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26                   <a href="#gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.description" class="shortcut">Description</a>
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28                   <a href="#gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.object-hierarchy" class="shortcut">Object Hierarchy</a>
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30                   <a href="#gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.properties" class="shortcut">Properties</a>
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34 <a name="gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert"></a><div class="titlepage"></div>
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36 <td valign="top">
37 <h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.top_of_page"></a>audioconvert</span></h2>
38 <p>audioconvert — Convert audio to different formats</p>
39 </td>
40 <td valign="top" align="right"></td>
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42 <div class="refsynopsisdiv">
43 <a name="gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.synopsis"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2>
44 <a name="GstAudioConvert"></a><pre class="synopsis">struct              <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.html#GstAudioConvert-struct" title="struct GstAudioConvert">GstAudioConvert</a>;
45 enum                <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.html#GstAudioConvertDithering" title="enum GstAudioConvertDithering">GstAudioConvertDithering</a>;
46 enum                <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.html#GstAudioConvertNoiseShaping" title="enum GstAudioConvertNoiseShaping">GstAudioConvertNoiseShaping</a>;
47 </pre>
48 </div>
49 <div class="refsect1">
50 <a name="gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.object-hierarchy"></a><h2>Object Hierarchy</h2>
51 <pre class="synopsis">
52   <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gobject/unstable/gobject-The-Base-Object-Type.html#GObject">GObject</a>
53    +----<a href="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer/html/GstObject.html">GstObject</a>
54          +----<a href="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer/html/GstElement.html">GstElement</a>
55                +----<a href="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer-libs/html/GstBaseTransform.html">GstBaseTransform</a>
56                      +----GstAudioConvert
57 </pre>
58 </div>
59 <div class="refsect1">
60 <a name="gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.properties"></a><h2>Properties</h2>
61 <pre class="synopsis">
62   "<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.html#GstAudioConvert--dithering" title='The "dithering" property'>dithering</a>"                <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.html#GstAudioConvertDithering" title="