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/fast_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/force_key_unit.scenario: + * validate/data/pause_resume.scenario: + * validate/data/play_15s.scenario: + * validate/data/reverse_playback.scenario: + * validate/data/scrub_forward_seeking.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_forward_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_with_stop.scenario: + * validate/data/simple_seeks.scenario: + * validate/data/switch_audio_track.scenario: + * validate/data/update_start.scenario: + * validate/data/update_stop.scenario: + validate: Update all scenario to use the new description feature + + Fix minor issues in scenario files + +2014-02-12 00:28:18 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Add a way to save details about avalaible scenarios in a file + +2014-02-11 23:05:00 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Add a way to add a "description" to scenario files + Print details about the descriptions when listing scenario in a KeyFile + format + The description can contain any information about the scenario such as its duration before + EOS, how long the pipeline needs to be so the scenario can be applied...etc + +2014-02-11 23:09:57 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + validate: tools: Init gst-validate before listing scenarios + And return 0 when only listing scenarios + +2014-02-10 16:48:44 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate:scenario: Handle backslashes in scenario files + +2014-02-06 17:24:30 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:tools: Rework the way we handle options + Make groups so it is easier for users to find what they look for + By default have 1 single directory where everything is oututed + (main-dir) + Add a way to specify how and where to look for remote assets + +2014-02-06 17:23:10 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:tools:launcher: Take into account the position value when rendering + When rendering a files we try to use the size of the outputed file to + determine wether we are timeout or not, but if that fails + try to check the position + +2014-02-06 17:22:36 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate: Better organize rendered files + +2014-01-31 12:21:21 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:tools: Use regex for parsing when appropriate + +2014-01-31 00:23:29 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:toold: Add a --output-dir parametter + +2014-01-31 00:22:57 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:tools: Keep file extension in test classnames + + add test "namespace" in transcoded files + +2014-01-30 16:59:21 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:tools: Add a class to back pipeline creation in gst-validate + +2014-01-30 16:58:58 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:tools: Define supported protocols in an enum + +2014-01-30 16:56:51 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: toold: Properly define scenario properties + +2014-01-30 16:38:37 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/reverse_playback.scenario: + * validate/data/simple_backward.scenario: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: Rename simple_backward to reverse_playback as this is what it does + +2014-01-30 15:40:21 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:tools: Add namespace in apps global variables + Avoiding conflicts + +2014-01-30 13:36:04 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:tools: Allow user to append paths to medias + +2014-01-30 13:25:57 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:tools: Make use of the new seek_with_stop scenario + +2014-01-30 12:42:25 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:tools: Implement the logic of validate ouput parsing in the baseclass + + Add some logic to check that we are mot playing outside wanted segment + +2014-01-30 12:20:33 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + tools:validate: Make default blacklist handled by managers themselves + +2014-01-30 11:59:54 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/scrub_forward_seeking.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_with_stop.scenario: + validate: data: Avoid using seek.stop time when not necessary + Instead send an EOS. + And add a seek_with_stop scenario to test that particular feature + +2014-01-29 17:39:14 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:tools: Only discover files with media-check + +2014-01-29 17:37:57 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c: + validate:tools: Add a 'discover-only' option to media-check + +2014-01-27 12:20:02 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/seek_forward.scenario: + data: Let playback until the end on last seek of seek_forward if duration < 30s + +2014-01-24 16:38:12 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate: tools: Add a --fatal-error option to the launcher + +2014-01-24 13:59:56 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: tools: Implement the notion of hard timeout + Allowing to define timeout that is not relative to the last observed number. + +2014-01-24 11:41:25 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate: tools: Create a class for scenarios + +2014-01-24 11:31:42 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate: tools: Change timeouts depending on used protocol + +2014-01-24 11:29:50 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:tools: Implement Buffering support in the various tools + +2014-01-23 00:15:54 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:tools: Blacklist some scenario/protocol combinations + And add the option for user to easilly blacklist tests + +2014-01-22 23:25:09 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + validate: Plug a leak in validate-reporter + +2014-01-22 23:22:59 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + validate:tools: Do not forget to give a ref for reporter's reports + Also enhance a bit report 'wording' + +2014-01-15 16:11:39 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:tools: Print test result in the terminal after the end of each test + +2014-01-15 16:07:26 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Enhance explanation about seek execution failure + +2014-01-14 18:07:46 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:tools: Add an option to run testforever + +2014-01-14 18:05:45 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate: tools: Cleanup the way we return code in position query + +2014-01-14 10:32:53 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:tools: Use the same semantic for all tests classnames + +2014-01-14 10:31:27 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Do not remove GSource if it has never been set + +2014-01-14 10:28:01 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/play_15s.scenario: + data: Add a scenario where we send EOS after 15secs if the duration is > to that + +2014-01-13 17:31:57 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/Makefile.am: + * validate/tools/launcher/RangeHTTPServer.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/httpserver.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:tools: Add support for testing http streams locally + +2014-01-13 09:47:45 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:tools: Some cleanup in gst-validate test launcher + +2014-01-13 11:13:02 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:tools: Add actuall tests for media checking + +2014-01-13 11:07:43 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c: + validate: tools: media-check: When comparing with a file just compare + We do not want to know if the file is seekable etc, but in that case we + want to see that the results are stable throughout the various runs + Also make sure to report an understandable error if the media file info + could not be parsed + +2014-01-13 09:32:14 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: tools: Do not dot the pipeline every 50ms, it is a bit exessive + +2014-01-10 18:00:27 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate:tools: Return an exit code != 0 if pipeline can't go to playing + And give some information to the user about why the return code is !=0 + everywhere it happens + +2014-01-10 17:21:44 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:tools: Add informations about the test in the log files + +2014-01-10 16:56:44 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:tools: Remove reference to get_backtrace which is not implemented + + Enhance Message about launched apps + +2014-01-10 16:46:00 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/reporters.py: + validate:tools: Do not duplicated name in the classname in xunit reports + +2014-01-10 15:31:01 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:tools: Do not check if position > duration + This is actually done by the scenario themselve. Instead if it is the + case, we return 0, this way it will timeout if it happens too many times + concecutively + +2014-01-10 15:30:38 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/reporters.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:tools: Properly inform the user about the log location when test fails + +2014-01-10 15:29:31 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:tools: Add an option to generate .media_info files + So we can properly choose what media should be tested only placing + media_file as needed. + +2014-01-10 15:27:46 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:tools: use more scenarios in gst-validate launcher + And ensure that the list does not get mixed up with as we are sharing + "symboles" between all the files + +2014-01-10 15:26:29 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/simple_backward.scenario: + validate:tools: Play the entire file in simple_backward + +2014-01-10 14:31:24 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/fast_forward.scenario: + validate:tools: Fix the fast forward scenario to handle any file duration + +2014-01-10 12:41:30 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:tools: Do not try to transcode images + +2014-01-10 12:01:43 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.h: + validate: Properly handle images in the media-info helper + In the case of images we should not check reverse playback, fast + forward etc... + We also should keep the information + +2014-01-10 11:36:10 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/tools/launcher/loggable.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:tools: Minor cleanups + +2014-01-10 11:35:47 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:tools: Fix classname in gst-launch transcoding tests + +2014-01-10 11:11:10 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/reporters.py: + validate:tools: Properly name the project launcher in the report + +2014-01-10 10:58:54 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:tools: Create the rendering directory if it does not exist + +2014-01-10 10:27:25 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:tools: Add an option to desativate ANSI colors + And enhance some debugging output + +2014-01-10 10:12:13 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:tools: Remove our dependency to PyGobject + +2014-01-09 18:43:15 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/Makefile.am: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/Makefile.am: + * validate/tools/launcher/main.py: + validate:tools: Do not forget to add Makefile.am and main.py + +2014-01-09 16:57:54 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + validate:tools: Enhance the way we detect if ges-launch can be used + We make sure it has been compiled against gst-validate + +2014-01-09 15:24:52 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:tools: Set video/webm instead of video/x-matroska as caps for webm + + some mirore indentation cleanups + +2014-01-09 15:24:05 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:tools: Do not forget to keep our ref to file_info g-v-transcode + +2014-01-09 15:23:38 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:tools: Cleanup how we check result of rendering test + Factor out a method in the utils, and make use of it for both ges-launch and + gst-validate-transcode + +2014-01-09 15:20:46 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate:tools: Don't give file duration as timeout for gst-validate + We use the other mean letting us actually control the process + advancement. + +2014-01-09 15:17:53 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:tools: Veryfy test manager are operationnal before using them + +2014-01-09 15:15:51 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.in: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + validate:tools: Move the main function in a dedictaed file + +2014-01-09 11:14:19 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/launcher/reporters.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + validate:tools: Print some statistic at the end of the test run + +2014-01-09 11:13:40 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate:tools: Print position every 50ms in gst-validate + +2014-01-09 09:39:05 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/tools/Makefile.am: + * validate/tools/apps/ges-projects-tests.py: + * validate/tools/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.in: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/__init__.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/ges-launch.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/baseclasses.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/loggable.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/reporters.py: + * validate/tools/launcher/utils.py: + * validate/tools/loggable.py: + * validate/tools/reporters.py: + * validate/tools/testdefinitions.py: + * validate/tools/utils.py: + validate:tools: Rename files around and integrate into autotools + File distribution used to be messy, clean it all up. Also make sure the + launcher is integrated into the autotools. + +2014-01-09 09:28:02 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/testdefinitions.py: + validate: tools: Enhance error message for GstValidate tests + +2014-01-09 09:27:50 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/testdefinitions.py: + * validate/tools/utils.py: + validate: tools: Concider timeouts as errors when printing tests + +2014-01-09 09:14:27 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/apps/ges-projects-tests.py: + * validate/tools/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.py: + * validate/tools/testdefinitions.py: + * validate/tools/utils.py: + validate: tools: Refactor and add a GstValidateTranscodeTest class + +2014-01-08 18:51:14 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/apps/gst-validate.py: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.py: + * validate/tools/loggable.py: + * validate/tools/reporters.py: + * validate/tools/testdefinitions.py: + validate: launcher: add the debug logger from pitivi + It is way more powerfull, simple to use and usefull + than the stock python one and has been proved to work reliably + +2014-01-13 09:41:16 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: tools: Unref the pipeline before the runner and monitor + Avoids segfault in some cases, and monitors and runners have week ref on + their targets. + +2014-01-08 09:49:38 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/apps/gst-validate.py: + validate: tools: Add a gst-validate test manager + +2014-01-08 09:44:02 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + validate: tools: media-info: Fixes in the media file descriptor parsing code + We used to always fail when the user was passing something not NULL as err + +2013-12-31 11:45:07 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/apps/ges-projects-tests.py: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.py: + * validate/tools/reporters.py: + * validate/tools/testdefinitions.py: + * validate/tools/utils.py: + validate: tools: Cleanup test launcher tool + Previous commit was not meant to be pushed and those two should have + been fixed up together, sorry for the mistake + +2014-01-30 15:52:34 -0300 Reynaldo H. Verdejo Pinochet + + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + validate: fix parallel build + Without this, parallel building with > 2 jobs fails. + Also, LDFLAGS should not contain -l flags but _LIBADD. + +2014-01-30 15:47:15 -0300 Reynaldo H. Verdejo Pinochet + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-default-overrides.c: + validate: drop unneeded stdio include + +2013-12-31 11:45:07 +0100 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/apps/ges-projects-tests.py: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.py: + * validate/tools/reporters.py: + * validate/tools/testdefinitions.py: + * validate/tools/utils.py: + Add a test launcher tool + +2013-11-25 21:51:11 +0100 Lubosz Sarnecki + + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/pkgconfig/gst-validate.pc.in: + validate: fix installation + * install headers + * fix libname in pk file + +2013-11-15 05:22:24 -0500 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate-scenarios: list scenarios in GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIOS_PATH + GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIOS_PATH was used only for loading scenarios, + so any in that path would not be listed by -l. + Change-Id: If3cb94867ef3876933bda02477675c8ccf67baaf + +2013-10-18 16:22:03 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + tools: transcoding: Avoid reencoding unless explicitely specified + +2013-10-28 19:49:52 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: Do not concider TIME_NONE as 0 for serialized events + In case we have serialized events right after a buffer that had no + timestamp set we concider that last timestamp was 0, but we can + actually not concider the timestamp at all in that case as it is + only "meaningless value". + +2013-10-19 13:41:01 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + tools: Simplify the setting of action scenario vs config scenario + This make it easier for user to understand the difference between + the two concepts and avoids confusion. + Change-Id: Ib42913722c93a1e7e3c8b156173c458230946592 + Conflicts: + validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c + validate/tools/gst-validate.c + +2013-10-25 11:33:54 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + scenario: Do not execute anything when listing scenarios + +2013-10-25 11:31:58 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Add a "set-feature-rank" config action + This action can be used to change the rank of a particular element, + so you can force a particular element to be used when using + autoplugging elements (such as decodebin, encodebin, and friends) + +2013-10-25 11:29:04 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + scenario: Add support for "config" actions, actions executed at parse time + This type of actions is used to change some parametter on GStreamer + core and it plugins, it can be fore example, to change the rank of a + plugin or things like that. + +2013-10-16 17:35:36 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + validate-transcoding: Dot pipeline on error + +2013-10-26 03:01:37 -0700 Zaheer Abbas Merali + + * vagrant/Vagrantfile: + * vagrant/ansible_hosts: + * vagrant/gst-streaming-server-git.yml: + * vagrant/gstreamer-git.yml: + * vagrant/gstreamer.yml: + * vagrant/ipython.yml: + * vagrant/playbook.yml: + vagrant: initial commit + Vagrant environment to do GStreamer development, debugging and + testing. + +2013-10-21 13:06:46 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: handle streams with unknown duration + +2013-10-21 09:08:18 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: start handling missing plugin messages + We only print them to the debug log for now. + +2013-10-21 09:07:09 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi-preview.vala: + mi-preview: use ensure_native() in realized() + This fixes X crashers at startup when preparing the overlay. + +2013-10-19 21:15:08 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/TODO: + mi/TODO: planning update + +2013-10-19 21:13:46 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: go back to use the sync api + If we discover 'too quickly' the machinery seems to get into a state, where it + does not discover anything anymore. + +2013-10-18 23:33:50 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi-preview.vala: + mi-preview: reflow the overlay sync + We need to listen to preview-widget resizing to send an expose to the gst- + overlay. Defer discovering until the ui has be realized. + +2013-10-18 18:22:33 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + mi-app: use an idle-handler to set the initial directory + This ensures we don't emit selection changed signals before we're up and running. + +2013-10-17 22:34:25 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: improve media preview + Set double_buffering when we analyzed the media. Drop signal handlers on preview + widget for delayed configuration. Prepare preview as soon as we have discovered. + +2013-10-14 11:25:39 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/tools/Makefile.am: + Properly link against gstreamer-video as it is now needed + +2013-10-14 11:20:03 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + media-info: Do not use GST_PTR_FORMAT with g_print + Fix compilation + +2013-10-14 11:07:03 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/scrub_forward_seeking.scenario: + data: Avoid races in the scrub_forward seeking scenario + Make sure that it does not last too long if the file is long (scrubing + on 10 secs maximum), and make sure that we do not end up seeking after + the max duration + +2013-10-14 11:05:48 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + report: Set refcount=1 when creating a report + As it should start with 1 reference, not 0 + +2013-10-09 09:35:29 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/force_key_unit.scenario: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + scenario: Add an action that checks the "force-key-unit" event execution + +2013-10-09 09:33:06 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + scenario: Make the get_clocktime helper a public method + So it can be reused outside of the core code + +2013-10-07 19:47:15 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: Do not try to compare 2 not fixed values + There is no reliable way of checking those values in the case they + are not fixed, let's just make sure we get fixed values before + executing the check + +2013-10-07 17:40:54 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/adaptive_video_framerate_size.scenario: + data: Add an adaptive video framerate and size scenario + +2013-10-07 17:18:37 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/adaptive_video_framerate.scenario: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + data: Add an adaptive video framerate scenario + +2013-10-07 12:08:28 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/adaptive_video_size.scenario: + data: Add a scenario where we change the video size on during playback + +2013-10-07 12:06:22 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + transcoding: Add a new action to change restriction caps at runtime + +2013-10-07 12:07:47 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + transcoding: Fix the way we get pad caps + +2013-10-07 10:59:39 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/TODO: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-todo: planning and todo comment update + +2013-10-07 10:59:15 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: add two more wikilinks + +2013-10-07 10:07:31 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: filter language-code from tags + We already show the language code as a separate field. + +2013-10-05 13:29:52 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/alternate_fast_backward_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/fast_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/fast_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_forward_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/simple_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/simple_seeks.scenario: + * validate/data/update_start.scenario: + * validate/data/update_stop.scenario: + data: Set seeks to accurate+flush by default + +2013-10-05 12:44:39 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Pass through gst-indent + +2013-10-05 12:43:27 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Use g_error instead of exit (0) + +2013-10-05 12:43:03 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Factor out function to get GstClockTime out of a structure + +2013-10-05 12:01:46 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Use a weak ref to the pipeline + We are listening to it, we should not be owning a ref to it. + +2013-10-05 12:00:35 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/docs/validate-usage.txt: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + runner: Use "18" as exit code in case of error + It is a random number, but it will in most cases give people a hint + that gst-validate reported a critical issue, and thus set the return + code, only by looking at it + Also make use of gst_validate_runner_print() in + gst-validate-transcoding.c as we were copy pasting that method there. + +2013-10-03 19:23:57 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/seek_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_forward.scenario: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Handle formulas in playback_time + And port seek forward/backward scenarios to relative seeking + +2013-09-28 02:18:55 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Check that all action were properly executed + +2013-09-28 00:15:13 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/scrub_forward_seeking.scenario: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + scenario: Add the notion of repeated actions + +2013-09-28 00:05:51 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.h: + utils: Add util functions to parse simple mathematical expressions + And make use of it to set the start of a seek + +2013-09-28 00:12:07 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Error out and exit when we fail loading a scenario + +2013-10-04 09:58:17 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: add more wikilinks + +2013-10-04 07:51:46 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: pretty print framerates + Avoid to print 0 fps. Handle the special 0/1 case for still images. + +2013-10-03 18:14:18 -0400 Olivier Crête + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + gst-validate-scenario: Only typedef the struct once + Some gcc versions don't like the typedef being done twice + +2013-10-03 22:23:22 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: add a helper to format bit-rates + Print bit-rates in kbit/sec. Add handling for unknown values and ranges. + +2013-10-03 22:22:46 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-preview.vala: + mi-preview: ensure that natural-size >= min-size + +2013-10-01 08:21:45 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/TODO: + mi/TODO: planning update + +2013-10-01 07:48:20 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: reset toc info when we did not get disco info + +2013-10-03 05:32:54 -0400 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: do not set default seek flags + Seeks will be done with no particular flags, unless specified + in the scenario. + +2013-09-30 15:39:54 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: filter buffer entries from caps + Filter buffer entries from caps before showing them as string. + +2013-09-28 07:19:59 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: show tooltip for caps labels with full caps string + +2013-09-28 07:12:27 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/TODO: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: send seek events when clicking toc entries + Get the start-pos from the active toc entry and seek. + +2013-09-27 08:03:59 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: use a TreeView for the toc + Use a TreeView with a TreeStore to show toc-entries. + +2013-09-30 09:51:21 -0400 Olivier Crête + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + gst-validate: Don't use the GOptionContext after freeing it + +2013-09-25 08:19:26 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: indent toc entries + Also add todo for how to make it a treeview instead + +2013-09-25 08:01:29 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/TODO: + TODO: planning + +2013-09-25 07:58:49 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: mark nullable parameters as such + +2013-09-25 07:54:43 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: add start/stop times in toc + +2013-09-21 00:23:17 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: Check if channel-mask is present only if channels > 2 + As it is not a mandatory field otherwize + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708499 + +2013-09-19 07:38:20 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Add GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIOS_PATH environment variable + So you can specify the PATHS where to look for scenario files + +2013-09-16 10:03:07 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/data/update_start.scenario: + * validate/data/update_stop.scenario: + scenarios: add 2 new scenarios for seeks with different seek types + They test seeks that only update the stop or the start position, some + demuxers seem not to handle the case where start type is set to None. + +2013-09-13 12:09:30 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate-scenario: track position query results closer + Always keep probing the pipeline for the current position and compare + with the latest requested seek segment to detect if the seek boundaries + are being respected + +2013-09-17 15:56:19 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + scenario: Make it possible to define mandatory fields + And give a descrpition for actions + +2013-09-02 11:11:15 -0400 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/switch_audio_track.scenario: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: add a track switch command, and an audio track switch test + The "switch-track" command can be used to switch tracks. The "type" + argument selects which track type to change (can be "audio", "video", + or "text"). The "index" argument selects which track of this type + to use: it can be either a number, which will be the Nth track of + the given type, or a number with a "+" or "-" prefix, which means + a relative change (eg, "+1" means "next track", "-1" means "previous + track"). + Conflicts: + validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c + +2013-09-16 18:48:38 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Make it possible to register action parsing funcs before init + +2013-09-13 15:48:56 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/pkgconfig/Makefile.am: + * validate/pkgconfig/gst-validate-uninstalled.pc.in: + * validate/pkgconfig/gst-validate.pc.in: + validate: Add .pc files so applications can link against us + +2013-09-15 15:11:53 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: extact helper to format times + +2013-09-13 08:16:34 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: comment updates + +2013-09-13 08:12:34 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/TODO: + TODO: update planing + +2013-09-13 08:12:05 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: extract ui-helper for format/codec-rows + +2013-09-13 07:55:14 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: extract ui helper for adding an entry + A helper to add a label + str formatted details as a table row. + +2013-09-11 08:21:06 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: extract more common ui code into helpers + +2013-09-09 18:48:10 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: reshuffle container widgets + Prepare for handling nested containers. + +2013-09-09 18:37:24 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: code cleanups + First reset the info pane and then check/update. This fixes not resetting the + tabs on info==null. + +2013-09-09 18:36:47 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: fix type + It is 'Notebook' and not 'NoteBook'. + +2013-09-06 08:56:05 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi.vala: + mi: code cleanups, comments + +2013-09-06 08:03:51 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: fix tab-index in compact mode + +2013-09-05 09:18:26 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: sort streams by stream_id + This way we are activating the right stream when switching tabs. + +2013-09-05 09:18:04 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/TODO: + TODO: spelling fixes and update + +2013-09-04 09:17:28 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi.vala: + app: allow giving an uri instead of a directory as a startup arg + This way we can play streams. + +2013-09-04 09:16:47 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi-preview.vala: + preview: fix minimal size + We need some minial size, otherwise we can enlarge, but not shrink the window. + +2013-09-04 09:15:34 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/TODO: + TODO: small ideas update + +2013-09-04 09:15:07 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/HACKING: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + HACKING: update instructions + +2013-09-03 22:03:19 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/Makefile.am: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi-preview.vala: + preview: extract preview area as separate widget + +2013-09-03 07:41:46 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi.vala: + mi: update my name and years + +2013-09-02 22:25:09 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/HACKING: + * mediainfo/src/Makefile.am: + * mediainfo/vapi/config.vapi: + mi: set the log domain + +2013-09-02 09:52:30 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: comment updates + +2013-09-02 09:49:51 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: turn stdout.printf into debug log calls + +2013-09-02 09:41:24 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: add todo for stream switching + +2013-09-02 09:40:58 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: playbin handles force-aspect-ration in 1.0 + +2013-08-30 10:53:13 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: improve sizing + We're now hinting the scrolled window about the content size to avoid empty space + scrolling. + +2013-08-30 08:41:48 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: basic subtitle support + +2013-08-30 08:26:37 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + video-area: improve resizing of the video area + The browser pane does not expand by default. Track aspect-ration for the + currently displayed object. Use an aspect frame as a container for the + drawing-area. + +2013-08-29 07:51:13 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/README: + * mediainfo/TODO: + todo: update planning and ideas + +2013-08-28 21:27:36 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + mi-app: use the newer gtk api with orientation + +2013-08-28 20:26:54 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: improve wikilink mapping + Try codecname and then caps name to get wiki links. Also show caps for the container. + +2013-08-27 23:57:06 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/configure.ac: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi: port to gst-1.0 and gtk+3 + +2013-08-18 16:01:33 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/TODO: + TODO: some link for inspiration + +2012-10-23 15:54:06 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + cleanup. update name and year, queue a redraw for album art + +2012-10-23 15:21:34 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + porting: update on vala changes + +2011-06-21 15:05:37 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/autogen.sh: + * mediainfo/configure.ac: + buid: fix the bootstrapping + Create the macrodir. Remove the GETTXT macro that was clashing with INTLTOOL. + +2011-03-04 18:14:06 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/README: + README: more planning + +2011-03-04 18:13:34 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: add wikilinks for two more codecs + +2011-02-18 17:36:30 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/README: + README: planning + +2011-01-29 14:41:28 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: reset container and duration fields if file is not discoverable + Before the previous text was left. + +2011-01-25 15:07:07 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: change the order of asyn disco calls + Starting disco before enqueueuing uris seems to make it work. + +2011-01-25 14:52:05 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/README: + planing: CBR/VBR info + +2011-01-24 23:42:15 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: prepare for async discovery + The async api usage is not yet activated due to some uncertanty in the api use. + +2011-01-24 23:40:23 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/README: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + comments: planning and code comments + +2011-01-24 22:28:32 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/Makefile.am: + Makefile: indenting + +2011-01-24 11:24:26 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: add more wikilinks + +2011-01-17 23:09:54 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/configure.ac: + release: bump versions and back to development + +2011-01-17 23:05:54 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/NEWS: + release: prepare for release + +2011-01-17 23:06:07 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/HACKING: + docs: more maintainer info + +2011-01-16 14:25:19 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/HACKING: + docs: add simple HACKING file + +2011-01-14 23:15:42 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/Makefile.am: + build: fix distcheck + +2011-01-14 23:01:08 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + app: add idea for stream-open dialog + +2011-01-14 22:41:20 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/configure.ac: + * mediainfo/po/POTFILES.in: + * mediainfo/src/Makefile.am: + * mediainfo/src/gst-mi.desktop.in: + desktop: add a desktop file + +2011-01-14 22:40:03 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/Makefile.am: + * mediainfo/src/gst-mi.png: + * mediainfo/src/gst-mi.svg: + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + icon: add an application icon + Set as default icons, so that it it used for windows and in about dialog. + +2011-01-14 21:53:34 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: enable double buffering when displaying album art + +2011-01-14 18:39:01 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/README: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: handle album-art + Decode and draw the album art into the video window. + +2011-01-14 11:19:16 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: filter buffers from tags and add some planning comments + +2011-01-14 11:18:45 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: add comment with wikipedia alternative for links + +2011-01-13 12:21:46 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + app: add about dialog + +2011-01-13 12:05:35 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/po/POTFILES.in: + * mediainfo/po/POTFILES.skip: + i18n: manage translatable files + +2011-01-13 12:03:00 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + * mediainfo/vapi/vapi.gstreamer-pbutils-0.10.patch: + vapi: no more need for patching the vapi file + +2011-01-13 11:56:37 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: switch stream callback for compact layout + +2011-01-13 11:56:18 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: verified link + +2011-01-13 10:03:32 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: add compact_layout mode + For screen-heights <= 600 pixels use a single notebook for all streams. + +2011-01-13 09:15:04 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: add more wikilinks and use it for streams too + +2011-01-12 10:17:56 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: add a hashmap with wiki links and start using them + The container description will be turned into a link if we have a known + wikipedia article for it. + +2011-01-04 14:56:40 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + mi-info: more ui layout planning + +2010-12-21 23:09:43 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/README: + README: planning + +2010-12-21 14:54:56 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + menu: use alternative way to get the key number + +2010-12-21 13:55:02 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + menu: add F11 accelerator for fullscreen + +2010-12-21 13:21:34 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: blacklist "norminal-bitrate" too + We show that above already. + +2010-12-21 13:18:38 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + menu: add View menu with fullscreen item + +2010-12-21 12:01:40 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + layout: improve the layout on small screens + Pack the info view info a scrolled window. Use an extra paned to allow resizing + the video pane. Minimize padding on paned widgets. + +2010-12-21 11:27:57 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/Makefile.am: + * mediainfo/configure.ac: + build: updates for gettext + +2010-12-16 23:06:57 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/README: + README: planning + +2010-12-16 23:02:31 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: show the fps as a double + 23.97 fps is easier to read that 10000000 / 417083. + +2010-12-16 11:42:34 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/autogen.sh: + autogen.sh: fix silly typo + +2010-12-15 11:46:08 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/README: + README: planning + +2010-11-30 12:20:44 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/README: + README: update todo lists + +2010-11-30 11:19:35 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: make urls in tags clickable + +2010-11-30 11:18:37 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: make labels selectable for copy'n'paste + +2010-11-10 08:50:48 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/README: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + planning: comments and todos + +2010-11-08 11:52:11 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: improve tag filtering + Hide duration as well. Also skip all tags where the name starts with "private-". + +2010-11-08 11:40:06 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: redo tag list formatting + Loop over tags and serialize items. Skip some already shown info. + +2010-11-08 10:38:39 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/README: + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + maintenance: code cleanups and addition TODO: comments + +2010-11-05 17:17:16 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/configure.ac: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: add named video resolutions + Use a gee hashmap for named video resolutions (e.g. VGA) and show those in the + info. + +2010-11-04 12:47:14 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/README: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + * mediainfo/vapi/vapi.gstreamer-pbutils-0.10.patch: + info: show human readable container format name + Update the patch for vala bindings. Update README as getting the contaienr caps + is already possible. + +2010-11-04 10:49:40 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/vapi/vapi.gstreamer-pbutils-0.10.patch: + vapi: add current patch for gstreamer-pbutils vapi metadata + +2010-11-04 10:46:43 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: show stream tags as multiline label + +2010-11-04 10:15:19 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: show misc stream info, if available + +2010-11-04 09:48:55 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi.vala: + app: add directory property and use it as default location for browsing + Allow passing a directory as a commandline arg. If given use that as the default + location, otherwise use current working dir. + +2010-11-04 09:46:58 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi.vala: + mi: we need to open the default display + The ui was crashing otherwise. Opening the default display seems to be the + default behaviour for gtk_init(). + +2010-11-03 13:59:44 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi.vala: + mi: add basic goption usage + Only --version works right now. + +2010-11-03 10:47:04 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: handle video area expose also if we have no video + +2010-11-03 10:34:57 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/README: + README: add todo for gst-discoverer + +2010-11-03 10:33:43 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: use File.query to get file info + Use the file info to query content-type and icon. Show file-type icon in the UI. + +2010-11-03 10:01:04 +0200 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: prepare to show human readable container format info + gst-discoverer does not yet provide it unfortunately. + +2010-10-28 17:34:38 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: add more TODO + +2010-10-28 17:34:15 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: switch streams when switching tabs + +2010-10-28 17:33:54 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: whitespace fix + +2010-10-28 16:45:55 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: add human readable code info + +2010-10-28 16:39:35 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: improve resolution + Orint it as "w x h" and add idea to convert to human readable string + +2010-10-28 16:34:08 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: add remaining audio/video info fields + +2010-10-28 03:08:28 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: turn stream widgets into tables and add bitrate + +2010-10-28 02:15:56 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: initialy paint video area black + +2010-10-28 01:41:48 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: ellipsize labels to avoid horzontal window growth + +2010-10-28 01:41:07 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: stop playback on unrealize + Prevent "BadDrawable" errors. + +2010-10-27 02:18:17 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: ensure we have a native widnow for the drawing_area + Fixes BadID x errors. + +2010-10-27 02:02:15 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: add vapi info for ubuntu + +2010-10-25 10:54:07 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/README: + REDME: planning + +2010-10-20 00:44:18 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: get a/mediainfo/v streams and show caps + +2010-10-19 23:04:42 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + app: use a hpane instead of the file-chooser preview widget + This allows the user to modify the size. + +2010-10-19 22:53:28 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + app: only run discover for files + +2010-10-18 22:50:02 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: start to use discoverer and improve the ui + Organize the info pane as a table. Add mime type and duration fields to + container section. + +2010-10-18 17:38:32 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: add more ui boilerplate and fixme comments + +2010-10-18 17:14:46 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: enable discovered + Add comment telling how to regenerate the vapi files. + +2010-10-18 10:31:43 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: make the overlay iface work and activate playback + +2010-10-18 09:53:45 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + app: configure the filechooser more. + Go to home dir (maybe annoying feature). Don't show hidden files. + +2010-10-18 09:51:48 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/Makefile.am: + build: fix libraryname + +2010-10-18 00:07:02 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/Makefile.am: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: add missing libs and enable the overlay code + +2010-10-17 23:54:06 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/gst-mediainfo.anjuta: + anjuta: add anjuta project + +2010-10-17 23:53:23 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + info: add playbin2 and overlay iface handling + +2010-10-17 23:52:37 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi.vala: + mi: init gst + +2010-10-17 23:21:16 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/configure.ac: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info: start adding gstreamer discoverer + +2010-10-17 22:37:26 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi.vala: + mi: code style + +2010-10-17 22:36:39 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/Makefile.am: + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi-info.vala: + info,app: move label to separate info class + Info class will run discover and have the detailed UI. + +2010-10-17 22:35:50 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/README: + README: add sample discover output + +2010-10-17 22:16:27 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi.vala: + app: add basic widget and do basic preview + Add a menu bar and a file browser. Set up a preview callback. + +2010-10-17 00:18:20 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/Makefile.am: + * mediainfo/po/LINGUAS: + po: add LINGUAS file and handle generated files under po/ + +2010-10-16 23:56:55 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/autogen.sh: + build: tweak autogen.sh + Generate autoregen.sh, run configure. + +2010-10-16 23:48:38 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/AUTHORS: + * mediainfo/COPYING: + * mediainfo/ChangeLog: + * mediainfo/Makefile.am: + * mediainfo/NEWS: + * mediainfo/autogen.sh: + * mediainfo/configure.ac: + * mediainfo/git.mk: + * mediainfo/po/POTFILES.in: + * mediainfo/po/POTFILES.skip: + * mediainfo/src/Makefile.am: + * mediainfo/src/mi-app.vala: + * mediainfo/src/mi.vala: + * mediainfo/vapi/Makefile.am: + * mediainfo/vapi/config.vapi: + *: initial boilerplate + +2010-10-16 22:43:20 +0300 Stefan Sauer + + * mediainfo/README: + docs: start collecting ideas + +2013-09-13 11:43:33 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/seek_forward_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/simple_backward.scenario: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + data: Port remaning scenario files to new format + And add support to user declared timestamps -1.0 as GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE + +2013-09-09 19:04:48 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/alternate_fast_backward_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/fast_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/fast_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/pause_resume.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/simple_seeks.scenario: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-internal.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + scenario: Rework scenarios to be: 1- Simpler to write them, 2- extendible + Make the scenario files a list of GstStructure-s as strings + +2013-09-09 19:05:24 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + bin-monitor: Add a way to specify pipelines on which to set scenarios + When used with LD_PRELOAD, the application might use various pipelines + for several different thing, we need to make it possible to spcify a + specific pipeline (or set of pipelines) on which to run the scenario. + The format is in the form of: + scenario_name:pipelinename_pattern* + +2013-09-09 19:01:44 -0300 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Try to run scenarios in development first + +2013-09-09 17:40:36 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * .gitmodules: + * common: + * validate/.gitmodules: + * validate/autogen.sh: + * validate/common: + Adapt submodule usage for gst-devtools + +2013-09-02 15:42:40 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/.gitignore: + * validate/tools/.gitignore: + tools: Update .gitignore for tools move + +2013-09-05 16:15:40 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: avoid false positives when a seek fails + Remove the expected seqnums for events when a seek fails, preventing + false positives at the final report + +2013-09-05 04:34:42 -0400 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-preload.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + monitor-preload: schedule a report printout at exit + Conflicts: + tools/gst-validate.c + +2013-09-04 11:09:50 -0400 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + gst-validate: ensure the top level element is a pipeline + For instance, "fakesrc" will return a fakesrc, not a pipeline. + This is similar to what gst-launch does, and avoids calling + pipeline API on a non pipeline object (and thus asserting). + +2013-09-04 11:05:48 -0400 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + gst-validate: do not try to use a pipeline which failed to create + Instead, error out properly with the actual error, if available. + +2013-09-04 10:50:11 -0400 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + gst-validate: initialize gst/glib before use in scenario listing + Also ensure that if just -l is passed, we don't try creating a + non existent pipeline. + This makes gst-validate -l work properly again. + +2013-09-05 11:47:21 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: fix typo on macro usage + Pass the correct variable to macro + +2013-09-05 11:46:46 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: allow flushing flow returns when pad is flushing + It should always be acceptable to return GST_FLOW_FLUSHING when the + pad is flushing + +2013-09-03 15:58:20 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: removing bad check + Elements are allowed to accumulate segments, they don't have to push + 1:1 segments as they receive + +2013-09-03 15:35:36 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.h: + pad-monitor: buffer timestamp ranges check + Improve buffer timestamp range check: + * Only do it for encoders or decoders + * Audio has an acceptable tolerance of 100ms + To do this, keep track of the caps on the pad and store + if it is dealing with audio or video + +2013-09-03 15:17:05 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: move caps check to common event handling + Allows both src and sink pad to keep track of the current caps, but + the duplicated caps check is still only applied to sink pads as + src pads can push the same caps multiple times when it isn't linked + +2013-09-02 20:41:35 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: fix reference handling for expired events list + +2013-09-02 16:08:19 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/README: + * validate/docs/validate-usage.txt: + docs: update and improve + Thanks to Thibault Saunier for most of the explanatory texts + +2013-09-02 13:22:51 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/README: + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/docs/qa-design.txt: + * validate/docs/qa-usage.txt: + * validate/docs/validate-design.txt: + * validate/docs/validate-usage.txt: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + Replacing mentions of qa with validate + +2013-09-02 12:18:07 -0300 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: Check if iterator exists before trying to use it + +2013-09-02 12:15:24 -0300 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: make debug log more readable + Use pad as the debug object to make logs more meaningful. + Also adds a FIXME note + +2013-09-02 12:11:25 -0300 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.c: + element-monitor: protect agains elements that have no klass + +2013-09-02 11:37:02 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.h: + pad-monitor: use activate-mode function to detect when to clear pad data + Clear as much as a flush-stop when pad is deactivated + +2013-08-23 09:15:29 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.h: + WIP: pad-monitor: Fix serialized event order check + +2013-09-02 10:46:55 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.h: + pad-monitor: also track eos event that should be emitted after a seek + When seeking out of the media file length, the element should push an + EOS with the same seqnum of the seek event + +2013-09-02 10:46:42 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: add missing space + +2013-08-25 19:53:27 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: prettify output of results + Makes the result a bit more readable than a compact multi-line list. + FIXME: Figure out how to print the description of the issues (which can + spawn multiple lines) in a nice way. + +2013-08-29 14:27:34 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: add missing line break after print + +2013-08-29 14:26:05 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: avoid tracking tag events + Tag events are hard to track and check if properly serialized because + they mutate too much inside elements. There is no reliable way currently + to match a tag event pushed into an element and another tag event + leaving the element (other than if the pointers are actually the same). + +2013-08-29 11:48:33 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: only do combined return checks for demuxers + Seems like the only place that gstreamer elements should really + care about it + +2013-08-29 11:47:58 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: add two useful macros for readability + Avoids using long macros and having to check for pad-monitor parent + existance + +2013-08-28 06:07:40 -0400 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.h: + media-info: add a track switching test + This test will find the first input selector with more than one + sink pad, and cycle through them till it gets back to the original + one. Five seconds between switches. The test checks that some data + was sent from the input selector when each of the sink pads was + selected. + +2013-08-23 09:58:58 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Print on stdout when we seek + +2013-08-23 09:39:05 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + validate: Report an issue result of query state that position > duration + +2013-08-22 16:52:45 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Execute action whenever we pass the expected position + We know are sequential so whenever the wanted position is passed we + should execute the action. + This avoid issue with the tolerance when we have high rate playback + +2013-08-22 12:16:55 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + validate: Dump pipeline for each state change + Ala gst-launch + +2013-08-22 11:17:26 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + transcoding: Print duration regularly + +2013-08-22 10:51:49 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + validate: Print state changes to help debugging + +2013-08-28 16:58:11 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-default-overrides.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-factory.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-preload.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + licenses: improving licensing info on all files + +2013-08-28 16:49:07 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: fix typo when acessing parents data + +2013-08-27 18:23:09 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: reset buffer timestamp data after a flush + As the pad/element also clears its internal state + +2013-08-27 16:16:08 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: also track flush events on probes + +2013-08-27 11:56:33 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/autogen.sh: + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-check.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate.c: + * validate/tools/Makefile.am: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/tools/gst-validate.c: + tools: moving applications from gst/validate to tools + Keeps the CLI applications separate from the libs files + +2013-08-27 05:15:19 -0400 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + gst-validate-scenario: fix scenario listing missing installed ones + Only scenarii in the current directory or the user's home directory + were being listed. + +2013-08-27 05:08:46 -0400 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + gst-validate-transcoding: fix help text to refer to URIs as URIs + Referring to them as files is confusing, as you'll try to use files + and not URIs. + +2013-08-27 04:38:52 -0400 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/docs/qa-design.txt: + * validate/docs/qa-usage.txt: + docs: minor spelling/grammar fixes + +2013-08-27 11:48:00 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: Move repeated caps to test only on sinkpads + Testing on source pads can lead to false positives when pads are + unlinked. The caps event is sticky and will be pushed again later + when another buffer/event is pushed, leading to an acceptable + situation to push the caps twice. + +2013-08-26 20:30:07 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: add another acceptable flow return combination scenarios + A demuxer knows when to return EOS after samples are over, so it is + ok for it to return even when all src pads returned OK + +2013-08-26 18:38:27 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: improve serialized event checks + If the event was already found at the first position of the array, it + shouldn't be searched on the rest of it. + This removes lots of false positives. + +2013-08-26 18:36:06 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: fix aggregate flow return check for error situations + Flow flushing must be returned upstream to indicate an error situation + downstream + +2013-08-26 20:31:22 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate.c: + gst-validate: print error message when starting the pipeline fails + Instead of just exiting silently + +2013-08-23 09:16:43 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + pad-monitor: New check for duplicate caps event + We shouldn't get/push twice caps that are identical + +2013-08-23 17:26:51 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + media-info: avoid glib assert + +2013-08-23 11:38:15 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + report: Avoid repeating long macros + Makes the code a bit more readable and compact + +2013-08-23 11:07:40 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + validate-report: Fix critical flag handling + criticals are warnings/issues also + warnings are issues also + +2013-08-20 17:25:48 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/alternate_fast_backward_forward.scenario: + data: Add a test that alternates (fast) backward and forward playback + +2013-08-19 10:03:04 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/seek_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/seek_forward.scenario: + data: Add a seek_backward/forward scenarios + +2013-08-19 10:02:35 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/simple_seeks.scenario: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Have GstClockTime as second (in double) inside scenario files + Making it easier to read + +2013-08-15 17:32:23 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/fast_backward.scenario: + * validate/data/fast_forward.scenario: + * validate/data/simple_backward.scenario: + data: Add fast_forward/backward and simple_backward scenarios + +2013-08-15 12:34:09 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/seek_forward_backward.scenario: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + data: Add a Backward and Forward seeking scenario + +2013-08-15 12:17:43 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/pause_resume.scenario: + data: Add a Pause/Resume scenario + +2013-08-19 14:13:10 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate.c: + validate: Set return value of apps to -1 only if a critical issues was reported + Conflicts: + gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c + gst/validate/gst-validate.c + +2013-08-16 16:41:50 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + transcoding: Make sure to initialize Gst before parsing options + Avoiding to break the help + +2013-08-15 15:59:22 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + transcoding: Connect to the bus signals watch as the main watch might already be connected + +2013-08-15 17:31:17 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Start monitoring the position only when the pipeline starts playing + Otherwize seeking with a playback_time=0 won't work properly + +2013-08-15 17:30:34 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Fix negative rate management + Properly parse the it has a gdouble and set the stop position of the seek as + seeked_position if the rate is negative + + Add some debug + +2013-08-15 12:33:23 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Actions order in xml file is the order in which they must be executed + When seeking we might want to execute seeks at a playback time inferior than previous + seek, so we need to be able to define the order in which actions have to be + executed, the simplest way is to just concider that actions are always + order in the XML files. + + Add some more debugs + Conflicts: + gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c + +2013-08-15 15:57:52 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Rename the seeks list to actions, and initialize action to 0 when allocating + +2013-08-16 12:17:34 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/simple_seeks.scenario: + * validate/data/simple_seeks.xml: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + scenario: Rename scenario xml files extension to .scenario + +2013-08-15 12:18:56 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate.c: + validate: Connect to the bus signals watch as the main watch might already be connected + +2013-08-16 12:50:51 +0200 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate.c: + validate: Add a way to list avalaible scenarios + Conflicts: + gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c + +2013-08-22 10:35:50 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + gst-validate-transcoding: add signal handling and issues printing + Update to have the same features as gst-validate. + 1) Handle interrupts properly, with the additional of having the + 'eos-on-shutdown' argument that sends EOS to the pipeline. This is + very useful for transcoding processes to finish correctly. + 2) Print issues on the end of application + +2013-08-22 10:08:13 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate.c: + gst-validate: add interrupt handler + Handle interrupt properly to still print issues when exiting + +2013-08-21 18:21:41 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: Fix source pad probe handling + type is a bitmask and not an enum + +2013-08-21 13:10:42 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate.c: + gst-validate: fix documentation after debug category changes + +2013-08-21 18:00:16 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + validate-reporter: More comprehensive debug message + Some issues don't have any arguments, so put the full details in. + +2013-08-20 11:43:07 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-internal.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + validate: Only use one debugging category: validate + There's no point in having a different debug category per file, you + can filter it by source filename if you *really* want that. + +2013-08-21 12:11:40 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-check.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate.c: + gst-validate: print issues at the end + And improve documentation about usage + +2013-08-21 11:03:19 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-check.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.h: + media-check: add results file comparison + Adds a new expected-results argument to receive a file that is used + as a base for comparison with the new results. In case differences are + found, the application will print those issues. + +2013-08-20 17:10:44 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + reporter: do not print issues to stdout + +2013-08-20 15:44:10 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + media-info: fix playback tests + They weren't waiting for the pipeline to properly change state + before sending seek events, that would cause some events to + return TRUE even if they were not handled + +2013-08-20 15:42:54 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-check.c: + media-check: return nonzero if a test failed + +2013-08-20 13:24:31 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.h: + media-info: add playback and reverse-playback tests + The tests are very simple as they only write the first error they + found during playback. If no error is set, an empty string is + printed. + The playback pipeline isn't monitored with validate monitors for now + +2013-08-20 11:43:06 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-file-check.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-check.c: + rename: gst-validate-file-check -> gst-validate-media-check + It not only validates files, takes any URI + +2013-08-20 11:41:15 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.h: + media-info: add stream topology parsing + Currently it only saves/loads the main type, but all topology is + already being parsed for future use + +2013-08-19 16:52:12 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + media-info: add duration and seekable entries + Add duration entry in ns and seekable as a boolean to a new group + 'media-info' + +2013-08-19 16:38:13 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-file-check.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-file-checker.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-file-checker.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.h: + media-info: replacing file-checker with a simpler media-info struct + This struct stores information about a media and tests run on it. It + also has a few helper functions that allows storing the results to a + file and loading it back. + Instead of having the file-checker object that would compare the + extracted values from the file to expected results set to its properties, + the media-info will store the values and it will be possible to compare + old media-info with new media-info from the same file. This allows + tracking improvements and regressions on different gstreamer versions. + Right now, the media-info is very tiny and doesn't store much info, only + the uri and the file size in bytes, but it will receive more additions in + the upcoming commits for storing duration, media topology, seekability and + playback information. + +2013-08-16 15:15:51 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/.gitignore: + * validate/gst/validate/.gitignore: + .gitignore: Update for 1.0 and cleanup + +2013-08-16 15:05:54 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-default-overrides.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-factory.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.h: + all: Enable more C warnings at build time + And fix the issues: + * Proper forward declaration + * static functions marked properly + * absolute includes + * declaration order + +2013-08-16 14:27:29 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + reporter: Fix proper debug message output partially + In order for the special gstreamer print argument handler to be used + you can't use g_strdup_printf. You need to pass it the actual va_list. + +2013-08-16 14:26:35 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: Handle case where internal pad iterator is NULL + Can happen with inputselector + +2013-08-16 14:25:49 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: Don't use signal that doesn't exist + Note that we should just ensure we always get the pads from the parent + +2013-08-16 14:24:12 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: Update raw audio caps checks + +2013-08-16 14:23:05 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: Fix locking issues + We were taking locks twice. + Also add debugging info when taking/releasing locks to help further similar issues + +2013-08-16 11:24:11 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-file-checker.c: + file-checker: GstEncodingProfile is a GObject in 1.0 + +2013-08-15 01:46:27 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-file-checker.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + gst-validate: port to 1.0 + +2013-08-15 01:44:59 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/po/POTFILES.in: + po: missing po rename + +2013-08-14 20:03:43 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-factory.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-preload.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + validade: add missing config.h includes + +2013-08-14 19:14:18 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-file-check.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-preload.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate.c: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.c: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.h: + validate: add init function + Adds an init() function that should be called before using the lib. + It takes care of calling all internal initializing functions in + gst-validete + +2013-08-14 18:04:23 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-file-check.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate.c: + tools: improve documentation + +2013-08-14 16:30:39 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/autogen.sh: + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/gst/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/.gitignore: + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/gettext.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-bin-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-default-overrides.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-file-check.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-file-checker.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-file-checker.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-i18n-lib.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor-factory.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor-factory.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor-preload.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override-registry.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override-registry.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-scenario.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-transcoding.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa.c: + * validate/gst/qa/qa.h: + * validate/gst/validate/.gitignore: + * validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/validate/gettext.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-default-overrides.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-file-check.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-file-checker.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-file-checker.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-i18n-lib.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-factory.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-factory.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-preload.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.c: + * validate/gst/validate/gst-validate.c: + * validate/gst/validate/validate.h: + rename gst-qa -> gst-validate + +2013-08-14 15:58:34 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: only do complete caps checks on setcaps + On get caps it is acceptable to have missing fields to simplify caps + negotiation + +2013-08-13 13:40:48 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + qa-preload: split to separate lib + It should only be used separately, otherwise it will wrap around any + pipeline from applications linking with gstqa + +2013-08-12 15:18:36 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-file-check.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-file-checker.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-file-checker.h: + file-check: add reverse-playback test + Adds a test that checks if reverse playback works without errors + +2013-08-13 11:07:31 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.c: + qa-reporter: Make debug message a bit more readable + By surrounding it with double quotes + +2013-08-13 11:07:05 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: 0.10 uses "channel-positions" field in audio caps + And it's an array, not a string + +2013-08-13 10:11:42 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + Makefile: Clean up for make distcheck + Directories, headers, files weren't properly disted + Also clean up the various CFLAGS/HEADERS/SOURCES variables and remove + ones that aren't needed. + +2013-08-13 09:44:50 +0200 Edward Hervey + + * validate/po/Makevars: + po: Add missing Makevars file + +2013-08-09 12:37:49 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: use correct variable for segment comparisons + Use the expected versus the received instead of using the received + twice. + +2013-08-09 12:33:27 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.c: + reporter: fix printf format type + +2013-08-08 12:35:50 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/README: + * validate/docs/qa-design.txt: + * validate/docs/qa-usage.txt: + docs: improve and update docs + +2013-08-07 17:31:17 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-bin-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.h: + qa-scenario: re add scenarios creation to bin-monitor + GstPipelines are monitored by bin monitors. Create scenarios if + requested from the bin monitors and store them there. + +2013-08-07 16:22:36 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.h: + qa-monitor: remove reference to the runner + qa-monitor implements qa-reporter, and we already have a runner stored + there. + +2013-08-07 16:13:33 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/.gitignore: + gitignore: ignore more binaries + +2013-08-07 16:12:45 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-file-check.c: + qa-file-check: add new binary to run file checks easily + It creates a GstQaFileChecker and runs it on the passed URI with + the tests enabled as arguments + +2013-08-07 16:10:57 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor-preload.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-scenario.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-transcoding.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa.c: + * validate/gst/qa/qa.h: + qa-runner: simplify runner to not hold refs to monitor/pipeline + The GstQaRunner is now a simple aggregator of reports that it receives + from monitors and filechecker. This allows it to be used in both + scenarios without APIs that expect GstElement or Monitors, that are + only used on the pipeline monitoring QA tests. + +2013-08-07 11:31:04 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-file-checker.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-file-checker.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-transcoding.c: + file-checker: add file playback testing feature + Adds a property that triggers the file playback tests on + GstQaFileCheker. Also enable it in the gst-transcoding post file checks. + The implementation is simple, just create a playbin2 and use fakesinks + as sinks, set it to playing and wait for either EOS or ERROR messages. + +2013-08-06 19:42:21 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.h: + qa-reporter: fix typo + +2013-08-06 19:39:58 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-file-checker.c: + file-checker: include restriction caps tests when checking for profiles + Also move the caps check earlier on the path, to error out sooner and + avoid iterating the sub streams without needing + +2013-08-06 18:17:39 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-file-checker.c: + file-checker: replace encoding profile comparison + Use our own custom comparison to allow to add more fine grained error + reporting. Also the encoding profile is_equal function is too strict as + it also compares profiles names, that doesn't matter to us. + This commit implementation is still initial and needs improvements as it + isn't using the restriction caps, which includes information that might not be + on the profile format caps. + +2013-08-06 10:36:58 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.c: + qa-reporter: fix crash by avoiding unref an integer + +2013-08-06 10:36:47 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + makefile: fix build of gst-qa- tools + +2013-08-06 10:36:02 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-file-checker.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + file-checker: add error report and new report types + Add a list of new report types and use them in the file-checker. + The errors are mostly related to testing file attributes against + expected values + +2013-08-05 14:16:06 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-file-checker.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-file-checker.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-transcoding.c: + qa-file-checker: add a file checker object/runner + It is an object that is capable to run a few file checks. The + implemented tests are: file size, duration, if the file is seekable and + comparing the file stream types with a encoding profile + +2013-08-01 18:08:44 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-scenario.c: + qa-scenario: adding eos scenario action + Allows sending EOS to the pipeline + +2013-08-01 09:35:59 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-scenario.c: + qa-scenario: add new scenario action - Pause + The pause action instructs the pipeline to go to paused state and then + return to playing. It has the argument 'duration', that indicates the + duration for which the pipeline will remain in paused + +2013-08-01 01:27:20 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/data/simple_seeks.xml: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-scenario.c: + qa-scenario: refactor to accomodate more actions + Refactor to be able to reuse to add more actions to scenarios. + Planned are pauses and encoding changes + +2013-07-31 15:01:13 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-scenario.c: + qa-scenario: avoid assertion on dispose + After an error, the pipeline might still be null, check before unreffing + +2013-07-31 15:00:56 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-scenario.c: + qa-scenario: fix typo on define variable + +2013-07-31 15:00:33 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + qa-report: fix typo on assertion comparison + +2013-07-31 11:12:41 +0100 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.c: + gst-qa-element-monitor: do not bypass monitor factory + A pad monitor was created directly. Prefer going through the + factory. + +2013-07-31 11:05:05 +0100 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + gst-qa-reporter: fix use of uninitialized repeat field + +2013-07-31 11:04:32 +0100 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.c: + gst-qa-reporter: fix report leak when discarding repeated report + +2013-07-31 10:49:48 +0100 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/autogen.sh: + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/po/POTFILES.in: + gst-qa: fix build in po + Using a lot of grep and some cargo culting. + +2013-07-31 10:07:53 +0100 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + gst-qa: make tools depend on libraries + This fixes parallel build randomly breaking. + +2013-07-30 17:07:13 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + qa-report: expose API for adding custom issues + expose gst_qa_issue_register and gst_qa_issue_new to allow applications + to register their own custom issues. + Issues IDs should use Areas higher than GST_QA_AREA_OTHER for custom + areas. And to add more issues to existing areas, the IDs should be + higher than GST_QA_ISSUE_ID_CUSTOM_FIRST. + Custom issues registering should be done at startup and from the same + thread as there is no locking around the issues hashtable + +2013-07-30 16:21:15 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-transcoding.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa.c: + Fix typos + +2013-07-30 16:20:49 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-transcoding.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa.c: + qa-runner: Remove printing API from qa-runner + Replace it with functions to list the reports + +2013-07-30 12:17:48 -0400 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: fix NULL format string + An empty message should be an empty string. + +2013-07-30 10:21:13 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor-preload.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-transcoding.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa.c: + qa-runner: removing _setup call + Do setup on the _new function directly instead of having a separate + call for that + +2013-07-30 09:56:05 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + qa-override: add more pad overrides for buffer probe and caps + Add override functions for custom checking of buffer probe and + getcaps/setcaps functions. + +2013-07-29 17:26:21 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: call the event/query/buffer overrides + Use the new event/buffer/query overrides to allow custom checks + on those scenarios + +2013-07-29 16:26:52 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override.h: + qa-override: add callbacks for query/buffer/event functions + Add callbacks for pad event/buffer/query functions in case the + override wants to do additional checks + +2013-07-30 10:20:43 +0100 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-default-overrides.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override-registry.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override-registry.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + gst-qa-override-registry: load overrides dynamically + Shared objects listed in GST_QA_OVERRIDE are loaded on startup, + and the symbol gst_qa_create_overrides is run. It should create + any override needed. While it can do anything it wants, this + is discouraged. + GST_QA_OVERRIDE should be a comma separated list of shared objects, + any relative paths should be from the current working directory + at the time they are loaded (ie, if the process to be traced + changes cwd, use absolute paths). + No attempt whatsoever is made at not running what was not meant. + Includes a sample shared object for illustration purposes. + +2013-07-29 13:17:50 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override-registry.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override-registry.h: + qa-override-registry: register overrides by gtype and klass + Overrides can now be registerd by gtype, meaning that they will + be attached to monitors that the target is of the requested type. + Also by element klass, that will check that the element has the + selected class in its details + +2013-07-29 12:01:02 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.h: + qa-monitor: implement intercept_report + It is used to iterate over overrides and modify the report level if + the overrides wants to do so. + Also adds a new mutex only for the overrides to avoid deadlocks when + reporting if we used the same lock for iterating the overrides + +2013-07-29 11:35:20 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.h: + qa-reporter: fix copy n paste left over + +2013-07-29 11:34:42 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.h: + qa-reporter: add function for intercepting reports + after report creation, this function is called and implementers can + modify the report to their liking before it is posted to the runner + +2013-07-29 09:37:46 -0400 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + qa-monitor: chain gst_qa_monitor_finalize to parent's finalize + It was chaining to the parent's dispose. + +2013-07-29 10:06:48 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + gst-qa-report: put the correct format to avoid compiler warnings + +2013-07-29 07:02:30 -0400 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/gettext.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-i18n-lib.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + i18n: copy necessary files in-tree + +2013-07-29 07:20:50 -0400 Vincent Penquerc'h + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + GstIssueId: make this uintptr_t + As it's used a a placeholder pointer for g_hash_table use, + it needs to be converted back and forth to a pointer. + +2013-07-26 19:05:31 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor-factory.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor-factory.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override-registry.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override-registry.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.h: + gst-qa-override-registry: adding the override-registry + This registry should contain the list of GstQaOverride to + be used on the pipelines being monitored + +2013-07-26 00:14:02 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-override.h: + qa-override: adds qa-override that can change the report level of issues + Useful for customizing the level of issues for particular elements/tests + when they are more relevant or have to be disabled + +2013-07-25 23:25:22 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-scenario.c: + qa-report: splitting a GstQaReport into a GstQaIssue and GstQaReport + Reports now point to Issues, that are uniquely identified and have + translatable descriptions. This way we are going to be able to uniquely + identify the issues and applications can enable/disable checks for + specific elements. + +2013-07-24 19:09:14 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-transcoding.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa.c: + qa: Make it possible to set a scenario from the command line in test apps + +2013-07-23 10:13:06 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-scenario.c: + qa: Properly set reporter's runner reference + That was never set, but it is needed for the reporter to properly add + reports to the runner. + We still keep a reference on the monitor to make things simpler + +2013-07-23 08:55:24 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.h: + reporter: Use Gst debugging log in the _report method directly + Using __VALIST__ was not properly working + + Add a gstqareporter debug category + +2013-07-22 19:22:49 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-scenario.h: + scenario: Implement the GstQaReporter interface and make use of it + This way we can report issues from a scenario + Also add a Seek aread to the known areas list + We now need to pass the runner to the scenario instead of the + pipeline as the GstQaReporter interface needs it. + +2013-07-22 19:17:53 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-reporter.h: + qa: Add a GstQaReporter interface that objects needing reporting can implement + Various type of object should be able to do some reporting, so we have + to make sure all the code to do that is in one place. Creating an interface + makes it simple to share information and it avoid to have a baseclass for + something that is not actually important enough to create a baseclass. + Conflicts: + gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c + +2013-07-20 00:18:13 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/data/Makefile.am: + * validate/data/simple_seeks.xml: + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-scenario.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-scenario.h: + qa: Add a GstQaScenario class making it possible to execute scenarios + A scenario correspond to a suite of action to execute on a pipeline, + for the time being, we only support seeking the pipeline, but in the + future we can imagine doing some queries, setting pipeline state, etc... + The scenario can be loaded thanks to the GST_QA_SCENARIO environment + variable, making it usable with any existant application, in case, the + application can be used interactively, the user should either, not load + any scenario or let the application run without interacting with it. + +2013-07-24 16:04:03 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: add lots of locking + When handling elements that spawn multiple threads (hardware + enc/decoders), the pad monitor has to protect its variables specially + because some checks involve iterating over internally linked pads to + add/get some data for comparison (expected events, timestamp ranges, + caps). + Aside from locking its own mutex, the pad monitor can also lock the + parent's mutex when it needs to use data from its internally linked + pads. The locking order should always be parent and then individual + pad-monitor mutexes. This should prevent deadlocks when multiple + pad-monitors from the same element start doing checks at the same time + from different threads. + +2013-07-24 10:05:31 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: remove already solved TODOs + +2013-07-24 09:51:05 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + pad-monitor: accept unexpected flow return if pad is eos + Track eos event and mark that pad as eos so that checking for the + flow return knows when 'unexpected' is acceptable + +2013-07-23 15:18:51 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: improve caps proxying check on getcaps + Only check if fields are proxied for sink getcaps as it is when + downstream restrictions should be proxied. Also improve the + fields comparison to handle single value x multi value + (list/array/range) contain relations. + +2013-07-23 15:10:33 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: improve type conformance checking for caps + Replace the macro with a more powerful variadic function that can + check for more acceptable types for the same caps. + This removes a few more false positives + +2013-07-23 12:52:22 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: only expect a new segment if pad is running on push mode + For pull mode, it should just provide the buffers, regardless of getting + a new segment or not + +2013-07-23 12:14:26 -0300 Edward Hervey + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa.c: + gst-qa: show help and exit when no arguments are provided + Instead of attempting to create empty pipelines and weird things + happening :) + +2013-07-23 12:11:08 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: fix flushes checking + flush events shouldn't fail, so we don't need to rollback when it + returns false from downstream (this is common when downstream is still + not-linked) and it would cause gst-qa to spit false positives. + Also refactor the common event handling for both sink and src event + functions into a common place. Currently we handle flushes the same + for both pad's directions + +2013-07-23 11:51:07 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: only merge caps if they exist + Downtream can not be linked, so we shouldn't try to merge + NULL caps + +2013-07-22 20:50:02 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/configure.ac: + configure: add nano version to enable Werror + +2013-07-22 20:09:35 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: fix expected setcaps fields comparison + Use the correct structure when getting the GValues and print different + messages for missing and different fields on the setcaps caps + +2013-07-22 20:09:07 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: improve timestamp ranges comparison message a little + Show the buffer range that is being compared. + +2013-07-22 15:05:04 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + pad-monitor: add check for serialized events order + Store expected serialized events and their 'timestamps' to check if + they are pushed in the same order/time as they were received + +2013-07-22 09:50:23 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + pad-monitor: add check for setcaps passing audio/video fields + Checks that the common audio/video fields are correctly passed + downstream after a setcaps + +2013-07-19 16:52:45 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + pad-monitor: add check for getcaps proxying audio/video fields + Checks that the common audio/video fields are correctly proxied by + the elements after a getcaps + +2013-07-19 16:52:11 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.h: + element-monitor: add is_encoder flag + Easy access to knowing if the monitored element is an encoder + +2013-07-18 16:53:46 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-transcoding.c: + qa-transcoding: Add a binary program to easily test transcoding + +2013-07-18 18:20:09 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + monitor(s): Avoid trying to disconnect handlers on instances that do not exist anymore + +2013-07-18 17:49:44 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + qa-report: Avoid reporting tons of times the exact same issue to users + Some of the issue can be reported once and for all. We are here avoiding to flood the + user with the same information repeated infinitely. + +2013-07-18 13:59:11 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + qa-pad-monitor: Do not use gst_private.h + +2013-07-19 11:14:39 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/docs/qa-design.txt: + * validate/docs/qa-usage.txt: + docs: add design and usage docs + +2013-07-19 09:57:07 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + pad-monitor: improve timestamp ranges check + Keep the full range stored by the element in the monitor and check + if outgoing timestamps are within that range. It is simple and + should generally work. + +2013-07-18 14:49:23 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: fix combined flow checks + We can only check if we found a downstream monitor + +2013-07-18 14:49:01 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: fix caps field type checks + The type is GstValueList and not GArray + +2013-07-18 14:48:46 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: improve report messages with arguments + +2013-07-18 12:11:00 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + qa-report: Pass the whole monitor when creating a report + So we have the proper source name already avalaible and in the future + we might need some more informations about the monitor itself. + +2013-07-18 12:00:29 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + qa-pad-monitor: Properly set target_name with as much info as possible + +2013-07-18 11:49:54 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.h: + qa-monitor: Add a target name field that can be used even when the target is freed + +2013-07-18 11:49:25 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + qa-monitor: Make the reference to the target a weak reference + +2013-07-18 12:09:13 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + qa-report: add debug flags for criticals + Allows the user to enable program abort if a report + is created with a certain level. + Use: + GST_QA=fatal_criticals,fatal_warnings,fatal_issues + +2013-07-18 10:59:11 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + qa-report: Do not keep a ref to the source but keep its name instead + We currently do not need to access the object source after its creation + but we need to be able to have a usefull for debugging name. + +2013-07-17 20:21:53 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + qa-runner: Add a 'report-added' signal + So it is possible to plug into the runner to get information about + what is going from outside of it. + +2013-07-17 19:56:52 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + qa-report: Make it a boxed type + And make it refcounted, in 1.0 it should become a GstMiniObject, for + now, it is enough that way. + The goal is to be able to use it in signals + +2013-07-17 19:18:49 -0400 Thibault Saunier + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.h: + qa-monitor: Allow detaill message to be in printf format + So we can give proper informations about what is wrong to users + +2013-07-17 21:46:37 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor-preload.c: + qa-monitor-preload: fix preload to work with pipeline creation + Wrap around the main gstreamer pipeline creation functions as wrapping + g_object_new requires rebuilding glib. + +2013-07-17 20:40:50 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: fix copy n paste mistake + Do not use GstFlowReturn where a boolean is expected + +2013-07-17 20:40:38 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: fix initialization of timestamp ranges + +2013-07-17 17:57:39 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + pad-monitor: check that returns are combined properly + When getting a return from a sink pad, check that it combines properly + the current returns from downstream source pads + +2013-07-17 14:36:44 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + pad-monitor: verify that pushed segment matches what was received + Check that src pads push segments that are compatible with what + was received on the sink pads + +2013-07-17 11:31:38 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + pad-monitor: output timestamps should be in range of received ones + Checks if the timestamps of pushed buffers are in the range of the + received buffer timestamps; + +2013-07-17 00:33:42 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: add check for out of segment buffers + +2013-07-17 00:30:21 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + pad-monitor: track current buffer timestamp and duration + This can be used to make sure outgoing buffers match the input + timestamps + +2013-07-17 00:29:38 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: check for when a flush start isn't expected + Complain when an unexpected flush-start is received + +2013-07-17 00:29:04 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + pad-monitor: add checks for raw caps completeness + Check audio and video raw caps returned from getcaps for expected + fields and types + +2013-07-17 00:25:11 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.h: + qa-monitor: Fix typo in printf format for report debug messages + Stringify the arguments correctly for printing + +2013-07-16 23:19:13 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + pad-monitor: first buffer checks + Check that a newsegment is received before the first buffer and that + the first buffer running time is 0 + +2013-07-16 21:15:09 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa.c: + qa-report: rework qa-report API + Remove error from GstQaErrorReport, making it only GstQaReport. Add + a level and use area and subarea code, with an extra string for message + adding details. + Provide macros on qa-monitor to make it easy to create reports. + +2013-07-16 09:17:44 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + pad-monitor: add stubs for getcaps/setcaps function wrapping + +2013-07-16 08:06:27 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: add check for out of segment buffer data + +2013-07-15 10:15:06 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + qa-report: use gst_util_get_timestamp for report times + Makes it more aligned with GST_DEBUG output + +2013-07-15 09:27:34 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: split event checks for src and sink pads + Keeping those handlers separate should keep the code smaller and + easier to understand + +2013-07-12 16:02:25 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-bin-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor-factory.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor-factory.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + qa-monitor: add parent relation for monitors + This is useful because Pad monitors will have to ask the + parent element monitors for some element details for + doing checks + +2013-07-12 15:42:56 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.h: + qa-element-monitor: check if the element is a decoder + This can be used on checks for timestamps being inside segment + +2013-07-12 14:18:22 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + pad-monitor: add probes for src pads + To be used for further monitoring events and buffers for + src pads + +2013-07-12 13:32:08 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + qa-report: add a timestamp to error reports + +2013-07-12 02:10:06 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-report.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa.c: + qa-report: adds qa-report for reporting errors to GstQaRunner + The errors are printed directly to stdout and are accumulated at + GstQaRunner for being printed at the end if requested + +2013-07-12 01:23:48 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor-preload.c: + qa-monitor-preload: add functions to allow ld-preload to wrap pipelines + The preload functions wrap functions that can create pipelines and + attaches a runner to them for monitoring + +2013-07-12 00:41:43 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-bin-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor-factory.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor-factory.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.h: + qa-monitor: add runner property + runner stores the GstQaRunner that will receive the error reports + from the monitors + +2013-07-11 13:43:52 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + pad-monitor: make it able to initialize a segment + Do not take the initial format set to TIME too seriously when we + haven't got any newsegment event yet. If it is the first segment + received, switch our internal segment tracker to the event format + +2013-07-11 13:41:25 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa.c: + gst-qa: add seek-tests option + The seek-tests does a simple seeking after the pipeline has started + so that seeking checks can be performed by the monitors + +2013-07-11 02:07:41 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + pad-monitor: track some events + Segments, upstream seeks and flushes. Adding the following checks: + * A flush stop is expected after a flush start + * After a seek, the flushes/segment seqnum should be the same as the seek + +2013-07-11 00:05:17 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + pad-monitor: only set pad functions if they exist on the pad + Some functions should only be set on pads if they were originally + set, like the GetRange, Chain and BufferAlloc + +2013-07-11 00:04:41 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.c: + qa-bin-monitor/element-monitor: implement pad/element wrapping + Add code that creates new monitors when elements/pads are found + in bin and element monitors + +2013-07-11 00:03:54 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + qa-monitor: fix various start up issues + Fix reference count for monitored object, passing of constructor + parameter and base monitor property flag + +2013-07-10 18:38:09 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + pad-monitor: instrument to monitor buffer/event/query/alloc flows + Replace pad functions with monitor functions that can do pre/post + checks and call the original functions + +2013-07-10 14:03:49 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-bin-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor-factory.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + qa-monitor: add base class for monitors + The base class adds a 'object' property to hold the monitored object, + it can only be set on construction. Also the constructor now + automatically calls the element set up + +2013-07-09 19:20:55 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-bin-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-bin-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor-factory.c: + qa-bin-monitor: adds a bin monitor + Extends element-monitor to also wrap child elements + +2013-07-09 17:38:47 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-wrapper.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-wrapper.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor-factory.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-monitor-factory.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-monitor.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-wrapper.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-wrapper.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-wrapper-factory.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-wrapper-factory.h: + qa: renaming Wrapper -> Monitor + +2013-07-09 16:52:02 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-wrapper.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-wrapper.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-pad-wrapper.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + qa-pad-wrapper: adds stub class for pad QA wrapper + Also fixes _new functions to ref the elements intead of + ownership transfers + +2013-07-09 16:39:38 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-wrapper.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-wrapper.h: + qa-element-wrapper: add code for iterating and monitoring pads creation + This will be used to create the wrappers for pads + +2013-07-09 16:13:00 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/gst/qa/.gitignore: + gitignore: ignore gst-qa binary + +2013-07-09 16:08:30 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * validate/AUTHORS: + * validate/COPYING: + * validate/ChangeLog: + * validate/Makefile.am: + * validate/NEWS: + * validate/README: + * validate/autogen.sh: + * validate/configure.ac: + * validate/gst/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/Makefile.am: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-wrapper.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-element-wrapper.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-runner.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-wrapper-factory.c: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa-wrapper-factory.h: + * validate/gst/qa/gst-qa.c: + * validate/gst/qa/qa.h: + qa: adds gst-qa binary and basic classes to run the QA tests + The classes are mostly a stub for now, but the gst-qa already + has a minimum to start them; + +2013-07-09 16:07:58 -0300 Thiago Santos + + * common: + * validate/.gitmodules: + qa: add common submodule + diff --git a/validate/Makefile.am b/validate/Makefile.am new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a035b92 --- /dev/null +++ b/validate/Makefile.am @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=--enable-gtk-doc + +SUBDIRS = \ + common \ + data \ + gst \ + gst-libs \ + plugins \ + launcher \ + tools \ + pkgconfig \ + docs \ + tests \ + po + +DIST_SUBDIRS = $(SUBDIRS) + +suppsdir=${datadir}/gstreamer-$(GST_API_VERSION)/validate/ +supps_DATA = \ + common/gst.supp \ + data/gstvalidate.supp + +EXTRA_DIST = \ + ChangeLog autogen.sh depcomp \ + COPYING \ + common/gst.supp \ + data/gstvalidate.supp + +ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I common/m4 + +DISTCLEANFILES = _stdint.h + +include $(top_srcdir)/common/release.mak +include $(top_srcdir)/common/po.mak + +include $(top_srcdir)/common/coverage/lcov.mak + +# cruft: plugins that have been merged or moved or renamed +CRUFT_FILES = \ + $(top_builddir)/common/shave \ + $(top_builddir)/common/shave-libtool \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/codeset.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/gettext.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/glibc2.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/glibc21.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/iconv.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/intdiv0.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/intl.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/intldir.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/intlmacosx.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/intmax.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/inttypes-pri.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/inttypes_h.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/lcmessage.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/lib-ld.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/lib-link.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/lib-prefix.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/libtool.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/lock.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/longlong.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/ltoptions.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/ltsugar.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/ltversion.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/lt~obsolete.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/nls.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/po.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/printf-posix.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/progtest.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/size_max.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/stdint_h.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/uintmax_t.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/visibility.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/wchar_t.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/wint_t.m4 \ + $(top_builddir)/common/m4/xsize.m4 + +include $(top_srcdir)/common/cruft.mak + +all-local: check-cruft diff --git a/validate/NEWS b/validate/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..634f209 --- /dev/null +++ b/validate/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +This is the 1.5.2 release of GstValidate diff --git a/validate/README b/validate/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fe822ca --- /dev/null +++ b/validate/README @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +== Gst-Validate + +The goal of GstValidate is to be able to detect when elements are not +behaving as expected and report it to the user so he knows how things +are supposed to work inside a GstPipeline. In the end, fixing issues +found by the tool will ensure that all elements behave all together in +the expected way. + +The easiest way of using GstValidate is to use one of its command-line +tools, located at tools/ directory. It is also possible to monitor +GstPipelines from any application by using the LD_PRELOAD gstvalidate +lib. The third way of using it is to write your own application that +links and uses libgstvalidate. + +== BUILDING + +Getting the code: + +Releases are available at , download and extract the tarball. If you +want to use latest git version, do: + +git clone + +After cloning or extracting from a tarball, enter the gst-validate directory: + +cd gst-validate + +The 'master' branch uses gstreamer 1.0, there is a '0.10' branch for +gstreamer 0.10. The default is the 'master' branch, if you want to use it +for 0.10, do: + +git checkout --track origin/0.10 + +Build with: + +./autogen.sh --prefix= +make +sudo make install (only if you want to install it) + +Replace with your desired installation path, you can omit +the --prefix argument if you aren't going to install it or if you want the +default /usr/local. It is possible to use gst-validate CLI tools without +installation. + +== INSTRUCTIONS + +If you are looking for informations on how to use gst-validate -> docs/validate-usage.txt +If you are looking for informations on gst-validate design -> docs/validate-design.txt diff --git a/validate/autogen.sh b/validate/autogen.sh new file mode 100755 index 0000000..fbd44a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/validate/autogen.sh @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +#!/bin/sh +# +# gst-validate autogen.sh +# +# Run this to generate all the initial makefiles, etc. +# +# This file has been generated from common/autogen.sh.in via common/update-autogen + + +test -n "$srcdir" || srcdir=`dirname "$0"` +test -n "$srcdir" || srcdir=. + +olddir=`pwd` +cd "$srcdir" + +DIE=0 +package=gst-validate +srcfile=gst-validate.doap + +# Make sure we have common +cd ../ +if test ! -f validate/common/gst-autogen.sh; +then + echo "+ Setting up common submodule" + git submodule init +fi +git submodule update +cd validate/ + +# source helper functions +if test ! -f common/gst-autogen.sh; +then + echo There is something wrong with your source tree. + echo You are missing common/gst-autogen.sh + exit 1 +fi +. common/gst-autogen.sh + +# install pre-commit hook for doing clean commits +if test ! \( -x .git/hooks/pre-commit -a -L .git/hooks/pre-commit \); +then + rm -f ../.git/hooks/pre-commit + ln -s ../../validate/multi-pre-commit.hook ../.git/hooks/pre-commit +fi + +# GNU gettext automake support doesn't get along with git. +# https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=661128 +if test -d po ; then + touch -t 200001010000 po/gst-validate-1.0.pot +fi + +CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT='--enable-maintainer-mode --enable-gtk-doc' + +if test "x$package" = "xgstreamer"; then + CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT="$CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT --enable-docbook --enable-failing-tests --enable-poisoning" +fi + +autogen_options $@ + +printf "+ check for build tools" +if test ! -z "$NOCHECK"; then echo ": skipped version checks"; else echo; fi +version_check "autoreconf" "autoreconf " \ + "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/" 2 68 || DIE=1 +version_check "pkg-config" "" \ + "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig" 0 8 0 || DIE=1 + +die_check $DIE + +# if no arguments specified then this will be printed +if test -z "$*" && test -z "$NOCONFIGURE"; then + echo "+ checking for autogen.sh options" + echo " This autogen script will automatically run ./configure as:" + echo " ./configure $CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT" + echo " To pass any additional options, please specify them on the $0" + echo " command line." +fi + +toplevel_check $srcfile + +# autopoint +if test -d po ; then + tool_run "autopoint" "--force" +fi + +# aclocal +if test -f acinclude.m4; then rm acinclude.m4; fi + +autoreconf --force --install || exit 1 + +test -n "$NOCONFIGURE" && { + echo "+ skipping configure stage for package $package, as requested." + echo "+ autogen.sh done." + exit 0 +} + +cd "$olddir" + +echo "+ running configure ... " +test ! -z "$CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT" && echo " default flags: $CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT" +test ! -z "$CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT" && echo " external flags: $CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT" +echo + +echo "$srcdir/configure" $CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT $CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT +"$srcdir/configure" $CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT $CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT || { + echo " configure failed" + exit 1 +} + +echo "Now type 'make' to compile $package." diff --git a/validate/common/ChangeLog b/validate/common/ChangeLog new file mode 100644 index 0000000..92d0d25 --- /dev/null +++ b/validate/common/ChangeLog @@ -0,0 +1,1712 @@ +2008-12-17 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: + And yet another variation of the GstAudioFilter leak. + +2008-12-15 Sebastian Dröge + + Patch by: Roland Illig + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Fix AG_GST_BISON_CHECK to handle version numbers with more than + two components (i.e. 2.4.1). Fixes bug #564507. + +2008-12-14 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: + And yet another variant of the GstAudioFilter leak. + +2008-12-13 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: + Added variants of leaks of dynamic pad templates created in + GstAudioFilter. + Add conditional jump triggered by getaddrinfo (maybe glibc-2.9). + +2008-12-12 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: + Fix leak in GIO called by gnomevfs. Nothing we can do about this. + +2008-12-12 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: + Added another suppression for dynamic pad templates, in this case + GstAudioFilter. + Added suppression for PangoLanguage which can never be freed + according to the Pango API. + +2008-12-12 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: + A whole bunch of suppressions detected on latest gentoo ~amd64. + Make some existing suppressions more generic (for subtle dependecy + code changes). + Added suppressions for glibc-2.9. + Added suppressions for new variants of ALSA leaks. + Added suppressions for a series of leaks in plugins registrations due + to some pad templates' caps calculated at runtime. + Added suppressions for variants of some leaks in pango/fontconfig. + Added suppressions for leak in gstffmpegcsp.c (nothing we can do + about it, but will only exist once). + +2008-12-04 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/gst-plugin-docs.m4: + Remove the check if $have_gtk_doc equals yes as it's not defined + and $enable_gtk_doc should be good enough. + Also this restores the build of the plugin documentation. + +2008-12-01 Mark Nauwelaerts + + * gst.supp: + Add suppression variant for Ubuntu Hardy x86/64bit. + +2008-12-01 Stefan Kost + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + * gtk-doc.mak: + Simplily uninstall rule. Its closer to upstream and fixes #150331. + +2008-11-29 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/glib-gettext.m4: + Update glib-gettext.m4 from latest stable GLib release. + +2008-11-29 Sebastian Dröge + + Patch by: Cygwin Ports maintainer + + + * gettext.patch: + Update the gettext patch for use with gettext 0.17 which is + required to build with libtool 2.2 because of conflicts. + First part of bug #556091. + +2008-11-29 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/gtk-doc.m4: + * m4/pkg.m4: + Update gtk-doc and pkg-config m4 macros from their latest releases. + +2008-11-20 Michael Smith + + * m4/as-objc.m4: + Fix objective C test macro when none of the compilers are found at all. + +2008-10-30 Stefan Kost + + * gtk-doc.mak: + Also cp the entities here to all xinlcude based docs (workaround for + not being able to set up a search path). + +2008-10-17 Jan Schmidt + + * gtk-doc.mak: + Don't clobber the real registry cache file when + building docs. + +2008-10-07 Jan Schmidt - Sun Microsystems + + * m4/gst-error.m4: + Also disable the bogus "loop not entered at top" warnings appearing on Sparc Forte builds. + +2008-10-06 Stefan Kost + + * gtk-doc.mak: + Apply the same fix as below to gtk-doc.mak. Somehow did not end up in + CVS. + +2008-09-05 David Schleef + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: Fix the check for gtkdoc-rebase: don't + pass the 'which' error back to make. This fix is more specific + than what is in upstream. + +2008-09-05 David Schleef + + * gtk-doc.mak: Fix the check for gtkdoc-rebase: don't pass the + 'which' error back to make. This fix is more specific than + what is in upstream. + +2008-09-04 Stefan Kost + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + * gtk-doc.mak: + Get closer to upstream makefiles. Don't install index.sgml twice. Call + gtkdoc-rebase (if exists). + +2008-08-21 Stefan Kost + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + Revert $(top_builddir) -> $(builddir) change of rev. 1.39 as there is + no variable called builddir. + +2008-07-31 Mark Nauwelaerts + + * gst.supp: + Add suppressions for Ubunty Hardy x86/64bit, similar to earlier + versions and 32bit variant. + +2008-07-31 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + Remove GST_DISABLE_(ENUMTYPES|INDEX|URI). + +2008-07-21 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * m4/gst-error.m4:: + When checking for GST_ERROR_CXXFLAGS, check each compiler flag + individually, not all together. + +2008-07-20 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * m4/gst-parser.m4:: + Fix bison version number detection for older --version + output format (as bison 1.28 on OSX 10.4 outputs). + Fixes #543853. + +2008-07-12 Stefan Kost + + * plugins.xsl: + Split refsect2 also here to make "Element Pads" subtitle visible. + +2008-07-08 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/gst-error.m4: + Add compiler flags to warn if declarations after statements or + variable length arrays are used. These are C99/GCC extensions and + are not supported by some compilers we want to support. + +2008-07-02 Mark Nauwelaerts + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + Only clean doc maintainer stamps in maintainer-clean. Fixes #539977. + +2008-06-20 Sebastian Dröge + + * gstdoc-scangobj: + Always use format strings for printf-like functions, even if they just + print a string. Fixes bug #536981. + +2008-06-20 Sebastian Dröge + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + * gtk-doc.mak: + Include CFLAGS and LDFLAGS in GTKDOC_CFLAGS and GTKDOC_LDFLAGS, + otherwise the values passed to configure are ignored. + Fixes bug #536978. + +2008-06-05 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * m4/gst-error.m4: + Add -fno-strict-aliasing when compiling with -Werror, to work around + warnings caused by G_LOCK with recent GLib versions (2.16.x) (#316221). + +2008-06-05 Jan Schmidt + + * gtk-doc.mak: + Don't copy html/*.png files unless they don't already exist + in the destdir. Fixes distcheck failure caused by permissions + problems trying to copy a file into the destdir when it already + exists. + +2008-05-28 Stefan Kost + + * plugins.xsl: + The class was not shown in plugin docs. Fix typo in changelog below. + +2008-05-22 Jan Schmidt + + * gstdoc-scangobj: + Emit warnings if one of the GTypes we're expecting is 0 + when scanning. + +2008-05-21 Felipe Contreras + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + * gtk-doc.mak: + Fix installing png images when gtk-doc is disabled. + +2008-05-21 Felipe Contreras + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + * gtk-doc.mak: + Fix make clean when gtk-doc is disabled and other cleanups. + +2008-05-17 Jan Schmidt + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + Be more quiet when the files don't yet exist. + +2008-05-16 Jan Schmidt + + * gstdoc-scangobj: + Add a mechanism for adding 'implicitly created' GTypes into the + scan, allowing for documenting plugin-private base classes that + provide signals or properties for public elements. + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + Use $(builddir) instead of $(top_builddir) in a few places - there's + no need to hard code 'docs/plugins' as the only useable path. + +2008-05-14 Peter Kjellerstedt + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + Report plug-ins without external dependencies that will not be built + even when the name of the plug-in is a substring of another plug-in, + e.g., goom vs. goom2k1. + +2008-05-14 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * gst.supp: + Add suppression for glibc bug on gutsy/x86-64 + +2008-05-12 Stefan Kost + + * plugins.xsl: + Improve the layout of the caps, but splitting them on ";". + +2008-05-09 Sebastian Dröge + + Patch by: Brian Cameron + + * m4/gst-default.m4: + Don't set the default audio sink to the default visualizer. + Fixes bug #532295. + +2008-05-07 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * check.mak: (help): + Document GST_CHECKS environment variable in checks 'make help'. + +2008-05-06 Sebastian Dröge + + Patch by: Marc-Andre Lureau + + * scangobj-merge.py: + Don't depend on Twisted just for the OrderedDict but implement our + own ordered dictionary class. Fixes bug #531577. + +2008-04-23 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: + Re-arrange latest suppressions. + Add all known suppressions for ubuntu hardy. Same as for older + ubuntus, but with different codepaths. + +2008-04-22 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: Make tls leak suppression a bit more generic. + +2008-04-22 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: Fix ommission in latest commit. + Make tls leak suppression more generic in order to cover more + distributions (and hopefully also future distributions). + +2008-04-22 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: Add suppressions for Hardy. + They're just the newer versions of similar suppressions we had + for the previous versions of ubuntu. + +2008-04-15 Sebastian Dröge + + * Makefile.am: + * m4/Makefile.am: + Dist all files in common. Fixes bug #527984. + +2008-04-14 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * m4/gst-function.m4: + Rename AC_CACHE_VAL cache-ids to contain '_cv_' in order to make + autoconf-2.62 complain less. + +2008-04-13 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + * m4/gst-valgrind.m4: + Bump valgrind requirement to 3.0 (which was released in August 2005). + Fixes #489269. Also, check for version >=REQ and not >REQ. + +2008-04-09 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * m4/gst-default.m4: + Add --with-default-{audiosink|audiosrc|videosink|videosrc|visualizer} + configure switches (#519417). + +2008-04-03 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + Add --disable-foo switch for dependency-less plugins (#525586). + +2008-04-01 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Unconditionally require flex 2.5.31 and bison 1.875. + +2008-03-23 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/gst-arch.m4: + amd64/x86_64 allows unaligned memory access too. + +2008-03-21 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/gst-dowhile.m4: + Add macro that checks if the compiler supports do {} while (0) + macros and define HAVE_DOWHILE_MACROS if it does. This is + needed by glib/gmacros.h to use something else than + if (1) else for G_STMT_START/END when compling C++, which + causes compiler warnings because of ambigious else with g++ 4.3. + +2008-03-21 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/gst-plugin-docs.m4: + * mangle-tmpl.py: + Don't depend on PyXML and use only XML modules that are shipped + with python. Fixes bug #519635. + +2008-03-07 Edward Hervey + + * m4/gtk-doc.m4: (GTK_DOC_CHECK): + The previous commit to this file by Stefan Kost mentionned checking for + SED, but NOT checking for gtkdoc-check (wth is that doing there ??). + Therefore, removing the check for gtkdoc-check + +2008-03-03 David Schleef + + * m4/ax_create_stdint_h.m4: Oops, checked in the wrong copy of + this file. (Update from upstream) + +2008-03-03 David Schleef + + * m4/ax_create_stdint_h.m4: Update from upstream. Fixes a bug + compiling with MSVC. + +2008-03-03 Edward Hervey + + * m4/pkg.m4: + Allow override of pkg-config results, as proposed by configure --help. + This is in fact just a backport from upstream pkg.m4. + Fixes #518892 + +2008-03-03 Peter Kjellerstedt + + * ChangeLog: + Changelog surgery of my previous commit to add bugzilla reference. + * m4/gst-args.m4: + Add AG_GST_CHECK_PLUGIN and AG_GST_DISABLE_PLUGIN to make it easier + to include and exclude plug-ins without external references, i.e., + plug-ins listed in GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED. (#498222) + +2008-03-03 Sebastian Dröge + + * gst.supp: + Add another glibc suppression. + +2008-02-29 Peter Kjellerstedt + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + Make the comment before defines generated via AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE + look nicer. (#498222) + +2008-02-26 Jan Schmidt + + * m4/Makefile.am: + * m4/as-gcc-inline-assembly.m4: + Add Dave Schleef's GCC inline assembly detection macro + for using in gst-plugins-good in the goom 2k4 plugin. + +2008-02-25 Andy Wingo + + * gst-autogen.sh: Instead of only passing certain arguments to + configure, pass anything that we didn't handle. Much friendlier. + Fixes #34412. + +2008-02-23 Jan Schmidt + + * m4/gst-error.m4: + Store the detected compiler flags into ERROR_CFLAGS rather than + ERROR_CXXFLAGS, and use the macro that checks the C compiler, not + the C++ one. + +2008-02-23 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * m4/gst-error.m4: + Reflow checks for additional warning flags so they're not + nested, which fixes the result reporting in the configure + output. + +2008-02-22 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * m4/as-compiler-flag.m4: + Add AS_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG + + * m4/gst-error.m4: + Add AG_GST_SET_ERROR_CXXFLAGS (Forte bits need testing) + +2008-02-22 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + Add 'check-inspected-versions' target; this helps identify + files that should have been removed or where the version + number should (ideally) be updated before a release + (which doesn't happen automatically if the releaser doesn't + build that plugin locally). Not adding at a distcheck hook + yet though, because it's not really that important and would + probably also be a problem on buildbots. + +2008-02-22 Sebastian Dröge + + * gst.supp: + Add even more glibc 2.7 suppressions. + +2008-02-22 Sebastian Dröge + + * gst.supp: + Add another suppression for GLib caching some values after + the first call. + +2008-02-12 Sebastian Dröge + + Patch by: + Tim Mooney + + * m4/gst-error.m4: + Use no%E_MACRO_REDEFINED on Solaris to prevent compiler warnings. + Fixes bug #515905. + +2008-02-11 Sebastian Dröge + + * gst.supp: + Add a few more glibc 2.7 suppressions to make the avisubtitle unit + test valgrind clean. Fixes bug #515703. + +2008-02-08 Stefan Kost + + * ChangeLog: + Changelog surgery for last commit. + +2008-02-08 Stefan Kost + + * m4/gtk-doc.m4: + Conditionally check for SED. Also sync a bit with upstream macro. + +2008-02-08 Stefan Kost + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + * gtk-doc.mak: + Use '$(SED)' instead of 'sed'. Don't use -i for in-place as its gnu + only, move to a temp file instead. + +2008-02-06 Stefan Kost + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + * gtk-doc.mak: + As our docs are versioned, we need to patch the index.sgml file to have + correct paths there, unless we also want to fork gtk-doc's xsl (which + we don't). This hopefully fixes xrefs between modules. + +2008-02-02 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + Use printf instead of echo as "echo -e" isn't POSIX and doesn't work + with strict POSIX shells like tcsh or dash and also not every platform + has a /bin/echo that supports it. + +2008-01-24 Stefan Kost + + * ChangeLog: + ChangeLog surgery. + + * gstdoc-scangobj: + Sync the object scanner with gtk-doc fixes. Update args and hierarchy + files. + +2008-01-20 Sebastian Dröge + + * check.mak: + * coverage/lcov.mak: + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + * release.mak: + Use $(MAKE) instead of make to fix the build if GNU make is called + something else on the system. + + * m4/as-docbook.m4: + Fix path for docbook.xsl if we have no /etc/xml/catalog and add a + docbook-xsl search path for FreeBSD. + +2008-01-18 Sebastian Dröge + + * gst.supp: + Add a suppression for a glibc bug: + http://valgrind.org/docs/manual/faq.html#faq.exit_errors> + +2008-01-18 Sebastian Dröge + + * gst.supp: + Add some more glibc 2.7 suppressions and make the GLib suppressions + for the home/tmp/etc directory caching a bit more generic. + +2008-01-18 Sebastian Dröge + + * gst.supp: + Add some glibc 2.7 supressions as found on Debian/unstable. + +2008-01-14 Jan Schmidt + + * download-translations: + Apparently I have problems with leaving things commented out when + I edit shell scripts. + +2008-01-12 Jan Schmidt + + * download-translations: + Remove bash-isms + +2008-01-12 Jan Schmidt + + * check-exports: + Restore the cleanup rm of our tmp file which I didn't mean to leave + commented out. + +2008-01-12 Jan Schmidt + + * check-exports: + Fixes to make check-export work on both Solaris and Linux + + * m4/gst-error.m4: + Disable extra warning category (argument mismatch) as an error + on Forte, as it prevents the libcheck fail_if macros from compiling. + + * win32.mak: + Substitute the GStreamer version so things will keep working in 0.11 + +2008-01-11 Tim-Philipp Müller + + Patch by: Peter Kjellerstedt + + * m4/gst-glib2.m4: + * m4/gst-libxml2.m4: + Improve/fix output from configure if either glib-2.0 or + libxml2 are not installed (#498222). + +2008-01-09 Stefan Kost + + * coverage/lcov.mak: + Update coverage make-rules: use them conditionaly, use libtool mode + and use lcov to cleanup. + +2007-12-18 Sebastian Dröge + + * glib-gen.mak: + Also use #include "header" instead of #include
for the + headers that were used to generate the source files for the same + reason as below. + + Remove whitespace before #include. + +2007-12-18 Sebastian Dröge + + * glib-gen.mak: + Use #include "header" instead of #include
for the generated + enum C files as the file will always be in the same directory and + some compilers seem to be a bit strict about that unless . is added + to the include path. + + Include all headers that were used to generate the source files in + the C file as they're used there. + +2007-12-17 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * win32.mak: (win32), (win32defs), (win32crlf): + Make check for CR LF in Visual C++ 6.0 project files + work, based on patch by David Schleef (#496722, #393626). + +2007-12-17 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * Makefile.am: + Don't forget to dist the new win32.mak. + +2007-12-17 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * win32.mak: (win32), (win32defs): + Move common win32 Makefile foo into this new file. + +2007-12-15 Stefan Kost + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + * gtk-doc.mak: + We should have never forked this that much :/. + +2007-12-13 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * check-exports: + Fix build on the ppc64 build bot. + +2007-12-13 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * check-exports: + Suppress more unintentional exports (too much hassle to rename them, + since the win32 project files would need changing too). + +2007-12-12 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * Makefile.am: + check-exports should be disted. + +2007-12-12 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * check-exports: + Add quick'n'dirty script to check the exported symbols of a library + against the symbols in the corresponding .def file (#493983). Based + on script by Ole André Vadla Ravnås. + +2007-11-06 Jan Schmidt + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + Fix distcheck by making sure the types files are treated like the + other gtkdoc-scangobj generated files. + +2007-09-21 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + Let the AG_GST_ARG_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL macro default to disable + building of experimental plugins. Nobody uses it yet and the + --enable--experimental stuff from gst-plugins-good defaults to + disable too. + +2007-09-06 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + Just use the normal 'check' target and avoid a circular + dependency. + +2007-09-06 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + Add rule to error out if .hierarchy file contains tabs. + +2007-08-20 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * download-translations: + * po.mak: + If there are new languages, they need to be added to po/LINGUAS. + +2007-08-20 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * download-translations: + * po.mak: + Fix up 'download-po' a bit, so that we find new translations + for languages that aren't in our po/LINGUAS file yet too. + +2007-07-16 Jan Schmidt + + * gst.supp: + Add a suppression for GLib caching the tmp dir seen on an + Ubuntu Feisty system. + +2007-07-13 Jan Schmidt + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + If we want to use 'echo -e', call /bin/echo instead of the shell's + since -e is a bash extension, and our /bin/sh might not be being + provided by bash. + +2007-07-01 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * po.mak: + Translation project has moved. Also, no idea how this used to + work given that we weren't downloading a .po file. + +2007-06-25 Stefan Kost + + * gst-xmlinspect.py: + * plugins.xsl: + Also extract element caps for plugin-docs. Fixes parts of #117692. + +2007-06-21 Tim-Philipp Müller + + Patch by: Andreas Schwab + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + Fix quoting (#449493). + +2007-06-10 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Only generate the parser if bison >= 1.875 _and_ flex >= 2.5.31 is + installed and use pre-generated sources otherwise. Fixes bug #444820. + +2007-05-11 Michael Smith + + * gst.supp: + Suppression variant for our good friend the TLS leak, this time for + Ubuntu Feisty/x86. + +2007-05-09 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + Fix make distcheck again; change some spaces to tabs in makefile. + +2007-04-29 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak (-module): + Error out when the html build step gives warnings, so they get + fixed properly. + +2007-04-23 Stefan Kost + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + Add macro AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLES that checks the defines in + the configuration header and AC_DEFINES the setings. + +2007-04-19 Sebastian Dröge + + Patch by: Vincent Torri + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Put the AC_MSG_RESULT output in brackets to get it properly written to + the terminal. + +2007-04-18 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Check for flex >= 2.5.31 and set GENERATE_PARSER if we have at least + that version. Otherwise use pre-generated parser sources as we can't + raise the required flex version. HAVE_MT_SAVE_FLEX is obsolete now + as we use a new enough flex version anyway. First part of #349180 + +2007-04-10 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-check.m4: + Allow pre-setting the GST(PB)_TOOLS/PLUGINS_DIR variables to help + builds against older GStreamer. + +2007-03-25 Sebastian Dröge + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Fix the flex version check. It ignored the micro version before. + +2007-03-09 Jan Schmidt + + * check.mak: + Use the same timeout when generating valgrind suppressions as + running the valgrind test. + + * gst.supp: + Add some more suppressions and stuff. + +2007-03-08 Jan Schmidt + + * check.mak: + Make sure GSlice is disabled when building suppressions too. + + * gst.supp: + Add around *850* lines of suppressions for one-time initialisations + inside libasound and gconf/bonobo/ORBit. I feel so dirty. + +2007-03-07 Jan Schmidt + + * gst.supp: + add a suppression for this GConf flup on the FC5 buildbot. + +2007-03-06 Jan Schmidt + + * gst.supp: + Make the suppression a little more generic, to catch the FC5 + backtrace too. + +2007-03-06 Jan Schmidt + + * gst.supp: + Add a suppression for libcdio 0.76. It leaks an internal struct + when the CD-ROM device is not accessible. + +2007-02-28 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-arch.m4: + Move a line that was in the wrong macro + +2007-02-28 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst.m4: + Add + * m4/gst-arch.m4: + * m4/gst-args.m4: + * m4/gst-check.m4: + * m4/gst-debuginfo.m4: + * m4/gst-default.m4: + * m4/gst-doc.m4: + * m4/gst-error.m4: + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + * m4/gst-function.m4: + * m4/gst-gettext.m4: + * m4/gst-glib2.m4: + * m4/gst-libxml2.m4: + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + * m4/gst-plugin-docs.m4: + * m4/gst-plugindir.m4: + * m4/gst-valgrind.m4: + * m4/gst-x11.m4: + Convert all macros to use AG_GST style so we can properly warn + when they're missing if configure.ac calls AG_GST_INIT + Will require update in all GStreamer modules. + +2007-02-11 Stefan Kost + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + Remove 'enable' from configure switch description as this leads to + confusing lines like "disable enable builing ...". + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + Fix comment to sound less horrible. + +2007-02-07 Tim-Philipp Müller + + Patch by: Will Newton + + * m4/gst-check.m4: + Use $PKG_CONFIG rather than pkg-config directly, the one in our path + might not be the one we want, like when cross-compiling. Also, other + macros such as PKG_CHECK_MODULES use $PKG_CONFIG, so we should + probably too just for consistency. Fixes #405288. + +2007-01-08 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Need to use double square brackets again so m4 doesn't remove them + (fixes #378931). + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + Use double square brackets here as well, for the same reason. + +2007-01-05 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Use 'sed' rather than 'tr' to strip trailing letters from version + numbers, since 'tr' might not be available and we know sed is + (#378931). + +2006-10-21 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * check.mak: + Increase default timeout under valgrind, 60 is just too short and + some tests take a bit longer these days and not everyone has a + beefy machine. + +2006-09-29 Michael Smith + + * gst.supp: + More suppressions for edgy. + +2006-09-28 Jan Schmidt + + * m4/gst-glib2.m4: + Use gmodule-no-export-2.0.pc instead of gmodule-2.0.pc - we neither + want nor need --export-dynamic (which ends up making us export a bunch + of unneeded symbols) + +2006-09-14 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * gst.supp: + Some suppressions for the more recent ld.so in ubuntu edgy. + +2006-08-23 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * gst.supp: + Shorten function trail so the suppression works on + my ubuntu dapper system with core cvs as well. + +2006-07-28 Jan Schmidt + + * gst.supp: + Extra suppressions from my Ubuntu x86_64 machine + +2006-07-24 Tim-Philipp Müller + + Patch by: Frederic Peters + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Need to double square brackets in .m4 files. Should fix bison + version detection with version numbers like 1.23a (#348354). + +2006-07-24 Jan Schmidt + + * check.mak: + Valgrind fails to find tests written in tests/check/ directly (rather + than a subdir) - because valgrind gets run with a filename that + doesn't contain a relative path, it goes searching /usr/bin instead. + Run with ./.... to make things work either way. + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + Add $(top_builddir)/src as a place to look for plugins + when building too, since that's where gst-template keeps things + +2006-07-23 Stefan Kost + + Patch by: Frederic Peters + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + Fix bison detection (#348354) + +2006-07-21 Stefan Kost + + * m4/gst-parser.m4: + check for bison and flex + +2006-07-13 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-plugin-docs.m4: + remove the configure argument for enabling plugin doc build; + having gtk-doc enabled and pyxml present is enough of a trigger + +2006-07-03 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * coverage/lcov.mak: + fix up rules to work with gst-python as well + run "make lcov" to test and generate the reports + run "make lcov-reset" to redo it after that + +2006-07-02 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * Makefile.am: + * check.mak: + add an inspect target that inspects every element feature, + so we can have that added for coverage + * coverage/lcov.mak: + add support for lcov + +2006-07-02 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + when building with gcov, reset CFLAGS and friends to O0 + +2006-07-02 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + Find the gcov that matches the gcc version + Only allow gcov if we use gcc + +2006-07-02 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * Makefile.am: + * coverage/coverage-report-entry.pl: + * coverage/coverage-report.pl: + * coverage/coverage-report.xsl: + copy coverage reporting files from dbus + +2006-07-01 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + libtool strips gcov's -f flags, so libgcov does not get + linked in. Setting GCOV_LIBS with -lgcov fixes libtool's + stripping + also show what pkg-config-path we set + +2006-06-22 Tim-Philipp Müller + + Patch by: Peter Kjellerstedt + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + Show list of plugins without external dependencies that + will not be built as well (#344136). + +2006-06-15 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * m4/gst-plugin-docs.m4: + add GST_PLUGIN_DOCS, which checks for everything needed + to build the plugin docs (namely gtk-doc and pyxml); also + adds a new --enable-plugin-docs configure switch; will + set ENABLE_PLUGIN_DOCS conditional for use in Makefile.am + files (see #344039). + +2006-06-11 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-check.m4: + add GST_PKG_CHECK_MODULES, which in the normal case of checking + for a dependency lib for a plug-in only needs two arguments + to do the right thing. + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + clean up output a little of feature checking; also deal with + non-plug-in feature checks + * m4/Makefile.am: + * m4/gst-gstreamer.m4: + remove this file; it's a useless check + +2006-06-06 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-arch.m4: + add PPC64 so we can have separate structure sizes for it + +2006-06-05 Edward Hervey + + * gtk-doc.mak: + Check for the proper .devhelp2 file to remove. + +2006-05-31 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc.mak: + allow a magic variable to suppress errors from docbuilding + +2006-05-30 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc.mak: + error out if gtkdoc-mktmpl finds unused declarations + +2006-05-28 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: + Reverting previous commit. That's good to know, Edward, but why ? + +2006-05-28 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: + Added suppresion for memleak in g_option_context_parse on fc5-64 + +2006-05-19 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-check.m4: + set GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR just like GST_PLUGINS_DIR + +2006-05-18 Tim-Philipp Müller + + * check.mak: + Fix 'make help' in check directories, it should be + 'valgrind.gen-suppressions' not 'valgrind-gen-suppressions' + (not changing target to match help string on purpose to keep + scripts etc. functional). + +2006-05-18 Thomas Vander Stichele + + Patch by: Peter Kjellerstedt + + * m4/gst-arch.m4: + add support for CRIS and CRISv32. + +2006-05-17 Jan Schmidt + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + Fix the macros for command-line supplied package and origin names + so they don't end up being configure as "" (Fixes #341479) + +2006-05-14 Jan Schmidt + + * gtk-doc.mak: + Add uninstall rule to remove .devhelp2 files. + +2006-05-09 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: + Add suppression for GSlice version of + g_type_init calloc leak + +2006-04-05 Michael Smith + + * gst.supp: + Delete a bogus suppression for the registry code. + Generalise a suppression for a glib bug (see #337404) + +2006-04-04 Michael Smith + + * gst.supp: + Add a leak suppression: the existing glibc-doesn't-free-TLS one + wasn't triggering here. + +2006-04-04 Michael Smith + + * gst.supp: + Add some minimally-neccesary suppressions for my x86/dapper system. + +2006-04-01 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * plugins.xsl: + Do not display an origin link if origin does not start with http + See #323798 + +2006-04-01 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + add more macros + * m4/gst-x11.m4: + X11-related checks + +2006-04-01 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/as-version.m4: + newer version + * m4/gst-args.m4: + * m4/gst-doc.m4: + update and add other macros to be shared across projects + +2006-03-24 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gst.supp: + add a suppression for g_parse_debug_string + +2006-03-23 Stefan Kost + + * gstdoc-scangobj: + sync fully with gtkdoc-0.15 + +2006-03-23 Stefan Kost + + * gstdoc-scangobj: + * gtk-doc.mak: + sync a little with gtk-doc mainline + +2006-03-17 Wim Taymans + + * gst.supp: + add another clone suppression + change all glibc suppressions to match 2.3.* + +2006-03-09 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/check.m4: + fix test so it actually works when the normal check is used + over debian's/ubuntu's + +2006-03-08 Jan Schmidt + + * check.mak: + Set G_SLICE=always-malloc when valgrinding tests + (closes #333272) + +2006-02-21 Jan Schmidt + + * m4/gst-glib2.m4: + Fix debug output when the GLib version prerequisite is not found + +2006-02-13 Andy Wingo + + * m4/check.m4: Hack around Debian/Ubuntu's broken installation of + the PIC version of check as libcheck_pic.a. Should work with + cross-compilation too. Grr. + +2006-02-06 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-default.m4: + switch to auto* sinks for defaults + +2006-02-02 Wim Taymans + + * check.mak: + add a .valgrind.gen-suppressions target to aid in generating + suppressions + * gst.supp: + add more repressions from my debian glibc as of today + +2006-02-02 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + only add srcdir/gst if it exists + +2006-01-30 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * release.mak: + don't complain about disted enums in win32 + +2006-01-20 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-check.m4: + AC_SUBST CFLAGS and LIBS + do a non-command because something is stripping out our AC_SUBST + +2006-01-20 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + * m4/gst-valgrind.m4: + properly give a "no" result manually when providing a + not-found action to fix configure output + +2006-01-20 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/pkg.m4: + update with a more recent version + +2006-01-07 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gettext.patch: + make Makefile depend on LINGUAS, so rebuilds work when adding + a language + +2006-01-03 Michael Smith + + * check.mak: + Clarify error message from valgrind test runs. + +2005-12-16 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-arch.m4: + define HOST_CPU + +2005-11-29 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * check.mak: + add a valgrind-forever target for tests + +2005-11-28 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * check.mak: + when a "make test.check" run fails, make it rerun the test with + at least debug level 2 + +2005-11-14 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/Makefile.am: + * m4/gst-check.m4: + fix check for base plugins + * m4/gst-default.m4: + add m4 to set default elements + +2005-10-18 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-check.m4: + check for tools correctly + +2005-10-18 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc.mak: + only enable breaking on new API when make distcheck passes, + not before + +2005-10-18 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-check.m4: + Resurrect Julien's dead body and wipe his mind clean + +2005-10-18 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-check.m4: + Kill Julien + +2005-10-17 Julien MOUTTE + + * m4/gst-check.m4: I know Thomas will kill me but this + ifelse statement seems incorrect as it is always setting + required to "yes". With this one it seems to work. Fixes + build of gst-plugins-base on my setup where gstreamer-check + is definitely not present/required. + +2005-10-18 Stefan Kost + + * gtk-doc.mak: + make build break on new api that has not been added to the + sections file + +2005-10-17 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-glib2.m4: + * m4/Makefile.am: + * m4/gst-check.m4: + add macro for easy checks for GStreamer libs + +2005-10-16 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-glib2.m4: + update, warn in error cases + +2005-10-16 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-error.m4: + add GST_SET_DEFAULT_LEVEL + +2005-10-16 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/Makefile.am: + * m4/gst-gettext.m4: + remove the AM_GNU_GETTEXT* calls, they need to be in configure.ac + * m4/gst-glib2.m4: + clean up and re-use in core soon + * m4/gst-plugindir.m4: + macro to set up PLUGINDIR and plugindir define/var + +2005-10-15 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/Makefile.am: + * m4/gst-gettext.m4: + add macro for setting up gettext + +2005-10-15 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-args.m4: + add some .m4's for argument checking that can be shared among modules + +2005-10-15 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/as-libtool.m4: + set _LT_LDFLAGS + * m4/gst-libxml2.m4: + document + +2005-10-15 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-arch.m4: + indent a little + add AC_REQUIRE + * m4/gst-error.m4: + clean up + +2005-10-12 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gst-autogen.sh: + update version detection expression to catch stuff like + Libtool (libtool15) 1.5.0 + +2005-10-11 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gst.supp: + commit 6 new suppressions related to g_module_open; can these + really not be folded into one ? + +2005-10-11 Edward Hervey + + * gst.supp: + made the suppression more generic + Added pthread memleak suppresions + Added nss_parse_* memleak suppresion (used by g_option_context_parse) + +2005-10-11 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * check.mak: + be more strict, more leak resolution + * gst.supp: + clean up the g_type_init suppressions + +2005-10-07 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/Makefile.am: + * m4/gst-valgrind.m4: + put the valgrind detection in an .m4 + +2005-09-29 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * check.mak: + add some more targets, like "help", but also more intensive tests + +2005-09-23 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc.mak: + make certain doc warnings fatal so people maintain docs again + +2005-09-23 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * Makefile.am: + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + * scangobj-merge.py: + merge additions from the .signals.new and .args.new file in + the original ones, only updating if necessary + +2005-09-23 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gst-xmlinspect.py: + * gstdoc-scangobj: + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + fix properly for new API; make update in plugins dir now works + +2005-09-20 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gst-xmlinspect.py: + * gstdoc-scangobj: + some fixes for new API + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + set environment properly + +2005-09-17 David Schleef + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: Use new environment variables. + +2005-09-16 Michael Smith + + * gstdoc-scangobj: + Make the scanobj code reflect registry/plugin API changes + +2005-09-15 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + split out scanobj step (which will be run by doc maintainer) + from scan step (which will be run on every build) + clean up some of the commands for make distcheck + +2005-09-15 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + * mangle-tmpl.py: + first stab at reorganizing the plugins build so we can maintain + element docs + +2005-09-14 David Schleef + + * as-libtool.mak: Remove + * m4/as-libtool.m4: The libtool bug that this worked around has + been fixed. + * m4/as-version.m4: Don't define GST_RELEASE, since it causes + config.h to be regenerated needlessly, and we don't use it. + +2005-09-14 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + error out on inspect failure + +2005-09-14 Michael Smith + + * glib-gen.mak: + Don't call glib-mkenums with arguments that confuse/break MinGW, + fixes 316155. + +2005-09-03 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + * gtk-doc.mak: + * m4/gst-doc.m4: + separate out gtk-doc and docbook stuff + have two separate --enable configure flags + +2005-08-26 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * check.mak: + add a .gdb target; rebuild registry for each target, otherwise + a code rebuild always triggers a reg rebuild, and it's just too + annoying + * gstdoc-scangobj: + +2005-08-21 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * check.mak: + separate out REGISTRY_ENVIRONMENT; we want to use that from + our valgrind runs, but we also want TESTS_ENVIRONMENT to contain + everything that the first test, gst-register, needs + +2005-08-21 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * check.mak: + parse output of valgrind and check for definitely lost, and error + out; somehow I was led to believe valgrind returns non-zero for + leaks, but I can't make it do that, so let's parse + +2005-08-20 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * check.mak: + for some weird reason valgrind does not report actual memleaks + if GST_PLUGIN_PATH is set to anything but the core gstreamer dir + while valgrind is running. Since the registry is going to go + anyway, I don't want to waste any more time on this; I just run + valgrind without GST_PLUGIN_PATH set. Since the registry loading + doesn't check if GST_PLUGIN_PATH got changed as a reason to rebuild + the registry, that's actually fine. + +2005-08-15 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * mangle-tmpl.py: + keep original Long_Description; only insert an include if it's + not already the first line in there + * plugins.xsl: + output more information for plugins, including an origin hyperlink + +2005-08-15 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gst-xmlinspect.py: + a first stab at inspecting plugins and outputting an xml description + * gtk-doc-plugins.mak: + a gtk-doc using snippet for plugins documentation + * plugins.xsl: + a stylesheet to convert gst-xmlinspect.py output to docbook output + for inclusion in the gtk-doc stuff + +2005-07-20 Ronald S. Bultje + + * m4/gst-doc.m4: + s/pdf/eps/ in test for whether we output EPS images (#309379). + +2005-07-18 Andy Wingo + + * m4/as-libtool-tags.m4: Ooh, backported from libtool 1.6. Much + better. Thanks, Paolo Bonzini! + + * m4/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): + * m4/as-libtool-tags.m4: New file, tries to disable some CXX and + fortran checks. + +2005-07-08 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-error.m4: + add macro to set ERROR_CFLAGS + +2005-06-30 Jan Schmidt + + * gst-autogen.sh: + Remove the old autoregen.sh if it exists before recreating it, + to prevent confusing any shell process that might be reading it + currently. + +2005-06-29 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gtk-doc.m4: + added + +2005-06-03 Stefan Kost + + * gst-autogen.sh: create autoregen.sh *before* shifting the options + +2005-05-17 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gst-autogen.sh: only update autoregen.sh on actual runs + +2005-03-11 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/check.m4: m4 from the check unit test suite + +2004-12-14 David Schleef + + * m4/gst-arch.m4: remove MMX stuff, since it doesn't work and + isn't needed anywhere + +2004-12-08 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gst-autogen.sh: + allow failure command to be run so we can clean upfrom autopoint + +2004-09-03 Zeeshan Ali Khattak + * m4/gst-feature.m4: Trying to correct the GST_CHECK_CONFIGPROG macro + +2004-07-21 Benjamin Otte + + * m4/.cvsignore: exciting updates for libtool m4 files + +2004-07-12 David Schleef + + * m4/as-objc.m4: Add a macro to test for objective C + +2004-06-12 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + not all of them support --plugin-libs, so redirect stderr + +2004-06-12 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/as-scrub-include.m4: + sync with upstream to 0.1.4. Fixes #132440 + +2004-06-07 Benjamin Otte + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + write a big marker into configure output when checking next plugin + to allow easier parsing of why plugins are(n't) built. + +2004-06-01 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/as-compiler-flag.m4: + * m4/as-compiler.m4: + * m4/as-libtool.m4: + * m4/as-version.m4: + sync with upstream, change sticky options to -ko + +2004-05-24 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/as-scrub-include.m4: synced with upstream + +2004-05-03 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * po.mak: + snippet for updating .po files + +2004-03-18 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * Makefile.am: + * m4/Makefile.am: + integrate these with the dist + +2004-03-17 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * release.mak: add a release target + +2004-03-09 Thomas Vander Stichele + + patch by: Stephane Loeuillet + + * m4/ax_create_stdint_h.m4: + use head -n instead of head - (#136500) + +2004-03-05 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-doc.m4: don't build PS without dvips binary + +2004-02-22 Julio M. Merino Vidal + + reviewed by: Benjamin Otte + + * m4/as-docbook.m4: + don't use == operator with test(1) (fixes #135115) + +2004-02-16 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * common/m4/gst-arch.m4: x86_64 is x86 too (clue from Fedora 2 test) + +2004-02-13 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + remove AM_CONDITIONAL for the subsystem since automake 1.6.x + requires that call be in configure.ac + +2004-02-13 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-libxml2.m4: + take required version as argument, and default to 2.4.9 if not + specified + +2004-02-12 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-feature.m4: + rename and fix up GST_CHECK_DISABLE_SUBSYSTEM + +2004-02-11 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * common/m4/as-ac-expand.m4: + * common/m4/as-auto-alt.m4: + * common/m4/as-compiler-flag.m4: + * common/m4/as-compiler.m4: + * common/m4/as-docbook.m4: + * common/m4/as-libtool.m4: + * common/m4/as-scrub-include.m4: + * common/m4/as-version.m4: + * common/m4/glib-gettext.m4: + * common/m4/gst-arch.m4: + * common/m4/gst-debuginfo.m4: + * common/m4/gst-doc.m4: + * common/m4/gst-feature.m4: + * common/m4/gst-function.m4: + * common/m4/gst-glib2.m4: + * common/m4/gst-gstreamer.m4: + * common/m4/gst-libxml2.m4: + * common/m4/gst-makecontext.m4: + * common/m4/gst-mcsc.m4: + * common/m4/pkg.m4: + fix underquoted macros as reported by automake 1.8.x (#133800) + +2004-02-11 Johan Dahlin + + * gst-autogen.sh: Use A-Z instead of A-z in sed expression to + avoid a warning + +2004-02-05 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/gst-doc.m4: + we use --output-format=xml and --ingnore-files options to + gtkdoc-mkdb, which got added between 0.9 and 1.0 + +2004-02-04 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * m4/as-libtool.m4: remove AM_PROG_LIBTOOL so it can move back + to configure.ac to shut up libtoolize + +2004-02-03 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * glib-gen.mak: added; used to generate enums and marshal code + +2004-01-13 Thomas Vander Stichele + + * gettext.patch: added; used by autogen.sh to make sure + GETTEXT_PACKAGE is understood from po/Makefile.in.in -> po/Makefile.in + diff --git a/validate/common/MAINTAINERS b/validate/common/MAINTAINERS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..72aac8e --- /dev/null +++ b/validate/common/MAINTAINERS @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +GStreamer is currently maintained by the consensus of a number +of people, including, but not limited to: + + Jan Schmidt + Wim Taymans + David Schleef + Tim-Philipp Müller + Sebastian Dröge + +Maintainer-related issues should be addressed to: + + gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org diff --git a/validate/common/Makefile.am b/validate/common/Makefile.am new file mode 100644 index 0000000..25966fc --- /dev/null +++ b/validate/common/Makefile.am @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +SUBDIRS = m4 + +EXTRA_DIST = \ + ChangeLog \ + gettext.patch \ + glib-gen.mak gtk-doc.mak upload-doc.mak \ + cruft.mak release.mak win32.mak po.mak \ + parallel-subdirs.mak \ + gst-autogen.sh \ + check-exports \ + c-to-xml.py mangle-tmpl.py scangobj-merge.py \ + gtk-doc-plugins.mak \ + plugins.xsl gstdoc-scangobj \ + gst.supp check.mak \ + coverage/lcov.mak \ + coverage/coverage-report.pl \ + coverage/coverage-report.xsl \ + coverage/coverage-report-entry.pl \ + download-translations \ + extract-release-date-from-doap-file \ + gst-indent \ + orc.mak diff --git a/validate/common/README b/validate/common/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..83a1b88 --- /dev/null +++ b/validate/common/README @@ -0,0 +1,255 @@ +GStreamer @SERIES_VERSION@ + +WHAT IT IS +---------- + +This is GStreamer, a framework for streaming media. + +WHERE TO START +-------------- + +We have a website at +http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ + +You should start by going through our FAQ at +http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/faq/html/ + +There is more documentation; go to +http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation + +You can subscribe to our mailing lists; see the website for details. + +We track bugs in GNOME's bugzilla; see the website for details. + +You can join us on IRC - #gstreamer on irc.freenode.org + +GStreamer 1.0 series +-------------------- + +Starring + + GSTREAMER + +The core around which all other modules revolve. Base functionality and +libraries, some essential elements, documentation, and testing. + + BASE + +A well-groomed and well-maintained collection of GStreamer plug-ins and +elements, spanning the range of possible types of elements one would want +to write for GStreamer. + +And introducing, for the first time ever, on the development screen ... + + THE GOOD + + --- "Such ingratitude. After all the times I've saved your life." + +A collection of plug-ins you'd want to have right next to you on the +battlefield. Shooting sharp and making no mistakes, these plug-ins have it +all: good looks, good code, and good licensing. Documented and dressed up +in tests. If you're looking for a role model to base your own plug-in on, +here it is. + +If you find a plot hole or a badly lip-synced line of code in them, +let us know - it is a matter of honour for us to ensure Blondie doesn't look +like he's been walking 100 miles through the desert without water. + + THE UGLY + + --- "When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk." + +There are times when the world needs a color between black and white. +Quality code to match the good's, but two-timing, backstabbing and ready to +sell your freedom down the river. These plug-ins might have a patent noose +around their neck, or a lock-up license, or any other problem that makes you +think twice about shipping them. + +We don't call them ugly because we like them less. Does a mother love her +son less because he's not as pretty as the other ones ? No - she commends +him on his great personality. These plug-ins are the life of the party. +And we'll still step in and set them straight if you report any unacceptable +behaviour - because there are two kinds of people in the world, my friend: +those with a rope around their neck and the people who do the cutting. + + THE BAD + + --- "That an accusation?" + +No perfectly groomed moustache or any amount of fine clothing is going to +cover up the truth - these plug-ins are Bad with a capital B. +They look fine on the outside, and might even appear to get the job done, but +at the end of the day they're a black sheep. Without a golden-haired angel +to watch over them, they'll probably land in an unmarked grave at the final +showdown. + +Don't bug us about their quality - exercise your Free Software rights, +patch up the offender and send us the patch on the fastest steed you can +steal from the Confederates. Because you see, in this world, there's two +kinds of people, my friend: those with loaded guns and those who dig. +You dig. + +The Lowdown +----------- + + --- "I've never seen so many plug-ins wasted so badly." + +GStreamer Plug-ins has grown so big that it's hard to separate the wheat from +the chaff. Also, distributors have brought up issues about the legal status +of some of the plug-ins we ship. To remedy this, we've divided the previous +set of available plug-ins into four modules: + +- gst-plugins-base: a small and fixed set of plug-ins, covering a wide range + of possible types of elements; these are continuously kept up-to-date + with any core changes during the development series. + + - We believe distributors can safely ship these plug-ins. + - People writing elements should base their code on these elements. + - These elements come with examples, documentation, and regression tests. + +- gst-plugins-good: a set of plug-ins that we consider to have good quality + code, correct functionality, our preferred license (LGPL for the plug-in + code, LGPL or LGPL-compatible for the supporting library). + + - We believe distributors can safely ship these plug-ins. + - People writing elements should base their code on these elements. + +- gst-plugins-ugly: a set of plug-ins that have good quality and correct + functionality, but distributing them might pose problems. The license + on either the plug-ins or the supporting libraries might not be how we'd + like. The code might be widely known to present patent problems. + + - Distributors should check if they want/can ship these plug-ins. + - People writing elements should base their code on these elements. + +- gst-plugins-bad: a set of plug-ins that aren't up to par compared to the + rest. They might be close to being good quality, but they're missing + something - be it a good code review, some documentation, a set of tests, + a real live maintainer, or some actual wide use. + If the blanks are filled in they might be upgraded to become part of + either gst-plugins-good or gst-plugins-ugly, depending on the other factors. + + - If the plug-ins break, you can't complain - instead, you can fix the + problem and send us a patch, or bribe someone into fixing them for you. + - New contributors can start here for things to work on. + +PLATFORMS +--------- + +- Linux is of course fully supported +- FreeBSD is reported to work; other BSDs should work too +- Solaris is reported to work; a specific sunaudiosink plugin has been written +- MacOSX works, binary 1.x packages can be built using the cerbero build tool +- Windows works; binary 1.x packages can be built using the cerbero build tool + - MSys/MinGW builds + - Microsoft Visual Studio builds are not yet available or supported +- Android works, binary 1.x packages can be built using the cerbero build tool +- iOS works + +INSTALLING FROM PACKAGES +------------------------ + +You should always prefer installing from packages first. GStreamer is +well-maintained for a number of distributions, including Fedora, Debian, +Ubuntu, Mandrake, Gentoo, ... + +Only in cases where you: +- want to hack on GStreamer +- want to verify that a bug has been fixed +- do not have a sane distribution +should you choose to build from source tarballs or git. + +Find more information about the various packages at +http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/download/ + +COMPILING FROM SOURCE TARBALLS +------------------------------ + +- again, make sure that you really need to install from source ! + If GStreamer is one of your first projects ever that you build from source, + consider taking on an easier project. + +- check output of ./configure --help to see if any options apply to you +- run + ./configure + make + + to build GStreamer. +- if you want to install it (not required, but what you usually want to do), run + make install + +- try out a simple test: + gst-launch -v fakesrc num_buffers=5 ! fakesink + (If you didn't install GStreamer, prefix gst-launch with tools/) + + If it outputs a bunch of messages from fakesrc and fakesink, everything is + ok. + + If it did not work, keep in mind that you might need to adjust the + PATH and/or LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variables to make the system + find GStreamer in the prefix where you installed (by default that is /usr/local). + +- After this, you're ready to install gst-plugins, which will provide the + functionality you're probably looking for by now, so go on and read + that README. + +COMPILING FROM GIT +------------------ + +When building from git sources, you will need to run autogen.sh to generate +the build system files. + +You will need a set of additional tools typical for building from git, +including: +- autoconf +- automake +- libtool + +autogen.sh will check for recent enough versions and complain if you don't have +them. You can also specify specific versions of automake and autoconf with +--with-automake and --with-autoconf + +Check autogen.sh options by running autogen.sh --help + +autogen.sh can pass on arguments to configure + +When you have done this once, you can use autoregen.sh to re-autogen with +the last passed options as a handy shortcut. Use it. + +After the autogen.sh stage, you can follow the directions listed in +"COMPILING FROM SOURCE" + +You can also run your whole git stack uninstalled in your home directory, +so that you can quickly test changes without affecting your system setup or +interfering with GStreamer installed from packages. Many GStreamer developers +use an uninstalled setup for their work. + +There is a 'create-uninstalled-setup.sh' script in + + http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/tree/scripts/ + +to easily create an uninstalled setup from scratch. + + +PLUG-IN DEPENDENCIES AND LICENSES +--------------------------------- + +GStreamer is developed under the terms of the LGPL (see LICENSE file for +details). Some of our plug-ins however rely on libraries which are available +under other licenses. This means that if you are distributing an application +which has a non-GPL compatible license (for instance a closed-source +application) with GStreamer, you have to make sure not to distribute GPL-linked +plug-ins. + +When using GPL-linked plug-ins, GStreamer is for all practical reasons +under the GPL itself. + +HISTORY +------- + +The fundamental design comes from the video pipeline at Oregon Graduate +Institute, as well as some ideas from DirectMedia. It's based on plug-ins that +will provide the various codec and other functionality. The interface +hopefully is generic enough for various companies (ahem, Apple) to release +binary codecs for Linux, until such time as they get a clue and release the +source. diff --git a/validate/common/README.static-linking b/validate/common/README.static-linking new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6d8299b --- /dev/null +++ b/validate/common/README.static-linking @@ -0,0 +1,174 @@ +================================= + GStreamer Static Linking README +================================= + +DRAFT, April 2013 + + + I. INTRODUCTION + +It is possible to link GStreamer libraries, plugins and applications +statically, both in case of free/libre/open-source software applications +and proprietary applications. On some platforms static linking may even +be required. + +However, distributing statically linked binaries using GStreamer usually +requires additional effort to stay compliant with the GNU LGPL v2.1 license. + +The purpose of this document is to draw attention to this fact, and to +summarise in layman's terms what we believe is required from anyone +distributing statically linked GStreamer binaries. Most of this also +applies to dynamically linked GStreamer binaries. + + + II. DISCLAIMER + +This document is not legal advice, nor is it comprehensive. It may use +words in ways that do not match the definition or use in the license +text. It may even be outright wrong. Read the license text for all the +details, it is the only legally binding document in this respect. + +This document is primarily concerned with the implications for the +distribution of binaries based on LGPL-licensed software as imposed by +the LGPL license, but there may be other restrictions to the distribution +of such binaries, such as terms and conditions of distribution channels +(e.g. "app stores"). + + + III. THE SPIRIT OF THE LGPL LICENSE + +The GNU LGPL v2.1 license allows use of such-licensed software by +proprietary applications, but still aims to ensure that at least the +LGPL-licensed software parts remain free under all circumstances. This +means any changes to LGPL-licensed source code must be documented and +be made available on request to those who received binaries of the +software. It also means that it must be possible to make changes to the +LGPL-licensed software parts and make the application use those, as far +as that is possible. And that recipients of an application using +LGPL-licensed software are made aware of their rights according to the +LGPL license. + +In an environment where GStreamer libraries and plugins are used as +dynamically-loaded shared objects (DLL/.so/.dyn files), this is usually +not a big problem, because it is fairly easy to compile a modified version +of the GStreamer libraries or LGPL plugins, and the application will/should +just pick up and use the modified version automatically. All that is needed +is for the original, LGPL-licensed source code and source code modifications +to be made available, and for a way to build the libraries or plugins for +the platform required (usually that will be using the build system scripts +that come with GStreamer, and using the typical build environment on the +system in question, but where that is not the case the needed build scripts +and/or tools would need to be provided as well). + + + IV. THINGS YOU NEED TO DO + + * You must tell users of your application that you are using LGPL-licensed + software, which LGPL-licensed software exactly, and you must provide them + with a copy of the license so they know their rights under the LGPL. + + * You must provide (on request) all the source code and all the changes + or additions you have made to the LGPL-licensed software you are using. + + For GStreamer code we would recommend that the changes be provided either + in form of a branch in a git repository, or as a set of "git format-patch"- + style patches against a GStreamer release or a snapshot of a GStreamer git + repository. The patches should ideally say what was changed and why it + was changed, and there should ideally be separate patches for independent + changes. + + * You must provide a way for users of your application to make changes to + the LGPL-licensed parts of the code, and re-create a full application + binary with the changes (using the standard toolchain and tools of the + target platform; if you are using a custom toolchain or custom tools + you must provide these and document how to use them to create a new + application binary). + + Note that this of course does not mean that the user is allowed to + re-distribute the changed application. Nor does it mean that you have + to provide your proprietary source code - it is sufficient to provide a + ready-made compiled object file that can be relinked into an application + binary with the re-compiled LGPL components. + + + V. THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR + +While most GStreamer plugins and the libraries they depend on are licensed +under the LGPL or even more permissive licenses, that is not the case for +all plugins and libraries used, esp. those in the gst-plugins-ugly or +some of those in the gst-plugins-bad set of plugins. + +When statically linking proprietary code, care must be taken not to +statically link plugins or libraries that are licensed under less permissive +terms than the LGPL, such as e.g. GPL-licensed libraries. + + + VI. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR SPECIFIC USE-CASES + + + 1. Proprietary GStreamer/GLib-based Application On iOS + +Let's assume an individual or a company wants to distribute a proprietary +iOS application that is built on top of GStreamer and GLib through +Apple's App Store. At the time of writing the Apple iPhone developer +agreement didn’t allow the bundling of shared libraries, so distributing +a proprietary iOS application with shared libraries is only possible using +distribution mechanisms outside of the App Store and/or only to jailbroken +devices, a prospect that may not appeal to our individual or company. So the +only alternative then is to link everything statically, which means the +obligations mentioned above come into play. + + + 2. Example: Jabber on iOS + +Tandberg (now Cisco) created a Jabber application for iOS, based on GStreamer. +On request they provided an LGPL compliance bundle in form of a zip file, with +roughly the following contents: + +buildapp.sh +readme.txt +Jabber/Jabber-Info.plist +Jabber/libip.a [236MB binary with proprietary code] +Jabber/main.mm +Jabber/xcconfig/Application.xcconfig +Jabber/xcconfig/Debug.xcconfig +Jabber/xcconfig/Release.xcconfig +Jabber/xcconfig/Shared.xcconfig +Jabber/Resources/*.lproj/Localizable.strings +Jabber/Resources/{Images,Audio,Sounds,IB,Message Styles,Emoticons,Fonts}/* +Jabber/Resources/* +Jabber.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj +Jabber.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata +opensource/build/config.site +opensource/build/m4/movi.m4 +opensource/build/scripts/clean-deps.sh +opensource/build/scripts/fixup-makefile.sh +opensource/build/scripts/MoviMaker.py +opensource/build.sh +opensource/env.sh +opensource/Makefile +opensource/external/glib/* +opensource/external/gstreamer/{gstreamer,gst-plugins-*}/* +opensource/external/openssl/* +opensource/external/proxy-libintl/* +opensource/toolchain/darwin-x86/bin/{misc autotoools,m4,glib-mkenums,glib-genmarshal,libtool,pkg-config,etc.} +opensource/toolchain/darwin-x86/share/{aclocal,aclocal-1.11,autoconf,automake-1.11,libtool}/* +opensource/toolchain/darwin-x86/share/Config.pm +opensource/toolchain/darwin-x86/share/Config.pm.movi.in +patches/glib/glib.patch +patches/gst-plugins-bad/gst-plugins-bad.patch +patches/gst-plugins-base/gst-plugins-base.patch +patches/gst-plugins-good/gst-plugins-good.patch +patches/gstreamer/gstreamer.patch +patches/openssl/openssl.patch + +readme.txt starts with "This Readme file describes how to build the Cisco +Jabber for iPad application. You need to install Xcode, but the final package +is built by running buildapp.sh." and describes how to build project, +prerequisites, the procedure in detail, and a "How to Include Provisioning +Profile Manually / Alternate Code Signing Instructions" section. + + + 3. Random Links Which May Be Of Interest + +[0] http://multinc.com/2009/08/24/compatibility-between-the-iphone-app-store-and-the-lgpl/ diff --git a/validate/common/autogen.sh.in b/validate/common/autogen.sh.in new file mode 100755 index 0000000..87846a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/validate/common/autogen.sh.in @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +test -n "$srcdir" || srcdir=`dirname "$0"` +test -n "$srcdir" || srcdir=. + +olddir=`pwd` +cd "$srcdir" + +DIE=0 +package=@PACKAGE@ +srcfile=@SRCFILE@ + +# Make sure we have common +if test ! -f common/gst-autogen.sh; +then + echo "+ Setting up common submodule" + git submodule init +fi +git submodule update + +# source helper functions +if test ! -f common/gst-autogen.sh; +then + echo There is something wrong with your source tree. + echo You are missing common/gst-autogen.sh + exit 1 +fi +. common/gst-autogen.sh + +# install pre-commit hook for doing clean commits +if test ! \( -x .git/hooks/pre-commit -a -L .git/hooks/pre-commit \); +then + rm -f .git/hooks/pre-commit + ln -s ../../common/hooks/pre-commit.hook .git/hooks/pre-commit +fi + +# GNU gettext automake support doesn't get along with git. +# https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=661128 +if test -d po ; then + touch -t 200001010000 po/@PACKAGE@-@API_VERSION@.pot +fi + +CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT='--enable-maintainer-mode --enable-gtk-doc' + +if test "x$package" = "xgstreamer"; then + CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT="$CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT --enable-docbook --enable-failing-tests --enable-poisoning" +fi + +autogen_options $@ + +printf "+ check for build tools" +if test ! -z "$NOCHECK"; then echo ": skipped version checks"; else echo; fi +version_check "autoreconf" "autoreconf " \ + "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/" 2 68 || DIE=1 +version_check "pkg-config" "" \ + "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig" 0 8 0 || DIE=1 + +die_check $DIE + +# if no arguments specified then this will be printed +if test -z "$*" && test -z "$NOCONFIGURE"; then + echo "+ checking for autogen.sh options" + echo " This autogen script will automatically run ./configure as:" + echo " ./configure $CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT" + echo " To pass any additional options, please specify them on the $0" + echo " command line." +fi + +toplevel_check $srcfile + +# autopoint +if test -d po ; then + tool_run "autopoint" "--force" +fi + +# aclocal +if test -f acinclude.m4; then rm acinclude.m4; fi + +autoreconf --force --install || exit 1 + +test -n "$NOCONFIGURE" && { + echo "+ skipping configure stage for package $package, as requested." + echo "+ autogen.sh done." + exit 0 +} + +cd "$olddir" + +echo "+ running configure ... " +test ! -z "$CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT" && echo " default flags: $CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT" +test ! -z "$CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT" && echo " external flags: $CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT" +echo + +echo "$srcdir/configure" $CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT $CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT +"$srcdir/configure" $CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT $CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT || { + echo " configure failed" + exit 1 +} + +echo "Now type 'make' to compile $package." diff --git a/validate/common/c-to-xml.py b/validate/common/c-to-xml.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7a7a35b --- /dev/null +++ b/validate/common/c-to-xml.py @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +# -*- Mode: Python -*- +# vi:si:et:sw=4:sts=4:ts=4 + +""" +Convert a C program to valid XML to be included in docbook +""" + +from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals + +import sys +import os +from xml.sax import saxutils + +def main(): + if len(sys.argv) == 1: + sys.stderr.write("Please specify a source file to convert") + sys.exit(1) + source = sys.argv[1] + + if not os.path.exists(source): + sys.stderr.write("%s does not exist.\n" % source) + sys.exit(1) + + content = open(source, "r").read() + + # print header + print ('') + print ('') + print () + print ('') + + # print content + print (saxutils.escape(content)) + print ('') + +main() diff --git a/validate/common/check-exports b/validate/common/check-exports new file mode 100755 index 0000000..ee01ff7 --- /dev/null +++ b/validate/common/check-exports @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +#!/bin/sh +# check-exports +# +# quick'n'dirty script that retrieves the list of exported symbols of a given +# library using 'nm', and compares that against the list of symbols-to-export +# of our win32/common/libfoo.def files. + +if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then + echo "Usage: $0 library.def library.so" + exit 1 +fi + +def_path="$1" +def_name="$(basename $def_path)" +lib_path="$2" + +lib_result="`mktemp /tmp/defname.XXXXXX`" + +LC_ALL=C +export LC_ALL + +# On Solaris, add -p to get the correct output format +NMARGS= +if nm -V 2>&1 |grep Solaris > /dev/null; then + NMARGS=-p +fi + +# _end is special cased because for some reason it is reported as an exported +# BSS symbol, unlike on linux where it's a local absolute symbol. +nm $NMARGS $lib_path | awk \ + '{ + if ($3 ~ /^[_]?(gst_|Gst|GST_).*/) + { + if ($2 ~ /^[BSDG]$/) + print "\t" $3 " DATA" + else if ($2 == "T") + print "\t" $3 + } + }' | sort | awk '{ if (NR == 1) print "EXPORTS"; print $0; }' \ + > $lib_result + +diffoutput=`diff -u $def_path $lib_result` +diffresult=$? + +rm $lib_result + +if test "$diffresult" -eq 0; then + exit 0; +else + echo -n "$diffoutput" >&2 + echo >&2 + exit 1; +fi + diff --git a/validate/common/check.mak b/validate/common/check.mak new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8a90b5d --- /dev/null +++ b/validate/common/check.mak @@ -0,0 +1,251 @@ +# keep target around, since it's referenced in the modules' Makefiles +clean-local-check: + @echo + +if HAVE_VALGRIND +# hangs spectacularly on some machines, so let's not do this by default yet +check-valgrind: + $(MAKE) valgrind +else +check-valgrind: + @true +endif + +LOOPS ?= 10 + +# run any given test by running make test.check +# if the test fails, run it again at at least debug level 2 +%.check: % + @$(AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) \ + CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=20 \ + $* || \ + $(AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) \ + GST_DEBUG=$$GST_DEBUG,*:2 \ + CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=20 \ + $* + +# just like 'check', but don't run it again if it fails (useful for debugging) +%.check-norepeat: % + @$(AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) \ + CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=20 \ + $* + +# run any given test in a loop +%.torture: % + @for i in `seq 1 $(LOOPS)`; do \ + $(AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) \ + CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=20 \ + $*; done + +# run any given test in an infinite loop +%.forever: % + @while true; do \ + $(AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) \ + CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=20 \ + $* || break; done + +# valgrind any given test by running make test.valgrind +%.valgrind: % + @valgrind_log=$(subst /,-,$*-valgrind.log); \ + $(AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) \ + CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=360 \ + G_SLICE=always-malloc \ + $(LIBTOOL) --mode=execute \ + $(VALGRIND_PATH) -q \ + $(foreach s,$(SUPPRESSIONS),--suppressions=$(s)) \ + --tool=memcheck --leak-check=full --trace-children=yes \ + --show-possibly-lost=no \ + --leak-resolution=high --num-callers=20 \ + ./$* 2>&1 | tee $$valgrind_log ; \ + if grep "==" $$valgrind_log > /dev/null 2>&1; then \ + rm $$valgrind_log; \ + exit 1; \ + fi ; \ + rm $$valgrind_log + +# valgrind any given test and generate suppressions for it +%.valgrind.gen-suppressions: % + @$(AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) \ + CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=360 \ + G_SLICE=always-malloc \ + $(LIBTOOL) --mode=execute \ + $(VALGRIND_PATH) -q \ + $(foreach s,$(SUPPRESSIONS),--suppressions=$(s)) \ + --tool=memcheck --leak-check=full --trace-children=yes \ + --show-possibly-lost=no \ + --leak-resolution=high --num-callers=20 \ + --gen-suppressions=all \ + ./$* 2>&1 | tee suppressions.log + +# valgrind torture any given test +%.valgrind-torture: % + @for i in `seq 1 $(LOOPS)`; do \ + $(MAKE) $*.valgrind || \ + (echo "Failure after $$i runs"; exit 1) || \ + exit 1; \ + done + @banner="All $(LOOPS) loops passed"; \ + dashes=`echo "$$banner" | sed s/./=/g`; \ + echo $$dashes; echo $$banner; echo $$dashes + +# valgrind any given test until failure by running make test.valgrind-forever +%.valgrind-forever: % + @while $(MAKE) $*.valgrind; do \ + true; done + +# gdb any given test by running make test.gdb +%.gdb: % + @$(AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) \ + CK_FORK=no \ + $(LIBTOOL) --mode=execute \ + gdb $* + +%.lcov-reset: + $(MAKE) $*.lcov-run + $(MAKE) $*.lcov-report + +%.lcov: % + $(MAKE) $*.lcov-reset + +if GST_GCOV_ENABLED +%.lcov-clean: + $(MAKE) -C $(top_builddir) lcov-clean + +%.lcov-run: + $(MAKE) $*.lcov-clean + $(MAKE) $*.check + +%.lcov-report: + $(MAKE) -C $(top_builddir) lcov-report +else +%.lcov-run: + echo "Need to reconfigure with --enable-gcov" + +%.lcov-report: + echo "Need to reconfigure with --enable-gcov" +endif + +# torture tests +torture: $(TESTS) + -rm test-registry.* + @echo "Torturing tests ..." + @for i in `seq 1 $(LOOPS)`; do \ + $(MAKE) check || \ + (echo "Failure after $$i runs"; exit 1) || \ + exit 1; \ + done + @banner="All $(LOOPS) loops passed"; \ + dashes=`echo "$$banner" | sed s/./=/g`; \ + echo $$dashes; echo $$banner; echo $$dashes + +# forever tests +forever: $(TESTS) + -rm test-registry.* + @echo "Forever tests ..." + @while true; do \ + $(MAKE) check || \ + (echo "Failure"; exit 1) || \ + exit 1; \ + done + +# valgrind all tests +valgrind: $(TESTS) + @echo "Valgrinding tests ..." + @failed=0; valgrind_targets=""; \ + for t in $(filter-out $(VALGRIND_TESTS_DISABLE),$(TESTS)); do \ + valgrind_targets="$$valgrind_targets $$t.valgrind"; \ + done; \ + if ! $(MAKE) $$valgrind_targets ; then \ + echo "Some tests had leaks or errors under valgrind"; \ + false; \ + fi + +# valgrind all tests until failure +valgrind-forever: $(TESTS) + -rm test-registry.* + @echo "Forever valgrinding tests ..." + @while true; do \ + $(MAKE) valgrind || \ + (echo "Failure"; exit 1) || \ + exit 1; \ + done + +# valgrind torture all tests +valgrind-torture: $(TESTS) + -rm test-registry.* + @echo "Torturing and valgrinding tests ..." + @for i in `seq 1 $(LOOPS)`; do \ + $(MAKE) valgrind || \ + (echo "Failure after $$i runs"; exit 1) || \ + exit 1; \ + done + @banner="All $(LOOPS) loops passed"; \ + dashes=`echo "$$banner" | sed s/./=/g`; \ + echo $$dashes; echo $$banner; echo $$dashes + +# valgrind all tests and generate suppressions +valgrind.gen-suppressions: $(TESTS) + @echo "Valgrinding tests ..." + @failed=0; \ + for t in $(filter-out $(VALGRIND_TESTS_DISABLE),$(TESTS)); do \ + $(MAKE) $$t.valgrind.gen-suppressions; \ + if test "$$?" -ne 0; then \ + echo "Valgrind error for test $$t"; \ + failed=`expr $$failed + 1`; \ + whicht="$$whicht $$t"; \ + fi; \ + done; \ + if test "$$failed" -ne 0; then \ + echo "$$failed tests had leaks or errors under valgrind:"; \ + echo "$$whicht"; \ + false; \ + fi + +# inspect every plugin feature +GST_INSPECT = $(GST_TOOLS_DIR)/gst-inspect-$(GST_API_VERSION) +inspect: + @echo "Inspecting features ..." + @for e in `$(AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) $(GST_INSPECT) | head -n -2 \ + | cut -d: -f2`; \ + do echo Inspecting $$e; \ + $(GST_INSPECT) $$e > /dev/null 2>&1; done + +# build all tests +build-checks: $(TESTS) + +help: + @echo + @echo "make check -- run all checks" + @echo "make torture -- run all checks $(LOOPS) times" + @echo "make (dir)/(test).check -- run the given check once, repeat with GST_DEBUG=*:2 if it fails" + @echo "make (dir)/(test).check-norepeat -- run the given check once, but don't run it again if it fails" + @echo "make (dir)/(test).forever -- run the given check forever" + @echo "make (dir)/(test).torture -- run the given check $(LOOPS) times" + @echo + @echo "make (dir)/(test).gdb -- start up gdb for the given test" + @echo + @echo "make valgrind -- valgrind all tests" + @echo "make valgrind-forever -- valgrind all tests forever" + @echo "make valgrind-torture -- valgrind all tests $(LOOPS) times" + @echo "make valgrind.gen-suppressions -- generate suppressions for all tests" + @echo " and save to suppressions.log" + @echo "make (dir)/(test).valgrind -- valgrind the given test" + @echo "make (dir)/(test).valgrind-forever -- valgrind the given test forever" + @echo "make (dir)/(test).valgrind-torture -- valgrind the given test $(LOOPS) times" + @echo "make (dir)/(test).valgrind.gen-suppressions -- generate suppressions" + @echo " and save to suppressions.log" + @echo "make inspect -- inspect all plugin features" + @echo "make build-checks -- build all checks (but don't run them)" + @echo + @echo + @echo "Additionally, you can use the GST_CHECKS environment variable to" + @echo "specify which test(s) should be run. This is useful if you are" + @echo "debugging a failure in one particular test, or want to reproduce" + @echo "a race condition in a single test." + @echo + @echo "Examples:" + @echo + @echo " GST_CHECKS=test_this,test_that make element/foobar.check" + @echo " GST_CHECKS=test_many_threads make element/foobar.forever" + @echo + diff --git a/validate/common/coverage/coverage-report-entry.pl b/validate/common/coverage/coverage-report-entry.pl new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d0036b3 --- /dev/null +++ b/validate/common/coverage/coverage-report-entry.pl @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +#!/usr/bin/perl +# +# Copyright (C) 2006 Daniel Berrange +# +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +# (at your option) any later version. +# +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software +# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA + + +print < + +Coverage report for $ARGV[0] + + + +

Coverage report for $ARGV[0]

+ +
+EOF
+
+
+while (<>) {
+    s/&/&/g;
+    s//>/g;
+
+    if (/^\s*function (\S+) called (\d+) returned \d+% blocks executed \d+%/) {
+	my $class = $2 > 0 ? "perfect" : "terrible";
+	$_ = "$_";
+    } elsif (/^\s*branch\s+\d+\s+taken\s+(\d+)%\s+.*$/) {
+	my $class = $1 > 0 ? "perfect" : "terrible";
+	$_ = "$_";
+    } elsif (/^\s*branch\s+\d+\s+never executed.*$/) {
+	my $class = "terrible";
+	$_ = "$_";
+    } elsif (/^\s*call\s+\d+\s+never executed.*$/) {
+	my $class = "terrible";
+	$_ = "$_";
+    } elsif (/^\s*call\s+\d+\s+returned\s+(\d+)%.*$/) {
+	my $class = $1 > 0 ? "perfect" : "terrible";
+	$_ = "$_";
+    }
+
+    print;
+}
+
+print <
+
+
+EOF
diff --git a/validate/common/coverage/coverage-report.pl b/validate/common/coverage/coverage-report.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18bd6f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/coverage/coverage-report.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006 Daniel Berrange
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+my %coverage = ( functions => {}, files => {} );
+
+my %filemap;
+
+my $type;
+my $name;
+
+my @functions;
+
+while (<>) {
+    if (/^Function '(.*)'\s*$/) {
+	$type = "function";
+	$name = $1;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name} = {};
+	push @functions, $name;
+    } elsif (/^File '(.*?)'\s*$/) {
+	$type = "file";
+	$name = $1;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name} = {};
+
+	foreach my $func (@functions) {
+	    $coverage{"function"}->{$func}->{file} = $name;
+	}
+	@functions = ();
+    } elsif (/^Lines executed:(.*)%\s*of\s*(\d+)\s*$/) {
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{lines} = $2;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{linesCoverage} = $1;
+    } elsif (/^Branches executed:(.*)%\s*of\s*(\d+)\s*$/) {
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{branches} = $2;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{branchesCoverage} = $1;
+    } elsif (/^Taken at least once:(.*)%\s*of\s*(\d+)\s*$/) {
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{conds} = $2;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{condsCoverage} = $1;
+    } elsif (/^Calls executed:(.*)%\s*of\s*(\d+)\s*$/) {
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{calls} = $2;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{callsCoverage} = $1;
+    } elsif (/^No branches$/) {
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{branches} = 0;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{branchesCoverage} = "100.00";
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{conds} = 0;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{condsCoverage} = "100.00";
+    } elsif (/^No calls$/) {
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{calls} = 0;
+	$coverage{$type}->{$name}->{callsCoverage} = "100.00";
+    } elsif (/^\s*(.*):creating '(.*)'\s*$/) {
+	$filemap{$1} = $2;
+    } elsif (/^\s*$/) {
+	# nada
+    } else {
+	warn "Shit [$_]\n";
+    }
+}
+
+my %summary;
+foreach my $type ("function", "file") {
+    $summary{$type} = {};
+    foreach my $m ("lines", "branches", "conds", "calls") {
+	my $totalGot = 0;
+	my $totalMiss = 0;
+	my $count = 0;
+	foreach my $func (keys %{$coverage{function}}) {
+	    $count++;
+	    my $got = $coverage{function}->{$func}->{$m};
+	    $totalGot += $got;
+	    my $miss = $got * $coverage{function}->{$func}->{$m ."Coverage"} / 100;
+	    $totalMiss += $miss;
+	}
+	$summary{$type}->{$m} = sprintf("%d", $totalGot);
+	$summary{$type}->{$m . "Coverage"} = sprintf("%.2f", $totalMiss / $totalGot * 100);
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+print "\n";
+
+foreach my $type ("function", "file") {
+    printf "<%ss>\n", $type;
+    foreach my $name (sort { $a cmp $b } keys %{$coverage{$type}}) {
+	my $rec = $coverage{$type}->{$name};
+	printf "  \n", $name, ($type eq "file" ? $filemap{$name} : $filemap{$rec->{file}});
+	printf "    \n", $rec->{lines}, $rec->{linesCoverage};
+	if (exists $rec->{branches}) {
+	    printf "    \n", $rec->{branches}, $rec->{branchesCoverage};
+	}
+	if (exists $rec->{conds}) {
+	    printf "    \n", $rec->{conds}, $rec->{condsCoverage};
+	}
+	if (exists $rec->{calls}) {
+	    printf "    \n", $rec->{calls}, $rec->{callsCoverage};
+	}
+	print  "  \n";
+    }
+
+    printf "  \n";
+    printf "    \n", $summary{$type}->{lines}, $summary{$type}->{linesCoverage};
+    printf "    \n", $summary{$type}->{branches}, $summary{$type}->{branchesCoverage};
+    printf "    \n", $summary{$type}->{conds}, $summary{$type}->{condsCoverage};
+    printf "    \n", $summary{$type}->{calls}, $summary{$type}->{callsCoverage};
+    printf  "  \n";
+    printf "\n", $type;
+}
+
+print "\n";
diff --git a/validate/common/coverage/coverage-report.xsl b/validate/common/coverage/coverage-report.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fe124b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/coverage/coverage-report.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+
+
+
+
+  
+
+  
+    
+      
+        Coverage report
+        
+      
+      
+        
Coverage report

+        
+      
+    
+  
+
+  
+    
Function coverage

+    
+      
+    
+  
+  
+
+  
+    
File coverage

+    
+      
+    
+  
+
+  
+    
+    
+      
+        
+          
+          
+          
+          
+          
+        
+      
+      
+        
+          
+            
+            
+              
+                
+                  odd
+                
+                
+                  even
+                
+              
+            
+          
+        
+      
+      
+        
+          
+            
+            
+              
+                
+                  odd
+                
+                
+                  even
+                
+              
+            
+          
+        
+      
+    
NameLinesBranchesConditionsCalls

+  
+  
+  
+    
+    
+    
+      
+        
+          
+        
+        
+          
+        
+        
+          Summary
+        
+      
+
+      
+        
+      
+      
+        
+      
+
+      
+        
+      
+      
+        
+      
+
+      
+        
+      
+      
+        
+      
+
+      
+        
+      
+      
+        
+      
+
+    
+  
+  
+  
+    
+  
+
+  
+    
+  
+
+  
+    
+  
+
+  
+    
+  
+
+  
+    
+  
+
+  
+    
+      
+        
+          perfect
+        
+        
+          excellant
+        
+        
+          good
+        
+        
+          poor
+        
+        
+          bad
+        
+        
+          terrible
+        
+      
+    
+    
+    % of 
+  
+
+
diff --git a/validate/common/coverage/lcov.mak b/validate/common/coverage/lcov.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b45728a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/coverage/lcov.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+## .PHONY so it always rebuilds it
+.PHONY: lcov-reset lcov lcov-run lcov-report lcov-upload lcov-clean
+
+# run lcov from scratch, always
+lcov-reset:
+	$(MAKE) lcov-run
+	$(MAKE) lcov-report
+
+# run lcov from scratch if the dir is not there
+lcov:
+	$(MAKE) lcov-reset
+
+if GST_GCOV_ENABLED
+# reset lcov stats
+lcov-clean:
+	@-rm -rf lcov
+	lcov --directory . --zerocounters
+
+# reset run coverage tests
+lcov-run:
+	-$(MAKE) lcov-clean
+	-if test -d tests/check; then $(MAKE) -C tests/check inspect; fi
+	-$(MAKE) check
+
+# generate report based on current coverage data
+lcov-report:
+	mkdir lcov
+	lcov --compat-libtool --directory . --capture --output-file lcov/lcov.info
+	lcov --list-full-path -l lcov/lcov.info | grep -v "`cd $(top_srcdir) && pwd`" | cut -d\| -f1 > lcov/remove
+	lcov --list-full-path -l lcov/lcov.info | grep "tests/check/" | cut -d\| -f1 >> lcov/remove
+	lcov --list-full-path -l lcov/lcov.info | grep "docs/plugins/" | cut -d\| -f1 >> lcov/remove
+	lcov -r lcov/lcov.info `cat lcov/remove` > lcov/lcov.cleaned.info
+	rm lcov/remove
+	mv lcov/lcov.cleaned.info lcov/lcov.info
+	genhtml -t "$(PACKAGE_STRING)" -o lcov --num-spaces 2 lcov/lcov.info
+
+lcov-upload: lcov
+	rsync -rvz -e ssh --delete lcov/* gstreamer.freedesktop.org:/srv/gstreamer.freedesktop.org/www/data/coverage/lcov/$(PACKAGE)
+
+else
+lcov-run:
+	echo "Need to reconfigure with --enable-gcov"
+
+lcov-report:
+	echo "Need to reconfigure with --enable-gcov"
+endif
+
diff --git a/validate/common/cruft.mak b/validate/common/cruft.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53eec24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/cruft.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# checks for left-over files in the (usually uninstalled) tree, ie. for
+# stuff that best be deleted to avoid problems like having old plugin binaries
+# lying around.
+#
+# set CRUFT_FILES and/or CRUFT_DIRS in your Makefile.am when you include this
+
+check-cruft:
+	@cruft_files=""; cruft_dirs=""; \
+	for f in $(CRUFT_FILES); do \
+	  if test -e $$f; then \
+	    cruft_files="$$cruft_files $$f"; \
+	  fi \
+	done; \
+	for d in $(CRUFT_DIRS); do \
+	  if test -e $$d; then \
+	    cruft_dirs="$$cruft_dirs $$d"; \
+	  fi \
+	done; \
+	if test "x$$cruft_files$$cruft_dirs" != x; then \
+	  echo; \
+	  echo "**** CRUFT ALERT *****"; \
+	  echo; \
+	  echo "The following files and directories may not be needed any "; \
+	  echo "longer (usually because a plugin has been merged into     "; \
+	  echo "another plugin, moved to a different module, or been      "; \
+	  echo "renamed), and you probably want to clean them up if you   "; \
+	  echo "don't have local changes:                                 "; \
+	  echo; \
+	  for f in $$cruft_files; do echo "file $$f"; done; \
+	  echo; \
+	  for d in $$cruft_dirs; do echo "directory $$d"; done; \
+	  echo; \
+	  echo "'make clean-cruft' will remove these for you."; \
+	  echo; \
+	fi
+
+clean-cruft-dirs:
+	@for d in $(CRUFT_DIRS); do \
+	  if test -e $$d; then \
+	    rm -r "$$d" && echo "Removed directory $$d"; \
+	  fi \
+	done
+
+clean-cruft-files:
+	@for f in $(CRUFT_FILES); do \
+	  if test -e $$f; then \
+	    rm "$$f" && echo "Removed file $$f"; \
+	  fi \
+	done
+
+clean-cruft: clean-cruft-dirs clean-cruft-files
+
+# also might want to add this to your Makefile.am:
+#
+# all-local: check-cruft
+
diff --git a/validate/common/download-translations b/validate/common/download-translations
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..aef1d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/download-translations
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Shell script to download the latest translations for a given GStreamer
+# package from translationproject.org
+
+
+# DOMAINS based on http://translationproject.org/extra/matrix.html
+# We need to check all domains, not only po/LINGUAS, since there might be
+# new translations
+DOMAINS=\
+"af am ar az be bg pt_BR bs ca zh_CN cs cy da de el eo es et eu fa fi fr "\
+"ga en_GB gl gu he hi zh_HK hr hu id is it ja ko ku ky lg lt lv mk mn ms "\
+"mt nb ne nl nn or pa pl pt rm ro ru rw sk sl sq sr sv ta tq th tk "\
+"tr zh_TW uk ven vi wa xh zu"
+
+# for testing/debugging:
+#DOMAINS="es fr hu sv pl xx"
+
+# check for 'diff' program
+diff --version 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
+if [ ! $? ]; then
+  echo "==== You must have the 'diff' program installed for this script ===="
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# check for 'wget' program
+wget --version 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
+if [ ! $? ]; then
+  echo "==== You must have the 'wget' program installed for this script ===="
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# make sure we're in the top-level directory
+if [ ! -d ./po ]; then
+  echo "==== No ./po directory in the current working directory ===="
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# make sure a package argument was passed to us
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 PACKAGE, e.g. $0 gst-plugins-good"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if test "$1" != "gstreamer" -a \
+        "$1" != "gst-plugins-base" -a \
+        "$1" != "gst-plugins-good" -a \
+        "$1" != "gst-plugins-ugly" -a \
+        "$1" != "gst-plugins-bad"; then
+  echo "Unexpected package '$1' ?!"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+PACKAGE="$1"
+
+DOMAINS_TO_ADD=""
+DOMAINS_UPDATED=""
+DOMAINS_NOT_IN_LINGUAS=""
+
+echo "Downloading latest translation files for package $PACKAGE ..."
+echo
+
+for d in $DOMAINS
+do
+  PACKAGE_PO_URL_BASE="http://translationproject.org/latest/$PACKAGE"
+  PO_URL="$PACKAGE_PO_URL_BASE/$d.po"
+  PO_FILENAME="$PACKAGE.$d.po"
+  if wget -q -nc -O $PO_FILENAME $PO_URL; then
+    # we want all .po files in UTF-8 format really, so convert if needed..
+    CHARSET=`grep Content-Type $PO_FILENAME | sed -e 's/.*charset=\(.*\)\\\\n.*/\1/'`
+    if test "x$CHARSET" != "xUTF-8" -a "x$CHARSET" != "xutf-8"; then
+      # note: things like the bugs address will be added back by make update-po
+      if msguniq $PO_FILENAME --no-location \
+                              --output-file=$PO_FILENAME.utf8 \
+                              --to-code=UTF-8; then
+        mv $PO_FILENAME.utf8 $PO_FILENAME
+      else
+        echo "**** $d: conversion from $CHARSET to UTF-8 failed ****"
+      fi
+    fi
+    if [ -f "po/$d.po" ]; then
+      # ./po/foo.po exists, so let's check if ours matches the latest from the
+      # translation project website
+      REVDATE_NEW=`grep PO-Revision-Date $PO_FILENAME`;
+      REVDATE_OLD=`grep PO-Revision-Date po/$d.po`;
+      CHARSET_OLD=`grep Content-Type po/$d.po | sed -e 's/.*charset=\(.*\)\\\\n.*/\1/'`
+      if test "x$REVDATE_NEW" = "x$REVDATE_OLD" -a "x$CHARSET_OLD" = "xUTF-8"; then
+        # note: source code line markers will be removed later by make upload-po
+        echo "$d.po: up-to-date"
+        rm -f $PO_FILENAME
+      else
+        mv $PO_FILENAME "po/$d.po"
+        if test "x$CHARSET_OLD" != "xUTF-8" -a "x$CHARSET_OLD" != "xutf-8"; then
+          echo "$d.po: update (and charset converted from $CHARSET_OLD to UTF-8)"
+        else
+          echo "$d.po: updated"
+        fi
+        DOMAINS_UPDATED="$DOMAINS_UPDATED $d"
+      fi
+      # make sure domain is listed in LINGUAS
+      if ! grep $d "po/LINGUAS" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+        DOMAINS_NOT_IN_LINGUAS="$DOMAINS_NOT_IN_LINGUAS $d"
+      fi
+    else
+      # ./po/foo.po doesn't exist, but foo.po exists on the translation project
+      # website, so it's probably a new translation
+      echo "$d.po: new language"
+      mv $PO_FILENAME "po/$d.po"
+      DOMAINS_UPDATED="$DOMAINS_UPDATED $d"
+      DOMAINS_TO_ADD="$DOMAINS_TO_ADD $d"
+    fi
+  else
+    rm -f $PO_FILENAME
+    echo "$d.po: failure (does probably not exist)"
+  fi
+done
+
+if [ -n "$DOMAINS_UPDATED" ]; then
+  echo "===================================================================="
+  echo
+  echo "Language domains updated    :$DOMAINS_UPDATED"
+  echo "Language domains to git add :$DOMAINS_TO_ADD"
+  echo
+  echo "Source: http://translationproject.org/latest/$PACKAGE/"
+  echo
+  if [ -n "$DOMAINS_TO_ADD" ]; then
+    CMD_STRING="git add"
+    for d in $DOMAINS_TO_ADD; do
+      CMD_STRING="$CMD_STRING po/$d.po"
+    done
+    echo "Please run"
+    echo
+    echo "  $CMD_STRING"
+    echo
+    echo "now and add the following domains to the po/LINGUAS file:"
+    echo
+    echo "  $DOMAINS_TO_ADD"
+    echo
+    echo
+  fi
+  echo "===================================================================="
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$DOMAINS_NOT_IN_LINGUAS" ]; then
+  echo
+  echo "Existing domains missing from the po/LINGUAS file:"
+  echo
+  echo "  $DOMAINS_NOT_IN_LINGUAS"
+  echo
+  echo
+fi
+
+
diff --git a/validate/common/extract-release-date-from-doap-file b/validate/common/extract-release-date-from-doap-file
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f57e307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/extract-release-date-from-doap-file
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Shell script to extract the date given a release version and a .doap file
+
+if test "x$1" = "x" -o "x$2" = "x" -o ! -s "$2"; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 RELEASE-VERSION-NUMBER DOAP-FILE" >&2;
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! grep '/dev/null ; then
+  echo "$2 does not look lika a .doap file" >&2;
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! grep "$1" "$2" >/dev/null ; then
+  echo "$2 contains no reference to a version $1" >&2;
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+awk 'BEGIN {x=0}
+{
+if ( $0 ~ // ) {x=1; chunk=""}
+if (x==1) {
+  if ($0 ~ //) { chunk = chunk $0 }
+  if ($0 ~ //) { chunk = chunk $0 }
+}
+if ($0 ~ /<\/release>/) {x=0; print chunk}
+}' < "$2" | \
+\
+grep ''"$1"'' | \
+\
+sed -e 's/^.*//' -e 's/<\/created>.*$//'
+
diff --git a/validate/common/gen-changelog.py b/validate/common/gen-changelog.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bddaa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/gen-changelog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import re
+
+# Makes a GNU-Style ChangeLog from a git repository
+# Handles git-svn repositories also
+
+# Arguments : same as for git log
+release_refs={}
+
+def process_commit(lines, files):
+    # DATE NAME
+    # BLANK LINE
+    # Subject
+    # BLANK LINE
+    # ...
+    # FILES
+    fileincommit = False
+    lines = [x.strip() for x in lines if x.strip() and not x.startswith('git-svn-id')]
+    files = [x.strip() for x in files if x.strip()]
+    for l in lines:
+        if l.startswith('* ') and ':' in l:
+            fileincommit = True
+            break
+
+    top_line = lines[0]
+    print top_line.strip()
+    print
+    if not fileincommit:
+        for f in files:
+            print '\t* %s:' % f
+    for l in lines[1:]:
+        print '\t ', l
+    print
+
+def output_commits():
+    cmd = ['git', 'log', '--pretty=format:--START-COMMIT--%H%n%ai  %an <%ae>%n%n%s%n%b%n--END-COMMIT--',
+           '--date=short', '--name-only']
+
+    start_tag = find_start_tag()
+
+    if start_tag is None:
+        cmd.extend(sys.argv[1:])
+    else:
+        cmd.extend(["%s..HEAD" % (start_tag)])
+
+    p = subprocess.Popen(args=cmd, shell=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    buf = []
+    files = []
+    filemode = False
+    for lin in p.stdout.readlines():
+        if lin.startswith("--START-COMMIT--"):
+            if buf != []:
+                process_commit(buf, files)
+            hash = lin[16:].strip()
+            try:
+                rel = release_refs[hash]
+                print "=== release %d.%d.%d ===\n" % (int(rel[0]), int(rel[1]), int(rel[2]))
+            except:
+                pass
+            buf = []
+            files = []
+            filemode = False
+        elif lin.startswith("--END-COMMIT--"):
+            filemode = True
+        elif filemode == True:
+            files.append(lin)
+        else:
+            buf.append(lin)
+    if buf != []:
+        process_commit(buf, files)
+
+def get_rel_tags():
+    # Populate the release_refs dict with the tags for previous releases
+    reltagre = re.compile("^([a-z0-9]{40}) refs\/tags\/[RELEASE-]*([0-9]+)[-_.]([0-9]+)[-_.]([0-9]+)")
+
+    cmd = ['git', 'show-ref', '--tags', '--dereference']
+    p = subprocess.Popen(args=cmd, shell=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    for lin in p.stdout.readlines():
+       match = reltagre.search (lin)
+       if match:
+           (sha, maj, min, nano) = match.groups()
+           release_refs[sha] = (maj, min, nano)
+
+def find_start_tag():
+    starttagre = re.compile("^([a-z0-9]{40}) refs\/tags\/CHANGELOG_START")
+    cmd = ['git', 'show-ref', '--tags']
+    p = subprocess.Popen(args=cmd, shell=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    for lin in p.stdout.readlines():
+       match = starttagre.search (lin)
+       if match:
+           return match.group(1)
+    return None
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    get_rel_tags()
+    output_commits()
diff --git a/validate/common/gettext.patch b/validate/common/gettext.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..682b905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/gettext.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- po/Makefile.in.in.orig	2006-01-07 12:03:45.000000000 +0100
++++ po/Makefile.in.in	2006-01-07 12:04:23.000000000 +0100
+@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
+ PACKAGE = @PACKAGE@
+ VERSION = @VERSION@
+ 
++# thomas: add GETTEXT_PACKAGE substitution as used in Makevars
++GETTEXT_PACKAGE = @GETTEXT_PACKAGE@
++
+ SHELL = /bin/sh
+ @SET_MAKE@
+ 
diff --git a/validate/common/glib-gen.mak b/validate/common/glib-gen.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef93a5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/glib-gen.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# these are the variables your Makefile.am should set
+# the example is based on the colorbalance interface
+
+#glib_enum_headers=$(colorbalance_headers)
+#glib_enum_define=GST_COLOR_BALANCE
+#glib_enum_prefix=gst_color_balance
+
+enum_headers=$(foreach h,$(glib_enum_headers),\n\#include \"$(h)\")
+
+# these are all the rules generating the relevant files
+%-marshal.h: %-marshal.list
+	$(AM_V_GEN)glib-genmarshal --header --prefix=$(glib_enum_prefix)_marshal $^ > $*-marshal.h.tmp && \
+	mv $*-marshal.h.tmp $*-marshal.h
+
+%-marshal.c: %-marshal.list
+	$(AM_V_GEN)echo "#include \"$*-marshal.h\"" >> $*-marshal.c.tmp && \
+	glib-genmarshal --body --prefix=$(glib_enum_prefix)_marshal $^ >> $*-marshal.c.tmp && \
+	mv $*-marshal.c.tmp $*-marshal.c
+
+%-enumtypes.h: $(glib_enum_headers)
+	$(AM_V_GEN)glib-mkenums \
+	--fhead "#ifndef __$(glib_enum_define)_ENUM_TYPES_H__\n#define __$(glib_enum_define)_ENUM_TYPES_H__\n\n#include \n\nG_BEGIN_DECLS\n" \
+	--fprod "\n/* enumerations from \"@filename@\" */\n" \
+	--vhead "GType @enum_name@_get_type (void);\n#define GST_TYPE_@ENUMSHORT@ (@enum_name@_get_type())\n"         \
+	--ftail "G_END_DECLS\n\n#endif /* __$(glib_enum_define)_ENUM_TYPES_H__ */" \
+	$^ > $@
+
+%-enumtypes.c: $(glib_enum_headers)
+	@if test "x$(glib_enum_headers)" = "x"; then echo "ERROR: glib_enum_headers is empty, please fix Makefile"; exit 1; fi
+	$(AM_V_GEN)glib-mkenums \
+	--fhead "#include \"$*-enumtypes.h\"\n$(enum_headers)" \
+	--fprod "\n/* enumerations from \"@filename@\" */" \
+	--vhead "GType\n@enum_name@_get_type (void)\n{\n  static volatile gsize g_define_type_id__volatile = 0;\n  if (g_once_init_enter (&g_define_type_id__volatile)) {\n    static const G@Type@Value values[] = {"     \
+	--vprod "      { @VALUENAME@, \"@VALUENAME@\", \"@valuenick@\" }," \
+	--vtail "      { 0, NULL, NULL }\n    };\n    GType g_define_type_id = g_@type@_register_static (\"@EnumName@\", values);\n    g_once_init_leave (&g_define_type_id__volatile, g_define_type_id);\n  }\n  return g_define_type_id__volatile;\n}\n" \
+	$^ > $@
+
+# a hack rule to make sure .Plo files exist because they get include'd
+# from Makefile's
+.deps/%-marshal.Plo:
+	@touch $@
+
+.deps/%-enumtypes.Plo:
+	@touch $@
diff --git a/validate/common/gst-autogen.sh b/validate/common/gst-autogen.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5798d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/gst-autogen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+# a silly hack that generates autoregen.sh but it's handy
+# Remove the old autoregen.sh first to create a new file,
+# as the current one may be being read by the shell executing
+# this script.
+if [ -f "autoregen.sh" ]; then
+  rm autoregen.sh
+fi
+echo "#!/bin/sh" > autoregen.sh
+echo "./autogen.sh $@ \$@" >> autoregen.sh
+chmod +x autoregen.sh
+
+# helper functions for autogen.sh
+
+debug ()
+# print out a debug message if DEBUG is a defined variable
+{
+  if test ! -z "$DEBUG"
+  then
+    echo "DEBUG: $1"
+  fi
+}
+
+version_get ()
+# based on the command's version output, set variables
+# _MAJOR, _MINOR, _MICRO, _VERSION, using the given prefix as variable prefix
+#
+# arg 1: command binary name
+# arg 2: (uppercased) variable name prefix
+{
+  COMMAND=$1
+  VARPREFIX=`echo $2 | tr .,- _`
+  local ${VARPREFIX}_VERSION
+
+  # strip everything that's not a digit, then use cut to get the first field
+  pkg_version=`$COMMAND --version|head -n 1|sed 's/^.*)[^0-9]*//'|cut -d' ' -f1`
+  debug "pkg_version $pkg_version"
+  # remove any non-digit characters from the version numbers to permit numeric
+  # comparison
+  pkg_major=`echo $pkg_version | cut -d. -f1 | sed s/[a-zA-Z\-].*//g`
+  pkg_minor=`echo $pkg_version | cut -d. -f2 | sed s/[a-zA-Z\-].*//g`
+  pkg_micro=`echo $pkg_version | cut -d. -f3 | sed s/[a-zA-Z\-].*//g`
+  test -z "$pkg_major" && pkg_major=0
+  test -z "$pkg_minor" && pkg_minor=0
+  test -z "$pkg_micro" && pkg_micro=0
+  debug "found major $pkg_major minor $pkg_minor micro $pkg_micro"
+  eval ${VARPREFIX}_MAJOR=$pkg_major
+  eval ${VARPREFIX}_MINOR=$pkg_minor
+  eval ${VARPREFIX}_MICRO=$pkg_micro
+  eval ${VARPREFIX}_VERSION=$pkg_version
+}
+
+version_compare ()
+# Checks whether the version of VARPREFIX is equal to or
+# newer than the requested version
+# arg1: VARPREFIX
+# arg2: MAJOR
+# arg3: MINOR
+# arg4: MICRO
+{
+  VARPREFIX=`echo $1 | tr .,- _`
+  MAJOR=$2
+  MINOR=$3
+  MICRO=$4
+
+  eval pkg_major=\$${VARPREFIX}_MAJOR;
+  eval pkg_minor=\$${VARPREFIX}_MINOR;
+  eval pkg_micro=\$${VARPREFIX}_MICRO;
+
+  #start checking the version
+  debug "version_compare: $VARPREFIX against $MAJOR.$MINOR.$MICRO"
+
+    # reset check
+    WRONG=
+
+    if [ ! "$pkg_major" -gt "$MAJOR" ]; then
+      debug "major: $pkg_major <= $MAJOR"
+      if [ "$pkg_major" -lt "$MAJOR" ]; then
+        debug "major: $pkg_major < $MAJOR"
+        WRONG=1
+      elif [ ! "$pkg_minor" -gt "$MINOR" ]; then
+        debug "minor: $pkg_minor <= $MINOR"
+        if [ "$pkg_minor" -lt "$MINOR" ]; then
+          debug "minor: $pkg_minor < $MINOR"
+          WRONG=1
+        elif [ "$pkg_micro" -lt "$MICRO" ]; then
+          debug "micro: $pkg_micro < $MICRO"
+	  WRONG=1
+        fi
+      fi
+    fi
+    if test ! -z "$WRONG"; then
+      debug "version_compare: $VARPREFIX older than $MAJOR.$MINOR.$MICRO"
+      return 1
+    fi
+    debug "version_compare: $VARPREFIX equal to/newer than $MAJOR.$MINOR.$MICRO"
+    return 0
+}
+
+
+version_check ()
+# check the version of a package
+# first argument : package name (executable)
+# second argument : optional path where to look for it instead
+# third argument : source download url
+# rest of arguments : major, minor, micro version
+# all consecutive ones : suggestions for binaries to use
+# (if not specified in second argument)
+{
+  PACKAGE=$1
+  PKG_PATH=$2
+  URL=$3
+  MAJOR=$4
+  MINOR=$5
+  MICRO=$6
+
+  # for backwards compatibility, we let PKG_PATH=PACKAGE when PKG_PATH null
+  if test -z "$PKG_PATH"; then PKG_PATH=$PACKAGE; fi
+  debug "major $MAJOR minor $MINOR micro $MICRO"
+  VERSION=$MAJOR
+  if test ! -z "$MINOR"; then VERSION=$VERSION.$MINOR; else MINOR=0; fi
+  if test ! -z "$MICRO"; then VERSION=$VERSION.$MICRO; else MICRO=0; fi
+
+  debug "major $MAJOR minor $MINOR micro $MICRO"
+
+  for SUGGESTION in $PKG_PATH; do
+    COMMAND="$SUGGESTION"
+
+    # don't check if asked not to
+    test -z "$NOCHECK" && {
+      printf "  checking for $COMMAND >= $VERSION ... "
+    } || {
+      # we set a var with the same name as the package, but stripped of
+      # unwanted chars
+      VAR=`echo $PACKAGE | sed 's/-//g'`
+      debug "setting $VAR"
+      eval $VAR="$COMMAND"
+      return 0
+    }
+
+    which $COMMAND > /dev/null 2>&1
+    if test $? -eq 1;
+    then 
+      debug "$COMMAND not found"
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    VARPREFIX=`echo $COMMAND | sed 's/-//g' | tr [:lower:] [:upper:]`
+    version_get $COMMAND $VARPREFIX
+
+    version_compare $VARPREFIX $MAJOR $MINOR $MICRO
+    if test $? -ne 0; then
+      echo "found $pkg_version, not ok !"
+      continue
+    else
+      echo "found $pkg_version, ok."
+      # we set a var with the same name as the package, but stripped of
+      # unwanted chars
+      VAR=`echo $PACKAGE | sed 's/-//g'`
+      debug "setting $VAR"
+      eval $VAR="$COMMAND"
+      return 0
+    fi
+  done
+
+  echo "$PACKAGE not found !"
+  echo "You must have $PACKAGE installed to compile $package."
+  echo "Download the appropriate package for your distribution,"
+  echo "or get the source tarball at $URL"
+  return 1;
+}
+
+die_check ()
+{
+  # call with $DIE
+  # if set to 1, we need to print something helpful then die
+  DIE=$1
+  if test "x$DIE" = "x1";
+  then
+    echo
+    echo "- Please get the right tools before proceeding."
+    echo "- Alternatively, if you're sure we're wrong, run with --nocheck."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+autogen_options ()
+{
+  if test "x$1" = "x"; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  while test "x$1" != "x" ; do
+    optarg=`expr "x$1" : 'x[^=]*=\(.*\)'`
+    case "$1" in
+      --noconfigure)
+          NOCONFIGURE=defined
+	  AUTOGEN_EXT_OPT="$AUTOGEN_EXT_OPT --noconfigure"
+          echo "+ configure run disabled"
+          shift
+          ;;
+      --nocheck)
+	  AUTOGEN_EXT_OPT="$AUTOGEN_EXT_OPT --nocheck"
+          NOCHECK=defined
+          echo "+ autotools version check disabled"
+          shift
+          ;;
+      -d|--debug)
+          DEBUG=defined
+	  AUTOGEN_EXT_OPT="$AUTOGEN_EXT_OPT --debug"
+          echo "+ debug output enabled"
+          shift
+          ;;
+      -h|--help)
+          echo "autogen.sh (autogen options) -- (configure options)"
+          echo "autogen.sh help options: "
+          echo " --noconfigure            don't run the configure script"
+          echo " --nocheck                don't do version checks"
+          echo " --debug                  debug the autogen process"
+          echo
+          echo " --with-autoconf PATH     use autoconf in PATH"
+          echo " --with-automake PATH     use automake in PATH"
+          echo
+          echo "Any argument either not in the above list or after a '--' will be "
+          echo "passed to ./configure."
+	  exit 1
+          ;;
+      --with-automake=*)
+          AUTOMAKE=$optarg
+          echo "+ using alternate automake in $optarg"
+	  CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT="$CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT --with-automake=$AUTOMAKE"
+          shift
+          ;;
+      --with-autoconf=*)
+          AUTOCONF=$optarg
+          echo "+ using alternate autoconf in $optarg"
+	  CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT="$CONFIGURE_DEF_OPT --with-autoconf=$AUTOCONF"
+          shift
+          ;;
+      --) shift ; break ;;
+      *)
+          echo "+ passing argument $1 to configure"
+	  CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT="$CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT $1"
+          shift
+          ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+  for arg do CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT="$CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT $arg"; done
+  if test ! -z "$CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT"
+  then
+    echo "+ options passed to configure: $CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT"
+  fi
+}
+
+toplevel_check ()
+{
+  srcfile=$1
+  test -f $srcfile || {
+        echo "You must run this script in the top-level $package directory"
+        exit 1
+  }
+}
+
+tool_run ()
+{
+  tool=$1
+  options=$2
+  run_if_fail=$3
+  echo "+ running $tool $options..."
+  $tool $options || {
+    echo
+    echo $tool failed
+    eval $run_if_fail
+    exit 1
+  }
+}
+
+install_git_hooks ()
+{
+  if test -d .git; then
+    # install pre-commit hook for doing clean commits
+    for hook in pre-commit; do
+      if test ! \( -x .git/hooks/$hook -a -L .git/hooks/$hook \); then
+        echo "+ Installing git $hook hook"
+        rm -f .git/hooks/$hook
+        ln -s ../../common/hooks/$hook.hook .git/hooks/$hook || {
+          # if we couldn't create a symbolic link, try doing a plain cp
+          if cp common/hooks/pre-commit.hook .git/hooks/pre-commit; then
+            chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-commit;
+          else
+            echo "********** Couldn't install git $hook hook **********";
+          fi
+        }
+      fi
+    done
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/validate/common/gst-glib-gen.mak b/validate/common/gst-glib-gen.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b0a5e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/gst-glib-gen.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# these are the variables your Makefile.am should set
+# the example is based on the colorbalance interface
+
+#glib_enum_headers=$(colorbalance_headers)
+#glib_enum_define=GST_COLOR_BALANCE
+#glib_gen_prefix=gst_color_balance
+#glib_gen_basename=colorbalance
+
+enum_headers=$(foreach h,$(glib_enum_headers),\n\#include \"$(h)\")
+
+# these are all the rules generating the relevant files
+$(glib_gen_basename)-marshal.h: $(glib_gen_basename)-marshal.list
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(GLIB_GENMARSHAL) --header --prefix=$(glib_gen_prefix)_marshal $^ > $(glib_gen_basename)-marshal.h.tmp && \
+	mv $(glib_gen_basename)-marshal.h.tmp $(glib_gen_basename)-marshal.h
+
+$(glib_gen_basename)-marshal.c: $(glib_gen_basename)-marshal.list
+	$(AM_V_GEN)echo "#include \"$(glib_gen_basename)-marshal.h\"" >> $(glib_gen_basename)-marshal.c.tmp && \
+	$(GLIB_GENMARSHAL) --body --prefix=$(glib_gen_prefix)_marshal $^ >> $(glib_gen_basename)-marshal.c.tmp && \
+	mv $(glib_gen_basename)-marshal.c.tmp $(glib_gen_basename)-marshal.c
+
+$(glib_gen_basename)-enumtypes.h: $(glib_enum_headers)
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(GLIB_MKENUMS) \
+	--fhead "#ifndef __$(glib_enum_define)_ENUM_TYPES_H__\n#define __$(glib_enum_define)_ENUM_TYPES_H__\n\n#include \n\nG_BEGIN_DECLS\n" \
+	--fprod "\n/* enumerations from \"@filename@\" */\n" \
+	--vhead "GType @enum_name@_get_type (void);\n#define GST_TYPE_@ENUMSHORT@ (@enum_name@_get_type())\n"         \
+	--ftail "G_END_DECLS\n\n#endif /* __$(glib_enum_define)_ENUM_TYPES_H__ */" \
+	$^ > $@
+
+$(glib_gen_basename)-enumtypes.c: $(glib_enum_headers)
+	@if test "x$(glib_enum_headers)" = "x"; then echo "ERROR: glib_enum_headers is empty, please fix Makefile"; exit 1; fi
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(GLIB_MKENUMS) \
+	--fhead "#include \"$(glib_gen_basename)-enumtypes.h\"\n$(enum_headers)" \
+	--fprod "\n/* enumerations from \"@filename@\" */" \
+	--vhead "GType\n@enum_name@_get_type (void)\n{\n  static volatile gsize g_define_type_id__volatile = 0;\n  if (g_once_init_enter (&g_define_type_id__volatile)) {\n    static const G@Type@Value values[] = {"     \
+	--vprod "      { @VALUENAME@, \"@VALUENAME@\", \"@valuenick@\" }," \
+	--vtail "      { 0, NULL, NULL }\n    };\n    GType g_define_type_id = g_@type@_register_static (\"@EnumName@\", values);\n    g_once_init_leave (&g_define_type_id__volatile, g_define_type_id);\n  }\n  return g_define_type_id__volatile;\n}\n" \
+	$^ > $@
+
+# a hack rule to make sure .Plo files exist because they get include'd
+# from Makefile's
+.deps/%-marshal.Plo:
+	@touch $@
+
+.deps/%-enumtypes.Plo:
+	@touch $@
diff --git a/validate/common/gst-indent b/validate/common/gst-indent
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b5e808f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/gst-indent
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Check that the code follows a consistant code style
+#
+
+# Check for existence of indent, and error out if not present.
+# On some *bsd systems the binary seems to be called gnunindent,
+# so check for that first.
+
+version=`gnuindent --version 2>/dev/null`
+if test "x$version" = "x"; then
+  version=`gindent --version 2>/dev/null`
+  if test "x$version" = "x"; then
+    version=`indent --version 2>/dev/null`
+    if test "x$version" = "x"; then
+      echo "GStreamer git pre-commit hook:"
+      echo "Did not find GNU indent, please install it before continuing."
+      exit 1
+    else
+      INDENT=indent
+    fi
+  else
+    INDENT=gindent
+  fi
+else
+  INDENT=gnuindent
+fi
+
+case `$INDENT --version` in
+  GNU*)
+      ;;
+  default)
+      echo "GStreamer git pre-commit hook:"
+      echo "Did not find GNU indent, please install it before continuing."
+      echo "(Found $INDENT, but it doesn't seem to be GNU indent)"
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+esac
+
+INDENT_PARAMETERS="--braces-on-if-line \
+	--case-brace-indentation0 \
+	--case-indentation2 \
+	--braces-after-struct-decl-line \
+	--line-length80 \
+	--no-tabs \
+	--cuddle-else \
+	--dont-line-up-parentheses \
+	--continuation-indentation4 \
+	--honour-newlines \
+	--tab-size8 \
+	--indent-level2 \
+	--leave-preprocessor-space"
+
+$INDENT ${INDENT_PARAMETERS} $@
+
diff --git a/validate/common/gst.supp b/validate/common/gst.supp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d491d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/gst.supp
@@ -0,0 +1,4016 @@
+### this file contains suppressions for valgrind when running
+### the gstreamer unit tests
+### it might be useful for wider use as well
+
+### syscall suppressions
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Param
+   clone(parent_tidptr)
+   fun:clone
+   fun:clone
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Param
+   clone(child_tidptr)
+   fun:clone
+   fun:clone
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Param
+   clone(tlsinfo)
+   fun:clone
+   fun:clone
+}
+
+### glibc suppressions
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.*.so
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:strlen
+   fun:fillin_rpath
+   fun:_dl_init_paths
+   fun:dl_main
+   fun:_dl_sysdep_start
+   fun:_dl_start
+   obj:/lib64/ld-2.*.so
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_relocate_object
+   fun:dl_main
+   fun:_dl_sysdep_start
+   fun:_dl_start
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.2.5
+}
+
+# glibc does not deallocate thread-local storage
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:_dl_allocate_tls
+   fun:pthread_create@@*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:allocate_dtv
+   fun:_dl_allocate_tls
+}
+
+# I get an extra stack entry on x86/dapper
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_allocate_tls
+   fun:pthread_create@@*
+}
+
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:strstr
+   fun:__pthread_initialize_minimal
+   obj:/lib/libpthread-*.so
+   obj:/lib/libpthread-*.so
+   fun:call_init
+   fun:_dl_init
+   obj:/lib/ld-*.so
+}
+
+# a thread-related free problem in glibc from Edgard
+{
+   __libc_freeres_rw_acess
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   fun:__libc_freeres
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+}
+
+# g_module_open-related problems
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr2
+   fun:memcpy
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+   fun:gst_registry_scan_path_level
+   fun:gst_registry_scan_path_level
+   fun:gst_registry_scan_path_level
+   fun:init_post
+   fun:g_option_context_parse
+   fun:gst_init_check
+   fun:gst_init
+   fun:gst_check_init
+   fun:main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   fun:memcpy
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+   fun:gst_registry_scan_path_level
+   fun:gst_registry_scan_path_level
+   fun:gst_registry_scan_path_level
+   fun:init_post
+   fun:g_option_context_parse
+   fun:gst_init_check
+   fun:gst_init
+   fun:gst_check_init
+   fun:main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:do_sym
+   fun:_dl_sym
+   fun:dlsym_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlsym
+   fun:g_module_symbol
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_by_name
+   fun:gst_plugin_feature_load
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_by_name
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:do_sym
+   fun:_dl_sym
+   fun:dlsym_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlsym
+   fun:g_module_symbol
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Param
+   futex(uaddr2)
+   fun:pthread_once
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.3.*.so
+   fun:mbsnrtowcs
+   fun:vfprintf
+   fun:vsprintf
+   fun:sprintf
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.3.*.so
+   fun:tmpfile
+   fun:setup_pipe
+   fun:setup_messaging_with_key
+   fun:setup_messaging
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   fun:_dl_sym
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlsym
+   fun:g_module_symbol
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   fun:__libc_dlopen_mode
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   fun:__libc_dlopen_mode
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   fun:__libc_dlopen_mode
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   fun:iconv_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   fun:__libc_dlopen_mode
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   fun:iconv_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   fun:__libc_dlopen_mode
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.7.so
+   fun:iconv_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   fun:__libc_dlopen_mode
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.7.so
+   fun:iconv_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   fun:__libc_dlopen_mode
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+# suppression for a glibc bug:
+# http://valgrind.org/docs/manual/faq.html#faq.exit_errors>
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Free
+   fun:free
+   obj:*libc-*.so
+   fun:__libc_freeres
+   fun:*
+   fun:_Exit
+}
+
+# same as above, just so it works for tpm on gutsy/x86-64
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Free
+   fun:free
+   fun:free_mem
+   fun:__libc_freeres
+}
+
+# valgrind doesn't allow me to specify a suppression for Addr1, Addr2, Addr4
+# as Addr*, so 3 copies for that; and then 2 of each for that pesky memcpy
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr1
+   fun:_dl_signal_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr2
+   fun:_dl_signal_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   fun:_dl_signal_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr1
+   fun:memcpy
+   fun:_dl_signal_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr2
+   fun:memcpy
+   fun:_dl_signal_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   fun:memcpy
+   fun:_dl_signal_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.*.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.3.*.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_by_name
+   fun:gst_plugin_feature_load
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.3.6.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.3.6.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.3.6.so
+   fun:dlopen
+}
+
+### glib suppressions
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:g_parse_debug_string
+   obj:/usr/lib*/libglib-2.0.so.*
+   fun:g_slice_alloc
+   fun:g_slice_alloc0
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   ...
+   fun:g_type_init*
+   fun:init_pre*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   ...
+   fun:g_type_register_fundamental
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:realloc
+   fun:g_realloc
+   fun:type_node_any_new_W
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:realloc
+   fun:g_realloc
+   fun:type_node_any_new_W
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:g_type_class_ref
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:realloc
+   fun:g_realloc
+   fun:type_add_flags_W
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:type_add_flags_W
+}
+
+#pthread memleaks
+
+{
+   Thread creation leak
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:allocate_dtv
+   fun:_dl_allocate*
+   fun:_dl_allocate*
+   fun:__pthread_initialize_minimal
+}
+
+{
+   Thread management leak
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:allocate_dtv
+   fun:_dl_allocate*
+   fun:_dl_allocate*
+   fun:__pthread_*
+}
+
+{
+   Thread management leak 2
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:memalign
+   fun:_dl_allocate*
+   fun:_dl_allocate*
+   fun:__pthread_*
+}
+
+{
+   pthread_create Syscall param write(buf) points to uninitialised byte(s)
+   Memcheck:Param
+   write(buf)
+   fun:pthread_create@@GLIBC_2.2.5
+   fun:g_thread_create*
+
+}
+
+# nss_parse_* memleak (used by g_option_context_parse)
+{
+   nss_parse_* memleak
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:nss_parse_service_list
+   fun:__nss_database_lookup
+}
+
+# liboil suppressions
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   obj:/usr/lib/liboil-0.3.so.0.1.0
+   obj:/usr/lib/liboil-0.3.so.0.1.0
+   obj:/usr/lib/liboil-0.3.so.0.1.0
+   fun:oil_cpu_fault_check_try
+   fun:oil_test_check_impl
+   fun:oil_class_optimize
+   fun:oil_optimize_all
+   fun:oil_init
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Param
+   futex(uaddr2)
+   fun:pthread_once
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.3.6.so
+   fun:setlocale
+   fun:init_pre
+   fun:g_option_context_parse
+   fun:gst_init_check
+   fun:gst_init
+   fun:gst_check_init
+   fun:main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   fun:_dl_open
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.3.6.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.3.6.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_file
+}
+# this exists in a bunch of different variations, hence the short tail/trace
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+}
+
+# More edgy suppressions (Mike)
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.1
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   fun:do_sym
+   fun:_dl_sym
+}
+
+# This one's overly general, but there's zero other information in the stack
+# trace - just these five lines!
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.4.so
+   fun:_dl_allocate_tls
+   fun:pthread_create@@GLIBC_2.1
+}
+
+# TLS leaks for feisty/x86
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:allocate_dtv
+   fun:_dl_allocate_tls
+   fun:pthread_create@@GLIBC_2.1
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:/usr/lib/libcdio.so.6.0.1
+   fun:cdio_open_am_linux
+   obj:/usr/lib/libcdio.so.6.0.1
+   fun:cdio_open_am
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.5.so
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:snd_pcm_direct_shm_create_or_connect
+   fun:snd_pcm_dsnoop_open
+   fun:_snd_pcm_dsnoop_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_open_slave
+   fun:_snd_pcm_plug_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_open_slave
+   fun:_snd_pcm_asym_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:snd*_pcm_hw_param_set_near
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   ...
+   fun:snd*_pcm_hw_param_set_near
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_close
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:snd_pcm_direct_shm_create_or_connect
+   fun:snd_pcm_dmix_open
+   fun:_snd_pcm_dmix_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_open_slave
+   fun:_snd_pcm_softvol_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_open_slave
+   fun:_snd_pcm_plug_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_open_slave
+   fun:_snd_pcm_asym_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:strdup
+   fun:snd_dlobj_cache_add
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_open_slave
+   fun:snd_pcm_dsnoop_open
+   fun:_snd_pcm_dsnoop_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_open_slave
+   fun:_snd_pcm_plug_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   fun:snd_pcm_open_slave
+   fun:_snd_pcm_asym_open
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   obj:/*lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
+}
+# Catch about 15 variations on inserting info into an ALSA
+# internal cache
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   ...
+   fun:snd*_dlobj_cache_add
+   obj:/*lib*/libasound.so.2.0.0
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   ...
+   fun:snd_pcm_open_conf
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   obj:/*lib*/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   ...
+   fun:snd_config_hook_load
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   obj:/*lib*/libasound.so.2.0.0
+   ...
+   fun:snd_config_update_r
+   fun:snd_config_update
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:strdup
+   ...
+   fun:snd_config_update_r
+   fun:snd_config_update
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:_dl_close_worker
+   ...
+   fun:snd_config_searcha_hooks
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   obj:/lib/libc*.so
+   fun:__nss_database_lookup
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   fun:getgrnam_r
+   fun:getgrnam
+   fun:snd_pcm_direct_parse_open_conf
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:_XCBInitDisplayLock
+   fun:XOpenDisplay
+}
+
+# GConf internal initialisations related to getting the default client.
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc_tcval
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.*
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_IOR
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_object
+   fun:CORBA_ORB_string_to_object
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   fun:gconf_get_current_lock_holder
+   fun:gconf_activate_server
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc_tcval
+   obj:*
+   fun:PortableServer_POA_servant_to_reference
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc_tcval
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.*
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_IOR
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_object
+   fun:CORBA_ORB_string_to_object
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   fun:gconf_get_current_lock_holder
+   fun:gconf_activate_server
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   fun:*
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_IOR
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_object
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_value
+   fun:*
+   fun:ORBit_small_invoke_stub
+   fun:ConfigServer_get_default_database
+   fun:*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   fun:*
+   fun:IOP_generate_profiles
+   fun:ORBit_marshal_object
+   fun:ORBit_marshal_value
+   fun:*
+   fun:ORBit_small_invoke_stub
+   fun:ConfigServer_add_client
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc_by_tc
+   fun:*
+   fun:PortableServer_POA_servant_to_reference
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc_by_tc
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.*
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_IOR
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_object
+   fun:CORBA_ORB_string_to_object
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   fun:gconf_get_current_lock_holder
+   fun:gconf_activate_server
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   fun:*
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_IOR
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_object
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:gconf_activate_server
+}
+
+# Some libORBit/bonobo initialisation stuff
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:ORBit_alloc_string
+   fun:CORBA_string_dup
+   fun:Bonobo_ActivationEnvValue_set
+   fun:bonobo_activation_init_activation_env
+   fun:bonobo_activation_orb_init
+   fun:bonobo_activation_init
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   fun:ORBit_small_alloc*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:PortableServer_POA_servant_to_reference
+   obj:/usr/lib/libbonobo-2.so*
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc_tcval
+   fun:ORBit_small_allocbuf
+   fun:ORBit_adaptor_setup
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:ORBit_POA_setup_root
+   fun:ORBit_init_internals
+   fun:CORBA_ORB_init
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc_tcval
+   fun:ORBit_adaptor_setup
+   fun:*
+   fun:ORBit_POA_setup_root
+   fun:ORBit_init_internals
+   fun:CORBA_ORB_init
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   fun:ORBit_small_allocbuf
+   fun:bonobo_activation_init_activation_env
+   fun:bonobo_activation_orb_init
+   fun:bonobo_activation_init
+}
+
+# More GConf stuff from the FC5 buildbot, mostly variations on the
+# above stack traces
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Param
+   writev(vector[...])
+   fun:writev
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:link_connection_writev
+   fun:giop_send_buffer_write
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:ORBit_small_invoke_stub
+   fun:ORBit_small_invoke_stub_n
+   fun:ORBit_c_stub_invoke
+   fun:ConfigServer_ping
+   fun:gconf_activate_server
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   fun:ORBit_small_alloc*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:PortableServer_POA_servant_to_reference
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   fun:ORBit_small_alloc
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_IOR
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_object
+   fun:CORBA_ORB_string_to_object
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   fun:gconf_get_current_lock_holder
+   fun:gconf_activate_server
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   fun:ORBit_small_alloc*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_IOR
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_object
+   fun:CORBA_ORB_string_to_object
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   fun:gconf_get_current_lock_holder
+   fun:gconf_activate_server
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   fun:ORBit_small_alloc*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_IOR
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_object
+   fun:ORBit_demarshal_value
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:ORBit_small_invoke_stub
+   fun:ORBit_small_invoke_stub_n
+   fun:ORBit_c_stub_invoke
+   fun:ConfigServer_get_default_database
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:ORBit_alloc*
+   fun:ORBit_small_alloc*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:ORBit_OAObject_object_to_objkey
+   fun:IOP_generate_profiles
+   fun:ORBit_marshal_object
+   fun:ORBit_marshal_value
+   obj:/usr/lib/libORBit-2.so*
+   fun:ORBit_small_invoke_stub
+   fun:ORBit_small_invoke_stub_n
+   fun:ORBit_c_stub_invoke
+   fun:ConfigServer_add_client
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so*
+   fun:gconf_engine_get_default
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   obj:*libc-*.so
+   fun:__nss_database_lookup
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   fun:getpwnam_r
+   obj:/usr/lib*/libglib-2.0.so.*
+   fun:g_get_home_dir
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   obj:*libc-*.so
+   fun:__nss_database_lookup
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   fun:getpwnam_r
+   obj:/usr/lib*/libglib-2.0.so.*
+   fun:g_get_user_name
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   obj:*libc-*.so
+   fun:__nss_database_lookup
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   fun:getpwnam_r
+   obj:/usr/lib*/libglib-2.0.so.*
+   fun:g_get_tmp_dir
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   obj:*libc-*.so
+   fun:__nss_database_lookup
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   fun:getpwnam_r
+   obj:/usr/lib*/libglib-2.0.so.0.*
+   fun:g_get_host_name
+}
+
+
+## Some Fontconfig errors.
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:FcPatternObjectInsertElt
+   fun:FcPatternObjectAddWithBinding
+   fun:FcPatternAppend
+   fun:FcEndElement
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.*
+   fun:XML_ParseBuffer
+   fun:FcConfigParseAndLoad
+   fun:FcConfigParseAndLoad
+   fun:FcParseInclude
+   fun:FcEndElement
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libexpat.so.*
+   fun:XML_ParseBuffer
+   fun:FcConfigParseAndLoad
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   ...
+   fun:FcInitLoadConfig
+}
+
+# Issues with ubuntu Hardy, same crack as for previous ubuntus
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:*
+   fun:_dl_allocate_tls
+   fun:pthread_create@@*
+   obj:/usr/lib/libgthread*
+   fun:g_thread_*
+}
+
+# I've made this version generic, so that it covers future modifications
+# of library names
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   obj:*
+   fun:_dl_allocate_tls
+   fun:pthread_create@@*
+   fun:g_thread_*
+}
+
+# series of invalid read of size 4 in g_module_open for ubuntu
+# hardy x86/32bit
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   fun:_dl_sym
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlsym
+   fun:g_module_symbol
+   fun:g_module_open
+   fun:gst_plugin_load_*
+}
+
+# series of invalid read of size 8 in g_module_open for ubuntu
+# hardy x86/64bit
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlopen
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libdl-2.7.so
+   fun:dlsym
+   fun:g_module_symbol
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   fun:__libc_dlopen_mode
+   fun:__nss_lookup_function
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   fun:__nss_passwd_lookup
+   fun:getpwnam_r
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   fun:__libc_dlopen_mode
+   fun:__nss_lookup_function
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   fun:__nss_passwd_lookup
+   fun:getpwnam_r
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   fun:__libc_dlopen_mode
+   fun:__nss_lookup_function
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.7.so
+   fun:_nss_compat_getpwnam_r
+   fun:getpwnam_r
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   fun:__libc_dlopen_mode
+   fun:__nss_lookup_function
+   obj:/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.7.so
+   fun:_nss_compat_getpwnam_r
+   fun:getpwnam_r
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.7.so
+   obj:/lib/ld-2.7.so
+   fun:__libc_dlopen_mode
+   fun:__nss_lookup_function
+   obj:/lib/libc-2.7.so
+   fun:getpwnam_r
+}
+
+## Leaks in ALSA (variations of leak from snd_config_load1)
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:_snd_config_make
+   fun:_snd_config_make_add
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:snd_config_load1
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:_snd_config_make
+   fun:_snd_config_make_add
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:snd_config_load1
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:_snd_config_make
+   fun:_snd_config_make_add
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:snd_config_load1
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:_snd_config_make
+   fun:_snd_config_make_add
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:snd_config_load1
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:_snd_config_make
+   fun:_snd_config_make_add
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:snd_config_load1
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:_snd_config_make
+   fun:_snd_config_make_add
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:snd_config_load1
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:_snd_config_make
+   fun:_snd_config_make_add
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:snd_config_load1
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:snd1_dlobj_cache_add
+   fun:snd_ctl_open_noupdate
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:*
+   fun:snd1_dlobj_cache_add
+   fun:snd_ctl_open_noupdate
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:snd_config_load1
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:snd_config_load1
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:snd_config_load1
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:snd_config_load1
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:snd_config_load1
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:snd_config_load1
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:snd_config_load1
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:snd_config_load1
+}
+
+
+# The following are leaks of caps that need to be created dynamically
+# in the type registration of the plugin (used for pad templates).
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:g_slice_alloc
+   fun:gst_caps_new_empty
+   fun:gst_caps_new_simple
+   fun:*
+   fun:g_type_class_ref
+   fun:gst_element_register
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:g_slice_alloc
+   fun:gst_caps_new_empty
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:g_type_class_ref
+   fun:gst_element_register
+   fun:gst_ogm_parse_plugin_init
+   fun:plugin_init
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:g_slice_alloc
+   fun:gst_caps_new_empty
+   fun:gst_caps_copy
+   fun:gst_video_test_src_base_init
+   fun:g_type_class_ref
+   fun:gst_element_register
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:g_slice_alloc
+   fun:gst_caps_new_empty
+   fun:gst_caps_copy
+   fun:gst_video_test_src_getcaps
+   fun:gst_video_test_src_base_init
+   fun:g_type_class_ref
+   fun:gst_element_register
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:g_slice_alloc
+   fun:gst_caps_new_empty
+   fun:gst_ffmpegcsp_codectype_to_caps
+   fun:gst_ffmpegcolorspace_register
+   fun:plugin_init
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:g_slice_alloc
+   fun:gst_caps_new_empty
+   fun:gst_caps_copy
+   fun:gst_ffmpegcolorspace_register
+   fun:plugin_init
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:g_slice_alloc
+   fun:gst_caps_new_empty
+   fun:gst_caps_new_any
+   fun:gst_ffmpegdemux_register
+   fun:plugin_init
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:g_slice_alloc
+   fun:gst_caps_new_empty
+   fun:gst_caps_copy
+   fun:gst_audio_filter_class_add_pad_templates
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:realloc
+   fun:g_realloc
+   fun:g_ptr_array_maybe_expand
+   fun:g_ptr_array_add
+   fun:gst_caps_append
+   fun:gst_audio_filter_class_add_pad_templates
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:realloc
+   fun:g_realloc
+   fun:g_ptr_array_maybe_expand
+   fun:g_ptr_array_add
+   fun:gst_caps_append
+   fun:gst_audio_filter_class_add_pad_templates
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:realloc
+   fun:g_realloc
+   fun:g_ptr_array_maybe_expand
+   fun:g_ptr_array_add
+   fun:gst_caps_copy
+   fun:gst_audio_filter_class_add_pad_templates
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:g_slice_alloc
+   fun:g_ptr_array_sized_new
+   fun:gst_caps_new_empty
+   fun:gst_caps_copy
+   fun:gst_audio_filter_class_add_pad_templates
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:realloc
+   fun:g_realloc
+   fun:g_array_maybe_expand
+   fun:g_array_sized_new
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:gst_value_init_and_copy
+   fun:gst_structure_copy
+   fun:gst_caps_copy
+   fun:gst_audio_filter_class_add_pad_templates
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:realloc
+   fun:g_realloc
+   fun:g_array_maybe_expand
+   fun:g_array_sized_new
+   fun:*
+   fun:gst_structure_copy
+   fun:gst_caps_copy
+   fun:gst_audio_filter_class_add_pad_templates
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:g_slice_alloc
+   fun:g_array_sized_new
+   fun:*
+   fun:gst_structure_copy
+   fun:gst_caps_copy
+   fun:gst_audio_filter_class_add_pad_templates
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:g_slice_alloc
+   fun:gst_caps_new_empty
+   fun:gst_riff_create_*_template_caps
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:realloc
+   fun:g_realloc
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:gst_structure_copy
+   fun:gst_caps_copy
+   fun:gst_caps_append
+   fun:gst_riff_create_*_template_caps
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:g_slice_alloc
+   fun:g_array_sized_new
+   fun:*
+   fun:gst_structure_copy
+   fun:gst_caps_copy
+   fun:gst_caps_append
+   fun:gst_riff_create_*_template_caps
+}
+
+## Leaks in pango (bilboed: gentoo unstable amd64)
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   ...
+   fun:pango_layout_get_pixel_extents
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:pango_language_from_string
+   fun:pango_language_get_default
+   fun:pango_context_init
+   fun:g_type_create_instance
+   fun:g_object_constructor
+   fun:g_object_newv
+   fun:g_object_new_valist
+   fun:g_object_new
+   fun:pango_font_map_create_context
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   fun:g_malloc0
+   fun:pango_language_from_string
+}
+
+
+## Leak of everything allocated by gst-libav plugin init
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   ...
+   fun:gst_ffmpeg_cfg_init
+}
+
+## Leak of GIO module through gnomevfs
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:g_type_create_instance
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:g_io_module_new
+   fun:g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory
+   fun:*
+   fun:get_default_vfs
+}
+
+## Conditional jump in getaddrinfo (bilboed, gentoo ~amd64, Dec 13 2008)
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:gaih_inet
+   fun:getaddrinfo
+}
+
+## Dynamic pad templates in mxfmux
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:g_slice_alloc
+   fun:gst_caps_new_empty
+   fun:gst_caps_from_string
+   fun:mxf_*_init
+   fun:plugin_init
+}
+
+## We don't know if ffmpeg frees this or not and better pass a copy for safety
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:g_malloc
+   fun:g_strdup
+   fun:gst_ffmpeg_cfg_fill_context
+   fun:gst_ffmpegenc_setcaps
+   fun:gst_pad_set_caps
+}
+
+## Leak/overreads with glibc-2.10
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:do_sym
+   fun:dlsym_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlsym
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:do_sym
+   fun:dlsym_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlsym
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_relocate_object
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_check_map_versions
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_relocate_object
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_check_map_versions
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_map_object*
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_map_object*
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_check_caller
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_check_caller
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   obj:/lib*/libc-2.10.*.so
+   obj:/lib*/libc-2.10.*.so
+   fun:_vgnU_freeres
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/lib*/libc-2.10.*.so
+   obj:/lib*/libc-2.10.*.so
+   fun:_vgnU_freeres
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Free
+   fun:free
+   obj:/lib*/libc-2.10.*.so
+   obj:/lib*/libc-2.10.*.so
+   fun:_vgnU_freeres
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_fini
+   fun:__run_exit_handlers
+   fun:exit
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_fini
+   fun:__run_exit_handlers
+   fun:exit
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_sort_fini
+   fun:_dl_fini
+   fun:__run_exit_handlers
+   fun:exit
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_sort_fini
+   fun:_dl_fini
+   fun:__run_exit_handlers
+   fun:exit
+}
+
+# glibc-2.10 dl overreads
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_fixup
+   fun:_dl_runtime_resolve
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_fixup
+   fun:_dl_runtime_resolve
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_lookup_symbol_x
+   fun:_dl_fixup
+   fun:_dl_runtime_resolve
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_lookup_symbol_x
+   fun:_dl_fixup
+   fun:_dl_runtime_resolve
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:call_init
+   fun:_dl_init
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_init
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:do_lookup_x
+   fun:_dl_lookup_symbol_x
+   fun:_dl_relocate_object
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:do_lookup_x
+   fun:_dl_lookup_symbol_x
+   fun:_dl_relocate_object
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_lookup_symbol_x
+   fun:_dl_relocate_object
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_relocate_object
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:dl_main
+   fun:_dl_sysdep_start
+   fun:_dl_start
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:dl_main
+   fun:_dl_sysdep_start
+   fun:_dl_start
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:do_lookup_x
+   fun:_dl_lookup_symbol_x
+   fun:_dl_relocate_object
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:do_lookup_x
+   fun:_dl_lookup_symbol_x
+   fun:_dl_relocate_object
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_check_map_versions
+   fun:_dl_check_all_versions
+   fun:version_check_doit
+   fun:_dl_receive_error
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_check_map_versions
+   fun:_dl_check_all_versions
+   fun:version_check_doit
+   fun:_dl_receive_error
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_check_all_versions
+   fun:version_check_doit
+   fun:_dl_receive_error
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_check_all_versions
+   fun:version_check_doit
+   fun:_dl_receive_error
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_check_map_versions
+   fun:_dl_check_all_versions
+   fun:version_check_doit
+   fun:_dl_receive_error
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_check_map_versions
+   fun:_dl_check_all_versions
+   fun:version_check_doit
+   fun:_dl_receive_error
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:init_tls
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:init_tls
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_protect_relro
+   fun:_dl_relocate_object
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:do_lookup_x
+   fun:_dl_lookup_symbol_x
+   fun:_dl_relocate_object
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_setup_hash
+   fun:_dl_map_object_from_fd
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_new_object
+   fun:_dl_map_object_from_fd
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_new_object
+   fun:_dl_map_object_from_fd
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:openaux
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+   fun:openaux
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+   fun:openaux
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+   fun:openaux
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:open_path
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+   fun:openaux
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:open_path
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+   fun:openaux
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_map_object_from_fd
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_map_object_from_fd
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_new_object
+   fun:_dl_map_object_from_fd
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_new_object
+   fun:_dl_map_object_from_fd
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_new_object
+   fun:_dl_map_object_from_fd
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_name_match_p
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_name_match_p
+   fun:_dl_check_map_versions
+   fun:_dl_check_all_versions
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:do_lookup_x
+   fun:_dl_lookup_symbol_x
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:do_lookup_x
+   fun:_dl_lookup_symbol_x
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:do_lookup_x
+   fun:_dl_lookup_symbol_x
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:do_lookup_x
+   fun:_dl_lookup_symbol_x
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:do_lookup_x
+   fun:_dl_lookup_symbol_x
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_name_match_p
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_name_match_p
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_name_match_p
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_name_match_p
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_lookup_symbol_x
+   fun:_dl_relocate_object
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_lookup_symbol_x
+   fun:_dl_relocate_object
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_check_map_versions
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_check_map_versions
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_check_map_versions
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_check_map_versions
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:openaux
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_name_match_p
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_close_worker
+   fun:_dl_close
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:dlerror_run
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_close_worker
+   fun:_dl_close
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:dlerror_run
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_close_worker
+   fun:_dl_close
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:dlerror_run
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_close_worker
+   fun:_dl_close
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:dlerror_run
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:fillin_rpath
+   fun:_dl_init_paths
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:fillin_rpath
+   fun:_dl_init_paths
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:fillin_rpath
+   fun:_dl_init_paths
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:fillin_rpath
+   fun:_dl_init_paths
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+   fun:map_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:do_preload
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+   fun:map_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:do_preload
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Param
+   open(filename)
+   fun:open
+   fun:open_verify
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+   fun:map_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:do_preload
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Param
+   stat(file_name)
+   fun:_xstat
+   fun:open_path
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+   fun:openaux
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+# glibc-2.10 tls issues
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:init_tls
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:init_tls
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:init_tls
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:init_tls
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_allocate_tls_init
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_allocate_tls_init
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_allocate_tls_init
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_allocate_tls_init
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:__tls*
+   obj:*
+   obj:*
+   fun:_vgnU_freeres
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Param
+   arch_prctl(arg2)
+   fun:init_tls
+}
+# GLib caching tmp/home directories (glibc-2.10 variants)
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:dlerror_run
+   fun:*
+   fun:__nss_lookup_function
+   fun:__nss_lookup
+   fun:getpwnam*
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:dlerror_run
+   fun:*
+   fun:__nss_lookup_function
+   fun:__nss_lookup
+   fun:getpwnam*
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:do_dlopen
+   fun:*
+   fun:dlerror_run
+   fun:*
+   fun:__nss_lookup_function
+   fun:__nss_lookup
+   fun:getpwnam*
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:do_dlopen
+   fun:*
+   fun:dlerror_run
+   fun:*
+   fun:__nss_lookup_function
+   fun:__nss_lookup
+   fun:getpwnam*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:_dl_add_to_slotinfo
+   fun:dl_main
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Param
+   open(filename)
+   fun:open
+   fun:open_verify
+   fun:open_path
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+}
+
+
+
+# GModule issues with glibc-2.10
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:dlsym
+   fun:g_module_symbol
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:g_module_*
+   fun:gst_plugin*
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:g_module_*
+   fun:gst_plugin*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:dlopen*
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:dlsym
+   fun:g_module_symbol
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:dlopen*
+   fun:g_module_open
+}
+
+# Leak in GSlice
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:g_parse_debug_string
+   fun:slice_config_init
+   fun:g_slice_init_nomessage
+   fun:_g_slice_thread_init_nomessage
+   fun:g_thread_init_glib
+}
+
+# 2.10 pthread issues
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:__pthread_initialize_minimal
+}
+
+# glibc 2.11 conditional
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_relocate_object
+   fun:dl_main
+   fun:_dl_sysdep_start
+   fun:_dl_start
+   obj:/lib64/ld-2.11.so
+}
+
+# glibc 2.11 Leak
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.2.5
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:_dl_*
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.2.5
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:_dl_*
+   fun:_dl_*
+   fun:_dl_*
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.2.5
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_*
+   fun:openaux
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.2.5
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.2.5
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:_dl_new_object
+   fun:_dl_map_object_from_fd
+   fun:_dl_map_object
+   fun:openaux
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_map_object_deps
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.2.5
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:*
+   fun:_dl_*
+   fun:_dl_*
+   fun:_dl_*
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+   fun:_dl_catch_error
+   fun:_dlerror_run
+   fun:dlopen@@GLIBC_2.2.5
+}
+
+# glib type leaks
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   ...
+   fun:g_type_register_static
+}
+
+# new registry system
+# all of this will only be created once when loading registry.
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   ...
+   fun:_priv_gst_registry_chunks_load_plugin
+}
+
+# system-wide tags
+# these tags are registered once
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:*
+   fun:*
+   fun:gst_tag_register
+   fun:_gst_tag_initialize
+}
+
+# system-wide type classes that we keep referenced
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   ...
+   fun:g_type_class_ref
+}
+
+# leaking cached queries which are only initialized once
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   ...
+   fun:_gst_query_initialize
+   fun:init_post
+}
+
+# macosx (leopard) library loader leak
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:_Znwm
+   fun:_ZNSs4_Rep9_S_createEmmRKSaIcE
+   fun:_ZNSs12_S_constructIPKcEEPcT_S3_RKSaIcESt20forward_iterator_tag
+   fun:_ZNSsC2EPKcRKSaIcE
+   fun:_Z41__static_initialization_and_destruction_0ii
+   fun:_ZN16ImageLoaderMachO18doModInitFunctionsERKN11ImageLoader11LinkContextE
+}
+
+# GObject type registration
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   ...
+   fun:_g_atomic_array_copy
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   fun:getdelim
+   obj:*libselinux*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   ...
+   obj:*/sed
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   ...
+   obj:*/sed
+}
+
+# GLib 2.23 interface vtable
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   ...
+   fun:g_type_add_interface_static
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   obj:*/dash
+}
+
+# libtool/gentoo fake leak
+# it actually runs bash and valgrind complains
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   obj:/bin/bash
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:*alloc
+   ...
+   fun:_gst_plugin_loader_client_run
+   fun:main
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:*strcasecmp*
+   ...
+   fun:__dcigettext
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:*strcasecmp*
+   ...
+   fun:__dcigettext
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   ...
+   fun:gst_poll_new
+   fun:gst_poll_new_timer
+   fun:gst_system_clock_init
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:calloc
+   ...
+   fun:gobject_init_ctor
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   ...
+   fun:g_quark_from*_string
+}
+
+{
+  
+  Memcheck:Param
+  timer_create(evp)
+  fun:timer_create@@GLIBC_2.3.3
+}
+
+{
+   closures aren't valgrind friendly (bgo#739850)
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   match-leak-kinds: possible
+   fun:calloc
+   ...
+   fun:g_cclosure_new
+}
+
+{
+   closures aren't valgrind friendly (bgo#739850)
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   match-leak-kinds: possible
+   fun:malloc
+   ...
+   fun:g_closure_add_invalidate_notifier
+}
+
+{
+   closures aren't valgrind friendly (bgo#739850)
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   match-leak-kinds: possible
+   fun:calloc
+   ...
+   fun:g_closure_new_simple
+}
+
+{
+   glib/giomodules2 (from libsoup.supp)
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   ...
+   fun:_g_io_module_get_default
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Addr8
+   fun:__GI___strncasecmp_l
+   fun:____strtod_l_internal
+   fun:gst_value_deserialize_double
+}
diff --git a/validate/common/gstdoc-scangobj b/validate/common/gstdoc-scangobj
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4ad9786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/gstdoc-scangobj
@@ -0,0 +1,1617 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# -*- cperl -*-
+#
+# gtk-doc - GTK DocBook documentation generator.
+# Copyright (C) 1998  Damon Chaplin
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+
+#
+# This gets information about object hierarchies and signals
+# by compiling a small C program. CFLAGS and LDFLAGS must be
+# set appropriately before running this script.
+#
+
+use Getopt::Long;
+
+my $GTK_DOC_PREFIX=`pkg-config --variable prefix gtk-doc`;
+if ($GTK_DOC_PREFIX) {
+  chomp $GTK_DOC_PREFIX;
+  #print "Adding $GTK_DOC_PREFIX/share/gtk-doc/data to \@INC\n";
+  unshift @INC, "$GTK_DOC_PREFIX/share/gtk-doc/data";
+} else {
+  unshift @INC, '/usr/share/gtk-doc/data';
+}
+require "gtkdoc-common.pl";
+
+# Options
+
+# name of documentation module
+my $MODULE;
+my $OUTPUT_DIR;
+my $INSPECT_DIR;
+my $VERBOSE;
+my $PRINT_VERSION;
+my $PRINT_HELP;
+my $TYPE_INIT_FUNC="g_type_init ()";
+
+# --nogtkinit is deprecated, as it is the default now anyway.
+%optctl = (module => \$MODULE,
+           source => \$SOURCE,
+	   types => \$TYPES_FILE,
+	   nogtkinit => \$NO_GTK_INIT,
+	   'type-init-func' => \$TYPE_INIT_FUNC,
+	   'output-dir' => \$OUTPUT_DIR,
+	   'inspect-dir' => \$INSPECT_DIR,
+	   'verbose' => \$VERBOSE,
+	   'version' => \$PRINT_VERSION,
+	   'help' => \$PRINT_HELP);
+
+GetOptions(\%optctl, "module=s", "source=s", "types:s", "output-dir:s", "inspect-dir:s", "nogtkinit", "type-init-func:s", "verbose", "version", "help");
+
+if ($NO_GTK_INIT) {
+  # Do nothing. This just avoids a warning.
+  # the option is not used anymore
+}
+
+if ($PRINT_VERSION) {
+    print "1.5\n";
+    exit 0;
+}
+
+if (!$MODULE) {
+    $PRINT_HELP = 1;
+}
+
+if ($PRINT_HELP) {
+    print <$MODULE-scan.c") || die "Cannot open $MODULE-scan.c: $!\n";
+
+my $old_signals_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.signals";
+my $new_signals_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.signals.new";
+my $old_hierarchy_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.hierarchy";
+my $new_hierarchy_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.hierarchy.new";
+my $old_interfaces_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.interfaces";
+my $new_interfaces_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.interfaces.new";
+my $old_prerequisites_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.prerequisites";
+my $new_prerequisites_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.prerequisites.new";
+my $old_args_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.args";
+my $new_args_filename = "$OUTPUT_DIR/$MODULE.args.new";
+
+my $debug_log="g_message";
+if (!defined($VERBOSE) or $VERBOSE eq "0") {
+    $debug_log="//$debug_log";
+}
+
+# write a C program to scan the types
+
+$includes = "";
+@types = ();
+@impl_types = ();
+
+for () {
+    if (/^#include/) {
+	$includes .= $_;
+    } elsif (/^%/) {
+	next;
+    } elsif (/^\s*$/) {
+	next;
+    } elsif (/^type:(.*)$/) {
+	$t = $1;
+        chomp $t;
+	push @impl_types, $t;
+    } else {
+	chomp;
+	push @types, $_;
+    }
+}
+
+$ntypes = @types + @impl_types + 1;
+
+print OUTPUT <
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include 
+EOT
+
+if ($includes) {
+    print OUTPUT $includes;
+} else {
+    for (@types) {
+        print OUTPUT "extern GType $_ (void);\n";
+    }
+}
+
+print OUTPUT <
+#endif
+
+static GType *object_types = NULL;
+
+static GString *xmlstr = NULL;
+
+static const gchar*
+xmlprint (gint indent, const gchar *tag, const gchar *data)
+{
+  const gchar indent_str[] = "                                               ";
+
+  /* reset */
+  g_string_truncate (xmlstr, 0);
+  g_string_append_len (xmlstr, indent_str, MIN (indent, strlen (indent_str)));
+  g_string_append_printf (xmlstr, "<%s>", tag);
+
+  if (data) {
+    gchar *s;
+
+    s = g_markup_escape_text (data, -1);
+    g_string_append (xmlstr, s);
+    g_free (s);
+  }
+
+  g_string_append_printf (xmlstr, "\\n", tag);
+  return xmlstr->str;
+}
+
+static gint
+gst_feature_sort_compare (gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
+{
+  const gchar *name_a = gst_plugin_feature_get_name ((GstPluginFeature *) a);
+  const gchar *name_b = gst_plugin_feature_get_name ((GstPluginFeature *) b);
+  return strcmp (name_a, name_b);
+}
+
+static gint
+static_pad_template_compare (gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
+{
+  GstStaticPadTemplate *spt_a = (GstStaticPadTemplate *) a;
+  GstStaticPadTemplate *spt_b = (GstStaticPadTemplate *) b;
+
+  /* we want SINK before SRC (enum is UNKNOWN, SRC, SINK) */
+  if (spt_a->direction != spt_b->direction)
+    return spt_b->direction - spt_a->direction;
+
+  /* we want ALWAYS first, SOMETIMES second, REQUEST last
+   * (enum is ALWAYS, SOMETIMES, REQUEST) */
+  if (spt_a->presence != spt_b->presence)
+    return spt_a->presence - spt_b->presence;
+
+  return strcmp (spt_a->name_template, spt_b->name_template);
+}
+
+static GType *
+get_object_types (void)
+{
+    gpointer g_object_class;
+    GList *plugins = NULL;
+    GList *factories = NULL;
+    GList *l;
+    GstElementFactory *factory = NULL;
+    GType type;
+    gint i = 0;
+    gboolean reinspect;
+
+    /* get a list of features from plugins in our source module */
+    plugins = gst_registry_get_plugin_list (gst_registry_get ());
+
+    xmlstr = g_string_new ("");
+
+    reinspect = !g_file_test ("scanobj-build.stamp", G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS);
+
+    while (plugins) {
+      GList *features;
+      GstPlugin *plugin;
+      const gchar *source;
+      FILE *inspect = NULL;
+      gchar *inspect_name;
+
+      plugin = (GstPlugin *) (plugins->data);
+      plugins = g_list_next (plugins);
+      source = gst_plugin_get_source (plugin);
+      if (!source || strcmp (source, "$SOURCE") != 0) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      /* skip static coreelements plugin with pipeline and bin element factory */
+      if (gst_plugin_get_filename (plugin) == NULL)
+        continue;
+
+      $debug_log ("plugin: %s source: %s", gst_plugin_get_name (plugin), source);
+
+      if (reinspect) {
+        gchar *basename;
+
+        inspect_name = g_strdup_printf ("$INSPECT_DIR" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "plugin-%s.xml",
+            gst_plugin_get_name (plugin));
+        inspect = fopen (inspect_name, "w");
+        if (inspect == NULL) {
+          g_error ("Could not open %s for writing: %s\\n", inspect_name,
+              g_strerror (errno));
+        }
+        g_free (inspect_name);
+
+		  basename = g_path_get_basename (gst_plugin_get_filename (plugin));
+
+        /* output plugin data */
+        fputs ("\\n",inspect);
+        fputs (xmlprint(2, "name", gst_plugin_get_name (plugin)),inspect);
+        fputs (xmlprint(2, "description", gst_plugin_get_description (plugin)),inspect);
+        fputs (xmlprint(2, "filename", gst_plugin_get_filename (plugin)),inspect);
+        fputs (xmlprint(2, "basename", basename),inspect);
+        fputs (xmlprint(2, "version", gst_plugin_get_version (plugin)),inspect);
+        fputs (xmlprint(2, "license", gst_plugin_get_license (plugin)),inspect);
+        fputs (xmlprint(2, "source", gst_plugin_get_source (plugin)),inspect);
+        fputs (xmlprint(2, "package", gst_plugin_get_package (plugin)),inspect);
+        fputs (xmlprint(2, "origin", gst_plugin_get_origin (plugin)),inspect);
+        fputs ("  \\n", inspect);
+
+		  g_free (basename);
+      }
+
+      features =
+          gst_registry_get_feature_list_by_plugin (gst_registry_get (),
+          gst_plugin_get_name (plugin));
+
+      /* sort factories by feature->name */
+      features = g_list_sort (features, gst_feature_sort_compare);
+
+      while (features) {
+        GstPluginFeature *feature;
+        feature = GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE (features->data);
+        feature = gst_plugin_feature_load (feature);
+        if (!feature) {
+          g_warning ("Could not load plugin feature %s",
+                     gst_plugin_feature_get_name (feature));
+        }
+
+        if (GST_IS_ELEMENT_FACTORY (feature)) {
+          const gchar *pad_dir[] = { "unknown","source","sink" };
+          const gchar *pad_pres[] = { "always","sometimes","request" };
+          GList *pads, *pad;
+
+          $debug_log ("  feature: %s", gst_plugin_feature_get_name (feature));
+
+          factory = GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY (feature);
+          factories = g_list_prepend (factories, factory);
+
+          if (reinspect) {
+            /* output element data */
+            fputs ("    \\n", inspect);
+            fputs (xmlprint(6, "name", gst_plugin_feature_get_name (feature)),inspect);
+            fputs (xmlprint(6, "longname", gst_element_factory_get_metadata (factory, GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_LONGNAME)),inspect);
+            fputs (xmlprint(6, "class", gst_element_factory_get_metadata (factory, GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_KLASS)),inspect);
+            fputs (xmlprint(6, "description", gst_element_factory_get_metadata (factory, GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_DESCRIPTION)),inspect);
+            fputs (xmlprint(6, "author", gst_element_factory_get_metadata (factory, GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_AUTHOR)),inspect);
+            fputs ("      \\n", inspect);
+
+            /* output pad-template data */
+            pads = g_list_copy ((GList *) gst_element_factory_get_static_pad_templates (factory));
+            pads = g_list_sort (pads, static_pad_template_compare);
+            for (pad = pads; pad != NULL; pad = pad->next) {
+              GstStaticPadTemplate *pt = pad->data;
+
+              fputs ("        \\n", inspect);
+              fputs (xmlprint(10, "name", pt->name_template),inspect);
+              fputs (xmlprint(10, "direction", pad_dir[pt->direction]),inspect);
+              fputs (xmlprint(10, "presence", pad_pres[pt->presence]),inspect);
+              fputs (xmlprint(10, "details", pt->static_caps.string),inspect);
+              fputs ("        \\n", inspect);
+            }
+            g_list_free (pads);
+            fputs ("      \\n    \\n", inspect);
+          }
+        }
+        features = g_list_next (features);
+      }
+
+      if (reinspect) {
+        fputs ("  \\n", inspect);
+        fclose (inspect);
+      }
+    }
+
+    g_string_free (xmlstr, TRUE);
+
+    $debug_log ("number of element factories: %d", g_list_length (factories));
+
+    /* allocate the object_types array to hold them */
+    object_types = g_new0 (GType, g_list_length (factories)+$ntypes+1);
+
+    l = factories;
+    i = 0;
+
+    /* fill it */
+    while (l) {
+      factory = GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY (l->data);
+      type = gst_element_factory_get_element_type (factory);
+      if (type != 0) {
+        $debug_log ("adding type for factory %s", gst_element_factory_get_metadata (factory, GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_LONGNAME));
+        object_types[i++] = type;
+      } else {
+        g_message ("type info for factory %s not found",
+            gst_element_factory_get_metadata (factory, GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_LONGNAME));
+      }
+      l = g_list_next (l);
+    }
+
+EOT
+
+# get_type functions:
+for (@types) {
+print OUTPUT < uppercase with '_'
+   * GFileMonitor -> file_monitor
+   * GIOExtensionPoint -> extension_point
+   * GtkTreeView -> tree_view
+   * if 2nd char is upper case too
+   *   search for first lower case and go back one char
+   * else
+   *   search for next upper case
+   */
+  if (!strncmp (object_name, "Gtk", 3))
+      object_arg = object_name + 3;
+  else if (!strncmp (object_name, "Gnome", 5))
+      object_arg = object_name + 5;
+  else
+      object_arg = object_name;
+
+  object_arg_lower = g_ascii_strdown (object_arg, -1);
+  sprintf (pos, "*%s\\n", object_arg_lower);
+  pos += strlen (pos);
+  if (!strncmp (object_arg_lower, "widget", 6))
+    widget_num = 2;
+  g_free(object_arg_lower);
+
+  /* Convert signal name to use underscores rather than dashes '-'. */
+  strncpy (signal_name, query_info.signal_name, 127);
+  signal_name[127] = '\\0';
+  for (i = 0; signal_name[i]; i++)
+    {
+      if (signal_name[i] == '-')
+	signal_name[i] = '_';
+    }
+
+  /* Output the signal parameters. */
+  for (param = 0; param < query_info.n_params; param++)
+    {
+      type_name = get_type_name (query_info.param_types[param] & ~G_SIGNAL_TYPE_STATIC_SCOPE, &is_pointer);
+
+      /* Most arguments to the callback are called "arg1", "arg2", etc.
+         GtkWidgets are called "widget", "widget2", ...
+         GtkCallbacks are called "callback", "callback2", ... */
+      if (!strcmp (type_name, "GtkWidget"))
+        {
+          arg_name = "widget";
+          arg_num = &widget_num;
+        }
+      else if (!strcmp (type_name, "GtkCallback")
+               || !strcmp (type_name, "GtkCCallback"))
+        {
+          arg_name = "callback";
+          arg_num = &callback_num;
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          arg_name = "arg";
+          arg_num = ¶m_num;
+        }
+      sprintf (pos, "%s ", type_name);
+      pos += strlen (pos);
+
+      if (!arg_num || *arg_num == 0)
+        sprintf (pos, "%s%s\\n", is_pointer ? "*" : " ", arg_name);
+      else
+        sprintf (pos, "%s%s%i\\n", is_pointer ? "*" : " ", arg_name,
+                 *arg_num);
+      pos += strlen (pos);
+
+      if (arg_num)
+        {
+          if (*arg_num == 0)
+            *arg_num = 2;
+          else
+            *arg_num += 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+  pos = flags;
+  /* We use one-character flags for simplicity. */
+  if (query_info.signal_flags & G_SIGNAL_RUN_FIRST)
+    *pos++ = 'f';
+  if (query_info.signal_flags & G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST)
+    *pos++ = 'l';
+  if (query_info.signal_flags & G_SIGNAL_RUN_CLEANUP)
+    *pos++ = 'c';
+  if (query_info.signal_flags & G_SIGNAL_NO_RECURSE)
+    *pos++ = 'r';
+  if (query_info.signal_flags & G_SIGNAL_DETAILED)
+    *pos++ = 'd';
+  if (query_info.signal_flags & G_SIGNAL_ACTION)
+    *pos++ = 'a';
+  if (query_info.signal_flags & G_SIGNAL_NO_HOOKS)
+    *pos++ = 'h';
+  *pos = 0;
+
+  /* Output the return type and function name. */
+  ret_type = get_type_name (query_info.return_type & ~G_SIGNAL_TYPE_STATIC_SCOPE, &is_pointer);
+
+  fprintf (fp,
+	   "\\n%s::%s\\n%s%s\\n%s\\n%s\\n\\n",
+	   object_name, query_info.signal_name, ret_type, is_pointer ? "*" : "", flags, buffer);
+}
+
+
+/* Returns the type name to use for a signal argument or return value, given
+   the GtkType from the signal info. It also sets is_pointer to TRUE if the
+   argument needs a '*' since it is a pointer. */
+static const gchar *
+get_type_name (GType type, gboolean * is_pointer)
+{
+  const gchar *type_name;
+
+  *is_pointer = FALSE;
+  type_name = g_type_name (type);
+
+  switch (type) {
+  case G_TYPE_NONE:
+  case G_TYPE_CHAR:
+  case G_TYPE_UCHAR:
+  case G_TYPE_BOOLEAN:
+  case G_TYPE_INT:
+  case G_TYPE_UINT:
+  case G_TYPE_LONG:
+  case G_TYPE_ULONG:
+  case G_TYPE_FLOAT:
+  case G_TYPE_DOUBLE:
+  case G_TYPE_POINTER:
+    /* These all have normal C type names so they are OK. */
+    return type_name;
+
+  case G_TYPE_STRING:
+    /* A GtkString is really a gchar*. */
+    *is_pointer = TRUE;
+    return "gchar";
+
+  case G_TYPE_ENUM:
+  case G_TYPE_FLAGS:
+    /* We use a gint for both of these. Hopefully a subtype with a decent
+       name will be registered and used instead, as GTK+ does itself. */
+    return "gint";
+
+  case G_TYPE_BOXED:
+    /* The boxed type shouldn't be used itself, only subtypes. Though we
+       return 'gpointer' just in case. */
+    return "gpointer";
+
+  case G_TYPE_PARAM:
+    /* A GParam is really a GParamSpec*. */
+    *is_pointer = TRUE;
+    return "GParamSpec";
+
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 25, 9)
+  case G_TYPE_VARIANT:
+    *is_pointer = TRUE;
+    return "GVariant";
+#endif
+
+default:
+    break;
+  }
+
+  /* For all GObject subclasses we can use the class name with a "*",
+     e.g. 'GtkWidget *'. */
+  if (g_type_is_a (type, G_TYPE_OBJECT))
+    *is_pointer = TRUE;
+
+  /* Also catch non GObject root types */
+  if (G_TYPE_IS_CLASSED (type))
+    *is_pointer = TRUE;
+
+  /* All boxed subtypes will be pointers as well. */
+  /* Exception: GStrv */
+  if (g_type_is_a (type, G_TYPE_BOXED) &&
+      !g_type_is_a (type, G_TYPE_STRV))
+    *is_pointer = TRUE;
+
+  /* All pointer subtypes will be pointers as well. */
+  if (g_type_is_a (type, G_TYPE_POINTER))
+    *is_pointer = TRUE;
+
+  /* But enums are not */
+  if (g_type_is_a (type, G_TYPE_ENUM) ||
+      g_type_is_a (type, G_TYPE_FLAGS))
+    *is_pointer = FALSE;
+
+  return type_name;
+}
+
+
+/* This outputs the hierarchy of all objects which have been initialized,
+   i.e. by calling their XXX_get_type() initialization function. */
+static void
+output_object_hierarchy (void)
+{
+  FILE *fp;
+  gint i,j;
+  GType root, type;
+  GType root_types[$ntypes] = { G_TYPE_INVALID, };
+
+  fp = fopen (hierarchy_filename, "w");
+  if (fp == NULL)
+    {
+      g_warning ("Couldn't open output file: %s : %s", hierarchy_filename, g_strerror(errno));
+      return;
+    }
+  output_hierarchy (fp, G_TYPE_OBJECT, 0);
+  output_hierarchy (fp, G_TYPE_INTERFACE, 0);
+
+  for (i=0; object_types[i]; i++) {
+    root = object_types[i];
+    while ((type = g_type_parent (root))) {
+      root = type;
+    }
+    if ((root != G_TYPE_OBJECT) && (root != G_TYPE_INTERFACE)) {
+      for (j=0; root_types[j]; j++) {
+        if (root == root_types[j]) {
+          root = G_TYPE_INVALID; break;
+        }
+      }
+      if(root) {
+        root_types[j] = root;
+        output_hierarchy (fp, root, 0);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  fclose (fp);
+}
+
+static int
+compare_types (const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+  const char *na = g_type_name (*((GType *)a));
+  const char *nb = g_type_name (*((GType *)b));
+
+  return g_strcmp0 (na, nb);
+}
+
+
+/* This is called recursively to output the hierarchy of a object. */
+static void
+output_hierarchy (FILE  *fp,
+		  GType  type,
+		  guint   level)
+{
+  guint i;
+  GType *children;
+  guint n_children;
+
+  if (!type)
+    return;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < level; i++)
+    fprintf (fp, "  ");
+  fprintf (fp, "%s\\n", g_type_name (type));
+
+  children = g_type_children (type, &n_children);
+  qsort (children, n_children, sizeof (GType), compare_types);
+
+
+  for (i=0; i < n_children; i++)
+    output_hierarchy (fp, children[i], level + 1);
+
+  g_free (children);
+}
+
+static void output_object_interfaces (void)
+{
+  guint i;
+  FILE *fp;
+
+  fp = fopen (interfaces_filename, "w");
+  if (fp == NULL)
+    {
+      g_warning ("Couldn't open output file: %s : %s", interfaces_filename, g_strerror(errno));
+      return;
+    }
+  output_interfaces (fp, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
+
+  for (i = 0; object_types[i]; i++)
+    {
+      if (!g_type_parent (object_types[i]) &&
+          (object_types[i] != G_TYPE_OBJECT) &&
+          G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (object_types[i]))
+        {
+          output_interfaces (fp, object_types[i]);
+        }
+    }
+  fclose (fp);
+}
+
+static void
+output_interfaces (FILE  *fp,
+		   GType  type)
+{
+  guint i;
+  GType *children, *interfaces;
+  guint n_children, n_interfaces;
+
+  if (!type)
+    return;
+
+  interfaces = g_type_interfaces (type, &n_interfaces);
+
+  if (n_interfaces > 0)
+    {
+      fprintf (fp, "%s", g_type_name (type));
+      for (i=0; i < n_interfaces; i++)
+          fprintf (fp, " %s", g_type_name (interfaces[i]));
+      fprintf (fp, "\\n");
+     }
+  g_free (interfaces);
+
+  children = g_type_children (type, &n_children);
+
+  for (i=0; i < n_children; i++)
+    output_interfaces (fp, children[i]);
+
+  g_free (children);
+}
+
+static void output_interface_prerequisites (void)
+{
+  FILE *fp;
+
+  fp = fopen (prerequisites_filename, "w");
+  if (fp == NULL)
+    {
+      g_warning ("Couldn't open output file: %s : %s", prerequisites_filename, g_strerror(errno));
+      return;
+    }
+  output_prerequisites (fp, G_TYPE_INTERFACE);
+  fclose (fp);
+}
+
+static void
+output_prerequisites (FILE  *fp,
+		      GType  type)
+{
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,1,0)
+  guint i;
+  GType *children, *prerequisites;
+  guint n_children, n_prerequisites;
+
+  if (!type)
+    return;
+
+  prerequisites = g_type_interface_prerequisites (type, &n_prerequisites);
+
+  if (n_prerequisites > 0)
+    {
+      fprintf (fp, "%s", g_type_name (type));
+      for (i=0; i < n_prerequisites; i++)
+          fprintf (fp, " %s", g_type_name (prerequisites[i]));
+      fprintf (fp, "\\n");
+     }
+  g_free (prerequisites);
+
+  children = g_type_children (type, &n_children);
+
+  for (i=0; i < n_children; i++)
+    output_prerequisites (fp, children[i]);
+
+  g_free (children);
+#endif
+}
+
+static void
+output_args (void)
+{
+  FILE *fp;
+  gint i;
+
+  fp = fopen (args_filename, "w");
+  if (fp == NULL)
+    {
+      g_warning ("Couldn't open output file: %s : %s", args_filename, g_strerror(errno));
+      return;
+    }
+
+  for (i = 0; object_types[i]; i++) {
+    output_object_args (fp, object_types[i]);
+  }
+
+  fclose (fp);
+}
+
+static gint
+compare_param_specs (const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+  GParamSpec *spec_a = *(GParamSpec **)a;
+  GParamSpec *spec_b = *(GParamSpec **)b;
+
+  return strcmp (g_param_spec_get_name (spec_a), g_param_spec_get_name (spec_b));
+}
+
+/* Its common to have unsigned properties restricted
+ * to the signed range. Therefore we make this look
+ * a bit nicer by spelling out the max constants.
+ */
+
+/* Don't use "==" with floats, it might trigger a gcc warning.  */
+#define GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT(x, y) (x <= y && x >= y)
+
+static gchar*
+describe_double_constant (gdouble value)
+{
+  gchar *desc;
+
+  if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (value, G_MAXDOUBLE))
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXDOUBLE");
+  else if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (value, G_MINDOUBLE))
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MINDOUBLE");
+  else if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (value, -G_MAXDOUBLE))
+    desc = g_strdup ("-G_MAXDOUBLE");
+  else if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (value, G_MAXFLOAT))
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXFLOAT");
+  else if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (value, G_MINFLOAT))
+    desc = g_strdup ("G_MINFLOAT");
+  else if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (value, -G_MAXFLOAT))
+    desc = g_strdup ("-G_MAXFLOAT");
+  else{
+    /* make sure floats are output with a decimal dot irrespective of
+    * current locale. Use formatd since we want human-readable numbers
+    * and do not need the exact same bit representation when deserialising */
+    desc = g_malloc0 (G_ASCII_DTOSTR_BUF_SIZE);
+    g_ascii_formatd (desc, G_ASCII_DTOSTR_BUF_SIZE, "%g", value);
+  }
+
+  return desc;
+}
+
+static gchar*
+describe_signed_constant (gsize size, gint64 value)
+{
+  gchar *desc = NULL;
+
+  switch (size) {
+    case 8:
+      if (value == G_MAXINT64)
+        desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXINT64");
+      else if (value == G_MININT64)
+        desc = g_strdup ("G_MININT64");
+      /* fall through */
+    case 4:
+      if (sizeof (int) == 4) {
+        if (value == G_MAXINT)
+          desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXINT");
+        else if (value == G_MININT)
+          desc = g_strdup ("G_MININT");
+        else if (value == (gint64)G_MAXUINT)
+          desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXUINT");
+      }
+      if (value == G_MAXLONG)
+        desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXLONG");
+      else if (value == G_MINLONG)
+        desc = g_strdup ("G_MINLONG");
+      else if (value == (gint64)G_MAXULONG)
+        desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXULONG");
+      /* fall through */
+    case 2:
+      if (sizeof (int) == 2) {
+        if (value == G_MAXINT)
+          desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXINT");
+        else if (value == G_MININT)
+          desc = g_strdup ("G_MININT");
+        else if (value == (gint64)G_MAXUINT)
+          desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXUINT");
+      }
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+  if (!desc)
+    desc = g_strdup_printf ("%" G_GINT64_FORMAT, value);
+
+  return desc;
+}
+
+static gchar*
+describe_unsigned_constant (gsize size, guint64 value)
+{
+  gchar *desc = NULL;
+
+  switch (size) {
+    case 8:
+      if (value == G_MAXINT64)
+        desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXINT64");
+      else if (value == G_MAXUINT64)
+        desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXUINT64");
+      /* fall through */
+    case 4:
+      if (sizeof (int) == 4) {
+        if (value == (guint64)G_MAXINT)
+          desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXINT");
+        else if (value == G_MAXUINT)
+          desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXUINT");
+      }
+      if (value == (guint64)G_MAXLONG)
+        desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXLONG");
+      else if (value == G_MAXULONG)
+        desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXULONG");
+      /* fall through */
+    case 2:
+      if (sizeof (int) == 2) {
+        if (value == (guint64)G_MAXINT)
+          desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXINT");
+        else if (value == G_MAXUINT)
+          desc = g_strdup ("G_MAXUINT");
+      }
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+  if (!desc)
+    desc = g_strdup_printf ("%" G_GUINT64_FORMAT, value);
+
+  return desc;
+}
+
+static gchar*
+describe_type (GParamSpec *spec)
+{
+  gchar *desc;
+  gchar *lower;
+  gchar *upper;
+
+  if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_CHAR (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecChar *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_CHAR (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_signed_constant (sizeof(gchar), pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_signed_constant (sizeof(gchar), pspec->maximum);
+      if (pspec->minimum == G_MININT8 && pspec->maximum == G_MAXINT8)
+	desc = g_strdup ("");
+      else if (pspec->minimum == G_MININT8)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+      else if (pspec->maximum == G_MAXINT8)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_UCHAR (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecUChar *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_UCHAR (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_unsigned_constant (sizeof(guchar), pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_unsigned_constant (sizeof(guchar), pspec->maximum);
+      if (pspec->minimum == 0 && pspec->maximum == G_MAXUINT8)
+	desc = g_strdup ("");
+      else if (pspec->minimum == 0)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+      else if (pspec->maximum == G_MAXUINT8)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_INT (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecInt *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_INT (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_signed_constant (sizeof(gint), pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_signed_constant (sizeof(gint), pspec->maximum);
+      if (pspec->minimum == G_MININT && pspec->maximum == G_MAXINT)
+	desc = g_strdup ("");
+      else if (pspec->minimum == G_MININT)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+      else if (pspec->maximum == G_MAXINT)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_UINT (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecUInt *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_UINT (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_unsigned_constant (sizeof(guint), pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_unsigned_constant (sizeof(guint), pspec->maximum);
+      if (pspec->minimum == 0 && pspec->maximum == G_MAXUINT)
+	desc = g_strdup ("");
+      else if (pspec->minimum == 0)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+      else if (pspec->maximum == G_MAXUINT)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_LONG (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecLong *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_LONG (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_signed_constant (sizeof(glong), pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_signed_constant (sizeof(glong), pspec->maximum);
+      if (pspec->minimum == G_MINLONG && pspec->maximum == G_MAXLONG)
+	desc = g_strdup ("");
+      else if (pspec->minimum == G_MINLONG)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+      else if (pspec->maximum == G_MAXLONG)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_ULONG (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecULong *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_ULONG (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_unsigned_constant (sizeof(gulong), pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_unsigned_constant (sizeof(gulong), pspec->maximum);
+      if (pspec->minimum == 0 && pspec->maximum == G_MAXULONG)
+	desc = g_strdup ("");
+      else if (pspec->minimum == 0)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+      else if (pspec->maximum == G_MAXULONG)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_INT64 (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecInt64 *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_INT64 (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_signed_constant (sizeof(gint64), pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_signed_constant (sizeof(gint64), pspec->maximum);
+      if (pspec->minimum == G_MININT64 && pspec->maximum == G_MAXINT64)
+	desc = g_strdup ("");
+      else if (pspec->minimum == G_MININT64)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+      else if (pspec->maximum == G_MAXINT64)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_UINT64 (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecUInt64 *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_UINT64 (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_unsigned_constant (sizeof(guint64), pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_unsigned_constant (sizeof(guint64), pspec->maximum);
+      if (pspec->minimum == 0 && pspec->maximum == G_MAXUINT64)
+	desc = g_strdup ("");
+      else if (pspec->minimum == 0)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+      else if (pspec->maximum == G_MAXUINT64)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_FLOAT (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecFloat *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_FLOAT (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_double_constant (pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_double_constant (pspec->maximum);
+      if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (pspec->minimum, -G_MAXFLOAT))
+	{
+	  if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (pspec->maximum, G_MAXFLOAT))
+	    desc = g_strdup ("");
+	  else
+	    desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+	}
+      else if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (pspec->maximum, G_MAXFLOAT))
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_DOUBLE (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecDouble *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_DOUBLE (spec);
+
+      lower = describe_double_constant (pspec->minimum);
+      upper = describe_double_constant (pspec->maximum);
+      if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (pspec->minimum, -G_MAXDOUBLE))
+	{
+	  if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (pspec->maximum, G_MAXDOUBLE))
+	    desc = g_strdup ("");
+	  else
+	    desc = g_strdup_printf ("<= %s", upper);
+	}
+      else if (GTKDOC_COMPARE_FLOAT (pspec->maximum, G_MAXDOUBLE))
+	desc = g_strdup_printf (">= %s", lower);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("[%s,%s]", lower, upper);
+      g_free (lower);
+      g_free (upper);
+    }
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 12, 0)
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_GTYPE (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecGType *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_GTYPE (spec);
+      gboolean is_pointer;
+
+      desc = g_strdup (get_type_name (pspec->is_a_type, &is_pointer));
+    }
+#endif
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 25, 9)
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_VARIANT (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecVariant *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_VARIANT (spec);
+      gchar *variant_type;
+
+      variant_type = g_variant_type_dup_string (pspec->type);
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("GVariant<%s>", variant_type);
+      g_free (variant_type);
+    }
+#endif
+  else
+    {
+      desc = g_strdup ("");
+    }
+
+  return desc;
+}
+
+static gchar*
+describe_default (GParamSpec *spec)
+{
+  gchar *desc;
+
+  if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_CHAR (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecChar *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_CHAR (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%d", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_UCHAR (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecUChar *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_UCHAR (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%u", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_BOOLEAN (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecBoolean *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_BOOLEAN (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%s", pspec->default_value ? "TRUE" : "FALSE");
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_INT (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecInt *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_INT (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%d", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_UINT (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecUInt *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_UINT (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%u", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_LONG (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecLong *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_LONG (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%ld", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_LONG (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecULong *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_ULONG (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%lu", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_INT64 (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecInt64 *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_INT64 (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%" G_GINT64_FORMAT, pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_UINT64 (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecUInt64 *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_UINT64 (spec);
+
+      desc = g_strdup_printf ("%" G_GUINT64_FORMAT, pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_UNICHAR (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecUnichar *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_UNICHAR (spec);
+
+      if (g_unichar_isprint (pspec->default_value))
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("'%c'", pspec->default_value);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("%u", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_ENUM (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecEnum *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_ENUM (spec);
+
+      GEnumValue *value = g_enum_get_value (pspec->enum_class, pspec->default_value);
+      if (value)
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("%s", value->value_name);
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("%d", pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_FLAGS (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecFlags *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_FLAGS (spec);
+      guint default_value;
+      GString *acc;
+
+      default_value = pspec->default_value;
+      acc = g_string_new ("");
+
+      while (default_value)
+	{
+	  GFlagsValue *value = g_flags_get_first_value (pspec->flags_class, default_value);
+
+	  if (!value)
+	    break;
+
+	  if (acc->len > 0)
+	    g_string_append (acc, "|");
+	  g_string_append (acc, value->value_name);
+
+	  default_value &= ~value->value;
+	}
+
+      if (default_value == 0)
+	desc = g_string_free (acc, FALSE);
+      else
+	{
+	  desc = g_strdup_printf ("%d", pspec->default_value);
+	  g_string_free (acc, TRUE);
+	}
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_FLOAT (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecFloat *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_FLOAT (spec);
+
+      /* make sure floats are output with a decimal dot irrespective of
+       * current locale. Use formatd since we want human-readable numbers
+       * and do not need the exact same bit representation when deserialising */
+      desc = g_malloc0 (G_ASCII_DTOSTR_BUF_SIZE);
+      g_ascii_formatd (desc, G_ASCII_DTOSTR_BUF_SIZE, "%g",
+          pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_DOUBLE (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecDouble *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_DOUBLE (spec);
+
+      /* make sure floats are output with a decimal dot irrespective of
+       * current locale. Use formatd since we want human-readable numbers
+       * and do not need the exact same bit representation when deserialising */
+      desc = g_malloc0 (G_ASCII_DTOSTR_BUF_SIZE);
+      g_ascii_formatd (desc, G_ASCII_DTOSTR_BUF_SIZE, "%g",
+          pspec->default_value);
+    }
+  else if (G_IS_PARAM_SPEC_STRING (spec))
+    {
+      GParamSpecString *pspec = G_PARAM_SPEC_STRING (spec);
+
+      if (pspec->default_value)
+	{
+	  gchar *esc = g_strescape (pspec->default_value, NULL);
+
+	  desc = g_strdup_printf ("\\"%s\\"", esc);
+
+	  g_free (esc);
+	}
+      else
+	desc = g_strdup_printf ("NULL");
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      desc = g_strdup ("");
+    }
+
+  return desc;
+}
+
+
+static void
+output_object_args (FILE *fp, GType object_type)
+{
+  gpointer class;
+  const gchar *object_class_name;
+  guint arg;
+  gchar flags[16], *pos;
+  GParamSpec **properties;
+  guint n_properties;
+  gboolean child_prop;
+  gboolean style_prop;
+  gboolean is_pointer;
+  const gchar *type_name;
+  gchar *type_desc;
+  gchar *default_value;
+
+  if (G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type))
+    {
+      class = g_type_class_peek (object_type);
+      if (!class)
+	return;
+
+      properties = g_object_class_list_properties (class, &n_properties);
+    }
+#if GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION > 2 || (GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION == 2 && GLIB_MINOR_VERSION >= 3)
+  else if (G_TYPE_IS_INTERFACE (object_type))
+    {
+      class = g_type_default_interface_ref (object_type);
+
+      if (!class)
+	return;
+
+      properties = g_object_interface_list_properties (class, &n_properties);
+    }
+#endif
+  else
+    return;
+
+  object_class_name = g_type_name (object_type);
+
+  child_prop = FALSE;
+  style_prop = FALSE;
+
+  while (TRUE) {
+    qsort (properties, n_properties, sizeof (GParamSpec *), compare_param_specs);
+    for (arg = 0; arg < n_properties; arg++)
+      {
+        GParamSpec *spec = properties[arg];
+        const gchar *nick, *blurb, *dot;
+
+        if (spec->owner_type != object_type)
+          continue;
+
+        pos = flags;
+        /* We use one-character flags for simplicity. */
+        if (child_prop && !style_prop)
+   	  *pos++ = 'c';
+        if (style_prop)
+   	  *pos++ = 's';
+        if (spec->flags & G_PARAM_READABLE)
+ 	  *pos++ = 'r';
+        if (spec->flags & G_PARAM_WRITABLE)
+	  *pos++ = 'w';
+        if (spec->flags & G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT)
+	  *pos++ = 'x';
+        if (spec->flags & G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY)
+	  *pos++ = 'X';
+        *pos = 0;
+
+        nick = g_param_spec_get_nick (spec);
+        blurb = g_param_spec_get_blurb (spec);
+
+        dot = "";
+        if (blurb) {
+          int str_len = strlen (blurb);
+          if (str_len > 0  && blurb[str_len - 1] != '.')
+            dot = ".";
+        }
+
+	type_desc = describe_type (spec);
+	default_value = describe_default (spec);
+	type_name = get_type_name (spec->value_type, &is_pointer);
+        fprintf (fp, "\\n%s::%s\\n%s%s\\n%s\\n%s\\n%s\\n%s%s\\n%s\\n\\n\\n",
+	         object_class_name, g_param_spec_get_name (spec), type_name, is_pointer ? "*" : "", type_desc, flags, nick ? nick : "(null)", blurb ? blurb : "(null)", dot, default_value);
+	g_free (type_desc);
+	g_free (default_value);
+      }
+
+    g_free (properties);
+
+#ifdef GTK_IS_CONTAINER_CLASS
+    if (!child_prop && GTK_IS_CONTAINER_CLASS (class)) {
+      properties = gtk_container_class_list_child_properties (class, &n_properties);
+      child_prop = TRUE;
+      continue;
+    }
+#endif
+
+#ifdef GTK_IS_CELL_AREA_CLASS
+    if (!child_prop && GTK_IS_CELL_AREA_CLASS (class)) {
+      properties = gtk_cell_area_class_list_cell_properties (class, &n_properties);
+      child_prop = TRUE;
+      continue;
+    }
+#endif
+
+#ifdef GTK_IS_WIDGET_CLASS
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,1,0)
+    if (!style_prop && GTK_IS_WIDGET_CLASS (class)) {
+      properties = gtk_widget_class_list_style_properties (GTK_WIDGET_CLASS (class), &n_properties);
+      style_prop = TRUE;
+      continue;
+    }
+#endif
+#endif
+
+    break;
+  }
+}
+EOT
+
+close OUTPUT;
+
+# Compile and run our file
+
+$CC = $ENV{CC} ? $ENV{CC} : "gcc";
+$LD = $ENV{LD} ? $ENV{LD} : $CC;
+$CFLAGS = $ENV{CFLAGS} ? "$ENV{CFLAGS}" : "";
+$LDFLAGS = $ENV{LDFLAGS} ? $ENV{LDFLAGS} : "";
+
+my $o_file;
+if ($CC =~ /libtool/) {
+  $o_file  = "$MODULE-scan.lo"
+} else {
+  $o_file = "$MODULE-scan.o"
+}
+
+my $stdout="";
+if (!defined($VERBOSE) or $VERBOSE eq "0") {
+    $stdout=">/dev/null";
+}
+
+# Compiling scanner
+$command = "$CC $stdout $CFLAGS -c -o $o_file $MODULE-scan.c";
+system("($command)") == 0 or die "Compilation of scanner failed: $!\n";
+
+# Linking scanner
+$command = "$LD $stdout -o $MODULE-scan $o_file $LDFLAGS";
+system($command) == 0 or die "Linking of scanner failed: $!\n";
+
+# Running scanner $MODULE-scan ";
+system("sh -c ./$MODULE-scan") == 0 or die "Scan failed: $!\n";
+
+if (!defined($ENV{"GTK_DOC_KEEP_INTERMEDIATE"})) {
+  unlink "./$MODULE-scan.c", "./$MODULE-scan.o", "./$MODULE-scan.lo", "./$MODULE-scan";
+}
+
+&UpdateFileIfChanged ($old_hierarchy_filename, $new_hierarchy_filename, 0);
+# we will merge these in scangobj-merge.py
+#&UpdateFileIfChanged ($old_interfaces_filename, $new_interfaces_filename, 0);
+#&UpdateFileIfChanged ($old_prerequisites_filename, $new_prerequisites_filename, 0);
+#&UpdateFileIfChanged ($old_signals_filename, $new_signals_filename, 0);
+#&UpdateFileIfChanged ($old_args_filename, $new_args_filename, 0);
+
diff --git a/validate/common/gtk-doc-plugins.mak b/validate/common/gtk-doc-plugins.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f19e7d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/gtk-doc-plugins.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+# This is an include file specifically tuned for building documentation
+# for GStreamer plug-ins
+
+help:
+	@echo
+	@echo "If you are a doc maintainer, run 'make update' to update"
+	@echo "the documentation files maintained in git"
+	@echo
+	@echo Other useful make targets:
+	@echo
+	@echo  check-inspected-versions: make sure the inspected plugin info
+	@echo                            is up to date before a release
+	@echo
+
+# update the stuff maintained by doc maintainers
+update: scanobj-update
+	$(MAKE) check-outdated-docs
+
+# We set GPATH here; this gives us semantics for GNU make
+# which are more like other make's VPATH, when it comes to
+# whether a source that is a target of one rule is then
+# searched for in VPATH/GPATH.
+#
+GPATH = $(srcdir)
+
+# thomas: make docs parallel installable
+TARGET_DIR=$(HTML_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_API_VERSION@
+
+MAINTAINER_DOC_STAMPS =			\
+	scanobj-build.stamp
+
+EXTRA_DIST = 				\
+	$(MAINTAINER_DOC_STAMPS)		\
+	$(srcdir)/inspect/*.xml		\
+	$(SCANOBJ_FILES)		\
+	$(content_files)		\
+	$(extra_files)			\
+	$(HTML_IMAGES)			\
+	$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE)	\
+	$(DOC_OVERRIDES)		\
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt
+
+# we don't add scanobj-build.stamp here since they are built manually by docs
+# maintainers and result is commited to git
+DOC_STAMPS =				\
+	scan-build.stamp		\
+	tmpl-build.stamp		\
+	sgml-build.stamp		\
+	html-build.stamp		\
+	scan.stamp			\
+	tmpl.stamp			\
+	sgml.stamp			\
+	html.stamp
+
+# files generated/updated by gtkdoc-scangobj
+SCANOBJ_FILES =				\
+	$(DOC_MODULE).args              \
+	$(DOC_MODULE).hierarchy         \
+	$(DOC_MODULE).interfaces        \
+	$(DOC_MODULE).prerequisites     \
+	$(DOC_MODULE).signals           \
+	$(DOC_MODULE).types
+
+SCANOBJ_FILES_O =			\
+	.libs/$(DOC_MODULE)-scan.o
+
+# files generated/updated by gtkdoc-scan
+SCAN_FILES =				\
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt	\
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-overrides.txt	\
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt		\
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-decl-list.txt
+
+
+REPORT_FILES = \
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-undocumented.txt \
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-undeclared.txt \
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-unused.txt
+
+CLEANFILES = \
+	$(SCANOBJ_FILES_O) \
+	$(REPORT_FILES) \
+	$(DOC_STAMPS) \
+	inspect-registry.xml
+
+INSPECT_DIR = inspect
+
+if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
+all-local: html-build.stamp
+
+### inspect GStreamer plug-ins; done by documentation maintainer ###
+
+# only look at the plugins in this module when building inspect .xml stuff
+INSPECT_REGISTRY=$(top_builddir)/docs/plugins/inspect-registry.xml
+INSPECT_ENVIRONMENT=\
+	LC_ALL=C \
+	GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0= \
+	GST_PLUGIN_PATH_1_0=$(top_builddir)/gst:$(top_builddir)/sys:$(top_builddir)/ext:$(top_builddir)/plugins:$(top_builddir)/src:$(top_builddir)/gnl \
+	GST_REGISTRY_1_0=$(INSPECT_REGISTRY) \
+	PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH)" \
+	$(INSPECT_EXTRA_ENVIRONMENT)
+
+#### scan gobjects; done by documentation maintainer ####
+scanobj-update:
+	-rm scanobj-build.stamp
+	$(MAKE) scanobj-build.stamp
+
+# gstdoc-scanobj produces 5 output files (.new)
+# scangobj-merge.py merges them into the file which we commit later
+# TODO: also merge the hierarchy
+scanobj-build.stamp: $(SCANOBJ_DEPS) $(basefiles)
+	@echo "  DOC   Introspecting gobjects"
+	@if test x"$(srcdir)" != x. ; then				\
+	    for f in $(SCANOBJ_FILES) $(SCAN_FILES);			\
+	    do								\
+	        if test -e $(srcdir)/$$f; then cp -u $(srcdir)/$$f . ; fi;	\
+	    done;							\
+	fi;								\
+	mkdir -p $(INSPECT_DIR); \
+	scanobj_options=""; \
+	if test "x$(V)" = "x1"; then \
+	    scanobj_options="--verbose"; \
+	fi; \
+	$(INSPECT_ENVIRONMENT) 					\
+	CC="$(GTKDOC_CC)" LD="$(GTKDOC_LD)"				\
+	CFLAGS="$(GTKDOC_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(WARNING_CFLAGS)"	\
+	LDFLAGS="$(GTKDOC_LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)"				\
+	$(GST_DOC_SCANOBJ) $$scanobj_options --type-init-func="gst_init(NULL,NULL)"	\
+	    --module=$(DOC_MODULE) --source=$(PACKAGE) --inspect-dir=$(INSPECT_DIR) &&		\
+	    echo "  DOC   Merging introspection data" && \
+	    $(PYTHON)						\
+	    $(top_srcdir)/common/scangobj-merge.py $(DOC_MODULE) || exit 1;	\
+	if test x"$(srcdir)" != x. ; then				\
+	    for f in $(SCANOBJ_FILES);					\
+	    do								\
+	        cmp -s ./$$f $(srcdir)/$$f || cp ./$$f $(srcdir)/ ;		\
+	    done;							\
+	fi;								\
+	touch scanobj-build.stamp
+
+$(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt $(SCANOBJ_FILES) $(SCANOBJ_FILES_O): scan-build.stamp
+	@true
+
+### scan headers; done on every build ###
+scan-build.stamp: $(HFILE_GLOB) $(EXTRA_HFILES) $(basefiles) scanobj-build.stamp
+	@echo '  DOC   Scanning header files'
+	@if test x"$(srcdir)" != x. ; then				\
+	    for f in $(SCANOBJ_FILES) $(SCAN_FILES);			\
+	    do								\
+	        if test -e $(srcdir)/$$f; then cp -u $(srcdir)/$$f . ; fi;	\
+	    done;							\
+	fi
+	@_source_dir='' ;						\
+	for i in $(DOC_SOURCE_DIR) ; do					\
+	    _source_dir="$${_source_dir} --source-dir=$$i" ;	        \
+	done ;							        \
+	gtkdoc-scan							\
+	    $(SCAN_OPTIONS) $(EXTRA_HFILES)				\
+	    --module=$(DOC_MODULE)					\
+	    $${_source_dir}             				\
+	    --ignore-headers="$(IGNORE_HFILES)";			\
+	touch scan-build.stamp
+
+#### update templates; done on every build ####
+
+# in a non-srcdir build, we need to copy files from the previous step
+# and the files from previous runs of this step
+tmpl-build.stamp: $(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt $(SCANOBJ_FILES) $(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt $(DOC_OVERRIDES)
+	@echo '  DOC   Rebuilding template files'
+	@if test x"$(srcdir)" != x. ; then				\
+	    for f in $(SCANOBJ_FILES) $(SCAN_FILES);			\
+	    do								\
+	        if test -e $(srcdir)/$$f; then cp -u $(srcdir)/$$f . ; fi;	\
+	    done;							\
+	fi
+	@gtkdoc-mktmpl --module=$(DOC_MODULE)
+	@$(PYTHON) \
+		$(top_srcdir)/common/mangle-tmpl.py $(srcdir)/$(INSPECT_DIR) tmpl
+	@touch tmpl-build.stamp
+
+tmpl.stamp: tmpl-build.stamp
+	@true
+
+#### xml ####
+
+sgml-build.stamp: tmpl.stamp scan-build.stamp $(CFILE_GLOB) $(top_srcdir)/common/plugins.xsl $(expand_content_files)
+	@echo '  DOC   Building XML'
+	@-mkdir -p xml
+	@for a in $(srcdir)/$(INSPECT_DIR)/*.xml; do \
+	    xsltproc --stringparam module $(MODULE) \
+		$(top_srcdir)/common/plugins.xsl $$a > xml/`basename $$a`; done
+	@for f in $(EXAMPLE_CFILES); do \
+		$(PYTHON) $(top_srcdir)/common/c-to-xml.py $$f > xml/element-`basename $$f .c`.xml; done
+	@gtkdoc-mkdb \
+		--module=$(DOC_MODULE) \
+		--source-dir=$(DOC_SOURCE_DIR) \
+		 --expand-content-files="$(expand_content_files)" \
+		--main-sgml-file=$(srcdir)/$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) \
+		--output-format=xml \
+		--ignore-files="$(IGNORE_HFILES) $(IGNORE_CFILES)" \
+		$(MKDB_OPTIONS)
+	@cp ../version.entities xml
+	@touch sgml-build.stamp
+
+sgml.stamp: sgml-build.stamp
+	@true
+
+#### html ####
+
+html-build.stamp: sgml.stamp $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) $(content_files)
+	@echo '  DOC   Building HTML'
+	@rm -rf html
+	@mkdir html
+	@cp $(srcdir)/$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) html
+	@for f in $(content_files); do cp $(srcdir)/$$f html; done
+	@cp -pr xml html
+	@cp ../version.entities html
+	@mkhtml_options=""; \
+	gtkdoc-mkhtml 2>&1 --help | grep  >/dev/null "\-\-verbose"; \
+	if test "$(?)" = "0"; then \
+	  if test "x$(V)" = "x1"; then \
+	    mkhtml_options="$$mkhtml_options --verbose"; \
+	  fi; \
+	fi; \
+	cd html && gtkdoc-mkhtml $$mkhtml_options $(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_API_VERSION@ $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE)
+	@rm -f html/$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE)
+	@rm -rf html/xml
+	@rm -f html/version.entities
+	@test "x$(HTML_IMAGES)" = "x" || for i in "" $(HTML_IMAGES) ; do \
+	    if test "$$i" != ""; then cp $(srcdir)/$$i html ; fi; done
+	@echo '  DOC   Fixing cross-references'
+	@gtkdoc-fixxref --module=$(DOC_MODULE) --module-dir=html --html-dir=$(HTML_DIR) $(FIXXREF_OPTIONS)
+	@touch html-build.stamp
+
+clean-local-gtkdoc:
+	@rm -rf xml tmpl html
+# clean files copied for nonsrcdir templates build
+	@if test x"$(srcdir)" != x. ; then \
+	    rm -rf $(SCANOBJ_FILES) $(SCAN_FILES) $(REPORT_FILES) \
+	        $(MAINTAINER_DOC_STAMPS); \
+	fi
+else
+all-local:
+clean-local-gtkdoc:
+endif
+
+clean-local: clean-local-gtkdoc
+	@rm -f *~ *.bak
+	@rm -rf .libs
+
+distclean-local:
+	@rm -f $(REPORT_FILES) \
+	        $(DOC_MODULE)-decl-list.txt $(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt
+	@rm -rf tmpl/*.sgml.bak
+	@rm -f $(DOC_MODULE).hierarchy
+	@rm -f *.stamp || true
+	@if test "$(abs_srcdir)" != "$(abs_builddir)" ; then \
+	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE)-docs.sgml ; \
+	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE).types ; \
+	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE).interfaces ; \
+	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE)-overrides.txt ; \
+	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE).prerequisites ; \
+	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt ; \
+	    rm -rf tmpl/*.sgml ; \
+	    rm -rf $(INSPECT_DIR); \
+	fi
+	@rm -rf *.o
+
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = $(MAINTAINER_DOC_STAMPS)
+
+# thomas: make docs parallel installable; devhelp requires majorminor too
+install-data-local:
+	(installfiles=`echo $(builddir)/html/*.sgml $(builddir)/html/*.html $(builddir)/html/*.png $(builddir)/html/*.css`; \
+	if test "$$installfiles" = '$(builddir)/html/*.sgml $(builddir)/html/*.html $(builddir)/html/*.png $(builddir)/html/*.css'; \
+	then echo '-- Nothing to install' ; \
+	else \
+	  $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR); \
+	  for i in $$installfiles; do \
+	    echo '-- Installing '$$i ; \
+	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR); \
+	  done; \
+	  pngfiles=`echo ./html/*.png`; \
+	  if test "$$pngfiles" != './html/*.png'; then \
+	    for i in $$pngfiles; do \
+	      echo '-- Installing '$$i ; \
+	      $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR); \
+	    done; \
+	  fi; \
+	  echo '-- Installing $(builddir)/html/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_API_VERSION@.devhelp2' ; \
+	  if test -e $(builddir)/html/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_API_VERSION@.devhelp2; then \
+	            $(INSTALL_DATA) $(builddir)/html/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_API_VERSION@.devhelp2 \
+	            $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_API_VERSION@.devhelp2; \
+	  fi; \
+	  $(GTKDOC_REBASE) --relative --dest-dir=$(DESTDIR) --html-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR) || true ; \
+	fi)
+uninstall-local:
+	if test -d $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR); then \
+	  rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/*; \
+	  rmdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR) 2>/dev/null || true; \
+	else \
+	  echo '-- Nothing to uninstall' ; \
+	fi;
+
+#
+# Checks
+#
+if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
+check-hierarchy: $(DOC_MODULE).hierarchy
+	@if grep '	' $(DOC_MODULE).hierarchy; then \
+	    echo "$(DOC_MODULE).hierarchy contains tabs, please fix"; \
+	    /bin/false; \
+	fi
+
+check: check-hierarchy
+endif
+
+# wildcard is apparently not portable to other makes, hence the use of find
+inspect_files = $(shell find $(srcdir)/$(INSPECT_DIR) -name '*.xml')
+
+check-inspected-versions:
+	@echo Checking plugin versions of inspected plugin data ...; \
+	fail=0 ; \
+	for each in $(inspect_files) ; do \
+	  if (grep -H '' $$each | grep -v '$(VERSION)'); then \
+	    echo $$each should be fixed to say version $(VERSION) or be removed ; \
+	    echo "sed -i -e 's//$(VERSION)<\/version>/'" $$each; \
+	    echo ; \
+	    fail=1; \
+	  fi ; \
+	done ; \
+	exit $$fail
+
+check-outdated-docs:
+	$(AM_V_GEN)echo Checking for outdated plugin inspect data ...; \
+	fail=0 ; \
+	if [ -d $(top_srcdir)/.git/ ]; then \
+	  files=`find $(srcdir)/inspect/ -name '*xml'`; \
+	  for f in $$files; do \
+	    ver=`grep '$(PACKAGE_VERSION)' $$f`; \
+	    if test "x$$ver" = "x"; then \
+	      plugin=`echo $$f | sed -e 's/^.*plugin-//' -e 's/.xml//'`; \
+	      # echo "Checking $$plugin $$f"; \
+	      pushd "$(top_srcdir)" >/dev/null; \
+	      pinit=`git grep -A3 GST_PLUGIN_DEFINE -- ext/ gst/ sys/ | grep "\"$$plugin\""`; \
+	      popd >/dev/null; \
+	      # echo "[$$pinit]"; \
+	      if test "x$$pinit" = "x"; then \
+	        printf " **** outdated docs for plugin %-15s: %s\n" $$plugin $$f; \
+	        fail=1; \
+	      fi; \
+	    fi; \
+	  done; \
+	fi ; \
+	exit $$fail
+
+#
+# Require gtk-doc when making dist
+#
+if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
+dist-check-gtkdoc:
+else
+dist-check-gtkdoc:
+	@echo "*** gtk-doc must be installed and enabled in order to make dist"
+	@false
+endif
+
+# FIXME: decide whether we want to dist generated html or not
+# also this only works, if the project has been build before
+# we could dist html only if its there, but that might lead to missing html in
+# tarballs
+dist-hook: dist-check-gtkdoc dist-hook-local
+	mkdir $(distdir)/html
+	cp html/* $(distdir)/html
+	-cp $(srcdir)/$(DOC_MODULE).types $(distdir)/
+	-cp $(srcdir)/$(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt $(distdir)/
+	cd $(distdir) && rm -f $(DISTCLEANFILES)
+	-gtkdoc-rebase --online --relative --html-dir=$(distdir)/html
+
+.PHONY : dist-hook-local docs check-outdated-docs inspect
+
+# avoid spurious build errors when distchecking with -jN
+.NOTPARALLEL:
diff --git a/validate/common/gtk-doc.mak b/validate/common/gtk-doc.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d76889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/gtk-doc.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+###########################################################################
+# Everything below here is generic and you shouldn't need to change it.
+###########################################################################
+# thomas: except of course that we did
+
+# thomas: copied from glib-2
+# We set GPATH here; this gives us semantics for GNU make
+# which are more like other make's VPATH, when it comes to
+# whether a source that is a target of one rule is then
+# searched for in VPATH/GPATH.
+#
+GPATH = $(srcdir)
+
+# thomas: make docs parallel installable
+TARGET_DIR=$(HTML_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_API_VERSION@
+
+EXTRA_DIST = 				\
+	$(content_files)		\
+	$(extra_files)			\
+	$(HTML_IMAGES)			\
+	$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE)		\
+	$(DOC_MODULE).types		\
+	$(DOC_OVERRIDES)		\
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt
+
+DOC_STAMPS =				\
+	setup-build.stamp		\
+	scan-build.stamp		\
+	sgml-build.stamp		\
+	html-build.stamp		\
+	sgml.stamp		\
+	html.stamp
+
+SCANOBJ_FILES =				\
+	$(DOC_MODULE).args		\
+	$(DOC_MODULE).hierarchy		\
+	$(DOC_MODULE).interfaces		\
+	$(DOC_MODULE).prerequisites	\
+	$(DOC_MODULE).signals		\
+	.libs/$(DOC_MODULE)-scan.o
+
+REPORT_FILES = \
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-undocumented.txt \
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-undeclared.txt \
+	$(DOC_MODULE)-unused.txt
+
+CLEANFILES = $(SCANOBJ_FILES) $(REPORT_FILES) $(DOC_STAMPS) doc-registry.xml
+
+if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
+all-local: html-build.stamp
+
+#### setup ####
+
+setup-build.stamp: $(content_files)
+	-@if test "$(abs_srcdir)" != "$(abs_builddir)" ; then \
+	    echo '  DOC   Preparing build'; \
+	    files=`echo $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) $(DOC_OVERRIDES) $(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt $(DOC_MODULE).types $(content_files)`; \
+	    if test "x$$files" != "x" ; then \
+	        for file in $$files ; do \
+	            test -f $(abs_srcdir)/$$file && \
+	                cp -pu $(abs_srcdir)/$$file $(abs_builddir)/ || true; \
+	        done; \
+	    fi; \
+	fi
+	@touch setup-build.stamp
+
+#### scan ####
+
+# in the case of non-srcdir builds, the built gst directory gets added
+# to gtk-doc scanning; but only then, to avoid duplicates
+scan-build.stamp: $(HFILE_GLOB) $(CFILE_GLOB)
+	@echo '  DOC   Scanning header files'
+	@_source_dir='' ;						\
+	for i in $(DOC_SOURCE_DIR) ; do					\
+	    _source_dir="$${_source_dir} --source-dir=$$i" ;	        \
+	done ;							        \
+	gtkdoc-scan							\
+		$(SCAN_OPTIONS) $(EXTRA_HFILES)				\
+		--module=$(DOC_MODULE)					\
+		$${_source_dir}         				\
+		--ignore-headers="$(IGNORE_HFILES)"
+	@if grep -l '^..*$$' $(DOC_MODULE).types > /dev/null; then	\
+	    echo "  DOC   Introspecting gobjects"; \
+	    GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0=`cd $(top_builddir) && pwd`		\
+	    GST_PLUGIN_PATH_1_0=						\
+	    GST_REGISTRY_1_0=doc-registry.xml				\
+	    $(GTKDOC_EXTRA_ENVIRONMENT)					\
+	    CC="$(GTKDOC_CC)" LD="$(GTKDOC_LD)"				\
+	    CFLAGS="$(GTKDOC_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)"				\
+	    LDFLAGS="$(GTKDOC_LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)"				\
+	    gtkdoc-scangobj --type-init-func="gst_init(NULL,NULL)"	\
+	        --module=$(DOC_MODULE) ;				\
+	else								\
+	    for i in $(SCANOBJ_FILES) ; do				\
+	       test -f $$i || touch $$i ;				\
+	    done							\
+	fi
+	@touch scan-build.stamp
+
+$(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt $(SCANOBJ_FILES) $(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt $(DOC_MODULE)-overrides.txt: scan-build.stamp
+	@true
+
+#### xml ####
+
+sgml-build.stamp: setup-build.stamp $(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt $(SCANOBJ_FILES) $(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt $(expand_content_files)
+	@echo '  DOC   Building XML'
+	@gtkdoc-mkdb --module=$(DOC_MODULE) --source-dir=$(DOC_SOURCE_DIR)  --expand-content-files="$(expand_content_files)" --main-sgml-file=$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) --output-format=xml $(MKDB_OPTIONS)
+	@cp ../version.entities xml
+	@touch sgml-build.stamp
+
+sgml.stamp: sgml-build.stamp
+	@true
+
+#### html ####
+
+html-build.stamp: sgml.stamp $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) $(content_files)
+	@echo '  DOC   Building HTML'
+	@rm -rf html
+	@mkdir html
+	@cp -pr xml html
+	@cp ../version.entities ./
+	@mkhtml_options=""; \
+	gtkdoc-mkhtml 2>&1 --help | grep  >/dev/null "\-\-verbose"; \
+	if test "$(?)" = "0"; then \
+	  if test "x$(V)" = "x1"; then \
+	    mkhtml_options="$$mkhtml_options --verbose"; \
+	  fi; \
+	fi; \
+	@gtkdoc-mkhtml 2>&1 --help | grep  >/dev/null "\-\-path"; \
+	if test "$(?)" = "0"; then \
+	  mkhtml_options=--path="$(abs_srcdir)"; \
+	fi; \
+	cd html && gtkdoc-mkhtml $$mkhtml_options $(MKHTML_OPTIONS) $(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_API_VERSION@ ../$(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE)
+	@rm -rf html/xml
+	@rm -f version.entities
+	@test "x$(HTML_IMAGES)" = "x" ||  ( cd $(srcdir) && cp $(HTML_IMAGES) $(abs_builddir)/html )
+	@echo '  DOC   Fixing cross-references'
+	@gtkdoc-fixxref --module=$(DOC_MODULE) --module-dir=html --html-dir=$(HTML_DIR) $(FIXXREF_OPTIONS)
+	@touch html-build.stamp
+
+clean-local-gtkdoc:
+	@rm -rf xml tmpl html
+# clean files copied for nonsrcdir templates build
+	@if test x"$(srcdir)" != x. ; then \
+	        rm -rf $(DOC_MODULE).types; \
+	fi
+else
+all-local:
+clean-local-gtkdoc:
+endif
+
+clean-local: clean-local-gtkdoc
+	@rm -f *~ *.bak
+	@rm -rf .libs
+
+distclean-local:
+	@rm -f $(REPORT_FILES) \
+	        $(DOC_MODULE)-decl-list.txt $(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt
+	@rm -rf tmpl/*.sgml.bak
+	@rm -f $(DOC_MODULE).hierarchy
+	@rm -f *.stamp || true
+	@if test "$(abs_srcdir)" != "$(abs_builddir)" ; then \
+	    rm -f $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE) ; \
+	    rm -f $(DOC_OVERRIDES) ; \
+	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE).types ; \
+	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE).interfaces ; \
+	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE).prerequisites ; \
+	    rm -f $(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt ; \
+	    rm -f $(content_files) ; \
+	    rm -rf tmpl/*.sgml ; \
+	fi
+	@rm -rf *.o
+
+maintainer-clean-local: clean
+	@cd $(srcdir) && rm -rf html \
+		xml $(DOC_MODULE)-decl-list.txt $(DOC_MODULE)-decl.txt
+
+# thomas: make docs parallel installable; devhelp requires majorminor too
+install-data-local:
+	(installfiles=`echo $(builddir)/html/*.sgml $(builddir)/html/*.html $(builddir)/html/*.png $(builddir)/html/*.css`; \
+	if test "$$installfiles" = '$(builddir)/html/*.sgml $(builddir)/html/*.html $(builddir)/html/*.png $(builddir)/html/*.css'; \
+	then echo '-- Nothing to install' ; \
+	else \
+	  $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR); \
+	  for i in $$installfiles; do \
+	    echo '-- Installing '$$i ; \
+	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR); \
+	  done; \
+	  echo '-- Installing $(builddir)/html/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_API_VERSION@.devhelp2' ; \
+	  if test -e $(builddir)/html/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_API_VERSION@.devhelp2; then \
+	            $(INSTALL_DATA) $(builddir)/html/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_API_VERSION@.devhelp2 \
+	            $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)-@GST_API_VERSION@.devhelp2; \
+	  fi; \
+	  $(GTKDOC_REBASE) --relative --dest-dir=$(DESTDIR) --html-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR) || true ; \
+	fi)
+uninstall-local:
+	if test -d $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR); then \
+	  rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)/*; \
+	  rmdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR) 2>/dev/null || true; \
+	else \
+	  echo '-- Nothing to uninstall' ; \
+	fi;
+
+
+#
+# Require gtk-doc when making dist
+#
+if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
+dist-check-gtkdoc:
+else
+dist-check-gtkdoc:
+	@echo "*** gtk-doc must be installed and enabled in order to make dist"
+	@false
+endif
+
+dist-hook: dist-check-gtkdoc dist-hook-local
+	mkdir $(distdir)/html
+	cp html/* $(distdir)/html
+	-cp $(srcdir)/$(DOC_MODULE).types $(distdir)/
+	-cp $(srcdir)/$(DOC_MODULE)-sections.txt $(distdir)/
+	cd $(distdir) && rm -f $(DISTCLEANFILES)
+	-gtkdoc-rebase --online --relative --html-dir=$(distdir)/html
+
+.PHONY : dist-hook-local docs
+
+# avoid spurious build errors when distchecking with -jN
+.NOTPARALLEL:
diff --git a/validate/common/hooks/install-hooks b/validate/common/hooks/install-hooks
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..38840ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/hooks/install-hooks
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# install-hooks
+#
+# install hooks on git server
+#
+# usage: install-hooks [GIT_REPOSITORY_DIR]
+
+set -e
+
+HOOKS="update post-receive"
+
+# if directory where git repositories are is specified, change into that
+if ! test -z $1 ; then
+  cd $1;
+fi
+
+# save it
+gitrepodir=`pwd`
+
+# make backup of previous hooks
+timestamp=`date +%F-%H%M%S`
+for hook in $HOOKS; do
+  if [ -e $hook ]; then
+    cp $hook $hook.backup-$timestamp
+  fi
+done
+
+# now check out the common module with the latest hooks
+tmpdir=`mktemp -d`
+if test -z $tmpdir; then
+  echo "Failed to create temp dir"
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+pushd $tmpdir >/dev/null
+git clone --branch=master $gitrepodir/common
+
+# copy over latest hooks into directory with git repositories
+for hook in $HOOKS; do
+  cp -v common/hooks/$hook.hook $gitrepodir/$hook
+done
+
+# now switch back to directory where the git repositories are
+popd >/dev/null
+
+# clean up temp checkout of common dir
+rm -rf $tmpdir
+
+# remove backup again if it is identical to the new one
+for hook in $HOOKS; do
+  if cmp $hook $hook.backup-$timestamp; then
+    rm $hook.backup-$timestamp
+  fi
+done
+
+# sanity check if there are any git repositories in here
+if ! ls *.git */*.git 2>/dev/null >&2 ; then
+  echo "No git repositories in $(pwd) ?!"
+  exit;
+fi
+
+echo "git repository base dir: $gitrepodir"
+
+for repo in *.git */*.git ; do
+  if test "$repo" = "sdk/glib.git"; then
+    echo "Skipping $repo"
+    continue
+  fi
+  echo "Updating hooks in $repo"
+  for hook in $HOOKS; do
+    # make sure target hook script actually exists
+    if ! test -e $hook ; then
+      echo "Hook '$hook' does not exist in $gitrepodir. Aborting.";
+      exit 1;
+    fi
+    # create new hook
+    rm -f $repo/hooks/$hook.new
+    pushd $repo/hooks >/dev/null
+    if [ -e "../../$hook" ] ; then
+      ln -s "../../$hook" $hook.new
+    elif [ -e "../../../$hook" ] ; then
+      ln -s "../../../$hook" $hook.new
+    else
+      echo "could not find hook script in parent directories ?!"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    # put new hook in place atomically
+    #echo "installing $repo/hooks/$hook"
+    mv $hook.new $hook
+    # test it to make sure all is good
+    cat $hook >/dev/null
+    popd >/dev/null
+  done
+done
+
+echo "Done"
diff --git a/validate/common/hooks/post-receive.hook b/validate/common/hooks/post-receive.hook
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0951bda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/hooks/post-receive.hook
@@ -0,0 +1,293 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+#
+# Copyright 2005 Alexandre Julliard
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+use strict;
+use open ':utf8';
+use Encode 'encode';
+use Cwd 'realpath';
+
+binmode STDIN, ':utf8';
+binmode STDOUT, ':utf8';
+
+sub git_config($);
+sub get_repos_name();
+
+# some parameters you may want to change
+
+# set this to something that takes "-s"
+my $mailer = "/usr/bin/mail";
+
+# debug mode
+my $debug = 0;
+
+# configuration parameters
+
+my $project_name = 'gstreamer';
+
+# base URL of the gitweb repository browser
+my $gitweb_url = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/$project_name";
+
+
+# default repository name
+my $repos_name = get_repos_name();
+
+# max size of diffs in bytes
+my $max_diff_size = 10000;
+
+# address for mail notices
+my $commitlist_address = 'gstreamer-commits@lists.freedesktop.org';
+#my $commitlist_address = 'tpm';
+
+# max number of individual notices before falling back to a single global notice
+my $max_individual_notices = 100;
+
+# format an integer date + timezone as string
+# algorithm taken from git's date.c
+sub format_date($$)
+{
+    my ($time,$tz) = @_;
+
+    if ($tz < 0)
+    {
+        my $minutes = (-$tz / 100) * 60 + (-$tz % 100);
+        $time -= $minutes * 60;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        my $minutes = ($tz / 100) * 60 + ($tz % 100);
+        $time += $minutes * 60;
+    }
+    return gmtime($time) . sprintf " %+05d", $tz;
+}
+
+# fetch a parameter from the git config file
+sub git_config($)
+{
+    my ($param) = @_;
+
+    open CONFIG, "-|" or exec "git", "config", $param;
+    my $ret = ;
+    chomp $ret if $ret;
+    close CONFIG or $ret = undef;
+    return $ret;
+}
+
+# send an email notification
+sub mail_notification($$$@)
+{
+    my ($name, $subject, $content_type, @text) = @_;
+    $subject = encode("MIME-Q",$subject);
+    if ($debug)
+    {
+        print "---------------------\n";
+        print "To: $name\n";
+        print "Subject: $subject\n";
+        print "Content-Type: $content_type\n";
+        print "\n", join("\n", @text), "\n";
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        my $pid = open MAIL, "|-";
+        return unless defined $pid;
+        if (!$pid)
+        {
+            exec $mailer, "-s", $subject, $name, or die "Cannot exec $mailer";
+        }
+        print MAIL join("\n", @text), "\n";
+        close MAIL;
+    }
+}
+
+# get the default repository name (includes subdirectory, if any)
+sub get_repos_name()
+{
+    my $dir = `git rev-parse --git-dir`;
+    chomp $dir;
+    my $repos = realpath($dir);
+    $repos =~ s/(.*?)((\.git\/)?\.git)$/$1/;
+    $repos =~ s%(.*\/$project_name)/([^/]+/?[^/]*)/?$%$2%;
+    return $repos;
+}
+
+# extract the information from a commit or tag object and return a hash containing the various fields
+sub get_object_info($)
+{
+    my $obj = shift;
+    my %info = ();
+    my @log = ();
+    my $do_log = 0;
+
+    open TYPE, "-|" or exec "git", "cat-file", "-t", $obj or die "cannot run git-cat-file";
+    my $type = ;
+    chomp $type;
+    close TYPE;
+
+    open OBJ, "-|" or exec "git", "cat-file", $type, $obj or die "cannot run git-cat-file";
+    while ()
+    {
+        chomp;
+        if ($do_log)
+        {
+            last if /^-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----/;
+            push @log, $_;
+        }
+        elsif (/^(author|committer|tagger) ((.*)(<.*>)) (\d+) ([+-]\d+)$/)
+        {
+            $info{$1} = $2;
+            $info{$1 . "_name"} = $3;
+            $info{$1 . "_email"} = $4;
+            $info{$1 . "_date"} = $5;
+            $info{$1 . "_tz"} = $6;
+        }
+        elsif (/^tag (.*)$/)
+        {
+            $info{"tag"} = $1;
+        }
+        elsif (/^$/) { $do_log = 1; }
+    }
+    close OBJ;
+
+    $info{"type"} = $type;
+    $info{"log"} = \@log;
+    return %info;
+}
+
+# send a commit notice to a mailing list
+sub send_commit_notice($$)
+{
+    my ($ref,$obj) = @_;
+    my %info = get_object_info($obj);
+    my @notice = ();
+    my $subject;
+
+    printf "sending e-mail for $obj\n";
+
+    # TODO normal tags are not identified
+    if ($info{"type"} eq "tag")
+    {
+        push @notice,
+        "Module: $repos_name",
+        "Branch: $ref",
+        "Tag:    $obj",
+        $gitweb_url ? "URL:    $gitweb_url/tag/?id=$obj\n" : "",
+        "Tagger: " . $info{"tagger"},
+        "Date:   " . format_date($info{"tagger_date"},$info{"tagger_tz"}),
+        "",
+        join "\n", @{$info{"log"}};
+        $subject = "Tag " . $info{"tag"} . ": " . ${$info{"log"}}[0];
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        push @notice,
+        "Module: $repos_name",
+        "Branch: $ref",
+        "Commit: $obj",
+        $gitweb_url ? "URL:    $gitweb_url/commit/?id=$obj\n" : "",
+        "Author: " . $info{"author"},
+        "Date:   " . format_date($info{"author_date"},$info{"author_tz"}),
+        "",
+        join "\n", @{$info{"log"}},
+        "",
+        "---",
+        "";
+
+        open STAT, "-|" or exec "git", "diff-tree", "--stat", "-M", "--no-commit-id", $obj or die "cannot exec git-diff-tree";
+        push @notice, join("", );
+        close STAT;
+
+        open DIFF, "-|" or exec "git", "diff-tree", "-p", "-M", "--no-commit-id", $obj or die "cannot exec git-diff-tree";
+        my $diff = join( "",  );
+        close DIFF;
+
+        if (($max_diff_size == -1) || (length($diff) < $max_diff_size))
+        {
+            push @notice, $diff;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            push @notice, "Diff:   $gitweb_url/diff/?id=$obj" if $gitweb_url;
+        }
+
+        if ($ref eq 'master')
+        {
+            $subject = $repos_name . ": " . ${$info{"log"}}[0];
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            $subject = "[$ref] " . $repos_name . ": " . ${$info{"log"}}[0];
+        }
+    }
+
+    mail_notification($commitlist_address, $subject, "text/plain; charset=UTF-8", @notice);
+}
+
+# send a global commit notice when there are too many commits for individual mails
+sub send_global_notice($$$)
+{
+    my ($ref, $old_sha1, $new_sha1) = @_;
+    my @notice = ();
+
+    open LIST, "-|" or exec "git", "rev-list", "--pretty", "^$old_sha1", "$new_sha1" or die "cannot exec git-rev-list";
+    while ()
+    {
+        chomp;
+        s/^commit /URL:    $gitweb_url\/commit\/?id=/ if $gitweb_url;
+        push @notice, $_;
+    }
+    close LIST;
+
+    mail_notification($commitlist_address, "New commits on branch $ref", "text/plain; charset=UTF-8", @notice);
+}
+
+# send all the notices
+sub send_all_notices($$$)
+{
+    my ($old_sha1, $new_sha1, $ref) = @_;
+
+    $ref =~ s/^refs\/heads\///;
+
+    if ($old_sha1 eq '0' x 40)  # new ref
+    {
+        send_commit_notice( $ref, $new_sha1 ) if $commitlist_address;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    my @commits = ();
+
+    open LIST, "-|" or exec "git", "rev-list", "--topo-order", "^$old_sha1", "$new_sha1" or die "cannot exec git-rev-list";
+    while ()
+    {
+        chomp;
+        die "invalid commit $_" unless /^[0-9a-f]{40}$/;
+        unshift @commits, $_;
+    }
+    close LIST;
+
+    if (@commits > $max_individual_notices)
+    {
+        send_global_notice( $ref, $old_sha1, $new_sha1 ) if $commitlist_address;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    foreach my $commit (@commits)
+    {
+        send_commit_notice( $ref, $commit ) if $commitlist_address;
+    }
+}
+
+# append repository path to URL
+$gitweb_url .= "/$repos_name" if $gitweb_url;
+
+while (<>)
+{
+    chomp;
+    if (/^([0-9a-f]{40}) ([0-9a-f]{40}) (.*)$/) { send_all_notices( $1, $2, $3 ); }
+}
+
+exit 0;
diff --git a/validate/common/hooks/pre-commit.hook b/validate/common/hooks/pre-commit.hook
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3c1062b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/hooks/pre-commit.hook
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Check that the code follows a consistant code style
+#
+
+# Check for existence of indent, and error out if not present.
+# On some *bsd systems the binary seems to be called gnunindent,
+# so check for that first.
+
+version=`gnuindent --version 2>/dev/null`
+if test "x$version" = "x"; then
+  version=`gindent --version 2>/dev/null`
+  if test "x$version" = "x"; then
+    version=`indent --version 2>/dev/null`
+    if test "x$version" = "x"; then
+      echo "GStreamer git pre-commit hook:"
+      echo "Did not find GNU indent, please install it before continuing."
+      exit 1
+    else
+      INDENT=indent
+    fi
+  else
+    INDENT=gindent
+  fi
+else
+  INDENT=gnuindent
+fi
+
+case `$INDENT --version` in
+  GNU*)
+      ;;
+  default)
+      echo "GStreamer git pre-commit hook:"
+      echo "Did not find GNU indent, please install it before continuing."
+      echo "(Found $INDENT, but it doesn't seem to be GNU indent)"
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+esac
+
+INDENT_PARAMETERS="--braces-on-if-line \
+	--case-brace-indentation0 \
+	--case-indentation2 \
+	--braces-after-struct-decl-line \
+	--line-length80 \
+	--no-tabs \
+	--cuddle-else \
+	--dont-line-up-parentheses \
+	--continuation-indentation4 \
+	--honour-newlines \
+	--tab-size8 \
+	--indent-level2 \
+	--leave-preprocessor-space"
+
+echo "--Checking style--"
+for file in `git diff-index --cached --name-only HEAD --diff-filter=ACMR| grep "\.c$"` ; do
+    # nf is the temporary checkout. This makes sure we check against the
+    # revision in the index (and not the checked out version).
+    nf=`git checkout-index --temp ${file} | cut -f 1`
+    newfile=`mktemp /tmp/${nf}.XXXXXX` || exit 1
+    $INDENT ${INDENT_PARAMETERS} \
+	$nf -o $newfile 2>> /dev/null
+    # FIXME: Call indent twice as it tends to do line-breaks
+    # different for every second call.
+    $INDENT ${INDENT_PARAMETERS} \
+        $newfile 2>> /dev/null
+    diff -u -p "${nf}" "${newfile}"
+    r=$?
+    rm "${newfile}"
+    rm "${nf}"
+    if [ $r != 0 ] ; then
+echo "================================================================================================="
+echo " Code style error in: $file                                                                      "
+echo "                                                                                                 "
+echo " Please fix before committing. Don't forget to run git add before trying to commit again.        "
+echo " If the whole file is to be committed, this should work (run from the top-level directory):      "
+echo "                                                                                                 "
+echo "   gst-indent $file; git add $file; git commit"
+echo "                                                                                                 "
+echo "================================================================================================="
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+echo "--Checking style pass--"
diff --git a/validate/common/hooks/pre-receive.hook b/validate/common/hooks/pre-receive.hook
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c0bde0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/hooks/pre-receive.hook
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import sys
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+# This server-side pre-receive hook is to be put and activated in all modules
+# that depend on the common submodule.
+#
+# It will check whether any modifications to the common 'submodule file' has a
+# a valid commit SHA1 that exists in the common module.
+
+def commit_exists(sha1, gitdir):
+    """Returns True if the sha1 is a valid commit in the given
+    git directory"""
+    # FIXME: We're using 'git show' for the time being, but there's a small
+    # risk that there might be a valid SHA1 for a non-commit object.
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    env["GIT_DIR"] = gitdir
+    sub = subprocess.Popen(["git", "show", sha1], env=env,
+                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                           stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    while True:
+        res = sub.poll()
+        if res != None:
+            return res == 0
+
+# location of the common git module
+COMMON_GIT_DIR = "/git/gstreamer/common.git"
+
+# checks whether the push contains a change to the common submodule,
+# and if so checks that it is changing it to a valid *EXISTING* common
+# commit
+def has_valid_common_change(old, new, ref):
+    # 1. Get the latest change to common (if there was any changes)
+    sub = subprocess.Popen(["git", "diff", "%s..%s" % (old, new, ), "--", "common"],
+                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    stdout, stderr = sub.communicate()
+
+    print "=> Checking for integrity of common submodule changes"
+
+    if stdout != "":
+        # Format of submodule special files
+        # Subproject commit 
+
+        # we get a diff, therefore only grab the last line
+        lastline = stdout.strip().rsplit('\n',1)[-1]
+        if not lastline.startswith("+Subproject commit"):
+            # this is bad, it means the diff has changed to something completely
+            # different
+            return False
+        subsha1 = lastline.rsplit(' ', 1)[-1]
+        print "   Pack wants common to point to", subsha1
+        if not commit_exists(subsha1, COMMON_GIT_DIR):
+            print
+            print "   /!\\ Commit does not exist in common git module /!\\"
+            print "   /!\\ for ref", ref
+            print
+            print "   Attempting to push commits containing modifications to common"
+            print "   that have not been commited to the actuall common module."
+            print
+            print "   First push your changes to common/ before pushing the changes"
+            print "   to the module using it."
+            print
+            return False
+
+    print "   [OK]"
+    print
+    return True
+
+def commit_in_valid_branch(sha):
+    sub = subprocess.Popen(["git", "branch", "--contains", sha],
+                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    stdout, stderr = sub.communicate()
+    r = stdout.strip()
+    return r != ""
+
+# checks whether the push contains merge commits and if so, makes sure that
+# the merge is only between branches present on the repository.
+def contains_valid_merge(old, new, ref):
+    sub = subprocess.Popen(["git", "rev-list", "--parents", "%s..%s" % (old, new, )],
+                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    stdout, stderr = sub.communicate()
+
+    res = True
+
+    print "=> Checking for merge commits"
+
+    for line in stdout.split('\n'):
+        if res == False:
+            break
+        splits = line.strip().split()
+        if len(splits) > 2:
+            # the commit has more than one parent => it's a merge
+            commit = splits[0]
+            for parent in splits[1:]:
+                if not commit_in_valid_branch(parent):
+                    print
+                    print "    /!\\ Commit %s" % commit
+                    print "    /!\\ is a merge commit from/to a branch not"
+                    print "    /!\\ present on this repository"
+                    print
+                    print "    Make sure you are not attempting to push a merge"
+                    print "    from a 3rd party repository"
+                    print
+                    print "    Make sure you have properly rebased your commits against"
+                    print "    the current official branches"
+                    print
+                    res = False
+                    break
+
+    if res:
+            print "   [OK]"
+            print
+    return res
+
+# checks whether the first line of any commit message contains a marker
+# that indicates that it's work-in-progress that shouldn't be pushed
+def contains_wip_commits(old, new):
+    # Get the commit message header
+    sub = subprocess.Popen(["git", "log", "--format=%s", "%s..%s" % (old, new, )], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    stdout, stderr = sub.communicate()
+    if stdout != "":
+        for line in stdout.strip().rsplit('\n',1):
+            if line.startswith("!"):
+                return True
+            if line.startswith("WIP:") or line.startswith("wip:"):
+                return True
+    return False
+
+pushvalid = True
+error_badcommon = False
+error_badcommit = False
+
+openbranches = ["1.2", "1.0", "master"]
+
+def branch_closed(ref):
+    # We only care about branches
+    if not ref.startswith("refs/heads/"):
+        return False
+
+    # Check if it's in the allowed branches
+    brname = ref.rsplit("/", 1)[-1].strip()
+    if brname in openbranches:
+        return False
+
+    # Else it's not allowed
+    return True
+
+for line in sys.stdin.readlines():
+    # ref is the ref to be modified
+    # old is the old commit it was pointing to
+    # new is the new commit it was pointing to
+    old, new, ref = line.split(' ', 2)
+
+    pushvalid = has_valid_common_change(old, new, ref)
+    if pushvalid == False:
+        break
+    if branch_closed(ref):
+        print ">>>> Attempting to push to", ref
+        print ">>>> BRANCH READ-ONLY OR FORBIDDEN"
+        print ">>>> PUSH DENIED"
+        print
+        pushvalid = False
+        break
+    pushvalid = contains_valid_merge(old, new, ref)
+    if pushvalid == False:
+        break
+    if contains_wip_commits(old, new):
+        error_badcommit = True
+        pushvalid = False
+        break
+
+if pushvalid:
+    print "   Incoming packet valid, proceeding to actual commit"
+    print
+    sys.exit(0)
+else:
+    if error_badcommit:
+        print "   Attempting to push commits with commit messages that start"
+        print "   with '!' or 'WIP:'. Such commit messages are reserved for"
+        print "   private branches and work in progress to prevent the commits"
+        print "   from accidentally being pushed to the main repository."
+    if error_badcommon:
+        print "   Attempting to push commits containing modifications to common"
+        print "   that have not been commited to the actuall common module."
+        print
+        print "   First push your changes to common/ before pushing the changes"
+        print "   to the module using it."
+    sys.exit(-1)
+
diff --git a/validate/common/hooks/update.hook b/validate/common/hooks/update.hook
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d5a3331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/hooks/update.hook
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# An example hook script to blocks unannotated tags from entering.
+# Called by "git receive-pack" with arguments: refname sha1-old sha1-new
+#
+# To enable this hook, rename this file to "update".
+#
+# Config
+# ------
+# hooks.allowunannotated
+#   This boolean sets whether unannotated tags will be allowed into the
+#   repository.  By default they won't be.
+# hooks.allowdeletetag
+#   This boolean sets whether deleting tags will be allowed in the
+#   repository.  By default they won't be.
+# hooks.allowmodifytag
+#   This boolean sets whether a tag may be modified after creation. By default
+#   it won't be.
+# hooks.allowdeletebranch
+#   This boolean sets whether deleting branches will be allowed in the
+#   repository.  By default they won't be.
+# hooks.denycreatebranch
+#   This boolean sets whether remotely creating branches will be denied
+#   in the repository.  By default this is allowed.
+#
+
+# --- Command line
+refname="$1"
+oldrev="$2"
+newrev="$3"
+
+# --- Safety check
+if [ -z "$GIT_DIR" ]; then
+	echo "Don't run this script from the command line." >&2
+	echo " (if you want, you could supply GIT_DIR then run" >&2
+	echo "  $0   )" >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$refname" -o -z "$oldrev" -o -z "$newrev" ]; then
+	echo "Usage: $0   " >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# --- Config
+allowunannotated=false        #$(git config --bool hooks.allowunannotated)
+allowdeletebranch=false       #$(git config --bool hooks.allowdeletebranch)
+denycreatebranch=false        #$(git config --bool hooks.denycreatebranch)
+allowdeletetag=false          #$(git config --bool hooks.allowdeletetag)
+allowmodifytag=true           #$(git config --bool hooks.allowmodifytag)
+
+# check for no description
+projectdesc=$(sed -e '1q' "$GIT_DIR/description")
+case "$projectdesc" in
+"Unnamed repository"* | "")
+	echo "*** Project description file hasn't been set" >&2
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac
+
+# --- Check types
+# if $newrev is 0000...0000, it's a commit to delete a ref.
+zero="0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+if [ "$newrev" = "$zero" ]; then
+	newrev_type=delete
+else
+	newrev_type=$(git cat-file -t $newrev)
+fi
+
+case "$refname","$newrev_type" in
+	refs/tags/*,commit)
+		# un-annotated tag
+		short_refname=${refname##refs/tags/}
+		if [ "$allowunannotated" != "true" ]; then
+			echo "*** The un-annotated tag, $short_refname, is not allowed in this repository" >&2
+			echo "*** Use 'git tag [ -a | -s ]' for tags you want to propagate." >&2
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		;;
+	refs/tags/*,delete)
+		# delete tag
+		if [ "$allowdeletetag" != "true" ]; then
+			echo "*** Deleting a tag is not allowed in this repository" >&2
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		;;
+	refs/tags/*,tag)
+		# annotated tag
+		if [ "$allowmodifytag" != "true" ] && git rev-parse $refname > /dev/null 2>&1
+		then
+			echo "*** Tag '$refname' already exists." >&2
+			echo "*** Modifying a tag is not allowed in this repository." >&2
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		;;
+	refs/heads/*,commit)
+		# branch
+		if [ "$oldrev" = "$zero" -a "$denycreatebranch" = "true" ]; then
+			echo "*** Creating a branch is not allowed in this repository" >&2
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		;;
+	refs/heads/*,delete)
+		# delete branch
+		if [ "$allowdeletebranch" != "true" ]; then
+			echo "*** Deleting a branch is not allowed in this repository" >&2
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		;;
+	refs/remotes/*,commit)
+		# tracking branch
+		;;
+	refs/remotes/*,delete)
+		# delete tracking branch
+		if [ "$allowdeletebranch" != "true" ]; then
+			echo "*** Deleting a tracking branch is not allowed in this repository" >&2
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		;;
+	*)
+		# Anything else (is there anything else?)
+		echo "*** Update hook: unknown type of update to ref $refname of type $newrev_type" >&2
+		exit 1
+		;;
+esac
+
+# --- Finished
+exit 0
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/.gitignore b/validate/common/m4/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b36621e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+codeset.m4
+gettext.m4
+glibc21.m4
+iconv.m4
+intdiv0.m4
+inttypes-pri.m4
+inttypes.m4
+inttypes_h.m4
+isc-posix.m4
+lcmessage.m4
+lib-ld.m4
+lib-link.m4
+lib-prefix.m4
+progtest.m4
+stdint_h.m4
+uintmax_t.m4
+ulonglong.m4
+
+libtool.m4
+ltoptions.m4
+ltsugar.m4
+ltversion.m4
+
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/Makefile.am b/validate/common/m4/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdcec8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	README \
+	as-ac-expand.m4 \
+	as-auto-alt.m4 \
+	as-compiler-flag.m4 \
+	as-compiler.m4 \
+	as-docbook.m4 \
+	as-gcc-inline-assembly.m4 \
+	as-libtool.m4 \
+	as-libtool-tags.m4 \
+	as-python.m4 \
+	as-version.m4 \
+	ax_create_stdint_h.m4 \
+	ax_pthread.m4 \
+	glib-gettext.m4 \
+	gst-arch.m4 \
+	gst-args.m4 \
+	gst-check.m4 \
+	gst-debuginfo.m4 \
+	gst-default.m4 \
+	gst-doc.m4 \
+	gst-dowhile.m4 \
+	gst-error.m4 \
+	gst-feature.m4 \
+	gst-function.m4 \
+	gst-gettext.m4 \
+	gst-glib2.m4 \
+	gst-libxml2.m4 \
+	gst-parser.m4 \
+	gst-package-release-datetime.m4 \
+	gst-platform.m4 \
+	gst-plugindir.m4 \
+	gst-plugin-docs.m4 \
+	gst-valgrind.m4 \
+	gst-x11.m4 \
+	gst.m4 \
+	gtk-doc.m4 \
+	introspection.m4 \
+	pkg.m4 \
+	check.m4 \
+	orc.m4
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/README b/validate/common/m4/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..867a344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/README
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+All aclocal .m4 files we need are put here and cat'd to acinclude.m4 in
+the source root.  Official ones (taken from the relevant devel packages)
+are named as-is, unofficial ones (or changed ones) get a gst-prefix.
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/as-ac-expand.m4 b/validate/common/m4/as-ac-expand.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6c9e33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/as-ac-expand.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+dnl as-ac-expand.m4 0.2.0
+dnl autostars m4 macro for expanding directories using configure's prefix
+dnl thomas@apestaart.org
+
+dnl AS_AC_EXPAND(VAR, CONFIGURE_VAR)
+dnl example
+dnl AS_AC_EXPAND(SYSCONFDIR, $sysconfdir)
+dnl will set SYSCONFDIR to /usr/local/etc if prefix=/usr/local
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_AC_EXPAND],
+[
+  EXP_VAR=[$1]
+  FROM_VAR=[$2]
+
+  dnl first expand prefix and exec_prefix if necessary
+  prefix_save=$prefix
+  exec_prefix_save=$exec_prefix
+
+  dnl if no prefix given, then use /usr/local, the default prefix
+  if test "x$prefix" = "xNONE"; then
+    prefix="$ac_default_prefix"
+  fi
+  dnl if no exec_prefix given, then use prefix
+  if test "x$exec_prefix" = "xNONE"; then
+    exec_prefix=$prefix
+  fi
+
+  full_var="$FROM_VAR"
+  dnl loop until it doesn't change anymore
+  while true; do
+    new_full_var="`eval echo $full_var`"
+    if test "x$new_full_var" = "x$full_var"; then break; fi
+    full_var=$new_full_var
+  done
+
+  dnl clean up
+  full_var=$new_full_var
+  AC_SUBST([$1], "$full_var")
+
+  dnl restore prefix and exec_prefix
+  prefix=$prefix_save
+  exec_prefix=$exec_prefix_save
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/as-auto-alt.m4 b/validate/common/m4/as-auto-alt.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f7920d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/as-auto-alt.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+dnl as-auto-alt.m4 0.0.2
+dnl autostars m4 macro for supplying alternate autotools versions to configure
+dnl thomas@apestaart.org
+dnl
+dnl AS_AUTOTOOLS_ALTERNATE()
+dnl
+dnl supplies --with arguments for autoconf, autoheader, automake, aclocal
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_AUTOTOOLS_ALTERNATE],
+[
+  dnl allow for different autoconf version
+  AC_ARG_WITH(autoconf,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-autoconf],
+                   [use a different autoconf for regeneration of Makefiles]),
+    [
+      unset AUTOCONF
+      AM_MISSING_PROG(AUTOCONF, ${withval})
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using $AUTOCONF as autoconf])
+    ])
+
+  dnl allow for different autoheader version
+  AC_ARG_WITH(autoheader,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-autoheader],
+                   [use a different autoheader for regeneration of Makefiles]),
+    [
+      unset AUTOHEADER
+      AM_MISSING_PROG(AUTOHEADER, ${withval})
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using $AUTOHEADER as autoheader])
+    ])
+
+  dnl allow for different automake version
+  AC_ARG_WITH(automake,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-automake],
+                   [use a different automake for regeneration of Makefiles]),
+    [
+      unset AUTOMAKE
+      AM_MISSING_PROG(AUTOMAKE, ${withval})
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using $AUTOMAKE as automake])
+    ])
+
+  dnl allow for different aclocal version
+  AC_ARG_WITH(aclocal,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-aclocal],
+                   [use a different aclocal for regeneration of Makefiles]),
+    [
+      unset ACLOCAL
+      AM_MISSING_PROG(ACLOCAL, ${withval})
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using $ACLOCAL as aclocal])
+    ])
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/as-compiler-flag.m4 b/validate/common/m4/as-compiler-flag.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bb853a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/as-compiler-flag.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+dnl as-compiler-flag.m4 0.1.0
+
+dnl autostars m4 macro for detection of compiler flags
+
+dnl David Schleef 
+dnl Tim-Philipp Müller 
+
+dnl AS_COMPILER_FLAG(CFLAGS, ACTION-IF-ACCEPTED, [ACTION-IF-NOT-ACCEPTED])
+dnl Tries to compile with the given CFLAGS.
+dnl Runs ACTION-IF-ACCEPTED if the compiler can compile with the flags,
+dnl and ACTION-IF-NOT-ACCEPTED otherwise.
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_COMPILER_FLAG],
+[
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([to see if compiler understands $1])
+
+  save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $1"
+
+  AC_TRY_COMPILE([ ], [], [flag_ok=yes], [flag_ok=no])
+  CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
+
+  if test "X$flag_ok" = Xyes ; then
+    $2
+    true
+  else
+    $3
+    true
+  fi
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$flag_ok])
+])
+
+dnl AS_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG(CPPFLAGS, ACTION-IF-ACCEPTED, [ACTION-IF-NOT-ACCEPTED])
+dnl Tries to compile with the given CPPFLAGS.
+dnl Runs ACTION-IF-ACCEPTED if the compiler can compile with the flags,
+dnl and ACTION-IF-NOT-ACCEPTED otherwise.
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CXX])
+
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([to see if c++ compiler understands $1])
+
+  save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
+  CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $1"
+
+  AC_LANG_PUSH(C++)
+
+  AC_TRY_COMPILE([ ], [], [flag_ok=yes], [flag_ok=no])
+  CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS"
+
+  if test "X$flag_ok" = Xyes ; then
+    $2
+    true
+  else
+    $3
+    true
+  fi
+
+  AC_LANG_POP(C++)
+
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$flag_ok])
+])
+
+dnl AS_OBJC_COMPILER_FLAG(CPPFLAGS, ACTION-IF-ACCEPTED, [ACTION-IF-NOT-ACCEPTED])
+dnl Tries to compile with the given CPPFLAGS.
+dnl Runs ACTION-IF-ACCEPTED if the compiler can compile with the flags,
+dnl and ACTION-IF-NOT-ACCEPTED otherwise.
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_OBJC_COMPILER_FLAG],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_OBJC])
+
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([to see if Objective C compiler understands $1])
+
+  save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
+  CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $1"
+
+  AC_LANG_PUSH([Objective C])
+
+  AC_TRY_COMPILE([ ], [], [flag_ok=yes], [flag_ok=no])
+  CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS"
+
+  if test "X$flag_ok" = Xyes ; then
+    $2
+    true
+  else
+    $3
+    true
+  fi
+
+  AC_LANG_POP([Objective C])
+
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$flag_ok])
+])
+
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/as-compiler.m4 b/validate/common/m4/as-compiler.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..309a060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/as-compiler.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+dnl as-compiler.m4 0.1.0
+
+dnl autostars m4 macro for detection of compiler flavor
+
+dnl Thomas Vander Stichele 
+
+dnl $Id: as-compiler.m4,v 1.4 2004/06/01 09:44:19 thomasvs Exp $
+
+dnl AS_COMPILER(COMPILER)
+dnl will set variable COMPILER to
+dnl - gcc
+dnl - forte
+dnl - (empty) if no guess could be made
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_COMPILER],
+[
+  as_compiler=
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(for compiler flavour)
+
+  dnl is it gcc ?
+  if test "x$GCC" = "xyes"; then
+    as_compiler="gcc"
+  fi
+
+  dnl is it forte ?
+  AC_TRY_RUN([
+int main
+(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+#ifdef __sun
+  return 0;
+#else
+  return 1;
+#endif
+}
+  ], as_compiler="forte", ,)
+
+  if test "x$as_compiler" = "x"; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([unknown !])
+  else
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($as_compiler)
+  fi
+  [$1]=$as_compiler
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/as-docbook.m4 b/validate/common/m4/as-docbook.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e27050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/as-docbook.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+dnl AS_DOCBOOK([, ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]])
+dnl checks if xsltproc can build docbook documentation
+dnl (which is possible if the catalog is set up properly
+dnl I also tried checking for a specific version and type of docbook
+dnl but xsltproc seemed to happily run anyway, so we can't check for that
+dnl and version
+dnl this macro takes inspiration from
+dnl http://www.movement.uklinux.net/docs/docbook-autotools/configure.html
+AC_DEFUN([AS_DOCBOOK],
+[
+  XSLTPROC_FLAGS=--nonet
+  DOCBOOK_ROOT=
+  TYPE_LC=xml
+  TYPE_UC=XML
+  DOCBOOK_VERSION=4.1.2
+
+  if test -n "$XML_CATALOG_FILES"; then
+    oldIFS=$IFS
+    IFS=' '
+    for xml_catalog_file in $XML_CATALOG_FILES; do
+      if test -f $xml_catalog_file; then
+        XML_CATALOG=$xml_catalog_file
+        CAT_ENTRY_START=''
+        break
+      fi
+    done
+    IFS=$oldIFS
+  elif test ! -f /etc/xml/catalog; then
+    for i in /usr/share/sgml/docbook/stylesheet/xsl/nwalsh /usr/share/sgml/docbook/xsl-stylesheets/ /usr/local/share/xsl/docbook ;
+    do
+      if test -d "$i"; then
+        DOCBOOK_ROOT=$i
+      fi
+    done
+  else
+    XML_CATALOG=/etc/xml/catalog
+    CAT_ENTRY_START=''
+  fi
+
+  dnl We need xsltproc to process the test
+  AC_CHECK_PROG(XSLTPROC,xsltproc,xsltproc,)
+  XSLTPROC_WORKS=no
+  if test -n "$XSLTPROC"; then
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether xsltproc docbook processing works])
+
+    if test -n "$XML_CATALOG"; then
+      DB_FILE="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/xhtml/docbook.xsl"
+    else
+      DB_FILE="$DOCBOOK_ROOT/xhtml/docbook.xsl"
+    fi
+    $XSLTPROC $XSLTPROC_FLAGS $DB_FILE >/dev/null 2>&1 << END
+
+
+
+
+END
+    if test "$?" = 0; then
+      XSLTPROC_WORKS=yes
+    fi
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($XSLTPROC_WORKS)
+  fi
+
+  if test "x$XSLTPROC_WORKS" = "xyes"; then
+    dnl execute ACTION-IF-FOUND
+    ifelse([$1], , :, [$1])
+  else
+    dnl execute ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND
+    ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
+  fi
+
+  AC_SUBST(XML_CATALOG)
+  AC_SUBST(XSLTPROC_FLAGS)
+  AC_SUBST(DOCBOOK_ROOT)
+  AC_SUBST(CAT_ENTRY_START)
+  AC_SUBST(CAT_ENTRY_END)
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/as-gcc-inline-assembly.m4 b/validate/common/m4/as-gcc-inline-assembly.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af32104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/as-gcc-inline-assembly.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+dnl as-gcc-inline-assembly.m4 0.1.0
+
+dnl autostars m4 macro for detection of gcc inline assembly
+
+dnl David Schleef 
+
+dnl $Id$
+
+dnl AS_COMPILER_FLAG(ACTION-IF-ACCEPTED, [ACTION-IF-NOT-ACCEPTED])
+dnl Tries to compile with the given CFLAGS.
+dnl Runs ACTION-IF-ACCEPTED if the compiler can compile with the flags,
+dnl and ACTION-IF-NOT-ACCEPTED otherwise.
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_GCC_INLINE_ASSEMBLY],
+[
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([if compiler supports gcc-style inline assembly])
+
+  AC_TRY_COMPILE([], [
+#ifdef __GNUC_MINOR__
+#if (__GNUC__ * 1000 + __GNUC_MINOR__) < 3004
+#error GCC before 3.4 has critical bugs compiling inline assembly
+#endif
+#endif
+__asm__ (""::) ], [flag_ok=yes], [flag_ok=no])
+
+  if test "X$flag_ok" = Xyes ; then
+    $1
+    true
+  else
+    $2
+    true
+  fi
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$flag_ok])
+])
+
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_GCC_ASM_POWERPC_FPU],
+[
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([if compiler supports FPU instructions on PowerPC])
+
+  AC_TRY_COMPILE([], [__asm__ ("fadd 0,0,0"::) ], [flag_ok=yes], [flag_ok=no])
+
+  if test "X$flag_ok" = Xyes ; then
+    $1
+    true
+  else
+    $2
+    true
+  fi
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$flag_ok])
+])
+
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/as-libtool-tags.m4 b/validate/common/m4/as-libtool-tags.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06f0ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/as-libtool-tags.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+dnl as-libtool-tags.m4 0.1.4
+
+dnl autostars m4 macro for selecting libtool "tags" (languages)
+
+dnl Andy Wingo does not claim credit for this macro
+dnl backported from libtool 1.6 by Paolo Bonzini
+dnl see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2003-12/msg00007.html
+
+dnl $Id$
+
+dnl AS_LIBTOOL_TAGS([tags...])
+
+dnl example
+dnl AS_LIBTOOL_TAGS([]) for only C (no fortran, etc)
+
+dnl When AC_LIBTOOL_TAGS is used, I redefine _LT_AC_TAGCONFIG
+dnl to be more similar to the libtool 1.6 implementation, which
+dnl uses an m4 loop and m4 case instead of a shell loop.  This
+dnl way the CXX/GCJ/F77/RC tests are not always expanded.
+
+dnl AS_LIBTOOL_TAGS
+dnl ---------------
+dnl tags to enable
+AC_DEFUN([AS_LIBTOOL_TAGS],
+[m4_define([_LT_TAGS],[$1])
+m4_define([_LT_AC_TAGCONFIG], [
+  # redefined LT AC TAGCONFIG
+  if test -f "$ltmain"; then
+    if test ! -f "${ofile}"; then
+      AC_MSG_WARN([output file `$ofile' does not exist])
+    fi
+
+    if test -z "$LTCC"; then
+      eval "`$SHELL ${ofile} --config | grep '^LTCC='`"
+      if test -z "$LTCC"; then
+        AC_MSG_WARN([output file `$ofile' does not look like a libtool script])
+      else
+        AC_MSG_WARN([using `LTCC=$LTCC', extracted from `$ofile'])
+      fi
+    fi
+
+    AC_FOREACH([_LT_TAG], _LT_TAGS,
+      echo THOMAS: tag _LT_TAG
+      [m4_case(_LT_TAG,
+      [CXX], [
+    if test -n "$CXX" && test "X$CXX" != "Xno"; then
+      echo "THOMAS: YAY CXX"
+      AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_CXX_CONFIG
+      available_tags="$available_tags _LT_TAG"
+    fi],
+      [F77], [
+    if test -n "$F77" && test "X$F77" != "Xno"; then
+      AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_F77_CONFIG
+      available_tags="$available_tags _LT_TAG"
+    fi],
+      [GCJ], [
+    if test -n "$GCJ" && test "X$GCJ" != "Xno"; then
+      AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_GCJ_CONFIG
+      available_tags="$available_tags _LT_TAG"
+    fi],
+      [RC], [
+    if test -n "$RC" && test "X$RC" != "Xno"; then
+      AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_RC_CONFIG
+      available_tags="$available_tags _LT_TAG"
+    fi],
+      [m4_errprintn(m4_location[: error: invalid tag name: ]"_LT_TAG")
+      m4_exit(1)])
+    ])
+    echo THOMAS: available tags: $available_tags
+  fi
+  # Now substitute the updated list of available tags.
+  if eval "sed -e 's/^available_tags=.*\$/available_tags=\"$available_tags\"/' \"$ofile\" > \"${ofile}T\""; then
+    mv "${ofile}T" "$ofile"
+    chmod +x "$ofile"
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([updated available libtool tags with $available_tags.])
+  else
+    rm -f "${ofile}T"
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([unable to update list of available tagged configurations.])
+
+  fi
+
+])dnl _LT_AC_TAG_CONFIG
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/as-libtool.m4 b/validate/common/m4/as-libtool.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b16095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/as-libtool.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+dnl as-libtool.m4 0.1.4
+
+dnl autostars m4 macro for libtool versioning
+
+dnl Thomas Vander Stichele 
+
+dnl $Id: as-libtool.m4,v 1.10 2005/10/15 13:44:23 thomasvs Exp $
+
+dnl AS_LIBTOOL(PREFIX, CURRENT, REVISION, AGE, [RELEASE])
+
+dnl example
+dnl AS_LIBTOOL(GST, 2, 0, 0)
+
+dnl this macro
+dnl - defines [$PREFIX]_CURRENT, REVISION and AGE
+dnl - defines [$PREFIX]_LIBVERSION
+dnl - defines [$PREFIX]_LT_LDFLAGS to set versioning
+dnl - AC_SUBST's them all
+
+dnl if RELEASE is given, then add a -release option to the LDFLAGS
+dnl with the given release version
+dnl then use [$PREFIX]_LT_LDFLAGS in the relevant Makefile.am's
+
+dnl call AM_PROG_LIBTOOL after this call
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_LIBTOOL],
+[
+  [$1]_CURRENT=[$2]
+  [$1]_REVISION=[$3]
+  [$1]_AGE=[$4]
+  [$1]_LIBVERSION=[$2]:[$3]:[$4]
+  AC_SUBST([$1]_CURRENT)
+  AC_SUBST([$1]_REVISION)
+  AC_SUBST([$1]_AGE)
+  AC_SUBST([$1]_LIBVERSION)
+
+  [$1]_LT_LDFLAGS="$[$1]_LT_LDFLAGS -version-info $[$1]_LIBVERSION"
+  if test ! -z "[$5]"
+  then
+    [$1]_LT_LDFLAGS="$[$1]_LT_LDFLAGS -release [$5]"
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST([$1]_LT_LDFLAGS)
+
+  LT_PREREQ([2.2.6])
+  LT_INIT([dlopen win32-dll disable-static])
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/as-python.m4 b/validate/common/m4/as-python.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb9b175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/as-python.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+## ------------------------
+## Python file handling
+## From Andrew Dalke
+## Updated by James Henstridge
+## Updated by Andy Wingo to loop through possible pythons
+## ------------------------
+
+# AS_PATH_PYTHON([MINIMUM-VERSION])
+
+# Adds support for distributing Python modules and packages.  To
+# install modules, copy them to $(pythondir), using the python_PYTHON
+# automake variable.  To install a package with the same name as the
+# automake package, install to $(pkgpythondir), or use the
+# pkgpython_PYTHON automake variable.
+
+# The variables $(pyexecdir) and $(pkgpyexecdir) are provided as
+# locations to install python extension modules (shared libraries).
+# Another macro is required to find the appropriate flags to compile
+# extension modules.
+
+# If your package is configured with a different prefix to python,
+# users will have to add the install directory to the PYTHONPATH
+# environment variable, or create a .pth file (see the python
+# documentation for details).
+
+# If the MINIMUM-VERSION argument is passed, AS_PATH_PYTHON will
+# cause an error if the version of python installed on the system
+# doesn't meet the requirement.  MINIMUM-VERSION should consist of
+# numbers and dots only.
+
+# Updated to loop over all possible python binaries by Andy Wingo
+# 
+# Updated to only warn and unset PYTHON if no good one is found
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_PATH_PYTHON],
+ [
+  dnl Find a version of Python.  I could check for python versions 1.4
+  dnl or earlier, but the default installation locations changed from
+  dnl $prefix/lib/site-python in 1.4 to $prefix/lib/python1.5/site-packages
+  dnl in 1.5, and I don't want to maintain that logic.
+
+  dnl should we do the version check?
+  PYTHON_CANDIDATES="python python2.2 python2.1 python2.0 python2 \
+                     python1.6 python1.5"
+  ifelse([$1],[],
+         [AC_PATH_PROG(PYTHON, $PYTHON_CANDIDATES)],
+         [
+     AC_MSG_NOTICE(Looking for Python version >= $1)
+    changequote(<<, >>)dnl
+    prog="
+import sys, string
+minver = '$1'
+# split string by '.' and convert to numeric
+minver_info = map(string.atoi, string.split(minver, '.'))
+# we can now do comparisons on the two lists:
+if sys.version_info >= tuple(minver_info):
+	sys.exit(0)
+else:
+	sys.exit(1)"
+    changequote([, ])dnl
+
+    python_good=false
+    for python_candidate in $PYTHON_CANDIDATES; do
+      unset PYTHON
+      AC_PATH_PROG(PYTHON, $python_candidate) 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
+
+      if test "x$PYTHON" = "x"; then continue; fi
+
+      if $PYTHON -c "$prog" 1>&AC_FD_CC 2>&AC_FD_CC; then
+        AC_MSG_CHECKING(["$PYTHON":])
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([okay])
+        python_good=true
+        break;
+      else
+        dnl clear the cache val
+        unset ac_cv_path_PYTHON
+      fi
+    done
+  ])
+
+  if test "$python_good" != "true"; then
+    AC_MSG_WARN([No suitable version of python found])
+    PYTHON=
+  else
+
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([local Python configuration])
+
+  dnl Query Python for its version number.  Getting [:3] seems to be
+  dnl the best way to do this; it's what "site.py" does in the standard
+  dnl library.  Need to change quote character because of [:3]
+
+  AC_SUBST(PYTHON_VERSION)
+  changequote(<<, >>)dnl
+  PYTHON_VERSION=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.version[:3]"`
+  changequote([, ])dnl
+
+
+  dnl Use the values of $prefix and $exec_prefix for the corresponding
+  dnl values of PYTHON_PREFIX and PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX.  These are made
+  dnl distinct variables so they can be overridden if need be.  However,
+  dnl general consensus is that you shouldn't need this ability.
+
+  AC_SUBST(PYTHON_PREFIX)
+  PYTHON_PREFIX='${prefix}'
+
+  AC_SUBST(PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX)
+  PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX='${exec_prefix}'
+
+  dnl At times (like when building shared libraries) you may want
+  dnl to know which OS platform Python thinks this is.
+
+  AC_SUBST(PYTHON_PLATFORM)
+  PYTHON_PLATFORM=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.platform"`
+
+
+  dnl Set up 4 directories:
+
+  dnl pythondir -- where to install python scripts.  This is the
+  dnl   site-packages directory, not the python standard library
+  dnl   directory like in previous automake betas.  This behaviour
+  dnl   is more consistent with lispdir.m4 for example.
+  dnl
+  dnl Also, if the package prefix isn't the same as python's prefix,
+  dnl then the old $(pythondir) was pretty useless.
+
+  AC_SUBST(pythondir)
+  pythondir=$PYTHON_PREFIX"/lib/python"$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages
+
+  dnl pkgpythondir -- $PACKAGE directory under pythondir.  Was
+  dnl   PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGE in previous betas, but this naming is
+  dnl   more consistent with the rest of automake.
+  dnl   Maybe this should be put in python.am?
+
+  AC_SUBST(pkgpythondir)
+  pkgpythondir=\${pythondir}/$PACKAGE
+
+  dnl pyexecdir -- directory for installing python extension modules
+  dnl   (shared libraries)  Was PYTHON_SITE_EXEC in previous betas.
+
+  AC_SUBST(pyexecdir)
+  pyexecdir=$PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX"/lib/python"$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages
+
+  dnl pkgpyexecdir -- $(pyexecdir)/$(PACKAGE)
+  dnl   Maybe this should be put in python.am?
+
+  AC_SUBST(pkgpyexecdir)
+  pkgpyexecdir=\${pyexecdir}/$PACKAGE
+
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([looks good])
+
+  fi
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/as-version.m4 b/validate/common/m4/as-version.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22ff774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/as-version.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+dnl as-version.m4 0.2.0
+
+dnl autostars m4 macro for versioning
+
+dnl Thomas Vander Stichele 
+
+dnl $Id: as-version.m4,v 1.15 2006/04/01 09:40:24 thomasvs Exp $
+
+dnl AS_VERSION
+
+dnl example
+dnl AS_VERSION
+
+dnl this macro
+dnl - AC_SUBST's PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR, _MINOR, _MICRO
+dnl - AC_SUBST's PACKAGE_VERSION_RELEASE,
+dnl    which can be used for rpm release fields
+dnl - doesn't call AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE anymore because it prevents
+dnl   maintainer mode from running correctly
+dnl
+dnl don't forget to put #undef PACKAGE_VERSION_RELEASE in acconfig.h
+dnl if you use acconfig.h
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_VERSION],
+[
+  PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR=$(echo AC_PACKAGE_VERSION | cut -d'.' -f1)
+  PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR=$(echo AC_PACKAGE_VERSION | cut -d'.' -f2)
+  PACKAGE_VERSION_MICRO=$(echo AC_PACKAGE_VERSION | cut -d'.' -f3)
+
+  AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR)
+  AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR)
+  AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_VERSION_MICRO)
+])
+
+dnl AS_NANO(ACTION-IF-NANO-NON-NULL, [ACTION-IF-NANO-NULL])
+
+dnl requires AC_INIT to be called before
+dnl For projects using a fourth or nano number in your versioning to indicate
+dnl development or prerelease snapshots, this macro allows the build to be
+dnl set up differently accordingly.
+
+dnl this macro:
+dnl - parses AC_PACKAGE_VERSION, set by AC_INIT, and extracts the nano number
+dnl - sets the variable PACKAGE_VERSION_NANO
+dnl - sets the variable PACKAGE_VERSION_RELEASE, which can be used
+dnl   for rpm release fields
+dnl - executes ACTION-IF-NANO-NON-NULL or ACTION-IF-NANO-NULL
+
+dnl example:
+dnl AS_NANO(RELEASE="yes", RELEASE="no")
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_NANO],
+[
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(nano version)
+
+  NANO=$(echo AC_PACKAGE_VERSION | cut -d'.' -f4)
+
+  if test x"$NANO" = x || test "x$NANO" = "x0" ; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([0 (release)])
+    NANO=0
+    PACKAGE_VERSION_RELEASE=1
+    ifelse([$1], , :, [$1])
+  else
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($NANO)
+    PACKAGE_VERSION_RELEASE=0.`date +%Y%m%d.%H%M%S`
+    if test "x$NANO" != "x1" ; then
+       ifelse([$1], , :, [$1])
+    else
+       ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
+    fi
+  fi
+  PACKAGE_VERSION_NANO=$NANO
+  AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_VERSION_NANO)
+  AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_VERSION_RELEASE)
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/ax_create_stdint_h.m4 b/validate/common/m4/ax_create_stdint_h.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13bf699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/ax_create_stdint_h.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,734 @@
+##### http://autoconf-archive.cryp.to/ax_create_stdint_h.html
+#
+# SYNOPSIS
+#
+#   AX_CREATE_STDINT_H [( HEADER-TO-GENERATE [, HEDERS-TO-CHECK])]
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+#
+#   the "ISO C9X: 7.18 Integer types " section requires the
+#   existence of an include file  that defines a set of
+#   typedefs, especially uint8_t,int32_t,uintptr_t. Many older
+#   installations will not provide this file, but some will have the
+#   very same definitions in . In other enviroments we can
+#   use the inet-types in  which would define the typedefs
+#   int8_t and u_int8_t respectivly.
+#
+#   This macros will create a local "_stdint.h" or the headerfile given
+#   as an argument. In many cases that file will just "#include
+#   " or "#include ", while in other environments
+#   it will provide the set of basic 'stdint's definitions/typedefs:
+#
+#     int8_t,uint8_t,int16_t,uint16_t,int32_t,uint32_t,intptr_t,uintptr_t
+#     int_least32_t.. int_fast32_t.. intmax_t
+#
+#   which may or may not rely on the definitions of other files, or
+#   using the AC_CHECK_SIZEOF macro to determine the actual sizeof each
+#   type.
+#
+#   if your header files require the stdint-types you will want to
+#   create an installable file mylib-int.h that all your other
+#   installable header may include. So if you have a library package
+#   named "mylib", just use
+#
+#        AX_CREATE_STDINT_H(mylib-int.h)
+#
+#   in configure.ac and go to install that very header file in
+#   Makefile.am along with the other headers (mylib.h) - and the
+#   mylib-specific headers can simply use "#include " to
+#   obtain the stdint-types.
+#
+#   Remember, if the system already had a valid , the
+#   generated file will include it directly. No need for fuzzy
+#   HAVE_STDINT_H things... (oops, GCC 4.2.x has deliberatly disabled
+#   its stdint.h for non-c99 compilation and the c99-mode is not the
+#   default. Therefore this macro will not use the compiler's stdint.h
+#   - please complain to the GCC developers).
+#
+# LAST MODIFICATION
+#
+#   2007-06-27
+#
+# COPYLEFT
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2007 Guido U. Draheim 
+#
+#   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+#   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+#   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+#   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+#   General Public License for more details.
+#
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+#   02111-1307, USA.
+#
+#   As a special exception, the respective Autoconf Macro's copyright
+#   owner gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify the
+#   configure scripts that are the output of Autoconf when processing
+#   the Macro. You need not follow the terms of the GNU General Public
+#   License when using or distributing such scripts, even though
+#   portions of the text of the Macro appear in them. The GNU General
+#   Public License (GPL) does govern all other use of the material that
+#   constitutes the Autoconf Macro.
+#
+#   This special exception to the GPL applies to versions of the
+#   Autoconf Macro released by the Autoconf Macro Archive. When you
+#   make and distribute a modified version of the Autoconf Macro, you
+#   may extend this special exception to the GPL to apply to your
+#   modified version as well.
+
+AC_DEFUN([AX_CHECK_DATA_MODEL],[
+   AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(char)
+   AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(short)
+   AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(int)
+   AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long)
+   AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(void*)
+   ac_cv_char_data_model=""
+   ac_cv_char_data_model="$ac_cv_char_data_model$ac_cv_sizeof_char"
+   ac_cv_char_data_model="$ac_cv_char_data_model$ac_cv_sizeof_short"
+   ac_cv_char_data_model="$ac_cv_char_data_model$ac_cv_sizeof_int"
+   ac_cv_long_data_model=""
+   ac_cv_long_data_model="$ac_cv_long_data_model$ac_cv_sizeof_int"
+   ac_cv_long_data_model="$ac_cv_long_data_model$ac_cv_sizeof_long"
+   ac_cv_long_data_model="$ac_cv_long_data_model$ac_cv_sizeof_voidp"
+   AC_MSG_CHECKING([data model])
+   case "$ac_cv_char_data_model/$ac_cv_long_data_model" in
+    122/242)     ac_cv_data_model="IP16"  ; n="standard 16bit machine" ;;
+    122/244)     ac_cv_data_model="LP32"  ; n="standard 32bit machine" ;;
+    122/*)       ac_cv_data_model="i16"   ; n="unusual int16 model" ;;
+    124/444)     ac_cv_data_model="ILP32" ; n="standard 32bit unixish" ;;
+    124/488)     ac_cv_data_model="LP64"  ; n="standard 64bit unixish" ;;
+    124/448)     ac_cv_data_model="LLP64" ; n="unusual 64bit unixish" ;;
+    124/*)       ac_cv_data_model="i32"   ; n="unusual int32 model" ;;
+    128/888)     ac_cv_data_model="ILP64" ; n="unusual 64bit numeric" ;;
+    128/*)       ac_cv_data_model="i64"   ; n="unusual int64 model" ;;
+    222/*2)      ac_cv_data_model="DSP16" ; n="strict 16bit dsptype" ;;
+    333/*3)      ac_cv_data_model="DSP24" ; n="strict 24bit dsptype" ;;
+    444/*4)      ac_cv_data_model="DSP32" ; n="strict 32bit dsptype" ;;
+    666/*6)      ac_cv_data_model="DSP48" ; n="strict 48bit dsptype" ;;
+    888/*8)      ac_cv_data_model="DSP64" ; n="strict 64bit dsptype" ;;
+    222/*|333/*|444/*|666/*|888/*) :
+                 ac_cv_data_model="iDSP"  ; n="unusual dsptype" ;;
+     *)          ac_cv_data_model="none"  ; n="very unusual model" ;;
+   esac
+   AC_MSG_RESULT([$ac_cv_data_model ($ac_cv_long_data_model, $n)])
+])
+
+dnl AX_CHECK_HEADER_STDINT_X([HEADERLIST][,ACTION-IF])
+AC_DEFUN([AX_CHECK_HEADER_STDINT_X],[
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for stdint uintptr_t], [ac_cv_header_stdint_x],[
+ ac_cv_header_stdint_x="" # the 1997 typedefs (inttypes.h)
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([(..)])
+  for i in m4_ifval([$1],[$1],[stdint.h inttypes.h sys/inttypes.h sys/types.h])
+  do
+   unset ac_cv_type_uintptr_t
+   unset ac_cv_type_uint64_t
+   AC_CHECK_TYPE(uintptr_t,[ac_cv_header_stdint_x=$i],continue,[#include <$i>])
+   AC_CHECK_TYPE(uint64_t,[and64="/uint64_t"],[and64=""],[#include<$i>])
+   m4_ifvaln([$2],[$2]) break
+  done
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for stdint uintptr_t])
+ ])
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AX_CHECK_HEADER_STDINT_O],[
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for stdint uint32_t], [ac_cv_header_stdint_o],[
+ ac_cv_header_stdint_o="" # the 1995 typedefs (sys/inttypes.h)
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([(..)])
+  for i in m4_ifval([$1],[$1],[inttypes.h sys/inttypes.h sys/types.h stdint.h])
+  do
+   unset ac_cv_type_uint32_t
+   unset ac_cv_type_uint64_t
+   AC_CHECK_TYPE(uint32_t,[ac_cv_header_stdint_o=$i],continue,[#include <$i>])
+   AC_CHECK_TYPE(uint64_t,[and64="/uint64_t"],[and64=""],[#include<$i>])
+   m4_ifvaln([$2],[$2]) break
+   break;
+  done
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for stdint uint32_t])
+ ])
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AX_CHECK_HEADER_STDINT_U],[
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for stdint u_int32_t], [ac_cv_header_stdint_u],[
+ ac_cv_header_stdint_u="" # the BSD typedefs (sys/types.h)
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([(..)])
+  for i in m4_ifval([$1],[$1],[sys/types.h inttypes.h sys/inttypes.h]) ; do
+   unset ac_cv_type_u_int32_t
+   unset ac_cv_type_u_int64_t
+   AC_CHECK_TYPE(u_int32_t,[ac_cv_header_stdint_u=$i],continue,[#include <$i>])
+   AC_CHECK_TYPE(u_int64_t,[and64="/u_int64_t"],[and64=""],[#include<$i>])
+   m4_ifvaln([$2],[$2]) break
+   break;
+  done
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for stdint u_int32_t])
+ ])
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AX_CREATE_STDINT_H],
+[# ------ AX CREATE STDINT H -------------------------------------
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for stdint types])
+ac_stdint_h=`echo ifelse($1, , _stdint.h, $1)`
+# try to shortcircuit - if the default include path of the compiler
+# can find a "stdint.h" header then we assume that all compilers can.
+AC_CACHE_VAL([ac_cv_header_stdint_t],[
+old_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" ; CXXFLAGS=""
+old_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS" ; CPPFLAGS=""
+old_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"     ; CFLAGS=""
+AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include ],[int_least32_t v = 0;],
+[ac_cv_stdint_result="(assuming C99 compatible system)"
+ ac_cv_header_stdint_t="stdint.h"; ],
+[ac_cv_header_stdint_t=""])
+if test "$GCC" = "yes" && test ".$ac_cv_header_stdint_t" = "."; then
+CFLAGS="-std=c99"
+AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include ],[int_least32_t v = 0;],
+[AC_MSG_WARN(your GCC compiler has a defunct stdint.h for its default-mode)])
+fi
+CXXFLAGS="$old_CXXFLAGS"
+CPPFLAGS="$old_CPPFLAGS"
+CFLAGS="$old_CFLAGS" ])
+
+v="... $ac_cv_header_stdint_h"
+if test "$ac_stdint_h" = "stdint.h" ; then
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([(are you sure you want them in ./stdint.h?)])
+elif test "$ac_stdint_h" = "inttypes.h" ; then
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([(are you sure you want them in ./inttypes.h?)])
+elif test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_t" = "_" ; then
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([(putting them into $ac_stdint_h)$v])
+else
+ ac_cv_header_stdint="$ac_cv_header_stdint_t"
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([$ac_cv_header_stdint (shortcircuit)])
+fi
+
+if test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_t" = "_" ; then # can not shortcircuit..
+
+dnl .....intro message done, now do a few system checks.....
+dnl btw, all old CHECK_TYPE macros do automatically "DEFINE" a type,
+dnl therefore we use the autoconf implementation detail CHECK_TYPE_NEW
+dnl instead that is triggered with 3 or more arguments (see types.m4)
+
+inttype_headers=`echo $2 | sed -e 's/,/ /g'`
+
+ac_cv_stdint_result="(no helpful system typedefs seen)"
+AX_CHECK_HEADER_STDINT_X(dnl
+   stdint.h inttypes.h sys/inttypes.h $inttype_headers,
+   ac_cv_stdint_result="(seen uintptr_t$and64 in $i)")
+
+if test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_x" = "_" ; then
+AX_CHECK_HEADER_STDINT_O(dnl,
+   inttypes.h sys/inttypes.h stdint.h $inttype_headers,
+   ac_cv_stdint_result="(seen uint32_t$and64 in $i)")
+fi
+
+if test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_x" = "_" ; then
+if test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_o" = "_" ; then
+AX_CHECK_HEADER_STDINT_U(dnl,
+   sys/types.h inttypes.h sys/inttypes.h $inttype_headers,
+   ac_cv_stdint_result="(seen u_int32_t$and64 in $i)")
+fi fi
+
+dnl if there was no good C99 header file, do some typedef checks...
+if test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_x" = "_" ; then
+   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for stdint datatype model])
+   AC_MSG_RESULT([(..)])
+   AX_CHECK_DATA_MODEL
+fi
+
+if test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_x" != "_" ; then
+   ac_cv_header_stdint="$ac_cv_header_stdint_x"
+elif  test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_o" != "_" ; then
+   ac_cv_header_stdint="$ac_cv_header_stdint_o"
+elif  test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_u" != "_" ; then
+   ac_cv_header_stdint="$ac_cv_header_stdint_u"
+else
+   ac_cv_header_stdint="stddef.h"
+fi
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for extra inttypes in chosen header])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([($ac_cv_header_stdint)])
+dnl see if int_least and int_fast types are present in _this_ header.
+unset ac_cv_type_int_least32_t
+unset ac_cv_type_int_fast32_t
+AC_CHECK_TYPE(int_least32_t,,,[#include <$ac_cv_header_stdint>])
+AC_CHECK_TYPE(int_fast32_t,,,[#include<$ac_cv_header_stdint>])
+AC_CHECK_TYPE(intmax_t,,,[#include <$ac_cv_header_stdint>])
+
+fi # shortcircut to system "stdint.h"
+# ------------------ PREPARE VARIABLES ------------------------------
+if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
+ac_cv_stdint_message="using gnu compiler "`$CC --version | head -1`
+else
+ac_cv_stdint_message="using $CC"
+fi
+
+AC_MSG_RESULT([make use of $ac_cv_header_stdint in $ac_stdint_h dnl
+$ac_cv_stdint_result])
+
+dnl -----------------------------------------------------------------
+# ----------------- DONE inttypes.h checks START header -------------
+AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([$ac_stdint_h],[
+AC_MSG_NOTICE(creating $ac_stdint_h : $_ac_stdint_h)
+ac_stdint=$tmp/_stdint.h
+
+echo "#ifndef" $_ac_stdint_h >$ac_stdint
+echo "#define" $_ac_stdint_h "1" >>$ac_stdint
+echo "#ifndef" _GENERATED_STDINT_H >>$ac_stdint
+echo "#define" _GENERATED_STDINT_H '"'$PACKAGE $VERSION'"' >>$ac_stdint
+echo "/* generated $ac_cv_stdint_message */" >>$ac_stdint
+if test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_t" != "_" ; then
+echo "#define _STDINT_HAVE_STDINT_H" "1" >>$ac_stdint
+echo "#include " >>$ac_stdint
+echo "#endif" >>$ac_stdint
+echo "#endif" >>$ac_stdint
+else
+
+cat >>$ac_stdint <
+#else
+#include 
+
+/* .................... configured part ............................ */
+
+STDINT_EOF
+
+echo "/* whether we have a C99 compatible stdint header file */" >>$ac_stdint
+if test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_x" != "_" ; then
+  ac_header="$ac_cv_header_stdint_x"
+  echo "#define _STDINT_HEADER_INTPTR" '"'"$ac_header"'"' >>$ac_stdint
+else
+  echo "/* #undef _STDINT_HEADER_INTPTR */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+
+echo "/* whether we have a C96 compatible inttypes header file */" >>$ac_stdint
+if  test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_o" != "_" ; then
+  ac_header="$ac_cv_header_stdint_o"
+  echo "#define _STDINT_HEADER_UINT32" '"'"$ac_header"'"' >>$ac_stdint
+else
+  echo "/* #undef _STDINT_HEADER_UINT32 */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+
+echo "/* whether we have a BSD compatible inet types header */" >>$ac_stdint
+if  test "_$ac_cv_header_stdint_u" != "_" ; then
+  ac_header="$ac_cv_header_stdint_u"
+  echo "#define _STDINT_HEADER_U_INT32" '"'"$ac_header"'"' >>$ac_stdint
+else
+  echo "/* #undef _STDINT_HEADER_U_INT32 */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+
+echo "" >>$ac_stdint
+
+if test "_$ac_header" != "_" ; then if test "$ac_header" != "stddef.h" ; then
+  echo "#include <$ac_header>" >>$ac_stdint
+  echo "" >>$ac_stdint
+fi fi
+
+echo "/* which 64bit typedef has been found */" >>$ac_stdint
+if test "$ac_cv_type_uint64_t" = "yes" ; then
+echo "#define   _STDINT_HAVE_UINT64_T" "1"  >>$ac_stdint
+else
+echo "/* #undef _STDINT_HAVE_UINT64_T */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+if test "$ac_cv_type_u_int64_t" = "yes" ; then
+echo "#define   _STDINT_HAVE_U_INT64_T" "1"  >>$ac_stdint
+else
+echo "/* #undef _STDINT_HAVE_U_INT64_T */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+echo "" >>$ac_stdint
+
+echo "/* which type model has been detected */" >>$ac_stdint
+if test "_$ac_cv_char_data_model" != "_" ; then
+echo "#define   _STDINT_CHAR_MODEL" "$ac_cv_char_data_model" >>$ac_stdint
+echo "#define   _STDINT_LONG_MODEL" "$ac_cv_long_data_model" >>$ac_stdint
+else
+echo "/* #undef _STDINT_CHAR_MODEL // skipped */" >>$ac_stdint
+echo "/* #undef _STDINT_LONG_MODEL // skipped */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+echo "" >>$ac_stdint
+
+echo "/* whether int_least types were detected */" >>$ac_stdint
+if test "$ac_cv_type_int_least32_t" = "yes"; then
+echo "#define   _STDINT_HAVE_INT_LEAST32_T" "1"  >>$ac_stdint
+else
+echo "/* #undef _STDINT_HAVE_INT_LEAST32_T */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+echo "/* whether int_fast types were detected */" >>$ac_stdint
+if test "$ac_cv_type_int_fast32_t" = "yes"; then
+echo "#define   _STDINT_HAVE_INT_FAST32_T" "1" >>$ac_stdint
+else
+echo "/* #undef _STDINT_HAVE_INT_FAST32_T */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+echo "/* whether intmax_t type was detected */" >>$ac_stdint
+if test "$ac_cv_type_intmax_t" = "yes"; then
+echo "#define   _STDINT_HAVE_INTMAX_T" "1" >>$ac_stdint
+else
+echo "/* #undef _STDINT_HAVE_INTMAX_T */" >>$ac_stdint
+fi
+echo "" >>$ac_stdint
+
+  cat >>$ac_stdint <= 199901L
+#define _HAVE_UINT64_T
+#define _HAVE_LONGLONG_UINT64_T
+typedef long long int64_t;
+typedef unsigned long long uint64_t;
+
+#elif !defined __STRICT_ANSI__
+#if defined _MSC_VER || defined __WATCOMC__ || defined __BORLANDC__
+#define _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef __int64 int64_t;
+typedef unsigned __int64 uint64_t;
+
+#elif defined __GNUC__ || defined __MWERKS__ || defined __ELF__
+/* note: all ELF-systems seem to have loff-support which needs 64-bit */
+#if !defined _NO_LONGLONG
+#define _HAVE_UINT64_T
+#define _HAVE_LONGLONG_UINT64_T
+typedef long long int64_t;
+typedef unsigned long long uint64_t;
+#endif
+
+#elif defined __alpha || (defined __mips && defined _ABIN32)
+#if !defined _NO_LONGLONG
+typedef long int64_t;
+typedef unsigned long uint64_t;
+#endif
+  /* compiler/cpu type to define int64_t */
+#endif
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#if defined _STDINT_HAVE_U_INT_TYPES
+/* int8_t int16_t int32_t defined by inet code, redeclare the u_intXX types */
+typedef u_int8_t uint8_t;
+typedef u_int16_t uint16_t;
+typedef u_int32_t uint32_t;
+
+/* glibc compatibility */
+#ifndef __int8_t_defined
+#define __int8_t_defined
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _STDINT_NEED_INT_MODEL_T
+/* we must guess all the basic types. Apart from byte-adressable system, */
+/* there a few 32-bit-only dsp-systems that we guard with BYTE_MODEL 8-} */
+/* (btw, those nibble-addressable systems are way off, or so we assume) */
+
+dnl   /* have a look at "64bit and data size neutrality" at */
+dnl   /* http://unix.org/version2/whatsnew/login_64bit.html */
+dnl   /* (the shorthand "ILP" types always have a "P" part) */
+
+#if defined _STDINT_BYTE_MODEL
+#if _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 242
+/* 2:4:2 =  IP16 = a normal 16-bit system                */
+typedef unsigned char   uint8_t;
+typedef unsigned short  uint16_t;
+typedef unsigned long   uint32_t;
+#ifndef __int8_t_defined
+#define __int8_t_defined
+typedef          char    int8_t;
+typedef          short   int16_t;
+typedef          long    int32_t;
+#endif
+#elif _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 244 || _STDINT_LONG_MODEL == 444
+/* 2:4:4 =  LP32 = a 32-bit system derived from a 16-bit */
+/* 4:4:4 = ILP32 = a normal 32-bit system                */
+typedef unsigned char   uint8_t;
+typedef unsigned short  uint16_t;
+typedef unsigned int    uint32_t;
+#ifndef __int8_t_defined
+#define __int8_t_defined
+typedef          char    int8_t;
+typedef          short   int16_t;
+typedef          int     int32_t;
+#endif
+#elif _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 484 || _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 488
+/* 4:8:4 =  IP32 = a 32-bit system prepared for 64-bit    */
+/* 4:8:8 =  LP64 = a normal 64-bit system                 */
+typedef unsigned char   uint8_t;
+typedef unsigned short  uint16_t;
+typedef unsigned int    uint32_t;
+#ifndef __int8_t_defined
+#define __int8_t_defined
+typedef          char    int8_t;
+typedef          short   int16_t;
+typedef          int     int32_t;
+#endif
+/* this system has a "long" of 64bit */
+#ifndef _HAVE_UINT64_T
+#define _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef unsigned long   uint64_t;
+typedef          long    int64_t;
+#endif
+#elif _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 448
+/*      LLP64   a 64-bit system derived from a 32-bit system */
+typedef unsigned char   uint8_t;
+typedef unsigned short  uint16_t;
+typedef unsigned int    uint32_t;
+#ifndef __int8_t_defined
+#define __int8_t_defined
+typedef          char    int8_t;
+typedef          short   int16_t;
+typedef          int     int32_t;
+#endif
+/* assuming the system has a "long long" */
+#ifndef _HAVE_UINT64_T
+#define _HAVE_UINT64_T
+#define _HAVE_LONGLONG_UINT64_T
+typedef unsigned long long uint64_t;
+typedef          long long  int64_t;
+#endif
+#else
+#define _STDINT_NO_INT32_T
+#endif
+#else
+#define _STDINT_NO_INT8_T
+#define _STDINT_NO_INT32_T
+#endif
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * quote from SunOS-5.8 sys/inttypes.h:
+ * Use at your own risk.  As of February 1996, the committee is squarely
+ * behind the fixed sized types; the "least" and "fast" types are still being
+ * discussed.  The probability that the "fast" types may be removed before
+ * the standard is finalized is high enough that they are not currently
+ * implemented.
+ */
+
+#if defined _STDINT_NEED_INT_LEAST_T
+typedef  int8_t    int_least8_t;
+typedef  int16_t   int_least16_t;
+typedef  int32_t   int_least32_t;
+#ifdef _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef  int64_t   int_least64_t;
+#endif
+
+typedef uint8_t   uint_least8_t;
+typedef uint16_t  uint_least16_t;
+typedef uint32_t  uint_least32_t;
+#ifdef _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef uint64_t  uint_least64_t;
+#endif
+  /* least types */
+#endif
+
+#if defined _STDINT_NEED_INT_FAST_T
+typedef  int8_t    int_fast8_t;
+typedef  int       int_fast16_t;
+typedef  int32_t   int_fast32_t;
+#ifdef _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef  int64_t   int_fast64_t;
+#endif
+
+typedef uint8_t   uint_fast8_t;
+typedef unsigned  uint_fast16_t;
+typedef uint32_t  uint_fast32_t;
+#ifdef _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef uint64_t  uint_fast64_t;
+#endif
+  /* fast types */
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _STDINT_NEED_INTMAX_T
+#ifdef _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef  int64_t       intmax_t;
+typedef uint64_t      uintmax_t;
+#else
+typedef          long  intmax_t;
+typedef unsigned long uintmax_t;
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _STDINT_NEED_INTPTR_T
+#ifndef __intptr_t_defined
+#define __intptr_t_defined
+/* we encourage using "long" to store pointer values, never use "int" ! */
+#if   _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 242 || _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 484
+typedef  unsigned int   uintptr_t;
+typedef           int    intptr_t;
+#elif _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 244 || _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 444
+typedef  unsigned long  uintptr_t;
+typedef           long   intptr_t;
+#elif _STDINT_LONG_MODEL+0 == 448 && defined _HAVE_UINT64_T
+typedef        uint64_t uintptr_t;
+typedef         int64_t  intptr_t;
+#else /* matches typical system types ILP32 and LP64 - but not IP16 or LLP64 */
+typedef  unsigned long  uintptr_t;
+typedef           long   intptr_t;
+#endif
+#endif
+#endif
+
+/* The ISO C99 standard specifies that in C++ implementations these
+   should only be defined if explicitly requested.  */
+#if !defined __cplusplus || defined __STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS
+#ifndef UINT32_C
+
+/* Signed.  */
+# define INT8_C(c)      c
+# define INT16_C(c)     c
+# define INT32_C(c)     c
+# ifdef _HAVE_LONGLONG_UINT64_T
+#  define INT64_C(c)    c ## L
+# else
+#  define INT64_C(c)    c ## LL
+# endif
+
+/* Unsigned.  */
+# define UINT8_C(c)     c ## U
+# define UINT16_C(c)    c ## U
+# define UINT32_C(c)    c ## U
+# ifdef _HAVE_LONGLONG_UINT64_T
+#  define UINT64_C(c)   c ## UL
+# else
+#  define UINT64_C(c)   c ## ULL
+# endif
+
+/* Maximal type.  */
+# ifdef _HAVE_LONGLONG_UINT64_T
+#  define INTMAX_C(c)   c ## L
+#  define UINTMAX_C(c)  c ## UL
+# else
+#  define INTMAX_C(c)   c ## LL
+#  define UINTMAX_C(c)  c ## ULL
+# endif
+
+  /* literalnumbers */
+#endif
+#endif
+
+/* These limits are merily those of a two complement byte-oriented system */
+
+/* Minimum of signed integral types.  */
+# define INT8_MIN               (-128)
+# define INT16_MIN              (-32767-1)
+# define INT32_MIN              (-2147483647-1)
+# define INT64_MIN              (-__INT64_C(9223372036854775807)-1)
+/* Maximum of signed integral types.  */
+# define INT8_MAX               (127)
+# define INT16_MAX              (32767)
+# define INT32_MAX              (2147483647)
+# define INT64_MAX              (__INT64_C(9223372036854775807))
+
+/* Maximum of unsigned integral types.  */
+# define UINT8_MAX              (255)
+# define UINT16_MAX             (65535)
+# define UINT32_MAX             (4294967295U)
+# define UINT64_MAX             (__UINT64_C(18446744073709551615))
+
+/* Minimum of signed integral types having a minimum size.  */
+# define INT_LEAST8_MIN         INT8_MIN
+# define INT_LEAST16_MIN        INT16_MIN
+# define INT_LEAST32_MIN        INT32_MIN
+# define INT_LEAST64_MIN        INT64_MIN
+/* Maximum of signed integral types having a minimum size.  */
+# define INT_LEAST8_MAX         INT8_MAX
+# define INT_LEAST16_MAX        INT16_MAX
+# define INT_LEAST32_MAX        INT32_MAX
+# define INT_LEAST64_MAX        INT64_MAX
+
+/* Maximum of unsigned integral types having a minimum size.  */
+# define UINT_LEAST8_MAX        UINT8_MAX
+# define UINT_LEAST16_MAX       UINT16_MAX
+# define UINT_LEAST32_MAX       UINT32_MAX
+# define UINT_LEAST64_MAX       UINT64_MAX
+
+  /* shortcircuit*/
+#endif
+  /* once */
+#endif
+#endif
+STDINT_EOF
+fi
+    if cmp -s $ac_stdint_h $ac_stdint 2>/dev/null; then
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([$ac_stdint_h is unchanged])
+    else
+      ac_dir=`AS_DIRNAME(["$ac_stdint_h"])`
+      AS_MKDIR_P(["$ac_dir"])
+      rm -f $ac_stdint_h
+      mv $ac_stdint $ac_stdint_h
+    fi
+],[# variables for create stdint.h replacement
+PACKAGE="$PACKAGE"
+VERSION="$VERSION"
+ac_stdint_h="$ac_stdint_h"
+_ac_stdint_h=AS_TR_CPP(_$PACKAGE-$ac_stdint_h)
+ac_cv_stdint_message="$ac_cv_stdint_message"
+ac_cv_header_stdint_t="$ac_cv_header_stdint_t"
+ac_cv_header_stdint_x="$ac_cv_header_stdint_x"
+ac_cv_header_stdint_o="$ac_cv_header_stdint_o"
+ac_cv_header_stdint_u="$ac_cv_header_stdint_u"
+ac_cv_type_uint64_t="$ac_cv_type_uint64_t"
+ac_cv_type_u_int64_t="$ac_cv_type_u_int64_t"
+ac_cv_char_data_model="$ac_cv_char_data_model"
+ac_cv_long_data_model="$ac_cv_long_data_model"
+ac_cv_type_int_least32_t="$ac_cv_type_int_least32_t"
+ac_cv_type_int_fast32_t="$ac_cv_type_int_fast32_t"
+ac_cv_type_intmax_t="$ac_cv_type_intmax_t"
+])
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/ax_pthread.m4 b/validate/common/m4/ax_pthread.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d383ad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/ax_pthread.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,332 @@
+# ===========================================================================
+#        http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_pthread.html
+# ===========================================================================
+#
+# SYNOPSIS
+#
+#   AX_PTHREAD([ACTION-IF-FOUND[, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]])
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+#
+#   This macro figures out how to build C programs using POSIX threads. It
+#   sets the PTHREAD_LIBS output variable to the threads library and linker
+#   flags, and the PTHREAD_CFLAGS output variable to any special C compiler
+#   flags that are needed. (The user can also force certain compiler
+#   flags/libs to be tested by setting these environment variables.)
+#
+#   Also sets PTHREAD_CC to any special C compiler that is needed for
+#   multi-threaded programs (defaults to the value of CC otherwise). (This
+#   is necessary on AIX to use the special cc_r compiler alias.)
+#
+#   NOTE: You are assumed to not only compile your program with these flags,
+#   but also link it with them as well. e.g. you should link with
+#   $PTHREAD_CC $CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $LDFLAGS ... $PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS
+#
+#   If you are only building threads programs, you may wish to use these
+#   variables in your default LIBS, CFLAGS, and CC:
+#
+#     LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
+#     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
+#     CC="$PTHREAD_CC"
+#
+#   In addition, if the PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE thread-attribute constant
+#   has a nonstandard name, defines PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE to that name
+#   (e.g. PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED on AIX).
+#
+#   Also HAVE_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT is defined if pthread is found and the
+#   PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT symbol is defined when compiling with
+#   PTHREAD_CFLAGS.
+#
+#   ACTION-IF-FOUND is a list of shell commands to run if a threads library
+#   is found, and ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND is a list of commands to run it if it
+#   is not found. If ACTION-IF-FOUND is not specified, the default action
+#   will define HAVE_PTHREAD.
+#
+#   Please let the authors know if this macro fails on any platform, or if
+#   you have any other suggestions or comments. This macro was based on work
+#   by SGJ on autoconf scripts for FFTW (http://www.fftw.org/) (with help
+#   from M. Frigo), as well as ac_pthread and hb_pthread macros posted by
+#   Alejandro Forero Cuervo to the autoconf macro repository. We are also
+#   grateful for the helpful feedback of numerous users.
+#
+#   Updated for Autoconf 2.68 by Daniel Richard G.
+#
+# LICENSE
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2008 Steven G. Johnson 
+#   Copyright (c) 2011 Daniel Richard G. 
+#
+#   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+#   Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+#   option) any later version.
+#
+#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+#   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
+#   Public License for more details.
+#
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+#   with this program. If not, see .
+#
+#   As a special exception, the respective Autoconf Macro's copyright owner
+#   gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify the configure
+#   scripts that are the output of Autoconf when processing the Macro. You
+#   need not follow the terms of the GNU General Public License when using
+#   or distributing such scripts, even though portions of the text of the
+#   Macro appear in them. The GNU General Public License (GPL) does govern
+#   all other use of the material that constitutes the Autoconf Macro.
+#
+#   This special exception to the GPL applies to versions of the Autoconf
+#   Macro released by the Autoconf Archive. When you make and distribute a
+#   modified version of the Autoconf Macro, you may extend this special
+#   exception to the GPL to apply to your modified version as well.
+
+#serial 21
+
+AU_ALIAS([ACX_PTHREAD], [AX_PTHREAD])
+AC_DEFUN([AX_PTHREAD], [
+AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
+AC_LANG_PUSH([C])
+ax_pthread_ok=no
+
+# We used to check for pthread.h first, but this fails if pthread.h
+# requires special compiler flags (e.g. on True64 or Sequent).
+# It gets checked for in the link test anyway.
+
+# First of all, check if the user has set any of the PTHREAD_LIBS,
+# etcetera environment variables, and if threads linking works using
+# them:
+if test x"$PTHREAD_LIBS$PTHREAD_CFLAGS" != x; then
+        save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
+        save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+        LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
+        AC_MSG_CHECKING([for pthread_join in LIBS=$PTHREAD_LIBS with CFLAGS=$PTHREAD_CFLAGS])
+        AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC([pthread_join], [ax_pthread_ok=yes])
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([$ax_pthread_ok])
+        if test x"$ax_pthread_ok" = xno; then
+                PTHREAD_LIBS=""
+                PTHREAD_CFLAGS=""
+        fi
+        LIBS="$save_LIBS"
+        CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
+fi
+
+# We must check for the threads library under a number of different
+# names; the ordering is very important because some systems
+# (e.g. DEC) have both -lpthread and -lpthreads, where one of the
+# libraries is broken (non-POSIX).
+
+# Create a list of thread flags to try.  Items starting with a "-" are
+# C compiler flags, and other items are library names, except for "none"
+# which indicates that we try without any flags at all, and "pthread-config"
+# which is a program returning the flags for the Pth emulation library.
+
+ax_pthread_flags="pthreads none -Kthread -kthread lthread -pthread -pthreads -mthreads pthread --thread-safe -mt pthread-config"
+
+# The ordering *is* (sometimes) important.  Some notes on the
+# individual items follow:
+
+# pthreads: AIX (must check this before -lpthread)
+# none: in case threads are in libc; should be tried before -Kthread and
+#       other compiler flags to prevent continual compiler warnings
+# -Kthread: Sequent (threads in libc, but -Kthread needed for pthread.h)
+# -kthread: FreeBSD kernel threads (preferred to -pthread since SMP-able)
+# lthread: LinuxThreads port on FreeBSD (also preferred to -pthread)
+# -pthread: Linux/gcc (kernel threads), BSD/gcc (userland threads)
+# -pthreads: Solaris/gcc
+# -mthreads: Mingw32/gcc, Lynx/gcc
+# -mt: Sun Workshop C (may only link SunOS threads [-lthread], but it
+#      doesn't hurt to check since this sometimes defines pthreads too;
+#      also defines -D_REENTRANT)
+#      ... -mt is also the pthreads flag for HP/aCC
+# pthread: Linux, etcetera
+# --thread-safe: KAI C++
+# pthread-config: use pthread-config program (for GNU Pth library)
+
+case ${host_os} in
+        solaris*)
+
+        # On Solaris (at least, for some versions), libc contains stubbed
+        # (non-functional) versions of the pthreads routines, so link-based
+        # tests will erroneously succeed.  (We need to link with -pthreads/-mt/
+        # -lpthread.)  (The stubs are missing pthread_cleanup_push, or rather
+        # a function called by this macro, so we could check for that, but
+        # who knows whether they'll stub that too in a future libc.)  So,
+        # we'll just look for -pthreads and -lpthread first:
+
+        ax_pthread_flags="-pthreads pthread -mt -pthread $ax_pthread_flags"
+        ;;
+
+        darwin*)
+        ax_pthread_flags="-pthread $ax_pthread_flags"
+        ;;
+esac
+
+# Clang doesn't consider unrecognized options an error unless we specify
+# -Werror. We throw in some extra Clang-specific options to ensure that
+# this doesn't happen for GCC, which also accepts -Werror.
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([if compiler needs -Werror to reject unknown flags])
+save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+ax_pthread_extra_flags="-Werror"
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $ax_pthread_extra_flags -Wunknown-warning-option -Wsizeof-array-argument"
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([int foo(void);],[foo()])],
+                  [AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])],
+                  [ax_pthread_extra_flags=
+                   AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
+CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
+
+if test x"$ax_pthread_ok" = xno; then
+for flag in $ax_pthread_flags; do
+
+        case $flag in
+                none)
+                AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work without any flags])
+                ;;
+
+                -*)
+                AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work with $flag])
+                PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag"
+                ;;
+
+                pthread-config)
+                AC_CHECK_PROG([ax_pthread_config], [pthread-config], [yes], [no])
+                if test x"$ax_pthread_config" = xno; then continue; fi
+                PTHREAD_CFLAGS="`pthread-config --cflags`"
+                PTHREAD_LIBS="`pthread-config --ldflags` `pthread-config --libs`"
+                ;;
+
+                *)
+                AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the pthreads library -l$flag])
+                PTHREAD_LIBS="-l$flag"
+                ;;
+        esac
+
+        save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+        save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+        LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
+        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $ax_pthread_extra_flags"
+
+        # Check for various functions.  We must include pthread.h,
+        # since some functions may be macros.  (On the Sequent, we
+        # need a special flag -Kthread to make this header compile.)
+        # We check for pthread_join because it is in -lpthread on IRIX
+        # while pthread_create is in libc.  We check for pthread_attr_init
+        # due to DEC craziness with -lpthreads.  We check for
+        # pthread_cleanup_push because it is one of the few pthread
+        # functions on Solaris that doesn't have a non-functional libc stub.
+        # We try pthread_create on general principles.
+        AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([#include 
+                        static void routine(void *a) { a = 0; }
+                        static void *start_routine(void *a) { return a; }],
+                       [pthread_t th; pthread_attr_t attr;
+                        pthread_create(&th, 0, start_routine, 0);
+                        pthread_join(th, 0);
+                        pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+                        pthread_cleanup_push(routine, 0);
+                        pthread_cleanup_pop(0) /* ; */])],
+                [ax_pthread_ok=yes],
+                [])
+
+        LIBS="$save_LIBS"
+        CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
+
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([$ax_pthread_ok])
+        if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
+                break;
+        fi
+
+        PTHREAD_LIBS=""
+        PTHREAD_CFLAGS=""
+done
+fi
+
+# Various other checks:
+if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
+        save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+        LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
+        save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
+
+        # Detect AIX lossage: JOINABLE attribute is called UNDETACHED.
+        AC_MSG_CHECKING([for joinable pthread attribute])
+        attr_name=unknown
+        for attr in PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED; do
+            AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([#include ],
+                           [int attr = $attr; return attr /* ; */])],
+                [attr_name=$attr; break],
+                [])
+        done
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([$attr_name])
+        if test "$attr_name" != PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE; then
+            AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE], [$attr_name],
+                               [Define to necessary symbol if this constant
+                                uses a non-standard name on your system.])
+        fi
+
+        AC_MSG_CHECKING([if more special flags are required for pthreads])
+        flag=no
+        case ${host_os} in
+            aix* | freebsd* | darwin*) flag="-D_THREAD_SAFE";;
+            osf* | hpux*) flag="-D_REENTRANT";;
+            solaris*)
+            if test "$GCC" = "yes"; then
+                flag="-D_REENTRANT"
+            else
+                # TODO: What about Clang on Solaris?
+                flag="-mt -D_REENTRANT"
+            fi
+            ;;
+        esac
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([$flag])
+        if test "x$flag" != xno; then
+            PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
+        fi
+
+        AC_CACHE_CHECK([for PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT],
+            [ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT], [
+                AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include ]],
+                                                [[int i = PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT;]])],
+                    [ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT=yes],
+                    [ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT=no])
+            ])
+        AS_IF([test "x$ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT" = "xyes"],
+            [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT], [1], [Have PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT.])])
+
+        LIBS="$save_LIBS"
+        CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
+
+        # More AIX lossage: compile with *_r variant
+        if test "x$GCC" != xyes; then
+            case $host_os in
+                aix*)
+                AS_CASE(["x/$CC"],
+                  [x*/c89|x*/c89_128|x*/c99|x*/c99_128|x*/cc|x*/cc128|x*/xlc|x*/xlc_v6|x*/xlc128|x*/xlc128_v6],
+                  [#handle absolute path differently from PATH based program lookup
+                   AS_CASE(["x$CC"],
+                     [x/*],
+                     [AS_IF([AS_EXECUTABLE_P([${CC}_r])],[PTHREAD_CC="${CC}_r"])],
+                     [AC_CHECK_PROGS([PTHREAD_CC],[${CC}_r],[$CC])])])
+                ;;
+            esac
+        fi
+fi
+
+test -n "$PTHREAD_CC" || PTHREAD_CC="$CC"
+
+AC_SUBST([PTHREAD_LIBS])
+AC_SUBST([PTHREAD_CFLAGS])
+AC_SUBST([PTHREAD_CC])
+
+# Finally, execute ACTION-IF-FOUND/ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND:
+if test x"$ax_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
+        ifelse([$1],,[AC_DEFINE([HAVE_PTHREAD],[1],[Define if you have POSIX threads libraries and header files.])],[$1])
+        :
+else
+        ax_pthread_ok=no
+        $2
+fi
+AC_LANG_POP
+])dnl AX_PTHREAD
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/check.m4 b/validate/common/m4/check.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afd26eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/check.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+dnl _AM_TRY_CHECK(MINIMUM-VERSION, EXTRA-CFLAGS, EXTRA-LIBS, CHECK-LIB-NAME
+dnl               [, ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]])
+dnl Test for check, and define CHECK_CFLAGS and CHECK_LIBS
+dnl Done this way because of the brokenness that is
+dnl https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/check/+bug/5840
+dnl
+
+AC_DEFUN([_AM_TRY_CHECK],
+[
+  min_check_version=$1
+  extra_cflags=$2
+  extra_libs=$3
+  check_lib_name=$4
+
+  CHECK_CFLAGS="$extra_cflags"
+  CHECK_LIBS="$extra_libs -l$check_lib_name"
+
+  ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+  ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $CHECK_CFLAGS"
+  LIBS="$CHECK_LIBS $LIBS"
+
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(for check named $check_lib_name  - version >= $min_check_version)
+
+  rm -f conf.check-test
+  dnl unset no_check, since in our second run it would have been set to yes
+  dnl before
+  no_check=
+  AC_TRY_RUN([
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include 
+
+int main ()
+{
+  int major, minor, micro;
+  char *tmp_version;
+
+  system ("touch conf.check-test");
+
+  /* HP/UX 9 (%@#!) writes to sscanf strings */
+  tmp_version = strdup("$min_check_version");
+  if (sscanf(tmp_version, "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, µ) != 3) {
+     printf("%s, bad version string\n", "$min_check_version");
+     return 1;
+   }
+
+  if ((CHECK_MAJOR_VERSION != check_major_version) ||
+      (CHECK_MINOR_VERSION != check_minor_version) ||
+      (CHECK_MICRO_VERSION != check_micro_version))
+    {
+      printf("\n*** The check header file (version %d.%d.%d) does not match\n",
+	     CHECK_MAJOR_VERSION, CHECK_MINOR_VERSION, CHECK_MICRO_VERSION);
+      printf("*** the check library (version %d.%d.%d).\n",
+	     check_major_version, check_minor_version, check_micro_version);
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  if ((check_major_version > major) ||
+      ((check_major_version == major) && (check_minor_version > minor)) ||
+      ((check_major_version == major) && (check_minor_version == minor) && (check_micro_version >= micro)))
+    {
+      return 0;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      printf("\n*** An old version of check (%d.%d.%d) was found.\n",
+             check_major_version, check_minor_version, check_micro_version);
+      printf("*** You need a version of check being at least %d.%d.%d.\n", major, minor, micro);
+      printf("***\n");
+      printf("*** If you have already installed a sufficiently new version, this error\n");
+      printf("*** probably means that the wrong copy of the check library and header\n");
+      printf("*** file is being found. Rerun configure with the --with-check=PATH option\n");
+      printf("*** to specify the prefix where the correct version was installed.\n");
+    }
+
+  return 1;
+}
+],, no_check=yes, [echo $ac_n "cross compiling; assumed OK... $ac_c"])
+
+  CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
+  LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
+
+  if test "x$no_check" = x ; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+    ifelse([$5], , :, [$5])
+  else
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+    if test -f conf.check-test ; then
+      :
+    else
+      echo "*** Could not run check test program, checking why..."
+      CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $CHECK_CFLAGS"
+      LIBS="$CHECK_LIBS $LIBS"
+      AC_TRY_LINK([
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include 
+], ,  [ echo "*** The test program compiled, but did not run. This usually means"
+        echo "*** that the run-time linker is not finding check. You'll need to set your"
+        echo "*** LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, or edit /etc/ld.so.conf to point"
+        echo "*** to the installed location  Also, make sure you have run ldconfig if that"
+        echo "*** is required on your system"
+	echo "***"
+        echo "*** If you have an old version installed, it is best to remove it, although"
+        echo "*** you may also be able to get things to work by modifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH"],
+      [ echo "*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for"
+        echo "*** the exact error that occured." ])
+
+      CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
+      LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
+    fi
+
+    CHECK_CFLAGS=""
+    CHECK_LIBS=""
+
+    rm -f conf.check-test
+    ifelse([$6], , AC_MSG_ERROR([check not found]), [$6])
+  fi
+])
+
+
+dnl AM_PATH_CHECK([MINIMUM-VERSION, [ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]]])
+dnl Test for check, and define CHECK_CFLAGS and CHECK_LIBS
+dnl
+
+AC_DEFUN([AM_PATH_CHECK],
+[
+  AC_ARG_WITH(check,
+  [  --with-check=PATH       prefix where check is installed [default=auto]])
+
+  AC_ARG_WITH(checklibname,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-check-lib-name=NAME],
+      [name of the PIC check library (default=check)]))
+
+  min_check_version=ifelse([$1], ,0.8.2,$1)
+
+  if test x$with_check = xno; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(disabled)
+    ifelse([$3], , AC_MSG_ERROR([disabling check is not supported]), [$3])
+  else
+    if test "x$with_check" != x; then
+      CHECK_EXTRA_CFLAGS="-I$with_check/include"
+      CHECK_EXTRA_LIBS="-L$with_check/lib"
+    else
+      CHECK_EXTRA_CFLAGS=""
+      CHECK_EXTRA_LIBS=""
+    fi
+
+    if test x$with_checklibname = x; then
+      _AM_TRY_CHECK($min_check_version, $CHECK_EXTRA_CFLAGS, $CHECK_EXTRA_LIBS,
+        check_pic, [have_check=true], [have_check=false])
+      if test x$have_check = xtrue; then
+        ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
+      else
+        _AM_TRY_CHECK($min_check_version, $CHECK_EXTRA_CFLAGS, $CHECK_EXTRA_LIBS,
+          check, [have_check=true], [have_check=false])
+        if test x$have_check = xtrue; then
+          ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
+        else
+          ifelse([$3], , AC_MSG_ERROR([check not found]), [$3])
+        fi
+      fi
+    else
+      _AM_TRY_CHECK($min_check_version, $CHECK_EXTRA_CFLAGS, $CHECK_EXTRA_LIBS,
+        $with_checklibname, [have_check=true], [have_check=false])
+      if test x$have_check = xtrue; then
+        ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
+      else
+        ifelse([$3], , AC_MSG_ERROR([check not found]), [$3])
+      fi
+    fi
+
+    AC_SUBST(CHECK_CFLAGS)
+    AC_SUBST(CHECK_LIBS)
+    rm -f conf.check-test
+  fi
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/glib-gettext.m4 b/validate/common/m4/glib-gettext.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8d442f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/glib-gettext.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,432 @@
+# Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2003,2004 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# This file is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU
+# General Public License.  As a special exception to the GNU General
+# Public License, this file may be distributed as part of a program
+# that contains a configuration script generated by Autoconf, under
+# the same distribution terms as the rest of that program.
+#
+# This file can be copied and used freely without restrictions.  It can
+# be used in projects which are not available under the GNU Public License
+# but which still want to provide support for the GNU gettext functionality.
+#
+# Macro to add for using GNU gettext.
+# Ulrich Drepper , 1995, 1996
+#
+# Modified to never use included libintl.
+# Owen Taylor , 12/15/1998
+#
+# Major rework to remove unused code
+# Owen Taylor , 12/11/2002
+#
+# Added better handling of ALL_LINGUAS from GNU gettext version
+# written by Bruno Haible, Owen Taylor  5/30/3002
+#
+# Modified to require ngettext
+# Matthias Clasen  08/06/2004
+#
+# We need this here as well, since someone might use autoconf-2.5x
+# to configure GLib then an older version to configure a package
+# using AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
+AC_PREREQ(2.53)
+
+dnl
+dnl We go to great lengths to make sure that aclocal won't
+dnl try to pull in the installed version of these macros
+dnl when running aclocal in the glib directory.
+dnl
+m4_copy([AC_DEFUN],[glib_DEFUN])
+m4_copy([AC_REQUIRE],[glib_REQUIRE])
+dnl
+dnl At the end, if we're not within glib, we'll define the public
+dnl definitions in terms of our private definitions.
+dnl
+
+# GLIB_LC_MESSAGES
+#--------------------
+glib_DEFUN([GLIB_LC_MESSAGES],
+  [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([locale.h])
+    if test $ac_cv_header_locale_h = yes; then
+    AC_CACHE_CHECK([for LC_MESSAGES], am_cv_val_LC_MESSAGES,
+      [AC_TRY_LINK([#include ], [return LC_MESSAGES],
+       am_cv_val_LC_MESSAGES=yes, am_cv_val_LC_MESSAGES=no)])
+    if test $am_cv_val_LC_MESSAGES = yes; then
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LC_MESSAGES, 1,
+        [Define if your  file defines LC_MESSAGES.])
+    fi
+  fi])
+
+# GLIB_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST
+#----------------------------
+dnl GLIB_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST(VARIABLE, PROG-TO-CHECK-FOR,
+dnl   TEST-PERFORMED-ON-FOUND_PROGRAM [, VALUE-IF-NOT-FOUND [, PATH]])
+glib_DEFUN([GLIB_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST],
+[# Extract the first word of "$2", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy $2; ac_word=[$]2
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for $ac_word])
+AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_path_$1,
+[case "[$]$1" in
+  /*)
+  ac_cv_path_$1="[$]$1" # Let the user override the test with a path.
+  ;;
+  *)
+  IFS="${IFS= 	}"; ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS="${IFS}:"
+  for ac_dir in ifelse([$5], , $PATH, [$5]); do
+    test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
+    if test -f $ac_dir/$ac_word; then
+      if [$3]; then
+	ac_cv_path_$1="$ac_dir/$ac_word"
+	break
+      fi
+    fi
+  done
+  IFS="$ac_save_ifs"
+dnl If no 4th arg is given, leave the cache variable unset,
+dnl so AC_PATH_PROGS will keep looking.
+ifelse([$4], , , [  test -z "[$]ac_cv_path_$1" && ac_cv_path_$1="$4"
+])dnl
+  ;;
+esac])dnl
+$1="$ac_cv_path_$1"
+if test ifelse([$4], , [-n "[$]$1"], ["[$]$1" != "$4"]); then
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$]$1)
+else
+  AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+fi
+AC_SUBST($1)dnl
+])
+
+# GLIB_WITH_NLS
+#-----------------
+glib_DEFUN([GLIB_WITH_NLS],
+  dnl NLS is obligatory
+  [USE_NLS=yes
+    AC_SUBST(USE_NLS)
+
+    gt_cv_have_gettext=no
+
+    CATOBJEXT=NONE
+    XGETTEXT=:
+    INTLLIBS=
+
+    AC_CHECK_HEADER(libintl.h,
+     [gt_cv_func_dgettext_libintl="no"
+      libintl_extra_libs=""
+
+      #
+      # First check in libc
+      #
+      AC_CACHE_CHECK([for ngettext in libc], gt_cv_func_ngettext_libc,
+        [AC_TRY_LINK([
+#include 
+],
+         [return !ngettext ("","", 1)],
+	  gt_cv_func_ngettext_libc=yes,
+          gt_cv_func_ngettext_libc=no)
+        ])
+
+      if test "$gt_cv_func_ngettext_libc" = "yes" ; then
+	      AC_CACHE_CHECK([for dgettext in libc], gt_cv_func_dgettext_libc,
+        	[AC_TRY_LINK([
+#include 
+],
+	          [return !dgettext ("","")],
+		  gt_cv_func_dgettext_libc=yes,
+	          gt_cv_func_dgettext_libc=no)
+        	])
+      fi
+
+      if test "$gt_cv_func_ngettext_libc" = "yes" ; then
+        AC_CHECK_FUNCS(bind_textdomain_codeset)
+      fi
+
+      #
+      # If we don't have everything we want, check in libintl
+      #
+      if test "$gt_cv_func_dgettext_libc" != "yes" \
+	 || test "$gt_cv_func_ngettext_libc" != "yes" \
+         || test "$ac_cv_func_bind_textdomain_codeset" != "yes" ; then
+
+        AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, bindtextdomain,
+	    [AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, ngettext,
+		    [AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, dgettext,
+			          gt_cv_func_dgettext_libintl=yes)])])
+
+	if test "$gt_cv_func_dgettext_libintl" != "yes" ; then
+	  AC_MSG_CHECKING([if -liconv is needed to use gettext])
+	  AC_MSG_RESULT([])
+  	  AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, ngettext,
+          	[AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, dcgettext,
+		       [gt_cv_func_dgettext_libintl=yes
+			libintl_extra_libs=-liconv],
+			:,-liconv)],
+		:,-liconv)
+        fi
+
+        #
+        # If we found libintl, then check in it for bind_textdomain_codeset();
+        # we'll prefer libc if neither have bind_textdomain_codeset(),
+        # and both have dgettext and ngettext
+        #
+        if test "$gt_cv_func_dgettext_libintl" = "yes" ; then
+          glib_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+          LIBS="$LIBS -lintl $libintl_extra_libs"
+          unset ac_cv_func_bind_textdomain_codeset
+          AC_CHECK_FUNCS(bind_textdomain_codeset)
+          LIBS="$glib_save_LIBS"
+
+          if test "$ac_cv_func_bind_textdomain_codeset" = "yes" ; then
+            gt_cv_func_dgettext_libc=no
+          else
+            if test "$gt_cv_func_dgettext_libc" = "yes" \
+		&& test "$gt_cv_func_ngettext_libc" = "yes"; then
+              gt_cv_func_dgettext_libintl=no
+            fi
+          fi
+        fi
+      fi
+
+      if test "$gt_cv_func_dgettext_libc" = "yes" \
+	|| test "$gt_cv_func_dgettext_libintl" = "yes"; then
+        gt_cv_have_gettext=yes
+      fi
+
+      if test "$gt_cv_func_dgettext_libintl" = "yes"; then
+        INTLLIBS="-lintl $libintl_extra_libs"
+      fi
+
+      if test "$gt_cv_have_gettext" = "yes"; then
+	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GETTEXT,1,
+	  [Define if the GNU gettext() function is already present or preinstalled.])
+	GLIB_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST(MSGFMT, msgfmt,
+	  [test -z "`$ac_dir/$ac_word -h 2>&1 | grep 'dv '`"], no)dnl
+	if test "$MSGFMT" != "no"; then
+          glib_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+          LIBS="$LIBS $INTLLIBS"
+	  AC_CHECK_FUNCS(dcgettext)
+	  MSGFMT_OPTS=
+	  AC_MSG_CHECKING([if msgfmt accepts -c])
+	  GLIB_RUN_PROG([$MSGFMT -c -o /dev/null],[
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: test 1.0\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2007-02-15 12:01+0100\n"
+"Last-Translator: test \n"
+"Language-Team: C \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+], [MSGFMT_OPTS=-c; AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])], [AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
+	  AC_SUBST(MSGFMT_OPTS)
+	  AC_PATH_PROG(GMSGFMT, gmsgfmt, $MSGFMT)
+	  GLIB_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST(XGETTEXT, xgettext,
+	    [test -z "`$ac_dir/$ac_word -h 2>&1 | grep '(HELP)'`"], :)
+	  AC_TRY_LINK(, [extern int _nl_msg_cat_cntr;
+			 return _nl_msg_cat_cntr],
+	    [CATOBJEXT=.gmo
+             DATADIRNAME=share],
+	    [case $host in
+	    *-*-solaris*)
+	    dnl On Solaris, if bind_textdomain_codeset is in libc,
+	    dnl GNU format message catalog is always supported,
+            dnl since both are added to the libc all together.
+	    dnl Hence, we'd like to go with DATADIRNAME=share and
+	    dnl and CATOBJEXT=.gmo in this case.
+            AC_CHECK_FUNC(bind_textdomain_codeset,
+	      [CATOBJEXT=.gmo
+               DATADIRNAME=share],
+	      [CATOBJEXT=.mo
+               DATADIRNAME=lib])
+	    ;;
+	    *)
+	    CATOBJEXT=.mo
+            DATADIRNAME=lib
+	    ;;
+	    esac])
+          LIBS="$glib_save_LIBS"
+	  INSTOBJEXT=.mo
+	else
+	  gt_cv_have_gettext=no
+	fi
+      fi
+    ])
+
+    if test "$gt_cv_have_gettext" = "yes" ; then
+      AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_NLS, 1,
+        [always defined to indicate that i18n is enabled])
+    fi
+
+    dnl Test whether we really found GNU xgettext.
+    if test "$XGETTEXT" != ":"; then
+      dnl If it is not GNU xgettext we define it as : so that the
+      dnl Makefiles still can work.
+      if $XGETTEXT --omit-header /dev/null 2> /dev/null; then
+        : ;
+      else
+        AC_MSG_RESULT(
+	  [found xgettext program is not GNU xgettext; ignore it])
+        XGETTEXT=":"
+      fi
+    fi
+
+    # We need to process the po/ directory.
+    POSUB=po
+
+    AC_OUTPUT_COMMANDS(
+      [case "$CONFIG_FILES" in *po/Makefile.in*)
+        sed -e "/POTFILES =/r po/POTFILES" po/Makefile.in > po/Makefile
+      esac])
+
+    dnl These rules are solely for the distribution goal.  While doing this
+    dnl we only have to keep exactly one list of the available catalogs
+    dnl in configure.in.
+    for lang in $ALL_LINGUAS; do
+      GMOFILES="$GMOFILES $lang.gmo"
+      POFILES="$POFILES $lang.po"
+    done
+
+    dnl Make all variables we use known to autoconf.
+    AC_SUBST(CATALOGS)
+    AC_SUBST(CATOBJEXT)
+    AC_SUBST(DATADIRNAME)
+    AC_SUBST(GMOFILES)
+    AC_SUBST(INSTOBJEXT)
+    AC_SUBST(INTLLIBS)
+    AC_SUBST(PO_IN_DATADIR_TRUE)
+    AC_SUBST(PO_IN_DATADIR_FALSE)
+    AC_SUBST(POFILES)
+    AC_SUBST(POSUB)
+  ])
+
+# AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
+# -------------------
+# Do checks necessary for use of gettext. If a suitable implementation
+# of gettext is found in either in libintl or in the C library,
+# it will set INTLLIBS to the libraries needed for use of gettext
+# and AC_DEFINE() HAVE_GETTEXT and ENABLE_NLS. (The shell variable
+# gt_cv_have_gettext will be set to "yes".) It will also call AC_SUBST()
+# on various variables needed by the Makefile.in.in installed by
+# glib-gettextize.
+dnl
+glib_DEFUN([GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT],
+  [AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])dnl
+   AC_REQUIRE([AC_HEADER_STDC])dnl
+
+   GLIB_LC_MESSAGES
+   GLIB_WITH_NLS
+
+   if test "$gt_cv_have_gettext" = "yes"; then
+     if test "x$ALL_LINGUAS" = "x"; then
+       LINGUAS=
+     else
+       AC_MSG_CHECKING(for catalogs to be installed)
+       NEW_LINGUAS=
+       for presentlang in $ALL_LINGUAS; do
+         useit=no
+         if test "%UNSET%" != "${LINGUAS-%UNSET%}"; then
+           desiredlanguages="$LINGUAS"
+         else
+           desiredlanguages="$ALL_LINGUAS"
+         fi
+         for desiredlang in $desiredlanguages; do
+ 	   # Use the presentlang catalog if desiredlang is
+           #   a. equal to presentlang, or
+           #   b. a variant of presentlang (because in this case,
+           #      presentlang can be used as a fallback for messages
+           #      which are not translated in the desiredlang catalog).
+           case "$desiredlang" in
+             "$presentlang"*) useit=yes;;
+           esac
+         done
+         if test $useit = yes; then
+           NEW_LINGUAS="$NEW_LINGUAS $presentlang"
+         fi
+       done
+       LINGUAS=$NEW_LINGUAS
+       AC_MSG_RESULT($LINGUAS)
+     fi
+
+     dnl Construct list of names of catalog files to be constructed.
+     if test -n "$LINGUAS"; then
+       for lang in $LINGUAS; do CATALOGS="$CATALOGS $lang$CATOBJEXT"; done
+     fi
+   fi
+
+   dnl If the AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR macro for autoconf is used we possibly
+   dnl find the mkinstalldirs script in another subdir but ($top_srcdir).
+   dnl Try to locate is.
+   MKINSTALLDIRS=
+   if test -n "$ac_aux_dir"; then
+     MKINSTALLDIRS="$ac_aux_dir/mkinstalldirs"
+   fi
+   if test -z "$MKINSTALLDIRS"; then
+     MKINSTALLDIRS="\$(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs"
+   fi
+   AC_SUBST(MKINSTALLDIRS)
+
+   dnl Generate list of files to be processed by xgettext which will
+   dnl be included in po/Makefile.
+   test -d po || mkdir po
+   if test "x$srcdir" != "x."; then
+     if test "x`echo $srcdir | sed 's@/.*@@'`" = "x"; then
+       posrcprefix="$srcdir/"
+     else
+       posrcprefix="../$srcdir/"
+     fi
+   else
+     posrcprefix="../"
+   fi
+   rm -f po/POTFILES
+   sed -e "/^#/d" -e "/^\$/d" -e "s,.*,	$posrcprefix& \\\\," -e "\$s/\(.*\) \\\\/\1/" \
+	< $srcdir/po/POTFILES.in > po/POTFILES
+  ])
+
+# AM_GLIB_DEFINE_LOCALEDIR(VARIABLE)
+# -------------------------------
+# Define VARIABLE to the location where catalog files will
+# be installed by po/Makefile.
+glib_DEFUN([GLIB_DEFINE_LOCALEDIR],
+[glib_REQUIRE([GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT])dnl
+glib_save_prefix="$prefix"
+glib_save_exec_prefix="$exec_prefix"
+glib_save_datarootdir="$datarootdir"
+test "x$prefix" = xNONE && prefix=$ac_default_prefix
+test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE && exec_prefix=$prefix
+datarootdir=`eval echo "${datarootdir}"`
+if test "x$CATOBJEXT" = "x.mo" ; then
+  localedir=`eval echo "${libdir}/locale"`
+else
+  localedir=`eval echo "${datadir}/locale"`
+fi
+prefix="$glib_save_prefix"
+exec_prefix="$glib_save_exec_prefix"
+datarootdir="$glib_save_datarootdir"
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED($1, "$localedir",
+  [Define the location where the catalogs will be installed])
+])
+
+dnl
+dnl Now the definitions that aclocal will find
+dnl
+ifdef(glib_configure_in,[],[
+AC_DEFUN([AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT],[GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT($@)])
+AC_DEFUN([AM_GLIB_DEFINE_LOCALEDIR],[GLIB_DEFINE_LOCALEDIR($@)])
+])dnl
+
+# GLIB_RUN_PROG(PROGRAM, TEST-FILE, [ACTION-IF-PASS], [ACTION-IF-FAIL])
+#
+# Create a temporary file with TEST-FILE as its contents and pass the
+# file name to PROGRAM.  Perform ACTION-IF-PASS if PROGRAM exits with
+# 0 and perform ACTION-IF-FAIL for any other exit status.
+AC_DEFUN([GLIB_RUN_PROG],
+[cat >conftest.foo <<_ACEOF
+$2
+_ACEOF
+if AC_RUN_LOG([$1 conftest.foo]); then
+  m4_ifval([$3], [$3], [:])
+m4_ifvaln([$4], [else $4])dnl
+echo "$as_me: failed input was:" >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.foo >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
+fi])
+
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-arch.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-arch.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ad7680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-arch.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+dnl AG_GST_ARCH
+dnl sets up defines and automake conditionals for host architecture
+dnl checks endianness
+dnl defines HOST_CPU
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARCH],
+[
+  dnl Determine CPU
+  case "x${target_cpu}" in
+    xi?86 | xk? | xi?86_64)
+      case $target_os in
+         solaris*)
+            AC_CHECK_DECL([__i386],	[I386_ABI="yes"], [I386_ABI="no"])
+            AC_CHECK_DECL([__amd64], [AMD64_ABI="yes"], [AMD64_ABI="no"])
+
+            if test "x$I386_ABI" = "xyes" ; then
+               HAVE_CPU_I386=yes
+               AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_I386, 1, [Define if the target CPU is an x86])
+            fi
+            if test "x$AMD64_ABI" = "xyes" ; then
+                HAVE_CPU_X86_64=yes
+                AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_X86_64, 1, [Define if the target CPU is a x86_64])
+            fi
+            ;;
+         *)
+            HAVE_CPU_I386=yes
+            AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_I386, 1, [Define if the target CPU is an x86])
+
+            dnl FIXME could use some better detection
+            dnl (ie CPUID)
+            case "x${target_cpu}" in
+              xi386 | xi486) ;;
+            *)
+              AC_DEFINE(HAVE_RDTSC, 1, [Define if RDTSC is available]) ;;
+            esac
+            ;;
+      esac
+      ;;
+    xpowerpc)
+      HAVE_CPU_PPC=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_PPC, 1, [Define if the target CPU is a PowerPC]) ;;
+    xpowerpc64)
+      HAVE_CPU_PPC64=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_PPC64, 1, [Define if the target CPU is a 64 bit PowerPC]) ;;
+    xalpha*)
+      HAVE_CPU_ALPHA=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_ALPHA, 1, [Define if the target CPU is an Alpha]) ;;
+    xarc*)
+      HAVE_CPU_ARC=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_ARC, 1, [Define if the target CPU is an ARC]) ;;
+    xarm*)
+      HAVE_CPU_ARM=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_ARM, 1, [Define if the target CPU is an ARM]) ;;
+    xaarch64*)
+      HAVE_CPU_AARCH64=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_AARCH64, 1, [Define if the target CPU is AARCH64]) ;;
+    xsparc*)
+      HAVE_CPU_SPARC=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_SPARC, 1, [Define if the target CPU is a SPARC]) ;;
+    xmips*)
+      HAVE_CPU_MIPS=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_MIPS, 1, [Define if the target CPU is a MIPS]) ;;
+    xhppa*)
+      HAVE_CPU_HPPA=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_HPPA, 1, [Define if the target CPU is a HPPA]) ;;
+    xs390*)
+      HAVE_CPU_S390=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_S390, 1, [Define if the target CPU is a S390]) ;;
+    xia64*)
+      HAVE_CPU_IA64=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_IA64, 1, [Define if the target CPU is a IA64]) ;;
+    xm68k*)
+      HAVE_CPU_M68K=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_M68K, 1, [Define if the target CPU is a M68K]) ;;
+    xx86_64)
+      HAVE_CPU_X86_64=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_X86_64, 1, [Define if the target CPU is a x86_64]) ;;
+    xcris)
+      HAVE_CPU_CRIS=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_CRIS, 1, [Define if the target CPU is a CRIS]) ;;
+    xcrisv32)
+      HAVE_CPU_CRISV32=yes
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPU_CRISV32, 1, [Define if the target CPU is a CRISv32]) ;;
+  esac
+
+  dnl Determine endianness
+  AC_C_BIGENDIAN
+
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_I386,       test "x$HAVE_CPU_I386" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_PPC,        test "x$HAVE_CPU_PPC" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_PPC64,      test "x$HAVE_CPU_PPC64" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_ALPHA,      test "x$HAVE_CPU_ALPHA" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_ARC,        test "x$HAVE_CPU_ARC" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_ARM,        test "x$HAVE_CPU_ARM" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_SPARC,      test "x$HAVE_CPU_SPARC" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_HPPA,       test "x$HAVE_CPU_HPPA" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_MIPS,       test "x$HAVE_CPU_MIPS" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_S390,       test "x$HAVE_CPU_S390" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_IA64,       test "x$HAVE_CPU_IA64" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_M68K,       test "x$HAVE_CPU_M68K" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_X86_64,     test "x$HAVE_CPU_X86_64" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_CRIS,       test "x$HAVE_CPU_CRIS" = "xyes")
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CPU_CRISV32,    test "x$HAVE_CPU_CRISV32" = "xyes")
+
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HOST_CPU, "$host_cpu", [the host CPU])
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(TARGET_CPU, "$target_cpu", [the target CPU])
+])
+
+dnl check if unaligned memory access works correctly
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_UNALIGNED_ACCESS], [
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([if unaligned memory access works correctly])
+  if test x"$as_cv_unaligned_access" = x ; then
+    case $host in
+      alpha*|arc*|arm*|aarch64*|hp*|mips*|sh*|sparc*|ia64*)
+        _AS_ECHO_N([(blacklisted) ])
+        as_cv_unaligned_access=no
+	;;
+      i?86*|x86_64*|amd64*|powerpc*|m68k*|cris*)
+        _AS_ECHO_N([(whitelisted) ])
+        as_cv_unaligned_access=yes
+	;;
+    esac
+  else
+    _AS_ECHO_N([(cached) ])
+  fi
+  if test x"$as_cv_unaligned_access" = x ; then
+    AC_TRY_RUN([
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  char array[] = "ABCDEFGH";
+  unsigned int iarray[2];
+  memcpy(iarray,array,8);
+#define GET(x) (*(unsigned int *)((char *)iarray + (x)))
+  if(GET(0) != 0x41424344 && GET(0) != 0x44434241) return 1;
+  if(GET(1) != 0x42434445 && GET(1) != 0x45444342) return 1;
+  if(GET(2) != 0x43444546 && GET(2) != 0x46454443) return 1;
+  if(GET(3) != 0x44454647 && GET(3) != 0x47464544) return 1;
+  return 0;
+}
+    ], as_cv_unaligned_access="yes", as_cv_unaligned_access="no")
+  fi
+  AC_MSG_RESULT($as_cv_unaligned_access)
+  if test "$as_cv_unaligned_access" = "yes"; then
+    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS, 1,
+      [defined if unaligned memory access works correctly])
+  fi
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-args.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-args.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b478c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-args.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,360 @@
+dnl configure-time options shared among gstreamer modules
+
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_DEBUG
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_PROFILING
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_VALGRIND
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_GCOV
+
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_EXAMPLES
+
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PACKAGE_NAME
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PACKAGE_ORIGIN
+
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PLUGINS
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_PLUGIN
+dnl AG_GST_DISABLE_PLUGIN
+
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_ENABLE_EXTERNAL
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_ENABLE_BROKEN
+
+dnl AG_GST_ARG_DISABLE_FATAL_WARNINGS
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_DEBUG],
+[
+  dnl debugging stuff
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-debug],[disable addition of -g debugging info]),
+    [
+      case "${enableval}" in
+        yes) USE_DEBUG=yes ;;
+        no)  USE_DEBUG=no ;;
+        *)   AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-debug) ;;
+      esac
+    ],
+    [USE_DEBUG=yes]) dnl Default value
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_PROFILING],
+[
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(profiling,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-profiling],
+      [adds -pg to compiler commandline, for profiling]),
+    [
+      case "${enableval}" in
+        yes) USE_PROFILING=yes ;;
+        no)  USE_PROFILING=no ;;
+        *)   AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-profiling) ;;
+      esac
+    ],
+    [USE_PROFILING=no]) dnl Default value
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_VALGRIND],
+[
+  dnl valgrind inclusion
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(valgrind,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-valgrind],[disable run-time valgrind detection]),
+    [
+      case "${enableval}" in
+        yes) USE_VALGRIND="$USE_DEBUG" ;;
+        no)  USE_VALGRIND=no ;;
+        *)   AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-valgrind) ;;
+      esac
+    ],
+    [USE_VALGRIND="$USE_DEBUG"]) dnl Default value
+  VALGRIND_REQ="3.0"
+  if test "x$USE_VALGRIND" = xyes; then
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(VALGRIND, valgrind >= $VALGRIND_REQ,
+      USE_VALGRIND="yes",
+      USE_VALGRIND="no")
+  fi
+  if test "x$USE_VALGRIND" = xyes; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_VALGRIND, 1, [Define if valgrind should be used])
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using extra code paths for valgrind)
+  fi
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_GCOV],
+[
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(gcov,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-gcov],
+      [compile with coverage profiling instrumentation (gcc only)]),
+    enable_gcov=$enableval,
+    enable_gcov=no)
+  if test x$enable_gcov = xyes ; then
+    if test "x$GCC" != "xyes"
+    then
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([gcov only works if gcc is used])
+    fi
+
+    AS_COMPILER_FLAG(["-fprofile-arcs"],
+      [GCOV_CFLAGS="$GCOV_CFLAGS -fprofile-arcs"],
+      true)
+    AS_COMPILER_FLAG(["-ftest-coverage"],
+      [GCOV_CFLAGS="$GCOV_CFLAGS -ftest-coverage"],
+      true)
+    dnl remove any -O flags - FIXME: is this needed ?
+    GCOV_CFLAGS=`echo "$GCOV_CFLAGS" | sed -e 's/-O[[0-9]]*//g'`
+    dnl libtool 1.5.22 and lower strip -fprofile-arcs from the flags
+    dnl passed to the linker, which is a bug; -fprofile-arcs implicitly
+    dnl links in -lgcov, so we do it explicitly here for the same effect
+    GCOV_LIBS=-lgcov
+    AC_SUBST(GCOV_CFLAGS)
+    AC_SUBST(GCOV_LIBS)
+    GCOV=`echo $CC | sed s/gcc/gcov/g`
+    AC_SUBST(GCOV)
+
+    GST_GCOV_ENABLED=yes
+    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_GCOV_ENABLED, 1,
+      [Defined if gcov is enabled to force a rebuild due to config.h changing])
+    dnl if gcov is used, we do not want default -O2 CFLAGS
+    if test "x$GST_GCOV_ENABLED" = "xyes"
+    then
+      CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -O0"
+      AC_SUBST(CFLAGS)
+      CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -O0"
+      AC_SUBST(CXXFLAGS)
+      FFLAGS="$FFLAGS -O0"
+      AC_SUBST(FFLAGS)
+      CCASFLAGS="$CCASFLAGS -O0"
+      AC_SUBST(CCASFLAGS)
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([gcov enabled, setting CFLAGS and friends to $CFLAGS])
+    fi
+  fi
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(GST_GCOV_ENABLED, test x$enable_gcov = xyes)
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_EXAMPLES],
+[
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(examples,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-examples], [disable building examples]),
+      [
+        case "${enableval}" in
+          yes) BUILD_EXAMPLES=yes ;;
+          no)  BUILD_EXAMPLES=no ;;
+          *)   AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --disable-examples) ;;
+        esac
+      ],
+      [BUILD_EXAMPLES=yes]) dnl Default value
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_EXAMPLES,      test "x$BUILD_EXAMPLES" = "xyes")
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PKG_CONFIG_PATH],
+[
+  dnl possibly modify pkg-config path
+  AC_ARG_WITH(pkg-config-path,
+     AC_HELP_STRING([--with-pkg-config-path],
+                    [colon-separated list of pkg-config(1) dirs]),
+     [
+       export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${withval}
+       AC_MSG_NOTICE(Set PKG_CONFIG_PATH to $PKG_CONFIG_PATH)
+     ])
+])
+
+
+dnl This macro requires that GST_GIT or GST_CVS is set to yes or no (release)
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PACKAGE_NAME],
+[
+  dnl package name in plugins
+  AC_ARG_WITH(package-name,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-package-name],
+      [specify package name to use in plugins]),
+    [
+      case "${withval}" in
+        yes) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-package-name) ;;
+        no)  AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-package-name) ;;
+        *)   GST_PACKAGE_NAME="${withval}" ;;
+      esac
+    ],
+    [
+      P=$1
+      if test "x$P" = "x"
+      then
+        P=$PACKAGE_NAME
+      fi
+
+      if test "x$PACKAGE_VERSION_NANO" = "x0"
+      then
+        GST_PACKAGE_NAME="$P source release"
+      else
+        if test "x$PACKAGE_VERSION_NANO" = "x1"
+        then
+          GST_PACKAGE_NAME="$P git"
+        else
+          GST_PACKAGE_NAME="$P prerelease"
+        fi
+      fi
+    ]
+  )
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using $GST_PACKAGE_NAME as package name)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_PACKAGE_NAME, "$GST_PACKAGE_NAME",
+      [package name in plugins])
+  AC_SUBST(GST_PACKAGE_NAME)
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PACKAGE_ORIGIN],
+[
+  dnl package origin URL
+  AC_ARG_WITH(package-origin,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-package-origin],
+      [specify package origin URL to use in plugins]),
+    [
+      case "${withval}" in
+        yes) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-package-origin) ;;
+        no)  AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-package-origin) ;;
+        *)   GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN="${withval}" ;;
+      esac
+    ],
+    [GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN="[Unknown package origin]"] dnl Default value
+  )
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using $GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN as package origin)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN, "$GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN",
+      [package origin])
+  AC_SUBST(GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN)
+])
+
+dnl sets WITH_PLUGINS to the list of plug-ins given as an argument
+dnl also clears GST_PLUGINS_ALL and GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PLUGINS],
+[
+  AC_ARG_WITH(plugins,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-plugins],
+      [comma-separated list of dependencyless plug-ins to compile]),
+    [WITH_PLUGINS=$withval],
+    [WITH_PLUGINS=])
+
+  GST_PLUGINS_ALL=""
+  GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED=""
+  GST_PLUGINS_NONPORTED=""
+
+  AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGINS_ALL)
+  AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED)
+  AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGINS_NONPORTED)
+])
+
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_PLUGIN(PLUGIN-NAME)
+dnl
+dnl This macro adds the plug-in  to GST_PLUGINS_ALL. Then it
+dnl checks if WITH_PLUGINS is empty or the plugin is present in WITH_PLUGINS,
+dnl and if so adds it to GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED. Then it checks if the plugin
+dnl is present in WITHOUT_PLUGINS (ie. was disabled specifically) and if so
+dnl removes it from GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED.
+dnl
+dnl The macro will call AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_PLUGIN_, ...) to allow
+dnl control of what is built in Makefile.ams.
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_PLUGIN],
+[
+  GST_PLUGINS_ALL="$GST_PLUGINS_ALL [$1]"
+
+  define([pname_def],translit([$1], -a-z, _a-z))
+
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE([$1],
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-[$1]], [disable dependency-less $1 plugin]),
+    [
+      case "${enableval}" in
+        yes) [gst_use_]pname_def=yes ;;
+        no) [gst_use_]pname_def=no ;;
+        *) AC_MSG_ERROR([bad value ${enableval} for --enable-$1]) ;;
+       esac
+    ],
+    [[gst_use_]pname_def=yes]) dnl Default value
+
+  if test x$[gst_use_]pname_def = xno; then
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE(disabling dependency-less plugin $1)
+    WITHOUT_PLUGINS="$WITHOUT_PLUGINS [$1]"
+  fi
+  undefine([pname_def])
+
+  dnl First check inclusion
+  if [[ -z "$WITH_PLUGINS" ]] || echo " [$WITH_PLUGINS] " | tr , ' ' | grep -i " [$1] " > /dev/null; then
+    GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED="$GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED [$1]"
+  fi
+  dnl Then check exclusion
+  if echo " [$WITHOUT_PLUGINS] " | tr , ' ' | grep -i " [$1] " > /dev/null; then
+    GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED=`echo " $GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED " | $SED -e 's/ [$1] / /'`
+  fi
+  dnl Finally check if the plugin is ported or not
+  if echo " [$GST_PLUGINS_NONPORTED] " | tr , ' ' | grep -i " [$1] " > /dev/null; then
+    GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED=`echo " $GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED " | $SED -e 's/ [$1] / /'`
+  fi
+  AM_CONDITIONAL([USE_PLUGIN_]translit([$1], a-z, A-Z), echo " $GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED " | grep -i " [$1] " > /dev/null)
+])
+
+dnl AG_GST_DISABLE_PLUGIN(PLUGIN-NAME)
+dnl
+dnl This macro disables the plug-in  by removing it from
+dnl GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED.
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_DISABLE_PLUGIN],
+[
+  GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED=`echo " $GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED " | $SED -e 's/ [$1] / /'`
+  AM_CONDITIONAL([USE_PLUGIN_]translit([$1], a-z, A-Z), false)
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_ENABLE_EXTERNAL],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE(EXTERNAL, [building of plug-ins with external deps],,
+    HAVE_EXTERNAL=yes, enabled,
+    [
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE(building external plug-ins)
+      BUILD_EXTERNAL="yes"
+    ],[
+      AC_MSG_WARN(all plug-ins with external dependencies will not be built)
+      BUILD_EXTERNAL="no"
+    ])
+  # make BUILD_EXTERNAL available to Makefile.am
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_EXTERNAL, test "x$BUILD_EXTERNAL" = "xyes")
+])
+
+dnl experimental plug-ins; stuff that hasn't had the dust settle yet
+dnl read 'builds, but might not work'
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE(EXPERIMENTAL, [building of experimental plug-ins],,
+    HAVE_EXPERIMENTAL=yes, disabled,
+    [
+      AC_MSG_WARN(building experimental plug-ins)
+      BUILD_EXPERIMENTAL="yes"
+    ],[
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE(not building experimental plug-ins)
+      BUILD_EXPERIMENTAL="no"
+    ])
+  # make BUILD_EXPERIMENTAL available to Makefile.am
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_EXPERIMENTAL, test "x$BUILD_EXPERIMENTAL" = "xyes")
+])
+
+dnl broken plug-ins; stuff that doesn't seem to build at the moment
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_ENABLE_BROKEN],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE(BROKEN, [building of broken plug-ins],,
+    HAVE_BROKEN=yes, disabled,
+    [
+      AC_MSG_WARN([building broken plug-ins -- no bug reports on these, only patches ...])
+    ],[
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([not building broken plug-ins])
+    ])
+])
+
+dnl allow people (or build tools) to override default behaviour
+dnl for fatal compiler warnings
+dnl Enable fatal warnings by default only for development versions
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_ARG_DISABLE_FATAL_WARNINGS],
+[
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(fatal-warnings,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-fatal-warnings],
+                   [Don't turn compiler warnings into fatal errors]),
+    [
+      case "${enableval}" in
+        yes) FATAL_WARNINGS=yes ;;
+        no)  FATAL_WARNINGS=no ;;
+        *)   AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --disable-fatal-warnings) ;;
+      esac
+    ],
+    [
+      if test "x`expr $PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR % 2`" = "x1" -a "x`expr $PACKAGE_VERSION_MICRO '<' 90`" = "x1"; then
+        FATAL_WARNINGS=yes
+      else
+        FATAL_WARNINGS=no
+      fi
+    ])
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-check.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-check.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4277053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-check.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,294 @@
+dnl pkg-config-based checks for GStreamer modules and dependency modules
+
+dnl generic:
+dnl AG_GST_PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PREFIX], [WHICH], [REQUIRED])
+dnl sets HAVE_[$PREFIX], [$PREFIX]_*
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES([PREFIX], [MODULE], [MINVER], [NAME], [REQUIRED])
+dnl sets HAVE_[$PREFIX], [$PREFIX]_*
+
+dnl specific:
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST([MAJMIN], [MINVER], [REQUIRED])
+dnl   also sets/ACSUBSTs GST_TOOLS_DIR and GST_PLUGINS_DIR
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST_BASE([MAJMIN], [MINVER], [REQUIRED])
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST_CONTROLLER([MAJMIN], [MINVER], [REQUIRED])
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST_NET([MAJMIN], [MINVER], [REQUIRED])
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST_CHECK([MAJMIN], [MINVER], [REQUIRED])
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_BASE([MAJMIN], [MINVER], [REQUIRED])
+dnl   also sets/ACSUBSTs GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_PKG_CHECK_MODULES],
+[
+  which="[$2]"
+  dnl not required by default, since we use this mostly for plugin deps
+  required=ifelse([$3], , "no", [$3])
+
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([$1], $which,
+    [
+      HAVE_[$1]="yes"
+    ],
+    [
+      HAVE_[$1]="no"
+      if test "x$required" = "xyes"; then
+        AC_MSG_ERROR($[$1]_PKG_ERRORS)
+      else
+        AC_MSG_NOTICE($[$1]_PKG_ERRORS)
+      fi
+    ])
+
+  dnl AC_SUBST of CFLAGS and LIBS was not done before automake 1.7
+  dnl It gets done automatically in automake >= 1.7, which we now require
+]))
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES],
+[
+  module=[$2]
+  minver=[$3]
+  name="[$4]"
+  required=ifelse([$5], , "yes", [$5]) dnl required by default
+
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([$1], $module >= $minver,
+    [
+      HAVE_[$1]="yes"
+    ],
+    [
+      HAVE_[$1]="no"
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE($[$1]_PKG_ERRORS)
+      if test "x$required" = "xyes"; then
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([no $module >= $minver ($name) found])
+      else
+        AC_MSG_NOTICE([no $module >= $minver ($name) found])
+      fi
+    ])
+
+  dnl AC_SUBST of CFLAGS and LIBS was not done before automake 1.7
+  dnl It gets done automatically in automake >= 1.7, which we now require
+]))
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_GST],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES(GST, gstreamer-[$1], [$2], [GStreamer], [$3])
+  dnl allow setting before calling this macro to override
+  if test -z $GST_TOOLS_DIR; then
+    GST_TOOLS_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=toolsdir gstreamer-[$1]`
+    if test -z $GST_TOOLS_DIR; then
+      AC_MSG_ERROR(
+        [no tools dir set in GStreamer pkg-config file, core upgrade needed.])
+    fi
+  fi
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([using GStreamer tools in $GST_TOOLS_DIR])
+  AC_SUBST(GST_TOOLS_DIR)
+
+  dnl check for where core plug-ins got installed
+  dnl this is used for unit tests
+  dnl allow setting before calling this macro to override
+  if test -z $GST_PLUGINS_DIR; then
+    GST_PLUGINS_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=pluginsdir gstreamer-[$1]`
+    if test -z $GST_PLUGINS_DIR; then
+      AC_MSG_ERROR(
+        [no pluginsdir set in GStreamer pkg-config file, core upgrade needed.])
+    fi
+  fi
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([using GStreamer plug-ins in $GST_PLUGINS_DIR])
+  AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGINS_DIR)
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_GST_BASE],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES(GST_BASE, gstreamer-base-[$1], [$2],
+    [GStreamer Base Libraries], [$3])
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_GST_CONTROLLER],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES(GST_CONTROLLER, gstreamer-controller-[$1], [$2],
+    [GStreamer Controller Library], [$3])
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_GST_NET],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES(GST_NET, gstreamer-net-[$1], [$2],
+    [GStreamer Network Library], [$3])
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_GST_CHECK],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES(GST_CHECK, gstreamer-check-[$1], [$2],
+    [GStreamer Check unittest Library], [$3])
+])
+
+dnl ===========================================================================
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_UNINSTALLED_SETUP([ACTION-IF-UNINSTALLED], [ACTION-IF-NOT])
+dnl
+dnl ACTION-IF-UNINSTALLED  (optional) extra actions to perform if the setup
+dnl                        is an uninstalled setup
+dnl ACTION-IF-NOT          (optional) extra actions to perform if the setup
+dnl                        is not an uninstalled setup
+dnl ===========================================================================
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_UNINSTALLED_SETUP],
+[
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether this is an uninstalled GStreamer setup])
+  AC_CACHE_VAL(gst_cv_is_uninstalled_setup,[
+    gst_cv_is_uninstalled_setup=no
+    if (set -u; : $GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH) 2>/dev/null ; then
+      if test -z "$GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH" \
+           -a -n "$GST_PLUGIN_SCANNER"     \
+           -a -n "$GST_PLUGIN_PATH"        \
+           -a -n "$GST_REGISTRY"           \
+           -a -n "$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"      \
+           -a -n "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"; then
+        gst_cv_is_uninstalled_setup=yes;
+      fi
+    fi
+  ])
+  AC_MSG_RESULT($gst_cv_is_uninstalled_setup)
+  if test "x$gst_cv_is_uninstalled_setup" = "xyes"; then
+    ifelse([$1], , :, [$1])
+  else
+    ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
+  fi
+])
+
+dnl ===========================================================================
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_BASE([GST-API_VERSION], [MIN-VERSION], [REQUIRED])
+dnl
+dnl Sets GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CFLAGS and GST_PLUGINS_BASE_LIBS.
+dnl
+dnl Also sets GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR (and for consistency also GST_PLUGINS_BASE_DIR)
+dnl for use in Makefile.am. This is only really needed/useful in uninstalled
+dnl setups, since in an installed setup all plugins will be found in
+dnl GST_PLUGINS_DIR anyway.
+dnl ===========================================================================
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_BASE],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES(GST_PLUGINS_BASE, gstreamer-plugins-base-[$1], [$2],
+    [GStreamer Base Plugins], [$3])
+
+  if test "x$HAVE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE" = "xyes"; then
+    dnl check for where base plugins got installed
+    dnl this is used for unit tests
+    dnl allow setting before calling this macro to override
+    if test -z $GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR; then
+      GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=pluginsdir gstreamer-plugins-base-[$1]`
+      if test -z $GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR; then
+        AC_MSG_ERROR(
+          [no pluginsdir set in GStreamer Base Plugins pkg-config file])
+      fi
+    fi
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([using GStreamer Base Plugins in $GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR])
+    GST_PLUGINS_BASE_DIR="$GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR/gst:$GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR/sys:$GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR/ext"
+    AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_DIR)
+    AC_SUBST(GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR)
+  fi
+])
+
+dnl ===========================================================================
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD([GST-API_VERSION], [MIN-VERSION])
+dnl
+dnl Will set GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_DIR for use in Makefile.am. Note that this will
+dnl only be set in an uninstalled setup, since -good ships no .pc file and in
+dnl an installed setup all plugins will be found in GST_PLUGINS_DIR anyway.
+dnl ===========================================================================
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES(GST_PLUGINS_GOOD, gstreamer-plugins-good-[$1], [$2],
+    [GStreamer Good Plugins], [no])
+
+  if test "x$HAVE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD" = "xyes"; then
+    dnl check for where good plugins got installed
+    dnl this is used for unit tests
+    dnl allow setting before calling this macro to override
+    if test -z $GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_DIR; then
+      GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=pluginsdir gstreamer-plugins-good-[$1]`
+      if test -z $GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_DIR; then
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([no pluginsdir set in GStreamer Good Plugins pkg-config file])
+      fi
+    fi
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([using GStreamer Good Plugins in $GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_DIR])
+    GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_DIR="$GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_DIR/gst:$GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_DIR/sys:$GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_DIR/ext"
+    AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_DIR)
+  fi
+])
+
+dnl ===========================================================================
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_UGLY([GST-API_VERSION], [MIN-VERSION])
+dnl
+dnl Will set GST_PLUGINS_UGLY_DIR for use in Makefile.am. Note that this will
+dnl only be set in an uninstalled setup, since -bad ships no .pc file and in
+dnl an installed setup all plugins will be found in GST_PLUGINS_DIR anyway.
+dnl ===========================================================================
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_UGLY],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES(GST_PLUGINS_UGLY, gstreamer-plugins-ugly-[$1], [$2],
+    [GStreamer Ugly Plugins], [no])
+
+  if test "x$HAVE_GST_PLUGINS_UGLY" = "xyes"; then
+    dnl check for where ugly plugins got installed
+    dnl this is used for unit tests
+    dnl allow setting before calling this macro to override
+    if test -z $GST_PLUGINS_UGLY_DIR; then
+      GST_PLUGINS_UGLY_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=pluginsdir gstreamer-plugins-ugly-[$1]`
+      if test -z $GST_PLUGINS_UGLY_DIR; then
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([no pluginsdir set in GStreamer Ugly Plugins pkg-config file])
+      fi
+    fi
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([using GStreamer Ugly Plugins in $GST_PLUGINS_UGLY_DIR])
+    GST_PLUGINS_UGLY_DIR="$GST_PLUGINS_UGLY_DIR/gst:$GST_PLUGINS_UGLY_DIR/sys:$GST_PLUGINS_UGLY_DIR/ext"
+    AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGINS_UGLY_DIR)
+  fi
+])
+
+dnl ===========================================================================
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_BAD([GST-API_VERSION], [MIN-VERSION])
+dnl
+dnl Will set GST_PLUGINS_BAD_DIR for use in Makefile.am. Note that this will
+dnl only be set in an uninstalled setup, since -ugly ships no .pc file and in
+dnl an installed setup all plugins will be found in GST_PLUGINS_DIR anyway.
+dnl ===========================================================================
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_BAD],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES(GST_PLUGINS_BAD, gstreamer-plugins-bad-[$1], [$2],
+    [GStreamer Bad Plugins], [no])
+
+  if test "x$HAVE_GST_PLUGINS_BAD" = "xyes"; then
+    dnl check for where bad plugins got installed
+    dnl this is used for unit tests
+    dnl allow setting before calling this macro to override
+    if test -z $GST_PLUGINS_BAD_DIR; then
+      GST_PLUGINS_BAD_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=pluginsdir gstreamer-plugins-bad-[$1]`
+      if test -z $GST_PLUGINS_BAD_DIR; then
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([no pluginsdir set in GStreamer Bad Plugins pkg-config file])
+      fi
+    fi
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([using GStreamer Bad Plugins in $GST_PLUGINS_BAD_DIR])
+    GST_PLUGINS_BAD_DIR="$GST_PLUGINS_BAD_DIR/gst:$GST_PLUGINS_BAD_DIR/sys:$GST_PLUGINS_BAD_DIR/ext"
+    AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGINS_BAD_DIR)
+  fi
+])
+
+dnl ===========================================================================
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_LIBAV([GST-API_VERSION], [MIN-VERSION])
+dnl
+dnl Will set GST_PLUGINS_LIBAV_DIR for use in Makefile.am. Note that this will
+dnl only be set in an uninstalled setup, since -libav ships no .pc file and in
+dnl an installed setup all plugins will be found in GST_PLUGINS_DIR anyway.
+dnl ===========================================================================
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_LIBAV],
+[
+  AG_GST_CHECK_MODULES(GST_PLUGINS_LIBAV, gstreamer-plugins-libav-[$1], [$2],
+    [GStreamer Libav Plugins], [no])
+
+  if test "x$HAVE_GST_PLUGINS_LIBAV" = "xyes"; then
+    dnl check for where libav plugins got installed
+    dnl this is used for unit tests
+    dnl allow setting before calling this macro to override
+    if test -z $GST_PLUGINS_LIBAV_DIR; then
+      GST_PLUGINS_LIBAV_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=pluginsdir gstreamer-plugins-libav-[$1]`
+      if test -z $GST_PLUGINS_LIBAV_DIR; then
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([no pluginsdir set in GStreamer Libav Plugins pkg-config file])
+      fi
+    fi
+    GST_PLUGINS_LIBAV_DIR="$GST_PLUGINS_LIBAV_DIR/ext/libav"
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([using GStreamer Libav Plugins in $GST_PLUGINS_LIBAV_DIR])
+    AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGINS_LIBAV_DIR)
+  fi
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-debuginfo.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-debuginfo.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b48854d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-debuginfo.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_DEBUGINFO], [
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug,
+AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-debug],[disable addition of -g debugging info]),
+[case "${enableval}" in
+  yes) USE_DEBUG=yes ;;
+  no)  USE_DEBUG=no ;;
+  *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-debug) ;;
+esac],
+[USE_DEBUG=yes]) dnl Default value
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(DEBUG,
+AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-DEBUG],[disables compilation of debugging messages]),
+[case "${enableval}" in
+  yes) ENABLE_DEBUG=yes ;;
+  no)  ENABLE_DEBUG=no ;;
+  *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-DEBUG) ;;
+esac],
+[ENABLE_DEBUG=yes]) dnl Default value
+if test x$ENABLE_DEBUG = xyes; then
+  AC_DEFINE(GST_DEBUG_ENABLED, 1, [Define if DEBUG statements should be compiled in])
+fi
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(INFO,
+AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-INFO],[disables compilation of informational messages]),
+[case "${enableval}" in
+  yes) ENABLE_INFO=yes ;;
+  no)  ENABLE_INFO=no ;;
+  *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-INFO) ;;
+esac],
+[ENABLE_INFO=yes]) dnl Default value
+if test x$ENABLE_INFO = xyes; then
+  AC_DEFINE(GST_INFO_ENABLED, 1, [Define if INFO statements should be compiled in])
+fi
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug-color,
+AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-debug-color],[disables color output of DEBUG and INFO output]),
+[case "${enableval}" in
+  yes) ENABLE_DEBUG_COLOR=yes ;;
+  no)  ENABLE_DEBUG_COLOR=no ;;
+  *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-debug-color) ;;
+esac],
+[ENABLE_DEBUG_COLOR=yes]) dnl Default value
+if test "x$ENABLE_DEBUG_COLOR" = xyes; then
+  AC_DEFINE(GST_DEBUG_COLOR, 1, [Define if debugging messages should be colorized])
+fi
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-default.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-default.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8de9756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-default.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+dnl default elements used for tests and such
+
+dnl AG_GST_DEFAULT_ELEMENTS
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_DEFAULT_ELEMENTS],
+[
+  dnl decide on default elements
+  dnl FIXME: describe where exactly this gets used
+  dnl FIXME: decide if it's a problem that this could point to sinks from
+  dnl        depending plugin modules
+  dnl FIXME: when can we just use autoaudiosrc and autovideosrc?
+  DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK="autoaudiosink"
+  DEFAULT_VIDEOSINK="autovideosink"
+  DEFAULT_AUDIOSRC="alsasrc"
+  DEFAULT_VIDEOSRC="v4l2src"
+  DEFAULT_VISUALIZER="goom"
+  case "$host" in
+    *-sun-* | *pc-solaris* )
+      DEFAULT_AUDIOSRC="sunaudiosrc"
+      ;;
+    *-darwin* )
+      DEFAULT_AUDIOSRC="osxaudiosrc"
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  dnl Default audio sink
+  AC_ARG_WITH(default-audiosink,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-default-audiosink], [specify default audio sink]),
+    [
+      case "${withval}" in
+        yes) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-default-audiosink) ;;
+        no)  AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-default-audiosink) ;;
+        *)   DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK="${withval}" ;;
+      esac
+    ],
+    [
+      DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK="$DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK"
+    ] dnl Default value as determined above
+  )
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using $DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK as default audio sink)
+  AC_SUBST(DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK, "$DEFAULT_AUDIOSINK",
+    [Default audio sink])
+
+  dnl Default audio source
+  AC_ARG_WITH(default-audiosrc,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-default-audiosrc], [specify default audio source]),
+    [
+      case "${withval}" in
+        yes) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-default-audiosrc) ;;
+        no)  AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-default-audiosrc) ;;
+        *)   DEFAULT_AUDIOSRC="${withval}" ;;
+      esac
+    ],
+    [
+      DEFAULT_AUDIOSRC="$DEFAULT_AUDIOSRC"
+    ] dnl Default value as determined above
+  )
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using $DEFAULT_AUDIOSRC as default audio source)
+  AC_SUBST(DEFAULT_AUDIOSRC)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DEFAULT_AUDIOSRC, "$DEFAULT_AUDIOSRC",
+    [Default audio source])
+
+  dnl Default video sink
+  AC_ARG_WITH(default-videosink,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-default-videosink], [specify default video sink]),
+    [
+      case "${withval}" in
+        yes) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-default-videosink) ;;
+        no)  AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-default-videosink) ;;
+        *)   DEFAULT_VIDEOSINK="${withval}" ;;
+      esac
+    ],
+    [
+      DEFAULT_VIDEOSINK="$DEFAULT_VIDEOSINK"
+    ] dnl Default value as determined above
+  )
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using $DEFAULT_VIDEOSINK as default video sink)
+  AC_SUBST(DEFAULT_VIDEOSINK)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DEFAULT_VIDEOSINK, "$DEFAULT_VIDEOSINK",
+    [Default video sink])
+
+  dnl Default video source
+  AC_ARG_WITH(default-videosrc,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-default-videosrc], [specify default video source]),
+    [
+      case "${withval}" in
+        yes) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-default-videosrc) ;;
+        no)  AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-default-videosrc) ;;
+        *)   DEFAULT_VIDEOSRC="${withval}" ;;
+      esac
+    ],
+    [
+      DEFAULT_VIDEOSRC="$DEFAULT_VIDEOSRC"
+    ] dnl Default value as determined above
+  )
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using $DEFAULT_VIDEOSRC as default video source)
+  AC_SUBST(DEFAULT_VIDEOSRC)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DEFAULT_VIDEOSRC, "$DEFAULT_VIDEOSRC",
+    [Default video source])
+
+    dnl Default visualizer
+  AC_ARG_WITH(default-visualizer,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-default-visualizer], [specify default visualizer]),
+    [
+      case "${withval}" in
+        yes) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-default-visualizer) ;;
+        no)  AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-default-visualizer) ;;
+        *)   DEFAULT_VISUALIZER="${withval}" ;;
+      esac
+    ],
+    [
+      DEFAULT_VISUALIZER="$DEFAULT_VISUALIZER"
+    ] dnl Default value as determined above
+  )
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using $DEFAULT_VISUALIZER as default visualizer)
+  AC_SUBST(DEFAULT_VISUALIZER)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DEFAULT_VISUALIZER, "$DEFAULT_VISUALIZER",
+    [Default visualizer])
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-doc.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-doc.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d3f0fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-doc.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_DOCBOOK_CHECK],
+[
+  dnl choose a location to install docbook docs in
+  if test "x$PACKAGE_TARNAME" = "x"
+  then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Internal error - PACKAGE_TARNAME not set])
+  fi
+  docdir="\$(datadir)/doc/$PACKAGE_TARNAME-$GST_API_VERSION"
+
+  dnl enable/disable docbook documentation building
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(docbook,
+  AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-docbook],
+                 [use docbook to build documentation [default=no]]),,
+                 enable_docbook=no)
+
+  have_docbook=no
+
+  if test x$enable_docbook = xyes; then
+    dnl check if we actually have everything we need
+
+    dnl check for docbook tools
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_DOCBOOK2PS, docbook2ps, yes, no)
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_XSLTPROC, xsltproc, yes, no)
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_JADETEX, jadetex, yes, no)
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_PS2PDF, ps2pdf, yes, no)
+
+    dnl check if we can process docbook stuff
+    AS_DOCBOOK(have_docbook=yes, have_docbook=no)
+
+    dnl check for extra tools
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_DVIPS, dvips, yes, no)
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_XMLLINT, xmllint, yes, no)
+
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_PNGTOPNM, pngtopnm, yes, no)
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_PNMTOPS,  pnmtops,  yes, no)
+    AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_EPSTOPDF, epstopdf, yes, no)
+
+    dnl check if we can generate HTML
+    if test "x$HAVE_XSLTPROC" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$enable_docbook" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_XMLLINT" = "xyes"; then
+      DOC_HTML=yes
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE(Will output HTML documentation)
+     else
+      DOC_HTML=no
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE(Will not output HTML documentation)
+    fi
+
+    dnl check if we can generate PS
+    if test "x$HAVE_DOCBOOK2PS" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$enable_docbook" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_XMLLINT" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_JADETEX" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_DVIPS" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_PNGTOPNM" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_PNMTOPS" = "xyes"; then
+      DOC_PS=yes
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE(Will output PS documentation)
+    else
+      DOC_PS=no
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE(Will not output PS documentation)
+    fi
+
+    dnl check if we can generate PDF - using only ps2pdf
+    if test "x$DOC_PS" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$enable_docbook" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_XMLLINT" = "xyes" && \
+       test "x$HAVE_PS2PDF" = "xyes"; then
+      DOC_PDF=yes
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE(Will output PDF documentation)
+    else
+      DOC_PDF=no
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE(Will not output PDF documentation)
+    fi
+
+    dnl if we don't have everything, we should disable
+    if test "x$have_docbook" != "xyes"; then
+      enable_docbook=no
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  dnl if we're going to install documentation, tell us where
+  if test "x$have_docbook" = "xyes"; then
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE(Installing documentation in $docdir)
+    AC_SUBST(docdir)
+  fi
+
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_DOCBOOK,      test x$enable_docbook = xyes)
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(DOC_HTML,            test x$DOC_HTML = xyes)
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(DOC_PDF,             test x$DOC_PDF = xyes)
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(DOC_PS,              test x$DOC_PS = xyes)
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-dowhile.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-dowhile.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..069808d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-dowhile.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+dnl
+dnl Check for working do while(0) macros. This is used by G_STMT_START
+dnl and G_STMT_END in glib/gmacros.h. Without having this defined we
+dnl get "ambigious if-else" compiler warnings when compling C++ code.
+dnl
+dnl Copied from GLib's configure.in
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_DOWHILE_MACROS],[
+
+dnl *** check for working do while(0) macros ***
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for working do while(0) macros], _cv_g_support_dowhile_macros, [
+	AC_TRY_COMPILE([],[
+	#define STMT_START do
+	#define STMT_END while(0)
+	#define STMT_TEST STMT_START { i = 0; } STMT_END
+	int main(void) { int i = 1; STMT_TEST; return i; }],
+	[_cv_g_support_dowhile_macros=yes],
+	[_cv_g_support_dowhile_macros=no],
+	[_cv_g_support_dowhile_macros=yes])
+])
+if test x$_cv_g_support_dowhile_macros = xyes; then
+  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DOWHILE_MACROS, 1, [define for working do while(0) macros])
+fi
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-error.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-error.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6487cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-error.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+dnl handle various error-related things
+
+dnl Thomas Vander Stichele 
+dnl Tim-Philipp Müller 
+
+dnl Last modification: 2008-02-18
+
+dnl AG_GST_SET_ERROR_CFLAGS([ADD-WERROR], [MORE_FLAGS])
+dnl AG_GST_SET_ERROR_CXXFLAGS([ADD-WERROR], [MORE_FLAGS])
+dnl AG_GST_SET_LEVEL_DEFAULT([IS-GIT-VERSION])
+
+
+dnl Sets WARNING_CFLAGS and ERROR_CFLAGS to something the compiler 
+dnl will accept and AC_SUBST them so they are available in Makefile
+dnl
+dnl WARNING_CFLAGS will contain flags to make the compiler emit more
+dnl   warnings.
+dnl ERROR_CFLAGS will contain flags to make those warnings fatal,
+dnl   unless ADD-WERROR is set to "no"
+dnl 
+dnl If MORE_FLAGS is set, tries to add each of the given flags
+dnl to WARNING_CFLAGS if the compiler supports them. Each flag is 
+dnl tested separately.
+dnl
+dnl These flags can be overridden at make time:
+dnl make ERROR_CFLAGS=
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_SET_ERROR_CFLAGS],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
+  AC_REQUIRE([AS_COMPILER_FLAG])
+
+  WARNING_CFLAGS=""
+  ERROR_CFLAGS=""
+
+  dnl if we support -Wall, set it unconditionally
+  AS_COMPILER_FLAG(-Wall,
+                   WARNING_CFLAGS="$WARNING_CFLAGS -Wall")
+
+  dnl Warn if declarations after statements are used (C99 extension)
+  AS_COMPILER_FLAG(-Wdeclaration-after-statement,
+        WARNING_CFLAGS="$WARNING_CFLAGS -Wdeclaration-after-statement")
+
+  dnl Warn if variable length arrays are used (C99 extension)
+  AS_COMPILER_FLAG(-Wvla,
+        WARNING_CFLAGS="$WARNING_CFLAGS -Wvla")
+
+  dnl Warn for invalid pointer arithmetic
+  AS_COMPILER_FLAG(-Wpointer-arith,
+        WARNING_CFLAGS="$WARNING_CFLAGS -Wpointer-arith")
+
+  dnl if asked for, add -Werror if supported
+  if test "x$1" != "xno"
+  then
+    AS_COMPILER_FLAG(-Werror, ERROR_CFLAGS="$ERROR_CFLAGS -Werror")
+
+    dnl if -Werror isn't suported, try -errwarn=%all (Sun Forte case)
+    if test "x$ERROR_CFLAGS" = "x"
+    then
+      AS_COMPILER_FLAG([-errwarn=%all], [
+          ERROR_CFLAGS="-errwarn=%all"
+          dnl try -errwarn=%all,no%E_EMPTY_DECLARATION,
+          dnl no%E_STATEMENT_NOT_REACHED,no%E_ARGUEMENT_MISMATCH,
+          dnl no%E_MACRO_REDEFINED (Sun Forte case)
+          dnl For Forte we need disable "empty declaration" warning produced by un-needed semicolon
+          dnl "statement not reached" disabled because there is g_assert_not_reached () in some places
+          dnl "macro redefined" because of gst/gettext.h
+          dnl FIXME: is it really supposed to be 'ARGUEMENT' and not 'ARGUMENT'?
+          for f in 'no%E_EMPTY_DECLARATION' \
+                   'no%E_STATEMENT_NOT_REACHED' \
+                   'no%E_ARGUEMENT_MISMATCH' \
+                   'no%E_MACRO_REDEFINED' \
+                   'no%E_LOOP_NOT_ENTERED_AT_TOP'
+          do
+            AS_COMPILER_FLAG([-errwarn=%all,$f], [
+              ERROR_CFLAGS="$ERROR_CFLAGS,$f"
+            ])
+          done
+      ])
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if test "x$2" != "x"
+  then
+    UNSUPPORTED=""
+    list="$2"
+    for each in $list
+    do
+      AS_COMPILER_FLAG($each,
+          WARNING_CFLAGS="$WARNING_CFLAGS $each",
+          UNSUPPORTED="$UNSUPPORTED $each")
+    done
+    if test "X$UNSUPPORTED" != X ; then
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([unsupported compiler flags: $UNSUPPORTED])
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  AC_SUBST(WARNING_CFLAGS)
+  AC_SUBST(ERROR_CFLAGS)
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([set WARNING_CFLAGS to $WARNING_CFLAGS])
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([set ERROR_CFLAGS to $ERROR_CFLAGS])
+])
+
+dnl Sets WARNING_CXXFLAGS and ERROR_CXXFLAGS to something the compiler 
+dnl will accept and AC_SUBST them so they are available in Makefile
+dnl
+dnl WARNING_CXXFLAGS will contain flags to make the compiler emit more
+dnl   warnings.
+dnl ERROR_CXXFLAGS will contain flags to make those warnings fatal,
+dnl   unless ADD-WERROR is set to "no"
+dnl 
+dnl If MORE_FLAGS is set, tries to add each of the given flags
+dnl to WARNING_CFLAGS if the compiler supports them. Each flag is 
+dnl tested separately.
+dnl
+dnl These flags can be overridden at make time:
+dnl make ERROR_CXXFLAGS=
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_SET_ERROR_CXXFLAGS],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CXX])
+  AC_REQUIRE([AS_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG])
+
+  ERROR_CXXFLAGS=""
+  WARNING_CXXFLAGS=""
+
+  dnl if we support -Wall, set it unconditionally
+  AS_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG(-Wall, WARNING_CXXFLAGS="$WARNING_CXXFLAGS -Wall")
+
+  dnl if asked for, add -Werror if supported
+  if test "x$1" != "xno"
+  then
+    AS_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG(-Werror, ERROR_CXXFLAGS="$ERROR_CXXFLAGS -Werror")
+
+    if test "x$ERROR_CXXFLAGS" != "x"
+    then
+        dnl add exceptions
+        AS_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG([-Wno-non-virtual-dtor], ERROR_CXXFLAGS="$ERROR_CXXFLAGS -Wno-non-virtual-dtor")
+
+	dnl Add -fno-strict-aliasing for GLib versions before 2.19.8
+	dnl as before G_LOCK and friends caused strict aliasing compiler
+	dnl warnings.
+	PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([glib-2.0 < 2.19.8], [
+	  AS_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG([-fno-strict-aliasing],
+	    ERROR_CXXFLAGS="$ERROR_CXXFLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing")
+	  ])
+    else
+      dnl if -Werror isn't suported, try -errwarn=%all
+      AS_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG([-errwarn=%all], ERROR_CXXFLAGS="$ERROR_CXXFLAGS -errwarn=%all")
+      if test "x$ERROR_CXXFLAGS" != "x"; then
+        dnl try -errwarn=%all,no%E_EMPTY_DECLARATION,
+        dnl no%E_STATEMENT_NOT_REACHED,no%E_ARGUEMENT_MISMATCH,
+        dnl no%E_MACRO_REDEFINED (Sun Forte case)
+        dnl For Forte we need disable "empty declaration" warning produced by un-needed semicolon
+        dnl "statement not reached" disabled because there is g_assert_not_reached () in some places
+        dnl "macro redefined" because of gst/gettext.h
+        dnl FIXME: is it really supposed to be 'ARGUEMENT' and not 'ARGUMENT'?
+        dnl FIXME: do any of these work with the c++ compiler? if not, why
+        dnl do we check at all?
+        for f in 'no%E_EMPTY_DECLARATION' \
+                 'no%E_STATEMENT_NOT_REACHED' \
+                 'no%E_ARGUEMENT_MISMATCH' \
+                 'no%E_MACRO_REDEFINED' \
+                 'no%E_LOOP_NOT_ENTERED_AT_TOP'
+        do
+          AS_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG([-errwarn=%all,$f], [ERROR_CXXFLAGS="$ERROR_CXXFLAGS,$f"])
+        done
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if test "x$2" != "x"
+  then
+    UNSUPPORTED=""
+    list="$2"
+    for each in $list
+    do
+      AS_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG($each,
+          WARNING_CXXFLAGS="$WARNING_CXXFLAGS $each",
+          UNSUPPORTED="$UNSUPPORTED $each")
+    done
+    if test "X$UNSUPPORTED" != X ; then
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([unsupported compiler flags: $UNSUPPORTED])
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  AC_SUBST(WARNING_CXXFLAGS)
+  AC_SUBST(ERROR_CXXFLAGS)
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([set WARNING_CXXFLAGS to $WARNING_CXXFLAGS])
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([set ERROR_CXXFLAGS to $ERROR_CXXFLAGS])
+])
+
+dnl Sets WARNING_OBJCFLAGS and ERROR_OBJCFLAGS to something the compiler 
+dnl will accept and AC_SUBST them so they are available in Makefile
+dnl
+dnl WARNING_OBJCFLAGS will contain flags to make the compiler emit more
+dnl   warnings.
+dnl ERROR_OBJCFLAGS will contain flags to make those warnings fatal,
+dnl   unless ADD-WERROR is set to "no"
+dnl 
+dnl If MORE_FLAGS is set, tries to add each of the given flags
+dnl to WARNING_CFLAGS if the compiler supports them. Each flag is 
+dnl tested separately.
+dnl
+dnl These flags can be overridden at make time:
+dnl make ERROR_OBJCFLAGS=
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_SET_ERROR_OBJCFLAGS],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_OBJC])
+  AC_REQUIRE([AS_OBJC_COMPILER_FLAG])
+
+  ERROR_OBJCFLAGS=""
+  WARNING_OBJCFLAGS=""
+
+  dnl if we support -Wall, set it unconditionally
+  AS_OBJC_COMPILER_FLAG(-Wall, WARNING_OBJCFLAGS="$WARNING_OBJCFLAGS -Wall")
+
+  dnl if asked for, add -Werror if supported
+  if test "x$1" != "xno"
+  then
+    AS_OBJC_COMPILER_FLAG(-Werror, ERROR_OBJCFLAGS="$ERROR_OBJCFLAGS -Werror")
+
+    if test "x$ERROR_OBJCFLAGS" != "x"
+    then
+	dnl Add -fno-strict-aliasing for GLib versions before 2.19.8
+	dnl as before G_LOCK and friends caused strict aliasing compiler
+	dnl warnings.
+	PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([glib-2.0 < 2.19.8], [
+	  AS_OBJC_COMPILER_FLAG([-fno-strict-aliasing],
+	    ERROR_OBJCFLAGS="$ERROR_OBJCFLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing")
+	  ])
+    else
+      dnl if -Werror isn't suported, try -errwarn=%all
+      AS_OBJC_COMPILER_FLAG([-errwarn=%all], ERROR_OBJCFLAGS="$ERROR_OBJCFLAGS -errwarn=%all")
+      if test "x$ERROR_OBJCFLAGS" != "x"; then
+        dnl try -errwarn=%all,no%E_EMPTY_DECLARATION,
+        dnl no%E_STATEMENT_NOT_REACHED,no%E_ARGUEMENT_MISMATCH,
+        dnl no%E_MACRO_REDEFINED (Sun Forte case)
+        dnl For Forte we need disable "empty declaration" warning produced by un-needed semicolon
+        dnl "statement not reached" disabled because there is g_assert_not_reached () in some places
+        dnl "macro redefined" because of gst/gettext.h
+        dnl FIXME: is it really supposed to be 'ARGUEMENT' and not 'ARGUMENT'?
+        dnl FIXME: do any of these work with the c++ compiler? if not, why
+        dnl do we check at all?
+        for f in 'no%E_EMPTY_DECLARATION' \
+                 'no%E_STATEMENT_NOT_REACHED' \
+                 'no%E_ARGUEMENT_MISMATCH' \
+                 'no%E_MACRO_REDEFINED' \
+                 'no%E_LOOP_NOT_ENTERED_AT_TOP'
+        do
+          AS_OBJC_COMPILER_FLAG([-errwarn=%all,$f], [ERROR_OBJCFLAGS="$ERROR_OBJCFLAGS,$f"])
+        done
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if test "x$2" != "x"
+  then
+    UNSUPPORTED=""
+    list="$2"
+    for each in $list
+    do
+      AS_OBJC_COMPILER_FLAG($each,
+          WARNING_OBJCFLAGS="$WARNING_OBJCFLAGS $each",
+          UNSUPPORTED="$UNSUPPORTED $each")
+    done
+    if test "X$UNSUPPORTED" != X ; then
+      AC_MSG_NOTICE([unsupported compiler flags: $UNSUPPORTED])
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  AC_SUBST(WARNING_OBJCFLAGS)
+  AC_SUBST(ERROR_OBJCFLAGS)
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([set WARNING_OBJCFLAGS to $WARNING_OBJCFLAGS])
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([set ERROR_OBJCFLAGS to $ERROR_OBJCFLAGS])
+])
+
+dnl Sets the default error level for debugging messages
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_SET_LEVEL_DEFAULT],
+[
+  dnl define correct errorlevel for debugging messages. We want to have
+  dnl GST_ERROR messages printed when running cvs builds
+  if test "x[$1]" = "xyes"; then
+    GST_LEVEL_DEFAULT=GST_LEVEL_ERROR
+  else
+    GST_LEVEL_DEFAULT=GST_LEVEL_NONE
+  fi
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_LEVEL_DEFAULT, $GST_LEVEL_DEFAULT,
+    [Default errorlevel to use])
+  dnl AC_SUBST so we can use it for win32/common/config.h
+  AC_SUBST(GST_LEVEL_DEFAULT)
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-feature.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-feature.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..876215e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-feature.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+dnl Perform a check for a feature for GStreamer
+dnl Richard Boulton 
+dnl Thomas Vander Stichele  added useful stuff
+dnl Last modification: 25/06/2001
+dnl
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE(FEATURE-NAME, FEATURE-DESCRIPTION,
+dnl                   DEPENDENT-PLUGINS, TEST-FOR-FEATURE,
+dnl                   DISABLE-BY-DEFAULT, ACTION-IF-USE, ACTION-IF-NOTUSE)
+dnl
+dnl This macro adds a command line argument to allow the user to enable
+dnl or disable a feature, and if the feature is enabled, performs a supplied
+dnl test to check if the feature is available.
+dnl
+dnl The test should define HAVE_ to "yes" or "no" depending
+dnl on whether the feature is available.
+dnl
+dnl The macro will set USE_ to "yes" or "no" depending on
+dnl whether the feature is to be used.
+dnl Thomas changed this, so that when USE_ was already set
+dnl to no, then it stays that way.
+dnl
+dnl The macro will call AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_, ...) to allow
+dnl the feature to control what is built in Makefile.ams.  If you want
+dnl additional actions resulting from the test, you can add them with the
+dnl ACTION-IF-USE and ACTION-IF-NOTUSE parameters.
+dnl
+dnl FEATURE-NAME        is the name of the feature, and should be in
+dnl                     purely upper case characters.
+dnl FEATURE-DESCRIPTION is used to describe the feature in help text for
+dnl                     the command line argument.
+dnl DEPENDENT-PLUGINS   lists any plug-ins which depend on this feature.
+dnl TEST-FOR-FEATURE    is a test which sets HAVE_ to "yes"
+dnl                     or "no" depending on whether the feature is
+dnl                     available.
+dnl DISABLE-BY-DEFAULT  if "disabled", the feature is disabled by default,
+dnl                     if any other value, the feature is enabled by default.
+dnl ACTION-IF-USE       any extra actions to perform if the feature is to be
+dnl                     used.
+dnl ACTION-IF-NOTUSE    any extra actions to perform if the feature is not to
+dnl                     be used.
+dnl
+dnl
+dnl thomas :
+dnl we also added a history.
+dnl GST_PLUGINS_YES will contain all plugins to be built
+dnl                 that were checked through AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE
+dnl GST_PLUGINS_NO will contain those that won't be built
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE],
+[echo
+AC_MSG_NOTICE(*** checking feature: [$2] ***)
+if test "x[$3]" != "x"
+then
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE(*** for plug-ins: [$3] ***)
+fi
+dnl
+builtin(define, [gst_endisable], ifelse($5, [disabled], [enable], [disable]))dnl
+dnl if it is set to NO, then don't even consider it for building
+NOUSE=
+if test "x$USE_[$1]" = "xno"; then
+  NOUSE="yes"
+fi
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(translit([$1], A-Z, a-z),
+  [  ]builtin(format, --%-26s gst_endisable %s, gst_endisable-translit([$1], A-Z, a-z), [$2]ifelse([$3],,,: [$3])),
+  [ case "${enableval}" in
+      yes) USE_[$1]=yes;;
+      no) USE_[$1]=no;;
+      *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-translit([$1], A-Z, a-z)) ;;
+    esac],
+  [ USE_$1=]ifelse($5, [disabled], [no], [yes]))           dnl DEFAULT
+
+dnl *** set it back to no if it was preset to no
+if test "x$NOUSE" = "xyes"; then
+  USE_[$1]="no"
+  AC_MSG_WARN(*** $3 pre-configured not to be built)
+fi
+NOUSE=
+
+dnl *** Check if it is ported or not
+if echo " [$GST_PLUGINS_NONPORTED] " | tr , ' ' | grep -i " [$1] " > /dev/null; then
+  USE_[$1]="no"
+  AC_MSG_WARN(*** $3 not ported)
+fi
+
+dnl *** If it's enabled
+
+if test x$USE_[$1] = xyes; then
+  dnl save compile variables before the test
+
+  gst_check_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+  gst_check_save_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
+  gst_check_save_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+  gst_check_save_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
+  gst_check_save_CXXFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS
+
+  HAVE_[$1]=no
+  dnl TEST_FOR_FEATURE
+  $4
+
+  LIBS=$gst_check_save_LIBS
+  LDFLAGS=$gst_check_save_LDFLAGS
+  CFLAGS=$gst_check_save_CFLAGS
+  CPPFLAGS=$gst_check_save_CPPFLAGS
+  CXXFLAGS=$gst_check_save_CXXFLAGS
+
+  dnl If it isn't found, unset USE_[$1]
+  if test x$HAVE_[$1] = xno; then
+    USE_[$1]=no
+  else
+    ifelse([$3], , :, [AC_MSG_NOTICE(*** These plugins will be built: [$3])])
+  fi
+fi
+dnl *** Warn if it's disabled or not found
+if test x$USE_[$1] = xyes; then
+  ifelse([$6], , :, [$6])
+  if test "x$3" != "x"; then
+    GST_PLUGINS_YES="\t[$3]\n$GST_PLUGINS_YES"
+  fi
+  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_[$1], , [Define to enable $2]ifelse($3,,, [ (used by $3)]).)
+else
+  ifelse([$3], , :, [AC_MSG_NOTICE(*** These plugins will not be built: [$3])])
+  if test "x$3" != "x"; then
+    GST_PLUGINS_NO="\t[$3]\n$GST_PLUGINS_NO"
+  fi
+  ifelse([$7], , :, [$7])
+fi
+dnl *** Define the conditional as appropriate
+AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_[$1], test x$USE_[$1] = xyes)
+])
+
+dnl Use AC_CHECK_LIB and AC_CHECK_HEADER to do both tests at once
+dnl sets HAVE_module if we have it
+dnl Richard Boulton 
+dnl Last modification: 26/06/2001
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_LIBHEADER(FEATURE-NAME, LIB NAME, LIB FUNCTION, EXTRA LD FLAGS,
+dnl                     HEADER NAME, ACTION-IF-FOUND, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND)
+dnl
+dnl This check was written for GStreamer: it should be renamed and checked
+dnl for portability if you decide to use it elsewhere.
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_LIBHEADER],
+[
+  AC_CHECK_LIB([$2], [$3], HAVE_[$1]=yes, HAVE_[$1]=no,[$4])
+  if test "x$HAVE_[$1]" = "xyes"; then
+    AC_CHECK_HEADER([$5], :, HAVE_[$1]=no)
+    if test "x$HAVE_[$1]" = "xyes"; then
+      dnl execute what needs to be
+      ifelse([$6], , :, [$6])
+    else
+      ifelse([$7], , :, [$7])
+    fi
+  else
+    ifelse([$7], , :, [$7])
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(HAVE_[$1])
+]
+)
+
+dnl 2004-02-14 Thomas - changed to get set properly and use proper output
+dnl 2003-06-27 Benjamin Otte - changed to make this work with gstconfig.h
+dnl
+dnl Add a subsystem --disable flag and all the necessary symbols and substitions
+dnl
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE(SYSNAME, [subsystem name])
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE],
+[
+  dnl this define will replace each literal subsys_def occurrence with
+  dnl the lowercase hyphen-separated subsystem
+  dnl e.g. if $1 is GST_DEBUG then subsys_def will be a macro with gst-debug
+  define([subsys_def],translit([$1], _A-Z, -a-z))
+
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(subsys_def,
+    AC_HELP_STRING(--disable-subsys_def, [disable $2]),
+    [
+      case "${enableval}" in
+        yes) GST_DISABLE_[$1]=no ;;
+        no) GST_DISABLE_[$1]=yes ;;
+        *) AC_MSG_ERROR([bad value ${enableval} for --enable-subsys_def]) ;;
+       esac
+    ],
+    [GST_DISABLE_[$1]=no]) dnl Default value
+
+  if test x$GST_DISABLE_[$1] = xyes; then
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([disabled subsystem [$2]])
+    GST_DISABLE_[$1]_DEFINE="#define GST_DISABLE_$1 1"
+  else
+    GST_DISABLE_[$1]_DEFINE="/* #undef GST_DISABLE_$1 */"
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(GST_DISABLE_[$1]_DEFINE)
+  undefine([subsys_def])
+])
+
+
+dnl Parse gstconfig.h for feature and defines add the symbols and substitions
+dnl
+dnl AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE(GST_CONFIGPATH, FEATURE)
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE],
+[
+  grep >/dev/null "#undef GST_DISABLE_$2" $1
+  if test $? = 0; then
+    GST_DISABLE_[$2]=0
+  else
+    GST_DISABLE_[$2]=1
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(GST_DISABLE_[$2])
+])
+
+dnl Parse gstconfig.h and defines add the symbols and substitions
+dnl
+dnl GST_CONFIGPATH=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=includedir gstreamer-1.0`"/gst/gstconfig.h"
+dnl AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLES(GST_CONFIGPATH)
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLES],
+[
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,GST_DEBUG)
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,LOADSAVE)
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,PARSE)
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,TRACE)
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,ALLOC_TRACE)
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,REGISTRY)
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,PLUGIN)
+  AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLE($1,XML)
+])
+
+dnl AG_GST_CHECK_GST_DEBUG_DISABLED(ACTION-IF-DISABLED, ACTION-IF-NOT-DISABLED)
+dnl
+dnl Checks if the GStreamer debugging system is disabled in the core version
+dnl we are compiling against (by checking gstconfig.h)
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_GST_DEBUG_DISABLED],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([AG_GST_CHECK_GST])
+
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether the GStreamer debugging system is enabled])
+  AC_LANG_PUSH([C])
+  save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+  CFLAGS="$GST_CFLAGS $CFLAGS"
+  AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([
+    AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
+      #include 
+      #ifdef GST_DISABLE_GST_DEBUG
+      #error "debugging disabled, make compiler fail"
+      #endif]])], [ debug_system_enabled=yes], [debug_system_enabled=no])
+  CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
+  AC_LANG_POP([C])
+
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$debug_system_enabled])
+
+  if test "x$debug_system_enabled" = "xyes" ; then
+    $2
+    true
+  else
+    $1
+    true
+  fi
+])
+
+dnl relies on GST_PLUGINS_ALL, GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED, GST_PLUGINS_YES,
+dnl GST_PLUGINS_NO, and BUILD_EXTERNAL
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_OUTPUT_PLUGINS], [
+
+printf "configure: *** Plug-ins without external dependencies that will be built:\n"
+( for i in $GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED; do printf '\t'$i'\n'; done ) | sort
+printf "\n"
+
+printf "configure: *** Plug-ins without external dependencies that will NOT be built:\n"
+( for i in $GST_PLUGINS_ALL; do
+    case " $GST_PLUGINS_SELECTED " in
+      *\ $i\ *)
+	;;
+      *)
+	printf '\t'$i'\n'
+	;;
+    esac
+  done ) | sort
+printf "\n"
+
+printf "configure: *** Plug-ins that have NOT been ported:\n"
+( for i in $GST_PLUGINS_NONPORTED; do
+	printf '\t'$i'\n'
+  done ) | sort
+printf "\n"
+
+if test "x$BUILD_EXTERNAL" = "xno"; then
+  printf "configure: *** No plug-ins with external dependencies will be built\n"
+else
+  printf "configure: *** Plug-ins with dependencies that will be built:"
+  printf "$GST_PLUGINS_YES\n" | sort
+  printf "\n"
+  printf "configure: *** Plug-ins with dependencies that will NOT be built:"
+  printf "$GST_PLUGINS_NO\n" | sort
+  printf "\n"
+fi
+])
+
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-function.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-function.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61adfd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-function.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+dnl
+dnl Check for compiler mechanism to show functions in debugging
+dnl copied from an Ali patch floating on the internet
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_FUNCTION],[
+  dnl #1: __PRETTY_FUNCTION__
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether $CC implements __PRETTY_FUNCTION__)
+  AC_CACHE_VAL(gst_cv_have_pretty_function,[
+    AC_TRY_LINK([#include ],
+                [printf("%s", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);],
+                gst_cv_have_pretty_function=yes,
+                gst_cv_have_pretty_function=no)
+  ])
+  AC_MSG_RESULT($gst_cv_have_pretty_function)
+  if test "$gst_cv_have_pretty_function" = yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRETTY_FUNCTION, 1,
+              [defined if the compiler implements __PRETTY_FUNCTION__])
+  fi
+
+dnl #2: __FUNCTION__
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether $CC implements __FUNCTION__)
+  AC_CACHE_VAL(gst_cv_have_function,[
+    AC_TRY_LINK([#include ],
+                [printf("%s", __FUNCTION__);],
+                gst_cv_have_function=yes,
+                gst_cv_have_function=no)
+  ])
+  AC_MSG_RESULT($gst_cv_have_function)
+  if test "$gst_cv_have_function" = yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_FUNCTION, 1,
+              [defined if the compiler implements __FUNCTION__])
+  fi
+
+dnl #3: __func__
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether $CC implements __func__)
+  AC_CACHE_VAL(gst_cv_have_func,[
+    AC_TRY_LINK([#include ],
+                [printf("%s", __func__);],
+                gst_cv_have_func=yes,
+                gst_cv_have_func=no)
+  ])
+  AC_MSG_RESULT($gst_cv_have_func)
+  if test "$gst_cv_have_func" = yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_FUNC, 1,
+              [defined if the compiler implements __func__])
+  fi
+
+dnl now define FUNCTION to whatever works, and fallback to ""
+  if test "$gst_cv_have_pretty_function" = yes; then
+    function=__PRETTY_FUNCTION__
+  else
+    if test "$gst_cv_have_function" = yes; then
+      function=__FUNCTION__
+    else
+      if test "$gst_cv_have_func" = yes; then
+        function=__func__
+      else
+        function=\"\"
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_FUNCTION, $function, [macro to use to show function name])
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-gettext.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-gettext.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df817eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-gettext.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+dnl gettext setup
+
+dnl AG_GST_GETTEXT([gettext-package])
+dnl defines GETTEXT_PACKAGE and LOCALEDIR
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_GETTEXT],
+[
+  if test "$USE_NLS" = "yes"; then
+    GETTEXT_PACKAGE=[$1]
+  else
+    GETTEXT_PACKAGE=[NULL]
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([GETTEXT_PACKAGE], "$GETTEXT_PACKAGE",
+                     [gettext package name])
+
+  dnl make sure po/Makevars is kept in sync with GETTEXT_PACKAGE
+  if test -e "${srcdir}/po/Makevars"; then
+    if ! grep -e "$1" "${srcdir}/po/Makevars"; then
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([DOMAIN in po/Makevars does not match GETTEXT_PACKAGE $1])
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  dnl define LOCALEDIR in config.h
+  AS_AC_EXPAND(LOCALEDIR, $datadir/locale)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([LOCALEDIR], "$LOCALEDIR",
+                     [gettext locale dir])
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-glib2.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-glib2.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b9cd8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-glib2.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+dnl check for a minimum version of GLib
+
+dnl AG_GST_GLIB_CHECK([minimum-version-required])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_GLIB_CHECK],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([AS_NANO])
+
+  dnl Minimum required version of GLib
+  GLIB_REQ=[$1]
+  if test "x$GLIB_REQ" = "x"
+  then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Please specify a required version for GLib 2.0])
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(GLIB_REQ)
+
+  dnl Check for glib with everything
+  AG_GST_PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB,
+    glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQ gobject-2.0 gmodule-no-export-2.0)
+
+  if test "x$HAVE_GLIB" = "xno"; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([This package requires GLib >= $GLIB_REQ to compile.])
+  fi
+
+  dnl Add define to tell GLib that threading is always enabled within GStreamer
+  dnl code (optimisation, bypasses checks if the threading system is enabled
+  dnl when using threading primitives)
+  GLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS="$GLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS -DG_THREADS_MANDATORY"
+
+  dnl Define G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED for development versions
+  if test "x`expr $PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR % 2`" = "x1" -a "x`expr $PACKAGE_VERSION_MICRO '<' 90`" = "x1"; then
+    GLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS="$GLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS -DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED"
+  fi
+
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(gobject-cast-checks,
+    AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-gobject-cast-checks[=@<:@no/auto/yes@:>@]],
+      [Enable GObject cast checks]),[enable_gobject_cast_checks=$enableval],
+    [enable_gobject_cast_checks=auto])
+
+  if test "x$enable_gobject_cast_checks" = "xauto"; then
+    dnl Turn on cast checks only for development versions
+    if test "x`expr $PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR % 2`" = "x1" -a "x`expr $PACKAGE_VERSION_MICRO '<' 90`" = "x1"; then
+      enable_gobject_cast_checks=yes
+    else
+      enable_gobject_cast_checks=no
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if test "x$enable_gobject_cast_checks" = "xno"; then
+    GLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS="$GLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS -DG_DISABLE_CAST_CHECKS"
+  fi
+
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(glib-asserts,
+    AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-glib-asserts[=@<:@no/auto/yes@:>@]],
+      [Enable GLib assertion]),[enable_glib_assertions=$enableval],
+    [enable_glib_assertions=auto])
+
+  if test "x$enable_glib_assertions" = "xauto"; then
+    dnl Enable assertions only for development versions
+    if test "x`expr $PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR % 2`" = "x1" -a "x`expr $PACKAGE_VERSION_MICRO '<' 90`" = "x1"; then
+      enable_glib_assertions=yes
+    else
+      enable_glib_assertions=no
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if test "x$enable_glib_assertions" = "xno"; then
+    GLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS="$GLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS -DG_DISABLE_ASSERT"
+  fi
+
+  dnl Find location of glib utils. People may want to or have to override these,
+  dnl e.g. in a cross-compile situation where PATH is a bit messed up. We need
+  dnl for these tools to work on the host, so can't just use the one from the
+  dnl GLib installation that pkg-config picks up, as that might be for a
+  dnl different target architecture.
+  dnl
+  dnl glib-genmarshal:
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(for glib-genmarshal)
+  if test "x$GLIB_GENMARSHAL" != "x"; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([$GLIB_GENMARSHAL (from environment)])
+  else
+    GLIB_GENMARSHAL=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=glib_genmarshal glib-2.0`
+    if $GLIB_GENMARSHAL --version 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
+      AC_MSG_RESULT([$GLIB_GENMARSHAL (from pkg-config path)])
+    else
+      AC_PATH_PROG(GLIB_GENMARSHAL, [glib-genmarshal], [glib-genmarshal])
+      AC_MSG_RESULT([$GLIB_GENMARSHAL])
+    fi
+  fi
+  if ! $GLIB_GENMARSHAL --version 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
+    AC_MSG_WARN([$GLIB_GENMARSHAL does not seem to work!])
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(GLIB_GENMARSHAL)
+
+  dnl glib-mkenums:
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(for glib-mkenums)
+  if test "x$GLIB_MKENUMS" != "x"; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([$GLIB_MKENUMS (from environment)])
+  else
+    dnl glib-mkenums is written in perl so should always work really
+    GLIB_MKENUMS=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=glib_mkenums glib-2.0`
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([$GLIB_MKENUMS])
+  fi
+  if ! $GLIB_MKENUMS --version 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
+    AC_MSG_WARN([$GLIB_MKENUMS does not seem to work!])
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(GLIB_MKENUMS)
+
+  AC_SUBST(GLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS)
+
+  dnl Now check for GIO
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GIO, gio-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQ)
+  if test "x$HAVE_GIO" = "xno"; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([This package requires GIO >= $GLIB_REQ to compile.])
+  fi
+  
+  GIO_MODULE_DIR="`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=giomoduledir gio-2.0`"
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GIO_MODULE_DIR, "$GIO_MODULE_DIR",
+      [The GIO modules directory.])
+  GIO_LIBDIR="`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=libdir gio-2.0`"
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GIO_LIBDIR, "$GIO_LIBDIR",
+      [The GIO library directory.])
+  GIO_PREFIX="`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=prefix gio-2.0`"
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GIO_PREFIX, "$GIO_PREFIX",
+      [The GIO install prefix.])
+
+  AC_SUBST(GIO_CFLAGS)
+  AC_SUBST(GIO_LIBS)
+  AC_SUBST(GIO_LDFLAGS)
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-libxml2.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-libxml2.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a843f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-libxml2.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+dnl call this macro with the minimum required version as an argument
+dnl this macro sets and AC_SUBSTs XML_CFLAGS and XML_LIBS
+dnl it also sets LIBXML_PKG, used for the pkg-config file
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_LIBXML2_CHECK],
+[
+  dnl Minimum required version of libxml2
+  dnl default to 2.4.9 if not specified
+  LIBXML2_REQ=ifelse([$1],,2.4.9,[$1])
+  AC_SUBST(LIBXML2_REQ)
+
+  dnl check for libxml2
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XML, libxml-2.0 >= $LIBXML2_REQ,
+                    HAVE_LIBXML2=yes, [
+                      AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+                      HAVE_LIBXML2=no
+                    ])
+  if test "x$HAVE_LIBXML2" = "xyes"; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBXML2, 1, [Define if libxml2 is available])
+  else
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([
+        Need libxml2 and development headers/files to build GStreamer.
+
+        You can do without libxml2 if you pass --disable-loadsave to
+        configure, but that breaks ABI, so don't do that unless you
+        are building for an embedded setup and know what you are doing.
+    ])
+  fi
+  dnl this is for the .pc file
+  LIBXML_PKG=', libxml-2.0'
+  AC_SUBST(LIBXML_PKG)
+  AC_SUBST(XML_LIBS)
+  AC_SUBST(XML_CFLAGS)
+
+  dnl XML_LIBS might pull in -lz without zlib actually being on the system, so
+  dnl try linking with these LIBS and CFLAGS
+  ac_save_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+  ac_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $XML_CFLAGS"
+  LIBS="$LIBS $XML_LIBS"
+  AC_TRY_LINK([
+#include 
+#include 
+],[
+/* function body */
+],
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([Test xml2 program linked]),
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not link libxml2 test program.  Check if you have the necessary dependencies.])
+  )
+  CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
+  LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-package-release-datetime.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-package-release-datetime.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc885e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-package-release-datetime.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+dnl macros to set GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME
+
+dnl ===========================================================================
+dnl AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME
+dnl
+dnl Usage:
+dnl
+dnl AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME()
+dnl AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME([no]...)
+dnl sets the release datetime to the current date
+dnl (no = this is not a release, but git or prerelease)
+dnl
+dnl AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME([YYYY-MM-DD])
+dnl AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME([yes], [YYYY-MM-DD])
+dnl sets the release datetime to the specified date (and time, if given)
+dnl (yes = this is a release, not git or prerelease)
+dnl
+dnl AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME([yes], [DOAP-FILE], [RELEASE-VERSION])
+dnl sets the release date to the release date associated with version
+dnl RELEASE-VERSION in the .doap file DOAP-FILE
+dnl (yes = this is a release, not git or prerelease)
+dnl
+dnl We need to treat pre-releases like git because there won't be an entry
+dnl in the .doap file for pre-releases yet, and we don't want to use the
+dnl date of the last release either.
+dnl ===========================================================================
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME],
+[
+  dnl AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME()
+  dnl AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME([yes]...)
+  if test "x$1" = "xno" -o "x$1" = "x"; then
+    GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME=`date -u "+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%MZ"`
+  elif test "x$1" = "xyes"; then
+    dnl AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME([no], ["YYYY-MM-DD"])
+    dnl AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME([no], [DOAP-FILE], [RELEASE-VERSION])
+    if ( echo $1 | grep '^20[1-9][0-9]-[0-1][0-9]-[0-3][0-9]' >/dev/null ) ; then
+      GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME=$1
+    else
+      dnl we assume the .doap file contains the date as YYYY-MM-DD
+      YYYY_MM_DD=`sh "${srcdir}/common/extract-release-date-from-doap-file" $3 $2`;
+      if test "x$YYYY_MM_DD" != "x"; then
+        GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME=$YYYY_MM_DD
+      else
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME: could not extract
+            release date for release version $3 from $2])
+        GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME=""
+      fi
+    fi
+  dnl AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME([YYYY-MM-DD])
+  elif ( echo $1 | grep '^20[1-9][0-9]-[0-1][0-9]-[0-3][0-9]' >/dev/null ) ; then
+    GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME=$1
+  else
+    AC_MSG_WARN([SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME: invalid first argument])
+    GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME=""
+  fi
+
+  if test "x$GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME" = "x"; then
+    AC_MSG_WARN([Invalid package release date time: $GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME])
+  else
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([Setting GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME to $GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME])
+
+    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME],
+        ["$GST_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME"],
+        [GStreamer package release date/time for plugins as YYYY-MM-DD])
+  fi
+])
+
+dnl ===========================================================================
+dnl AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME_WITH_NANO
+dnl
+dnl Usage:
+dnl
+dnl AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME([NANO-VERSION], [DOAP-FILE], [RELEASE-VERSION])
+dnl if NANO-VERSION is 0, sets the release date to the release date associated
+dnl with version RELEASE-VERSION in the .doap file DOAP-FILE, otherwise sets
+dnl the release date and time to the current date/time.
+dnl
+dnl We need to treat pre-releases like git because there won't be an entry
+dnl in the .doap file for pre-releases yet, and we don't want to use the
+dnl date of the last release either.
+dnl ===========================================================================
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME_WITH_NANO],
+[
+  if test "x$1" = "x0"; then
+    AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME([yes], [ $2 ], [ $3 ])
+  else
+    AG_GST_SET_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DATETIME([no])
+  fi
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-parser.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-parser.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..382ef72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-parser.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_BISON_CHECK],
+[
+  dnl FIXME: check if AC_PROG_YACC is suitable here
+  dnl FIXME: make precious
+  AC_PATH_PROG(BISON_PATH, bison, no)
+  if test x$BISON_PATH = xno; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find bison)
+  fi
+
+  dnl check bison version
+  dnl we need version >= 2.4 for the '<>' support
+  dnl in the parser.
+  dnl First lines observed: 'bison (GNU Bison) 2.3' or 'GNU Bison version 1.28'
+  bison_min_version=2.4
+  bison_version=`$BISON_PATH --version | head -n 1 |  sed 's/^[[^0-9]]*//' | sed 's/[[^0-9]]*$//' | cut -d' ' -f1`
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([bison version $bison_version >= $bison_min_version])
+
+  if perl -we "exit (('v$bison_version' ge 'v$bison_min_version') ? 0 : 1)"; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+  else
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([no])
+  fi
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_FLEX_CHECK],
+[
+  dnl we require flex for building the parser
+  AC_PATH_PROG(FLEX_PATH, flex, no)
+  if test x$FLEX_PATH = xno; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find flex)
+  fi
+
+  dnl check flex version
+  dnl we need version >= 2.5.31 for the reentrancy support
+  dnl in the parser.
+  flex_min_version=2.5.31
+  flex_version=`$FLEX_PATH --version | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}'`
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([flex version $flex_version >= $flex_min_version])
+  if perl -w < \$min_version_major) ||
+     ((\$flex_version_major == \$min_version_major) &&
+      (\$flex_version_minor > \$min_version_minor)) ||
+     ((\$flex_version_major == \$min_version_major) &&
+      (\$flex_version_minor == \$min_version_minor) &&
+      (\$flex_version_micro >= \$min_version_micro)))
+     ? 0 : 1);
+EOF
+  then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+  else
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([no])
+  fi
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-platform.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-platform.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40d6faf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-platform.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+dnl AG_GST_PLATFORM
+dnl Check for platform specific features and define some variables
+dnl
+dnl GST_EXTRA_MODULE_SUFFIX: contains a platform specific
+dnl   extra module suffix additional to G_MODULE_SUFFIX
+dnl
+dnl HAVE_OSX: Defined if compiling for OS X
+dnl
+dnl GST_HAVE_UNSAFE_FORK: Defined if fork is unsafe (Windows)
+dnl
+dnl HAVE_WIN32: Defined if compiling on Win32
+dnl
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_PLATFORM],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
+
+  case $host_os in
+    rhapsody*)
+      AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_EXTRA_MODULE_SUFFIX, [".dylib"], [Extra platform specific plugin suffix])
+      ;;
+    darwin*)
+      AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_EXTRA_MODULE_SUFFIX, [".dylib"], [Extra platform specific plugin suffix])
+      AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAVE_OSX, 1, [Defined if compiling for OSX])
+      ;;
+    cygwin*)
+      AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_HAVE_UNSAFE_FORK, 1, [Defined when registry scanning through fork is unsafe])
+      ;;
+    mingw* | msvc* | mks*)
+      dnl HAVE_WIN32 currently means "disable POSIXisms".
+      AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAVE_WIN32, 1, [Defined if compiling for Windows])
+
+      dnl define __MSVCRT_VERSION__ version if not set already by the
+      dnl compiler (ie. mostly for mingw). This is needed for things like
+      dnl __stat64 to be available. If set by the compiler, ensure it's
+      dnl new enough - we need at least WinXP SP2.
+      AC_TRY_COMPILE([ ], [ return __MSVCRT_VERSION__; ], [
+          AC_TRY_COMPILE([ ], [
+            #if __MSVCRT_VERSION__ < 0x0601
+            #error "MSVCRT too old"
+            #endif
+          ], [
+            AC_MSG_NOTICE([MSVCRT version looks ok])
+          ], [
+            AC_MSG_ERROR([MSVCRT version too old, need at least WinXP SP2])
+          ])
+      ], [
+        AC_MSG_NOTICE([Setting MSVCRT version to 0x0601])
+        AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(__MSVCRT_VERSION__, 0x0601, [We need at least WinXP SP2 for __stat64])
+      ])
+      ;;
+     *)
+      ;;
+  esac
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_LIBTOOL_PREPARE],
+[
+  dnl Persuade libtool to also link (-l) a 'pure' (DirectX) static lib,
+  dnl i.e. as opposed to only import lib with dll counterpart.
+  dnl Needs to be tweaked before libtool's checks.
+  case $host_os in
+  cygwin* | mingw*)
+    lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all
+    ;;
+  esac
+])
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-plugin-docs.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-plugin-docs.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e2ab6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-plugin-docs.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+dnl AG_GST_PLUGIN_DOCS([MINIMUM-GTK-DOC-VERSION])
+dnl
+dnl checks for prerequisites for the common/mangle-tmpl.py script
+dnl used when building the plugin documentation
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_PLUGIN_DOCS],
+[
+  AC_BEFORE([GTK_DOC_CHECK],[$0])dnl check for gtk-doc first
+  AC_REQUIRE([AM_PATH_PYTHON])dnl find python first
+
+  build_plugin_docs=no
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build plugin documentation])
+  if test x$enable_gtk_doc = xyes; then
+    if test x$PYTHON != x; then
+      build_plugin_docs=yes
+      AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+    else
+      AC_MSG_RESULT([no (python not found)])
+    fi
+  else
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([no (gtk-doc disabled or not available)])
+  fi
+
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_PLUGIN_DOCS, test x$build_plugin_docs = xyes)
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-plugindir.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-plugindir.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9e1301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-plugindir.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+dnl AG_GST_SET_PLUGINDIR
+
+dnl AC_DEFINE PLUGINDIR to the full location where plug-ins will be installed
+dnl AC_SUBST plugindir, to be used in Makefile.am's
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_SET_PLUGINDIR],
+[
+  dnl define location of plugin directory
+  AS_AC_EXPAND(PLUGINDIR, ${libdir}/gstreamer-$GST_API_VERSION)
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PLUGINDIR, "$PLUGINDIR",
+    [directory where plugins are located])
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using $PLUGINDIR as the plugin install location])
+
+  dnl plugin directory configure-time variable for use in Makefile.am
+  plugindir="\$(libdir)/gstreamer-$GST_API_VERSION"
+  AC_SUBST(plugindir)
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-valgrind.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-valgrind.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c0d608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-valgrind.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_VALGRIND_CHECK],
+[
+  dnl valgrind inclusion
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(valgrind,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-valgrind], [disable run-time valgrind detection]),
+    [
+      case "${enableval}" in
+        yes) USE_VALGRIND="$USE_DEBUG" ;;
+        no)  USE_VALGRIND=no ;;
+        *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-valgrind) ;;
+      esac],
+    [
+      USE_VALGRIND="$USE_DEBUG"
+    ]) dnl Default value
+
+  VALGRIND_REQ="3.0"
+  if test "x$USE_VALGRIND" = xyes; then
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(VALGRIND, valgrind >= $VALGRIND_REQ,
+      USE_VALGRIND="yes",
+      [
+        USE_VALGRIND="no"
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+      ])
+  fi
+
+  if test "x$USE_VALGRIND" = xyes; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_VALGRIND, 1, [Define if valgrind should be used])
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using extra code paths for valgrind)
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(VALGRIND_CFLAGS)
+  AC_SUBST(VALGRIND_LIBS)
+
+  AC_PATH_PROG(VALGRIND_PATH, valgrind, no)
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_VALGRIND, test ! "x$VALGRIND_PATH" = "xno")
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst-x11.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst-x11.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c41ddff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst-x11.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+dnl macros for X-related detections
+dnl AC_SUBST's HAVE_X, X_CFLAGS, X_LIBS
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_X],
+[
+  AC_PATH_XTRA
+  ac_cflags_save="$CFLAGS"
+  ac_cppflags_save="$CPPFLAGS"
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $X_CFLAGS"
+  CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $X_CFLAGS"
+
+  dnl now try to find the HEADER
+  HAVE_X="no"
+  AC_CHECK_HEADER([X11/Xlib.h], [
+    dnl and then the library with the most uniquitous function
+    AC_CHECK_LIB(X11, [XSync], [HAVE_X="yes"], [], [$X_LIBS $X_PRE_LIBS $X_EXTRA_LIBS])
+  ], [], [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT])
+
+  if test "x$HAVE_X" = "xno"
+  then
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([cannot find X11 development files])
+  else
+    dnl this is much more than we want
+    X_LIBS="$X_LIBS $X_PRE_LIBS $X_EXTRA_LIBS"
+    dnl AC_PATH_XTRA only defines the path needed to find the X libs,
+    dnl it does not add the libs; therefore we add them here
+    X_LIBS="$X_LIBS -lX11"
+    AC_SUBST(X_CFLAGS)
+    AC_SUBST(X_LIBS)
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(HAVE_X)
+
+  CFLAGS="$ac_cflags_save"
+  CPPFLAGS="$ac_cppflags_save"
+])
+
+dnl *** XVideo ***
+dnl Look for the PIC library first, Debian requires it.
+dnl Check debian-devel archives for gory details.
+dnl 20020110:
+dnl At the moment XFree86 doesn't distribute shared libXv due
+dnl to unstable API.  On many platforms you CAN NOT link a shared
+dnl lib to a static non-PIC lib.  This is what the xvideo GStreamer
+dnl plug-in wants to do.  So Debian distributes a PIC compiled
+dnl version of the static lib for plug-ins to link to when it is
+dnl inappropriate to link the main application to libXv directly.
+dnl FIXME: add check if this platform can support linking to a
+dnl        non-PIC libXv, if not then don not use Xv.
+dnl FIXME: perhaps warn user if they have a shared libXv since
+dnl        this is an error until XFree86 starts shipping one
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_CHECK_XV],
+[
+  if test x$HAVE_X = xyes; then
+    AC_CHECK_LIB(Xv_pic, XvQueryExtension,
+                 HAVE_XVIDEO="yes", HAVE_XVIDEO="no",
+                 $X_LIBS -lXext)
+
+    if test x$HAVE_XVIDEO = xyes; then
+      XVIDEO_LIBS="-lXv_pic -lXext"
+      AC_SUBST(XVIDEO_LIBS)
+    else
+      dnl try again using something else if we didn't find it first
+      if test x$HAVE_XVIDEO = xno; then
+        AC_CHECK_LIB(Xv, XvQueryExtension,
+                   HAVE_XVIDEO="yes", HAVE_XVIDEO="no",
+                   $X_LIBS -lXext)
+
+        if test x$HAVE_XVIDEO = xyes; then
+          XVIDEO_LIBS="-lXv -lXext"
+          AC_SUBST(XVIDEO_LIBS)
+        fi
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gst.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gst.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4c53cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gst.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+dnl AG_GST_INIT
+dnl sets up use of GStreamer configure.ac macros
+dnl all GStreamer autoconf macros are prefixed
+dnl with AG_GST_ for public macros
+dnl with _AG_GST_ for private macros
+dnl
+dnl We call AC_CANONICAL_TARGET and AC_CANONICAL_HOST so that
+dnl it is valid before AC_ARG_PROGRAM is called
+
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_INIT],
+[
+  m4_pattern_forbid(^_?AG_GST_)
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl we use host_ variables
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_TARGET]) dnl we use target_ variables
+])
+
+dnl AG_GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+dnl
+dnl sets up a GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH variable for use in Makefile.am
+dnl which contains the path of the in-tree pkgconfig directory first
+dnl and then any paths specified in PKG_CONFIG_PATH.
+dnl
+dnl We do this mostly so we don't have to use unportable shell constructs
+dnl such as ${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:+:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH} in Makefile.am to handle
+dnl the case where the environment variable is not set, but also in order
+dnl to avoid a trailing ':' in the PKG_CONFIG_PATH which apparently causes
+dnl problems with pkg-config on windows with msys/mingw.
+AC_DEFUN([AG_GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH],
+[
+  GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH="\$(top_builddir)/pkgconfig"
+  if test "x$PKG_CONFIG_PATH" != "x"; then
+    GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST([GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH])
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH = $GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH])
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/gtk-doc.m4 b/validate/common/m4/gtk-doc.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b243f1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/gtk-doc.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+dnl -*- mode: autoconf -*-
+
+# serial 1
+
+dnl Usage:
+dnl   GTK_DOC_CHECK([minimum-gtk-doc-version])
+AC_DEFUN([GTK_DOC_CHECK],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG])
+  AC_BEFORE([AC_PROG_LIBTOOL],[$0])dnl setup libtool first
+  AC_BEFORE([AM_PROG_LIBTOOL],[$0])dnl setup libtool first
+
+  dnl check for tools we added during development
+  AC_PATH_PROG([GTKDOC_CHECK],[gtkdoc-check])
+  AC_PATH_PROGS([GTKDOC_REBASE],[gtkdoc-rebase],[true])
+  AC_PATH_PROG([GTKDOC_MKPDF],[gtkdoc-mkpdf])
+
+  dnl for overriding the documentation installation directory
+  AC_ARG_WITH([html-dir],
+    AS_HELP_STRING([--with-html-dir=PATH], [path to installed docs]),,
+    [with_html_dir='${datadir}/gtk-doc/html'])
+  HTML_DIR="$with_html_dir"
+  AC_SUBST([HTML_DIR])
+
+  dnl enable/disable documentation building
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE([gtk-doc],
+    AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-gtk-doc],
+                   [use gtk-doc to build documentation [[default=no]]]),,
+    [enable_gtk_doc=no])
+
+  if test x$enable_gtk_doc = xyes; then
+    ifelse([$1],[],
+      [PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([gtk-doc],,
+                        AC_MSG_ERROR([gtk-doc not installed and --enable-gtk-doc requested]))],
+      [PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([gtk-doc >= $1],,
+                        AC_MSG_ERROR([You need to have gtk-doc >= $1 installed to build $PACKAGE_NAME]))])
+    dnl don't check for glib if we build glib
+    if test "x$PACKAGE_NAME" != "xglib"; then
+      dnl don't fail if someone does not have glib
+      PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTKDOC_DEPS, glib-2.0 >= 2.10.0 gobject-2.0  >= 2.10.0,,)
+    fi
+    dnl don't rely on sed being pulled in implicitly. Fixes Solaris build.
+    if test -z "$SED"; then
+      AC_PROG_SED
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build gtk-doc documentation])
+  AC_MSG_RESULT($enable_gtk_doc)
+
+  dnl enable/disable output formats
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE([gtk-doc-html],
+    AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-gtk-doc-html],
+                   [build documentation in html format [[default=yes]]]),,
+    [enable_gtk_doc_html=yes])
+    AC_ARG_ENABLE([gtk-doc-pdf],
+      AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-gtk-doc-pdf],
+                     [build documentation in pdf format [[default=no]]]),,
+      [enable_gtk_doc_pdf=no])
+
+  if test -z "$GTKDOC_MKPDF"; then
+    enable_gtk_doc_pdf=no
+  fi
+
+
+  AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_GTK_DOC], [test x$enable_gtk_doc = xyes])
+  AM_CONDITIONAL([GTK_DOC_BUILD_HTML], [test x$enable_gtk_doc_html = xyes])
+  AM_CONDITIONAL([GTK_DOC_BUILD_PDF], [test x$enable_gtk_doc_pdf = xyes])
+  AM_CONDITIONAL([GTK_DOC_USE_LIBTOOL], [test -n "$LIBTOOL"])
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/introspection.m4 b/validate/common/m4/introspection.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..589721c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/introspection.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+dnl -*- mode: autoconf -*-
+dnl Copyright 2009 Johan Dahlin
+dnl
+dnl This file is free software; the author(s) gives unlimited
+dnl permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
+dnl modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+dnl
+
+# serial 1
+
+m4_define([_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_CHECK_INTERNAL],
+[
+    AC_BEFORE([AC_PROG_LIBTOOL],[$0])dnl setup libtool first
+    AC_BEFORE([AM_PROG_LIBTOOL],[$0])dnl setup libtool first
+    AC_BEFORE([LT_INIT],[$0])dnl setup libtool first
+
+    dnl enable/disable introspection
+    m4_if([$2], [require],
+    [dnl
+        enable_introspection=yes
+    ],[dnl
+        AC_ARG_ENABLE(introspection,
+                  AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-introspection[=@<:@no/auto/yes@:>@]],
+                                 [Enable introspection for this build]),, 
+                                 [enable_introspection=auto])
+    ])dnl
+
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for gobject-introspection])
+
+    dnl presence/version checking
+    AS_CASE([$enable_introspection],
+    [no], [dnl
+        found_introspection="no (disabled, use --enable-introspection to enable)"
+    ],dnl
+    [yes],[dnl
+        PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([gobject-introspection-1.0],,
+                         AC_MSG_ERROR([gobject-introspection-1.0 is not installed]))
+        PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([gobject-introspection-1.0 >= $1],
+                         found_introspection=yes,
+                         AC_MSG_ERROR([You need to have gobject-introspection >= $1 installed to build AC_PACKAGE_NAME]))
+    ],dnl
+    [auto],[dnl
+        PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([gobject-introspection-1.0 >= $1], found_introspection=yes, found_introspection=no)
+    ],dnl
+    [dnl	
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([invalid argument passed to --enable-introspection, should be one of @<:@no/auto/yes@:>@])
+    ])dnl
+
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([$found_introspection])
+
+    INTROSPECTION_SCANNER=
+    INTROSPECTION_COMPILER=
+    INTROSPECTION_GENERATE=
+    INTROSPECTION_GIRDIR=
+    INTROSPECTION_TYPELIBDIR=
+    if test "x$found_introspection" = "xyes"; then
+       INTROSPECTION_SCANNER=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=g_ir_scanner gobject-introspection-1.0`
+       INTROSPECTION_COMPILER=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=g_ir_compiler gobject-introspection-1.0`
+       INTROSPECTION_GENERATE=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=g_ir_generate gobject-introspection-1.0`
+       INTROSPECTION_GIRDIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=girdir gobject-introspection-1.0`
+       INTROSPECTION_TYPELIBDIR="$($PKG_CONFIG --variable=typelibdir gobject-introspection-1.0)"
+       INTROSPECTION_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags gobject-introspection-1.0`
+       INTROSPECTION_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs gobject-introspection-1.0`
+       INTROSPECTION_MAKEFILE=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=datadir gobject-introspection-1.0`/gobject-introspection-1.0/Makefile.introspection
+    fi
+    AC_SUBST(INTROSPECTION_SCANNER)
+    AC_SUBST(INTROSPECTION_COMPILER)
+    AC_SUBST(INTROSPECTION_GENERATE)
+    AC_SUBST(INTROSPECTION_GIRDIR)
+    AC_SUBST(INTROSPECTION_TYPELIBDIR)
+    AC_SUBST(INTROSPECTION_CFLAGS)
+    AC_SUBST(INTROSPECTION_LIBS)
+    AC_SUBST(INTROSPECTION_MAKEFILE)
+
+    AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_INTROSPECTION, test "x$found_introspection" = "xyes")
+])
+
+
+dnl Usage:
+dnl   GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_CHECK([minimum-g-i-version])
+
+AC_DEFUN([GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_CHECK],
+[
+  _GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_CHECK_INTERNAL([$1])
+])
+
+dnl Usage:
+dnl   GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_REQUIRE([minimum-g-i-version])
+
+
+AC_DEFUN([GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_REQUIRE],
+[
+  _GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_CHECK_INTERNAL([$1], [require])
+])
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/orc.m4 b/validate/common/m4/orc.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26b2459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/orc.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+dnl pkg-config-based checks for Orc
+
+dnl specific:
+dnl ORC_CHECK([REQUIRED_VERSION])
+
+AC_DEFUN([ORC_CHECK],
+[
+  ORC_REQ=ifelse([$1], , "0.4.6", [$1])
+
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(orc,
+  AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-orc],[use Orc if installed]),
+  [case "${enableval}" in
+    auto) enable_orc=auto ;;
+    yes) enable_orc=yes ;;
+    no)  enable_orc=no ;;
+    *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-orc) ;;
+  esac
+  ],
+  [enable_orc=auto]) dnl Default value
+
+  if test "x$enable_orc" != "xno" ; then
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ORC, orc-0.4 >= $ORC_REQ, [
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ORC, 1, [Use Orc])
+      HAVE_ORC=yes
+      if test "x$ORCC" = "x" ; then
+        AC_MSG_CHECKING(for usable orcc)
+        ORCC=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=orcc orc-0.4`
+        dnl check whether the orcc found by pkg-config can be run from the build environment
+        dnl if this is not the case (e.g. when cross-compiling) fall back to orcc from PATH
+        AS_IF([$ORCC --version 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null], [], [ORCC=`which orcc`])
+        AC_MSG_RESULT($ORCC)
+      fi
+      AC_SUBST(ORCC)
+      ORCC_FLAGS="--compat $ORC_REQ"
+      AC_SUBST(ORCC_FLAGS)
+      AS_IF([test "x$ORCC" = "x"], [HAVE_ORCC=no], [HAVE_ORCC=yes])
+    ], [
+      if test "x$enable_orc" = "xyes" ; then
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([--enable-orc specified, but Orc >= $ORC_REQ not found])
+      fi
+      AC_DEFINE(DISABLE_ORC, 1, [Disable Orc])
+      HAVE_ORC=no
+      HAVE_ORCC=no
+    ])
+  else
+    AC_DEFINE(DISABLE_ORC, 1, [Disable Orc])
+    HAVE_ORC=no
+    HAVE_ORCC=no
+  fi
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_ORC, [test "x$HAVE_ORC" = "xyes"])
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_ORCC, [test "x$HAVE_ORCC" = "xyes"])
+
+]))
+
+AC_DEFUN([ORC_OUTPUT],
+[
+  if test "$HAVE_ORC" = yes ; then
+    printf "configure: *** Orc acceleration enabled.\n"
+  else
+    if test "x$enable_orc" = "xno" ; then
+      printf "configure: *** Orc acceleration disabled by --disable-orc.  Slower code paths\n"
+      printf "               will be used.\n"
+    else
+      printf "configure: *** Orc acceleration disabled.  Requires Orc >= $ORC_REQ, which was\n"
+      printf "               not found.  Slower code paths will be used.\n"
+    fi
+  fi
+  printf "\n"
+])
+
diff --git a/validate/common/m4/pkg.m4 b/validate/common/m4/pkg.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..996e294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/m4/pkg.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+# pkg.m4 - Macros to locate and utilise pkg-config.            -*- Autoconf -*-
+#
+# Copyright © 2004 Scott James Remnant .
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+#
+# As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you
+# distribute this file as part of a program that contains a
+# configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it under
+# the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that program.
+
+# PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG([MIN-VERSION])
+# ----------------------------------
+AC_DEFUN([PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG],
+[m4_pattern_forbid([^_?PKG_[A-Z_]+$])
+m4_pattern_allow([^PKG_CONFIG(_PATH)?$])
+AC_ARG_VAR([PKG_CONFIG], [path to pkg-config utility])dnl
+if test "x$ac_cv_env_PKG_CONFIG_set" != "xset"; then
+	AC_PATH_TOOL([PKG_CONFIG], [pkg-config])
+fi
+if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
+	_pkg_min_version=m4_default([$1], [0.9.0])
+	AC_MSG_CHECKING([pkg-config is at least version $_pkg_min_version])
+	if $PKG_CONFIG --atleast-pkgconfig-version $_pkg_min_version; then
+		AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+	else
+		AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+		PKG_CONFIG=""
+	fi
+
+fi[]dnl
+])# PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
+
+# PKG_CHECK_EXISTS(MODULES, [ACTION-IF-FOUND], [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND])
+#
+# Check to see whether a particular set of modules exists.  Similar
+# to PKG_CHECK_MODULES(), but does not set variables or print errors.
+#
+#
+# Similar to PKG_CHECK_MODULES, make sure that the first instance of
+# this or PKG_CHECK_MODULES is called, or make sure to call
+# PKG_CHECK_EXISTS manually
+# --------------------------------------------------------------
+AC_DEFUN([PKG_CHECK_EXISTS],
+[AC_REQUIRE([PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG])dnl
+if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
+    AC_RUN_LOG([$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "$1"]); then
+  m4_ifval([$2], [$2], [:])
+m4_ifvaln([$3], [else
+  $3])dnl
+fi])
+
+
+# _PKG_CONFIG([VARIABLE], [COMMAND], [MODULES])
+# ---------------------------------------------
+m4_define([_PKG_CONFIG],
+[if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
+    if test -n "$$1"; then
+        pkg_cv_[]$1="$$1"
+    else
+        PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([$3],
+                         [pkg_cv_[]$1=`$PKG_CONFIG --[]$2 "$3" 2>/dev/null`],
+			 [pkg_failed=yes])
+    fi
+else
+	pkg_failed=untried
+fi[]dnl
+])# _PKG_CONFIG
+
+# _PKG_SHORT_ERRORS_SUPPORTED
+# -----------------------------
+AC_DEFUN([_PKG_SHORT_ERRORS_SUPPORTED],
+[AC_REQUIRE([PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG])
+if $PKG_CONFIG --atleast-pkgconfig-version 0.20; then
+        _pkg_short_errors_supported=yes
+else
+        _pkg_short_errors_supported=no
+fi[]dnl
+])# _PKG_SHORT_ERRORS_SUPPORTED
+
+
+# PKG_CHECK_MODULES(VARIABLE-PREFIX, MODULES, [ACTION-IF-FOUND],
+# [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND])
+#
+#
+# Note that if there is a possibility the first call to
+# PKG_CHECK_MODULES might not happen, you should be sure to include an
+# explicit call to PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG in your configure.ac
+#
+#
+# --------------------------------------------------------------
+AC_DEFUN([PKG_CHECK_MODULES],
+[AC_REQUIRE([PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG])dnl
+AC_ARG_VAR([$1][_CFLAGS], [C compiler flags for $1, overriding pkg-config])dnl
+AC_ARG_VAR([$1][_LIBS], [linker flags for $1, overriding pkg-config])dnl
+
+pkg_failed=no
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for $1])
+
+_PKG_CONFIG([$1][_CFLAGS], [cflags], [$2])
+_PKG_CONFIG([$1][_LIBS], [libs], [$2])
+
+m4_define([_PKG_TEXT], [Alternatively, you may set the environment variables $1[]_CFLAGS
+and $1[]_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
+See the pkg-config man page for more details.])
+
+if test $pkg_failed = yes; then
+        _PKG_SHORT_ERRORS_SUPPORTED
+        if test $_pkg_short_errors_supported = yes; then
+	        $1[]_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --short-errors --errors-to-stdout --print-errors "$2"`
+        else
+	        $1[]_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --errors-to-stdout --print-errors "$2"`
+        fi
+	# Put the nasty error message in config.log where it belongs
+	echo "$$1[]_PKG_ERRORS" >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
+
+	ifelse([$4], , [AC_MSG_ERROR(dnl
+[Package requirements ($2) were not met:
+
+$$1_PKG_ERRORS
+
+Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
+installed software in a non-standard prefix.
+
+_PKG_TEXT
+])],
+		[AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+                $4])
+elif test $pkg_failed = untried; then
+	ifelse([$4], , [AC_MSG_FAILURE(dnl
+[The pkg-config script could not be found or is too old.  Make sure it
+is in your PATH or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable to the full
+path to pkg-config.
+
+_PKG_TEXT
+
+To get pkg-config, see .])],
+		[$4])
+else
+	$1[]_CFLAGS=$pkg_cv_[]$1[]_CFLAGS
+	$1[]_LIBS=$pkg_cv_[]$1[]_LIBS
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+	ifelse([$3], , :, [$3])
+fi[]dnl
+])# PKG_CHECK_MODULES
diff --git a/validate/common/mangle-tmpl.py b/validate/common/mangle-tmpl.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51ea8c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/mangle-tmpl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+# -*- Mode: Python -*-
+# vi:si:et:sw=4:sts=4:ts=4
+
+"""
+use the output from gst-xmlinspect.py to mangle tmpl/*.sgml and
+insert/overwrite Short Description and Long Description
+"""
+
+# FIXME: right now it uses pygst and scans on its own;
+# we really should use inspect/*.xml instead since the result of
+# gst-xmlinspect.py is committed by the docs maintainer, who can be
+# expected to have pygst, but this step should be done for every docs build,
+# so no pygst allowed
+
+# read in inspect/*.xml
+# for every tmpl/element-(name).xml: mangle with details from element
+
+from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
+
+import glob
+import re
+import sys
+import os
+
+class Tmpl:
+    def __init__(self, filename):
+        self.filename = filename
+        self._sectionids = []
+        self._sections = {}
+
+    def read(self):
+        """
+        Read and parse the sections from the given file.
+        """
+        lines = open(self.filename).readlines()
+        matcher = re.compile("\n")
+        id = None
+
+        for line in lines:
+            match = matcher.search(line)
+            if match:
+                id = match.expand("\\1")
+                self._sectionids.append(id)
+                self._sections[id] = []
+            else:
+                if not id:
+                    sys.stderr.write(
+                        "WARNING: line before a SECTION header: %s" % line)
+                else:
+                    self._sections[id].append(line)
+
+    def get_section(self, id):
+        """
+        Get the content from the given section.
+        """
+        return self._sections[id]
+
+    def set_section(self, id, content):
+        """
+        Replace the given section id with the given content.
+        """
+        self._sections[id] = content
+
+    def output(self):
+        """
+        Return the output of the current template in the tmpl/*.sgml format.
+        """
+        lines = []
+        for id in self._sectionids:
+            lines.append("\n" % id)
+            for line in self._sections[id]:
+                lines.append(line)
+
+        return "".join(lines)
+
+    def write(self, backup=False):
+        """
+        Write out the template file again, backing up the previous one.
+        """
+        if backup:
+            target = self.filename + ".mangle.bak"
+            os.rename(self.filename, target)
+
+        handle = open(self.filename, "w")
+        handle.write(self.output())
+        handle.close()
+
+import xml.dom.minidom
+
+def get_elements(file):
+    elements = {}
+    doc = xml.dom.minidom.parse(file)
+
+    elem = None
+    for e in doc.childNodes:
+        if e.nodeType == e.ELEMENT_NODE and e.localName == 'plugin':
+            elem = e
+            break
+    if elem == None:
+        return None
+
+    elem2 = None
+    for e in elem.childNodes:
+        if e.nodeType == e.ELEMENT_NODE and e.localName == 'elements':
+            elem2 = e
+            break
+    if elem2 == None:
+        return None
+
+    elem = elem2
+
+    for e in elem.childNodes:
+        if e.nodeType == e.ELEMENT_NODE and e.localName == 'element':
+            name = None
+            description = None
+
+            for e2 in e.childNodes:
+                if e2.nodeType == e2.ELEMENT_NODE and e2.localName == 'name':
+                    name = e2.childNodes[0].nodeValue.encode("UTF-8")
+                elif e2.nodeType == e2.ELEMENT_NODE and e2.localName == 'description':
+                    if e2.childNodes:
+                      description = e2.childNodes[0].nodeValue.encode("UTF-8")
+                    else:
+                      description = 'No description'
+
+            if name != None and description != None:
+                elements[name] = {'description': description}
+
+    return elements
+
+def main():
+    if not len(sys.argv) == 3:
+        sys.stderr.write('Please specify the inspect/ dir and the tmpl/ dir')
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    inspectdir = sys.argv[1]
+    tmpldir = sys.argv[2]
+
+    # parse all .xml files; build map of element name -> short desc
+    #for file in glob.glob("inspect/plugin-*.xml"):
+    elements = {}
+    for file in glob.glob("%s/plugin-*.xml" % inspectdir):
+        elements.update(get_elements(file))
+
+    for file in glob.glob("%s/element-*.sgml" % tmpldir):
+        base = os.path.basename(file)
+        element = base[len("element-"):-len(".sgml")]
+        tmpl = Tmpl(file)
+        tmpl.read()
+        if element in elements.keys():
+            description = elements[element]['description']
+            tmpl.set_section("Short_Description", "%s\n\n" % description)
+
+        # put in an include if not yet there
+        line = '' + \
+            '' + \
+            '\n'
+        section = tmpl.get_section("Long_Description")
+        if not section[0]  == line:
+            section.insert(0, line)
+        tmpl.set_section("Long_Description", section)
+        tmpl.write()
+
+main()
diff --git a/validate/common/orc.mak b/validate/common/orc.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a232b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/orc.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#
+# This is a makefile.am fragment to build Orc code.
+#
+# Define ORC_SOURCE and then include this file, such as:
+#
+#  ORC_SOURCE=gstadderorc
+#  include $(top_srcdir)/common/orc.mak
+#
+# This fragment will create tmp-orc.c and gstadderorc.h from
+# gstadderorc.orc.
+#
+# When 'make dist' is run at the top level, or 'make orc-update'
+# in a directory including this fragment, the generated source 
+# files will be copied to $(ORC_SOURCE)-dist.[ch].  These files
+# should be checked in to git, since they are used if Orc is
+# disabled.
+# 
+# Note that this file defines BUILT_SOURCES, so any later usage
+# of BUILT_SOURCES in the Makefile.am that includes this file
+# must use '+='.
+#
+
+
+EXTRA_DIST = $(ORC_SOURCE).orc
+
+ORC_NODIST_SOURCES = tmp-orc.c $(ORC_SOURCE).h
+BUILT_SOURCES = tmp-orc.c $(ORC_SOURCE).h
+
+
+orc-update: tmp-orc.c $(ORC_SOURCE).h
+	$(top_srcdir)/common/gst-indent tmp-orc.c
+	cp tmp-orc.c $(srcdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE)-dist.c
+	cp $(ORC_SOURCE).h $(srcdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE)-dist.h
+
+orcc_v_gen = $(orcc_v_gen_$(V))
+orcc_v_gen_ = $(orcc_v_gen_$(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY))
+orcc_v_gen_0 = @echo "  ORCC   $@";
+
+cp_v_gen = $(cp_v_gen_$(V))
+cp_v_gen_ = $(cp_v_gen_$(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY))
+cp_v_gen_0 = @echo "  CP     $@";
+
+if HAVE_ORCC
+tmp-orc.c: $(srcdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE).orc
+	$(orcc_v_gen)$(ORCC) $(ORCC_FLAGS) --implementation --include glib.h -o tmp-orc.c $(srcdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE).orc
+
+$(ORC_SOURCE).h: $(srcdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE).orc
+	$(orcc_v_gen)$(ORCC) $(ORCC_FLAGS) --header --include glib.h -o $(ORC_SOURCE).h $(srcdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE).orc
+else
+tmp-orc.c: $(srcdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE).orc $(srcdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE)-dist.c
+	$(cp_v_gen)cp $(srcdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE)-dist.c tmp-orc.c
+
+$(ORC_SOURCE).h: $(srcdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE).orc $(srcdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE)-dist.c
+	$(cp_v_gen)cp $(srcdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE)-dist.h $(ORC_SOURCE).h
+endif
+
+clean-local: clean-orc
+.PHONY: clean-orc
+clean-orc:
+	rm -f tmp-orc.c $(ORC_SOURCE).h
+
+dist-hook: dist-hook-orc
+.PHONY: dist-hook-orc
+
+# we try and copy updated orc -dist files below, but don't fail if it
+# doesn't work as the srcdir might not be writable
+dist-hook-orc: tmp-orc.c $(ORC_SOURCE).h
+	$(top_srcdir)/common/gst-indent tmp-orc.c
+	rm -f tmp-orc.c~
+	cmp -s tmp-orc.c $(srcdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE)-dist.c || \
+	  cp tmp-orc.c $(srcdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE)-dist.c || true
+	cmp -s $(ORC_SOURCE).h $(srcdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE)-dist.h || \
+	  cp $(ORC_SOURCE).h $(srcdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE)-dist.h || true
+	cp -p tmp-orc.c $(distdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE)-dist.c
+	cp -p $(ORC_SOURCE).h $(distdir)/$(ORC_SOURCE)-dist.h
+
diff --git a/validate/common/parallel-subdirs.mak b/validate/common/parallel-subdirs.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36885df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/parallel-subdirs.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# include this at the end of $MODULE/ext/Makefile.am to force make to
+# build subdirectories in parallel when make -jN is used. We will end up
+# descending into all subdirectories a second time, but only after the first
+# (parallel) run has finished, so it should go right through the second time.
+
+.PHONY: independent-subdirs $(SUBDIRS)
+
+independent-subdirs: $(SUBDIRS)
+
+$(SUBDIRS):
+	$(MAKE) -C $@
+
+all-recursive: independent-subdirs
diff --git a/validate/common/plugins.xsl b/validate/common/plugins.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60515b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/plugins.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+ 
+
+
+
+
+
+
+  
+    
+      
+        
+          -plugins-
+          
+        
+      
+      
+        
+      
+    
+    
+    
+    
+
+      
+        
+          Element Information
+          
+
+            
+            
+              plugin
+              
+                
+                  
+                    plugin-
+                    
+                  
+                
+              
+            
+
+            
+              author
+              
+                
+              
+            
+
+            
+              class
+              
+                
+              
+            
+
+           
+         
+
+        
+          Element Pads
+          
+          
+            
+              
+                name
+                
+                  
+                
+              
+
+              
+                direction
+                
+                  
+                
+              
+
+              
+                presence
+                
+                  
+                
+              
+
+              
+                
+                  
+                    details
+                  
+                  
+                    
+                  
+                
+              
+
+             
+
+            
+
+          
+         
+       
+
+    
+  
+
+  
+    
+      -plugins-plugin-
+
+      
+        
+          
+        
+        3
+        FIXME Library
+       
+
+      
+        
+          
+        
+
+        
+          
+            plugin-
+          
+          
+        
+      
+
+      
+        Plugin Information
+        
+
+          
+            filename
+            
+              
+            
+          
+
+          
+            version
+            
+              
+            
+          
+
+          
+            run-time license
+            
+              
+            
+          
+
+          
+            package
+            
+              
+            
+          
+
+          
+            origin
+            
+              
+                
+                
+                  
+                    
+                      
+                      
+                    
+                  
+                  
+                    
+                  
+                
+              
+            
+          
+
+        
+      
+
+      
+        Elements
+        
+        
+          
+        
+      
+
+    
+
+  
+
+  
+  
+
+
diff --git a/validate/common/po.mak b/validate/common/po.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e019fac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/po.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# rule to download the latest .po files
+download-po: $(top_srcdir)/common/download-translations
+	$(top_srcdir)/common/download-translations $(PACKAGE)
+
diff --git a/validate/common/release.mak b/validate/common/release.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..715657b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/release.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# include this snippet to add a common release: target by using
+# include $(top_srcdir)/common/release.mak
+
+release: dist
+	@$(MAKE) $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.xz.sha256sum
+	@echo
+	@echo "================================================================================================="
+	@echo "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/$(PACKAGE)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.xz"
+	@cat $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.xz.sha256sum
+	@echo "================================================================================================="
+	@if [ -d ~/releases/ ]; then \
+	  cp -v $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.xz ~/releases/; \
+	fi
+	@if [ -d ../www/data/src ]; then \
+	  mv -v $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.xz ../www/data/src/$(PACKAGE)/ ; \
+	  mv -v $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.xz.sha256sum ../www/data/src/$(PACKAGE)/ ; \
+	fi
+	@echo "================================================================================================="
+
+# generate sha256 sum files
+%.sha256sum: %
+	@sha256sum $< > $@
+
+# check that no marshal or enumtypes files are included
+# this in turn ensures that distcheck fails for missing .list files which is currently
+# shadowed when the corresponding .c and .h files are included.
+distcheck-hook:
+	@test "x" = "x`find $(distdir) -name \*-enumtypes.[ch] | grep -v win32`" && \
+	test "x" = "x`find $(distdir) -name \*-marshal.[ch]`" || \
+	( echo "*** Leftover enumtypes or marshal files in the tarball." && \
+	  echo "*** Make sure the following files are not disted:" && \
+	  find $(distdir) -name \*-enumtypes.[ch] | grep -v win32 && \
+	  find $(distdir) -name \*-marshal.[ch] && \
+	  false )
diff --git a/validate/common/scangobj-merge.py b/validate/common/scangobj-merge.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..46736b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/scangobj-merge.py
@@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- Mode: Python -*-
+# vi:si:et:sw=4:sts=4:ts=4
+
+"""
+parse, merge and write gstdoc-scanobj files
+"""
+
+from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
+
+import codecs
+import os
+import sys
+
+def debug(*args):
+    pass
+
+# OrderedDict class based on
+# http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/107747
+# Licensed under the Python License
+class OrderedDict(dict):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._keys = []
+        dict.__init__(self)
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key):
+        dict.__delitem__(self, key)
+        self._keys.remove(key)
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, item):
+        dict.__setitem__(self, key, item)
+        if key not in self._keys: self._keys.append(key)
+
+    def clear(self):
+        dict.clear(self)
+        self._keys = []
+
+    def copy(self):
+        dict = dict.copy(self)
+        dict._keys = self._keys[:]
+        return dict
+
+    def items(self):
+        return zip(self._keys, self.values())
+
+    def keys(self):
+        return self._keys
+
+    def popitem(self):
+        try:
+            key = self._keys[-1]
+        except IndexError:
+            raise KeyError('dictionary is empty')
+
+        val = self[key]
+        del self[key]
+
+        return (key, val)
+
+    def setdefault(self, key, failobj = None):
+        dict.setdefault(self, key, failobj)
+        if key not in self._keys: self._keys.append(key)
+
+    def update(self, dict):
+        dict.update(self, dict)
+        for key in dict.keys():
+            if key not in self._keys: self._keys.append(key)
+
+    def values(self):
+        return map(self.get, self._keys)
+
+class Object:
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        self._signals = OrderedDict()
+        self._args = OrderedDict()
+        self.name = name
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "" % self.name
+
+    def add_signal(self, signal, overwrite=True):
+        if not overwrite and signal.name in self._signals:
+            raise IndexError("signal %s already in %r" % (signal.name, self))
+        self._signals[signal.name] = signal
+
+    def add_arg(self, arg, overwrite=True):
+        if not overwrite and arg.name in self._args:
+            raise IndexError("arg %s already in %r" % (arg.name, self))
+        self._args[arg.name] = arg
+
+class Docable:
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        for key in self.attrs:
+            setattr(self, key, kwargs[key])
+        self.dict = kwargs
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<%r %s>" % (str(self.__class__), self.name)
+
+class Signal(Docable):
+    attrs = ['name', 'returns', 'args']
+
+class Arg(Docable):
+    attrs = ['name', 'type', 'range', 'flags', 'nick', 'blurb', 'default']
+
+class GDoc:
+    def load_file(self, filename):
+        try:
+            lines = codecs.open(filename, encoding='utf-8').readlines()
+            self.load_data("".join(lines))
+        except IOError:
+            print ("WARNING - could not read from %s" % filename)
+        except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
+            print ("WARNING - could not parse %s: %s" % (filename, e))
+
+    def save_file(self, filename, backup=False):
+        """
+        Save the information to the given file if the file content changed.
+        """
+        olddata = None
+        try:
+            lines = codecs.open(filename, encoding='utf-8').readlines()
+            olddata = "".join(lines)
+        except IOError:
+            print ("WARNING - could not read from %s" % filename)
+        newdata = self.get_data()
+        if olddata and olddata == newdata:
+            return
+
+        if olddata:
+            if backup:
+                os.rename(filename, filename + '.bak')
+
+        handle = codecs.open(filename, "w", encoding='utf-8')
+        handle.write(newdata)
+        handle.close()
+
+class Signals(GDoc):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._objects = OrderedDict()
+
+    def load_data(self, data):
+        """
+        Load the .signals lines, creating our list of objects and signals.
+        """
+        import re
+        smatcher = re.compile(
+            '(?s)'                                      # make . match \n
+            '\n(.*?)\n'
+            )
+        nmatcher = re.compile(
+            ''
+            '(?P\S*)'                           # store object
+            '::'
+            '(?P\S*)'                           # store signal
+            ''
+        )
+        rmatcher = re.compile(
+            '(?s)'                                      # make . match \n
+            '(?P\S*)\n'     # store returns
+            '(?P.*)'                              # store args
+        )
+        for block in smatcher.findall(data):
+            nmatch = nmatcher.search(block)
+            if nmatch:
+                o = nmatch.group('object')
+                debug("Found object", o)
+                debug("Found signal", nmatch.group('signal'))
+                if o not in self._objects:
+                    object = Object(o)
+                    self._objects[o] = object
+
+                rmatch = rmatcher.search(block)
+                if rmatch:
+                    dict = rmatch.groupdict().copy()
+                    dict['name'] = nmatch.group('signal')
+                    signal = Signal(**dict)
+                    self._objects[o].add_signal(signal)
+
+    def get_data(self):
+        lines = []
+        for o in self._objects.values():
+            for s in o._signals.values():
+                block = """
+%(object)s::%(name)s
+%(returns)s
+%(args)s
+"""
+                d = s.dict.copy()
+                d['object'] = o.name
+                lines.append(block % d)
+
+        return "\n".join(lines) + '\n'
+
+class Args(GDoc):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._objects = OrderedDict()
+
+    def load_data(self, data):
+        """
+        Load the .args lines, creating our list of objects and args.
+        """
+        import re
+        amatcher = re.compile(
+            '(?s)'                                      # make . match \n
+            '\n(.*?)\n'
+            )
+        nmatcher = re.compile(
+            ''
+            '(?P\S*)'                           # store object
+            '::'
+            '(?P\S*)'                              # store arg
+            ''
+        )
+        rmatcher = re.compile(
+            '(?s)'                                      # make . match \n
+            '(?P\S*)\n'              # store type
+            '(?P.*?)\n'           # store range
+            '(?P\S*)\n'           # store flags
+            '(?P.*?)\n'              # store nick
+            '(?P.*?)\n'           # store blurb
+            '(?P.*?)\n'     # store default
+        )
+        for block in amatcher.findall(data):
+            nmatch = nmatcher.search(block)
+            if nmatch:
+                o = nmatch.group('object')
+                debug("Found object", o)
+                debug("Found arg", nmatch.group('arg'))
+                if o not in self._objects:
+                    object = Object(o)
+                    self._objects[o] = object
+
+                rmatch = rmatcher.search(block)
+                if rmatch:
+                    dict = rmatch.groupdict().copy()
+                    dict['name'] = nmatch.group('arg')
+                    arg = Arg(**dict)
+                    self._objects[o].add_arg(arg)
+                else:
+                    print ("ERROR: could not match arg from block %s" % block)
+
+    def get_data(self):
+        lines = []
+        for o in self._objects.values():
+            for a in o._args.values():
+                block = """
+%(object)s::%(name)s
+%(type)s
+%(range)s
+%(flags)s
+%(nick)s
+%(blurb)s
+%(default)s
+
+"""
+                d = a.dict.copy()
+                d['object'] = o.name
+                lines.append(block % d)
+
+        return "\n".join(lines) + '\n'
+
+class SingleLine(GDoc):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._objects = []
+
+    def load_data(self, data):
+        """
+        Load the .interfaces/.prerequisites lines, merge duplicates
+        """
+        # split data on '\n'
+        lines = data.splitlines();
+        # merge them into self._objects
+        for line in lines:
+            if line not in self._objects:
+                self._objects.append(line)
+
+    def get_data(self):
+        lines = sorted(self._objects)
+        return "\n".join(lines) + '\n'
+
+def main(argv):
+    modulename = None
+    try:
+        modulename = argv[1]
+    except IndexError:
+        sys.stderr.write('Please provide a documentation module name\n')
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    signals = Signals()
+    signals.load_file(modulename + '.signals')
+    signals.load_file(modulename + '.signals.new')
+    signals.save_file(modulename + '.signals', backup=True)
+    os.unlink(modulename + '.signals.new')
+
+    args = Args()
+    args.load_file(modulename + '.args')
+    args.load_file(modulename + '.args.new')
+    args.save_file(modulename + '.args', backup=True)
+    os.unlink(modulename + '.args.new')
+
+    ifaces = SingleLine()
+    ifaces.load_file(modulename + '.interfaces')
+    ifaces.load_file(modulename + '.interfaces.new')
+    ifaces.save_file(modulename + '.interfaces', backup=True)
+    os.unlink(modulename + '.interfaces.new')
+
+    prereq = SingleLine()
+    prereq.load_file(modulename + '.prerequisites')
+    prereq.load_file(modulename + '.prerequisites.new')
+    prereq.save_file(modulename + '.prerequisites', backup=True)
+    os.unlink(modulename + '.prerequisites.new')
+
+main(sys.argv)
diff --git a/validate/common/update-autogen b/validate/common/update-autogen
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d267556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/update-autogen
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ ! -f "common/update-autogen" ]; then
+  echo "Run ./common/update-autogen from the top-level source directory of a GStreamer module";
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+if ! ls -1 *.doap 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
+  echo "Could not find *.doap file";
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+PACKAGE=`ls -1 *.doap | head -n1 | sed -e 's/.doap$//'`
+
+#echo "Package: $PACKAGE"
+
+DIR=`mktemp -d`
+if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
+  echo "Could not create temp dir";
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+TEMP_AUTOGEN_SH="$DIR/autogen.sh"
+echo "\
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# $PACKAGE autogen.sh
+#
+# Run this to generate all the initial makefiles, etc.
+#
+# This file has been generated from common/autogen.sh.in via common/update-autogen
+
+" > $TEMP_AUTOGEN_SH
+
+sed \
+    -e "s/@API_VERSION@/1.0/g" \
+    -e "s/@PACKAGE@/$PACKAGE/g" \
+    -e "s/@SRCFILE@/$PACKAGE.doap/g" < common/autogen.sh.in >> $TEMP_AUTOGEN_SH
+
+chmod +x $TEMP_AUTOGEN_SH
+
+mv $TEMP_AUTOGEN_SH autogen.sh || {
+  echo "Failed to update autogen.sh"
+  exit 1;
+}
+rmdir $DIR
+
+echo "Updated $PACKAGE autogen.sh"
diff --git a/validate/common/update-common b/validate/common/update-common
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3bb4549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/update-common
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This script will update all the modules listed below so that
+# common points to master in the common module.
+#
+# If you have many of the GStreamer modules checked out in a particular
+# directory, it's best to run this script from that directory.  For
+# example, I check everything out in ~/gst, so this file is
+# ~/gst/common/update-common.  To do an update, I do
+# 'cd ~/gst ; ./common/update-common'.  This will automatically use
+# the refs in your existing checkout when cloning the temporary
+# checkout.  Alternatively, you can use the reference variable below.
+#
+# Options:
+#
+#   --dry-run : pass --dry-run to git push, don't actually push the changes
+#   --keep    : keep temporary checkouts around instead of deleting them
+
+# Set this variable to point to any directory containing existing
+# git # checkouts, and git will pull objects from there, decreasing
+# network usage.
+BRANCH=master
+reference=~/gst
+PUSHURL=ssh://git.freedesktop.org/git/gstreamer
+DRY_RUN=
+KEEP=no
+COMMON_COMMIT=
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+modules="gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-bad \
+	gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav gst-omx \
+	gst-rtsp-server gst-editing-services"
+
+topdir=`pwd`
+dir=`mktemp -d $topdir/common-update-XXXXXX`
+
+# process command line arguments
+set +x
+for arg in $@
+do
+  case $arg in
+    --dry-run)
+      DRY_RUN="--dry-run";
+      ;;
+    --keep)
+      KEEP="yes";
+      ;;
+    --commit=*)
+      COMMON_COMMIT="${arg#*=}";
+      DRY_RUN="--dry-run";
+      KEEP="yes";
+      ;;
+    --help)
+      echo
+      echo "update-common supported command line options:"
+      echo
+      echo " --dry-run   Don't actually push changes to the repository, use git push --dry-run"
+      echo
+      echo " --keep      Don't delete temporary git checkout used for update operation, keep it around"
+      echo
+      echo " --commit=REF  Update common to commit reference REF (for local testing, implies --dry-run --keep)"
+      echo
+      exit 0;
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Unknown command line argument $arg"
+      echo "Supported: --dry-run, --keep"
+      exit 1;
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+set -x
+
+# create temporary checkouts of the modules
+for module in $modules
+do
+  cd $dir
+  if test -e $reference/$module/.git ; then
+    pushd $reference/$module
+    PUSHURL=`git config remote.origin.url | sed 's@\(git/gstreamer\).*@\1@'`
+    popd
+    git clone --reference $reference/$module/.git --shared ssh://git.freedesktop.org/git/gstreamer/$module
+  elif test -e $topdir/$module/.git ; then
+    pushd $topdir/$module
+    PUSHURL=`git config remote.origin.url | sed 's@\(git/gstreamer\).*@\1@'`
+    popd
+    git clone --reference $topdir/$module/.git --shared $PUSHURL/$module
+  else
+    git clone $PUSHURL/$module
+  fi
+  cd $dir/$module
+
+  # ignore modules that don't have such a branch
+  if ! git show-ref origin/$BRANCH >/dev/null; then
+    continue;
+  fi
+
+  if test $BRANCH = 'master'; then
+    git checkout $BRANCH
+  else
+    git checkout -b $BRANCH origin/$BRANCH
+  fi
+
+  git submodule init
+
+  # avoid downloading common submodule by re-using existing common checkout
+  if test -e $reference/common/.git ; then
+    git submodule update --reference $reference/common -- common
+  elif test -e $topdir/common/.git ; then
+    git submodule update --reference $topdir/common -- common
+  else
+    git submodule update
+  fi
+
+  # avoid downloading libav submodule by re-using existing checkout
+  if test "$module" = "gst-libav"; then
+    if test -e $reference/gst-libav/gst-libs/ext/libav/.git ; then
+      git submodule update --reference $reference/gst-libav/gst-libs/ext/libav -- gst-libs/ext/gst-libav
+    elif test -e $topdir/gst-libav/gst-libs/ext/libav/.git ; then
+      git submodule update --reference $topdir/gst-libav/gst-libs/ext/libav/ -- gst-libs/ext/libav
+    else
+      git submodule update
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  # for good measure in case there are any other submodules anywhere
+  git submodule update
+
+  cd $dir/$module/common
+  ref_from=`git log --pretty=format:%h -n 1 HEAD`
+  if test $BRANCH = 'master'; then
+    git checkout $BRANCH
+  else
+    git checkout -b $BRANCH origin/$BRANCH
+  fi
+  git pull origin
+  if [ -n "$COMMON_COMMIT" ] ; then
+    echo "Forcing common to commit $COMMON_COMMIT";
+    git reset --hard $COMMON_COMMIT || {
+      echo "Failed to git reset to $COMMON_COMMIT";
+      exit 1;
+    }
+  fi
+  ref_to=`git log --pretty=format:%h -n 1 HEAD`
+  echo updating common from $ref_from to $ref_to
+  if [ "$ref_from" != "$ref_to" ] ; then
+    cd $dir/$module
+    # update autogen.sh for selected modules
+    case $module in
+      gstreamer|gst-plugins-base|gst-plugins-good|gst-plugins-ugly|gst-plugins-bad|gst-libav|gst-editing-services|gst-rtsp-server|gst-omx )
+        ./common/update-autogen
+        git add autogen.sh
+        ;;
+      *)
+        ;;
+    esac
+    # update README and MAINTAINERS for selected modules
+    case $module in
+      gstreamer|gst-plugins-base|gst-plugins-good|gst-plugins-ugly|gst-plugins-bad )
+        ./common/update-readmes --run-git-add
+        ;;
+      *)
+        ;;
+    esac
+    # and finally update the common submodule
+    git add common
+    git commit -m "Automatic update of common submodule
+
+From $ref_from to $ref_to"
+  fi
+  cd $dir
+done
+
+for module in $modules
+do
+  cd $dir/$module
+  if git show-ref origin/$BRANCH >/dev/null; then
+    git push $DRY_RUN origin $BRANCH
+  fi
+done
+
+# delete temporary checkouts again
+if test "x$KEEP" != "xyes"; then
+  rm -rf $dir
+fi
diff --git a/validate/common/update-readmes b/validate/common/update-readmes
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1eb9912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/update-readmes
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# update-readmes
+#
+# Updates a module's README and MAINTAINERS files from the copy in the
+# common submodule.
+
+README_FILES="README README.static-linking MAINTAINERS"
+
+if [ ! -f "common/update-readmes" -o ! -f configure.ac ]; then
+  echo "Run ./common/update-readmes from the top-level source directory of a GStreamer module";
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+MAJOR_VERSION=`grep '^AC_INIT' configure.ac | sed -e 's/[^0-9]*\([0-9]\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
+MINOR_VERSION=`grep '^AC_INIT' configure.ac | sed -e 's/[^0-9]*\([0-9]\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\2/'`
+
+if test x$MAJOR_VERSION = x -o x$MINOR_VERSION = x ; then
+  echo "Failed to extract major/minor version";
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+let m=$MINOR_VERSION%2
+if test $m = 0; then
+  SERIES_VERSION="$MAJOR_VERSION.$MINOR_VERSION.x stable series"
+else
+  SERIES_VERSION="$MAJOR_VERSION.$MINOR_VERSION.x development series"
+fi
+#echo "$SERIES_VERSION"
+
+for f in $README_FILES ; do
+ cp --preserve "common/$f" $f || {
+   echo "Failed to update $f"
+   exit 1;
+ }
+done
+
+sed -i "s/@SERIES_VERSION@/$SERIES_VERSION/g" README
+
+if test x$1 = "x--run-git-add"; then
+  git add $README_FILES;
+fi
diff --git a/validate/common/upload-doc.mak b/validate/common/upload-doc.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1c4945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/upload-doc.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# this snippet is to be included by both our docbook manuals
+# and gtk-doc API references
+
+# it adds an upload target to each of these dir's Makefiles
+
+# each Makefile.am should define the following variables:
+# - DOC: the base name of the documentation
+#        (faq, manual, pwg, gstreamer, gstreamer-libs)
+# - FORMATS: the formats in which DOC is output
+#            (html ps pdf)
+
+# if you want to use it, make sure your $HOME/.ssh/config file contains the
+# correct User entry for the Host entry for the DOC_SERVER
+
+# these variables define the location of the online docs
+DOC_SERVER = gstreamer.freedesktop.org
+DOC_BASE = /srv/gstreamer.freedesktop.org/www/data/doc
+DOC_URL = $(DOC_SERVER):$(DOC_BASE)
+
+upload: $(FORMATS)
+	@if echo $(FORMATS) | grep html > /dev/null; then \
+	  echo "Preparing docs for upload (rebasing cross-references) ..." ; \
+	  if test x$(builddir) != x$(srcdir); then \
+	    echo "make upload can only be used if srcdir == builddir"; \
+	    exit 1; \
+	  fi; \
+	  # gtkdoc-rebase sometimes gets confused, so reset everything to \
+	  # local links before rebasing to online links                   \
+	  gtkdoc-rebase --html-dir=$(builddir)/html 2>/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; \
+	  rebase=`gtkdoc-rebase --verbose --online --html-dir=$(builddir)/html` ; \
+	  echo "$$rebase" | grep -e "On-*line"; \
+	  for req in glib gobject gstreamer gstreamer-libs gst-plugins-base-libs; do \
+	    if ! ( echo "$$rebase" | grep -i -e "On-*line.*/$$req/" ); then \
+	      echo "===============================================================================" ; \
+	      echo " Could not determine online location for $$req docs. Cross-referencing will be " ; \
+	      echo " broken, so not uploading. Make sure the library's gtk-doc documentation is    " ; \
+	      echo " installed somewhere in /usr/share/gtk-doc.                                    " ; \
+	      echo "===============================================================================" ; \
+	      exit 1; \
+	    fi; \
+	  done; \
+	  export SRC="$$SRC html"; \
+	fi; \
+	if echo $(FORMATS) | grep ps > /dev/null; then export SRC="$$SRC $(DOC).ps"; fi; \
+	if echo $(FORMATS) | grep pdf > /dev/null; then export SRC="$$SRC $(DOC).pdf"; fi; \
+	\
+	# upload releases to both X.Y/ and head/ subdirectories \
+	export DIR=$(DOC_BASE)/gstreamer/$(PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR).$(PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR)/$(DOC); \
+	echo Uploading $$SRC to $(DOC_SERVER):$$DIR; \
+	ssh $(DOC_SERVER) mkdir -p $$DIR; \
+	rsync -rv -e ssh --delete $$SRC $(DOC_SERVER):$$DIR; \
+	ssh $(DOC_SERVER) chmod -R g+w $$DIR; \
+	\
+	export DIR=$(DOC_BASE)/gstreamer/head/$(DOC); \
+	echo Uploading $$SRC to $(DOC_SERVER):$$DIR; \
+	ssh $(DOC_SERVER) mkdir -p $$DIR; \
+	rsync -rv -e ssh --delete $$SRC $(DOC_SERVER):$$DIR; \
+	ssh $(DOC_SERVER) chmod -R g+w $$DIR; \
+	\
+	if echo $(FORMATS) | grep html > /dev/null; then \
+	  echo "Un-preparing docs for upload (rebasing cross-references) ..." ; \
+	  gtkdoc-rebase --html-dir=$(builddir)/html ; \
+	fi; \
+	echo Done
diff --git a/validate/common/win32.mak b/validate/common/win32.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30e347e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/common/win32.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# various tests to make sure we dist the win32 stuff (for MSVC builds) right
+
+# the MANIFEST contains all win32 related files that should be disted
+win32 = $(shell cat $(top_srcdir)/win32/MANIFEST)
+
+# wildcard is apparently not portable to other makes, hence the use of find
+# these are library .def files with the symbols to export
+win32defs = $(shell find $(top_srcdir)/win32/common -name '*.def')
+
+# wildcard is apparently not portable to other makes, hence the use of find
+# these are files that need to be disted with CRLF line endings:
+win32crlf = $(shell find $(top_srcdir)/win32 -name '*.dsw' -o -name '*.dsp')
+
+win32-debug:
+	@echo; \
+	echo win32     = $(win32); \
+	echo; \
+	echo win32defs = $(win32defs); \
+	echo; \
+	echo win32crlf = $(win32crlf); \
+	echo
+
+win32-check-crlf:
+	@echo Checking win32 files for CR LF line endings ...; \
+	fail=0 ; \
+	for each in $(win32crlf) ; do \
+	  result=`perl -e 'print grep(/\r\n/,<>)' "$$each" | wc -l`; \
+	  if test "$$result" = 0 ; then \
+	    echo $$each must be fixed to have CRLF line endings ; \
+	    fail=1; \
+	  fi ; \
+	done ; \
+	exit $$fail
+
+# make sure all symbols we export on linux are defined in the win32 .def too
+# (don't care about other unixes for now, it's enough if it works on one of
+# the linux build bots; we assume .so )
+check-exports:
+	@fail=0 ; \
+	for l in $(win32defs); do \
+	  libbase=`basename "$$l" ".def"`; \
+	  libso=`find "$(top_builddir)" -name "$$libbase-@GST_API_VERSION@.so" | grep -v /_build/ | head -n1`; \
+	  libdef="$(top_srcdir)/win32/common/$$libbase.def"; \
+	  if test "x$$libso" != "x"; then \
+	    echo Checking symbols in $$libso; \
+	    if ! ($(top_srcdir)/common/check-exports $$libdef $$libso) ; then \
+	      fail=1; \
+	    fi; \
+	  fi; \
+	done ; \
+	if test $$fail != 0; then \
+	  echo '-----------------------------------------------------------'; \
+	  echo 'Run this to update the .def files:'; \
+	  echo 'make update-exports'; \
+	  echo '-----------------------------------------------------------'; \
+	fi; \
+	exit $$fail
+
+update-exports:
+	make check-exports 2>&1 | patch -p1
+	git add win32/common/libgst*.def
+	git diff --cached -- win32/common/
+	echo '^^^--- updated and staged changes above'
+
+# complain about nonportable printf format strings (%lld, %llu, %zu etc.)
+check-nonportable-print-format:
+	@fail=0 ; \
+	loc=`find "$(top_srcdir)" -name '*.c' | xargs grep -n -e '%[0-9]*ll[udx]' -e '%[0-9]*z[udx]'`; \
+	if test "x$$loc" != "x"; then \
+	  echo "Please fix the following print format strings:" ; \
+	  find "$(top_srcdir)" -name '*.c' | xargs grep -n -e '%[0-9]*ll[udx]' -e '%[0-9]*z[udx]'; \
+	  fail=1; \
+	fi; \
+	exit $$fail
+
+dist-hook: check-exports win32-check-crlf
+
+
diff --git a/validate/configure.ac b/validate/configure.ac
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2db82ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,348 @@
+AC_PREREQ(2.62)
+dnl initialize autoconf
+dnl when going to/from release please set the nano (fourth number) right !
+dnl releases only do Wall, cvs and prerelease does Werror too
+AC_INIT(Gst-Validate, 1.5.2.1,
+    http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer,
+    gst-validate)
+AG_GST_INIT
+
+dnl initialize automake
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wno-portability 1.11 no-dist-gzip dist-xz tar-ustar])
+
+dnl define PACKAGE_VERSION_* variables
+AS_VERSION
+
+dnl check if this is a release version
+AS_NANO(GST_GIT="no", GST_GIT="yes")
+
+dnl can autoconf find the source ?
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([tools/gst-validate.c])
+
+dnl define the output header for config
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+
+dnl AM_MAINTAINER_MODE only provides the option to configure to enable it
+AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([enable])
+
+dnl sets host_* variables
+AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+
+dnl use pretty build output with automake >= 1.11
+m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES],[AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])],
+  [AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY=1
+   AC_SUBST(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY)])
+
+dnl our libraries and install dirs use major.minor as a version
+dnl GST_API_VERSION=$PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR.$PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR
+dnl we override it here if we need to for the release candidate of new series
+GST_API_VERSION=1.0
+AC_SUBST(GST_API_VERSION)
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_API_VERSION, "$GST_API_VERSION",
+      [GStreamer API Version])
+
+AS_LIBTOOL(GST, 0, 0, 0)
+
+dnl *** required versions of GStreamer stuff ***
+GST_REQ=1.0.0
+GSTPB_REQ=1.0.0
+
+dnl *** autotools stuff ****
+
+dnl allow for different autotools
+AS_AUTOTOOLS_ALTERNATE
+
+dnl Add parameters for aclocal
+AC_SUBST(ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS, "-I m4 -I common/m4")
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+
+dnl set up gettext
+dnl the version check needs to stay here because autopoint greps for it
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.17])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
+AG_GST_GETTEXT([gst-validate-$GST_API_VERSION])
+
+dnl Check wether to build LDPRELOAD related code or not
+AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+case $host_os in
+  mingw* | msvc* | mks*)
+    BUILD_LDPRELOAD=no ;;
+  *)
+    BUILD_LDPRELOAD=yes ;;
+esac
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_LD_PRELOAD, test "x$BUILD_LDPRELOAD" = "xyes")
+
+dnl *** check for arguments to configure ***
+
+AG_GST_ARG_DEBUG
+AG_GST_ARG_VALGRIND
+AG_GST_ARG_GCOV
+AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PACKAGE_NAME
+AG_GST_ARG_WITH_PACKAGE_ORIGIN
+
+AG_GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+
+dnl *** checks for platform ***
+
+dnl * hardware/architecture *
+
+dnl *** checks for programs ***
+
+dnl find a compiler
+AC_PROG_CC
+AM_PROG_CC_C_O
+
+AC_PATH_PROG(VALGRIND_PATH, valgrind, no)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_VALGRIND, test ! "x$VALGRIND_PATH" = "xno")
+
+dnl check for gobject-introspection
+GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_CHECK([0.6.3])
+
+dnl check for documentation tools
+AG_GST_DOCBOOK_CHECK
+GTK_DOC_CHECK([1.3])
+
+
+AC_CHECK_PROG(enable_sphinx_doc, sphinx-build, yes, no)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SPHINHX, test ! "x$enable_sphinx_doc" = "xno")
+
+dnl *** checks for libraries ***
+
+dnl *** checks for header files ***
+
+dnl *** checks for types/defines ***
+
+dnl *** checks for structures ***
+
+dnl *** checks for compiler characteristics ***
+
+dnl *** checks for library functions ***
+
+dnl *** checks for dependancy libraries ***
+
+dnl check for libm
+LT_LIB_M
+AC_SUBST(LIBM)
+
+dnl GLib is required
+GLIB_REQ=2.36.0
+AC_SUBST([GLIB_REQ])
+AG_GST_GLIB_CHECK([$GLIB_REQ])
+
+dnl checks for gstreamer
+dnl uninstalled is selected preferentially -- see pkg-config(1)
+AG_GST_CHECK_GST($GST_API_VERSION, [$GST_REQ], [yes])
+
+GST_TOOLS_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=toolsdir gstreamer-$GST_API_VERSION`
+if test -z $GST_TOOLS_DIR; then
+  AC_MSG_ERROR([no tools dir defined in GStreamer pkg-config file; core upgrade needed.])
+fi
+AC_SUBST(GST_TOOLS_DIR)
+
+GST_PLUGINS_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG gstreamer-$GST_API_VERSION --variable pluginsdir`
+AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGINS_DIR)
+AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using GStreamer Core Plugins in $GST_PLUGINS_DIR)
+
+AG_GST_CHECK_GST_BASE($GST_API_VERSION, [$GST_REQ], [yes])
+
+AG_GST_CHECK_GST_PLUGINS_BASE($GST_API_VERSION, [$GSTPB_REQ], [yes])
+GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG gstreamer-plugins-base-$GST_API_VERSION --variable pluginsdir`
+AC_SUBST(GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR)
+AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using GStreamer Base Plugins in $GSTPB_PLUGINS_DIR)
+
+dnl check for gstreamer-pbutils
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GST_PBUTILS, gstreamer-pbutils-$GST_API_VERSION, HAVE_GST_PBUTILS="yes", HAVE_GST_PBUTILS="no")
+if test "x$HAVE_GST_PBUTILS" != "xyes"; then
+  AC_ERROR([gst-pbutils is required])
+fi
+AC_SUBST(GST_PBUTILS_LIBS)
+AC_SUBST(GST_PBUTILS_CFLAGS)
+
+dnl check for gstreamer-video
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GST_VIDEO, gstreamer-video-$GST_API_VERSION >= 1.4, HAVE_GST_VIDEO="yes", HAVE_GST_VIDEO="no")
+if test "x$HAVE_GST_VIDEO" != "xyes"; then
+  AC_ERROR([gst-video is required])
+fi
+AC_SUBST(GST_VIDEO_LIBS)
+AC_SUBST(GST_VIDEO_CFLAGS)
+
+dnl needed for scenarios definition files
+GST_PREFIX="`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=prefix gstreamer-$GST_API_VERSION`"
+AC_SUBST(GST_PREFIX)
+GST_DATADIR="$GST_PREFIX/share"
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_DATADIR, "$GST_DATADIR", [system wide data directory])
+
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GIO, gio-2.0, HAVE_GIO=yes, HAVE_GIO=no)
+AC_SUBST(GIO_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(GIO_LIBS)
+
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK, gtk+-3.0, HAVE_GTK=yes, HAVE_GTK=no)
+AC_SUBST(GTK_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(GTK_LIBS)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_GTK, test "x$HAVE_GTK" = "xyes")
+
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GDK, gdk-3.0, HAVE_GDK=yes, HAVE_GDK=no)
+AC_SUBST(GDK_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(GDK_LIBS)
+
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CAIRO, "cairo", HAVE_CAIRO=yes, HAVE_CAIRO=no)
+AC_SUBST(CAIRO_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(CAIRO_LIBS)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CAIRO, test ! "x$HAVE_CAIRO" = "xno")
+if test "x$HAVE_CAIRO" != "xyes"; then
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([Cairo is needed for the gst-validate-images-tool])
+fi
+
+dnl checks for gstreamer
+
+AG_GST_CHECK_GST_CHECK($GST_API_VERSION, [$GST_REQ], no)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_GST_CHECK, test "x$HAVE_GST_CHECK" = "xyes")
+
+dnl *** set variables based on configure arguments ***
+
+dnl set license and copyright notice
+GST_LICENSE="LGPL"
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GST_LICENSE, "$GST_LICENSE", [GStreamer license])
+AC_SUBST(GST_LICENSE)
+
+dnl define location of plugin directory
+AS_AC_EXPAND(PLUGINDIR, ${libdir}/gstreamer-$GST_API_VERSION/validate)
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PLUGINDIR, "$PLUGINDIR",
+[directory where GstValidate plugins are located])
+AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using $PLUGINDIR as the plugin install location for GstValidate])
+
+dnl plugin directory configure-time variable for use in Makefile.am
+plugindir="\$(libdir)/gstreamer-$GST_API_VERSION/validate"
+AC_SUBST(plugindir)
+
+# set by AG_GST_PARSE_SUBSYSTEM_DISABLES above
+dnl make sure it doesn't complain about unused variables if debugging is disabled
+NO_WARNINGS=""
+AG_GST_CHECK_GST_DEBUG_DISABLED([NO_WARNINGS="-Wno-unused"], [NO_WARNINGS=""])
+
+dnl define an ERROR_CFLAGS Makefile variable
+AG_GST_SET_ERROR_CFLAGS($GST_GIT, [-Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wundef -Wwrite-strings -Wformat-security -Wold-style-definition -Winit-self -Wmissing-include-dirs -Waddress -Waggregate-return -Wno-multichar -Wnested-externs $NO_WARNINGS])
+
+dnl define correct level for debugging messages
+AG_GST_SET_LEVEL_DEFAULT($GST_GIT)
+
+dnl used in examples
+AG_GST_DEFAULT_ELEMENTS
+
+dnl *** finalize CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, LIBS
+
+dnl Overview:
+dnl GST_OPTION_CFLAGS:  common flags for profiling, debugging, errors, ...
+dnl GST_*:              flags shared by built objects to link against GStreamer
+dnl GST_ALL_LDFLAGS:    linker flags shared by all
+dnl GST_LIB_LDFLAGS:    additional linker flags for all libaries
+dnl GST_LT_LDFLAGS:     library versioning of our libraries
+dnl GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS: flags to be used for all plugins
+
+dnl GST_OPTION_CFLAGS
+if test "x$USE_DEBUG" = xyes; then
+   PROFILE_CFLAGS="-g"
+fi
+AC_SUBST(PROFILE_CFLAGS)
+
+DEPRECATED_CFLAGS="-DGST_DISABLE_DEPRECATED"
+AC_SUBST(DEPRECATED_CFLAGS)
+
+dnl every flag in GST_OPTION_CFLAGS can be overridden at make time
+GST_OPTION_CFLAGS="\$(WARNING_CFLAGS) \$(ERROR_CFLAGS) \$(DEBUG_CFLAGS) \$(PROFILE_CFLAGS) \$(GCOV_CFLAGS) \$(OPT_CFLAGS) \$(DEPRECATED_CFLAGS)"
+AC_SUBST(GST_OPTION_CFLAGS)
+
+dnl FIXME: do we want to rename to GST_ALL_* ?
+dnl prefer internal headers to already installed ones
+dnl add GST_OPTION_CFLAGS, but overridable
+GST_CFLAGS="$GST_CFLAGS \$(GST_OPTION_CFLAGS)"
+AC_SUBST(GST_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(GST_LIBS)
+
+dnl GST_ALL_*
+dnl vars common to for all internal objects (core libs, elements, applications)
+dnl CFLAGS:
+dnl - src and build dirs need to be added because every piece that gets built
+dnl   will need the GStreamer source and generated headers
+GST_ALL_CFLAGS="-I\$(top_srcdir) -I\$(top_builddir) $GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CFLAGS $GST_CFLAGS \$(GST_OPTION_CFLAGS)"
+AC_SUBST([GST_ALL_CFLAGS])
+
+dnl FIXME: check if LTLIBINTL is needed everywhere
+dnl I presume it is given that it contains the symbols that _() stuff maps to
+GST_ALL_LIBS="$GST_LIBS $LTLIBINTL \$(GCOV_LIBS)"
+AC_SUBST([GST_ALL_LIBS])
+
+dnl LDFLAGS really should only contain flags, not libs - they get added before
+dnl whatevertarget_LIBS and -L flags here affect the rest of the linking
+GST_ALL_LDFLAGS="-no-undefined"
+AC_SUBST(GST_ALL_LDFLAGS)
+
+dnl GST_LIB_LDFLAGS
+dnl linker flags shared by all libraries
+dnl LDFLAGS modifier defining exported symbols from built libraries
+GST_LIB_LDFLAGS="-export-symbols-regex \^[_]?\(gst_\|Gst\|GST_\).*"
+AC_SUBST(GST_LIB_LDFLAGS)
+
+dnl this really should only contain flags, not libs - they get added before
+dnl whatevertarget_LIBS and -L flags here affect the rest of the linking
+GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS="-module -avoid-version -export-symbols-regex '^[_]*gst_plugin_.*' $GST_ALL_LDFLAGS"
+AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
+
+AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.7.0)
+AS_AC_EXPAND(LIBDIR, $libdir)
+AC_MSG_NOTICE(Storing library files in $LIBDIR)
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([tools/gst-validate-launcher], [chmod +x tools/gst-validate-launcher])
+AS_AC_EXPAND(DATADIR, $datadir)
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([launcher/config.py])
+
+dnl this really should only contain flags, not libs - they get added before
+dnl whatevertarget_LIBS and -L flags here affect the rest of the linking
+
+dnl *** output files ***
+
+dnl keep this alphabetic per directory, please
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([
+Makefile
+common/Makefile
+common/m4/Makefile
+data/Makefile
+data/scenarios/Makefile
+gst/Makefile
+gst/validate/Makefile
+gst/preload/Makefile
+gst/overrides/Makefile
+plugins/Makefile
+plugins/fault_injection/Makefile
+plugins/gapplication/Makefile
+plugins/gtk/Makefile
+plugins/ssim/Makefile
+gst-libs/Makefile
+gst-libs/gst/Makefile
+gst-libs/gst/video/Makefile
+tests/Makefile
+tests/check/Makefile
+pkgconfig/Makefile
+pkgconfig/gst-validate-uninstalled.pc
+pkgconfig/gst-validate.pc
+po/Makefile.in
+tools/Makefile
+launcher/Makefile
+launcher/apps/Makefile
+docs/Makefile
+docs/version.entities
+docs/validate/Makefile
+docs/plugins/Makefile
+docs/launcher/Makefile
+])
+AC_OUTPUT
+
+echo "
+
+Configuration
+	Version                    : ${VERSION}
+	Source code location       : ${srcdir}
+	Prefix                     : ${prefix}
+	Compiler                   : ${CC}
+
+gst-validate configured. Type 'make' to build.
+"
diff --git a/validate/data/Makefile.am b/validate/data/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc7321a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+SUBDIRS = scenarios
+
+configdir=${datadir}/gstreamer-$(GST_API_VERSION)/validate/
+config_DATA = \
+	valgrind.config
+
+EXTRA_DIST = valgrind.config
diff --git a/validate/data/gstvalidate.supp b/validate/data/gstvalidate.supp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8562d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/gstvalidate.supp
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+### This file contains either validate specific suppressions or bugs that we
+### can't easily address because they are lower in the stack.
+### All the other suppressions should be added ton common/gst.supp
+
+### Each set of suppression rules should be prefixed by either:
+###   - FIXED: if the bug/leak has been fixed upstream but we keep the rule
+###     because the fix may not be deployed yet (because it's lower in the
+###     stack and not in gst itself).
+###   - PENDING: if the bug/leak hasn't been fixed yet. In this case, please
+###     add an url to the bug report.
+
+# PENDING: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90073
+{
+   Leak in mesa fixed with http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2015-April/082101.html
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:malloc
+   fun:read_packet
+   fun:_xcb_in_read
+   fun:_xcb_conn_wait
+   fun:wait_for_reply
+   fun:xcb_wait_for_reply
+   fun:dri3_open
+   fun:dri3_create_screen
+   fun:AllocAndFetchScreenConfigs
+   fun:__glXInitialize
+   fun:glXQueryVersion
+}
+
+{
+   Leak in mesa fixed with http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2015-April/082100.html
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   ...
+   fun:get_render_node_from_id_path_tag
+   fun:loader_get_user_preferred_fd
+   fun:dri3_create_screen
+   fun:AllocAndFetchScreenConfigs
+   fun:__glXInitialize
+   fun:glXQueryVersion
+}
+
+# FIXED
+{
+   Fixed in pixman master
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:memalign
+   fun:allocate_and_init
+   fun:tls_get_addr_tail
+}
+
+# PENDING: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=748417
+{
+   Ignore all the invalid memory errors from libvpx
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/usr/lib64/libvpx.so*
+}
+
+{
+   Ignore all the invalid memory errors from libvpx
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   obj:/usr/lib64/libvpx.so*
+}
+
+# PENDING: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747110
+{
+   https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747110
+   Memcheck:Addr4
+   ...
+   fun:aac_decode_frame_int
+   fun:aac_decode_frame
+}
+
+# PENDING: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90194
+{
+   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90194
+   Memcheck:Param
+   ioctl(generic)
+   fun:ioctl
+   fun:drmIoctl
+   fun:drmPrimeHandleToFD
+}
+
+# PENDING: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749232
+# x264 errors
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   ...
+   fun:x264_encoder_encode
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   ...
+   fun:x264_encoder_encode
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   ...
+   fun:x264_lookahead_thread
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   ...
+   fun:x264_lookahead_thread
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   ...
+   fun:x264_threadpool_thread
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   obj:/usr/lib64/libx264.so.*
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   obj:/usr/lib64/libx264.so.*
+}
+
+# PENDING: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749428
+# Theora encoder
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   ...
+   fun:theora_enc_handle_frame
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   ...
+   fun:theora_enc_handle_frame
+}
+
+{
+   
+   Memcheck:Value8
+   fun:oc_enc_tokenize_ac
+}
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/Makefile.am b/validate/data/scenarios/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..020c8cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+scenariosdir=${datadir}/gstreamer-$(GST_API_VERSION)/validate/scenarios
+scenarios_DATA = simple_seeks.scenario \
+                 seek_forward.scenario \
+                 seek_backward.scenario \
+                 seek_forward_backward.scenario \
+                 reverse_playback.scenario \
+                 fast_forward.scenario \
+                 fast_backward.scenario \
+                 alternate_fast_backward_forward.scenario \
+                 pause_resume.scenario \
+                 scrub_forward_seeking.scenario \
+                 scrub_backward_seeking.scenario \
+                 scrub_forward_seeking_full.scenario \
+                 scrub_backward_seeking_full.scenario \
+                 adaptive_video_size.scenario \
+                 adaptive_video_framerate.scenario \
+                 adaptive_video_framerate_size.scenario\
+                 force_key_unit.scenario\
+                 seek_with_stop.scenario\
+                 switch_audio_track_while_paused.scenario\
+                 switch_subtitle_track.scenario\
+                 switch_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario\
+                 disable_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario\
+                 change_state_intensive.scenario\
+                 play_15s.scenario \
+                 switch_audio_track.scenario
+
+EXTRA_DIST = simple_seeks.scenario \
+             seek_forward.scenario \
+             seek_backward.scenario \
+             seek_forward_backward.scenario \
+             reverse_playback.scenario \
+             fast_forward.scenario \
+             fast_backward.scenario \
+             alternate_fast_backward_forward.scenario \
+             pause_resume.scenario \
+             scrub_forward_seeking.scenario \
+             scrub_backward_seeking.scenario \
+             scrub_forward_seeking_full.scenario \
+             scrub_backward_seeking_full.scenario \
+             adaptive_video_size.scenario \
+             adaptive_video_framerate.scenario \
+             adaptive_video_framerate_size.scenario\
+             force_key_unit.scenario\
+             seek_with_stop.scenario\
+             switch_audio_track_while_paused.scenario\
+             switch_subtitle_track.scenario\
+             switch_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario\
+             disable_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario\
+             play_15s.scenario \
+             change_state_intensive.scenario\
+             switch_audio_track.scenario
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/adaptive_video_framerate.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/adaptive_video_framerate.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3043af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/adaptive_video_framerate.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+description, duration=15.0
+set-restriction, playback-time=5.0, restriction-caps="video/x-raw,framerate=(fraction)5/1"
+set-restriction, playback-time=10.0, restriction-caps="video/x-raw,framerate=(fraction)30/1"
+eos, playback-time=15.0
+stop, playback-time=15.0
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/adaptive_video_framerate_size.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/adaptive_video_framerate_size.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5cf596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/adaptive_video_framerate_size.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+description, duration=25.0
+set-restriction, playback-time=5.0, restriction-caps="video/x-raw,framerate=(fraction)5/1"
+set-restriction, playback-time=10.0, restriction-caps="video/x-raw,height=20,width=20,framerate=(fraction)5/1"
+set-restriction, playback-time=15.0, restriction-caps="video/x-raw,height=20,width=20,framerate=(fraction)30/1"
+set-restriction, playback-time=20.0, restriction-caps="video/x-raw,height=720,width=1280,framerate=(fraction)30/1"
+eos, playback-time=25.0
+stop, playback-time=25.0
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/adaptive_video_size.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/adaptive_video_size.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3b5d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/adaptive_video_size.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+description, duration=15.0
+set-restriction, playback-time=5.0, restriction-caps="video/x-raw,height=480,width=854"
+set-restriction, playback-time=10.0, restriction-caps="video/x-raw,height=720,width=1280"
+eos, playback-time=15.0
+stop, playback-time=15.0
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/alternate_fast_backward_forward.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/alternate_fast_backward_forward.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..328a96a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/alternate_fast_backward_forward.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+description, duration=55.0, min-media-duration=470.0, seek=true, reverse-playback=true
+seek, name=backward-seek,      playback-time=0.0,   rate=-1.0,  start=0.0, stop=310.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=forward-seek,       playback-time=305.0, rate=1.0,   start=305.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-forward-seek,  playback-time=310.0, rate=2.0,   start=310.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-backward-seek, playback-time=320.0, rate=-2.0,  start=0.0, stop=320.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-forward-seek,  playback-time=310.0, rate=4.0,   start=310.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-backward-seek, playback-time=330.0, rate=-4.0,  start=0.0, stop=330.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-forward-seek,  playback-time=310.0, rate=8.0,   start=310.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-backward-seek, playback-time=350.0, rate=-8.0,  start=0.0, stop=350.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-forward-seek,  playback-time=310.0, rate=16.0,  start=310.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-backward-seek, playback-time=390.0, rate=-16.0, start=0.0, stop=390.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-forward-seek,  playback-time=310.0, rate=32.0,  start=310.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-backward-seek, playback-time=470.0, rate=-32.0, start=310.0, stop=470.0, flags=accurate+flush
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/camerabin_signal.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/camerabin_signal.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55c0704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/camerabin_signal.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+description, duration=20.0
+emit-signal, target-element-name=camerabin0, signal-name=start-capture, playback-time=10.0
+eos, playback-time=20.0
+
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/change_state_intensive.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/change_state_intensive.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf628c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/change_state_intensive.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+description, duration=0, summary="Set state to NULL->PLAYING->NULL 20 times", need-clock-sync=true, min-media-duration=1.0
+set-state, state="null", sub-action="set-state, state=playing", repeat=40
+stop;
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/disable_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/disable_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abd8f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/disable_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+description, summary="Disable subtitle track while pipeline is PAUSED", min-subtitle-track=2, duration=5.0, handles-states=true
+pause;
+switch-track, name="Disable subtitle", type=text, disable=true
+wait, duration=0.5
+play;
+stop, playback-time=2.0
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/fast_backward.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/fast_backward.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71f6f56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/fast_backward.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+description, duration=30.0, minfo-media-duration=310.0, seek=true, reverse-playback=true, need-clock-sync=true, min-media-duration=310.0
+seek, name=Fast-backward-seek, playback-time=0.0,   rate=-2.0,  start=0.0, stop=310.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-backward-seek, playback-time=300.0, rate=-4.0,  start=0.0, stop=300.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-backward-seek, playback-time=280.0, rate=-8.0,  start=0.0, stop=280.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-backward-seek, playback-time=240.0, rate=-16.0, start=0.0, stop=240.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-backward-seek, playback-time=160.0, rate=-32.0, start=0.0, stop=160.0, flags=accurate+flush
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/fast_forward.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/fast_forward.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f24383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/fast_forward.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+description, duration=35.0, seek=true, need-clock-sync=true, min-media-duration=5.0
+seek, name=Fast-forward-seek, playback-time=0.0, rate=2.0,  start=0.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-forward-seek, playback-time="min(10.0, duration*0.25)", rate=4.0,  start=0.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-forward-seek, playback-time="min(20.0, duration*0.50)", rate=8.0,  start=0.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-forward-seek, playback-time="min(40.0, duration*0.75)", rate=16.0, start=0.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Fast-forward-seek, playback-time="min(50.0, duration*0.75)", rate=32.0, start=0.0, flags=accurate+flush
+stop, playback-time="min(duration - 0.3, 60.0)"
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/force_key_unit.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/force_key_unit.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a9c839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/force_key_unit.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+description, duration=2.0
+video-request-key-unit, playback-time=1.0, direction=upstream, running_time=-1.0, all-header=true, count=1
+eos, playback-time=2.0
+stop, playback-time=2.0
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/pause_resume.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/pause_resume.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27bfc10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/pause_resume.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+description, duration=14.0, min-media-duration=7.0
+pause, name=First-pause,  playback-time=1.0, duration=1.0
+pause, name=Second-pause, playback-time=3.0, duration=5.0
+pause, name=Third-pause,  playback-time=5.0, duration=1.0
+eos,   name=Done-testing, playback-time=7.0
+stop, playback-time=7.0
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/play_15s.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/play_15s.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af86cb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/play_15s.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+description, duration=15.0
+eos, playback-time=15.0
+stop, playback-time=15.0
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/reverse_playback.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/reverse_playback.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a103c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/reverse_playback.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+description, seek=true, reverse-playback=true
+seek, name=Reverse-seek, playback-time=0.0, rate=-1.0, start=0.0, stop=duration, flags=accurate+flush
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/scrub_backward_seeking.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/scrub_backward_seeking.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..866a536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/scrub_backward_seeking.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+description, seek=true
+pause, playback-time=0.0
+seek, playback-time=0.0, start="duration - 0.5", flags=accurate+flush
+seek, playback-time=0.0, start=position-0.1, repeat="min(10, (duration - 0.6))/0.1", flags=accurate+flush
+play, playback-time=0.0
+stop, playback-time=1.0
+
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/scrub_backward_seeking_full.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/scrub_backward_seeking_full.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90d27e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/scrub_backward_seeking_full.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+description, seek=true
+pause, playback-time=0.0
+seek, playback-time=0.0, start="duration - 0.5", flags=accurate+flush
+seek, playback-time=0.0, start=position-0.1, repeat="(duration - 0.6)/0.1", flags=accurate+flush
+play, playback-time=0.0
+stop, playback-time=1.0
+
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/scrub_forward_seeking.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/scrub_forward_seeking.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7b16ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/scrub_forward_seeking.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+description, seek=true, handles-states=true
+pause, playback-time=0.0
+seek, playback-time=0.0, start=position+0.1, repeat="min(10, (duration - 0.5))/0.1", flags=accurate+flush
+play, playback-time=0.0
+stop, playback-time=1.0
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/scrub_forward_seeking_full.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/scrub_forward_seeking_full.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e3b543
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/scrub_forward_seeking_full.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+description, seek=true, handles-states=true
+pause, playback-time=0.0
+seek, playback-time=0.0, start=position+0.1, repeat="(duration - 0.5)/0.1", flags=accurate+flush
+play, playback-time=0.0
+stop, playback-time=1.0
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/seek_backward.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/seek_backward.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cd2df3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/seek_backward.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+description, seek=true, duration=30, need-clock-sync=true
+seek, name=Backward-seek, playback-time="min(5.0, (duration/4))", rate=1.0, start=0.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Backward-seek, playback-time="min(10.0, 2*(duration/4))", rate=1.0, start="min(5.0, duration/4)", flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Backward-seek, playback-time="min(15.0, 3*(duration/4))", rate=1.0, start="min(10.0, 2*(duration/4))", flags=accurate+flush
+stop, playback-time="min(15.0, 3*(duration/4))"
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/seek_forward.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/seek_forward.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b907c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/seek_forward.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+description, seek=true, duration=20, need-clock-sync=true
+seek, name=First-forward-seek, playback-time="min(5.0, (duration/8))", start="min(10, 2*(duration/8))", flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Second-forward-seek, playback-time="min(15.0, 3*(duration/8))", start="min(20, 4*(duration/8))", flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Third-forward-seek, playback-time="min(25, 5*(duration/8))", start="min(30.0, 6*(duration/8))", flags=accurate+flush
+stop, playback-time=35.0
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/seek_forward_backward.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/seek_forward_backward.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7bd0dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/seek_forward_backward.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+description, seek=true, duration=40, min-media-duration=45.0
+seek, name=Forward-seek,       playback-time=0.0,    rate=1.0, start=5.0,             flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Backward-seek,      playback-time=10.0,   rate=1.0, start=0.0,             flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Backward-seek,      playback-time=5.0,    rate=1.0, start=25.0, stop=-1,   flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Backward-seek,      playback-time=30.0,   rate=1.0, start=0.0,             flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Forward-seek,       playback-time=5.0,    rate=1.0, start=15.0,            flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Forward-seek,       playback-time=20.0,   rate=1.0, start=35.0,            flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Backward-seek,      playback-time=40.0,   rate=1.0, start=25.0,            flags=accurate+flush
+seek, name=Last-backward-seek, playback-time=30.0,    rate=1.0, start=5.0,  stop=10.0, flags=accurate+flush
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/seek_with_stop.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/seek_with_stop.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d70358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/seek_with_stop.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+description, seek=true, duration=5.0, need_clock_sync=true, min-media-duration=2
+seek, playback-time=1.0, start=0.0, stop="min(5.0, duration-1.0)", flags=accurate+flush
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/setup_sink_props_max_lateness.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/setup_sink_props_max_lateness.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d59510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/setup_sink_props_max_lateness.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+description, is-config=true
+set-property, target-element-klass=Sink/Video, property-name=max-lateness, property-value=600, optional=true
+set-property, target-element-klass=Sink/Audio, property-name=max-lateness, property-value=600, optional=true
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/simple_seeks.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/simple_seeks.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..645253a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/simple_seeks.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+description, seek=true, duration=5.0
+seek, playback-time=1.0, rate=1.0, start=2.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, playback-time=3.0, rate=1.0, start=0.0, flags=accurate+flush
+seek, playback-time=1.0, rate=1.0, start=2.0, stop=3.0, flags=accurate+flush
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/switch_audio_track.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/switch_audio_track.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5669d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/switch_audio_track.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+description, summary="Change audio track at 5 second to the second audio track", min-audio-track=2, duration=10.0
+switch-track, name=Next-audio-track, playback-time=5.0, type=audio, index=(string)+1
+stop, playback-time=10.0
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/switch_audio_track_while_paused.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/switch_audio_track_while_paused.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30fc6b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/switch_audio_track_while_paused.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+description, summary="Change audio track while pipeline is paused", min-audio-track=2, duration=6.0, need-clock-sync=true
+pause, playback-time=1.0;
+
+# Wait so that humans can see the pipeline is paused
+wait, duration=0.5
+switch-track, name=Next-audio-track, type=audio, index=(string)+1
+
+# Wait so that humans can see the pipeline is paused
+wait, duration=0.5
+play;
+stop, playback-time=5.0
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/switch_set_external_subtitle.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/switch_set_external_subtitle.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f92217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/switch_set_external_subtitle.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+description, summary="Change subtitle track at 1 second while paused", duration=5.0, needs-ext-file="subtitles/%s.1.srt:subtitles/%s.1.srt"
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/switch_subtitle_track.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/switch_subtitle_track.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83ce3d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/switch_subtitle_track.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+description, summary="Change subtitle track at 1 second while playing back", min-subtitle-track=2, duration=5.0
+switch-track, playback-time=1.0, type=text, index=(string)+1
+stop, playback-time=5.0
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/switch_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/switch_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15c4ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/switch_subtitle_track_while_paused.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+description, summary="Change subtitle track while pipeline is PAUSED", min-subtitle-track=2, duration=5.0, handles-states=true
+pause;
+wait, duration=0.5
+switch-track, type=text, index=(string)+1
+wait, duration=0.5
+play;
+stop, playback-time=5.0
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/update_start.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/update_start.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54456fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/update_start.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+description, summary="Use the set seek type to seek at 5 seconds after 2 seconds", seek=true
+seek, playback-time=2.0, rate=1.0, start_type=set, start=5.0, stop_type=none, stop=0.0, flags=accurate+flush
diff --git a/validate/data/scenarios/update_stop.scenario b/validate/data/scenarios/update_stop.scenario
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb237d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/scenarios/update_stop.scenario
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+description, summary="Use the set seek type to seek at 0 secs stop 10secs after 5 secs", seek=true
+description, duration=15.0, seeks=true
+seek, playback-time=5.0, rate=1.0, start_type=none, start=0.0, stop_type=set, stop=10.0, flags=accurate+flush
diff --git a/validate/data/valgrind.config b/validate/data/valgrind.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcccdd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/data/valgrind.config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+core, action=set-property, target-element-klass=Filter, property-name=qos, property-value=false
diff --git a/validate/docs/.gitignore b/validate/docs/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54681d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+*.o
+*.lo
+*.la
+.deps
+.libs
+version.entities
+tmpl/
+
diff --git a/validate/docs/Makefile.am b/validate/docs/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e69206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+SUBDIRS = validate plugins
+DIST_SUBDIRS = validate launcher plugins
+
+if HAVE_SPHINHX
+SUBDIRS += launcher
+endif
+
+upload:
+	@if test "x$(SUBDIRS)" != x; then for a in $(SUBDIRS); do cd $$a; make upload; cd ..; done; fi
+
+libs: validate
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/common/parallel-subdirs.mak
diff --git a/validate/docs/launcher/Makefile.am b/validate/docs/launcher/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7709a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/launcher/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+# Makefile for Sphinx documentation
+#
+
+# You can set these variables from the command line.
+SPHINXOPTS    =
+SPHINXBUILD   = sphinx-build
+PAPER         =
+BUILDDIR      = .
+
+# Internal variables.
+PAPEROPT_a4     = -D latex_paper_size=a4
+PAPEROPT_letter = -D latex_paper_size=letter
+ALLSPHINXOPTS   = -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) .
+# the i18n builder cannot share the environment and doctrees with the others
+I18NSPHINXOPTS  = $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) .
+
+.PHONY: help clean html dirhtml singlehtml pickle json htmlhelp qthelp devhelp epub latex latexpdf text man changes linkcheck doctest gettext
+
+help:
+	@echo "Please use \`make ' where  is one of"
+	@echo "  html       to make standalone HTML files"
+	@echo "  dirhtml    to make HTML files named index.html in directories"
+	@echo "  singlehtml to make a single large HTML file"
+	@echo "  pickle     to make pickle files"
+	@echo "  json       to make JSON files"
+	@echo "  htmlhelp   to make HTML files and a HTML help project"
+	@echo "  qthelp     to make HTML files and a qthelp project"
+	@echo "  devhelp    to make HTML files and a Devhelp project"
+	@echo "  epub       to make an epub"
+	@echo "  latex      to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter"
+	@echo "  latexpdf   to make LaTeX files and run them through pdflatex"
+	@echo "  text       to make text files"
+	@echo "  man        to make manual pages"
+	@echo "  texinfo    to make Texinfo files"
+	@echo "  info       to make Texinfo files and run them through makeinfo"
+	@echo "  gettext    to make PO message catalogs"
+	@echo "  changes    to make an overview of all changed/added/deprecated items"
+	@echo "  linkcheck  to check all external links for integrity"
+	@echo "  doctest    to run all doctests embedded in the documentation (if enabled)"
+
+clean:
+	-rm -rf html/*
+	-rm -rf dirhtml/*
+	-rm -rf singlehtml/*
+	-rm -rf pickle/*
+	-rm -rf json/*
+	-rm -rf htmlhelp/*
+	-rm -rf qthelp/*
+	-rm -rf devhelp/*
+	-rm -rf epub/*
+	-rm -rf latex/*
+	-rm -rf text/*
+	-rm -rf man/*
+	-rm -rf texinfo/*
+	-rm -rf info/*
+	-rm -rf gettext/*
+	-rm -rf changes/*
+	-rm -rf linkcheck/*
+	-rm -rf doctest/*
+
+all:
+	@export PYTHONPATH=$(PYTHONPATH):$(top_srcdir)/tools/launcher:$(top_srcdir)/tools/launcher/apps
+	@echo $(PYTHONPATH)
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/html."
+
+dirhtml:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b dirhtml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/dirhtml
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/dirhtml."
+
+singlehtml:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b singlehtml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/singlehtml
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The HTML page is in $(BUILDDIR)/singlehtml."
+
+pickle:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b pickle $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/pickle
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished; now you can process the pickle files."
+
+json:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b json $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/json
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished; now you can process the JSON files."
+
+htmlhelp:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b htmlhelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/htmlhelp
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished; now you can run HTML Help Workshop with the" \
+	      ".hhp project file in $(BUILDDIR)/htmlhelp."
+
+qthelp:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b qthelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished; now you can run "qcollectiongenerator" with the" \
+	      ".qhcp project file in $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp, like this:"
+	@echo "# qcollectiongenerator $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp/gst-validate-launcher.qhcp"
+	@echo "To view the help file:"
+	@echo "# assistant -collectionFile $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp/gst-validate-launcher.qhc"
+
+devhelp:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b devhelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/devhelp
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished."
+	@echo "To view the help file:"
+	@echo "# mkdir -p $$HOME/.local/share/devhelp/gst-validate-launcher"
+	@echo "# ln -s $(BUILDDIR)/devhelp $$HOME/.local/share/devhelp/gst-validate-launcher"
+	@echo "# devhelp"
+
+epub:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b epub $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/epub
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The epub file is in $(BUILDDIR)/epub."
+
+latex:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished; the LaTeX files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
+	@echo "Run \`make' in that directory to run these through (pdf)latex" \
+	      "(use \`make latexpdf' here to do that automatically)."
+
+latexpdf:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
+	@echo "Running LaTeX files through pdflatex..."
+	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/latex all-pdf
+	@echo "pdflatex finished; the PDF files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
+
+text:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b text $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/text
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The text files are in $(BUILDDIR)/text."
+
+man:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b man $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/man
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The manual pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/man."
+
+texinfo:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b texinfo $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The Texinfo files are in $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo."
+	@echo "Run \`make' in that directory to run these through makeinfo" \
+	      "(use \`make info' here to do that automatically)."
+
+info:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b texinfo $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo
+	@echo "Running Texinfo files through makeinfo..."
+	make -C $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo info
+	@echo "makeinfo finished; the Info files are in $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo."
+
+gettext:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b gettext $(I18NSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/locale
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The message catalogs are in $(BUILDDIR)/locale."
+
+changes:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b changes $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/changes
+	@echo
+	@echo "The overview file is in $(BUILDDIR)/changes."
+
+linkcheck:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b linkcheck $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/linkcheck
+	@echo
+	@echo "Link check complete; look for any errors in the above output " \
+	      "or in $(BUILDDIR)/linkcheck/output.txt."
+
+doctest:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b doctest $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/doctest
+	@echo "Testing of doctests in the sources finished, look at the " \
+	      "results in $(BUILDDIR)/doctest/output.txt."
+
+# for upload-doc.mak
+DOC=gst-validate-launcher
+FORMATS=html
+include $(top_srcdir)/common/upload-doc.mak
diff --git a/validate/docs/launcher/conf.py b/validate/docs/launcher/conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dadd75a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/launcher/conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# gst-validate-launcher documentation build configuration file, created by
+# sphinx-quickstart on Sat Sep  6 11:26:51 2014.
+#
+# This file is execfile()d with the current directory set to its containing dir.
+#
+# Note that not all possible configuration values are present in this
+# autogenerated file.
+#
+# All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
+# serve to show the default.
+
+import sys, os
+
+# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
+# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
+# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
+#sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
+
+# -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
+
+# If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
+#needs_sphinx = '1.0'
+
+# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be extensions
+# coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom ones.
+extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc', 'sphinx.ext.todo', 'sphinx.ext.coverage']
+
+# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
+templates_path = ['_templates']
+
+# The suffix of source filenames.
+source_suffix = '.rst'
+
+# The encoding of source files.
+#source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
+
+# The master toctree document.
+master_doc = 'index'
+
+# General information about the project.
+project = u'gst-validate-launcher'
+copyright = u'2014, Thibault Saunier'
+
+# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
+# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
+# built documents.
+#
+# The short X.Y version.
+version = '1.0.0.1'
+# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
+release = '1.0.0.1'
+
+# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
+# for a list of supported languages.
+#language = None
+
+# There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
+# non-false value, then it is used:
+#today = ''
+# Else, today_fmt is used as the format for a strftime call.
+#today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'
+
+# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
+# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
+exclude_patterns = ['_build']
+
+# The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all documents.
+#default_role = None
+
+# If true, '()' will be appended to :func: etc. cross-reference text.
+#add_function_parentheses = True
+
+# If true, the current module name will be prepended to all description
+# unit titles (such as .. function::).
+#add_module_names = True
+
+# If true, sectionauthor and moduleauthor directives will be shown in the
+# output. They are ignored by default.
+#show_authors = False
+
+# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
+pygments_style = 'sphinx'
+
+# A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
+#modindex_common_prefix = []
+
+
+# -- Options for HTML output ---------------------------------------------------
+
+# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
+# a list of builtin themes.
+html_theme = 'default'
+
+# Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
+# further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
+# documentation.
+#html_theme_options = {}
+
+# Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
+#html_theme_path = []
+
+# The name for this set of Sphinx documents.  If None, it defaults to
+# " v documentation".
+#html_title = None
+
+# A shorter title for the navigation bar.  Default is the same as html_title.
+#html_short_title = None
+
+# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top
+# of the sidebar.
+#html_logo = None
+
+# The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the
+# docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
+# pixels large.
+#html_favicon = None
+
+# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
+# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
+# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
+html_static_path = ['_static']
+
+# If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom,
+# using the given strftime format.
+#html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'
+
+# If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
+# typographically correct entities.
+#html_use_smartypants = True
+
+# Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
+#html_sidebars = {}
+
+# Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
+# template names.
+#html_additional_pages = {}
+
+# If false, no module index is generated.
+#html_domain_indices = True
+
+# If false, no index is generated.
+#html_use_index = True
+
+# If true, the index is split into individual pages for each letter.
+#html_split_index = False
+
+# If true, links to the reST sources are added to the pages.
+#html_show_sourcelink = True
+
+# If true, "Created using Sphinx" is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
+#html_show_sphinx = True
+
+# If true, "(C) Copyright ..." is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
+#html_show_copyright = True
+
+# If true, an OpenSearch description file will be output, and all pages will
+# contain a  tag referring to it.  The value of this option must be the
+# base URL from which the finished HTML is served.
+#html_use_opensearch = ''
+
+# This is the file name suffix for HTML files (e.g. ".xhtml").
+#html_file_suffix = None
+
+# Output file base name for HTML help builder.
+htmlhelp_basename = 'gst-validate-launcherdoc'
+
+
+# -- Options for LaTeX output --------------------------------------------------
+
+latex_elements = {
+# The paper size ('letterpaper' or 'a4paper').
+#'papersize': 'letterpaper',
+
+# The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
+#'pointsize': '10pt',
+
+# Additional stuff for the LaTeX preamble.
+#'preamble': '',
+}
+
+# Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
+# (source start file, target name, title, author, documentclass [howto/manual]).
+latex_documents = [
+  ('index', 'gst-validate-launcher.tex', u'gst-validate-launcher Documentation',
+   u'Thibault Saunier', 'manual'),
+]
+
+# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
+# the title page.
+#latex_logo = None
+
+# For "manual" documents, if this is true, then toplevel headings are parts,
+# not chapters.
+#latex_use_parts = False
+
+# If true, show page references after internal links.
+#latex_show_pagerefs = False
+
+# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
+#latex_show_urls = False
+
+# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
+#latex_appendices = []
+
+# If false, no module index is generated.
+#latex_domain_indices = True
+
+
+# -- Options for manual page output --------------------------------------------
+
+# One entry per manual page. List of tuples
+# (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
+man_pages = [
+    ('index', 'gst-validate-launcher', u'gst-validate-launcher Documentation',
+     [u'Thibault Saunier'], 1)
+]
+
+# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
+#man_show_urls = False
+
+
+# -- Options for Texinfo output ------------------------------------------------
+
+# Grouping the document tree into Texinfo files. List of tuples
+# (source start file, target name, title, author,
+#  dir menu entry, description, category)
+texinfo_documents = [
+  ('index', 'gst-validate-launcher', u'gst-validate-launcher Documentation',
+   u'Thibault Saunier', 'gst-validate-launcher', 'One line description of project.',
+   'Miscellaneous'),
+]
+
+# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
+#texinfo_appendices = []
+
+# If false, no module index is generated.
+#texinfo_domain_indices = True
+
+# How to display URL addresses: 'footnote', 'no', or 'inline'.
+#texinfo_show_urls = 'footnote'
+autoclass_content = 'both'
diff --git a/validate/docs/launcher/index.rst b/validate/docs/launcher/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e32d427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/launcher/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+.. gst-validate-launcher documentation master file, created by
+   sphinx-quickstart on Sat Sep  6 11:26:51 2014.
+   You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
+   contain the root `toctree` directive.
+
+Welcome to gst-validate-launcher's documentation!
+=================================================
+
+Contents:
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+
+
+Indices and tables
+==================
+
+* :ref:`genindex`
+* :ref:`modindex`
+* :ref:`search`
+
diff --git a/validate/docs/launcher/launcher.rst b/validate/docs/launcher/launcher.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2991cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/launcher/launcher.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+launcher Package
+================
+
+:mod:`launcher` Package
+-----------------------
+
+.. automodule:: __init__
+    :members:
+    :undoc-members:
+    :show-inheritance:
+
+:mod:`baseclasses` Module
+-------------------------
+
+.. automodule:: baseclasses
+    :members:
+    :undoc-members:
+    :show-inheritance:
+
+:mod:`reporters` Module
+-----------------------
+
+.. automodule:: reporters
+    :members:
+    :undoc-members:
+    :show-inheritance:
+
+:mod:`utils` Module
+-------------------
+
+.. automodule:: utils
+    :members:
+    :undoc-members:
+    :show-inheritance:
+
+:mod:`gstvalidate` Module
+-------------------
+
+.. automodule:: gstvalidate
+    :members:
+    :undoc-members:
+    :show-inheritance:
+
diff --git a/validate/docs/launcher/modules.rst b/validate/docs/launcher/modules.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1654d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/launcher/modules.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.
+=
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 4
+
+   launcher
diff --git a/validate/docs/plugins/Makefile.am b/validate/docs/plugins/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4986c2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/plugins/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+GST_DOC_SCANOBJ = $(top_srcdir)/common/gstdoc-scangobj
+
+# The name of the module, e.g. 'glib'.
+MODULE=gst-validate
+DOC_MODULE=$(MODULE)-plugins
+
+# for upload-doc.mak
+DOC=$(MODULE)-plugins
+FORMATS=html
+html: html-build.stamp
+include $(top_srcdir)/common/upload-doc.mak
+
+# The top-level SGML file. Change it if you want.
+DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE=$(DOC_MODULE)-docs.sgml
+
+# The directory containing the source code.
+# gtk-doc will search all .c & .h files beneath here for inline comments
+# documenting functions and macros.
+DOC_SOURCE_DIR = $(top_srcdir)/plugins/
+
+# Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-scan.
+SCAN_OPTIONS=
+
+# Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-mkdb.
+MKDB_OPTIONS=--sgml-mode
+
+# Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-fixref.
+FIXXREF_OPTIONS=--extra-dir=$(top_builddir)/docs/gst/html \
+	--extra-dir=$(top_builddir)/docs/libs/html \
+	--extra-dir=$(GLIB_PREFIX)/share/gtk-doc/html \
+	--extra-dir=$(datadir)/gtk-doc/html
+
+# Used for dependencies.
+CFILE_GLOB=$(top_srcdir)/plugins/*/*.c
+
+# Header files to ignore when scanning.
+IGNORE_HFILES =
+IGNORE_CFILES =
+
+# Images to copy into HTML directory.
+HTML_IMAGES =
+
+# Extra SGML files that are included by $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE).
+content_files =
+
+# Other files to distribute.
+extra_files =
+
+# CFLAGS and LDFLAGS for compiling scan program. Only needed if your app/lib
+# contains GtkObjects/GObjects and you want to document signals and properties.
+GTKDOC_CFLAGS = $(GST_BASE_CFLAGS) $(GST_OBJ_CFLAGS) -I$(top_builddir) -I$(top_builddir)/gst-libs
+GTKDOC_LIBS = $(GST_BASE_LIBS)
+
+GTKDOC_CC=$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=compile $(CC)
+GTKDOC_LD=$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=link $(CC)
+
+# If you need to override some of the declarations, place them in this file
+# and uncomment this line.
+DOC_OVERRIDES = $(DOC_MODULE)-overrides.txt
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/common/gtk-doc.mak
+
diff --git a/validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins-docs.sgml b/validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins-docs.sgml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42dddd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins-docs.sgml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+
+%version-entities;
+]>
+
+
+  
+    GStreamer Validate Plugins &GST_API_VERSION; Plugins Reference Manual
+    
+      GStreamer Validate Plugins &GST_API_VERSION; Plugins Reference Manual
+      for GStreamer Validate &GST_API_VERSION; (&GST_VERSION;)
+      The latest version of this documentation can be found on-line at
+      
+        http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-validate-plugins/html/
+      .
+    
+  
+
+  
+    GstValidate plugins
+    
+  
+
+
+
diff --git a/validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins-overrides.txt b/validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins-overrides.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins-sections.txt b/validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins-sections.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..242e4eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins-sections.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+

+validate-ssim
+Validate SSim plugin
+VALIDATE_TYPE_S_SIM_OVERRIDE
+ValidateSSimOverrideClass
+validate_s_sim_override_new
+ValidateSSimOverride
+

+
diff --git a/validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins.sgml b/validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins.sgml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38736dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins.sgml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+
+%version-entities;
+]>
+
+
+  
+    GStreamer Validate Plugins &GST_API_VERSION; Plugins Reference Manual
+    
+      for GStreamer Validate &GST_API_VERSION; (&GST_VERSION;)
+      The latest version of this documentation can be found on-line at
+      http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-validate/html/.
+    
+  
+
+  
+    gst-validate plugins
+    
+  
+
+
+
diff --git a/validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins.types b/validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins.types
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f4950e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/plugins/gst-validate-plugins.types
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include 
diff --git a/validate/docs/release.txt b/validate/docs/release.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2d83da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/release.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+To be able to use the new-release script from www/bin/ you will need to link $GST/gst-devtools/validate to
+$GST/gst-validate/ -- After doing that you can follow the standard GStreamer releasing procedure.
diff --git a/validate/docs/validate-design.txt b/validate/docs/validate-design.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04cb31c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/validate-design.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+
+== Main components
+
+Gst-validate is composed of 4 parts: the issues, the reports, the runner and
+the reporters.
+
+= Issue
+Gst-Validate's main target is finding problems in GStreamer elements/pipelines.
+To make it easier to track down exactly what happens, the tests run by
+Gst-Validate use an extensible list of 'Issues'. Each Issue describes a
+potential error situation and has an unique ID and a severity level.
+
+The issues list can be extended by 3rd party libraries if specific needs
+should be met.
+
+= Reporters
+A reporter is the object that implements the GstValidateReporter interface and
+is responsible for performing tests on some target element/scenario. The
+reporter is able to create 'Reports' whenever a test it executes fails.
+
+= Reports
+The GstValidateReports are created whenever a test fails, they are posted to the
+stderr and also are posted to the GstValidateRunner for accumulation.
+
+Each report contains information about the object that generated the issue,
+the issue associated with the report and a specific debug message for the case,
+this helps tracking down the problem and fixing it.
+
+= Runner
+The GstValidateRunner is the point of communication for the app to gst-validate
+monitoring. It provides an API to gather reports and to make them accessible
+to the application.
+
+== Reporter types
+
+= Monitors
+The monitors are used to wrap around pipelines (and elements and pads) and
+attach to their data flow handling functions to be able to intercept the data
+and compare it with the expected behaviors. There are 3 types of monitors:
+
+  * GstValidateElementMonitor
+  * GstValidateBinMonitor
+  * GstValidatePadMonitor
+
+All 3 inherit from the base GstValidateMonitor class. Their name suggest what
+they monitor and they have a relationship to their children and parents. A bin
+monitor has, possibly, child element monitors and element monitors have child
+pad monitors. The monitors are responsible for listening to new children added
+to their monitored object and creating monitors for them. For example, element
+monitors listen to element's pad-added signal and create pad monitors whenever
+a new pad is added.
+
+Most (if not all) the checks are implemented at the GstValidatePadMonitor,
+as it is where the data flow happens.
+
+= FileChecker
+The file checker is another reporter that is used to make sure a file has a
+few expected properties. It inspects the file and compares the results with
+expected values set by the user. Values such as file duration, file size, if
+it can be played back and also if its encoding and container types.
+
diff --git a/validate/docs/validate-usage.txt b/validate/docs/validate-usage.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44df3d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/validate-usage.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+=== The GstValidate CLI Tools
+
+The commands here assume that you have installed gst-validate. If this
+is not the case, go into the gst-validate directory and call the tools
+directly with the path tools/
+
+1- gst-validate-1.0: It is the simplest tool and is used to run a gst
+launch style pipeline. Monitors are added to it to identify issues in the
+used elements. At the end a report will be printed, this report will
+contain information about all issues that were encountered while running
+gst-validate. To view issues as they are created, set the environment
+variable GST_DEBUG=validate:2 and it will be printed as gstreamer
+debugging. You can basically run any GstPipeline pipeline using it.
+If you are not familiar with gst-launch syntax, please refer to
+gst-launch's documentation.
+
+Examples:
+
+    # Simple playback pipeline
+    gst-validate-1.0 playbin uri=file:///path/to/some/media/file
+
+    # Transcoding pipeline
+    gst-validate-1.0 filesrc location=/root/Videos/big_buck_bunny_1080p_h264.mov ! \
+          qtdemux name=d ! queue ! x264enc ! h264parse ! mpegtsmux name=m ! progressreport ! filesink location=/root/test.ts \
+          d. ! queue ! faac ! m.
+
+You can also activate what we call "scenarios" which will execute
+actions on the pipeline. Those actions can be for example, "set pipeline
+to pause", "seek to N with rate=x" etc, using the following syntax:
+
+    gst-validate-1.0 playbin uri=file:///path/to/some/media/file --set-scenario=seek_forward
+
+You can list all available scenarios using:
+
+    gst-validate-transcoding-1.0 --list-scenarios
+
+Scenarios are simple text files describing a list of actions, you can find the
+source scenario files in validate/data/
+
+You can find more information about scenarios on the GstValidateScenario documentation: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-validate/html/GstValidateScenario.html
+
+You can find more information about the various action types available to be executed with:
+
+    gst-validate-1.0 -t 
+
+or:
+
+    gst-validate-transcoding-1.0 -t 
+
+  2- gst-validate-transcoding-1.0: Transcodes input-uri to output-uri,
+using the given encoding profile. The pipeline will be monitored for
+possible issues detection using the gst-validate lib, at the end of
+execution, a report containing information about all found issues will
+be printed.
+
+Example:
+
+    # Will transcode file://path/to/some/media/file  to H264/AAC into mp4
+    gst-validate-transcoding-1.0 -o 'video/quicktime,variant=iso:video/x-h264:audio/mpeg,mpegversion=4' \
+          file://path/to/some/media/file file:///path/to/destination_h264_aac.qt
+
+The same scenarios can be activated on gst-validate-transcoding-1.0 as
+with gst-validate-1.0
+
+  3- gst-validate-media-check-1.0: Analyzes a media file and writes the
+results to stdout or a file. It can also compare the results found with
+another results file for identifying regressions. The monitoring lib
+from gst-validate will be enabled during the tests to identify issues
+with the GStreamer elements involved with the media file's container and
+codec types. It will actually do a series of checks over the media file.
+
+Example:
+
+    # Will check various media properties from the file
+    gst-validate-media-check-1.0 file://path/to/some/media/file
+
+=== LD_PRELOAD / Testing with exiting application
+
+If you want to test an already existing application without modifying it. Just
+use:
+
+LD_PRELOAD=path/to/libgstvalidatepreload.so yourapp ...
+
+gst-validate will try to replace GstPipeline creating functions and configure
+monitors automatically for you, reports will be printed to stderr when
+they are found. You can also use GST_DEBUG to view the issues that were found
+
+NOTES: The exit code will be "18" in case a critical issue has
+been seen while running any of those tools.
+
diff --git a/validate/docs/validate/.gitignore b/validate/docs/validate/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ac8cbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/validate/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*.bak
+*.stamp
+html
+xml
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
diff --git a/validate/docs/validate/Makefile.am b/validate/docs/validate/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9eaaff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/validate/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+GST_DOC_SCANOBJ = $(top_srcdir)/common/gstdoc-scangobj
+## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
+
+# The name of the module, e.g. 'glib'.
+MODULE=gst-validate
+DOC_MODULE=gst-validate
+
+# don't want $(DOC_MODULE)-scan.c to be built with -Werror
+ERROR_CFLAGS=
+
+# for upload-doc.mak
+DOC=gst-validate
+FORMATS=html
+html: html-build.stamp
+include $(top_srcdir)/common/upload-doc.mak
+
+# The top-level SGML file. Change it if you want.
+DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE=$(DOC_MODULE)-docs.sgml
+
+# The directory containing the source code.
+# gtk-doc will search all .c & .h files beneath here for inline comments
+# documenting functions and macros.
+DOC_SOURCE_DIR=$(top_srcdir)/gst/validate/
+
+# Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-scan.
+SCAN_OPTIONS=--deprecated-guards="GST_DISABLE_DEPRECATED"
+
+# Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-mkdb.
+MKDB_OPTIONS=--sgml-mode --output-format=xml
+
+# Extra options to supply to gtkdoc-fixref.
+FIXXREF_OPTIONS=--extra-dir=$(top_builddir)/docs/gst/html \
+	--extra-dir=$(GLIB_PREFIX)/share/gtk-doc/html \
+	--extra-dir=$(datadir)/gtk-doc/html
+
+# Used for dependencies.
+HFILE_GLOB=$(top_srcdir)/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h
+CFILE_GLOB=$(top_srcdir)/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
+
+# Extra options to pass to gtkdoc-scanobj or gtkdoc-scangobj.
+SCANOBJ_OPTIONS=--type-init-func="gst_init(&argc,&argv); gst_validate_init()"
+
+# Header files to ignore when scanning.
+IGNORE_HFILES = \
+	gettext.h \
+	gst-validate-internal.h \
+	gst-validate-monitor.h \
+	gst-validate-bin-monitor.h \
+	gst-validate-element-monitor.h \
+	gst-validate-pad-monitor.h \
+	gst-validate-override.h \
+ 	gst-validate-override-registry.h \
+	gst-validate-utils.h \
+	gst-validate-media-info.h  \
+	gst-validate-report.h  \
+	media-descriptor.h \
+	media-descriptor-parser.h \
+	media-descriptor-writer.h \
+	gst-validate-i18n-lib.h
+
+IGNORE_CFILES = \
+	gst-validate-monitor.c \
+	gst-validate-bin-monitor.c \
+	gst-validate-pad-monitor.c \
+	gst-validate-element-monitor.c \
+	gst-validate-override.c \
+ 	gst-validate-override-registry.c \
+	gst-validate-utils.c \
+	gst-validate-report.c  \
+	gst-validate-media-info.c \
+	media-descriptor.c \
+	media-descriptor-parser.c \
+	media-descriptor-writer.c \
+	gst-validate-i18n-lib.c
+
+# Images to copy into HTML directory.
+# HTML_IMAGES = gdp-header.png
+
+# Extra SGML files that are included by $(DOC_MAIN_SGML_FILE).
+content_files = gst-validate.xml gst-validate-transcoding.xml gst-validate-media-check.xml gst-validate-launcher.xml envvariables.xml scenarios.xml
+
+# Other files to distribute.
+extra_files =
+
+# CFLAGS and LDFLAGS for compiling scan program. Only needed if your app/lib
+# contains GtkObjects/GObjects and you want to document signals and properties.
+GTKDOC_CFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) $(GST_PBUTILS_CFLAGS) $(GST_BASE_CFLAGS) \
+	$(GST_CFLAGS)  $(GIO_CFLAGS) $(GCOV_CFLAGS)
+GTKDOC_LIBS = \
+	$(top_builddir)/gst/validate/libgstvalidate-@GST_API_VERSION@.la \
+	$(GST_BASE_LIBS) $(GST_LIBS) $(GIO_LIBS) $(GCOV_LIBS)
+
+GTKDOC_CC=$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=compile $(CC)
+GTKDOC_LD=$(LIBTOOL) --tag=CC --mode=link $(CC)
+
+# If you need to override some of the declarations, place them in this file
+# and uncomment this line.
+DOC_OVERRIDES = $(DOC_MODULE)-overrides.txt
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/common/gtk-doc.mak
+
diff --git a/validate/docs/validate/envvariables.xml b/validate/docs/validate/envvariables.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a04a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/validate/envvariables.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+
+
+%version-entities;
+]>
+
+  GstValidate Environment Variables
+
+  
+     The runtime behaviour of GstValidate applications can be influenced by a number of environment variables.
+  
+
+
+  <envar>GST_VALIDATE</envar>
+
+  
+    This environment variable can be set to a list of debug options,
+    which cause GstValidate to print out different types of test result information
+    and consider differently the level of the reported issues.
+    
+      
+        fatal-criticals
+        Causes GstValidate to consider only critical issues as import enough to consider the test failed (default behaviour)
+        
+      
+      
+        fatal-warnings
+        Causes GstValidate to consider warning, and critical issues as import enough to consider the test failed
+        
+      
+      
+        fatal-issues
+        Causes GstValidate to consider issue, warning, and critical issues as import enough to consider the test failed
+        
+      
+      
+        print-issues
+        Causes GstValidate to print issue, warning and critical issues in the final reports (default behaviour)
+        
+      
+      
+        print-warnings
+        Causes GstValidate to only print warning and critical issues in the final reports
+        
+      
+      
+        print-criticals
+        Causes GstValidate to only print critical issues in the final reports
+        
+      
+    
+  
+
+
+
+  <envar>GST_VALIDATE_FILE</envar>
+
+  
+    Set this variable to a to a colon-separated list of paths to redirect all
+    GstValidate messages to this file.  If left unset, debug messages will be
+    outputed into the standard error.
+  
+
+  
+    You can use the special names stdout and stderr to use those output.
+  
+
+
+
+  <envar>GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIOS_PATH</envar>
+
+  
+    Set this variable to a to a colon-separated list of paths. GstValidate will
+    scan these paths for GstValidate scenario files.
+
+    By default GstValidate will look for scenarios in the user data directory as
+    specified in the XDG standard:
+    .local/share/gstreamer-&GST_API_VERSION;/validate/scenarios
+    and the system wide user data directory: /usr/lib/gstreamer-&GST_API_VERSION;/validate/scenarios
+  
+
+
+
+  <envar>GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE</envar>
+
+  
+    Set this variable to a colon-separated list of dynamically linkable files that GstValidate will
+    scan looking for overrides.
+
+    By default GstValidate will look for scenarios in the user data directory as
+    specified in the XDG standard:
+    .local/share/gstreamer-&GST_API_VERSION;/validate/scenarios
+    and the system wide user data directory: /usr/lib/gstreamer-&GST_API_VERSION;/validate/scenarios
+  
+
+
+
+  <envar>GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_WAIT_MULITPLIER</envar>
+
+  
+      A decimal number to set as a multiplier for the wait actions. For example if you set
+      GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_WAIT_MULITPLIER=0.5, for a wait action that has a duration of 2.0
+      the waiting time will only be of 1.0 second. If set to 0, wait action will be ignored.
+  
+
+
+
+  <envar>GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS</envar>
+
+  
+    The reporting level can be set through the GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS
+      environment variable, as a comma-separated list of (optional) object categories / names
+      and levels. Omit the object category / name to set the global level.
+
+    
+      Examples:
+      
+        GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS=synthetic,h264parse:all
+        GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS=none,h264parse::sink_0:synthetic
+      
+    
+    
+      Levels being:
+    
+    
+      
+        none
+        No debugging level specified or desired. Used to deactivate debugging output.
+        
+      
+      
+        
+          synthetic
+        
+        
+          
+            Summary of the issues found, with no details.
+          
+        
+      
+      
+        
+          subchain
+        
+        
+          
+            If set as the default level, similar issues can be reported multiple times for
+            different subchains.  If set as the level for a particular object (my_object:subchain),
+            validate will report the issues where the object is the first to report an issue for
+            a subchain.
+          
+        
+      
+      
+        
+            monitor
+        
+        
+          
+            If set as the default level, all the
+            distinct issues for all the monitors will be reported.
+            If set as the level for a particular object, all the distinct issues for this object
+            will be reported.
+            Note that if the same issue happens twice on the same object, up until this
+            level that issue is only reported once.
+          
+        
+      
+      
+        
+            all
+        
+        
+          
+             All the issues will be reported, even those
+             that repeat themselves inside the same object. This can be very verbose if
+             set globally.
+          
+        
+      
+    
+   Setting the reporting level allows to control the way issues are reported
+   when calling gst_validate_runner_printf().
+  
+
+
+
diff --git a/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-docs.sgml b/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-docs.sgml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..907ac3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-docs.sgml
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+
+
+%version-entities;
+]>
+
+
+  
+    GstValidate Reference Manual
+    
+      for GstValidate &GST_API_VERSION;
+    
+  
+
+  
+    Overview and usage
+    
+    
+      GstValidate is a tool that allows GStreamer developers to check
+      that the GstElements they write behave the way they are supposed to.
+      It was first started to provide plug-ins developers with a tool to
+      check that they use the framework the proper way.
+    
+
+    
+      GstValidate implements a monitoring logic that allows the system to check
+      that the elements of a GstPipeline respect some rules GStreamer components
+      have to follow to make them properly interact together.
+      For example, a GstValidatePadMonitor will make sure that if we receive a GstSegment
+      from upstream, an equivalent segment is sent downstream before any buffer gets out.
+    
+    
+      Then GstValidate implements a reporting system that allows users to
+      get detailed informations about what was not properly handled by the elements.
+      The generated reports are ordered by level of importance from "issue" to "critical".
+    
+    
+      Some tools have been implemented to help developers validate and test
+      their GstElement, you can have a look at the command line tools section
+      to find more information.
+    
+    
+      On top of that, the notion of a validation
+      scenario has been implemented so that developers can easily execute a set
+      of actions on pipelines to test real world interactive cases and reproduce existing
+      issues in a convenient way.
+    
+    
+
+    
+    
+    
+    
+
+    
+    
+  
+
+  
+    API Documentation
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
+
+  
+  
+    Object Hierarchy
+     
+  
+  
+    API Index
+    
+  
+  
+    Index of deprecated API
+    
+  
+
+  
+
diff --git a/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-launcher.xml b/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-launcher.xml
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
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+
+
+%version-entities;
+]>
+
+  
+    
+      The GstValidate team
+      see http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-devtools/
+    
+    gst-validate
+  
+
+  
+    gst-validate-launcher
+    1
+    GstValidate
+    &GST_API_VERSION;
+    GstValidate Manual Pages
+  
+
+  
+    gst-validate-launcher
+    Tool to launch GstValidate testsuites
+  
+
+  
+    
+      gst-validate-launcher
+      options
+      TESTSUITE
+    
+  
+
+  
+    Description
+    gst-validate-launcher is an application to create
+      full testsuites on top of the GstValidate tools, testing behaviour with
+      dynamic pipelines and user actions (seeking, changing the pipeline
+      state, etc.) as described by the scenario format.
+    
+    
+      Run the GstValidate default testsuite
+      
+      GstValidate comes with a default testsuite to be executed on a default set of media samples.
+      Those media samples are stored with git-annex so you
+      will need it to be able to launch the default testsuite.
+      
+      
+        The first time you launch the testsuite, you will need to make sure that the media samples are
+        downloaded. To do so and launch the testsuite you can simply do:
+      
+      
+          gst-validate-launcher validate --sync
+      
+      
+        This will only launch the GstValidate tests and not other applications that might be supported
+        (currently ges-launch is also supported and has its own default testsuite).
+      
+      
+        Launching the default testsuite will open/close many windows, you might want to mute it
+        so you can keep using your computer:
+      
+      
+        gst-validate-launcher validate --sync --mute
+      
+    
+    
+      Example of a testsuite implementation
+      
+        To implement a testsuite, you will have to write some simple python code that defines
+        the tests to be launched by gst-validate-launcher.
+      
+      
+        In this example, we will assume that you want to write a whole new testsuite based on
+        your own media samples and scenarios.
+        The set of media files and the testsuite implementation file will be structured as follow:
+      
+      
+testsuite_folder/
+  |-> testsuite.py
+  |-> sample_files/
+      |-> file.mp4
+      |-> file1.mkv
+      |-> file2.ogv
+  |-> scenarios
+      |-> scenario.scenario
+      |-> scenario1.scenario
+      
+      
+          You should generate the .media_info files. To generate them for local files,
+          you can use:
+      
+      
+        gst-validate-launcher --medias-paths /path/to/sample_files/ --generate-media-info
+      
+      
+            For remote streams, you should use gst-validate-media-check-&GST_API_VERSION;. For an http stream you can for example do:
+      
+      
+            gst-validate-media-check-&GST_API_VERSION; http://someonlinestream.com/thestream \
+              --output-file /path/to/testsuite_folder/sample_files/thestream.stream_info
+      
+      
+        The gst-validate-launcher will use the generated
+        .media_info and .stream_info
+        files to validate the tests as those contain the necessary information.
+      
+      
+        Then you will need to write the testsuite.py file. You can for example implement the following testsuite:
+      
+      
+        
+import os
+
+# Make sure gst-validate-launcher uses our media files
+options.paths = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+
+# Make sure GstValidate is able to use our scenarios
+# from the testsuite_folder/scenarios folder
+os.environ["GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIOS_PATH"] = \
+    os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "scenarios")
+
+# You can activate the following if you only care about critical issues in
+# the report:
+# os.environ["GST_VALIDATE"] = "print_criticals"
+
+# Make gst-validate use our scenarios
+validate.add_scenarios(["scenario", "scenario1"])
+
+
+# Now add "Theora and Vorbis in OGG container" as a wanted transcoding format. That means
+# that conversion to this format will be tested on all the media files/streams.
+validate.add_encoding_formats([MediaFormatCombination("ogg", "vorbis", "theora")])
+
+# Use the GstValidatePlaybinTestsGenerator to generate tests that will use playbin
+# and GstValidateTranscodingTestsGenerator to create media transcoding tests that
+# will use all the media format added with validate.add_encoding_formats
+validate.add_generators([validate.GstValidatePlaybinTestsGenerator(validate),
+                         GstValidateTranscodingTestsGenerator(self)])
+
+# Blacklist some tests that are known to fail because a feature is not supported
+# or due to any other reason.
+# The tuple defining those tests is of the form:
+# ("regex defining the test name", "Reason why the test should be disabled")
+validate.set_default_blacklist([
+        ("validate.*.scenario1.*ogv$"
+         "oggdemux does not support some action executed in scenario1")]
+        )
+        
+      
+
+      
+        Once this is done, you've got a testsuite that will:
+      
+      
+        
+          
+          Run playbin pipelines on file.mp4, file1.mkv and
+          file2.ogv> executing scenario and scenario1 scenarios
+          
+        
+        
+          
+          Transcode file.mp4, file1.mkv and file2.ogv
+          to Theora and Vorbis in a OGG container
+          
+        
+      
+      
+        The only thing to do to run the testsuite is:
+      
+      
+        gst-validate-launcher --config /path/to/testsuite_folder/testsuite.py
+      
+    
+  
+
+  Invocation
+    
+        You can find detailed information about the launcher by launching it:
+    
+    
+      gst-validate-launcher --help
+    
+  
+
diff --git a/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-media-check.xml b/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-media-check.xml
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--- /dev/null
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+
+
+%version-entities;
+]>
+
+  
+    
+      The GstValidate team
+      see http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-devtools/
+    
+    gst-validate
+  
+
+  
+    gst-validate-media-check
+    1
+    GstValidate
+    &GST_API_VERSION;
+    GstValidate Manual Pages
+  
+
+  
+    gst-validate-media-check
+    Tool to test GStreamer media types discovery
+  
+
+  
+    
+      gst-validate-media-check
+      options
+      URI
+    
+  
+
+  
+    Description
+    
+      gst-validate-media-check is command line tool checking that media files discovering works
+      properly with gst-discoverer over multiple runs. It needs a reference text file containing
+      valid information about a media file (which can be generated with the same tool) and then it will be able to check
+      that the reference matches what will be reported by gst-discoverer in the following runs.
+    
+    
+      For example, given that we have a valid reference.media_info file, we can run:
+    
+    
+      gst-validate-media-check-&GST_API_VERSION; file:///./file.ogv --expected-results reference.media_info
+    
+    
+      It will then output any error encountered and return an exit code different from 0 if any error is found.
+    
+  
+
+  Invocation
+    
+      gst-validate-media-check takes an URI to analyze
+      and some extra options to control the output.
+    
+
+    Options
+      
+
+        
+          , 
+          
+              The output file to store the results.
+          
+        
+
+        
+          , 
+          
+              Fully analize the file frame by frame.
+          
+        
+
+        
+          , 
+          
+              Path to file containing the expected results (or the last results found) for comparison with new results.
+          
+        
+
+      
+    
+  
+
diff --git a/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-sections.txt b/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-sections.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4abe09b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-sections.txt
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+

+validate
+Initialization
+gst_validate_init
+

+
+

+gst-validate-monitor-factory
+GstValidate monitoring system
+gst_validate_monitor_factory_create
+

+
+

+gst-validate-runner
+GstValidateRunner
+GstValidateRunner
+GstValidateRunnerClass
+gst_validate_runner_new
+gst_validate_runner_get_reports_count
+gst_validate_runner_printf
+
+gst_validate_runner_get_reports
+gst_validate_runner_add_report
+
+GST_IS_VALIDATE_RUNNER
+GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_CAST
+GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_CLASS_CAST
+GST_IS_VALIDATE_RUNNER_CLASS
+GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_RUNNER
+GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER
+GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_CLASS
+GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_GET_CLASS
+gst_validate_runner_get_type
+

+
+

+gst-validate-scenario
+GstValidateScenario
+GstValidateExecuteAction
+GstValidateAction
+GstValidateActionParameter
+GstValidateScenario
+GstValidateScenarioClass
+gst_validate_print_action_types
+gst_validate_list_scenarios
+gst_validate_register_action_type
+gst_validate_action_get_clocktime
+gst_validate_scenario_execute_seek
+GstValidateActionType
+
+gst_validate_scenario_factory_create
+
+GST_IS_VALIDATE_ACTION
+GST_IS_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE
+GST_IS_VALIDATE_SCENARIO
+GST_IS_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_CLASS
+GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_ACTION
+GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE
+GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_SCENARIO
+GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE
+GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO
+GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_CLASS
+GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_GET_CLASS
+GstValidateScenarioPrivate
+gst_validate_action_get_type
+gst_validate_action_type_get_type
+gst_validate_scenario_get_type
+

+
+

+gst-validate-report
+GstValidate reporting system
+GstValidateIssue
+gst_validate_issue_new
+GstValidateReport
+

+
+

+gst-validate-reporter
+GstValidateReporter
+GstValidateReporter
+GST_VALIDATE_REPORT
+gst_validate_reporter_set_handle_g_logs
+gst_validate_report
+gst_validate_reporter_get_reports_count
+
+GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_REPORTER
+GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER
+GST_IS_VALIDATE_REPORTER
+GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_GET_INTERFACE
+GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_CAST
+

diff --git a/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.xml b/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b69b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate-transcoding.xml
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+
+
+%version-entities;
+]>
+
+  
+    
+      The GstValidate team
+      see http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-devtools/
+    
+    gst-validate
+  
+
+  
+    gst-validate-transcoding
+    1
+    GstValidate
+    &GST_API_VERSION;
+    GstValidate Manual Pages
+  
+
+  
+    gst-validate-transcoding
+    Tool to test GStreamer transcoding components
+  
+
+  
+    
+      gst-validate-transcoding
+      options
+      INPUT-URI
+      OUTPUT-URI
+    
+  
+
+  
+    Description
+    gst-validate-transcoding is tool to create media
+      files transcoding pipelines running inside the GstValidate monitoring
+      infrastructure.
+    
+        You can for example transcode any media file to Vorbis audio + VP8 video in a WebM container by doing:
+    
+    
+      gst-validate-transcoding-&GST_API_VERSION; file:///./file.ogg file:///.../transcoded.webm -o 'video/webm:video/x-vp8:audio/x-vorbis'
+    
+
+    
+        gst-validate-transcoding will list every issue encountered during the execution of the
+        transcoding operation in a human readable report like the one below:
+    
+    
+      
+        issue : buffer is out of the segment range Detected on theoradec0.srcpad at 0:00:00.096556426
+
+        Details : buffer is out of segment and shouldn't be pushed. Timestamp: 0:00:25.000 - duration: 0:00:00.040 Range: 0:00:00.000 - 0:00:04.520
+        Description : buffer being pushed is out of the current segment's start-stop  range. Meaning it is going to be discarded downstream without any use
+    
+    
+      The return code of the process will be 18 in case a CRITICAL issue has been found.
+    
+
+    
+      The encoding profile serialization format
+      This is the serialization format of a GstEncodingProfile.
+      
+        Internally the transcoding application uses GstEncodeBin. gst-validate-transcoding-&GST_API_VERSION; uses its own
+        serialization format to describe the GstEncodeBin.profile
+        property of the encodebin.
+      
+
+      
+          The simplest serialized profile looks like:
+      
+      
+        muxer_source_caps:videoencoder_source_caps:audioencoder_source_caps
+      
+
+      
+          For example to encode a stream into a WebM container, with an OGG audio stream and a VP8 video stream,
+          the serialized GstEncodingProfile will look like:
+      
+      
+        video/webm:video/x-vp8:audio/x-vorbis
+      
+
+      
+          You can also set the preset name of the encoding profile using the caps+preset_name syntax as in:
+      
+      
+        video/webm:video/x-vp8+youtube-preset:audio/x-vorbis
+      
+
+      
+          Moreover, you can set the presence property of an
+          encoding profile using the |presence syntax as in:
+      
+      
+        video/webm:video/x-vp8|1:audio/x-vorbis
+      
+
+      
+        This field allows you to specify how many times maximum a GstEncodingProfile can be used inside an encodebin.
+      
+      
+        You can also use the restriction_caps->encoded_format_caps syntax to specify the
+        restriction caps
+        to be set on a GstEncodingProfile. It corresponds to the
+        restriction GstCaps to apply before
+        the encoder that will be used in the profile. The fields present in restriction
+        caps are properties of the raw stream (that is, before encoding), such as height
+        and width for video and depth and sampling rate for audio. This property does not
+        make sense for muxers.
+      
+      
+          To force a video stream to be encoded with a Full HD resolution (using WebM as the container format,
+          VP8 as the video codec and Vorbis as the audio codec), you should use:
+      
+      
+        video/webm:video/x-raw-yuv,width=1920,height=1080-->video/x-vp8:audio/x-vorbis
+      
+    
+      Some serialized encoding formats examples:
+      
+        MP3 audio and H264 in MP4:
+      
+      
+        video/quicktime,variant=iso:video/x-h264:audio/mpeg,mpegversion=1,layer=3
+      
+
+      
+        Vorbis and theora in OGG:
+      
+      
+        application/ogg:video/x-theora:audio/x-vorbis
+      
+
+      
+        AC3 and H264 in MPEG-TS:
+      
+      
+        video/mpegts:video/x-h264:audio/x-ac3
+      
+    
+    
+  
+
+  Invocation
+    
+      gst-validate-transcoding takes and input URI and an output URI,
+      plus a few options to control how transcoding should be tested.
+    
+
+    Options
+      
+
+        
+          
+          
+               Let you set a scenario, it can be a full path to a scenario file
+               or the name of the scenario (name of the file without the
+               .scenario extension).
+          
+        
+
+        
+          , 
+          
+              List the avalaible scenarios that can be run.
+          
+        
+
+        
+          
+          
+              The output file to store scenarios details. Implies .
+          
+        
+
+        
+          , 
+          
+              Inspect the avalaible action types with which to write scenarios
+              if no parameter passed, it will list all avalaible action types
+              otherwize will print the full description of the wanted types.
+          
+        
+
+        
+          
+          
+              Let you set a config scenario. The scenario needs to be set as
+              config. You can specify a list of scenarios
+              separated by :. It will override the
+              GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO environment variable.
+          
+        
+
+        
+          , 
+          
+              If an EOS event should be sent to the pipeline if an interrupt is
+              received, instead of forcing the pipeline to stop. Sending an EOS
+              will allow the transcoding to finish the files properly before exiting.
+          
+        
+
+        
+          , 
+          
+              Whether to try to force reencoding, meaning trying to only remux if possible, defaults to TRUE.
+          
+        
+
+      
+    
+  
+
diff --git a/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate.types b/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate.types
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e91b3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate.types
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+gst_validate_action_get_type
+gst_validate_action_type_get_type
+gst_validate_report_get_type
+gst_validate_reporter_get_type
+gst_validate_runner_get_type
+gst_validate_scenario_get_type
diff --git a/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate.xml b/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7965791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/validate/gst-validate.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+
+
+%version-entities;
+]>
+
+  
+    
+      The GstValidate team
+      see http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-devtools/
+    
+    gst-validate
+  
+
+  
+    gst-validate
+    1
+    GstValidate
+    &GST_API_VERSION;
+    GstValidate Manual Pages
+  
+
+  
+    gst-validate
+    Tool to test GStreamer components
+  
+
+  
+    
+      gst-validate
+      options
+      PIPELINE-DESCRIPTION
+    
+  
+
+  
+    Description
+    
+      gst-validate is the simplest gst-launch-like pipeline launcher
+      running inside GstValidate monitoring infrastructure.  Monitors are added to it to identify issues in the
+      used elements. At the end it will print a report with some information
+      about all the issues encountered during its run.  To view issues as they are detected, set the environment
+      variable GST_DEBUG=validate:2 and they will get printed in the GStreamer debug log.
+      You can basically run any GstPipeline pipeline using this tool.
+      If you are not familiar with gst-launch syntax, please refer to
+      gst-launch's documentation.
+    
+    
+      Simple playback pipeline:
+    
+    
+      gst-validate-1.0 playbin uri=file:///path/to/some/media/file
+    
+    
+      Transcoding pipeline:
+    
+    
+      gst-validate-1.0 filesrc location=/media/file/location ! qtdemux name=d ! queue \
+        ! x264enc ! h264parse ! mpegtsmux name=m ! progressreport \
+        ! filesink location=/root/test.ts d. ! queue ! faac ! m.
+    
+    
+      It will list each issue that has been encountered during the execution of the specified pipeline in a human readable report like:
+    
+    
+      issue : buffer is out of the segment range Detected on theoradec0.srcpad at 0:00:00.096556426
+
+Details : buffer is out of segment and shouldn't be pushed. Timestamp: 0:00:25.000 - duration: 0:00:00.040 Range: 0:00:00.000 - 0:00:04.520
+Description : buffer being pushed is out of the current segment's start-stop  range. Meaning it is going to be discarded downstream without any use
+    
+    
+      The return code of the process will be 18 in case a CRITICAL issue has been found.
+    
+  
+
+  Invocation
+    
+      gst-validate takes a mandatory description of the
+      pipeline to launch, similar to gst-launch, and
+      some extra options.
+    
+
+    Options
+      
+
+        
+          
+          
+               Let you set a scenario, it can be a full path to a scenario file
+               or the name of the scenario (name of the file without the
+               .scenario extension).
+          
+        
+
+        
+          , 
+          
+              List the avalaible scenarios that can be run.
+          
+        
+
+        
+          
+          
+              The output file to store scenarios details. Implies .
+          
+        
+
+        
+          , 
+          
+              Inspect the avalaible action types with which to write scenarios
+              if no parameter passed, it will list all avalaible action types
+              otherwize will print the full description of the wanted types.
+          
+        
+
+        
+          
+          
+              Set a media_info XML file descriptor to share information about the media file that will be reproduced.
+          
+        
+
+        
+          
+          
+              Let you set a config scenario. The scenario needs to be set as
+              config. You can specify a list of scenarios
+              separated by ":". It will override the
+              GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO environment variable.
+          
+        
+
+      
+    
+  
+
diff --git a/validate/docs/validate/scenarios.xml b/validate/docs/validate/scenarios.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1ef39c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/validate/scenarios.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+
+
+%version-entities;
+]>
+
+
+  GstValidate Scenario File Format
+
+  
+    To be able to define a list of actions to execute on a GstPipeline,
+    a dedicated file format is used.
+    The name of the scenario is the name of the file without its .scenario extension.
+    The scenario file format is based on the GstStructure
+    serialized format which is a basic, type aware, key value format.
+    It takes the type of the action in the first comma separated field, and then
+    some key value pairs in the form parameter=value separated by commas. The values
+    type will be guessed if not casted as in parameter=(string)value. You can force the type
+    guessing system to actually know what type you want by giving it the right hints. For example
+    to make sure the value is a double, you should add a decimal (ie. 1 will be considered as a
+    int, but 1.0 will be considered as a double and "1.0"
+    will be considered as a string).
+  
+  
+    For example to represent a seek action, you should add the following line in the .scenario
+    file.
+  
+  
+    
+      
+        seek, playback-time=10.0, start=0.0, flags=accurate+flush
+      
+    
+  
+  
+    The files to be used as scenario should have a .scenario extension and
+    should be placed either in $USER_DATA_DIR/gstreamer-1.0/validate/scenarios ,
+    $GST_DATADIR/gstreamer-1.0/validate/scenarios or in a path defined in the
+    $GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIOS_PATH environment variable.
+  
+  
+    Each line in the .scenario file represent an action (you can also use \ at the end of a line
+    write a single action on multiple lines). Usually you should start you scenario with a description
+    "config" action in order for the user to have more information about the scenario. It can contain
+    a summary field which is a string explaining what the scenario does and then several info fields
+    about the scenario. You can find more info about it running:
+  
+  
+    
+      
+        gst-validate-1.0 --inspect-action-type action_type_name
+      
+    
+  
+  
+    So a basic scenario file that will seek three times and stop would look like:
+  
+  
+    
+      
+        description, summary="Seeks at 1.0 to 2.0 then at \
+        3.0 to 0.0 and then seeks at \
+        1.0 to 2.0 for 1.0 second (between 2.0 and 3.0).", \
+        seek=true, duration=5.0, min-media-duration=4.0
+        seek, playback-time=1.0, rate=1.0, start=2.0, flags=accurate+flush
+        seek, playback-time=3.0, rate=1.0, start=0.0, flags=accurate+flush
+        seek, playback-time=1.0, rate=1.0, start=2.0, stop=3.0, flags=accurate+flush
+      
+    
+  
+  
+    Many action types have been implemented to help users define their own scenarios.
+    For example there are:
+    Action type examples:
+      
+        
+          seek: Seeks into the stream.
+        
+      
+      
+        
+          play: Set the pipeline state to
+          GST_STATE_PLAYING.
+        
+      
+      
+        
+          pause: Set the pipeline state to
+          GST_STATE_PAUSED.
+        
+      
+      
+        
+          stop: Stop the execution of the pipeline.
+        
+        
+          NOTE: This action actually posts a
+          GST_MESSAGE_REQUEST_STATE message requesting
+          GST_STATE_NULL on the bus and
+          the application should quit.
+        
+      
+      
+        ...
+      
+    
+  
+  
+    To get all the details about the registered action types, you can list them all with:
+  
+  
+    
+      
+        gst-validate-1.0 --inspect-action-type
+      
+    
+  
+  
+    and to include transcoding specific action types:
+  
+  
+    
+      
+        gst-validate-transcoding-1.0 --inspect-action-type
+      
+    
+  
+  
+    Many scenarios are distributed with gst-validate, you can list them all using:
+  
+  
+    
+      
+        gst-validate-1.0 --list-scenarios
+      
+    
+  
+  
+    You can find more information about the scenario implementation and action types in the
+    GstValidateScenario section.
+  
+
diff --git a/validate/docs/version.entities.in b/validate/docs/version.entities.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..286989f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/docs/version.entities.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+
diff --git a/validate/gst-libs/Makefile.am b/validate/gst-libs/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..062cb55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst-libs/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SUBDIRS = gst
diff --git a/validate/gst-libs/gst/Makefile.am b/validate/gst-libs/gst/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aeb34bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst-libs/gst/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+if HAVE_CAIRO
+SUBDIRS = video
+endif
diff --git a/validate/gst-libs/gst/video/Makefile.am b/validate/gst-libs/gst/video/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89ec269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst-libs/gst/video/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+libgstvalidatevideo_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_SOURCES = gstvalidatessim.c gssim.c
+libgstvalidatevideo_@GST_API_VERSION@include_HEADERS = gstvalidatessim.h gssim.h
+
+libgstvalidatevideo_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_ALL_CFLAGS) $(CAIRO_CFLAGS) $(GST_VIDEO_CFLAGS) -I$(top_builddir)
+libgstvalidatevideo_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_LIBADD = $(GST_ALL_LIBS) $(CAIRO_LIBS) $(GST_VIDEO_LIBS) $(top_builddir)/gst/validate/libgstvalidate-@GST_API_VERSION@.la
+libgstvalidatevideo_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_ALL_LDFLAGS) $(CAIRO_LDFLAGS) $(GST_VIDEO_LDFLAGS)
+
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgstvalidatevideo-@GST_API_VERSION@.la
+
+libgstvalidatevideo_@GST_API_VERSION@includedir = $(includedir)/gstreamer-@GST_API_VERSION@/lib/validate/video
+
+CLEANFILES =
diff --git a/validate/gst-libs/gst/video/gssim.c b/validate/gst-libs/gst/video/gssim.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60acce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst-libs/gst/video/gssim.c
@@ -0,0 +1,453 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Mathieu Duponchelle 
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Raspberry Pi Foundation
+ *  Author: Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include "gssim.h"
+
+typedef gfloat (*SSimWeightFunc) (Gssim * self, gint y, gint x);
+
+typedef struct _SSimWindowCache
+{
+  gint x_window_start;
+  gint x_weight_start;
+  gint x_window_end;
+  gint y_window_start;
+  gint y_weight_start;
+  gint y_window_end;
+  gfloat element_summ;
+} SSimWindowCache;
+
+/*  *INDENT-OFF* */
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (Gssim, gssim, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
+/*  *INDENT-ON* */
+
+enum
+{
+  PROP_FIRST_PROP = 1,
+  N_PROPS
+};
+
+struct _GssimPriv
+{
+  gint width;
+  gint height;
+  gint windowsize;
+  gint windowtype;
+  SSimWindowCache *windows;
+  gfloat *weights;
+  gfloat const1;
+  gfloat const2;
+  gfloat sigma;
+
+  gfloat *orgmu;
+
+  GstVideoConverter *converter;
+  GstVideoInfo in_info, out_info;
+};
+
+
+static void
+gssim_calculate_mu (Gssim * self, guint8 * buf)
+{
+  gint oy, ox, iy, ix;
+
+  for (oy = 0; oy < self->priv->height; oy++) {
+    for (ox = 0; ox < self->priv->width; ox++) {
+      gfloat mu = 0;
+      gfloat elsumm;
+      gint weight_y_base, weight_x_base;
+      gint weight_offset;
+      gint pixel_offset;
+      gint winstart_y;
+      gint wghstart_y;
+      gint winend_y;
+      gint winstart_x;
+      gint wghstart_x;
+      gint winend_x;
+      gfloat weight;
+      gint source_offset;
+
+      source_offset = oy * self->priv->width + ox;
+
+      winstart_x = self->priv->windows[source_offset].x_window_start;
+      wghstart_x = self->priv->windows[source_offset].x_weight_start;
+      winend_x = self->priv->windows[source_offset].x_window_end;
+      winstart_y = self->priv->windows[source_offset].y_window_start;
+      wghstart_y = self->priv->windows[source_offset].y_weight_start;
+      winend_y = self->priv->windows[source_offset].y_window_end;
+      elsumm = self->priv->windows[source_offset].element_summ;
+
+      switch (self->priv->windowtype) {
+        case 0:
+          for (iy = winstart_y; iy <= winend_y; iy++) {
+            pixel_offset = iy * self->priv->width;
+            for (ix = winstart_x; ix <= winend_x; ix++)
+              mu += buf[pixel_offset + ix];
+          }
+          mu = mu / elsumm;
+          break;
+        case 1:
+
+          weight_y_base = wghstart_y - winstart_y;
+          weight_x_base = wghstart_x - winstart_x;
+
+          for (iy = winstart_y; iy <= winend_y; iy++) {
+            pixel_offset = iy * self->priv->width;
+            weight_offset = (weight_y_base + iy) * self->priv->windowsize +
+                weight_x_base;
+            for (ix = winstart_x; ix <= winend_x; ix++) {
+              weight = self->priv->weights[weight_offset + ix];
+              mu += weight * buf[pixel_offset + ix];
+            }
+          }
+          mu = mu / elsumm;
+          break;
+      }
+      self->priv->orgmu[oy * self->priv->width + ox] = mu;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+static gfloat
+ssim_weight_func_none (Gssim * self, gint y, gint x)
+{
+  return 1;
+}
+
+static gfloat
+ssim_weight_func_gauss (Gssim * self, gint y, gint x)
+{
+  gfloat coord = sqrt (x * x + y * y);
+  return exp (-1 * (coord * coord) / (2 * self->priv->sigma *
+          self->priv->sigma)) / (self->priv->sigma * sqrt (2 * G_PI));
+}
+
+
+static gboolean
+gssim_regenerate_windows (Gssim * self)
+{
+  gint windowiseven;
+  gint y, x, y2, x2;
+  SSimWeightFunc func;
+  gfloat normal_summ = 0;
+  gint normal_count = 0;
+
+  g_free (self->priv->weights);
+
+  self->priv->weights =
+      g_new (gfloat, self->priv->windowsize * self->priv->windowsize);
+
+  windowiseven =
+      ((gint) self->priv->windowsize / 2) * 2 == self->priv->windowsize ? 1 : 0;
+
+  g_free (self->priv->windows);
+
+  self->priv->windows =
+      g_new (SSimWindowCache, self->priv->height * self->priv->width);
+
+  switch (self->priv->windowtype) {
+    case 0:
+      func = ssim_weight_func_none;
+      break;
+    case 1:
+      func = ssim_weight_func_gauss;
+      break;
+    default:
+      self->priv->windowtype = 1;
+      func = ssim_weight_func_gauss;
+  }
+
+  for (y = 0; y < self->priv->windowsize; y++) {
+    gint yoffset = y * self->priv->windowsize;
+    for (x = 0; x < self->priv->windowsize; x++) {
+      self->priv->weights[yoffset + x] =
+          func (self, x - self->priv->windowsize / 2 + windowiseven,
+          y - self->priv->windowsize / 2 + windowiseven);
+      normal_summ += self->priv->weights[yoffset + x];
+      normal_count++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (y = 0; y < self->priv->height; y++) {
+    for (x = 0; x < self->priv->width; x++) {
+      SSimWindowCache win;
+      gint element_count = 0;
+
+      win.x_window_start = x - self->priv->windowsize / 2 + windowiseven;
+      win.x_weight_start = 0;
+      if (win.x_window_start < 0) {
+        win.x_weight_start = -win.x_window_start;
+        win.x_window_start = 0;
+      }
+
+      win.x_window_end = x + self->priv->windowsize / 2;
+      if (win.x_window_end >= self->priv->width)
+        win.x_window_end = self->priv->width - 1;
+
+      win.y_window_start = y - self->priv->windowsize / 2 + windowiseven;
+      win.y_weight_start = 0;
+      if (win.y_window_start < 0) {
+        win.y_weight_start = -win.y_window_start;
+        win.y_window_start = 0;
+      }
+
+      win.y_window_end = y + self->priv->windowsize / 2;
+      if (win.y_window_end >= self->priv->height)
+        win.y_window_end = self->priv->height - 1;
+
+      win.element_summ = 0;
+      element_count = (win.y_window_end - win.y_window_start + 1) *
+          (win.x_window_end - win.x_window_start + 1);
+      if (element_count == normal_count)
+        win.element_summ = normal_summ;
+      else {
+        for (y2 = win.y_weight_start; y2 < self->priv->windowsize; y2++) {
+          for (x2 = win.x_weight_start; x2 < self->priv->windowsize; x2++) {
+            win.element_summ +=
+                self->priv->weights[y2 * self->priv->windowsize + x2];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      self->priv->windows[(y * self->priv->width + x)] = win;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* FIXME: while 0.01 and 0.03 are pretty much static, the 255 implies that
+   * we're working with 8-bit-per-color-component format, which may not be true
+   */
+  self->priv->const1 = 0.01 * 255 * 0.01 * 255;
+  self->priv->const2 = 0.03 * 255 * 0.03 * 255;
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+void
+gssim_compare (Gssim * self, guint8 * org, guint8 * mod,
+    guint8 * out, gfloat * mean, gfloat * lowest, gfloat * highest)
+{
+  gint oy, ox, iy, ix;
+  gfloat cumulative_ssim = 0;
+  *lowest = G_MAXFLOAT;
+  *highest = -G_MAXFLOAT;
+
+  if (self->priv->windows == NULL)
+    gssim_regenerate_windows (self);
+  gssim_calculate_mu (self, org);
+
+  for (oy = 0; oy < self->priv->height; oy++) {
+    for (ox = 0; ox < self->priv->width; ox++) {
+      gfloat mu_o = 0, mu_m = 0;
+      gdouble sigma_o = 0, sigma_m = 0, sigma_om = 0;
+      gfloat tmp1, tmp2;
+      gfloat elsumm = 0;
+      gint weight_y_base, weight_x_base;
+      gint weight_offset;
+      gint pixel_offset;
+      gint winstart_y;
+      gint wghstart_y;
+      gint winend_y;
+      gint winstart_x;
+      gint wghstart_x;
+      gint winend_x;
+      gfloat weight;
+      gint source_offset;
+
+      source_offset = oy * self->priv->width + ox;
+
+      winstart_x = self->priv->windows[source_offset].x_window_start;
+      wghstart_x = self->priv->windows[source_offset].x_weight_start;
+      winend_x = self->priv->windows[source_offset].x_window_end;
+      winstart_y = self->priv->windows[source_offset].y_window_start;
+      wghstart_y = self->priv->windows[source_offset].y_weight_start;
+      winend_y = self->priv->windows[source_offset].y_window_end;
+      elsumm = self->priv->windows[source_offset].element_summ;
+
+      switch (self->priv->windowtype) {
+        case 0:
+          for (iy = winstart_y; iy <= winend_y; iy++) {
+            pixel_offset = iy * self->priv->width;
+            for (ix = winstart_x; ix <= winend_x; ix++) {
+              mu_m += mod[pixel_offset + ix];
+            }
+          }
+          mu_m = mu_m / elsumm;
+          mu_o = self->priv->orgmu[oy * self->priv->width + ox];
+          for (iy = winstart_y; iy <= winend_y; iy++) {
+            pixel_offset = iy * self->priv->width;
+            for (ix = winstart_x; ix <= winend_x; ix++) {
+              tmp1 = org[pixel_offset + ix] - mu_o;
+              tmp2 = mod[pixel_offset + ix] - mu_m;
+              sigma_o += tmp1 * tmp1;
+              sigma_m += tmp2 * tmp2;
+              sigma_om += tmp1 * tmp2;
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+        case 1:
+
+          weight_y_base = wghstart_y - winstart_y;
+          weight_x_base = wghstart_x - winstart_x;
+
+          for (iy = winstart_y; iy <= winend_y; iy++) {
+            pixel_offset = iy * self->priv->width;
+            weight_offset = (weight_y_base + iy) * self->priv->windowsize +
+                weight_x_base;
+            for (ix = winstart_x; ix <= winend_x; ix++) {
+              weight = self->priv->weights[weight_offset + ix];
+              mu_o += weight * org[pixel_offset + ix];
+              mu_m += weight * mod[pixel_offset + ix];
+            }
+          }
+          mu_m = mu_m / elsumm;
+          mu_o = self->priv->orgmu[oy * self->priv->width + ox];
+          for (iy = winstart_y; iy <= winend_y; iy++) {
+            gfloat *weights_with_offset;
+            guint8 *org_with_offset, *mod_with_offset;
+            gfloat wt1, wt2;
+            pixel_offset = iy * self->priv->width;
+            weight_offset = (weight_y_base + iy) * self->priv->windowsize +
+                weight_x_base;
+            weights_with_offset = &self->priv->weights[weight_offset];
+            org_with_offset = &org[pixel_offset];
+            mod_with_offset = &mod[pixel_offset];
+            for (ix = winstart_x; ix <= winend_x; ix++) {
+              weight = weights_with_offset[ix];
+              tmp1 = org_with_offset[ix] - mu_o;
+              tmp2 = mod_with_offset[ix] - mu_m;
+              wt1 = weight * tmp1;
+              wt2 = weight * tmp2;
+              sigma_o += wt1 * tmp1;
+              sigma_m += wt2 * tmp2;
+              sigma_om += wt1 * tmp2;
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+      }
+      sigma_o = sqrt (sigma_o / elsumm);
+      sigma_m = sqrt (sigma_m / elsumm);
+      sigma_om = sigma_om / elsumm;
+      tmp1 =
+          (2 * mu_o * mu_m + self->priv->const1) * (2 * sigma_om +
+          self->priv->const2) / ((mu_o * mu_o + mu_m * mu_m +
+              self->priv->const1) * (sigma_o * sigma_o + sigma_m * sigma_m +
+              self->priv->const2));
+
+      /* SSIM can go negative, that's why it is
+         127 + index * 128 instead of index * 255 */
+      if (out)
+        out[oy * self->priv->width + ox] = 127 + tmp1 * 128;
+      *lowest = MIN (*lowest, tmp1);
+      *highest = MAX (*highest, tmp1);
+      cumulative_ssim += tmp1;
+    }
+  }
+  *mean = cumulative_ssim / (self->priv->width * self->priv->height);
+}
+
+gboolean
+gssim_configure (Gssim * self, gint width, gint height)
+{
+  if (width == self->priv->width && height == self->priv->height)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  self->priv->width = width;
+  self->priv->height = height;
+
+  g_free (self->priv->windows);
+  self->priv->windows = NULL;
+  if (self->priv->orgmu)
+    g_free (self->priv->orgmu);
+
+  self->priv->orgmu = g_new (gfloat, width * height);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void
+gssim_get_property (GObject * object,
+    guint property_id, GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  //Gssim *self = GSSIM (object);
+
+  switch (property_id) {
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, property_id, pspec);
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gssim_set_property (GObject * object,
+    guint property_id, const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  //Gssim *self = GSSIM (object);
+
+  switch (property_id) {
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, property_id, pspec);
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gssim_finalize (GObject * object)
+{
+  Gssim *self = GSSIM (object);
+  void (*chain_up) (GObject *) =
+      ((GObjectClass *) gssim_parent_class)->finalize;
+
+  g_free (self->priv->orgmu);
+  g_free (self->priv->windows);
+
+  chain_up (object);
+}
+
+static void
+gssim_class_init (GssimClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *oclass = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+
+  oclass->get_property = gssim_get_property;
+  oclass->set_property = gssim_set_property;
+  oclass->finalize = gssim_finalize;
+
+  g_type_class_add_private (klass, sizeof (GssimPriv));
+}
+
+static void
+gssim_init (Gssim * self)
+{
+  self->priv = G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE (self, GSSIM_TYPE, GssimPriv);
+
+  self->priv->windowsize = 11;
+  self->priv->windowtype = 1;
+  self->priv->windows = NULL;
+  self->priv->sigma = 1.5;
+}
+
+Gssim *
+gssim_new (void)
+{
+  return g_object_new (GSSIM_TYPE, NULL);
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst-libs/gst/video/gssim.h b/validate/gst-libs/gst/video/gssim.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e78313b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst-libs/gst/video/gssim.h
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Mathieu Duponchelle 
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Raspberry Pi Foundation
+ *  Author: Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _GSSIM_H
+#define _GSSIM_H
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+typedef struct _GssimPriv GssimPriv;
+
+typedef struct {
+  GObject parent;
+
+  GssimPriv *priv;
+} Gssim;
+
+typedef struct {
+  GObjectClass parent;
+} GssimClass;
+
+#define GSSIM_TYPE (gssim_get_type ())
+#define GSSIM(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GSSIM_TYPE, Gssim))
+#define GSSIM_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GSSIM_TYPE, GssimClass))
+#define IS_GSSIM(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GSSIM_TYPE))
+#define IS_GSSIM_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GSSIM_TYPE))
+#define GSSIM_GET_CLASS(obj) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GSSIM_TYPE, GssimClass))
+
+GType gssim_get_type (void);
+Gssim * gssim_new    (void);
+
+void gssim_compare       (Gssim * self, guint8 * org, guint8 * mod,
+                          guint8 * out, gfloat * mean, gfloat * lowest,
+                          gfloat * highest);
+gboolean gssim_configure (Gssim * self, gint width, gint height);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif
diff --git a/validate/gst-libs/gst/video/gstvalidatessim.c b/validate/gst-libs/gst/video/gstvalidatessim.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bbdc95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst-libs/gst/video/gstvalidatessim.c
@@ -0,0 +1,972 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Raspberry Pi Foundation
+ *  Author: Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include 
+#include "gstvalidatessim.h"
+#include "gssim.h"
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gstvalidatessim_debug
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (GST_CAT_DEFAULT);
+
+#define SIMILARITY_ISSUE_WITH_PREVIOUS g_quark_from_static_string ("ssim::image-not-similar-enough-with-theoretical-reference")
+#define SIMILARITY_ISSUE g_quark_from_static_string ("ssim::image-not-similar-enough")
+#define GENERAL_INPUT_ERROR g_quark_from_static_string ("ssim::general-file-error")
+#define WRONG_FORMAT g_quark_from_static_string ("ssim::wrong-format")
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GstValidateSsim, gst_validate_ssim,
+    G_TYPE_OBJECT, G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_REPORTER, NULL));
+
+enum
+{
+  PROP_FIRST_PROP = 1,
+  PROP_RUNNER,
+  PROP_LAST
+};
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  GstVideoConverter *converter;
+  GstVideoInfo in_info;
+  GstVideoInfo out_info;
+} SSimConverterInfo;
+
+static void
+ssim_convert_info_free (SSimConverterInfo * info)
+{
+  if (info->converter)
+    gst_video_converter_free (info->converter);
+
+  g_slice_free (SSimConverterInfo, info);
+}
+
+struct _GstValidateSsimPriv
+{
+  gint width;
+  gint height;
+
+  Gssim *ssim;
+
+  GList *converters;
+  GstVideoInfo out_info;
+
+  SSimConverterInfo outconverter_info;
+
+  gfloat min_avg_similarity;
+  gfloat min_lowest_similarity;
+
+  GHashTable *ref_frames_cache;
+};
+
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_ssim_convert (GstValidateSsim * self, SSimConverterInfo * info,
+    GstVideoFrame * frame, GstVideoFrame * converted_frame)
+{
+  gboolean res = TRUE;
+  GstBuffer *outbuf = NULL;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (info != NULL, FALSE);
+
+  outbuf = gst_buffer_new_allocate (NULL, info->out_info.size, NULL);
+  if (!gst_video_frame_map (converted_frame, &info->out_info, outbuf,
+          GST_MAP_WRITE)) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, GENERAL_INPUT_ERROR,
+        "Could not map output converted_frame");
+    goto fail;
+  }
+
+  gst_video_converter_frame (info->converter, frame, converted_frame);
+
+done:
+  if (outbuf)
+    gst_buffer_unref (outbuf);
+
+  return res;
+
+fail:
+  res = FALSE;
+  goto done;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_ssim_save_out (GstValidateSsim * self, GstBuffer * buffer,
+    const gchar * ref_file, const gchar * file, const gchar * outfolder)
+{
+  GstVideoFrame frame, converted;
+
+  if (!g_file_test (outfolder, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
+    if (g_mkdir_with_parents (outfolder, 0755) != 0) {
+
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, GENERAL_INPUT_ERROR,
+          "Could not create output directory %s", outfolder);
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (self->priv->outconverter_info.converter == NULL ||
+      self->priv->width != self->priv->outconverter_info.out_info.width ||
+      self->priv->height != self->priv->outconverter_info.out_info.height) {
+
+    if (self->priv->outconverter_info.converter)
+      gst_video_converter_free (self->priv->outconverter_info.converter);
+
+    gst_video_info_init (&self->priv->outconverter_info.in_info);
+    gst_video_info_set_format (&self->priv->outconverter_info.in_info,
+        GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_GRAY8, self->priv->width, self->priv->height);
+
+    gst_video_info_init (&self->priv->outconverter_info.out_info);
+    gst_video_info_set_format (&self->priv->outconverter_info.out_info,
+        GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBx, self->priv->width, self->priv->height);
+
+    self->priv->outconverter_info.converter =
+        gst_video_converter_new (&self->priv->outconverter_info.in_info,
+        &self->priv->outconverter_info.out_info, NULL);
+  }
+
+  if (!gst_video_frame_map (&frame, &self->priv->outconverter_info.in_info,
+          buffer, GST_MAP_READ)) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, GENERAL_INPUT_ERROR,
+        "Could not map output frame");
+
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (gst_validate_ssim_convert (self, &self->priv->outconverter_info,
+          &frame, &converted)) {
+    cairo_status_t status;
+    cairo_surface_t *surface;
+    gchar *bn1 = g_path_get_basename (ref_file);
+    gchar *bn2 = g_path_get_basename (file);
+    gchar *fname = g_strdup_printf ("%s.VS.%s.result.png", bn1, bn2);
+    gchar *outfile = g_build_path (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, outfolder, fname, NULL);
+
+    surface =
+        cairo_image_surface_create_for_data (GST_VIDEO_FRAME_PLANE_DATA
+        (&converted, 0), CAIRO_FORMAT_RGB24, GST_VIDEO_FRAME_WIDTH (&converted),
+        GST_VIDEO_FRAME_HEIGHT (&converted),
+        GST_VIDEO_FRAME_PLANE_STRIDE (&converted, 0));
+
+    if ((status = cairo_surface_write_to_png (surface, outfile)) !=
+        CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, GENERAL_INPUT_ERROR,
+          "Could not save %s" " cairo status is %s", outfile,
+          cairo_status_to_string (status));
+    }
+
+    cairo_surface_destroy (surface);
+    gst_video_frame_unmap (&frame);
+    gst_video_frame_unmap (&converted);
+    g_free (bn1);
+    g_free (bn2);
+    g_free (fname);
+    g_free (outfile);
+  }
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_ssim_configure (GstValidateSsim * self, gint width, gint height)
+{
+  if (width == self->priv->width && height == self->priv->height)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  gssim_configure (self->priv->ssim, width, height);
+
+  self->priv->width = width;
+  self->priv->height = height;
+
+  gst_video_info_init (&self->priv->out_info);
+  gst_video_info_set_format (&self->priv->out_info, GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_I420,
+      self->priv->width, self->priv->height);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_ssim_configure_converter (GstValidateSsim * self, gint index,
+    gboolean force, GstVideoFormat in_format, gint width, gint height)
+{
+  SSimConverterInfo *info = g_list_nth_data (self->priv->converters, index);
+
+  if (!info) {
+    info = g_slice_new0 (SSimConverterInfo);
+
+    self->priv->converters =
+        g_list_insert (self->priv->converters, info, index);
+  }
+
+  if (force || info->in_info.height != height || info->in_info.width != width ||
+      info->in_info.finfo->format != in_format) {
+    gst_video_info_init (&info->in_info);
+    gst_video_info_set_format (&info->in_info, in_format, width, height);
+
+    if (info->converter)
+      gst_video_converter_free (info->converter);
+
+    info->out_info = self->priv->out_info;
+
+    if (gst_video_info_is_equal (&info->in_info, &info->out_info))
+      info->converter = NULL;
+    else
+      info->converter =
+          gst_video_converter_new (&info->in_info, &info->out_info, NULL);
+  }
+}
+
+static GstVideoFormat
+_get_format_from_surface (cairo_surface_t * surface)
+{
+#if G_BYTE_ORDER == G_BIG_ENDIAN
+  if (cairo_surface_get_content (surface) == CAIRO_CONTENT_COLOR_ALPHA)
+    return GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_BGRA;
+  else
+    return GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_BGRx;
+#else
+  if (cairo_surface_get_content (surface) == CAIRO_CONTENT_COLOR_ALPHA)
+    return GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ARGB;
+  else
+    return GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBx;
+#endif
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_ssim_compare_frames (GstValidateSsim * self,
+    GstVideoFrame * ref_frame, GstVideoFrame * frame, GstBuffer ** outbuf,
+    gfloat * mean, gfloat * lowest, gfloat * highest)
+{
+  gboolean reconf;
+  guint8 *outdata = NULL;
+  GstMapInfo map1, map2, outmap;
+
+  GstVideoFrame converted_frame1, converted_frame2;
+  SSimConverterInfo *convinfo1, *convinfo2;
+
+  reconf =
+      gst_validate_ssim_configure (self, ref_frame->info.width,
+      ref_frame->info.height);
+
+  gst_validate_ssim_configure_converter (self, 0, reconf,
+      ref_frame->info.finfo->format, ref_frame->info.width,
+      ref_frame->info.height);
+
+  gst_validate_ssim_configure_converter (self, 1, reconf,
+      frame->info.finfo->format, frame->info.width, frame->info.height);
+
+  convinfo1 = (SSimConverterInfo *) g_list_nth_data (self->priv->converters, 0);
+  if (convinfo1->converter)
+    gst_validate_ssim_convert (self, convinfo1, ref_frame, &converted_frame1);
+  else
+    converted_frame1 = *ref_frame;
+
+  convinfo2 = (SSimConverterInfo *) g_list_nth_data (self->priv->converters, 0);
+  if (convinfo2->converter)
+    gst_validate_ssim_convert (self, convinfo2, frame, &converted_frame2);
+  else
+    converted_frame2 = *frame;
+
+  if (!gst_buffer_map (converted_frame1.buffer, &map1, GST_MAP_READ)) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, GENERAL_INPUT_ERROR,
+        "Could not map reference frame");
+
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (!gst_buffer_map (converted_frame2.buffer, &map2, GST_MAP_READ)) {
+    gst_buffer_unmap (converted_frame1.buffer, &map1);
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, GENERAL_INPUT_ERROR,
+        "Could not map compared frame");
+
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (outbuf) {
+    *outbuf = gst_buffer_new_and_alloc (GST_ROUND_UP_4 (self->priv->width) *
+        self->priv->height);
+    if (!gst_buffer_map (*outbuf, &outmap, GST_MAP_WRITE)) {
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, GENERAL_INPUT_ERROR,
+          "Could not map output frame");
+
+      gst_buffer_unref (*outbuf);
+      gst_buffer_unmap (converted_frame1.buffer, &map1);
+      gst_buffer_unmap (converted_frame2.buffer, &map2);
+      *outbuf = NULL;
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    outdata = outmap.data;
+  }
+
+  gssim_compare (self->priv->ssim, map1.data, map2.data, outdata, mean,
+      lowest, highest);
+
+  gst_buffer_unmap (ref_frame->buffer, &map1);
+  gst_buffer_unmap (frame->buffer, &map2);
+
+  if (convinfo1->converter)
+    gst_video_frame_unmap (&converted_frame1);
+  if (convinfo2->converter)
+    gst_video_frame_unmap (&converted_frame2);
+
+  if (outbuf)
+    gst_buffer_unmap (*outbuf, &outmap);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_ssim_get_frame_from_png (GstValidateSsim * self, const char *file,
+    GstVideoFrame * frame)
+{
+  guint8 *data;
+  GstBuffer *buf;
+  GstVideoInfo info;
+  cairo_surface_t *surface = NULL;
+
+  surface = cairo_image_surface_create_from_png (file);
+  if (surface == NULL
+      || (cairo_surface_status (surface) != CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS)) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, GENERAL_INPUT_ERROR, "Could not open %s: %s",
+        file, cairo_status_to_string (cairo_surface_status (surface)));
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  gst_video_info_init (&info);
+  gst_video_info_set_format (&info,
+      _get_format_from_surface (surface),
+      cairo_image_surface_get_width (surface),
+      cairo_image_surface_get_height (surface));
+
+  data = cairo_image_surface_get_data (surface);
+  buf = gst_buffer_new_wrapped_full (GST_MEMORY_FLAG_READONLY,
+      data, info.size, 0, info.size, surface,
+      (GDestroyNotify) cairo_surface_destroy);
+  if (!gst_video_frame_map (frame, &info, buf, GST_MAP_READ)) {
+    gst_buffer_unref (buf);
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, GENERAL_INPUT_ERROR,
+        "Could not map input frame");
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  gst_buffer_unref (buf);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_ssim_get_frame_from_file (GstValidateSsim * self, const char *file,
+    GstVideoFrame * frame)
+{
+  gchar *data;
+  gsize length;
+  GstBuffer *buf;
+  GstVideoInfo info;
+  GstVideoFormat format;
+  gint strv_length, width, height;
+
+  gboolean res = TRUE;
+  gchar **splited_name = NULL, **splited_size = NULL, *strformat;
+
+  GError *error = NULL;
+
+  if (g_str_has_suffix (file, ".png")) {
+    return gst_validate_ssim_get_frame_from_png (self, file, frame);
+  }
+
+  splited_name = g_strsplit (file, ".", -1);
+  strv_length = g_strv_length (splited_name);
+
+  strformat = splited_name[strv_length - 1];
+  format = gst_video_format_from_string (strformat);
+  if (format == GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_UNKNOWN) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, WRONG_FORMAT, "Unknown format: %s", strformat);
+
+    goto fail;
+  }
+
+  splited_size = g_strsplit (splited_name[strv_length - 2], "x", -1);
+  if (g_strv_length (splited_size) != 2) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, WRONG_FORMAT,
+        "Can not determine video size from filename: %s ", file);
+
+    goto fail;
+  }
+
+  errno = 0;
+  width = g_ascii_strtoull (splited_size[0], NULL, 10);
+  if (errno) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, WRONG_FORMAT,
+        "Can not determine video size from filename: %s ", file);
+
+    goto fail;
+  }
+
+  errno = 0;
+  height = g_ascii_strtoull (splited_size[1], NULL, 10);
+  if (errno) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, WRONG_FORMAT,
+        "Can not determine video size from filename: %s ", file);
+
+    goto fail;
+  }
+
+  gst_video_info_init (&info);
+  gst_video_info_set_format (&info, format, width, height);
+
+  if (!g_file_get_contents (file, &data, &length, &error)) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, GENERAL_INPUT_ERROR, "Could not open %s: %s",
+        file, error->message);
+    g_error_free (error);
+
+    goto fail;
+  }
+
+  buf = gst_buffer_new_wrapped (data, length);
+  if (!gst_video_frame_map (frame, &info, buf, GST_MAP_READ)) {
+    gst_buffer_unref (buf);
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, GENERAL_INPUT_ERROR,
+        "Could not map input frame");
+
+    goto fail;
+  }
+  gst_buffer_unref (buf);
+
+done:
+  g_strfreev (splited_name);
+  g_strfreev (splited_size);
+
+  return res;
+
+fail:
+  res = FALSE;
+
+  goto done;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_filename_get_timestamp (GstValidateSsim * self, const gchar * filename,
+    GstClockTime * ts)
+{
+  guint h, m, s, ns;
+  gchar *other = g_strdup (filename);
+
+  if (sscanf (filename, "%" GST_TIME_FORMAT "%s", &h, &m, &s, &ns, other) < 4) {
+    GST_INFO_OBJECT (self, "Can not sscanf %s", filename);
+    g_free (other);
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  g_free (other);
+  *ts = (h * 3600 + m * 60 + s) * GST_SECOND + ns;
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  gchar *path;
+  GstClockTime ts;
+} Frame;
+
+static void
+_free_frame (Frame * frame)
+{
+  g_free (frame->path);
+}
+
+static gint
+_sort_frames (Frame * a, Frame * b)
+{
+  if (a->ts < b->ts)
+    return -1;
+
+  if (a->ts == b->ts)
+    return 0;
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
+static Frame *
+_find_frame (GstValidateSsim * self, GArray * frames, GstClockTime ts,
+    gboolean get_next)
+{
+  guint i;
+  Frame *lframe = &g_array_index (frames, Frame, 0);
+
+  for (i = 1; i < frames->len; i++) {
+    Frame *iframe = &g_array_index (frames, Frame, i);
+
+    if (ts >= lframe->ts && iframe->ts > ts) {
+      if (get_next)
+        return iframe;
+
+      return lframe;
+    } else if (i + 1 == frames->len) {
+      return iframe;
+    }
+
+    lframe = iframe;
+  }
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+static GArray *
+_get_ref_frame_cache (GstValidateSsim * self, const gchar * ref_file)
+{
+  GFile *ref_dir_file = NULL;
+  GFileInfo *info;
+  GFileEnumerator *fenum;
+  GArray *frames = NULL;
+  gchar *ref_dir = NULL;
+
+  ref_dir = g_path_get_dirname (ref_file);
+
+  frames = g_hash_table_lookup (self->priv->ref_frames_cache, ref_file);
+  if (frames)
+    goto done;
+
+  ref_dir_file = g_file_new_for_path (ref_dir);
+  if (!(fenum = g_file_enumerate_children (ref_dir_file,
+              "standard::*", G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE, NULL, NULL))) {
+    GST_INFO ("%s is not a folder", ref_dir);
+
+    goto done;
+  }
+
+  for (info = g_file_enumerator_next_file (fenum, NULL, NULL);
+      info; info = g_file_enumerator_next_file (fenum, NULL, NULL)) {
+    Frame iframe;
+    const gchar *display_name = g_file_info_get_display_name (info);
+
+    if (!_filename_get_timestamp (self, display_name, &iframe.ts)) {
+      g_object_unref (info);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    iframe.path = g_build_path (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S,
+        ref_dir, g_file_info_get_name (info), NULL);
+
+    g_object_unref (info);
+
+    if (!frames) {
+      frames = g_array_new (TRUE, TRUE, sizeof (Frame));
+
+      g_array_set_clear_func (frames, (GDestroyNotify) _free_frame);
+    }
+    g_array_append_val (frames, iframe);
+  }
+
+  if (frames) {
+    g_array_sort (frames, (GCompareFunc) _sort_frames);
+
+    g_hash_table_insert (self->priv->ref_frames_cache, g_strdup (ref_dir),
+        frames);
+  }
+
+done:
+  g_clear_object (&ref_dir_file);
+  g_free (ref_dir);
+
+  return frames;
+}
+
+static gchar *
+_get_ref_file_path (GstValidateSsim * self, const gchar * ref_file,
+    const gchar * file, gboolean get_next)
+{
+  Frame *frame;
+  GArray *frames;
+  gchar *real_ref_file = NULL, *fbname = NULL;
+  GstClockTime file_ts;
+
+  if (!g_strrstr (ref_file, "*"))
+    return g_strdup (ref_file);
+
+  fbname = g_path_get_basename (file);
+  if (!_filename_get_timestamp (self, fbname, &file_ts)) {
+
+    goto done;
+  }
+
+  frames = _get_ref_frame_cache (self, ref_file);
+  if (frames) {
+    frame = _find_frame (self, frames, file_ts, get_next);
+
+    if (frame)
+      real_ref_file = g_strdup (frame->path);
+  }
+
+done:
+  g_free (fbname);
+
+  return real_ref_file;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_ssim_compare_image_file (GstValidateSsim * self,
+    const gchar * ref_file, const gchar * file, gfloat * mean, gfloat * lowest,
+    gfloat * highest, const gchar * outfolder)
+{
+  GstBuffer *outbuf = NULL, **poutbuf = NULL;
+  gboolean res = TRUE;
+  GstVideoFrame ref_frame, frame;
+  gchar *real_ref_file = NULL;
+
+  real_ref_file = _get_ref_file_path (self, ref_file, file, FALSE);
+
+  if (!real_ref_file) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, GENERAL_INPUT_ERROR,
+        "Could find ref file for %s", ref_file);
+    goto fail;
+  }
+
+  if (!gst_validate_ssim_get_frame_from_file (self, real_ref_file, &ref_frame))
+    goto fail;
+
+
+  if (!gst_validate_ssim_get_frame_from_file (self, file, &frame)) {
+    gst_video_frame_unmap (&ref_frame);
+
+    goto fail;
+  }
+
+  if (outfolder) {
+    poutbuf = &outbuf;
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_ssim_compare_frames (self, &ref_frame, &frame,
+      poutbuf, mean, lowest, highest);
+
+  if (*mean < self->priv->min_avg_similarity) {
+    gst_video_frame_unmap (&ref_frame);
+    gst_video_frame_unmap (&frame);
+
+    if (g_strcmp0 (ref_file, real_ref_file)) {
+      gchar *tmpref = real_ref_file;
+
+      real_ref_file = _get_ref_file_path (self, ref_file, file, TRUE);
+
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, SIMILARITY_ISSUE_WITH_PREVIOUS,
+          "\nComparing %s with %s failed, (mean %f "
+          " min %f), checking next %s\n", tmpref, file,
+          *mean, *lowest, real_ref_file);
+
+      g_free (tmpref);
+
+      res = gst_validate_ssim_compare_image_file (self,
+          real_ref_file, file, mean, lowest, highest, outfolder);
+      goto done;
+    }
+
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, SIMILARITY_ISSUE,
+        "Average similarity '%f' between %s and %s inferior"
+        " than the minimum average: %f", *mean,
+        real_ref_file, file, self->priv->min_avg_similarity);
+
+    goto fail;
+  }
+
+  if (*lowest < self->priv->min_lowest_similarity) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, SIMILARITY_ISSUE,
+        "Lowest similarity '%f' between %s and %s inferior"
+        " than the minimum lowest similarity: %f", *lowest,
+        real_ref_file, file, self->priv->min_lowest_similarity);
+
+    gst_video_frame_unmap (&ref_frame);
+    gst_video_frame_unmap (&frame);
+
+    goto fail;
+  }
+
+  gst_video_frame_unmap (&ref_frame);
+  gst_video_frame_unmap (&frame);
+
+done:
+
+  g_free (real_ref_file);
+  if (outbuf)
+    gst_buffer_unref (outbuf);
+
+  return res;
+
+fail:
+  res = FALSE;
+
+  if (outbuf)
+    gst_validate_ssim_save_out (self, outbuf, real_ref_file, file, outfolder);
+
+  goto done;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_check_directory (GstValidateSsim * self, const gchar * ref_dir,
+    const gchar * compared_dir, gfloat * mean, gfloat * lowest,
+    gfloat * highest, const gchar * outfolder)
+{
+  gint nfiles = 0, nnotfound = 0, nfailures = 0;
+  gboolean res = TRUE;
+  GFileInfo *info;
+  GFileEnumerator *fenum;
+  gfloat min_avg = 1.0, min_min = 1.0, total_avg = 0;
+  GFile *file = g_file_new_for_path (ref_dir);
+
+  if (!(fenum = g_file_enumerate_children (file,
+              "standard::*", G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE, NULL, NULL))) {
+    GST_INFO ("%s is not a folder", ref_dir);
+    res = FALSE;
+
+    goto done;
+  }
+
+  for (info = g_file_enumerator_next_file (fenum, NULL, NULL);
+      info; info = g_file_enumerator_next_file (fenum, NULL, NULL)) {
+
+    if (g_file_info_get_file_type (info) == G_FILE_TYPE_REGULAR ||
+        g_file_info_get_file_type (info) == G_FILE_TYPE_SYMBOLIC_LINK) {
+      gchar *compared_file = g_build_path (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S,
+          compared_dir, g_file_info_get_name (info), NULL);
+      gchar *ref_file = NULL;
+
+      if (!g_file_test (compared_file, G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR)) {
+        GST_INFO_OBJECT (self, "Could not find file %s", compared_file);
+        nnotfound++;
+        res = FALSE;
+      } else {
+
+        ref_file =
+            g_build_path (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, ref_dir,
+            g_file_info_get_name (info), NULL);
+        if (!gst_validate_ssim_compare_image_files (self, ref_file,
+                compared_file, mean, lowest, highest, outfolder)) {
+          nfailures++;
+          res = FALSE;
+        } else {
+          nfiles++;
+        }
+      }
+
+      min_avg = MIN (min_avg, *mean);
+      min_min = MIN (min_min, *lowest);
+      total_avg += *mean;
+      gst_validate_printf (NULL,
+          "\r",
+          g_file_info_get_display_name (info),
+          GST_TIME_ARGS (GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE),
+          *mean, *lowest, nfiles, nfailures, nnotfound);
+
+      g_free (compared_file);
+      g_free (ref_file);
+    }
+
+    g_object_unref (info);
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_printf (NULL,
+      "\nAverage similarity: %f, min_avg: %f, min_min: %f\n",
+      total_avg / nfiles, min_avg, min_min);
+
+done:
+  gst_object_unref (file);
+  if (fenum)
+    gst_object_unref (fenum);
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_validate_ssim_compare_image_files (GstValidateSsim * self,
+    const gchar * ref_file, const gchar * file, gfloat * mean, gfloat * lowest,
+    gfloat * highest, const gchar * outfolder)
+{
+  if (g_file_test (ref_file, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
+    if (!g_file_test (file, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, GENERAL_INPUT_ERROR,
+          "%s is a directory but %s is not", ref_file, file);
+
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    return _check_directory (self, ref_file, file, mean, lowest, highest,
+        outfolder);
+  } else {
+    return gst_validate_ssim_compare_image_file (self, ref_file, file, mean,
+        lowest, highest, outfolder);
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_ssim_get_property (GObject * object,
+    guint property_id, GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  switch (property_id) {
+    case PROP_RUNNER:
+      /* we assume the runner is valid as long as this scenario is,
+       * no ref taken */
+      g_value_set_object (value,
+          gst_validate_reporter_get_runner (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (object)));
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_ssim_set_property (GObject * object,
+    guint property_id, const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  switch (property_id) {
+    case PROP_RUNNER:
+      /* we assume the runner is valid as long as this scenario is,
+       * no ref taken */
+      gst_validate_reporter_set_runner (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (object),
+          g_value_get_object (value));
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_ssim_dispose (GObject * object)
+{
+  GstValidateSsim *self = GST_VALIDATE_SSIM (object);
+  void (*chain_up) (GObject *) =
+      ((GObjectClass *) gst_validate_ssim_parent_class)->dispose;
+
+  gst_object_unref (self->priv->ssim);
+
+  chain_up (object);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_ssim_finalize (GObject * object)
+{
+  GstValidateSsim *self = GST_VALIDATE_SSIM (object);
+  void (*chain_up) (GObject *) =
+      ((GObjectClass *) gst_validate_ssim_parent_class)->finalize;
+
+  g_list_free_full (self->priv->converters,
+      (GDestroyNotify) ssim_convert_info_free);
+
+  if (self->priv->outconverter_info.converter)
+    gst_video_converter_free (self->priv->outconverter_info.converter);
+  g_hash_table_unref (self->priv->ref_frames_cache);
+
+  chain_up (object);
+}
+
+static gpointer
+_register_issues (gpointer data)
+{
+  gst_validate_issue_register (gst_validate_issue_new (SIMILARITY_ISSUE,
+          "Compared images where not similar enough",
+          "The images checker detected that the images"
+          " it is comparing did not have the similarity"
+          " level as defined with min-avg-similarity or"
+          " min-lowest-similarity", GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL));
+
+  gst_validate_issue_register (gst_validate_issue_new
+      (SIMILARITY_ISSUE_WITH_PREVIOUS,
+          "Comparison with theoretically reference  image failed",
+          " In a case were we have reference frames with the following"
+          " timestamps: [0.00, 0.10, 0.20, 0.30] comparing a frame with"
+          " 0.05 as a timestamp will be done with the first frame. "
+          " If that fails, it will report a ssim::image-not-similar-enough-with-theoretical-reference"
+          " warning and try with the second reference frame.",
+          GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING));
+
+  gst_validate_issue_register (gst_validate_issue_new (GENERAL_INPUT_ERROR,
+          "Something went wrong handling image files",
+          "An error accured when working with input files",
+          GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL));
+
+  gst_validate_issue_register (gst_validate_issue_new (WRONG_FORMAT,
+          "The format or dimensions of the compared images do not match ",
+          "The format or dimensions of the compared images do not match ",
+          GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL));
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_ssim_class_init (GstValidateSsimClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *oclass = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+  static GOnce _once = G_ONCE_INIT;
+
+  GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gstvalidatessim_debug, "validatessim", 0,
+      "Validate ssim plugin");
+
+  oclass->get_property = gst_validate_ssim_get_property;
+  oclass->set_property = gst_validate_ssim_set_property;
+  oclass->dispose = gst_validate_ssim_dispose;
+  oclass->finalize = gst_validate_ssim_finalize;
+
+  g_type_class_add_private (klass, sizeof (GstValidateSsimPriv));
+
+  g_once (&_once, _register_issues, NULL);
+
+  g_object_class_install_property (oclass, PROP_RUNNER,
+      g_param_spec_object ("validate-runner", "VALIDATE Runner",
+          "The Validate runner to " "report errors to",
+          GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_RUNNER,
+          G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY | G_PARAM_READWRITE));
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_ssim_init (GstValidateSsim * self)
+{
+  self->priv =
+      G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE (self, GST_VALIDATE_SSIM_TYPE,
+      GstValidateSsimPriv);
+
+  self->priv->ssim = gssim_new ();
+  self->priv->ref_frames_cache = g_hash_table_new_full (g_str_hash,
+      g_str_equal, g_free, (GDestroyNotify) g_array_unref);
+}
+
+GstValidateSsim *
+gst_validate_ssim_new (GstValidateRunner * runner,
+    gfloat min_avg_similarity, gfloat min_lowest_similarity)
+{
+  GstValidateSsim *self =
+      g_object_new (GST_VALIDATE_SSIM_TYPE, "validate-runner", runner, NULL);
+
+  self->priv->min_avg_similarity = min_avg_similarity;
+  self->priv->min_lowest_similarity = min_lowest_similarity;
+
+  gst_validate_reporter_set_name (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (self),
+      g_strdup ("gst-validate-images-checker"));
+
+  return self;
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst-libs/gst/video/gstvalidatessim.h b/validate/gst-libs/gst/video/gstvalidatessim.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..484a3d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst-libs/gst/video/gstvalidatessim.h
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Mathieu Duponchelle 
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Raspberry Pi Foundation
+ *  Author: Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _GST_VALIDATE_SSIM_H
+#define _GST_VALIDATE_SSIM_H
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+typedef struct _GstValidateSsimPriv GstValidateSsimPriv;
+
+typedef struct {
+  GObject parent;
+
+  GstValidateSsimPriv *priv;
+} GstValidateSsim;
+
+typedef struct {
+  GObjectClass parent;
+} GstValidateSsimClass;
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_SSIM_TYPE (gst_validate_ssim_get_type ())
+#define GST_VALIDATE_SSIM(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_VALIDATE_SSIM_TYPE, GstValidateSsim))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_SSIM_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_VALIDATE_SSIM_TYPE, GstValidateSsimClass))
+#define IS_GST_VALIDATE_SSIM(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_VALIDATE_SSIM_TYPE))
+#define IS_GST_VALIDATE_SSIM_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_VALIDATE_SSIM_TYPE))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_SSIM_GET_CLASS(obj) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_VALIDATE_SSIM_TYPE, GstValidateSsimClass))
+
+GType gst_validate_ssim_get_type                (void);
+
+GstValidateSsim * gst_validate_ssim_new         (GstValidateRunner *runner,
+                                                 gfloat min_avg_similarity,
+                                                 gfloat min_lowest_similarity);
+
+gboolean gst_validate_ssim_compare_image_files  (GstValidateSsim *self, const gchar *ref_file,
+                                                 const gchar * file, gfloat * mean, gfloat * lowest,
+                                                 gfloat * highest, const gchar *outfolder);
+
+void gst_validate_ssim_compare_frames           (GstValidateSsim * self, GstVideoFrame *ref_frame,
+                                                 GstVideoFrame *frame, GstBuffer **outbuf,
+                                                 gfloat * mean, gfloat * lowest, gfloat * highest);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif
diff --git a/validate/gst-validate-devel.manifest b/validate/gst-validate-devel.manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a76fdba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst-validate-devel.manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+	
+		
+	
+
diff --git a/validate/gst-validate.doap b/validate/gst-validate.doap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f56a483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst-validate.doap
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+
+
+ GStreamer
+ gstreamer
+ 
+ 1999-10-31
+ 
+ GstValidate is a testing framework aiming at providing GStreamer developers
+ tools that check the GstElements they write behave the way they are supposed to.
+
+ 
+ GstValidate is a tool that allows GStreamer developers to check that the
+ GstElements they write behave the way they are supposed to. It was first
+ started to provide plug-ins developers with a tool to check that they use the
+ framework the proper way.
+
+ GstValidate implements a monitoring logic that allows the system to check that
+ the elements of a GstPipeline respect some rules GStreamer components have to
+ follow so that elements can properly interact together. For example, a
+ GstValidatePadMonitor will make sure that if we receive a GstSegment from
+ upstream, an equivalent segment is sent downstream before any buffer gets out.
+
+ Then GstValidate implements a reporting system that allows users to get
+ detailed informations about what was not properly handle in elements. The
+ reports are order by level of importance from "issue" to "critical".
+
+ Some tools have been implemented to help the developer validate and test their
+ GstElement, you can have a look at the command line tools section to find more
+ information
+
+ On top of those tools, the notion of scenario has been implemented so that
+ developers can easily execute a set of actions on pipelines and thus test real
+ world interactive cases and reproduce existing issues in a convenient way.
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ C
+ 
+ 
+
+ 
+   
+     
+     
+   
+  
+
+ 
+  
+   1.5.2
+   1.5
+   
+   2014-09-29
+   
+  
+ 
+
+ 
+  
+   1.4.0
+   1.4
+   
+   2014-09-29
+   
+  
+ 
+
+ 
+  
+     Thibault Saunier
+  
+ 
+
+
diff --git a/validate/gst-validate.manifest b/validate/gst-validate.manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a76fdba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst-validate.manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+	
+		
+	
+
diff --git a/validate/gst/Makefile.am b/validate/gst/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e44971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+SUBDIRS = validate overrides
+
+if HAVE_LD_PRELOAD
+SUBDIRS += preload
+endif
diff --git a/validate/gst/overrides/Makefile.am b/validate/gst/overrides/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9aba7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/overrides/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgstvalidate-default-overrides-@GST_API_VERSION@.la
+libgstvalidate_default_overrides_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_SOURCES = \
+    gst-validate-default-overrides.c
+
+libgstvalidate_default_overrides_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_ALL_CFLAGS) $(GIO_CFLAGS)
+libgstvalidate_default_overrides_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_LIB_LDFLAGS) $(GST_ALL_LDFLAGS) \
+	$(GST_LT_LDFLAGS) $(GIO_LDFLAGS) $(top_builddir)/gst/validate/libgstvalidate-1.0.la
+libgstvalidate_default_overrides_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_LIBADD = \
+	$(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_LIBS) $(GST_BASE_LIBS) \
+	$(GST_ALL_LIBS) $(GIO_LIBS)
+libgstvalidate_default_overrides_@GST_API_VERSION@includedir = $(includedir)/gstreamer-@GST_API_VERSION@/gst/validate
+libgstvalidate_default_overrides_@GST_API_VERSION@include_HEADERS =
+
+CLEANFILES =
diff --git a/validate/gst/overrides/gst-validate-default-overrides.c b/validate/gst/overrides/gst-validate-default-overrides.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e2e96c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/overrides/gst-validate-default-overrides.c
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  Author: Vincent Penquerc'h 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-default-overrides.c - Test overrides
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+/* public symbol */
+int gst_validate_create_overrides (void);
+
+int
+gst_validate_create_overrides (void)
+{
+  GstValidateOverride *o;
+
+  /* Some random test override. Will moan on:
+     gst-launch videotestsrc num-buffers=10 ! video/x-raw-yuv !  fakesink */
+  o = gst_validate_override_new ();
+  gst_validate_override_change_severity (o,
+      g_quark_from_string ("caps::is-missing-field"),
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL);
+  gst_validate_override_register_by_name ("capsfilter0", o);
+  return 1;
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/preload/Makefile.am b/validate/gst/preload/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66faee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/preload/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+libgstvalidate_preload_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_SOURCES = \
+	gst-validate-monitor-preload.c
+
+libgstvalidate_preload_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_ALL_CFLAGS)
+libgstvalidate_preload_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_LDFLAGS =  $(GST_LIB_LDFLAGS) $(GST_ALL_LDFLAGS) \
+	$(GST_LT_LDFLAGS) $(top_builddir)/gst/validate/libgstvalidate-1.0.la
+libgstvalidate_preload_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_LIBADD =  \
+	$(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_LIBS) $(GST_BASE_LIBS) \
+	$(GST_ALL_LIBS)
+libgstvalidate_preload_@GST_API_VERSION@includedir = $(includedir)/gstreamer-@GST_API_VERSION@/gst/validate
+libgstvalidate_preload_@GST_API_VERSION@include_HEADERS =
+
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgstvalidate_preload-@GST_API_VERSION@.la
+
+CLEANFILES =
diff --git a/validate/gst/preload/gst-validate-monitor-preload.c b/validate/gst/preload/gst-validate-monitor-preload.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..370a94e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/preload/gst-validate-monitor-preload.c
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  Author: Thiago Sousa Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-monitor-preload.c - Validate Element monitors preload functions
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#define __USE_GNU
+#include 
+
+static GstValidateRunner *runner = NULL;
+
+static void
+exit_report_printer (void)
+{
+  if (runner)
+    gst_validate_runner_exit (runner, TRUE);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Functions that wrap object creation so gst-validate can be used
+ * to monitor 'standard' applications
+ */
+
+static void
+gst_validate_preload_wrap (GstElement * element)
+{
+  if (runner == NULL) {
+    gst_validate_init ();
+    runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+    atexit (exit_report_printer);
+  }
+
+  /* the reference to the monitor is lost */
+  gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GST_OBJECT_CAST (element), runner, NULL);
+}
+
+GstElement *
+gst_element_factory_make (const gchar * element_name, const gchar * name)
+{
+  static GstElement *(*gst_element_factory_make_real) (const gchar *,
+      const gchar *) = NULL;
+  GstElement *element;
+
+  if (!gst_element_factory_make_real)
+    gst_element_factory_make_real =
+        dlsym (RTLD_NEXT, "gst_element_factory_make");
+
+  element = gst_element_factory_make_real (element_name, name);
+
+  if (GST_IS_PIPELINE (element)) {
+    gst_validate_preload_wrap (element);
+  }
+  return element;
+}
+
+GstElement *
+gst_pipeline_new (const gchar * name)
+{
+  static GstElement *(*gst_pipeline_new_real) (const gchar *) = NULL;
+  GstElement *element;
+
+  if (!gst_pipeline_new_real)
+    gst_pipeline_new_real = dlsym (RTLD_NEXT, "gst_pipeline_new");
+
+  element = gst_pipeline_new_real (name);
+  gst_validate_preload_wrap (element);
+  return element;
+}
+
+GstElement *
+gst_parse_launchv (const gchar ** argv, GError ** error)
+{
+  static GstElement *(*gst_parse_launchv_real) (const gchar **, GError **) =
+      NULL;
+  GstElement *element;
+
+  if (!gst_parse_launchv_real)
+    gst_parse_launchv_real = dlsym (RTLD_NEXT, "gst_parse_launchv");
+
+  element = gst_parse_launchv_real (argv, error);
+  if (GST_IS_PIPELINE (element)) {
+    gst_validate_preload_wrap (element);
+  }
+  return element;
+}
+
+GstElement *
+gst_parse_launchv_full (const gchar ** argv, GstParseContext * context,
+    GstParseFlags flags, GError ** error)
+{
+  static GstElement *(*gst_parse_launchv_full_real) (const gchar **,
+      GstParseContext *, GstParseFlags, GError **) = NULL;
+  GstElement *element;
+
+  if (!gst_parse_launchv_full_real)
+    gst_parse_launchv_full_real = dlsym (RTLD_NEXT, "gst_parse_launchv_full");
+
+  element = gst_parse_launchv_full_real (argv, context, flags, error);
+  if (GST_IS_PIPELINE (element)) {
+    gst_validate_preload_wrap (element);
+  }
+  return element;
+}
+
+GstElement *
+gst_parse_launch (const gchar * pipeline_description, GError ** error)
+{
+  static GstElement *(*gst_parse_launch_real) (const gchar *, GError **) = NULL;
+  GstElement *element;
+
+  if (!gst_parse_launch_real)
+    gst_parse_launch_real = dlsym (RTLD_NEXT, "gst_parse_launch");
+
+  element = gst_parse_launch_real (pipeline_description, error);
+  if (GST_IS_PIPELINE (element)) {
+    gst_validate_preload_wrap (element);
+  }
+  return element;
+}
+
+GstElement *
+gst_parse_launch_full (const gchar * pipeline_description,
+    GstParseContext * context, GstParseFlags flags, GError ** error)
+{
+  static GstElement *(*gst_parse_launch_full_real) (const gchar *,
+      GstParseContext *, GstParseFlags, GError **) = NULL;
+  GstElement *element;
+
+  if (!gst_parse_launch_full_real)
+    gst_parse_launch_full_real = dlsym (RTLD_NEXT, "gst_parse_launch_full");
+
+  element =
+      gst_parse_launch_full_real (pipeline_description, context, flags, error);
+  if (GST_IS_PIPELINE (element)) {
+    gst_validate_preload_wrap (element);
+  }
+  return element;
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am b/validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c50921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+libgstvalidate_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_SOURCES = \
+	gst-validate-runner.c \
+	gst-validate-reporter.c \
+	gst-validate-monitor.c \
+	gst-validate-element-monitor.c \
+	gst-validate-bin-monitor.c \
+	gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.c \
+	gst-validate-pad-monitor.c \
+	gst-validate-monitor-factory.c \
+	gst-validate-report.c \
+	gst-validate-scenario.c \
+	gst-validate-override.c \
+	gst-validate-utils.c \
+	gst-validate-override-registry.c \
+	media-descriptor.c \
+	media-descriptor-writer.c \
+	media-descriptor-parser.c \
+	gst-validate-media-info.c \
+    validate.c
+
+libgstvalidate_@GST_API_VERSION@include_HEADERS = \
+	validate.h \
+	gst-validate-types.h \
+	gst-validate-bin-monitor.h \
+	gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.h \
+	gst-validate-element-monitor.h \
+	gst-validate-enums.h \
+	media-descriptor.h \
+	media-descriptor-writer.h \
+	media-descriptor-parser.h \
+	gst-validate-monitor-factory.h \
+	gst-validate-monitor.h \
+	gst-validate-override.h \
+	gst-validate-override-registry.h \
+	gst-validate-pad-monitor.h \
+	gst-validate-reporter.h \
+	gst-validate-report.h \
+	gst-validate-runner.h \
+	gst-validate-scenario.h \
+	gst-validate-utils.h \
+	gst-validate-media-info.h
+
+noinst_HEADERS = 		\
+	gettext.h \
+	gst-validate-i18n-lib.h \
+	gst-validate-internal.h
+
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgstvalidate-@GST_API_VERSION@.la
+libgstvalidate_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_ALL_CFLAGS)\
+	$(GIO_CFLAGS) $(GST_PBUTILS_CFLAGS)
+libgstvalidate_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_LIB_LDFLAGS) $(GST_ALL_LDFLAGS) \
+	$(GST_LT_LDFLAGS) $(GIO_LDFLAGS) $(GST_PBUTILS_LDFAGS)
+libgstvalidate_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_LIBADD = \
+	$(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_LIBS) $(GST_BASE_LIBS) \
+	$(GST_ALL_LIBS) $(GIO_LIBS) $(GST_PBUTILS_LIBS) \
+	$(GLIB_LIBS) $(LIBM)
+
+libgstvalidate_@GST_API_VERSION@includedir = $(includedir)/gstreamer-@GST_API_VERSION@/gst/validate
+
+CLEANFILES =
+
+if HAVE_INTROSPECTION
+BUILT_GIRSOURCES = GstValidate-@GST_API_VERSION@.gir
+
+gir_headers=$(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%, $(libgstvalidate_@GST_API_VERSION@include_HEADERS))
+gir_headers+=$(patsubst %,$(builddir)/%, $(built_header_make))
+gir_sources=$(patsubst %,$(srcdir)/%, $(libgstvalidate_@GST_API_VERSION@_la_SOURCES))
+gir_sources+=$(patsubst %,$(builddir)/%, $(built_source_make))
+gir_cincludes=$(patsubst %,--c-include='gst/validate/%',$(libgstvalidate@GST_API_VERSION@include_HEADERS))
+
+GstValidate-@GST_API_VERSION@.gir: $(INTROSPECTION_SCANNER) libgstvalidate-@GST_API_VERSION@.la
+		$(INTROSPECTION_SCANNER) -v --namespace GstValidate \
+		--nsversion=@GST_API_VERSION@ \
+		--warn-all \
+		$(gir_cincludes) \
+		-I$(top_srcdir) \
+		-I$(top_builddir) \
+		--library=libgstvalidate-@GST_API_VERSION@.la \
+		--include=GLib-2.0 \
+		--include=GstVideo-@GST_API_VERSION@ \
+		--include=GstPbutils-@GST_API_VERSION@ \
+		--include=GObject-2.0 \
+		--include=GModule-2.0 \
+		--include=GLib-2.0 \
+		--libtool="${LIBTOOL}" \
+		$(FAULTINJECTION_LIBS) \
+		--pkg gstreamer-@GST_API_VERSION@ \
+		--pkg gstreamer-pbutils-@GST_API_VERSION@ \
+		--pkg gstreamer-controller-@GST_API_VERSION@ \
+		--pkg glib-2.0 \
+		--pkg gobject-2.0 \
+		--pkg-export gstvalidate-@GST_API_VERSION@ \
+		--add-init-section="gst_init(NULL, NULL);" \
+		--output $@ \
+		$(gir_headers) \
+		$(gir_sources)
+
+# INTROSPECTION_GIRDIR/INTROSPECTION_TYPELIBDIR aren't the right place to
+# install anything - we need to install inside our prefix.
+girdir = $(datadir)/gir-1.0
+gir_DATA = $(BUILT_GIRSOURCES)
+
+typelibsdir = $(libdir)/girepository-1.0/
+
+typelibs_DATA = $(BUILT_GIRSOURCES:.gir=.typelib)
+
+%.typelib: %.gir $(INTROSPECTION_COMPILER)
+	$(AM_V_GEN)PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(GST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH)" \
+		$(INTROSPECTION_COMPILER) \
+		--includedir=$(srcdir) \
+		--includedir=$(srcdir)/../video \
+		--includedir=$(builddir) \
+		--includedir=`$(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=girdir gstreamer-@GST_API_VERSION@` \
+		--includedir=`$(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=girdir gstreamer-pbutils-@GST_API_VERSION@` \
+		--includedir=`$(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=girdir gstreamer-video-@GST_API_VERSION@` \
+		--includedir=`$(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=girdir gstreamer-base-@GST_API_VERSION@` \
+		--includedir=`$(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=girdir gstreamer-controller-@GST_API_VERSION@` \
+		--includedir=`$(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=girdir gio-2.0` \
+		$(INTROSPECTION_COMPILER_OPTS) $< -o $(@F)
+endif
+
+CLEANFILES += $(BUILT_GIRSOURCES) $(typelibs_DATA)
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gettext.h b/validate/gst/validate/gettext.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59902b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gettext.h
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/* Convenience header for conditional use of GNU .
+   Copyright (C) 1995-1998, 2000-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+   under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published
+   by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307,
+   USA.  */
+
+#ifndef _LIBGETTEXT_H
+#define _LIBGETTEXT_H 1
+
+/* NLS can be disabled through the configure --disable-nls option.  */
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+
+/* Get declarations of GNU message catalog functions.  */
+# include 
+
+#else
+
+/* Solaris /usr/include/locale.h includes /usr/include/libintl.h, which
+   chokes if dcgettext is defined as a macro.  So include it now, to make
+   later inclusions of  a NOP.  We don't include 
+   as well because people using "gettext.h" will not include ,
+   and also including  would fail on SunOS 4, whereas 
+   is OK.  */
+#if defined(__sun)
+# include 
+#endif
+
+/* Disabled NLS.
+   The casts to 'const char *' serve the purpose of producing warnings
+   for invalid uses of the value returned from these functions.
+   On pre-ANSI systems without 'const', the config.h file is supposed to
+   contain "#define const".  */
+# define gettext(Msgid) ((const char *) (Msgid))
+# define dgettext(Domainname, Msgid) ((const char *) (Msgid))
+# define dcgettext(Domainname, Msgid, Category) ((const char *) (Msgid))
+# define ngettext(Msgid1, Msgid2, N) \
+    ((N) == 1 ? (const char *) (Msgid1) : (const char *) (Msgid2))
+# define dngettext(Domainname, Msgid1, Msgid2, N) \
+    ((N) == 1 ? (const char *) (Msgid1) : (const char *) (Msgid2))
+# define dcngettext(Domainname, Msgid1, Msgid2, N, Category) \
+    ((N) == 1 ? (const char *) (Msgid1) : (const char *) (Msgid2))
+# define textdomain(Domainname) ((const char *) (Domainname))
+# define bindtextdomain(Domainname, Dirname) ((const char *) (Dirname))
+# define bind_textdomain_codeset(Domainname, Codeset) ((const char *) (Codeset))
+
+#endif
+
+/* A pseudo function call that serves as a marker for the automated
+   extraction of messages, but does not call gettext().  The run-time
+   translation is done at a different place in the code.
+   The argument, String, should be a literal string.  Concatenated strings
+   and other string expressions won't work.
+   The macro's expansion is not parenthesized, so that it is suitable as
+   initializer for static 'char[]' or 'const char[]' variables.  */
+#define gettext_noop(String) String
+
+#endif /* _LIBGETTEXT_H */
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdb5125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,270 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  Author: Thiago Sousa Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-bin-monitor.c - Validate BinMonitor class
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "gst-validate-internal.h"
+#include "gst-validate-bin-monitor.h"
+#include "gst-validate-monitor-factory.h"
+
+#define PRINT_POSITION_TIMEOUT 250
+
+/**
+ * SECTION:gst-validate-bin-monitor
+ * @short_description: Class that wraps a #GstBin for Validate checks
+ *
+ * TODO
+ */
+
+enum
+{
+  PROP_0,
+  PROP_HANDLES_STATE,
+  PROP_LAST
+};
+
+#define gst_validate_bin_monitor_parent_class parent_class
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstValidateBinMonitor, gst_validate_bin_monitor,
+    GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR);
+
+static void
+gst_validate_bin_monitor_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
+    GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec);
+static void
+gst_validate_bin_monitor_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
+    const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec);
+static void
+gst_validate_bin_monitor_wrap_element (GstValidateBinMonitor * monitor,
+    GstElement * element);
+static gboolean gst_validate_bin_monitor_setup (GstValidateMonitor * monitor);
+
+static void
+_validate_bin_element_added (GstBin * bin, GstElement * pad,
+    GstValidateBinMonitor * monitor);
+
+static void
+gst_validate_bin_set_media_descriptor (GstValidateMonitor * monitor,
+    GstMediaDescriptor * media_descriptor)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (monitor);
+  for (tmp = GST_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR_CAST (monitor)->element_monitors; tmp;
+      tmp = tmp->next)
+    gst_validate_monitor_set_media_descriptor (tmp->data, media_descriptor);
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (monitor);
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CLASS (parent_class)->set_media_descriptor (monitor,
+      media_descriptor);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_bin_monitor_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
+    const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  switch (prop_id) {
+    case PROP_HANDLES_STATE:
+      g_assert_not_reached ();
+      break;
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_bin_monitor_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
+    GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  GstValidateBinMonitor *monitor;
+
+  monitor = GST_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR_CAST (object);
+
+  switch (prop_id) {
+    case PROP_HANDLES_STATE:
+      if (monitor->scenario == NULL)
+        g_value_set_boolean (value, FALSE);
+      else
+        g_object_get_property (G_OBJECT (monitor->scenario), "handles-states",
+            value);
+      break;
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_bin_monitor_dispose (GObject * object)
+{
+  GstValidateBinMonitor *monitor = GST_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR_CAST (object);
+  GstElement *bin = GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_GET_ELEMENT (monitor);
+
+  if (bin && monitor->element_added_id)
+    g_signal_handler_disconnect (bin, monitor->element_added_id);
+
+  if (monitor->scenario)
+    g_object_unref (monitor->scenario);
+
+  g_list_free_full (monitor->element_monitors, g_object_unref);
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->dispose (object);
+}
+
+
+static void
+gst_validate_bin_monitor_class_init (GstValidateBinMonitorClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *gobject_class;
+  GstValidateMonitorClass *validatemonitor_class;
+
+  gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+  validatemonitor_class = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CLASS_CAST (klass);
+
+  gobject_class->get_property = gst_validate_bin_monitor_get_property;
+  gobject_class->set_property = gst_validate_bin_monitor_set_property;
+  gobject_class->dispose = gst_validate_bin_monitor_dispose;
+
+  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_HANDLES_STATE,
+      g_param_spec_boolean ("handles-states", "Handles state",
+          "True if the application should not set handle the first state change "
+          " False if it is application responsibility",
+          FALSE, G_PARAM_READABLE));
+
+  validatemonitor_class->setup = gst_validate_bin_monitor_setup;
+  validatemonitor_class->set_media_descriptor =
+      gst_validate_bin_set_media_descriptor;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_bin_monitor_init (GstValidateBinMonitor * bin_monitor)
+{
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_bin_monitor_new:
+ * @bin: (transfer-none): a #GstBin to run Validate on
+ */
+GstValidateBinMonitor *
+gst_validate_bin_monitor_new (GstBin * bin, GstValidateRunner * runner,
+    GstValidateMonitor * parent)
+{
+  GstValidateBinMonitor *monitor =
+      g_object_new (GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR, "object",
+      bin, "validate-runner", runner, "validate-parent", parent, NULL);
+
+  if (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT (monitor) == NULL) {
+    g_object_unref (monitor);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  return monitor;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_bin_monitor_setup (GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  GstIterator *iterator;
+  gboolean done;
+  GstElement *element;
+  GstValidateBinMonitor *bin_monitor = GST_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR_CAST (monitor);
+  GstBin *bin = GST_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR_GET_BIN (bin_monitor);
+
+  if (!GST_IS_BIN (bin)) {
+    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (monitor, "Trying to create bin monitor with other "
+        "type of object");
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (bin_monitor, "Setting up monitor for bin %" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
+      bin);
+
+  if (g_object_get_data ((GObject *) bin, "validate-monitor")) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (bin_monitor,
+        "Bin already has a validate-monitor associated");
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  g_object_set_data ((GObject *) bin, "validate-monitor", bin_monitor);
+
+  bin_monitor->element_added_id =
+      g_signal_connect (bin, "element-added",
+      G_CALLBACK (_validate_bin_element_added), monitor);
+
+  iterator = gst_bin_iterate_elements (bin);
+  done = FALSE;
+  while (!done) {
+    GValue value = { 0, };
+
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (iterator, &value)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
+        element = g_value_get_object (&value);
+        gst_validate_bin_monitor_wrap_element (bin_monitor, element);
+        g_value_reset (&value);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        /* TODO how to handle this? */
+        gst_iterator_resync (iterator);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iterator);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_bin_monitor_wrap_element (GstValidateBinMonitor * monitor,
+    GstElement * element)
+{
+  GstValidateElementMonitor *element_monitor;
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor, "Wrapping element %s", GST_ELEMENT_NAME (element));
+
+  element_monitor =
+      GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_CAST (gst_validate_monitor_factory_create
+      (GST_OBJECT_CAST (element), GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_RUNNER (monitor),
+          GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (monitor)));
+  g_return_if_fail (element_monitor != NULL);
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (monitor);
+  monitor->element_monitors = g_list_prepend (monitor->element_monitors,
+      element_monitor);
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (monitor);
+}
+
+static void
+_validate_bin_element_added (GstBin * bin, GstElement * element,
+    GstValidateBinMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_GET_ELEMENT (monitor) ==
+      GST_ELEMENT_CAST (bin));
+  gst_validate_bin_monitor_wrap_element (monitor, element);
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d8e92f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-bin-monitor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Thiago Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-bin-monitor.h - Validate BinMonitor class
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR_H__
+#define __GST_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR_H__
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR			(gst_validate_bin_monitor_get_type ())
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR(obj)              (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR))
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR_CLASS(klass)      (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR_GET_CLASS(obj)       (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR, GstValidateBinMonitorClass))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR(obj)			(G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR, GstValidateBinMonitor))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR_CLASS(klass)		(G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR, GstValidateBinMonitorClass))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR_CAST(obj)            ((GstValidateBinMonitor*)(obj))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR_CLASS_CAST(klass)    ((GstValidateBinMonitorClass*)(klass))
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR_GET_BIN(m) (GST_BIN_CAST (GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_GET_ELEMENT (m)))
+
+typedef struct _GstValidateBinMonitor GstValidateBinMonitor;
+typedef struct _GstValidateBinMonitorClass GstValidateBinMonitorClass;
+
+/**
+ * GstValidateBinMonitor:
+ *
+ * GStreamer Validate BinMonitor class.
+ *
+ * Class that wraps a #GstBin for Validate checks
+ */
+struct _GstValidateBinMonitor {
+  GstValidateElementMonitor parent;
+
+  GList *element_monitors;
+
+  GstValidateScenario *scenario;
+
+  /*< private >*/
+  gulong element_added_id;
+  gboolean stateless;
+};
+
+/**
+ * GstValidateBinMonitorClass:
+ * @parent_class: parent
+ *
+ * GStreamer Validate BinMonitor object class.
+ */
+struct _GstValidateBinMonitorClass {
+  GstValidateElementMonitorClass parent_class;
+};
+
+/* normal GObject stuff */
+GType		gst_validate_bin_monitor_get_type		(void);
+
+GstValidateBinMonitor *   gst_validate_bin_monitor_new      (GstBin * bin, GstValidateRunner * runner, GstValidateMonitor * parent);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR_H__ */
+
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d9f945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,313 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  Author: Thiago Sousa Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-element-monitor.c - Validate ElementMonitor class
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "gst-validate-internal.h"
+#include "gst-validate-element-monitor.h"
+#include "gst-validate-pad-monitor.h"
+#include "gst-validate-monitor-factory.h"
+#include "gst-validate-utils.h"
+#include "validate.h"
+#include 
+
+/**
+ * SECTION:gst-validate-element-monitor
+ * @short_description: Class that wraps a #GstElement for Validate checks
+ *
+ * TODO
+ */
+
+#define gst_validate_element_monitor_parent_class parent_class
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstValidateElementMonitor, gst_validate_element_monitor,
+    GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_MONITOR);
+
+static void
+gst_validate_element_monitor_wrap_pad (GstValidateElementMonitor * monitor,
+    GstPad * pad);
+static gboolean gst_validate_element_monitor_do_setup (GstValidateMonitor *
+    monitor);
+static GstElement *gst_validate_element_monitor_get_element (GstValidateMonitor
+    * monitor);
+
+static void
+_validate_element_pad_added (GstElement * element, GstPad * pad,
+    GstValidateElementMonitor * monitor);
+
+static void
+gst_validate_element_set_media_descriptor (GstValidateMonitor * monitor,
+    GstMediaDescriptor * media_descriptor)
+{
+  gboolean done;
+  GstPad *pad;
+  GstValidateMonitor *pmonitor;
+  GstIterator *iterator;
+
+  iterator =
+      gst_element_iterate_pads (GST_ELEMENT (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT
+          (monitor)));
+  done = FALSE;
+  while (!done) {
+    GValue value = { 0, };
+
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (iterator, &value)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
+
+        pad = g_value_get_object (&value);
+
+        pmonitor = g_object_get_data ((GObject *) pad, "validate-monitor");
+        if (pmonitor)
+          gst_validate_monitor_set_media_descriptor (pmonitor,
+              media_descriptor);
+        g_value_reset (&value);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        /* TODO how to handle this? */
+        gst_iterator_resync (iterator);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iterator);
+}
+
+
+static void
+gst_validate_element_monitor_dispose (GObject * object)
+{
+  GstValidateElementMonitor *monitor =
+      GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_CAST (object);
+
+  if (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT (monitor) && monitor->pad_added_id)
+    g_signal_handler_disconnect (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT (monitor),
+        monitor->pad_added_id);
+
+  g_list_free_full (monitor->pad_monitors, g_object_unref);
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->dispose (object);
+}
+
+
+static void
+gst_validate_element_monitor_class_init (GstValidateElementMonitorClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *gobject_class;
+  GstValidateMonitorClass *monitor_klass;
+
+  gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+  monitor_klass = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CLASS (klass);
+
+  gobject_class->dispose = gst_validate_element_monitor_dispose;
+
+  monitor_klass->setup = gst_validate_element_monitor_do_setup;
+  monitor_klass->get_element = gst_validate_element_monitor_get_element;
+  monitor_klass->set_media_descriptor =
+      gst_validate_element_set_media_descriptor;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_element_monitor_init (GstValidateElementMonitor * element_monitor)
+{
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_element_monitor_new:
+ * @element: (transfer-none): a #GstElement to run Validate on
+ */
+GstValidateElementMonitor *
+gst_validate_element_monitor_new (GstElement * element,
+    GstValidateRunner * runner, GstValidateMonitor * parent)
+{
+  GstValidateElementMonitor *monitor;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (element != NULL, NULL);
+
+  monitor = g_object_new (GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR, "object", element,
+      "validate-runner", runner, "validate-parent", parent, NULL);
+
+  if (GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_GET_ELEMENT (monitor) == NULL) {
+    g_object_unref (monitor);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  return monitor;
+}
+
+static GstElement *
+gst_validate_element_monitor_get_element (GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  return GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_GET_ELEMENT (monitor);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_element_monitor_inspect (GstValidateElementMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  GstElement *element;
+  GstElementClass *klass;
+  const gchar *klassname;
+
+  element = GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_GET_ELEMENT (monitor);
+  klass = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS (element));
+
+
+  klassname =
+      gst_element_class_get_metadata (klass, GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_KLASS);
+  if (klassname) {
+    monitor->is_decoder = strstr (klassname, "Decoder") != NULL;
+    monitor->is_encoder = strstr (klassname, "Encoder") != NULL;
+    monitor->is_demuxer = strstr (klassname, "Demuxer") != NULL;
+    monitor->is_converter = strstr (klassname, "Converter") != NULL;
+  } else
+    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (element, "no klassname");
+}
+
+static void
+set_config_properties (GstValidateMonitor * monitor, GstElement * element)
+{
+  GList *config, *l;
+
+  config = gst_validate_plugin_get_config (NULL);
+  for (l = config; l != NULL; l = g_list_next (l)) {
+    GstStructure *s = l->data;
+    const gchar *klass;
+    const gchar *prop_name;
+    const GValue *prop_value;
+
+    if (g_strcmp0 (gst_structure_get_string (s, "action"), "set-property") != 0)
+      continue;
+
+    klass = gst_structure_get_string (s, "target-element-klass");
+    if (klass && !gst_validate_element_has_klass (element, klass))
+      continue;
+
+    prop_name = gst_structure_get_string (s, "property-name");
+    if (!prop_name
+        || !g_object_class_find_property (G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS (element),
+            prop_name))
+      continue;
+
+    prop_value = gst_structure_get_value (s, "property-value");
+    if (!prop_value)
+      continue;
+
+    g_object_set_property (G_OBJECT (element), prop_name, prop_value);
+  }
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_element_monitor_do_setup (GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  GstIterator *iterator;
+  gboolean done;
+  GstPad *pad;
+  GstValidateElementMonitor *elem_monitor;
+  GstElement *element;
+
+  if (!GST_IS_ELEMENT (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT (monitor))) {
+    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (monitor, "Trying to create element monitor with other "
+        "type of object");
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  elem_monitor = GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_CAST (monitor);
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor, "Setting up monitor for element %" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
+      GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT (monitor));
+  element = GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_GET_ELEMENT (monitor);
+
+  if (g_object_get_data ((GObject *) element, "validate-monitor")) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (elem_monitor,
+        "Pad already has a validate-monitor associated");
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  g_object_set_data ((GObject *) element, "validate-monitor", elem_monitor);
+
+  gst_validate_element_monitor_inspect (elem_monitor);
+
+  elem_monitor->pad_added_id = g_signal_connect (element, "pad-added",
+      G_CALLBACK (_validate_element_pad_added), monitor);
+
+  iterator = gst_element_iterate_pads (element);
+  done = FALSE;
+  while (!done) {
+    GValue value = { 0, };
+
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (iterator, &value)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
+        pad = g_value_get_object (&value);
+        gst_validate_element_monitor_wrap_pad (elem_monitor, pad);
+        g_value_reset (&value);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        /* TODO how to handle this? */
+        gst_iterator_resync (iterator);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iterator);
+
+  set_config_properties (monitor, element);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_element_monitor_wrap_pad (GstValidateElementMonitor * monitor,
+    GstPad * pad)
+{
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *pad_monitor;
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor, "Wrapping pad %s:%s", GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (pad));
+
+  pad_monitor =
+      GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR (gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GST_OBJECT
+          (pad), GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_RUNNER (monitor),
+          GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR (monitor)));
+  g_return_if_fail (pad_monitor != NULL);
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (monitor);
+  monitor->pad_monitors = g_list_prepend (monitor->pad_monitors, pad_monitor);
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (monitor);
+}
+
+static void
+_validate_element_pad_added (GstElement * element, GstPad * pad,
+    GstValidateElementMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_GET_ELEMENT (monitor) ==
+      element);
+  gst_validate_element_monitor_wrap_pad (monitor, pad);
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ee499b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-element-monitor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Thiago Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-element-monitor.h - Validate ElementMonitor class
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_H__
+#define __GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_H__
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include 
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR			(gst_validate_element_monitor_get_type ())
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR(obj)		        (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR))
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_CLASS(klass)	        (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_GET_CLASS(obj)	        (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR, GstValidateElementMonitorClass))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR(obj)			(G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR, GstValidateElementMonitor))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_CLASS(klass)		(G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR, GstValidateElementMonitorClass))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_CAST(obj)                ((GstValidateElementMonitor*)(obj))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_CLASS_CAST(klass)        ((GstValidateElementMonitorClass*)(klass))
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_GET_ELEMENT(m) (GST_ELEMENT_CAST (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT (m)))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_ELEMENT_IS_DECODER(m) (GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_CAST (m)->is_decoder)
+#define GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_ELEMENT_IS_ENCODER(m) (GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_CAST (m)->is_encoder)
+#define GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_ELEMENT_IS_DEMUXER(m) (GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_CAST (m)->is_demuxer)
+#define GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_ELEMENT_IS_CONVERTER(m) (GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_CAST (m)->is_converter)
+
+typedef struct _GstValidateElementMonitor GstValidateElementMonitor;
+typedef struct _GstValidateElementMonitorClass GstValidateElementMonitorClass;
+
+/**
+ * GstValidateElementMonitor:
+ *
+ * GStreamer Validate ElementMonitor class.
+ *
+ * Class that wraps a #GstElement for Validate checks
+ */
+struct _GstValidateElementMonitor {
+  GstValidateMonitor 	 parent;
+
+  /*< private >*/
+  gulong         pad_added_id;
+  GList         *pad_monitors;
+
+  gboolean       is_decoder;
+  gboolean       is_encoder;
+  gboolean       is_demuxer;
+  gboolean       is_converter;
+};
+
+/**
+ * GstValidateElementMonitorClass:
+ * @parent_class: parent
+ *
+ * GStreamer Validate ElementMonitor object class.
+ */
+struct _GstValidateElementMonitorClass {
+  GstValidateMonitorClass	parent_class;
+};
+
+/* normal GObject stuff */
+GType		gst_validate_element_monitor_get_type		(void);
+
+GstValidateElementMonitor *   gst_validate_element_monitor_new      (GstElement * element, GstValidateRunner * runner, GstValidateMonitor * parent);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_H__ */
+
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-enums.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-enums.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ffdcd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-enums.h
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Mathieu Duponchelle 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-enums.h - Validate constants.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_VALIDATE_ENUMS_H__
+#define __GST_VALIDATE_ENUMS_H__
+
+/**
+ * GstValidateReportingDetails:
+ * @GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_NONE: No debugging level specified or desired. Used to deactivate
+ *  debugging output.
+ * @GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_SYNTHETIC: Summary of the issues found, with no
+ *  details.
+ * @GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_SUBCHAIN: If set as the default level, similar
+ *  issues can be reported multiple times for different subchains.
+ *  If set as the level for a particular object (my_object:subchain), validate
+ *  will report the issues where the object is the first to report an issue for
+ *  a subchain.
+ * @GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_MONITOR: If set as the default level, all the
+ * distinct issues for all the monitors will be reported.
+ * If set as the level for a particular object, all the distinct issues for this object
+ * will be reported.
+ * Note that if the same issue happens twice on the same object, up until this
+ * level that issue is only reported once.
+ * @GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_ALL: All the issues will be reported, even those
+ * that repeat themselves inside the same object. This can be *very* verbose if
+ * set globally.
+ * @GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_UNKNOWN: No reporting level known,
+ * reporting will default to the global reporting level.
+ *
+ * Setting the reporting level allows to control the way issues are reported
+ * when calling #gst_validate_runner_printf.
+ *
+ * The reporting level can be set through the "GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS"
+ * environment variable, as  a comma-separated list of (optional) object categories / names
+ * and levels. No object category / name sets the global level.
+ *
+ * Examples: GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS=synthetic,h264parse:all
+ *           GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS=none,h264parse::sink_0:synthetic
+ */
+typedef enum {
+  GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_UNKNOWN = 0,
+  GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_NONE = 1,
+  GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_SYNTHETIC = 2,
+  GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_SUBCHAIN = 3,
+  GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_MONITOR = 4,
+  GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_ALL = 5,
+  GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_COUNT
+} GstValidateReportingDetails;
+
+/**
+ * GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_DEFAULT:
+ *
+ * Defines the default reporting level to be used with gst-validate. It is normally
+ * set to #GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_SYNTHETIC so only a synthetic report
+ * gets printed.
+ * As it can be configured at compile time, developer builds may chose to
+ * override that though.
+ */
+#ifndef GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_DEFAULT
+#define GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_DEFAULT GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_SYNTHETIC
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_H__ */
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-i18n-lib.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-i18n-lib.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f01f677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-i18n-lib.h
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 Thomas Vander Stichele 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-i18n-lib.h: internationalization macros for the GStreamer libraries
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef __GST_VALIDATE_I18N_LIB_H__
+#define __GST_VALIDATE_I18N_LIB_H__
+
+#ifndef PACKAGE_NAME
+#error You must include config.h before including this header.
+#endif
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+
+#include   /* some people need it and some people don't */
+#include "gettext.h" /* included with gettext distribution and copied */
+
+/* we want to use shorthand _() for translating and N_() for marking */
+#define _(String) dgettext (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, String)
+#define N_(String) gettext_noop (String)
+/* FIXME: if we need it, we can add Q_ as well, like in glib */
+
+#else
+#define _(String) String
+#define N_(String) String
+#define ngettext(Singular,Plural,Count) ((Count>1)?Plural:Singular)
+
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __GST_VALIDATE_I18N_LIB_H__ */
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-internal.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adabd21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Thiago Santos 
+ *
+ * validate.c - Validate generic functions
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_VALIDATE_INTERNAL_H__
+#define __GST_VALIDATE_INTERNAL_H__
+
+#include 
+#include "gst-validate-scenario.h"
+
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_EXTERN (gstvalidate_debug);
+#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gstvalidate_debug
+
+extern GRegex *newline_regex;
+
+
+/* If an action type is 1 (TRUE) we also concider it is a config to keep backward compatibility */
+#define IS_CONFIG_ACTION_TYPE(type) (((type) & GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_CONFIG) || ((type) == TRUE))
+
+GST_EXPORT GType _gst_validate_action_type_type;
+
+void init_scenarios (void);
+
+/* FIXME 2.0 Remove that as this is only for backward compatibility
+ * as we used to have to print actions in the action execution function
+ * and this is done by the scenario itself now */
+GST_EXPORT gboolean _action_check_and_set_printed (GstValidateAction *action);
+GST_EXPORT gboolean gst_validate_action_is_subaction (GstValidateAction *action);
+void _priv_validate_override_registry_deinit (void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b03b66d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1128 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  Author: Thiago Sousa Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-media-info.c
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "gst-validate-media-info.h"
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+struct _GstValidateStreamInfo
+{
+  GstCaps *caps;
+
+  GList *children;
+};
+
+static GstValidateStreamInfo *
+gst_validate_stream_info_from_discoverer_info (GstDiscovererStreamInfo * info)
+{
+  GstValidateStreamInfo *ret = g_new0 (GstValidateStreamInfo, 1);
+
+  ret->caps = gst_discoverer_stream_info_get_caps (info);
+  if (GST_IS_DISCOVERER_CONTAINER_INFO (info)) {
+    GList *streams =
+        gst_discoverer_container_info_get_streams (GST_DISCOVERER_CONTAINER_INFO
+        (info));
+    GList *iter;
+
+    for (iter = streams; iter; iter = g_list_next (iter)) {
+      ret->children = g_list_append (ret->children,
+          gst_validate_stream_info_from_discoverer_info (iter->data));
+    }
+    gst_discoverer_stream_info_list_free (streams);
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static GstValidateStreamInfo *
+gst_validate_stream_info_from_caps_string (gchar * capsstr)
+{
+  GstValidateStreamInfo *ret = g_new0 (GstValidateStreamInfo, 1);
+
+  ret->caps = gst_caps_from_string (capsstr);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_stream_info_free (GstValidateStreamInfo * si)
+{
+  if (si->caps)
+    gst_caps_unref (si->caps);
+  g_list_free_full (si->children,
+      (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_stream_info_free);
+  g_free (si);
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_media_info_init (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi)
+{
+  mi->uri = NULL;
+  mi->file_size = 0;
+  mi->duration = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+  mi->seekable = FALSE;
+  mi->stream_info = NULL;
+  mi->playback_error = NULL;
+  mi->reverse_playback_error = NULL;
+  mi->track_switch_error = NULL;
+  mi->is_image = FALSE;
+  mi->discover_only = FALSE;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_media_info_clear (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi)
+{
+  g_free (mi->uri);
+  g_free (mi->playback_error);
+  g_free (mi->reverse_playback_error);
+  g_free (mi->track_switch_error);
+  if (mi->stream_info)
+    gst_validate_stream_info_free (mi->stream_info);
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_media_info_free (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi)
+{
+  gst_validate_media_info_clear (mi);
+  g_free (mi);
+}
+
+gchar *
+gst_validate_media_info_to_string (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi, gsize * length)
+{
+  GKeyFile *kf = g_key_file_new ();
+  gchar *data = NULL;
+  gchar *str;
+
+  /* file info */
+  g_key_file_set_string (kf, "file-info", "uri", mi->uri);
+  g_key_file_set_uint64 (kf, "file-info", "file-size", mi->file_size);
+
+  /* media info */
+  g_key_file_set_uint64 (kf, "media-info", "file-duration", mi->duration);
+  g_key_file_set_boolean (kf, "media-info", "seekable", mi->seekable);
+  g_key_file_set_boolean (kf, "media-info", "is-image", mi->is_image);
+
+  if (mi->stream_info && mi->stream_info->caps) {
+    str = gst_caps_to_string (mi->stream_info->caps);
+    g_key_file_set_string (kf, "media-info", "caps", str);
+    g_free (str);
+  }
+
+  /* playback tests */
+  g_key_file_set_string (kf, "playback-tests", "playback-error",
+      mi->playback_error ? mi->playback_error : "");
+  g_key_file_set_string (kf, "playback-tests", "reverse-playback-error",
+      mi->reverse_playback_error ? mi->reverse_playback_error : "");
+  g_key_file_set_string (kf, "playback-tests", "track-switch-error",
+      mi->track_switch_error ? mi->track_switch_error : "");
+
+  data = g_key_file_to_data (kf, length, NULL);
+  g_key_file_free (kf);
+
+  return data;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_validate_media_info_save (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi, const gchar * path,
+    GError ** err)
+{
+  gchar *data = NULL;
+  gsize datalength = 0;
+
+  data = gst_validate_media_info_to_string (mi, &datalength);
+
+  g_file_set_contents (path, data, datalength, err);
+  if (err)
+    return FALSE;
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+GstValidateMediaInfo *
+gst_validate_media_info_load (const gchar * path, GError ** err)
+{
+  GKeyFile *kf = g_key_file_new ();
+  GstValidateMediaInfo *mi;
+  gchar *str;
+
+  if (!g_key_file_load_from_file (kf, path, G_KEY_FILE_NONE, err)) {
+    g_key_file_free (kf);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  mi = g_new (GstValidateMediaInfo, 1);
+  gst_validate_media_info_init (mi);
+
+  mi->uri = g_key_file_get_string (kf, "file-info", "uri", err);
+  if (err && *err)
+    goto end;
+  mi->file_size = g_key_file_get_uint64 (kf, "file-info", "file-size", err);
+  if (err && *err)
+    goto end;
+
+  mi->duration =
+      g_key_file_get_uint64 (kf, "media-info", "file-duration", NULL);
+  mi->seekable = g_key_file_get_boolean (kf, "media-info", "seekable", NULL);
+  mi->is_image = g_key_file_get_boolean (kf, "media-info", "is-image", NULL);
+
+  str = g_key_file_get_string (kf, "media-info", "caps", NULL);
+  if (str) {
+    mi->stream_info = gst_validate_stream_info_from_caps_string (str);
+    g_free (str);
+  }
+
+  mi->playback_error =
+      g_key_file_get_string (kf, "playback-tests", "playback-error", NULL);
+  mi->reverse_playback_error =
+      g_key_file_get_string (kf, "playback-tests", "reverse-playback-error",
+      NULL);
+  mi->track_switch_error =
+      g_key_file_get_string (kf, "playback-tests", "track-switch-error", NULL);
+  if (mi->playback_error && strlen (mi->playback_error) == 0) {
+    g_free (mi->playback_error);
+    mi->playback_error = NULL;
+  }
+  if (mi->reverse_playback_error && strlen (mi->reverse_playback_error) == 0) {
+    g_free (mi->reverse_playback_error);
+    mi->reverse_playback_error = NULL;
+  }
+  if (mi->track_switch_error && strlen (mi->track_switch_error) == 0) {
+    g_free (mi->track_switch_error);
+    mi->track_switch_error = NULL;
+  }
+
+end:
+  g_key_file_free (kf);
+  return mi;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+check_file_size (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi)
+{
+  GStatBuf statbuf;
+  gchar *filepath;
+  guint64 size = 0;
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+  GError *err = NULL;
+
+  filepath = g_filename_from_uri (mi->uri, NULL, &err);
+  if (!filepath) {
+    g_error_free (err);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  if (g_stat (filepath, &statbuf) == 0) {
+    size = statbuf.st_size;
+  } else {
+    ret = FALSE;
+    goto end;
+  }
+
+  mi->file_size = size;
+
+end:
+  g_free (filepath);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+check_file_duration (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi, GstDiscovererInfo * info)
+{
+  mi->duration = gst_discoverer_info_get_duration (info);
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+check_seekable (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi, GstDiscovererInfo * info)
+{
+  mi->seekable = gst_discoverer_info_get_seekable (info);
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+#if 0
+static inline gboolean
+_gst_caps_can_intersect_safe (const GstCaps * a, const GstCaps * b)
+{
+  if (a == b)
+    return TRUE;
+  if ((a == NULL) || (b == NULL))
+    return FALSE;
+  return gst_caps_can_intersect (a, b);
+}
+
+#if 0
+typedef struct
+{
+  GstEncodingProfile *profile;
+  gint count;
+} ExpectedStream;
+
+#define SET_MESSAGE(placeholder, msg) \
+G_STMT_START {  \
+  if (placeholder) { \
+    *placeholder = msg; \
+  } \
+} G_STMT_END
+
+static gboolean
+compare_encoding_profile_with_discoverer_stream (GstValidateFileChecker * fc,
+    GstEncodingProfile * prof, GstDiscovererStreamInfo * stream, gchar ** msg);
+
+static gboolean
+    compare_container_profile_with_container_discoverer_stream
+    (GstValidateFileChecker * fc, GstEncodingContainerProfile * prof,
+    GstDiscovererContainerInfo * stream, gchar ** msg)
+{
+  ExpectedStream *expected_streams = NULL;
+  GList *container_streams;
+  const GList *profile_iter;
+  const GList *streams_iter;
+  gint i;
+  gint expected_count = g_list_length ((GList *)
+      gst_encoding_container_profile_get_profiles (prof));
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+
+  container_streams = gst_discoverer_container_info_get_streams (stream);
+
+  if (expected_count == 0) {
+    if (g_list_length (container_streams) != 0) {
+      SET_MESSAGE (msg,
+          g_strdup_printf
+          ("No streams expected on this container, but found %u",
+              g_list_length (container_streams)));
+      ret = FALSE;
+      goto end;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* initialize expected streams data */
+  expected_streams = g_malloc0 (sizeof (ExpectedStream) * expected_count);
+  for (i = 0, profile_iter = gst_encoding_container_profile_get_profiles (prof);
+      profile_iter; profile_iter = g_list_next (profile_iter), i++) {
+    GstEncodingProfile *prof = profile_iter->data;
+    ExpectedStream *expected = &(expected_streams[i]);
+
+    expected->profile = prof;
+  }
+
+  /* look for the streams on discoverer info */
+  for (streams_iter = container_streams; streams_iter;
+      streams_iter = g_list_next (streams_iter)) {
+    GstDiscovererStreamInfo *info = streams_iter->data;
+    gboolean found = FALSE;
+    for (i = 0; i < expected_count; i++) {
+      ExpectedStream *expected = &(expected_streams[i]);
+
+      if (compare_encoding_profile_with_discoverer_stream (fc,
+              expected->profile, info, NULL)) {
+        found = TRUE;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!found) {
+      GstCaps *caps = gst_discoverer_stream_info_get_caps (info);
+      gchar *caps_str = gst_caps_to_string (caps);
+      SET_MESSAGE (msg,
+          g_strdup_printf ("Stream with caps '%s' wasn't found on file",
+              caps_str));
+      g_free (caps_str);
+      gst_caps_unref (caps);
+      ret = FALSE;
+      goto end;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* check if all expected streams are present */
+  for (i = 0; i < expected_count; i++) {
+    ExpectedStream *expected = &(expected_streams[i]);
+    guint presence = gst_encoding_profile_get_presence (expected->profile);
+
+    if (presence == 0)
+      continue;
+
+    if (presence != expected->count) {
+      gchar *caps_str =
+          gst_caps_to_string (gst_encoding_profile_get_format
+          (expected->profile));
+      SET_MESSAGE (msg,
+          g_strdup_printf ("Stream from profile %s (with caps '%s"
+              "' has presence %u but the number of streams found was %d",
+              gst_encoding_profile_get_name (expected->profile), caps_str,
+              presence, expected->count));
+      g_free (caps_str);
+      ret = FALSE;
+      goto end;
+    }
+  }
+
+end:
+  g_free (expected_streams);
+  gst_discoverer_stream_info_list_free (container_streams);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+compare_encoding_profile_with_discoverer_stream (GstValidateFileChecker * fc,
+    GstEncodingProfile * prof, GstDiscovererStreamInfo * stream, gchar ** msg)
+{
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+  GstCaps *caps = NULL;
+  const GstCaps *profile_caps;
+  const GstCaps *restriction_caps;
+
+  caps = gst_discoverer_stream_info_get_caps (stream);
+  profile_caps = gst_encoding_profile_get_format (prof);
+  restriction_caps = gst_encoding_profile_get_restriction (prof);
+
+  /* TODO need to consider profile caps restrictions */
+  if (!_gst_caps_can_intersect_safe (caps, profile_caps)) {
+    gchar *caps_str = gst_caps_to_string (caps);
+    gchar *profile_caps_str = gst_caps_to_string (profile_caps);
+    SET_MESSAGE (msg, g_strdup_printf ("Caps '%s' didn't match profile '%s'",
+            profile_caps_str, caps_str));
+    g_free (caps_str);
+    g_free (profile_caps_str);
+    ret = FALSE;
+    goto end;
+  }
+
+  if (restriction_caps) {
+    GstStructure *structure;
+    gint i;
+    gboolean found = FALSE;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < gst_caps_get_size (restriction_caps); i++) {
+      structure = gst_caps_get_structure (restriction_caps, i);
+      structure = gst_structure_copy (structure);
+      gst_structure_set_name (structure,
+          gst_structure_get_name (gst_caps_get_structure (caps, 0)));
+      if (gst_structure_can_intersect (structure, gst_caps_get_structure (caps,
+                  0))) {
+        gst_structure_free (structure);
+        found = TRUE;
+        break;
+      }
+      gst_structure_free (structure);
+    }
+    if (!found) {
+      gchar *caps_str = gst_caps_to_string (caps);
+      gchar *restriction_caps_str = gst_caps_to_string (restriction_caps);
+      SET_MESSAGE (msg,
+          g_strdup_printf ("Caps restriction '%s' wasn't respected on file "
+              "with caps '%s'", restriction_caps_str, caps_str));
+      g_free (caps_str);
+      g_free (restriction_caps_str);
+      ret = FALSE;
+      goto end;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (GST_IS_ENCODING_CONTAINER_PROFILE (prof)) {
+    if (GST_IS_DISCOVERER_CONTAINER_INFO (stream)) {
+      ret =
+          ret & compare_container_profile_with_container_discoverer_stream (fc,
+          (GstEncodingContainerProfile *) prof,
+          (GstDiscovererContainerInfo *) stream, msg);
+    } else {
+      SET_MESSAGE (msg,
+          g_strdup_printf ("Expected container profile but found stream of %s",
+              gst_discoverer_stream_info_get_stream_type_nick (stream)));
+      ret = FALSE;
+      goto end;
+    }
+
+  } else if (GST_IS_ENCODING_VIDEO_PROFILE (prof)) {
+    if (!GST_IS_DISCOVERER_VIDEO_INFO (stream)) {
+      SET_MESSAGE (msg,
+          g_strdup_printf ("Expected video profile but found stream of %s",
+              gst_discoverer_stream_info_get_stream_type_nick (stream)));
+      ret = FALSE;
+      goto end;
+    }
+
+  } else if (GST_IS_ENCODING_AUDIO_PROFILE (prof)) {
+    if (!GST_IS_DISCOVERER_AUDIO_INFO (stream)) {
+      SET_MESSAGE (msg,
+          g_strdup_printf ("Expected audio profile but found stream of %s",
+              gst_discoverer_stream_info_get_stream_type_nick (stream)));
+      ret = FALSE;
+      goto end;
+    }
+  } else {
+    g_assert_not_reached ();
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+
+end:
+  if (caps)
+    gst_caps_unref (caps);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+#endif
+#endif
+
+static gboolean
+check_encoding_profile (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi, GstDiscovererInfo * info)
+{
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+  GstDiscovererStreamInfo *streaminfo;
+
+  streaminfo = gst_discoverer_info_get_stream_info (info);
+  mi->stream_info = gst_validate_stream_info_from_discoverer_info (streaminfo);
+
+  gst_discoverer_info_unref (streaminfo);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+typedef gboolean (*GstElementConfigureFunc) (GstValidateMediaInfo *,
+    GstElement *, gchar ** msg);
+static gboolean
+check_playback_scenario (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi,
+    GstElementConfigureFunc configure_function, gchar ** error_message)
+{
+  GstElement *playbin;
+  GstElement *videosink, *audiosink;
+  GstBus *bus;
+  GstMessage *msg;
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+  GstStateChangeReturn state_ret;
+
+  playbin = gst_element_factory_make ("playbin", "fc-playbin");
+  videosink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", "fc-videosink");
+  audiosink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", "fc-audiosink");
+
+  if (!playbin || !videosink || !audiosink) {
+    *error_message = g_strdup ("Playbin and/or fakesink not available");
+  }
+
+  g_object_set (playbin, "video-sink", videosink, "audio-sink", audiosink,
+      "uri", mi->uri, NULL);
+
+  bus = gst_pipeline_get_bus (GST_PIPELINE (playbin));
+
+  state_ret = gst_element_set_state (playbin, GST_STATE_PAUSED);
+  if (state_ret == GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE) {
+    *error_message = g_strdup ("Failed to change pipeline to paused");
+    ret = FALSE;
+    goto end;
+  } else if (state_ret == GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC) {
+    msg =
+        gst_bus_timed_pop_filtered (bus, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE,
+        GST_MESSAGE_ASYNC_DONE | GST_MESSAGE_EOS | GST_MESSAGE_ERROR);
+    if (msg && GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (msg) == GST_MESSAGE_ASYNC_DONE) {
+      gst_message_unref (msg);
+    } else {
+      ret = FALSE;
+      *error_message = g_strdup ("Playback finihshed unexpectedly");
+      goto end;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (configure_function) {
+    if (!configure_function (mi, playbin, error_message)) {
+      gst_object_unref (bus);
+      gst_object_unref (playbin);
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (gst_element_set_state (playbin,
+          GST_STATE_PLAYING) == GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE) {
+    *error_message = g_strdup ("Failed to set pipeline to playing");
+    ret = FALSE;
+    goto end;
+  }
+
+  msg =
+      gst_bus_timed_pop_filtered (bus, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE,
+      GST_MESSAGE_ERROR | GST_MESSAGE_EOS);
+  if (msg) {
+    if (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (msg) == GST_MESSAGE_EOS) {
+      /* all good */
+      ret = TRUE;
+    } else if (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (msg) == GST_MESSAGE_ERROR) {
+      GError *error = NULL;
+      gchar *debug = NULL;
+
+      gst_message_parse_error (msg, &error, &debug);
+      *error_message = g_strdup_printf ("Playback error: %s : %s",
+          error->message, debug);
+      g_error_free (error);
+      g_free (debug);
+
+      ret = FALSE;
+    } else {
+      g_assert_not_reached ();
+    }
+    gst_message_unref (msg);
+  } else {
+    ret = FALSE;
+    *error_message = g_strdup ("Playback finihshed unexpectedly");
+  }
+
+end:
+  gst_object_unref (bus);
+  gst_element_set_state (playbin, GST_STATE_NULL);
+  gst_object_unref (playbin);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+check_playback (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi, gchar ** msg)
+{
+  return check_playback_scenario (mi, NULL, msg);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+send_reverse_seek (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi, GstElement * pipeline,
+    gchar ** msg)
+{
+  gboolean ret;
+
+  ret = gst_element_seek (pipeline, -1.0, GST_FORMAT_TIME,
+      GST_SEEK_FLAG_FLUSH, GST_SEEK_TYPE_SET, 0, GST_SEEK_TYPE_SET, -1);
+
+  if (!ret) {
+    *msg = g_strdup ("Reverse playback seek failed");
+  }
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+check_reverse_playback (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi, gchar ** msg)
+{
+  return check_playback_scenario (mi, send_reverse_seek, msg);
+}
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  guint counter;
+  guint back_counter;
+  gulong probe_id;
+  GstPad *pad;
+} BufferCountData;
+
+static GstPadProbeReturn
+input_selector_pad_probe (GstPad * pad, GstPadProbeInfo * info,
+    gpointer userdata)
+{
+  GstPad *sink_pad = NULL;
+
+  if (info->type == GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER) {
+    BufferCountData *bcd =
+        g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (pad), "buffer-count-data");
+    if (!bcd) {
+      GST_ERROR_OBJECT (pad, "No buffer-count-data found");
+      return GST_PAD_PROBE_OK;
+    }
+
+    ++bcd->counter;
+    if (GST_PAD_IS_SRC (pad)) {
+      g_object_get (GST_PAD_PARENT (pad), "active-pad", &sink_pad, NULL);
+      if (sink_pad) {
+        bcd = g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (sink_pad), "buffer-count-data");
+        if (!bcd) {
+          gst_object_unref (sink_pad);
+          GST_ERROR_OBJECT (pad, "No buffer-count-data found");
+          return GST_PAD_PROBE_OK;
+        }
+        ++bcd->back_counter;
+        gst_object_unref (sink_pad);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return GST_PAD_PROBE_OK;
+}
+
+static void
+setup_input_selector_counters (GstElement * element)
+{
+  GstIterator *iterator;
+  gboolean done = FALSE;
+  GValue value = { 0, };
+  GstPad *pad;
+  BufferCountData *bcd;
+
+  iterator = gst_element_iterate_pads (element);
+  while (!done) {
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (iterator, &value)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
+        pad = g_value_dup_object (&value);
+        bcd = g_slice_new0 (BufferCountData);
+        g_object_set_data (G_OBJECT (pad), "buffer-count-data", bcd);
+        bcd->probe_id = gst_pad_add_probe (pad, GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER,
+            (GstPadProbeCallback) input_selector_pad_probe, NULL, NULL);
+        bcd->pad = pad;
+        g_value_reset (&value);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        gst_iterator_resync (iterator);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iterator);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+check_and_remove_input_selector_counters (GstElement * element,
+    gchar ** error_message)
+{
+  GstIterator *iterator;
+  gboolean done = FALSE;
+  GstPad *pad;
+  GValue value = { 0, };
+  guint id, ncounters = 0, total_sink_count = 0;
+  BufferCountData *bcd, **bcds =
+      g_malloc0 (sizeof (BufferCountData *) * element->numpads);
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+
+  /* First gather all counts, and free memory, etc */
+  iterator = gst_element_iterate_pads (element);
+  while (!done) {
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (iterator, &value)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
+        pad = g_value_get_object (&value);
+        bcd = g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (pad), "buffer-count-data");
+        if (GST_PAD_IS_SINK (pad)) {
+          bcds[++ncounters] = bcd;
+          total_sink_count += bcd->counter;
+        } else {
+          bcds[0] = bcd;
+        }
+        gst_pad_remove_probe (pad, bcd->probe_id);
+        g_value_reset (&value);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        gst_iterator_resync (iterator);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+        done = TRUE;
+        *error_message = g_strdup ("Failed to iterate through pads");
+        ret = FALSE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iterator);
+
+  if (!ret) {
+    g_free (bcds);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  /* Now bcd[0] contains the total number of buffers received,
+     and subsequent bcd slots contain the total number of buffers sent
+     by each source pad. Check that the totals match, and that every
+     source pad got at least one buffer.
+     Or that's the theory. It doesn't work in practice, the number of
+     raw buffers flowing is non deterministic. */
+#if 0
+  if (bcds[0]->counter != total_sink_count) {
+    *error_message = g_strdup_printf ("%u buffers received, %u buffers sent",
+        total_sink_count, bcds[0]->counter);
+    ret = FALSE;
+  }
+  for (id = 1; id < element->numpads; ++id) {
+    if (bcds[id]->counter == 0) {
+      *error_message =
+          g_strdup_printf ("Sink pad %s got no buffers",
+          GST_PAD_NAME (bcds[id]->pad));
+      ret = FALSE;
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+  /* We at least check that at least one buffer was sent while the
+     selected sink was a given sink, for all sinks */
+  for (id = 1; id < element->numpads; ++id) {
+    if (bcds[id]->back_counter == 0) {
+      *error_message =
+          g_strdup_printf ("No buffer was sent while sink pad %s was active",
+          GST_PAD_NAME (bcds[id]->pad));
+      ret = FALSE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (id = 0; id < element->numpads; ++id) {
+    gst_object_unref (bcds[id]->pad);
+    g_slice_free (BufferCountData, bcds[id]);
+  }
+  g_free (bcds);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static GstPad *
+find_next_pad (GstElement * element, GstPad * pad)
+{
+  GstIterator *iterator;
+  gboolean done = FALSE, pick = FALSE;
+  GstPad *tmp, *next = NULL, *first = NULL;
+  GValue value = { 0, };
+
+  iterator = gst_element_iterate_sink_pads (element);
+
+  while (!done) {
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (iterator, &value)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
+        tmp = g_value_dup_object (&value);
+        if (first == NULL)
+          first = gst_object_ref (tmp);
+        if (pick) {
+          next = tmp;
+          done = TRUE;
+        } else {
+          pick = (tmp == pad);
+          gst_object_unref (tmp);
+        }
+        g_value_reset (&value);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        if (next) {
+          gst_object_unref (next);
+          next = NULL;
+          if (first) {
+            gst_object_unref (first);
+            first = NULL;
+          }
+          pick = FALSE;
+        }
+        gst_iterator_resync (iterator);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        /* When we reach the end, we may be in the case where the pad
+           to search from was the last one in the list, in which case
+           we want to return the first pad. */
+        if (pick) {
+          next = first;
+          first = NULL;
+        }
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iterator);
+  if (first)
+    gst_object_unref (first);
+  return next;
+}
+
+static int
+find_input_selector (GValue * value, void *userdata)
+{
+  GstElement *element = g_value_get_object (value);
+  g_assert (GST_IS_ELEMENT (element));
+  if (g_str_has_prefix (GST_ELEMENT_NAME (element), "inputselector")) {
+    guint npads;
+    g_object_get (element, "n-pads", &npads, NULL);
+    if (npads > 1)
+      return 0;
+  }
+  return !0;
+}
+
+/* This function looks for an input-selector, and, if one is found,
+   cycle through its sink pads */
+static gboolean
+check_track_selection (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi, gchar ** error_message)
+{
+  GstElement *playbin;
+  GstElement *videosink, *audiosink;
+  GstElement *input_selector = NULL;
+  GstBus *bus;
+  GstMessage *msg;
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+  GstStateChangeReturn state_ret;
+  GstIterator *iterator;
+  GstPad *original_pad;
+  static const GstClockTime switch_delay = GST_SECOND * 5;
+  GValue value = { 0, };
+
+  playbin = gst_element_factory_make ("playbin", "fc-playbin");
+  videosink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", "fc-videosink");
+  audiosink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", "fc-audiosink");
+
+  if (!playbin || !videosink || !audiosink) {
+    *error_message = g_strdup ("Playbin and/or fakesink not available");
+  }
+
+  g_object_set (playbin, "video-sink", videosink, "audio-sink", audiosink,
+      "uri", mi->uri, NULL);
+  g_object_set (videosink, "sync", TRUE, NULL);
+  g_object_set (audiosink, "sync", TRUE, NULL);
+
+  bus = gst_pipeline_get_bus (GST_PIPELINE (playbin));
+
+  state_ret = gst_element_set_state (playbin, GST_STATE_PAUSED);
+  if (state_ret == GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE) {
+    *error_message = g_strdup ("Failed to change pipeline to paused");
+    ret = FALSE;
+    goto end;
+  } else if (state_ret == GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC) {
+    msg =
+        gst_bus_timed_pop_filtered (bus, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE,
+        GST_MESSAGE_ASYNC_DONE | GST_MESSAGE_EOS | GST_MESSAGE_ERROR);
+    if (msg && GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (msg) == GST_MESSAGE_ASYNC_DONE) {
+      gst_message_unref (msg);
+    } else {
+      ret = FALSE;
+      *error_message = g_strdup ("Playback finihshed unexpectedly");
+      goto end;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (gst_element_set_state (playbin,
+          GST_STATE_PLAYING) == GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE) {
+    *error_message = g_strdup ("Failed to set pipeline to playing");
+    ret = FALSE;
+    goto end;
+  }
+
+  iterator = gst_bin_iterate_recurse (GST_BIN (playbin));
+  if (!gst_iterator_find_custom (iterator,
+          (GCompareFunc) find_input_selector, &value, NULL)) {
+    /* It's fine, there's only one if several tracks of the same type */
+    gst_iterator_free (iterator);
+    input_selector = NULL;
+    goto end;
+  }
+  input_selector = g_value_dup_object (&value);
+  g_value_reset (&value);
+  gst_iterator_free (iterator);
+  g_object_get (input_selector, "active-pad", &original_pad, NULL);
+  if (!original_pad) {
+    /* Unexpected, log an error somehow ? */
+    ret = FALSE;
+    gst_object_unref (input_selector);
+    input_selector = NULL;
+    goto end;
+  }
+
+  /* Attach a buffer counter to each pad */
+  setup_input_selector_counters (input_selector);
+
+  while (1) {
+    msg =
+        gst_bus_timed_pop_filtered (bus, switch_delay,
+        GST_MESSAGE_ERROR | GST_MESSAGE_EOS);
+    if (msg) {
+      if (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (msg) == GST_MESSAGE_EOS) {
+        /* all good */
+        ret = TRUE;
+      } else if (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (msg) == GST_MESSAGE_ERROR) {
+        GError *error = NULL;
+        gchar *debug = NULL;
+
+        gst_message_parse_error (msg, &error, &debug);
+        *error_message = g_strdup_printf ("Playback error: %s : %s",
+            error->message, debug);
+        g_error_free (error);
+        g_free (debug);
+
+        ret = FALSE;
+      } else {
+        g_assert_not_reached ();
+      }
+      gst_message_unref (msg);
+    } else {
+      /* Timeout, switch track if we have more, or stop */
+      GstPad *active_pad, *next_pad;
+
+      g_object_get (input_selector, "active-pad", &active_pad, NULL);
+      if (!active_pad) {
+        *error_message =
+            g_strdup ("Failed to get active-pad from input-selector");
+        ret = FALSE;
+        goto end;
+      }
+      next_pad = find_next_pad (input_selector, active_pad);
+      gst_object_unref (active_pad);
+      if (!next_pad) {
+        ret = FALSE;
+        goto end;
+      }
+      if (next_pad == original_pad) {
+        goto end;
+      }
+      g_object_set (input_selector, "active-pad", next_pad, NULL);
+      gst_object_unref (next_pad);
+    }
+  }
+
+end:
+  if (input_selector) {
+    if (!check_and_remove_input_selector_counters (input_selector,
+            error_message))
+      ret = FALSE;
+    gst_object_unref (input_selector);
+  }
+  gst_object_unref (bus);
+  gst_element_set_state (playbin, GST_STATE_NULL);
+  gst_object_unref (playbin);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+check_is_image (GstDiscovererInfo * info)
+{
+  gboolean ret = FALSE;
+  GList *video_streams = gst_discoverer_info_get_video_streams (info);
+
+  if (g_list_length (video_streams) == 1) {
+    if (gst_discoverer_video_info_is_image (video_streams->data)) {
+      GList *audio_streams = gst_discoverer_info_get_audio_streams (info);
+
+      if (audio_streams == NULL)
+        ret = TRUE;
+      else
+        gst_discoverer_stream_info_list_free (audio_streams);
+    }
+  }
+
+  gst_discoverer_stream_info_list_free (video_streams);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_validate_media_info_inspect_uri (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi,
+    const gchar * uri, gboolean discover_only, GError ** err)
+{
+  GstDiscovererInfo *info;
+  GstDiscoverer *discoverer = gst_discoverer_new (GST_SECOND * 60, err);
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (uri != NULL, FALSE);
+
+  g_free (mi->uri);
+  mi->uri = g_strdup (uri);
+
+  if (!discoverer) {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  info = gst_discoverer_discover_uri (discoverer, uri, err);
+
+  if (gst_discoverer_info_get_result (info) != GST_DISCOVERER_OK) {
+    gst_object_unref (discoverer);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  mi->is_image = check_is_image (info);
+  ret = check_file_size (mi) & ret;
+  ret = check_encoding_profile (mi, info) & ret;
+  ret = check_file_duration (mi, info) & ret;
+
+  if (mi->is_image)
+    goto done;
+
+  check_seekable (mi, info);
+  if (discover_only)
+    goto done;
+
+  ret = check_playback (mi, &mi->playback_error) & ret;
+  ret = check_reverse_playback (mi, &mi->reverse_playback_error) & ret;
+  ret = check_track_selection (mi, &mi->track_switch_error) & ret;
+
+done:
+  gst_object_unref (discoverer);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_validate_media_info_compare (GstValidateMediaInfo * expected,
+    GstValidateMediaInfo * extracted)
+{
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+  if (expected->duration != extracted->duration) {
+    g_print ("Duration changed: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " -> %" GST_TIME_FORMAT "\n",
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (expected->duration),
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (extracted->duration));
+    ret = FALSE;
+  }
+  if (expected->file_size != extracted->file_size) {
+    g_print ("File size changed: %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT " -> %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT
+        "\n", expected->file_size, extracted->file_size);
+    ret = FALSE;
+  }
+  if (expected->seekable && !extracted->seekable) {
+    g_print ("File isn't seekable anymore\n");
+    ret = FALSE;
+  }
+
+  if (extracted->discover_only == FALSE) {
+    if (expected->playback_error == NULL && extracted->playback_error) {
+      g_print ("Playback is now failing with: %s\n", extracted->playback_error);
+      ret = FALSE;
+    }
+    if (expected->reverse_playback_error == NULL
+        && extracted->reverse_playback_error) {
+      g_print ("Reverse playback is now failing with: %s\n",
+          extracted->reverse_playback_error);
+      ret = FALSE;
+    }
+    if (expected->track_switch_error == NULL && extracted->track_switch_error) {
+      g_print ("Track switching is now failing with: %s\n",
+          extracted->track_switch_error);
+      ret = FALSE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (extracted->stream_info == NULL || expected->stream_info == NULL) {
+    g_print ("Stream infos could not be retrived, an error occured\n");
+    ret = FALSE;
+  } else if (expected->stream_info
+      && !gst_caps_is_equal_fixed (expected->stream_info->caps,
+          extracted->stream_info->caps)) {
+    gchar *caps1 = gst_caps_to_string (expected->stream_info->caps);
+    gchar *caps2 = gst_caps_to_string (extracted->stream_info->caps);
+
+    g_print ("Media caps changed: '%s' -> '%s'\n", caps1, caps2);
+    g_free (caps1);
+    g_free (caps2);
+    ret = FALSE;
+  }
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d41b467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-media-info.h
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Thiago Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-media-info.h - Media information structure
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_VALIDATE_MEDIA_INFO_H__
+#define __GST_VALIDATE_MEDIA_INFO_H__
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+typedef struct _GstValidateMediaInfo GstValidateMediaInfo;
+typedef struct _GstValidateStreamInfo GstValidateStreamInfo;
+
+/**
+ * GstValidateMediaInfo:
+ *
+ * GStreamer Validate MediaInfo struct.
+ *
+ * Stores extracted information about a media
+ */
+struct _GstValidateMediaInfo {
+
+  /*  */
+  /* Value for the expected total duration of the file in nanosecs
+   * Set to GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE if it shouldn't be tested */
+  GstClockTime duration;
+  gboolean is_image;
+
+  /* Expected file_size, set to 0 to skip test */
+  guint64 file_size;
+
+  gboolean seekable;
+
+  gchar *playback_error;
+  gchar *reverse_playback_error;
+  gchar *track_switch_error;
+
+  gchar *uri;
+
+  gboolean discover_only;
+
+  GstValidateStreamInfo *stream_info;
+};
+
+void gst_validate_media_info_init (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi);
+void gst_validate_media_info_clear (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi);
+void gst_validate_media_info_free (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi);
+
+gchar * gst_validate_media_info_to_string (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi, gsize * length);
+gboolean gst_validate_media_info_save (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi, const gchar * path, GError ** err);
+GstValidateMediaInfo * gst_validate_media_info_load (const gchar * path, GError ** err);
+
+gboolean gst_validate_media_info_inspect_uri (GstValidateMediaInfo * mi, const gchar * uri,
+        gboolean discover_only, GError ** err);
+
+gboolean gst_validate_media_info_compare (GstValidateMediaInfo * expected, GstValidateMediaInfo * extracted);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_VALIDATE_MEDIA_INFO_H__ */
+
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-factory.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-factory.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc3cb65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-factory.c
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  Author: Thiago Sousa Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-monitor-factory.c - Validate Element monitors factory utility functions
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * SECTION:gst-validate-monitor-factory
+ * @short_description: Lets you start monitoring a #GstObject with GstValidate
+ *
+ * To start monitoring and thus run GstValidate tests on a #GstPipeline, the only thing to
+ * do is to instanciate a #GstValidateRunner and then attach a #GstValidateMonitor
+ * to it with #gst_validate_monitor_factory_create
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "gst-validate-monitor-factory.h"
+#include "gst-validate-bin-monitor.h"
+#include "gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.h"
+#include "gst-validate-pad-monitor.h"
+#include "gst-validate-override-registry.h"
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_monitor_factory_create:
+ * @target: The #GstObject to create a #GstValidateMonitor for
+ * @runner: The #GstValidateRunner to use for the new monitor
+ * @parent: (optional) (nullable): The parent of the new monitor
+ *
+ * Create a new monitor for @target and starts monitoring it.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): The newly created #GstValidateMonitor
+ */
+GstValidateMonitor *
+gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GstObject * target,
+    GstValidateRunner * runner, GstValidateMonitor * parent)
+{
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor = NULL;
+  g_return_val_if_fail (target != NULL, NULL);
+
+  if (GST_IS_PAD (target)) {
+    monitor =
+        GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (gst_validate_pad_monitor_new (GST_PAD_CAST
+            (target), runner, GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_CAST (parent)));
+  } else if (GST_IS_PIPELINE (target)) {
+    monitor =
+        GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (gst_validate_pipeline_monitor_new
+        (GST_PIPELINE_CAST (target), runner, parent));
+  } else if (GST_IS_BIN (target)) {
+    monitor =
+        GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (gst_validate_bin_monitor_new (GST_BIN_CAST
+            (target), runner, parent));
+  } else if (GST_IS_ELEMENT (target)) {
+    monitor =
+        GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (gst_validate_element_monitor_new
+        (GST_ELEMENT_CAST (target), runner, parent));
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_override_registry_attach_overrides (monitor);
+  return monitor;
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-factory.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-factory.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2d6bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor-factory.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Thiago Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-monitor-factory.h - Validate Element monitors factory utility functions
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_FACTORY_H__
+#define __GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_FACTORY_H__
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+GstValidateMonitor *       gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GstObject * target, GstValidateRunner * runner, GstValidateMonitor * parent);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_FACTORY_H__ */
+
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03e9c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,413 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  Author: Thiago Sousa Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-monitor.c - Validate Monitor class
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "gst-validate-internal.h"
+#include "gst-validate-monitor.h"
+
+/**
+ * SECTION:gst-validate-monitor
+ * @short_description: Base class that wraps a #GObject for Validate checks
+ *
+ * TODO
+ */
+
+enum
+{
+  PROP_0,
+  PROP_OBJECT,
+  PROP_RUNNER,
+  PROP_VALIDATE_PARENT,
+  PROP_LAST
+};
+
+static gboolean gst_validate_monitor_do_setup (GstValidateMonitor * monitor);
+static void
+gst_validate_monitor_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
+    GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec);
+static void
+gst_validate_monitor_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
+    const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec);
+static GObject *gst_validate_monitor_constructor (GType type,
+    guint n_construct_params, GObjectConstructParam * construct_params);
+
+gboolean gst_validate_monitor_setup (GstValidateMonitor * monitor);
+
+static GstValidateInterceptionReturn
+gst_validate_monitor_intercept_report (GstValidateReporter * reporter,
+    GstValidateReport * report);
+
+#define _do_init \
+  G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_REPORTER, _reporter_iface_init)
+
+static GstValidateReportingDetails
+_get_reporting_level (GstValidateReporter * monitor)
+{
+  return GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR (monitor)->level;
+}
+
+static void
+_reporter_iface_init (GstValidateReporterInterface * iface)
+{
+  iface->intercept_report = gst_validate_monitor_intercept_report;
+  iface->get_reporting_level = _get_reporting_level;
+}
+
+#define gst_validate_monitor_parent_class parent_class
+G_DEFINE_ABSTRACT_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GstValidateMonitor, gst_validate_monitor,
+    G_TYPE_OBJECT, _do_init);
+
+static void
+_target_freed_cb (GstValidateMonitor * monitor, GObject * where_the_object_was)
+{
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor, "Target was freed");
+  monitor->target = NULL;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_monitor_dispose (GObject * object)
+{
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (object);
+
+  g_mutex_clear (&monitor->mutex);
+  g_mutex_clear (&monitor->overrides_mutex);
+  g_queue_clear (&monitor->overrides);
+
+  if (monitor->target)
+    g_object_weak_unref (G_OBJECT (monitor->target),
+        (GWeakNotify) _target_freed_cb, monitor);
+
+  if (monitor->media_descriptor)
+    gst_object_unref (monitor->media_descriptor);
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->dispose (object);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_monitor_finalize (GObject * object)
+{
+  gst_validate_reporter_set_name (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (object), NULL);
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->finalize (object);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_monitor_class_init (GstValidateMonitorClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *gobject_class;
+
+  gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+
+  gobject_class->get_property = gst_validate_monitor_get_property;
+  gobject_class->set_property = gst_validate_monitor_set_property;
+  gobject_class->dispose = gst_validate_monitor_dispose;
+  gobject_class->finalize = gst_validate_monitor_finalize;
+  gobject_class->constructor = gst_validate_monitor_constructor;
+
+  klass->setup = gst_validate_monitor_do_setup;
+
+  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_OBJECT,
+      g_param_spec_object ("object", "Object", "The object to be monitored",
+          G_TYPE_OBJECT, G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY | G_PARAM_READWRITE));
+
+  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_RUNNER,
+      g_param_spec_object ("validate-runner", "VALIDATE Runner",
+          "The Validate runner to " "report errors to",
+          GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_RUNNER,
+          G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY | G_PARAM_READWRITE));
+
+  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_VALIDATE_PARENT,
+      g_param_spec_object ("validate-parent", "VALIDATE parent monitor",
+          "The Validate monitor " "that is the parent of this one",
+          GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_MONITOR,
+          G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY | G_PARAM_READWRITE));
+}
+
+static GObject *
+gst_validate_monitor_constructor (GType type, guint n_construct_params,
+    GObjectConstructParam * construct_params)
+{
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor =
+      GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->constructor
+      (type,
+          n_construct_params,
+          construct_params));
+
+  if (monitor->parent) {
+    gst_validate_monitor_set_media_descriptor (monitor,
+        monitor->parent->media_descriptor);
+  }
+
+
+  gst_validate_monitor_setup (monitor);
+  return (GObject *) monitor;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_monitor_init (GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  g_mutex_init (&monitor->mutex);
+
+  g_mutex_init (&monitor->overrides_mutex);
+  g_queue_init (&monitor->overrides);
+}
+
+#if 0
+/* This shouldn't be used. it's a base class */
+/**
+ * gst_validate_monitor_new:
+ * @element: (transfer-none): a #GObject to run Validate on
+ */
+GstValidateMonitor *
+gst_validate_monitor_new (GObject * object)
+{
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor =
+      g_object_new (GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_MONITOR, "object",
+      G_TYPE_OBJECT, object, NULL);
+
+  if (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT (monitor) == NULL) {
+    /* setup failed, no use on returning this monitor */
+    g_object_unref (monitor);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  return monitor;
+}
+#endif
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_monitor_do_setup (GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  /* NOP */
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static GstValidateReportingDetails
+_get_report_level_for_pad (GstValidateRunner * runner, GstObject * pad)
+{
+  GstObject *parent;
+  gchar *name;
+  GstValidateReportingDetails level = GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_UNKNOWN;
+
+  parent = gst_object_get_parent (pad);
+
+  name = g_strdup_printf ("%s__%s", GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (pad));
+  level = gst_validate_runner_get_reporting_level_for_name (runner, name);
+
+  g_free (name);
+  gst_object_unref (parent);
+  return level;
+}
+
+static void
+_determine_reporting_level (GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+  GstObject *object, *parent;
+  gchar *object_name;
+  GstValidateReportingDetails level = GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_UNKNOWN;
+
+  object = gst_object_ref (monitor->target);
+  runner = gst_validate_reporter_get_runner (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (monitor));
+
+  do {
+    if (!GST_IS_OBJECT (object))
+      break;
+
+    /* Let's allow for singling out pads */
+    if (GST_IS_PAD (object)) {
+      level = _get_report_level_for_pad (runner, object);
+      if (level != GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_UNKNOWN)
+        break;
+    }
+
+    object_name = gst_object_get_name (object);
+    level =
+        gst_validate_runner_get_reporting_level_for_name (runner, object_name);
+    parent = gst_object_get_parent (object);
+    gst_object_unref (object);
+    object = parent;
+    g_free (object_name);
+  } while (object && level == GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_UNKNOWN);
+
+  if (object)
+    gst_object_unref (object);
+
+  monitor->level = level;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_validate_monitor_setup (GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor, "Starting monitor setup");
+
+  /* For now we just need to do this at setup time */
+  _determine_reporting_level (monitor);
+  return GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_CLASS (monitor)->setup (monitor);
+}
+
+GstElement *
+gst_validate_monitor_get_element (GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  GstValidateMonitorClass *klass = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_CLASS (monitor);
+  GstElement *element = NULL;
+
+  if (klass->get_element)
+    element = klass->get_element (monitor);
+
+  return element;
+}
+
+const gchar *
+gst_validate_monitor_get_element_name (GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  GstElement *element;
+
+  element = gst_validate_monitor_get_element (monitor);
+  if (element)
+    return GST_ELEMENT_NAME (element);
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Check if any of our overrides wants to change the report severity */
+static GstValidateInterceptionReturn
+gst_validate_monitor_intercept_report (GstValidateReporter * reporter,
+    GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  GList *iter;
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (reporter);
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES_LOCK (monitor);
+  for (iter = monitor->overrides.head; iter; iter = g_list_next (iter)) {
+    report->level =
+        gst_validate_override_get_severity (iter->data,
+        gst_validate_issue_get_id (report->issue), report->level);
+  }
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES_UNLOCK (monitor);
+
+  return GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORT;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_monitor_attach_override (GstValidateMonitor * monitor,
+    GstValidateOverride * override)
+{
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+
+  if (!gst_validate_override_can_attach (override, monitor)) {
+    GST_INFO_OBJECT (monitor, "Can not attach override %s",
+        gst_validate_reporter_get_name (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (override)));
+
+    return;
+  }
+
+  runner = gst_validate_reporter_get_runner (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (override));
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES_LOCK (monitor);
+  if (runner)
+    g_assert (runner ==
+        gst_validate_reporter_get_runner (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (monitor)));
+  else
+    gst_validate_reporter_set_runner (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (override),
+        gst_validate_reporter_get_runner (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (monitor)));
+  g_queue_push_tail (&monitor->overrides, override);
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES_UNLOCK (monitor);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_monitor_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
+    const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor;
+
+  monitor = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (object);
+
+  switch (prop_id) {
+    case PROP_OBJECT:
+      g_assert (monitor->target == NULL);
+      monitor->target = g_value_get_object (value);
+      g_object_weak_ref (G_OBJECT (monitor->target),
+          (GWeakNotify) _target_freed_cb, monitor);
+
+      if (monitor->target)
+        gst_validate_reporter_set_name (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (monitor),
+            g_strdup (GST_OBJECT_NAME (monitor->target)));
+      break;
+    case PROP_RUNNER:
+      gst_validate_reporter_set_runner (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (monitor),
+          g_value_get_object (value));
+      break;
+    case PROP_VALIDATE_PARENT:
+      monitor->parent = g_value_get_object (value);
+      break;
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_monitor_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
+    GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor;
+
+  monitor = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (object);
+
+  switch (prop_id) {
+    case PROP_OBJECT:
+      g_value_set_object (value, GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT (monitor));
+      break;
+    case PROP_RUNNER:
+      g_value_set_object (value, GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_RUNNER (monitor));
+      break;
+    case PROP_VALIDATE_PARENT:
+      g_value_set_object (value, GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_PARENT (monitor));
+      break;
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_monitor_set_media_descriptor (GstValidateMonitor * monitor,
+    GstMediaDescriptor * media_descriptor)
+{
+  GstValidateMonitorClass *klass = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_CLASS (monitor);
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor->target, "Set media desc: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
+      media_descriptor);
+  if (monitor->media_descriptor)
+    gst_object_unref (monitor->media_descriptor);
+
+  if (media_descriptor)
+    gst_object_ref (media_descriptor);
+
+  monitor->media_descriptor = media_descriptor;
+  if (klass->set_media_descriptor)
+    klass->set_media_descriptor (monitor, media_descriptor);
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a6f4cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-monitor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Thiago Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-monitor.h - Validate Monitor abstract base class
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_H__
+#define __GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_H__
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+typedef struct _GstValidateMonitor GstValidateMonitor;
+typedef struct _GstValidateMonitorClass GstValidateMonitorClass;
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_MONITOR			(gst_validate_monitor_get_type ())
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_MONITOR(obj)		        (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_MONITOR))
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CLASS(klass)	        (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_MONITOR))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_CLASS(obj)	        (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_MONITOR, GstValidateMonitorClass))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR(obj)			(G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_MONITOR, GstValidateMonitor))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CLASS(klass)		(G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_MONITOR, GstValidateMonitorClass))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST(obj)                ((GstValidateMonitor*)(obj))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CLASS_CAST(klass)        ((GstValidateMonitorClass*)(klass))
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT(m) (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (m)->target)
+#define GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_RUNNER(m) (gst_validate_reporter_get_runner (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_CAST (m)))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_PARENT(m) (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (m)->parent)
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK(m)			\
+  G_STMT_START {					\
+  GST_LOG_OBJECT (m, "About to lock %p", &GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST(m)->mutex); \
+  (g_mutex_lock (&GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST(m)->mutex));		\
+  GST_LOG_OBJECT (m, "Acquired lock %p", &GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST(m)->mutex); \
+  } G_STMT_END
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK(m)				\
+  G_STMT_START {						\
+  GST_LOG_OBJECT (m, "About to unlock %p", &GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST(m)->mutex); \
+  (g_mutex_unlock (&GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST(m)->mutex));		\
+  GST_LOG_OBJECT (m, "unlocked %p", &GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST(m)->mutex); \
+  } G_STMT_END
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES_LOCK(m) g_mutex_lock (&GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (m)->overrides_mutex)
+#define GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES_UNLOCK(m) g_mutex_unlock (&GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (m)->overrides_mutex)
+#define GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES(m) (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (m)->overrides)
+
+/* #else TODO Implemen no variadic macros, use inline,
+ * Problem being:
+ *     GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_ ## status
+ *     GST_VALIDATE_AREA_ ## area ## _ ## subarea
+ */
+
+/**
+ * GstValidateMonitor:
+ *
+ * GStreamer Validate Monitor class.
+ *
+ * Class that wraps a #GObject for Validate checks
+ */
+struct _GstValidateMonitor {
+  GObject 	 object;
+
+  GstObject     *target;
+  GMutex         mutex;
+  gchar         *target_name;
+
+  GstValidateMonitor  *parent;
+
+  GMutex        overrides_mutex;
+  GQueue        overrides;
+  GstMediaDescriptor *media_descriptor;
+
+  GstValidateReportingDetails level;
+
+  /*< private >*/
+  GHashTable *reports;
+};
+
+/**
+ * GstValidateMonitorClass:
+ * @parent_class: parent
+ *
+ * GStreamer Validate Monitor object class.
+ */
+struct _GstValidateMonitorClass {
+  GObjectClass	parent_class;
+
+  gboolean (* setup) (GstValidateMonitor * monitor);
+  GstElement *(* get_element) (GstValidateMonitor * monitor);
+  void (*set_media_descriptor) (GstValidateMonitor * monitor,
+          GstMediaDescriptor * media_descriptor);
+};
+
+/* normal GObject stuff */
+GType		gst_validate_monitor_get_type		(void);
+
+void            gst_validate_monitor_attach_override  (GstValidateMonitor * monitor,
+                                                 GstValidateOverride * override);
+
+GstElement *    gst_validate_monitor_get_element (GstValidateMonitor * monitor);
+const gchar *   gst_validate_monitor_get_element_name (GstValidateMonitor * monitor);
+void gst_validate_monitor_set_media_descriptor (GstValidateMonitor * monitor,
+                                                GstMediaDescriptor *media_descriptor);
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_H__ */
+
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b68a47f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c
@@ -0,0 +1,463 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  Author: Thiago Sousa Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-override-registry.c - Validate Override Registry
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include 
+
+#include 
+
+#include "gst-validate-report.h"
+#include "gst-validate-utils.h"
+#include "gst-validate-internal.h"
+#include "gst-validate-monitor.h"
+#include "gst-validate-override.h"
+#include "gst-validate-override-registry.h"
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  gchar *name;
+  GstValidateOverride *override;
+} GstValidateOverrideRegistryNameEntry;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  GType gtype;
+  GstValidateOverride *override;
+} GstValidateOverrideRegistryGTypeEntry;
+
+static GMutex _gst_validate_override_registry_mutex;
+static GstValidateOverrideRegistry *_registry_default = NULL;
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_REGISTRY_LOCK(r) g_mutex_lock (&r->mutex)
+#define GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_REGISTRY_UNLOCK(r) g_mutex_unlock (&r->mutex)
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_INIT_SYMBOL "gst_validate_create_overrides"
+typedef int (*GstValidateCreateOverride) (void);
+
+static void
+    gst_validate_override_registry_name_entry_free
+    (GstValidateOverrideRegistryNameEntry * entry)
+{
+  g_free (entry->name);
+  gst_object_unref (entry->override);
+
+  g_slice_free (GstValidateOverrideRegistryNameEntry, entry);
+}
+
+static void
+    gst_validate_override_registry_type_entry_free
+    (GstValidateOverrideRegistryGTypeEntry * entry)
+{
+  gst_object_unref (entry->override);
+
+  g_slice_free (GstValidateOverrideRegistryGTypeEntry, entry);
+}
+
+static GstValidateOverrideRegistry *
+gst_validate_override_registry_new (void)
+{
+  GstValidateOverrideRegistry *reg = g_slice_new0 (GstValidateOverrideRegistry);
+
+  g_mutex_init (®->mutex);
+  g_queue_init (®->name_overrides);
+  g_queue_init (®->gtype_overrides);
+  g_queue_init (®->klass_overrides);
+
+  return reg;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_overide_registery_free (GstValidateOverrideRegistry * reg)
+{
+  g_queue_foreach (®->klass_overrides,
+      (GFunc) gst_validate_override_registry_name_entry_free, NULL);
+
+  g_queue_foreach (®->name_overrides,
+      (GFunc) gst_validate_override_registry_name_entry_free, NULL);
+
+  g_queue_foreach (®->gtype_overrides,
+      (GFunc) gst_validate_override_registry_type_entry_free, NULL);
+
+  g_queue_clear (®->name_overrides);
+  g_queue_clear (®->gtype_overrides);
+  g_queue_clear (®->klass_overrides);
+
+  g_slice_free (GstValidateOverrideRegistry, reg);
+}
+
+GstValidateOverrideRegistry *
+gst_validate_override_registry_get (void)
+{
+  g_mutex_lock (&_gst_validate_override_registry_mutex);
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (!_registry_default)) {
+    _registry_default = gst_validate_override_registry_new ();
+  }
+  g_mutex_unlock (&_gst_validate_override_registry_mutex);
+
+  return _registry_default;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_override_register_by_name (const gchar * name,
+    GstValidateOverride * override)
+{
+  GstValidateOverrideRegistry *registry = gst_validate_override_registry_get ();
+  GstValidateOverrideRegistryNameEntry *entry =
+      g_slice_new (GstValidateOverrideRegistryNameEntry);
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_REGISTRY_LOCK (registry);
+  entry->name = g_strdup (name);
+  entry->override = override;
+  g_queue_push_tail (®istry->name_overrides, entry);
+  GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_REGISTRY_UNLOCK (registry);
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_override_register_by_type (GType gtype,
+    GstValidateOverride * override)
+{
+  GstValidateOverrideRegistry *registry = gst_validate_override_registry_get ();
+  GstValidateOverrideRegistryGTypeEntry *entry =
+      g_slice_new (GstValidateOverrideRegistryGTypeEntry);
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_REGISTRY_LOCK (registry);
+  entry->gtype = gtype;
+  entry->override = override;
+  g_queue_push_tail (®istry->gtype_overrides, entry);
+  GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_REGISTRY_UNLOCK (registry);
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_override_register_by_klass (const gchar * klass,
+    GstValidateOverride * override)
+{
+  GstValidateOverrideRegistry *registry = gst_validate_override_registry_get ();
+  GstValidateOverrideRegistryNameEntry *entry =
+      g_slice_new (GstValidateOverrideRegistryNameEntry);
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_REGISTRY_LOCK (registry);
+  entry->name = g_strdup (klass);
+  entry->override = override;
+  g_queue_push_tail (®istry->klass_overrides, entry);
+  GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_REGISTRY_UNLOCK (registry);
+}
+
+static void
+    gst_validate_override_registry_attach_name_overrides_unlocked
+    (GstValidateOverrideRegistry * registry, GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  GstValidateOverrideRegistryNameEntry *entry;
+  GList *iter;
+  const gchar *name;
+
+  name = gst_validate_monitor_get_element_name (monitor);
+  for (iter = registry->name_overrides.head; iter; iter = g_list_next (iter)) {
+    entry = iter->data;
+    if (g_regex_match_simple (entry->name, name, 0, 0)) {
+      GST_INFO_OBJECT (registry, "Adding override %s to %s", entry->name, name);
+
+      gst_validate_monitor_attach_override (monitor, entry->override);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+    gst_validate_override_registry_attach_gtype_overrides_unlocked
+    (GstValidateOverrideRegistry * registry, GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  GstValidateOverrideRegistryGTypeEntry *entry;
+  GstElement *element;
+  GList *iter;
+
+  element = gst_validate_monitor_get_element (monitor);
+  if (!element)
+    return;
+
+  for (iter = registry->gtype_overrides.head; iter; iter = g_list_next (iter)) {
+    entry = iter->data;
+    if (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE (element, entry->gtype)) {
+      gst_validate_monitor_attach_override (monitor, entry->override);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+    gst_validate_override_registry_attach_klass_overrides_unlocked
+    (GstValidateOverrideRegistry * registry, GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  GstValidateOverrideRegistryNameEntry *entry;
+  GList *iter;
+  GstElement *element;
+
+  element = gst_validate_monitor_get_element (monitor);
+  if (!element)
+    return;
+
+  for (iter = registry->klass_overrides.head; iter; iter = g_list_next (iter)) {
+
+    entry = iter->data;
+
+    if (gst_validate_element_has_klass (element, entry->name)) {
+      gst_validate_monitor_attach_override (monitor, entry->override);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_override_registry_attach_overrides (GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  GstValidateOverrideRegistry *reg = gst_validate_override_registry_get ();
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_REGISTRY_LOCK (reg);
+  gst_validate_override_registry_attach_name_overrides_unlocked (reg, monitor);
+  gst_validate_override_registry_attach_gtype_overrides_unlocked (reg, monitor);
+  gst_validate_override_registry_attach_klass_overrides_unlocked (reg, monitor);
+  GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_REGISTRY_UNLOCK (reg);
+}
+
+enum
+{
+  WRONG_FILE,
+  WRONG_OVERRIDES,
+  OK
+};
+
+static gboolean
+_add_override_from_struct (GstStructure * soverride)
+{
+  GQuark issue_id;
+  GstValidateReportLevel level;
+  GstValidateOverride *override;
+  const gchar *str_issue_id, *str_new_severity,
+      *factory_name = NULL, *name = NULL, *klass = NULL;
+
+  gboolean registered = FALSE;
+
+  if (!gst_structure_has_name (soverride, "change-severity")) {
+    GST_ERROR ("Currently only 'change-severity' overrides are supported");
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  str_issue_id = gst_structure_get_string (soverride, "issue-id");
+  if (!str_issue_id) {
+    GST_ERROR ("No issue id provided in override: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, soverride);
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  issue_id = g_quark_from_string (str_issue_id);
+  if (gst_validate_issue_from_id (issue_id) == NULL) {
+    GST_ERROR ("No GstValidateIssue registered for %s", str_issue_id);
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  str_new_severity = gst_structure_get_string (soverride, "new-severity");
+  if (str_new_severity == NULL) {
+    GST_ERROR ("No 'new-severity' field found in %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, soverride);
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  level = gst_validate_report_level_from_name (str_new_severity);
+  if (level == GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_UNKNOWN) {
+    GST_ERROR ("Unknown level name %s", str_new_severity);
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  override = gst_validate_override_new ();
+  gst_validate_override_change_severity (override, issue_id, level);
+
+  name = gst_structure_get_string (soverride, "element-name");
+  klass = gst_structure_get_string (soverride, "element-classification");
+  factory_name = gst_structure_get_string (soverride, "element-factory-name");
+
+  if (factory_name) {
+    GType type;
+    GstElement *element = gst_element_factory_make (factory_name, NULL);
+
+    if (element == NULL) {
+      GST_ERROR ("Unknown element factory name: %s (gst is %sinitialized)",
+          factory_name, gst_is_initialized ()? "" : "NOT ");
+
+      if (!name && !klass)
+        return FALSE;
+    } else {
+      type = G_OBJECT_TYPE (element);
+      gst_validate_override_register_by_type (type, override);
+    }
+
+    registered = TRUE;
+  }
+
+  if (name) {
+    gst_validate_override_register_by_name (name, override);
+    registered = TRUE;
+  }
+
+  if (klass) {
+    gst_validate_override_register_by_klass (klass, override);
+    registered = TRUE;
+  }
+
+  if (!registered) {
+    GstValidateIssue *issue = gst_validate_issue_from_id (issue_id);
+
+    if (!issue) {
+
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    gst_validate_issue_set_default_level (issue, level);
+  }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_load_text_override_file (const gchar * filename)
+{
+  gint ret = OK;
+  GList *structs = gst_validate_utils_structs_parse_from_filename (filename);
+
+  if (structs) {
+    GList *tmp;
+
+    for (tmp = structs; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+      if (!_add_override_from_struct (tmp->data)) {
+        GST_ERROR ("Wrong overrides %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, tmp->data);
+        ret = WRONG_OVERRIDES;
+      }
+    }
+
+    goto done;
+  }
+
+  ret = WRONG_FILE;
+
+done:
+  g_list_free_full (structs, (GDestroyNotify) gst_structure_free);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+int
+gst_validate_override_registry_preload (void)
+{
+  gchar **modlist, *const *modname;
+  const char *sos, *loaderr;
+  GModule *module;
+  int ret, nloaded = 0;
+  gpointer ext_create_overrides;
+
+  sos = g_getenv ("GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE");
+  if (!sos) {
+    GST_INFO ("No GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE found, no overrides to load");
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  modlist = g_strsplit (sos, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S, 0);
+  for (modname = modlist; *modname; ++modname) {
+    GST_INFO ("Loading overrides from %s", *modname);
+    module = g_module_open (*modname, G_MODULE_BIND_LAZY);
+    if (module == NULL) {
+
+      if (_load_text_override_file (*modname) == WRONG_FILE) {
+        loaderr = g_module_error ();
+        GST_ERROR ("Failed to load %s %s", *modname,
+            loaderr ? loaderr : "no idea why");
+      }
+
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (g_module_symbol (module, GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_INIT_SYMBOL,
+            &ext_create_overrides)) {
+      ret = ((GstValidateCreateOverride) ext_create_overrides) ();
+      if (ret > 0) {
+        GST_INFO ("Loaded %d overrides from %s", ret, *modname);
+        nloaded += ret;
+      } else if (ret < 0) {
+        GST_WARNING ("Error loading overrides from %s", *modname);
+      } else {
+        GST_INFO ("Loaded no overrides from %s", *modname);
+      }
+    } else {
+      GST_WARNING (GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_INIT_SYMBOL " not found in %s",
+          *modname);
+    }
+    g_module_close (module);
+  }
+  g_strfreev (modlist);
+  GST_INFO ("%d overrides loaded", nloaded);
+  return nloaded;
+}
+
+GList *gst_validate_override_registry_get_override_for_names
+    (GstValidateOverrideRegistry * reg, const gchar * name, ...)
+{
+  GList *iter;
+  GList *ret = NULL;
+
+  if (name) {
+    va_list varargs;
+    GstValidateOverrideRegistryNameEntry *entry;
+
+    va_start (varargs, name);
+
+    GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_REGISTRY_LOCK (reg);
+    while (name) {
+      for (iter = reg->name_overrides.head; iter; iter = g_list_next (iter)) {
+        entry = iter->data;
+        if ((g_strcmp0 (name, entry->name)) == 0) {
+          ret = g_list_prepend (ret, entry->override);
+        }
+      }
+      name = va_arg (varargs, gchar *);
+    }
+    GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_REGISTRY_UNLOCK (reg);
+
+    va_end (varargs);
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+void
+_priv_validate_override_registry_deinit (void)
+{
+  GstValidateOverrideRegistry *reg = NULL;
+
+  g_mutex_lock (&_gst_validate_override_registry_mutex);
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (_registry_default)) {
+    reg = _registry_default;
+    _registry_default = NULL;
+  }
+  g_mutex_unlock (&_gst_validate_override_registry_mutex);
+
+  if (reg)
+    gst_validate_overide_registery_free (reg);
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b8543d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Thiago Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-override-registry.h - Validate Override registry
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_REGISTRY_H__
+#define __GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_REGISTRY_H__
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+typedef struct {
+  GMutex mutex;
+
+  GQueue name_overrides;
+  GQueue gtype_overrides;
+  GQueue klass_overrides;
+} GstValidateOverrideRegistry;
+
+GstValidateOverrideRegistry * gst_validate_override_registry_get (void);
+
+GList *
+gst_validate_override_registry_get_override_for_names (GstValidateOverrideRegistry *reg,
+        const gchar *name, ...);
+void gst_validate_override_register_by_name (const gchar * name, GstValidateOverride * override);
+void gst_validate_override_register_by_type (GType gtype, GstValidateOverride * override);
+void gst_validate_override_register_by_klass (const gchar * klass, GstValidateOverride * override);
+
+void gst_validate_override_registry_attach_overrides (GstValidateMonitor * monitor);
+
+int gst_validate_override_registry_preload (void);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_REGISTRY_H__ */
+
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..875ffd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.c
@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  Author: Thiago Sousa Santos 
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Raspberry Pi Foundation
+ *  Author: Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-override.c - Validate Override that allows customizing Validate behavior
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+/**
+ * SECTION: gst-validate-override
+ * @title: GstValidateOverride
+ * @short_description: TODO
+ *
+ * TODO
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include 
+
+#include "gst-validate-internal.h"
+#include "gst-validate-override.h"
+
+/*  *INDENT-OFF* */
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GstValidateOverride, gst_validate_override,
+    G_TYPE_OBJECT, G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_REPORTER, NULL))
+
+struct _GstValidateOverridePriv
+{
+  GHashTable *level_override;
+};
+
+enum
+{
+  PROP_FIRST_PROP = 1,
+  PROP_RUNNER,
+  PROP_LAST
+};
+
+/*  *INDENT-ON* */
+
+static void
+_get_property (GObject * object,
+    guint property_id, GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  switch (property_id) {
+    case PROP_RUNNER:
+      g_value_set_object (value,
+          gst_validate_reporter_get_runner (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (object)));
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+_set_property (GObject * object,
+    guint property_id, const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  switch (property_id) {
+    case PROP_RUNNER:
+      /* we assume the runner is valid as long as this scenario is,
+       * no ref taken */
+      gst_validate_reporter_set_runner (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (object),
+          g_value_get_object (value));
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_override_finalize (GObject * object)
+{
+  GstValidateOverride *self = GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE (object);
+
+  void (*chain_up) (GObject *) =
+      ((GObjectClass *) gst_validate_override_parent_class)->finalize;
+
+  g_hash_table_unref (self->priv->level_override);
+
+  chain_up (object);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_override_class_init (GstValidateOverrideClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *oclass = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+
+  oclass->finalize = gst_validate_override_finalize;
+
+  g_type_class_add_private (klass, sizeof (GstValidateOverridePriv));
+
+  oclass->get_property = _get_property;
+  oclass->set_property = _set_property;
+
+  g_object_class_install_property (oclass, PROP_RUNNER,
+      g_param_spec_object ("validate-runner", "VALIDATE Runner",
+          "The Validate runner to " "report errors to",
+          GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_RUNNER,
+          G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY | G_PARAM_READWRITE));
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_override_init (GstValidateOverride * self)
+{
+  self->priv = G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE (self,
+      GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE, GstValidateOverridePriv);
+
+  self->priv->level_override = g_hash_table_new (g_direct_hash, g_direct_equal);
+}
+
+GstValidateOverride *
+gst_validate_override_new (void)
+{
+  return g_object_new (GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE, NULL);
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_override_change_severity (GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateIssueId issue_id, GstValidateReportLevel new_level)
+{
+  g_hash_table_insert (override->priv->level_override, (gpointer) issue_id,
+      (gpointer) new_level);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Also receives @default_level to preserve a custom level that might have
+ * been set by a previous GstValidateOverride and should not go back to the
+ * GstValidateIssue default
+ */
+GstValidateReportLevel
+gst_validate_override_get_severity (GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateIssueId issue_id, GstValidateReportLevel default_level)
+{
+  GstValidateReportLevel *level = NULL;
+
+  if (g_hash_table_lookup_extended (override->priv->level_override,
+          (gpointer) issue_id, NULL, (gpointer) & level)) {
+
+    return GPOINTER_TO_INT (level);
+  }
+  return default_level;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_override_set_event_handler (GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateOverrideEventHandler handler)
+{
+  override->event_handler = handler;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_override_set_buffer_handler (GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateOverrideBufferHandler handler)
+{
+  override->buffer_handler = handler;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_override_set_query_handler (GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateOverrideQueryHandler handler)
+{
+  override->query_handler = handler;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_override_set_buffer_probe_handler (GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateOverrideBufferHandler handler)
+{
+  override->buffer_probe_handler = handler;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_override_set_getcaps_handler (GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateOverrideGetCapsHandler handler)
+{
+  override->getcaps_handler = handler;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_override_set_setcaps_handler (GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateOverrideSetCapsHandler handler)
+{
+  override->setcaps_handler = handler;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_override_event_handler (GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateMonitor * monitor, GstEvent * event)
+{
+  if (override->event_handler)
+    override->event_handler (override, monitor, event);
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_override_buffer_handler (GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateMonitor * monitor, GstBuffer * buffer)
+{
+  if (override->buffer_handler)
+    override->buffer_handler (override, monitor, buffer);
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_override_query_handler (GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateMonitor * monitor, GstQuery * query)
+{
+  if (override->query_handler)
+    override->query_handler (override, monitor, query);
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_override_buffer_probe_handler (GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateMonitor * monitor, GstBuffer * buffer)
+{
+  if (override->buffer_probe_handler)
+    override->buffer_probe_handler (override, monitor, buffer);
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_override_getcaps_handler (GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateMonitor * monitor, GstCaps * caps)
+{
+  if (override->getcaps_handler)
+    override->getcaps_handler (override, monitor, caps);
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_override_setcaps_handler (GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateMonitor * monitor, GstCaps * caps)
+{
+  if (override->setcaps_handler)
+    override->setcaps_handler (override, monitor, caps);
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_validate_override_can_attach (GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  GstValidateOverrideClass *klass = GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_GET_CLASS (override);
+
+  if (klass->can_attach)
+    return klass->can_attach (override, monitor);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2dc32e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.h
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Thiago Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-override.h - Validate Override that allows customizing Validate behavior
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_H__
+#define __GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_H__
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+typedef struct _GstValidateOverride GstValidateOverride;
+typedef struct _GstValidateOverrideClass GstValidateOverrideClass;
+typedef struct _GstValidateOverridePriv GstValidateOverridePriv;
+
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+typedef void (*GstValidateOverrideBufferHandler)(GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateMonitor * pad_monitor, GstBuffer * buffer);
+typedef void (*GstValidateOverrideEventHandler)(GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateMonitor * pad_monitor, GstEvent * event);
+typedef void (*GstValidateOverrideQueryHandler)(GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateMonitor * pad_monitor, GstQuery * query);
+typedef void (*GstValidateOverrideGetCapsHandler)(GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateMonitor * pad_monitor, GstCaps * caps);
+typedef void (*GstValidateOverrideSetCapsHandler)(GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateMonitor * pad_monitor, GstCaps * caps);
+
+struct _GstValidateOverrideClass
+{
+  /**/
+  GObjectClass parent_class;
+
+  gboolean (*can_attach)(GstValidateOverride * override,
+      GstValidateMonitor * monitor);
+
+};
+
+struct _GstValidateOverride
+{
+  GObject parent;
+
+  GstValidateOverrideBufferHandler buffer_handler;
+  GstValidateOverrideEventHandler event_handler;
+  GstValidateOverrideQueryHandler query_handler;
+  GstValidateOverrideBufferHandler buffer_probe_handler;
+  GstValidateOverrideGetCapsHandler getcaps_handler;
+  GstValidateOverrideSetCapsHandler setcaps_handler;
+
+  /**/
+  GstValidateOverridePriv *priv;
+};
+
+GType gst_validate_override_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
+
+/* TYPE MACROS */
+#define GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE (gst_validate_override_get_type ())
+#define GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE, GstValidateOverride))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST((klass), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE, GstValidateOverrideClass))
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE))
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE((klass), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_GET_CLASS(obj) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE, GstValidateOverrideClass))
+
+GstValidateOverride *    gst_validate_override_new (void);
+
+void               gst_validate_override_free (GstValidateOverride * override);
+void               gst_validate_override_change_severity (GstValidateOverride * override, GstValidateIssueId issue_id, GstValidateReportLevel new_level);
+GstValidateReportLevel   gst_validate_override_get_severity (GstValidateOverride * override, GstValidateIssueId issue_id, GstValidateReportLevel default_level);
+
+void               gst_validate_override_event_handler (GstValidateOverride * override, GstValidateMonitor * monitor, GstEvent * event);
+void               gst_validate_override_buffer_handler (GstValidateOverride * override, GstValidateMonitor * monitor, GstBuffer * buffer);
+void               gst_validate_override_query_handler (GstValidateOverride * override, GstValidateMonitor * monitor, GstQuery * query);
+void               gst_validate_override_buffer_probe_handler (GstValidateOverride * override, GstValidateMonitor * monitor, GstBuffer * buffer);
+void               gst_validate_override_getcaps_handler (GstValidateOverride * override, GstValidateMonitor * monitor, GstCaps * caps);
+void               gst_validate_override_setcaps_handler (GstValidateOverride * override, GstValidateMonitor * monitor, GstCaps * caps);
+
+void               gst_validate_override_set_event_handler (GstValidateOverride * override, GstValidateOverrideEventHandler handler);
+void               gst_validate_override_set_buffer_handler (GstValidateOverride * override, GstValidateOverrideBufferHandler handler);
+void               gst_validate_override_set_query_handler (GstValidateOverride * override, GstValidateOverrideQueryHandler handler);
+void               gst_validate_override_set_buffer_probe_handler (GstValidateOverride * override, GstValidateOverrideBufferHandler handler);
+void               gst_validate_override_set_getcaps_handler (GstValidateOverride * override, GstValidateOverrideGetCapsHandler handler);
+void               gst_validate_override_set_setcaps_handler (GstValidateOverride * override, GstValidateOverrideSetCapsHandler handler);
+gboolean           gst_validate_override_can_attach (GstValidateOverride * override, GstValidateMonitor *monitor);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* #ifndef __GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_H__*/
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2df9845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,2564 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  Author: Thiago Sousa Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-pad-monitor.c - Validate PadMonitor class
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "gst-validate-internal.h"
+#include "gst-validate-pad-monitor.h"
+#include "gst-validate-element-monitor.h"
+#include "gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.h"
+#include "gst-validate-reporter.h"
+#include 
+#include 
+
+/**
+ * SECTION:gst-validate-pad-monitor
+ * @short_description: Class that wraps a #GstPad for Validate checks
+ *
+ * TODO
+ */
+
+static GstValidateInterceptionReturn
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_intercept_report (GstValidateReporter * reporter,
+    GstValidateReport * report);
+
+#define _do_init \
+  G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_REPORTER, _reporter_iface_init)
+
+static void
+_reporter_iface_init (GstValidateReporterInterface * iface)
+{
+  iface->intercept_report = gst_validate_pad_monitor_intercept_report;
+}
+
+#define gst_validate_pad_monitor_parent_class parent_class
+G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GstValidatePadMonitor, gst_validate_pad_monitor,
+    GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_MONITOR, _do_init);
+
+#define PENDING_FIELDS "pending-fields"
+#define AUDIO_TIMESTAMP_TOLERANCE (GST_MSECOND * 100)
+
+#define PAD_PARENT_IS_DEMUXER(m) \
+    (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_PARENT(m) ? \
+        GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_ELEMENT_IS_DEMUXER ( \
+            GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_PARENT(m)) : \
+        FALSE)
+
+#define PAD_PARENT_IS_DECODER(m) \
+    (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_PARENT(m) ? \
+        GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_ELEMENT_IS_DECODER ( \
+            GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_PARENT(m)) : \
+        FALSE)
+
+#define PAD_PARENT_IS_ENCODER(m) \
+    (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_PARENT(m) ? \
+        GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_ELEMENT_IS_ENCODER ( \
+            GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_PARENT(m)) : \
+        FALSE)
+
+
+/*
+ * Locking the parent should always be done before locking the
+ * pad-monitor to prevent deadlocks in case another monitor from
+ * another pad on the same element starts an operation that also
+ * requires locking itself and some other monitors from internally
+ * linked pads.
+ *
+ * An example:
+ * An element has a sink and a src pad. Some test starts running at sinkpad
+ * and it locks the parent, and then it locks itself. In case it needs to get
+ * some information from the srcpad, it is able to lock the srcpad and get it
+ * because the srcpad should never lock itself before locking the parent (which
+ * it won't be able as sinkpad already locked it).
+ *
+ * As a side one, it is possible that srcpad locks itself without locking the
+ * parent in case it wants to do a check that won't need to use other internally
+ * linked pads (sinkpad). But in this case it might lock and unlock freely without
+ * causing deadlocks.
+ */
+#define GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_PARENT_LOCK(m)                  \
+G_STMT_START {                                             \
+  if (G_LIKELY (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_PARENT (m))) {          \
+    GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_PARENT (m));   \
+  } else {                                                 \
+    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (m, "No parent found, can't lock"); \
+  }                                                        \
+} G_STMT_END
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_PARENT_UNLOCK(m)                  \
+G_STMT_START {                                               \
+  if (G_LIKELY (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_PARENT (m))) {            \
+    GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_PARENT (m));   \
+  } else {                                                   \
+    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (m, "No parent found, can't unlock"); \
+  }                                                          \
+} G_STMT_END
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  GstClockTime timestamp;
+  GstEvent *event;
+} SerializedEventData;
+
+static GstPad *
+_get_actual_pad (GstPad * pad)
+{
+  GstPad *tmp_pad;
+
+  gst_object_ref (pad);
+
+  /* We don't monitor ghost pads */
+  while (GST_IS_GHOST_PAD (pad)) {
+    tmp_pad = pad;
+    pad = gst_ghost_pad_get_target ((GstGhostPad *) pad);
+    gst_object_unref (tmp_pad);
+  }
+
+  while (GST_IS_PROXY_PAD (pad)) {
+    tmp_pad = pad;
+    pad = gst_pad_get_peer (pad);
+    gst_object_unref (tmp_pad);
+  }
+
+  return pad;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_find_master_report_on_pad (GstPad * pad, GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *pad_monitor;
+  GstValidateReport *prev_report;
+  gboolean result = FALSE;
+  GstPad *tmppad = pad;
+
+  pad = _get_actual_pad (pad);
+  if (pad == NULL) {
+    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (tmppad, "Does not have a target yet");
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  pad_monitor = g_object_get_data ((GObject *) pad, "validate-monitor");
+
+  /* For some reason this pad isn't monitored */
+  if (pad_monitor == NULL)
+    goto done;
+
+  prev_report = gst_validate_reporter_get_report ((GstValidateReporter *)
+      pad_monitor, report->issue->issue_id);
+
+  if (prev_report) {
+    if (prev_report->master_report)
+      result = gst_validate_report_set_master_report (report,
+          prev_report->master_report);
+    else
+      result = gst_validate_report_set_master_report (report, prev_report);
+  }
+
+done:
+  gst_object_unref (pad);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_find_master_report_for_sink_pad (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor,
+    GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  GstPad *peerpad;
+  gboolean result = FALSE;
+
+  peerpad = gst_pad_get_peer (pad_monitor->pad);
+
+  /* If the peer src pad already has a similar report no need to look
+   * any further */
+  if (peerpad && _find_master_report_on_pad (peerpad, report))
+    result = TRUE;
+
+  if (peerpad)
+    gst_object_unref (peerpad);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_find_master_report_for_src_pad (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor,
+    GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  GstIterator *iter;
+  gboolean done;
+  GstPad *pad;
+  gboolean result = FALSE;
+
+  iter =
+      gst_pad_iterate_internal_links (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD
+      (pad_monitor));
+  done = FALSE;
+  while (!done) {
+    GValue value = { 0, };
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (iter, &value)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
+        pad = g_value_get_object (&value);
+
+        if (_find_master_report_on_pad (pad, report)) {
+          result = TRUE;
+          done = TRUE;
+        }
+
+        g_value_reset (&value);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        gst_iterator_resync (iter);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+        GST_WARNING_OBJECT (pad_monitor->pad,
+            "Internal links pad iteration error");
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iter);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+static GstValidateInterceptionReturn
+_concatenate_issues (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor,
+    GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  if (GST_PAD_IS_SINK (pad_monitor->pad)
+      && _find_master_report_for_sink_pad (pad_monitor, report))
+    return GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_KEEP;
+  else if (GST_PAD_IS_SRC (pad_monitor->pad)
+      && _find_master_report_for_src_pad (pad_monitor, report))
+    return GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_KEEP;
+
+  return GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORT;
+}
+
+static GstValidateInterceptionReturn
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_intercept_report (GstValidateReporter *
+    reporter, GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  GstValidateReporterInterface *iface_class, *old_iface_class;
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *pad_monitor = GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR (reporter);
+  GstValidateReportingDetails monitor_reporting_level;
+  GstValidateInterceptionReturn ret;
+
+  monitor_reporting_level =
+      gst_validate_reporter_get_reporting_level (reporter);
+
+  iface_class =
+      G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_INTERFACE (reporter, GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_REPORTER,
+      GstValidateReporterInterface);
+  old_iface_class = g_type_interface_peek_parent (iface_class);
+
+  old_iface_class->intercept_report (reporter, report);
+
+  switch (monitor_reporting_level) {
+    case GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_NONE:
+      ret = GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_DROP;
+      break;
+    case GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_UNKNOWN:
+      ret = _concatenate_issues (pad_monitor, report);
+      break;
+    default:
+      ret = GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORT;
+      break;
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_report_set_reporting_level (report, monitor_reporting_level);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static void
+debug_pending_event (GstPad * pad, GPtrArray * array)
+{
+  guint i, len;
+
+  len = array->len;
+  for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+    SerializedEventData *data = g_ptr_array_index (array, i);
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "event #%d %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " %s %p",
+        i, GST_TIME_ARGS (data->timestamp),
+        GST_EVENT_TYPE_NAME (data->event), data->event);
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+_serialized_event_data_free (SerializedEventData * serialized_event)
+{
+  gst_event_unref (serialized_event->event);
+  g_slice_free (SerializedEventData, serialized_event);
+}
+
+static gboolean gst_validate_pad_monitor_do_setup (GstValidateMonitor *
+    monitor);
+static GstElement *gst_validate_pad_monitor_get_element (GstValidateMonitor *
+    monitor);
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_setcaps_pre (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor,
+    GstCaps * caps);
+static void gst_validate_pad_monitor_setcaps_post (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    pad_monitor, GstCaps * caps, gboolean ret);
+
+#define PAD_IS_IN_PUSH_MODE(p) ((p)->mode == GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH)
+
+static gboolean
+_structure_is_raw_video (GstStructure * structure)
+{
+  return gst_structure_has_name (structure, "video/x-raw");
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_structure_is_raw_audio (GstStructure * structure)
+{
+  return gst_structure_has_name (structure, "audio/x-raw");
+}
+
+static gchar *
+_get_event_string (GstEvent * event)
+{
+  const GstStructure *st;
+
+  if ((st = gst_event_get_structure (event)))
+    return gst_structure_to_string (st);
+  else
+    return g_strdup_printf ("%s", GST_EVENT_TYPE_NAME (event));
+}
+
+static void
+_check_field_type (GstValidatePadMonitor * monitor,
+    GstStructure * structure, gboolean mandatory, const gchar * field, ...)
+{
+  va_list var_args;
+  GType type;
+  gchar *joined_types = NULL;
+  const gchar *rejected_types[5];
+  gint rejected_types_index = 0;
+  gchar *struct_str;
+
+  if (!gst_structure_has_field (structure, field)) {
+    if (mandatory) {
+      gchar *str = gst_structure_to_string (structure);
+
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (monitor, CAPS_IS_MISSING_FIELD,
+          "Field '%s' is missing from structure: %s", field, str);
+      g_free (str);
+    } else {
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor, "Field %s is missing but is not mandatory",
+          field);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  memset (rejected_types, 0, sizeof (rejected_types));
+  va_start (var_args, field);
+  while ((type = va_arg (var_args, GType)) != 0) {
+    if (gst_structure_has_field_typed (structure, field, type)) {
+      va_end (var_args);
+      return;
+    }
+    rejected_types[rejected_types_index++] = g_type_name (type);
+  }
+  va_end (var_args);
+
+  joined_types = g_strjoinv (" / ", (gchar **) rejected_types);
+  struct_str = gst_structure_to_string (structure);
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (monitor, CAPS_FIELD_HAS_BAD_TYPE,
+      "Field '%s' has wrong type %s in structure '%s'. Expected: %s", field,
+      g_type_name (gst_structure_get_field_type (structure, field)), struct_str,
+      joined_types);
+  g_free (joined_types);
+  g_free (struct_str);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_raw_video_caps_complete (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    monitor, GstStructure * structure)
+{
+  _check_field_type (monitor, structure, TRUE, "width", G_TYPE_INT,
+      GST_TYPE_INT_RANGE, 0);
+  _check_field_type (monitor, structure, TRUE, "height", G_TYPE_INT,
+      GST_TYPE_INT_RANGE, 0);
+  _check_field_type (monitor, structure, TRUE, "framerate", GST_TYPE_FRACTION,
+      GST_TYPE_FRACTION_RANGE, 0);
+  _check_field_type (monitor, structure, FALSE, "pixel-aspect-ratio",
+      GST_TYPE_FRACTION, GST_TYPE_FRACTION_RANGE, 0);
+  _check_field_type (monitor, structure, TRUE, "format", G_TYPE_STRING,
+      GST_TYPE_LIST);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_raw_audio_caps_complete (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    monitor, GstStructure * structure)
+{
+  gint channels;
+  _check_field_type (monitor, structure, TRUE, "format", G_TYPE_STRING,
+      GST_TYPE_LIST, 0);
+  _check_field_type (monitor, structure, TRUE, "layout", G_TYPE_STRING,
+      GST_TYPE_LIST, 0);
+  _check_field_type (monitor, structure, TRUE, "rate", G_TYPE_INT,
+      GST_TYPE_LIST, GST_TYPE_INT_RANGE, 0);
+  _check_field_type (monitor, structure, TRUE, "channels", G_TYPE_INT,
+      GST_TYPE_LIST, GST_TYPE_INT_RANGE, 0);
+  if (gst_structure_get_int (structure, "channels", &channels)) {
+    if (channels > 2)
+      _check_field_type (monitor, structure, TRUE, "channel-mask",
+          GST_TYPE_BITMASK, GST_TYPE_LIST, 0);
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_caps_complete (GstValidatePadMonitor * monitor,
+    GstCaps * caps)
+{
+  GstStructure *structure;
+  gint i;
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Checking caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);
+
+  for (i = 0; i < gst_caps_get_size (caps); i++) {
+    structure = gst_caps_get_structure (caps, i);
+
+    if (_structure_is_raw_video (structure)) {
+      gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_raw_video_caps_complete (monitor,
+          structure);
+
+    } else if (_structure_is_raw_audio (structure)) {
+      gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_raw_audio_caps_complete (monitor,
+          structure);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+static GstCaps *
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_get_othercaps (GstValidatePadMonitor * monitor,
+    GstCaps * filter)
+{
+  GstCaps *caps = gst_caps_new_empty ();
+  GstIterator *iter;
+  gboolean done;
+  GstPad *otherpad;
+  GstCaps *peercaps;
+
+  iter =
+      gst_pad_iterate_internal_links (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD
+      (monitor));
+  done = FALSE;
+  while (!done) {
+    GValue value = { 0, };
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (iter, &value)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
+        otherpad = g_value_get_object (&value);
+
+        /* TODO What would be the correct caps operation to merge the caps in
+         * case one sink is internally linked to multiple srcs? */
+        peercaps = gst_pad_peer_query_caps (otherpad, filter);
+        if (peercaps)
+          caps = gst_caps_merge (caps, peercaps);
+
+        g_value_reset (&value);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        gst_iterator_resync (iter);
+        gst_caps_unref (caps);
+        caps = gst_caps_new_empty ();
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+        GST_WARNING_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Internal links pad iteration error");
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iter);
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Otherpad caps: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);
+
+  return caps;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_structure_is_video (GstStructure * structure)
+{
+  const gchar *name = gst_structure_get_name (structure);
+
+  return g_strstr_len (name, 6, "video/")
+      && strcmp (name, "video/quicktime") != 0;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_structure_is_audio (GstStructure * structure)
+{
+  const gchar *name = gst_structure_get_name (structure);
+
+  return g_strstr_len (name, 6, "audio/") != NULL;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_pad_should_proxy_othercaps (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    monitor)
+{
+  GstValidateMonitor *parent = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_PARENT (monitor);
+
+  if (!parent)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  /* We only know how to handle othercaps checks for codecs so far */
+  return (GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_ELEMENT_IS_DECODER (parent) ||
+      GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_ELEMENT_IS_ENCODER (parent)) &&
+      !GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_ELEMENT_IS_CONVERTER (parent);
+}
+
+
+/* Check if the field @f from @s2 (if present) is represented in @s1
+ * Represented here means either equal or @s1's value is in a list/range
+ * from @s2
+ */
+static gboolean
+_structures_field_is_contained (GstStructure * s1, GstStructure * s2,
+    gboolean mandatory, const gchar * f)
+{
+  const GValue *v1;
+  const GValue *v2;
+
+  v2 = gst_structure_get_value (s2, f);
+  if (!v2)
+    return TRUE;                /* nothing to compare to */
+
+  v1 = gst_structure_get_value (s1, f);
+  if (!v1)
+    return !mandatory;
+
+  if (!gst_value_is_fixed (v1))
+    return TRUE;
+
+  if (gst_value_compare (v1, v2) == GST_VALUE_EQUAL)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  if (GST_VALUE_HOLDS_LIST (v2)) {
+    gint i;
+    for (i = 0; i < gst_value_list_get_size (v2); i++) {
+      const GValue *v2_subvalue = gst_value_list_get_value (v2, i);
+      if (gst_value_compare (v1, v2_subvalue) == GST_VALUE_EQUAL)
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (GST_VALUE_HOLDS_ARRAY (v2)) {
+    gint i;
+    for (i = 0; i < gst_value_array_get_size (v2); i++) {
+      const GValue *v2_subvalue = gst_value_array_get_value (v2, i);
+      if (gst_value_compare (v1, v2_subvalue) == GST_VALUE_EQUAL)
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (GST_VALUE_HOLDS_INT_RANGE (v2)) {
+    gint min, max;
+
+    min = gst_value_get_int_range_min (v2);
+    max = gst_value_get_int_range_max (v2);
+
+    if (G_VALUE_HOLDS_INT (v1)) {
+      gint v = g_value_get_int (v1);
+
+      return v >= min && v <= max;
+    } else {
+      /* TODO compare int ranges with int ranges
+       * or with lists if useful */
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (GST_VALUE_HOLDS_FRACTION_RANGE (v2)) {
+    const GValue *min, *max;
+
+    min = gst_value_get_fraction_range_min (v2);
+    max = gst_value_get_fraction_range_max (v2);
+
+    if (GST_VALUE_HOLDS_FRACTION (v1)) {
+      gint v_min = gst_value_compare (v1, min);
+      gint v_max = gst_value_compare (v1, max);
+
+      return (v_min == GST_VALUE_EQUAL || v_min == GST_VALUE_GREATER_THAN) &&
+          (v_max == GST_VALUE_EQUAL || v_max == GST_VALUE_LESS_THAN);
+    } else {
+      /* TODO compare fraction ranges with fraction ranges
+       * or with lists if useful */
+    }
+  }
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+static void
+_check_and_copy_structure_field (GstStructure * from, GstStructure * to,
+    const gchar * name)
+{
+  if (gst_structure_has_field (from, name)) {
+    gst_structure_set_value (to, name, gst_structure_get_value (from, name));
+  }
+}
+
+static GstCaps *
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_copy_caps_fields_into_caps (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    monitor, GstCaps * from_caps, GstCaps * into_caps)
+{
+  gint i, j, into_size, from_size;
+  GstStructure *structure;
+  GstCaps *res = gst_caps_new_empty ();
+
+  into_size = gst_caps_get_size (into_caps);
+  from_size = gst_caps_get_size (from_caps);
+
+  for (i = 0; i < into_size; i++) {
+    GstStructure *s = gst_caps_get_structure (into_caps, i);
+
+    for (j = 0; j < from_size; j++) {
+      GstStructure *new_structure = gst_structure_copy (s);
+
+      structure = gst_caps_get_structure (from_caps, j);
+      if (_structure_is_video (structure)) {
+        _check_and_copy_structure_field (structure, new_structure, "width");
+        _check_and_copy_structure_field (structure, new_structure, "height");
+        _check_and_copy_structure_field (structure, new_structure, "framerate");
+        _check_and_copy_structure_field (structure, new_structure,
+            "pixel-aspect-ratio");
+      } else if (_structure_is_audio (s)) {
+        _check_and_copy_structure_field (structure, new_structure, "rate");
+        _check_and_copy_structure_field (structure, new_structure, "channels");
+      }
+
+      gst_caps_append_structure (res, new_structure);
+    }
+  }
+  return res;
+}
+
+static GstCaps *
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_transform_caps (GstValidatePadMonitor * monitor,
+    GstCaps * caps)
+{
+  GstCaps *othercaps;
+  GstCaps *new_caps;
+  GstIterator *iter;
+  gboolean done;
+  GstPad *otherpad;
+  GstCaps *template_caps;
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Transform caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);
+
+  if (caps == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+
+  othercaps = gst_caps_new_empty ();
+
+  iter =
+      gst_pad_iterate_internal_links (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD
+      (monitor));
+  done = FALSE;
+  while (!done) {
+    GValue value = { 0, };
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (iter, &value)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
+        otherpad = g_value_get_object (&value);
+        template_caps = gst_pad_get_pad_template_caps (otherpad);
+
+        new_caps =
+            gst_validate_pad_monitor_copy_caps_fields_into_caps (monitor, caps,
+            template_caps);
+        if (!gst_caps_is_empty (new_caps))
+          gst_caps_append (othercaps, new_caps);
+        else
+          gst_caps_unref (new_caps);
+
+        gst_caps_unref (template_caps);
+        g_value_reset (&value);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        gst_iterator_resync (iter);
+        gst_caps_unref (othercaps);
+        othercaps = gst_caps_new_empty ();
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+        GST_WARNING_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Internal links pad iteration error");
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iter);
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Transformed caps: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
+      othercaps);
+
+  return othercaps;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_caps_fields_proxied (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    monitor, GstCaps * caps, GstCaps * filter)
+{
+  GstStructure *structure;
+  GstStructure *otherstructure;
+  GstCaps *othercaps;
+  GstCaps *otherfilter;
+  gint i, j;
+
+  if (!gst_validate_pad_monitor_pad_should_proxy_othercaps (monitor))
+    return;
+
+  otherfilter = gst_validate_pad_monitor_transform_caps (monitor, filter);
+  othercaps = gst_validate_pad_monitor_get_othercaps (monitor, otherfilter);
+  if (otherfilter)
+    gst_caps_unref (otherfilter);
+
+  for (i = 0; i < gst_caps_get_size (othercaps); i++) {
+    gboolean found = FALSE;
+    gboolean type_match = FALSE;
+
+    otherstructure = gst_caps_get_structure (othercaps, i);
+
+    /* look for a proxied version of 'otherstructure' */
+    if (_structure_is_video (otherstructure)) {
+      for (j = 0; j < gst_caps_get_size (caps); j++) {
+        structure = gst_caps_get_structure (caps, j);
+        if (_structure_is_video (structure)) {
+          type_match = TRUE;
+          if (_structures_field_is_contained (structure, otherstructure, TRUE,
+                  "width")
+              && _structures_field_is_contained (structure, otherstructure,
+                  TRUE, "height")
+              && _structures_field_is_contained (structure, otherstructure,
+                  TRUE, "framerate")
+              && _structures_field_is_contained (structure, otherstructure,
+                  FALSE, "pixel-aspect-ratio")) {
+            found = TRUE;
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    } else if (_structure_is_audio (otherstructure)) {
+      for (j = 0; j < gst_caps_get_size (caps); j++) {
+        structure = gst_caps_get_structure (caps, j);
+        if (_structure_is_audio (structure)) {
+          type_match = TRUE;
+          if (_structures_field_is_contained (structure, otherstructure, TRUE,
+                  "rate")
+              && _structures_field_is_contained (structure, otherstructure,
+                  TRUE, "channels")) {
+            found = TRUE;
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (type_match && !found) {
+      gchar *otherstruct_str = gst_structure_to_string (otherstructure),
+          *caps_str = gst_caps_to_string (caps);
+
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (monitor, GET_CAPS_NOT_PROXYING_FIELDS,
+          "Peer pad structure '%s' has no similar version "
+          "on pad's caps '%s'", otherstruct_str, caps_str);
+
+      g_free (otherstruct_str);
+      g_free (caps_str);
+    }
+  }
+
+  gst_caps_unref (othercaps);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_late_serialized_events (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    monitor, GstClockTime ts)
+{
+  gint i;
+
+  if (!GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (ts))
+    return;
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Timestamp to check %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
+      GST_TIME_ARGS (ts));
+
+  for (i = 0; i < monitor->serialized_events->len; i++) {
+    SerializedEventData *data =
+        g_ptr_array_index (monitor->serialized_events, i);
+
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Event #%d (%s) ts: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
+        i, GST_EVENT_TYPE_NAME (data->event), GST_TIME_ARGS (data->timestamp));
+
+    if (GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (data->timestamp) && data->timestamp < ts) {
+      gchar *event_str = _get_event_string (data->event);
+
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (monitor, SERIALIZED_EVENT_WASNT_PUSHED_IN_TIME,
+          "Serialized event %s wasn't pushed before expected " "timestamp %"
+          GST_TIME_FORMAT " on pad %s:%s", event_str,
+          GST_TIME_ARGS (data->timestamp),
+          GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (monitor)));
+
+      g_free (event_str);
+    } else {
+      /* events should be ordered by ts */
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (i) {
+    debug_pending_event (monitor->pad, monitor->serialized_events);
+    g_ptr_array_remove_range (monitor->serialized_events, 0, i);
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_dispose (GObject * object)
+{
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *monitor = GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_CAST (object);
+  GstPad *pad = GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (monitor);
+
+  if (pad) {
+    if (monitor->pad_probe_id)
+      gst_pad_remove_probe (pad, monitor->pad_probe_id);
+  }
+
+  if (monitor->expected_segment)
+    gst_event_unref (monitor->expected_segment);
+
+  gst_structure_free (monitor->pending_setcaps_fields);
+  g_ptr_array_unref (monitor->serialized_events);
+  g_list_free_full (monitor->expired_events, (GDestroyNotify) gst_event_unref);
+  g_list_free_full (monitor->all_bufs, (GDestroyNotify) gst_buffer_unref);
+  gst_caps_replace (&monitor->last_caps, NULL);
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->dispose (object);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_class_init (GstValidatePadMonitorClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *gobject_class;
+  GstValidateMonitorClass *monitor_klass;
+
+  gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+  monitor_klass = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CLASS (klass);
+
+  gobject_class->dispose = gst_validate_pad_monitor_dispose;
+
+  monitor_klass->setup = gst_validate_pad_monitor_do_setup;
+  monitor_klass->get_element = gst_validate_pad_monitor_get_element;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_init (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor)
+{
+  pad_monitor->pending_setcaps_fields =
+      gst_structure_new_empty (PENDING_FIELDS);
+  pad_monitor->serialized_events =
+      g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func ((GDestroyNotify)
+      _serialized_event_data_free);
+  pad_monitor->expired_events = NULL;
+  gst_segment_init (&pad_monitor->segment, GST_FORMAT_BYTES);
+  pad_monitor->first_buffer = TRUE;
+
+  pad_monitor->timestamp_range_start = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+  pad_monitor->timestamp_range_end = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_pad_monitor_new:
+ * @pad: (transfer-none): a #GstPad to run Validate on
+ */
+GstValidatePadMonitor *
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_new (GstPad * pad, GstValidateRunner * runner,
+    GstValidateElementMonitor * parent)
+{
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *monitor = g_object_new (GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR,
+      "object", pad, "validate-runner", runner, "validate-parent",
+      parent, NULL);
+
+  if (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (monitor) == NULL) {
+    g_object_unref (monitor);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  return monitor;
+}
+
+static GstElement *
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_get_element (GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  GstPad *pad = GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (monitor);
+
+  return GST_PAD_PARENT (pad);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_event_overrides (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor,
+    GstEvent * event)
+{
+  GList *iter;
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES_LOCK (pad_monitor);
+  for (iter = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES (pad_monitor).head; iter;
+      iter = g_list_next (iter)) {
+    GstValidateOverride *override = iter->data;
+
+    gst_validate_override_event_handler (override,
+        GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (pad_monitor), event);
+  }
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES_UNLOCK (pad_monitor);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_buffer_overrides (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor,
+    GstBuffer * buffer)
+{
+  GList *iter;
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES_LOCK (pad_monitor);
+  for (iter = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES (pad_monitor).head; iter;
+      iter = g_list_next (iter)) {
+    GstValidateOverride *override = iter->data;
+
+    gst_validate_override_buffer_handler (override,
+        GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (pad_monitor), buffer);
+  }
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES_UNLOCK (pad_monitor);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_buffer_probe_overrides (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    pad_monitor, GstBuffer * buffer)
+{
+  GList *iter;
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES_LOCK (pad_monitor);
+  for (iter = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES (pad_monitor).head; iter;
+      iter = g_list_next (iter)) {
+    GstValidateOverride *override = iter->data;
+
+    gst_validate_override_buffer_probe_handler (override,
+        GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (pad_monitor), buffer);
+  }
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES_UNLOCK (pad_monitor);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_query_overrides (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor,
+    GstQuery * query)
+{
+  GList *iter;
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES_LOCK (pad_monitor);
+  for (iter = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES (pad_monitor).head; iter;
+      iter = g_list_next (iter)) {
+    GstValidateOverride *override = iter->data;
+
+    gst_validate_override_query_handler (override,
+        GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (pad_monitor), query);
+  }
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES_UNLOCK (pad_monitor);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_setcaps_overrides (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor,
+    GstCaps * caps)
+{
+  GList *iter;
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES_LOCK (pad_monitor);
+  for (iter = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES (pad_monitor).head; iter;
+      iter = g_list_next (iter)) {
+    GstValidateOverride *override = iter->data;
+
+    gst_validate_override_setcaps_handler (override,
+        GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_CAST (pad_monitor), caps);
+  }
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_OVERRIDES_UNLOCK (pad_monitor);
+}
+
+/* FIXME : This is a bit dubious, what's the point of this check ? */
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_timestamp_is_in_received_range (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    monitor, GstClockTime ts, GstClockTime tolerance)
+{
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Checking if timestamp %" GST_TIME_FORMAT
+      " is in range: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " - %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " for pad "
+      "%s:%s with tolerance: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT, GST_TIME_ARGS (ts),
+      GST_TIME_ARGS (monitor->timestamp_range_start),
+      GST_TIME_ARGS (monitor->timestamp_range_end),
+      GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (monitor)),
+      GST_TIME_ARGS (tolerance));
+  return !GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (monitor->timestamp_range_start) ||
+      !GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (monitor->timestamp_range_end) ||
+      ((monitor->timestamp_range_start >= tolerance ?
+          monitor->timestamp_range_start - tolerance : 0) <= ts
+      && (ts >= tolerance ? ts - tolerance : 0) <=
+      monitor->timestamp_range_end);
+}
+
+/* Iterates over internal links (sinkpads) to check that this buffer has
+ * a timestamp that is in the range of the lastly received buffers */
+static void
+    gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_buffer_timestamp_in_received_range
+    (GstValidatePadMonitor * monitor, GstBuffer * buffer,
+    GstClockTime tolerance)
+{
+  GstClockTime ts;
+  GstClockTime ts_end;
+  GstIterator *iter;
+  gboolean has_one = FALSE;
+  gboolean found = FALSE;
+  gboolean done;
+  GstPad *otherpad;
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *othermonitor;
+
+  if (!GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer))
+      || !GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer))) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor->pad,
+        "Can't check buffer timestamps range as "
+        "buffer has no valid timestamp/duration");
+    return;
+  }
+  ts = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer);
+  ts_end = ts + GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer);
+
+  iter =
+      gst_pad_iterate_internal_links (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD
+      (monitor));
+
+  if (iter == NULL) {
+    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (monitor),
+        "No iterator available");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  done = FALSE;
+  while (!done) {
+    GValue value = { 0, };
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (iter, &value)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
+        otherpad = g_value_get_object (&value);
+        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Checking pad %s:%s input timestamps",
+            GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (otherpad));
+        othermonitor =
+            g_object_get_data ((GObject *) otherpad, "validate-monitor");
+        GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (othermonitor);
+        if (gst_validate_pad_monitor_timestamp_is_in_received_range
+            (othermonitor, ts, tolerance)
+            &&
+            gst_validate_pad_monitor_timestamp_is_in_received_range
+            (othermonitor, ts_end, tolerance)) {
+          done = TRUE;
+          found = TRUE;
+        }
+        GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (othermonitor);
+        g_value_reset (&value);
+        has_one = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        gst_iterator_resync (iter);
+        has_one = FALSE;
+        found = FALSE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+        GST_WARNING_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Internal links pad iteration error");
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iter);
+
+  if (!has_one) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Skipping timestamp in range check as no "
+        "internal linked pad was found");
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!found) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (monitor, BUFFER_TIMESTAMP_OUT_OF_RECEIVED_RANGE,
+        "Timestamp %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " - %" GST_TIME_FORMAT
+        " is out of range of received input", GST_TIME_ARGS (ts),
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (ts_end));
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_first_buffer (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    pad_monitor, GstBuffer * buffer)
+{
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (pad_monitor->first_buffer)) {
+    pad_monitor->first_buffer = FALSE;
+
+    if (!pad_monitor->has_segment
+        && PAD_IS_IN_PUSH_MODE (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (pad_monitor)))
+    {
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, BUFFER_BEFORE_SEGMENT,
+          "Received buffer before Segment event");
+    }
+
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad_monitor->pad,
+        "Checking first buffer (pts:%" GST_TIME_FORMAT " dts:%" GST_TIME_FORMAT
+        ")", GST_TIME_ARGS (GST_BUFFER_PTS (buffer)),
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (GST_BUFFER_DTS (buffer)));
+
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_eos (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    pad_monitor, GstBuffer * buffer)
+{
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (pad_monitor->is_eos)) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, BUFFER_AFTER_EOS,
+        "Received buffer %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " after EOS", buffer);
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_update_buffer_data (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    pad_monitor, GstBuffer * buffer)
+{
+  pad_monitor->current_timestamp = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer);
+  pad_monitor->current_duration = GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer);
+  if (GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer))) {
+    if (GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (pad_monitor->timestamp_range_start)) {
+      pad_monitor->timestamp_range_start =
+          MIN (pad_monitor->timestamp_range_start,
+          GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer));
+    } else {
+      pad_monitor->timestamp_range_start = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer);
+    }
+
+    if (GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer))) {
+      GstClockTime endts =
+          GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer) + GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer);
+      if (GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (pad_monitor->timestamp_range_end)) {
+        pad_monitor->timestamp_range_end =
+            MAX (pad_monitor->timestamp_range_end, endts);
+      } else {
+        pad_monitor->timestamp_range_end = endts;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad_monitor->pad, "Current stored range: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT
+      " - %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
+      GST_TIME_ARGS (pad_monitor->timestamp_range_start),
+      GST_TIME_ARGS (pad_monitor->timestamp_range_end));
+}
+
+static GstFlowReturn
+_combine_flows (GstFlowReturn ret1, GstFlowReturn ret2)
+{
+  if (ret1 == ret2)
+    return ret1;
+  if (ret1 <= GST_FLOW_NOT_NEGOTIATED)
+    return ret1;
+  if (ret2 <= GST_FLOW_NOT_NEGOTIATED)
+    return ret2;
+  if (ret1 == GST_FLOW_FLUSHING || ret2 == GST_FLOW_FLUSHING)
+    return GST_FLOW_FLUSHING;
+  if (ret1 == GST_FLOW_OK || ret2 == GST_FLOW_OK)
+    return GST_FLOW_OK;
+  return ret2;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_aggregated_return (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    monitor, GstFlowReturn ret)
+{
+  GstIterator *iter;
+  gboolean done;
+  GstPad *otherpad;
+  GstPad *peerpad;
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *othermonitor;
+  GstFlowReturn aggregated = GST_FLOW_NOT_LINKED;
+  gboolean found_a_pad = FALSE;
+  GstPad *pad = GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (monitor);
+
+  iter = gst_pad_iterate_internal_links (pad);
+  done = FALSE;
+  while (!done) {
+    GValue value = { 0, };
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (iter, &value)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
+        otherpad = g_value_get_object (&value);
+        peerpad = gst_pad_get_peer (otherpad);
+        if (peerpad) {
+          othermonitor =
+              g_object_get_data ((GObject *) peerpad, "validate-monitor");
+          if (othermonitor) {
+            found_a_pad = TRUE;
+            GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (othermonitor);
+            aggregated =
+                _combine_flows (aggregated, othermonitor->last_flow_return);
+            GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (othermonitor);
+          }
+
+          gst_object_unref (peerpad);
+        }
+        g_value_reset (&value);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        gst_iterator_resync (iter);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+        GST_WARNING_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Internal links pad iteration error");
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iter);
+  if (!found_a_pad) {
+    /* no peer pad found, nothing to do */
+    return;
+  }
+  if (aggregated == GST_FLOW_OK || aggregated == GST_FLOW_EOS) {
+    /* those are acceptable situations */
+
+    if (GST_PAD_IS_FLUSHING (pad) && ret == GST_FLOW_FLUSHING) {
+      /* pad is flushing, always acceptable to return flushing */
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (monitor->is_eos && ret == GST_FLOW_EOS) {
+      /* this element received eos and returned eos */
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (PAD_PARENT_IS_DEMUXER (monitor) && ret == GST_FLOW_EOS) {
+      /* a demuxer can return EOS when the samples end */
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (aggregated != ret) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (monitor, WRONG_FLOW_RETURN,
+        "Wrong combined flow return %s(%d). Expected: %s(%d)",
+        gst_flow_get_name (ret), ret, gst_flow_get_name (aggregated),
+        aggregated);
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+    gst_validate_pad_monitor_otherpad_add_pending_serialized_event
+    (GstValidatePadMonitor * monitor, GstEvent * event, GstClockTime last_ts)
+{
+  GstIterator *iter;
+  gboolean done;
+  GstPad *otherpad;
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *othermonitor;
+
+  if (!GST_EVENT_IS_SERIALIZED (event))
+    return;
+
+  iter =
+      gst_pad_iterate_internal_links (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD
+      (monitor));
+  if (iter == NULL) {
+    /* inputselector will return NULL if the sinkpad is not the active one .... */
+    GST_FIXME_OBJECT (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD
+        (monitor), "No iterator");
+    return;
+  }
+  done = FALSE;
+  while (!done) {
+    GValue value = { 0, };
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (iter, &value)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
+        otherpad = g_value_get_object (&value);
+        othermonitor =
+            g_object_get_data ((GObject *) otherpad, "validate-monitor");
+        if (othermonitor) {
+          SerializedEventData *data = g_slice_new0 (SerializedEventData);
+          data->timestamp = last_ts;
+          data->event = gst_event_ref (event);
+          GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (othermonitor);
+          GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Storing for pad %s:%s event %p %s",
+              GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (otherpad), event,
+              GST_EVENT_TYPE_NAME (event));
+          g_ptr_array_add (othermonitor->serialized_events, data);
+          debug_pending_event (otherpad, othermonitor->serialized_events);
+          GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (othermonitor);
+        }
+        g_value_reset (&value);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        gst_iterator_resync (iter);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+        GST_WARNING_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Internal links pad iteration error");
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iter);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_otherpad_add_pending_field (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    monitor, GstStructure * structure, const gchar * field)
+{
+  GstIterator *iter;
+  gboolean done;
+  GstPad *otherpad;
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *othermonitor;
+  const GValue *v;
+
+  v = gst_structure_get_value (structure, field);
+  if (v == NULL) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Not adding pending field %s as it isn't "
+        "present on structure %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, field, structure);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  iter =
+      gst_pad_iterate_internal_links (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD
+      (monitor));
+  done = FALSE;
+  while (!done) {
+    GValue value = { 0, };
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (iter, &value)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
+        otherpad = g_value_get_object (&value);
+        othermonitor =
+            g_object_get_data ((GObject *) otherpad, "validate-monitor");
+        if (othermonitor) {
+          GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (othermonitor);
+          g_assert (othermonitor->pending_setcaps_fields != NULL);
+          gst_structure_set_value (othermonitor->pending_setcaps_fields,
+              field, v);
+          GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (othermonitor);
+        }
+        g_value_reset (&value);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        gst_iterator_resync (iter);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+        GST_WARNING_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Internal links pad iteration error");
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iter);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_otherpad_clear_pending_fields (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    monitor)
+{
+  GstIterator *iter;
+  gboolean done;
+  GstPad *otherpad;
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *othermonitor;
+
+  iter =
+      gst_pad_iterate_internal_links (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD
+      (monitor));
+
+  if (iter == NULL) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor, "No internally linked pad");
+
+    return;
+  }
+
+  done = FALSE;
+  while (!done) {
+    GValue value = { 0, };
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (iter, &value)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
+        otherpad = g_value_get_object (&value);
+        othermonitor =
+            g_object_get_data ((GObject *) otherpad, "validate-monitor");
+        if (othermonitor) {
+          GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (othermonitor);
+          g_assert (othermonitor->pending_setcaps_fields != NULL);
+          gst_structure_free (othermonitor->pending_setcaps_fields);
+          othermonitor->pending_setcaps_fields =
+              gst_structure_new_empty (PENDING_FIELDS);
+          GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (othermonitor);
+        }
+        g_value_reset (&value);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        gst_iterator_resync (iter);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+        GST_WARNING_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Internal links pad iteration error");
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iter);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_add_expected_newsegment (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    monitor, GstEvent * event)
+{
+  GstIterator *iter;
+  gboolean done;
+  GstPad *otherpad;
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *othermonitor;
+
+  iter =
+      gst_pad_iterate_internal_links (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD
+      (monitor));
+
+  if (iter == NULL) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor, "No internally linked pad");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  done = FALSE;
+  while (!done) {
+    GValue value = { 0, };
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (iter, &value)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
+        otherpad = g_value_get_object (&value);
+        if (!otherpad)
+          continue;
+        othermonitor =
+            g_object_get_data ((GObject *) otherpad, "validate-monitor");
+        GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (othermonitor);
+        gst_event_replace (&othermonitor->expected_segment, event);
+        GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (othermonitor);
+        g_value_reset (&value);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        gst_iterator_resync (iter);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+        GST_WARNING_OBJECT (monitor->pad, "Internal links pad iteration error");
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iter);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_flush (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor)
+{
+  pad_monitor->current_timestamp = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+  pad_monitor->current_duration = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+  pad_monitor->timestamp_range_start = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+  pad_monitor->timestamp_range_end = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+  pad_monitor->has_segment = FALSE;
+  pad_monitor->is_eos = FALSE;
+  pad_monitor->last_flow_return = GST_FLOW_OK;
+  gst_caps_replace (&pad_monitor->last_caps, NULL);
+  pad_monitor->caps_is_audio = pad_monitor->caps_is_video =
+      pad_monitor->caps_is_raw = FALSE;
+
+  g_list_free_full (pad_monitor->expired_events,
+      (GDestroyNotify) gst_event_unref);
+  pad_monitor->expired_events = NULL;
+
+  if (pad_monitor->serialized_events->len)
+    g_ptr_array_remove_range (pad_monitor->serialized_events, 0,
+        pad_monitor->serialized_events->len);
+}
+
+/* common checks for both sink and src event functions */
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_common_event_check (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    pad_monitor, GstEvent * event)
+{
+  guint32 seqnum = gst_event_get_seqnum (event);
+
+  switch (GST_EVENT_TYPE (event)) {
+    case GST_EVENT_FLUSH_START:
+    {
+      if (pad_monitor->pending_flush_start_seqnum) {
+        if (seqnum == pad_monitor->pending_flush_start_seqnum) {
+          pad_monitor->pending_flush_start_seqnum = 0;
+        } else {
+          GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, FLUSH_START_HAS_WRONG_SEQNUM,
+              "Got: %u Expected: %u", seqnum,
+              pad_monitor->pending_flush_start_seqnum);
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (pad_monitor->pending_flush_stop) {
+        GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, EVENT_FLUSH_START_UNEXPECTED,
+            "Received flush-start from " " when flush-stop was expected");
+      }
+      pad_monitor->pending_flush_stop = TRUE;
+    }
+      break;
+    case GST_EVENT_FLUSH_STOP:
+    {
+      if (pad_monitor->pending_flush_stop_seqnum) {
+        if (seqnum == pad_monitor->pending_flush_stop_seqnum) {
+          pad_monitor->pending_flush_stop_seqnum = 0;
+        } else {
+          GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, FLUSH_STOP_HAS_WRONG_SEQNUM,
+              "Got: %u Expected: %u", seqnum,
+              pad_monitor->pending_flush_stop_seqnum);
+        }
+      }
+
+      pad_monitor->pending_newsegment_seqnum = seqnum;
+      pad_monitor->pending_eos_seqnum = seqnum;
+
+      if (!pad_monitor->pending_flush_stop) {
+        gchar *event_str = _get_event_string (event);
+
+        GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, EVENT_FLUSH_STOP_UNEXPECTED,
+            "Unexpected flush-stop %s", event_str);
+        g_free (event_str);
+      }
+      pad_monitor->pending_flush_stop = FALSE;
+
+      /* cleanup our data */
+      gst_validate_pad_monitor_flush (pad_monitor);
+    }
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+mark_pads_eos (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor)
+{
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *peer_monitor;
+  GstPad *peer = gst_pad_get_peer (pad_monitor->pad);
+  GstPad *real_peer;
+
+  pad_monitor->is_eos = TRUE;
+  if (peer) {
+    real_peer = _get_actual_pad (peer);
+    peer_monitor =
+        g_object_get_data ((GObject *) real_peer, "validate-monitor");
+    if (peer_monitor)
+      peer_monitor->is_eos = TRUE;
+    gst_object_unref (peer);
+    gst_object_unref (real_peer);
+  }
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+_should_check_buffers (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor,
+    gboolean force_checks)
+{
+  GstPad *pad = GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (pad_monitor);
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR (pad_monitor);
+
+  if (pad_monitor->first_buffer || force_checks) {
+    if (pad_monitor->segment.rate != 1.0) {
+      GST_INFO_OBJECT (pad_monitor, "We do not support buffer checking"
+          " for trick modes");
+
+      pad_monitor->check_buffers = FALSE;
+    } else if (!PAD_PARENT_IS_DECODER (pad_monitor)) {
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "Not on a decoder => no buffer checking");
+
+      pad_monitor->check_buffers = FALSE;
+    } else if (GST_PAD_DIRECTION (pad) != GST_PAD_SINK) {
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "Not a sinkpad => no buffer checking");
+
+      pad_monitor->check_buffers = FALSE;
+    } else if (!pad_monitor->caps_is_video) {
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "Not working with video => no buffer checking");
+
+      pad_monitor->check_buffers = FALSE;
+    } else if (monitor->media_descriptor == NULL) {
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "No media_descriptor set => no buffer checking");
+
+      pad_monitor->check_buffers = FALSE;
+    } else if (!gst_media_descriptor_detects_frames (monitor->media_descriptor)) {
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "No frame detection media descriptor "
+          "=> not buffer checking");
+      pad_monitor->check_buffers = FALSE;
+    } else if (pad_monitor->all_bufs == NULL &&
+        !gst_media_descriptor_get_buffers (monitor->media_descriptor, pad, NULL,
+            &pad_monitor->all_bufs)) {
+
+      GST_INFO_OBJECT (monitor,
+          "The MediaInfo is marked as detecting frame, but getting frames"
+          " from pad %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " did not work (some format conversion"
+          " might be happening)", pad);
+
+      pad_monitor->check_buffers = FALSE;
+    } else {
+      if (!pad_monitor->current_buf)
+        pad_monitor->current_buf = pad_monitor->all_bufs;
+      pad_monitor->check_buffers = TRUE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return pad_monitor->check_buffers;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_monitor_find_next_buffer (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+  gboolean passed_start = FALSE;
+
+  if (!_should_check_buffers (pad_monitor, TRUE))
+    return;
+
+  for (tmp = g_list_last (pad_monitor->all_bufs); tmp; tmp = tmp->prev) {
+    GstBuffer *cbuf = tmp->data;
+    GstClockTime ts =
+        GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (GST_BUFFER_DTS (cbuf)) ? GST_BUFFER_DTS (cbuf)
+        : GST_BUFFER_PTS (cbuf);
+
+    if (!GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (ts))
+      continue;
+
+    if (ts <= pad_monitor->segment.start)
+      passed_start = TRUE;
+
+    if (!passed_start)
+      continue;
+
+    if (!GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IS_SET (cbuf, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT)) {
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (tmp == NULL)
+    pad_monitor->current_buf = pad_monitor->all_bufs;
+  else
+    pad_monitor->current_buf = tmp;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_downstream_event_check (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    pad_monitor, GstObject * parent, GstEvent * event,
+    GstPadEventFunction handler)
+{
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+  const GstSegment *segment;
+  guint32 seqnum = gst_event_get_seqnum (event);
+  GstPad *pad = GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (pad_monitor);
+
+  gst_validate_pad_monitor_common_event_check (pad_monitor, event);
+
+  /* pre checks */
+  switch (GST_EVENT_TYPE (event)) {
+    case GST_EVENT_SEGMENT:
+      /* parse segment data to be used if event is handled */
+      gst_event_parse_segment (event, &segment);
+
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad_monitor->pad, "Got segment %" GST_SEGMENT_FORMAT,
+          segment);
+
+      if (pad_monitor->pending_newsegment_seqnum) {
+        if (pad_monitor->pending_newsegment_seqnum == seqnum) {
+          pad_monitor->pending_newsegment_seqnum = 0;
+        } else {
+          GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, SEGMENT_HAS_WRONG_SEQNUM,
+              "Got: %u Expected: %u", seqnum, pad_monitor->pending_eos_seqnum);
+        }
+      }
+
+      pad_monitor->pending_eos_seqnum = seqnum;
+
+      if (GST_PAD_DIRECTION (pad) == GST_PAD_SINK) {
+        gst_validate_pad_monitor_add_expected_newsegment (pad_monitor, event);
+      } else {
+        /* check if this segment is the expected one */
+        if (pad_monitor->expected_segment) {
+          const GstSegment *exp_segment;
+
+          if (pad_monitor->expected_segment != event) {
+            gst_event_parse_segment (pad_monitor->expected_segment,
+                &exp_segment);
+            if (segment->format == exp_segment->format) {
+              if ((exp_segment->rate * exp_segment->applied_rate !=
+                      segment->rate * segment->applied_rate))
+                GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, EVENT_NEW_SEGMENT_MISMATCH,
+                    "Rate * applied_rate %f != expected %f",
+                    segment->rate * segment->applied_rate,
+                    exp_segment->rate * exp_segment->applied_rate);
+              if (exp_segment->start != segment->start)
+                GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, EVENT_NEW_SEGMENT_MISMATCH,
+                    "Start %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " != expected %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
+                    GST_TIME_ARGS (segment->start),
+                    GST_TIME_ARGS (exp_segment->start));
+              if (exp_segment->stop != segment->stop)
+                GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, EVENT_NEW_SEGMENT_MISMATCH,
+                    "Stop %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " != expected %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
+                    GST_TIME_ARGS (segment->stop),
+                    GST_TIME_ARGS (exp_segment->stop));
+              if (exp_segment->position != segment->position)
+                GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, EVENT_NEW_SEGMENT_MISMATCH,
+                    "Position %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " != expected %"
+                    GST_TIME_FORMAT, GST_TIME_ARGS (segment->position),
+                    GST_TIME_ARGS (exp_segment->position));
+            }
+          }
+          gst_event_replace (&pad_monitor->expected_segment, NULL);
+        }
+      }
+      break;
+    case GST_EVENT_CAPS:{
+      GstCaps *caps;
+
+      gst_event_parse_caps (event, &caps);
+      gst_validate_pad_monitor_setcaps_pre (pad_monitor, caps);
+      break;
+    }
+    case GST_EVENT_EOS:
+      pad_monitor->is_eos = TRUE;
+      if (pad_monitor->pending_eos_seqnum == 0) {
+        GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, EVENT_EOS_WITHOUT_SEGMENT,
+            "EOS %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " received before a segment was received",
+            event);
+      } else if (pad_monitor->pending_eos_seqnum != seqnum) {
+        GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, EOS_HAS_WRONG_SEQNUM,
+            "Got: %u. Expected: %u", seqnum, pad_monitor->pending_eos_seqnum);
+      }
+
+      /*
+       * TODO add end of stream checks for
+       *  - events not pushed
+       *  - buffer data not pushed
+       *  - pending events not received
+       */
+      break;
+
+      /* both flushes are handled by the common event function */
+    case GST_EVENT_FLUSH_START:
+    case GST_EVENT_FLUSH_STOP:
+    case GST_EVENT_TAG:
+    case GST_EVENT_SINK_MESSAGE:
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (pad_monitor);
+  GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_PARENT_UNLOCK (pad_monitor);
+  gst_validate_pad_monitor_event_overrides (pad_monitor, event);
+  if (handler) {
+    gst_event_ref (event);
+    ret = pad_monitor->event_func (pad, parent, event);
+  }
+  GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_PARENT_LOCK (pad_monitor);
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (pad_monitor);
+
+  /* post checks */
+  switch (GST_EVENT_TYPE (event)) {
+    case GST_EVENT_SEGMENT:
+      if (ret) {
+        if (!pad_monitor->has_segment
+            && pad_monitor->segment.format != segment->format) {
+          gst_segment_init (&pad_monitor->segment, segment->format);
+        }
+        gst_segment_copy_into (segment, &pad_monitor->segment);
+        pad_monitor->has_segment = TRUE;
+        gst_validate_monitor_find_next_buffer (pad_monitor);
+      }
+      break;
+    case GST_EVENT_CAPS:{
+      GstCaps *caps;
+
+      gst_event_parse_caps (event, &caps);
+      gst_validate_pad_monitor_setcaps_post (pad_monitor, caps, ret);
+      break;
+    }
+    case GST_EVENT_FLUSH_START:
+    case GST_EVENT_FLUSH_STOP:
+    case GST_EVENT_EOS:
+    case GST_EVENT_TAG:
+    case GST_EVENT_SINK_MESSAGE:
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+
+  if (handler)
+    gst_event_unref (event);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_src_event_check (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor,
+    GstObject * parent, GstEvent * event, GstPadEventFunction handler)
+{
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+  gdouble rate;
+  GstFormat format;
+  gint64 start, stop;
+  GstSeekFlags seek_flags;
+  GstSeekType start_type, stop_type;
+  guint32 seqnum = gst_event_get_seqnum (event);
+  GstPad *pad = GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (pad_monitor);
+
+  gst_validate_pad_monitor_common_event_check (pad_monitor, event);
+
+  /* pre checks */
+  switch (GST_EVENT_TYPE (event)) {
+    case GST_EVENT_SEEK:
+    {
+      gst_event_parse_seek (event, &rate, &format, &seek_flags, &start_type,
+          &start, &stop_type, &stop);
+      /* upstream seek - store the seek event seqnum to check
+       * flushes and newsegments share the same */
+
+      /* TODO we might need to use a list as multiple seeks can be sent
+       * before the flushes arrive here */
+      if (seek_flags & GST_SEEK_FLAG_FLUSH) {
+        pad_monitor->pending_flush_start_seqnum = seqnum;
+        pad_monitor->pending_flush_stop_seqnum = seqnum;
+      }
+    }
+      break;
+      /* both flushes are handled by the common event handling function */
+    case GST_EVENT_FLUSH_START:
+    case GST_EVENT_FLUSH_STOP:
+    case GST_EVENT_NAVIGATION:
+    case GST_EVENT_LATENCY:
+    case GST_EVENT_STEP:
+    case GST_EVENT_QOS:
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+
+  if (handler) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (pad_monitor);
+    gst_event_ref (event);
+    ret = pad_monitor->event_func (pad, parent, event);
+    GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (pad_monitor);
+  }
+
+  /* post checks */
+  switch (GST_EVENT_TYPE (event)) {
+    case GST_EVENT_FLUSH_START:
+    case GST_EVENT_FLUSH_STOP:
+    case GST_EVENT_QOS:
+    case GST_EVENT_SEEK:
+    {
+      if (ret == FALSE) {
+        /* do not expect any of these events anymore */
+        pad_monitor->pending_flush_start_seqnum = 0;
+        pad_monitor->pending_flush_stop_seqnum = 0;
+        pad_monitor->pending_newsegment_seqnum = 0;
+        pad_monitor->pending_eos_seqnum = 0;
+      }
+    }
+      break;
+    case GST_EVENT_NAVIGATION:
+    case GST_EVENT_LATENCY:
+    case GST_EVENT_STEP:
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+
+  if (handler)
+    gst_event_unref (event);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_right_buffer (GstValidatePadMonitor *
+    pad_monitor, GstBuffer * buffer)
+{
+  gchar *checksum;
+  GstBuffer *wanted_buf;
+  GstMapInfo map, wanted_map;
+
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+  GstPad *pad = GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (pad_monitor);
+
+  if (_should_check_buffers (pad_monitor, FALSE) == FALSE)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  if (pad_monitor->current_buf == NULL) {
+    GST_INFO_OBJECT (pad, "No current buffer one pad, Why?");
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  wanted_buf = pad_monitor->current_buf->data;
+
+  if (GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (GST_BUFFER_PTS (wanted_buf)) &&
+      GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (GST_BUFFER_PTS (buffer)) &&
+      GST_BUFFER_PTS (wanted_buf) != GST_BUFFER_PTS (buffer)) {
+
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, WRONG_BUFFER,
+        "buffer %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " PTS %" GST_TIME_FORMAT
+        " different than expected: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT, buffer,
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (GST_BUFFER_PTS (buffer)),
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (GST_BUFFER_PTS (wanted_buf)));
+
+    ret = FALSE;
+  }
+
+  if (GST_BUFFER_DTS (wanted_buf) != GST_BUFFER_DTS (buffer)) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, WRONG_BUFFER,
+        "buffer %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " DTS %" GST_TIME_FORMAT
+        " different than expected: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT, buffer,
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (GST_BUFFER_DTS (buffer)),
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (GST_BUFFER_DTS (wanted_buf)));
+    ret = FALSE;
+  }
+
+  if (GST_BUFFER_DURATION (wanted_buf) != GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer)) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, WRONG_BUFFER,
+        "buffer %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " DURATION %" GST_TIME_FORMAT
+        " different than expected: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT, buffer,
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer)),
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (GST_BUFFER_DURATION (wanted_buf)));
+    ret = FALSE;
+  }
+
+  if (GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IS_SET (wanted_buf, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT) !=
+      GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IS_SET (buffer, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT)) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, WRONG_BUFFER,
+        "buffer %" GST_PTR_FORMAT "  Delta unit is set to %s but expected %s",
+        buffer, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IS_SET (buffer,
+            GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT) ? "True" : "False",
+        GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IS_SET (wanted_buf,
+            GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT) ? "True" : "False");
+    ret = FALSE;
+  }
+
+  g_assert (gst_buffer_map (wanted_buf, &wanted_map, GST_MAP_READ));
+  g_assert (gst_buffer_map (buffer, &map, GST_MAP_READ));
+
+  checksum = g_compute_checksum_for_data (G_CHECKSUM_MD5,
+      (const guchar *) map.data, map.size);
+
+  if (g_strcmp0 ((gchar *) wanted_map.data, checksum)) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, WRONG_BUFFER,
+        "buffer %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " checksum %s different from expected: %s",
+        buffer, checksum, wanted_map.data);
+    ret = FALSE;
+  }
+
+  gst_buffer_unmap (wanted_buf, &wanted_map);
+  gst_buffer_unmap (buffer, &map);
+  g_free (checksum);
+
+  pad_monitor->current_buf = pad_monitor->current_buf->next;
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_return (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor,
+    GstFlowReturn ret)
+{
+  GstValidateMonitor *parent = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR (pad_monitor);
+
+  if (ret != GST_FLOW_ERROR)
+    return;
+
+  while (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_PARENT (parent))
+    parent = GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_PARENT (parent);
+
+  if (GST_IS_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR (parent)) {
+    GstValidatePipelineMonitor *m = GST_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR (parent);
+
+    GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (m);
+    if (m->got_error == FALSE) {
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, FLOW_ERROR_WITHOUT_ERROR_MESSAGE,
+          "Pad return GST_FLOW_ERROR but no GST_MESSAGE_ERROR was received on"
+          " the bus");
+
+      /* Only report it the first time */
+      m->got_error = TRUE;
+    }
+    GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (m);
+  }
+}
+
+static GstFlowReturn
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_chain_func (GstPad * pad, GstObject * parent,
+    GstBuffer * buffer)
+{
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *pad_monitor =
+      g_object_get_data ((GObject *) pad, "validate-monitor");
+  GstFlowReturn ret;
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_PARENT_LOCK (pad_monitor);
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (pad_monitor);
+
+  gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_right_buffer (pad_monitor, buffer);
+  gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_first_buffer (pad_monitor, buffer);
+  gst_validate_pad_monitor_update_buffer_data (pad_monitor, buffer);
+  gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_eos (pad_monitor, buffer);
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (pad_monitor);
+  GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_PARENT_UNLOCK (pad_monitor);
+
+  gst_validate_pad_monitor_buffer_overrides (pad_monitor, buffer);
+
+  ret = pad_monitor->chain_func (pad, parent, buffer);
+
+  gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_return (pad_monitor, ret);
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_PARENT_LOCK (pad_monitor);
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (pad_monitor);
+
+  pad_monitor->last_flow_return = ret;
+  if (ret == GST_FLOW_EOS) {
+    mark_pads_eos (pad_monitor);
+  }
+  if (PAD_PARENT_IS_DEMUXER (pad_monitor))
+    gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_aggregated_return (pad_monitor, ret);
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (pad_monitor);
+  GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_PARENT_UNLOCK (pad_monitor);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_event_is_tracked (GstValidatePadMonitor * monitor,
+    GstEvent * event)
+{
+  if (!GST_EVENT_IS_SERIALIZED (event)) {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  /* we don't track Tag events because they mutate too much and it is hard
+   * to match a tag event pushed on a source pad with the one that was received
+   * on a sink pad.
+   * One idea would be to use seqnum, but it seems that it is undefined whether
+   * seqnums should be maintained in tag events that are created from others
+   * up to today. (2013-08-29)
+   */
+  if (GST_EVENT_TYPE (event) == GST_EVENT_TAG)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_sink_event_func (GstPad * pad, GstObject * parent,
+    GstEvent * event)
+{
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *pad_monitor =
+      g_object_get_data ((GObject *) pad, "validate-monitor");
+  gboolean ret;
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_PARENT_LOCK (pad_monitor);
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (pad_monitor);
+
+  if (gst_validate_pad_monitor_event_is_tracked (pad_monitor, event)) {
+    GstClockTime last_ts = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+    if (GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (pad_monitor->current_timestamp)) {
+      last_ts = pad_monitor->current_timestamp;
+      if (GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (pad_monitor->current_duration)) {
+        last_ts += pad_monitor->current_duration;
+      }
+    }
+    gst_validate_pad_monitor_otherpad_add_pending_serialized_event (pad_monitor,
+        event, last_ts);
+  }
+
+  ret =
+      gst_validate_pad_monitor_downstream_event_check (pad_monitor, parent,
+      event, pad_monitor->event_func);
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (pad_monitor);
+  GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_PARENT_UNLOCK (pad_monitor);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_src_event_func (GstPad * pad, GstObject * parent,
+    GstEvent * event)
+{
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *pad_monitor =
+      g_object_get_data ((GObject *) pad, "validate-monitor");
+  gboolean ret;
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (pad_monitor);
+  ret = gst_validate_pad_monitor_src_event_check (pad_monitor, parent, event,
+      pad_monitor->event_func);
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (pad_monitor);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_query_func (GstPad * pad, GstObject * parent,
+    GstQuery * query)
+{
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *pad_monitor =
+      g_object_get_data ((GObject *) pad, "validate-monitor");
+  gboolean ret;
+
+  gst_validate_pad_monitor_query_overrides (pad_monitor, query);
+
+  ret = pad_monitor->query_func (pad, parent, query);
+
+  if (ret) {
+    switch (GST_QUERY_TYPE (query)) {
+      case GST_QUERY_CAPS:{
+        GstCaps *res;
+        GstCaps *filter;
+
+        /* We shouldn't need to lock the parent as this doesn't modify
+         * other monitors, just does some peer_pad_caps */
+        GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (pad_monitor);
+
+        gst_query_parse_caps (query, &filter);
+        gst_query_parse_caps_result (query, &res);
+        if (GST_PAD_DIRECTION (pad) == GST_PAD_SINK) {
+          gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_caps_fields_proxied (pad_monitor, res,
+              filter);
+        }
+        GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (pad_monitor);
+        break;
+      }
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_activatemode_func (GstPad * pad, GstObject * parent,
+    GstPadMode mode, gboolean active)
+{
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *pad_monitor =
+      g_object_get_data ((GObject *) pad, "validate-monitor");
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+
+  /* TODO add overrides for activate func */
+
+  if (pad_monitor->activatemode_func)
+    ret = pad_monitor->activatemode_func (pad, parent, mode, active);
+  if (ret && active == FALSE) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (pad_monitor);
+    gst_validate_pad_monitor_flush (pad_monitor);
+    GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (pad_monitor);
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_pad_get_range_func (GstPad * pad, GstObject * parent,
+    guint64 offset, guint size, GstBuffer ** buffer)
+{
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *pad_monitor =
+      g_object_get_data ((GObject *) pad, "validate-monitor");
+  gboolean ret;
+  ret = pad_monitor->getrange_func (pad, parent, offset, size, buffer);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_buffer_probe (GstPad * pad, GstBuffer * buffer,
+    gpointer udata)
+{
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *monitor = udata;
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_PARENT_LOCK (monitor);
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (monitor);
+
+  gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_first_buffer (monitor, buffer);
+  gst_validate_pad_monitor_update_buffer_data (monitor, buffer);
+  gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_eos (monitor, buffer);
+
+  if (PAD_PARENT_IS_DECODER (monitor) || PAD_PARENT_IS_ENCODER (monitor)) {
+    GstClockTime tolerance = 0;
+
+    if (monitor->caps_is_audio)
+      tolerance = AUDIO_TIMESTAMP_TOLERANCE;
+
+    gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_buffer_timestamp_in_received_range (monitor,
+        buffer, tolerance);
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_late_serialized_events (monitor,
+      GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer));
+
+  /* a GstValidatePadMonitor parent must be a GstValidateElementMonitor */
+  if (PAD_PARENT_IS_DECODER (monitor)) {
+
+    /* should not push out of segment data */
+    if (GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer)) &&
+        GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer)) &&
+        ((!gst_segment_clip (&monitor->segment, monitor->segment.format,
+                    GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer),
+                    GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer) +
+                    GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer), NULL, NULL)) ||
+            /* In the case of raw data, buffers should be strictly contained inside the
+             * segment */
+            (monitor->caps_is_raw &&
+                GST_BUFFER_PTS (buffer) + GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer) <
+                monitor->segment.start))
+        ) {
+      /* TODO is this a timestamp issue? */
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (monitor, BUFFER_IS_OUT_OF_SEGMENT,
+          "buffer is out of segment and shouldn't be pushed. Timestamp: %"
+          GST_TIME_FORMAT " - duration: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT ". Range: %"
+          GST_TIME_FORMAT " - %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
+          GST_TIME_ARGS (GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer)),
+          GST_TIME_ARGS (GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer)),
+          GST_TIME_ARGS (monitor->segment.start),
+          GST_TIME_ARGS (monitor->segment.stop));
+    }
+  }
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (monitor);
+  GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_PARENT_UNLOCK (monitor);
+  gst_validate_pad_monitor_buffer_probe_overrides (monitor, buffer);
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_event_probe (GstPad * pad, GstEvent * event,
+    gpointer udata)
+{
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *monitor = GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_CAST (udata);
+  gboolean ret;
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_PARENT_LOCK (monitor);
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (monitor);
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "event %p %s", event, GST_EVENT_TYPE_NAME (event));
+
+  if (GST_EVENT_IS_SERIALIZED (event)) {
+    gint i;
+
+    /* Detect if events the element received are being forwarded in the same order
+     *
+     * Several scenarios:
+     * 1) The element pushes the event as-is
+     * 2) The element consumes the event and does not forward it
+     * 3) The element consumes the event and creates another one instead
+     * 4) The element pushes other serialized event before pushing out the
+     *    one it received
+     *
+     * For each pad we have two lists to track serialized events:
+     *  1) We received on input and expect to see (serialized_events)
+     *  2) We received on input but don't expect to see (expired_events)
+     *
+     * To detect events that are pushed in a different order from the one they were
+     * received in we check that:
+     *
+     * For each event being outputted:
+     *   If it is in the expired_events list:
+     *     RAISE WARNING
+     *   If it is in the serialized_events list:
+     *     If there are other events that were received before:
+     *        Put those events on the expired_events list
+     *     Remove that event and any previous ones from the serialized_events list
+     *
+     * Clear expired events list when flushing or on pad deactivation
+     *
+     */
+
+    if (g_list_find (monitor->expired_events, event)) {
+      gchar *event_str = _get_event_string (event);
+      /* If it's the expired events, we've failed */
+      GST_WARNING_OBJECT (pad, "Did not expect event %p %s", event,
+          GST_EVENT_TYPE_NAME (event));
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (monitor, EVENT_SERIALIZED_OUT_OF_ORDER,
+          "Serialized event was pushed out of order: %s", event_str);
+
+      g_free (event_str);
+      monitor->expired_events = g_list_remove (monitor->expired_events, event);
+      gst_event_unref (event);  /* remove the ref that was on the list */
+    } else if (monitor->serialized_events->len) {
+      for (i = 0; i < monitor->serialized_events->len; i++) {
+        SerializedEventData *next_event =
+            g_ptr_array_index (monitor->serialized_events, i);
+        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "Checking against stored event #%d: %p %s", i,
+            next_event->event, GST_EVENT_TYPE_NAME (next_event->event));
+
+        if (event == next_event->event
+            || GST_EVENT_TYPE (event) == GST_EVENT_TYPE (next_event->event)) {
+          /* We have found our event */
+          GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad, "Found matching event");
+
+          while (monitor->serialized_events->len > i
+              && GST_EVENT_TYPE (event) == GST_EVENT_TYPE (next_event->event)) {
+            /* Swallow all expected events of the same type */
+            g_ptr_array_remove_index (monitor->serialized_events, i);
+            next_event = g_ptr_array_index (monitor->serialized_events, i);
+          }
+
+          /* Move all previous events to expired events */
+          if (G_UNLIKELY (i > 0)) {
+            GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (pad,
+                "Moving previous expected events to expired list");
+            while (i--) {
+              next_event = g_ptr_array_index (monitor->serialized_events, 0);
+              monitor->expired_events =
+                  g_list_append (monitor->expired_events,
+                  gst_event_ref (next_event->event));
+              g_ptr_array_remove_index (monitor->serialized_events, 0);
+            }
+          }
+          debug_pending_event (pad, monitor->serialized_events);
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* This so far is just like an event that is flowing downstream,
+   * so we do the same checks as a sinkpad event handler */
+  ret =
+      gst_validate_pad_monitor_downstream_event_check (monitor, NULL, event,
+      NULL);
+  GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (monitor);
+  GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_PARENT_UNLOCK (monitor);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static GstPadProbeReturn
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_pad_probe (GstPad * pad, GstPadProbeInfo * info,
+    gpointer udata)
+{
+  if (info->type & GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER)
+    gst_validate_pad_monitor_buffer_probe (pad, info->data, udata);
+  else if (info->type & GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_EVENT_DOWNSTREAM)
+    gst_validate_pad_monitor_event_probe (pad, info->data, udata);
+
+  return GST_PAD_PROBE_OK;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_update_caps_info (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor,
+    GstCaps * caps)
+{
+  GstStructure *structure;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (gst_caps_is_fixed (caps));
+
+  pad_monitor->caps_is_audio = FALSE;
+  pad_monitor->caps_is_video = FALSE;
+
+  structure = gst_caps_get_structure (caps, 0);
+  if (g_str_has_prefix (gst_structure_get_name (structure), "audio/")) {
+    pad_monitor->caps_is_audio = TRUE;
+  } else if (g_str_has_prefix (gst_structure_get_name (structure), "video/")) {
+    pad_monitor->caps_is_video = TRUE;
+  }
+
+  if (g_str_has_prefix (gst_structure_get_name (structure), "audio/x-raw") ||
+      g_str_has_prefix (gst_structure_get_name (structure), "video/x-raw")) {
+    pad_monitor->caps_is_raw = TRUE;
+  } else {
+    pad_monitor->caps_is_raw = FALSE;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_setcaps_pre (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor,
+    GstCaps * caps)
+{
+  GstStructure *structure;
+
+  /* Check if caps are identical to last caps and complain if so
+   * Only checked for sink pads as src pads might push the same caps
+   * multiple times during unlinked/autoplugging scenarios */
+  if (GST_PAD_IS_SINK (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (pad_monitor)) &&
+      pad_monitor->last_caps
+      && gst_caps_is_equal (caps, pad_monitor->last_caps)) {
+    gchar *caps_str = gst_caps_to_string (caps);
+
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, EVENT_CAPS_DUPLICATE, "%s", caps_str);
+    g_free (caps_str);
+
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_pad_monitor_check_caps_complete (pad_monitor, caps);
+
+  if (caps) {
+    structure = gst_caps_get_structure (caps, 0);
+    if (gst_structure_n_fields (pad_monitor->pending_setcaps_fields)) {
+      gint i;
+      for (i = 0;
+          i < gst_structure_n_fields (pad_monitor->pending_setcaps_fields);
+          i++) {
+        const gchar *name =
+            gst_structure_nth_field_name (pad_monitor->pending_setcaps_fields,
+            i);
+        const GValue *v = gst_structure_get_value (structure, name);
+        const GValue *otherv =
+            gst_structure_get_value (pad_monitor->pending_setcaps_fields, name);
+
+        if (v == NULL) {
+          gchar *caps_str = gst_caps_to_string (caps);
+
+          GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, CAPS_EXPECTED_FIELD_NOT_FOUND,
+              "Field %s is missing from setcaps caps '%s'", name, caps_str);
+          g_free (caps_str);
+        } else if (gst_value_compare (v, otherv) != GST_VALUE_EQUAL) {
+          gchar *caps_str = gst_caps_to_string (caps),
+              *pending_setcaps_fields_str =
+              gst_structure_to_string (pad_monitor->pending_setcaps_fields);
+
+
+          GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (pad_monitor, CAPS_FIELD_UNEXPECTED_VALUE,
+              "Field %s from setcaps caps '%s' is different "
+              "from expected value in caps '%s'", name, caps_str,
+              pending_setcaps_fields_str);
+
+          g_free (pending_setcaps_fields_str);
+          g_free (caps_str);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (GST_PAD_IS_SINK (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (pad_monitor)) &&
+        gst_validate_pad_monitor_pad_should_proxy_othercaps (pad_monitor)) {
+      if (_structure_is_video (structure)) {
+        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (pad_monitor),
+            "Adding video common pending fields to other pad: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
+            structure);
+        gst_validate_pad_monitor_otherpad_add_pending_field (pad_monitor,
+            structure, "width");
+        gst_validate_pad_monitor_otherpad_add_pending_field (pad_monitor,
+            structure, "height");
+        gst_validate_pad_monitor_otherpad_add_pending_field (pad_monitor,
+            structure, "framerate");
+        gst_validate_pad_monitor_otherpad_add_pending_field (pad_monitor,
+            structure, "pixel-aspect-ratio");
+      } else if (_structure_is_audio (structure)) {
+        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (pad_monitor),
+            "Adding audio common pending fields to other pad: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
+            structure);
+        gst_validate_pad_monitor_otherpad_add_pending_field (pad_monitor,
+            structure, "rate");
+        gst_validate_pad_monitor_otherpad_add_pending_field (pad_monitor,
+            structure, "channels");
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  gst_structure_free (pad_monitor->pending_setcaps_fields);
+  pad_monitor->pending_setcaps_fields =
+      gst_structure_new_empty (PENDING_FIELDS);
+
+  gst_validate_pad_monitor_setcaps_overrides (pad_monitor, caps);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_setcaps_post (GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor,
+    GstCaps * caps, gboolean ret)
+{
+  if (!ret)
+    gst_validate_pad_monitor_otherpad_clear_pending_fields (pad_monitor);
+  else {
+    if (pad_monitor->last_caps) {
+      gst_caps_unref (pad_monitor->last_caps);
+    }
+    pad_monitor->last_caps = gst_caps_ref (caps);
+    gst_validate_pad_monitor_update_caps_info (pad_monitor, caps);
+  }
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_pad_monitor_do_setup (GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *pad_monitor = GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_CAST (monitor);
+  GstPad *pad;
+  if (!GST_IS_PAD (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT (monitor))) {
+    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (monitor, "Trying to create pad monitor with other "
+        "type of object");
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  pad = GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (pad_monitor);
+
+  if (g_object_get_data ((GObject *) pad, "validate-monitor")) {
+    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (pad_monitor,
+        "Pad already has a validate-monitor associated");
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  g_object_set_data ((GObject *) pad, "validate-monitor", pad_monitor);
+
+  pad_monitor->pad = pad;
+
+  pad_monitor->event_func = GST_PAD_EVENTFUNC (pad);
+  pad_monitor->query_func = GST_PAD_QUERYFUNC (pad);
+  pad_monitor->activatemode_func = GST_PAD_ACTIVATEMODEFUNC (pad);
+  if (GST_PAD_DIRECTION (pad) == GST_PAD_SINK) {
+
+    pad_monitor->chain_func = GST_PAD_CHAINFUNC (pad);
+    if (pad_monitor->chain_func)
+      gst_pad_set_chain_function (pad, gst_validate_pad_monitor_chain_func);
+
+    gst_pad_set_event_function (pad, gst_validate_pad_monitor_sink_event_func);
+  } else {
+    pad_monitor->getrange_func = GST_PAD_GETRANGEFUNC (pad);
+    if (pad_monitor->getrange_func)
+      gst_pad_set_getrange_function (pad, gst_validate_pad_get_range_func);
+
+    gst_pad_set_event_function (pad, gst_validate_pad_monitor_src_event_func);
+
+    /* add buffer/event probes */
+    pad_monitor->pad_probe_id =
+        gst_pad_add_probe (pad,
+        GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER | GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_EVENT_DOWNSTREAM |
+        GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_EVENT_FLUSH,
+        (GstPadProbeCallback) gst_validate_pad_monitor_pad_probe, pad_monitor,
+        NULL);
+  }
+  gst_pad_set_query_function (pad, gst_validate_pad_monitor_query_func);
+  gst_pad_set_activatemode_function (pad,
+      gst_validate_pad_monitor_activatemode_func);
+
+  gst_validate_reporter_set_name (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (monitor),
+      g_strdup_printf ("%s:%s", GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (pad)));
+
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (GST_PAD_PARENT (pad) == NULL))
+    GST_FIXME ("Saw a pad not belonging to any object");
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82737be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Thiago Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-pad-monitor.h - Validate PadMonitor class
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_H__
+#define __GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_H__
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+typedef struct _GstValidatePadMonitor GstValidatePadMonitor;
+typedef struct _GstValidatePadMonitorClass GstValidatePadMonitorClass;
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR			(gst_validate_pad_monitor_get_type ())
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR(obj)		(G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR))
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_CLASS(klass)	(G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_CLASS(obj)	(G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR, GstValidatePadMonitorClass))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR(obj)			(G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR, GstValidatePadMonitor))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_CLASS(klass)		(G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR, GstValidatePadMonitorClass))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_CAST(obj)            ((GstValidatePadMonitor*)(obj))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_CLASS_CAST(klass)    ((GstValidatePadMonitorClass*)(klass))
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD(m) (GST_PAD_CAST (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT (m)))
+
+
+/**
+ * GstValidatePadMonitor:
+ *
+ * GStreamer Validate PadMonitor class.
+ *
+ * Class that wraps a #GstPad for Validate checks
+ */
+struct _GstValidatePadMonitor {
+  GstValidateMonitor 	 parent;
+
+  GstValidateElementMonitor *element_monitor;
+
+  gboolean       setup;
+  GstPad        *pad;
+
+  GstPadChainFunction chain_func;
+  GstPadEventFunction event_func;
+  GstPadGetRangeFunction getrange_func;
+  GstPadQueryFunction query_func;
+  GstPadActivateModeFunction activatemode_func;
+
+  gulong pad_probe_id;
+
+  /*< private >*/
+  /* Last caps pushed/received */
+  GstCaps *last_caps;
+  gboolean caps_is_audio;
+  gboolean caps_is_video;
+  gboolean caps_is_raw;
+
+  /* FIXME : Let's migrate all those booleans into a 32 (or 64) bit flag */
+  gboolean first_buffer;
+
+  gboolean has_segment;
+  gboolean is_eos;
+
+  gboolean pending_flush_stop;
+  guint32 pending_flush_stop_seqnum;
+  guint32 pending_flush_start_seqnum;
+  guint32 pending_newsegment_seqnum;
+  guint32 pending_eos_seqnum;
+
+  GstEvent *expected_segment;
+  GPtrArray *serialized_events;
+  GList *expired_events;
+
+  GstStructure *pending_setcaps_fields;
+
+  /* tracked data */
+  GstSegment segment;
+  GstClockTime current_timestamp;
+  GstClockTime current_duration;
+
+  GstFlowReturn last_flow_return;
+
+  /* Stores the timestamp range of data that has flown through
+   * this pad by using TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP+DURATION from
+   * incomming buffers. Every time a buffer is pushed, this range
+   * is extended.
+   *
+   * When a buffer is pushed, the timestamp range is checked against
+   * the outgoing timestamp to check it is in the received boundaries.
+   */
+  GstClockTime timestamp_range_start;
+  GstClockTime timestamp_range_end;
+
+  /* GstMediaCheck related fields */
+  GList *all_bufs;
+  /* The GstBuffer that should arrive next in a GList */
+  GList *current_buf;
+  gboolean check_buffers;
+};
+
+/**
+ * GstValidatePadMonitorClass:
+ * @parent_class: parent
+ *
+ * GStreamer Validate PadMonitor object class.
+ */
+struct _GstValidatePadMonitorClass {
+  GstValidateMonitorClass	parent_class;
+};
+
+/* normal GObject stuff */
+GType		gst_validate_pad_monitor_get_type		(void);
+
+GstValidatePadMonitor *   gst_validate_pad_monitor_new      (GstPad * pad, GstValidateRunner * runner, GstValidateElementMonitor *element_monitor);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_H__ */
+
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a2dbdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.c - Validate PipelineMonitor class
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "gst-validate-internal.h"
+#include "gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.h"
+#include "gst-validate-monitor-factory.h"
+
+#define PRINT_POSITION_TIMEOUT 250
+
+/**
+ * SECTION:gst-validate-pipeline-monitor
+ * @short_description: Class that wraps a #GstPipeline for Validate checks
+ *
+ * TODO
+ */
+
+enum
+{
+  PROP_LAST
+};
+
+#define gst_validate_pipeline_monitor_parent_class parent_class
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstValidatePipelineMonitor, gst_validate_pipeline_monitor,
+    GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR);
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pipeline_monitor_class_init (GstValidatePipelineMonitorClass *
+    klass)
+{
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pipeline_monitor_init (GstValidatePipelineMonitor *
+    pipeline_monitor)
+{
+}
+
+static gboolean
+print_position (GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  GstQuery *query;
+  gint64 position, duration;
+  GstElement *pipeline =
+      GST_ELEMENT (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT (monitor));
+
+  gdouble rate = 1.0;
+  GstFormat format = GST_FORMAT_TIME;
+
+  if (!gst_element_query_position (pipeline, format, &position)) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor, "Could not query position");
+
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  format = GST_FORMAT_TIME;
+  if (!gst_element_query_duration (pipeline, format, &duration)) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (monitor, "Could not query duration");
+
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  query = gst_query_new_segment (GST_FORMAT_DEFAULT);
+  if (gst_element_query (pipeline, query))
+    gst_query_parse_segment (query, &rate, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+  gst_query_unref (query);
+
+  gst_validate_printf (NULL,
+      "\r", GST_TIME_ARGS (position), GST_TIME_ARGS (duration),
+      rate);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void
+_bus_handler (GstBus * bus, GstMessage * message,
+    GstValidatePipelineMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  GError *err = NULL;
+  gchar *debug = NULL;
+
+  switch (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (message)) {
+    case GST_MESSAGE_ERROR:
+      gst_message_parse_error (message, &err, &debug);
+
+      if (g_error_matches (err, GST_CORE_ERROR, GST_CORE_ERROR_MISSING_PLUGIN)) {
+        GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (monitor, MISSING_PLUGIN,
+            "Error: %s -- Debug message: %s", err->message, debug);
+      } else {
+        GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (monitor, ERROR_ON_BUS,
+            "Got error: %s -- Debug message: %s", err->message, debug);
+      }
+      GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_LOCK (monitor);
+      monitor->got_error = TRUE;
+      GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_UNLOCK (monitor);
+      g_error_free (err);
+      g_free (debug);
+      break;
+    case GST_MESSAGE_WARNING:
+      gst_message_parse_warning (message, &err, &debug);
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (monitor, WARNING_ON_BUS,
+          "Got warning: %s -- Debug message: %s", err->message, debug);
+      g_error_free (err);
+      g_free (debug);
+      break;
+    case GST_MESSAGE_STATE_CHANGED:
+    {
+      if (GST_MESSAGE_SRC (message) == GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR (monitor)->target) {
+        GstState oldstate, newstate, pending;
+
+        gst_message_parse_state_changed (message, &oldstate, &newstate,
+            &pending);
+
+        if (oldstate == GST_STATE_READY && newstate == GST_STATE_PAUSED) {
+          monitor->print_pos_srcid =
+              g_timeout_add (PRINT_POSITION_TIMEOUT,
+              (GSourceFunc) print_position, monitor);
+        } else if (oldstate >= GST_STATE_PAUSED && newstate <= GST_STATE_READY) {
+          if (monitor->print_pos_srcid
+              && g_source_remove (monitor->print_pos_srcid))
+            monitor->print_pos_srcid = 0;
+          monitor->got_error = FALSE;
+        }
+      }
+
+      break;
+    }
+    case GST_MESSAGE_BUFFERING:
+    {
+      GstBufferingMode mode;
+      gint percent;
+
+      gst_message_parse_buffering (message, &percent);
+      gst_message_parse_buffering_stats (message, &mode, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+      if (percent == 100) {
+        /* a 100% message means buffering is done */
+        if (monitor->buffering) {
+          monitor->print_pos_srcid =
+              g_timeout_add (PRINT_POSITION_TIMEOUT,
+              (GSourceFunc) print_position, monitor);
+          monitor->buffering = FALSE;
+        }
+      } else {
+        /* buffering... */
+        if (!monitor->buffering) {
+          monitor->buffering = TRUE;
+          if (monitor->print_pos_srcid
+              && g_source_remove (monitor->print_pos_srcid))
+            monitor->print_pos_srcid = 0;
+        }
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_pipeline_monitor_create_scenarios (GstValidateBinMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  /* scenarios currently only make sense for pipelines */
+  const gchar *scenario_name;
+
+  if ((scenario_name = g_getenv ("GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO"))) {
+    gchar **scenario_v = g_strsplit (scenario_name, "->", 2);
+
+    if (scenario_v[1] && GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT (monitor)) {
+      if (!g_pattern_match_simple (scenario_v[1],
+              GST_OBJECT_NAME (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT (monitor)))) {
+        GST_INFO_OBJECT (monitor, "Not attaching to pipeline %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
+            " as not matching pattern %s",
+            GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT (monitor), scenario_v[1]);
+
+        g_strfreev (scenario_v);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    monitor->scenario =
+        gst_validate_scenario_factory_create (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_RUNNER
+        (monitor),
+        GST_ELEMENT_CAST (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT (monitor)),
+        scenario_v[0]);
+    g_strfreev (scenario_v);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_pipeline_monitor_new:
+ * @pipeline: (transfer-none): a #GstPipeline to run Validate on
+ */
+GstValidatePipelineMonitor *
+gst_validate_pipeline_monitor_new (GstPipeline * pipeline,
+    GstValidateRunner * runner, GstValidateMonitor * parent)
+{
+  GstBus *bus;
+  GstValidatePipelineMonitor *monitor =
+      g_object_new (GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR, "object",
+      pipeline, "validate-runner", runner, "validate-parent", parent, NULL);
+
+  if (GST_VALIDATE_MONITOR_GET_OBJECT (monitor) == NULL) {
+    g_object_unref (monitor);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_pipeline_monitor_create_scenarios (GST_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR
+      (monitor));
+
+  bus = gst_element_get_bus (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline));
+  gst_bus_enable_sync_message_emission (bus);
+  g_signal_connect (bus, "sync-message", (GCallback) _bus_handler, monitor);
+
+  gst_object_unref (bus);
+
+  return monitor;
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e50961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-pipeline-monitor.h - Validate PipelineMonitor class
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR_H__
+#define __GST_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR_H__
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR			(gst_validate_pipeline_monitor_get_type ())
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR(obj)              (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR))
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR_CLASS(klass)      (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR_GET_CLASS(obj)       (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR, GstValidatePipelineMonitorClass))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR(obj)			(G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR, GstValidatePipelineMonitor))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR_CLASS(klass)		(G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR, GstValidatePipelineMonitorClass))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR_CAST(obj)            ((GstValidatePipelineMonitor*)(obj))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR_CLASS_CAST(klass)    ((GstValidatePipelineMonitorClass*)(klass))
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR_GET_PIPELINE(m) (GST_PIPELINE_CAST (GST_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR_GET_ELEMENT (m)))
+
+typedef struct _GstValidatePipelineMonitor GstValidatePipelineMonitor;
+typedef struct _GstValidatePipelineMonitorClass GstValidatePipelineMonitorClass;
+
+/**
+ * GstValidatePipelineMonitor:
+ *
+ * GStreamer Validate PipelineMonitor class.
+ *
+ * Class that wraps a #GstPipeline for Validate checks
+ */
+struct _GstValidatePipelineMonitor {
+  GstValidateBinMonitor parent;
+
+  /*< private >*/
+  gulong element_added_id;
+  guint print_pos_srcid;
+  gboolean buffering;
+  gboolean got_error;
+};
+
+/**
+ * GstValidatePipelineMonitorClass:
+ * @parent_class: parent
+ *
+ * GStreamer Validate PipelineMonitor object class.
+ */
+struct _GstValidatePipelineMonitorClass {
+  GstValidateBinMonitorClass parent_class;
+};
+
+/* normal GObject stuff */
+GType		gst_validate_pipeline_monitor_get_type		(void);
+
+GstValidatePipelineMonitor *   gst_validate_pipeline_monitor_new      (GstPipeline * pipeline,
+    GstValidateRunner * runner, GstValidateMonitor * parent);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_VALIDATE_PIPELINE_MONITOR_H__ */
+
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16b1bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c
@@ -0,0 +1,891 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  Author: Thiago Sousa Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-monitor-report.c - Validate report/issues functions
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include               /* fprintf */
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include 
+#include "gst-validate-i18n-lib.h"
+#include "gst-validate-internal.h"
+
+#include "gst-validate-report.h"
+#include "gst-validate-reporter.h"
+#include "gst-validate-monitor.h"
+#include "gst-validate-scenario.h"
+
+static GstClockTime _gst_validate_report_start_time = 0;
+static GstValidateDebugFlags _gst_validate_flags = 0;
+static GHashTable *_gst_validate_issues = NULL;
+static FILE **log_files = NULL;
+
+
+GRegex *newline_regex = NULL;
+
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gst_validate_report_debug);
+#undef GST_CAT_DEFAULT
+#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_validate_report_debug
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_SHADOW_REPORTS_LOCK(r)			\
+  G_STMT_START {					\
+  (g_mutex_lock (&((GstValidateReport *) r)->shadow_reports_lock));		\
+  } G_STMT_END
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_SHADOW_REPORTS_UNLOCK(r)			\
+  G_STMT_START {					\
+  (g_mutex_unlock (&((GstValidateReport *) r)->shadow_reports_lock));		\
+  } G_STMT_END
+
+G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (GstValidateReport, gst_validate_report,
+    (GBoxedCopyFunc) gst_validate_report_ref,
+    (GBoxedFreeFunc) gst_validate_report_unref);
+
+static GstValidateIssue *
+gst_validate_issue_ref (GstValidateIssue * issue)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (issue != NULL, NULL);
+
+  g_atomic_int_inc (&issue->refcount);
+
+  return issue;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_issue_unref (GstValidateIssue * issue)
+{
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (g_atomic_int_dec_and_test (&issue->refcount))) {
+    g_free (issue->summary);
+    g_free (issue->description);
+
+    /* We are using an string array for area and name */
+    g_strfreev (&issue->area);
+
+    g_slice_free (GstValidateIssue, issue);
+  }
+}
+
+
+G_DEFINE_BOXED_TYPE (GstValidateIssue, gst_validate_issue,
+    (GBoxedCopyFunc) gst_validate_issue_ref,
+    (GBoxedFreeFunc) gst_validate_issue_unref);
+
+GstValidateIssueId
+gst_validate_issue_get_id (GstValidateIssue * issue)
+{
+  return issue->issue_id;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_issue_new:
+ * @issue_id: The ID of the issue, should be a GQuark
+ * @summary: A summary of the issue
+ * @description: A more complete of what the issue is about
+ * @default_level: The level at which the issue will be reported by default
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): The newly created #GstValidateIssue
+ */
+GstValidateIssue *
+gst_validate_issue_new (GstValidateIssueId issue_id, const gchar * summary,
+    const gchar * description, GstValidateReportLevel default_level)
+{
+  GstValidateIssue *issue = g_slice_new (GstValidateIssue);
+  gchar **area_name = g_strsplit (g_quark_to_string (issue_id), "::", 2);
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (area_name[0] != NULL && area_name[1] != 0 &&
+      area_name[2] == NULL, NULL);
+
+  issue->issue_id = issue_id;
+  issue->summary = g_strdup (summary);
+  issue->description = g_strdup (description);
+  issue->default_level = default_level;
+  issue->area = area_name[0];
+  issue->name = area_name[1];
+
+  g_free (area_name);
+  return issue;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_issue_set_default_level (GstValidateIssue * issue,
+    GstValidateReportLevel default_level)
+{
+  GST_INFO ("Setting issue %s::%s default level to %s",
+      issue->area, issue->name,
+      gst_validate_report_level_get_name (default_level));
+
+  issue->default_level = default_level;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_issue_register:
+ * @issue: (transfer none): The #GstValidateIssue to register
+ *
+ * Registers @issue in the issue type system
+ */
+void
+gst_validate_issue_register (GstValidateIssue * issue)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (g_hash_table_lookup (_gst_validate_issues,
+          (gpointer) gst_validate_issue_get_id (issue)) == NULL);
+
+  g_hash_table_insert (_gst_validate_issues,
+      (gpointer) gst_validate_issue_get_id (issue), issue);
+}
+
+#define REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE(lvl,id,sum,desc)			\
+  gst_validate_issue_register (gst_validate_issue_new (id, \
+						       sum, desc, GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_##lvl))
+static void
+gst_validate_report_load_issues (void)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (_gst_validate_issues == NULL);
+
+  _gst_validate_issues = g_hash_table_new_full (g_direct_hash, g_direct_equal,
+      NULL, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_issue_unref);
+
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, BUFFER_BEFORE_SEGMENT,
+      _("buffer was received before a segment"),
+      _("in push mode, a segment event must be received before a buffer"));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (ISSUE, BUFFER_IS_OUT_OF_SEGMENT,
+      _("buffer is out of the segment range"),
+      _("buffer being pushed is out of the current segment's start-stop "
+          " range. Meaning it is going to be discarded downstream without "
+          "any use"));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, BUFFER_TIMESTAMP_OUT_OF_RECEIVED_RANGE,
+      _("buffer timestamp is out of the received buffer timestamps' range"),
+      _("a buffer leaving an element should have its timestamps in the range "
+          "of the received buffers timestamps. i.e. If an element received "
+          "buffers with timestamps from 0s to 10s, it can't push a buffer with "
+          "with a 11s timestamp, because it doesn't have data for that"));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, WRONG_BUFFER,
+      _("Received buffer does not correspond to wanted one."),
+      _("When checking playback of a file against a MediaInfo file"
+          " all buffers coming into the decoders might be checked"
+          " and should have the exact expected metadatas and hash of the"
+          " content"));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, WRONG_FLOW_RETURN,
+      _("flow return from pad push doesn't match expected value"),
+      _("flow return from a 1:1 sink/src pad element is as simple as "
+          "returning what downstream returned. For elements that have multiple "
+          "src pads, flow returns should be properly combined"));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (ISSUE, BUFFER_AFTER_EOS,
+      _("buffer was received after EOS"),
+      _("a pad shouldn't receive any more buffers after it gets EOS"));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, FLOW_ERROR_WITHOUT_ERROR_MESSAGE,
+      _("GST_FLOW_ERROR returned without posting an ERROR on the bus"),
+      _("Element MUST post a GST_MESSAGE_ERROR with GST_ELEMENT_ERROR before"
+          " returning GST_FLOW_ERROR"));
+
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (ISSUE, CAPS_IS_MISSING_FIELD,
+      _("caps is missing a required field for its type"),
+      _("some caps types are expected to contain a set of basic fields. "
+          "For example, raw video should have 'width', 'height', 'framerate' "
+          "and 'pixel-aspect-ratio'"));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, CAPS_FIELD_HAS_BAD_TYPE,
+      _("caps field has an unexpected type"),
+      _("some common caps fields should always use the same expected types"));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, CAPS_EXPECTED_FIELD_NOT_FOUND,
+      _("caps expected field wasn't present"),
+      _("a field that should be present in the caps wasn't found. "
+          "Fields sets on a sink pad caps should be propagated downstream "
+          "when it makes sense to do so"));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, GET_CAPS_NOT_PROXYING_FIELDS,
+      _("getcaps function isn't proxying downstream fields correctly"),
+      _("elements should set downstream caps restrictions on its caps when "
+          "replying upstream's getcaps queries to avoid upstream sending data"
+          " in an unsupported format"));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, CAPS_FIELD_UNEXPECTED_VALUE,
+      _("a field in caps has an unexpected value"),
+      _("fields set on a sink pad should be propagated downstream via "
+          "set caps"));
+
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, EVENT_NEWSEGMENT_NOT_PUSHED,
+      _("new segment event wasn't propagated downstream"),
+      _("segments received from upstream should be pushed downstream"));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, SERIALIZED_EVENT_WASNT_PUSHED_IN_TIME,
+      _("a serialized event received should be pushed in the same 'time' "
+          "as it was received"),
+      _("serialized events should be pushed in the same order they are "
+          "received and serialized with buffers. If an event is received after"
+          " a buffer with timestamp end 'X', it should be pushed right after "
+          "buffers with timestamp end 'X'"));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (ISSUE, EOS_HAS_WRONG_SEQNUM,
+      _("EOS events that are part of the same pipeline 'operation' should "
+          "have the same seqnum"),
+      _("when events/messages are created from another event/message, "
+          "they should have their seqnums set to the original event/message "
+          "seqnum"));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (ISSUE, FLUSH_START_HAS_WRONG_SEQNUM,
+      _
+      ("FLUSH_START events that are part of the same pipeline 'operation' should "
+          "have the same seqnum"),
+      _("when events/messages are created from another event/message, "
+          "they should have their seqnums set to the original event/message "
+          "seqnum"));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (ISSUE, FLUSH_STOP_HAS_WRONG_SEQNUM,
+      _
+      ("FLUSH_STOP events that are part of the same pipeline 'operation' should "
+          "have the same seqnum"),
+      _("when events/messages are created from another event/message, "
+          "they should have their seqnums set to the original event/message "
+          "seqnum"));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (ISSUE, SEGMENT_HAS_WRONG_SEQNUM,
+      _("SEGMENT events that are part of the same pipeline 'operation' should "
+          "have the same seqnum"),
+      _("when events/messages are created from another event/message, "
+          "they should have their seqnums set to the original event/message "
+          "seqnum"));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, EVENT_SERIALIZED_OUT_OF_ORDER,
+      _("a serialized event received should be pushed in the same order "
+          "as it was received"),
+      _("serialized events should be pushed in the same order they are "
+          "received."));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, EVENT_NEW_SEGMENT_MISMATCH,
+      _("a new segment event has different value than the received one"),
+      _("when receiving a new segment, an element should push an equivalent"
+          "segment downstream"));
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, EVENT_FLUSH_START_UNEXPECTED,
+      _("received an unexpected flush start event"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, EVENT_FLUSH_STOP_UNEXPECTED,
+      _("received an unexpected flush stop event"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, EVENT_CAPS_DUPLICATE,
+      _("received the same caps twice"), NULL);
+
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, EVENT_SEEK_NOT_HANDLED,
+      _("seek event wasn't handled"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, EVENT_SEEK_RESULT_POSITION_WRONG,
+      _("position after a seek is wrong"), NULL);
+
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, EVENT_EOS_WITHOUT_SEGMENT,
+      _("EOS received without segment event before"),
+      _("A segment event should always be sent before data flow"
+          " EOS being some kind of data flow, there is no exception"
+          " in that regard"));
+
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE,
+      _("state change failed"), NULL);
+
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, FILE_SIZE_INCORRECT,
+      _("resulting file size wasn't within the expected values"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, FILE_DURATION_INCORRECT,
+      _("resulting file duration wasn't within the expected values"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, FILE_SEEKABLE_INCORRECT,
+      _("resulting file wasn't seekable or not seekable as expected"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, FILE_PROFILE_INCORRECT,
+      _("resulting file stream profiles didn't match expected values"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (ISSUE, FILE_TAG_DETECTION_INCORRECT,
+      _("detected tags are different than expected ones"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, FILE_NO_STREAM_ID,
+      _("the discoverer found a stream that had no stream ID"), NULL);
+
+
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, ALLOCATION_FAILURE,
+      _("a memory allocation failed during Validate run"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, MISSING_PLUGIN,
+      _("a gstreamer plugin is missing and prevented Validate from running"),
+      NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, WARNING_ON_BUS,
+      _("We got a WARNING message on the bus"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, ERROR_ON_BUS,
+      _("We got an ERROR message on the bus"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, QUERY_POSITION_SUPERIOR_DURATION,
+      _("Query position reported a value superior than what query duration "
+          "returned"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, QUERY_POSITION_OUT_OF_SEGMENT,
+      _("Query position reported a value outside of the current expected "
+          "segment"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, SCENARIO_NOT_ENDED,
+      _("All the actions were not executed before the program stopped"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, SCENARIO_FILE_MALFORMED,
+      _("The scenario file was malformed"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, SCENARIO_ACTION_EXECUTION_ERROR,
+      _("The execution of an action did not properly happen"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (ISSUE, SCENARIO_ACTION_EXECUTION_ISSUE,
+      _("An issue happend during the execution of a scenario"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, G_LOG_WARNING, _("We got a g_log warning"),
+      NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, G_LOG_CRITICAL,
+      _("We got a g_log critical issue"), NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (ISSUE, G_LOG_ISSUE, _("We got a g_log issue"), NULL);
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_report_init (void)
+{
+  const gchar *var, *file_env;
+  const GDebugKey keys[] = {
+    {"fatal_criticals", GST_VALIDATE_FATAL_CRITICALS},
+    {"fatal_warnings", GST_VALIDATE_FATAL_WARNINGS},
+    {"fatal_issues", GST_VALIDATE_FATAL_ISSUES},
+    {"print_issues", GST_VALIDATE_PRINT_ISSUES},
+    {"print_warnings", GST_VALIDATE_PRINT_WARNINGS},
+    {"print_criticals", GST_VALIDATE_PRINT_CRITICALS}
+  };
+
+  GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_validate_report_debug, "gstvalidatereport",
+      GST_DEBUG_FG_YELLOW, "Gst validate reporting");
+
+  if (_gst_validate_report_start_time == 0) {
+    _gst_validate_report_start_time = gst_util_get_timestamp ();
+
+    /* init the debug flags */
+    var = g_getenv ("GST_VALIDATE");
+    if (var && strlen (var) > 0) {
+      _gst_validate_flags =
+          g_parse_debug_string (var, keys, G_N_ELEMENTS (keys));
+    }
+
+    gst_validate_report_load_issues ();
+  }
+
+  file_env = g_getenv ("GST_VALIDATE_FILE");
+  if (file_env != NULL && *file_env != '\0') {
+    gint i;
+    gchar **wanted_files;
+    wanted_files = g_strsplit (file_env, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S, 0);
+
+    /* FIXME: Make sure it is freed in the deinit function when that is
+     * implemented */
+    log_files =
+        g_malloc0 (sizeof (FILE *) * (g_strv_length (wanted_files) + 1));
+    for (i = 0; i < g_strv_length (wanted_files); i++) {
+      FILE *log_file;
+
+      if (g_strcmp0 (wanted_files[i], "stderr") == 0) {
+        log_file = stderr;
+      } else if (g_strcmp0 (wanted_files[i], "stdout") == 0)
+        log_file = stdout;
+      else {
+        log_file = g_fopen (wanted_files[i], "w");
+      }
+
+      if (log_file == NULL) {
+        g_printerr ("Could not open log file '%s' for writing: %s\n", file_env,
+            g_strerror (errno));
+        log_file = stderr;
+      }
+
+      log_files[i] = log_file;
+    }
+
+    g_strfreev (wanted_files);
+  } else {
+    log_files = g_malloc0 (sizeof (FILE *) * 2);
+    log_files[0] = stdout;
+  }
+
+#ifndef GST_DISABLE_GST_DEBUG
+  if (!newline_regex)
+    newline_regex =
+        g_regex_new ("\n", G_REGEX_OPTIMIZE | G_REGEX_MULTILINE, 0, NULL);
+#endif
+}
+
+GstValidateIssue *
+gst_validate_issue_from_id (GstValidateIssueId issue_id)
+{
+  return g_hash_table_lookup (_gst_validate_issues, (gpointer) issue_id);
+}
+
+/* TODO how are these functions going to work with extensions */
+const gchar *
+gst_validate_report_level_get_name (GstValidateReportLevel level)
+{
+  switch (level) {
+    case GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL:
+      return "critical";
+    case GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING:
+      return "warning";
+    case GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_ISSUE:
+      return "issue";
+    case GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_IGNORE:
+      return "ignore";
+    default:
+      return "unknown";
+  }
+}
+
+GstValidateReportLevel
+gst_validate_report_level_from_name (const gchar * issue_name)
+{
+  if (g_strcmp0 (issue_name, "critical") == 0)
+    return GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL;
+
+  else if (g_strcmp0 (issue_name, "warning") == 0)
+    return GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING;
+
+  else if (g_strcmp0 (issue_name, "issue") == 0)
+    return GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_ISSUE;
+
+  else if (g_strcmp0 (issue_name, "ignore") == 0)
+    return GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_IGNORE;
+
+  return GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_UNKNOWN;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_validate_report_should_print (GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  if ((!(_gst_validate_flags & GST_VALIDATE_PRINT_ISSUES) &&
+          !(_gst_validate_flags & GST_VALIDATE_PRINT_WARNINGS) &&
+          !(_gst_validate_flags & GST_VALIDATE_PRINT_CRITICALS))) {
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  if ((report->level <= GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_ISSUE &&
+          _gst_validate_flags & GST_VALIDATE_PRINT_ISSUES) ||
+      (report->level <= GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING &&
+          _gst_validate_flags & GST_VALIDATE_PRINT_WARNINGS) ||
+      (report->level <= GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL &&
+          _gst_validate_flags & GST_VALIDATE_PRINT_CRITICALS)) {
+
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_validate_report_check_abort (GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  if ((report->level <= GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_ISSUE &&
+          _gst_validate_flags & GST_VALIDATE_FATAL_ISSUES) ||
+      (report->level <= GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING &&
+          _gst_validate_flags & GST_VALIDATE_FATAL_WARNINGS) ||
+      (report->level <= GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL &&
+          _gst_validate_flags & GST_VALIDATE_FATAL_CRITICALS)) {
+
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+GstValidateIssueId
+gst_validate_report_get_issue_id (GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  return gst_validate_issue_get_id (report->issue);
+}
+
+GstValidateReport *
+gst_validate_report_new (GstValidateIssue * issue,
+    GstValidateReporter * reporter, const gchar * message)
+{
+  GstValidateReport *report = g_slice_new0 (GstValidateReport);
+
+  report->refcount = 1;
+  report->issue = issue;
+  report->reporter = reporter;  /* TODO should we ref? */
+  report->message = g_strdup (message);
+  g_mutex_init (&report->shadow_reports_lock);
+  report->timestamp =
+      gst_util_get_timestamp () - _gst_validate_report_start_time;
+  report->level = issue->default_level;
+  report->reporting_level = GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_UNKNOWN;
+
+  return report;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_report_unref (GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (report != NULL);
+
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (g_atomic_int_dec_and_test (&report->refcount))) {
+    g_free (report->message);
+    g_list_free_full (report->shadow_reports,
+        (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+    g_list_free_full (report->repeated_reports,
+        (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+    g_mutex_clear (&report->shadow_reports_lock);
+    g_slice_free (GstValidateReport, report);
+  }
+}
+
+GstValidateReport *
+gst_validate_report_ref (GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (report != NULL, NULL);
+
+  g_atomic_int_inc (&report->refcount);
+
+  return report;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_printf (gpointer source, const gchar * format, ...)
+{
+  va_list var_args;
+
+  va_start (var_args, format);
+  gst_validate_printf_valist (source, format, var_args);
+  va_end (var_args);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_append_value (GQuark field_id, const GValue * value, GString * string)
+{
+  gchar *val_str = NULL;
+
+  if (g_strcmp0 (g_quark_to_string (field_id), "sub-action") == 0)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  if (G_VALUE_TYPE (value) == GST_TYPE_CLOCK_TIME)
+    val_str = g_strdup_printf ("%" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (g_value_get_uint64 (value)));
+  else
+    val_str = gst_value_serialize (value);
+
+  g_string_append (string, g_quark_to_string (field_id));
+  g_string_append_len (string, "=", 1);
+  g_string_append (string, val_str);
+  g_string_append_len (string, " ", 1);
+
+  g_free (val_str);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_print_action:
+ * @action: (allow-none): The source object to log
+ * @message: The message to print out in the GstValidate logging system
+ *
+ * Print @message to the GstValidate logging system
+ */
+void
+gst_validate_print_action (GstValidateAction * action, const gchar * message)
+{
+  GString *string = NULL;
+
+  if (message == NULL) {
+    gint nrepeats;
+
+    string = g_string_new (NULL);
+
+    if (gst_validate_action_is_subaction (action))
+      g_string_append_printf (string, "(subaction)");
+
+    if (gst_structure_get_int (action->structure, "repeat", &nrepeats))
+      g_string_append_printf (string, "(%d/%d)", action->repeat, nrepeats);
+
+    g_string_append_printf (string, " %s",
+        gst_structure_get_name (action->structure));
+
+    g_string_append_len (string, ": ", 2);
+    gst_structure_foreach (action->structure,
+        (GstStructureForeachFunc) _append_value, string);
+    g_string_append_len (string, "\n", 1);
+    message = string->str;
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_printf (action, "%s", message);
+
+  if (string)
+    g_string_free (string, TRUE);
+}
+
+static void
+print_action_parametter (GString * string, GstValidateActionType * type,
+    GstValidateActionParameter * param)
+{
+  gint nw = 0;
+
+  gchar *desc, *tmp;
+  gchar *param_head = g_strdup_printf ("    %s", param->name);
+  gchar *tmp_head = g_strdup_printf ("\n %-30s : %s",
+      param_head, "something");
+
+
+  while (tmp_head[nw] != ':')
+    nw++;
+
+  g_free (tmp_head);
+
+  tmp = g_strdup_printf ("\n%*s", nw + 1, " ");
+
+  if (g_strcmp0 (param->description, "")) {
+    desc =
+        g_regex_replace (newline_regex, param->description,
+        -1, 0, tmp, 0, NULL);
+  } else {
+    desc = g_strdup_printf ("No description");
+  }
+
+  g_string_append_printf (string, "\n %-30s : %s", param_head, desc);
+  g_free (desc);
+
+  if (param->possible_variables) {
+    gchar *tmp1 = g_strdup_printf ("\n%*s", nw + 4, " ");
+    desc =
+        g_regex_replace (newline_regex,
+        param->possible_variables, -1, 0, tmp1, 0, NULL);
+    g_string_append_printf (string, "%sPossible variables:%s%s", tmp,
+        tmp1, desc);
+
+    g_free (tmp1);
+  }
+
+  if (param->types) {
+    gchar *tmp1 = g_strdup_printf ("\n%*s", nw + 4, " ");
+    desc = g_regex_replace (newline_regex, param->types, -1, 0, tmp1, 0, NULL);
+    g_string_append_printf (string, "%sPossible types:%s%s", tmp, tmp1, desc);
+
+    g_free (tmp1);
+  }
+
+  if (!param->mandatory) {
+    g_string_append_printf (string, "%sDefault: %s", tmp, param->def);
+  }
+
+  g_string_append_printf (string, "%s%s", tmp,
+      param->mandatory ? "Mandatory." : "Optional.");
+
+  g_free (tmp);
+  g_free (param_head);
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_printf_valist (gpointer source, const gchar * format, va_list args)
+{
+  gint i;
+  GString *string = g_string_new (NULL);
+
+  if (source) {
+    if (*(GType *) source == GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_ACTION) {
+      GstValidateAction *action = (GstValidateAction *) source;
+
+      if (_action_check_and_set_printed (action))
+        goto out;
+
+      g_string_printf (string, "Executing ");
+
+    } else if (*(GType *) source == GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE) {
+      gint i;
+      gchar *desc, *tmp;
+      gboolean has_parameters = FALSE;
+
+      GstValidateActionParameter playback_time_param = {
+        .name = "playback-time",
+        .description =
+            "The playback time at which the action " "will be executed",
+        .mandatory = FALSE,
+        .types = "double,string",
+        .possible_variables =
+            "position: The current position in the stream\n"
+            "duration: The duration of the stream",
+        .def = "0.0"
+      };
+
+      GstValidateActionType *type = GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE (source);
+
+      g_string_printf (string, "\nAction type:");
+      g_string_append_printf (string, "\n  Name: %s", type->name);
+      g_string_append_printf (string, "\n  Implementer namespace: %s",
+          type->implementer_namespace);
+
+      if (IS_CONFIG_ACTION_TYPE (type->flags))
+        g_string_append_printf (string,
+            "\n    Is config action (meaning it will be executing right "
+            "at the begining of the execution of the pipeline)");
+
+
+      tmp = g_strdup_printf ("\n    ");
+      desc =
+          g_regex_replace (newline_regex, type->description, -1, 0, tmp, 0,
+          NULL);
+      g_string_append_printf (string, "\n\n  Description: \n    %s", desc);
+      g_free (desc);
+      g_free (tmp);
+
+      if (!IS_CONFIG_ACTION_TYPE (type->flags))
+        print_action_parametter (string, type, &playback_time_param);
+
+      if (type->parameters) {
+        has_parameters = TRUE;
+        g_string_append_printf (string, "\n\n  Parametters:");
+        for (i = 0; type->parameters[i].name; i++) {
+          print_action_parametter (string, type, &type->parameters[i]);
+        }
+
+      }
+
+      if ((type->flags & GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_CAN_BE_OPTIONAL)) {
+        has_parameters = TRUE;
+        g_string_append_printf (string, "\n     %-26s : %s", "optional",
+            "Don't raise an error if this action hasn't been executed of failed");
+        g_string_append_printf (string, "\n     %-28s %s", "",
+            "Possible types:");
+        g_string_append_printf (string, "\n     %-31s %s", "", "boolean");
+        g_string_append_printf (string, "\n     %-28s %s", "",
+            "Default: false");
+      }
+
+      if (!has_parameters)
+        g_string_append_printf (string, "\n\n  No Parameters");
+    } else if (GST_IS_VALIDATE_REPORTER (source) &&
+        gst_validate_reporter_get_name (source)) {
+      g_string_printf (string, "\n%s --> ",
+          gst_validate_reporter_get_name (source));
+    } else if (GST_IS_OBJECT (source)) {
+      g_string_printf (string, "\n%s --> ", GST_OBJECT_NAME (source));
+    } else if (G_IS_OBJECT (source)) {
+      g_string_printf (string, "\n<%s@%p> --> ", G_OBJECT_TYPE_NAME (source),
+          source);
+    }
+  }
+
+  g_string_append_vprintf (string, format, args);
+
+  if (!newline_regex)
+    newline_regex =
+        g_regex_new ("\n", G_REGEX_OPTIMIZE | G_REGEX_MULTILINE, 0, NULL);
+
+#ifndef GST_DISABLE_GST_DEBUG
+  {
+    gchar *str;
+
+    str = g_regex_replace (newline_regex, string->str, string->len, 0,
+        "", 0, NULL);
+
+    if (source)
+      GST_INFO ("%s", str);
+    else
+      GST_DEBUG ("%s", str);
+
+    g_free (str);
+  }
+#endif
+
+  for (i = 0; log_files[i]; i++) {
+    fprintf (log_files[i], "%s", string->str);
+    fflush (log_files[i]);
+  }
+
+out:
+  g_string_free (string, TRUE);
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_validate_report_set_master_report (GstValidateReport * report,
+    GstValidateReport * master_report)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+  gboolean add_shadow_report = TRUE;
+
+  if (master_report->reporting_level >= GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_MONITOR)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  report->master_report = master_report;
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_SHADOW_REPORTS_LOCK (master_report);
+  for (tmp = master_report->shadow_reports; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    GstValidateReport *shadow_report = (GstValidateReport *) tmp->data;
+    if (report->reporter == shadow_report->reporter) {
+      add_shadow_report = FALSE;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  if (add_shadow_report)
+    master_report->shadow_reports =
+        g_list_append (master_report->shadow_reports,
+        gst_validate_report_ref (report));
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_SHADOW_REPORTS_UNLOCK (master_report);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_report_print_level (GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  gst_validate_printf (NULL, "%10s : %s\n",
+      gst_validate_report_level_get_name (report->level),
+      report->issue->summary);
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_report_print_detected_on (GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+
+  gst_validate_printf (NULL, "%*s Detected on <%s",
+      12, "", gst_validate_reporter_get_name (report->reporter));
+  for (tmp = report->shadow_reports; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    GstValidateReport *shadow_report = (GstValidateReport *) tmp->data;
+    gst_validate_printf (NULL, ", %s",
+        gst_validate_reporter_get_name (shadow_report->reporter));
+  }
+  gst_validate_printf (NULL, ">\n");
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_report_print_details (GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  if (report->message)
+    gst_validate_printf (NULL, "%*s Details : %s\n", 12, "", report->message);
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_report_print_description (GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  if (report->issue->description)
+    gst_validate_printf (NULL, "%*s Description : %s\n", 12, "",
+        report->issue->description);
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_report_printf (GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+
+  gst_validate_report_print_level (report);
+  gst_validate_report_print_detected_on (report);
+  gst_validate_report_print_details (report);
+
+  for (tmp = report->repeated_reports; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    gst_validate_report_print_details (report);
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_report_print_description (report);
+  gst_validate_printf (NULL, "\n");
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_report_set_reporting_level (GstValidateReport * report,
+    GstValidateReportingDetails level)
+{
+  report->reporting_level = level;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_report_add_repeated_report (GstValidateReport * report,
+    GstValidateReport * repeated_report)
+{
+  report->repeated_reports =
+      g_list_append (report->repeated_reports,
+      gst_validate_report_ref (repeated_report));
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..807a217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Thiago Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-monitor-report.h - Validate Element report structures and functions
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_H__
+#define __GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_H__
+
+#include 
+
+typedef struct _GstValidateReport GstValidateReport;
+typedef guintptr GstValidateIssueId;
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include "gst-validate-types.h"
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+GType           gst_validate_report_get_type (void);
+#define GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_REPORT (gst_validate_report_get_type ())
+
+typedef enum {
+  GST_VALIDATE_FATAL_DEFAULT = 0,
+  GST_VALIDATE_FATAL_ISSUES = 1 << 0,
+  GST_VALIDATE_FATAL_WARNINGS = 1 << 1,
+  GST_VALIDATE_FATAL_CRITICALS = 1 << 2,
+  GST_VALIDATE_PRINT_ISSUES = 1 << 3,
+  GST_VALIDATE_PRINT_WARNINGS = 1 << 4,
+  GST_VALIDATE_PRINT_CRITICALS = 1 << 5
+} GstValidateDebugFlags;
+
+typedef enum {
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL,
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING,
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_ISSUE,
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_IGNORE,
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_UNKNOWN,
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_NUM_ENTRIES,
+} GstValidateReportLevel;
+
+#define _QUARK g_quark_from_static_string
+
+#define BUFFER_BEFORE_SEGMENT                    _QUARK("buffer::before-segment")
+#define BUFFER_IS_OUT_OF_SEGMENT                 _QUARK("buffer::is-out-of-segment")
+#define BUFFER_TIMESTAMP_OUT_OF_RECEIVED_RANGE   _QUARK("buffer::timestamp-out-of-received-range")
+#define WRONG_FLOW_RETURN                        _QUARK("buffer::wrong-flow-return")
+#define BUFFER_AFTER_EOS                         _QUARK("buffer::after-eos")
+#define WRONG_BUFFER                             _QUARK("buffer::not-expected-one")
+#define FLOW_ERROR_WITHOUT_ERROR_MESSAGE         _QUARK("buffer::flow-error-without-error-message")
+
+#define CAPS_IS_MISSING_FIELD                    _QUARK("caps::is-missing-field")
+#define CAPS_FIELD_HAS_BAD_TYPE                  _QUARK("caps::field-has-bad-type")
+#define CAPS_EXPECTED_FIELD_NOT_FOUND            _QUARK("caps::expected-field-not-found")
+#define GET_CAPS_NOT_PROXYING_FIELDS             _QUARK("caps::not-proxying-fields")
+#define CAPS_FIELD_UNEXPECTED_VALUE              _QUARK("caps::field-unexpected-value")
+
+#define EVENT_NEWSEGMENT_NOT_PUSHED              _QUARK("event::newsegment-not-pushed")
+#define SERIALIZED_EVENT_WASNT_PUSHED_IN_TIME    _QUARK("event::serialized-event-wasnt-pushed-in-time")
+
+#define EOS_HAS_WRONG_SEQNUM                    _QUARK("event::eos-has-wrong-seqnum")
+#define FLUSH_START_HAS_WRONG_SEQNUM            _QUARK("event::flush-start-has-wrong-seqnum")
+#define FLUSH_STOP_HAS_WRONG_SEQNUM             _QUARK("event::flush-stop-has-wrong-seqnum")
+#define SEGMENT_HAS_WRONG_SEQNUM                _QUARK("event::segment-has-wrong-seqnum")
+
+
+#define EVENT_SERIALIZED_OUT_OF_ORDER            _QUARK("event::serialized-out-of-order")
+#define EVENT_NEW_SEGMENT_MISMATCH               _QUARK("event::segment-mismatch")
+#define EVENT_FLUSH_START_UNEXPECTED             _QUARK("event::flush-start-unexpected")
+#define EVENT_FLUSH_STOP_UNEXPECTED              _QUARK("event::flush-stop-unexpected")
+#define EVENT_CAPS_DUPLICATE                     _QUARK("event::caps-duplicate")
+#define EVENT_SEEK_NOT_HANDLED                   _QUARK("event::seek-not-handled")
+#define EVENT_SEEK_RESULT_POSITION_WRONG         _QUARK("event::seek-result-position-wrong")
+#define EVENT_EOS_WITHOUT_SEGMENT                _QUARK("event::eos-without-segment")
+
+#define STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE                     _QUARK("state::change-failure")
+
+#define FILE_NO_STREAM_ID                        _QUARK("file-checking::no-stream-id")
+#define FILE_TAG_DETECTION_INCORRECT             _QUARK("file-checking::tag-detection-incorrect")
+#define FILE_SIZE_INCORRECT                      _QUARK("file-checking::size-incorrect")
+#define FILE_DURATION_INCORRECT                  _QUARK("file-checking::duration-incorrect")
+#define FILE_SEEKABLE_INCORRECT                  _QUARK("file-checking::seekable-incorrect")
+#define FILE_PROFILE_INCORRECT                   _QUARK("file-checking::profile-incorrect")
+
+#define ALLOCATION_FAILURE                       _QUARK("runtime::allocation-failure")
+#define MISSING_PLUGIN                           _QUARK("runtime::missing-plugin")
+#define WARNING_ON_BUS                           _QUARK("runtime::warning-on-bus")
+#define ERROR_ON_BUS                             _QUARK("runtime::error-on-bus")
+
+#define QUERY_POSITION_SUPERIOR_DURATION         _QUARK("query::position-superior-duration")
+#define QUERY_POSITION_OUT_OF_SEGMENT            _QUARK("query::position-out-of-segment")
+
+#define SCENARIO_NOT_ENDED                       _QUARK("scenario::not-ended")
+#define SCENARIO_FILE_MALFORMED                  _QUARK("scenario::malformed")
+#define SCENARIO_ACTION_EXECUTION_ERROR          _QUARK("scenario::execution-error")
+#define SCENARIO_ACTION_EXECUTION_ISSUE          _QUARK("scenario::execution-issue")
+
+#define G_LOG_ISSUE                              _QUARK("g-log::issue")
+#define G_LOG_WARNING                            _QUARK("g-log::warning")
+#define G_LOG_CRITICAL                           _QUARK("g-log::critical")
+
+typedef struct {
+  GstValidateIssueId issue_id;
+
+  /* Summary: one-liner translatable description of the issue */
+  gchar *summary;
+  /* description: multi-line translatable description of:
+  * * what the issue is (and why it's an issue)
+  * * what the source problem could be
+  * * pointers to fixing the issue
+  */
+  gchar *description;
+
+  /* The name of the area of issue
+   * this one is in */
+  gchar *area;
+  /*  The name of the issue type */
+  gchar *name;
+
+  /* default_level: The default level of severity for this
+  * issue. */
+  GstValidateReportLevel default_level;
+
+  gint    refcount;
+
+  gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
+
+} GstValidateIssue;
+
+GType           gst_validate_issue_get_type (void);
+
+struct _GstValidateReport {
+  gint    refcount;
+
+  /* issue: The issue this report corresponds to (to get description, summary,...) */
+  GstValidateIssue *issue;
+
+  GstValidateReportLevel level;
+
+  /* The reporter that reported the issue (to get names, info, ...) */
+  GstValidateReporter *reporter;
+
+  /* timestamp: The time at which this issue happened since
+   * the process start (to stay in sync with gst logging) */
+  GstClockTime timestamp;
+  
+  /* message: issue-specific message. Gives more detail on the actual
+   * issue. Can be NULL */
+  gchar *message;
+
+  /* When reporter->intercept_report returns KEEP, the report is not
+   * added to the runner. It can be added as a "shadow_report" to
+   * the upstream report, which is tracked by the runner. */
+  GMutex shadow_reports_lock;
+  GstValidateReport *master_report;
+  GList *shadow_reports;
+
+  /* Lists the reports that were repeated inside the same reporter */
+  GList *repeated_reports;
+
+  GstValidateReportingDetails reporting_level;
+
+  gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
+};
+
+void gst_validate_report_add_message (GstValidateReport *report,
+    const gchar *message);
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_ISSUE_FORMAT G_GUINTPTR_FORMAT " (%s) : %s: %s"
+#define GST_VALIDATE_ISSUE_ARGS(i) gst_validate_issue_get_id (i), \
+                                   gst_validate_report_level_get_name (i->default_level), \
+                                   i->area, \
+                                   i->summary
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_ERROR_REPORT_PRINT_FORMAT GST_TIME_FORMAT " <%s>: %" GST_VALIDATE_ISSUE_FORMAT ": %s"
+#define GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_PRINT_ARGS(r) GST_TIME_ARGS (r->timestamp), \
+                                    gst_validate_reporter_get_name (r->reporter), \
+                                    GST_VALIDATE_ISSUE_ARGS (r->issue), \
+                                    r->message
+void               gst_validate_report_init (void);
+GstValidateIssue  *gst_validate_issue_from_id (GstValidateIssueId issue_id);
+GstValidateIssueId gst_validate_issue_get_id (GstValidateIssue * issue);
+void               gst_validate_issue_register (GstValidateIssue * issue);
+GstValidateIssue  *gst_validate_issue_new (GstValidateIssueId issue_id, const gchar * summary,
+					   const gchar * description,
+					   GstValidateReportLevel default_level);
+void gst_validate_issue_set_default_level (GstValidateIssue *issue,
+                                           GstValidateReportLevel default_level);
+
+GstValidateReport *gst_validate_report_new (GstValidateIssue * issue,
+              GstValidateReporter * reporter,
+              const gchar * message);
+void               gst_validate_report_unref (GstValidateReport * report);
+GstValidateReport *gst_validate_report_ref   (GstValidateReport * report);
+
+GstValidateIssueId gst_validate_report_get_issue_id (GstValidateReport * report);
+
+gboolean           gst_validate_report_check_abort (GstValidateReport * report);
+void               gst_validate_report_printf (GstValidateReport * report);
+void               gst_validate_report_print_level (GstValidateReport *report);
+void               gst_validate_report_print_detected_on (GstValidateReport *report);
+void               gst_validate_report_print_details (GstValidateReport *report);
+void               gst_validate_report_print_description (GstValidateReport *report);
+
+const gchar *      gst_validate_report_level_get_name (GstValidateReportLevel level);
+
+void               gst_validate_printf        (gpointer source,
+                                               const gchar      * format,
+                                               ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (2, 3) G_GNUC_NO_INSTRUMENT;
+void               gst_validate_print_action  (GstValidateAction *action, const gchar * message);
+void               gst_validate_printf_valist (gpointer source,
+                                               const gchar      * format,
+                                               va_list            args) G_GNUC_NO_INSTRUMENT;
+gboolean gst_validate_report_should_print (GstValidateReport * report);
+gboolean gst_validate_report_set_master_report(GstValidateReport *report, GstValidateReport *master_report);
+void gst_validate_report_set_reporting_level (GstValidateReport *report, GstValidateReportingDetails level);
+void gst_validate_report_add_repeated_report (GstValidateReport *report, GstValidateReport *repeated_report);
+GstValidateReportLevel gst_validate_report_level_from_name (const gchar *issue_name);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_H__ */
+
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a34476d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.c
@@ -0,0 +1,408 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-reporter.c
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+/**
+ * SECTION:gst-validate-reporter
+ * @short_description: A #GInterface that allows #GObject to be used as originator of
+ * issues in the GstValidate reporting system
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "gst-validate-internal.h"
+#include "gst-validate-reporter.h"
+#include "gst-validate-report.h"
+
+#define REPORTER_PRIVATE "gst-validate-reporter-private"
+
+typedef struct _GstValidateReporterPrivate
+{
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+  GHashTable *reports;
+  char *name;
+  guint log_handler_id;
+  GMutex reports_lock;
+} GstValidateReporterPrivate;
+
+static GstValidateReporterPrivate *g_log_handler = NULL;
+
+G_DEFINE_INTERFACE (GstValidateReporter, gst_validate_reporter, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
+
+static void
+gst_validate_reporter_default_init (GstValidateReporterInterface * iface)
+{
+  g_object_interface_install_property (iface,
+      g_param_spec_object ("validate-runner", "Validate Runner",
+          "The Validate runner to " "report errors to",
+          GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_RUNNER,
+          G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY | G_PARAM_READWRITE));
+}
+
+static void
+_free_priv (GstValidateReporterPrivate * priv)
+{
+
+  if (g_log_handler == priv) {
+    g_log_set_default_handler (g_log_default_handler, NULL);
+    g_log_handler = NULL;
+  }
+
+  g_hash_table_unref (priv->reports);
+  g_free (priv->name);
+  g_mutex_clear (&priv->reports_lock);
+  g_slice_free (GstValidateReporterPrivate, priv);
+}
+
+static GstValidateReporterPrivate *
+gst_validate_reporter_get_priv (GstValidateReporter * reporter)
+{
+  GstValidateReporterPrivate *priv;
+
+  priv = g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (reporter), REPORTER_PRIVATE);
+
+  if (priv == NULL) {
+    priv = g_slice_new0 (GstValidateReporterPrivate);
+    priv->reports = g_hash_table_new_full (g_direct_hash,
+        g_direct_equal, NULL, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+
+    g_mutex_init (&priv->reports_lock);
+    g_object_set_data_full (G_OBJECT (reporter), REPORTER_PRIVATE, priv,
+        (GDestroyNotify) _free_priv);
+  }
+
+  return priv;
+}
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORTS_LOCK(r)			\
+  G_STMT_START {					\
+  (g_mutex_lock (&gst_validate_reporter_get_priv(GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_CAST(r))->reports_lock));		\
+  } G_STMT_END
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORTS_UNLOCK(r)			\
+  G_STMT_START {					\
+  (g_mutex_unlock (&gst_validate_reporter_get_priv(GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_CAST(r))->reports_lock));		\
+  } G_STMT_END
+
+static GstValidateInterceptionReturn
+gst_validate_reporter_intercept_report (GstValidateReporter * reporter,
+    GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  GstValidateInterceptionReturn ret = GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORT;
+  GstValidateReporterInterface *iface =
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_GET_INTERFACE (reporter);
+
+  if (iface->intercept_report) {
+    ret = iface->intercept_report (reporter, report);
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+GstValidateReportingDetails
+gst_validate_reporter_get_reporting_level (GstValidateReporter * reporter)
+{
+  GstValidateReportingDetails ret = GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_UNKNOWN;
+  GstValidateReporterInterface *iface =
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_GET_INTERFACE (reporter);
+
+  if (iface->get_reporting_level) {
+    ret = iface->get_reporting_level (reporter);
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+GstValidateReport *
+gst_validate_reporter_get_report (GstValidateReporter * reporter,
+    GstValidateIssueId issue_id)
+{
+  GstValidateReport *report;
+  GstValidateReporterPrivate *priv = gst_validate_reporter_get_priv (reporter);
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORTS_LOCK (reporter);
+  report = g_hash_table_lookup (priv->reports, (gconstpointer) issue_id);
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORTS_UNLOCK (reporter);
+
+  return report;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_report_valist (GstValidateReporter * reporter,
+    GstValidateIssueId issue_id, const gchar * format, va_list var_args)
+{
+  GstValidateReport *report, *prev_report;
+  gchar *message, *combo;
+  va_list vacopy;
+  GstValidateIssue *issue;
+  GstValidateReporterPrivate *priv = gst_validate_reporter_get_priv (reporter);
+  GstValidateInterceptionReturn int_ret;
+
+  issue = gst_validate_issue_from_id (issue_id);
+
+  g_return_if_fail (issue != NULL);
+  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_VALIDATE_REPORTER (reporter));
+
+  G_VA_COPY (vacopy, var_args);
+  message = g_strdup_vprintf (format, vacopy);
+  report = gst_validate_report_new (issue, reporter, message);
+
+#ifndef GST_DISABLE_GST_DEBUG
+  combo =
+      g_strdup_printf ("<%s> %" GST_VALIDATE_ISSUE_FORMAT " : %s", priv->name,
+      GST_VALIDATE_ISSUE_ARGS (issue), format);
+  G_VA_COPY (vacopy, var_args);
+  if (report->level == GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL) {
+    gst_debug_log_valist (GST_CAT_DEFAULT, GST_LEVEL_ERROR, __FILE__,
+        GST_FUNCTION, __LINE__, NULL, combo, vacopy);
+  } else if (report->level == GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING)
+    gst_debug_log_valist (GST_CAT_DEFAULT, GST_LEVEL_WARNING, __FILE__,
+        GST_FUNCTION, __LINE__, NULL, combo, vacopy);
+  else if (report->level == GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_ISSUE)
+    gst_debug_log_valist (GST_CAT_DEFAULT, GST_LEVEL_LOG, __FILE__,
+        GST_FUNCTION, __LINE__, (GObject *) NULL, combo, vacopy);
+  else
+    gst_debug_log_valist (GST_CAT_DEFAULT, GST_LEVEL_DEBUG, __FILE__,
+        GST_FUNCTION, __LINE__, NULL, combo, vacopy);
+  g_free (combo);
+#endif
+
+  int_ret = gst_validate_reporter_intercept_report (reporter, report);
+
+  if (int_ret == GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_DROP) {
+    gst_validate_report_unref (report);
+    goto done;
+  }
+
+  prev_report = g_hash_table_lookup (priv->reports, (gconstpointer) issue_id);
+
+  if (prev_report) {
+    GstValidateReportingDetails reporter_level =
+        gst_validate_reporter_get_reporting_level (reporter);
+    GstValidateReportingDetails runner_level = GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_UNKNOWN;
+
+    if (priv->runner)
+      runner_level =
+          gst_validate_runner_get_default_reporting_level (priv->runner);
+
+    if (reporter_level == GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_ALL ||
+        (runner_level == GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_ALL &&
+            reporter_level == GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_UNKNOWN))
+      gst_validate_report_add_repeated_report (prev_report, report);
+
+    gst_validate_report_unref (report);
+    goto done;
+  }
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORTS_LOCK (reporter);
+  g_hash_table_insert (priv->reports, (gpointer) issue_id, report);
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORTS_UNLOCK (reporter);
+
+  if (priv->runner && int_ret == GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORT) {
+    gst_validate_runner_add_report (priv->runner, report);
+  }
+
+  if (gst_validate_report_check_abort (report)) {
+    if (priv->runner)
+      gst_validate_runner_printf (priv->runner);
+
+    g_error ("Fatal report received: %" GST_VALIDATE_ERROR_REPORT_PRINT_FORMAT,
+        GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_PRINT_ARGS (report));
+  }
+
+done:
+  g_free (message);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_reporter_g_log_func (const gchar * log_domain,
+    GLogLevelFlags log_level, const gchar * message,
+    GstValidateReporter * reporter)
+{
+  if (log_level & G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL)
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (reporter, G_LOG_CRITICAL, "%s", message);
+  else if (log_level & G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING)
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (reporter, G_LOG_WARNING, "%s", message);
+  else
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (reporter, G_LOG_ISSUE, "%s", message);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_report:
+ * @report: The source of the new report
+ * @issue_id: The #GstValidateIssueId of the issue
+ * @format: The format of the message describing the issue in a printf
+ *       format followed by the parametters.
+ *
+ * Reports a new issue in the GstValidate reporting system with @m
+ * as the source of that issue.
+ *
+ * You can also use #GST_VALIDATE_REPORT instead.
+ */
+void
+gst_validate_report (GstValidateReporter * reporter,
+    GstValidateIssueId issue_id, const gchar * format, ...)
+{
+  va_list var_args;
+
+  va_start (var_args, format);
+  gst_validate_report_valist (reporter, issue_id, format, var_args);
+  va_end (var_args);
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_reporter_report_simple (GstValidateReporter * reporter,
+    GstValidateIssueId issue_id, const gchar * message)
+{
+  gst_validate_report (reporter, issue_id, "%s", message);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_reporter_set_name:
+ * @reporter: The reporter to set the name on
+ * @name: (transfer full): The name of the reporter
+ *
+ * Sets @ name on @reporter
+ */
+void
+gst_validate_reporter_set_name (GstValidateReporter * reporter, gchar * name)
+{
+  GstValidateReporterPrivate *priv = gst_validate_reporter_get_priv (reporter);
+
+  if (priv->name)
+    g_free (priv->name);
+
+  priv->name = name;
+}
+
+const gchar *
+gst_validate_reporter_get_name (GstValidateReporter * reporter)
+{
+  GstValidateReporterPrivate *priv = gst_validate_reporter_get_priv (reporter);
+
+  return priv->name;
+}
+
+GstValidateRunner *
+gst_validate_reporter_get_runner (GstValidateReporter * reporter)
+{
+  GstValidateReporterPrivate *priv = gst_validate_reporter_get_priv (reporter);
+
+  return priv->runner;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_reporter_set_runner (GstValidateReporter * reporter,
+    GstValidateRunner * runner)
+{
+  GstValidateReporterPrivate *priv = gst_validate_reporter_get_priv (reporter);
+
+  priv->runner = runner;
+
+  g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (reporter), "validate-runner");
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_reporter_set_handle_g_logs:
+ * @reporter: The #GstValidateReporter to set has the handler for g_log
+ *
+ * Set @reporter has the 'source' of any g_log happening during the
+ * execution. Usually the monitor of the first #GstPipeline is used
+ * to handle g_logs.
+ *
+ * Basically this function is used in order to start tracking any
+ * issue reported with g_log in the process into GstValidate report
+ * in the GstValidate reporting system.
+ */
+void
+gst_validate_reporter_set_handle_g_logs (GstValidateReporter * reporter)
+{
+  g_log_set_default_handler ((GLogFunc) gst_validate_reporter_g_log_func,
+      reporter);
+
+  g_log_set_handler ("GStreamer",
+      G_LOG_LEVEL_MASK, (GLogFunc) gst_validate_reporter_g_log_func, reporter);
+
+  g_log_set_handler ("GLib",
+      G_LOG_LEVEL_MASK, (GLogFunc) gst_validate_reporter_g_log_func, reporter);
+
+
+  g_log_set_handler ("GLib-GObject",
+      G_LOG_LEVEL_MASK, (GLogFunc) gst_validate_reporter_g_log_func, reporter);
+
+  g_log_handler = gst_validate_reporter_get_priv (reporter);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_reporter_get_reports:
+ * @reporter: a #GstValidateReporter
+ *
+ * Get the list of reports present in the reporter.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full) (element-type GstValidateReport): the list of
+ * #GstValidateReport present in the reporter.
+ * The caller should unref each report once it is done with them.
+ */
+GList *
+gst_validate_reporter_get_reports (GstValidateReporter * reporter)
+{
+  GstValidateReporterPrivate *priv;
+  GList *reports, *tmp;
+  GList *ret = NULL;
+
+  priv = g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (reporter), REPORTER_PRIVATE);
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORTS_LOCK (reporter);
+  reports = g_hash_table_get_values (priv->reports);
+  for (tmp = reports; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    ret =
+        g_list_append (ret,
+        gst_validate_report_ref ((GstValidateReport *) (tmp->data)));
+  }
+  g_list_free (reports);
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORTS_UNLOCK (reporter);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_reporter_get_reports_count:
+ * @reporter: a #GstValidateReporter
+ *
+ * Get the number of reports present in the reporter.
+ *
+ * Returns: the number of reports currently present in @reporter.
+ */
+gint
+gst_validate_reporter_get_reports_count (GstValidateReporter * reporter)
+{
+  GstValidateReporterPrivate *priv;
+  gint ret;
+
+  priv = g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (reporter), REPORTER_PRIVATE);
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORTS_LOCK (reporter);
+  ret = g_hash_table_size (priv->reports);
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORTS_UNLOCK (reporter);
+
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..108a273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+#ifndef _GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_
+#define _GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_
+
+typedef struct _GstValidateReporter GstValidateReporter;
+typedef struct _GstValidateReporterInterface GstValidateReporterInterface;
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* GstValidateReporter interface declarations */
+#define GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_REPORTER                (gst_validate_reporter_get_type ())
+#define GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER(obj)                (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_REPORTER, GstValidateReporter))
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_REPORTER(obj)             (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_REPORTER))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_GET_INTERFACE(inst) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_INTERFACE ((inst), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_REPORTER, GstValidateReporterInterface))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_CAST(obj)           ((GstValidateReporter *) obj)
+
+/**
+ * GST_VALIDATE_REPORT:
+ * @m: The #GstValidateReporter where the issue happened
+ * @issue_id: The #GstValidateIssueId of the issue
+ * @...: The format of the message describing the issue in a printf
+ *       format, followed by the parametters.
+ *
+ * Reports a new issue in the GstValidate reporting system with @m
+ * as the source of that issue.
+ */
+#ifdef G_HAVE_ISO_VARARGS
+#define GST_VALIDATE_REPORT(m, issue_id, ...)				\
+  G_STMT_START {							\
+    gst_validate_report (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (m),			\
+			 issue_id,		\
+			 __VA_ARGS__ );					\
+  } G_STMT_END
+
+#else /* G_HAVE_GNUC_VARARGS */
+#ifdef G_HAVE_GNUC_VARARGS
+#define GST_VALIDATE_REPORT(m, issue_id, args...)			\
+  G_STMT_START {							\
+    gst_validate_report (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (m),			\
+			 issue_id, ##args );	\
+  } G_STMT_END
+#endif /* G_HAVE_ISO_VARARGS */
+#endif /* G_HAVE_GNUC_VARARGS */
+GType gst_validate_reporter_get_type (void);
+
+/**
+ * GstValidateInterceptionReturn:
+ * @GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_DROP: The report will be completely ignored.
+ * @GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_KEEP: The report will be kept by the reporter,
+ *                              but not reported to the runner.
+ * @GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORT: The report will be kept by the reporter
+ *                                and reported to the runner.
+ */
+typedef enum
+{
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_DROP,
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_KEEP,
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORT
+} GstValidateInterceptionReturn;
+
+/**
+ * GstValidateReporter:
+ */
+struct _GstValidateReporterInterface
+{
+  GTypeInterface parent;
+
+    GstValidateInterceptionReturn (*intercept_report) (GstValidateReporter *
+      reporter, GstValidateReport * report);
+    GstValidateReportingDetails (*get_reporting_level) (GstValidateReporter *
+      reporter);
+};
+
+void gst_validate_reporter_set_name            (GstValidateReporter * reporter,
+                                          gchar * name);
+const gchar * gst_validate_reporter_get_name            (GstValidateReporter * reporter);
+GstValidateRunner * gst_validate_reporter_get_runner (GstValidateReporter *reporter);
+void gst_validate_reporter_init                (GstValidateReporter * reporter, const gchar *name);
+void gst_validate_report                       (GstValidateReporter * reporter, GstValidateIssueId issue_id,
+                                          const gchar * format, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (3, 4) G_GNUC_NO_INSTRUMENT;
+void gst_validate_report_valist                (GstValidateReporter * reporter, GstValidateIssueId issue_id,
+                                          const gchar * format, va_list var_args);
+void
+gst_validate_reporter_report_simple (GstValidateReporter * reporter, GstValidateIssueId issue_id,
+                                          const gchar * message);
+
+void gst_validate_reporter_set_runner          (GstValidateReporter * reporter, GstValidateRunner *runner);
+void gst_validate_reporter_set_handle_g_logs   (GstValidateReporter * reporter);
+GstValidateReport * gst_validate_reporter_get_report (GstValidateReporter *reporter,
+                                                      GstValidateIssueId issue_id);
+GList * gst_validate_reporter_get_reports (GstValidateReporter * reporter);
+gint gst_validate_reporter_get_reports_count (GstValidateReporter *reporter);
+GstValidateReportingDetails gst_validate_reporter_get_reporting_level (GstValidateReporter *reporter);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+#endif /* _GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_ */
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afbcb9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.c
@@ -0,0 +1,531 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  Author: Thiago Sousa Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-runner.c - Validate Runner class
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "gst-validate-internal.h"
+#include "gst-validate-report.h"
+#include "gst-validate-monitor-factory.h"
+#include "gst-validate-override-registry.h"
+#include "gst-validate-runner.h"
+
+/**
+ * SECTION:gst-validate-runner
+ * @short_description: Class that runs Gst Validate tests for a pipeline
+ *
+ * Allows you to test a pipeline within GstValidate. It is the object where
+ * all issue reporting is done.
+ *
+ * In the tools using GstValidate the only minimal code to be able to monitor
+ * your pipelines is:
+ *
+ * |[
+ *  GstPipeline *pipeline = gst_pipeline_new ("monitored-pipeline");
+ *  GstValidateRunner *runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+ *  GstValidateMonitor *monitor = gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (
+ *          GST_OBJECT (pipeline), runner, NULL);
+ *
+ *  // Run the pipeline and do whatever you want with it
+ *
+ *  // In that same order
+ *  gst_object_unref (pipeline);
+ *  gst_object_unref (runner);
+ *  gst_object_unref (monitor);
+ * ]|
+ */
+
+struct _GstValidateRunnerPrivate
+{
+  GMutex mutex;
+  GList *reports;
+  GstValidateReportingDetails default_level;
+  GHashTable *reports_by_type;
+
+  /* A list of PatternLevel */
+  GList *report_pattern_levels;
+};
+
+/* Describes the reporting level to apply to a name pattern */
+typedef struct _PatternLevel
+{
+  GPatternSpec *pattern;
+  GstValidateReportingDetails level;
+} PatternLevel;
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_LOCK(r)			\
+  G_STMT_START {					\
+  GST_LOG_OBJECT (r, "About to lock %p", &GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_CAST(r)->priv->mutex); \
+  (g_mutex_lock (&GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_CAST(r)->priv->mutex));		\
+  GST_LOG_OBJECT (r, "Acquired lock %p", &GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_CAST(r)->priv->mutex); \
+  } G_STMT_END
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_UNLOCK(r)			\
+  G_STMT_START {					\
+  GST_LOG_OBJECT (r, "About to unlock %p", &GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_CAST(r)->priv->mutex); \
+  (g_mutex_unlock (&GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_CAST(r)->priv->mutex));		\
+  GST_LOG_OBJECT (r, "Released lock %p", &GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_CAST(r)->priv->mutex); \
+  } G_STMT_END
+
+#define gst_validate_runner_parent_class parent_class
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstValidateRunner, gst_validate_runner, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
+
+/* signals */
+enum
+{
+  REPORT_ADDED_SIGNAL,
+  STOPPING_SIGNAL,
+  /* add more above */
+  LAST_SIGNAL
+};
+
+static guint _signals[LAST_SIGNAL] = { 0 };
+
+static gboolean
+_parse_reporting_level (gchar * str, GstValidateReportingDetails * level)
+{
+  if (!str)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  /* works in place */
+  g_strstrip (str);
+
+  if (g_ascii_isdigit (str[0])) {
+    unsigned long l;
+    char *endptr;
+    l = strtoul (str, &endptr, 10);
+    if (endptr > str && endptr[0] == 0) {
+      *level = (GstValidateReportingDetails) l;
+    } else {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+  } else if (g_ascii_strcasecmp (str, "none") == 0) {
+    *level = GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_NONE;
+  } else if (g_ascii_strcasecmp (str, "synthetic") == 0) {
+    *level = GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_SYNTHETIC;
+  } else if (g_ascii_strcasecmp (str, "subchain") == 0) {
+    *level = GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_SUBCHAIN;
+  } else if (g_ascii_strcasecmp (str, "monitor") == 0) {
+    *level = GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_MONITOR;
+  } else if (g_ascii_strcasecmp (str, "all") == 0) {
+    *level = GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_ALL;
+  } else
+    return FALSE;
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void
+_free_report_pattern_level (PatternLevel * pattern_level)
+{
+  g_pattern_spec_free (pattern_level->pattern);
+  g_free (pattern_level);
+}
+
+static void
+_set_reporting_level_for_name (GstValidateRunner * runner,
+    const gchar * pattern, GstValidateReportingDetails level)
+{
+  PatternLevel *pattern_level = g_malloc (sizeof (PatternLevel));
+  GPatternSpec *pattern_spec = g_pattern_spec_new (pattern);
+
+  pattern_level->pattern = pattern_spec;
+  pattern_level->level = level;
+
+  /* Allow the user to single out a pad with the "element-name__pad-name" syntax
+   */
+  if (g_strrstr (pattern, "__"))
+    runner->priv->report_pattern_levels =
+        g_list_prepend (runner->priv->report_pattern_levels, pattern_level);
+  else
+    runner->priv->report_pattern_levels =
+        g_list_append (runner->priv->report_pattern_levels, pattern_level);
+}
+
+static void
+_replace_double_colons (gchar * word)
+{
+  while (word) {
+    word = strstr (word, "::");
+    if (word) {
+      word[0] = '_';
+      word[1] = '_';
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+_set_report_levels_from_string (GstValidateRunner * self, const gchar * list)
+{
+  gchar **split;
+  gchar **walk;
+
+  g_assert (list);
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (self, "setting report levels from string [%s]", list);
+
+  split = g_strsplit (list, ",", 0);
+
+  for (walk = split; *walk; walk++) {
+    _replace_double_colons (*walk);
+    if (strchr (*walk, ':')) {
+      gchar **values = g_strsplit (*walk, ":", 2);
+
+      if (values[0] && values[1]) {
+        GstValidateReportingDetails level;
+
+        if (_parse_reporting_level (values[1], &level))
+          _set_reporting_level_for_name (self, values[0], level);
+      }
+
+      g_strfreev (values);
+    } else {
+      GstValidateReportingDetails level;
+
+      if (_parse_reporting_level (*walk, &level))
+        self->priv->default_level = level;
+    }
+  }
+
+  g_strfreev (split);
+}
+
+static void
+_init_report_levels (GstValidateRunner * self)
+{
+  const gchar *env;
+
+  env = g_getenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS");
+  if (env)
+    _set_report_levels_from_string (self, env);
+}
+
+static void
+_unref_report_list (gpointer unused, GList * reports, gpointer unused_too)
+{
+  g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_runner_dispose (GObject * object)
+{
+  GstValidateRunner *runner = GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_CAST (object);
+
+  g_list_free_full (runner->priv->reports,
+      (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+  g_list_free_full (runner->priv->report_pattern_levels,
+      (GDestroyNotify) _free_report_pattern_level);
+
+  g_mutex_clear (&runner->priv->mutex);
+
+  g_hash_table_foreach (runner->priv->reports_by_type, (GHFunc)
+      _unref_report_list, NULL);
+  g_hash_table_destroy (runner->priv->reports_by_type);
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->dispose (object);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_runner_class_init (GstValidateRunnerClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *gobject_class;
+
+  gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+
+  gobject_class->dispose = gst_validate_runner_dispose;
+
+  g_type_class_add_private (klass, sizeof (GstValidateRunnerPrivate));
+
+  _signals[REPORT_ADDED_SIGNAL] =
+      g_signal_new ("report-added", G_TYPE_FROM_CLASS (klass),
+      G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, G_TYPE_NONE, 1,
+      GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_REPORT);
+
+  _signals[STOPPING_SIGNAL] =
+      g_signal_new ("stopping", G_TYPE_FROM_CLASS (klass), G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST, 0,
+      NULL, NULL, NULL, G_TYPE_NONE, 0);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_runner_init (GstValidateRunner * runner)
+{
+  runner->priv = G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE (runner, GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_RUNNER,
+      GstValidateRunnerPrivate);
+  g_mutex_init (&runner->priv->mutex);
+
+  runner->priv->reports_by_type = g_hash_table_new (g_direct_hash,
+      g_direct_equal);
+
+  runner->priv->default_level = GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_DEFAULT;
+  _init_report_levels (runner);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_runner_new:
+ *
+ * Create a new #GstValidateRunner
+ *
+ * Returns: A newly created #GstValidateRunner
+ */
+GstValidateRunner *
+gst_validate_runner_new (void)
+{
+  return g_object_new (GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_RUNNER, NULL);
+}
+
+/*
+ * gst_validate_runner_get_default_reporting_level:
+ *
+ * Returns: the default #GstValidateReportingDetails used to output a report.
+ */
+GstValidateReportingDetails
+gst_validate_runner_get_default_reporting_level (GstValidateRunner * runner)
+{
+  return runner->priv->default_level;
+}
+
+/*
+ * gst_validate_runner_get_reporting_level_for_name:
+ *
+ * Returns: the #GstValidateReportingDetails that will be applied for a given name.
+ * If no pattern was set for such a name, this function will return
+ * #GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_UNKNOWN, and reporting for that name will
+ * default to the global reporting level.
+ */
+GstValidateReportingDetails
+gst_validate_runner_get_reporting_level_for_name (GstValidateRunner * runner,
+    const gchar * name)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+
+  for (tmp = runner->priv->report_pattern_levels; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    PatternLevel *pattern_level = (PatternLevel *) tmp->data;
+    if (g_pattern_match_string (pattern_level->pattern, name))
+      return pattern_level->level;
+  }
+
+  return GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_UNKNOWN;
+}
+
+static void
+synthesize_reports (GstValidateRunner * runner, GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  GstValidateIssueId issue_id;
+  GList *reports;
+
+  issue_id = report->issue->issue_id;
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_LOCK (runner);
+  reports =
+      g_hash_table_lookup (runner->priv->reports_by_type,
+      (gconstpointer) issue_id);
+  reports = g_list_append (reports, gst_validate_report_ref (report));
+  g_hash_table_insert (runner->priv->reports_by_type, (gpointer) issue_id,
+      reports);
+  GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_UNLOCK (runner);
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_runner_add_report (GstValidateRunner * runner,
+    GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  GstValidateReportingDetails reporter_level =
+      gst_validate_reporter_get_reporting_level (report->reporter);
+
+  /* Let's use our own reporting strategy */
+  if (reporter_level == GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_UNKNOWN) {
+    gst_validate_report_set_reporting_level (report,
+        runner->priv->default_level);
+    switch (runner->priv->default_level) {
+      case GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_NONE:
+        return;
+      case GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_SYNTHETIC:
+        synthesize_reports (runner, report);
+        return;
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_LOCK (runner);
+  runner->priv->reports =
+      g_list_append (runner->priv->reports, gst_validate_report_ref (report));
+  GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_UNLOCK (runner);
+
+  g_signal_emit (runner, _signals[REPORT_ADDED_SIGNAL], 0, report);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_runner_get_reports_count:
+ * @runner: The $GstValidateRunner to get the number of report from
+ *
+ * Get the number of reports present in the runner:
+ *
+ * Returns: The number of report present in the runner.
+ */
+guint
+gst_validate_runner_get_reports_count (GstValidateRunner * runner)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+  guint l;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (runner != NULL, 0);
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_LOCK (runner);
+  l = g_list_length (runner->priv->reports);
+  for (tmp = runner->priv->reports; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
+    l += g_list_length (((GstValidateReport *) tmp->data)->repeated_reports);
+  l += g_hash_table_size (runner->priv->reports_by_type);
+  GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_UNLOCK (runner);
+
+  return l;
+}
+
+GList *
+gst_validate_runner_get_reports (GstValidateRunner * runner)
+{
+  GList *ret;
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_LOCK (runner);
+  ret =
+      g_list_copy_deep (runner->priv->reports,
+      (GCopyFunc) gst_validate_report_ref, NULL);
+  GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_UNLOCK (runner);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static GList *
+_do_report_synthesis (GstValidateRunner * runner)
+{
+  GHashTableIter iter;
+  GList *reports, *tmp;
+  gpointer key, value;
+  GList *criticals = NULL;
+
+  g_hash_table_iter_init (&iter, runner->priv->reports_by_type);
+  while (g_hash_table_iter_next (&iter, &key, &value)) {
+    GstValidateReport *report;
+    reports = (GList *) value;
+
+    if (!reports)
+      continue;
+
+    report = (GstValidateReport *) (reports->data);
+    gst_validate_report_print_level (report);
+    gst_validate_report_print_detected_on (report);
+
+    if (report->level == GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL)
+      criticals = g_list_append (criticals, report);
+
+    for (tmp = g_list_next (reports); tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+      report = (GstValidateReport *) (tmp->data);
+      gst_validate_report_print_detected_on (report);
+
+      if (report->level == GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL)
+        criticals = g_list_append (criticals, report);
+    }
+    report = (GstValidateReport *) (reports->data);
+    gst_validate_report_print_description (report);
+    gst_validate_printf (NULL, "\n");
+  }
+
+  return criticals;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_runner_printf:
+ * @runner: The #GstValidateRunner to print all the reports for
+ *
+ * Prints all the report on the terminal or on wherever set
+ * in the #GST_VALIDATE_FILE env variable.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 if no critical error has been found and 18 if a critical
+ * error has been detected. That return value is usually to be used as
+ * exit code of the application.
+ */
+int
+gst_validate_runner_printf (GstValidateRunner * runner)
+{
+  GList *reports, *tmp;
+  int ret = 0;
+  GList *criticals = NULL;
+
+  criticals = _do_report_synthesis (runner);
+  reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+  for (tmp = reports; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    GstValidateReport *report = tmp->data;
+
+    if (gst_validate_report_should_print (report))
+      gst_validate_report_printf (report);
+
+    if (report->level == GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL) {
+      criticals = g_list_append (criticals, tmp->data);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (criticals) {
+    GList *iter;
+
+    g_printerr ("\n\n==== Got criticals, Return value set to 18 ====\n");
+    ret = 18;
+
+    for (iter = criticals; iter; iter = iter->next) {
+      g_printerr ("     Critical error %s\n",
+          ((GstValidateReport *) (iter->data))->message);
+    }
+    g_printerr ("\n");
+  }
+
+  g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+  g_list_free (criticals);
+  gst_validate_printf (NULL, "Issues found: %u\n",
+      gst_validate_runner_get_reports_count (runner));
+  return ret;
+}
+
+int
+gst_validate_runner_exit (GstValidateRunner * runner, gboolean print_result)
+{
+  gint ret = 0;
+
+  g_signal_emit (runner, _signals[STOPPING_SIGNAL], 0);
+
+  if (print_result) {
+    ret = gst_validate_runner_printf (runner);
+  } else {
+    GList *tmp;
+
+    for (tmp = runner->priv->reports; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+      GstValidateReport *report = tmp->data;
+
+      if (report->level == GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL)
+        ret = 18;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c9b31d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-runner.h
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Thiago Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-runner.h - Validate Runner class
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_H__
+#define __GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_H__
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+typedef struct _GstValidateRunner GstValidateRunner;
+typedef struct _GstValidateRunnerClass GstValidateRunnerClass;
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_RUNNER			(gst_validate_runner_get_type ())
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_RUNNER(obj)		        (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_RUNNER))
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_RUNNER_CLASS(klass)	        (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_RUNNER))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_GET_CLASS(obj)	        (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_RUNNER, GstValidateRunnerClass))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER(obj)			(G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_RUNNER, GstValidateRunner))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_CLASS(klass)		(G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_RUNNER, GstValidateRunnerClass))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_CAST(obj)                 ((GstValidateRunner*)(obj))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_CLASS_CAST(klass)         ((GstValidateRunnerClass*)(klass))
+
+typedef struct _GstValidateRunnerPrivate GstValidateRunnerPrivate;
+
+/**
+ * GstValidateRunner:
+ *
+ * GStreamer Validate Runner class.
+ *
+ * Class that manages a Validate test run for some pipeline
+ */
+struct _GstValidateRunner {
+  GObject 	 object;
+
+  /*  */
+  GstValidateRunnerPrivate *priv;
+};
+
+/**
+ * GstValidateRunnerClass:
+ * @parent_class: parent
+ *
+ * GStreamer Validate Runner object class.
+ */
+struct _GstValidateRunnerClass {
+  GObjectClass	parent_class;
+};
+
+/* normal GObject stuff */
+GType		gst_validate_runner_get_type		(void);
+
+GstValidateRunner *   gst_validate_runner_new               (void);
+
+void            gst_validate_runner_add_report  (GstValidateRunner * runner, GstValidateReport * report);
+
+guint           gst_validate_runner_get_reports_count (GstValidateRunner * runner);
+GList *         gst_validate_runner_get_reports (GstValidateRunner * runner);
+
+int             gst_validate_runner_printf (GstValidateRunner * runner);
+int             gst_validate_runner_exit (GstValidateRunner * runner, gboolean print_result);
+
+GstValidateReportingDetails gst_validate_runner_get_default_reporting_level (GstValidateRunner *runner);
+GstValidateReportingDetails gst_validate_runner_get_reporting_level_for_name (GstValidateRunner *runner,
+                                                                            const gchar *name);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_VALIDATE_RUNNER_H__ */
+
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc4a06a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3511 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  Author: Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-scenario.c - Validate Scenario class
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+/**
+ * SECTION:gst-validate-scenario
+ * @short_description: A GstValidateScenario represents a set of actions to be executed on a pipeline.
+ *
+ * A #GstValidateScenario represents the scenario that will be executed on a #GstPipeline.
+ * It is basically an ordered list of #GstValidateAction that will be executed during the
+ * execution of the pipeline.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include "gst-validate-internal.h"
+#include "gst-validate-scenario.h"
+#include "gst-validate-reporter.h"
+#include "gst-validate-report.h"
+#include "gst-validate-utils.h"
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_GET_PRIVATE(o) \
+  (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE ((o), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_SCENARIO, GstValidateScenarioPrivate))
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_SUFFIX ".scenario"
+#define GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_DIRECTORY "scenarios"
+
+#define DEFAULT_SEEK_TOLERANCE (1 * GST_MSECOND)        /* tolerance seek interval
+                                                           TODO make it overridable  */
+
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gst_validate_scenario_debug);
+#undef GST_CAT_DEFAULT
+#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_validate_scenario_debug
+
+#define REGISTER_ACTION_TYPE(_tname, _function, _params, _desc, _is_config) G_STMT_START { \
+  gst_validate_register_action_type ((_tname), "core", (_function), (_params), (_desc), (_is_config)); \
+} G_STMT_END
+
+#define SCENARIO_LOCK(scenario) (g_mutex_lock(&scenario->priv->lock))
+#define SCENARIO_UNLOCK(scenario) (g_mutex_unlock(&scenario->priv->lock))
+enum
+{
+  PROP_0,
+  PROP_RUNNER,
+  PROP_HANDLES_STATE,
+  PROP_EXECUTE_ON_IDLE,
+  PROP_LAST
+};
+
+enum
+{
+  DONE,
+  LAST_SIGNAL
+};
+
+static guint scenario_signals[LAST_SIGNAL] = { 0 };
+
+static GList *action_types = NULL;
+static void gst_validate_scenario_dispose (GObject * object);
+static void gst_validate_scenario_finalize (GObject * object);
+static GstValidateActionType *_find_action_type (const gchar * type_name);
+
+static GPrivate main_thread_priv;
+
+/* GstValidateScenario is not really thread safe and
+ * everything should be done from the thread GstValidate
+ * was inited from, unless stated otherwize.
+ */
+struct _GstValidateScenarioPrivate
+{
+  GstBus *bus;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+  gboolean execute_on_idle;
+
+  GMutex lock;
+
+  GList *actions;
+  GList *interlaced_actions;    /* MT safe. Protected with SCENARIO_LOCK */
+  GList *on_addition_actions;   /* MT safe. Protected with SCENARIO_LOCK */
+
+  /*  List of action that need parsing when reaching ASYNC_DONE
+   *  most probably to be able to query duration */
+  GList *needs_parsing;
+
+  GstEvent *last_seek;
+  GstSeekFlags seek_flags;
+  GstClockTime segment_start;
+  GstClockTime segment_stop;
+  GstClockTime seek_pos_tol;
+
+  /* If we seeked in paused the position should be exactly what
+   * the seek value was (if accurate) */
+  gboolean seeked_in_pause;
+
+  guint num_actions;
+
+  gboolean handles_state;
+
+  guint execute_actions_source_id;      /* MT safe. Protect with SCENARIO_LOCK */
+  guint wait_id;
+  guint signal_handler_id;
+
+  /* Name of message the wait action is waiting for */
+  const gchar *message_type;
+
+  gboolean buffering;
+
+  gboolean got_eos;
+  gboolean changing_state;
+  GstState target_state;
+
+  GList *overrides;
+
+  GstStructure *description;
+};
+
+typedef struct KeyFileGroupName
+{
+  GKeyFile *kf;
+  gchar *group_name;
+} KeyFileGroupName;
+
+static GstValidateInterceptionReturn
+gst_validate_scenario_intercept_report (GstValidateReporter * reporter,
+    GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+
+  for (tmp = GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO (reporter)->priv->overrides; tmp;
+      tmp = tmp->next) {
+    report->level =
+        gst_validate_override_get_severity (tmp->data,
+        gst_validate_issue_get_id (report->issue), report->level);
+  }
+
+  return GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER_REPORT;
+}
+
+static void
+_reporter_iface_init (GstValidateReporterInterface * iface)
+{
+  iface->intercept_report = gst_validate_scenario_intercept_report;
+}
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GstValidateScenario, gst_validate_scenario,
+    G_TYPE_OBJECT, G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_REPORTER,
+        _reporter_iface_init));
+
+/* GstValidateAction implementation */
+GType _gst_validate_action_type;
+
+struct _GstValidateActionPrivate
+{
+  GstStructure *main_structure;
+  GstValidateExecuteActionReturn state; /* Actually ActionState */
+  gboolean printed;
+  gboolean executing_last_subaction;
+  gboolean optional;
+};
+
+GST_DEFINE_MINI_OBJECT_TYPE (GstValidateAction, gst_validate_action);
+static GstValidateAction *gst_validate_action_new (GstValidateScenario *
+    scenario, GstValidateActionType * type);
+static gboolean execute_next_action (GstValidateScenario * scenario);
+
+static GstValidateAction *
+_action_copy (GstValidateAction * act)
+{
+  GstValidateAction *copy = gst_validate_action_new (act->scenario,
+      _find_action_type (act->type));
+
+  if (act->structure) {
+    copy->structure = gst_structure_copy (act->structure);
+    copy->type = gst_structure_get_name (copy->structure);
+    if (!(act->name = gst_structure_get_string (copy->structure, "name")))
+      act->name = "";
+  }
+
+  if (act->priv->main_structure)
+    copy->priv->main_structure = gst_structure_copy (act->priv->main_structure);
+
+  copy->action_number = act->action_number;
+  copy->playback_time = act->playback_time;
+
+  return copy;
+}
+
+static void
+_action_free (GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  if (action->structure)
+    gst_structure_free (action->structure);
+
+  if (action->priv->main_structure)
+    gst_structure_free (action->priv->main_structure);
+
+  if (action->scenario)
+    g_object_remove_weak_pointer (G_OBJECT (action->scenario),
+        ((gpointer *) & action->scenario));
+
+  g_slice_free (GstValidateActionPrivate, action->priv);
+  g_slice_free (GstValidateAction, action);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_action_init (GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  gst_mini_object_init (((GstMiniObject *) action), 0,
+      _gst_validate_action_type, (GstMiniObjectCopyFunction) _action_copy, NULL,
+      (GstMiniObjectFreeFunction) _action_free);
+
+  action->priv = g_slice_new0 (GstValidateActionPrivate);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_action_unref (GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  gst_mini_object_unref (GST_MINI_OBJECT (action));
+}
+
+static GstValidateAction *
+gst_validate_action_new (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateActionType * action_type)
+{
+  GstValidateAction *action = g_slice_new0 (GstValidateAction);
+
+  gst_validate_action_init (action);
+  action->playback_time = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+  action->type = action_type->name;
+  action->repeat = -1;
+
+  action->scenario = scenario;
+  if (scenario)
+    g_object_add_weak_pointer (G_OBJECT (scenario),
+        ((gpointer *) & action->scenario));
+
+  return action;
+}
+
+gboolean
+_action_check_and_set_printed (GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  if (action->priv->printed == FALSE) {
+    action->priv->printed = TRUE;
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_validate_action_is_subaction (GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  return !gst_structure_is_equal (action->structure,
+      action->priv->main_structure);
+}
+
+/* GstValidateActionType implementation */
+GType _gst_validate_action_type_type;
+GST_DEFINE_MINI_OBJECT_TYPE (GstValidateActionType, gst_validate_action_type);
+static GstValidateActionType *gst_validate_action_type_new (void);
+
+static void
+_action_type_free (GstValidateActionType * type)
+{
+  g_free (type->parameters);
+  g_free (type->description);
+  g_free (type->name);
+  g_free (type->implementer_namespace);
+
+  if (type->overriden_type)
+    gst_mini_object_unref (GST_MINI_OBJECT (type->overriden_type));
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_action_type_init (GstValidateActionType * type)
+{
+  gst_mini_object_init ((GstMiniObject *) type, 0,
+      _gst_validate_action_type_type, NULL, NULL,
+      (GstMiniObjectFreeFunction) _action_type_free);
+}
+
+GstValidateActionType *
+gst_validate_action_type_new (void)
+{
+  GstValidateActionType *type = g_slice_new0 (GstValidateActionType);
+
+  gst_validate_action_type_init (type);
+
+  return type;
+}
+
+static GstValidateActionType *
+_find_action_type (const gchar * type_name)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+
+  for (tmp = action_types; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    if (g_strcmp0 (((GstValidateActionType *) tmp->data)->name, type_name) == 0)
+      return tmp->data;
+  }
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_set_variable_func (const gchar * name, double *value, gpointer user_data)
+{
+  GstValidateScenario *scenario = GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO (user_data);
+
+  if (!g_strcmp0 (name, "duration")) {
+    gint64 duration;
+
+    if (!gst_element_query_duration (scenario->pipeline,
+            GST_FORMAT_TIME, &duration)) {
+      GST_WARNING_OBJECT (scenario, "Could not query duration");
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    if (!GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (duration))
+      *value = G_MAXDOUBLE;
+    else
+      *value = ((double) duration / GST_SECOND);
+
+    return TRUE;
+  } else if (!g_strcmp0 (name, "position")) {
+    gint64 position;
+
+    if (!gst_element_query_position (scenario->pipeline,
+            GST_FORMAT_TIME, &position)) {
+      GST_WARNING_OBJECT (scenario, "Could not query position");
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    if (!GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (position))
+      *value = G_MAXDOUBLE;
+    else
+      *value = ((double) position / GST_SECOND);
+
+
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+/* Check that @list doesn't contain any non-optional actions */
+static gboolean
+actions_list_is_done (GList * list)
+{
+  GList *l;
+
+  for (l = list; l != NULL; l = g_list_next (l)) {
+    GstValidateAction *action = l->data;
+
+    if (!action->priv->optional)
+      return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void
+_check_scenario_is_done (GstValidateScenario * scenario)
+{
+  SCENARIO_LOCK (scenario);
+  if (actions_list_is_done (scenario->priv->actions) &&
+      actions_list_is_done (scenario->priv->interlaced_actions) &&
+      actions_list_is_done (scenario->priv->on_addition_actions)) {
+    SCENARIO_UNLOCK (scenario);
+
+    g_signal_emit (scenario, scenario_signals[DONE], 0);
+  } else {
+    SCENARIO_UNLOCK (scenario);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_action_get_clocktime:
+ * @scenario: The #GstValidateScenario from which to get a time
+ *            for a parameter of an action
+ * @action: The action from which to retrieve the time for @name
+ *          parameter.
+ * @name: The name of the parameter for which to retrive a time
+ * @retval: (out): The return value for the wanted time
+ *
+ *
+ * Get a time value for the @name parameter of an action. This
+ * method should be called to retrived and compute a timed value of a given
+ * action. It will first try to retrieve the value as a double,
+ * then get it as a string and execute any formula taking into account
+ * the 'position' and 'duration' variables. And it will always convert that
+ * value to a GstClockTime.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if the time value could be retrieved/computed or %FALSE otherwize
+ */
+gboolean
+gst_validate_action_get_clocktime (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action, const gchar * name, GstClockTime * retval)
+{
+  if (!gst_validate_utils_get_clocktime (action->structure, name, retval)) {
+    gdouble val;
+    gchar *error = NULL;
+    const gchar *strval;
+
+    if (!(strval = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, name))) {
+      GST_INFO_OBJECT (scenario, "Could not find %s", name);
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+    val = gst_validate_utils_parse_expression (strval, _set_variable_func,
+        scenario, &error);
+
+    if (error) {
+      GST_WARNING ("Error while parsing %s: %s", strval, error);
+      g_free (error);
+
+      return FALSE;
+    } else if (val == -1.0) {
+      *retval = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+    } else {
+      *retval = val * GST_SECOND;
+      *retval = GST_ROUND_UP_4 (*retval);
+    }
+
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_scenario_execute_seek:
+ * @scenario: The #GstValidateScenario for which to execute a seek action
+ * @action: The seek action to execute
+ * @rate: The playback rate of the seek
+ * @format: The #GstFormat of the seek
+ * @flags: The #GstSeekFlags of the seek
+ * @start_type: The #GstSeekType of the start value of the seek
+ * @start: The start time of the seek
+ * @stop_type: The #GstSeekType of the stop value of the seek
+ * @stop: The stop time of the seek
+ *
+ * Executes a seek event on the scenario' pipeline. You should always use
+ * that method when you want to execute a seek inside a new action types
+ * so that the scenario state is updated taking into account that seek.
+ *
+ * For more information you should have a look at #gst_event_new_seek
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if the seek could be executed, %FALSE otherwize
+ */
+gboolean
+gst_validate_scenario_execute_seek (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action, gdouble rate, GstFormat format,
+    GstSeekFlags flags, GstSeekType start_type, GstClockTime start,
+    GstSeekType stop_type, GstClockTime stop)
+{
+  GstValidateExecuteActionReturn ret = GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ASYNC;
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv;
+
+  GstEvent *seek = gst_event_new_seek (rate, format, flags, start_type, start,
+      stop_type, stop);
+
+  gst_event_ref (seek);
+  if (gst_element_send_event (scenario->pipeline, seek)) {
+    gst_event_replace (&priv->last_seek, seek);
+    priv->seek_flags = flags;
+  } else {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario, EVENT_SEEK_NOT_HANDLED,
+        "Could not execute seek: '(position %" GST_TIME_FORMAT
+        "), %s (num %u, missing repeat: %i), seeking to: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT
+        " stop: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " Rate %lf'",
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (action->playback_time), action->name,
+        action->action_number, action->repeat, GST_TIME_ARGS (start),
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (stop), rate);
+    ret = GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR;
+  }
+  gst_event_unref (seek);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static gint
+_execute_seek (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  const char *str_format, *str_flags, *str_start_type, *str_stop_type;
+
+  gdouble rate = 1.0;
+  GstFormat format = GST_FORMAT_TIME;
+  GstSeekFlags flags = 0;
+  GstSeekType start_type = GST_SEEK_TYPE_SET;
+  GstClockTime start;
+  GstSeekType stop_type = GST_SEEK_TYPE_SET;
+  GstClockTime stop = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+
+  if (!gst_validate_action_get_clocktime (scenario, action, "start", &start))
+    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR;
+
+  gst_structure_get_double (action->structure, "rate", &rate);
+  if ((str_format = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "format")))
+    gst_validate_utils_enum_from_str (GST_TYPE_FORMAT, str_format, &format);
+
+  if ((str_start_type =
+          gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "start_type")))
+    gst_validate_utils_enum_from_str (GST_TYPE_SEEK_TYPE, str_start_type,
+        &start_type);
+
+  if ((str_stop_type =
+          gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "stop_type")))
+    gst_validate_utils_enum_from_str (GST_TYPE_SEEK_TYPE, str_stop_type,
+        &stop_type);
+
+  if ((str_flags = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "flags")))
+    flags = gst_validate_utils_flags_from_str (GST_TYPE_SEEK_FLAGS, str_flags);
+
+  gst_validate_action_get_clocktime (scenario, action, "stop", &stop);
+
+  return gst_validate_scenario_execute_seek (scenario, action, rate, format,
+      flags, start_type, start, stop_type, stop);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_pause_action_restore_playing (GstValidateScenario * scenario)
+{
+  GstElement *pipeline = scenario->pipeline;
+
+
+  gst_validate_printf (scenario, "Back to playing\n");
+
+  if (gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING) ==
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario, STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE,
+        "Failed to set state to playing");
+  }
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+static GstValidateExecuteActionReturn
+_execute_set_state (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GstState state;
+  const gchar *str_state;
+
+  GstStateChangeReturn ret;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail ((str_state =
+          gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "state")), FALSE);
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (gst_validate_utils_enum_from_str (GST_TYPE_STATE,
+          str_state, &state), FALSE);
+
+  scenario->priv->target_state = state;
+  scenario->priv->changing_state = TRUE;
+  scenario->priv->seeked_in_pause = FALSE;
+
+  ret = gst_element_set_state (scenario->pipeline, state);
+
+  if (ret == GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE) {
+    scenario->priv->changing_state = FALSE;
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario, STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE,
+        "Failed to set state to %s", str_state);
+
+    /* Nothing async on failure, action will be removed automatically */
+    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR;
+  } else if (ret == GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC) {
+
+    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ASYNC;
+  }
+
+  scenario->priv->changing_state = FALSE;
+
+  return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_execute_pause (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GstClockTime duration = 0;
+  GstStateChangeReturn ret;
+
+  gst_structure_get (action->structure, "duration", G_TYPE_UINT64, &duration,
+      NULL);
+  gst_structure_set (action->structure, "state", G_TYPE_STRING, "paused", NULL);
+
+  GST_INFO_OBJECT (scenario, "Pausing for %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
+      GST_TIME_ARGS (duration));
+
+  ret = _execute_set_state (scenario, action);
+
+  if (ret && duration)
+    g_timeout_add (GST_TIME_AS_MSECONDS (duration),
+        (GSourceFunc) _pause_action_restore_playing, scenario);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_execute_play (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GST_DEBUG ("Playing back");
+
+  gst_structure_set (action->structure, "state", G_TYPE_STRING,
+      "playing", NULL);
+
+
+  return _execute_set_state (scenario, action);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_action_sets_state (GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  if (action == NULL)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  if (g_strcmp0 (action->type, "set-state") == 0)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  if (g_strcmp0 (action->type, "play") == 0)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  if (g_strcmp0 (action->type, "pause") == 0)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  return FALSE;
+
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_execute_stop (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv;
+  GstBus *bus = gst_element_get_bus (scenario->pipeline);
+
+  SCENARIO_LOCK (scenario);
+  if (priv->execute_actions_source_id) {
+    g_source_remove (priv->execute_actions_source_id);
+    priv->execute_actions_source_id = 0;
+  }
+  SCENARIO_UNLOCK (scenario);
+
+  gst_bus_post (bus,
+      gst_message_new_request_state (GST_OBJECT_CAST (scenario),
+          GST_STATE_NULL));
+  gst_object_unref (bus);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_execute_eos (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GST_DEBUG ("Sending eos to pipeline at %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
+      GST_TIME_ARGS (action->playback_time));
+
+  return gst_element_send_event (scenario->pipeline, gst_event_new_eos ());
+}
+
+static int
+find_input_selector (GValue * velement, const gchar * type)
+{
+  GstElement *element = g_value_get_object (velement);
+  int result = !0;
+
+  if (G_OBJECT_TYPE (element) == g_type_from_name ("GstInputSelector")) {
+    GstPad *srcpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (element, "src");
+
+    if (srcpad) {
+      GstCaps *caps = gst_pad_query_caps (srcpad, NULL);
+
+      if (caps) {
+        const char *mime =
+            gst_structure_get_name (gst_caps_get_structure (caps, 0));
+        gboolean found = FALSE;
+
+        if (g_strcmp0 (type, "audio") == 0)
+          found = g_str_has_prefix (mime, "audio/");
+        else if (g_strcmp0 (type, "video") == 0)
+          found = g_str_has_prefix (mime, "video/")
+              && !g_str_has_prefix (mime, "video/x-dvd-subpicture");
+        else if (g_strcmp0 (type, "text") == 0)
+          found = g_str_has_prefix (mime, "text/")
+              || g_str_has_prefix (mime, "subtitle/")
+              || g_str_has_prefix (mime, "video/x-dvd-subpicture");
+
+        gst_object_unref (srcpad);
+        if (found)
+          result = 0;
+      }
+
+      gst_caps_unref (caps);
+    }
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+static GstElement *
+find_input_selector_with_type (GstBin * bin, const gchar * type)
+{
+  GValue result = { 0, };
+  GstElement *input_selector = NULL;
+  GstIterator *iterator = gst_bin_iterate_recurse (bin);
+
+  if (gst_iterator_find_custom (iterator,
+          (GCompareFunc) find_input_selector, &result, (gpointer) type)) {
+    input_selector = g_value_get_object (&result);
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iterator);
+
+  return input_selector;
+}
+
+static GstPad *
+find_nth_sink_pad (GstElement * element, int index)
+{
+  GstIterator *iterator;
+  gboolean done = FALSE;
+  GstPad *pad = NULL;
+  int dec_index = index;
+  GValue data = { 0, };
+
+  iterator = gst_element_iterate_sink_pads (element);
+  while (!done) {
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (iterator, &data)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
+        if (!dec_index--) {
+          done = TRUE;
+          pad = g_value_get_object (&data);
+          break;
+        }
+        g_value_reset (&data);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        gst_iterator_resync (iterator);
+        dec_index = index;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iterator);
+  return pad;
+}
+
+static int
+find_sink_pad_index (GstElement * element, GstPad * pad)
+{
+  GstIterator *iterator;
+  gboolean done = FALSE;
+  int index = 0;
+  GValue data = { 0, };
+
+  iterator = gst_element_iterate_sink_pads (element);
+  while (!done) {
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (iterator, &data)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
+        if (pad == g_value_get_object (&data)) {
+          done = TRUE;
+        } else {
+          index++;
+        }
+        g_value_reset (&data);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        gst_iterator_resync (iterator);
+        index = 0;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  gst_iterator_free (iterator);
+  return index;
+}
+
+static GstPadProbeReturn
+_check_select_pad_done (GstPad * pad, GstPadProbeInfo * info,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  if (GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IS_SET (info->data, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DISCONT)) {
+    gst_validate_action_set_done (action);
+
+    return GST_PAD_PROBE_REMOVE;
+  }
+
+  return GST_PAD_PROBE_OK;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_execute_switch_track (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  guint index;
+  gboolean relative = FALSE;
+  const gchar *type, *str_index;
+  GstElement *input_selector;
+
+  if (!(type = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "type")))
+    type = "audio";
+
+  /* First find an input selector that has the right type */
+  input_selector =
+      find_input_selector_with_type (GST_BIN (scenario->pipeline), type);
+  if (input_selector) {
+    GstState state, next;
+    GstPad *pad, *cpad, *srcpad;
+
+    GstValidateExecuteActionReturn res = GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK;
+
+    if ((str_index = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "index"))) {
+      if (!gst_structure_get_uint (action->structure, "index", &index)) {
+        GST_WARNING ("No index given, defaulting to +1");
+        index = 1;
+        relative = TRUE;
+      }
+    } else {
+      relative = strchr ("+-", str_index[0]) != NULL;
+      index = g_ascii_strtoll (str_index, NULL, 10);
+    }
+
+    if (relative) {             /* We are changing track relatively to current track */
+      int npads;
+
+      g_object_get (input_selector, "active-pad", &pad, "n-pads", &npads, NULL);
+      if (pad) {
+        int current_index = find_sink_pad_index (input_selector, pad);
+
+        index = (current_index + index) % npads;
+        gst_object_unref (pad);
+      }
+    }
+
+    pad = find_nth_sink_pad (input_selector, index);
+    g_object_get (input_selector, "active-pad", &cpad, NULL);
+    if (gst_element_get_state (scenario->pipeline, &state, &next, 0) &&
+        state == GST_STATE_PLAYING && next == GST_STATE_VOID_PENDING) {
+      srcpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (input_selector, "src");
+
+      gst_pad_add_probe (srcpad,
+          GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER | GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER_LIST,
+          (GstPadProbeCallback) _check_select_pad_done, action, NULL);
+      res = GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ASYNC;
+      gst_object_unref (srcpad);
+    }
+
+    g_object_set (input_selector, "active-pad", pad, NULL);
+    gst_object_unref (pad);
+    gst_object_unref (cpad);
+    gst_object_unref (input_selector);
+
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  /* No selector found -> Failed */
+  return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_set_rank (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  guint rank;
+  GstPluginFeature *feature;
+  const gchar *feature_name;
+
+  if (!(feature_name =
+          gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "feature-name"))) {
+    GST_ERROR ("Could not find the name of the feature to tweak");
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  if (!(gst_structure_get_uint (action->structure, "rank", &rank) ||
+          gst_structure_get_int (action->structure, "rank", (gint *) & rank))) {
+    GST_ERROR ("Could not get rank to set on %s", feature_name);
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  feature = gst_registry_lookup_feature (gst_registry_get (), feature_name);
+  if (!feature) {
+    GST_ERROR ("Could not find feaure %s", feature_name);
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  gst_plugin_feature_set_rank (feature, rank);
+  gst_object_unref (feature);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+_add_execute_actions_gsource (GstValidateScenario * scenario)
+{
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv;
+
+  SCENARIO_LOCK (scenario);
+  if (priv->execute_actions_source_id == 0 && priv->wait_id == 0
+      && priv->signal_handler_id == 0 && priv->message_type == NULL) {
+    priv->execute_actions_source_id =
+        g_idle_add ((GSourceFunc) execute_next_action, scenario);
+    SCENARIO_UNLOCK (scenario);
+
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "Start checking position again");
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+  SCENARIO_UNLOCK (scenario);
+
+  GST_LOG_OBJECT (scenario, "No need to start a new gsource");
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_get_position (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * act, GstClockTime * position)
+{
+  gboolean has_pos = FALSE, has_dur = FALSE;
+  GstClockTime duration = -1;
+
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv;
+  GstElement *pipeline = scenario->pipeline;
+
+  has_pos = gst_element_query_position (pipeline, GST_FORMAT_TIME,
+      (gint64 *) position)
+      && GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (*position);
+  has_dur =
+      gst_element_query_duration (pipeline, GST_FORMAT_TIME,
+      (gint64 *) & duration)
+      && GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (duration);
+
+  if (!has_pos && GST_STATE (pipeline) >= GST_STATE_PAUSED &&
+      act && GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (act->playback_time)) {
+    GST_INFO_OBJECT (scenario, "Unknown position: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (*position));
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  if (has_pos && has_dur && !priv->got_eos) {
+    if (*position > duration) {
+      _add_execute_actions_gsource (scenario);
+
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario,
+          QUERY_POSITION_SUPERIOR_DURATION,
+          "Reported position %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " > reported duration %"
+          GST_TIME_FORMAT, GST_TIME_ARGS (*position), GST_TIME_ARGS (duration));
+
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_check_position (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * act,
+    GstClockTime * position)
+{
+  GstQuery *query;
+  gdouble rate;
+
+  GstClockTime start_with_tolerance, stop_with_tolerance;
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv;
+
+  if (scenario->pipeline == NULL) {
+    GST_INFO_OBJECT (scenario, "No pipeline set anymore");
+
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  if (!_get_position (scenario, act, position))
+    return FALSE;
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "Current position: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
+      GST_TIME_ARGS (*position));
+
+  /* Check if playback is within seek segment */
+  start_with_tolerance =
+      MAX (0, (gint64) (priv->segment_start - priv->seek_pos_tol));
+  stop_with_tolerance =
+      GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (priv->segment_stop) ? priv->segment_stop +
+      priv->seek_pos_tol : -1;
+
+  if ((GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (stop_with_tolerance)
+          && *position > stop_with_tolerance)
+      || (priv->seek_flags & GST_SEEK_FLAG_ACCURATE
+          && *position < start_with_tolerance)) {
+
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario, QUERY_POSITION_OUT_OF_SEGMENT,
+        "Current position %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " not in the expected range [%"
+        GST_TIME_FORMAT " -- %" GST_TIME_FORMAT, GST_TIME_ARGS (*position),
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (start_with_tolerance),
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (stop_with_tolerance));
+  }
+
+  query = gst_query_new_segment (GST_FORMAT_DEFAULT);
+  if (gst_element_query (GST_ELEMENT (scenario->pipeline), query))
+    gst_query_parse_segment (query, &rate, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+  gst_query_unref (query);
+
+  if (priv->seeked_in_pause && priv->seek_flags & GST_SEEK_FLAG_ACCURATE) {
+    if ((rate > 0 && (*position >= priv->segment_start + priv->seek_pos_tol ||
+                *position < MIN (0,
+                    ((gint64) priv->segment_start - priv->seek_pos_tol))))
+        || (rate < 0 && (*position > priv->segment_start + priv->seek_pos_tol
+                || *position < MIN (0,
+                    (gint64) priv->segment_start - priv->seek_pos_tol)))) {
+      priv->seeked_in_pause = FALSE;
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario, EVENT_SEEK_RESULT_POSITION_WRONG,
+          "Reported position after accurate seek in PAUSED state should be exactlty"
+          " what the user asked for %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " != %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
+          GST_TIME_ARGS (*position), GST_TIME_ARGS (priv->segment_start));
+    }
+  }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_should_execute_action (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * act,
+    GstClockTime position, gdouble rate)
+{
+
+  if (!act) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "No action to execute");
+
+    return FALSE;
+  } else if (scenario->pipeline == NULL) {
+
+    if (!(GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_GET_TYPE (act)->flags &
+            GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_DOESNT_NEED_PIPELINE)) {
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario, SCENARIO_ACTION_EXECUTION_ERROR,
+          "Trying to execute an %s action after the pipeline has been destroyed"
+          " but the type has not been marked as "
+          "GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_DOESNT_NEED_PIPELINE", act->type);
+
+      return FALSE;
+    } else if (GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (act->playback_time)) {
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario, SCENARIO_ACTION_EXECUTION_ERROR,
+          "Trying to execute action %s with playback time %" GST_TIME_FORMAT
+          " after the pipeline has been destroyed. It is impossible"
+          " to execute an action with a playback time specified "
+          " after the pipeline has been destroyed",
+          act->type, GST_TIME_ARGS (act->playback_time));
+
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "No pipeline, go and execute action!");
+
+    return TRUE;
+  } else if (scenario->priv->got_eos) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "Just got EOS go and execute next action!");
+    scenario->priv->got_eos = FALSE;
+  } else if (GST_STATE (scenario->pipeline) < GST_STATE_PAUSED) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "Pipeline not even in paused, "
+        "just executing actions");
+
+    return TRUE;
+  } else if (act->playback_time == GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "No timing info, executing action");
+
+    return TRUE;
+  } else if ((rate > 0 && (GstClockTime) position < act->playback_time)) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "positive rate and position %" GST_TIME_FORMAT
+        " < playback_time %" GST_TIME_FORMAT, GST_TIME_ARGS (position),
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (act->playback_time));
+
+    return FALSE;
+  } else if (rate < 0 && (GstClockTime) position > act->playback_time) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "negativ rate and position %" GST_TIME_FORMAT
+        " < playback_time %" GST_TIME_FORMAT, GST_TIME_ARGS (position),
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (act->playback_time));
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+GstValidateExecuteActionReturn
+gst_validate_execute_action (GstValidateActionType * action_type,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GstValidateExecuteActionReturn res;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (g_strcmp0 (action_type->name, action->type) == 0,
+      GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR);
+
+  if (action_type->prepare) {
+    if (action_type->prepare (action) == FALSE) {
+      GST_ERROR_OBJECT (action->scenario, "Action %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
+          " could not be prepared", action->structure);
+
+      return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR;
+    }
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_print_action (action, NULL);
+
+  res = action_type->execute (action->scenario, action);
+
+  if (!gst_structure_has_field (action->structure, "sub-action")) {
+    gst_structure_free (action->structure);
+
+    action->priv->printed = FALSE;
+    action->structure = gst_structure_copy (action->priv->main_structure);
+
+    if (res == GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ASYNC)
+      action->priv->executing_last_subaction = TRUE;
+  }
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_set_action_playback_time (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  if (!gst_validate_action_get_clocktime (scenario, action,
+          "playback-time", &action->playback_time)) {
+    gchar *str = gst_structure_to_string (action->structure);
+
+    g_error ("Could not parse playback-time on structure: %s", str);
+    g_free (str);
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  gst_structure_set (action->structure, "playback-time", GST_TYPE_CLOCK_TIME,
+      action->playback_time, NULL);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static GstValidateExecuteActionReturn
+_fill_action (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * action,
+    GstStructure * structure, gboolean add_to_lists)
+{
+  gdouble playback_time;
+  gboolean is_config = FALSE;
+  GstValidateActionType *action_type;
+  const gchar *str_playback_time = NULL;
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv;
+  GstValidateExecuteActionReturn res = GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK;
+  gboolean optional;
+
+  action->type = gst_structure_get_name (structure);
+  action_type = _find_action_type (action->type);
+
+  if (!action_type) {
+    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (scenario, "Action type %s no found",
+        gst_structure_get_name (structure));
+
+    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR;
+  }
+
+  if (gst_structure_get_double (structure, "playback-time", &playback_time) ||
+      gst_structure_get_double (structure, "playback_time", &playback_time)) {
+    action->playback_time = playback_time * GST_SECOND;
+  } else if ((str_playback_time =
+          gst_structure_get_string (structure, "playback-time")) ||
+      (str_playback_time =
+          gst_structure_get_string (structure, "playback_time"))) {
+
+    if (add_to_lists)
+      priv->needs_parsing = g_list_append (priv->needs_parsing, action);
+    else if (!_set_action_playback_time (scenario, action))
+      return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR;
+
+  } else
+    GST_INFO_OBJECT (scenario,
+        "No playback time for action %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, structure);
+
+  if (!(action->name = gst_structure_get_string (structure, "name")))
+    action->name = "";
+
+  action->structure = gst_structure_copy (structure);
+
+  if (!action->priv->main_structure)
+    action->priv->main_structure = gst_structure_copy (structure);
+
+  if (gst_structure_get_boolean (structure, "optional", &optional)) {
+    if ((action_type->flags & GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_CAN_BE_OPTIONAL) == 0) {
+      GST_ERROR_OBJECT (scenario, "Action type %s can't be optional",
+          gst_structure_get_name (structure));
+      return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR;
+    }
+    action->priv->optional = optional;
+  }
+
+  if (IS_CONFIG_ACTION_TYPE (action_type->flags) ||
+      (gst_structure_get_boolean (action->structure, "as-config",
+              &is_config) && is_config == TRUE)) {
+
+    gst_validate_print_action (action, NULL);
+    res = action_type->execute (scenario, action);
+
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  if (!add_to_lists)
+    return res;
+
+  if (str_playback_time == NULL) {
+    GstValidateActionType *type = _find_action_type (action->type);
+
+    if (type->flags & GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_CAN_EXECUTE_ON_ADDITION
+        && !GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (action->playback_time)) {
+      SCENARIO_LOCK (scenario);
+      priv->on_addition_actions = g_list_append (priv->on_addition_actions,
+          action);
+      SCENARIO_UNLOCK (scenario);
+
+    } else {
+      priv->actions = g_list_append (priv->actions, action);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+static GstValidateExecuteActionReturn
+_execute_sub_action_action (GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  const gchar *subaction_str;
+  GstStructure *subaction_struct = NULL;
+  GstValidateExecuteActionReturn res = GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK;
+
+  if (action->priv->executing_last_subaction) {
+    action->priv->executing_last_subaction = FALSE;
+
+    goto done;
+  }
+
+  subaction_str = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "sub-action");
+  if (subaction_str) {
+    subaction_struct = gst_structure_from_string (subaction_str, NULL);
+
+    if (subaction_struct == NULL) {
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (action->scenario, SCENARIO_FILE_MALFORMED,
+          "Sub action %s could not be parsed", subaction_str);
+
+      res = GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR;
+      goto done;
+    }
+
+  } else {
+    gst_structure_get (action->structure, "sub-action", GST_TYPE_STRUCTURE,
+        &subaction_struct, NULL);
+  }
+
+  if (subaction_struct) {
+    if (action->structure) {
+      GST_INFO_OBJECT (action->scenario, "Clearing old action structure");
+      gst_structure_free (action->structure);
+    }
+
+    res = _fill_action (action->scenario, action, subaction_struct, FALSE);
+    if (res == GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR) {
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (action->scenario, SCENARIO_ACTION_EXECUTION_ERROR,
+          "Sub action %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " could not be filled",
+          subaction_struct);
+
+      goto done;
+    }
+
+    if (!GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (action->playback_time)) {
+      GstValidateActionType *action_type = _find_action_type (action->type);
+
+      action->priv->printed = FALSE;
+      res = gst_validate_execute_action (action_type, action);
+
+      goto done;
+    }
+
+  }
+
+done:
+  if (subaction_struct)
+    gst_structure_free (subaction_struct);
+  return res;
+}
+
+
+/* This is the main action execution function
+ * it checks whether it is time to run the next action
+ * and if it is the case executes it.
+ *
+ * If the 'execute-on-idle' property is not TRUE,
+ * the function will recurse while the actions are run
+ * synchronously
+ */
+static gboolean
+execute_next_action (GstValidateScenario * scenario)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+  gdouble rate = 1.0;
+  GstClockTime position = -1;
+  GstValidateAction *act = NULL;
+  GstValidateActionType *type;
+
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv;
+
+  if (priv->buffering) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "Buffering not executing any action");
+
+    return G_SOURCE_CONTINUE;
+  }
+
+  if (priv->changing_state) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "Changing state, not executing any action");
+    return G_SOURCE_CONTINUE;
+  }
+
+  /* TODO what about non flushing seeks? */
+  if (priv->last_seek && priv->target_state > GST_STATE_READY) {
+    GST_LOG_OBJECT (scenario, "Still seeking -- not executing action");
+    return G_SOURCE_CONTINUE;
+  }
+
+  if (scenario->priv->actions)
+    act = scenario->priv->actions->data;
+
+  if (act) {
+    if (act->priv->state == GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK && act->repeat <= 0) {
+      tmp = priv->actions;
+      priv->actions = g_list_remove_link (priv->actions, tmp);
+
+      GST_INFO_OBJECT (scenario, "Action %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " is DONE now"
+          " executing next", act->structure);
+
+      gst_validate_action_unref (act);
+      g_list_free (tmp);
+
+      if (scenario->priv->actions) {
+        act = scenario->priv->actions->data;
+      } else {
+        _check_scenario_is_done (scenario);
+        act = NULL;
+      }
+    } else if (act->priv->state == GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ASYNC) {
+      GST_LOG_OBJECT (scenario, "Action %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " still running",
+          act->structure);
+
+      return G_SOURCE_CONTINUE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!_check_position (scenario, act, &position))
+    return G_SOURCE_CONTINUE;
+
+  if (!_should_execute_action (scenario, act, position, rate)) {
+    _add_execute_actions_gsource (scenario);
+
+    return G_SOURCE_CONTINUE;
+  }
+
+  type = _find_action_type (act->type);
+
+  if (act->repeat == -1 &&
+      !gst_structure_get_int (act->structure, "repeat", &act->repeat)) {
+    gchar *error = NULL;
+    const gchar *repeat_expr = gst_structure_get_string (act->structure,
+        "repeat");
+
+    if (repeat_expr) {
+      act->repeat =
+          gst_validate_utils_parse_expression (repeat_expr,
+          _set_variable_func, scenario, &error);
+    }
+  }
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "Executing %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
+      " at %" GST_TIME_FORMAT, act->structure, GST_TIME_ARGS (position));
+  priv->seeked_in_pause = FALSE;
+
+  act->priv->state = gst_validate_execute_action (type, act);
+  if (act->priv->state == GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR) {
+    gchar *str = gst_structure_to_string (act->structure);
+
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario,
+        SCENARIO_ACTION_EXECUTION_ERROR, "Could not execute %s", str);
+
+    g_free (str);
+  }
+
+  if (act->repeat > 0 && !gst_validate_action_is_subaction (act)) {
+    act->repeat--;
+  }
+
+  if (act->priv->state == GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK) {
+    act->priv->state = _execute_sub_action_action (act);
+  }
+
+  if (act->priv->state != GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ASYNC) {
+    tmp = priv->actions;
+    priv->actions = g_list_remove_link (priv->actions, tmp);
+
+    if (act->priv->state != GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_INTERLACED)
+      gst_validate_action_unref (act);
+    else {
+      SCENARIO_LOCK (scenario);
+      priv->interlaced_actions = g_list_append (priv->interlaced_actions, act);
+      SCENARIO_UNLOCK (scenario);
+    }
+
+    if (priv->actions == NULL)
+      _check_scenario_is_done (scenario);
+
+    g_list_free (tmp);
+
+    /* Recurse to the next action if it is possible
+     * to execute right away */
+    if (!scenario->priv->execute_on_idle) {
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "linking next action execution");
+
+      return execute_next_action (scenario);
+    } else {
+      _add_execute_actions_gsource (scenario);
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "Executing only on idle, waiting for"
+          " next dispatch");
+
+      return G_SOURCE_CONTINUE;
+    }
+  } else {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "Remove source, waiting for action"
+        " to be done.");
+
+    SCENARIO_LOCK (scenario);
+    priv->execute_actions_source_id = 0;
+    SCENARIO_UNLOCK (scenario);
+
+    return G_SOURCE_CONTINUE;
+  }
+
+  return G_SOURCE_CONTINUE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+stop_waiting (GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GstValidateScenario *scenario = action->scenario;
+
+  gst_validate_printf (action->scenario, "Stop waiting\n");
+
+  SCENARIO_LOCK (scenario);
+  scenario->priv->wait_id = 0;
+  SCENARIO_UNLOCK (scenario);
+
+  gst_validate_action_set_done (action);
+  _add_execute_actions_gsource (scenario);
+
+
+  return G_SOURCE_REMOVE;
+}
+
+static GstElement *_get_target_element (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action);
+
+static void
+stop_waiting_signal (GstBin * bin, GstElement * element,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GstValidateScenario *scenario = action->scenario;
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv;
+
+  gst_validate_printf (scenario, "Stop waiting for signal\n");
+
+  g_signal_handler_disconnect (bin, priv->signal_handler_id);
+
+  priv->signal_handler_id = 0;
+  gst_validate_action_set_done (action);
+  _add_execute_actions_gsource (scenario);
+}
+
+static GstValidateExecuteActionReturn
+_execute_timed_wait (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv;
+  GstClockTime duration;
+
+  gdouble wait_multiplier = 1;
+  const gchar *str_wait_multiplier =
+      g_getenv ("GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_WAIT_MULTIPLIER");
+
+  if (str_wait_multiplier) {
+    errno = 0;
+    wait_multiplier = g_ascii_strtod (str_wait_multiplier, NULL);
+
+    if (errno) {
+      GST_ERROR ("Could not use the WAIT MULTIPLIER");
+
+      wait_multiplier = 1;
+    }
+
+    if (wait_multiplier == 0) {
+      GST_INFO_OBJECT (scenario, "I have been told not to wait...");
+      return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!gst_validate_action_get_clocktime (scenario, action,
+          "duration", &duration)) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "Duration could not be parsed");
+
+    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR;
+  }
+
+  duration *= wait_multiplier;
+
+  SCENARIO_LOCK (scenario);
+  if (priv->execute_actions_source_id) {
+    g_source_remove (priv->execute_actions_source_id);
+    priv->execute_actions_source_id = 0;
+  }
+  SCENARIO_UNLOCK (scenario);
+
+  SCENARIO_LOCK (scenario);
+  priv->wait_id = g_timeout_add (duration / G_USEC_PER_SEC,
+      (GSourceFunc) stop_waiting, action);
+  SCENARIO_UNLOCK (scenario);
+
+  return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ASYNC;
+}
+
+static GstValidateExecuteActionReturn
+_execute_wait_for_signal (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv;
+  const gchar *signal_name = gst_structure_get_string
+      (action->structure, "signal-name");
+  GstElement *target;
+
+  if (signal_name == NULL) {
+    GST_ERROR ("No signal-name given for wait action");
+    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR;
+  }
+
+  if (scenario->pipeline == NULL) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario, SCENARIO_ACTION_EXECUTION_ERROR,
+        "Can't execute a 'wait for signal' action after the pipeline "
+        " has been destroyed.");
+
+    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR_REPORTED;
+  }
+
+  target = _get_target_element (scenario, action);
+  if (target == NULL) {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_printf (action, "Waiting for '%s' signal\n", signal_name);
+
+  if (priv->execute_actions_source_id) {
+    g_source_remove (priv->execute_actions_source_id);
+    priv->execute_actions_source_id = 0;
+  }
+
+  priv->signal_handler_id =
+      g_signal_connect (target, signal_name, (GCallback) stop_waiting_signal,
+      action);
+
+  gst_object_unref (target);
+
+  return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ASYNC;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_execute_wait_for_message (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv;
+  const gchar *message_type = gst_structure_get_string
+      (action->structure, "message-type");
+
+  if (scenario->pipeline == NULL) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario, SCENARIO_ACTION_EXECUTION_ERROR,
+        "Can't execute a 'wait for message' action after the pipeline "
+        " has been destroyed.");
+
+    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR_REPORTED;
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_printf (action, "Waiting for '%s' message\n", message_type);
+
+  if (priv->execute_actions_source_id) {
+    g_source_remove (priv->execute_actions_source_id);
+    priv->execute_actions_source_id = 0;
+  }
+
+  priv->message_type = g_strdup (message_type);
+
+  return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ASYNC;
+}
+
+static GstValidateExecuteActionReturn
+_execute_wait (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  if (gst_structure_has_field (action->structure, "signal-name")) {
+    return _execute_wait_for_signal (scenario, action);
+  } else if (gst_structure_has_field (action->structure, "message-type")) {
+    return _execute_wait_for_message (scenario, action);
+  } else {
+    return _execute_timed_wait (scenario, action);
+  }
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_execute_dot_pipeline (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  gchar *dotname;
+  gint details = GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_ALL;
+
+  const gchar *name = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "name");
+
+  gst_structure_get_int (action->structure, "details", &details);
+  if (name)
+    dotname = g_strdup_printf ("validate.action.%s", name);
+  else
+    dotname = g_strdup ("validate.action.unnamed");
+
+  GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE_WITH_TS (GST_BIN (scenario->pipeline),
+      details, dotname);
+
+  g_free (dotname);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static GstElement *
+_get_target_element (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  const gchar *name;
+  GstElement *target;
+
+  name = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "target-element-name");
+  if (name == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (strcmp (GST_OBJECT_NAME (scenario->pipeline), name) == 0) {
+    target = gst_object_ref (scenario->pipeline);
+  } else {
+    target = gst_bin_get_by_name (GST_BIN (scenario->pipeline), name);
+  }
+
+  if (target == NULL) {
+    GST_ERROR ("Target element with given name (%s) not found", name);
+  }
+  return target;
+}
+
+static gint
+cmp_klass_name (gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
+{
+  const GValue *v = a;
+  const GValue *param = b;
+  GstElement *element = g_value_get_object (v);
+  const gchar *klass = g_value_get_string (param);
+
+  if (gst_validate_element_has_klass (element, klass))
+    return 0;
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * _get_target_elements_by_klass:
+ * @scenario: a #GstValidateScenario
+ * @action: a #GstValidateAction
+ *
+ * Returns all the elements in the pipeline whose the GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_KLASS
+ * matches the 'target-element-klass' of @action.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full) (element-type GstElement): a list of #GstElement
+ */
+static GList *
+_get_target_elements_by_klass (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GList *result = NULL;
+  GstIterator *it, *filtered;
+  const gchar *klass;
+  GValue v = G_VALUE_INIT, param = G_VALUE_INIT;
+  gboolean done = FALSE;
+
+  klass = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "target-element-klass");
+  if (klass == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+
+  if (gst_validate_element_has_klass (scenario->pipeline, klass))
+    result = g_list_prepend (result, gst_object_ref (scenario->pipeline));
+
+  it = gst_bin_iterate_recurse (GST_BIN (scenario->pipeline));
+
+  g_value_init (¶m, G_TYPE_STRING);
+  g_value_set_string (¶m, klass);
+
+  filtered = gst_iterator_filter (it, cmp_klass_name, ¶m);
+
+  while (!done) {
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (filtered, &v)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:{
+        GstElement *child = g_value_get_object (&v);
+
+        if (g_list_find (result, child) == NULL)
+          result = g_list_prepend (result, gst_object_ref (child));
+        g_value_reset (&v);
+      }
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        gst_iterator_resync (it);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  g_value_reset (&v);
+  g_value_reset (¶m);
+  gst_iterator_free (filtered);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_object_set_property (GObject * object, const gchar * property,
+    const GValue * value, gboolean optional)
+{
+  GObjectClass *klass = G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS (object);
+  GParamSpec *paramspec;
+
+  paramspec = g_object_class_find_property (klass, property);
+  if (paramspec == NULL) {
+    if (optional)
+      return TRUE;
+    GST_ERROR ("Target doesn't have property %s", property);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  g_object_set_property (object, property, value);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_execute_set_property (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GstElement *target;
+  GList *targets = NULL, *l;
+  const gchar *property;
+  const GValue *property_value;
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+
+  /* set-property can be applied on either:
+   * - a single element having target-element-name as name
+   * - all the elements having target-element-klass as klass
+   */
+  if (gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "target-element-name")) {
+    target = _get_target_element (scenario, action);
+    if (target == NULL) {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+    targets = g_list_append (targets, target);
+  } else if (gst_structure_get_string (action->structure,
+          "target-element-klass")) {
+    targets = _get_target_elements_by_klass (scenario, action);
+  } else {
+    g_assert_not_reached ();
+  }
+
+  property = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "property-name");
+  property_value = gst_structure_get_value (action->structure,
+      "property-value");
+
+  for (l = targets; l != NULL; l = g_list_next (l)) {
+    if (!_object_set_property (G_OBJECT (l->data), property, property_value,
+            action->priv->optional))
+      ret = FALSE;
+  }
+
+  g_list_free_full (targets, gst_object_unref);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_execute_set_debug_threshold (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  gchar *str = NULL;
+  gboolean reset = TRUE;
+  const gchar *threshold_str;
+
+  threshold_str =
+      gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "debug-threshold");
+  if (threshold_str == NULL) {
+    gint threshold;
+
+    if (gst_structure_get_int (action->structure, "debug-threshold",
+            &threshold))
+      threshold_str = str = g_strdup_printf ("%i", threshold);
+    else
+      return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  gst_structure_get_boolean (action->structure, "reset", &reset);
+
+  gst_debug_set_threshold_from_string (threshold_str, reset);
+
+  if (str)
+    g_free (str);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_execute_emit_signal (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GstElement *target;
+  const gchar *signal_name;
+
+  target = _get_target_element (scenario, action);
+  if (target == NULL) {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  signal_name = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "signal-name");
+
+  /* Right now we don't support arguments to signals as there weren't any use
+   * cases to cover yet but it should be possible to do so */
+  g_signal_emit_by_name (target, signal_name, NULL);
+
+  gst_object_unref (target);
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static GstValidateExecuteActionReturn
+_execute_disable_plugin (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GstPlugin *plugin;
+  const gchar *plugin_name;
+
+  plugin_name = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "plugin-name");
+
+  plugin = gst_registry_find_plugin (gst_registry_get (), plugin_name);
+
+  if (plugin == NULL) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (action->scenario, SCENARIO_ACTION_EXECUTION_ERROR,
+        "Could not find plugin to disable: %s", plugin_name);
+
+    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR_REPORTED;
+  }
+
+  gst_registry_remove_plugin (gst_registry_get (), plugin);
+
+  return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_scenario_update_segment_from_seek (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstEvent * seek)
+{
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv;
+  gint64 start, stop;
+  GstSeekType start_type, stop_type;
+
+  gst_event_parse_seek (seek, NULL, NULL, NULL, &start_type, &start,
+      &stop_type, &stop);
+
+  if (start_type == GST_SEEK_TYPE_SET) {
+    priv->segment_start = start;
+  } else if (start_type == GST_SEEK_TYPE_END) {
+    /* TODO fill me */
+  }
+
+  if (stop_type == GST_SEEK_TYPE_SET) {
+    priv->segment_stop = stop;
+  } else if (start_type == GST_SEEK_TYPE_END) {
+    /* TODO fill me */
+  }
+}
+
+static gint
+_compare_actions (GstValidateAction * a, GstValidateAction * b)
+{
+  if (a->action_number < b->action_number)
+    return -1;
+  else if (a->action_number == b->action_number)
+    return 0;
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_action_default_prepare_func (GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  gulong i;
+  GstClockTime time;
+  const gchar *vars[] = { "duration", "start", "stop" };
+
+  for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (vars); i++) {
+    gint res =
+        gst_validate_action_get_clocktime (action->scenario, action, vars[i],
+        &time);
+    if (res == FALSE) {
+      GST_ERROR_OBJECT (action->scenario, "Could not get clocktime for"
+          " variable %s", vars[i]);
+
+      return FALSE;
+    } else if (res == -1) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    gst_structure_set (action->structure, vars[i], GST_TYPE_CLOCK_TIME,
+        time, NULL);
+  }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void
+_check_waiting_for_message (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstMessage * message)
+{
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv;
+
+  if (!g_strcmp0 (priv->message_type,
+          gst_message_type_get_name (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (message)))) {
+    GstValidateAction *action = scenario->priv->actions->data;
+
+    g_free ((gpointer) priv->message_type);
+    priv->message_type = NULL;
+
+    gst_validate_printf (scenario, "Stop waiting for message\n");
+
+    gst_validate_action_set_done (action);
+    _add_execute_actions_gsource (scenario);
+  }
+}
+
+static gboolean
+message_cb (GstBus * bus, GstMessage * message, GstValidateScenario * scenario)
+{
+  gboolean is_error = FALSE;
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv;
+
+  switch (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (message)) {
+    case GST_MESSAGE_ASYNC_DONE:
+      if (priv->last_seek) {
+        gst_validate_scenario_update_segment_from_seek (scenario,
+            priv->last_seek);
+
+        if (priv->target_state == GST_STATE_PAUSED)
+          priv->seeked_in_pause = TRUE;
+
+        gst_event_replace (&priv->last_seek, NULL);
+        gst_validate_action_set_done (priv->actions->data);
+      }
+
+      if (priv->needs_parsing) {
+        GList *tmp;
+
+        for (tmp = priv->needs_parsing; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+          GstValidateAction *action = tmp->data;
+
+          if (!_set_action_playback_time (scenario, action))
+            return FALSE;
+
+          priv->actions = g_list_insert_sorted (priv->actions, action,
+              (GCompareFunc) _compare_actions);
+        }
+
+        g_list_free (priv->needs_parsing);
+        priv->needs_parsing = NULL;
+      }
+      _add_execute_actions_gsource (scenario);
+      break;
+    case GST_MESSAGE_STATE_CHANGED:
+    {
+      if (GST_MESSAGE_SRC (message) == GST_OBJECT (scenario->pipeline)) {
+        GstState nstate, pstate;
+
+        gst_message_parse_state_changed (message, &pstate, &nstate, NULL);
+
+        if (scenario->priv->changing_state &&
+            scenario->priv->target_state == nstate) {
+          if (scenario->priv->actions &&
+              _action_sets_state (scenario->priv->actions->data))
+            gst_validate_action_set_done (priv->actions->data);
+          scenario->priv->changing_state = FALSE;
+        }
+
+        if (pstate == GST_STATE_READY && nstate == GST_STATE_PAUSED)
+          _add_execute_actions_gsource (scenario);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case GST_MESSAGE_ERROR:
+      is_error = TRUE;
+
+      /* Passtrough */
+    case GST_MESSAGE_EOS:
+    {
+      GstValidateAction *stop_action;
+      GstValidateActionType *stop_action_type;
+      GstStructure *s;
+
+      if (!is_error) {
+        priv->got_eos = TRUE;
+        if (priv->message_type) {
+
+          if (priv->actions->next) {
+            GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario,
+                "Waiting for a message and got a next action"
+                " to execute, letting it a chance!");
+            goto done;
+          } else {
+            /* Clear current message wait if waiting for EOS */
+            _check_waiting_for_message (scenario, message);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      SCENARIO_LOCK (scenario);
+      if (scenario->priv->actions || scenario->priv->interlaced_actions ||
+          scenario->priv->on_addition_actions) {
+        guint nb_actions = 0;
+        gchar *actions = g_strdup (""), *tmpconcat;
+        GList *tmp;
+        GList *all_actions =
+            g_list_concat (g_list_concat (scenario->priv->actions,
+                scenario->priv->interlaced_actions),
+            scenario->priv->on_addition_actions);
+
+        for (tmp = all_actions; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+          gchar *action_string;
+          GstValidateAction *action = ((GstValidateAction *) tmp->data);
+          GstValidateActionType *type = _find_action_type (action->type);
+
+          tmpconcat = actions;
+
+          if (type->flags & GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NO_EXECUTION_NOT_FATAL ||
+              action->priv->state == GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK ||
+              action->priv->optional) {
+            gst_validate_action_unref (action);
+
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          nb_actions++;
+
+          action_string = gst_structure_to_string (action->structure);
+          actions =
+              g_strdup_printf ("%s\n%*s%s", actions, 20, "", action_string);
+          gst_validate_action_unref (action);
+          g_free (tmpconcat);
+          g_free (action_string);
+        }
+        g_list_free (all_actions);
+        scenario->priv->actions = NULL;
+        scenario->priv->interlaced_actions = NULL;
+        scenario->priv->on_addition_actions = NULL;
+
+        if (nb_actions > 0)
+          GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario, SCENARIO_NOT_ENDED,
+              "%i actions were not executed: %s", nb_actions, actions);
+        g_free (actions);
+      }
+      SCENARIO_UNLOCK (scenario);
+
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "Got EOS; generate 'stop' action");
+
+      stop_action_type = _find_action_type ("stop");
+      stop_action = gst_validate_action_new (scenario, stop_action_type);
+      s = gst_structure_from_string ("stop;", NULL);
+      _fill_action (scenario, stop_action, s, FALSE);
+      gst_structure_free (s);
+      gst_validate_execute_action (stop_action_type, stop_action);
+      gst_mini_object_unref (GST_MINI_OBJECT (stop_action));
+
+      break;
+    }
+    case GST_MESSAGE_BUFFERING:
+    {
+      gint percent;
+
+      gst_message_parse_buffering (message, &percent);
+
+      if (percent == 100)
+        priv->buffering = FALSE;
+      else
+        priv->buffering = TRUE;
+
+      g_print ("%s %d%%  \r", "Buffering...", percent);
+      break;
+    }
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+
+done:
+  /* Check if we got the message expected by a wait action */
+  if (priv->message_type)
+    _check_waiting_for_message (scenario, message);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void
+_pipeline_freed_cb (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GObject * where_the_object_was)
+{
+  scenario->pipeline = NULL;
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "pipeline was freed");
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_load_scenario_file (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    const gchar * scenario_file, gboolean * is_config)
+{
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+  GList *structures, *tmp;
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv;
+
+  *is_config = FALSE;
+
+  structures = gst_validate_utils_structs_parse_from_filename (scenario_file);
+  if (structures == NULL)
+    goto failed;
+
+  for (tmp = structures; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    GstValidateAction *action;
+    GstValidateActionType *action_type;
+    const gchar *type;
+
+    GstStructure *structure = tmp->data;
+
+
+    type = gst_structure_get_name (structure);
+    if (!g_strcmp0 (type, "description")) {
+      gst_structure_get_boolean (structure, "is-config", is_config);
+      gst_structure_get_boolean (structure, "handles-states",
+          &priv->handles_state);
+
+      priv->description = gst_structure_copy (structure);
+
+      continue;
+    } else if (!(action_type = _find_action_type (type))) {
+      if (gst_structure_has_field (structure, "optional-action-type")) {
+        GST_INFO_OBJECT (scenario,
+            "Action type not found %s but marked as not mandatory", type);
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      GST_ERROR_OBJECT (scenario, "We do not handle action types %s", type);
+      goto failed;
+    }
+
+    if (action_type->parameters) {
+      guint i;
+
+      for (i = 0; action_type->parameters[i].name; i++) {
+        if (action_type->parameters[i].mandatory &&
+            gst_structure_has_field (structure,
+                action_type->parameters[i].name) == FALSE) {
+          GST_ERROR_OBJECT (scenario,
+              "Mandatory field '%s' not present in structure: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
+              action_type->parameters[i].name, structure);
+          goto failed;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    action = gst_validate_action_new (scenario, action_type);
+    if (_fill_action (scenario, action,
+            structure, TRUE) == GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR)
+      goto failed;
+
+    action->action_number = priv->num_actions++;
+  }
+
+done:
+  g_list_free_full (structures, (GDestroyNotify) gst_structure_free);
+
+  return ret;
+
+failed:
+  ret = FALSE;
+
+  goto done;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_scenario_load (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    const gchar * scenario_name)
+{
+  gchar **scenarios = NULL;
+  guint i;
+  gchar *lfilename = NULL, *tldir = NULL;
+  gboolean found_actions = FALSE, is_config, ret = TRUE;
+  const gchar *scenarios_path = g_getenv ("GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIOS_PATH");
+
+  gchar **env_scenariodir =
+      scenarios_path ? g_strsplit (scenarios_path, ":", 0) : NULL;
+
+  if (!scenario_name)
+    goto invalid_name;
+
+  scenarios = g_strsplit (scenario_name, ":", -1);
+
+  for (i = 0; scenarios[i]; i++) {
+
+    /* First check if the scenario name is not a full path to the
+     * actual scenario */
+    if (g_file_test (scenarios[i], G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR)) {
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "Scenario: %s is a full path to a scenario "
+          "trying to load it", scenarios[i]);
+      if ((ret = _load_scenario_file (scenario, scenario_name, &is_config)))
+        goto check_scenario;
+    }
+
+    lfilename =
+        g_strdup_printf ("%s" GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_SUFFIX, scenarios[i]);
+
+    tldir = g_build_filename ("data", "scenarios", lfilename, NULL);
+
+    if ((ret = _load_scenario_file (scenario, tldir, &is_config)))
+      goto check_scenario;
+
+    g_free (tldir);
+
+    if (env_scenariodir) {
+      guint i;
+
+      for (i = 0; env_scenariodir[i]; i++) {
+        tldir = g_build_filename (env_scenariodir[i], lfilename, NULL);
+        if ((ret = _load_scenario_file (scenario, tldir, &is_config)))
+          goto check_scenario;
+        g_free (tldir);
+      }
+    }
+
+    /* Try from local profiles */
+    tldir =
+        g_build_filename (g_get_user_data_dir (),
+        "gstreamer-" GST_API_VERSION, "validate",
+        GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_DIRECTORY, lfilename, NULL);
+
+    if (!(ret = _load_scenario_file (scenario, tldir, &is_config))) {
+      g_free (tldir);
+      /* Try from system-wide profiles */
+      tldir = g_build_filename (GST_DATADIR, "gstreamer-" GST_API_VERSION,
+          "validate", GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_DIRECTORY, lfilename, NULL);
+
+      if (!(ret = _load_scenario_file (scenario, tldir, &is_config))) {
+        goto error;
+      }
+    }
+    /* else check scenario */
+  check_scenario:
+    if (tldir)
+      g_free (tldir);
+    if (lfilename)
+      g_free (lfilename);
+
+    if (!is_config) {
+      if (found_actions == TRUE)
+        goto one_actions_scenario_max;
+      else
+        found_actions = TRUE;
+    }
+  }
+
+done:
+
+  if (env_scenariodir)
+    g_strfreev (env_scenariodir);
+
+  g_strfreev (scenarios);
+
+  if (ret == FALSE)
+    g_error ("Could not set scenario %s => EXIT\n", scenario_name);
+
+  return ret;
+
+invalid_name:
+  {
+    GST_ERROR ("Invalid name for scenario '%s'", scenario_name);
+  error:
+    ret = FALSE;
+    goto done;
+  }
+one_actions_scenario_max:
+  {
+    GST_ERROR ("You can set at most only one action scenario. "
+        "You can have several config scenarios though (a config scenario's "
+        "file must have is-config=true, and all its actions must be executable "
+        "at parsing time).");
+    ret = FALSE;
+    goto done;
+
+  }
+}
+
+
+static void
+gst_validate_scenario_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
+    const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  GstValidateScenario *self = GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO (object);
+
+  switch (prop_id) {
+    case PROP_RUNNER:
+      /* we assume the runner is valid as long as this scenario is,
+       * no ref taken */
+      gst_validate_reporter_set_runner (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (object),
+          g_value_get_object (value));
+      break;
+    case PROP_HANDLES_STATE:
+      g_assert_not_reached ();
+      break;
+    case PROP_EXECUTE_ON_IDLE:
+      self->priv->execute_on_idle = g_value_get_boolean (value);
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_scenario_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
+    GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  GstValidateScenario *self = GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO (object);
+
+  switch (prop_id) {
+    case PROP_RUNNER:
+      /* we assume the runner is valid as long as this scenario is,
+       * no ref taken */
+      g_value_set_object (value,
+          gst_validate_reporter_get_runner (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (object)));
+      break;
+    case PROP_HANDLES_STATE:
+      g_value_set_boolean (value, self->priv->handles_state);
+      break;
+    case PROP_EXECUTE_ON_IDLE:
+      g_value_set_boolean (value, self->priv->execute_on_idle);
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_scenario_class_init (GstValidateScenarioClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *object_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+
+  g_type_class_add_private (klass, sizeof (GstValidateScenarioPrivate));
+
+  object_class->dispose = gst_validate_scenario_dispose;
+  object_class->finalize = gst_validate_scenario_finalize;
+
+  object_class->get_property = gst_validate_scenario_get_property;
+  object_class->set_property = gst_validate_scenario_set_property;
+
+  g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_RUNNER,
+      g_param_spec_object ("validate-runner", "VALIDATE Runner",
+          "The Validate runner to " "report errors to",
+          GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_RUNNER,
+          G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY | G_PARAM_READWRITE));
+
+  g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_HANDLES_STATE,
+      g_param_spec_boolean ("handles-states", "Handles state",
+          "True if the application should not set handle the first state change "
+          " False if it is application responsibility",
+          FALSE, G_PARAM_READABLE));
+
+  g_object_class_install_property (object_class,
+      PROP_EXECUTE_ON_IDLE,
+      g_param_spec_boolean ("execute-on-idle",
+          "Force waiting between actions",
+          "Always execute actions on idle and do not chain them"
+          " to execute as fast as possible. That is usefull if action execution"
+          " can lead to the addition of source on the same main loop."
+          " It allows those other GSources to have a chance to be dispatch between"
+          " validate actions execution", FALSE, G_PARAM_READWRITE));
+
+  /**
+   * GstValidateScenario::done:
+   * @scenario: The scenario runing
+   *
+   * Emitted once all actions have been executed
+   */
+  scenario_signals[DONE] =
+      g_signal_new ("done", G_TYPE_FROM_CLASS (klass),
+      G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, G_TYPE_NONE, 0);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_scenario_init (GstValidateScenario * scenario)
+{
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv =
+      GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_GET_PRIVATE (scenario);
+
+  priv->seek_pos_tol = DEFAULT_SEEK_TOLERANCE;
+  priv->segment_start = 0;
+  priv->segment_stop = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+
+  g_mutex_init (&priv->lock);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_scenario_dispose (GObject * object)
+{
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO (object)->priv;
+
+  if (priv->last_seek)
+    gst_event_unref (priv->last_seek);
+  if (GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO (object)->pipeline)
+    g_object_weak_unref (G_OBJECT (GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO (object)->pipeline),
+        (GWeakNotify) _pipeline_freed_cb, object);
+
+  if (priv->bus) {
+    gst_bus_remove_signal_watch (priv->bus);
+    gst_object_unref (priv->bus);
+    priv->bus = NULL;
+  }
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (gst_validate_scenario_parent_class)->dispose (object);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_scenario_finalize (GObject * object)
+{
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO (object)->priv;
+
+  g_list_free_full (priv->actions, (GDestroyNotify) gst_mini_object_unref);
+  g_list_free_full (priv->interlaced_actions,
+      (GDestroyNotify) gst_mini_object_unref);
+  g_list_free_full (priv->on_addition_actions,
+      (GDestroyNotify) gst_mini_object_unref);
+  if (priv->description)
+    gst_structure_free (priv->description);
+  g_mutex_clear (&priv->lock);
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (gst_validate_scenario_parent_class)->finalize (object);
+}
+
+static void _element_added_cb (GstBin * bin, GstElement * element,
+    GstValidateScenario * scenario);
+
+static void
+iterate_children (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstBin * bin)
+{
+  GstIterator *it;
+  GValue v = G_VALUE_INIT;
+  gboolean done = FALSE;
+  GHashTable *called;           /* set of GstElement on which we already called _element_added_cb() */
+
+  called = g_hash_table_new (NULL, NULL);
+  it = gst_bin_iterate_elements (bin);
+
+  while (!done) {
+    switch (gst_iterator_next (it, &v)) {
+      case GST_ITERATOR_OK:{
+        GstElement *child = g_value_get_object (&v);
+
+        if (g_hash_table_lookup (called, child) == NULL) {
+          _element_added_cb (bin, child, scenario);
+          g_hash_table_add (called, child);
+        }
+        g_value_reset (&v);
+      }
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
+        gst_iterator_resync (it);
+        break;
+      case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
+      case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
+        done = TRUE;
+    }
+  }
+  g_value_reset (&v);
+  gst_iterator_free (it);
+  g_hash_table_unref (called);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+should_execute_action (GstElement * element, GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  const gchar *tmp;
+
+  tmp = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "target-element-name");
+  if (tmp != NULL && !strcmp (tmp, GST_ELEMENT_NAME (element)))
+    return TRUE;
+
+  tmp = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "target-element-klass");
+  if (tmp != NULL && gst_validate_element_has_klass (element, tmp))
+    return TRUE;
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+static void
+_element_added_cb (GstBin * bin, GstElement * element,
+    GstValidateScenario * scenario)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv;
+
+  /* Check if it's an element we track for a set-property action */
+  SCENARIO_LOCK (scenario);
+  tmp = priv->on_addition_actions;
+  while (tmp) {
+    GstValidateAction *action = (GstValidateAction *) tmp->data;
+
+    if (action->playback_time != GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE)
+      break;
+    if (g_strcmp0 (action->type, "set-property"))
+      break;
+
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (bin, "Checking action #%d %p (%s)", action->action_number,
+        action, action->type);
+    if (should_execute_action (element, action)) {
+      GstValidateActionType *action_type;
+      action_type = _find_action_type (action->type);
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (element, "Executing set-property action");
+      if (action_type->execute (scenario, action)) {
+        priv->on_addition_actions =
+            g_list_remove_link (priv->on_addition_actions, tmp);
+        gst_mini_object_unref (GST_MINI_OBJECT (action));
+        g_list_free (tmp);
+        tmp = priv->on_addition_actions;
+      } else
+        tmp = tmp->next;
+    } else
+      tmp = tmp->next;
+  }
+  SCENARIO_UNLOCK (scenario);
+
+  _check_scenario_is_done (scenario);
+
+  /* If it's a bin, listen to the child */
+  if (GST_IS_BIN (element)) {
+    g_signal_connect (element, "element-added", (GCallback) _element_added_cb,
+        scenario);
+    iterate_children (scenario, GST_BIN (element));
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_scenario_factory_create:
+ * @runner: The #GstValidateRunner to use to report issues
+ * @pipeline: The pipeline to run the scenario on
+ * @scenario_name: The name (or path) of the scenario to run
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): A #GstValidateScenario or NULL
+ */
+GstValidateScenario *
+gst_validate_scenario_factory_create (GstValidateRunner *
+    runner, GstElement * pipeline, const gchar * scenario_name)
+{
+  GstValidateScenario *scenario =
+      g_object_new (GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_SCENARIO, "validate-runner",
+      runner, NULL);
+
+  GST_LOG ("Creating scenario %s", scenario_name);
+  if (!gst_validate_scenario_load (scenario, scenario_name)) {
+    g_object_unref (scenario);
+
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (scenario->priv->description) {
+    const gchar *pipeline_name =
+        gst_structure_get_string (scenario->priv->description,
+        "pipeline-name");
+
+    if (pipeline_name && !g_pattern_match_simple (pipeline_name,
+            GST_OBJECT_NAME (pipeline))) {
+      GST_INFO ("Scenario %s only applies on pipeline %s not %s",
+          scenario_name, pipeline_name, GST_OBJECT_NAME (pipeline));
+
+      gst_object_unref (scenario);
+
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  }
+
+  scenario->pipeline = pipeline;
+  g_object_weak_ref (G_OBJECT (pipeline),
+      (GWeakNotify) _pipeline_freed_cb, scenario);
+  gst_validate_reporter_set_name (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (scenario),
+      g_strdup (scenario_name));
+
+  g_signal_connect (pipeline, "element-added", (GCallback) _element_added_cb,
+      scenario);
+
+  iterate_children (scenario, GST_BIN (pipeline));
+
+  scenario->priv->bus = gst_element_get_bus (pipeline);
+  gst_bus_add_signal_watch (scenario->priv->bus);
+  g_signal_connect (scenario->priv->bus, "message", (GCallback) message_cb,
+      scenario);
+
+  if (scenario->priv->handles_state) {
+    GST_INFO_OBJECT (scenario, "Scenario handles state,"
+        " Starting the get position source");
+    _add_execute_actions_gsource (scenario);
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_printf (NULL,
+      "\n=========================================\n"
+      "Running scenario %s on pipeline %s"
+      "\n=========================================\n", scenario_name,
+      GST_OBJECT_NAME (pipeline));
+
+  scenario->priv->overrides =
+      gst_validate_override_registry_get_override_for_names
+      (gst_validate_override_registry_get (), "scenarios", NULL);
+
+  return scenario;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_add_description (GQuark field_id, const GValue * value, KeyFileGroupName * kfg)
+{
+  gchar *tmp = gst_value_serialize (value);
+
+  g_key_file_set_string (kfg->kf, kfg->group_name,
+      g_quark_to_string (field_id), g_strcompress (tmp));
+
+  g_free (tmp);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+
+static gboolean
+_parse_scenario (GFile * f, GKeyFile * kf)
+{
+  gboolean ret = FALSE;
+  gchar *fname = g_file_get_basename (f);
+
+  if (g_str_has_suffix (fname, GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_SUFFIX)) {
+    gboolean needs_clock_sync = FALSE;
+    GstStructure *desc = NULL;
+
+    gchar **name = g_strsplit (fname, GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_SUFFIX, 0);
+    GList *tmp, *structures = structs_parse_from_gfile (f);
+
+    for (tmp = structures; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+      GstValidateActionType *type =
+          _find_action_type (gst_structure_get_name (tmp->data));
+
+      if (gst_structure_has_name (tmp->data, "description"))
+        desc = gst_structure_copy (tmp->data);
+      else if (type && type->flags & GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NEEDS_CLOCK)
+        needs_clock_sync = TRUE;
+    }
+
+    if (needs_clock_sync) {
+      if (desc)
+        gst_structure_set (desc, "need-clock-sync", G_TYPE_BOOLEAN, TRUE, NULL);
+      else
+        desc = gst_structure_from_string ("description, need-clock-sync=true;",
+            NULL);
+    }
+
+    if (desc) {
+      KeyFileGroupName kfg;
+
+      kfg.group_name = name[0];
+      kfg.kf = kf;
+
+      gst_structure_foreach (desc,
+          (GstStructureForeachFunc) _add_description, &kfg);
+      gst_structure_free (desc);
+    } else {
+      g_key_file_set_string (kf, name[0], "noinfo", "nothing");
+    }
+    g_list_free_full (structures, (GDestroyNotify) gst_structure_free);
+    g_strfreev (name);
+
+    ret = TRUE;
+  }
+
+  g_free (fname);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static void
+_list_scenarios_in_dir (GFile * dir, GKeyFile * kf)
+{
+  GFileEnumerator *fenum;
+  GFileInfo *info;
+
+  fenum = g_file_enumerate_children (dir, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_NAME,
+      G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE, NULL, NULL);
+
+  if (fenum == NULL)
+    return;
+
+  for (info = g_file_enumerator_next_file (fenum, NULL, NULL);
+      info; info = g_file_enumerator_next_file (fenum, NULL, NULL)) {
+    GFile *f = g_file_enumerator_get_child (fenum, info);
+
+    _parse_scenario (f, kf);
+    gst_object_unref (f);
+  }
+
+  gst_object_unref (fenum);
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_validate_list_scenarios (gchar ** scenarios, gint num_scenarios,
+    gchar * output_file)
+{
+  gchar *result;
+  gsize datalength;
+
+  GError *err = NULL;
+  GKeyFile *kf = NULL;
+  gint res = 0;
+  const gchar *envvar;
+  gchar **env_scenariodir = NULL;
+  gchar *tldir = g_build_filename (g_get_user_data_dir (),
+      "gstreamer-" GST_API_VERSION, "validate", GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_DIRECTORY,
+      NULL);
+  GFile *dir = g_file_new_for_path (tldir);
+
+  kf = g_key_file_new ();
+  if (num_scenarios > 0) {
+    gint i;
+    GFile *file;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < num_scenarios; i++) {
+      file = g_file_new_for_path (scenarios[i]);
+      if (!_parse_scenario (file, kf)) {
+        GST_ERROR ("Could not parser scenario: %s", scenarios[i]);
+
+        gst_object_unref (file);
+        res = 1;
+      }
+    }
+
+    goto done;
+  }
+
+  envvar = g_getenv ("GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIOS_PATH");
+  if (envvar)
+    env_scenariodir = g_strsplit (envvar, ":", 0);
+
+  _list_scenarios_in_dir (dir, kf);
+  g_object_unref (dir);
+  g_free (tldir);
+
+  tldir = g_build_filename (GST_DATADIR, "gstreamer-" GST_API_VERSION,
+      "validate", GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_DIRECTORY, NULL);
+  dir = g_file_new_for_path (tldir);
+  _list_scenarios_in_dir (dir, kf);
+  g_object_unref (dir);
+  g_free (tldir);
+
+  if (env_scenariodir) {
+    guint i;
+
+    for (i = 0; env_scenariodir[i]; i++) {
+      dir = g_file_new_for_path (env_scenariodir[i]);
+      _list_scenarios_in_dir (dir, kf);
+      g_object_unref (dir);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* Hack to make it work uninstalled */
+  dir = g_file_new_for_path ("data/scenarios");
+  _list_scenarios_in_dir (dir, kf);
+  g_object_unref (dir);
+
+done:
+  result = g_key_file_to_data (kf, &datalength, &err);
+  g_print ("All scenarios avalaible:\n%s", result);
+
+  if (output_file && !err)
+    g_file_set_contents (output_file, result, datalength, &err);
+
+  if (env_scenariodir)
+    g_strfreev (env_scenariodir);
+
+  if (err) {
+    GST_WARNING ("Got error '%s' listing scenarios", err->message);
+    g_clear_error (&err);
+
+    res = FALSE;
+  }
+
+  g_key_file_free (kf);
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_action_set_done (GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GstValidateScenario *scenario = action->scenario;
+
+  if (action->priv->state == GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_INTERLACED) {
+
+    if (action->scenario) {
+      SCENARIO_LOCK (action->scenario);
+      action->scenario->priv->interlaced_actions =
+          g_list_remove (action->scenario->priv->interlaced_actions, action);
+      SCENARIO_UNLOCK (action->scenario);
+    }
+
+    gst_validate_action_unref (action);
+  }
+
+  action->priv->state = _execute_sub_action_action (action);
+  if (action->priv->state == GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ASYNC) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "Sub action executed ASYNC");
+
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (scenario) {
+    if (GPOINTER_TO_INT (g_private_get (&main_thread_priv))) {
+      if (!scenario->priv->execute_on_idle) {
+        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "Right thread, executing next?");
+        execute_next_action (scenario);
+
+        return;
+      } else
+        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (scenario, "Right thread, but executing only on idle");
+    } else
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (action->scenario, "Not doing anything outside the"
+          " 'main' thread");
+  }
+
+  _add_execute_actions_gsource (scenario);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_register_action_type:
+ * @type_name: The name of the new action type to add
+ * @implementer_namespace: The namespace of the implementer of the action type.
+ *                         That  should always be the name of the GstPlugin as
+ *                         retrived with #gst_plugin_get_name when the action type
+ *                         is register inside a plugin.
+ * @function: (scope notified): The function to be called to execute the action
+ * @parameters: (allow-none) (array zero-terminated=1) (element-type GstValidate.ActionParameter): The #GstValidateActionParameter usable as parameter of the type
+ * @description: A description of the new type
+ * @is_config: Whether the action is a config action or not. A config action will
+ * be executed even before the pipeline starts processing
+ *
+ * Register a new action type to the action type system. If the action type already
+ * exists, it will be overriden by that new definition
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer none): The newly created action type or the already registered action type
+ * if it had a higher rank
+ */
+GstValidateActionType *
+gst_validate_register_action_type (const gchar * type_name,
+    const gchar * implementer_namespace,
+    GstValidateExecuteAction function,
+    GstValidateActionParameter * parameters,
+    const gchar * description, GstValidateActionTypeFlags flags)
+{
+  GstValidateActionType *type = gst_validate_register_action_type_dynamic (NULL,
+      type_name, GST_RANK_NONE, function, parameters, description,
+      flags);
+
+  g_free (type->implementer_namespace);
+  type->implementer_namespace = g_strdup (implementer_namespace);
+
+  return type;
+}
+
+static void
+_free_action_types (GList * action_types)
+{
+  g_list_free_full (action_types, (GDestroyNotify) gst_mini_object_unref);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_register_action_type_dynamic:
+ * @plugin: (allow-none): The #GstPlugin that register the action type,
+ *                        or NULL for a static element.
+ * @rank: The ranking of that implementation of the action type called
+ *        @type_name. If an action type has been registered with the same
+ *        name with a higher rank, the new implementation will not be used,
+ *        and the already registered action type is returned.
+ *        If the already registered implementation has a lower rank, the
+ *        new implementation will be used and returned.
+ * @type_name: The name of the new action type to add
+ * @function: (scope notified): The function to be called to execute the action
+ * @parameters: (allow-none) (array zero-terminated=1) (element-type GstValidate.ActionParameter): The #GstValidateActionParameter usable as parameter of the type
+ * @description: A description of the new type
+ * @flags: The #GstValidateActionTypeFlags to be set on the new action type
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer none): The newly created action type or the already registered action type
+ * if it had a higher rank
+ */
+GstValidateActionType *
+gst_validate_register_action_type_dynamic (GstPlugin * plugin,
+    const gchar * type_name, GstRank rank,
+    GstValidateExecuteAction function, GstValidateActionParameter * parameters,
+    const gchar * description, GstValidateActionTypeFlags flags)
+{
+  GstValidateActionType *tmptype;
+  GstValidateActionType *type = gst_validate_action_type_new ();
+  gboolean is_config = IS_CONFIG_ACTION_TYPE (flags);
+  gint n_params = is_config ? 0 : 2;
+
+  if (parameters) {
+    for (n_params = 0; parameters[n_params].name != NULL; n_params++);
+    n_params += 1;
+  }
+
+  if (n_params) {
+    type->parameters = g_new0 (GstValidateActionParameter, n_params);
+  }
+
+  if (parameters) {
+    memcpy (type->parameters, parameters,
+        sizeof (GstValidateActionParameter) * (n_params));
+  }
+
+  type->prepare = gst_validate_action_default_prepare_func;
+  type->execute = function;
+  type->name = g_strdup (type_name);
+  if (plugin)
+    type->implementer_namespace = g_strdup (gst_plugin_get_name (plugin));
+  else
+    type->implementer_namespace = g_strdup ("none");
+
+  type->description = g_strdup (description);
+  type->flags = flags;
+  type->rank = rank;
+
+  if ((tmptype = _find_action_type (type_name))) {
+    if (tmptype->rank <= rank) {
+      action_types = g_list_remove (action_types, tmptype);
+      type->overriden_type = tmptype;
+    } else {
+      gst_mini_object_unref (GST_MINI_OBJECT (type));
+
+      type = tmptype;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (type != tmptype)
+    action_types = g_list_append (action_types, type);
+
+  if (plugin) {
+    GList *plugin_action_types = g_object_steal_data (G_OBJECT (plugin),
+        "GstValidatePluginActionTypes");
+
+    plugin_action_types = g_list_prepend (plugin_action_types,
+        gst_mini_object_ref (GST_MINI_OBJECT (type)));
+
+    g_object_set_data_full (G_OBJECT (plugin), "GstValidatePluginActionTypes",
+        plugin_action_types, (GDestroyNotify) _free_action_types);
+  }
+
+  return type;
+}
+
+GstValidateActionType *
+gst_validate_get_action_type (const gchar * type_name)
+{
+  GstValidateActionType *type = _find_action_type (type_name);
+
+  if (type)
+    return
+        GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE (gst_mini_object_ref (GST_MINI_OBJECT (type)));
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+static GList *
+gst_validate_list_action_types (void)
+{
+  return action_types;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_print_action_types:
+ * @wanted_types: (array length=num_wanted_types): (optional):  List of types to be printed
+ * @num_wanted_types: (optional): Length of @wanted_types
+ *
+ * Prints the action types details wanted in @wanted_types
+ *
+ * Returns: True if all types could be printed
+ */
+gboolean
+gst_validate_print_action_types (const gchar ** wanted_types,
+    gint num_wanted_types)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+  gint nfound = 0;
+
+  for (tmp = gst_validate_list_action_types (); tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    GstValidateActionType *atype = tmp->data;
+    gboolean print = FALSE;
+
+    if (num_wanted_types) {
+      gint n;
+
+      for (n = 0; n < num_wanted_types; n++) {
+        if (g_strcmp0 (atype->name, wanted_types[n]) == 0 ||
+            g_strcmp0 (atype->implementer_namespace, wanted_types[n]) == 0) {
+          nfound++;
+          print = TRUE;
+
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      print = TRUE;
+    }
+
+    if (print && num_wanted_types) {
+      gst_validate_printf (tmp->data, "\n");
+    } else if (print) {
+      gchar *desc =
+          g_regex_replace (newline_regex, atype->description, -1, 0, "\n      ",
+          0,
+          NULL);
+
+      gst_validate_printf (NULL, "\n%s: %s:\n      %s\n",
+          atype->implementer_namespace, atype->name, desc);
+      g_free (desc);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (num_wanted_types && num_wanted_types > nfound) {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_scenario_get_actions:
+ * @scenario: The scenario to retrieve remaining actions for
+ *
+ * Get remaining actions from @scenario.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full) (element-type GstValidateAction): A list of #GstValidateAction.
+ */
+GList *
+gst_validate_scenario_get_actions (GstValidateScenario * scenario)
+{
+  if (GPOINTER_TO_INT (g_private_get (&main_thread_priv))) {
+    return g_list_copy_deep (scenario->priv->actions,
+        (GCopyFunc) gst_mini_object_ref, NULL);
+  } else {
+    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (scenario, "Trying to get next action from outside"
+        " the 'main' thread");
+  }
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+void
+init_scenarios (void)
+{
+  GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_validate_scenario_debug, "gstvalidatescenario",
+      GST_DEBUG_FG_YELLOW, "Gst validate scenarios");
+
+  _gst_validate_action_type = gst_validate_action_get_type ();
+  _gst_validate_action_type_type = gst_validate_action_type_get_type ();
+
+  g_private_set (&main_thread_priv, GUINT_TO_POINTER (TRUE));
+
+  /*  *INDENT-OFF* */
+  REGISTER_ACTION_TYPE ("description", NULL,
+      ((GstValidateActionParameter [])  {
+      {
+        .name = "summary",
+        .description = "Whether the scenario is a config only scenario (ie. explain what it does)",
+        .mandatory = FALSE,
+        .types = "sting",
+        .possible_variables = NULL,
+        .def = "'Nothing'"},
+      {
+        .name = "is-config",
+        .description = "Whether the scenario is a config only scenario",
+        .mandatory = FALSE,
+        .types = "boolean",
+        .possible_variables = NULL,
+        .def = "false"
+      },
+      {
+        .name = "handles-states",
+        .description = "Whether the scenario handles pipeline state changes from the beginning\n"
+        "in that case the application should not set the state of the pipeline to anything\n"
+        "and the scenario action will be executed from the beginning",
+        .mandatory = FALSE,
+        .types = "boolean",
+        .possible_variables = NULL,
+        .def = "false"},
+      {
+        .name = "seek",
+        .description = "Whether the scenario executes seek action or not",
+        .mandatory = FALSE,
+        .types = "boolean",
+        .possible_variables = NULL,
+        .def = "false"
+      },
+      {
+        .name = "reverse-playback",
+        .description = "Whether the scenario plays the stream backward",
+        .mandatory = FALSE,
+        .types = "boolean",
+        .possible_variables = NULL,
+        .def = "false"
+      },
+      {
+        .name = "need-clock-sync",
+        .description = "Whether the scenario needs the execution to be syncronized with the pipeline\n"
+                       "clock. Letting the user know if it can be used with a 'fakesink sync=false' sink",
+        .mandatory = FALSE,
+        .types = "boolean",
+        .possible_variables = NULL,
+        .def = "false"
+      },
+      {
+        .name = "min-media-duration",
+        .description = "Lets the user know the minimum duration of the stream for the scenario\n"
+                       "to be usable",
+        .mandatory = FALSE,
+        .types = "double",
+        .possible_variables = NULL,
+        .def = "0.0"
+      },
+      {
+        .name = "min-audio-track",
+        .description = "Lets the user know the minimum number of audio tracks the stream needs to contain\n"
+                       "for the scenario to be usable",
+        .mandatory = FALSE,
+        .types = "int",
+        .possible_variables = NULL,
+        .def = "0"
+      },
+      {
+       .name = "min-video-track",
+       .description = "Lets the user know the minimum number of video tracks the stream needs to contain\n"
+                      "for the scenario to be usable",
+       .mandatory = FALSE,
+       .types = "int",
+       .possible_variables = NULL,
+       .def = "0"
+      },
+      {
+        .name = "duration",
+        .description = "Lets the user know the time the scenario needs to be fully executed",
+        .mandatory = FALSE,
+        .types = "double, int",
+        .possible_variables = NULL,
+        .def = "infinite (GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE)"
+      },
+      {
+        .name = "pipeline-name",
+        .description = "The name of the GstPipeline on which the scenario should be executed.\n"
+          "It has the same effect as setting the pipeline using pipeline_name->scenario_name.",
+        .mandatory = FALSE,
+        .types = "string",
+        .possible_variables = NULL,
+        .def = "NULL"
+      },
+      {NULL}
+      }),
+      "Allows to describe the scenario in various ways",
+      GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_CONFIG);
+
+  REGISTER_ACTION_TYPE ("seek", _execute_seek,
+      ((GstValidateActionParameter [])  {
+        {
+          .name = "start",
+          .description = "The starting value of the seek",
+          .mandatory = TRUE,
+          .types = "double or string",
+          .possible_variables = "position: The current position in the stream\n"
+            "duration: The duration of the stream",
+           NULL
+        },
+        {
+          .name = "flags",
+          .description = "The GstSeekFlags to use",
+          .mandatory = TRUE,
+          .types = "string describing the GstSeekFlags to set",
+          NULL,
+        },
+        {
+          .name = "rate",
+          .description = "The rate value of the seek",
+          .mandatory = FALSE,
+          .types = "double",
+          .possible_variables = NULL,
+          .def = "1.0"
+        },
+        {
+          .name = "start_type",
+          .description = "The GstSeekType to use for the start of the seek, in:\n"
+          "  [none, set, end]",
+          .mandatory = FALSE,
+          .types = "string",
+        .possible_variables = NULL,
+          .def = "set"
+        },
+        {
+          .name = "stop_type",
+          .description = "The GstSeekType to use for the stop of the seek, in:\n"
+                         "  [none, set, end]",
+          .mandatory = FALSE,
+          .types = "string",
+          .possible_variables = NULL,
+          .def = "set"
+        },
+        {"stop", "The stop value of the seek", FALSE, "double or ",
+          "position: The current position in the stream\n"
+            "duration: The duration of the stream"
+            "GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE",
+        },
+        {NULL}
+      }),
+      "Seeks into the stream, example of a seek happening when the stream reaches 5 seconds\n"
+      "or 1 eighth of its duration and seeks at 10sec or 2 eighth of its duration:\n"
+      "  seek, playback-time=\"min(5.0, (duration/8))\", start=\"min(10, 2*(duration/8))\", flags=accurate+flush",
+      GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NEEDS_CLOCK
+  );
+
+  REGISTER_ACTION_TYPE ("pause", _execute_pause,
+      ((GstValidateActionParameter []) {
+        {
+          .name = "duration",
+          .description = "The duration during which the stream will be paused",
+          .mandatory = FALSE,
+          .types = "double",
+          .possible_variables = NULL,
+          .def = "0.0",
+        },
+        {NULL}
+      }),
+      "Sets pipeline to PAUSED. You can add a 'duration'\n"
+      "parametter so the pipeline goes back to playing after that duration\n"
+      "(in second)",
+      GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NEEDS_CLOCK & GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_ASYNC);
+
+  REGISTER_ACTION_TYPE ("play", _execute_play, NULL,
+      "Sets the pipeline state to PLAYING", GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NONE);
+
+  REGISTER_ACTION_TYPE ("stop", _execute_stop, NULL,
+      "Stops the execution of the scenario. It will post a 'request-state'"
+      " message on the bus with NULL as a requested state "
+      " and the application is responsible for stopping itself."
+      " if you override that action type, make sure to link up.",
+      GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NO_EXECUTION_NOT_FATAL);
+
+  REGISTER_ACTION_TYPE ("eos", _execute_eos, NULL,
+      "Sends an EOS event to the pipeline",
+      GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NO_EXECUTION_NOT_FATAL);
+
+  REGISTER_ACTION_TYPE ("switch-track", _execute_switch_track,
+      ((GstValidateActionParameter []) {
+        {
+          .name = "type",
+          .description = "Selects which track type to change (can be 'audio', 'video',"
+                          " or 'text').",
+          .mandatory = FALSE,
+          .types = "string",
+          .possible_variables = NULL,
+          .def = "audio",
+        },
+        {
+          .name = "index",
+          .description = "Selects which track of this type to use: it can be either a number,\n"
+                         "which will be the Nth track of the given type, or a number with a '+' or\n"
+                         "'-' prefix, which means a relative change (eg, '+1' means 'next track',\n"
+                         "'-1' means 'previous track')",
+          .mandatory = FALSE,
+          .types = "string: to switch track relatively\n"
+                   "int: To use the actual index to use",
+          .possible_variables = NULL,
+          .def = "+1",
+        },
+        {NULL}
+      }),
+      "The 'switch-track' command can be used to switch tracks.\n"
+      , GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NONE);
+
+  REGISTER_ACTION_TYPE ("wait", _execute_wait,
+      ((GstValidateActionParameter []) {
+        {
+          .name = "duration",
+          .description = "the duration while no other action will be executed",
+          .mandatory = FALSE,
+          NULL},
+        {
+          .name = "target-element-name",
+          .description = "The name of the GstElement to wait @signal-name on.",
+          .mandatory = FALSE,
+          .types = "string"
+        },
+        {
+          .name = "signal-name",
+          .description = "The name of the signal to wait for on @target-element-name",
+          .mandatory = FALSE,
+          .types = "string",
+          NULL
+        },
+        {
+          .name = "message-type",
+          .description = "The name of the message type to wait for (on @target-element-name"
+            " if specified)",
+          .mandatory = FALSE,
+          .types = "string",
+          NULL
+        },
+        {NULL}
+      }),
+      "Waits for signal 'signal-name', message 'message-type', or during 'duration' seconds",
+      GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_DOESNT_NEED_PIPELINE);
+
+  REGISTER_ACTION_TYPE ("dot-pipeline", _execute_dot_pipeline, NULL,
+      "Dots the pipeline (the 'name' property will be used in the dot filename).\n"
+      "For more information have a look at the GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE documentation.\n"
+      "Note that the GST_DEBUG_DUMP_DOT_DIR env variable needs to be set\n",
+      GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NONE);
+
+  REGISTER_ACTION_TYPE ("set-feature-rank", _set_rank,
+      ((GstValidateActionParameter []) {
+        {
+          .name = "feature-name",
+          .description = "The name of a GstFeature",
+          .mandatory = TRUE,
+          .types = "string",
+          NULL},
+        {
+          .name = "rank",
+          .description = "The GstRank to set on @feature-name",
+          .mandatory = TRUE,
+          .types = "string, int",
+          NULL},
+        {NULL}
+      }),
+      "Changes the ranking of a particular plugin feature",
+      GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_CONFIG);
+
+  REGISTER_ACTION_TYPE ("set-state", _execute_set_state,
+      ((GstValidateActionParameter []) {
+        {
+          .name = "state",
+          .description = "A GstState as a string, should be in: \n"
+                         "    * ['null', 'ready', 'paused', 'playing']",
+          .mandatory = TRUE,
+          .types = "string",
+        },
+        {NULL}
+      }),
+      "Changes the state of the pipeline to any GstState",
+      GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_ASYNC & GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NEEDS_CLOCK);
+
+  REGISTER_ACTION_TYPE ("set-property", _execute_set_property,
+      ((GstValidateActionParameter []) {
+        /* Either 'target-element-name' or 'target-element-klass' needs to be
+         * defined */
+        {
+          .name = "target-element-name",
+          .description = "The name of the GstElement to set a property on",
+          .mandatory = FALSE,
+          .types = "string",
+          NULL
+        },
+        {
+          .name = "target-element-klass",
+          .description = "The klass of the GstElements to set a property on",
+          .mandatory = FALSE,
+          .types = "string",
+          NULL
+        },
+        {
+          .name = "property-name",
+          .description = "The name of the property to set on @target-element-name",
+          .mandatory = TRUE,
+          .types = "string",
+          NULL
+        },
+        {
+          .name = "property-value",
+          .description = "The value of @property-name to be set on the element",
+          .mandatory = TRUE,
+          .types = "The same type of @property-name",
+          NULL
+        },
+        {NULL}
+      }),
+      "Sets a property of any element in the pipeline",
+      GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_CAN_EXECUTE_ON_ADDITION |
+          GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_CAN_BE_OPTIONAL);
+
+  REGISTER_ACTION_TYPE ("set-debug-threshold",
+      _execute_set_debug_threshold,
+      ((GstValidateActionParameter [])
+        {
+          {
+            .name = "debug-threshold",
+            .description = "String defining debug threshold\n"
+                           "See gst_debug_set_threshold_from_string",
+            .mandatory = TRUE,
+            .types = "string"},
+          {NULL}
+        }),
+      "Sets the debug level to be used, same format as\n"
+      "setting the GST_DEBUG env variable",
+      GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NONE);
+
+  REGISTER_ACTION_TYPE ("emit-signal", _execute_emit_signal,
+      ((GstValidateActionParameter [])
+      {
+        {
+          .name = "target-element-name",
+          .description = "The name of the GstElement to emit a signal on",
+          .mandatory = TRUE,
+          .types = "string"
+        },
+        {
+          .name = "signal-name",
+          .description = "The name of the signal to emit on @target-element-name",
+          .mandatory = TRUE,
+          .types = "string",
+          NULL
+        },
+        {NULL}
+      }),
+      "Emits a signal to an element in the pipeline",
+      GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NONE);
+
+  REGISTER_ACTION_TYPE ("disable-plugin", _execute_disable_plugin,
+      ((GstValidateActionParameter [])
+      {
+        {
+          .name = "plugin-name",
+          .description = "The name of the GstPlugin to disable",
+          .mandatory = TRUE,
+          .types = "string"
+        },
+        {
+          .name = "as-config",
+          .description = "Execute action as a config action (meaning when loading the scenario)",
+          .mandatory = FALSE,
+          .types = "boolean",
+          .def = "false"
+        },
+        {NULL}
+      }),
+      "Disables a GstPlugin",
+      GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NONE);
+  /*  *INDENT-ON* */
+
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4a7f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h
@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-runner.c - Validate Runner class
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_H__
+#define __GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_H__
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include "gst-validate-types.h"
+#include 
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_SCENARIO            (gst_validate_scenario_get_type ())
+#define GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO(obj)            (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_SCENARIO, GstValidateScenario))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_CLASS(klass)    (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_SCENARIO, GstValidateScenarioClass))
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_SCENARIO(obj)         (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_SCENARIO))
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_SCENARIO))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_GET_CLASS(obj)  (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_SCENARIO, GstValidateScenarioClass))
+
+typedef struct _GstValidateScenarioPrivate GstValidateScenarioPrivate;
+typedef struct _GstValidateActionParameter GstValidateActionParameter;
+
+GST_EXPORT GType _gst_validate_action_type;
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR,
+  GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK,
+  GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ASYNC,
+  GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_INTERLACED,
+  GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR_REPORTED
+} GstValidateActionReturn;
+
+/* TODO 2.0 -- Make it an actual enum type */
+#define GstValidateExecuteActionReturn gint
+
+/**
+ * GstValidateExecuteAction:
+ * @scenario: The #GstValidateScenario from which the @action is executed
+ * @action: The #GstValidateAction being executed
+ *
+ * A function that executes a #GstValidateAction
+ *
+ * Returns: a #GstValidateExecuteActionReturn
+ */
+typedef GstValidateExecuteActionReturn (*GstValidateExecuteAction) (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * action);
+
+/**
+ * GstValidatePrepareAction:
+ * @action: The #GstValidateAction to prepare before execution
+ *
+ * A function that prepares @action so it can be executed right after.
+ * Most of the time that function is used to parse and set field with
+ * equations in the action structure.
+ *
+ * Returns: a %TRUE if the action could be prepared and is ready to be run
+ *          %FALSE otherwise
+ */
+typedef gboolean (*GstValidatePrepareAction) (GstValidateAction * action);
+
+
+typedef struct _GstValidateActionPrivate          GstValidateActionPrivate;
+
+/**
+ * GstValidateAction:
+ * @type: The type of the #GstValidateAction, which is the name of the
+ *        GstValidateActionType registered with
+ *        #gst_validate_register_action_type
+ * @name: The name of the action, set from the user in the scenario
+ * @structure: the #GstStructure defining the action
+ *
+ * The GstValidateAction defined to be executed as part of a scenario
+ */
+struct _GstValidateAction
+{
+  GstMiniObject          mini_object;
+
+  /*< public > */
+  const gchar *type;
+  const gchar *name;
+  GstStructure *structure;
+  GstValidateScenario *scenario;
+
+  /* < private > */
+  guint action_number;
+  gint repeat;
+  GstClockTime playback_time;
+
+  GstValidateActionPrivate *priv;
+
+  gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING_LARGE - 2]; /* ->scenario + ->priv */
+};
+
+void gst_validate_action_set_done (GstValidateAction *action);
+
+#define GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_ACTION            (gst_validate_action_get_type ())
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_ACTION(obj)         (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_ACTION))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_GET_TYPE(obj)   ((GstValidateActionType*)gst_validate_get_action_type(((GstValidateAction*)obj)->type))
+GType gst_validate_action_get_type (void);
+
+/**
+ * GstValidateActionTypeFlags:
+ * @GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NONE: No special flag
+ * @GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_CONFIG: The action is a config
+ * @GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_ASYNC: The action can be executed ASYNC
+ * @GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_INTERLACED: The action will be executed async
+ *                                       but without blocking further actions
+ *                                       to be executed
+ * @GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_CAN_EXECUTE_ON_ADDITION: The action will be executed on 'element-added'
+ *                                                 for a particular element type if no playback-time
+ *                                                 is specified
+ * @GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NEEDS_CLOCK: The pipeline will need to be synchronized with the clock
+ *                                        for that action type to be used.
+ * @GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NO_EXECUTION_NOT_FATAL: Do not concider the non execution of the action
+ *                                                   as a fatal error.
+ * @GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_CAN_BE_OPTIONAL: The action can use the 'optional' keyword. Such action
+ *                                            instances will have the #GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NO_EXECUTION_NOT_FATAL
+ *                                            flag set and won't be considered as fatal if they fail.
+ */
+typedef enum
+{
+    GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NONE = 0,
+    GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_CONFIG = 1 << 1,
+    GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_ASYNC = 1 << 2,
+    GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_INTERLACED = 1 << 3,
+    GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_CAN_EXECUTE_ON_ADDITION = 1 << 4,
+    GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NEEDS_CLOCK = 1 << 5,
+    GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NO_EXECUTION_NOT_FATAL = 1 << 6,
+    GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_CAN_BE_OPTIONAL = 1 << 7,
+    GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_DOESNT_NEED_PIPELINE = 1 << 8,
+} GstValidateActionTypeFlags;
+
+/**
+ * @name: The name of the new action type to add
+ * @implementer_namespace: The namespace of the implementer of the action type
+ * @execute: (virtual do_execute): The function to be called to execute the action
+ * @parameters: (allow-none) (array zero-terminated=1) (element-type GstValidate.ActionParameter): The #GstValidateActionParameter usable as parameter of the type
+ * @description: A description of the new type
+ * @flags: The flags of the action type
+ */
+struct _GstValidateActionType
+{
+  GstMiniObject          mini_object;
+
+  gchar *name;
+  gchar *implementer_namespace;
+
+  GstValidatePrepareAction prepare;
+  GstValidateExecuteAction execute;
+
+  GstValidateActionParameter *parameters;
+
+  gchar *description;
+  GstValidateActionTypeFlags flags;
+
+  GstRank rank;
+
+  GstValidateActionType *overriden_type;
+
+  /*< private >*/
+  gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING_LARGE - sizeof (GstRank) - 1];
+};
+
+#define GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE       (gst_validate_action_type_get_type ())
+#define GST_IS_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE(obj)    (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE))
+#define GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE(obj)       ((GstValidateActionType*) obj)
+GType gst_validate_action_type_get_type     (void);
+
+gboolean gst_validate_print_action_types (const gchar ** wanted_types, gint num_wanted_types);
+
+/**
+ * GstValidateActionParameter:
+ * @name: The name of the parameter
+ * @description: The description of the parameter
+ * @mandatory: Whether the parameter is mandatory for
+ *             a specific action type
+ * @types: The types the parameter can take described as a
+ * string. It can be precisely describing how the typing works
+ *         using '\n' between the various acceptable types.
+ * @possible_variables: The name of the variables that can be
+ *                      used to compute the value of the parameter.
+ *                      For example for the start value of a seek
+ *                      action, we will accept to take 'duration'
+ *                      which will be replace by the total duration
+ *                      of the stream on which the action is executed.
+ * @def: The default value of a parametter as a string, should be %NULL
+ *       for mandatory streams.
+ */
+struct _GstValidateActionParameter
+{
+  const gchar  *name;
+  const gchar  *description;
+  gboolean     mandatory;
+  const gchar  *types;
+  const gchar  *possible_variables;
+  const gchar  *def;
+
+  /*< private >*/
+  gpointer     _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
+};
+
+struct _GstValidateScenarioClass
+{
+  GObjectClass parent_class;
+
+  /*< public >*/
+  /*< private >*/
+  gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
+};
+
+/**
+ * GstValidateScenario:
+ * @pipeline: The #GstPipeline on which the scenario is being executed.
+ */
+struct _GstValidateScenario
+{
+  GObject parent;
+
+  /*< public >*/
+  GstElement *pipeline;
+
+  /*< private >*/
+  GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv;
+
+  gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
+};
+
+GType gst_validate_scenario_get_type (void);
+
+GstValidateScenario * gst_validate_scenario_factory_create (GstValidateRunner *runner,
+                                                GstElement *pipeline,
+                                                const gchar *scenario_name);
+gboolean
+gst_validate_list_scenarios       (gchar **scenarios,
+                                   gint num_scenarios,
+                                   gchar * output_file);
+
+GstValidateActionType *
+gst_validate_get_action_type           (const gchar *type_name);
+
+GstValidateActionType *
+gst_validate_register_action_type      (const gchar *type_name,
+                                        const gchar *implementer_namespace,
+                                        GstValidateExecuteAction function,
+                                        GstValidateActionParameter * parameters,
+                                        const gchar *description,
+                                        GstValidateActionTypeFlags flags);
+
+void
+gst_validate_action_type_set_prepare_function (GstValidateActionType *type,
+                                               GstValidatePrepareAction prepare_action);
+
+GstValidateActionType *
+gst_validate_register_action_type_dynamic (GstPlugin *plugin,
+                                           const gchar * type_name,
+                                           GstRank rank,
+                                           GstValidateExecuteAction function,
+                                           GstValidateActionParameter * parameters,
+                                           const gchar * description,
+                                           GstValidateActionTypeFlags flags);
+
+
+gboolean gst_validate_action_get_clocktime (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+                                            GstValidateAction *action,
+                                            const gchar * name,
+                                            GstClockTime * retval);
+
+gboolean gst_validate_scenario_execute_seek (GstValidateScenario *scenario,
+                                             GstValidateAction *action,
+                                             gdouble rate,
+                                             GstFormat format,
+                                             GstSeekFlags flags,
+                                             GstSeekType start_type,
+                                             GstClockTime start,
+                                             GstSeekType stop_type,
+                                             GstClockTime stop);
+
+GList *
+gst_validate_scenario_get_actions          (GstValidateScenario *scenario);
+GstValidateExecuteActionReturn
+gst_validate_execute_action                 (GstValidateActionType * action_type,
+                                             GstValidateAction * action);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIOS__ */
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-types.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-types.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ba6c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-types.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_VALIDATE_TYPES_H__
+#define __GST_VALIDATE_TYPES_H__
+
+typedef struct _GstValidateScenario        GstValidateScenario;
+typedef struct _GstValidateScenarioClass   GstValidateScenarioClass;
+
+typedef struct _GstValidateAction          GstValidateAction;
+typedef struct _GstValidateActionType      GstValidateActionType;
+
+#endif /* __GST_VALIDATE_TYPES_ */
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e948a10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,736 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-utils.c - Some utility functions
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+
+#include "gst-validate-utils.h"
+#include 
+
+#define PARSER_BOOLEAN_EQUALITY_THRESHOLD (1e-10)
+#define PARSER_MAX_TOKEN_SIZE 256
+#define PARSER_MAX_ARGUMENT_COUNT 10
+
+static GRegex *_clean_structs_lines = NULL;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  const gchar *str;
+  gint len;
+  gint pos;
+  jmp_buf err_jmp_buf;
+  const gchar *error;
+  void *user_data;
+  ParseVariableFunc variable_func;
+} MathParser;
+
+static gdouble _read_power (MathParser * parser);
+
+static void
+_error (MathParser * parser, const gchar * err)
+{
+  parser->error = err;
+  longjmp (parser->err_jmp_buf, 1);
+}
+
+static gchar
+_peek (MathParser * parser)
+{
+  if (parser->pos < parser->len)
+    return parser->str[parser->pos];
+  _error (parser, "Tried to read past end of string!");
+  return '\0';
+}
+
+static gchar
+_peek_n (MathParser * parser, gint n)
+{
+  if (parser->pos + n < parser->len)
+    return parser->str[parser->pos + n];
+  _error (parser, "Tried to read past end of string!");
+  return '\0';
+}
+
+static gchar
+_next (MathParser * parser)
+{
+  if (parser->pos < parser->len)
+    return parser->str[parser->pos++];
+  _error (parser, "Tried to read past end of string!");
+  return '\0';
+}
+
+static gdouble
+_read_double (MathParser * parser)
+{
+  gchar c, token[PARSER_MAX_TOKEN_SIZE];
+  gint pos = 0;
+  gdouble val = 0.0;
+
+  c = _peek (parser);
+  if (c == '+' || c == '-')
+    token[pos++] = _next (parser);
+
+  while (isdigit (_peek (parser)))
+    token[pos++] = _next (parser);
+
+  c = _peek (parser);
+  if (c == '.')
+    token[pos++] = _next (parser);
+
+  while (isdigit (_peek (parser)))
+    token[pos++] = _next (parser);
+
+  c = _peek (parser);
+  if (c == 'e' || c == 'E') {
+    token[pos++] = _next (parser);
+
+    c = _peek (parser);
+    if (c == '+' || c == '-') {
+      token[pos++] = _next (parser);
+    }
+  }
+
+  while (isdigit (_peek (parser)))
+    token[pos++] = _next (parser);
+
+  token[pos] = '\0';
+
+  if (pos == 0 || sscanf (token, "%lf", &val) != 1)
+    _error (parser, "Failed to read real number");
+
+  return val;
+}
+
+static gdouble
+_read_term (MathParser * parser)
+{
+  gdouble v0;
+  gchar c;
+
+  v0 = _read_power (parser);
+  c = _peek (parser);
+
+  while (c == '*' || c == '/') {
+    _next (parser);
+    if (c == '*') {
+      v0 *= _read_power (parser);
+    } else if (c == '/') {
+      v0 /= _read_power (parser);
+    }
+    c = _peek (parser);
+  }
+  return v0;
+}
+
+static gdouble
+_read_expr (MathParser * parser)
+{
+  gdouble v0 = 0.0;
+  gchar c;
+
+  c = _peek (parser);
+  if (c == '+' || c == '-') {
+    _next (parser);
+    if (c == '+')
+      v0 += _read_term (parser);
+    else if (c == '-')
+      v0 -= _read_term (parser);
+  } else {
+    v0 = _read_term (parser);
+  }
+
+  c = _peek (parser);
+  while (c == '+' || c == '-') {
+    _next (parser);
+    if (c == '+') {
+      v0 += _read_term (parser);
+    } else if (c == '-') {
+      v0 -= _read_term (parser);
+    }
+
+    c = _peek (parser);
+  }
+
+  return v0;
+}
+
+static gdouble
+_read_boolean_comparison (MathParser * parser)
+{
+  gchar c, oper[] = { '\0', '\0', '\0' };
+  gdouble v0, v1;
+
+
+  v0 = _read_expr (parser);
+  c = _peek (parser);
+  if (c == '>' || c == '<') {
+    oper[0] = _next (parser);
+    c = _peek (parser);
+    if (c == '=')
+      oper[1] = _next (parser);
+
+
+    v1 = _read_expr (parser);
+
+    if (g_strcmp0 (oper, "<") == 0) {
+      v0 = (v0 < v1) ? 1.0 : 0.0;
+    } else if (g_strcmp0 (oper, ">") == 0) {
+      v0 = (v0 > v1) ? 1.0 : 0.0;
+    } else if (g_strcmp0 (oper, "<=") == 0) {
+      v0 = (v0 <= v1) ? 1.0 : 0.0;
+    } else if (g_strcmp0 (oper, ">=") == 0) {
+      v0 = (v0 >= v1) ? 1.0 : 0.0;
+    } else {
+      _error (parser, "Unknown operation!");
+    }
+  }
+  return v0;
+}
+
+static gdouble
+_read_boolean_equality (MathParser * parser)
+{
+  gchar c, oper[] = { '\0', '\0', '\0' };
+  gdouble v0, v1;
+
+  v0 = _read_boolean_comparison (parser);
+  c = _peek (parser);
+  if (c == '=' || c == '!') {
+    if (c == '!') {
+      if (_peek_n (parser, 1) == '=') {
+        oper[0] = _next (parser);
+        oper[1] = _next (parser);
+      } else {
+        return v0;
+      }
+    } else {
+      oper[0] = _next (parser);
+      c = _peek (parser);
+      if (c != '=')
+        _error (parser, "Expected a '=' for boolean '==' operator!");
+      oper[1] = _next (parser);
+    }
+    v1 = _read_boolean_comparison (parser);
+    if (g_strcmp0 (oper, "==") == 0) {
+      v0 = (fabs (v0 - v1) < PARSER_BOOLEAN_EQUALITY_THRESHOLD) ? 1.0 : 0.0;
+    } else if (g_strcmp0 (oper, "!=") == 0) {
+      v0 = (fabs (v0 - v1) > PARSER_BOOLEAN_EQUALITY_THRESHOLD) ? 1.0 : 0.0;
+    } else {
+      _error (parser, "Unknown operation!");
+    }
+  }
+  return v0;
+}
+
+static gdouble
+_read_boolean_and (MathParser * parser)
+{
+  gchar c;
+  gdouble v0, v1;
+
+  v0 = _read_boolean_equality (parser);
+
+  c = _peek (parser);
+  while (c == '&') {
+    _next (parser);
+
+    c = _peek (parser);
+    if (c != '&')
+      _error (parser, "Expected '&' to follow '&' in logical and operation!");
+    _next (parser);
+
+    v1 = _read_boolean_equality (parser);
+    v0 = (fabs (v0) >= PARSER_BOOLEAN_EQUALITY_THRESHOLD
+        && fabs (v1) >= PARSER_BOOLEAN_EQUALITY_THRESHOLD) ? 1.0 : 0.0;
+
+    c = _peek (parser);
+  }
+
+  return v0;
+}
+
+static gdouble
+_read_boolean_or (MathParser * parser)
+{
+  gchar c;
+  gdouble v0, v1;
+
+  v0 = _read_boolean_and (parser);
+
+  c = _peek (parser);
+  while (c == '|') {
+    _next (parser);
+    c = _peek (parser);
+    if (c != '|')
+      _error (parser, "Expected '|' to follow '|' in logical or operation!");
+    _next (parser);
+    v1 = _read_boolean_and (parser);
+    v0 = (fabs (v0) >= PARSER_BOOLEAN_EQUALITY_THRESHOLD
+        || fabs (v1) >= PARSER_BOOLEAN_EQUALITY_THRESHOLD) ? 1.0 : 0.0;
+    c = _peek (parser);
+  }
+
+  return v0;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_init (MathParser * parser, const gchar * str,
+    ParseVariableFunc variable_func, void *user_data)
+{
+  parser->str = str;
+  parser->len = strlen (str) + 1;
+  parser->pos = 0;
+  parser->error = NULL;
+  parser->user_data = user_data;
+  parser->variable_func = variable_func;
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gdouble
+_parse (MathParser * parser)
+{
+  gdouble result = 0.0;
+
+  if (!setjmp (parser->err_jmp_buf)) {
+    result = _read_expr (parser);
+    if (parser->pos < parser->len - 1) {
+      _error (parser,
+          "Failed to reach end of input expression, likely malformed input");
+    } else
+      return result;
+  }
+
+  return -1.0;
+}
+
+static gdouble
+_read_argument (MathParser * parser)
+{
+  gchar c;
+  gdouble val;
+
+  val = _read_expr (parser);
+  c = _peek (parser);
+  if (c == ',')
+    _next (parser);
+
+  return val;
+}
+
+static gdouble
+_read_builtin (MathParser * parser)
+{
+  gdouble v0 = 0.0, v1 = 0.0;
+  gchar c, token[PARSER_MAX_TOKEN_SIZE];
+  gint pos = 0;
+
+  c = _peek (parser);
+  if (isalpha (c) || c == '_') {
+    while (isalpha (c) || isdigit (c) || c == '_') {
+      token[pos++] = _next (parser);
+      c = _peek (parser);
+    }
+    token[pos] = '\0';
+
+    if (_peek (parser) == '(') {
+      _next (parser);
+      if (g_strcmp0 (token, "min") == 0) {
+        v0 = _read_argument (parser);
+        v1 = _read_argument (parser);
+        v0 = MIN (v0, v1);
+      } else if (g_strcmp0 (token, "max") == 0) {
+        v0 = _read_argument (parser);
+        v1 = _read_argument (parser);
+        v0 = MAX (v0, v1);
+      } else {
+        _error (parser, "Tried to call unknown built-in function!");
+      }
+
+      if (_next (parser) != ')')
+        _error (parser, "Expected ')' in built-in call!");
+    } else {
+      if (parser->variable_func != NULL
+          && parser->variable_func (token, &v1, parser->user_data)) {
+        v0 = v1;
+      } else {
+        _error (parser, "Could not look up value for variable %s!");
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    v0 = _read_double (parser);
+  }
+
+  return v0;
+}
+
+static gdouble
+_read_parenthesis (MathParser * parser)
+{
+  gdouble val;
+
+  if (_peek (parser) == '(') {
+    _next (parser);
+    val = _read_boolean_or (parser);
+    if (_peek (parser) != ')')
+      _error (parser, "Expected ')'!");
+    _next (parser);
+  } else {
+    val = _read_builtin (parser);
+  }
+
+  return val;
+}
+
+static gdouble
+_read_unary (MathParser * parser)
+{
+  gchar c;
+  gdouble v0 = 0.0;
+
+  c = _peek (parser);
+  if (c == '!') {
+    _error (parser, "Expected '+' or '-' for unary expression, got '!'");
+  } else if (c == '-') {
+    _next (parser);
+    v0 = -_read_parenthesis (parser);
+  } else if (c == '+') {
+    _next (parser);
+    v0 = _read_parenthesis (parser);
+  } else {
+    v0 = _read_parenthesis (parser);
+  }
+  return v0;
+}
+
+static gdouble
+_read_power (MathParser * parser)
+{
+  gdouble v0, v1 = 1.0, s = 1.0;
+
+  v0 = _read_unary (parser);
+
+  while (_peek (parser) == '^') {
+    _next (parser);
+    if (_peek (parser) == '-') {
+      _next (parser);
+      s = -1.0;
+    }
+    v1 = s * _read_power (parser);
+    v0 = pow (v0, v1);
+  }
+
+  return v0;
+}
+
+gdouble
+gst_validate_utils_parse_expression (const gchar * expr,
+    ParseVariableFunc variable_func, gpointer user_data, gchar ** error)
+{
+  gdouble val;
+  MathParser parser;
+  gchar **spl = g_strsplit (expr, " ", -1);
+  gchar *expr_nospace = g_strjoinv ("", spl);
+
+  _init (&parser, expr_nospace, variable_func, user_data);
+  val = _parse (&parser);
+  g_strfreev (spl);
+  g_free (expr_nospace);
+
+  if (error) {
+    if (parser.error)
+      *error = g_strdup (parser.error);
+    else
+      *error = NULL;
+  }
+  return val;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_utils_flags_from_str:
+ * @type: The #GType of the flags we are trying to retrieve the flags from
+ * @str_flags: The string representation of the value
+ *
+ * Returns: The flags set in @str_flags
+ */
+guint
+gst_validate_utils_flags_from_str (GType type, const gchar * str_flags)
+{
+  guint i;
+  gint flags = 0;
+  GFlagsClass *class = g_type_class_ref (type);
+
+  for (i = 0; i < class->n_values; i++) {
+    if (class->values[i].value_nick == NULL)
+      continue;
+
+    if (g_strrstr (str_flags, class->values[i].value_nick)) {
+      flags |= class->values[i].value;
+    }
+  }
+  g_type_class_unref (class);
+
+  return flags;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_utils_enum_from_str:
+ * @type: The #GType of the enum we are trying to retrieve the enum value from
+ * @str_enum: The string representation of the value
+ * @enum_value: (out): The value of the enum
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE on success %FALSE otherwise
+ */
+gboolean
+gst_validate_utils_enum_from_str (GType type, const gchar * str_enum,
+    guint * enum_value)
+{
+  guint i;
+  GEnumClass *class = g_type_class_ref (type);
+  gboolean ret = FALSE;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < class->n_values; i++) {
+    if (g_strrstr (str_enum, class->values[i].value_nick)) {
+      *enum_value = class->values[i].value;
+      ret = TRUE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  g_type_class_unref (class);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+/* Parse file that contains a list of GStructures */
+static gchar **
+_file_get_lines (GFile * file)
+{
+  gsize size;
+
+  GError *err = NULL;
+  gchar *content = NULL, *escaped_content = NULL, **lines = NULL;
+
+  /* TODO Handle GCancellable */
+  if (!g_file_load_contents (file, NULL, &content, &size, NULL, &err)) {
+    GST_WARNING ("Failed to load contents: %d %s", err->code, err->message);
+    g_error_free (err);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  if (g_strcmp0 (content, "") == 0) {
+    g_free (content);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (_clean_structs_lines == NULL)
+    _clean_structs_lines =
+        g_regex_new ("\\\\\n|#.*\n", G_REGEX_CASELESS, 0, NULL);
+
+  escaped_content =
+      g_regex_replace (_clean_structs_lines, content, -1, 0, "", 0, NULL);
+  g_free (content);
+
+  lines = g_strsplit (escaped_content, "\n", 0);
+  g_free (escaped_content);
+
+  return lines;
+}
+
+static gchar **
+_get_lines (const gchar * scenario_file)
+{
+  GFile *file = NULL;
+  gchar **lines = NULL;
+
+  GST_DEBUG ("Trying to load %s", scenario_file);
+  if ((file = g_file_new_for_path (scenario_file)) == NULL) {
+    GST_WARNING ("%s wrong uri", scenario_file);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  lines = _file_get_lines (file);
+
+  g_object_unref (file);
+
+  return lines;
+}
+
+/* Returns: (transfer full): a #GList of #GstStructure */
+static GList *
+_lines_get_strutures (gchar ** lines)
+{
+  gint i;
+  GList *structures = NULL;
+
+  for (i = 0; lines[i]; i++) {
+    GstStructure *structure;
+
+    if (g_strcmp0 (lines[i], "") == 0)
+      continue;
+
+    structure = gst_structure_from_string (lines[i], NULL);
+    if (structure == NULL) {
+      GST_ERROR ("Could not parse action %s", lines[i]);
+      goto failed;
+    }
+
+    structures = g_list_append (structures, structure);
+  }
+
+done:
+  if (lines)
+    g_strfreev (lines);
+
+  return structures;
+
+failed:
+  if (structures)
+    g_list_free_full (structures, (GDestroyNotify) gst_structure_free);
+  structures = NULL;
+
+  goto done;
+}
+
+GList *
+gst_validate_utils_structs_parse_from_filename (const gchar * scenario_file)
+{
+  gchar **lines;
+
+  lines = _get_lines (scenario_file);
+
+  if (lines == NULL) {
+    GST_DEBUG ("Got no line for file: %s", scenario_file);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  return _lines_get_strutures (lines);
+}
+
+GList *
+structs_parse_from_gfile (GFile * scenario_file)
+{
+  gchar **lines;
+
+  lines = _file_get_lines (scenario_file);
+
+  if (lines == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+
+  return _lines_get_strutures (lines);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+strv_contains (GStrv strv, const gchar * str)
+{
+  guint i;
+
+  for (i = 0; strv[i] != NULL; i++)
+    if (g_strcmp0 (strv[i], str) == 0)
+      return TRUE;
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_validate_element_has_klass (GstElement * element, const gchar * klass)
+{
+  const gchar *tmp;
+  gchar **a, **b;
+  gboolean result = FALSE;
+  guint i;
+
+  tmp = gst_element_class_get_metadata (GST_ELEMENT_GET_CLASS (element),
+      GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_KLASS);
+
+  a = g_strsplit (klass, "/", -1);
+  b = g_strsplit (tmp, "/", -1);
+
+  /* All the elements in 'a' have to be in 'b' */
+  for (i = 0; a[i] != NULL; i++)
+    if (!strv_contains (b, a[i]))
+      goto done;
+  result = TRUE;
+
+done:
+  g_strfreev (a);
+  g_strfreev (b);
+  return result;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_validate_utils_get_clocktime (GstStructure * structure, const gchar * name,
+    GstClockTime * retval)
+{
+  gdouble val;
+  const GValue *gvalue = gst_structure_get_value (structure, name);
+
+  *retval = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+  if (gvalue == NULL) {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  if (G_VALUE_TYPE (gvalue) == GST_TYPE_CLOCK_TIME) {
+    *retval = g_value_get_uint64 (gvalue);
+
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  if (G_VALUE_TYPE (gvalue) == G_TYPE_UINT64) {
+    *retval = g_value_get_uint64 (gvalue);
+
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  if (G_VALUE_TYPE (gvalue) == G_TYPE_UINT) {
+    *retval = (GstClockTime) g_value_get_uint (gvalue);
+
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  if (G_VALUE_TYPE (gvalue) == G_TYPE_INT) {
+    *retval = (GstClockTime) g_value_get_int (gvalue);
+
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  if (G_VALUE_TYPE (gvalue) == G_TYPE_INT64) {
+    *retval = (GstClockTime) g_value_get_int64 (gvalue);
+
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  if (!gst_structure_get_double (structure, name, &val)) {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  if (val == -1.0)
+    *retval = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+  else {
+    *retval = val * GST_SECOND;
+    *retval = GST_ROUND_UP_4 (*retval);
+  }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a181be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-utils.h - Some utility functions
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef EXPRESSION_PARSER_H
+#define EXPRESSION_PARSER_H
+
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include 
+
+typedef int (*ParseVariableFunc) (const gchar *name,
+    double *value, gpointer user_data);
+
+gdouble gst_validate_utils_parse_expression (const gchar *expr,
+                                             ParseVariableFunc variable_func,
+                                             gpointer user_data,
+                                             gchar **error);
+guint gst_validate_utils_flags_from_str     (GType type, const gchar * str_flags);
+gboolean gst_validate_utils_enum_from_str   (GType type,
+                                             const gchar * str_enum,
+                                             guint * enum_value);
+
+GList * gst_validate_utils_structs_parse_from_filename         (const gchar * scenario_file);
+GList * structs_parse_from_gfile            (GFile * scenario_file);
+
+gboolean gst_validate_element_has_klass (GstElement * element, const gchar * klass);
+gboolean gst_validate_utils_get_clocktime (GstStructure *structure, const gchar * name,
+        GstClockTime * retval);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.c b/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebcd2cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.c
@@ -0,0 +1,508 @@
+/**
+ * Gstreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Collabora Ltd.
+ * Author: Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#include "media-descriptor-parser.h"
+#include 
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstMediaDescriptorParser, gst_media_descriptor_parser,
+    GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR);
+
+enum
+{
+  PROP_0,
+  PROP_PATH,
+  N_PROPERTIES
+};
+
+struct _GstMediaDescriptorParserPrivate
+{
+  gchar *xmlpath;
+
+  gboolean in_stream;
+  gchar *xmlcontent;
+  GMarkupParseContext *parsecontext;
+};
+
+/* Private methods  and callbacks */
+static gint
+compare_frames (FrameNode * frm, FrameNode * frm1)
+{
+  if (frm->id < frm1->id)
+    return -1;
+
+  else if (frm->id == frm1->id)
+    return 0;
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
+static void
+deserialize_filenode (FileNode * filenode,
+    const gchar ** names, const gchar ** values)
+{
+  gint i;
+  for (i = 0; names[i] != NULL; i++) {
+    if (g_strcmp0 (names[i], "uri") == 0)
+      filenode->uri = g_strdup (values[i]);
+    else if (g_strcmp0 (names[i], "id") == 0)
+      filenode->id = g_ascii_strtoull (values[i], NULL, 0);
+    else if (g_strcmp0 (names[i], "frame-detection") == 0)
+      filenode->frame_detection = g_ascii_strtoull (values[i], NULL, 0);
+    else if (g_strcmp0 (names[i], "duration") == 0)
+      filenode->duration = g_ascii_strtoull (values[i], NULL, 0);
+    else if (g_strcmp0 (names[i], "seekable") == 0)
+      filenode->seekable = (gboolean) g_strcmp0 (values[i], "false");
+  }
+}
+
+static StreamNode *
+deserialize_streamnode (const gchar ** names, const gchar ** values)
+{
+  gint i;
+  StreamNode *streamnode = g_slice_new0 (StreamNode);
+
+  for (i = 0; names[i] != NULL; i++) {
+    if (g_strcmp0 (names[i], "id") == 0)
+      streamnode->id = g_strdup (values[i]);
+    else if (g_strcmp0 (names[i], "caps") == 0)
+      streamnode->caps = gst_caps_from_string (values[i]);
+    else if (g_strcmp0 (names[i], "padname") == 0)
+      streamnode->padname = g_strdup (values[i]);
+  }
+
+
+  return streamnode;
+}
+
+static TagsNode *
+deserialize_tagsnode (const gchar ** names, const gchar ** values)
+{
+  TagsNode *tagsnode = g_slice_new0 (TagsNode);
+
+  return tagsnode;
+}
+
+static TagNode *
+deserialize_tagnode (const gchar ** names, const gchar ** values)
+{
+  gint i;
+  TagNode *tagnode = g_slice_new0 (TagNode);
+
+  for (i = 0; names[i] != NULL; i++) {
+    if (g_strcmp0 (names[i], "content") == 0)
+      tagnode->taglist = gst_tag_list_new_from_string (values[i]);
+  }
+
+  return tagnode;
+}
+
+static FrameNode *
+deserialize_framenode (const gchar ** names, const gchar ** values)
+{
+  gint i;
+
+  FrameNode *framenode = g_slice_new0 (FrameNode);
+
+  for (i = 0; names[i] != NULL; i++) {
+    if (g_strcmp0 (names[i], "id") == 0)
+      framenode->id = g_ascii_strtoull (values[i], NULL, 0);
+    else if (g_strcmp0 (names[i], "offset") == 0)
+      framenode->offset = g_ascii_strtoull (values[i], NULL, 0);
+    else if (g_strcmp0 (names[i], "offset-end") == 0)
+      framenode->offset_end = g_ascii_strtoull (values[i], NULL, 0);
+    else if (g_strcmp0 (names[i], "duration") == 0)
+      framenode->duration = g_ascii_strtoull (values[i], NULL, 0);
+    else if (g_strcmp0 (names[i], "pts") == 0)
+      framenode->pts = g_ascii_strtoull (values[i], NULL, 0);
+    else if (g_strcmp0 (names[i], "dts") == 0)
+      framenode->dts = g_ascii_strtoull (values[i], NULL, 0);
+    else if (g_strcmp0 (names[i], "checksum") == 0)
+      framenode->checksum = g_strdup (values[i]);
+    else if (g_strcmp0 (names[i], "is-keyframe") == 0) {
+      if (!g_ascii_strcasecmp (values[i], "true"))
+        framenode->is_keyframe = TRUE;
+      else
+        framenode->is_keyframe = FALSE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  framenode->buf = gst_buffer_new_wrapped (framenode->checksum,
+      strlen (framenode->checksum) + 1);
+
+  GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (framenode->buf) = framenode->offset;
+  GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (framenode->buf) = framenode->offset_end;
+  GST_BUFFER_DURATION (framenode->buf) = framenode->duration;
+  GST_BUFFER_PTS (framenode->buf) = framenode->pts;
+  GST_BUFFER_DTS (framenode->buf) = framenode->dts;
+
+  if (framenode->is_keyframe) {
+    GST_BUFFER_FLAG_UNSET (framenode->buf, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT);
+  } else {
+    GST_BUFFER_FLAG_SET (framenode->buf, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT);
+  }
+
+  return framenode;
+}
+
+
+static void
+on_end_element_cb (GMarkupParseContext * context,
+    const gchar * element_name, gpointer user_data, GError ** error)
+{
+  GstMediaDescriptorParserPrivate *priv =
+      GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER (user_data)->priv;
+
+  if (g_strcmp0 (element_name, "stream") == 0) {
+    priv->in_stream = FALSE;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+on_start_element_cb (GMarkupParseContext * context,
+    const gchar * element_name, const gchar ** attribute_names,
+    const gchar ** attribute_values, gpointer user_data, GError ** error)
+{
+  FileNode *filenode = GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR (user_data)->filenode;
+
+  GstMediaDescriptorParserPrivate *priv =
+      GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER (user_data)->priv;
+
+  if (g_strcmp0 (element_name, "file") == 0) {
+    deserialize_filenode (filenode, attribute_names, attribute_values);
+  } else if (g_strcmp0 (element_name, "stream") == 0) {
+    StreamNode *node =
+        deserialize_streamnode (attribute_names, attribute_values);
+    priv->in_stream = TRUE;
+    filenode->streams = g_list_prepend (filenode->streams, node);
+  } else if (g_strcmp0 (element_name, "frame") == 0) {
+    StreamNode *streamnode = filenode->streams->data;
+
+    streamnode->cframe = streamnode->frames =
+        g_list_insert_sorted (streamnode->frames,
+        deserialize_framenode (attribute_names, attribute_values),
+        (GCompareFunc) compare_frames);
+  } else if (g_strcmp0 (element_name, "tags") == 0) {
+    if (priv->in_stream) {
+      StreamNode *snode = (StreamNode *) filenode->streams->data;
+
+      snode->tags = deserialize_tagsnode (attribute_names, attribute_values);
+    } else {
+      filenode->tags = deserialize_tagsnode (attribute_names, attribute_values);
+    }
+  } else if (g_strcmp0 (element_name, "tag") == 0) {
+    TagsNode *tagsnode;
+
+    if (priv->in_stream) {
+      StreamNode *snode = (StreamNode *) filenode->streams->data;
+      tagsnode = snode->tags;
+    } else {
+      tagsnode = filenode->tags;
+    }
+
+    tagsnode->tags = g_list_prepend (tagsnode->tags,
+        deserialize_tagnode (attribute_names, attribute_values));
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+on_error_cb (GMarkupParseContext * context, GError * error, gpointer user_data)
+{
+  GST_ERROR ("Error parsing file: %s", error->message);
+}
+
+static const GMarkupParser content_parser = {
+  on_start_element_cb,
+  on_end_element_cb,
+  NULL,
+  NULL,
+  &on_error_cb
+};
+
+static gboolean
+_set_content (GstMediaDescriptorParser * parser,
+    const gchar * content, gsize size, GError ** error)
+{
+  GError *err = NULL;
+  GstMediaDescriptorParserPrivate *priv = parser->priv;
+
+  priv->parsecontext = g_markup_parse_context_new (&content_parser,
+      G_MARKUP_TREAT_CDATA_AS_TEXT, parser, NULL);
+
+  if (g_markup_parse_context_parse (priv->parsecontext, content,
+          size, &err) == FALSE)
+    goto failed;
+
+  return TRUE;
+
+failed:
+  g_propagate_error (error, err);
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+set_xml_path (GstMediaDescriptorParser * parser, const gchar * path,
+    GError ** error)
+{
+  gsize xmlsize;
+  gchar *content;
+  GError *err = NULL;
+  GstMediaDescriptorParserPrivate *priv = parser->priv;
+  gboolean result;
+
+  if (!g_file_get_contents (path, &content, &xmlsize, &err))
+    goto failed;
+
+  priv->xmlpath = g_strdup (path);
+
+  result = _set_content (parser, content, xmlsize, error);
+  g_free (content);
+  return result;
+
+failed:
+  g_propagate_error (error, err);
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+/* GObject standard vmethods */
+static void
+dispose (GstMediaDescriptorParser * parser)
+{
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (gst_media_descriptor_parser_parent_class)->dispose (G_OBJECT
+      (parser));
+}
+
+static void
+finalize (GstMediaDescriptorParser * parser)
+{
+  GstMediaDescriptorParserPrivate *priv;
+
+  priv = parser->priv;
+
+  g_free (priv->xmlpath);
+  g_free (priv->xmlcontent);
+
+  if (priv->parsecontext != NULL)
+    g_markup_parse_context_free (priv->parsecontext);
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (gst_media_descriptor_parser_parent_class)->finalize (G_OBJECT
+      (parser));
+}
+
+
+static void
+get_property (GObject * gobject, guint prop_id, GValue * value,
+    GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  switch (prop_id) {
+    default:
+      g_assert_not_reached ();
+  }
+
+}
+
+static void
+set_property (GObject * gobject, guint prop_id, const GValue * value,
+    GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  switch (prop_id) {
+    default:
+      g_assert_not_reached ();
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_media_descriptor_parser_init (GstMediaDescriptorParser * parser)
+{
+  GstMediaDescriptorParserPrivate *priv;
+
+  parser->priv = priv = G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE (parser,
+      GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER, GstMediaDescriptorParserPrivate);
+
+  priv->xmlpath = NULL;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_media_descriptor_parser_class_init (GstMediaDescriptorParserClass *
+    self_class)
+{
+  GObjectClass *object_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (self_class);
+
+  g_type_class_add_private (self_class,
+      sizeof (GstMediaDescriptorParserPrivate));
+  object_class->dispose = (void (*)(GObject * object)) dispose;
+  object_class->finalize = (void (*)(GObject * object)) finalize;
+  object_class->get_property = get_property;
+  object_class->set_property = set_property;
+}
+
+/* Public methods */
+GstMediaDescriptorParser *
+gst_media_descriptor_parser_new (GstValidateRunner * runner,
+    const gchar * xmlpath, GError ** error)
+{
+  GstMediaDescriptorParser *parser;
+
+  parser = g_object_new (GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER, "validate-runner",
+      runner, NULL);
+
+  if (set_xml_path (parser, xmlpath, error) == FALSE) {
+    g_object_unref (parser);
+
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+
+  return parser;
+}
+
+GstMediaDescriptorParser *
+gst_media_descriptor_parser_new_from_xml (GstValidateRunner * runner,
+    const gchar * xml, GError ** error)
+{
+  GstMediaDescriptorParser *parser;
+
+  parser = g_object_new (GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER, "validate-runner",
+      runner, NULL);
+  if (_set_content (parser, xml, strlen (xml) * sizeof (gchar), error) == FALSE) {
+    g_object_unref (parser);
+
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+
+  return parser;
+}
+
+gchar *
+gst_media_descriptor_parser_get_xml_path (GstMediaDescriptorParser * parser)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER (parser), NULL);
+
+  return g_strdup (parser->priv->xmlpath);
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_media_descriptor_parser_add_stream (GstMediaDescriptorParser * parser,
+    GstPad * pad)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+  gboolean ret = FALSE;
+  GstCaps *caps;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER (parser), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (((GstMediaDescriptor *) parser)->filenode, FALSE);
+
+  caps = gst_pad_query_caps (pad, NULL);
+  for (tmp = ((GstMediaDescriptor *) parser)->filenode->streams; tmp;
+      tmp = tmp->next) {
+    StreamNode *streamnode = (StreamNode *) tmp->data;
+
+    if (streamnode->pad == NULL && gst_caps_is_equal (streamnode->caps, caps)) {
+      ret = TRUE;
+      streamnode->pad = gst_object_ref (pad);
+
+      goto done;
+    }
+  }
+
+done:
+  if (caps != NULL)
+    gst_caps_unref (caps);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_media_descriptor_parser_all_stream_found (GstMediaDescriptorParser * parser)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER (parser), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (((GstMediaDescriptor *) parser)->filenode, FALSE);
+
+  for (tmp = ((GstMediaDescriptor *) parser)->filenode->streams; tmp;
+      tmp = tmp->next) {
+    StreamNode *streamnode = (StreamNode *) tmp->data;
+
+    if (streamnode->pad == NULL)
+      return FALSE;
+
+  }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_media_descriptor_parser_add_taglist (GstMediaDescriptorParser * parser,
+    GstTagList * taglist)
+{
+  GList *tmptag;
+  TagsNode *tagsnode;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER (parser), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (((GstMediaDescriptor *) parser)->filenode, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_STRUCTURE (taglist), FALSE);
+
+  tagsnode = ((GstMediaDescriptor *) parser)->filenode->tags;
+
+  for (tmptag = tagsnode->tags; tmptag; tmptag = tmptag->next) {
+    if (tag_node_compare ((TagNode *) tmptag->data, taglist)) {
+      GST_DEBUG ("Adding tag %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, taglist);
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_media_descriptor_parser_all_tags_found (GstMediaDescriptorParser * parser)
+{
+  GList *tmptag;
+  TagsNode *tagsnode;
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER (parser), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (((GstMediaDescriptor *) parser)->filenode, FALSE);
+
+  tagsnode = ((GstMediaDescriptor *) parser)->filenode->tags;
+  for (tmptag = tagsnode->tags; tmptag; tmptag = tmptag->next) {
+    gchar *tag = NULL;
+
+    tag = gst_tag_list_to_string (((TagNode *) tmptag->data)->taglist);
+    if (((TagNode *) tmptag->data)->found == FALSE) {
+
+      if (((TagNode *) tmptag->data)->taglist != NULL) {
+        GST_DEBUG ("Tag not found %s", tag);
+      } else {
+        GST_DEBUG ("Tag not not properly deserialized");
+      }
+
+      ret = FALSE;
+    }
+
+    GST_DEBUG ("Tag properly found found %s", tag);
+    g_free (tag);
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.h b/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c08119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-parser.h
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/**
+ * GstValidate
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Collabora Ltd
+ *    Author: Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER_h
+#define GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER_h
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include "media-descriptor.h"
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+GType gst_media_descriptor_parser_get_type (void);
+
+#define GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER            (gst_media_descriptor_parser_get_type ())
+#define GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER(obj)            (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER, GstMediaDescriptorParser))
+#define GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER_CLASS(klass)    (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER, GstMediaDescriptorParserClass))
+#define GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER(obj)         (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER))
+#define GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER))
+#define GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER_GET_CLASS(obj)  (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER, GstMediaDescriptorParserClass))
+
+typedef struct _GstMediaDescriptorParserPrivate GstMediaDescriptorParserPrivate;
+
+
+typedef struct {
+  GstMediaDescriptor parent;
+
+  GstMediaDescriptorParserPrivate *priv;
+
+} GstMediaDescriptorParser;
+
+typedef struct {
+
+  GstMediaDescriptorClass parent;
+
+} GstMediaDescriptorParserClass;
+
+GstMediaDescriptorParser * gst_media_descriptor_parser_new (GstValidateRunner *runner,
+                                                            const gchar * xmlpath,
+                                                            GError **error);
+GstMediaDescriptorParser *
+gst_media_descriptor_parser_new_from_xml                   (GstValidateRunner * runner,
+                                                            const gchar * xml,
+                                                            GError ** error);
+gchar * gst_media_descriptor_parser_get_xml_path        (GstMediaDescriptorParser *parser);
+gboolean gst_media_descriptor_parser_add_stream         (GstMediaDescriptorParser *parser,
+                                                                  GstPad *pad);
+gboolean gst_media_descriptor_parser_add_taglist        (GstMediaDescriptorParser *parser,
+                                                                  GstTagList *taglist);
+gboolean gst_media_descriptor_parser_all_stream_found   (GstMediaDescriptorParser *parser);
+gboolean gst_media_descriptor_parser_all_tags_found     (GstMediaDescriptorParser *parser);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_PARSER_h */
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c b/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7aac0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,818 @@
+/**
+ * Gstreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Collabora Ltd.
+ * Author: Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#include 
+#include "media-descriptor-writer.h"
+#include 
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstMediaDescriptorWriter,
+    gst_media_descriptor_writer, GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR);
+
+#define STR_APPEND(arg, nb_white)  \
+  g_string_append_printf (res, "%*s%s%s", (nb_white), " ", (arg), "\n"); \
+
+#define STR_APPEND0(arg) STR_APPEND((arg), 0)
+#define STR_APPEND1(arg) STR_APPEND((arg), 2)
+#define STR_APPEND2(arg) STR_APPEND((arg), 4)
+#define STR_APPEND3(arg) STR_APPEND((arg), 6)
+#define STR_APPEND4(arg) STR_APPEND((arg), 8)
+
+
+enum
+{
+  PROP_0,
+  PROP_PATH,
+  N_PROPERTIES
+};
+
+struct _GstMediaDescriptorWriterPrivate
+{
+  GstElement *pipeline;
+  GstCaps *raw_caps;
+  GMainLoop *loop;
+
+  GList *parsers;
+};
+
+static void
+finalize (GstMediaDescriptorWriter * writer)
+{
+  if (writer->priv->raw_caps)
+    gst_caps_unref (writer->priv->raw_caps);
+
+  if (writer->priv->parsers)
+    gst_plugin_feature_list_free (writer->priv->parsers);
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (gst_media_descriptor_writer_parent_class)->finalize (G_OBJECT
+      (writer));
+}
+
+static void
+get_property (GObject * gobject, guint prop_id, GValue * value,
+    GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  switch (prop_id) {
+    default:
+      g_assert_not_reached ();
+  }
+
+}
+
+static void
+set_property (GObject * gobject, guint prop_id, const GValue * value,
+    GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  switch (prop_id) {
+    default:
+      g_assert_not_reached ();
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_media_descriptor_writer_init (GstMediaDescriptorWriter * writer)
+{
+  GstMediaDescriptorWriterPrivate *priv;
+
+
+  writer->priv = priv = G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE (writer,
+      GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER, GstMediaDescriptorWriterPrivate);
+
+  writer->priv->parsers =
+      gst_element_factory_list_get_elements (GST_ELEMENT_FACTORY_TYPE_PARSER,
+      GST_RANK_MARGINAL);
+}
+
+static void
+    gst_media_descriptor_writer_class_init
+    (GstMediaDescriptorWriterClass * self_class)
+{
+  GObjectClass *object_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (self_class);
+
+  g_type_class_add_private (self_class,
+      sizeof (GstMediaDescriptorWriterPrivate));
+  object_class->finalize = (void (*)(GObject * object)) finalize;
+  object_class->get_property = get_property;
+  object_class->set_property = set_property;
+}
+
+/* Private methods */
+static gchar *
+serialize_filenode (GstMediaDescriptorWriter * writer)
+{
+  GString *res;
+  gchar *tmpstr, *caps_str;
+  GList *tmp, *tmp2;
+  TagsNode *tagsnode;
+  FileNode *filenode = ((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode;
+
+  tmpstr = g_markup_printf_escaped ("\n",
+      filenode->duration, filenode->frame_detection, filenode->uri,
+      filenode->seekable ? "true" : "false");
+
+  if (filenode->caps)
+    caps_str = gst_caps_to_string (filenode->caps);
+  else
+    caps_str = g_strdup ("");
+
+  res = g_string_new (tmpstr);
+  g_string_append_printf (res, "  ", caps_str);
+  g_free (caps_str);
+  g_free (tmpstr);
+  for (tmp = filenode->streams; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    GList *tmp3;
+    StreamNode *snode = ((StreamNode *) tmp->data);
+
+    STR_APPEND2 (snode->str_open);
+
+    for (tmp2 = snode->frames; tmp2; tmp2 = tmp2->next) {
+      STR_APPEND3 (((FrameNode *) tmp2->data)->str_open);
+    }
+
+    tagsnode = snode->tags;
+    if (tagsnode) {
+      STR_APPEND3 (tagsnode->str_open);
+      for (tmp3 = tagsnode->tags; tmp3; tmp3 = tmp3->next) {
+        STR_APPEND4 (((TagNode *) tmp3->data)->str_open);
+      }
+      STR_APPEND3 (tagsnode->str_close);
+    }
+
+    STR_APPEND2 (snode->str_close);
+  }
+  STR_APPEND1 ("");
+
+  tagsnode = filenode->tags;
+  if (tagsnode) {
+    STR_APPEND1 (tagsnode->str_open);
+    for (tmp2 = tagsnode->tags; tmp2; tmp2 = tmp2->next) {
+      STR_APPEND2 (((TagNode *) tmp2->data)->str_open);
+    }
+    STR_APPEND1 (tagsnode->str_close);
+  }
+
+  g_string_append (res, filenode->str_close);
+
+  return g_string_free (res, FALSE);
+}
+
+/* Public methods */
+GstMediaDescriptorWriter *
+gst_media_descriptor_writer_new (GstValidateRunner * runner,
+    const gchar * uri, GstClockTime duration, gboolean seekable)
+{
+  GstMediaDescriptorWriter *writer;
+  FileNode *fnode;
+
+  writer =
+      g_object_new (GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER, "validate-runner", runner,
+      NULL);
+
+  fnode = ((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode;
+  fnode->uri = g_strdup (uri);
+  fnode->duration = duration;
+  fnode->seekable = seekable;
+  fnode->str_open = NULL;
+
+  fnode->str_close = g_markup_printf_escaped ("");
+
+  return writer;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_stream (GstMediaDescriptorWriter * writer,
+    GstDiscovererStreamInfo * info)
+{
+  const gchar *stype;
+  gboolean ret = FALSE;
+  GstCaps *caps;
+  gchar *capsstr = NULL;
+  StreamNode *snode = NULL;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER (writer), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode, FALSE);
+
+  snode = g_slice_new0 (StreamNode);
+  snode->frames = NULL;
+  snode->cframe = NULL;
+
+  snode->id = g_strdup (gst_discoverer_stream_info_get_stream_id (info));
+  if (snode->id == NULL) {
+    caps = gst_discoverer_stream_info_get_caps (info);
+    capsstr = gst_caps_to_string (caps);
+
+    g_slice_free (StreamNode, snode);
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (writer, FILE_NO_STREAM_ID,
+        "Stream with caps: %s has no stream ID", capsstr);
+    gst_caps_unref (caps);
+    g_free (capsstr);
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  caps = gst_discoverer_stream_info_get_caps (info);
+  snode->caps = caps;           /* Pass ownership */
+  capsstr = gst_caps_to_string (caps);
+  if (GST_IS_DISCOVERER_AUDIO_INFO (info)) {
+    stype = "audio";
+  } else if (GST_IS_DISCOVERER_VIDEO_INFO (info)) {
+    if (gst_discoverer_video_info_is_image (GST_DISCOVERER_VIDEO_INFO (info)))
+      stype = "image";
+    else
+      stype = "video";
+  } else if (GST_IS_DISCOVERER_SUBTITLE_INFO (info)) {
+    stype = "subtitle";
+  } else {
+    stype = "Unknown";
+  }
+
+  snode->str_open =
+      g_markup_printf_escaped
+      ("", stype, capsstr, snode->id);
+
+  snode->str_close = g_markup_printf_escaped ("");
+
+  ((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode->streams =
+      g_list_prepend (((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode->streams,
+      snode);
+
+  if (gst_discoverer_stream_info_get_tags (info)) {
+    gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_tags (writer, snode->id,
+        gst_discoverer_stream_info_get_tags (info));
+  }
+
+  if (writer->priv->raw_caps == NULL)
+    writer->priv->raw_caps = gst_caps_copy (caps);
+  else {
+    writer->priv->raw_caps = gst_caps_merge (writer->priv->raw_caps,
+        gst_caps_copy (caps));
+  }
+  g_free (capsstr);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static GstPadProbeReturn
+_uridecodebin_probe (GstPad * pad, GstPadProbeInfo * info,
+    GstMediaDescriptorWriter * writer)
+{
+  gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_frame (writer, pad, info->data);
+
+  return GST_PAD_PROBE_OK;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_find_stream_id (GstPad * pad, GstEvent ** event,
+    GstMediaDescriptorWriter * writer)
+{
+  if (GST_EVENT_TYPE (*event) == GST_EVENT_STREAM_START) {
+    GList *tmp;
+    StreamNode *snode = NULL;
+    const gchar *stream_id;
+
+    gst_event_parse_stream_start (*event, &stream_id);
+    for (tmp = ((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode->streams; tmp;
+        tmp = tmp->next) {
+      if (g_strcmp0 (((StreamNode *) tmp->data)->id, stream_id) == 0) {
+        snode = tmp->data;
+
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!snode || snode->pad) {
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (writer, FILE_NO_STREAM_ID,
+          "Got pad %s:%s where Discoverer found no stream ID",
+          GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (pad));
+
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+
+    snode->pad = gst_object_ref (pad);
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static inline GstElement *
+_get_parser (GstMediaDescriptorWriter * writer, GstPad * pad)
+{
+  GList *parsers1, *parsers;
+  GstElement *parser = NULL;
+  GstElementFactory *parserfact = NULL;
+  GstCaps *format;
+
+  format = gst_pad_get_current_caps (pad);
+
+  GST_DEBUG ("Getting list of parsers for format %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, format);
+  parsers1 =
+      gst_element_factory_list_filter (writer->priv->parsers, format,
+      GST_PAD_SRC, FALSE);
+  parsers =
+      gst_element_factory_list_filter (parsers1, format, GST_PAD_SINK, FALSE);
+  gst_plugin_feature_list_free (parsers1);
+
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (parsers == NULL)) {
+    GST_DEBUG ("Couldn't find any compatible parsers");
+    goto beach;
+  }
+
+  /* Just pick the first one */
+  parserfact = parsers->data;
+  if (parserfact)
+    parser = gst_element_factory_create (parserfact, NULL);
+
+  gst_plugin_feature_list_free (parsers);
+
+beach:
+  if (format)
+    gst_caps_unref (format);
+
+  return parser;
+}
+
+static void
+pad_added_cb (GstElement * decodebin, GstPad * pad,
+    GstMediaDescriptorWriter * writer)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+  StreamNode *snode = NULL;
+  GstPad *sinkpad, *srcpad;
+
+  /*  Try to plug a parser so we have as much info as possible
+   *  about the encoded stream. */
+  GstElement *parser = _get_parser (writer, pad);
+  GstElement *fakesink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", NULL);
+
+  if (parser) {
+    sinkpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (parser, "sink");
+    gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (writer->priv->pipeline), parser);
+    gst_element_sync_state_with_parent (parser);
+    gst_pad_link (pad, sinkpad);
+
+    srcpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (parser, "src");
+  } else {
+    srcpad = pad;
+  }
+
+  sinkpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (fakesink, "sink");
+  gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (writer->priv->pipeline), fakesink);
+  gst_element_sync_state_with_parent (fakesink);
+  gst_pad_link (srcpad, sinkpad);
+  gst_pad_sticky_events_foreach (pad,
+      (GstPadStickyEventsForeachFunction) _find_stream_id, writer);
+
+  for (tmp = ((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode->streams; tmp;
+      tmp = tmp->next) {
+    snode = tmp->data;
+    if (snode->pad == pad && srcpad != pad) {
+      gst_object_unref (pad);
+      snode->pad = gst_object_ref (srcpad);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  gst_pad_add_probe (srcpad, GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER,
+      (GstPadProbeCallback) _uridecodebin_probe, writer, NULL);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+bus_callback (GstBus * bus, GstMessage * message,
+    GstMediaDescriptorWriter * writer)
+{
+  GMainLoop *loop = writer->priv->loop;
+
+  switch (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (message)) {
+    case GST_MESSAGE_ERROR:
+    {
+      GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE_WITH_TS (GST_BIN (writer->priv->pipeline),
+          GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_ALL, "gst-validate-media-check.error");
+      g_main_loop_quit (loop);
+      break;
+    }
+    case GST_MESSAGE_EOS:
+      GST_INFO ("Got EOS!");
+      g_main_loop_quit (loop);
+      break;
+    case GST_MESSAGE_STATE_CHANGED:
+      if (GST_MESSAGE_SRC (message) == GST_OBJECT (writer->priv->pipeline)) {
+        GstState oldstate, newstate, pending;
+
+        gst_message_parse_state_changed (message, &oldstate, &newstate,
+            &pending);
+
+        GST_DEBUG ("State changed (old: %s, new: %s, pending: %s)",
+            gst_element_state_get_name (oldstate),
+            gst_element_state_get_name (newstate),
+            gst_element_state_get_name (pending));
+
+        if (newstate == GST_STATE_PLAYING) {
+          GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE_WITH_TS (GST_BIN (writer->priv->pipeline),
+              GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_ALL,
+              "gst-validate-media-descriptor-writer.playing");
+        }
+      }
+
+      break;
+    case GST_MESSAGE_BUFFERING:{
+      gint percent;
+
+      gst_message_parse_buffering (message, &percent);
+      g_print ("%s %d%%  \r", "Buffering...", percent);
+
+      /* no state management needed for live pipelines */
+      if (percent == 100) {
+        gst_element_set_state (writer->priv->pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
+      } else {
+        gst_element_set_state (writer->priv->pipeline, GST_STATE_PAUSED);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_run_frame_analysis (GstMediaDescriptorWriter * writer,
+    GstValidateRunner * runner, const gchar * uri)
+{
+  GstBus *bus;
+  GstStateChangeReturn sret;
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor;
+
+  GstElement *uridecodebin = gst_element_factory_make ("uridecodebin", NULL);
+
+  writer->priv->pipeline = gst_pipeline_new ("frame-analysis");
+
+  monitor =
+      gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GST_OBJECT_CAST (writer->
+          priv->pipeline), runner, NULL);
+  gst_validate_reporter_set_handle_g_logs (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (monitor));
+
+  g_object_set (uridecodebin, "uri", uri, "caps", writer->priv->raw_caps, NULL);
+  g_signal_connect (uridecodebin, "pad-added", G_CALLBACK (pad_added_cb),
+      writer);
+  gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (writer->priv->pipeline), uridecodebin);
+
+  writer->priv->loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
+  bus = gst_element_get_bus (writer->priv->pipeline);
+  gst_bus_add_signal_watch (bus);
+  g_signal_connect (bus, "message", (GCallback) bus_callback, writer);
+  sret = gst_element_set_state (writer->priv->pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
+  switch (sret) {
+    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE:
+      /* ignore, we should get an error message posted on the bus */
+      g_print ("Pipeline failed to go to PLAYING state\n");
+      return FALSE;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+
+  g_main_loop_run (writer->priv->loop);
+  gst_element_set_state (writer->priv->pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
+  gst_object_unref (writer->priv->pipeline);
+  writer->priv->pipeline = NULL;
+  g_main_loop_unref (writer->priv->loop);
+  writer->priv->loop = NULL;
+  gst_bus_remove_signal_watch (bus);
+  gst_object_unref (bus);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+GstMediaDescriptorWriter *
+gst_media_descriptor_writer_new_discover (GstValidateRunner * runner,
+    const gchar * uri, gboolean full, gboolean handle_g_logs, GError ** err)
+{
+  GList *tmp, *streams = NULL;
+  GstDiscovererInfo *info = NULL;
+  GstDiscoverer *discoverer;
+  GstDiscovererStreamInfo *streaminfo = NULL;
+  GstMediaDescriptorWriter *writer = NULL;
+  GstMediaDescriptor *media_descriptor;
+  const GstTagList *tags;
+
+  discoverer = gst_discoverer_new (GST_SECOND * 60, err);
+
+  if (discoverer == NULL) {
+    GST_ERROR ("Could not create discoverer");
+
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  info = gst_discoverer_discover_uri (discoverer, uri, err);
+  if (info == NULL
+      || gst_discoverer_info_get_result (info) != GST_DISCOVERER_OK) {
+
+    GST_ERROR ("Could not discover URI: %s (error: %s(", uri,
+        err && *err ? (*err)->message : "Unkown");
+
+    goto out;
+  }
+
+  writer =
+      gst_media_descriptor_writer_new (runner,
+      gst_discoverer_info_get_uri (info),
+      gst_discoverer_info_get_duration (info),
+      gst_discoverer_info_get_seekable (info));
+
+  if (handle_g_logs)
+    gst_validate_reporter_set_handle_g_logs (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (writer));
+
+  tags = gst_discoverer_info_get_tags (info);
+  if (tags)
+    gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_taglist (writer, tags);
+
+  streaminfo = gst_discoverer_info_get_stream_info (info);
+
+  if (GST_IS_DISCOVERER_CONTAINER_INFO (streaminfo)) {
+    ((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode->caps =
+        gst_discoverer_stream_info_get_caps (GST_DISCOVERER_STREAM_INFO
+        (streaminfo));
+
+    streams = gst_discoverer_info_get_stream_list (info);
+    for (tmp = streams; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+      gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_stream (writer, tmp->data);
+    }
+  } else {
+    gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_stream (writer, streaminfo);
+  }
+
+  media_descriptor = (GstMediaDescriptor *) writer;
+  if (streams == NULL && media_descriptor->filenode->caps)
+    writer->priv->raw_caps = gst_caps_copy (media_descriptor->filenode->caps);
+  gst_discoverer_stream_info_list_free (streams);
+
+
+  if (full == TRUE)
+    _run_frame_analysis (writer, runner, uri);
+
+out:
+  if (info)
+    gst_discoverer_info_unref (info);
+  if (streaminfo)
+    gst_discoverer_stream_info_unref (streaminfo);
+  g_object_unref (discoverer);
+  return writer;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_tags (GstMediaDescriptorWriter
+    * writer, const gchar * stream_id, const GstTagList * taglist)
+{
+  TagsNode *tagsnode;
+  TagNode *tagnode;
+  GList *tmp, *tmptag;
+
+  gchar *str_str = NULL;
+  StreamNode *snode = NULL;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER (writer), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode, FALSE);
+
+  for (tmp = ((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode->streams; tmp;
+      tmp = tmp->next) {
+    if (g_strcmp0 (((StreamNode *) tmp->data)->id, stream_id) == 0) {
+      snode = tmp->data;
+
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (snode == NULL) {
+    GST_WARNING ("Could not find stream with id: %s", stream_id);
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  if (snode->tags == NULL) {
+    tagsnode = g_slice_new0 (TagsNode);
+    tagsnode->str_open = g_markup_printf_escaped ("");
+    tagsnode->str_close = g_markup_printf_escaped ("");
+    snode->tags = tagsnode;
+  } else {
+    tagsnode = snode->tags;
+
+    for (tmptag = tagsnode->tags; tmptag; tmptag = tmptag->next) {
+      if (tag_node_compare ((TagNode *) tmptag->data, taglist)) {
+        GST_DEBUG ("Tag already in... not adding again %" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
+            taglist);
+        return TRUE;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  tagnode = g_slice_new0 (TagNode);
+  tagnode->taglist = gst_tag_list_copy (taglist);
+  str_str = gst_tag_list_to_string (tagnode->taglist);
+  tagnode->str_open =
+      g_markup_printf_escaped ("", str_str);
+  tagsnode->tags = g_list_prepend (tagsnode->tags, tagnode);
+
+  g_free (str_str);
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_pad (GstMediaDescriptorWriter *
+    writer, GstPad * pad)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+  gboolean ret = FALSE;
+  GstCaps *caps;
+  gchar *capsstr = NULL, *padname = NULL;
+  StreamNode *snode = NULL;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER (writer), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode, FALSE);
+
+  caps = gst_pad_get_current_caps (pad);
+  for (tmp = ((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode->streams; tmp;
+      tmp = tmp->next) {
+    StreamNode *streamnode = (StreamNode *) tmp->data;
+
+    if (streamnode->pad == pad) {
+      goto done;
+    }
+  }
+
+  snode = g_slice_new0 (StreamNode);
+  snode->frames = NULL;
+  snode->cframe = NULL;
+
+  snode->caps = gst_caps_ref (caps);
+  snode->pad = gst_object_ref (pad);
+
+  capsstr = gst_caps_to_string (caps);
+  padname = gst_pad_get_name (pad);
+  snode->str_open =
+      g_markup_printf_escaped
+      ("", padname, capsstr, 0);
+
+  snode->str_close = g_markup_printf_escaped ("");
+
+  ((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode->streams =
+      g_list_prepend (((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode->streams,
+      snode);
+
+done:
+  if (caps != NULL)
+    gst_caps_unref (caps);
+  g_free (capsstr);
+  g_free (padname);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_taglist (GstMediaDescriptorWriter * writer,
+    const GstTagList * taglist)
+{
+  gchar *str_str = NULL;
+  TagsNode *tagsnode;
+  TagNode *tagnode;
+  GList *tmptag;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER (writer), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode, FALSE);
+
+  if (((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode->tags == NULL) {
+    tagsnode = g_slice_new0 (TagsNode);
+    tagsnode->str_open = g_markup_printf_escaped ("");
+    tagsnode->str_close = g_markup_printf_escaped ("");
+    ((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode->tags = tagsnode;
+  } else {
+    tagsnode = ((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode->tags;
+    for (tmptag = tagsnode->tags; tmptag; tmptag = tmptag->next) {
+      if (tag_node_compare ((TagNode *) tmptag->data, taglist)) {
+        GST_DEBUG ("Tag already in... not adding again %" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
+            taglist);
+        return TRUE;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  tagnode = g_slice_new0 (TagNode);
+  tagnode->taglist = gst_tag_list_copy (taglist);
+  str_str = gst_tag_list_to_string (tagnode->taglist);
+  tagnode->str_open =
+      g_markup_printf_escaped ("", str_str);
+  tagsnode->tags = g_list_prepend (tagsnode->tags, tagnode);
+
+  g_free (str_str);
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_frame (GstMediaDescriptorWriter
+    * writer, GstPad * pad, GstBuffer * buf)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER (writer), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode, FALSE);
+
+  ((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode->frame_detection = TRUE;
+  GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_LOCK (writer);
+  for (tmp = ((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode->streams; tmp;
+      tmp = tmp->next) {
+    StreamNode *streamnode = (StreamNode *) tmp->data;
+
+    if (streamnode->pad == pad) {
+      GstMapInfo map;
+      gchar *checksum;
+      guint id = g_list_length (streamnode->frames);
+      FrameNode *fnode = g_slice_new0 (FrameNode);
+
+      g_assert (gst_buffer_map (buf, &map, GST_MAP_READ));
+      checksum = g_compute_checksum_for_data (G_CHECKSUM_MD5,
+          (const guchar *) map.data, map.size);
+      gst_buffer_unmap (buf, &map);
+
+      fnode->id = id;
+      fnode->offset = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (buf);
+      fnode->offset_end = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (buf);
+      fnode->duration = GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buf);
+      fnode->pts = GST_BUFFER_PTS (buf);
+      fnode->dts = GST_BUFFER_DTS (buf);
+      fnode->is_keyframe = (GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IS_SET (buf,
+              GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT) == FALSE);
+
+      fnode->str_open =
+          g_markup_printf_escaped (" ",
+          fnode->duration, id, fnode->is_keyframe ? "true" : "false",
+          fnode->offset, fnode->offset_end, fnode->pts, fnode->dts, checksum);
+
+      fnode->str_close = NULL;
+
+      streamnode->frames = g_list_append (streamnode->frames, fnode);
+      GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_UNLOCK (writer);
+
+      g_free (checksum);
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+  }
+  GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_UNLOCK (writer);
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_media_descriptor_writer_write (GstMediaDescriptorWriter *
+    writer, const gchar * filename)
+{
+  gboolean ret = FALSE;
+  gchar *serialized;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER (writer), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode, FALSE);
+
+  serialized = serialize_filenode (writer);
+
+
+  if (g_file_set_contents (filename, serialized, -1, NULL) == TRUE)
+    ret = TRUE;
+
+
+  g_free (serialized);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+gchar *
+gst_media_descriptor_writer_serialize (GstMediaDescriptorWriter * writer)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER (writer), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (((GstMediaDescriptor *) writer)->filenode, FALSE);
+
+  return serialize_filenode (writer);
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.h b/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4684a3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor-writer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/**
+ * Insanity QA system
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Collabora Ltd
+ *    Author: Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER_h
+#define GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER_h
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include "media-descriptor.h"
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+GType gst_media_descriptor_writer_get_type (void);
+
+#define GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER            (gst_media_descriptor_writer_get_type ())
+#define GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER(obj)            (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER, GstMediaDescriptorWriter))
+#define GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER_CLASS(klass)    (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER, GstMediaDescriptorWriterClass))
+#define GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER(obj)         (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER))
+#define GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER))
+#define GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER_GET_CLASS(obj)  (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER, GstMediaDescriptorWriterClass))
+
+typedef struct _GstMediaDescriptorWriterPrivate GstMediaDescriptorWriterPrivate;
+
+
+typedef struct {
+  GstMediaDescriptor parent;
+
+  GstMediaDescriptorWriterPrivate *priv;
+
+} GstMediaDescriptorWriter;
+
+typedef struct {
+
+  GstMediaDescriptorClass parent;
+
+} GstMediaDescriptorWriterClass;
+
+GstMediaDescriptorWriter * gst_media_descriptor_writer_new_discover (GstValidateRunner *runner,
+                                                                     const gchar *uri,
+                                                                     gboolean full,
+                                                                     gboolean handle_g_logs,
+                                                                     GError **err);
+
+GstMediaDescriptorWriter * gst_media_descriptor_writer_new          (GstValidateRunner *runner,
+                                                                     const gchar *location,
+                                                                     GstClockTime duration,
+                                                                     gboolean seekable);
+
+gchar * gst_media_descriptor_writer_get_xml_path        (GstMediaDescriptorWriter *writer);
+
+gboolean gst_media_descriptor_writer_detects_frames     (GstMediaDescriptorWriter *writer);
+GstClockTime gst_media_descriptor_writer_get_duration   (GstMediaDescriptorWriter *writer);
+gboolean gst_media_descriptor_writer_get_seekable       (GstMediaDescriptorWriter * writer);
+
+gboolean gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_pad            (GstMediaDescriptorWriter *writer,
+                                                         GstPad *pad);
+gboolean gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_taglist        (GstMediaDescriptorWriter *writer,
+                                                         const GstTagList *taglist);
+gboolean gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_frame          (GstMediaDescriptorWriter *writer,
+                                                         GstPad *pad,
+                                                         GstBuffer *buf);
+gboolean gst_media_descriptor_writer_add_tags           (GstMediaDescriptorWriter *writer,
+                                                         const gchar *stream_id,
+                                                         const GstTagList *taglist);
+gboolean gst_media_descriptor_writer_write              (GstMediaDescriptorWriter * writer,
+                                                         const gchar * filename);
+gchar * gst_media_descriptor_writer_serialize           (GstMediaDescriptorWriter *writer);
+
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_WRITER_h */
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.c b/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93f4bc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,461 @@
+/**
+ * Gstreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Collabora Ltd.
+ * Author: Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#include "media-descriptor.h"
+
+G_DEFINE_ABSTRACT_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GstMediaDescriptor, gst_media_descriptor,
+    G_TYPE_OBJECT, G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_REPORTER, NULL));
+
+#define GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_GET_PRIVATE(o)\
+  (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE ((o), GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR, GstMediaDescriptorPrivate))
+
+static inline void
+free_tagnode (TagNode * tagnode)
+{
+  g_free (tagnode->str_open);
+  g_free (tagnode->str_close);
+  if (tagnode->taglist)
+    gst_tag_list_unref (tagnode->taglist);
+
+  g_slice_free (TagNode, tagnode);
+}
+
+static inline void
+free_tagsnode (TagsNode * tagsnode)
+{
+  g_free (tagsnode->str_open);
+  g_free (tagsnode->str_close);
+  g_list_free_full (tagsnode->tags, (GDestroyNotify) free_tagnode);
+  g_slice_free (TagsNode, tagsnode);
+}
+
+static inline void
+free_framenode (FrameNode * framenode)
+{
+  g_free (framenode->str_open);
+  g_free (framenode->str_close);
+
+  if (framenode->buf)
+    gst_buffer_unref (framenode->buf);
+
+  g_slice_free (FrameNode, framenode);
+}
+
+static inline void
+free_streamnode (StreamNode * streamnode)
+{
+  if (streamnode->caps)
+    gst_caps_unref (streamnode->caps);
+
+  g_list_free_full (streamnode->frames, (GDestroyNotify) free_framenode);
+
+  if (streamnode->pad)
+    gst_object_unref (streamnode->pad);
+
+  if (streamnode->tags)
+    free_tagsnode (streamnode->tags);
+
+  if (streamnode->padname)
+    g_free (streamnode->padname);
+
+  if (streamnode->id)
+    g_free (streamnode->id);
+
+  g_free (streamnode->str_open);
+  g_free (streamnode->str_close);
+  g_slice_free (StreamNode, streamnode);
+}
+
+void
+free_filenode (FileNode * filenode)
+{
+  g_list_free_full (filenode->streams, (GDestroyNotify) free_streamnode);
+  if (filenode->tags)
+    free_tagsnode (filenode->tags);
+
+  if (filenode->uri)
+    g_free (filenode->uri);
+
+  if (filenode->caps)
+    gst_caps_unref (filenode->caps);
+
+  g_free (filenode->str_open);
+  g_free (filenode->str_close);
+
+  g_slice_free (FileNode, filenode);
+}
+
+gboolean
+tag_node_compare (TagNode * tnode, const GstTagList * tlist)
+{
+  if (gst_structure_is_equal (GST_STRUCTURE (tlist),
+          GST_STRUCTURE (tnode->taglist)) == FALSE) {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  tnode->found = TRUE;
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+struct _GstMediaDescriptorPrivate
+{
+  gpointer dummy;
+};
+
+enum
+{
+  PROP_0,
+  PROP_RUNNER,
+  PROP_LAST
+};
+
+
+static void
+gst_media_descriptor_dispose (GstMediaDescriptor * self)
+{
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (gst_media_descriptor_parent_class)->dispose (G_OBJECT (self));
+}
+
+static void
+gst_media_descriptor_finalize (GstMediaDescriptor * self)
+{
+  if (self->filenode)
+    free_filenode (self->filenode);
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (gst_media_descriptor_parent_class)->finalize (G_OBJECT
+      (self));
+}
+
+static void
+gst_media_descriptor_init (GstMediaDescriptor * self)
+{
+  self->filenode = g_slice_new0 (FileNode);
+}
+
+static void
+_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
+    const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  switch (prop_id) {
+    case PROP_RUNNER:
+      /* we assume the runner is valid as long as this scenario is,
+       * no ref taken */
+      gst_validate_reporter_set_runner (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (object),
+          g_value_get_object (value));
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
+    GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  switch (prop_id) {
+    case PROP_RUNNER:
+      /* we assume the runner is valid as long as this scenario is,
+       * no ref taken */
+      g_value_set_object (value,
+          gst_validate_reporter_get_runner (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (object)));
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_media_descriptor_class_init (GstMediaDescriptorClass * self_class)
+{
+  GObjectClass *object_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (self_class);
+
+  g_type_class_add_private (self_class, sizeof (GstMediaDescriptorPrivate));
+  object_class->dispose =
+      (void (*)(GObject * object)) gst_media_descriptor_dispose;
+  object_class->finalize =
+      (void (*)(GObject * object)) gst_media_descriptor_finalize;
+
+  object_class->get_property = _get_property;
+  object_class->set_property = _set_property;
+
+  g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_RUNNER,
+      g_param_spec_object ("validate-runner", "VALIDATE Runner",
+          "The Validate runner to " "report errors to",
+          GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_RUNNER,
+          G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY | G_PARAM_READWRITE));
+}
+
+static gint
+compare_tags (GstMediaDescriptor * ref, StreamNode * rstream,
+    StreamNode * cstream)
+{
+  gboolean found;
+  TagNode *rtag, *ctag;
+  GList *rtag_list, *ctag_list;
+  TagsNode *rtags, *ctags;
+
+  rtags = rstream->tags;
+  ctags = cstream->tags;
+  if (rtags == NULL && ctags)
+    return 1;
+  else if (!rtags && ctags) {
+    GList *taglist;
+    GString *all_tags = g_string_new (NULL);
+
+    for (taglist = ctags->tags; taglist; taglist = taglist->next) {
+      gchar *stags =
+          gst_tag_list_to_string (((TagNode *) taglist->data)->taglist);
+
+      g_string_append_printf (all_tags, "%s\n", stags);
+      g_free (stags);
+    }
+
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (ref, FILE_TAG_DETECTION_INCORRECT,
+        "Reference descriptor for stream %s has NO tags"
+        " but tags found: %s", rstream->id, all_tags->str);
+
+    g_string_free (all_tags, TRUE);
+
+    return 0;
+  } else if (rtags && !ctags) {
+    GList *taglist;
+    GString *all_tags = g_string_new (NULL);
+
+    for (taglist = rtags->tags; taglist; taglist = taglist->next) {
+      gchar *stags =
+          gst_tag_list_to_string (((TagNode *) taglist->data)->taglist);
+
+      g_string_append_printf (all_tags, "%s\n", stags);
+      g_free (stags);
+    }
+
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (ref, FILE_TAG_DETECTION_INCORRECT,
+        "Reference descriptor for stream %s has tags:\n %s\n"
+        " but NO tags found on the stream", rstream->id, all_tags->str);
+
+    g_string_free (all_tags, TRUE);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  for (rtag_list = rtags->tags; rtag_list; rtag_list = rtag_list->next) {
+    rtag = rtag_list->data;
+    found = FALSE;
+    for (ctag_list = ctags->tags; ctag_list; ctag_list = ctag_list->next) {
+      ctag = ctag_list->data;
+      if (gst_tag_list_is_equal (rtag->taglist, ctag->taglist)) {
+        found = TRUE;
+
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (found == FALSE) {
+      gchar *rtaglist = gst_tag_list_to_string (rtag->taglist);
+
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (ref, FILE_TAG_DETECTION_INCORRECT,
+          "Reference descriptor for stream %s has tags %s"
+          " but no equivalent taglist was found on the compared stream",
+          rstream->id, rtaglist);
+      g_free (rtaglist);
+
+      return 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
+/*  Return -1 if not found 1 if OK 0 if an error occured */
+static gint
+comparse_stream (GstMediaDescriptor * ref, StreamNode * rstream,
+    StreamNode * cstream)
+{
+  if (g_strcmp0 (rstream->id, cstream->id) == 0) {
+    if (!gst_caps_is_equal (rstream->caps, cstream->caps)) {
+      gchar *rcaps = gst_caps_to_string (rstream->caps),
+          *ccaps = gst_caps_to_string (cstream->caps);
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (ref, FILE_PROFILE_INCORRECT,
+          "Reference descriptor for stream %s has caps: %s"
+          " but compared stream %s has caps: %s",
+          rstream->id, rcaps, cstream->id, ccaps);
+      g_free (rcaps);
+      g_free (ccaps);
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    compare_tags (ref, rstream, cstream);
+
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  return -1;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_media_descriptors_compare (GstMediaDescriptor * ref,
+    GstMediaDescriptor * compared)
+{
+  GList *rstream_list;
+  FileNode *rfilenode = ref->filenode, *cfilenode = compared->filenode;
+
+  if (rfilenode->duration != cfilenode->duration) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (ref, FILE_DURATION_INCORRECT,
+        "Duration %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " is different from the reference %"
+        GST_TIME_FORMAT, GST_TIME_ARGS (cfilenode->duration),
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (rfilenode->duration));
+  }
+
+  if (rfilenode->seekable != cfilenode->seekable) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (ref, FILE_SEEKABLE_INCORRECT,
+        "File known as %s but is reported %s now",
+        rfilenode->seekable ? "seekable" : "not seekable",
+        cfilenode->seekable ? "seekable" : "not seekable");
+  }
+
+  if (g_list_length (rfilenode->streams) != g_list_length (cfilenode->streams)) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (ref, FILE_PROFILE_INCORRECT,
+        "Reference descriptor has %i streams != compared which has %i streams",
+        g_list_length (rfilenode->streams), g_list_length (cfilenode->streams));
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+
+  for (rstream_list = rfilenode->streams; rstream_list;
+      rstream_list = rstream_list->next) {
+    GList *cstream_list;
+    gint sfound = -1;
+
+    for (cstream_list = cfilenode->streams; cstream_list;
+        cstream_list = cstream_list->next) {
+
+      sfound = comparse_stream (ref, rstream_list->data, cstream_list->data);
+      if (sfound == 0) {
+        return FALSE;
+      } else if (sfound == 1) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (sfound == FALSE) {
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (ref, FILE_PROFILE_INCORRECT,
+          "Could not find stream %s in the compared descriptor",
+          ((StreamNode *) rstream_list->data)->id);
+
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_media_descriptor_detects_frames (GstMediaDescriptor * self)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR (self), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (self->filenode, FALSE);
+
+  return self->filenode->frame_detection;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_media_descriptor_get_buffers (GstMediaDescriptor * self,
+    GstPad * pad, GCompareFunc compare_func, GList ** bufs)
+{
+  GList *tmpstream, *tmpframe;
+  gboolean check = (pad == NULL), ret = FALSE;
+  GstCaps *pad_caps = gst_pad_get_current_caps (pad);
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR (self), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (self->filenode, FALSE);
+
+  for (tmpstream = self->filenode->streams;
+      tmpstream; tmpstream = tmpstream->next) {
+    StreamNode *streamnode = (StreamNode *) tmpstream->data;
+
+    if (pad && streamnode->pad == pad)
+      check = TRUE;
+
+    if (!streamnode->pad && gst_caps_is_subset (pad_caps, streamnode->caps)) {
+      check = TRUE;
+    }
+
+    if (check) {
+      ret = TRUE;
+      for (tmpframe = streamnode->frames; tmpframe; tmpframe = tmpframe->next) {
+        if (compare_func)
+          *bufs =
+              g_list_insert_sorted (*bufs,
+              gst_buffer_ref (((FrameNode *) tmpframe->data)->buf),
+              compare_func);
+        else
+          *bufs =
+              g_list_prepend (*bufs,
+              gst_buffer_ref (((FrameNode *) tmpframe->data)->buf));
+      }
+
+      if (pad != NULL)
+        goto done;
+    }
+  }
+
+
+done:
+
+  if (compare_func == NULL)
+    *bufs = g_list_reverse (*bufs);
+
+  gst_caps_unref (pad_caps);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+GstClockTime
+gst_media_descriptor_get_duration (GstMediaDescriptor * self)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR (self), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (self->filenode, FALSE);
+
+  return self->filenode->duration;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_media_descriptor_get_seekable (GstMediaDescriptor * self)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR (self), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (self->filenode, FALSE);
+
+  return self->filenode->seekable;
+}
+
+GList *
+gst_media_descriptor_get_pads (GstMediaDescriptor * self)
+{
+  GList *ret = NULL, *tmp;
+
+  for (tmp = self->filenode->streams; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    StreamNode *snode = (StreamNode *) tmp->data;
+    ret = g_list_append (ret, gst_pad_new (snode->padname, GST_PAD_UNKNOWN));
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.h b/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48a58f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/media-descriptor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/**
+ * GstValidate
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Collabora Ltd.
+ * Author: Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_H__
+#define __GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_H__
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include "gst-validate-report.h"
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  /* Children */
+  /* TagNode */
+  GList *tags;
+
+  gchar *str_open;
+  gchar *str_close;
+} TagsNode;
+
+/* Parsing structures */
+typedef struct
+{
+  /* Children */
+  /* StreamNode */
+  GList *streams;
+  /* TagsNode */
+  TagsNode *tags;
+
+  /* attributes */
+  guint64 id;
+  gchar *uri;
+  GstClockTime duration;
+  gboolean frame_detection;
+  gboolean seekable;
+
+  GstCaps *caps;
+
+  gchar *str_open;
+  gchar *str_close;
+} FileNode;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  /* Children */
+  GstTagList *taglist;
+
+  /* Testing infos */
+  gboolean found;
+
+  gchar *str_open;
+  gchar *str_close;
+} TagNode;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  /* Children */
+  /* FrameNode */
+  GList *frames;
+
+  /* TagsNode */
+  TagsNode *tags;
+
+  /* Attributes */
+  GstCaps *caps;
+  gchar *id;
+  gchar *padname;
+
+  /* Testing infos */
+  GstPad *pad;
+  GList *cframe;
+
+  gchar *str_open;
+  gchar *str_close;
+} StreamNode;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  /* Attributes */
+  guint64 id;
+  guint64 offset;
+  guint64 offset_end;
+  GstClockTime duration;
+  GstClockTime pts, dts;
+  gboolean is_keyframe;
+
+  GstBuffer *buf;
+
+  gchar *checksum;
+  gchar *str_open;
+  gchar *str_close;
+} FrameNode;
+
+void free_filenode (FileNode * filenode);
+gboolean tag_node_compare (TagNode * tnode, const GstTagList * tlist);
+
+GType gst_media_descriptor_get_type (void);
+
+#define GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR (gst_media_descriptor_get_type ())
+#define GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR, GstMediaDescriptor))
+#define GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR, GstMediaDescriptorClass))
+#define GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR))
+#define GST_IS_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR))
+#define GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_GET_CLASS(obj) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), GST_TYPE_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR, GstMediaDescriptorClass))
+
+#define GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_GET_LOCK(obj)               (&GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR(obj)->lock)
+#define GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_LOCK(obj)                   g_mutex_lock(GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_GET_LOCK(obj))
+#define GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_UNLOCK(obj)                 g_mutex_unlock(GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR_GET_LOCK(obj))
+
+typedef struct _GstMediaDescriptorPrivate GstMediaDescriptorPrivate;
+
+typedef struct {
+  GObject parent;
+
+  FileNode *filenode;
+
+  GMutex         lock;
+
+  GstMediaDescriptorPrivate *priv;
+} GstMediaDescriptor;
+
+typedef struct {
+  GObjectClass parent;
+
+} GstMediaDescriptorClass;
+
+gboolean gst_media_descriptors_compare (GstMediaDescriptor *ref,
+                                        GstMediaDescriptor *compared);
+gboolean gst_media_descriptor_detects_frames (GstMediaDescriptor * self);
+gboolean gst_media_descriptor_get_buffers (GstMediaDescriptor * self,
+    GstPad * pad, GCompareFunc compare_func, GList ** bufs);
+GstClockTime gst_media_descriptor_get_duration (GstMediaDescriptor * self);
+gboolean gst_media_descriptor_get_seekable (GstMediaDescriptor * self);
+GList * gst_media_descriptor_get_pads (GstMediaDescriptor * self);
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/validate.c b/validate/gst/validate/validate.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08dd49e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/validate.c
@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  Author: Thiago Sousa Santos 
+ *
+ * validate.c - Validate generic functions
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+/**
+ * SECTION:validate
+ * @short_description: Initialize GstValidate
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+/* For g_stat () */
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include "validate.h"
+#include "gst-validate-utils.h"
+#include "gst-validate-internal.h"
+
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN     /* prevents from including too many things */
+#include             /* GetStdHandle, windows console */
+
+HMODULE _priv_gstvalidate_dll_handle = NULL;
+#endif
+
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (gstvalidate_debug);
+
+static GMutex _gst_validate_registry_mutex;
+static GstRegistry *_gst_validate_registry_default = NULL;
+
+static GList *core_config = NULL;
+static gboolean validate_initialized = FALSE;
+
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+BOOL WINAPI DllMain (HINSTANCE hinstDLL, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpvReserved);
+BOOL WINAPI
+DllMain (HINSTANCE hinstDLL, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpvReserved)
+{
+  if (fdwReason == DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH)
+    _priv_gstvalidate_dll_handle = (HMODULE) hinstDLL;
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+static GstRegistry *
+gst_validate_registry_get (void)
+{
+  GstRegistry *registry;
+
+  g_mutex_lock (&_gst_validate_registry_mutex);
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (!_gst_validate_registry_default)) {
+    _gst_validate_registry_default = g_object_newv (GST_TYPE_REGISTRY, 0, NULL);
+    gst_object_ref_sink (GST_OBJECT_CAST (_gst_validate_registry_default));
+  }
+  registry = _gst_validate_registry_default;
+  g_mutex_unlock (&_gst_validate_registry_mutex);
+
+  return registry;
+}
+
+#define GST_VALIDATE_PLUGIN_CONFIG "gst-validate-plugin-config"
+
+static void
+_free_plugin_config (gpointer data)
+{
+  g_list_free_full (data, (GDestroyNotify) gst_structure_free);
+}
+
+static GList *
+create_config (const gchar * path, const gchar * suffix)
+{
+  GList *structures = NULL, *tmp, *result = NULL;
+
+  if (!suffix)
+    return NULL;
+
+  structures = gst_validate_utils_structs_parse_from_filename (path);
+
+  for (tmp = structures; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    GstStructure *structure = tmp->data;
+
+    if (gst_structure_has_name (structure, suffix))
+      result = g_list_append (result, structure);
+    else
+      gst_structure_free (structure);
+  }
+
+  g_list_free (structures);
+  return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_plugin_get_config:
+ * @plugin, a #GstPlugin, or #NULL
+ *
+ * Return the configuration specific to @plugin, or the "core" one if @plugin
+ * is #NULL
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer none) (element-type GstStructure): a list of #GstStructure
+ */
+GList *
+gst_validate_plugin_get_config (GstPlugin * plugin)
+{
+  GList *plugin_conf = NULL;
+  const gchar *suffix;
+  const gchar *config;
+  GStrv tmp;
+  guint i;
+
+  if (plugin) {
+    if ((plugin_conf =
+            g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (plugin), GST_VALIDATE_PLUGIN_CONFIG)))
+      return plugin_conf;
+
+    suffix = gst_plugin_get_name (plugin);
+  } else {
+    if (core_config)
+      return core_config;
+
+    suffix = "core";
+  }
+
+  config = g_getenv ("GST_VALIDATE_CONFIG");
+  if (!config)
+    return NULL;
+
+  tmp = g_strsplit (config, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S, -1);
+  for (i = 0; tmp[i] != NULL; i++) {
+    GList *l;
+
+    l = create_config (tmp[i], suffix);
+    if (l)
+      plugin_conf = g_list_concat (plugin_conf, l);
+  }
+  g_strfreev (tmp);
+
+  if (plugin)
+    g_object_set_data_full (G_OBJECT (plugin), GST_VALIDATE_PLUGIN_CONFIG,
+        plugin_conf, _free_plugin_config);
+  else
+    core_config = plugin_conf;
+
+  return plugin_conf;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_validate_init_plugins (void)
+{
+  GstRegistry *registry;
+  const gchar *plugin_path;
+
+  gst_registry_fork_set_enabled (FALSE);
+  registry = gst_validate_registry_get ();
+
+  plugin_path = g_getenv ("GST_VALIDATE_PLUGIN_PATH");
+  if (plugin_path) {
+    char **list;
+    int i;
+
+    GST_DEBUG ("GST_VALIDATE_PLUGIN_PATH set to %s", plugin_path);
+    list = g_strsplit (plugin_path, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S, 0);
+    for (i = 0; list[i]; i++) {
+      gst_registry_scan_path (registry, list[i]);
+    }
+    g_strfreev (list);
+  } else {
+    GST_DEBUG ("GST_VALIDATE_PLUGIN_PATH not set");
+  }
+
+  if (plugin_path == NULL) {
+    char *home_plugins;
+
+    /* plugins in the user's home directory take precedence over
+     * system-installed ones */
+    home_plugins = g_build_filename (g_get_user_data_dir (),
+        "gstreamer-" GST_API_VERSION, "plugins", NULL);
+
+    GST_DEBUG ("scanning home plugins %s", home_plugins);
+    gst_registry_scan_path (registry, home_plugins);
+    g_free (home_plugins);
+
+    /* add the main (installed) library path */
+
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+    {
+      char *base_dir;
+      char *dir;
+
+      base_dir =
+          g_win32_get_package_installation_directory_of_module
+          (_priv_gstvalidate_dll_handle);
+
+      dir = g_build_filename (base_dir,
+          "lib", "gstreamer-" GST_API_VERSION, "validate", NULL);
+
+      GST_DEBUG ("scanning DLL dir %s", dir);
+
+      gst_registry_scan_path (registry, dir);
+
+      g_free (dir);
+      g_free (base_dir);
+    }
+#else
+    gst_registry_scan_path (registry, PLUGINDIR);
+#endif
+  }
+  gst_registry_fork_set_enabled (TRUE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_validate_init:
+ *
+ * Initializes GstValidate, call that before any usage of GstValidate.
+ * You should take care of initilizing GStreamer before calling this
+ * function.
+ */
+void
+gst_validate_init (void)
+{
+  if (validate_initialized) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gstvalidate_debug, "validate", 0,
+      "Validation library");
+
+  /* init the report system (can be called multiple times) */
+  gst_validate_report_init ();
+
+  /* Init the scenario system */
+  init_scenarios ();
+
+  /* Ensure we load overrides before any use of a monitor */
+  gst_validate_override_registry_preload ();
+
+  validate_initialized = TRUE;
+
+  gst_validate_init_plugins ();
+}
+
+void
+gst_validate_deinit (void)
+{
+  _free_plugin_config (core_config);
+  gst_object_unref (_gst_validate_registry_default);
+  _priv_validate_override_registry_deinit ();
+  core_config = NULL;
+  validate_initialized = FALSE;
+}
+
+gboolean
+gst_validate_is_initialized (void)
+{
+  return validate_initialized;
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/validate.h b/validate/gst/validate/validate.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..254571d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/validate.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Thiago Santos 
+ */
+
+#ifndef _GST_VALIDATE_H
+#define _GST_VALIDATE_H
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+void gst_validate_init (void);
+void gst_validate_deinit (void);
+GList * gst_validate_plugin_get_config (GstPlugin * plugin);
+gboolean gst_validate_is_initialized (void);
+
+#endif /* _GST_VALIDATE_H */
diff --git a/validate/launcher/Makefile.am b/validate/launcher/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4fd617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/launcher/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+launcherdir = $(libdir)/gst-validate-launcher/python/launcher/
+
+SUBDIRS = \
+	apps
+
+launcher_PYTHON = \
+	baseclasses.py  \
+	__init__.py  \
+	loggable.py  \
+	reporters.py  \
+	main.py  \
+	httpserver.py  \
+	RangeHTTPServer.py  \
+	utils.py  \
+	vfb_server.py \
+	config.py
+
+clean-local:
+	rm -rf *.pyc *.pyo
+
diff --git a/validate/launcher/RangeHTTPServer.py b/validate/launcher/RangeHTTPServer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f97c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/launcher/RangeHTTPServer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,294 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+
+# Portions Copyright (C) 2009,2010  Xyne
+# Portions Copyright (C) 2011 Sean Goller
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# (version 2) as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+# 02110-1301, USA.
+
+
+"""Range HTTP Server.
+
+This module builds on BaseHTTPServer by implementing the standard GET
+and HEAD requests in a fairly straightforward manner, and includes support
+for the Range header.
+
+"""
+
+
+__version__ = "0.1"
+
+__all__ = ["RangeHTTPRequestHandler"]
+
+import os
+import sys
+import posixpath
+import BaseHTTPServer
+from SocketServer import ThreadingMixIn
+import urllib
+import cgi
+import shutil
+import mimetypes
+import time
+try:
+    from cStringIO import StringIO
+except ImportError:
+    from StringIO import StringIO
+
+
+_bandwidth = 0
+
+
+class RangeHTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+
+    """Simple HTTP request handler with GET and HEAD commands.
+
+    This serves files from the current directory and any of its
+    subdirectories.  The MIME type for files is determined by
+    calling the .guess_type() method.
+
+    The GET and HEAD requests are identical except that the HEAD
+    request omits the actual contents of the file.
+
+    """
+
+    server_version = "RangeHTTP/" + __version__
+
+    def do_GET(self):
+        """Serve a GET request."""
+        f, start_range, end_range = self.send_head()
+        print "Got values of ", start_range, " and ", end_range, "...\n"
+        if f:
+            f.seek(start_range, 0)
+            chunk = 0x1000
+            total = 0
+            while chunk > 0:
+                if start_range + chunk > end_range:
+                    chunk = end_range - start_range
+
+                if _bandwidth != 0:
+                    time_to_sleep = float(float(chunk) / float(_bandwidth))
+                    time.sleep(time_to_sleep)
+
+                try:
+                    self.wfile.write(f.read(chunk))
+                except:
+                    break
+                total += chunk
+                start_range += chunk
+            f.close()
+
+    def do_HEAD(self):
+        """Serve a HEAD request."""
+        f, start_range, end_range = self.send_head()
+        if f:
+            f.close()
+
+    def send_head(self):
+        """Common code for GET and HEAD commands.
+
+        This sends the response code and MIME headers.
+
+        Return value is either a file object (which has to be copied
+        to the outputfile by the caller unless the command was HEAD,
+        and must be closed by the caller under all circumstances), or
+        None, in which case the caller has nothing further to do.
+
+        """
+        path = self.translate_path(self.path)
+        f = None
+        if os.path.isdir(path):
+            if not self.path.endswith('/'):
+                # redirect browser - doing basically what apache does
+                self.send_response(301)
+                self.send_header("Location", self.path + "/")
+                self.end_headers()
+                return (None, 0, 0)
+            for index in "index.html", "index.htm":
+                index = os.path.join(path, index)
+                if os.path.exists(index):
+                    path = index
+                    break
+            else:
+                return self.list_directory(path)
+        ctype = self.guess_type(path)
+        try:
+            # Always read in binary mode. Opening files in text mode may cause
+            # newline translations, making the actual size of the content
+            # transmitted *less* than the content-length!
+            f = open(path, 'rb')
+        except IOError:
+            self.send_error(404, "File not found")
+            return (None, 0, 0)
+        if "Range" in self.headers:
+            self.send_response(206)
+        else:
+            self.send_response(200)
+        self.send_header("Content-type", ctype)
+        fs = os.fstat(f.fileno())
+        size = int(fs[6])
+        start_range = 0
+        end_range = size
+        self.send_header("Accept-Ranges", "bytes")
+        if "Range" in self.headers:
+            s, e = self.headers['range'][6:].split('-', 1)
+            sl = len(s)
+            el = len(e)
+            if sl > 0:
+                start_range = int(s)
+                if el > 0:
+                    end_range = int(e) + 1
+            elif el > 0:
+                ei = int(e)
+                if ei < size:
+                    start_range = size - ei
+        self.send_header("Content-Range", 'bytes ' + str(
+            start_range) + '-' + str(end_range - 1) + '/' + str(size))
+        self.send_header("Content-Length", end_range - start_range)
+        self.send_header("Last-Modified", self.date_time_string(fs.st_mtime))
+        self.end_headers()
+        return (f, start_range, end_range)
+
+    def list_directory(self, path):
+        """Helper to produce a directory listing (absent index.html).
+
+        Return value is either a file object, or None (indicating an
+        error).  In either case, the headers are sent, making the
+        interface the same as for send_head().
+
+        """
+        try:
+            list = os.listdir(path)
+        except os.error:
+            self.send_error(404, "No permission to list directory")
+            return None
+        list.sort(key=lambda a: a.lower())
+        f = StringIO()
+        displaypath = cgi.escape(urllib.unquote(self.path))
+        f.write('')
+        f.write("\nDirectory listing for %s\n" %
+                displaypath)
+        f.write("\n
Directory listing for %s
\n" % displaypath)
+        f.write("
\n
    \n")
+        for name in list:
+            fullname = os.path.join(path, name)
+            displayname = linkname = name
+            # Append / for directories or @ for symbolic links
+            if os.path.isdir(fullname):
+                displayname = name + "/"
+                linkname = name + "/"
+            if os.path.islink(fullname):
+                displayname = name + "@"
+                # Note: a link to a directory displays with @ and links with /
+            f.write('
  • %s\n'
+                    % (urllib.quote(linkname), cgi.escape(displayname)))
+        f.write("
\n
\n\n\n")
+        length = f.tell()
+        f.seek(0)
+        self.send_response(200)
+        self.send_header("Content-type", "text/html")
+        self.send_header("Content-Length", str(length))
+        self.end_headers()
+        return (f, 0, length)
+
+    def translate_path(self, path):
+        """Translate a /-separated PATH to the local filename syntax.
+
+        Components that mean special things to the local file system
+        (e.g. drive or directory names) are ignored.  (XXX They should
+        probably be diagnosed.)
+
+        """
+        # abandon query parameters
+        path = path.split('?', 1)[0]
+        path = path.split('#', 1)[0]
+        path = posixpath.normpath(urllib.unquote(path))
+        words = path.split('/')
+        words = filter(None, words)
+        path = os.getcwd()
+        for word in words:
+            drive, word = os.path.splitdrive(word)
+            head, word = os.path.split(word)
+            if word in (os.curdir, os.pardir):
+                continue
+            path = os.path.join(path, word)
+        return path
+
+    def copyfile(self, source, outputfile):
+        """Copy all data between two file objects.
+
+        The SOURCE argument is a file object open for reading
+        (or anything with a read() method) and the DESTINATION
+        argument is a file object open for writing (or
+        anything with a write() method).
+
+        The only reason for overriding this would be to change
+        the block size or perhaps to replace newlines by CRLF
+        -- note however that this the default server uses this
+        to copy binary data as well.
+
+        """
+        shutil.copyfileobj(source, outputfile)
+
+    def guess_type(self, path):
+        """Guess the type of a file.
+
+        Argument is a PATH (a filename).
+
+        Return value is a string of the form type/subtype,
+        usable for a MIME Content-type header.
+
+        The default implementation looks the file's extension
+        up in the table self.extensions_map, using application/octet-stream
+        as a default; however it would be permissible (if
+        slow) to look inside the data to make a better guess.
+
+        """
+
+        base, ext = posixpath.splitext(path)
+        if ext in self.extensions_map:
+            return self.extensions_map[ext]
+        ext = ext.lower()
+        if ext in self.extensions_map:
+            return self.extensions_map[ext]
+        else:
+            return self.extensions_map['']
+
+    if not mimetypes.inited:
+        mimetypes.init()  # try to read system mime.types
+    extensions_map = mimetypes.types_map.copy()
+    extensions_map.update({
+        '': 'application/octet-stream',  # Default
+        '.py': 'text/plain',
+        '.c': 'text/plain',
+        '.h': 'text/plain',
+        '.mp4': 'video/mp4',
+        '.ogg': 'video/ogg',
+    })
+
+
+class ThreadedHTTPServer(ThreadingMixIn, BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer):
+    """Handle requests in a separate thread."""
+
+
+def test(HandlerClass=RangeHTTPRequestHandler,
+         ServerClass=ThreadedHTTPServer):
+    BaseHTTPServer.test(HandlerClass, ServerClass)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if len(sys.argv) > 2:
+        _bandwidth = int(sys.argv[2])
+    test()
diff --git a/validate/launcher/__init__.py b/validate/launcher/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d1ecfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/launcher/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2014,Thibault Saunier 
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
diff --git a/validate/launcher/apps/Makefile.am b/validate/launcher/apps/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33811cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/launcher/apps/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+appsdir = $(libdir)/gst-validate-launcher/python/launcher/apps/
+
+SUBDIRS =
+
+apps_PYTHON = \
+	__init__.py \
+	gstvalidate.py
diff --git a/validate/launcher/apps/__init__.py b/validate/launcher/apps/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py b/validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af35e49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/launcher/apps/gstvalidate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,839 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013,Thibault Saunier 
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import urlparse
+import subprocess
+import ConfigParser
+from launcher.loggable import Loggable
+
+from launcher.baseclasses import GstValidateTest, Test, \
+    ScenarioManager, NamedDic, GstValidateTestsGenerator, \
+    GstValidateMediaDescriptor, GstValidateEncodingTestInterface, \
+    GstValidateBaseTestManager, MediaDescriptor, MediaFormatCombination
+
+from launcher.utils import path2url, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, which, \
+    GST_SECOND, Result, Protocols, mkdir, printc, Colors, get_data_file
+
+#
+# Private global variables     #
+#
+
+# definitions of commands to use
+GST_VALIDATE_COMMAND = "gst-validate-1.0"
+GST_VALIDATE_TRANSCODING_COMMAND = "gst-validate-transcoding-1.0"
+G_V_DISCOVERER_COMMAND = "gst-validate-media-check-1.0"
+if "win32" in sys.platform:
+    GST_VALIDATE_COMMAND += ".exe"
+    GST_VALIDATE_TRANSCODING_COMMAND += ".exe"
+    G_V_DISCOVERER_COMMAND += ".exe"
+
+AUDIO_ONLY_FILE_TRANSCODING_RATIO = 5
+
+#
+# API to be used to create testsuites     #
+#
+
+"""
+Some info about protocols and how to handle them
+"""
+GST_VALIDATE_CAPS_TO_PROTOCOL = [("application/x-hls", Protocols.HLS),
+                                 ("application/dash+xml", Protocols.DASH)]
+GST_VALIDATE_PROTOCOL_TIMEOUTS = {Protocols.HTTP: 120,
+                                  Protocols.HLS: 240,
+                                  Protocols.DASH: 240}
+
+
+class GstValidateMediaCheckTestsGenerator(GstValidateTestsGenerator):
+
+    def __init__(self, test_manager):
+        GstValidateTestsGenerator.__init__(self, "media_check", test_manager)
+
+    def populate_tests(self, uri_minfo_special_scenarios, scenarios):
+        for uri, mediainfo, special_scenarios in uri_minfo_special_scenarios:
+            protocol = mediainfo.media_descriptor.get_protocol()
+            try:
+                timeout = GST_VALIDATE_PROTOCOL_TIMEOUTS[protocol]
+            except KeyError:
+                timeout = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
+
+            classname = "validate.%s.media_check.%s" % (protocol,
+                                                        os.path.basename(uri).replace(".", "_"))
+            self.add_test(GstValidateMediaCheckTest(classname,
+                                                    self.test_manager.options,
+                                                    self.test_manager.reporter,
+                                                    mediainfo.media_descriptor,
+                                                    uri,
+                                                    mediainfo.path,
+                                                    timeout=timeout))
+
+
+class GstValidateTranscodingTestsGenerator(GstValidateTestsGenerator):
+
+    def __init__(self, test_manager):
+        GstValidateTestsGenerator.__init__(self, "transcode", test_manager)
+
+    def populate_tests(self, uri_minfo_special_scenarios, scenarios):
+        for uri, mediainfo, special_scenarios in uri_minfo_special_scenarios:
+            if mediainfo.media_descriptor.is_image():
+                continue
+
+            for comb in self.test_manager.get_encoding_formats():
+                classname = "validate.%s.transcode.to_%s.%s" % (mediainfo.media_descriptor.get_protocol(),
+                                                                str(comb).replace(
+                                                                    ' ', '_'),
+                                                                mediainfo.media_descriptor.get_clean_name())
+                self.add_test(GstValidateTranscodingTest(classname,
+                                                         self.test_manager.options,
+                                                         self.test_manager.reporter,
+                                                         comb,
+                                                         uri,
+                                                         mediainfo.media_descriptor))
+
+
+class FakeMediaDescriptor(MediaDescriptor):
+    def __init__(self, infos, pipeline_desc):
+        MediaDescriptor.__init__(self)
+        self._infos = infos
+        self._pipeline_desc = pipeline_desc
+
+    def get_path(self):
+        return self._infos.get('path', None)
+
+    def get_media_filepath(self):
+        return self._infos.get('media-filepath', None)
+
+    def get_caps(self):
+        return self._infos.get('caps', None)
+
+    def get_uri(self):
+        return self._infos.get('uri', None)
+
+    def get_duration(self):
+        return int(self._infos.get('duration', 0)) * GST_SECOND
+
+    def get_protocol(self):
+        return self._infos.get('protocol', "launch_pipeline")
+
+    def is_seekable(self):
+        return self._infos.get('is-seekable', True)
+
+    def is_image(self):
+        return self._infos.get('is-image', False)
+
+    def get_num_tracks(self, track_type):
+        return self._infos.get('num-%s-tracks' % track_type,
+                               self._pipeline_desc.count(track_type + "sink"))
+
+    def can_play_reverse(self):
+        return self._infos.get('plays-reverse', False)
+
+
+class GstValidatePipelineTestsGenerator(GstValidateTestsGenerator):
+
+    def __init__(self, name, test_manager, pipeline_template=None,
+                 pipelines_descriptions=None, valid_scenarios=[]):
+        """
+        @name: The name of the generator
+        @pipeline_template: A template pipeline to be used to generate actual pipelines
+        @pipelines_descriptions: A list of tuple of the form:
+                                 (test_name, pipeline_description, extra_data)
+                                 extra_data being a dictionnary with the follwing keys:
+                                    'scenarios': ["the", "valide", "scenarios", "names"]
+                                    'duration': the_duration # in seconds
+                                    'timeout': a_timeout # in seconds
+                                    'hard_timeout': a_hard_timeout # in seconds
+
+        @valid_scenarios: A list of scenario name that can be used with that generator
+        """
+        GstValidateTestsGenerator.__init__(self, name, test_manager)
+        self._pipeline_template = pipeline_template
+        self._pipelines_descriptions = pipelines_descriptions
+        self._valid_scenarios = valid_scenarios
+
+    def get_fname(self, scenario, protocol=None, name=None):
+        if name is None:
+            name = self.name
+
+        if protocol is not None:
+            protocol_str = "%s." % protocol
+        else:
+            protocol_str = ""
+
+        if scenario is not None and scenario.name.lower() != "none":
+            return "%s.%s%s.%s" % ("validate", protocol_str, name, scenario.name)
+
+        return ("%s.%s.%s.%s" % ("validate", protocol_str, self.name, name)).replace("..", ".")
+
+    def generate_tests(self, uri_minfo_special_scenarios, scenarios):
+        if self._valid_scenarios is None:
+            scenarios = [None]
+        elif self._valid_scenarios:
+            scenarios = [scenario for scenario in scenarios if
+                         scenario is not None and scenario.name in self._valid_scenarios]
+
+        return super(GstValidatePipelineTestsGenerator, self).generate_tests(
+            uri_minfo_special_scenarios, scenarios)
+
+    def populate_tests(self, uri_minfo_special_scenarios, scenarios):
+        for description in self._pipelines_descriptions:
+            name = description[0]
+            pipeline = description[1]
+            if len(description) == 3:
+                extra_datas = description[2]
+            else:
+                extra_datas = {}
+
+            for scenario in extra_datas.get('scenarios', scenarios):
+                if isinstance(scenario, str):
+                    scenario = self.test_manager.scenarios_manager.get_scenario(scenario)
+
+                mediainfo = FakeMediaDescriptor(extra_datas, pipeline)
+                if not mediainfo.is_compatible(scenario):
+                    continue
+
+                if self.test_manager.options.mute:
+                    if scenario and scenario.needs_clock_sync():
+                        fakesink = "fakesink sync=true"
+                    else:
+                        fakesink = "fakesink"
+
+                    audiosink = videosink = fakesink
+                else:
+                    audiosink = 'autoaudiosink'
+                    videosink = 'autovideosink'
+
+                pipeline_desc = pipeline % {'videosink': videosink,
+                                            'audiosink': audiosink}
+
+                fname = self.get_fname(scenario, protocol=mediainfo.get_protocol(), name=name)
+
+                self.add_test(GstValidateLaunchTest(fname,
+                                                    self.test_manager.options,
+                                                    self.test_manager.reporter,
+                                                    pipeline_desc,
+                                                    scenario=scenario,
+                                                    media_descriptor=mediainfo)
+                              )
+
+
+class GstValidatePlaybinTestsGenerator(GstValidatePipelineTestsGenerator):
+
+    def __init__(self, test_manager):
+        GstValidatePipelineTestsGenerator.__init__(
+            self, "playback", test_manager, "playbin")
+
+    def populate_tests(self, uri_minfo_special_scenarios, scenarios):
+        for uri, minfo, special_scenarios in uri_minfo_special_scenarios:
+            pipe = self._pipeline_template
+            protocol = minfo.media_descriptor.get_protocol()
+
+            pipe += " uri=%s" % uri
+
+            for scenario in special_scenarios + scenarios:
+                cpipe = pipe
+                if not minfo.media_descriptor.is_compatible(scenario):
+                    continue
+
+                if self.test_manager.options.mute:
+                    if scenario.needs_clock_sync() or \
+                            minfo.media_descriptor.need_clock_sync():
+                        fakesink = "'fakesink sync=true'"
+                    else:
+                        fakesink = "'fakesink'"
+
+                    cpipe += " audio-sink=%s video-sink=%s" % (
+                        fakesink, fakesink)
+
+                fname = "%s.%s" % (self.get_fname(scenario,
+                                   protocol),
+                                   os.path.basename(minfo.media_descriptor.get_clean_name()))
+                self.debug("Adding: %s", fname)
+
+                if scenario.does_reverse_playback() and protocol == Protocols.HTTP:
+                    # 10MB so we can reverse playback
+                    cpipe += " ring-buffer-max-size=10485760"
+
+                self.add_test(GstValidateLaunchTest(fname,
+                                                    self.test_manager.options,
+                                                    self.test_manager.reporter,
+                                                    cpipe,
+                                                    scenario=scenario,
+                                                    media_descriptor=minfo.media_descriptor)
+                              )
+
+
+class GstValidateMixerTestsGenerator(GstValidatePipelineTestsGenerator):
+
+    def __init__(self, name, test_manager, mixer, media_type, converter="",
+                 num_sources=3, mixed_srcs={}, valid_scenarios=[]):
+        pipe_template = "%(mixer)s name=_mixer !  " + \
+            converter + " ! %(sink)s "
+        self.converter = converter
+        self.mixer = mixer
+        self.media_type = media_type
+        self.num_sources = num_sources
+        self.mixed_srcs = mixed_srcs
+        super(
+            GstValidateMixerTestsGenerator, self).__init__(name, test_manager, pipe_template,
+                                                           valid_scenarios=valid_scenarios)
+
+    def populate_tests(self, uri_minfo_special_scenarios, scenarios):
+        if self.test_manager.options.validate_uris:
+            return
+
+        wanted_ressources = []
+        for uri, minfo, special_scenarios in uri_minfo_special_scenarios:
+            protocol = minfo.media_descriptor.get_protocol()
+            if protocol == Protocols.FILE and \
+                    minfo.media_descriptor.get_num_tracks(self.media_type) > 0:
+                wanted_ressources.append((uri, minfo))
+
+        if not self.mixed_srcs:
+            if not wanted_ressources:
+                return
+
+            for i in range(len(uri_minfo_special_scenarios) / self.num_sources):
+                srcs = []
+                name = ""
+                for nsource in range(self.num_sources):
+                    uri, minfo = wanted_ressources[i + nsource]
+                    srcs.append(
+                        "uridecodebin uri=%s ! %s" % (uri, self.converter))
+                    fname = os.path.basename(uri).replace(".", "_")
+                    if not name:
+                        name = fname
+                    else:
+                        name += "+%s" % fname
+
+                self.mixed_srcs[name] = tuple(srcs)
+
+        for name, srcs in self.mixed_srcs.iteritems():
+            if isinstance(srcs, dict):
+                pipe_arguments = {
+                    "mixer": self.mixer + " %s" % srcs["mixer_props"]}
+                srcs = srcs["sources"]
+            else:
+                pipe_arguments = {"mixer": self.mixer}
+
+            for scenario in scenarios:
+                fname = self.get_fname(scenario, Protocols.FILE) + "."
+                fname += name
+
+                self.debug("Adding: %s", fname)
+
+                if self.test_manager.options.mute:
+                    if scenario.needs_clock_sync():
+                        pipe_arguments["sink"] = "fakesink sync=true"
+                    else:
+                        pipe_arguments["sink"] = "'fakesink'"
+                else:
+                    pipe_arguments["sink"] = "auto%ssink" % self.media_type
+
+                pipe = self._pipeline_template % pipe_arguments
+
+                for src in srcs:
+                    pipe += "%s ! _mixer. " % src
+
+                self.add_test(GstValidateLaunchTest(fname,
+                                                    self.test_manager.options,
+                                                    self.test_manager.reporter,
+                                                    pipe,
+                                                    scenario=scenario)
+                              )
+
+
+class GstValidateLaunchTest(GstValidateTest):
+
+    def __init__(self, classname, options, reporter, pipeline_desc,
+                 timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, scenario=None,
+                 media_descriptor=None, duration=0, hard_timeout=None,
+                 extra_env_variables={}):
+        try:
+            timeout = GST_VALIDATE_PROTOCOL_TIMEOUTS[
+                media_descriptor.get_protocol()]
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+
+        if scenario:
+            duration = scenario.get_duration()
+        elif media_descriptor:
+            duration = media_descriptor.get_duration() / GST_SECOND
+
+        super(
+            GstValidateLaunchTest, self).__init__(GST_VALIDATE_COMMAND, classname,
+                                                  options, reporter,
+                                                  duration=duration,
+                                                  scenario=scenario,
+                                                  timeout=timeout,
+                                                  hard_timeout=hard_timeout,
+                                                  extra_env_variables=extra_env_variables)
+
+        self.pipeline_desc = pipeline_desc
+        self.media_descriptor = media_descriptor
+
+    def build_arguments(self):
+        GstValidateTest.build_arguments(self)
+        self.add_arguments(self.pipeline_desc)
+        if self.media_descriptor is not None and self.media_descriptor.get_path():
+            self.add_arguments(
+                "--set-media-info", self.media_descriptor.get_path())
+
+
+class GstValidateMediaCheckTest(GstValidateTest):
+
+    def __init__(self, classname, options, reporter, media_descriptor,
+                 uri, minfo_path, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, extra_env_variables={}):
+        super(
+            GstValidateMediaCheckTest, self).__init__(G_V_DISCOVERER_COMMAND, classname,
+                                                      options, reporter,
+                                                      timeout=timeout,
+                                                      extra_env_variables=extra_env_variables)
+        self._uri = uri
+        self.media_descriptor = media_descriptor
+        self._media_info_path = minfo_path
+
+    def build_arguments(self):
+        Test.build_arguments(self)
+        self.add_arguments(self._uri, "--expected-results",
+                           self._media_info_path)
+
+
+class GstValidateTranscodingTest(GstValidateTest, GstValidateEncodingTestInterface):
+    scenarios_manager = ScenarioManager()
+
+    def __init__(self, classname, options, reporter,
+                 combination, uri, media_descriptor,
+                 timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
+                 scenario=None, extra_env_variables={}):
+
+        Loggable.__init__(self)
+
+        file_dur = long(media_descriptor.get_duration()) / GST_SECOND
+        if not media_descriptor.get_num_tracks("video"):
+            self.debug("%s audio only file applying transcoding ratio."
+                       "File 'duration' : %s" % (classname, file_dur))
+            duration = file_dur / AUDIO_ONLY_FILE_TRANSCODING_RATIO
+        else:
+            duration = file_dur
+
+        try:
+            timeout = GST_VALIDATE_PROTOCOL_TIMEOUTS[
+                media_descriptor.get_protocol()]
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+
+        super(
+            GstValidateTranscodingTest, self).__init__(GST_VALIDATE_TRANSCODING_COMMAND,
+                                                       classname,
+                                                       options,
+                                                       reporter,
+                                                       duration=duration,
+                                                       timeout=timeout,
+                                                       scenario=scenario,
+                                                       extra_env_variables=extra_env_variables)
+
+        GstValidateEncodingTestInterface.__init__(
+            self, combination, media_descriptor)
+
+        self.media_descriptor = media_descriptor
+        self.uri = uri
+
+    def set_rendering_info(self):
+        self.dest_file = os.path.join(self.options.dest,
+                                      self.classname.replace(".transcode.", os.sep).
+                                      replace(".", os.sep))
+        mkdir(os.path.dirname(urlparse.urlsplit(self.dest_file).path))
+        if urlparse.urlparse(self.dest_file).scheme == "":
+            self.dest_file = path2url(self.dest_file)
+
+        profile = self.get_profile()
+        self.add_arguments("-o", profile)
+
+    def build_arguments(self):
+        GstValidateTest.build_arguments(self)
+        self.set_rendering_info()
+        self.add_arguments(self.uri, self.dest_file)
+
+    def get_current_value(self):
+        if self.scenario:
+            sent_eos = self.sent_eos_position()
+            if sent_eos is not None:
+                t = time.time()
+                if ((t - sent_eos)) > 30:
+                    if self.media_descriptor.get_protocol() == Protocols.HLS:
+                        self.set_result(Result.PASSED,
+                                        """Got no EOS 30 seconds after sending EOS,
+                                        in HLS known and tolerated issue:
+                                        https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=723868""")
+                        return Result.KNOWN_ERROR
+
+                    self.set_result(
+                        Result.FAILED, "Pipeline did not stop 30 Seconds after sending EOS")
+
+                    return Result.FAILED
+
+        size = self.get_current_size()
+        if size is None:
+            return self.get_current_position()
+
+        return size
+
+    def check_results(self):
+        if self.result in [Result.FAILED, Result.TIMEOUT] or \
+                self.process.returncode != 0:
+            GstValidateTest.check_results(self)
+            return
+
+        res, msg = self.check_encoded_file()
+        self.set_result(res, msg)
+
+
+class GstValidateTestManager(GstValidateBaseTestManager):
+
+    name = "validate"
+
+    # List of all classes to create testsuites
+    GstValidateMediaCheckTestsGenerator = GstValidateMediaCheckTestsGenerator
+    GstValidateTranscodingTestsGenerator = GstValidateTranscodingTestsGenerator
+    GstValidatePipelineTestsGenerator = GstValidatePipelineTestsGenerator
+    GstValidatePlaybinTestsGenerator = GstValidatePlaybinTestsGenerator
+    GstValidateMixerTestsGenerator = GstValidateMixerTestsGenerator
+    GstValidateLaunchTest = GstValidateLaunchTest
+    GstValidateMediaCheckTest = GstValidateMediaCheckTest
+    GstValidateTranscodingTest = GstValidateTranscodingTest
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(GstValidateTestManager, self).__init__()
+        self._uris = []
+        self._run_defaults = True
+        self._is_populated = False
+        self._default_generators_registered = False
+
+    def init(self):
+        if which(GST_VALIDATE_COMMAND) and which(GST_VALIDATE_TRANSCODING_COMMAND):
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def add_options(self, parser):
+        group = parser.add_argument_group("GstValidate tools specific options"
+                                          " and behaviours",
+                                          description="""When using --wanted-tests, all the scenarios can be used, even those which have
+not been tested and explicitely activated if you set use --wanted-tests ALL""")
+        group.add_argument("--validate-check-uri", dest="validate_uris",
+                           action="append", help="defines the uris to run default tests on")
+
+    def print_valgrind_bugs(self):
+        # Look for all the 'pending' bugs in our supp file
+        bugs = []
+        p = get_data_file('data', 'gstvalidate.supp')
+        with open(p) as f:
+            for l in f.readlines():
+                l = l.strip()
+                if l.startswith('# PENDING:'):
+                    tmp = l.split(' ')
+                    bugs.append(tmp[2])
+
+        if bugs:
+            msg = "Ignored valgrind bugs:\n"
+            for b in bugs:
+                msg += "  + %s\n" % b
+            printc(msg, Colors.FAIL, True)
+
+    def populate_testsuite(self):
+
+        if self._is_populated is True:
+            return
+
+        if not self.options.config and not self.options.testsuites:
+            if self._run_defaults:
+                self.register_defaults()
+            else:
+                self.register_all()
+
+        self._is_populated = True
+
+    def list_tests(self):
+        if self.tests:
+            return self.tests
+
+        if self._run_defaults:
+            scenarios = [self.scenarios_manager.get_scenario(scenario_name)
+                         for scenario_name in self.get_scenarios()]
+        else:
+            scenarios = self.scenarios_manager.get_scenario(None)
+        uris = self._list_uris()
+
+        for generator in self.get_generators():
+            for test in generator.generate_tests(uris, scenarios):
+                self.add_test(test)
+
+        return self.tests
+
+    def _add_media(self, media_info, uri=None):
+        self.debug("Checking %s", media_info)
+        if isinstance(media_info, GstValidateMediaDescriptor):
+            media_descriptor = media_info
+            media_info = media_descriptor.get_path()
+        else:
+            media_descriptor = GstValidateMediaDescriptor(media_info)
+
+        try:
+            # Just testing that the vairous mandatory infos are present
+            caps = media_descriptor.get_caps()
+            if uri is None:
+                uri = media_descriptor.get_uri()
+
+            media_descriptor.set_protocol(urlparse.urlparse(uri).scheme)
+            for caps2, prot in GST_VALIDATE_CAPS_TO_PROTOCOL:
+                if caps2 == caps:
+                    media_descriptor.set_protocol(prot)
+                    break
+
+            scenario_bname = media_descriptor.get_media_filepath()
+            special_scenarios = self.scenarios_manager.find_special_scenarios(
+                scenario_bname)
+            self._uris.append((uri,
+                               NamedDic({"path": media_info,
+                                         "media_descriptor": media_descriptor}),
+                               special_scenarios))
+        except ConfigParser.NoOptionError as e:
+            self.debug("Exception: %s for %s", e, media_info)
+
+    def _discover_file(self, uri, fpath):
+        try:
+            media_info = "%s.%s" % (
+                fpath, GstValidateMediaDescriptor.MEDIA_INFO_EXT)
+            args = G_V_DISCOVERER_COMMAND.split(" ")
+            args.append(uri)
+            if os.path.isfile(media_info) and not self.options.update_media_info:
+                self._add_media(media_info, uri)
+                return True
+            elif fpath.endswith(GstValidateMediaDescriptor.STREAM_INFO_EXT):
+                self._add_media(fpath)
+                return True
+            elif not self.options.generate_info and not self.options.update_media_info and not self.options.validate_uris:
+                return True
+            elif self.options.update_media_info and not os.path.isfile(media_info):
+                return True
+
+            media_descriptor = GstValidateMediaDescriptor.new_from_uri(
+                uri, True,
+                self.options.generate_info_full)
+            if media_descriptor:
+                self._add_media(media_descriptor, uri)
+            else:
+                self.warning("Could not get any descriptor for %s" % uri)
+
+            return True
+
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            if self.options.generate_info:
+                printc("Result: Failed", Colors.FAIL)
+            else:
+                self.error("Exception: %s", e)
+            return False
+
+    def _list_uris(self):
+        if self._uris:
+            return self._uris
+
+        if self.options.validate_uris:
+            for uri in self.options.validate_uris:
+                self._discover_file(uri, uri)
+            return self._uris
+
+        if not self.args:
+            if isinstance(self.options.paths, str):
+                self.options.paths = [os.path.join(self.options.paths)]
+
+            for path in self.options.paths:
+                for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
+                    for f in files:
+                        fpath = os.path.join(path, root, f)
+                        if os.path.isdir(fpath) or \
+                                fpath.endswith(GstValidateMediaDescriptor.MEDIA_INFO_EXT) or\
+                                fpath.endswith(ScenarioManager.FILE_EXTENSION):
+                            continue
+                        else:
+                            self._discover_file(path2url(fpath), fpath)
+
+        self.debug("Uris found: %s", self._uris)
+
+        return self._uris
+
+    def needs_http_server(self):
+        for test in self.list_tests():
+            if self._is_test_wanted(test) and test.media_descriptor is not None:
+                protocol = test.media_descriptor.get_protocol()
+                uri = test.media_descriptor.get_uri()
+
+                if protocol in [Protocols.HTTP, Protocols.HLS, Protocols.DASH] and \
+                        "127.0.0.1:%s" % (self.options.http_server_port) in uri:
+                    return True
+        return False
+
+    def set_settings(self, options, args, reporter):
+        if options.wanted_tests:
+            for i in range(len(options.wanted_tests)):
+                if "ALL" in options.wanted_tests[i]:
+                    self._run_defaults = False
+                    options.wanted_tests[
+                        i] = options.wanted_tests[i].replace("ALL", "")
+        try:
+            options.wanted_tests.remove("")
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+
+        if options.validate_uris:
+            self.check_testslist = False
+
+        super(GstValidateTestManager, self).set_settings(
+            options, args, reporter)
+
+    def register_defaults(self):
+        """
+        Registers the defaults:
+            * Scenarios to be used
+            * Encoding formats to be used
+            * Blacklisted tests
+            * Test generators
+        """
+        self.register_default_scenarios()
+        self.register_default_encoding_formats()
+        self.register_default_blacklist()
+        self.register_default_test_generators()
+
+    def register_default_scenarios(self):
+        """
+        Registers default test scenarios
+        """
+        if self.options.long_limit != 0:
+            self.add_scenarios([
+                "play_15s",
+                "reverse_playback",
+                "fast_forward",
+                "seek_forward",
+                "seek_backward",
+                "seek_with_stop",
+                "switch_audio_track",
+                "switch_audio_track_while_paused",
+                "switch_subtitle_track",
+                "switch_subtitle_track_while_paused",
+                "disable_subtitle_track_while_paused",
+                "change_state_intensive",
+                "scrub_forward_seeking"])
+        else:
+            self.add_scenarios([
+                "play_15s",
+                "reverse_playback",
+                "fast_forward",
+                "seek_forward",
+                "seek_backward",
+                "seek_with_stop",
+                "switch_audio_track",
+                "switch_audio_track_while_paused",
+                "switch_subtitle_track",
+                "switch_subtitle_track_while_paused",
+                "disable_subtitle_track_while_paused",
+                "change_state_intensive",
+                "scrub_forward_seeking"])
+
+    def register_default_encoding_formats(self):
+        """
+        Registers default encoding formats
+        """
+        self.add_encoding_formats([
+            MediaFormatCombination("ogg", "vorbis", "theora"),
+            MediaFormatCombination("webm", "vorbis", "vp8"),
+            MediaFormatCombination("mp4", "mp3", "h264"),
+            MediaFormatCombination("mkv", "vorbis", "h264"),
+        ])
+
+    def register_default_blacklist(self):
+        self.set_default_blacklist([
+            # hls known issues
+            ("validate.hls.playback.fast_forward.*",
+             "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=698155"),
+            ("validate.hls.playback.seek_with_stop.*",
+             "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=723268"),
+            ("validate.hls.playback.reverse_playback.*",
+             "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=702595"),
+            ("validate.hls.*scrub_forward_seeking.*",
+             "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=606382"),
+            ("validate.hls.*seek_backward.*",
+             "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=606382"),
+            ("validate.hls.*seek_forward.*",
+             "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=606382"),
+
+            # Matroska/WEBM known issues:
+            ("validate.*.reverse_playback.*webm$",
+             "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679250"),
+            ("validate.*.reverse_playback.*mkv$",
+             "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679250"),
+            ("validate.http.playback.seek_with_stop.*webm",
+             "matroskademux.gst_matroska_demux_handle_seek_push: Seek end-time not supported in streaming mode"),
+            ("validate.http.playback.seek_with_stop.*mkv",
+             "matroskademux.gst_matroska_demux_handle_seek_push: Seek end-time not supported in streaming mode"),
+
+            # MPEG TS known issues:
+            ('(?i)validate.*.playback.reverse_playback.*(?:_|.)(?:|m)ts$',
+             "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=702595"),
+
+            # HTTP known issues:
+            ("validate.http.*scrub_forward_seeking.*",
+             "This is not stable enough for now."),
+            ("validate.http.playback.change_state_intensive.raw_video_mov",
+             "This is not stable enough for now. (flow return from pad push doesn't match expected value)"),
+
+            # MXF known issues"
+            (".*reverse_playback.*mxf",
+             "Reverse playback is not handled in MXF"),
+            ("validate\.file\.transcode.*mxf",
+             "FIXME: Transcoding and mixing tests need to be tested"),
+
+            # Videomixing known issues
+            ("validate.file.*.simple.scrub_forward_seeking.synchronized",
+             "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=734060"),
+
+            # FLAC known issues"
+            (".*reverse_playback.*flac",
+             "Reverse playback is not handled in flac"),
+
+            # WMV known issues"
+            (".*reverse_playback.*wmv",
+             "Reverse playback is not handled in wmv"),
+            (".*reverse_playback.*asf",
+             "Reverse playback is not handled in asf"),
+        ])
+
+    def register_default_test_generators(self):
+        """
+        Registers default test generators
+        """
+        if self._default_generators_registered:
+            return
+
+        self.add_generators([GstValidatePlaybinTestsGenerator(self),
+                             GstValidateMediaCheckTestsGenerator(self),
+                             GstValidateTranscodingTestsGenerator(self)])
+        self._default_generators_registered = True
diff --git a/validate/launcher/baseclasses.py b/validate/launcher/baseclasses.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bef580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/launcher/baseclasses.py
@@ -0,0 +1,1719 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013,Thibault Saunier 
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+""" Class representing tests and test managers. """
+
+import os
+import sys
+import re
+import time
+import utils
+import signal
+import urlparse
+import subprocess
+import threading
+import Queue
+import reporters
+import ConfigParser
+import loggable
+from loggable import Loggable
+import xml.etree.cElementTree as ET
+
+from utils import mkdir, Result, Colors, printc, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, GST_SECOND, \
+    Protocols, look_for_file_in_source_dir, get_data_file
+
+# The factor by which we increase the hard timeout when running inside
+# Valgrind
+VALGRIND_TIMEOUT_FACTOR = 20
+# The error reported by valgrind when detecting errors
+VALGRIND_ERROR_CODE = 20
+
+
+class Test(Loggable):
+
+    """ A class representing a particular test. """
+
+    def __init__(self, application_name, classname, options,
+                 reporter, duration=0, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
+                 hard_timeout=None, extra_env_variables={}):
+        """
+        @timeout: The timeout during which the value return by get_current_value
+                  keeps being exactly equal
+        @hard_timeout: Max time the test can take in absolute
+        """
+        Loggable.__init__(self)
+        self.timeout = timeout
+        self.hard_timeout = hard_timeout
+        self.classname = classname
+        self.options = options
+        self.application = application_name
+        self.command = ""
+        self.reporter = reporter
+        self.process = None
+        self.proc_env = None
+        self.thread = None
+        self.queue = None
+        self.duration = duration
+
+        self.extra_env_variables = extra_env_variables
+
+        self.clean()
+
+    def clean(self):
+        self.message = ""
+        self.error_str = ""
+        self.time_taken = 0.0
+        self._starting_time = None
+        self.result = Result.NOT_RUN
+        self.logfile = None
+        self.out = None
+        self.extra_logfiles = []
+        self.__env_variable = []
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        string = self.classname
+        if self.result != Result.NOT_RUN:
+            string += ": " + self.result
+            if self.result in [Result.FAILED, Result.TIMEOUT]:
+                string += " '%s'\n" \
+                          "       You can reproduce with: %s %s\n" \
+                    % (self.message, self._env_variable, self.command)
+
+                if not self.options.redirect_logs:
+                    string += "       You can find logs in:\n" \
+                              "             - %s" % (self.logfile)
+                for log in self.extra_logfiles:
+                    string += "\n             - %s" % log
+
+        return string
+
+    def add_env_variable(self, variable, value=None):
+        """
+        Only usefull so that the gst-validate-launcher can print the exact
+        right command line to reproduce the tests
+        """
+        if value is None:
+            value = os.environ.get(variable, None)
+
+        if value is None:
+            return
+
+        self.__env_variable.append(variable)
+
+    @property
+    def _env_variable(self):
+        res = ""
+        for var in set(self.__env_variable):
+            if res:
+                res += " "
+            value = self.proc_env.get(var, None)
+            if value:
+                res += "%s=%s" % (var, value)
+
+        return res
+
+    def open_logfile(self):
+        path = os.path.join(self.options.logsdir,
+                            self.classname.replace(".", os.sep))
+        mkdir(os.path.dirname(path))
+        self.logfile = path
+
+        if self.options.redirect_logs == 'stdout':
+            self.out = sys.stdout
+        elif self.options.redirect_logs == 'stderr':
+            self.out = sys.stderr
+        else:
+            self.out = open(path, 'w+')
+
+    def close_logfile(self):
+        if not self.options.redirect_logs:
+            self.out.close()
+
+        self.out = None
+
+    def _get_file_content(self, file_name):
+        f = open(file_name, 'r+')
+        value = f.read()
+        f.close()
+
+        return value
+
+    def get_log_content(self):
+        return self._get_file_content(self.logfile)
+
+    def get_extra_log_content(self, extralog):
+        if extralog not in self.extra_logfiles:
+            return ""
+
+        return self._get_file_content(extralog)
+
+    def get_classname(self):
+        name = self.classname.split('.')[-1]
+        classname = self.classname.replace('.%s' % name, '')
+
+        return classname
+
+    def get_name(self):
+        return self.classname.split('.')[-1]
+
+    def add_arguments(self, *args):
+        for arg in args:
+            self.command += " " + arg
+
+    def build_arguments(self):
+        self.add_env_variable("LD_PRELOAD")
+        self.add_env_variable("DISPLAY")
+
+    def set_result(self, result, message="", error=""):
+        self.debug("Setting result: %s (message: %s, error: %s)" % (result,
+                   message, error))
+        if result is Result.TIMEOUT and self.options.debug is True:
+            pname = subprocess.check_output(("readlink -e /proc/%s/exe"
+                                             % self.process.pid).split(' ')).replace('\n', '')
+            raw_input("%sTimeout happened you can attach gdb doing: $gdb %s %d%s\n"
+                      "Press enter to continue" % (Colors.FAIL, pname, self.process.pid,
+                                                   Colors.ENDC))
+
+        self.result = result
+        self.message = message
+        self.error_str = error
+
+    def check_results(self):
+        if self.result is Result.FAILED or self.result is Result.TIMEOUT:
+            return
+
+        self.debug("%s returncode: %s", self, self.process.returncode)
+        if self.process.returncode == 0:
+            self.set_result(Result.PASSED)
+        elif self.process.returncode == VALGRIND_ERROR_CODE:
+            self.set_result(Result.FAILED, "Valgrind reported errors")
+        else:
+            self.set_result(Result.FAILED,
+                            "Application returned %d" % (self.process.returncode))
+
+    def get_current_value(self):
+        """
+        Lets subclasses implement a nicer timeout measurement method
+        They should return some value with which we will compare
+        the previous and timeout if they are egual during self.timeout
+        seconds
+        """
+        return Result.NOT_RUN
+
+    def process_update(self):
+        """
+        Returns True when process has finished running or has timed out.
+        """
+
+        if self.process is None:
+            # Process has not started running yet
+            return False
+
+        self.process.poll()
+        if self.process.returncode is not None:
+            return True
+
+        val = self.get_current_value()
+
+        self.debug("Got value: %s" % val)
+        if val is Result.NOT_RUN:
+            # The get_current_value logic is not implemented... dumb
+            # timeout
+            if time.time() - self.last_change_ts > self.timeout:
+                self.set_result(Result.TIMEOUT,
+                                "Application timed out: %s secs" %
+                                self.timeout,
+                                "timeout")
+                return True
+            return False
+        elif val is Result.FAILED:
+            return True
+        elif val is Result.KNOWN_ERROR:
+            return True
+
+        self.log("New val %s" % val)
+
+        if val == self.last_val:
+            delta = time.time() - self.last_change_ts
+            self.debug("%s: Same value for %d/%d seconds" %
+                       (self, delta, self.timeout))
+            if delta > self.timeout:
+                self.set_result(Result.TIMEOUT,
+                                "Application timed out: %s secs" %
+                                self.timeout,
+                                "timeout")
+                return True
+        elif self.hard_timeout and time.time() - self.start_ts > self.hard_timeout:
+            self.set_result(
+                Result.TIMEOUT, "Hard timeout reached: %d secs" % self.hard_timeout)
+            return True
+        else:
+            self.last_change_ts = time.time()
+            self.last_val = val
+
+        return False
+
+    def get_subproc_env(self):
+        return os.environ
+
+    def kill_subprocess(self):
+        if self.process is None:
+            return
+
+        stime = time.time()
+        res = self.process.poll()
+        while res is None:
+            try:
+                self.debug("Subprocess is still alive, sending KILL signal")
+                self.process.send_signal(signal.SIGKILL)
+                time.sleep(1)
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+            if time.time() - stime > DEFAULT_TIMEOUT:
+                raise RuntimeError("Could not kill subprocess after %s second"
+                                   " Something is really wrong, => EXITING"
+                                   % DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
+            res = self.process.poll()
+
+    def thread_wrapper(self):
+        self.process = subprocess.Popen("exec " + self.command,
+                                        stderr=self.out,
+                                        stdout=self.out,
+                                        shell=True,
+                                        env=self.proc_env)
+        self.process.wait()
+        if self.result is not Result.TIMEOUT:
+            self.queue.put(None)
+
+    def get_valgrind_suppressions(self):
+        return [self.get_valgrind_suppression_file('data', 'gstvalidate.supp')]
+
+    def use_valgrind(self):
+        vglogsfile = self.logfile + '.valgrind'
+        self.extra_logfiles.append(vglogsfile)
+
+        vg_args = [
+            ('trace-children', 'yes'),
+            ('tool', 'memcheck'),
+            ('leak-check', 'full'),
+            ('leak-resolution', 'high'),
+            ('num-callers', '20'),
+            ('log-file', vglogsfile),
+            ('error-exitcode', str(VALGRIND_ERROR_CODE)),
+        ]
+
+        for supp in self.get_valgrind_suppressions():
+            vg_args.append(('suppressions', supp))
+
+        self.command = "valgrind %s %s" % (' '.join(map(lambda x: '--%s=%s' % (x[0], x[1]), vg_args)),
+                                           self.command)
+
+        # Tune GLib's memory allocator to be more valgrind friendly
+        self.proc_env['G_DEBUG'] = 'gc-friendly'
+        self.add_env_variable('G_DEBUG', 'gc-friendly')
+
+        self.proc_env['G_SLICE'] = 'always-malloc'
+        self.add_env_variable('G_SLICE', 'always-malloc')
+
+        if self.hard_timeout is not None:
+            self.hard_timeout *= VALGRIND_TIMEOUT_FACTOR
+        self.timeout *= VALGRIND_TIMEOUT_FACTOR
+
+        # Enable 'valgrind.config'
+        vg_config = get_data_file('data', 'valgrind.config')
+
+        if self.proc_env.get('GST_VALIDATE_CONFIG'):
+            self.proc_env['GST_VALIDATE_CONFIG'] = '%s%s%s' % (self.proc_env['GST_VALIDATE_CONFIG'], os.pathsep, vg_config)
+        else:
+            self.proc_env['GST_VALIDATE_CONFIG'] = vg_config
+
+        self.add_env_variable('GST_VALIDATE_CONFIG', self.proc_env['GST_VALIDATE_CONFIG'])
+
+    def test_start(self, queue):
+        self.open_logfile()
+
+        self.queue = queue
+        self.command = "%s " % (self.application)
+        self._starting_time = time.time()
+        self.build_arguments()
+        self.proc_env = self.get_subproc_env()
+
+        for var, value in self.extra_env_variables.items():
+            self.proc_env[var] = self.proc_env.get(var, '') + os.pathsep + value
+            self.add_env_variable(var, self.proc_env[var])
+
+        if self.options.valgrind:
+            self.use_valgrind()
+
+        message = "Launching: %s%s\n" \
+                  "    Command: '%s %s'\n" % (Colors.ENDC, self.classname,
+                                              self._env_variable, self.command)
+        if not self.options.redirect_logs:
+            message += "    Logs:\n" \
+                       "         - %s" % (self.logfile)
+            for log in self.extra_logfiles:
+                message += "\n         - %s" % log
+
+            self.out.write("=================\n"
+                           "Test name: %s\n"
+                           "Command: '%s'\n"
+                           "=================\n\n"
+                           % (self.classname, self.command))
+            self.out.flush()
+
+        printc(message, Colors.OKBLUE)
+
+        self.thread = threading.Thread(target=self.thread_wrapper)
+        self.thread.start()
+
+        self.last_val = 0
+        self.last_change_ts = time.time()
+        self.start_ts = time.time()
+
+    def test_end(self):
+        self.kill_subprocess()
+        self.thread.join()
+        self.time_taken = time.time() - self._starting_time
+
+        printc("%s: %s%s\n" % (self.classname, self.result,
+               " (" + self.message + ")" if self.message else ""),
+               color=utils.get_color_for_result(self.result))
+
+        self.close_logfile()
+
+        return self.result
+
+
+class GstValidateTest(Test):
+
+    """ A class representing a particular test. """
+    findpos_regex = re.compile(
+        '.*position.*(\d+):(\d+):(\d+).(\d+).*duration.*(\d+):(\d+):(\d+).(\d+)')
+    findlastseek_regex = re.compile(
+        'seeking to.*(\d+):(\d+):(\d+).(\d+).*stop.*(\d+):(\d+):(\d+).(\d+).*rate.*(\d+)\.(\d+)')
+
+    HARD_TIMEOUT_FACTOR = 5
+
+    def __init__(self, application_name, classname,
+                 options, reporter, duration=0,
+                 timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, scenario=None, hard_timeout=None,
+                 extra_env_variables={}):
+
+        if not hard_timeout and self.HARD_TIMEOUT_FACTOR:
+            if timeout:
+                hard_timeout = timeout * self.HARD_TIMEOUT_FACTOR
+            elif duration:
+                hard_timeout = duration * self.HARD_TIMEOUT_FACTOR
+            else:
+                hard_timeout = None
+
+        # If we are running from source, use the -debug version of the
+        # application which is using rpath instead of libtool's wrappers. It's
+        # slightly faster to start and will not confuse valgrind.
+        debug = '%s-debug' % application_name
+        p = look_for_file_in_source_dir('tools', debug)
+        if p:
+            application_name = p
+
+        super(GstValidateTest, self).__init__(application_name, classname,
+                                              options, reporter,
+                                              duration=duration,
+                                              timeout=timeout,
+                                              hard_timeout=hard_timeout,
+                                              extra_env_variables=extra_env_variables)
+
+        # defines how much the process can be outside of the configured
+        # segment / seek
+        self._sent_eos_pos = None
+
+        self.validatelogs = None
+        if scenario is None or scenario.name.lower() == "none":
+            self.scenario = None
+        else:
+            self.scenario = scenario
+
+    def get_current_value(self):
+        if self.scenario:
+            sent_eos = self.sent_eos_position()
+            if sent_eos is not None:
+                t = time.time()
+                if ((t - sent_eos)) > 30:
+                    if self.media_descriptor.get_protocol() == Protocols.HLS:
+                        self.set_result(Result.PASSED,
+                                        """Got no EOS 30 seconds after sending EOS,
+                                        in HLS known and tolerated issue:
+                                        https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=723868""")
+                        return Result.KNOWN_ERROR
+
+                    self.set_result(
+                        Result.FAILED, "Pipeline did not stop 30 Seconds after sending EOS")
+
+                    return Result.FAILED
+
+        return self.get_current_position()
+
+    def get_subproc_env(self):
+        self.validatelogs = self.logfile + '.validate.logs'
+        logfiles = self.validatelogs
+        if self.options.redirect_logs:
+            logfiles += os.pathsep + \
+                self.options.redirect_logs.replace("<", '').replace(">", '')
+
+        subproc_env = os.environ.copy()
+
+        utils.touch(self.validatelogs)
+        subproc_env["GST_VALIDATE_FILE"] = logfiles
+        self.extra_logfiles.append(self.validatelogs)
+
+        if 'GST_DEBUG' in os.environ and not self.options.redirect_logs:
+            gstlogsfile = self.logfile + '.gstdebug'
+            self.extra_logfiles.append(gstlogsfile)
+            subproc_env["GST_DEBUG_FILE"] = gstlogsfile
+
+        if self.options.no_color:
+            subproc_env["GST_DEBUG_NO_COLOR"] = '1'
+
+        # Ensure XInitThreads is called, see bgo#731525
+        subproc_env['GST_GL_XINITTHREADS'] = '1'
+        self.add_env_variable('GST_GL_XINITTHREADS', '1')
+
+        if self.scenario is not None:
+            scenario = self.scenario.get_execution_name()
+            if self.options.valgrind:
+                # Increase sink's max-lateness property when running inside
+                # Valgrind as it slows down everything quiet a lot.
+                scenario = "setup_sink_props_max_lateness:%s" % scenario
+
+            subproc_env["GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO"] = scenario
+            self.add_env_variable("GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO",
+                                  subproc_env["GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO"])
+        else:
+            try:
+                del subproc_env["GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO"]
+            except KeyError:
+                pass
+
+        return subproc_env
+
+    def clean(self):
+        Test.clean(self)
+        self._sent_eos_pos = None
+
+    def build_arguments(self):
+        super(GstValidateTest, self).build_arguments()
+        if "GST_VALIDATE" in os.environ:
+            self.add_env_variable("GST_VALIDATE", os.environ["GST_VALIDATE"])
+
+        if "GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIOS_PATH" in os.environ:
+            self.add_env_variable("GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIOS_PATH",
+                                  os.environ["GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIOS_PATH"])
+
+        self.add_env_variable("GST_VALIDATE_CONFIG")
+        self.add_env_variable("GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE")
+
+    def get_extra_log_content(self, extralog):
+        value = Test.get_extra_log_content(self, extralog)
+
+        if extralog == self.validatelogs:
+            value = re.sub("\r", "", value)
+
+        return value
+
+    def get_validate_criticals_errors(self):
+        ret = "["
+        errors = []
+        for l in open(self.validatelogs, 'r').readlines():
+            if "critical : " in l:
+                error = l.split("critical : ")[1].replace("\n", '')
+                if error not in errors:
+                    if ret != "[":
+                        ret += ", "
+                    ret += error
+                    errors.append(error)
+
+        if ret == "[":
+            return None
+        else:
+            return ret + "]"
+
+    def check_results(self):
+        if self.result is Result.FAILED or self.result is Result.PASSED or self.result is Result.TIMEOUT:
+            return
+
+        self.debug("%s returncode: %s", self, self.process.returncode)
+
+        criticals = self.get_validate_criticals_errors()
+        if self.process.returncode == 139:
+            # FIXME Reimplement something like that if needed
+            # self.get_backtrace("SEGFAULT")
+            self.set_result(Result.FAILED,
+                            "Application segfaulted",
+                            "segfault")
+        elif self.process.returncode == VALGRIND_ERROR_CODE:
+            self.set_result(Result.FAILED, "Valgrind reported errors")
+        elif criticals or self.process.returncode != 0:
+            if criticals is None:
+                criticals = "No criticals"
+            self.set_result(Result.FAILED,
+                            "Application returned %s (issues: %s)"
+                            % (self.process.returncode, criticals))
+        else:
+            self.set_result(Result.PASSED)
+
+    def _parse_position(self, p):
+        self.log("Parsing %s" % p)
+        times = self.findpos_regex.findall(p)
+
+        if len(times) != 1:
+            self.warning("Got a unparsable value: %s" % p)
+            return 0, 0
+
+        return (utils.gsttime_from_tuple(times[0][:4]),
+                utils.gsttime_from_tuple(times[0][4:]))
+
+    def _parse_buffering(self, b):
+        return b.split("buffering... ")[1].split("%")[0], 100
+
+    def _get_position(self):
+        position = duration = -1
+
+        self.debug("Getting position")
+        m = None
+        for l in reversed(open(self.validatelogs, 'r').readlines()):
+            l = l.lower()
+            if ""):
+                position, duration = self._parse_position(j)
+            elif j.startswith("buffering") and j.endswith("%"):
+                position, duration = self._parse_buffering(j)
+            else:
+                self.log("No info in %s" % j)
+
+        return position, duration
+
+    def _get_last_seek_values(self):
+        m = None
+        rate = start = stop = None
+
+        for l in reversed(open(self.validatelogs, 'r').readlines()):
+            l = l.lower()
+            if "seeking to: " in l:
+                m = l
+                break
+
+        if m is None:
+            self.debug("Could not fine any seeking info")
+            return start, stop, rate
+
+        values = self.findlastseek_regex.findall(m)
+        if len(values) != 1:
+            self.warning("Got an unparsable seek value %s", m)
+            return start, stop, rate
+
+        v = values[0]
+        return (utils.gsttime_from_tuple(v[:4]),
+                utils.gsttime_from_tuple(v[4:8]),
+                float(str(v[8]) + "." + str(v[9])))
+
+    def sent_eos_position(self):
+        if self._sent_eos_pos is not None:
+            return self._sent_eos_pos
+
+        for l in reversed(open(self.validatelogs, 'r').readlines()):
+            l = l.lower()
+            if "sending eos" in l:
+                self._sent_eos_pos = time.time()
+                return self._sent_eos_pos
+
+        return None
+
+    def get_current_position(self):
+        position, duration = self._get_position()
+        if position == -1:
+            return position
+
+        return position
+
+    def get_valgrind_suppression_file(self, subdir, name):
+        p = get_data_file(subdir, name)
+        if p:
+            return p
+
+        self.error("Could not find any %s file" % name)
+
+    def get_valgrind_suppressions(self):
+        result = super(GstValidateTest, self).get_valgrind_suppressions()
+        return result + [self.get_valgrind_suppression_file('common', 'gst.supp')]
+
+
+class GstValidateEncodingTestInterface(object):
+    DURATION_TOLERANCE = GST_SECOND / 4
+
+    def __init__(self, combination, media_descriptor, duration_tolerance=None):
+        super(GstValidateEncodingTestInterface, self).__init__()
+
+        self.media_descriptor = media_descriptor
+        self.combination = combination
+        self.dest_file = ""
+
+        self._duration_tolerance = duration_tolerance
+        if duration_tolerance is None:
+            self._duration_tolerance = self.DURATION_TOLERANCE
+
+    def get_current_size(self):
+        try:
+            size = os.stat(urlparse.urlparse(self.dest_file).path).st_size
+        except OSError:
+            return None
+
+        self.debug("Size: %s" % size)
+        return size
+
+    def _get_profile_full(self, muxer, venc, aenc, video_restriction=None,
+                          audio_restriction=None, audio_presence=0,
+                          video_presence=0):
+        ret = "\""
+        if muxer:
+            ret += muxer
+        ret += ":"
+        if venc:
+            if video_restriction is not None:
+                ret = ret + video_restriction + '->'
+            ret += venc
+            if video_presence:
+                ret = ret + '|' + str(video_presence)
+        if aenc:
+            ret += ":"
+            if audio_restriction is not None:
+                ret = ret + audio_restriction + '->'
+            ret += aenc
+            if audio_presence:
+                ret = ret + '|' + str(audio_presence)
+
+        ret += "\""
+        return ret.replace("::", ":")
+
+    def get_profile(self, video_restriction=None, audio_restriction=None):
+        vcaps = self.combination.get_video_caps()
+        acaps = self.combination.get_audio_caps()
+        if self.media_descriptor is not None:
+            if self.media_descriptor.get_num_tracks("video") == 0:
+                vcaps = None
+
+            if self.media_descriptor.get_num_tracks("audio") == 0:
+                acaps = None
+
+        return self._get_profile_full(self.combination.get_muxer_caps(),
+                                      vcaps, acaps,
+                                      video_restriction=video_restriction,
+                                      audio_restriction=audio_restriction)
+
+    def _clean_caps(self, caps):
+        """
+        Returns a list of key=value or structure name, without "(types)" or ";" or ","
+        """
+        return re.sub(r"\(.+?\)\s*| |;", '', caps).split(',')
+
+    def _has_caps_type_variant(self, c, ccaps):
+        """
+        Handle situations where we can have application/ogg or video/ogg or
+        audio/ogg
+        """
+        has_variant = False
+        media_type = re.findall("application/|video/|audio/", c)
+        if media_type:
+            media_type = media_type[0].replace('/', '')
+            possible_mtypes = ["application", "video", "audio"]
+            possible_mtypes.remove(media_type)
+            for tmptype in possible_mtypes:
+                possible_c_variant = c.replace(media_type, tmptype)
+                if possible_c_variant in ccaps:
+                    self.info(
+                        "Found %s in %s, good enough!", possible_c_variant, ccaps)
+                    has_variant = True
+
+        return has_variant
+
+    def check_encoded_file(self):
+        result_descriptor = GstValidateMediaDescriptor.new_from_uri(
+            self.dest_file)
+        if result_descriptor is None:
+            return (Result.FAILED, "Could not discover encoded file %s"
+                    % self.dest_file)
+
+        duration = result_descriptor.get_duration()
+        orig_duration = self.media_descriptor.get_duration()
+        tolerance = self._duration_tolerance
+
+        if orig_duration - tolerance >= duration <= orig_duration + tolerance:
+            os.remove(result_descriptor.get_path())
+            return (Result.FAILED, "Duration of encoded file is "
+                    " wrong (%s instead of %s)" %
+                    (utils.TIME_ARGS(duration),
+                     utils.TIME_ARGS(orig_duration)))
+        else:
+            all_tracks_caps = result_descriptor.get_tracks_caps()
+            container_caps = result_descriptor.get_caps()
+            if container_caps:
+                all_tracks_caps.insert(0, ("container", container_caps))
+
+            for track_type, caps in all_tracks_caps:
+                ccaps = self._clean_caps(caps)
+                wanted_caps = self.combination.get_caps(track_type)
+                cwanted_caps = self._clean_caps(wanted_caps)
+
+                if wanted_caps is None:
+                    os.remove(result_descriptor.get_path())
+                    return (Result.FAILED,
+                            "Found a track of type %s in the encoded files"
+                            " but none where wanted in the encoded profile: %s"
+                            % (track_type, self.combination))
+
+                for c in cwanted_caps:
+                    if c not in ccaps:
+                        if not self._has_caps_type_variant(c, ccaps):
+                            os.remove(result_descriptor.get_path())
+                            return (Result.FAILED,
+                                    "Field: %s  (from %s) not in caps of the outputed file %s"
+                                    % (wanted_caps, c, ccaps))
+
+            os.remove(result_descriptor.get_path())
+            return (Result.PASSED, "")
+
+
+class TestsManager(Loggable):
+
+    """ A class responsible for managing tests. """
+
+    name = ""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+
+        Loggable.__init__(self)
+
+        self.tests = []
+        self.unwanted_tests = []
+        self.options = None
+        self.args = None
+        self.reporter = None
+        self.wanted_tests_patterns = []
+        self.blacklisted_tests_patterns = []
+        self._generators = []
+        self.queue = Queue.Queue()
+        self.jobs = []
+        self.total_num_tests = 0
+        self.starting_test_num = 0
+        self.check_testslist = True
+        self.all_tests = None
+
+    def init(self):
+        return False
+
+    def list_tests(self):
+        return sorted(list(self.tests))
+
+    def add_test(self, test):
+        if self._is_test_wanted(test):
+            if test not in self.tests:
+                self.tests.append(test)
+                self.tests.sort(key=lambda test: test.classname)
+        else:
+            if test not in self.tests:
+                self.unwanted_tests.append(test)
+                self.unwanted_tests.sort(key=lambda test: test.classname)
+
+    def get_tests(self):
+        return self.tests
+
+    def populate_testsuite(self):
+        pass
+
+    def add_generators(self, generators):
+        """
+        @generators: A list of, or one single #TestsGenerator to be used to generate tests
+        """
+        if isinstance(generators, list):
+            self._generators.extend(generators)
+        else:
+            self._generators.append(generators)
+
+        self._generators = list(set(self._generators))
+
+    def get_generators(self):
+        return self._generators
+
+    def _add_blacklist(self, blacklisted_tests):
+        if not isinstance(blacklisted_tests, list):
+            blacklisted_tests = [blacklisted_tests]
+
+        for patterns in blacklisted_tests:
+            for pattern in patterns.split(","):
+                self.blacklisted_tests_patterns.append(re.compile(pattern))
+
+    def set_default_blacklist(self, default_blacklist):
+        msg = "\nCurrently 'hardcoded' %s blacklisted tests:\n\n" % self.name
+        for name, bug in default_blacklist:
+            self._add_blacklist(name)
+            msg += "  + %s \n   --> bug: %s\n" % (name, bug)
+
+        printc(msg, Colors.FAIL, True)
+
+    def add_options(self, parser):
+        """ Add more arguments. """
+        pass
+
+    def set_settings(self, options, args, reporter):
+        """ Set properties after options parsing. """
+        self.options = options
+        self.args = args
+        self.reporter = reporter
+
+        self.populate_testsuite()
+
+        if self.options.valgrind:
+            self.print_valgrind_bugs()
+
+        if options.wanted_tests:
+            for patterns in options.wanted_tests:
+                for pattern in patterns.split(","):
+                    self.wanted_tests_patterns.append(re.compile(pattern))
+
+        if options.blacklisted_tests:
+            for patterns in options.blacklisted_tests:
+                self._add_blacklist(patterns)
+
+    def _check_blacklisted(self, test):
+        for pattern in self.blacklisted_tests_patterns:
+            if pattern.findall(test.classname):
+                return True
+
+        return False
+
+    def _is_test_wanted(self, test):
+        if self._check_blacklisted(test):
+            return False
+
+        if test.duration > 0 and int(self.options.long_limit) < int(test.duration):
+            self.info("Not activating %s as its duration (%d) is superior"
+                      " than the long limit (%d)" % (test, test.duration,
+                                                     int(self.options.long_limit)))
+            return False
+
+        if not self.wanted_tests_patterns:
+            return True
+
+        for pattern in self.wanted_tests_patterns:
+            if pattern.findall(test.classname):
+                return True
+
+        return False
+
+    def test_wait(self):
+        while True:
+            # Check process every second for timeout
+            try:
+                self.queue.get(timeout=1)
+            except Queue.Empty:
+                pass
+
+            for test in self.jobs:
+                if test.process_update():
+                    self.jobs.remove(test)
+                    return test
+
+    def tests_wait(self):
+        try:
+            test = self.test_wait()
+            test.check_results()
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            for test in self.jobs:
+                test.kill_subprocess()
+            raise
+
+        return test
+
+    def start_new_job(self, tests_left):
+        try:
+            test = tests_left.pop(0)
+        except IndexError:
+            return False
+
+        self.print_test_num(test)
+        test.test_start(self.queue)
+
+        self.jobs.append(test)
+
+        return True
+
+    def run_tests(self, starting_test_num, total_num_tests):
+        self.total_num_tests = total_num_tests
+        self.starting_test_num = starting_test_num
+
+        num_jobs = min(self.options.num_jobs, len(self.tests))
+        tests_left = list(self.tests)
+        jobs_running = 0
+
+        for i in range(num_jobs):
+            if not self.start_new_job(tests_left):
+                break
+            jobs_running += 1
+
+        while jobs_running != 0:
+            test = self.tests_wait()
+            jobs_running -= 1
+            self.print_test_num(test)
+            res = test.test_end()
+            self.reporter.after_test(test)
+            if res != Result.PASSED and (self.options.forever or
+                                         self.options.fatal_error):
+                return test.result
+            if self.start_new_job(tests_left):
+                jobs_running += 1
+
+        return Result.PASSED
+
+    def print_test_num(self, test):
+        cur_test_num = self.starting_test_num + self.tests.index(test) + 1
+        sys.stdout.write("[%d / %d] " % (cur_test_num, self.total_num_tests))
+
+    def clean_tests(self):
+        for test in self.tests:
+            test.clean()
+
+    def needs_http_server(self):
+        return False
+
+    def print_valgrind_bugs(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class TestsGenerator(Loggable):
+
+    def __init__(self, name, test_manager, tests=[]):
+        Loggable.__init__(self)
+        self.name = name
+        self.test_manager = test_manager
+        self._tests = {}
+        for test in tests:
+            self._tests[test.classname] = test
+
+    def generate_tests(self, *kwargs):
+        """
+        Method that generates tests
+        """
+        return list(self._tests.values())
+
+    def add_test(self, test):
+        self._tests[test.classname] = test
+
+
+class GstValidateTestsGenerator(TestsGenerator):
+
+    def populate_tests(self, uri_minfo_special_scenarios, scenarios):
+        pass
+
+    def generate_tests(self, uri_minfo_special_scenarios, scenarios):
+        self.populate_tests(uri_minfo_special_scenarios, scenarios)
+        return super(GstValidateTestsGenerator, self).generate_tests()
+
+
+class _TestsLauncher(Loggable):
+
+    def __init__(self, libsdir):
+
+        Loggable.__init__(self)
+
+        self.libsdir = libsdir
+        self.options = None
+        self.testers = []
+        self.tests = []
+        self.reporter = None
+        self._list_testers()
+        self.all_tests = None
+        self.wanted_tests_patterns = []
+
+    def _list_app_dirs(self):
+        app_dirs = []
+        app_dirs.append(os.path.join(self.libsdir, "apps"))
+        env_dirs = os.environ.get("GST_VALIDATE_APPS_DIR")
+        if env_dirs is not None:
+            for dir_ in env_dirs.split(":"):
+                app_dirs.append(dir_)
+                sys.path.append(dir_)
+
+        return app_dirs
+
+    def _exec_app(self, app_dir, env):
+        try:
+            files = os.listdir(app_dir)
+        except OSError as e:
+            self.debug("Could not list %s: %s" % (app_dir, e))
+            files = []
+        for f in files:
+            if f.endswith(".py"):
+                execfile(os.path.join(app_dir, f), env)
+
+    def _exec_apps(self, env):
+        app_dirs = self._list_app_dirs()
+        for app_dir in app_dirs:
+            self._exec_app(app_dir, env)
+
+    def _list_testers(self):
+        env = globals().copy()
+        self._exec_apps(env)
+
+        testers = [i() for i in utils.get_subclasses(TestsManager, env)]
+        for tester in testers:
+            if tester.init() is True:
+                self.testers.append(tester)
+            else:
+                self.warning("Can not init tester: %s -- PATH is %s"
+                             % (tester.name, os.environ["PATH"]))
+
+    def add_options(self, parser):
+        for tester in self.testers:
+            tester.add_options(parser)
+
+    def _load_testsuites(self):
+        testsuites = []
+        for testsuite in self.options.testsuites:
+            if not os.path.isabs(testsuite):
+                testsuite = os.path.join(self.options.testsuites_dir, testsuite + ".py")
+
+            try:
+                sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(testsuite))
+                module = __import__(os.path.basename(testsuite).replace(".py", ""))
+            except Exception as e:
+                printc("Could not load testsuite: %s, reason: %s"
+                       % (testsuite, e), Colors.FAIL)
+                continue
+            finally:
+                sys.path.remove(os.path.dirname(testsuite))
+
+            testsuites.append(module)
+            if not hasattr(module, "TEST_MANAGER"):
+                module.TEST_MANAGER = [tester.name for tester in self.testers]
+            elif not isinstance(module.TEST_MANAGER, list):
+                module.TEST_MANAGER = [module.TEST_MANAGER]
+
+        self.options.testsuites = testsuites
+
+    def _setup_testsuites(self):
+        for testsuite in self.options.testsuites:
+            loaded = False
+            wanted_test_manager = None
+            if hasattr(testsuite, "TEST_MANAGER"):
+                wanted_test_manager = testsuite.TEST_MANAGER
+                if not isinstance(wanted_test_manager, list):
+                    wanted_test_manager = [wanted_test_manager]
+
+            for tester in self.testers:
+                if wanted_test_manager is not None and \
+                        tester.name not in wanted_test_manager:
+                    continue
+
+                if testsuite.setup_tests(tester, self.options):
+                    loaded = True
+
+            if not loaded:
+                printc("Could not load testsuite: %s"
+                       " maybe because of missing TestManager"
+                       % (testsuite), Colors.FAIL)
+
+    def _load_config(self, options):
+        printc("Loading config files is DEPRECATED"
+               " you should use the new testsuite format now",)
+
+        for tester in self.testers:
+            tester.options = options
+            globals()[tester.name] = tester
+        globals()["options"] = options
+        c__file__ = __file__
+        globals()["__file__"] = self.options.config
+        execfile(self.options.config, globals())
+        globals()["__file__"] = c__file__
+
+    def set_settings(self, options, args):
+        self.reporter = reporters.XunitReporter(options)
+
+        self.options = options
+        wanted_testers = None
+        for tester in self.testers:
+            if tester.name in args:
+                wanted_testers = tester.name
+
+        if wanted_testers:
+            testers = self.testers
+            self.testers = []
+            for tester in testers:
+                if tester.name in args:
+                    self.testers.append(tester)
+                    args.remove(tester.name)
+
+        if options.config:
+            self._load_config(options)
+
+        self._load_testsuites()
+
+        for tester in self.testers:
+            tester.set_settings(options, args, self.reporter)
+
+        if not options.config and options.testsuites:
+            self._setup_testsuites()
+
+    def _check_tester_has_other_testsuite(self, testsuite, tester):
+        if len(testsuite.TEST_MANAGER) > 1:
+            return True
+
+        if tester.name != testsuite.TEST_MANAGER[0]:
+            return True
+
+        for t in self.options.testsuites:
+            if t != testsuite:
+                for other_testmanager in testsuite.TEST_MANAGER:
+                    if other_testmanager == tester.name:
+                        return True
+
+        return False
+
+    def _check_defined_tests(self, tester, tests):
+        if self.options.blacklisted_tests or self.options.wanted_tests:
+            return
+
+        tests_names = [test.classname for test in tests]
+        for testsuite in self.options.testsuites:
+            if not self._check_tester_has_other_testsuite(testsuite, tester) \
+                    and tester.check_testslist:
+                try:
+                    testlist_file = open(os.path.splitext(testsuite.__file__)[0] + ".testslist",
+                                         'rw')
+
+                    know_tests = testlist_file.read().split("\n")
+                    testlist_file.close()
+
+                    testlist_file = open(os.path.splitext(testsuite.__file__)[0] + ".testslist",
+                                         'w')
+                except IOError:
+                    return
+
+                for test in know_tests:
+                    if test and test not in tests_names:
+                        printc("Test %s Not in testsuite %s anymore"
+                               % (test, testsuite.__file__), Colors.FAIL)
+
+                for test in tests_names:
+                    testlist_file.write("%s\n" % test)
+                    if test and test not in know_tests:
+                        printc("Test %s is NEW in testsuite %s"
+                               % (test, testsuite.__file__), Colors.OKGREEN)
+
+                testlist_file.close()
+                return
+
+    def list_tests(self):
+        for tester in self.testers:
+            tests = tester.list_tests()
+            self._check_defined_tests(tester, tests)
+            self.tests.extend(tests)
+        return sorted(list(self.tests))
+
+    def _run_tests(self):
+        cur_test_num = 0
+
+        if not self.all_tests:
+            total_num_tests = 1
+            self.all_tests = []
+            for tester in self.testers:
+                self.all_tests.extend(tester.list_tests())
+        total_num_tests = len(self.all_tests)
+
+        self.reporter.init_timer()
+        for tester in self.testers:
+            res = tester.run_tests(cur_test_num, total_num_tests)
+            cur_test_num += len(tester.list_tests())
+            if res != Result.PASSED and (self.options.forever or
+                                         self.options.fatal_error):
+                return False
+
+        return True
+
+    def _clean_tests(self):
+        for tester in self.testers:
+            tester.clean_tests()
+
+    def run_tests(self):
+        if self.options.forever:
+            while self._run_tests():
+                self._clean_tests()
+
+            return False
+        else:
+            return self._run_tests()
+
+    def final_report(self):
+        self.reporter.final_report()
+
+    def needs_http_server(self):
+        for tester in self.testers:
+            if tester.needs_http_server():
+                return True
+
+
+class NamedDic(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, props):
+        if props:
+            for name, value in props.iteritems():
+                setattr(self, name, value)
+
+
+class Scenario(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, name, props, path=None):
+        self.name = name
+        self.path = path
+
+        for prop, value in props:
+            setattr(self, prop.replace("-", "_"), value)
+
+    def get_execution_name(self):
+        if self.path is not None:
+            return self.path
+        else:
+            return self.name
+
+    def seeks(self):
+        if hasattr(self, "seek"):
+            return bool(self.seek)
+
+        return False
+
+    def needs_clock_sync(self):
+        if hasattr(self, "need_clock_sync"):
+            return bool(self.need_clock_sync)
+
+        return False
+
+    def get_min_media_duration(self):
+        if hasattr(self, "min_media_duration"):
+            return long(self.min_media_duration)
+
+        return 0
+
+    def does_reverse_playback(self):
+        if hasattr(self, "reverse_playback"):
+            return bool(self.seek)
+
+        return False
+
+    def get_duration(self):
+        try:
+            return float(getattr(self, "duration"))
+        except AttributeError:
+            return 0
+
+    def get_min_tracks(self, track_type):
+        try:
+            return int(getattr(self, "min_%s_track" % track_type))
+        except AttributeError:
+            return 0
+
+
+class ScenarioManager(Loggable):
+    _instance = None
+    all_scenarios = []
+
+    FILE_EXTENSION = "scenario"
+    GST_VALIDATE_COMMAND = "gst-validate-1.0"
+    if "win32" in sys.platform:
+        GST_VALIDATE_COMMAND += ".exe"
+
+    def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not cls._instance:
+            cls._instance = super(ScenarioManager, cls).__new__(
+                cls, *args, **kwargs)
+            cls._instance.config = None
+            cls._instance.discovered = False
+            Loggable.__init__(cls._instance)
+
+        return cls._instance
+
+    def find_special_scenarios(self, mfile):
+        scenarios = []
+        mfile_bname = os.path.basename(mfile)
+
+        for f in os.listdir(os.path.dirname(mfile)):
+            if re.findall("%s\..*\.%s$" % (mfile_bname, self.FILE_EXTENSION), f):
+                scenarios.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(mfile), f))
+
+        if scenarios:
+            scenarios = self.discover_scenarios(scenarios, mfile)
+
+        return scenarios
+
+    def discover_scenarios(self, scenario_paths=[], mfile=None):
+        """
+        Discover scenarios specified in scenario_paths or the default ones
+        if nothing specified there
+        """
+        scenarios = []
+        scenario_defs = os.path.join(self.config.main_dir, "scenarios.def")
+        logs = open(os.path.join(self.config.logsdir,
+                                 "scenarios_discovery.log"), 'w')
+
+        try:
+            command = [self.GST_VALIDATE_COMMAND,
+                       "--scenarios-defs-output-file", scenario_defs]
+            command.extend(scenario_paths)
+            subprocess.check_call(command, stdout=logs, stderr=logs)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+            pass
+
+        config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+        f = open(scenario_defs)
+        config.readfp(f)
+
+        for section in config.sections():
+            if scenario_paths:
+                for scenario_path in scenario_paths:
+                    if mfile is None:
+                        name = section
+                        path = scenario_path
+                    elif section in scenario_path:
+                        # The real name of the scenario is:
+                        # filename.REALNAME.scenario
+                        name = scenario_path.replace(mfile + ".", "").replace(
+                            "." + self.FILE_EXTENSION, "")
+                        path = scenario_path
+            else:
+                name = section
+                path = None
+
+            scenarios.append(Scenario(name, config.items(section), path))
+
+        if not scenario_paths:
+            self.discovered = True
+            self.all_scenarios.extend(scenarios)
+
+        return scenarios
+
+    def get_scenario(self, name):
+        if name is not None and os.path.isabs(name) and name.endswith(self.FILE_EXTENSION):
+            scenarios = self.discover_scenarios([name])
+
+            if scenarios:
+                return scenarios[0]
+
+        if self.discovered is False:
+            self.discover_scenarios()
+
+        if name is None:
+            return self.all_scenarios
+
+        try:
+            return [scenario for scenario in self.all_scenarios if scenario.name == name][0]
+        except IndexError:
+            self.warning("Scenario: %s not found" % name)
+            return None
+
+
+class GstValidateBaseTestManager(TestsManager):
+    scenarios_manager = ScenarioManager()
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(GstValidateBaseTestManager, self).__init__()
+        self._scenarios = []
+        self._encoding_formats = []
+
+    def add_scenarios(self, scenarios):
+        """
+        @scenarios A list or a unic scenario name(s) to be run on the tests.
+                    They are just the default scenarios, and then depending on
+                    the TestsGenerator to be used you can have more fine grained
+                    control on what to be run on each serie of tests.
+        """
+        if isinstance(scenarios, list):
+            self._scenarios.extend(scenarios)
+        else:
+            self._scenarios.append(scenarios)
+
+        self._scenarios = list(set(self._scenarios))
+
+    def get_scenarios(self):
+        return self._scenarios
+
+    def add_encoding_formats(self, encoding_formats):
+        """
+        :param encoding_formats: A list or one single #MediaFormatCombinations describing wanted output
+                           formats for transcoding test.
+                           They are just the default encoding formats, and then depending on
+                           the TestsGenerator to be used you can have more fine grained
+                           control on what to be run on each serie of tests.
+        """
+        if isinstance(encoding_formats, list):
+            self._encoding_formats.extend(encoding_formats)
+        else:
+            self._encoding_formats.append(encoding_formats)
+
+        self._encoding_formats = list(set(self._encoding_formats))
+
+    def get_encoding_formats(self):
+        return self._encoding_formats
+
+
+class MediaDescriptor(Loggable):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        Loggable.__init__(self)
+
+    def get_path(self):
+        raise NotImplemented
+
+    def get_media_filepath(self):
+        raise NotImplemented
+
+    def get_caps(self):
+        raise NotImplemented
+
+    def get_uri(self):
+        raise NotImplemented
+
+    def get_duration(self):
+        raise NotImplemented
+
+    def get_protocol(self):
+        raise NotImplemented
+
+    def is_seekable(self):
+        raise NotImplemented
+
+    def is_image(self):
+        raise NotImplemented
+
+    def get_num_tracks(self, track_type):
+        raise NotImplemented
+
+    def can_play_reverse(self):
+        raise NotImplemented
+
+    def is_compatible(self, scenario):
+        if scenario is None:
+            return True
+
+        if scenario.seeks() and (not self.is_seekable() or self.is_image()):
+            self.debug("Do not run %s as %s does not support seeking",
+                       scenario, self.get_uri())
+            return False
+
+        if self.is_image() and scenario.needs_clock_sync():
+            self.debug("Do not run %s as %s is an image",
+                       scenario, self.get_uri())
+            return False
+
+        if not self.can_play_reverse() and scenario.does_reverse_playback():
+            return False
+
+        if self.get_duration() and self.get_duration() / GST_SECOND < scenario.get_min_media_duration():
+            self.debug(
+                "Do not run %s as %s is too short (%i < min media duation : %i",
+                scenario, self.get_uri(),
+                self.get_duration() / GST_SECOND,
+                scenario.get_min_media_duration())
+            return False
+
+        for track_type in ['audio', 'subtitle']:
+            if self.get_num_tracks(track_type) < scenario.get_min_tracks(track_type):
+                self.debug("%s -- %s | At least %s %s track needed  < %s"
+                           % (scenario, self.get_uri(), track_type,
+                              scenario.get_min_tracks(track_type),
+                              self.get_num_tracks(track_type)))
+                return False
+
+        return True
+
+
+class GstValidateMediaDescriptor(MediaDescriptor):
+    # Some extension file for discovering results
+    MEDIA_INFO_EXT = "media_info"
+    STREAM_INFO_EXT = "stream_info"
+
+    DISCOVERER_COMMAND = "gst-validate-media-check-1.0"
+    if "win32" in sys.platform:
+        DISCOVERER_COMMAND += ".exe"
+
+    def __init__(self, xml_path):
+        super(GstValidateMediaDescriptor, self).__init__()
+
+        self._xml_path = xml_path
+        self.media_xml = ET.parse(xml_path).getroot()
+
+        # Sanity checks
+        self.media_xml.attrib["duration"]
+        self.media_xml.attrib["seekable"]
+
+        self.set_protocol(urlparse.urlparse(urlparse.urlparse(self.get_uri()).scheme).scheme)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def new_from_uri(uri, verbose=False, full=False):
+        media_path = utils.url2path(uri)
+        descriptor_path = "%s.%s" % (
+            media_path, GstValidateMediaDescriptor.MEDIA_INFO_EXT)
+        args = GstValidateMediaDescriptor.DISCOVERER_COMMAND.split(" ")
+        args.append(uri)
+
+        args.extend(["--output-file", descriptor_path])
+        if full:
+            args.extend(["--full"])
+
+        if verbose:
+            printc("Generating media info for %s\n"
+                   "    Command: '%s'" % (media_path, ' '.join(args)),
+                   Colors.OKBLUE)
+
+        try:
+            subprocess.check_output(args, stderr=open(os.devnull))
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+            if verbose:
+                printc("Result: Failed", Colors.FAIL)
+            else:
+                loggable.warning("GstValidateMediaDescriptor", "Exception: %s" % e)
+            return None
+
+        if verbose:
+            printc("Result: Passed", Colors.OKGREEN)
+
+        return GstValidateMediaDescriptor(descriptor_path)
+
+    def get_path(self):
+        return self._xml_path
+
+    def need_clock_sync(self):
+        return Protocols.needs_clock_sync(self.get_protocol())
+
+    def get_media_filepath(self):
+        if self.get_protocol() == Protocols.FILE:
+            return self._xml_path.replace("." + self.MEDIA_INFO_EXT, "")
+        else:
+            return self._xml_path.replace("." + self.STREAM_INFO_EXT, "")
+
+    def get_caps(self):
+        return self.media_xml.findall("streams")[0].attrib["caps"]
+
+    def get_tracks_caps(self):
+        res = []
+        try:
+            streams = self.media_xml.findall("streams")[0].findall("stream")
+        except IndexError:
+            return res
+
+        for stream in streams:
+            res.append((stream.attrib["type"], stream.attrib["caps"]))
+
+        return res
+
+    def get_uri(self):
+        return self.media_xml.attrib["uri"]
+
+    def get_duration(self):
+        return long(self.media_xml.attrib["duration"])
+
+    def set_protocol(self, protocol):
+        self.media_xml.attrib["protocol"] = protocol
+
+    def get_protocol(self):
+        return self.media_xml.attrib["protocol"]
+
+    def is_seekable(self):
+        return self.media_xml.attrib["seekable"]
+
+    def can_play_reverse(self):
+        return True
+
+    def is_image(self):
+        for stream in self.media_xml.findall("streams")[0].findall("stream"):
+            if stream.attrib["type"] == "image":
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    def get_num_tracks(self, track_type):
+        n = 0
+        for stream in self.media_xml.findall("streams")[0].findall("stream"):
+            if stream.attrib["type"] == track_type:
+                n += 1
+
+        return n
+
+    def get_clean_name(self):
+        name = os.path.basename(self.get_path())
+        name = re.sub("\.stream_info|\.media_info", "", name)
+
+        return name.replace('.', "_")
+
+
+class MediaFormatCombination(object):
+    FORMATS = {"aac": "audio/mpeg,mpegversion=4",
+               "ac3": "audio/x-ac3",
+               "vorbis": "audio/x-vorbis",
+               "mp3": "audio/mpeg,mpegversion=1,layer=3",
+               "h264": "video/x-h264",
+               "vp8": "video/x-vp8",
+               "theora": "video/x-theora",
+               "ogg": "application/ogg",
+               "mkv": "video/x-matroska",
+               "mp4": "video/quicktime,variant=iso;",
+               "webm": "video/webm"}
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "%s and %s in %s" % (self.audio, self.video, self.container)
+
+    def __init__(self, container, audio, video):
+        """
+        Describes a media format to be used for transcoding tests.
+
+        :param container: A string defining the container format to be used, must bin in self.FORMATS
+        :param audio: A string defining the audio format to be used, must bin in self.FORMATS
+        :param video: A string defining the video format to be used, must bin in self.FORMATS
+        """
+        self.container = container
+        self.audio = audio
+        self.video = video
+
+    def get_caps(self, track_type):
+        try:
+            return self.FORMATS[self.__dict__[track_type]]
+        except KeyError:
+            return None
+
+    def get_audio_caps(self):
+        return self.get_caps("audio")
+
+    def get_video_caps(self):
+        return self.get_caps("video")
+
+    def get_muxer_caps(self):
+        return self.get_caps("container")
diff --git a/validate/launcher/config.py.in b/validate/launcher/config.py.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5773522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/launcher/config.py.in
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2015,Thibault Saunier 
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+LIBDIR = '@LIBDIR@'
+DATADIR = '@DATADIR@'
diff --git a/validate/launcher/httpserver.py b/validate/launcher/httpserver.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c291ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/launcher/httpserver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013,Thibault Saunier 
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+import os
+import time
+import loggable
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+logcat = "httpserver"
+
+
+class HTTPServer(loggable.Loggable):
+
+    """ Class to run a SimpleHttpServer in a process."""
+
+    def __init__(self, options):
+        loggable.Loggable.__init__(self)
+        self.options = options
+        self._process = None
+        self._logsfile = None
+
+    def _check_is_up(self, timeout=60):
+        """ Check if the server is up, running a simple test based on wget. """
+        start = time.time()
+        while True:
+            try:
+                subprocess.check_output(["wget", "127.0.0.1:%s" %
+                                         (self.options.http_server_port),
+                                         "-O", os.devnull],
+                                        stderr=self._logsfile)
+                return True
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+                pass
+
+            if time.time() - start > timeout:
+                return False
+
+            time.sleep(1)
+
+    def start(self):
+        """ Start the server in a subprocess """
+        self._logsfile = open(os.path.join(self.options.logsdir,
+                                           "httpserver.logs"), 'w+')
+        if self.options.http_server_dir is not None:
+            if self._check_is_up(timeout=2):
+                return True
+
+            print "Starting Server"
+            try:
+                self.debug("Lunching http server")
+                cmd = "%s %s %d %s" % (sys.executable, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
+                                                                    "RangeHTTPServer.py"),
+                                       self.options.http_server_port,
+                                       self.options.http_bandwith,
+                                       )
+                curdir = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)
+                os.chdir(self.options.http_server_dir)
+                # cmd = "twistd -no web --path=%s -p %d" % (
+                # self.options.http_server_dir, self.options.http_server_port)
+                self.debug(
+                    "Lunching server: %s (logs in %s)", cmd, self._logsfile)
+                self._process = subprocess.Popen(cmd.split(" "),
+                                                 stderr=self._logsfile,
+                                                 stdout=self._logsfile)
+                os.chdir(curdir)
+                self.debug("Lunched http server")
+                # Dirty way to avoid eating to much CPU...
+                # good enough for us anyway.
+                time.sleep(1)
+
+                if self._check_is_up():
+                    print "Started"
+                    return True
+                else:
+                    print "Failed starting server"
+                    self._process.terminate()
+                    self._process = None
+            except OSError as ex:
+                print "Failed starting server"
+                self.warning(logcat, "Could not launch server %s" % ex)
+
+        return False
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """ Stop the server subprocess if running. """
+        if self._process:
+            self._process.terminate()
+            self._process = None
+            self.debug("Server stopped")
diff --git a/validate/launcher/loggable.py b/validate/launcher/loggable.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d033ece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/launcher/loggable.py
@@ -0,0 +1,1237 @@
+# CC'd from  'pitivi/log/loggable.py'
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2009, Alessandro Decina 
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+import errno
+import sys
+import re
+import os
+import fnmatch
+import time
+import types
+import traceback
+import thread
+
+
+# environment variables controlling levels for each category
+_DEBUG = "*:1"
+# name of the environment variable controlling our logging
+_ENV_VAR_NAME = None
+# package names we should scrub filenames for
+_PACKAGE_SCRUB_LIST = []
+
+# dynamic dictionary of categories already seen and their level
+_categories = {}
+
+# log handlers registered
+_log_handlers = []
+_log_handlers_limited = []
+
+_initialized = False
+_enableCrackOutput = False
+
+_stdout = None
+_stderr = None
+_old_hup_handler = None
+
+
+# public log levels
+(ERROR,
+ WARN,
+ FIXME,
+ INFO,
+ DEBUG,
+ LOG) = range(1, 7)
+
+COLORS = {ERROR: 'RED',
+          WARN: 'YELLOW',
+          FIXME: 'MAGENTA',
+          INFO: 'GREEN',
+          DEBUG: 'BLUE',
+          LOG: 'CYAN'}
+
+_FORMATTED_LEVELS = []
+_LEVEL_NAMES = ['ERROR', 'WARN', 'FIXME', 'INFO', 'DEBUG', 'LOG']
+
+
+class TerminalController(object):
+
+    """
+    A class that can be used to portably generate formatted output to
+    a terminal.
+
+    `TerminalController` defines a set of instance variables whose
+    values are initialized to the control sequence necessary to
+    perform a given action.  These can be simply included in normal
+    output to the terminal:
+
+        >>> term = TerminalController()
+        >>> print 'This is '+term.GREEN+'green'+term.NORMAL
+
+    Alternatively, the `render()` method can used, which replaces
+    '${action}' with the string required to perform 'action':
+
+        >>> term = TerminalController()
+        >>> print term.render('This is ${GREEN}green${NORMAL}')
+
+    If the terminal doesn't support a given action, then the value of
+    the corresponding instance variable will be set to ''.  As a
+    result, the above code will still work on terminals that do not
+    support color, except that their output will not be colored.
+    Also, this means that you can test whether the terminal supports a
+    given action by simply testing the truth value of the
+    corresponding instance variable:
+
+        >>> term = TerminalController()
+        >>> if term.CLEAR_SCREEN:
+        ...     print 'This terminal supports clearning the screen.'
+
+    Finally, if the width and height of the terminal are known, then
+    they will be stored in the `COLS` and `LINES` attributes.
+    """
+    # Cursor movement:
+    BOL = ''             # : Move the cursor to the beginning of the line
+    UP = ''              # : Move the cursor up one line
+    DOWN = ''            # : Move the cursor down one line
+    LEFT = ''            # : Move the cursor left one char
+    RIGHT = ''           # : Move the cursor right one char
+
+    # Deletion:
+    CLEAR_SCREEN = ''    # : Clear the screen and move to home position
+    CLEAR_EOL = ''       # : Clear to the end of the line.
+    CLEAR_BOL = ''       # : Clear to the beginning of the line.
+    CLEAR_EOS = ''       # : Clear to the end of the screen
+
+    # Output modes:
+    BOLD = ''            # : Turn on bold mode
+    BLINK = ''           # : Turn on blink mode
+    DIM = ''             # : Turn on half-bright mode
+    REVERSE = ''         # : Turn on reverse-video mode
+    NORMAL = ''          # : Turn off all modes
+
+    # Cursor display:
+    HIDE_CURSOR = ''     # : Make the cursor invisible
+    SHOW_CURSOR = ''     # : Make the cursor visible
+
+    # Terminal size:
+    COLS = None          # : Width of the terminal (None for unknown)
+    LINES = None         # : Height of the terminal (None for unknown)
+
+    # Foreground colors:
+    BLACK = BLUE = GREEN = CYAN = RED = MAGENTA = YELLOW = WHITE = ''
+
+    # Background colors:
+    BG_BLACK = BG_BLUE = BG_GREEN = BG_CYAN = ''
+    BG_RED = BG_MAGENTA = BG_YELLOW = BG_WHITE = ''
+
+    _STRING_CAPABILITIES = """
+    BOL=cr UP=cuu1 DOWN=cud1 LEFT=cub1 RIGHT=cuf1
+    CLEAR_SCREEN=clear CLEAR_EOL=el CLEAR_BOL=el1 CLEAR_EOS=ed BOLD=bold
+    BLINK=blink DIM=dim REVERSE=rev UNDERLINE=smul NORMAL=sgr0
+    HIDE_CURSOR=cinvis SHOW_CURSOR=cnorm""".split()
+    _COLORS = """BLACK BLUE GREEN CYAN RED MAGENTA YELLOW WHITE""".split()
+    _ANSICOLORS = "BLACK RED GREEN YELLOW BLUE MAGENTA CYAN WHITE".split()
+
+    def __init__(self, term_stream=sys.stdout):
+        """
+        Create a `TerminalController` and initialize its attributes
+        with appropriate values for the current terminal.
+        `term_stream` is the stream that will be used for terminal
+        output; if this stream is not a tty, then the terminal is
+        assumed to be a dumb terminal (i.e., have no capabilities).
+        """
+        # Curses isn't available on all platforms
+        try:
+            import curses
+        except ImportError:
+            return
+
+        # If the stream isn't a tty, then assume it has no capabilities.
+        if not term_stream.isatty():
+            return
+
+        # Check the terminal type.  If we fail, then assume that the
+        # terminal has no capabilities.
+        try:
+            curses.setupterm()
+        except:
+            return
+
+        # Look up numeric capabilities.
+        self.COLS = curses.tigetnum('cols')
+        self.LINES = curses.tigetnum('lines')
+
+        # Look up string capabilities.
+        for capability in self._STRING_CAPABILITIES:
+            (attrib, cap_name) = capability.split('=')
+            setattr(self, attrib, self._tigetstr(cap_name) or '')
+
+        # Colors
+        set_fg = self._tigetstr('setf')
+        if set_fg:
+            for i, color in zip(range(len(self._COLORS)), self._COLORS):
+                setattr(self, color, curses.tparm(set_fg, i) or '')
+        set_fg_ansi = self._tigetstr('setaf')
+        if set_fg_ansi:
+            for i, color in zip(range(len(self._ANSICOLORS)),
+                                self._ANSICOLORS):
+                setattr(self, color, curses.tparm(set_fg_ansi, i) or '')
+        set_bg = self._tigetstr('setb')
+        if set_bg:
+            for i, color in zip(range(len(self._COLORS)), self._COLORS):
+                setattr(self, 'BG_' + color, curses.tparm(set_bg, i) or '')
+        set_bg_ansi = self._tigetstr('setab')
+        if set_bg_ansi:
+            for i, color in zip(range(len(self._ANSICOLORS)),
+                                self._ANSICOLORS):
+                setattr(
+                    self, 'BG_' + color, curses.tparm(set_bg_ansi, i) or '')
+
+    def _tigetstr(self, cap_name):
+        # String capabilities can include "delays" of the form "$<2>".
+        # For any modern terminal, we should be able to just ignore
+        # these, so strip them out.
+        import curses
+        cap = curses.tigetstr(cap_name) or ''
+        return re.sub(r'\$<\d+>[/*]?', '', cap)
+
+    def render(self, template):
+        """
+        Replace each $-substitutions in the given template string with
+        the corresponding terminal control string (if it's defined) or
+        '' (if it's not).
+        """
+        return re.sub(r'\$\$|\${\w+}', self._render_sub, template)
+
+    def _render_sub(self, match):
+        s = match.group()
+        if s == '$$':
+            return s
+        else:
+            return getattr(self, s[2:-1])
+
+#
+# Example use case: progress bar
+#
+
+
+class ProgressBar:
+
+    """
+    A 3-line progress bar, which looks like::
+
+                                Header
+        20% [===========----------------------------------]
+                           progress message
+
+    The progress bar is colored, if the terminal supports color
+    output; and adjusts to the width of the terminal.
+    """
+    BAR = '%3d%% ${GREEN}[${BOLD}%s%s${NORMAL}${GREEN}]${NORMAL}\n'
+    HEADER = '${BOLD}${CYAN}%s${NORMAL}\n\n'
+
+    def __init__(self, term, header):
+        self.term = term
+        if not (self.term.CLEAR_EOL and self.term.UP and self.term.BOL):
+            raise ValueError("Terminal isn't capable enough -- you "
+                             "should use a simpler progress dispaly.")
+        self.width = self.term.COLS or 75
+        self.bar = term.render(self.BAR)
+        self.header = self.term.render(self.HEADER % header.center(self.width))
+        self.cleared = 1  # : true if we haven't drawn the bar yet.
+        self.update(0, '')
+
+    def update(self, percent, message):
+        if self.cleared:
+            sys.stdout.write(self.header)
+            self.cleared = 0
+        n = int((self.width - 10) * percent)
+        sys.stdout.write(
+            self.term.BOL + self.term.UP + self.term.CLEAR_EOL +
+            (self.bar % (100 * percent, '=' * n, '-' * (self.width - 10 - n))) +
+            self.term.CLEAR_EOL + message.center(self.width))
+
+    def clear(self):
+        if not self.cleared:
+            sys.stdout.write(self.term.BOL + self.term.CLEAR_EOL +
+                             self.term.UP + self.term.CLEAR_EOL +
+                             self.term.UP + self.term.CLEAR_EOL)
+            self.cleared = 1
+
+
+def getLevelName(level):
+    """
+    Return the name of a log level.
+    @param level: The level we want to know the name
+    @type level: int
+    @return: The name of the level
+    @rtype: str
+    """
+    assert isinstance(level, int) and level > 0 and level < 6, \
+        TypeError("Bad debug level")
+    return getLevelNames()[level - 1]
+
+
+def getLevelNames():
+    """
+    Return a list with the level names
+    @return: A list with the level names
+    @rtype: list of str
+    """
+    return _LEVEL_NAMES
+
+
+def getLevelInt(levelName):
+    """
+    Return the integer value of the levelName.
+    @param levelName: The string value of the level name
+    @type levelName: str
+    @return: The value of the level name we are interested in.
+    @rtype: int
+    """
+    assert isinstance(levelName, str) and levelName in getLevelNames(), \
+        "Bad debug level name"
+    return getLevelNames().index(levelName) + 1
+
+
+def getFormattedLevelName(level):
+    assert isinstance(level, int) and level > 0 and level < len(_LEVEL_NAMES) + 1, \
+        TypeError("Bad debug level")
+    return _FORMATTED_LEVELS[level - 1]
+
+
+def registerCategory(category):
+    """
+    Register a given category in the debug system.
+    A level will be assigned to it based on previous calls to setDebug.
+    """
+    # parse what level it is set to based on _DEBUG
+    # example: *:2,admin:4
+    global _DEBUG
+    global _levels
+    global _categories
+
+    level = 0
+    chunks = _DEBUG.split(',')
+    for chunk in chunks:
+        if not chunk:
+            continue
+        if ':' in chunk:
+            spec, value = chunk.split(':')
+        else:
+            spec = '*'
+            value = chunk
+
+        # our glob is unix filename style globbing, so cheat with fnmatch
+        # fnmatch.fnmatch didn't work for this, so don't use it
+        if category in fnmatch.filter((category, ), spec):
+            # we have a match, so set level based on string or int
+            if not value:
+                continue
+            try:
+                level = int(value)
+            except ValueError:  # e.g. *; we default to most
+                level = 5
+    # store it
+    _categories[category] = level
+
+
+def getCategoryLevel(category):
+    """
+    @param category: string
+
+    Get the debug level at which this category is being logged, adding it
+    if it wasn't registered yet.
+    """
+    global _categories
+    if category not in _categories:
+        registerCategory(category)
+    return _categories[category]
+
+
+def setLogSettings(state):
+    """Update the current log settings.
+    This can restore an old saved log settings object returned by
+    getLogSettings
+    @param state: the settings to set
+    """
+
+    global _DEBUG
+    global _log_handlers
+    global _log_handlers_limited
+
+    (_DEBUG,
+     _categories,
+     _log_handlers,
+     _log_handlers_limited) = state
+
+    for category in _categories:
+        registerCategory(category)
+
+
+def getLogSettings():
+    """Fetches the current log settings.
+    The returned object can be sent to setLogSettings to restore the
+    returned settings
+    @returns: the current settings
+    """
+    return (_DEBUG,
+            _categories,
+            _log_handlers,
+            _log_handlers_limited)
+
+
+def _canShortcutLogging(category, level):
+    if _log_handlers:
+        # we have some loggers operating without filters, have to do
+        # everything
+        return False
+    else:
+        return level > getCategoryLevel(category)
+
+
+def scrubFilename(filename):
+    '''
+    Scrub the filename to a relative path for all packages in our scrub list.
+    '''
+    global _PACKAGE_SCRUB_LIST
+    for package in _PACKAGE_SCRUB_LIST:
+        i = filename.rfind(package)
+        if i > -1:
+            return filename[i:]
+
+    return filename
+
+
+def getFileLine(where=-1):
+    """
+    Return the filename and line number for the given location.
+
+    If where is a negative integer, look for the code entry in the current
+    stack that is the given number of frames above this module.
+    If where is a function, look for the code entry of the function.
+
+    @param where: how many frames to go back up, or function
+    @type  where: int (negative) or function
+
+    @return: tuple of (file, line)
+    @rtype:  tuple of (str, int)
+    """
+    co = None
+    lineno = None
+    name = None
+
+    if isinstance(where, types.FunctionType):
+        co = where.func_code
+        lineno = co.co_firstlineno
+        name = co.co_name
+    elif isinstance(where, types.MethodType):
+        co = where.im_func.func_code
+        lineno = co.co_firstlineno
+        name = co.co_name
+    else:
+        stackFrame = sys._getframe()
+        while stackFrame:
+            co = stackFrame.f_code
+            if not co.co_filename.endswith('loggable.py'):
+                # wind up the stack according to frame
+                while where < -1:
+                    stackFrame = stackFrame.f_back
+                    where += 1
+                co = stackFrame.f_code
+                lineno = stackFrame.f_lineno
+                name = co.co_name
+                break
+            stackFrame = stackFrame.f_back
+
+    if not co:
+        return "", 0
+
+    return scrubFilename(co.co_filename), lineno, name
+
+
+def ellipsize(o):
+    """
+    Ellipsize the representation of the given object.
+    """
+    r = repr(o)
+    if len(r) < 800:
+        return r
+
+    r = r[:60] + ' ... ' + r[-15:]
+    return r
+
+
+def getFormatArgs(startFormat, startArgs, endFormat, endArgs, args, kwargs):
+    """
+    Helper function to create a format and args to use for logging.
+    This avoids needlessly interpolating variables.
+    """
+    debugArgs = startArgs[:]
+    for a in args:
+        debugArgs.append(ellipsize(a))
+
+    for items in kwargs.items():
+        debugArgs.extend(items)
+    debugArgs.extend(endArgs)
+    format = startFormat \
+        + ', '.join(('%s', ) * len(args)) \
+        + (kwargs and ', ' or '') \
+        + ', '.join(('%s=%r', ) * len(kwargs)) \
+        + endFormat
+    return format, debugArgs
+
+
+def doLog(level, object, category, format, args, where=-1, filePath=None, line=None):
+    """
+    @param where:     what to log file and line number for;
+                      -1 for one frame above log.py; -2 and down for higher up;
+                      a function for a (future) code object
+    @type  where:     int or callable
+    @param filePath:  file to show the message as coming from, if caller
+                      knows best
+    @type  filePath:  str
+    @param line:      line to show the message as coming from, if caller
+                      knows best
+    @type  line:      int
+
+    @return: dict of calculated variables, if they needed calculating.
+             currently contains file and line; this prevents us from
+             doing this work in the caller when it isn't needed because
+             of the debug level
+    """
+    ret = {}
+
+    if args:
+        message = format % args
+    else:
+        message = format
+
+    # first all the unlimited ones
+    if _log_handlers:
+        if filePath is None and line is None:
+            (filePath, line, funcname) = getFileLine(where=where)
+        ret['filePath'] = filePath
+        ret['line'] = line
+        if funcname:
+            message = "\033[00m\033[32;01m%s:\033[00m %s" % (funcname, message)
+        for handler in _log_handlers:
+            try:
+                handler(level, object, category, file, line, message)
+            except TypeError, e:
+                raise SystemError("handler %r raised a TypeError: %s" % (
+                    handler, getExceptionMessage(e)))
+
+    if level > getCategoryLevel(category):
+        return ret
+
+    if _log_handlers_limited:
+        if filePath is None and line is None:
+            (filePath, line, funcname) = getFileLine(where=where)
+        ret['filePath'] = filePath
+        ret['line'] = line
+        if funcname:
+            message = "\033[00m\033[32;01m%s:\033[00m %s" % (funcname, message)
+        for handler in _log_handlers_limited:
+            # set this a second time, just in case there weren't unlimited
+            # loggers there before
+            try:
+                handler(level, object, category, filePath, line, message)
+            except TypeError:
+                raise SystemError("handler %r raised a TypeError" % handler)
+
+        return ret
+
+
+def errorObject(object, cat, format, *args):
+    """
+    Log a fatal error message in the given category.
+    This will also raise a L{SystemExit}.
+    """
+    doLog(ERROR, object, cat, format, args)
+
+    # we do the import here because having it globally causes weird import
+    # errors if our gstreactor also imports .log, which brings in errors
+    # and pb stuff
+    if args:
+        raise SystemExit(format % args)
+    else:
+        raise SystemExit(format)
+
+
+def warningObject(object, cat, format, *args):
+    """
+    Log a warning message in the given category.
+    This is used for non-fatal problems.
+    """
+    doLog(WARN, object, cat, format, args)
+
+
+def fixmeObject(object, cat, format, *args):
+    """
+    Log a fixme message in the given category.
+    This is used for not implemented codepaths or known issues in the code
+    """
+    doLog(FIXME, object, cat, format, args)
+
+
+def infoObject(object, cat, format, *args):
+    """
+    Log an informational message in the given category.
+    """
+    doLog(INFO, object, cat, format, args)
+
+
+def debugObject(object, cat, format, *args):
+    """
+    Log a debug message in the given category.
+    """
+    doLog(DEBUG, object, cat, format, args)
+
+
+def logObject(object, cat, format, *args):
+    """
+    Log a log message.  Used for debugging recurring events.
+    """
+    doLog(LOG, object, cat, format, args)
+
+
+def safeprintf(file, format, *args):
+    """Write to a file object, ignoring errors.
+    """
+    try:
+        if args:
+            file.write(format % args)
+        else:
+            file.write(format)
+    except IOError, e:
+        if e.errno == errno.EPIPE:
+            # if our output is closed, exit; e.g. when logging over an
+            # ssh connection and the ssh connection is closed
+            os._exit(os.EX_OSERR)
+        # otherwise ignore it, there's nothing you can do
+
+
+def stderrHandler(level, object, category, file, line, message):
+    """
+    A log handler that writes to stderr.
+    The output will be different depending the value of "_enableCrackOutput";
+    in Pitivi's case, that is True when the GST_DEBUG env var is defined.
+
+    @type level:    string
+    @type object:   string (or None)
+    @type category: string
+    @type message:  string
+    """
+
+    # Make the file path more compact for readability
+    file = os.path.relpath(file)
+    where = "(%s:%d)" % (file, line)
+
+    # If GST_DEBUG is not set, we can assume only PITIVI_DEBUG is set, so don't
+    # show a bazillion of debug details that are not relevant to Pitivi.
+    if not _enableCrackOutput:
+        safeprintf(sys.stderr, '%s %-8s %-17s %-2s %s %s\n',
+                   getFormattedLevelName(level), time.strftime("%H:%M:%S"),
+                   category, "", message, where)
+    else:
+        o = ""
+        if object:
+            o = '"' + object + '"'
+        # level   pid     object   cat      time
+        # 5 + 1 + 7 + 1 + 32 + 1 + 17 + 1 + 15 == 80
+        safeprintf(
+            sys.stderr, '%s [%5d] [0x%12x] %-32s %-17s %-15s %-4s %s %s\n',
+            getFormattedLevelName(level), os.getpid(), thread.get_ident(),
+            o[:32], category, time.strftime("%b %d %H:%M:%S"), "",
+            message, where)
+    sys.stderr.flush()
+
+
+def _colored_formatter(level):
+    format = '%-5s'
+
+    t = TerminalController()
+    return ''.join((t.BOLD, getattr(t, COLORS[level]),
+                    format % (_LEVEL_NAMES[level - 1], ), t.NORMAL))
+
+
+def _formatter(level):
+    format = '%-5s'
+    return format % (_LEVEL_NAMES[level - 1], )
+
+
+def _preformatLevels(noColorEnvVarName):
+    if (noColorEnvVarName is not None
+        and (noColorEnvVarName not in os.environ
+             or not os.environ[noColorEnvVarName])):
+        formatter = _colored_formatter
+    else:
+        formatter = _formatter
+
+    for level in ERROR, WARN, FIXME, INFO, DEBUG, LOG:
+        _FORMATTED_LEVELS.append(formatter(level))
+
+# "public" useful API
+
+# setup functions
+
+
+def init(envVarName, enableColorOutput=False, enableCrackOutput=True):
+    """
+    Initialize the logging system and parse the environment variable
+    of the given name.
+    Needs to be called before starting the actual application.
+    """
+    global _initialized
+    global _enableCrackOutput
+    _enableCrackOutput = enableCrackOutput
+
+    if _initialized:
+        return
+
+    global _ENV_VAR_NAME
+    _ENV_VAR_NAME = envVarName
+
+    if enableColorOutput:
+        _preformatLevels(envVarName + "_NO_COLOR")
+    else:
+        _preformatLevels(None)
+
+    if envVarName in os.environ:
+        # install a log handler that uses the value of the environment var
+        setDebug(os.environ[envVarName])
+    addLimitedLogHandler(stderrHandler)
+
+    _initialized = True
+
+
+def setDebug(string):
+    """Set the DEBUG string.  This controls the log output."""
+    global _DEBUG
+    global _ENV_VAR_NAME
+    global _categories
+
+    _DEBUG = string
+    debug('log', "%s set to %s" % (_ENV_VAR_NAME, _DEBUG))
+
+    # reparse all already registered category levels
+    for category in _categories:
+        registerCategory(category)
+
+
+def getDebug():
+    """
+    Returns the currently active DEBUG string.
+    @rtype: str
+    """
+    global _DEBUG
+    return _DEBUG
+
+
+def setPackageScrubList(*packages):
+    """
+    Set the package names to scrub from filenames.
+    Filenames from these paths in log messages will be scrubbed to their
+    relative file path instead of the full absolute path.
+
+    @type packages: list of str
+    """
+    global _PACKAGE_SCRUB_LIST
+    _PACKAGE_SCRUB_LIST = packages
+
+
+def reset():
+    """
+    Resets the logging system, removing all log handlers.
+    """
+    global _log_handlers, _log_handlers_limited, _initialized
+
+    _log_handlers = []
+    _log_handlers_limited = []
+    _initialized = False
+
+
+def addLogHandler(func):
+    """
+    Add a custom log handler.
+
+    @param func: a function object with prototype (level, object, category,
+                 message) where level is either ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG, or
+                 LOG, and the rest of the arguments are strings or None. Use
+                 getLevelName(level) to get a printable name for the log level.
+    @type func:  a callable function
+
+    @raises TypeError: if func is not a callable
+    """
+
+    if not callable(func):
+        raise TypeError("func must be callable")
+
+    if func not in _log_handlers:
+        _log_handlers.append(func)
+
+
+def addLimitedLogHandler(func):
+    """
+    Add a custom log handler.
+
+    @param func: a function object with prototype (level, object, category,
+                 message) where level is either ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG, or
+                 LOG, and the rest of the arguments are strings or None. Use
+                 getLevelName(level) to get a printable name for the log level.
+    @type func:  a callable function
+
+    @raises TypeError: TypeError if func is not a callable
+    """
+    if not callable(func):
+        raise TypeError("func must be callable")
+
+    if func not in _log_handlers_limited:
+        _log_handlers_limited.append(func)
+
+
+def removeLogHandler(func):
+    """
+    Remove a registered log handler.
+
+    @param func: a function object with prototype (level, object, category,
+                 message) where level is either ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG, or
+                 LOG, and the rest of the arguments are strings or None. Use
+                 getLevelName(level) to get a printable name for the log level.
+    @type func:  a callable function
+
+    @raises ValueError: if func is not registered
+    """
+    _log_handlers.remove(func)
+
+
+def removeLimitedLogHandler(func):
+    """
+    Remove a registered limited log handler.
+
+    @param func: a function object with prototype (level, object, category,
+                 message) where level is either ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG, or
+                 LOG, and the rest of the arguments are strings or None. Use
+                 getLevelName(level) to get a printable name for the log level.
+    @type func:  a callable function
+
+    @raises ValueError: if func is not registered
+    """
+    _log_handlers_limited.remove(func)
+
+# public log functions
+
+
+def error(cat, format, *args):
+    errorObject(None, cat, format, *args)
+
+
+def warning(cat, format, *args):
+    warningObject(None, cat, format, *args)
+
+
+def fixme(cat, format, *args):
+    fixmeObject(None, cat, format, *args)
+
+
+def info(cat, format, *args):
+    infoObject(None, cat, format, *args)
+
+
+def debug(cat, format, *args):
+    debugObject(None, cat, format, *args)
+
+
+def log(cat, format, *args):
+    logObject(None, cat, format, *args)
+
+# public utility functions
+
+
+def getExceptionMessage(exception, frame=-1, filename=None):
+    """
+    Return a short message based on an exception, useful for debugging.
+    Tries to find where the exception was triggered.
+    """
+    stack = traceback.extract_tb(sys.exc_info()[2])
+    if filename:
+        stack = [f for f in stack if f[0].find(filename) > -1]
+    # import code; code.interact(local=locals())
+    (filename, line, func, text) = stack[frame]
+    filename = scrubFilename(filename)
+    exc = exception.__class__.__name__
+    msg = ""
+    # a shortcut to extract a useful message out of most exceptions
+    # for now
+    if str(exception):
+        msg = ": %s" % str(exception)
+    return "exception %(exc)s at %(filename)s:%(line)s: %(func)s()%(msg)s" \
+        % locals()
+
+
+def reopenOutputFiles():
+    """
+    Reopens the stdout and stderr output files, as set by
+    L{outputToFiles}.
+    """
+    if not _stdout and not _stderr:
+        debug('log', 'told to reopen log files, but log files not set')
+        return
+
+    def reopen(name, fileno, *args):
+        oldmask = os.umask(0026)
+        try:
+            f = open(name, 'a+', *args)
+        finally:
+            os.umask(oldmask)
+
+        os.dup2(f.fileno(), fileno)
+
+    if _stdout:
+        reopen(_stdout, sys.stdout.fileno())
+
+    if _stderr:
+        reopen(_stderr, sys.stderr.fileno(), 0)
+        debug('log', 'opened log %r', _stderr)
+
+
+def outputToFiles(stdout=None, stderr=None):
+    """
+    Redirect stdout and stderr to named files.
+
+    Records the file names so that a future call to reopenOutputFiles()
+    can open the same files. Installs a SIGHUP handler that will reopen
+    the output files.
+
+    Note that stderr is opened unbuffered, so if it shares a file with
+    stdout then interleaved output may not appear in the order that you
+    expect.
+    """
+    global _stdout, _stderr, _old_hup_handler
+    _stdout, _stderr = stdout, stderr
+    reopenOutputFiles()
+
+    def sighup(signum, frame):
+        info('log', "Received SIGHUP, reopening logs")
+        reopenOutputFiles()
+        if _old_hup_handler:
+            info('log', "Calling old SIGHUP hander")
+            _old_hup_handler(signum, frame)
+
+    debug('log', 'installing SIGHUP handler')
+    import signal
+    handler = signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, sighup)
+    if handler == signal.SIG_DFL or handler == signal.SIG_IGN:
+        _old_hup_handler = None
+    else:
+        _old_hup_handler = handler
+
+
+# base class for loggable objects
+
+
+class BaseLoggable(object):
+
+    """
+    Base class for objects that want to be able to log messages with
+    different level of severity.  The levels are, in order from least
+    to most: log, debug, info, warning, error.
+
+    @cvar logCategory: Implementors can provide a category to log their
+       messages under.
+    """
+
+    def writeMarker(self, marker, level):
+        """
+        Sets a marker that written to the logs. Setting this
+        marker to multiple elements at a time helps debugging.
+        @param marker: A string write to the log.
+        @type marker: str
+        @param level: The log level. It can be log.WARN, log.INFO,
+        log.DEBUG, log.ERROR or log.LOG.
+        @type  level: int
+        """
+        logHandlers = {WARN: self.warning,
+                       INFO: self.info,
+                       DEBUG: self.debug,
+                       ERROR: self.error,
+                       LOG: self.log}
+        logHandler = logHandlers.get(level)
+        if logHandler:
+            logHandler('%s', marker)
+
+    def error(self, *args):
+        """Log an error.  By default this will also raise an exception."""
+        if _canShortcutLogging(self.logCategory, ERROR):
+            return
+        errorObject(self.logObjectName(),
+                    self.logCategory, *self.logFunction(*args))
+
+    def warning(self, *args):
+        """Log a warning.  Used for non-fatal problems."""
+        if _canShortcutLogging(self.logCategory, WARN):
+            return
+        warningObject(
+            self.logObjectName(), self.logCategory, *self.logFunction(*args))
+
+    def fixme(self, *args):
+        """Log a fixme.  Used for FIXMEs ."""
+        if _canShortcutLogging(self.logCategory, FIXME):
+            return
+        fixmeObject(self.logObjectName(),
+                    self.logCategory, *self.logFunction(*args))
+
+    def info(self, *args):
+        """Log an informational message.  Used for normal operation."""
+        if _canShortcutLogging(self.logCategory, INFO):
+            return
+        infoObject(self.logObjectName(),
+                   self.logCategory, *self.logFunction(*args))
+
+    def debug(self, *args):
+        """Log a debug message.  Used for debugging."""
+        if _canShortcutLogging(self.logCategory, DEBUG):
+            return
+        debugObject(self.logObjectName(),
+                    self.logCategory, *self.logFunction(*args))
+
+    def log(self, *args):
+        """Log a log message.  Used for debugging recurring events."""
+        if _canShortcutLogging(self.logCategory, LOG):
+            return
+        logObject(self.logObjectName(),
+                  self.logCategory, *self.logFunction(*args))
+
+    def doLog(self, level, where, format, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Log a message at the given level, with the possibility of going
+        higher up in the stack.
+
+        @param level: log level
+        @type  level: int
+        @param where: how many frames to go back from the last log frame;
+                      or a function (to log for a future call)
+        @type  where: int (negative), or function
+
+        @param kwargs: a dict of pre-calculated values from a previous
+                       doLog call
+
+        @return: a dict of calculated variables, to be reused in a
+                 call to doLog that should show the same location
+        @rtype:  dict
+        """
+        if _canShortcutLogging(self.logCategory, level):
+            return {}
+        args = self.logFunction(*args)
+        return doLog(level, self.logObjectName(), self.logCategory,
+                     format, args, where=where, **kwargs)
+
+    def warningFailure(self, failure, swallow=True):
+        """
+        Log a warning about a Twisted Failure. Useful as an errback handler:
+        d.addErrback(self.warningFailure)
+
+        @param swallow: whether to swallow the failure or not
+        @type  swallow: bool
+        """
+        if _canShortcutLogging(self.logCategory, WARN):
+            if swallow:
+                return
+            return failure
+        warningObject(self.logObjectName(), self.logCategory,
+                      *self.logFunction(getFailureMessage(failure)))
+        if not swallow:
+            return failure
+
+    def logFunction(self, *args):
+        """Overridable log function.  Default just returns passed message."""
+        return args
+
+    def logObjectName(self):
+        """Overridable object name function."""
+        # cheat pychecker
+        for name in ['logName', 'name']:
+            if hasattr(self, name):
+                return getattr(self, name)
+
+        return None
+
+    def handleException(self, exc):
+        self.warning(getExceptionMessage(exc))
+
+# Twisted helper stuff
+
+# private stuff
+_initializedTwisted = False
+
+# make a singleton
+__theTwistedLogObserver = None
+
+
+def _getTheTwistedLogObserver():
+    # used internally and in test
+    global __theTwistedLogObserver
+
+    if not __theTwistedLogObserver:
+        __theTwistedLogObserver = TwistedLogObserver()
+
+    return __theTwistedLogObserver
+
+
+# public helper methods
+
+
+def getFailureMessage(failure):
+    """
+    Return a short message based on L{twisted.python.failure.Failure}.
+    Tries to find where the exception was triggered.
+    """
+    exc = str(failure.type)
+    msg = failure.getErrorMessage()
+    if len(failure.frames) == 0:
+        return "failure %(exc)s: %(msg)s" % locals()
+
+    (func, filename, line, some, other) = failure.frames[-1]
+    filename = scrubFilename(filename)
+    return "failure %(exc)s at %(filename)s:%(line)s: %(func)s(): %(msg)s" % locals()
+
+
+def warningFailure(failure, swallow=True):
+    """
+    Log a warning about a Failure. Useful as an errback handler:
+    d.addErrback(warningFailure)
+
+    @param swallow: whether to swallow the failure or not
+    @type  swallow: bool
+    """
+    warning('', getFailureMessage(failure))
+    if not swallow:
+        return failure
+
+
+def logTwisted():
+    """
+    Integrate twisted's logger with our logger.
+
+    This is done in a separate method because calling this imports and sets
+    up a reactor.  Since we want basic logging working before choosing a
+    reactor, we need to separate these.
+    """
+    global _initializedTwisted
+
+    if _initializedTwisted:
+        return
+
+    debug('log', 'Integrating twisted logger')
+
+    # integrate twisted's logging with us
+    from twisted.python import log as tlog
+
+    # this call imports the reactor
+    # that is why we do this in a separate method
+    from twisted.spread import pb
+
+    # we don't want logs for pb.Error types since they
+    # are specifically raised to be handled on the other side
+    observer = _getTheTwistedLogObserver()
+    observer.ignoreErrors([pb.Error, ])
+    tlog.startLoggingWithObserver(observer.emit, False)
+
+    _initializedTwisted = True
+
+
+# we need an object as the observer because startLoggingWithObserver
+# expects a bound method
+
+
+class TwistedLogObserver(BaseLoggable):
+
+    """
+    Twisted log observer that integrates with our logging.
+    """
+    logCategory = "logobserver"
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._ignoreErrors = []  # Failure types
+
+    def emit(self, eventDict):
+        method = log  # by default, lowest level
+        edm = eventDict['message']
+        if not edm:
+            if eventDict['isError'] and 'failure' in eventDict:
+                f = eventDict['failure']
+                for failureType in self._ignoreErrors:
+                    r = f.check(failureType)
+                    if r:
+                        self.debug("Failure of type %r, ignoring", failureType)
+                        return
+
+                self.log("Failure %r" % f)
+
+                method = debug  # tracebacks from errors at debug level
+                msg = "A twisted traceback occurred."
+                if getCategoryLevel("twisted") < WARN:
+                    msg += "  Run with debug level >= 2 to see the traceback."
+                # and an additional warning
+                warning('twisted', msg)
+                text = f.getTraceback()
+                safeprintf(sys.stderr, "\nTwisted traceback:\n")
+                safeprintf(sys.stderr, text + '\n')
+            elif 'format' in eventDict:
+                text = eventDict['format'] % eventDict
+            else:
+                # we don't know how to log this
+                return
+        else:
+            text = ' '.join(map(str, edm))
+
+        fmtDict = {'system': eventDict['system'],
+                   'text': text.replace("\n", "\n\t")}
+        msgStr = " [%(system)s] %(text)s\n" % fmtDict
+        # because msgstr can contain %, as in a backtrace, make sure we
+        # don't try to splice it
+        method('twisted', msgStr)
+
+    def ignoreErrors(self, *types):
+        for failureType in types:
+            self._ignoreErrors.append(failureType)
+
+    def clearIgnores(self):
+        self._ignoreErrors = []
+
+
+class Loggable(BaseLoggable):
+
+    def __init__(self, logCategory=None):
+        if logCategory:
+            self.logCategory = logCategory
+        elif not hasattr(self, 'logCategory'):
+            self.logCategory = self.__class__.__name__.lower()
+
+    def logObjectName(self):
+        res = BaseLoggable.logObjectName(self)
+        if not res:
+            return "<%s at 0x%x>" % (self.__class__.__name__, id(self))
+        return res
+
+    def error(self, format, *args):
+        if _canShortcutLogging(self.logCategory, ERROR):
+            return
+        doLog(ERROR, self.logObjectName(), self.logCategory,
+              format, self.logFunction(*args), where=-2)
diff --git a/validate/launcher/main.py b/validate/launcher/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ac2f3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/launcher/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,529 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2014,Thibault Saunier 
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+import os
+import sys
+import utils
+import urlparse
+import loggable
+import argparse
+import tempfile
+import reporters
+import subprocess
+
+
+from loggable import Loggable
+from httpserver import HTTPServer
+from vfb_server import get_virual_frame_buffer_server
+from baseclasses import _TestsLauncher, ScenarioManager
+from utils import printc, path2url, DEFAULT_MAIN_DIR, launch_command, Colors, Protocols, which
+
+
+LESS = "less"
+HELP = '''
+
+===============================================================================
+                       gst-validate-launcher
+===============================================================================
+
+1. Introduction
+----------------
+
+gst-validate-launcher is a test launcher tool. It has been designed to
+launch the various tools included in GstValidate, running tests on real
+media files. This means that with gst-validate-launcher, you can launch
+many tests automatically in one simple command. It then permits to
+aggregate results and print them in a human readable way on stdout
+and serializing them in the following implemented formats:
+
+ * %s
+
+We support all the tools provided in GstValidate in the launcher, but
+we also support ges-launch when the GStreamer Editing Services have
+been compiled against GstValidate.
+
+2. Default test suite
+---------------------
+
+A default suite of tests is provided and is available at: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-integration-testsuites/
+You can run it pretty simply doing:
+
+.    $gst-validate-launch --sync
+
+That will download Gstreamer upstream default assets into the
+default folder (%s) and run all currently
+activated tests. Note that we use git-annex https://git-annex.branchable.com/ so
+you will need that tool to get started.
+
+3. Implement your own tests
+---------------------------
+
+To implement new tests, you will just need to set the media path using the
+--medias-paths argument. If you want to run all avalaible scenarios on all the
+file present in that folder, you should run the first time:
+
+.    $gst-validate-launch --medias-paths /path/to/media/files --generate-media-info
+
+That will generate the .media_info files that contains information about the media
+files present in that folder. Those media_info files are simple XML file describing
+the topology of the media files. You need not reuse --generate-media-info from
+next time. The generated media files will be used as a reference for following
+runs. You might want to check that they contain the right information yourself
+the first time.
+
+Those .media_info are the files that are used by gst-validate-launcher to know
+what media files can be used for the different scenarios. For example if a
+file is not seekable, seeking scenarios will not be run on it etc...
+
+3.1 Scenarios specific to a media file/stream:
+----------------------------------------------
+
+It is possible that some scenarios are very specific to one media file. In that case,
+the .scenario file should be present in the same folder as the .media_info file and
+be called similarly. For example for a file called /some/media/file.mp4, the media_info
+file will be called /some/media/file.media_info and a scenario that will seek to a position that
+is known to fail would be called: /some/media/file.mp4.seek_to_failing_pos.scenario and
+gst-validate-launcher will run that scenario only on that media file.
+
+3.2 Test media accessible through other protocols:
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Currently gst-validate-launcher supports the following protocols:
+
+  * %s
+
+It does not mean you can not test other protocols but it means that it has not been
+properly tested.
+
+To test medias that use those protocols, you should simply make sure that there
+is a media descriptor file with .stream_info as an extension in your --media-paths.
+You can generate such a file doing:
+
+.   $gst-validate-media-check-1.0 http://devimages.apple.com/iphone/samples/bipbop/bipbopall.m3u8 --output-file /somewhere/in/you/media/path/bipbop.stream_info
+
+Once this is done, gst-validate-launcher will run the scenarios on those media files the
+same way as if they were local files.
+
+
+4. Debug gst-validate-launcher execution
+----------------------------------------
+
+You can activate debug logs setting the environment variable GST_VALIDATE_LAUNCHER_DEBUG.
+It uses the same syntax as PITIVI_DEBUG (more information at:
+http://wiki.pitivi.org/wiki/Bug_reporting#Debug_logs).
+''' % ("\n  * ".join([reporter.name for reporter in
+                      utils.get_subclasses(reporters.Reporter, reporters.__dict__)]
+                     ),
+       DEFAULT_MAIN_DIR,
+       "\n  * ".join([getattr(Protocols, att) for att in
+                      dir(Protocols) if isinstance(getattr(Protocols, att), str)
+                      and not att.startswith("_")]))
+
+QA_ASSETS = "gst-integration-testsuites"
+MEDIAS_FOLDER = "medias"
+DEFAULT_GST_QA_ASSETS_REPO = "git://anongit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-integration-testsuites"
+OLD_DEFAULT_GST_QA_ASSETS_REPO = "https://gitlab.com/thiblahute/gst-integration-testsuites.git"
+DEFAULT_TESTSUITES_DIR = os.path.join(DEFAULT_MAIN_DIR, QA_ASSETS, "testsuites")
+
+
+def download_assets(options):
+    try:
+        launch_command("%s %s %s" % (options.get_assets_command,
+                                     options.remote_assets_url,
+                                     options.clone_dir),
+                       fails=True)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        if "git" in options.get_assets_command:
+            m = "\n\nMAKE SURE YOU HAVE git INSTALLED!"
+        else:
+            m = ""
+
+        printc("Could not download assets\n\nError: %s%s" % (e, m),
+               Colors.FAIL, True)
+
+        return False
+
+    return True
+
+
+class PrintUsage(argparse.Action):
+
+    def __init__(self, option_strings, dest=argparse.SUPPRESS, default=argparse.SUPPRESS, help=None):
+        super(
+            PrintUsage, self).__init__(option_strings=option_strings, dest=dest,
+                                       default=default, nargs=0, help=help)
+
+    def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
+        print(HELP)
+        parser.exit()
+
+
+class LauncherConfig(Loggable):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.testsuites = []
+        self.debug = False
+        self.forever = False
+        self.fatal_error = False
+        self.wanted_tests = []
+        self.blacklisted_tests = []
+        self.list_tests = False
+        self.mute = False
+        self.no_color = False
+        self.generate_info = False
+        self.update_media_info = False
+        self.generate_info_full = False
+        self.long_limit = utils.LONG_TEST
+        self.config = None
+        self.valgrind = False
+        self.no_display = False
+        self.xunit_file = None
+        self.main_dir = utils.DEFAULT_MAIN_DIR
+        self.output_dir = None
+        self.logsdir = None
+        self.redirect_logs = False
+        self.num_jobs = 1
+        self.dest = None
+        self._using_default_paths = False
+        self.paths = []
+        self.testsuites_dir = DEFAULT_TESTSUITES_DIR
+
+        self.clone_dir = None
+
+        self.http_server_port = 8079
+        self.http_bandwith = 1024 * 1024
+        self.http_server_dir = None
+        self.httponly = False
+        self.get_assets_command = "git clone"
+        self.remote_assets_url = DEFAULT_GST_QA_ASSETS_REPO
+        self.sync = False
+        self.sync_all = False
+
+    def cleanup(self):
+        """
+        Cleanup the options looking after user options have been parsed
+        """
+
+        # Get absolute path for main_dir and base everything on that
+        self.main_dir = os.path.abspath(self.main_dir)
+
+        # default for output_dir is MAINDIR
+        if not self.output_dir:
+            self.output_dir = self.main_dir
+        else:
+            self.output_dir = os.path.abspath(self.output_dir)
+
+        # other output directories
+        if self.logsdir in ['stdout', 'stderr']:
+            # Allow -l stdout/stderr to work like -rl stdout/stderr
+            self.redirect_logs = self.logsdir
+            self.logsdir = None
+        if self.logsdir is None:
+            self.logsdir = os.path.join(self.output_dir, "logs")
+        if self.xunit_file is None:
+            self.xunit_file = os.path.join(self.logsdir, "xunit.xml")
+        if self.dest is None:
+            self.dest = os.path.join(self.output_dir, "rendered")
+
+        if not os.path.exists(self.dest):
+            os.makedirs(self.dest)
+        if not os.path.exists(self.logsdir):
+            os.makedirs(self.logsdir)
+
+        if self.redirect_logs not in ['stdout', 'stderr', False]:
+            printc("Log redirection (%s) must be either 'stdout' or 'stderr'."
+                   % self.redirect_logs, Colors.FAIL, True)
+            return False
+
+        if urlparse.urlparse(self.dest).scheme == "":
+            self.dest = path2url(self.dest)
+
+        if self.no_color:
+            utils.desactivate_colors()
+        if self.clone_dir is None:
+            self.clone_dir = os.path.join(self.main_dir, QA_ASSETS)
+
+        if not isinstance(self.paths, list):
+            self.paths = [self.paths]
+
+        if self.generate_info_full is True:
+            self.generate_info = True
+
+        if self.sync_all is True:
+            self.sync = True
+
+        if not self.sync and not os.path.exists(self.clone_dir) and \
+                self.clone_dir == os.path.join(self.clone_dir, MEDIAS_FOLDER):
+            printc("Media path (%s) does not exists. Forgot to run --sync ?"
+                   % self.clone_dir, Colors.FAIL, True)
+            return False
+
+        if (self.main_dir != DEFAULT_MAIN_DIR or
+                self.clone_dir != QA_ASSETS) and \
+                self.testsuites_dir == DEFAULT_TESTSUITES_DIR:
+            self.testsuites_dir = os.path.join(self.main_dir, self.clone_dir,
+                                               "testsuites")
+        if self.valgrind:
+            try:
+                subprocess.check_output("valgrind --help", shell=True)
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+                printc("Want to use valgrind, but not avalaible on the system",
+                       Colors.FAIL)
+                return False
+
+        return True
+
+    def set_http_server_dir(self, path):
+        if self.http_server_dir is not None:
+            printc("Server directory already set to %s" % self.http_server_dir)
+            return
+
+        self.http_server_dir = path
+
+    def add_paths(self, paths):
+        if not isinstance(paths, list):
+            paths = [paths]
+
+        if self._using_default_paths:
+            self.paths = paths
+            self._using_default_paths = False
+        else:
+
+            for path in paths:
+                if path not in self.paths:
+                    self.paths.append(path)
+
+
+def main(libsdir):
+    if "--help" in sys.argv:
+        _help_message = HELP
+    else:
+        _help_message = "Use --help for the full help"
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter,
+        prog='gst-validate-launcher', description=_help_message)
+
+    parser.add_argument('testsuites', metavar='N', nargs='*',
+                        help="""Lets you specify a file where the testsuite to execute is defined.
+
+In the module if you want to work with a specific test manager(s) (for example,
+'ges' or 'validate'), you should define the TEST_MANAGER variable in the
+testsuite file (it can be a list of test manager names)
+
+In this file you should implement a setup_tests function. That function takes
+a TestManager and the GstValidateLauncher option as parameters and return True
+if it succeeded loading the tests, False otherwise.
+You will be able to configure the TestManager with its various methods. This
+function will be called with each TestManager usable, for example you will be
+passed the 'validate' TestManager in case the GstValidateManager launcher is
+avalaible. You should configure it using:
+
+   * test_manager.add_scenarios: which allows you to register a list of scenario names to be run
+   * test_manager.set_default_blacklist: Lets you set a list of tuple of the form:
+         (@regex_defining_blacklister_test_names, @reason_for_the_blacklisting)
+   * test_manager.add_generators: which allows you to register a list of #GstValidateTestsGenerator
+     to be used to generate tests
+   * test_manager.add_encoding_formats:: which allows you to register a list #MediaFormatCombination to be used for transcoding tests
+
+You can also set default values with:
+    * test_manager.register_defaults: Sets default values for all parametters
+    * test_manager.register_default_test_generators: Sets default values for the TestsGenerators to be used
+    * test_manager.register_default_scenarios: Sets default values for the scenarios to be executed
+    * test_manager.register_default_encoding_formats: Sets default values for the encoding formats to be tested
+
+Note that all testsuite should be inside python modules, so the directory should contain a __init__.py file
+""",
+                        default=["validate"])
+    parser.add_argument("-d", "--debug", dest="debug",
+                        action="store_true",
+                        help="Let user debug the process on timeout")
+    parser.add_argument("-f", "--forever", dest="forever",
+                        action="store_true",
+                        help="Keep running tests until one fails")
+    parser.add_argument("-F", "--fatal-error", dest="fatal_error",
+                        action="store_true",
+                        help="Stop on first fail")
+    parser.add_argument("-t", "--wanted-tests", dest="wanted_tests",
+                        action="append",
+                        help="Define the tests to execute, it can be a regex."
+                        " If it contains defaults_only, only default scenarios"
+                        " will be executed")
+    parser.add_argument("-b", "--blacklisted-tests", dest="blacklisted_tests",
+                        action="append",
+                        help="Define the tests not to execute, it can be a regex.")
+    parser.add_argument("-L", "--list-tests",
+                        dest="list_tests",
+                        action="store_true",
+                        help="List tests and exit")
+    parser.add_argument("-m", "--mute", dest="mute",
+                        action="store_true",
+                        help="Mute playback output, which means that we use "
+                        "a fakesink")
+    parser.add_argument("-n", "--no-color", dest="no_color",
+                        action="store_true",
+                        help="Set it to output no colored text in the terminal")
+    parser.add_argument("-g", "--generate-media-info", dest="generate_info",
+                        action="store_true",
+                        help="Set it in order to generate the missing .media_infos files")
+    parser.add_argument("--update-media-info", dest="update_media_info",
+                        action="store_true",
+                        help="Set it in order to update exising .media_infos files")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-G", "--generate-media-info-with-frame-detection", dest="generate_info_full",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Set it in order to generate the missing .media_infos files. "
+        "It implies --generate-media-info but enabling frame detection")
+    parser.add_argument("-lt", "--long-test-limit", dest="long_limit",
+                        action='store',
+                        help="Defines the limite from which a test is concidered as long (in seconds)"
+                             " not that 0 will enable all tests", type=int),
+    parser.add_argument("-c", "--config", dest="config",
+                        help="This is DEPRECATED, prefer using the testsuite format"
+                        " to configure testsuites")
+    parser.add_argument("-vg", "--valgrind", dest="valgrind",
+                        action="store_true",
+                        help="Run the tests inside Valgrind")
+    parser.add_argument("-nd", "--no-display", dest="no_display",
+                        action="store_true",
+                        help="Run the tests without outputing graphics"
+                             " on any display. It tries to run all graphical operation"
+                             " in a virtual framebuffer."
+                             " Note that it is currently implemented only"
+                             " for the X  server thanks to Xvfb (which is requeried in that case)")
+    dir_group = parser.add_argument_group(
+        "Directories and files to be used by the launcher")
+    parser.add_argument('--xunit-file', action='store',
+                        dest='xunit_file', metavar="FILE",
+                        help=("Path to xml file to store the xunit report in. "
+                              "Default is LOGSDIR/xunit.xml"))
+    dir_group.add_argument("-M", "--main-dir", dest="main_dir",
+                           help="Main directory where to put files. Default is %s" % DEFAULT_MAIN_DIR)
+    dir_group.add_argument("--testsuites-dir", dest="testsuites_dir",
+                           help="Directory where to look for testsuites. Default is %s"
+                           " Note that GstValidate expect testsuite file to have .testsuite"
+                           " as an extension in this folder." % DEFAULT_TESTSUITES_DIR)
+    dir_group.add_argument("-o", "--output-dir", dest="output_dir",
+                           help="Directory where to store logs and rendered files. Default is MAIN_DIR")
+    dir_group.add_argument("-l", "--logs-dir", dest="logsdir",
+                           help="Directory where to store logs, default is OUTPUT_DIR/logs.")
+    dir_group.add_argument("-R", "--render-path", dest="dest",
+                           help="Set the path to which projects should be rendered, default is OUTPUT_DIR/rendered")
+    dir_group.add_argument("-p", "--medias-paths", dest="paths", action="append",
+                           help="Paths in which to look for media files")
+    dir_group.add_argument("-a", "--clone-dir", dest="clone_dir",
+                           help="Paths where to clone the testuite to run "
+                           " default is MAIN_DIR/gst-integration-testsuites")
+    dir_group.add_argument("-rl", "--redirect-logs", dest="redirect_logs",
+                           help="Redirect logs to 'stdout' or 'sdterr'.")
+    dir_group.add_argument("-j", "--jobs", dest="num_jobs",
+                           help="Number of tests to execute simultaneously",
+                           type=int)
+
+    http_server_group = parser.add_argument_group(
+        "Handle the HTTP server to be created")
+    http_server_group.add_argument(
+        "--http-server-port", dest="http_server_port",
+        help="Port on which to run the http server on localhost")
+    http_server_group.add_argument(
+        "--http-bandwith-limitation", dest="http_bandwith",
+        help="The artificial bandwith limitation to introduce to the local server (in Bytes/sec) (default: 1 MBps)")
+    http_server_group.add_argument(
+        "-s", "--folder-for-http-server", dest="http_server_dir",
+        help="Folder in which to create an http server on localhost. Default is PATHS")
+    http_server_group.add_argument("--http-only", dest="httponly",
+                                   action='store_true',
+                                   help="Start the http server and quit")
+
+    assets_group = parser.add_argument_group("Handle remote assets")
+    assets_group.add_argument(
+        "--get-assets-command", dest="get_assets_command",
+        help="Command to get assets")
+    assets_group.add_argument("--remote-assets-url", dest="remote_assets_url",
+                              help="Url to the remote assets (default:%s)" % DEFAULT_GST_QA_ASSETS_REPO)
+    assets_group.add_argument("-S", "--sync", dest="sync", action="store_true",
+                              help="Synchronize asset repository")
+    assets_group.add_argument("--sync-all", dest="sync_all", action="store_true",
+                              help="Synchronize asset repository,"
+                              " including big media files")
+    assets_group.add_argument("--usage", action=PrintUsage,
+                              help="Print usage documentation")
+
+    loggable.init("GST_VALIDATE_LAUNCHER_DEBUG", True, False)
+
+    tests_launcher = _TestsLauncher(libsdir)
+    tests_launcher.add_options(parser)
+
+    if _help_message == HELP and which(LESS):
+        tmpf = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
+
+        parser.print_help(file=tmpf)
+        exit(os.system("%s %s" % (LESS, tmpf.name)))
+
+    options = LauncherConfig()
+    parser.parse_args(namespace=options)
+    if not options.cleanup():
+        exit(1)
+
+    if options.remote_assets_url and options.sync and not os.path.exists(options.clone_dir):
+        if not download_assets(options):
+            exit(1)
+
+    tests_launcher.set_settings(options, [])
+
+    # Ensure that the scenario manager singleton is ready to be used
+    ScenarioManager().config = options
+    tests_launcher.list_tests()
+
+    if options.list_tests:
+        l = tests_launcher.tests
+        for test in l:
+            printc(test)
+
+        printc("\nNumber of tests: %d" % len(l), Colors.OKGREEN)
+        return 0
+
+    httpsrv = HTTPServer(options)
+    if tests_launcher.needs_http_server() or options.httponly is True:
+        httpsrv.start()
+
+    vfb_server = get_virual_frame_buffer_server(options)
+    if options.no_display:
+        res = vfb_server.start()
+        if res[0] is False:
+            printc("Could not start virtual frame server: %s" % res[1],
+                   Colors.FAIL)
+            exit(1)
+        os.environ["DISPLAY"] = vfb_server.display_id
+
+    if options.httponly is True:
+        print "Running HTTP server only"
+        return
+
+    e = None
+    try:
+        tests_launcher.run_tests()
+    except Exception as e:
+        pass
+    finally:
+        tests_launcher.final_report()
+        httpsrv.stop()
+        vfb_server.stop()
+        if e is not None:
+            raise
+
+    return 0
diff --git a/validate/launcher/reporters.py b/validate/launcher/reporters.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..427db32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/launcher/reporters.py
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013,Thibault Saunier 
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+""" Test Reporters implementation. """
+
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import time
+import codecs
+import datetime
+from loggable import Loggable
+from xml.sax import saxutils
+from utils import mkdir, Result, printc, Colors
+
+UNICODE_STRINGS = (type(unicode()) == type(str()))
+
+
+class UnknownResult(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+CONTROL_CHARACTERS = re.compile(r"[\000-\010\013\014\016-\037]")
+
+
+def xml_safe(value):
+    """Replaces invalid XML characters with '?'."""
+    return CONTROL_CHARACTERS.sub('?', value)
+
+
+def escape_cdata(cdata):
+    """Escape a string for an XML CDATA section."""
+    return xml_safe(cdata).replace(']]>', ']]>]]>"
+
+        return captured
+
+    def _quoteattr(self, attr):
+        """Escape an XML attribute. Value can be unicode."""
+        attr = xml_safe(attr)
+        if isinstance(attr, unicode) and not UNICODE_STRINGS:
+            attr = attr.encode(self.encoding)
+        return saxutils.quoteattr(attr)
+
+    def report(self):
+        """Writes an Xunit-formatted XML file
+
+        The file includes a report of test errors and failures.
+
+        """
+        self.debug("Writing XML file to: %s", self.options.xunit_file)
+        self.xml_file = codecs.open(self.options.xunit_file, 'w',
+                                    self.encoding, 'replace')
+        self.stats['encoding'] = self.encoding
+        self.stats['total'] = (self.stats['timeout'] + self.stats['failures']
+                               + self.stats['passed'] + self.stats['skipped'])
+        self.xml_file.write(u''
+                            u'' % self.stats)
+        self.xml_file.write(u''.join([self._forceUnicode(e)
+                            for e in self.errorlist]))
+        self.xml_file.write(u'')
+        self.xml_file.close()
+
+    def set_failed(self, test):
+        """Add failure output to Xunit report.
+        """
+        self.stats['failures'] += 1
+        self.errorlist.append(
+            ''
+            ''
+            '%(systemout)s' %
+            {'cls': self._quoteattr(test.get_classname()),
+             'name': self._quoteattr(test.get_name()),
+             'taken': test.time_taken,
+             'errtype': self._quoteattr(test.result),
+             'message': self._quoteattr(test.message),
+             'systemout': self._get_captured(test),
+             })
+
+    def set_passed(self, test):
+        """Add success output to Xunit report.
+        """
+        self.stats['passed'] += 1
+        self.errorlist.append(
+            '%(systemout)s' %
+            {'cls': self._quoteattr(test.get_classname()),
+             'name': self._quoteattr(test.get_name()),
+             'taken': test.time_taken,
+             'systemout': self._get_captured(test),
+             })
+
+    def _forceUnicode(self, s):
+        if not UNICODE_STRINGS:
+            if isinstance(s, str):
+                s = s.decode(self.encoding, 'replace')
+        return s
diff --git a/validate/launcher/utils.py b/validate/launcher/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d43847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/launcher/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013,Thibault Saunier 
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+""" Some utilies. """
+
+import config
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import urllib
+import urlparse
+import subprocess
+
+from operator import itemgetter
+
+
+GST_SECOND = long(1000000000)
+DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 30
+DEFAULT_MAIN_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), "gst-validate")
+DEFAULT_GST_QA_ASSETS = os.path.join(DEFAULT_MAIN_DIR, "gst-integration-testsuites")
+DISCOVERER_COMMAND = "gst-discoverer-1.0"
+# Use to set the duration from which a test is concidered as being 'long'
+LONG_TEST = 40
+
+
+class Result(object):
+    NOT_RUN = "Not run"
+    FAILED = "Failed"
+    TIMEOUT = "Timeout"
+    PASSED = "Passed"
+    KNOWN_ERROR = "Known error"
+
+
+class Protocols(object):
+    HTTP = "http"
+    FILE = "file"
+    HLS = "hls"
+    DASH = "dash"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def needs_clock_sync(protocol):
+        if protocol == Protocols.HLS:
+            return True
+
+        return False
+
+
+class Colors(object):
+    HEADER = '\033[95m'
+    OKBLUE = '\033[94m'
+    OKGREEN = '\033[92m'
+    WARNING = '\033[93m'
+    FAIL = '\033[91m'
+    ENDC = '\033[0m'
+
+
+def desactivate_colors():
+    Colors.HEADER = ''
+    Colors.OKBLUE = ''
+    Colors.OKGREEN = ''
+    Colors.WARNING = ''
+    Colors.FAIL = ''
+    Colors.ENDC = ''
+
+
+def mkdir(directory):
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(directory)
+    except os.error:
+        pass
+
+
+def which(name):
+    result = []
+    exts = filter(None, os.environ.get('PATHEXT', '').split(os.pathsep))
+    path = os.environ.get('PATH', None)
+    if path is None:
+        return []
+    for p in os.environ.get('PATH', '').split(os.pathsep):
+        p = os.path.join(p, name)
+        if os.access(p, os.X_OK):
+            result.append(p)
+        for e in exts:
+            pext = p + e
+            if os.access(pext, os.X_OK):
+                result.append(pext)
+    return result
+
+
+def get_color_for_result(result):
+    if result is Result.FAILED:
+        color = Colors.FAIL
+    elif result is Result.TIMEOUT:
+        color = Colors.WARNING
+    elif result is Result.PASSED:
+        color = Colors.OKGREEN
+    else:
+        color = Colors.OKBLUE
+
+    return color
+
+
+def printc(message, color="", title=False):
+    if title:
+        length = 0
+        for l in message.split("\n"):
+            if len(l) > length:
+                length = len(l)
+        if length == 0:
+            length = len(message)
+        message = length * '=' + "\n" + str(message) + "\n" + length * '='
+
+    if hasattr(message, "result") and color == '':
+        color = get_color_for_result(message.result)
+
+    sys.stdout.write(color + str(message) + Colors.ENDC + "\n")
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+
+
+def launch_command(command, color=None, fails=False):
+    printc(command, Colors.OKGREEN, True)
+    res = os.system(command)
+    if res != 0 and fails is True:
+        raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(res, "%s failed" % command)
+
+
+def path2url(path):
+    return urlparse.urljoin('file:', urllib.pathname2url(path))
+
+
+def url2path(url):
+    path = urlparse.urlparse(url).path
+    if "win32" in sys.platform:
+        if path[0] == '/':
+            return path[1:]  # We need to remove the first '/' on windows
+    return path
+
+
+def isuri(string):
+    url = urlparse.urlparse(string)
+    if url.scheme != "" and url.scheme != "":
+        return True
+
+    return False
+
+
+def touch(fname, times=None):
+    with open(fname, 'a'):
+        os.utime(fname, times)
+
+
+def get_subclasses(klass, env):
+    subclasses = []
+    for symb in env.iteritems():
+        try:
+            if issubclass(symb[1], klass) and not symb[1] is klass:
+                subclasses.append(symb[1])
+        except TypeError:
+            pass
+
+    return subclasses
+
+
+def TIME_ARGS(time):
+    return "%u:%02u:%02u.%09u" % (time / (GST_SECOND * 60 * 60),
+                                  (time / (GST_SECOND * 60)) % 60,
+                                  (time / GST_SECOND) % 60,
+                                  time % GST_SECOND)
+
+
+def look_for_file_in_source_dir(subdir, name):
+    root_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))))
+    p = os.path.join(root_dir, subdir, name)
+    if os.path.exists(p):
+        return p
+
+    return None
+
+
+# Returns the path $top_src_dir/@subdir/@name if running from source, or
+# $DATADIR/gstreamer-1.0/validate/@name if not
+def get_data_file(subdir, name):
+    # Are we running from sources?
+    p = look_for_file_in_source_dir(subdir, name)
+    if p:
+        return p
+
+    # Look in system data dirs
+    p = os.path.join(config.DATADIR, 'gstreamer-1.0', 'validate', name)
+    if os.path.exists(p):
+        return p
+
+    return None
+
+#
+# Some utilities to parse gst-validate output   #
+#
+
+
+def gsttime_from_tuple(stime):
+    return long((int(stime[0]) * 3600 + int(stime[1]) * 60 + int(stime[2])) * GST_SECOND + int(stime[3]))
+
+timeregex = re.compile(r'(?P<_0>.+):(?P<_1>.+):(?P<_2>.+)\.(?P<_3>.+)')
+
+
+def parse_gsttimeargs(time):
+    stime = map(itemgetter(1), sorted(
+        timeregex.match(time).groupdict().items()))
+    return long((int(stime[0]) * 3600 + int(stime[1]) * 60 + int(stime[2])) * GST_SECOND + int(stime[3]))
+
+
+def get_duration(media_file):
+
+    duration = 0
+    res = ''
+    try:
+        res = subprocess.check_output([DISCOVERER_COMMAND, media_file])
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        # gst-media-check returns !0 if seeking is not possible, we do not care
+        # in that case.
+        pass
+
+    for l in res.split('\n'):
+        if "Duration: " in l:
+            duration = parse_gsttimeargs(l.replace("Duration: ", ""))
+            break
+
+    return duration
+
+
+def get_scenarios():
+    GST_VALIDATE_COMMAND = "gst-validate-1.0"
+    os.system("%s --scenarios-defs-output-file %s" % (GST_VALIDATE_COMMAND,
+                                                      ))
diff --git a/validate/launcher/vfb_server.py b/validate/launcher/vfb_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a24c58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/launcher/vfb_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2015,Thibault Saunier 
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+import os
+import time
+import loggable
+import subprocess
+
+
+class VirtualFrameBufferServer(loggable.Loggable):
+    def __init__(self, options):
+        loggable.Loggable.__init__(self)
+        self.options = options
+
+    def start(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def stop(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+class Xvfb(VirtualFrameBufferServer):
+
+    """ Class to run xvfb in a process."""
+
+    def __init__(self, options):
+        VirtualFrameBufferServer.__init__(self, options)
+        self.display_id = ":27"
+        self._process = None
+        self._logsfile = None
+        self._command = "Xvfb %s -screen 0 1920x1080x24" % self.display_id
+
+    def _check_is_up(self, timeout=60):
+        """ Check if the xvfb is up, running a simple test based on wget. """
+        start = time.time()
+        while True:
+            try:
+                cdisplay = os.environ.get("DISPLAY", None)
+                os.environ["DISPLAY"] = self.display_id
+                subprocess.check_output(["xset", "q"],
+                                        stderr=self._logsfile)
+                print("DISPLAY set to %s" % self.display_id)
+                return True
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+                os.environ["DISPLAY"] = cdisplay
+                pass
+
+            if time.time() - start > timeout:
+                return False
+
+            time.sleep(1)
+
+    def start(self):
+        """ Start xvfb in a subprocess """
+        self._logsfile = open(os.path.join(self.options.logsdir,
+                                           "xvfb.logs"), 'w+')
+        if self._check_is_up(timeout=2):
+            print("xvfb already running")
+            return (True, None)
+
+        print("Starting xvfb")
+        try:
+            self.debug("Launching xvfb: %s (logs in %s)", self._command, self._logsfile)
+            self._process = subprocess.Popen(self._command.split(" "),
+                                             stderr=self._logsfile,
+                                             stdout=self._logsfile)
+            self.debug("Launched xvfb")
+
+            # Dirty way to avoid eating to much CPU...
+            # good enough for us anyway.
+            time.sleep(1)
+
+            if self._check_is_up():
+                print("Xvfb tarted")
+                return (True, None)
+            else:
+                print("Failed starting xvfb")
+                self._process.terminate()
+                self._process = None
+        except Exception as ex:
+            return (False, "Could not launch %s %s\n"
+                    "Make sure Xvbf is installed" % (self._command, ex))
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """ Stop the xvfb subprocess if running. """
+        if self._process:
+            self._process.terminate()
+            self._process = None
+            self.debug("xvfb stopped")
+
+
+def get_virual_frame_buffer_server(options):
+    """
+    Return a VirtualFrameBufferServer
+    """
+    return Xvfb(options)
diff --git a/validate/multi-pre-commit.hook b/validate/multi-pre-commit.hook
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4a1e8e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/multi-pre-commit.hook
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Git pre-commit hook that runs multiple hooks specified in $HOOKS.
+# Make sure this script is executable. Bypass hooks with git commit --no-verify.
+
+# This file is inspired by a set of unofficial pre-commit hooks available
+# at github.
+# Link:    https://github.com/githubbrowser/Pre-commit-hooks
+# Contact: David Martin, david.martin.mailbox@googlemail.com
+
+
+###########################################################
+# SETTINGS:
+# pre-commit hooks to be executed. They should be in the same .git/hooks/ folder
+# as this script. Hooks should return 0 if successful and nonzero to cancel the
+# commit. They are executed in the order in which they are listed.
+###########################################################
+
+HOOKS="validate/common/hooks/pre-commit.hook validate/pre-commit-python.hook"
+
+# exit on error
+set -e
+
+echo $PWD
+
+for hook in $HOOKS
+do
+    echo "Running hook: $hook"
+    # run hook if it exists
+    # if it returns with nonzero exit with 1 and thus abort the commit
+    if [ -f "$PWD/$hook" ]; then
+        "$PWD/$hook"
+        if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "Error: file $hook not found."
+        echo "Aborting commit. Make sure the hook is at $PWD/$hook and executable."
+        echo "You can disable it by removing it from the list"
+        echo "You can skip all pre-commit hooks with --no-verify (not recommended)."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
diff --git a/validate/pkgconfig/Makefile.am b/validate/pkgconfig/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b93b5c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/pkgconfig/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+pcfiles = \
+	gst-validate-@GST_API_VERSION@.pc
+
+pcfiles_uninstalled = \
+	gst-validate-@GST_API_VERSION@-uninstalled.pc
+
+all-local: $(pcfiles) $(pcfiles_uninstalled)
+
+### how to generate pc files
+%-@GST_API_VERSION@.pc: %.pc
+	cp $< $@
+%-@GST_API_VERSION@-uninstalled.pc: %-uninstalled.pc
+	cp $< $@
+
+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+pkgconfig_DATA = $(pcfiles)
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	gst-validate.pc.in \
+	gst-validate-uninstalled.pc.in
+CLEANFILES = $(pcfiles) $(pcfiles_uninstalled)
diff --git a/validate/pkgconfig/gst-validate-uninstalled.pc.in b/validate/pkgconfig/gst-validate-uninstalled.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f77d22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/pkgconfig/gst-validate-uninstalled.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# the standard variables don't make sense for an uninstalled copy
+prefix=
+exec_prefix=
+libdir=@abs_top_builddir@/ges
+includedir=@abs_top_builddir@
+
+Name: gst-validate
+Description: GStreamer Validate
+Version: @VERSION@
+Requires: gstreamer-@GST_API_VERSION@
+Libs: @abs_top_builddir@/gst/validate/libgstvalidate-@GST_API_VERSION@.la
+Cflags: -I@abs_top_srcdir@ -I@abs_top_builddir@
diff --git a/validate/pkgconfig/gst-validate.pc.in b/validate/pkgconfig/gst-validate.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d136fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/pkgconfig/gst-validate.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@/gstreamer-@GST_API_VERSION@
+
+Name: gst-validate
+Description: Gstreamer Validate
+Version: @VERSION@
+Requires: gstreamer-@GST_API_VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lgstvalidate-@GST_API_VERSION@
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/validate/plugins/Makefile.am b/validate/plugins/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97d117f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/plugins/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+SUBDIRS = fault_injection gapplication
+
+if HAVE_GTK
+SUBDIRS += gtk
+endif
+
+if HAVE_CAIRO
+SUBDIRS += ssim
+endif
diff --git a/validate/plugins/fault_injection/Makefile.am b/validate/plugins/fault_injection/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a181ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/plugins/fault_injection/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+plugin_LTLIBRARIES = libgstvalidatefaultinjection.la
+
+libgstvalidatefaultinjection_la_SOURCES = \
+	socket_interposer.c
+
+libgstvalidatefaultinjection_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_ALL_CFLAGS)
+libgstvalidatefaultinjection_la_LIBADD = $(GST_ALL_LIBS) $(top_builddir)/gst/validate/libgstvalidate-@GST_API_VERSION@.la
+libgstvalidatefaultinjection_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS) $(GST_ALL_LDFLAGS)
+
+CLEANFILES =
diff --git a/validate/plugins/fault_injection/socket_interposer.c b/validate/plugins/fault_injection/socket_interposer.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a27a429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/plugins/fault_injection/socket_interposer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,388 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 YouView TV Ltd
+ *  Authors: Mariusz Buras 
+ *           Mathieu Duponchelle 
+ *
+ * socket_interposer.c : overrides for standard socket functions
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include 
+#include "../../gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h"
+
+#if defined(__gnu_linux__) && !defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined (ANDROID)
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#define MAX_CALLBACKS (16)
+
+pthread_mutex_t mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+/* Return 0 to remove the callback immediately */
+typedef int (*socket_interposer_callback) (void *, const void *, size_t);
+
+struct
+{
+  socket_interposer_callback callback;
+  void *userdata;
+  struct sockaddr_in sockaddr;
+  int fd;
+} callbacks[MAX_CALLBACKS];
+
+static int
+socket_interposer_remove_callback_unlocked (struct sockaddr_in *addrin,
+    socket_interposer_callback callback, void *userdata)
+{
+  size_t i;
+  for (i = 0; i < MAX_CALLBACKS; i++) {
+    if (callbacks[i].callback == callback
+        && callbacks[i].userdata == userdata
+        && callbacks[i].sockaddr.sin_addr.s_addr == addrin->sin_addr.s_addr
+        && callbacks[i].sockaddr.sin_port == addrin->sin_port) {
+      memset (&callbacks[i], 0, sizeof (callbacks[0]));
+      return 1;
+    }
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+socket_interposer_set_callback (struct sockaddr_in *addrin,
+    socket_interposer_callback callback, void *userdata)
+{
+  size_t i;
+  pthread_mutex_lock (&mutex);
+
+
+  socket_interposer_remove_callback_unlocked (addrin, callback, userdata);
+  for (i = 0; i < MAX_CALLBACKS; i++) {
+    if (callbacks[i].callback == NULL) {
+      callbacks[i].callback = callback;
+      callbacks[i].userdata = userdata;
+      memcpy (&callbacks[i].sockaddr, addrin, sizeof (struct sockaddr_in));
+      callbacks[i].fd = -1;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  pthread_mutex_unlock (&mutex);
+}
+
+int
+connect (int socket, const struct sockaddr_in *addrin, socklen_t address_len)
+{
+  size_t i;
+  int override_errno = 0;
+  typedef ssize_t (*real_connect_fn) (int, const struct sockaddr_in *,
+      socklen_t);
+  static real_connect_fn real_connect = 0;
+  ssize_t ret = 0;
+
+  pthread_mutex_lock (&mutex);
+
+  for (i = 0; i < MAX_CALLBACKS; i++) {
+    if (callbacks[i].sockaddr.sin_addr.s_addr == addrin->sin_addr.s_addr
+        && callbacks[i].sockaddr.sin_port == addrin->sin_port) {
+
+      callbacks[i].fd = socket;
+
+      if (callbacks[i].callback) {
+        int ret = callbacks[i].callback (callbacks[i].userdata, NULL,
+            0);
+        if (ret != 0)
+          override_errno = ret;
+        else                    /* Remove the callback */
+          memset (&callbacks[i], 0, sizeof (callbacks[0]));
+      }
+
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  pthread_mutex_unlock (&mutex);
+
+  if (!real_connect) {
+    real_connect = (real_connect_fn) dlsym (RTLD_NEXT, "connect");
+  }
+
+  if (!override_errno) {
+    ret = real_connect (socket, addrin, address_len);
+  } else {
+    // override errno
+    errno = override_errno;
+    ret = -1;
+  }
+  return ret;
+}
+
+ssize_t
+send (int socket, const void *buffer, size_t len, int flags)
+{
+  size_t i;
+  int override_errno = 0;
+  typedef ssize_t (*real_send_fn) (int, const void *, size_t, int);
+  ssize_t ret;
+  static real_send_fn real_send = 0;
+
+  pthread_mutex_lock (&mutex);
+  for (i = 0; i < MAX_CALLBACKS; i++) {
+    if (callbacks[i].fd != 0 && callbacks[i].fd == socket) {
+      int ret = callbacks[i].callback (callbacks[i].userdata, buffer,
+          len);
+
+      if (ret != 0)
+        override_errno = ret;
+      else                      /* Remove the callback */
+        memset (&callbacks[i], 0, sizeof (callbacks[0]));
+
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  pthread_mutex_unlock (&mutex);
+
+  if (!real_send) {
+    real_send = (real_send_fn) dlsym (RTLD_NEXT, "send");
+  }
+
+  ret = real_send (socket, buffer, len, flags);
+
+  // override errno
+  if (override_errno != 0) {
+    errno = override_errno;
+    ret = -1;
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+
+}
+
+ssize_t
+recv (int socket, void *buffer, size_t length, int flags)
+{
+  size_t i;
+  int old_errno;
+  typedef ssize_t (*real_recv_fn) (int, void *, size_t, int);
+  ssize_t ret;
+  static real_recv_fn real_recv = 0;
+
+  if (!real_recv) {
+    real_recv = (real_recv_fn) dlsym (RTLD_NEXT, "recv");
+  }
+
+  ret = real_recv (socket, buffer, length, flags);
+  old_errno = errno;
+
+  pthread_mutex_lock (&mutex);
+  for (i = 0; i < MAX_CALLBACKS; i++) {
+    if (callbacks[i].fd != 0 && callbacks[i].fd == socket) {
+      int newerrno = callbacks[i].callback (callbacks[i].userdata, buffer,
+          ret);
+
+      // override errno
+      if (newerrno != 0) {
+        old_errno = newerrno;
+        ret = -1;
+      } else {                  /* Remove the callback */
+        memset (&callbacks[i], 0, sizeof (callbacks[0]));
+      }
+
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  pthread_mutex_unlock (&mutex);
+
+  errno = old_errno;
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+struct errno_entry
+{
+  const gchar *str;
+  int _errno;
+};
+
+static struct errno_entry errno_map[] = {
+  {"ECONNABORTED", ECONNABORTED},
+  {"ECONNRESET", ECONNRESET},
+  {"ENETRESET", ENETRESET},
+  {"ECONNREFUSED", ECONNREFUSED},
+  {"EHOSTUNREACH", EHOSTUNREACH},
+  {"EHOSTDOWN", EHOSTDOWN},
+  {NULL, 0},
+};
+
+static int
+socket_callback_ (GstValidateAction * action, const void *buff, size_t len)
+{
+  gint times;
+  gint real_errno;
+
+  gst_structure_get_int (action->structure, "times", ×);
+  gst_structure_get_int (action->structure, "real_errno", &real_errno);
+
+  times -= 1;
+  gst_structure_set (action->structure, "times", G_TYPE_INT, times, NULL);
+  if (times <= 0) {
+    gst_validate_action_set_done (action);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  return real_errno;
+}
+
+static gint
+errno_string_to_int (const gchar * errno_str)
+{
+  gint i;
+
+  for (i = 0; errno_map[i]._errno; i += 1) {
+    if (!g_ascii_strcasecmp (errno_map[i].str, errno_str))
+      return errno_map[i]._errno;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_fault_injector_loaded (void)
+{
+  const gchar *ld_preload = g_getenv ("LD_PRELOAD");
+
+
+  return (ld_preload && strstr (ld_preload, "libfaultinjection-1.0.so"));
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_execute_corrupt_socket_recv (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  struct sockaddr_in addr =
+      { AF_INET, htons (42), {htonl (INADDR_LOOPBACK)}, {0} };
+  gint server_port, times;
+  const gchar *errno_str;
+  gint real_errno;
+
+  if (!_fault_injector_loaded ()) {
+    GST_ERROR
+        ("The fault injector wasn't preloaded, can't execute socket recv corruption\n"
+        "You should set LD_PRELOAD to the path of libfaultinjection.so");
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  if (!gst_structure_get_int (action->structure, "port", &server_port)) {
+    GST_ERROR ("could not get port to corrupt recv on.");
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  if (!gst_structure_get_int (action->structure, "times", ×)) {
+    gst_structure_set (action->structure, "times", G_TYPE_INT, 1, NULL);
+  }
+
+  errno_str = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "errno");
+  if (!errno_str) {
+    GST_ERROR ("Could not get errno string");
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  real_errno = errno_string_to_int (errno_str);
+
+  if (real_errno == 0) {
+    GST_ERROR ("unrecognized errno");
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  gst_structure_set (action->structure, "real_errno", G_TYPE_INT, real_errno,
+      NULL);
+
+  addr.sin_port = htons (server_port);
+
+  socket_interposer_set_callback (&addr,
+      (socket_interposer_callback) socket_callback_, action);
+
+  return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ASYNC;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+socket_interposer_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
+{
+/*  *INDENT-OFF* */
+  gst_validate_register_action_type_dynamic (plugin, "corrupt-socket-recv",
+      GST_RANK_PRIMARY,
+      _execute_corrupt_socket_recv, ((GstValidateActionParameter[]) {
+            {
+              .name = "port",
+              .description = "The port the socket to be corrupted listens on",
+              .mandatory = TRUE,
+              .types = "int",
+              .possible_variables = NULL,
+            },
+            {
+              .name = "errno",
+              .description = "errno to set when failing",
+              .mandatory = TRUE,
+              .types = "string",
+            },
+            {
+              .name = "times",
+              .description = "Number of times to corrupt recv, default is one",
+              .mandatory = FALSE,
+              .types = "int",
+              .possible_variables = NULL,
+              .def = "1",
+            },
+            {NULL}
+          }),
+      "corrupt the next socket receive", GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_ASYNC);
+/*  *INDENT-ON* */
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+#else /* No LD_PRELOAD tricks on Windows */
+
+static gboolean
+socket_interposer_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
+{
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+GST_PLUGIN_DEFINE (GST_VERSION_MAJOR,
+    GST_VERSION_MINOR,
+    faultinjector,
+    "Fault injector plugin for GstValidate",
+    socket_interposer_init, VERSION, "LGPL", GST_PACKAGE_NAME,
+    GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN)
diff --git a/validate/plugins/gapplication/Makefile.am b/validate/plugins/gapplication/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20ce6a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/plugins/gapplication/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+plugin_LTLIBRARIES = libgstvalidategapplication.la
+
+libgstvalidategapplication_la_SOURCES = \
+	gstvalidategapplication.c
+
+libgstvalidategapplication_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_ALL_CFLAGS) $(GIO_CFLAGS)
+libgstvalidategapplication_la_LIBADD = $(GST_ALL_LIBS) $(top_builddir)/gst/validate/libgstvalidate-@GST_API_VERSION@.la $(GIO_LIBS)
+libgstvalidategapplication_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS) $(GST_ALL_LDFLAGS) $(GIO_LDFLAGS)
+
+CLEANFILES =
+
diff --git a/validate/plugins/gapplication/gstvalidategapplication.c b/validate/plugins/gapplication/gstvalidategapplication.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45ff1b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/plugins/gapplication/gstvalidategapplication.c
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Raspberry Pi Foundation
+ *  Author: Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * gstvalidategapplication.c: GstValidateAction overrides for gapplication
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include "../../gst/validate/validate.h"
+#include "../../gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h"
+#include "../../gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.h"
+
+
+static gboolean
+_execute_stop (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  g_application_quit (g_application_get_default ());
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_gapplication_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
+{
+  GList *config, *tmp;
+  const gchar *appname;
+
+  config = gst_validate_plugin_get_config (plugin);
+
+  if (!config)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  for (tmp = config; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    appname = gst_structure_get_string (tmp->data, "application-name");
+  }
+
+  if (appname && g_strcmp0 (g_get_prgname (), appname)) {
+    GST_INFO_OBJECT (plugin, "App: %s is not %s", g_get_prgname (), appname);
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_register_action_type_dynamic (plugin, "stop",
+      GST_RANK_PRIMARY, _execute_stop, NULL,
+      "Sets the pipeline state to NULL",
+      GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NO_EXECUTION_NOT_FATAL |
+      GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_DOESNT_NEED_PIPELINE);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+GST_PLUGIN_DEFINE (GST_VERSION_MAJOR,
+    GST_VERSION_MINOR,
+    gstvalidategapplication,
+    "GstValidate plugin to run validate on gapplication",
+    gst_validate_gapplication_init, VERSION, "LGPL", GST_PACKAGE_NAME,
+    GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN)
diff --git a/validate/plugins/gtk/Makefile.am b/validate/plugins/gtk/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f049a27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/plugins/gtk/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+plugin_LTLIBRARIES = libgstvalidategtk.la
+
+libgstvalidategtk_la_SOURCES = gstvalidategtk.c
+
+libgstvalidategtk_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_ALL_CFLAGS) $(GTK_CFLAGS)
+libgstvalidategtk_la_LIBADD = $(GST_ALL_LIBS) $(top_builddir)/gst/validate/libgstvalidate-@GST_API_VERSION@.la $(GTK_LIBS)
+libgstvalidategtk_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS) $(GST_ALL_LDFLAGS) $(GTK_LDFLAGS)
+
+CLEANFILES =
+
+
diff --git a/validate/plugins/gtk/gstvalidategtk.c b/validate/plugins/gtk/gstvalidategtk.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6adc112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/plugins/gtk/gstvalidategtk.c
@@ -0,0 +1,519 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Raspberry Pi Foundation
+ *  Author: Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * gstvalidategtk.c: GstValidateActionTypes to use with gtk applications
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include "../../gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h"
+#include "../../gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h"
+#include "../../gst/validate/validate.h"
+#include "../../gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h"
+#include "../../gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.h"
+
+#define ACTION_GDKEVENTS_QUARK g_quark_from_static_string("ACTION_GDKEVENTS_QUARK")
+static GList *awaited_actions = NULL;   /* A list of GstValidateAction to be executed */
+
+static const gchar *
+get_widget_name (GtkWidget * widget)
+{
+  const gchar *name = NULL;
+
+  if (GTK_IS_BUILDABLE (widget))
+    name = gtk_buildable_get_name (GTK_BUILDABLE (widget));
+
+  if (!name) {
+    name = gtk_widget_get_name (widget);
+  }
+
+  return name;
+}
+
+static GdkEventType
+get_event_type (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  guint type;
+  const gchar *etype_str = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "type");
+
+  if (!etype_str)
+    return GDK_NOTHING;
+
+  if (gst_validate_utils_enum_from_str (GDK_TYPE_EVENT_TYPE, etype_str, &type))
+    return type;
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario,
+      g_quark_from_static_string ("scenario::execution-error"),
+      "Uknown event type %s, the string should look like the ones defined in "
+      "gdk_event_type_get_type", etype_str);
+
+  return -2;
+}
+
+static GdkDevice *
+get_device (GstValidateAction * action, GdkInputSource input_source)
+{
+  GList *tmp, *devices;
+  GdkDevice *device = NULL;
+  GdkDeviceManager *dev_manager;
+
+  dev_manager = gdk_display_get_device_manager (gdk_display_get_default ());
+  devices =
+      gdk_device_manager_list_devices (dev_manager, GDK_DEVICE_TYPE_MASTER);
+
+  for (tmp = devices; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    if (gdk_device_get_source (tmp->data) == input_source) {
+      device = tmp->data;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  g_list_free (devices);
+
+  return device;
+}
+
+static GdkEvent *
+_create_key_event (GdkWindow * window, GdkEventType etype, guint keyval,
+    guint hw_keycode, guint state, GdkDevice * device)
+{
+  GdkEvent *event = gdk_event_new (etype);
+  GdkEventKey *kevent = (GdkEventKey *) event;
+
+  kevent->window = g_object_ref (window);
+  kevent->send_event = TRUE;
+  kevent->time = GDK_CURRENT_TIME;
+  kevent->keyval = keyval;
+  kevent->hardware_keycode = hw_keycode;
+  kevent->state = state;
+
+  gdk_event_set_device (event, device);
+
+  return event;
+}
+
+static GList *
+_create_keyboard_events (GstValidateAction * action,
+    GdkWindow * window, const gchar * keyname, const gchar * string,
+    GdkEventType etype)
+{
+  guint *keys;
+  GList *events = NULL;
+  GdkDevice *device = NULL;
+
+  if (etype == GDK_NOTHING) {
+    etype = GDK_KEY_PRESS;
+  } else if (etype != GDK_KEY_PRESS && etype != GDK_KEY_RELEASE) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (action->scenario,
+        g_quark_from_static_string ("scenario::execution-error"),
+        "GdkEvent type %s does not work with the 'keys' parametter",
+        gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "type"));
+
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+
+  device = get_device (action, GDK_SOURCE_KEYBOARD);
+  if (device == NULL) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (action->scenario,
+        g_quark_from_static_string ("scenario::execution-error"),
+        "Could not find a keyboard device");
+
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (keyname) {
+    guint keyval, state;
+
+    gtk_accelerator_parse_with_keycode (keyname, &keyval, &keys, &state);
+    events =
+        g_list_append (events, _create_key_event (window, etype, keyval,
+            keys[0], state, device));
+  } else if (string) {
+    gint i;
+
+    for (i = 0; string[i]; i++) {
+      gint n_keys;
+      GdkKeymapKey *kmaps;
+      guint keyval = gdk_unicode_to_keyval (string[i]);
+
+      gdk_keymap_get_entries_for_keyval (gdk_keymap_get_default (),
+          keyval, &kmaps, &n_keys);
+
+      events =
+          g_list_append (events, _create_key_event (window, etype, keyval,
+              kmaps[0].keycode, 0, device));
+    }
+  }
+
+  return events;
+}
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  gchar **widget_paths;
+  gint current_index;
+  GtkWidget *widget;
+  gboolean found;
+} WidgetNameWidget;
+
+static GtkWidget *_find_widget (GtkContainer * container,
+    WidgetNameWidget * res);
+
+static gboolean
+_widget_has_name (GtkWidget * widget, gchar * name)
+{
+  if (g_strcmp0 (get_widget_name (GTK_WIDGET (widget)), name) == 0) {
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+static void
+_find_widget_cb (GtkWidget * child, WidgetNameWidget * res)
+{
+  if (res->found) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (_widget_has_name (child, res->widget_paths[res->current_index])) {
+    res->current_index++;
+
+    if (res->widget_paths[res->current_index] == NULL) {
+      res->widget = child;
+      res->found = TRUE;
+      GST_ERROR ("%p GOT IT!!! %s", child,
+          gtk_buildable_get_name (GTK_BUILDABLE (child)));
+    } else if (GTK_CONTAINER (child)) {
+      res->widget = _find_widget (GTK_CONTAINER (child), res);
+    }
+
+  } else {
+    if (GTK_IS_CONTAINER (child)) {
+      res->widget = _find_widget (GTK_CONTAINER (child), res);
+    }
+  }
+
+}
+
+static GtkWidget *
+_find_widget (GtkContainer * container, WidgetNameWidget * res)
+{
+  if (res->found)
+    return res->widget;
+
+  if (_widget_has_name (GTK_WIDGET (container),
+          res->widget_paths[res->current_index])) {
+    res->current_index++;
+
+    if (res->widget_paths[res->current_index] == NULL)
+      return GTK_WIDGET (container);
+  }
+
+  gtk_container_forall (container, (GtkCallback) _find_widget_cb, res);
+
+  if (res->widget) {
+    res->current_index++;
+
+    if (res->widget_paths[res->current_index + 1] == NULL)
+      return res->widget;
+
+    if (GTK_IS_CONTAINER (res->widget))
+      _find_widget (GTK_CONTAINER (res->widget), res);
+  }
+
+  return res->widget;
+}
+
+
+static void
+_find_button (GtkWidget * widget, GtkWidget ** button)
+{
+  if (GTK_IS_BUTTON (widget))
+    *button = widget;
+}
+
+/*  Copy pasted from gtk+/gtk/gtktestutils.c */
+static GSList *
+test_find_widget_input_windows (GtkWidget * widget, gboolean input_only)
+{
+  GdkWindow *window;
+  GList *node, *children;
+  GSList *matches = NULL;
+  gpointer udata;
+
+  window = gtk_widget_get_window (widget);
+
+  gdk_window_get_user_data (window, &udata);
+  if (udata == widget && (!input_only || (GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)
+              && gdk_window_is_input_only (GDK_WINDOW (window)))))
+    matches = g_slist_prepend (matches, window);
+  children = gdk_window_get_children (gtk_widget_get_parent_window (widget));
+  for (node = children; node; node = node->next) {
+    gdk_window_get_user_data (node->data, &udata);
+    if (udata == widget && (!input_only || (GDK_IS_WINDOW (node->data)
+                && gdk_window_is_input_only (GDK_WINDOW (node->data)))))
+      matches = g_slist_prepend (matches, node->data);
+  }
+  return g_slist_reverse (matches);
+}
+
+static GdkWindow *
+widget_get_window (GtkWidget * widget)
+{
+  GdkWindow *res = NULL;
+  GSList *iwindows = test_find_widget_input_windows (widget, FALSE);
+
+  if (!iwindows)
+    iwindows = test_find_widget_input_windows (widget, TRUE);
+
+  if (iwindows)
+    res = iwindows->data;
+
+  g_slist_free (iwindows);
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+static GdkWindow *
+get_window (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * action,
+    const gchar * widget_name)
+{
+  GList *tmptoplevel;
+  GdkWindow *res = NULL;
+  gchar **widget_paths = NULL;
+
+  GList *toplevels = gtk_window_list_toplevels ();
+
+  if (!widget_name)
+    widget_name = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "widget-name");
+
+  if (!toplevels) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario,
+        g_quark_from_static_string ("scenario::execution-error"),
+        "No Gtk topelevel window found, can not sent GdkEvent");
+
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (!widget_name) {
+    res = gtk_widget_get_window (toplevels->data);
+
+    goto done;
+  }
+
+  widget_paths = g_strsplit (widget_name, "/", -1);
+
+  for (tmptoplevel = toplevels; tmptoplevel; tmptoplevel = tmptoplevel->next) {
+    GtkWidget *widget;
+    WidgetNameWidget wn;
+
+    wn.widget_paths = widget_paths;
+    wn.current_index = 0;
+    wn.found = FALSE;
+    wn.widget = NULL;
+
+    widget = _find_widget (tmptoplevel->data, &wn);
+    if (widget) {
+      if (GTK_IS_TOOL_BUTTON (widget)) {
+        GST_ERROR ("IS TOOL BUTTON");
+        gtk_container_forall (GTK_CONTAINER (widget),
+            (GtkCallback) _find_button, &widget);
+      }
+
+      res = widget_get_window (widget);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+done:
+  g_list_free (toplevels);
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+static GstValidateActionReturn
+_put_events (GstValidateAction * action, GList * events)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+
+  if (events == NULL)
+    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR_REPORTED;
+
+  gst_mini_object_set_qdata (GST_MINI_OBJECT (action), ACTION_GDKEVENTS_QUARK,
+      events, NULL);
+  awaited_actions = g_list_append (awaited_actions, action);
+
+  for (tmp = events; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    gdk_event_put (tmp->data);
+  }
+
+  return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ASYNC;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_execute_put_events (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GdkEventType etype;
+  const gchar *keys, *string;
+
+  GList *events = NULL;
+  GdkWindow *window = get_window (scenario, action, NULL);
+
+  if (!window)
+    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR_REPORTED;
+
+  etype = get_event_type (scenario, action);
+  if (etype == -2)
+    return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR_REPORTED;
+
+  keys = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "keys");
+  string = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "string");
+  if (keys || string) {
+    events = _create_keyboard_events (action, window, keys, string, etype);
+
+    return _put_events (action, events);
+  }
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario,
+      g_quark_from_static_string ("scenario::execution-error"),
+      "Action parametters not supported yet");
+
+  return GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ERROR_REPORTED;
+}
+
+static void
+_process_event (GdkEvent * event, gpointer data)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+  GdkEvent *done_event = NULL;
+  GstValidateAction *action = NULL;
+
+  for (tmp = awaited_actions; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    GstValidateAction *tmp_action = tmp->data;
+    GdkEvent *awaited_event =
+        ((GList *) gst_mini_object_get_qdata (GST_MINI_OBJECT (tmp_action),
+            ACTION_GDKEVENTS_QUARK))->data;
+
+    if (awaited_event->type == event->type
+        && ((GdkEventAny *) event)->window ==
+        ((GdkEventAny *) awaited_event)->window) {
+
+      switch (awaited_event->type) {
+        case GDK_KEY_PRESS:
+        case GDK_KEY_RELEASE:
+          if (event->key.keyval == awaited_event->key.keyval) {
+            done_event = awaited_event;
+            action = tmp_action;
+          }
+          break;
+        default:
+          g_assert_not_reached ();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (done_event) {
+    GList *awaited_events = gst_mini_object_get_qdata (GST_MINI_OBJECT (action),
+        ACTION_GDKEVENTS_QUARK);
+
+    awaited_events = g_list_remove (awaited_events, done_event);
+    gdk_event_free (done_event);
+    gst_mini_object_set_qdata (GST_MINI_OBJECT (action), ACTION_GDKEVENTS_QUARK,
+        awaited_events, NULL);
+
+    if (awaited_events == NULL) {
+      awaited_actions = g_list_remove (awaited_actions, action);
+      gst_validate_action_set_done (action);
+    }
+  }
+
+  gtk_main_do_event (event);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_gtk_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
+{
+  gdk_event_handler_set (_process_event, NULL, NULL);
+
+/*  *INDENT-OFF* */
+  gst_validate_register_action_type_dynamic (plugin, "gtk-put-event",
+      GST_RANK_PRIMARY, _execute_put_events, ((GstValidateActionParameter[]) {
+            {
+              .name = "keys",
+              .description = "The keyboard keys to be used for the event, parsed"
+              " with gtk_accelerator_parse_with_keycode, so refer to its documentation"
+              " for more information",
+              .mandatory = FALSE,
+              .types = "string",
+              .possible_variables = NULL,
+            },
+            {
+              .name = "string",
+              .description = "The string to be 'written' by the keyboard"
+              " sending KEY_PRESS GdkEvents",
+              .mandatory = FALSE,
+              .types = "string",
+              .possible_variables = NULL,
+            },
+            {
+              .name = "type",
+              .description = "The event type to get executed. "
+              "the string should look like the ones in GdkEventType but without"
+              " the leading 'GDK_'. It is not mandatory as it can be computed from"
+              " other present fields (e.g, an action with 'keys' will concider the type"
+              " as 'key_pressed' by default).",
+              .mandatory = FALSE,
+              .types = "string",
+            },
+            {
+              .name = "widget-name",
+              .description = "The name of the target GdkWidget of the GdkEvent"
+                ". That widget has to contain a GdkWindow. If not specified,"
+                " the event will be sent to the first toplevel window",
+              .mandatory = FALSE,
+              .types = "string",
+              .possible_variables = NULL,
+            },
+            {NULL}
+          }),
+      "Put a GdkEvent on the event list using gdk_put_event",
+      GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_NO_EXECUTION_NOT_FATAL |
+      GST_VALIDATE_ACTION_TYPE_DOESNT_NEED_PIPELINE);
+/*  *INDENT-ON* */
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+GST_PLUGIN_DEFINE (GST_VERSION_MAJOR,
+    GST_VERSION_MINOR,
+    gstvalidategtk,
+    "GstValidate plugin to execute action specific to the Gtk toolkit",
+    gst_validate_gtk_init, VERSION, "LGPL", GST_PACKAGE_NAME,
+    GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN)
diff --git a/validate/plugins/ssim/Makefile.am b/validate/plugins/ssim/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71618ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/plugins/ssim/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+plugin_LTLIBRARIES = libgstvalidatessim.la
+
+libgstvalidatessim_la_SOURCES = gstvalidatessim.c
+
+libgstvalidatessim_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_ALL_CFLAGS) -I$(top_builddir)/gst-libs/gst/video/ $(CAIRO_CFLAGS) $(GST_VIDEO_CFLAGS)
+libgstvalidatessim_la_LIBADD = $(GST_ALL_LIBS) $(top_builddir)/gst/validate/libgstvalidate-@GST_API_VERSION@.la $(top_builddir)/gst-libs/gst/video/libgstvalidatevideo-@GST_API_VERSION@.la $(CAIRO_LIBS) $(GST_VIDEO_LIBS)
+libgstvalidatessim_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS) $(GST_ALL_LDFLAGS) $(CAIR_LDFLAGS) $(GST_VIDEO_LDFLAGS)
+
+CLEANFILES =
+
+
+
diff --git a/validate/plugins/ssim/gstvalidatessim.c b/validate/plugins/ssim/gstvalidatessim.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56fad97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/plugins/ssim/gstvalidatessim.c
@@ -0,0 +1,816 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Raspberry Pi Foundation
+ *  Author: Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * gstvalidatessim.c: GstValidateActionTypes to use with ssim applications
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+/**
+ * SECTION:validate-ssim
+ * @short_description: GstValidate plugin to detect frame corruptions
+ *
+ * GstValidate plugin to run the ssim algorithm on the buffers flowing in the
+ * pipeline to find regressions and detect frame corruptions. 
+ * It allows you to generate image files from the buffers flowing in the pipeline
+ * (either as raw in the many formats supported by GStreamer or as png) and then
+ * check them against pre generated, reference images.
+ *
+ * The ssim algorithm will set a value of 1.0 when images are perfectly identical,
+ * and -1.0 if they have nothing in common. By default we consider images as similar
+ * if they have at least a ssim value of 0.95 but you can override it defining the value
+ * under which the test will be considered as failed.
+ *
+ * Errors are reported on the GstValidate reporting system. You can also ask
+ * the plugin to  generate grey scale output images. Those will be named in a way
+ * that should lets you precisely see where and how the test failed.
+ *
+ * # Configuration
+ *
+ * The configuration of the plugin is done through a validate configuration file,
+ * specified with the %GST_VALIDATE_CONFIG environment variable. Each line starting
+ * with 'ssim,' will configure the ssim plugin. In practice each configuration statement
+ * will lead to the creation of a #GstValidateOverride object which will then dump
+ * image files and if wanted compare those with a set of reference images.
+ *
+ * The following parameters can be passed in the configuration file:
+ *  - element-classification: The target element classification as define in
+ *    gst_element_class_set_metadata
+ *  - output-dir: The directory in which the image files will be saved
+ *  - min-avg-priority: (default 0.95): The minimum average similarity
+ *    under which we consider the test as failing
+ *  - min-lowest-priority: (default 1): The minimum 'lowest' similarity
+ *    under which we consider the test as failing
+ *  - reference-images-dir: Define the directory in which the files to be
+ *    compared can be found
+ *  - result-output-dir: The folder in which to store resulting grey scale
+ *    images when the test failed. In that folder you will find images
+ *    with the structural difference between the expected result and the actual
+ *    result.
+ *  - output-video-format: The format in which you want the images to be saved
+ *  - reference-video-format: The format in which the reference images are stored
+ *  - check-recurrence: The recurrence in seconds (as float) the frames should
+ *    be dumped and checked.By default it is GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE, meaning each
+ *    and every frame is checked. Not that in any case, after a discontinuity
+ *    in the stream (after a seek or a change in the video format for example)
+ *    a check is done. And if recurrence == 0, images will be checked only after
+ *    such discontinuity
+ *  - is-config: Property letting the plugin know that the config line is exclusively
+ *    used to configure the following configuration expressions. In practice this
+ *    means that it will change the default values for the other configuration
+ *    expressions.
+ *
+ * # Example #
+ *
+ * Let's take a special configuration where we want to compare frames that are
+ * outputted by a video decoder with the ones after a agingtv element we would
+ * call my_agingtv. We force to check one frame every 5.0 seconds only (with
+ * check-recurrence=5.0) so the test is fast.
+ *
+ * The configuration file:
+ * |[
+ *  core, action=set-property, target-element-klass=Sink, property-name=sync, property-value=false
+ *
+ *  ssim, is-config=true, output-video-format="I420", reference-video-format="I420"
+ *  ssim, element-classification="Video/Decoder", output-dir=/tmp/test/before-agingtv/
+ *  ssim, element-name=my_agingtv, output-dir=/tmp/test/after-agingtv/, \
+ *        reference-images-dir=/tmp/test/before-agingtv/, \
+ *        result-output-dir=/tmp/test/failures, check-recurrence=5.0
+ * ]|
+ *
+ * Save that content in a file called check_agingtv_ssim.config
+ *
+ * ## Launch the pipeline
+ * |[
+ *    GST_VALIDATE_CONFIG=check_agingtv_ssim.config gst-validate-1.0-debug uridecodebin uri=file://a/file ! videoconvert ! agingtv name=my_agingtv ! videoconvert ! autovideosink
+ * ]|
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include 
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include "../../gst-libs/gst/video/gstvalidatessim.h"
+#include "../../gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h"
+#include "../../gst/validate/gst-validate-pad-monitor.h"
+#include "../../gst/validate/gst-validate-reporter.h"
+#include "../../gst/validate/validate.h"
+#include "../../gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.h"
+#include "../../gst/validate/gst-validate-utils.h"
+
+#define SSIM_WRONG_FORMAT g_quark_from_static_string ("validatessim::wrong-format")
+#define SSIM_CONVERSION_ERROR g_quark_from_static_string ("validatessim::conversion-error")
+#define SSIM_SAVING_ERROR g_quark_from_static_string ("validatessim::saving-error")
+#define MONITOR_DATA g_quark_from_static_string ("validate-ssim-monitor-data")
+
+typedef struct _ValidateSsimOverridePriv ValidateSsimOverridePriv;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  GstValidateOverride parent;
+
+  ValidateSsimOverridePriv *priv;
+
+} ValidateSsimOverride;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  GstValidateOverrideClass parent;
+
+} ValidateSsimOverrideClass;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  gchar *path;
+  GstClockTime position;
+  guint width, height;
+} Frame;
+
+static void
+free_frame (Frame * frame)
+{
+  g_free (frame->path);
+}
+
+
+static GType validate_ssim_override_get_type (void);
+
+#define VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE_TYPE (validate_ssim_override_get_type ())
+#define VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE_TYPE, ValidateSsimOverride))
+#define VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE_TYPE, ValidateSsimOverrideClass))
+#define IS_VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE_TYPE))
+#define IS_VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE_TYPE))
+#define VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE_GET_CLASS(obj) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE_TYPE, ValidateSsimOverrideClass))
+
+/*  *INDENT-OFF* */
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (ValidateSsimOverride, validate_ssim_override, GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE)
+/*  *INDENT-ON* */
+
+struct _ValidateSsimOverridePriv
+{
+  gchar *outdir;
+  gchar *result_outdir;
+  GstStructure *config;
+
+  gboolean is_attached;
+
+  GstVideoConverter *converter;
+  GstCaps *last_caps;
+  GstVideoInfo in_info;
+  GstVideoInfo out_info;
+
+  GArray *frames;
+  GstClockTime recurrence;
+  GstClockTime last_dump_position;
+
+  /* Always used in the streaming thread */
+  gboolean needs_reconfigure;
+  GstVideoFormat save_format;
+  const gchar *ext;
+  GstVideoFormat ref_format;
+  const gchar *ref_ext;
+};
+
+static void
+runner_stopping (GstValidateRunner * runner, ValidateSsimOverride * self)
+{
+  GstValidateSsim *ssim;
+
+  guint i, nfiles;
+  gfloat mssim = 0, lowest = 1, highest = -1, total_avg = 0;
+  gint npassed = 0, nfailures = 0;
+  gdouble min_avg_similarity = 0.95, min_lowest_similarity = -1.0,
+      min_avg = 1.0, min_min = 1.0;
+  const gchar *compared_files_dir =
+      gst_structure_get_string (self->priv->config,
+      "reference-images-dir");
+
+  if (!compared_files_dir) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_printf (self,
+      "Running frame comparison between images from %s and %s" "%s%s.\n",
+      compared_files_dir, self->priv->outdir,
+      self->priv->result_outdir ? ". Issues can be visialized in " :
+      " (set 'result-output-dir' in the config file to visualize the result)",
+      self->priv->result_outdir ? self->priv->result_outdir : "");
+
+  gst_structure_get_double (self->priv->config, "min-avg-priority",
+      &min_avg_similarity);
+  gst_structure_get_double (self->priv->config, "min-lowest-priority",
+      &min_lowest_similarity);
+
+  ssim =
+      gst_validate_ssim_new (runner, min_avg_similarity, min_lowest_similarity);
+
+  nfiles = self->priv->frames->len;
+  for (i = 0; i < nfiles; i++) {
+    Frame *frame = &g_array_index (self->priv->frames, Frame, i);
+    gchar *refname, *ref_path, *bname = g_path_get_basename (frame->path);
+
+    if (self->priv->ref_format == GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ENCODED)
+      refname = g_strdup_printf ("*.%s", self->priv->ref_ext);
+    else
+      refname = g_strdup_printf ("*.%dx%d.%s", frame->width, frame->height,
+          self->priv->ref_ext);
+
+    ref_path = g_build_path (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, compared_files_dir,
+        refname, NULL);
+
+    if (!gst_validate_ssim_compare_image_files (ssim, ref_path, frame->path,
+            &mssim, &lowest, &highest, self->priv->result_outdir))
+      nfailures++;
+    else
+      npassed++;
+
+    min_avg = MIN (min_avg, mssim);
+    min_min = MIN (lowest, min_min);
+    total_avg += mssim;
+    gst_validate_printf (NULL,
+        "\n",
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (frame->position), GST_TIME_ARGS (GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE),
+        i + 1, nfiles, mssim, lowest, npassed, nfailures);
+
+    g_free (bname);
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_printf (NULL,
+      "\nAverage similarity: %f, min_avg: %f, min_min: %f\n",
+      total_avg / nfiles, min_avg, min_min);
+}
+
+static void
+_runner_set (GObject * object, GParamSpec * pspec, gpointer user_data)
+{
+  ValidateSsimOverride *self = VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE (object);
+
+  self->priv->is_attached = TRUE;
+
+  g_signal_connect (gst_validate_reporter_get_runner (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER
+          (self)), "stopping", G_CALLBACK (runner_stopping), self);
+}
+
+static ValidateSsimOverride *
+validate_ssim_override_new (GstStructure * config)
+{
+  const gchar *format;
+  ValidateSsimOverride *self = g_object_new (VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE_TYPE, NULL);
+
+  self->priv->outdir =
+      g_strdup (gst_structure_get_string (config, "output-dir"));
+
+  if (self->priv->outdir == NULL) {
+    gchar *template = g_build_filename (g_get_tmp_dir (),
+        "validatessim-XXXXXX", NULL);
+    self->priv->outdir = g_mkdtemp (template);
+  }
+
+  if (!g_file_test (self->priv->outdir, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
+    if (g_mkdir_with_parents (self->priv->outdir, 0755) != 0) {
+
+      GST_ERROR ("Could not create directory %s", self->priv->outdir);
+
+      g_object_unref (self);
+
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_printf (self, "Using %s as output directory\n",
+      self->priv->outdir);
+
+  self->priv->config = gst_structure_copy (config);
+  self->priv->result_outdir =
+      g_strdup (gst_structure_get_string (config, "result-output-dir"));
+
+  format = gst_structure_get_string (config, "output-video-format");
+  if (!format) {
+    self->priv->save_format = GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ENCODED;
+    self->priv->ext = "png";
+  } else {
+    self->priv->save_format = gst_video_format_from_string (format);
+    self->priv->ext = format;
+  }
+
+  if (self->priv->save_format == GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_UNKNOWN) {
+    GST_ERROR ("Uknown video format: %s", format);
+
+    gst_object_unref (self);
+
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  format = gst_structure_get_string (config, "reference-video-format");
+  if (!format) {
+    self->priv->ref_ext = "png";
+    self->priv->ref_format = GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ENCODED;
+  } else {
+    self->priv->ref_format = gst_video_format_from_string (format);
+    if (self->priv->ref_format == GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_UNKNOWN) {
+      GST_ERROR ("Uknown video format: %s", format);
+
+      gst_object_unref (self);
+
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+    self->priv->ref_ext = format;
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_utils_get_clocktime (config, "check-recurrence",
+      &self->priv->recurrence);
+
+  g_signal_connect (self, "notify::validate-runner", G_CALLBACK (_runner_set),
+      NULL);
+
+  return self;
+}
+
+
+static gboolean
+_can_attach (GstValidateOverride * override, GstValidateMonitor * monitor)
+{
+  guint i;
+  GstPad *pad;
+  GstCaps *template_caps;
+  GstElement *element;
+  GstStructure *structure;
+
+  if (VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE (override)->priv->is_attached) {
+    GST_ERROR_OBJECT (override, "Already attached");
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  if (!GST_IS_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR (monitor)) {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  pad = GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (monitor);
+  element = gst_validate_monitor_get_element (monitor);
+  if ((gst_validate_element_has_klass (element, "Converter") ||
+          gst_validate_element_has_klass (element, "Filter")) &&
+      GST_PAD_IS_SINK (pad)) {
+    GST_INFO_OBJECT (override, "Not attaching on filter sinkpads");
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  template_caps = GST_PAD_TEMPLATE_CAPS (GST_PAD_PAD_TEMPLATE (pad));
+  for (i = 0; i < gst_caps_get_size (template_caps); i++) {
+    structure = gst_caps_get_structure (template_caps, i);
+    if (gst_structure_has_name (structure, "video/x-raw")) {
+      GST_INFO_OBJECT (override, "Wrapping %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, pad);
+
+      gst_validate_reporter_set_name (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (override),
+          g_strdup_printf ("ssim-override-%s",
+              gst_validate_reporter_get_name (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER
+                  (monitor))));
+
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+static void
+_finalize (GObject * object)
+{
+  ValidateSsimOverridePriv *priv = VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE (object)->priv;
+
+  if (priv->converter)
+    gst_video_converter_free (priv->converter);
+
+  if (priv->last_caps)
+    gst_caps_unref (priv->last_caps);
+
+  g_free (priv->outdir);
+  g_free (priv->result_outdir);
+  g_array_unref (priv->frames);
+
+  if (priv->config)
+    gst_structure_free (priv->config);
+}
+
+static void
+validate_ssim_override_class_init (ValidateSsimOverrideClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
+
+  gobject_class->finalize = _finalize;
+
+  if (!gst_validate_is_initialized ())
+    return;
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_CLASS (klass)->can_attach = _can_attach;
+
+  gst_validate_issue_register (gst_validate_issue_new (SSIM_WRONG_FORMAT,
+          "The ValidateSSim plugin can not work with a video format",
+          "The GstValidate ssim plugin was not able to work"
+          " with a video format that flowed in the pipeline."
+          " Make sure you properly configured the plugin",
+          GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL));
+
+  gst_validate_issue_register (gst_validate_issue_new (SSIM_CONVERSION_ERROR,
+          "The ValidateSSim plugin could not convert a frame in the needed format",
+          "The GstValidate ssim plugin needs to convert the frame in a colorspace"
+          " it can handle, but it was not possible.",
+          GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL));
+
+  gst_validate_issue_register (gst_validate_issue_new (SSIM_SAVING_ERROR,
+          "The ValidateSSim plugin could not save PNG file",
+          "The ValidateSSim plugin could not save PNG file",
+          GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL));
+
+  g_type_class_add_private (klass, sizeof (ValidateSsimOverridePriv));
+}
+
+static void
+validate_ssim_override_init (ValidateSsimOverride * self)
+{
+  self->priv =
+      G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE (self, VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE_TYPE,
+      ValidateSsimOverridePriv);
+
+  self->priv->needs_reconfigure = TRUE;
+  self->priv->frames = g_array_new (TRUE, TRUE, sizeof (Frame));
+  g_array_set_clear_func (self->priv->frames, (GDestroyNotify) free_frame);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_set_videoconvert (ValidateSsimOverride * o,
+    GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor)
+{
+  GstCaps *caps;
+  GstVideoFormat format;
+  ValidateSsimOverridePriv *priv = o->priv;
+  GstPad *pad = GST_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR_GET_PAD (pad_monitor);
+
+  caps = gst_pad_get_current_caps (pad);
+  gst_caps_replace (&priv->last_caps, caps);
+
+  gst_video_info_init (&priv->in_info);
+  gst_video_info_init (&priv->out_info);
+  if (priv->converter) {
+    gst_video_converter_free (priv->converter);
+    priv->converter = NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (!gst_video_info_from_caps (&priv->in_info, priv->last_caps)) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (o, SSIM_WRONG_FORMAT,
+        "The format %" GST_PTR_FORMAT " is not supported"
+        " by the plugin", pad_monitor->last_caps);
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  if (GST_VIDEO_INFO_HAS_ALPHA (&priv->in_info))
+    format = GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_BGRA;
+  else
+    format = GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_BGRx;
+
+  if (priv->in_info.finfo->format == format) {
+    GST_INFO_OBJECT (o, "No conversion needed");
+
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  if (priv->save_format != GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ENCODED)
+    format = priv->save_format;
+
+  gst_video_info_set_format (&priv->out_info, format,
+      priv->in_info.width, priv->in_info.height);
+  priv->out_info.fps_d = priv->in_info.fps_d;
+  priv->out_info.fps_n = priv->in_info.fps_n;
+
+  priv->converter = gst_video_converter_new (&priv->in_info,
+      &priv->out_info, NULL);
+
+  return TRUE;
+
+}
+
+static gboolean
+has_frame (ValidateSsimOverride * self, gchar * name)
+{
+  guint i;
+  GArray *frames = self->priv->frames;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < frames->len; ++i) {
+    if (g_strcmp0 (g_array_index (frames, Frame, i).path, name) == 0)
+      return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+
+static gchar *
+_get_filename (ValidateSsimOverride * self, GstValidatePadMonitor * monitor,
+    GstClockTime position)
+{
+  gint i = 0;
+  gchar *outname = NULL, *s;
+
+  if (self->priv->save_format == GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ENCODED)
+    s = g_strdup_printf ("%" GST_TIME_FORMAT ".%s", GST_TIME_ARGS (position),
+        self->priv->ext);
+  else
+    s = g_strdup_printf ("%" GST_TIME_FORMAT ".%dx%d.%s",
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (position),
+        self->priv->out_info.width,
+        self->priv->out_info.height, self->priv->ext);
+
+  outname = g_build_path (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, self->priv->outdir, s, NULL);
+
+  g_free (s);
+  while (has_frame (self, outname)) {
+    g_free (outname);
+    if (self->priv->save_format == GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ENCODED)
+      s = g_strdup_printf ("%" GST_TIME_FORMAT "-%d.%s",
+          GST_TIME_ARGS (position), i++, self->priv->ext);
+    else
+      s = g_strdup_printf ("%" GST_TIME_FORMAT "-%d.%dx%d.%s",
+          GST_TIME_ARGS (position), i++, self->priv->out_info.width,
+          self->priv->out_info.height, self->priv->ext);
+
+    outname = g_build_path (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, self->priv->outdir, s, NULL);
+    g_free (s);
+  }
+
+  return outname;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_should_dump_buffer (ValidateSsimOverride * self,
+    GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor, GstClockTime position)
+{
+  ValidateSsimOverridePriv *priv = self->priv;
+
+  if (!GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (priv->recurrence))
+    return TRUE;
+
+  if (priv->needs_reconfigure)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  /* recurence 0 means, dump exclusively on reconfiguration */
+  if (priv->recurrence == 0)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  if (ABS (position - priv->last_dump_position) >= priv->recurrence)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_save_frame (ValidateSsimOverride * self, GstVideoFrame * frame,
+    const gchar * outname)
+{
+  gboolean res = TRUE;
+  cairo_status_t status;
+  cairo_surface_t *surface;
+  GError *error = NULL;
+
+  if (self->priv->save_format == GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ENCODED) {
+    surface =
+        cairo_image_surface_create_for_data (GST_VIDEO_FRAME_PLANE_DATA (frame,
+            0), CAIRO_FORMAT_RGB24, GST_VIDEO_FRAME_WIDTH (frame),
+        GST_VIDEO_FRAME_HEIGHT (frame), GST_VIDEO_FRAME_PLANE_STRIDE (frame,
+            0));
+
+    if ((status = cairo_surface_write_to_png (surface, outname)) !=
+        CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, SSIM_SAVING_ERROR,
+          "Could not save %s" " cairo status is %s", outname,
+          cairo_status_to_string (status));
+
+      res = FALSE;
+    }
+
+    cairo_surface_destroy (surface);
+
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  if (!g_file_set_contents (outname,
+          GST_VIDEO_FRAME_PLANE_DATA (frame, 0),
+          GST_VIDEO_FRAME_SIZE (frame), &error)) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (self, SSIM_SAVING_ERROR,
+        "Could not save %s error: %s", outname, error->message);
+    res = FALSE;
+  }
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+static void
+_handle_buffer (GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidatePadMonitor * pad_monitor, GstBuffer * buffer)
+{
+  gchar *outname = NULL;
+  GstVideoFrame frame;
+  Frame iframe;
+
+  ValidateSsimOverride *o = VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE (override);
+  ValidateSsimOverridePriv *priv = o->priv;
+
+  GstClockTime running_time, position;
+
+  running_time = gst_segment_to_running_time (&pad_monitor->segment,
+      GST_FORMAT_TIME, GST_BUFFER_PTS (buffer));
+  position = gst_segment_to_position (&pad_monitor->segment,
+      GST_FORMAT_TIME, running_time);
+
+  if (!_should_dump_buffer (o, pad_monitor, position)) {
+    GST_LOG_OBJECT (override, "Not dumping buffer: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (position));
+
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (priv->needs_reconfigure) {
+    priv->needs_reconfigure = !_set_videoconvert (o, pad_monitor);
+  }
+
+  if (priv->converter) {
+    GstVideoFrame inframe;
+    GstBuffer *outbuf;
+
+    if (!gst_video_frame_map (&inframe, &priv->in_info, buffer, GST_MAP_READ)) {
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (o, SSIM_CONVERSION_ERROR,
+          "Could not map the videoframe %p", buffer);
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    outbuf = gst_buffer_new_allocate (NULL, priv->out_info.size, NULL);
+    if (!gst_video_frame_map (&frame, &priv->out_info, outbuf, GST_MAP_WRITE)) {
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (o, SSIM_CONVERSION_ERROR,
+          "Could not map the outbuffer %p", outbuf);
+
+      gst_buffer_unref (outbuf);
+      return;
+    }
+    gst_buffer_unref (outbuf);
+    gst_video_converter_frame (priv->converter, &inframe, &frame);
+    gst_video_frame_unmap (&inframe);
+  } else {
+    if (!gst_video_frame_map (&frame, &priv->in_info, buffer, GST_MAP_WRITE)) {
+      GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (o, SSIM_CONVERSION_ERROR,
+          "Could not map the buffer %p", buffer);
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
+  outname = _get_filename (o, pad_monitor, position);
+  if (_save_frame (o, &frame, outname)) {
+    priv->last_dump_position = position;
+
+    iframe.position = position;
+    iframe.path = outname;
+    iframe.width = priv->in_info.width;
+    iframe.height = priv->in_info.height;
+    g_array_append_val (priv->frames, iframe);
+  }
+
+  gst_video_frame_unmap (&frame);
+}
+
+static void
+_handle_event (GstValidateOverride * override,
+    GstValidateMonitor * pad_monitor, GstEvent * event)
+{
+  ValidateSsimOverride *self = VALIDATE_SSIM_OVERRIDE (override);
+
+  switch (GST_EVENT_TYPE (event)) {
+    case GST_EVENT_FLUSH_STOP:
+      self->priv->needs_reconfigure = TRUE;
+      break;
+    case GST_EVENT_CAPS:
+      self->priv->needs_reconfigure = TRUE;
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_map_confg (GQuark field_id, GValue * value, GstStructure * structure)
+{
+  if (!gst_structure_id_has_field (structure, field_id))
+    gst_structure_id_set_value (structure, field_id, value);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_validate_ssim_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
+{
+  GList *tmp, *config;
+  GstStructure *config_structure = NULL;
+
+  if (!gst_validate_is_initialized ())
+    return FALSE;
+
+  config = gst_validate_plugin_get_config (plugin);
+  for (tmp = config; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    gboolean is_config;
+
+    if (gst_structure_get_boolean (tmp->data, "is-config", &is_config)) {
+      if (is_config) {
+        config_structure = tmp->data;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (tmp = config; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    const gchar *name = gst_structure_get_string (tmp->data, "element-name");
+    const gchar *target_element_classification =
+        gst_structure_get_string (tmp->data, "element-classification");
+
+    if (tmp->data == config_structure)
+      continue;
+
+    if (config_structure) {
+      gst_structure_map_in_place (config_structure,
+          (GstStructureMapFunc) _map_confg, tmp->data);
+    }
+    if ((name || target_element_classification)) {
+      GstValidateOverride *override =
+          GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE (validate_ssim_override_new (tmp->data));
+
+      if (override == NULL) {
+        GST_ERROR ("Could not create override with config %"
+            GST_PTR_FORMAT, tmp->data);
+
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      override->buffer_probe_handler =
+          (GstValidateOverrideBufferHandler) _handle_buffer;
+      override->buffer_handler =
+          (GstValidateOverrideBufferHandler) _handle_buffer;
+      override->event_handler = (GstValidateOverrideEventHandler) _handle_event;
+
+      if (target_element_classification)
+        gst_validate_override_register_by_klass (target_element_classification,
+            override);
+      else if (name)
+        gst_validate_override_register_by_name (name, override);
+      else
+        g_assert_not_reached ();
+
+    } else {
+      GST_ERROR ("Wrong configuration '%" GST_PTR_FORMAT
+          "'element-classification' and output-dir are mandatory fields",
+          tmp->data);
+      g_assert_not_reached ();
+    }
+  }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+GST_PLUGIN_DEFINE (GST_VERSION_MAJOR,
+    GST_VERSION_MINOR,
+    ssim,
+    "GstValidate plugin to run the ssim algorithm on raw"
+    " video buffers. It allows you to generate png files"
+    "\n                          "
+    " and then check them against pre generated, reference images."
+    "\n                          "
+    " The following parametters can be passed in the configuration file:"
+    "\n                          "
+    "   'element-classification': The target element classification as define in gst_element_class_set_metadata"
+    "\n                          "
+    "   'output-dir': The directory in which the image files will be saved'"
+    "\n",
+    gst_validate_ssim_init, VERSION, "LGPL", GST_PACKAGE_NAME,
+    GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN)
diff --git a/validate/pre-commit-python.hook b/validate/pre-commit-python.hook
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1c0efb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/pre-commit-python.hook
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+
+NOT_PEP8_COMPLIANT_MESSAGE_PRE = \
+    "Your code is not fully pep8 compliant and contains"\
+    " the following coding style issues:\n\n"
+
+NOT_PEP8_COMPLIANT_MESSAGE_POST = \
+    "Please fix these errors and commit again, you can do so "\
+    "from the root directory automatically like this, assuming the whole "\
+    "file is to be commited:"
+
+NO_PEP8_MESSAGE = \
+    "You should install the pep8 style checker to be able"\
+    " to commit in this repo.\nIt allows us to garantee that "\
+    "anything that is commited respects the pep8 coding style "\
+    "standard.\nYou can install it:\n"\
+    "  * on ubuntu, debian: $sudo apt-get install pep8 \n"\
+    "  * on fedora: #yum install python-pep8 \n"\
+    "  * on arch: #pacman -S pep8-python3 \n"\
+    "  * or add the official pep8 from http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/"\
+    " in your $PATH"
+
+
+def system(*args, **kwargs):
+    kwargs.setdefault('stdout', subprocess.PIPE)
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(args, **kwargs)
+    out, err = proc.communicate()
+    if type(out) == bytes:
+        out = out.decode()
+    return out
+
+
+def copy_files_to_tmp_dir(files):
+    tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    for name in files:
+        filename = os.path.join(tempdir, name)
+        filepath = os.path.dirname(filename)
+        if not os.path.exists(filepath):
+            os.makedirs(filepath)
+        with open(filename, 'w') as f:
+            system('git', 'show', ':' + name, stdout=f)
+
+    return tempdir
+
+
+def main():
+    modified_files = system('git', 'diff-index', '--cached',
+                            '--name-only', 'HEAD', '--diff-filter=ACMR').split("\n")[:-1]
+    non_compliant_files = []
+    output_message = None
+
+    for modified_file in modified_files:
+        try:
+            if not modified_file.endswith(".py"):
+                continue
+            pep8_errors = system('pep8', '--repeat', '--ignore', 'E501,E128', modified_file)
+            if pep8_errors:
+                if output_message is None:
+                    output_message = NOT_PEP8_COMPLIANT_MESSAGE_PRE
+                output_message += pep8_errors
+                non_compliant_files.append(modified_file)
+        except OSError:
+            output_message = NO_PEP8_MESSAGE
+            break
+
+    if output_message:
+        print output_message
+        if non_compliant_files:
+            print NOT_PEP8_COMPLIANT_MESSAGE_POST
+            for non_compliant_file in non_compliant_files:
+                print "autopep8 -i ", non_compliant_file, "; git add ", \
+                    non_compliant_file
+            print "git commit"
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/validate/tests/Makefile.am b/validate/tests/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bbfc8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+if HAVE_GST_CHECK
+CHECK_SUBDIRS= check
+else
+CHECK_SUBDIRS=
+endif
+
+SUBDIRS= $(CHECK_SUBDIRS)
+
+DIST_SUBDIRS = check
+
diff --git a/validate/tests/check/Makefile.am b/validate/tests/check/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd79b59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/tests/check/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+include $(top_srcdir)/common/check.mak
+
+TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = 
+
+plugindir = $(libdir)/gstreamer-@GST_API_VERSION@
+
+# override to _not_ install the test plugins
+install-pluginLTLIBRARIES:
+
+# the core dumps of some machines have PIDs appended
+CLEANFILES = core.* test-registry.* *.gcno *.gcda
+
+common_cflags=-I$(top_srcdir) $(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CFLAGS) $(GST_OBJ_CFLAGS) \
+	$(GST_CHECK_CFLAGS) $(GST_OPTION_CFLAGS) $(GST_CFLAGS)
+common_ldadd=$(top_builddir)/gst/validate/libgstvalidate-@GST_API_VERSION@.la \
+	$(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_LIBS) -lgstpbutils-$(GST_API_VERSION) \
+	$(GST_OBJ_LIBS) $(GST_CHECK_LIBS)
+
+testutils_noisnt_libraries=libtestutils.la
+testutils_noinst_headers=validate/test-utils.h
+libtestutils_la_LIBADD=$(common_ldadd)
+libtestutils_la_CFLAGS=$(common_cflags)
+libtestutils_la_SOURCES=validate/test-utils.c
+
+SUPPRESSIONS = $(top_srcdir)/common/gst.supp # $(srcdir)/gst-plugins-bad.supp
+
+clean-local: clean-local-check
+
+check_PROGRAMS = \
+	validate/padmonitor \
+	validate/monitoring \
+	validate/reporting \
+	validate/overrides
+
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES=$(testutils_noisnt_libraries)
+noinst_HEADERS=$(testutils_noinst_headers)
+
+TESTS = $(check_PROGRAMS)
+
+AM_CFLAGS =  $(common_cflags) -UG_DISABLE_ASSERT -UG_DISABLE_CAST_CHECKS
+LDADD = $(common_ldadd) libtestutils.la
+
+debug:
+	echo $(COVERAGE_FILES)
+	echo $(COVERAGE_FILES_REL)
+
+.PHONY: coverage
+if GST_GCOV_ENABLED
+# we rebuild a registry and do gst-inspect so that all the get/set codepaths
+# are also covered
+coverage:
+	make check
+	make coverage-report
+else
+coverage:
+	echo "You need to configure with --enable-gcov to get coverage data"
+	exit 1
+endif
+
+coverage-report:
+	if test ! -e coverage; then
+		rm -r coverage
+	fi
+	for dir in $(COVERAGE_DIRS); do 				\
+	  mkdir -p coverage/$$dir; 					\
+	  make -C $(top_builddir)/$$dir gcov;				\
+        done
+	for dir in $(COVERAGE_DIRS); do					\
+	    files="`ls $(top_builddir)/$$dir/*.gcov.out 2> /dev/null`"; \
+          if test ! -z "$$files"; then					\
+	    perl $(top_srcdir)/common/coverage/coverage-report.pl 	\
+	      $(top_builddir)/$$dir/*.gcov.out >			\
+	      coverage/$$dir/index.xml;					\
+	    xsltproc $(top_srcdir)/common/coverage/coverage-report.xsl	\
+	      coverage/$$dir/index.xml > coverage/$$dir/index.html;	\
+	  fi; \
+        done
+	for file in $(COVERAGE_FILES_REL); do				\
+	  echo Generating coverage/$$file.html; 			\
+	  perl $(top_srcdir)/common/coverage/coverage-report-entry.pl   \
+	    $(top_builddir)/$$file > coverage/$$file.html; 		\
+	done
+
+check-integration: integration
+	CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=20 ./integration
+
+check-integration-forever:
+	@while true; do						\
+	make check-integration					\
+	CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=20					\
+	$* || break; done
+
+check-integration-gdb:
+	@$(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT)					\
+	CK_FORK=no						\
+	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=execute				\
+	gdb ./integration
+
diff --git a/validate/tests/check/validate/monitoring.c b/validate/tests/check/validate/monitoring.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bc6849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/tests/check/validate/monitoring.c
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/* GstValidate
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include "test-utils.h"
+
+GST_START_TEST (monitors_added)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor;
+  GstElement *pipeline = gst_pipeline_new ("validate-pipeline");
+  GstElement *src, *sink;
+
+  src = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesrc", "source");
+  sink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", "sink");
+
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  fail_unless (GST_IS_VALIDATE_RUNNER (runner));
+
+  monitor = gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GST_OBJECT_CAST (pipeline),
+      runner, NULL);
+  fail_unless (GST_IS_VALIDATE_BIN_MONITOR (monitor));
+
+  gst_bin_add_many (GST_BIN (pipeline), src, sink, NULL);
+  gst_element_link (src, sink);
+
+  /* Check that the elements are properly monitored */
+  fail_unless_equals_int (g_list_length (src->srcpads), 1);
+  for (tmp = src->srcpads; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
+    fail_unless (GST_IS_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR (g_object_get_data ((GObject *)
+                tmp->data, "validate-monitor")));
+
+  fail_unless_equals_int (g_list_length (sink->sinkpads), 1);
+  for (tmp = sink->sinkpads; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
+    fail_unless (GST_IS_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR (g_object_get_data ((GObject *)
+                tmp->data, "validate-monitor")));
+
+  /* clean up */
+  gst_object_unref (pipeline);
+  gst_object_unref (monitor);
+  gst_object_unref (runner);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+GST_START_TEST (monitors_cleanup)
+{
+  GstElement *src, *sink;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor, *pmonitor1, *pmonitor2;
+
+  GstElement *pipeline = gst_pipeline_new ("validate-pipeline");
+
+  src = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesrc", "source");
+  sink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", "sink");
+
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  monitor = gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GST_OBJECT_CAST (pipeline),
+      runner, NULL);
+  gst_bin_add_many (GST_BIN (pipeline), src, sink, NULL);
+  gst_element_link (src, sink);
+
+  /* Check cleanup */
+  pmonitor1 =
+      g_object_get_data ((GObject *) src->srcpads->data, "validate-monitor");
+  pmonitor2 =
+      g_object_get_data ((GObject *) sink->sinkpads->data, "validate-monitor");
+  check_destroyed (monitor, pmonitor1, pmonitor2, NULL);
+  check_destroyed (pipeline, src, sink, NULL);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+
+static Suite *
+gst_validate_suite (void)
+{
+  Suite *s = suite_create ("monitoring");
+  TCase *tc_chain = tcase_create ("monitoring");
+  suite_add_tcase (s, tc_chain);
+
+  gst_validate_init ();
+
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, monitors_added);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, monitors_cleanup);
+
+  gst_validate_deinit ();
+  return s;
+}
+
+GST_CHECK_MAIN (gst_validate);
diff --git a/validate/tests/check/validate/overrides.c b/validate/tests/check/validate/overrides.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9683ddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/tests/check/validate/overrides.c
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/* GstValidate
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+static const gchar *some_overrides =
+    "change-severity, issue-id=buffer::not-expected-one, new-severity=critical\n"
+    "change-severity, issue-id=buffer::not-expected-one, new-severity=warning, element-factory-name=queue";
+
+static void
+_check_message_level (const gchar * factoryname, GstValidateReportLevel level,
+    const gchar * message_id)
+{
+  GList *reports;
+  GstElement *element;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor;
+
+  element = gst_element_factory_make (factoryname, NULL);
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "all", TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  monitor =
+      gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GST_OBJECT (element), runner, NULL);
+
+  GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (monitor, g_quark_from_string (message_id),
+      "Just some fakery");
+
+  reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), 1);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (((GstValidateReport *) reports->data)->level, level);
+  g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+  gst_object_unref (element);
+  gst_object_unref (monitor);
+
+}
+
+GST_START_TEST (check_text_overrides)
+{
+  GstValidateIssue *issue;
+  gchar *override_filename =
+      g_strdup_printf ("%s%c%s", g_get_tmp_dir (), G_DIR_SEPARATOR,
+      "some_overrides");
+
+  fail_unless (g_file_set_contents (override_filename,
+          some_overrides, -1, NULL));
+
+  issue =
+      gst_validate_issue_from_id (g_quark_from_string
+      ("buffer::not-expected-one"));
+  fail_unless (issue != NULL);
+
+  assert_equals_int (issue->default_level, GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING);
+
+  g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE", override_filename, TRUE);
+  gst_validate_override_registry_preload ();
+  assert_equals_int (issue->default_level, GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL);
+
+  /* Check that with a queue, the level of a
+   * buffer::not-expected-one is WARNING */
+  _check_message_level ("queue", GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING,
+      "buffer::not-expected-one");
+
+  /* Check that with an identity, the level of a
+   * buffer::not-expected-one is CRITICAL */
+  _check_message_level ("identity", GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL,
+      "buffer::not-expected-one");
+
+  g_remove (override_filename);
+  g_free (override_filename);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+
+static Suite *
+gst_validate_suite (void)
+{
+  Suite *s = suite_create ("registry");
+  TCase *tc_chain = tcase_create ("registry");
+  suite_add_tcase (s, tc_chain);
+
+  gst_validate_init ();
+
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, check_text_overrides);
+
+  gst_validate_deinit ();
+  return s;
+}
+
+GST_CHECK_MAIN (gst_validate);
diff --git a/validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c b/validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..675a10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/tests/check/validate/padmonitor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1096 @@
+/* GstValidate
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include "test-utils.h"
+
+static GstValidateRunner *
+_start_monitoring_bin (GstBin * bin)
+{
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor;
+
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  monitor =
+      gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GST_OBJECT (bin), runner, NULL);
+
+  gst_validate_reporter_set_handle_g_logs (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (monitor));
+  return runner;
+}
+
+static void
+_stop_monitoring_bin (GstBin * bin, GstValidateRunner * runner)
+{
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor;
+
+  monitor =
+      (GstValidateMonitor *) g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (bin),
+      "validate-monitor");
+  ASSERT_OBJECT_REFCOUNT (bin, "bin", 1);
+  gst_object_unref (bin);
+  ASSERT_OBJECT_REFCOUNT (monitor, "monitor", 1);
+  gst_object_unref (monitor);
+  ASSERT_OBJECT_REFCOUNT (runner, "runner", 1);
+  gst_object_unref (runner);
+}
+
+static GstValidateMonitor *
+_start_monitoring_element (GstElement * element, GstValidateRunner * runner)
+{
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor;
+
+  monitor = gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GST_OBJECT (element),
+      runner, NULL);
+
+  return monitor;
+}
+
+static void
+_check_reports_refcount (GstPad * pad, gint refcount)
+{
+  GList *tmp, *reports;
+  GstValidateReporter *reporter =
+      (GstValidateReporter *) g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (pad),
+      "validate-monitor");
+
+  reports = gst_validate_reporter_get_reports (reporter);
+  /* We take a ref here */
+  refcount += 1;
+
+  for (tmp = reports; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
+    fail_unless_equals_int (((GstValidateReport *) tmp->data)->refcount,
+        refcount);
+
+  g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+}
+
+GST_START_TEST (buffer_before_segment)
+{
+  GstPad *srcpad;
+  GstElement *src, *sink;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+  GstValidateReport *report;
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor;
+  GList *reports;
+
+  /* getting an existing element class is cheating, but easier */
+  src = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesrc", "fakesrc");
+  sink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", "fakesink");
+
+  fail_unless (gst_element_link (src, sink));
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "all", TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  monitor =
+      gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GST_OBJECT (src), runner, NULL);
+  fail_unless (GST_IS_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR (monitor));
+
+  srcpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (src, "src");
+
+  /* We want to handle the src behaviour ourself */
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (srcpad, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, TRUE));
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_element_set_state (sink, GST_STATE_PLAYING),
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC);
+
+  /* Send a buffer before pushing any segment (FAILS) */
+  {
+    _gst_check_expecting_log = TRUE;
+    fail_unless_equals_int (gst_pad_push (srcpad, gst_buffer_new ()),
+        GST_FLOW_OK);
+
+    reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+    assert_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), 1);
+    report = reports->data;
+    fail_unless_equals_int (report->level, GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING);
+    fail_unless_equals_int (report->issue->issue_id, BUFFER_BEFORE_SEGMENT);
+    g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+  }
+
+  /* Setup all needed event and push a new buffer (WORKS) */
+  {
+    _gst_check_expecting_log = FALSE;
+    gst_check_setup_events (srcpad, src, NULL, GST_FORMAT_TIME);
+    fail_unless_equals_int (gst_pad_push (srcpad, gst_buffer_new ()),
+        GST_FLOW_OK);
+    reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+    assert_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), 1);
+    g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+  }
+
+  /* clean up */
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (srcpad, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, FALSE));
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_element_set_state (sink, GST_STATE_NULL),
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS);
+
+  _check_reports_refcount (srcpad, 2);
+  gst_object_unref (srcpad);
+  check_destroyed (src, srcpad, NULL);
+  check_destroyed (sink, NULL, NULL);
+  check_destroyed (runner, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+GST_START_TEST (buffer_outside_segment)
+{
+  GstPad *srcpad;
+  GstBuffer *buffer;
+  GstSegment segment;
+  GstElement *src, *sink;
+  gchar *fakesrc_klass;
+  GstValidateReport *report;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor;
+  GList *reports;
+
+  /* getting an existing element class is cheating, but easier */
+  src = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesrc", "fakesrc");
+  sink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", "fakesink");
+
+  fakesrc_klass =
+      g_strdup (gst_element_class_get_metadata (GST_ELEMENT_GET_CLASS (src),
+          "klass"));
+
+  /* Testing if a buffer is outside a segment is only done for buffer outputed
+   * from decoders for the moment, fake a Decoder so that the test is properly
+   * executed */
+  gst_element_class_add_metadata (GST_ELEMENT_GET_CLASS (src), "klass",
+      "Decoder");
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "all", TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  monitor =
+      gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GST_OBJECT (src), runner, NULL);
+  gst_validate_reporter_set_handle_g_logs (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (monitor));
+
+  srcpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (src, "src");
+  fail_unless (GST_IS_VALIDATE_PAD_MONITOR (g_object_get_data ((GObject *)
+              srcpad, "validate-monitor")));
+
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (srcpad, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, TRUE));
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_element_set_state (sink, GST_STATE_PLAYING),
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC);
+
+  gst_segment_init (&segment, GST_FORMAT_TIME);
+  segment.start = 0;
+  segment.stop = GST_SECOND;
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad,
+          gst_event_new_stream_start ("the-stream")));
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad, gst_event_new_segment (&segment)));
+
+  /*  Pushing a buffer that is outside the segment */
+  {
+    buffer = gst_buffer_new ();
+    GST_BUFFER_PTS (buffer) = 10 * GST_SECOND;
+    GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer) = GST_SECOND;
+    fail_unless (gst_pad_push (srcpad, buffer));
+
+    reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+    assert_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), 1);
+    report = reports->data;
+    fail_unless_equals_int (report->level, GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_ISSUE);
+    fail_unless_equals_int (report->issue->issue_id, BUFFER_IS_OUT_OF_SEGMENT);
+    g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+  }
+
+  /* Pushing a buffer inside the segment */
+  {
+    fail_unless (gst_pad_push (srcpad, gst_buffer_new ()));
+    reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+    assert_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), 1);
+    g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+  }
+
+
+  /* clean up */
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (srcpad, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, FALSE));
+  gst_object_unref (srcpad);
+
+  gst_element_class_add_metadata (GST_ELEMENT_GET_CLASS (src), "klass",
+      fakesrc_klass);
+  g_free (fakesrc_klass);
+  gst_object_unref (src);
+  gst_object_unref (runner);
+
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_element_set_state (sink, GST_STATE_NULL),
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS);
+  gst_object_unref (sink);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+static void
+fake_demuxer_prepare_pads (GstBin * pipeline, GstElement * demux,
+    GstValidateRunner * runner)
+{
+  gint i = 0;
+  GList *tmp;
+
+  fail_unless (g_list_length (demux->srcpads), 3);
+
+  for (tmp = demux->srcpads; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    GstPad *new_peer;
+    gchar *name = g_strdup_printf ("sink-%d", i++);
+    GstElement *sink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", name);
+
+    gst_bin_add (pipeline, sink);
+
+    new_peer = sink->sinkpads->data;
+    gst_pad_link (tmp->data, new_peer);
+    gst_element_set_state (sink, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
+    gst_pad_activate_mode (tmp->data, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, TRUE);
+
+    g_free (name);
+  }
+
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (demux->sinkpads->data, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH,
+          TRUE));
+}
+
+static GstValidatePadMonitor *
+_get_pad_monitor (GstPad * pad)
+{
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *m = get_pad_monitor (pad);
+
+  gst_object_unref (pad);
+
+  return m;
+}
+
+static void
+_test_flow_aggregation (GstFlowReturn flow, GstFlowReturn flow1,
+    GstFlowReturn flow2, GstFlowReturn demux_flow, gboolean should_fail)
+{
+  GstPad *srcpad;
+  GstValidateReport *report;
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *pmonitor, *pmonitor1, *pmonitor2;
+  GstElement *demuxer = fake_demuxer_new ();
+  GstBin *pipeline = GST_BIN (gst_pipeline_new ("validate-pipeline"));
+  GList *reports;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "all", TRUE));
+  runner = _start_monitoring_bin (pipeline);
+
+  gst_bin_add (pipeline, demuxer);
+  fake_demuxer_prepare_pads (pipeline, demuxer, runner);
+
+  srcpad = gst_pad_new ("srcpad1", GST_PAD_SRC);
+  gst_pad_link (srcpad, demuxer->sinkpads->data);
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (srcpad, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, TRUE));
+  gst_check_setup_events_with_stream_id (srcpad, demuxer, NULL,
+      GST_FORMAT_TIME, "the-stream");
+
+  pmonitor = _get_pad_monitor (gst_pad_get_peer (demuxer->srcpads->data));
+  pmonitor1 =
+      _get_pad_monitor (gst_pad_get_peer (demuxer->srcpads->next->data));
+  pmonitor2 =
+      _get_pad_monitor (gst_pad_get_peer (demuxer->srcpads->next->next->data));
+
+  pmonitor->last_flow_return = flow;
+  pmonitor1->last_flow_return = flow1;
+  pmonitor2->last_flow_return = flow2;
+  FAKE_DEMUXER (demuxer)->return_value = demux_flow;
+
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_pad_push (srcpad, gst_buffer_new ()), demux_flow);
+
+  reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+  if (should_fail) {
+    assert_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), 1);
+    report = reports->data;
+    fail_unless_equals_int (report->level, GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_CRITICAL);
+    fail_unless_equals_int (report->issue->issue_id, WRONG_FLOW_RETURN);
+  } else {
+    assert_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), 0);
+
+  }
+
+  g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+  clean_bus (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline));
+
+  gst_element_set_state (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline), GST_STATE_NULL);
+  ASSERT_OBJECT_REFCOUNT (pipeline, "ours", 1);
+  gst_object_ref (demuxer);
+  gst_object_ref (pmonitor);
+  _stop_monitoring_bin (pipeline, runner);
+
+  ASSERT_OBJECT_REFCOUNT (demuxer, "plop", 1);
+  gst_object_unref (demuxer);
+  ASSERT_OBJECT_REFCOUNT (pmonitor, "plop", 1);
+  gst_object_unref (pmonitor);
+}
+
+GST_START_TEST (flow_aggregation)
+{
+  /* Check the GstFlowCombiner to find the rules */
+
+  /* Failling cases: */
+  _test_flow_aggregation (GST_FLOW_OK, GST_FLOW_OK,
+      GST_FLOW_ERROR, GST_FLOW_OK, TRUE);
+  _test_flow_aggregation (GST_FLOW_EOS, GST_FLOW_EOS,
+      GST_FLOW_EOS, GST_FLOW_OK, TRUE);
+  _test_flow_aggregation (GST_FLOW_FLUSHING, GST_FLOW_OK,
+      GST_FLOW_OK, GST_FLOW_OK, TRUE);
+  _test_flow_aggregation (GST_FLOW_NOT_NEGOTIATED, GST_FLOW_OK,
+      GST_FLOW_OK, GST_FLOW_OK, TRUE);
+
+  /* Passing cases: */
+  _test_flow_aggregation (GST_FLOW_EOS, GST_FLOW_EOS,
+      GST_FLOW_EOS, GST_FLOW_EOS, FALSE);
+  _test_flow_aggregation (GST_FLOW_EOS, GST_FLOW_EOS,
+      GST_FLOW_OK, GST_FLOW_OK, FALSE);
+  _test_flow_aggregation (GST_FLOW_OK, GST_FLOW_OK,
+      GST_FLOW_OK, GST_FLOW_EOS, FALSE);
+  _test_flow_aggregation (GST_FLOW_NOT_NEGOTIATED, GST_FLOW_OK,
+      GST_FLOW_OK, GST_FLOW_NOT_NEGOTIATED, FALSE);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+static GstPadProbeReturn
+drop_buffers (GstPad * pad, GstPadProbeInfo * info, gpointer unused)
+{
+  return GST_PAD_PROBE_DROP;
+}
+
+GST_START_TEST (issue_concatenation)
+{
+  GstPad *srcpad1, *srcpad2, *sinkpad, *funnel_sink1, *funnel_sink2;
+  GstElement *src1, *src2, *sink, *funnel;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *srcpad_monitor1, *srcpad_monitor2, *sinkpad_monitor;
+  GstValidatePadMonitor *funnel_sink_monitor1, *funnel_sink_monitor2;
+  GstSegment segment;
+  GList *reports;
+  gint n_reports;
+  gulong probe_id1, probe_id2;
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "subchain", TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+
+  src1 = create_and_monitor_element ("fakesrc", "fakesrc1", runner);
+  src2 = create_and_monitor_element ("fakesrc", "fakesrc2", runner);
+  funnel = create_and_monitor_element ("funnel", "funnel", runner);
+  sink = create_and_monitor_element ("fakesink", "fakesink", runner);
+
+  srcpad1 = gst_element_get_static_pad (src1, "src");
+  srcpad_monitor1 = g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (srcpad1), "validate-monitor");
+  srcpad2 = gst_element_get_static_pad (src2, "src");
+  srcpad_monitor2 = g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (srcpad2), "validate-monitor");
+  funnel_sink1 = gst_element_get_request_pad (funnel, "sink_%u");
+  funnel_sink_monitor1 =
+      g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (funnel_sink1), "validate-monitor");
+  funnel_sink2 = gst_element_get_request_pad (funnel, "sink_%u");
+  funnel_sink_monitor2 =
+      g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (funnel_sink2), "validate-monitor");
+  sinkpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (sink, "sink");
+  sinkpad_monitor = g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (sinkpad), "validate-monitor");
+
+  fail_unless (gst_element_link (funnel, sink));
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_link (srcpad1, funnel_sink1) == GST_PAD_LINK_OK);
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_link (srcpad2, funnel_sink2) == GST_PAD_LINK_OK);
+
+  /* There's gonna be some clunkiness in here because of funnel */
+  probe_id1 = gst_pad_add_probe (srcpad1,
+      GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER | GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER_LIST |
+      GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_EVENT_DOWNSTREAM, (GstPadProbeCallback) drop_buffers,
+      NULL, NULL);
+  probe_id2 =
+      gst_pad_add_probe (srcpad2,
+      GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER | GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER_LIST |
+      GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_EVENT_DOWNSTREAM, (GstPadProbeCallback) drop_buffers,
+      NULL, NULL);
+
+  /* We want to handle the src behaviour ourselves */
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (srcpad1, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, TRUE));
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (srcpad2, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, TRUE));
+
+  /* Setup all needed events */
+  gst_segment_init (&segment, GST_FORMAT_TIME);
+  segment.start = 0;
+  segment.stop = GST_SECOND;
+
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad1,
+          gst_event_new_stream_start ("the-stream")));
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad1, gst_event_new_segment (&segment)));
+
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad2,
+          gst_event_new_stream_start ("the-stream")));
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad2, gst_event_new_segment (&segment)));
+
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_element_set_state (funnel, GST_STATE_PLAYING),
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_element_set_state (sink, GST_STATE_PLAYING),
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC);
+
+
+  /* Send an unexpected flush stop */
+  _gst_check_expecting_log = TRUE;
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad1, gst_event_new_flush_stop (TRUE)));
+
+  /* The runner only sees one report */
+  reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+  assert_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), 1);
+  g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+
+  /* Each pad monitor on the way actually holds a report */
+  n_reports = gst_validate_reporter_get_reports_count ((GstValidateReporter *)
+      srcpad_monitor1);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (n_reports, 1);
+  n_reports = gst_validate_reporter_get_reports_count ((GstValidateReporter *)
+      sinkpad_monitor);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (n_reports, 1);
+  n_reports = gst_validate_reporter_get_reports_count ((GstValidateReporter *)
+      funnel_sink_monitor1);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (n_reports, 1);
+
+  /* But not the pad monitor of the other funnel sink */
+  n_reports = gst_validate_reporter_get_reports_count ((GstValidateReporter *)
+      funnel_sink_monitor2);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (n_reports, 0);
+  n_reports = gst_validate_reporter_get_reports_count ((GstValidateReporter *)
+      srcpad_monitor2);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (n_reports, 0);
+
+  /* Once again but on the other funnel sink */
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad2, gst_event_new_flush_stop (TRUE)));
+
+  /* The runner now sees two reports */
+  reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+  assert_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), 2);
+  g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+
+  /* These monitors already saw that issue */
+  n_reports = gst_validate_reporter_get_reports_count ((GstValidateReporter *)
+      srcpad_monitor1);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (n_reports, 1);
+  n_reports = gst_validate_reporter_get_reports_count ((GstValidateReporter *)
+      sinkpad_monitor);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (n_reports, 1);
+  n_reports = gst_validate_reporter_get_reports_count ((GstValidateReporter *)
+      funnel_sink_monitor1);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (n_reports, 1);
+
+  n_reports = gst_validate_reporter_get_reports_count ((GstValidateReporter *)
+      funnel_sink_monitor2);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (n_reports, 1);
+  n_reports = gst_validate_reporter_get_reports_count ((GstValidateReporter *)
+      srcpad_monitor2);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (n_reports, 1);
+
+  /* clean up */
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (srcpad1, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, FALSE));
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (srcpad2, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, FALSE));
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_element_set_state (funnel, GST_STATE_NULL),
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_element_set_state (sink, GST_STATE_NULL),
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS);
+
+  gst_pad_remove_probe (srcpad1, probe_id1);
+  gst_pad_remove_probe (srcpad2, probe_id2);
+
+  /* The reporter, the runner */
+  _check_reports_refcount (srcpad1, 2);
+  /* The reporter, the master report */
+  _check_reports_refcount (funnel_sink1, 2);
+  free_element_monitor (src1);
+  free_element_monitor (src2);
+  free_element_monitor (funnel);
+  free_element_monitor (sink);
+  gst_object_unref (srcpad1);
+  gst_object_unref (srcpad2);
+  gst_object_unref (sinkpad);
+  gst_object_unref (funnel_sink1);
+  gst_object_unref (funnel_sink2);
+  check_destroyed (funnel, funnel_sink1, funnel_sink2, NULL);
+  check_destroyed (src1, srcpad1, NULL);
+  check_destroyed (src2, srcpad2, NULL);
+  check_destroyed (sink, sinkpad, NULL);
+  check_destroyed (runner, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+static const gchar * media_info =
+""
+"  "
+"    "
+"       "  /* buffer1 */
+"       " /* buffer2 */
+"       " /* buffer3 */
+"       " /* gonna fail */
+"       "  /* buffer4 */
+"       " /* buffer5 */
+"       " /* buffer6 */
+"       " /* gonna fail */
+"      "
+"      "
+"    "
+"  "
+"";
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
+
+typedef struct _BufferDesc
+{
+  const gchar *content;
+  GstClockTime pts;
+  GstClockTime dts;
+  GstClockTime duration;
+  gboolean keyframe;
+
+  gint num_issues;
+} BufferDesc;
+
+static GstBuffer *
+_create_buffer (BufferDesc * bdesc)
+{
+  gchar *tmp = g_strdup (bdesc->content);
+  GstBuffer *buffer =
+      gst_buffer_new_wrapped (tmp, strlen (tmp) * sizeof (gchar));
+
+  GST_BUFFER_DTS (buffer) = bdesc->dts;
+  GST_BUFFER_PTS (buffer) = bdesc->pts;
+  GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer) = bdesc->duration;
+
+  if (bdesc->keyframe)
+    GST_BUFFER_FLAG_UNSET (buffer, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT);
+  else
+    GST_BUFFER_FLAG_SET (buffer, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT);
+
+  return buffer;
+}
+
+static void
+_check_media_info (GstSegment * segment, BufferDesc * bufs)
+{
+  GList *reports;
+  GstEvent *segev;
+  GstBuffer *buffer;
+  GstElement *decoder;
+  GstPad *srcpad, *sinkpad;
+  GstValidateReport *report;
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+  GstMediaDescriptor *mdesc;
+
+  GError *err = NULL;
+  gint i, num_issues = 0;
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "all", TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+
+  mdesc = (GstMediaDescriptor *)
+      gst_media_descriptor_parser_new_from_xml (runner, media_info, &err);
+
+  decoder = fake_decoder_new ();
+  monitor = _start_monitoring_element (decoder, runner);
+  gst_validate_monitor_set_media_descriptor (monitor, mdesc);
+
+  srcpad = gst_pad_new ("src", GST_PAD_SRC);
+  sinkpad = decoder->sinkpads->data;
+  ASSERT_OBJECT_REFCOUNT (sinkpad, "decoder ref", 1);
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (srcpad, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, TRUE));
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_element_set_state (decoder, GST_STATE_PLAYING),
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS);
+
+  assert_equals_string (gst_pad_link_get_name (gst_pad_link (srcpad, sinkpad)),
+      gst_pad_link_get_name (GST_PAD_LINK_OK));
+
+  gst_check_setup_events_with_stream_id (srcpad, decoder,
+      gst_caps_from_string
+      ("video/x-raw, width=360, height=42, framerate=24/1, pixel-aspect-ratio =1/1, format=AYUV"),
+      GST_FORMAT_TIME, "the-stream");
+
+
+  if (segment) {
+    segev = gst_event_new_segment (segment);
+    fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad, segev));
+  }
+
+  for (i = 0; bufs[i].content != NULL; i++) {
+    BufferDesc *buf = &bufs[i];
+    buffer = _create_buffer (buf);
+
+    assert_equals_string (gst_flow_get_name (gst_pad_push (srcpad, buffer)),
+        gst_flow_get_name (GST_FLOW_OK));
+    reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+
+    num_issues += buf->num_issues;
+    assert_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), num_issues);
+
+    if (buf->num_issues) {
+      GList *tmp = g_list_nth (reports, num_issues - buf->num_issues);
+
+      while (tmp) {
+        report = tmp->data;
+
+        fail_unless_equals_int (report->level,
+            GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING);
+        fail_unless_equals_int (report->issue->issue_id, WRONG_BUFFER);
+        tmp = tmp->next;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* clean up */
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (sinkpad, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, FALSE));
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_element_set_state (decoder, GST_STATE_NULL),
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS);
+
+  gst_object_unref (srcpad);
+  check_destroyed (decoder, sinkpad, NULL);
+  check_destroyed (runner, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
+GST_START_TEST (check_media_info)
+{
+  GstSegment segment;
+
+
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+  _check_media_info (NULL,
+      (BufferDesc []) {
+      {
+        .content = "buffer1",
+        .pts = 0,
+        .dts = 0,
+        .duration = 1,
+        .keyframe = TRUE,
+        .num_issues = 0
+      },
+      {
+        .content = "buffer2",
+        .pts = 1,
+        .dts = 1,
+        .duration = 1,
+        .keyframe = FALSE,
+        .num_issues = 0
+      },
+      {
+        .content = "buffer3",
+        .pts = 2,
+        .dts = 2,
+        .duration = 1,
+        .keyframe = FALSE,
+        .num_issues = 0
+      },
+      {
+        .content = "fail please",
+        .pts = 3,
+        .dts = 3,
+        .duration = 1,
+        .keyframe = FALSE,
+        .num_issues = 1
+      },
+      { NULL}
+    });
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
+
+  gst_segment_init (&segment, GST_FORMAT_TIME);
+  /* Segment start is 2, the first buffer is expected (first Keyframe) */
+  segment.start = 2;
+
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+  _check_media_info (&segment,
+      (BufferDesc []) {
+      {
+        .content = "buffer2", /* Wrong checksum */
+        .pts = 0,
+        .dts = 0,
+        .duration = 1,
+        .keyframe = TRUE,
+        .num_issues = 1
+      },
+      { NULL}
+    });
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
+
+  gst_segment_init (&segment, GST_FORMAT_TIME);
+  /* Segment start is 2, the first buffer is expected (first Keyframe) */
+  segment.start = 2;
+
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+  _check_media_info (&segment,
+      (BufferDesc []) {
+      { /*  The right first buffer */
+        .content = "buffer1",
+        .pts = 0,
+        .dts = 0,
+        .duration = 1,
+        .keyframe = TRUE,
+        .num_issues = 0
+      },
+      { NULL}
+    });
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
+
+  gst_segment_init (&segment, GST_FORMAT_TIME);
+  /* Segment start is 6, the 4th buffer is expected (first Keyframe) */
+  segment.start = 6;
+
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+  _check_media_info (&segment,
+      (BufferDesc []) {
+      { /*  The right fourth buffer */
+        .content = "buffer4",
+        .pts = 4,
+        .dts = 4,
+        .duration = 1,
+        .keyframe = TRUE,
+        .num_issues = 0
+      },
+      { NULL}
+    });
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
+
+  gst_segment_init (&segment, GST_FORMAT_TIME);
+  /* Segment start is 6, the 4th buffer is expected (first Keyframe) */
+  segment.start = 6;
+
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+  _check_media_info (&segment,
+      (BufferDesc []) {
+      { /*  The sixth buffer... all wrong! */
+        .content = "buffer6",
+        .pts = 6,
+        .dts = 6,
+        .duration = 1,
+        .keyframe = FALSE,
+        .num_issues = 1
+      },
+      { NULL}
+    });
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+GST_START_TEST (caps_events)
+{
+  GstPad *srcpad, *sinkpad;
+  GstElement *decoder = fake_decoder_new ();
+  GstElement *sink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", NULL);
+  GstBin *pipeline = GST_BIN (gst_pipeline_new ("validate-pipeline"));
+  GList *reports;
+  GstValidateReport *report;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "all", TRUE));
+  runner = _start_monitoring_bin (pipeline);
+
+  gst_bin_add_many (pipeline, decoder, sink, NULL);
+  srcpad = gst_pad_new ("srcpad1", GST_PAD_SRC);
+  sinkpad = decoder->sinkpads->data;
+  gst_pad_link (srcpad, sinkpad);
+
+  gst_element_link (decoder, sink);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_element_set_state (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline),
+          GST_STATE_PLAYING), GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC);
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (srcpad, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, TRUE));
+
+  reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+  assert_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), 0);
+  g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad,
+          gst_event_new_caps (gst_caps_from_string
+              ("video/x-raw, format=AYUV, width=320, height=240, pixel-aspect-ratio=1/1"))));
+  reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+
+  /* Our caps didn't have a framerate, the decoder sink should complain about
+   * that */
+  assert_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), 1);
+  report = reports->data;
+  fail_unless_equals_int (report->level, GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_ISSUE);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (report->issue->issue_id, CAPS_IS_MISSING_FIELD);
+  g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad,
+          gst_event_new_caps (gst_caps_from_string
+              ("video/x-raw, format=AYUV, framerate=24/1, width=(fraction)320, height=240, pixel-aspect-ratio=1/1"))));
+
+  reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+  assert_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), 2);
+  report = reports->next->data;
+  /* A width isn't supposed to be a fraction */
+  fail_unless_equals_int (report->level, GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (report->issue->issue_id, CAPS_FIELD_HAS_BAD_TYPE);
+
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad,
+          gst_event_new_caps (gst_caps_from_string
+              ("video/x-raw, format=AYUV, framerate=24/1, width=320, height=240, pixel-aspect-ratio=1/1"))));
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad,
+          gst_event_new_caps (gst_caps_from_string
+              ("video/x-raw, format=AYUV, framerate=24/1, width=320, height=240, pixel-aspect-ratio=1/1"))));
+
+  reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+  assert_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), 3);
+  report = reports->next->next->data;
+  /* A width isn't supposed to be a fraction */
+  fail_unless_equals_int (report->level, GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING);
+  /* Pushing the same twice isn't very useful */
+  fail_unless_equals_int (report->issue->issue_id, EVENT_CAPS_DUPLICATE);
+
+
+  clean_bus (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline));
+
+  g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+
+  gst_element_set_state (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline), GST_STATE_NULL);
+  _stop_monitoring_bin (pipeline, runner);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+GST_START_TEST (eos_without_segment)
+{
+  GstPad *srcpad, *sinkpad;
+  GstValidateReport *report;
+  GstElement *decoder = fake_decoder_new ();
+  GstElement *sink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", NULL);
+  GstBin *pipeline = GST_BIN (gst_pipeline_new ("validate-pipeline"));
+  GList *reports;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "all", TRUE));
+  runner = _start_monitoring_bin (pipeline);
+
+  gst_bin_add_many (pipeline, decoder, sink, NULL);
+  srcpad = gst_pad_new ("srcpad1", GST_PAD_SRC);
+  sinkpad = decoder->sinkpads->data;
+  gst_pad_link (srcpad, sinkpad);
+
+  gst_element_link (decoder, sink);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_element_set_state (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline),
+          GST_STATE_PLAYING), GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC);
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (srcpad, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, TRUE));
+
+  reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+  assert_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), 0);
+  g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad, gst_event_new_eos ()));
+  reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+
+  /* Getting the issue on the srcpad -> decoder.sinkpad -> decoder->srcpad */
+  assert_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), 3);
+  report = reports->data;
+  fail_unless_equals_int (report->level, GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (report->issue->issue_id, EVENT_EOS_WITHOUT_SEGMENT);
+  clean_bus (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline));
+
+  g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+
+  gst_element_set_state (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline), GST_STATE_NULL);
+  _stop_monitoring_bin (pipeline, runner);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+GST_START_TEST (buffer_timestamp_out_of_received_range)
+{
+  GstPad *srcpad, *sinkpad;
+  GstElement *decoder = fake_decoder_new ();
+  GstElement *sink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", NULL);
+  GstBin *pipeline = GST_BIN (gst_pipeline_new ("validate-pipeline"));
+  GList *reports;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+  GstSegment segment;
+  GstBuffer *buffer;
+  GstPad *decoder_srcpad;
+  GstValidateReport *report;
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "all", TRUE));
+  runner = _start_monitoring_bin (pipeline);
+
+  gst_bin_add_many (pipeline, decoder, sink, NULL);
+  srcpad = gst_pad_new ("srcpad1", GST_PAD_SRC);
+  sinkpad = decoder->sinkpads->data;
+  gst_pad_link (srcpad, sinkpad);
+
+  gst_element_link (decoder, sink);
+  ASSERT_SET_STATE (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline), GST_STATE_PLAYING,
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC);
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (srcpad, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, TRUE));
+
+  gst_segment_init (&segment, GST_FORMAT_TIME);
+  segment.start = 0;
+  segment.stop = GST_SECOND;
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad,
+          gst_event_new_stream_start ("the-stream")));
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad, gst_event_new_segment (&segment)));
+
+  {
+    buffer = gst_buffer_new ();
+    GST_BUFFER_PTS (buffer) = 0 * GST_SECOND;
+    GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer) = 0.1 * GST_SECOND;
+    fail_unless (gst_pad_push (srcpad, buffer) == GST_FLOW_OK);
+  }
+
+  decoder_srcpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (decoder, "src");
+
+  {
+    buffer = gst_buffer_new ();
+    GST_BUFFER_PTS (buffer) = 0.9 * GST_SECOND;
+    GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer) = 0.1 * GST_SECOND;
+    fail_unless (gst_pad_push (decoder_srcpad, buffer) == GST_FLOW_OK);
+  }
+
+  reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+
+  assert_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), 1);
+  report = reports->data;
+  fail_unless_equals_int (report->level, GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (report->issue->issue_id,
+      BUFFER_TIMESTAMP_OUT_OF_RECEIVED_RANGE);
+  g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+
+  gst_element_set_state (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline), GST_STATE_NULL);
+
+  gst_object_unref (decoder_srcpad);
+  gst_object_unref (srcpad);
+
+  _stop_monitoring_bin (pipeline, runner);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+
+GST_START_TEST (flow_error_without_message)
+{
+  GstElement *decoder = fake_decoder_new ();
+  GstElement *src = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesrc", NULL);
+  GstElement *sink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", NULL);
+  GstBin *pipeline = GST_BIN (gst_pipeline_new ("validate-pipeline"));
+  GList *reports;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+  GstValidateReport *report;
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "all", TRUE));
+  runner = _start_monitoring_bin (pipeline);
+
+  gst_bin_add_many (pipeline, src, decoder, sink, NULL);
+  fail_unless (gst_element_link_many (src, decoder, sink, NULL));
+
+
+  FAKE_DECODER (decoder)->return_value = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
+  ASSERT_SET_STATE (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline), GST_STATE_PLAYING,
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC);
+
+  gst_element_get_state (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline), NULL, NULL,
+      GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE);
+
+  reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+
+  fail_unless (g_list_length (reports) >= 1);
+  report = reports->data;
+  fail_unless_equals_int (report->level, GST_VALIDATE_REPORT_LEVEL_WARNING);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (report->issue->issue_id,
+      FLOW_ERROR_WITHOUT_ERROR_MESSAGE);
+  g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+
+  gst_element_set_state (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline), GST_STATE_NULL);
+
+  _stop_monitoring_bin (pipeline, runner);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+
+GST_START_TEST (flow_error_with_message)
+{
+  GstElement *decoder = fake_decoder_new ();
+  GstElement *src = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesrc", NULL);
+  GstElement *sink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", NULL);
+  GstBin *pipeline = GST_BIN (gst_pipeline_new ("validate-pipeline"));
+  GList *reports;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+  GstValidateReport *report;
+  const GError gerror =
+      { G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_FAILED, (gchar *) "fake error" };
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "all", TRUE));
+  runner = _start_monitoring_bin (pipeline);
+
+  gst_bin_add_many (pipeline, src, decoder, sink, NULL);
+  fail_unless (gst_element_link_many (src, decoder, sink, NULL));
+
+  g_object_set (src, "is-live", TRUE, NULL);
+
+  FAKE_DECODER (decoder)->return_value = GST_FLOW_ERROR;
+
+  ASSERT_SET_STATE (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline), GST_STATE_PAUSED,
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_NO_PREROLL);
+
+  gst_element_post_message (decoder,
+      gst_message_new_error (GST_OBJECT (decoder),
+          (GError *) & gerror, "This is a fake error"));
+
+  ASSERT_SET_STATE (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline), GST_STATE_PLAYING,
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC);
+
+  gst_element_get_state (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline), NULL, NULL,
+      GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE);
+
+  reports = gst_validate_runner_get_reports (runner);
+
+  assert_equals_int (g_list_length (reports), 1);
+  report = reports->data;
+  fail_unless_equals_int (report->issue->issue_id, ERROR_ON_BUS);
+  g_list_free_full (reports, (GDestroyNotify) gst_validate_report_unref);
+
+  gst_element_set_state (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline), GST_STATE_NULL);
+
+  _stop_monitoring_bin (pipeline, runner);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+
+
+static Suite *
+gst_validate_suite (void)
+{
+  Suite *s = suite_create ("padmonitor");
+  TCase *tc_chain = tcase_create ("padmonitor");
+  suite_add_tcase (s, tc_chain);
+
+  gst_validate_init ();
+
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, buffer_before_segment);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, buffer_outside_segment);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, buffer_timestamp_out_of_received_range);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, flow_aggregation);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, issue_concatenation);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, check_media_info);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, eos_without_segment);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, caps_events);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, flow_error_without_message);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, flow_error_with_message);
+
+  gst_validate_deinit ();
+  return s;
+}
+
+GST_CHECK_MAIN (gst_validate);
diff --git a/validate/tests/check/validate/reporting.c b/validate/tests/check/validate/reporting.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7246b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/tests/check/validate/reporting.c
@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+/* GstValidate
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Mathieu Duponchelle 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include "test-utils.h"
+
+GST_START_TEST (test_report_levels)
+{
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+  GstObject *pipeline;
+  GError *error = NULL;
+  GstElement *element;
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor, *pipeline_monitor;
+  GstPad *pad;
+
+  /* FIXME: for now the only interface to set the reporting level is through an
+   * environment variable parsed at the time of the runner initialization,
+   * we can simplify that if the runner exposes API for that at some point
+   */
+
+  /* Try to set the default reporting level to ALL, the code is supposed to
+   * be case insensitive */
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "AlL", TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  fail_unless (gst_validate_runner_get_default_reporting_level (runner) ==
+      GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_ALL);
+  g_object_unref (runner);
+
+  /* Try to set the default reporting level to subchain, the code is supposed to
+   * parse numbers as well */
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "2", TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  fail_unless (gst_validate_runner_get_default_reporting_level (runner) ==
+      GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_SYNTHETIC);
+  g_object_unref (runner);
+
+  /* Try to set the reporting level for an object */
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS",
+          "synthetic,test_object:monitor,other_*:all", TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  fail_unless (gst_validate_runner_get_reporting_level_for_name (runner,
+          "test_object") == GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_MONITOR);
+  fail_unless (gst_validate_runner_get_reporting_level_for_name (runner,
+          "other_test_object") == GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_ALL);
+  fail_unless (gst_validate_runner_get_reporting_level_for_name (runner,
+          "dummy_test_object") == GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_UNKNOWN);
+
+  g_object_unref (runner);
+
+  /* Now let's try to see if the created monitors actually understand the
+   * situation they've put themselves into */
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS",
+          "none,pipeline*:monitor,sofake1:all,sofake*::sink:subchain", TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+
+  pipeline = (GstObject *)
+      gst_parse_launch ("fakesrc name=sofake1 ! fakesink name=sofake2", &error);
+  fail_unless (pipeline != NULL);
+  pipeline_monitor =
+      gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GST_OBJECT (pipeline), runner, NULL);
+
+  element = gst_bin_get_by_name (GST_BIN (pipeline), "sofake1");
+  monitor =
+      (GstValidateMonitor *) g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (element),
+      "validate-monitor");
+  fail_unless (gst_validate_reporter_get_reporting_level (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER
+          (monitor)) == GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_ALL);
+
+  pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (element, "src");
+  monitor =
+      (GstValidateMonitor *) g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (pad),
+      "validate-monitor");
+  /* The pad should have inherited the reporting level */
+  fail_unless (gst_validate_reporter_get_reporting_level (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER
+          (monitor)) == GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_ALL);
+  gst_object_unref (pad);
+
+  gst_object_unref (element);
+
+  element = gst_bin_get_by_name (GST_BIN (pipeline), "sofake2");
+  monitor =
+      (GstValidateMonitor *) g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (element),
+      "validate-monitor");
+  /* The element should have inherited its reporting level from the pipeline */
+  fail_unless (gst_validate_reporter_get_reporting_level (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER
+          (monitor)) == GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_MONITOR);
+
+  pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (element, "sink");
+  monitor =
+      (GstValidateMonitor *) g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (pad),
+      "validate-monitor");
+  /* But its pad should not as it falls in the sofake*::sink pattern */
+  fail_unless (gst_validate_reporter_get_reporting_level (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER
+          (monitor)) == GST_VALIDATE_SHOW_SUBCHAIN);
+  gst_object_unref (pad);
+
+  gst_object_unref (element);
+
+  g_object_unref (pipeline_monitor);
+  gst_object_unref (pipeline);
+  g_object_unref (runner);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+static GstPadProbeReturn
+drop_buffers (GstPad * pad, GstPadProbeInfo * info, gpointer unused)
+{
+  return GST_PAD_PROBE_DROP;
+}
+
+static void
+_create_issues (GstValidateRunner * runner)
+{
+  GstPad *srcpad1, *srcpad2, *sinkpad, *funnel_sink1, *funnel_sink2;
+  GstElement *src1, *src2, *sink, *funnel;
+  GstSegment segment;
+  gulong probe_id1, probe_id2;
+
+  src1 = create_and_monitor_element ("fakesrc", "fakesrc1", runner);
+  src2 = create_and_monitor_element ("fakesrc", "fakesrc2", runner);
+  funnel = create_and_monitor_element ("funnel", "funnel", runner);
+  sink = create_and_monitor_element ("fakesink", "fakesink", runner);
+
+  srcpad1 = gst_element_get_static_pad (src1, "src");
+  srcpad2 = gst_element_get_static_pad (src2, "src");
+  funnel_sink1 = gst_element_get_request_pad (funnel, "sink_%u");
+  funnel_sink2 = gst_element_get_request_pad (funnel, "sink_%u");
+  sinkpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (sink, "sink");
+
+  fail_unless (gst_element_link (funnel, sink));
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_link (srcpad1, funnel_sink1) == GST_PAD_LINK_OK);
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_link (srcpad2, funnel_sink2) == GST_PAD_LINK_OK);
+
+  /* There's gonna be some clunkiness in here because of funnel */
+  probe_id1 = gst_pad_add_probe (srcpad1,
+      GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER | GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER_LIST | GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_EVENT_DOWNSTREAM,
+      (GstPadProbeCallback) drop_buffers, NULL, NULL);
+  probe_id2 = gst_pad_add_probe (srcpad2,
+      GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER | GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER_LIST | GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_EVENT_DOWNSTREAM,
+      (GstPadProbeCallback) drop_buffers, NULL, NULL);
+
+  /* We want to handle the src behaviour ourselves */
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (srcpad1, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, TRUE));
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (srcpad2, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, TRUE));
+
+  /* Setup all needed events */
+  gst_segment_init (&segment, GST_FORMAT_TIME);
+  segment.start = 0;
+  segment.stop = GST_SECOND;
+
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad1,
+          gst_event_new_stream_start ("the-stream")));
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad1, gst_event_new_segment (&segment)));
+
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad2,
+          gst_event_new_stream_start ("the-stream")));
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad2, gst_event_new_segment (&segment)));
+
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_element_set_state (funnel, GST_STATE_PLAYING),
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_element_set_state (sink, GST_STATE_PLAYING),
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC);
+
+  /* Send an unexpected flush stop */
+  _gst_check_expecting_log = TRUE;
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad1, gst_event_new_flush_stop (TRUE)));
+
+  /* Once again but on the other funnel sink */
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_push_event (srcpad2, gst_event_new_flush_stop (TRUE)));
+
+  /* clean up */
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (srcpad1, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, FALSE));
+  fail_unless (gst_pad_activate_mode (srcpad2, GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, FALSE));
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_element_set_state (funnel, GST_STATE_NULL),
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS);
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_element_set_state (sink, GST_STATE_NULL),
+      GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS);
+
+  gst_pad_remove_probe (srcpad1, probe_id1);
+  gst_pad_remove_probe (srcpad2, probe_id2);
+
+  gst_object_unref (srcpad1);
+  gst_object_unref (srcpad2);
+  gst_object_unref (sinkpad);
+  gst_object_unref (funnel_sink1);
+  gst_object_unref (funnel_sink2);
+  check_destroyed (funnel, funnel_sink1, funnel_sink2, NULL);
+  check_destroyed (src1, srcpad1, NULL);
+  check_destroyed (src2, srcpad2, NULL);
+  check_destroyed (sink, sinkpad, NULL);
+}
+
+GST_START_TEST (test_global_levels)
+{
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "none", TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  _create_issues (runner);
+  /* None shall pass */
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_validate_runner_get_reports_count (runner), 0);
+  g_object_unref (runner);
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "synthetic", TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  _create_issues (runner);
+  /* Two reports of the same type */
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_validate_runner_get_reports_count (runner), 1);
+  g_object_unref (runner);
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "monitor", TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  _create_issues (runner);
+  /* One report for each pad monitor */
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_validate_runner_get_reports_count (runner), 6);
+  g_object_unref (runner);
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "all", TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  _create_issues (runner);
+  /* One report for each pad monitor, plus one for funnel src and fakesink sink */
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_validate_runner_get_reports_count (runner), 8);
+  g_object_unref (runner);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+GST_START_TEST (test_specific_levels)
+{
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "none,fakesrc1:synthetic",
+          TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  _create_issues (runner);
+  /* One issue should go through the none filter */
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_validate_runner_get_reports_count (runner), 1);
+  g_object_unref (runner);
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "monitor,sink:none",
+          TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  _create_issues (runner);
+  /* 5 issues because all pads will report their own issues separately, except
+   * for the sink which will not report an issue */
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_validate_runner_get_reports_count (runner), 5);
+  g_object_unref (runner);
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "subchain,sink:monitor",
+          TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  _create_issues (runner);
+  /* 3 issues because both fake sources will have subsequent subchains of
+   * issues, and the sink will report its issue separately */
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_validate_runner_get_reports_count (runner), 3);
+  g_object_unref (runner);
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS",
+          "synthetic,fakesrc1:subchain,fakesrc2:subchain,funnel*::src*:monitor",
+          TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  _create_issues (runner);
+  /* 4 issues because the funnel sink issues will be concatenated with the
+   * fakesrc issues, the funnel src will report its issue separately, and the
+   * sink will not find a report immediately upstream */
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_validate_runner_get_reports_count (runner), 4);
+  g_object_unref (runner);
+
+  fail_unless (g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_REPORTING_DETAILS", "none,fakesink*:all",
+          TRUE));
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  _create_issues (runner);
+  /* 2 issues repeated on the fakesink's sink */
+  fail_unless_equals_int (gst_validate_runner_get_reports_count (runner), 2);
+  g_object_unref (runner);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+static Suite *
+gst_validate_suite (void)
+{
+  Suite *s = suite_create ("reporting");
+  TCase *tc_chain = tcase_create ("reporting");
+  suite_add_tcase (s, tc_chain);
+
+  gst_validate_init ();
+
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_report_levels);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_global_levels);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_specific_levels);
+
+  gst_validate_deinit ();
+  return s;
+}
+
+GST_CHECK_MAIN (gst_validate);
diff --git a/validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.c b/validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5159fdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+/* GstValidate
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#include "test-utils.h"
+
+typedef struct _DestroyedObjectStruct
+{
+  GObject *object;
+  gboolean destroyed;
+} DestroyedObjectStruct;
+
+static void
+weak_notify (DestroyedObjectStruct * destroyed, GObject ** object)
+{
+  destroyed->destroyed = TRUE;
+}
+
+void
+check_destroyed (gpointer object_to_unref, gpointer first_object, ...)
+{
+  gint i = 0;
+  GObject *object;
+  GList *objs = NULL, *tmp;
+  DestroyedObjectStruct *destroyed = g_slice_new0 (DestroyedObjectStruct);
+
+  destroyed->object = G_OBJECT (object_to_unref);
+  g_object_weak_ref (G_OBJECT (object_to_unref), (GWeakNotify) weak_notify,
+      destroyed);
+  objs = g_list_prepend (objs, destroyed);
+
+  if (first_object) {
+    va_list varargs;
+
+    object = G_OBJECT (first_object);
+
+    va_start (varargs, first_object);
+    while (object) {
+      destroyed = g_slice_new0 (DestroyedObjectStruct);
+      destroyed->object = object;
+      g_object_weak_ref (object, (GWeakNotify) weak_notify, destroyed);
+      objs = g_list_append (objs, destroyed);
+      object = va_arg (varargs, GObject *);
+    }
+    va_end (varargs);
+  }
+  gst_object_unref (object_to_unref);
+
+  for (tmp = objs; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
+    fail_unless (((DestroyedObjectStruct *) tmp->data)->destroyed == TRUE,
+        "%p is not destroyed (object nb %i)",
+        ((DestroyedObjectStruct *) tmp->data)->object, i);
+    g_slice_free (DestroyedObjectStruct, tmp->data);
+    i++;
+  }
+  g_list_free (objs);
+
+}
+
+void
+clean_bus (GstElement * element)
+{
+  GstBus *bus;
+
+  bus = gst_element_get_bus (element);
+  gst_bus_set_flushing (bus, TRUE);
+  gst_object_unref (bus);
+}
+
+GstValidatePadMonitor *
+get_pad_monitor (GstPad * pad)
+{
+  return g_object_get_data ((GObject *) pad, "validate-monitor");
+}
+
+static GstStaticPadTemplate fake_demuxer_src_template =
+GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src%u",
+    GST_PAD_SRC,
+    GST_PAD_SOMETIMES,
+    GST_STATIC_CAPS ("something")
+    );
+
+static GstStaticPadTemplate fake_demuxer_sink_template =
+GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
+    GST_PAD_SINK,
+    GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
+    GST_STATIC_CAPS ("something")
+    );
+
+static GstFlowReturn
+_demuxer_chain (GstPad * pad, GstObject * self, GstBuffer * buffer)
+{
+  gst_buffer_unref (buffer);
+
+  return FAKE_DEMUXER (self)->return_value;
+}
+
+static void
+fake_demuxer_init (FakeDemuxer * self, gpointer * g_class)
+{
+  GstPad *pad;
+  GstElement *element = GST_ELEMENT (self);
+  GstPadTemplate *pad_template;
+
+  pad_template =
+      gst_element_class_get_pad_template (GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class), "src%u");
+
+  pad = gst_pad_new_from_template (pad_template, "src0");
+  gst_element_add_pad (element, pad);
+
+  pad = gst_pad_new_from_template (pad_template, "src1");
+  gst_element_add_pad (element, pad);
+
+  pad = gst_pad_new_from_template (pad_template, "src2");
+  gst_element_add_pad (element, pad);
+
+  pad_template =
+      gst_element_class_get_pad_template (GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class), "sink");
+  pad = gst_pad_new_from_template (pad_template, "sink");
+  gst_element_add_pad (element, pad);
+
+  self->return_value = GST_FLOW_OK;
+
+  gst_pad_set_chain_function (pad, _demuxer_chain);
+}
+
+static void
+fake_demuxer_class_init (FakeDemuxerClass * self_class)
+{
+  GstElementClass *gstelement_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (self_class);
+
+  gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
+      gst_static_pad_template_get (&fake_demuxer_src_template));
+  gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
+      gst_static_pad_template_get (&fake_demuxer_sink_template));
+  gst_element_class_set_static_metadata (gstelement_class,
+      "Fake Demuxer", "Demuxer", "Some demuxer", "Thibault Saunier");
+}
+
+GType
+fake_demuxer_get_type (void)
+{
+  static volatile gsize type = 0;
+
+  if (g_once_init_enter (&type)) {
+    GType _type;
+    static const GTypeInfo info = {
+      sizeof (FakeDemuxerClass),
+      NULL,
+      NULL,
+      (GClassInitFunc) fake_demuxer_class_init,
+      NULL,
+      NULL,
+      sizeof (FakeDemuxer),
+      0,
+      (GInstanceInitFunc) fake_demuxer_init,
+    };
+
+    _type = g_type_register_static (GST_TYPE_ELEMENT, "FakeDemuxer", &info, 0);
+    g_once_init_leave (&type, _type);
+  }
+  return type;
+}
+
+GstElement *
+fake_demuxer_new (void)
+{
+  return GST_ELEMENT (g_object_new (FAKE_DEMUXER_TYPE, NULL));
+}
+
+GstElement *
+create_and_monitor_element (const gchar * factoryname, const gchar * name,
+    GstValidateRunner * runner)
+{
+  GstElement *element;
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor;
+
+  element = gst_element_factory_make (factoryname, name);
+  if (runner) {
+    monitor =
+        gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GST_OBJECT (element), runner,
+        NULL);
+    fail_unless (GST_IS_VALIDATE_ELEMENT_MONITOR (monitor));
+  }
+
+  return element;
+}
+
+void
+free_element_monitor (GstElement * element)
+{
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor;
+  monitor =
+      (GstValidateMonitor *) g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (element),
+      "validate-monitor");
+
+  g_object_unref (G_OBJECT (monitor));
+}
+
+static GstStaticPadTemplate fake_decoder_src_template =
+GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
+    GST_PAD_SRC,
+    GST_PAD_SOMETIMES,
+    GST_STATIC_CAPS ("video/x-raw")
+    );
+
+static GstStaticPadTemplate fake_decoder_sink_template =
+GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
+    GST_PAD_SINK,
+    GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
+    GST_STATIC_CAPS ("video/x-raw")
+    );
+
+static GstFlowReturn
+_decoder_chain (GstPad * pad, GstObject * self, GstBuffer * buffer)
+{
+  gst_buffer_unref (buffer);
+
+  return FAKE_DECODER (self)->return_value;
+}
+
+static void
+fake_decoder_init (FakeDecoder * self, gpointer * g_class)
+{
+  GstPad *pad;
+  GstElement *element = GST_ELEMENT (self);
+  GstPadTemplate *pad_template;
+
+  pad_template =
+      gst_element_class_get_pad_template (GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class), "src");
+  pad = gst_pad_new_from_template (pad_template, "src");
+  gst_element_add_pad (element, pad);
+
+  pad_template =
+      gst_element_class_get_pad_template (GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class), "sink");
+  pad = gst_pad_new_from_template (pad_template, "sink");
+  gst_element_add_pad (element, pad);
+
+  self->return_value = GST_FLOW_OK;
+
+  gst_pad_set_chain_function (pad, _decoder_chain);
+}
+
+static void
+fake_decoder_class_init (FakeDecoderClass * self_class)
+{
+  GstElementClass *gstelement_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (self_class);
+
+  gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
+      gst_static_pad_template_get (&fake_decoder_src_template));
+  gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
+      gst_static_pad_template_get (&fake_decoder_sink_template));
+  gst_element_class_set_static_metadata (gstelement_class,
+      "Fake Decoder", "Decoder", "Some decoder", "Thibault Saunier");
+}
+
+GType
+fake_decoder_get_type (void)
+{
+  static volatile gsize type = 0;
+
+  if (g_once_init_enter (&type)) {
+    GType _type;
+    static const GTypeInfo info = {
+      sizeof (FakeDecoderClass),
+      NULL,
+      NULL,
+      (GClassInitFunc) fake_decoder_class_init,
+      NULL,
+      NULL,
+      sizeof (FakeDecoder),
+      0,
+      (GInstanceInitFunc) fake_decoder_init,
+    };
+
+    _type = g_type_register_static (GST_TYPE_ELEMENT, "FakeDecoder", &info, 0);
+    g_once_init_leave (&type, _type);
+  }
+  return type;
+}
+
+GstElement *
+fake_decoder_new (void)
+{
+  return GST_ELEMENT (g_object_new (FAKE_DECODER_TYPE, NULL));
+}
diff --git a/validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.h b/validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1854048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/tests/check/validate/test-utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/* GstValidate
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _GST_VALIDATE_TEST_UTILS
+#define _GST_VALIDATE_TEST_UTILS
+
+#include "test-utils.h"
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+void check_destroyed (gpointer object_to_unref, gpointer first_object, ...) G_GNUC_NULL_TERMINATED;
+GstValidateRunner * setup_runner (GstObject * object);
+void clean_bus (GstElement *element);
+GstValidatePadMonitor * get_pad_monitor (GstPad *pad);
+GstElement * create_and_monitor_element (const gchar *factoryname, const gchar *name, GstValidateRunner *runner);
+void free_element_monitor (GstElement *element);
+
+typedef struct {
+  GstElement parent;
+
+  GstFlowReturn return_value;
+} FakeDemuxer;
+
+typedef struct {
+  GstElementClass parent;
+} FakeDemuxerClass;
+
+#define FAKE_DEMUXER_TYPE (fake_demuxer_get_type ())
+#define FAKE_DEMUXER(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), FAKE_DEMUXER_TYPE, FakeDemuxer))
+#define FAKE_DEMUXER_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), FAKE_DEMUXER_TYPE, FakeDemuxerClass))
+#define IS_FAKE_DEMUXER(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), FAKE_DEMUXER_TYPE))
+#define IS_FAKE_DEMUXER_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), FAKE_DEMUXER_TYPE))
+#define FAKE_DEMUXER_GET_CLASS(obj) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), FAKE_DEMUXER_TYPE, FakeDemuxerClass))
+
+GType fake_demuxer_get_type  (void);
+GstElement * fake_demuxer_new (void);
+
+typedef struct {
+  GstElement parent;
+
+  GstFlowReturn return_value;
+} FakeDecoder;
+
+typedef struct {
+  GstElementClass parent;
+} FakeDecoderClass;
+
+#define FAKE_DECODER_TYPE (fake_decoder_get_type ())
+#define FAKE_DECODER(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), FAKE_DECODER_TYPE, FakeDecoder))
+#define FAKE_DECODER_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), FAKE_DECODER_TYPE, FakeDecoderClass))
+#define IS_FAKE_DECODER(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), FAKE_DECODER_TYPE))
+#define IS_FAKE_DECODER_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), FAKE_DECODER_TYPE))
+#define FAKE_DECODER_GET_CLASS(obj) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), FAKE_DECODER_TYPE, FakeDecoderClass))
+
+GType fake_decoder_get_type  (void);
+GstElement * fake_decoder_new (void);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* _GST_VALIDATE_TEST_UTILS */
diff --git a/validate/tools/.gitignore b/validate/tools/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c0414b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/tools/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+gst-validate-1.0
+gst-validate-transcoding-1.0
+gst-validate-media-check-1.0
+gst-validate-images-check-1.0
+gst-validate-1.0-debug
+gst-validate-media-check-1.0-debug
+gst-validate-transcoding-1.0-debug
+gst-validate-images-check-1.0-debug
diff --git a/validate/tools/Makefile.am b/validate/tools/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..236ab2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+bin_PROGRAMS = \
+	gst-validate-@GST_API_VERSION@ \
+	gst-validate-transcoding-@GST_API_VERSION@ \
+	gst-validate-media-check-@GST_API_VERSION@
+
+noinst_PROGRAMS = \
+	gst-validate-@GST_API_VERSION@-debug \
+	gst-validate-transcoding-@GST_API_VERSION@-debug \
+	gst-validate-media-check-@GST_API_VERSION@-debug
+
+bin_SCRIPTS = \
+	gst-validate-launcher
+
+AM_CFLAGS = $(GST_ALL_CFLAGS) $(GST_PBUTILS_CFLAGS)  $(GST_VIDEO_CFLAGS)
+LDADD = $(top_builddir)/gst/validate/libgstvalidate-@GST_API_VERSION@.la $(GST_PBUTILS_LIBS) $(GST_LIBS) $(GST_VIDEO_LIBS)
+
+# The -debug versions are used when running from sources to not confuse
+# valgrind with libtool's wrappers. Those are built with the '-no-install' and
+# so use rpath instead of wrappers.
+gst_validate_@GST_API_VERSION@_SOURCES = gst-validate.c
+gst_validate_@GST_API_VERSION@_CFLAGS = $(GIO_CFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS)
+gst_validate_@GST_API_VERSION@_LDADD = $(GIO_LIBS) $(LDADD)
+
+gst_validate_@GST_API_VERSION@_debug_SOURCES = gst-validate.c
+gst_validate_@GST_API_VERSION@_debug_CFLAGS = $(GIO_CFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS)
+gst_validate_@GST_API_VERSION@_debug_LDADD = $(GIO_LIBS) $(LDADD)
+gst_validate_@GST_API_VERSION@_debug_LDFLAGS = -no-install
+
+gst_validate_transcoding_@GST_API_VERSION@_SOURCES = gst-validate-transcoding.c
+gst_validate_transcoding_@GST_API_VERSION@_debug_SOURCES = gst-validate-transcoding.c
+gst_validate_transcoding_@GST_API_VERSION@_debug_LDFLAGS = -no-install
+
+gst_validate_media_check_@GST_API_VERSION@_SOURCES = gst-validate-media-check.c
+gst_validate_media_check_@GST_API_VERSION@_debug_SOURCES = gst-validate-media-check.c
+gst_validate_media_check_@GST_API_VERSION@_debug_LDFLAGS = -no-install
+
+if HAVE_CAIRO
+bin_PROGRAMS += gst-validate-images-check-@GST_API_VERSION@
+noinst_PROGRAMS += gst-validate-images-check-@GST_API_VERSION@-debug
+
+gst_validate_images_check_@GST_API_VERSION@_SOURCES = gst-validate-images-check.c
+gst_validate_images_check_@GST_API_VERSION@_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/gst-libs/gst/video/libgstvalidatevideo-@GST_API_VERSION@.la $(LDADD)
+gst_validate_images_check_@GST_API_VERSION@_debug_SOURCES = gst-validate-images-check.c
+gst_validate_images_check_@GST_API_VERSION@_debug_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/gst-libs/gst/video/libgstvalidatevideo-@GST_API_VERSION@.la $(LDADD)
+gst_validate_images_check_@GST_API_VERSION@_debug_LDFLAGS = -no-install
+endif
+
+CLEANFILES = $(bin_SCRIPTS)
diff --git a/validate/tools/gst-validate-images-check.c b/validate/tools/gst-validate-images-check.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4b2fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/tools/gst-validate-images-check.c
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Mathieu Duponchelle 
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Raspberry Pi Foundation
+ *  Author: Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include "../gst-libs/gst/video/gstvalidatessim.h"
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+int
+main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  GstValidateSsim *ssim;
+  gint rep_err, ret = 0;
+  GError *err = NULL;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner = NULL;
+  GOptionContext *ctx;
+  const gchar *outfolder = NULL;
+  gfloat mssim = 0, lowest = 1, highest = -1;
+  gdouble min_avg_similarity = 0.95, min_lowest_similarity = -1.0;
+
+  GOptionEntry options[] = {
+    {"min-avg-similarity", 'a', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_DOUBLE,
+          &min_avg_similarity,
+          "The minimum average similarity under which we consider"
+          "the test as failing",
+        NULL},
+    {"min-lowest-similarity", 'l', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_DOUBLE,
+          &min_lowest_similarity,
+          "The minimum 'lowest' similarity under which we consider"
+          "the test as failing",
+        NULL},
+    {"result-output-folder", 'r', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,
+          &outfolder,
+          "The folder in which to store resulting grey scale images"
+          " when the test failed. In that folder you will find"
+          " images with the structural difference between"
+          " the reference frame and the failed one",
+        NULL},
+    {NULL}
+  };
+
+  g_set_prgname ("gst-validate-mages-check-" GST_API_VERSION);
+  ctx = g_option_context_new ("/reference/file/path /compared/file/path");
+
+  g_option_context_set_summary (ctx,
+      "The gst-validate-images-check calculates SSIM (Structural SIMilarity) "
+      " index for the images. And according to min-lowest-similarity and"
+      " min-avg-similarity, it will concider the images similare enough"
+      " or report critical issues in the GstValidate reporting system");
+  g_option_context_add_main_entries (ctx, options, NULL);
+
+  if (!g_option_context_parse (ctx, &argc, &argv, &err)) {
+    g_printerr ("Error initializing: %s\n", err->message);
+    g_option_context_free (ctx);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (argc != 3) {
+    gchar *help = g_option_context_get_help (ctx, FALSE, NULL);
+    g_printerr ("%s", help);
+    g_free (help);
+    g_option_context_free (ctx);
+
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  gst_init (&argc, &argv);
+  gst_validate_init ();
+
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  ssim =
+      gst_validate_ssim_new (runner, min_avg_similarity, min_lowest_similarity);
+
+  gst_validate_ssim_compare_image_files (ssim, argv[1], argv[2], &mssim,
+      &lowest, &highest, outfolder);
+
+  if (!g_file_test (argv[1], G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
+    gst_validate_printf (ssim, "Compared %s with %s, average: %f, Min %f\n",
+        argv[1], argv[2], mssim, lowest);
+  }
+
+  rep_err = gst_validate_runner_exit (runner, TRUE);
+  if (ret == 0) {
+    ret = rep_err;
+    if (rep_err != 0)
+      g_print ("Returning %d as error where found", rep_err);
+  }
+
+  g_object_unref (ssim);
+  g_object_unref (runner);
+  gst_validate_deinit ();
+
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.in b/validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e165f3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/tools/gst-validate-launcher.in
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2014,Thibault Saunier 
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+LIBDIR = '@LIBDIR@'
+GIT_FIRST_HASH = 'da962d096af9460502843e41b7d25fdece7ff1c2'
+
+
+def _get_git_first_hash(path):
+    cdir = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)
+    try:
+        os.chdir(path)
+        res = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'rev-list', '--max-parents=0', 'HEAD']).rstrip('\n')
+    except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, OSError):
+        res = ''
+    finally:
+        os.chdir(cdir)
+
+    return res
+
+
+def _in_devel():
+    root_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+                                                            "..", "..", "..")))
+    return _get_git_first_hash(root_dir) == GIT_FIRST_HASH
+
+
+def _add_gst_launcher_path():
+    if not _in_devel():
+        root = os.path.join(LIBDIR, 'gst-validate-launcher', 'python')
+    else:
+        print "Running with development path"
+        dir_ = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+        root = os.path.split(dir_)[0]
+
+    sys.path.insert(0, root)
+    return os.path.join(root, "launcher")
+
+
+if "__main__" == __name__:
+    libsdir = _add_gst_launcher_path()
+    from launcher.main import main
+    exit(main(libsdir))
diff --git a/validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c b/validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b4f6de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/tools/gst-validate-media-check.c
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  Author: Thiago Sousa Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-media-check.c - Media Check CLI tool
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+int
+main (int argc, gchar ** argv)
+{
+  GOptionContext *ctx;
+
+  guint ret = 0;
+  GError *err = NULL;
+  gboolean full = FALSE;
+  gchar *output_file = NULL;
+  gchar *expected_file = NULL;
+  gchar *output = NULL;
+  GstMediaDescriptorWriter *writer = NULL;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner = NULL;
+  GstMediaDescriptorParser *reference = NULL;
+
+  GOptionEntry options[] = {
+    {"output-file", 'o', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME,
+          &output_file, "The output file to store the results",
+        NULL},
+    {"full", 'f', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,
+          &full, "Fully analyze the file frame by frame",
+        NULL},
+    {"expected-results", 'e', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME,
+          &expected_file, "Path to file containing the expected results "
+          "(or the last results found) for comparison with new results",
+        NULL},
+    {NULL}
+  };
+
+  g_set_prgname ("gst-validate-media-check-" GST_API_VERSION);
+  ctx = g_option_context_new ("[URI]");
+  g_option_context_set_summary (ctx, "Analyzes a media file and writes "
+      "the results to stdout or a file. Can also compare the results found "
+      "with another results file for identifying regressions. The monitoring"
+      " lib from gst-validate will be enabled during the tests to identify "
+      "issues with the gstreamer elements involved with the media file's "
+      "container and codec types");
+  g_option_context_add_main_entries (ctx, options, NULL);
+
+  if (!g_option_context_parse (ctx, &argc, &argv, &err)) {
+    g_printerr ("Error initializing: %s\n", err->message);
+    g_option_context_free (ctx);
+    exit (1);
+  }
+
+  gst_init (&argc, &argv);
+  gst_validate_init ();
+
+  if (argc != 2) {
+    gchar *msg = g_option_context_get_help (ctx, TRUE, NULL);
+    g_printerr ("%s\n", msg);
+    g_free (msg);
+    g_option_context_free (ctx);
+    ret = 1;
+    goto out;
+  }
+  g_option_context_free (ctx);
+
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  writer =
+      gst_media_descriptor_writer_new_discover (runner, argv[1], full, TRUE,
+      &err);
+  if (writer == NULL) {
+    g_print ("Could not discover file: %s\n", argv[1]);
+    ret = 1;
+    goto out;
+  }
+
+  if (output_file)
+    gst_media_descriptor_writer_write (writer, output_file);
+
+  if (expected_file) {
+    reference = gst_media_descriptor_parser_new (runner, expected_file, &err);
+
+    if (reference == NULL) {
+      g_print ("Could not parse file: %s\n", expected_file);
+      ret = 1;
+      goto out;
+    }
+
+    gst_media_descriptors_compare (GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR (reference),
+        GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR (writer));
+  } else {
+    output = gst_media_descriptor_writer_serialize (writer);
+    g_print ("Media info:\n%s\n", output);
+    g_free (output);
+  }
+
+  ret = gst_validate_runner_exit (runner, TRUE);
+  if (ret && expected_file) {
+    output = gst_media_descriptor_writer_serialize (writer);
+    g_print ("Media info:\n%s\n", output);
+    g_free (output);
+  }
+
+out:
+  g_free (output_file);
+  g_free (expected_file);
+
+  if (reference)
+    gst_object_unref (reference);
+  if (writer)
+    gst_object_unref (writer);
+  if (runner)
+    gst_object_unref (runner);
+  gst_deinit ();
+  gst_validate_deinit ();
+
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c b/validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04f5895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/tools/gst-validate-transcoding.c
@@ -0,0 +1,966 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  Author: Thibault Saunier 
+ *
+ * gst-validate-transcoding.c - CLI tool to validate transcoding operations
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+
+#ifdef G_OS_UNIX
+#include 
+#endif
+
+#include 
+
+static gint ret = 0;
+static GMainLoop *mainloop;
+static GstElement *pipeline, *encodebin;
+static GstEncodingProfile *encoding_profile = NULL;
+static gboolean eos_on_shutdown = FALSE;
+static gboolean force_reencoding = FALSE;
+static GList *all_raw_caps = NULL;
+
+static gboolean buffering = FALSE;
+static gboolean is_live = FALSE;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  volatile gint refcount;
+
+  GstSegment segment;           /* The currently configured segment */
+
+  /* FIXME Do we need a weak ref here? */
+  GstValidateScenario *scenario;
+  guint count_bufs;
+  gboolean seen_event;
+  GstClockTime running_time;
+
+  /* Make sure to remove all probes when we are done */
+  gboolean done;
+
+} KeyUnitProbeInfo;
+
+/* This is used to
+ *  1) Make sure we receive the event
+ *  2) Count the number of frames that were not KF seen after the event
+ */
+#define FORCE_KF_DATA_NAME "force-key-unit"
+#define NOT_KF_AFTER_FORCE_KF_EVT_TOLERANCE 1
+
+#ifdef G_OS_UNIX
+static gboolean
+intr_handler (gpointer user_data)
+{
+  g_print ("interrupt received.\n");
+
+  if (eos_on_shutdown) {
+    g_print ("Sending EOS to the pipeline\n");
+    eos_on_shutdown = FALSE;
+    gst_element_send_event (GST_ELEMENT_CAST (user_data), gst_event_new_eos ());
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+  g_main_loop_quit (mainloop);
+
+  /* remove signal handler */
+  return FALSE;
+}
+#endif /* G_OS_UNIX */
+
+static void
+key_unit_data_unref (KeyUnitProbeInfo * info)
+{
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (g_atomic_int_dec_and_test (&info->refcount))) {
+    g_slice_free (KeyUnitProbeInfo, info);
+  }
+}
+
+static KeyUnitProbeInfo *
+key_unit_data_ref (KeyUnitProbeInfo * info)
+{
+  g_atomic_int_inc (&info->refcount);
+
+  return info;
+}
+
+static KeyUnitProbeInfo *
+key_unit_data_new (GstValidateScenario * scenario, GstClockTime running_time)
+{
+  KeyUnitProbeInfo *info = g_slice_new0 (KeyUnitProbeInfo);
+  info->refcount = 1;
+
+  info->scenario = scenario;
+  info->running_time = running_time;
+
+  return info;
+}
+
+static GstPadProbeReturn
+_check_is_key_unit_cb (GstPad * pad, GstPadProbeInfo * info,
+    KeyUnitProbeInfo * kuinfo)
+{
+  if (GST_IS_EVENT (GST_PAD_PROBE_INFO_DATA (info))) {
+    if (gst_video_event_is_force_key_unit (GST_PAD_PROBE_INFO_DATA (info)))
+      kuinfo->seen_event = TRUE;
+    else if (GST_EVENT_TYPE (info->data) == GST_EVENT_SEGMENT &&
+        GST_PAD_DIRECTION (pad) == GST_PAD_SRC) {
+      const GstSegment *segment = NULL;
+
+      gst_event_parse_segment (info->data, &segment);
+      kuinfo->segment = *segment;
+    }
+  } else if (GST_IS_BUFFER (GST_PAD_PROBE_INFO_DATA (info))
+      && kuinfo->seen_event) {
+
+    if (GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (kuinfo->running_time)) {
+      GstClockTime running_time = gst_segment_to_running_time (&kuinfo->segment,
+          GST_FORMAT_TIME, GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (info->data));
+
+      if (running_time < kuinfo->running_time)
+        return GST_PAD_PROBE_OK;
+    }
+
+    if (GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IS_SET (GST_PAD_PROBE_INFO_BUFFER (info),
+            GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT)) {
+      if (kuinfo->count_bufs >= NOT_KF_AFTER_FORCE_KF_EVT_TOLERANCE) {
+        GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (kuinfo->scenario,
+            SCENARIO_ACTION_EXECUTION_ERROR,
+            "Did not receive a key frame after requested one, "
+            " at running_time %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " (with a %i "
+            "frame tolerance)", GST_TIME_ARGS (kuinfo->running_time),
+            NOT_KF_AFTER_FORCE_KF_EVT_TOLERANCE);
+
+        return GST_PAD_PROBE_REMOVE;
+      }
+
+      kuinfo->count_bufs++;
+    } else {
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (kuinfo->scenario,
+          "Properly got keyframe after \"force-keyframe\" event "
+          "with running_time %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " (latency %d frame(s))",
+          GST_TIME_ARGS (kuinfo->running_time), kuinfo->count_bufs);
+
+      return GST_PAD_PROBE_REMOVE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return GST_PAD_PROBE_OK;
+}
+
+static int
+_find_video_encoder (GValue * velement, gpointer udata)
+{
+  GstElement *element = g_value_get_object (velement);
+
+  const gchar *klass =
+      gst_element_class_get_metadata (GST_ELEMENT_GET_CLASS (element),
+      GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_KLASS);
+
+  if (g_strstr_len (klass, -1, "Video") && g_strstr_len (klass, -1, "Encoder")) {
+
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  return !0;
+}
+
+
+static gboolean
+_execute_request_key_unit (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  guint count;
+  GstIterator *iter;
+  gboolean all_headers;
+
+  gboolean ret = TRUE;
+  GValue result = { 0, };
+  GstEvent *event = NULL;
+  GstQuery *segment_query;
+  KeyUnitProbeInfo *info = NULL;
+  GstElement *video_encoder = NULL;
+  GstPad *pad = NULL, *encoder_srcpad = NULL;
+  GstClockTime running_time = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+  const gchar *direction = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure,
+      "direction");
+
+  iter = gst_bin_iterate_recurse (GST_BIN (encodebin));
+  if (!gst_iterator_find_custom (iter,
+          (GCompareFunc) _find_video_encoder, &result, NULL)) {
+    g_error ("Could not find any video encode");
+
+    goto fail;
+  }
+
+  gst_iterator_free (iter);
+  video_encoder = g_value_get_object (&result);
+  encoder_srcpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (video_encoder, "src");
+
+  if (!encoder_srcpad) {
+    GST_FIXME ("Implement weird encoder management");
+    g_error ("We do not handle encoder with not static srcpad");
+
+    goto fail;
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_action_get_clocktime (scenario, action,
+      "running-time", &running_time);
+
+  if (gst_structure_get_boolean (action->structure, "all-headers",
+          &all_headers)) {
+    g_error ("Missing field: all-headers");
+
+    goto fail;
+  }
+
+  if (!gst_structure_get_uint (action->structure, "count", &count)) {
+    if (!gst_structure_get_int (action->structure, "count", (gint *) & count)) {
+      g_error ("Missing field: count");
+
+      goto fail;
+    }
+  }
+
+  info = key_unit_data_new (scenario, running_time);
+  if (g_strcmp0 (direction, "upstream") == 0) {
+    event = gst_video_event_new_upstream_force_key_unit (running_time,
+        all_headers, count);
+
+    pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (video_encoder, "src");
+    gst_pad_add_probe (encoder_srcpad,
+        GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_EVENT_UPSTREAM,
+        (GstPadProbeCallback) _check_is_key_unit_cb,
+        key_unit_data_ref (info), (GDestroyNotify) key_unit_data_unref);
+  } else if (g_strcmp0 (direction, "downstream") == 0) {
+    GstClockTime timestamp = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE,
+        stream_time = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+
+    pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (video_encoder, "sink");
+    if (!pad) {
+      GST_FIXME ("Implement weird encoder management");
+      g_error ("We do not handle encoder with not static sinkpad");
+
+      goto fail;
+    }
+
+    gst_validate_action_get_clocktime (scenario, action,
+        "timestamp", ×tamp);
+
+    gst_validate_action_get_clocktime (scenario, action,
+        "stream-time", &stream_time);
+
+    event =
+        gst_video_event_new_downstream_force_key_unit (timestamp, stream_time,
+        running_time, all_headers, count);
+
+    gst_pad_add_probe (pad,
+        GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_EVENT_DOWNSTREAM,
+        (GstPadProbeCallback) _check_is_key_unit_cb,
+        key_unit_data_ref (info), (GDestroyNotify) key_unit_data_unref);
+  } else {
+    g_error ("request keyunit direction %s invalide (should be in"
+        " [downstrean, upstream]", direction);
+
+    goto fail;
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_printf (action, "Sendings a \"force key unit\" event %s\n",
+      direction);
+
+  segment_query = gst_query_new_segment (GST_FORMAT_TIME);
+  gst_pad_query (encoder_srcpad, segment_query);
+
+  gst_query_parse_segment (segment_query, &(info->segment.rate),
+      &(info->segment.format),
+      (gint64 *) & (info->segment.start), (gint64 *) & (info->segment.stop));
+
+  gst_pad_add_probe (encoder_srcpad,
+      GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER | GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_EVENT_DOWNSTREAM,
+      (GstPadProbeCallback) _check_is_key_unit_cb, info,
+      (GDestroyNotify) key_unit_data_unref);
+
+
+  if (!gst_pad_send_event (pad, event)) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario, SCENARIO_ACTION_EXECUTION_ERROR,
+        "Could not send \"force key unit\" event %s", direction);
+    goto fail;
+  }
+
+done:
+  if (video_encoder)
+    gst_object_unref (video_encoder);
+  if (pad)
+    gst_object_unref (pad);
+  if (encoder_srcpad)
+    gst_object_unref (encoder_srcpad);
+
+  return ret;
+
+fail:
+  ret = FALSE;
+  goto done;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_execute_set_restriction (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  GstCaps *caps;
+  GType profile_type = G_TYPE_NONE;
+  const gchar *restriction_caps, *profile_type_name, *profile_name;
+
+  restriction_caps =
+      gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "restriction-caps");
+  profile_type_name =
+      gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "profile-type");
+  profile_name = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "profile-name");
+
+  if (profile_type_name) {
+    profile_type = g_type_from_name (profile_type_name);
+
+    if (profile_type == G_TYPE_NONE) {
+      g_error ("Profile name %s not known", profile_name);
+
+      return FALSE;
+    } else if (profile_type == GST_TYPE_ENCODING_CONTAINER_PROFILE) {
+      g_error ("Can not set restrictions on container profiles");
+
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+  } else if (profile_name == NULL) {
+    if (g_strrstr (restriction_caps, "audio/x-raw") == restriction_caps)
+      profile_type = GST_TYPE_ENCODING_AUDIO_PROFILE;
+    else if (g_strrstr (restriction_caps, "video/x-raw") == restriction_caps)
+      profile_type = GST_TYPE_ENCODING_VIDEO_PROFILE;
+    else {
+      g_error
+          ("No information on what profiles to apply action, you should set either"
+          "profile_name or profile_type_name and the caps %s give us no hint",
+          restriction_caps);
+
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  caps = gst_caps_from_string (restriction_caps);
+  if (caps == NULL) {
+    g_error ("Could not parse caps: %s", restriction_caps);
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  if (GST_IS_ENCODING_CONTAINER_PROFILE (encoding_profile)) {
+    gboolean found = FALSE;
+    const GList *tmp;
+
+    for (tmp =
+        gst_encoding_container_profile_get_profiles
+        (GST_ENCODING_CONTAINER_PROFILE (encoding_profile)); tmp;
+        tmp = tmp->next) {
+      GstEncodingProfile *profile = tmp->data;
+
+      if (profile_type != G_TYPE_NONE
+          && G_OBJECT_TYPE (profile) == profile_type) {
+        gst_encoding_profile_set_restriction (profile, gst_caps_copy (caps));
+        found = TRUE;
+      } else if (profile_name
+          && g_strcmp0 (gst_encoding_profile_get_name (profile),
+              profile_name) == 0) {
+        gst_encoding_profile_set_restriction (profile, gst_caps_copy (caps));
+        found = TRUE;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!found) {
+      g_error ("Could not find profile for %s%s",
+          profile_type_name ? profile_type_name : "",
+          profile_name ? profile_name : "");
+
+      gst_caps_unref (caps);
+      return FALSE;
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (profile_type != G_TYPE_NONE) {
+    gst_validate_printf (action,
+        "setting caps to %s on profiles of type %s\n",
+        restriction_caps, g_type_name (profile_type));
+  } else {
+    gst_validate_printf (action, "setting caps to %s on profile %s\n",
+        restriction_caps, profile_name);
+
+  }
+
+  gst_caps_unref (caps);
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+bus_callback (GstBus * bus, GstMessage * message, gpointer data)
+{
+  GMainLoop *loop = data;
+  switch (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (message)) {
+    case GST_MESSAGE_STATE_CHANGED:
+    {
+      if (GST_MESSAGE_SRC (message) == GST_OBJECT_CAST (pipeline)) {
+        gchar *dotname;
+        GstState old, new, pending;
+
+        gst_message_parse_state_changed (message, &old, &new, &pending);
+
+        if (new == GST_STATE_PLAYING) {
+          GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE_WITH_TS (GST_BIN (pipeline),
+              GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_ALL, "gst-validate-transcode.playing");
+        }
+
+        dotname = g_strdup_printf ("gst-validate-transcoding.%s_%s",
+            gst_element_state_get_name (old), gst_element_state_get_name (new));
+
+        GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE_WITH_TS (GST_BIN (pipeline),
+            GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_ALL, dotname);
+        g_free (dotname);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case GST_MESSAGE_ERROR:
+    {
+      g_main_loop_quit (loop);
+      break;
+    }
+    case GST_MESSAGE_EOS:
+      if (!g_getenv ("GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO"))
+        g_main_loop_quit (loop);
+      break;
+    case GST_MESSAGE_BUFFERING:{
+      gint percent;
+
+      if (!buffering) {
+        g_print ("\n");
+      }
+
+      gst_message_parse_buffering (message, &percent);
+      g_print ("%s %d%%  \r", "Buffering...", percent);
+
+      /* no state management needed for live pipelines */
+      if (is_live)
+        break;
+
+      if (percent == 100) {
+        /* a 100% message means buffering is done */
+        if (buffering) {
+          buffering = FALSE;
+          gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
+        }
+      } else {
+        /* buffering... */
+        if (!buffering) {
+          gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PAUSED);
+          buffering = TRUE;
+        }
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case GST_MESSAGE_REQUEST_STATE:
+    {
+      GstState state;
+
+      gst_message_parse_request_state (message, &state);
+
+      if (GST_IS_VALIDATE_SCENARIO (GST_MESSAGE_SRC (message))
+          && state == GST_STATE_NULL) {
+        GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (GST_MESSAGE_SRC (message),
+            SCENARIO_ACTION_EXECUTION_ISSUE,
+            "Force stopping a transcoding pipeline is not recommanded"
+            " you should make sure to finalize it using a EOS event");
+
+        gst_validate_printf (pipeline, "State change request NULL, "
+            "quiting mainloop\n");
+        g_main_loop_quit (mainloop);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void
+pad_added_cb (GstElement * uridecodebin, GstPad * pad, GstElement * encodebin)
+{
+  GstCaps *caps;
+  GstPad *sinkpad = NULL;
+
+  caps = gst_pad_query_caps (pad, NULL);
+
+  /* Ask encodebin for a compatible pad */
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (uridecodebin, "Pad added, caps: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, caps);
+
+  g_signal_emit_by_name (encodebin, "request-pad", caps, &sinkpad);
+  if (caps)
+    gst_caps_unref (caps);
+
+  if (sinkpad == NULL) {
+    GST_WARNING ("Couldn't get an encoding pad for pad %s:%s\n",
+        GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (pad));
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (gst_pad_link (pad, sinkpad) != GST_PAD_LINK_OK)) {
+    GstCaps *othercaps = gst_pad_get_current_caps (sinkpad);
+    caps = gst_pad_get_current_caps (pad);
+
+    GST_ERROR ("Couldn't link pads \n\n%" GST_PTR_FORMAT "\n\n  and \n\n %"
+        GST_PTR_FORMAT "\n\n", caps, othercaps);
+
+    gst_caps_unref (caps);
+    gst_caps_unref (othercaps);
+  }
+
+  gst_object_unref (sinkpad);
+  return;
+}
+
+static void
+create_transcoding_pipeline (gchar * uri, gchar * outuri)
+{
+  GstElement *src, *sink;
+
+  pipeline = gst_pipeline_new ("encoding-pipeline");
+  src = gst_element_factory_make ("uridecodebin", NULL);
+
+  encodebin = gst_element_factory_make ("encodebin", NULL);
+  g_object_set (encodebin, "avoid-reencoding", !force_reencoding, NULL);
+  sink = gst_element_make_from_uri (GST_URI_SINK, outuri, "sink", NULL);
+  g_assert (sink);
+
+  g_object_set (src, "uri", uri, NULL);
+  g_object_set (encodebin, "profile", encoding_profile, NULL);
+
+  g_signal_connect (src, "pad-added", G_CALLBACK (pad_added_cb), encodebin);
+
+  gst_bin_add_many (GST_BIN (pipeline), src, encodebin, sink, NULL);
+  gst_element_link (encodebin, sink);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_parse_encoding_profile (const gchar * option_name, const gchar * value,
+    gpointer udata, GError ** error)
+{
+  GstCaps *caps;
+  char *preset_name = NULL;
+  gchar **restriction_format, **preset_v;
+
+  guint i, presence = 0;
+  GstCaps *restrictioncaps = NULL;
+  gchar **strpresence_v, **strcaps_v = g_strsplit (value, ":", 0);
+
+  if (strcaps_v[0] && *strcaps_v[0]) {
+    caps = gst_caps_from_string (strcaps_v[0]);
+    if (caps == NULL) {
+      g_printerr ("Could not parse caps %s", strcaps_v[0]);
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+    encoding_profile =
+        GST_ENCODING_PROFILE (gst_encoding_container_profile_new
+        ("User profile", "User profile", caps, NULL));
+    gst_caps_unref (caps);
+  } else {
+    encoding_profile = NULL;
+  }
+
+  for (i = 1; strcaps_v[i]; i++) {
+    GstEncodingProfile *profile = NULL;
+    gchar *strcaps, *strpresence;
+
+    restriction_format = g_strsplit (strcaps_v[i], "->", 0);
+    if (restriction_format[1]) {
+      restrictioncaps = gst_caps_from_string (restriction_format[0]);
+      strcaps = g_strdup (restriction_format[1]);
+    } else {
+      restrictioncaps = NULL;
+      strcaps = g_strdup (restriction_format[0]);
+    }
+    g_strfreev (restriction_format);
+
+    preset_v = g_strsplit (strcaps, "+", 0);
+    if (preset_v[1]) {
+      strpresence = preset_v[1];
+      g_free (strcaps);
+      strcaps = g_strdup (preset_v[0]);
+    } else {
+      strpresence = preset_v[0];
+    }
+
+    strpresence_v = g_strsplit (strpresence, "|", 0);
+    if (strpresence_v[1]) {     /* We have a presence */
+      gchar *endptr;
+
+      if (preset_v[1]) {        /* We have preset and presence */
+        preset_name = g_strdup (strpresence_v[0]);
+      } else {                  /* We have a presence but no preset */
+        g_free (strcaps);
+        strcaps = g_strdup (strpresence_v[0]);
+      }
+
+      presence = strtoll (strpresence_v[1], &endptr, 10);
+      if (endptr == strpresence_v[1]) {
+        g_printerr ("Wrong presence %s\n", strpresence_v[1]);
+
+        return FALSE;
+      }
+    } else {                    /* We have no presence */
+      if (preset_v[1]) {        /* Not presence but preset */
+        preset_name = g_strdup (preset_v[1]);
+        g_free (strcaps);
+        strcaps = g_strdup (preset_v[0]);
+      }                         /* Else we have no presence nor preset */
+    }
+    g_strfreev (strpresence_v);
+    g_strfreev (preset_v);
+
+    GST_DEBUG ("Creating preset with restrictions: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT
+        ", caps: %s, preset %s, presence %d", restrictioncaps, strcaps,
+        preset_name ? preset_name : "none", presence);
+
+    caps = gst_caps_from_string (strcaps);
+    g_free (strcaps);
+    if (caps == NULL) {
+      g_warning ("Could not create caps for %s", strcaps_v[i]);
+
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    all_raw_caps = g_list_append (all_raw_caps, gst_caps_copy (caps));
+    if (g_str_has_prefix (strcaps_v[i], "audio/")) {
+      profile = GST_ENCODING_PROFILE (gst_encoding_audio_profile_new (caps,
+              preset_name, restrictioncaps, presence));
+    } else if (g_str_has_prefix (strcaps_v[i], "video/") ||
+        g_str_has_prefix (strcaps_v[i], "image/")) {
+      profile = GST_ENCODING_PROFILE (gst_encoding_video_profile_new (caps,
+              preset_name, restrictioncaps, presence));
+    }
+
+    g_free (preset_name);
+    gst_caps_unref (caps);
+    if (restrictioncaps)
+      gst_caps_unref (restrictioncaps);
+
+    if (profile == NULL) {
+      g_warning ("No way to create a preset for caps: %s", strcaps_v[i]);
+
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    if (encoding_profile) {
+      if (gst_encoding_container_profile_add_profile
+          (GST_ENCODING_CONTAINER_PROFILE (encoding_profile),
+              profile) == FALSE) {
+        g_warning ("Can not create a preset for caps: %s", strcaps_v[i]);
+
+        return FALSE;
+      }
+    } else {
+      encoding_profile = profile;
+    }
+  }
+  g_strfreev (strcaps_v);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void
+_register_actions (void)
+{
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+  gst_validate_register_action_type ("set-restriction", "validate-transcoding", _execute_set_restriction,
+      (GstValidateActionParameter []) {
+        {
+          .name = "restriction-caps",
+          .description = "The restriction caps to set on the encodebin"
+                         "encoding profile.\nSee gst_encoding_profile_set_restriction()",
+          .mandatory = TRUE,
+          .types = "GstCaps serialized as a string"
+        },
+        {NULL}
+      },
+      "Change the restriction caps on the fly",
+      FALSE);
+
+  gst_validate_register_action_type ("video-request-key-unit", "validate-transcoding",
+      _execute_request_key_unit,
+      (GstValidateActionParameter []) {
+        {
+          .name = "direction",
+          .description = "The direction for the event to travel, should be in\n"
+                          "  * [upstream, downstream]",
+          .mandatory = TRUE,
+          .types = "string",
+          NULL
+        },
+        {
+          .name = "running-time",
+          .description = "The running_time can be set to request a new key unit at a specific running_time.\n"
+                          "If not set, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE will be used so upstream elements will produce a new key unit"
+                          "as soon as possible.",
+          .mandatory = FALSE,
+          .types = "double or string",
+          .possible_variables = "position: The current position in the stream\n"
+            "duration: The duration of the stream",
+          NULL
+        },
+        {
+          .name = "all-headers",
+          .description = "TRUE to produce headers when starting a new key unit",
+          .mandatory = TRUE,
+          .types = "boolean",
+          NULL
+        },
+        {
+          .name = "count",
+          .description = "integer that can be used to number key units",
+          .mandatory = TRUE,
+          .types = "int",
+          NULL
+        },
+        {NULL}
+      },
+      "Request a video key unit", FALSE);
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
+}
+
+int
+main (int argc, gchar ** argv)
+{
+  guint i;
+  GstBus *bus;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor;
+  GOptionContext *ctx;
+  int rep_err;
+  GstStateChangeReturn sret;
+  gchar *output_file = NULL;
+
+#ifdef G_OS_UNIX
+  guint signal_watch_id;
+#endif
+
+  GError *err = NULL;
+  const gchar *scenario = NULL, *configs = NULL;
+  gboolean want_help = FALSE;
+  gboolean list_scenarios = FALSE, inspect_action_type = FALSE;
+
+  GOptionEntry options[] = {
+    {"output-format", 'o', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK, &_parse_encoding_profile,
+          "Set the properties to use for the encoding profile "
+          "(in case of transcoding.) For example:\n"
+          "video/mpegts:video/x-raw-yuv,width=1920,height=1080->video/x-h264:audio/x-ac3\n"
+          "A preset name can be used by adding +presetname, eg:\n"
+          "video/webm:video/x-vp8+mypreset:audio/x-vorbis\n"
+          "The presence property of the profile can be specified with |, eg:\n"
+          "video/webm:video/x-vp8|:audio/x-vorbis\n",
+        "properties-values"},
+    {"set-scenario", '\0', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &scenario,
+        "Let you set a scenario, it can be a full path to a scenario file"
+          " or the name of the scenario (name of the file without the"
+          " '.scenario' extension).", NULL},
+    {"set-configs", '\0', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &configs,
+          "Let you set a config scenario, the scenario needs to be set as 'config"
+          "' you can specify a list of scenario separated by ':'"
+          " it will override the GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO environment variable,",
+        NULL},
+    {"eos-on-shutdown", 'e', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &eos_on_shutdown,
+        "If an EOS event should be sent to the pipeline if an interrupt is "
+          "received, instead of forcing the pipeline to stop. Sending an EOS "
+          "will allow the transcoding to finish the files properly before "
+          "exiting.", NULL},
+    {"list-scenarios", 'l', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &list_scenarios,
+        "List the avalaible scenarios that can be run", NULL},
+    {"inspect-action-type", 't', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &inspect_action_type,
+          "Inspect the avalaible action types with which to write scenarios"
+          " if no parameter passed, it will list all avalaible action types"
+          " otherwize will print the full description of the wanted types",
+        NULL},
+    {"scenarios-defs-output-file", '\0', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME,
+          &output_file, "The output file to store scenarios details. "
+          "Implies --list-scenario",
+        NULL},
+    {"force-reencoding", 'r', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &force_reencoding,
+        "Whether to try to force reencoding, meaning trying to only remux "
+          "if possible(default: TRUE)", NULL},
+    {NULL}
+  };
+
+  /* There is a bug that make gst_init remove the help param when initializing,
+   * it is FIXED in 1.0 */
+  for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+    if (!g_strcmp0 (argv[i], "--help") || !g_strcmp0 (argv[i], "-h"))
+      want_help = TRUE;
+  }
+
+  if (!want_help)
+    gst_init (&argc, &argv);
+
+  g_set_prgname ("gst-validate-transcoding-" GST_API_VERSION);
+  ctx = g_option_context_new ("[input-uri] [output-uri]");
+  g_option_context_set_summary (ctx, "Transcodes input-uri to output-uri, "
+      "using the given encoding profile. The pipeline will be monitored for "
+      "possible issues detection using the gst-validate lib."
+      "\nCan also perform file conformance"
+      "tests after transcoding to make sure the result is correct");
+  g_option_context_add_main_entries (ctx, options, NULL);
+  if (want_help) {
+    g_option_context_add_group (ctx, gst_init_get_option_group ());
+  }
+
+  if (!g_option_context_parse (ctx, &argc, &argv, &err)) {
+    g_printerr ("Error initializing: %s\n", err->message);
+    g_option_context_free (ctx);
+    exit (1);
+  }
+
+  g_option_context_free (ctx);
+
+  if (scenario || configs) {
+    gchar *scenarios;
+
+    if (scenario)
+      scenarios = g_strjoin (":", scenario, configs, NULL);
+    else
+      scenarios = g_strdup (configs);
+
+    g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO", scenarios, TRUE);
+    g_free (scenarios);
+  }
+
+  gst_validate_init ();
+
+  if (list_scenarios || output_file) {
+    if (gst_validate_list_scenarios (argv + 1, argc - 1, output_file))
+      return 1;
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+
+  _register_actions ();
+
+  if (inspect_action_type) {
+    if (gst_validate_print_action_types ((const gchar **) argv + 1, argc - 1))
+      return 0;
+
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (argc != 3) {
+    g_printerr ("%i arguments recived, 2 expected.\n"
+        "You should run the test using:\n"
+        "    ./gst-validate-transcoding-0.10   [options]\n",
+        argc - 1);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  if (encoding_profile == NULL) {
+    GST_INFO ("Creating default encoding profile");
+
+    _parse_encoding_profile ("encoding-profile",
+        "application/ogg:video/x-theora:audio/x-vorbis", NULL, NULL);
+  }
+
+  /* Create the pipeline */
+  create_transcoding_pipeline (argv[1], argv[2]);
+
+#ifdef G_OS_UNIX
+  signal_watch_id =
+      g_unix_signal_add (SIGINT, (GSourceFunc) intr_handler, pipeline);
+#endif
+
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  monitor =
+      gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GST_OBJECT_CAST (pipeline), runner,
+      NULL);
+  gst_validate_reporter_set_handle_g_logs (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (monitor));
+  mainloop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
+
+  if (!runner) {
+    g_printerr ("Failed to setup Validate Runner\n");
+    exit (1);
+  }
+
+  bus = gst_element_get_bus (pipeline);
+  gst_bus_add_signal_watch (bus);
+  g_signal_connect (bus, "message", (GCallback) bus_callback, mainloop);
+
+  g_print ("Starting pipeline\n");
+  sret = gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
+  switch (sret) {
+    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE:
+      /* ignore, we should get an error message posted on the bus */
+      g_print ("Pipeline failed to go to PLAYING state\n");
+      ret = -1;
+      goto exit;
+    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_NO_PREROLL:
+      g_print ("Pipeline is live.\n");
+      is_live = TRUE;
+      break;
+    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC:
+      g_print ("Prerolling...\r");
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+
+  g_main_loop_run (mainloop);
+
+  rep_err = gst_validate_runner_exit (runner, TRUE);
+  if (ret == 0)
+    ret = rep_err;
+
+exit:
+  gst_bus_remove_signal_watch (bus);
+  gst_object_unref (bus);
+
+  gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
+  g_main_loop_unref (mainloop);
+  g_object_unref (pipeline);
+  g_object_unref (monitor);
+  g_object_unref (runner);
+
+#ifdef G_OS_UNIX
+  g_source_remove (signal_watch_id);
+#endif
+  gst_deinit ();
+  gst_validate_deinit ();
+
+  g_print ("\n=======> Test %s (Return value: %i)\n\n",
+      ret == 0 ? "PASSED" : "FAILED", ret);
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/validate/tools/gst-validate.c b/validate/tools/gst-validate.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f11dbbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validate/tools/gst-validate.c
@@ -0,0 +1,635 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  Author: Thiago Sousa Santos 
+ *
+ * gst-validate.c - Validate CLI launch line tool
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
+
+#ifdef G_OS_UNIX
+#include 
+#endif
+
+static gint ret = 0;
+static GMainLoop *mainloop;
+static GstElement *pipeline;
+static gboolean buffering = FALSE;
+
+static gboolean is_live = FALSE;
+
+#ifdef G_OS_UNIX
+static gboolean
+intr_handler (gpointer user_data)
+{
+  g_print ("interrupt received.\n");
+
+  GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE_WITH_TS (GST_BIN (pipeline),
+      GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_ALL, "gst-validate.interupted");
+
+  g_main_loop_quit (mainloop);
+
+  ret = SIGINT;
+
+  /* Keep signal handler, it will be removed later anyway */
+  return TRUE;
+}
+#endif /* G_OS_UNIX */
+
+static gboolean
+bus_callback (GstBus * bus, GstMessage * message, gpointer data)
+{
+  GMainLoop *loop = data;
+
+  switch (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (message)) {
+    case GST_MESSAGE_ERROR:
+    {
+      GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE_WITH_TS (GST_BIN (pipeline),
+          GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_ALL, "gst-validate.error");
+
+      g_main_loop_quit (loop);
+      break;
+    }
+    case GST_MESSAGE_EOS:
+      if (!g_getenv ("GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO"))
+        g_main_loop_quit (loop);
+      break;
+    case GST_MESSAGE_ASYNC_DONE:
+      break;
+    case GST_MESSAGE_STATE_CHANGED:
+      if (GST_MESSAGE_SRC (message) == GST_OBJECT (pipeline)) {
+        GstState oldstate, newstate, pending;
+        gchar *dump_name;
+        gchar *state_transition_name;
+
+        gst_message_parse_state_changed (message, &oldstate, &newstate,
+            &pending);
+
+        GST_DEBUG ("State changed (old: %s, new: %s, pending: %s)",
+            gst_element_state_get_name (oldstate),
+            gst_element_state_get_name (newstate),
+            gst_element_state_get_name (pending));
+
+        state_transition_name = g_strdup_printf ("%s_%s",
+            gst_element_state_get_name (oldstate),
+            gst_element_state_get_name (newstate));
+        dump_name = g_strconcat ("ges-launch.", state_transition_name, NULL);
+
+
+        GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE_WITH_TS (GST_BIN (pipeline),
+            GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_ALL, dump_name);
+
+        g_free (dump_name);
+        g_free (state_transition_name);
+      }
+
+      break;
+    case GST_MESSAGE_WARNING:{
+      GError *gerror;
+      gchar *debug;
+      gchar *name = gst_object_get_path_string (GST_MESSAGE_SRC (message));
+
+      /* dump graph on warning */
+      GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE_WITH_TS (GST_BIN (pipeline),
+          GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_ALL, "gst-validate.warning");
+
+      gst_message_parse_warning (message, &gerror, &debug);
+      g_print ("WARNING: from element %s: %s\n", name, gerror->message);
+      if (debug)
+        g_print ("Additional debug info:\n%s\n", debug);
+
+      g_error_free (gerror);
+      g_free (debug);
+      g_free (name);
+      break;
+    }
+    case GST_MESSAGE_BUFFERING:{
+      gint percent;
+      GstBufferingMode mode;
+
+      if (!buffering) {
+        g_print ("\n");
+      }
+
+      gst_message_parse_buffering (message, &percent);
+      gst_message_parse_buffering_stats (message, &mode, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+      g_print ("%s %d%%  \r", "Buffering...", percent);
+
+      /* no state management needed for live pipelines */
+      if (mode == GST_BUFFERING_LIVE) {
+        is_live = TRUE;
+        break;
+      }
+
+      if (percent == 100) {
+        /* a 100% message means buffering is done */
+        if (buffering) {
+          buffering = FALSE;
+          g_print ("Done buffering, setting pipeline to PLAYING\n");
+          gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
+        }
+      } else {
+        /* buffering... */
+        if (!buffering) {
+          g_print ("Start buffering, setting pipeline to PAUSED\n");
+          gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PAUSED);
+          buffering = TRUE;
+        }
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case GST_MESSAGE_REQUEST_STATE:
+    {
+      GstState state;
+
+      gst_message_parse_request_state (message, &state);
+
+      if (GST_IS_VALIDATE_SCENARIO (GST_MESSAGE_SRC (message))
+          && state == GST_STATE_NULL) {
+        gst_validate_printf (GST_MESSAGE_SRC (message),
+            "State change request NULL, " "quiting mainloop\n");
+        g_main_loop_quit (mainloop);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_is_playbin_pipeline (int argc, gchar ** argv)
+{
+  gint i;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+    if (g_strcmp0 (argv[i], "playbin") == 0) {
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_execute_set_subtitles (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  gchar *uri, *fname;
+  GFile *tmpfile, *folder;
+  const gchar *subtitle_file, *subtitle_dir;
+
+  subtitle_file = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "subtitle-file");
+  g_return_val_if_fail (subtitle_file != NULL, FALSE);
+  subtitle_dir = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "subtitle-dir");
+
+  g_object_get (scenario->pipeline, "current-uri", &uri, NULL);
+  tmpfile = g_file_new_for_uri (uri);
+  g_free (uri);
+
+  folder = g_file_get_parent (tmpfile);
+
+  fname = g_strdup_printf ("%s%s%s%s",
+      subtitle_dir ? subtitle_dir : "",
+      subtitle_dir ? G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S : "",
+      g_file_get_basename (tmpfile), subtitle_file);
+  gst_object_unref (tmpfile);
+
+  tmpfile = g_file_get_child (folder, fname);
+  g_free (fname);
+  gst_object_unref (folder);
+
+  uri = g_file_get_uri (tmpfile);
+  gst_validate_printf (action, "Setting subtitle file to: %s", uri);
+  g_object_set (scenario->pipeline, "suburi", uri, NULL);
+  g_free (uri);
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static GstPadProbeReturn
+_check_pad_selection_done (GstPad * pad, GstPadProbeInfo * info,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  if (GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IS_SET (info->data, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DISCONT)) {
+    gst_validate_action_set_done (action);
+
+    return GST_PAD_PROBE_REMOVE;
+  }
+
+  return GST_PAD_PROBE_OK;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_execute_switch_track (GstValidateScenario * scenario,
+    GstValidateAction * action)
+{
+  gint index, n;
+  GstPad *srcpad;
+  GstElement *combiner;
+  GstPad *oldpad, *newpad;
+  const gchar *type, *str_index;
+
+  gint flags, current, tflag;
+  gchar *tmp, *current_txt;
+
+  gint res = GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_OK;
+  gboolean relative = FALSE, disabling = FALSE;
+
+  if (!(type = gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "type")))
+    type = "audio";
+
+  tflag =
+      gst_validate_utils_flags_from_str (g_type_from_name ("GstPlayFlags"),
+      type);
+  current_txt = g_strdup_printf ("current-%s", type);
+
+  tmp = g_strdup_printf ("n-%s", type);
+  g_object_get (scenario->pipeline, "flags", &flags, tmp, &n,
+      current_txt, ¤t, NULL);
+
+  g_free (tmp);
+
+  if (gst_structure_has_field (action->structure, "disable")) {
+    disabling = TRUE;
+    flags &= ~tflag;
+    index = -1;
+  } else if (!(str_index =
+          gst_structure_get_string (action->structure, "index"))) {
+    if (!gst_structure_get_int (action->structure, "index", &index)) {
+      GST_WARNING ("No index given, defaulting to +1");
+      index = 1;
+      relative = TRUE;
+    }
+  } else {
+    relative = strchr ("+-", str_index[0]) != NULL;
+    index = g_ascii_strtoll (str_index, NULL, 10);
+  }
+
+  if (relative) {               /* We are changing track relatively to current track */
+    index = current + index;
+    if (current >= n)
+      index = -2;
+  }
+
+  if (!disabling) {
+    GstState state, next;
+    tmp = g_strdup_printf ("get-%s-pad", type);
+    g_signal_emit_by_name (G_OBJECT (scenario->pipeline), tmp, current,
+        &oldpad);
+    g_signal_emit_by_name (G_OBJECT (scenario->pipeline), tmp, index, &newpad);
+
+    gst_validate_printf (action, "Switching to track number: %i,"
+        " (from %s:%s to %s:%s)\n", index, GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (oldpad),
+        GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (newpad));
+    flags |= tflag;
+    g_free (tmp);
+
+    if (gst_element_get_state (scenario->pipeline, &state, &next, 0) &&
+        state == GST_STATE_PLAYING && next == GST_STATE_VOID_PENDING) {
+
+      combiner = GST_ELEMENT (gst_object_get_parent (GST_OBJECT (newpad)));
+      srcpad = gst_element_get_static_pad (combiner, "src");
+      gst_object_unref (combiner);
+
+      gst_pad_add_probe (srcpad,
+          GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER | GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER_LIST,
+          (GstPadProbeCallback) _check_pad_selection_done, action, NULL);
+      gst_object_unref (srcpad);
+
+      res = GST_VALIDATE_EXECUTE_ACTION_ASYNC;
+    }
+
+  } else {
+    gst_validate_printf (action, "Disabling track type %s", type);
+  }
+
+  g_object_set (scenario->pipeline, "flags", flags, current_txt, index, NULL);
+  g_free (current_txt);
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+static void
+_register_playbin_actions (void)
+{
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+  gst_validate_register_action_type ("set-subtitle", "validate-launcher", _execute_set_subtitles,
+      (GstValidateActionParameter []) {
+        {
+          .name = "subtitle-file",
+          .description = "Sets a subtitles file on a playbin pipeline",
+          .mandatory = TRUE,
+          .types = "string (A URI)",
+          NULL
+        },
+        {NULL}
+      },
+      "Action to set a subtitle file to use on a playbin pipeline.\n"
+      "The subtitles file that will be used should will be specified\n"
+      "relatively to the playbin URI in use thanks to the subtitle-file\n"
+      "action property. You can also specify a folder with subtitle-dir\n"
+      "For example if playbin.uri='file://some/uri.mov\n"
+      "and action looks like 'set-subtitle, subtitle-file=en.srt'\n"
+      "the subtitle URI will be set to 'file:///some/uri.mov.en.srt'\n",
+      FALSE);
+
+  /* Overriding default implementation */
+  gst_validate_register_action_type ("switch-track", "validate-launcher", _execute_switch_track,
+      (GstValidateActionParameter []) {
+        {
+          .name = "type",
+          .description = "Selects which track type to change (can be 'audio', 'video',"
+                          " or 'text').",
+          .mandatory = FALSE,
+          .types = "string",
+          .possible_variables = NULL,
+          .def = "audio",
+        },
+        {
+          .name = "index",
+          .description = "Selects which track of this type to use: it can be either a number,\n"
+                         "which will be the Nth track of the given type, or a number with a '+' or\n"
+                         "'-' prefix, which means a relative change (eg, '+1' means 'next track',\n"
+                         "'-1' means 'previous track')",
+          .mandatory = FALSE,
+          .types = "string: to switch track relatively\n"
+                   "int: To use the actual index to use",
+          .possible_variables = NULL,
+          .def = "+1",
+        },
+        {NULL}
+      },
+      "The 'switch-track' command can be used to switch tracks.\n"
+      "The 'type' argument selects which track type to change (can be 'audio', 'video',"
+      " or 'text').\nThe 'index' argument selects which track of this type\n"
+      "to use: it can be either a number, which will be the Nth track of\n"
+      "the given type, or a number with a '+' or '-' prefix, which means\n"
+      "a relative change (eg, '+1' means 'next track', '-1' means 'previous\n"
+      "track'), note that you need to state that it is a string in the scenario file\n"
+      "prefixing it with (string).", FALSE);
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
+}
+
+int
+main (int argc, gchar ** argv)
+{
+  GError *err = NULL;
+  gchar *scenario = NULL, *configs = NULL, *media_info = NULL;
+  gboolean list_scenarios = FALSE, monitor_handles_state,
+      inspect_action_type = FALSE;
+  GstStateChangeReturn sret;
+  gchar *output_file = NULL;
+
+#ifdef G_OS_UNIX
+  guint signal_watch_id;
+#endif
+  int rep_err;
+
+  GOptionEntry options[] = {
+    {"set-scenario", '\0', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &scenario,
+        "Let you set a scenario, it can be a full path to a scenario file"
+          " or the name of the scenario (name of the file without the"
+          " '.scenario' extension).", NULL},
+    {"list-scenarios", 'l', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &list_scenarios,
+        "List the avalaible scenarios that can be run", NULL},
+    {"scenarios-defs-output-file", '\0', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME,
+          &output_file, "The output file to store scenarios details. "
+          "Implies --list-scenario",
+        NULL},
+    {"inspect-action-type", 't', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &inspect_action_type,
+          "Inspect the avalaible action types with which to write scenarios"
+          " if no parameter passed, it will list all avalaible action types"
+          " otherwize will print the full description of the wanted types",
+        NULL},
+    {"set-media-info", '\0', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &media_info,
+          "Set a media_info XML file descriptor to share information about the"
+          " media file that will be reproduced.",
+        NULL},
+    {"set-configs", '\0', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &configs,
+          "Let you set a config scenario, the scenario needs to be set as 'config"
+          "' you can specify a list of scenario separated by ':'"
+          " it will override the GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO environment variable.",
+        NULL},
+    {NULL}
+  };
+  GOptionContext *ctx;
+  gchar **argvn;
+  GstValidateRunner *runner;
+  GstValidateMonitor *monitor;
+  GstBus *bus;
+
+  g_set_prgname ("gst-validate-" GST_API_VERSION);
+  ctx = g_option_context_new ("PIPELINE-DESCRIPTION");
+  g_option_context_add_main_entries (ctx, options, NULL);
+  g_option_context_set_summary (ctx, "Runs a gst launch pipeline, adding "
+      "monitors to it to identify issues in the used elements. At the end"
+      " a report will be printed. To view issues as they are created, set"
+      " the env var GST_DEBUG=validate:2 and it will be printed "
+      "as gstreamer debugging");
+
+  if (argc == 1) {
+    g_print ("%s", g_option_context_get_help (ctx, FALSE, NULL));
+    exit (1);
+  }
+
+  if (!g_option_context_parse (ctx, &argc, &argv, &err)) {
+    g_printerr ("Error initializing: %s\n", err->message);
+    g_option_context_free (ctx);
+    g_clear_error (&err);
+    exit (1);
+  }
+
+  if (scenario || configs) {
+    gchar *scenarios;
+
+    if (scenario)
+      scenarios = g_strjoin (":", scenario, configs, NULL);
+    else
+      scenarios = g_strdup (configs);
+
+    g_setenv ("GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO", scenarios, TRUE);
+    g_free (scenarios);
+    g_free (scenario);
+    g_free (configs);
+  }
+
+  gst_init (&argc, &argv);
+  gst_validate_init ();
+
+  if (list_scenarios || output_file) {
+    if (gst_validate_list_scenarios (argv + 1, argc - 1, output_file))
+      return 1;
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  if (inspect_action_type) {
+    _register_playbin_actions ();
+
+    if (!gst_validate_print_action_types ((const gchar **) argv + 1, argc - 1)) {
+      GST_ERROR ("Could not print all wanted types");
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  if (argc == 1) {
+    g_print ("%s", g_option_context_get_help (ctx, FALSE, NULL));
+    g_option_context_free (ctx);
+    exit (1);
+  }
+
+  g_option_context_free (ctx);
+
+  /* Create the pipeline */
+  argvn = g_new0 (char *, argc);
+  memcpy (argvn, argv + 1, sizeof (char *) * (argc - 1));
+  pipeline = (GstElement *) gst_parse_launchv ((const gchar **) argvn, &err);
+  g_free (argvn);
+  if (!pipeline) {
+    g_print ("Failed to create pipeline: %s\n",
+        err ? err->message : "unknown reason");
+    g_clear_error (&err);
+    exit (1);
+  }
+  if (!GST_IS_PIPELINE (pipeline)) {
+    GstElement *new_pipeline = gst_pipeline_new ("");
+
+    gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (new_pipeline), pipeline);
+    pipeline = new_pipeline;
+  }
+
+  gst_pipeline_set_auto_flush_bus (GST_PIPELINE (pipeline), FALSE);
+#ifdef G_OS_UNIX
+  signal_watch_id =
+      g_unix_signal_add (SIGINT, (GSourceFunc) intr_handler, pipeline);
+#endif
+
+  if (_is_playbin_pipeline (argc, argv + 1)) {
+    _register_playbin_actions ();
+  }
+
+  runner = gst_validate_runner_new ();
+  if (!runner) {
+    g_printerr ("Failed to setup Validate Runner\n");
+    exit (1);
+  }
+
+  monitor = gst_validate_monitor_factory_create (GST_OBJECT_CAST (pipeline),
+      runner, NULL);
+  gst_validate_reporter_set_handle_g_logs (GST_VALIDATE_REPORTER (monitor));
+
+  if (media_info) {
+    GError *err = NULL;
+    GstMediaDescriptorParser *parser = gst_media_descriptor_parser_new (runner,
+        media_info, &err);
+
+    if (parser == NULL) {
+      GST_ERROR ("Could not use %s as a media-info file (error: %s)",
+          media_info, err ? err->message : "Unknown error");
+
+      g_free (media_info);
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+    gst_validate_monitor_set_media_descriptor (monitor,
+        GST_MEDIA_DESCRIPTOR (parser));
+    gst_object_unref (parser);
+    g_free (media_info);
+  }
+
+  mainloop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
+  bus = gst_element_get_bus (pipeline);
+  gst_bus_add_signal_watch (bus);
+  g_signal_connect (bus, "message", (GCallback) bus_callback, mainloop);
+
+  g_print ("Starting pipeline\n");
+  g_object_get (monitor, "handles-states", &monitor_handles_state, NULL);
+  if (monitor_handles_state == FALSE) {
+    sret = gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
+    switch (sret) {
+      case GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE:
+        /* ignore, we should get an error message posted on the bus */
+        g_print ("Pipeline failed to go to PLAYING state\n");
+        gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
+        ret = -1;
+        goto exit;
+      case GST_STATE_CHANGE_NO_PREROLL:
+        g_print ("Pipeline is live.\n");
+        is_live = TRUE;
+        break;
+      case GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC:
+        g_print ("Prerolling...\r");
+        break;
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+    g_print ("Pipeline started\n");
+  } else {
+    g_print ("Letting scenario handle set state\n");
+  }
+
+  g_main_loop_run (mainloop);
+  gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
+  gst_element_get_state (pipeline, NULL, NULL, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE);
+
+  /* Clean the bus */
+  gst_bus_set_flushing (bus, TRUE);
+  gst_bus_remove_signal_watch (bus);
+  gst_object_unref (bus);
+
+  rep_err = gst_validate_runner_exit (runner, TRUE);
+  if (ret == 0) {
+    ret = rep_err;
+    if (rep_err != 0)
+      g_print ("Returning %d as error where found", rep_err);
+  }
+
+exit:
+  g_main_loop_unref (mainloop);
+  g_object_unref (pipeline);
+  g_object_unref (runner);
+  g_object_unref (monitor);
+  g_clear_error (&err);
+#ifdef G_OS_UNIX
+  g_source_remove (signal_watch_id);
+#endif
+  gst_deinit ();
+
+  g_print ("\n=======> Test %s (Return value: %i)\n\n",
+      ret == 0 ? "PASSED" : "FAILED", ret);
+
+  gst_validate_deinit ();
+  return ret;
+}
-- 
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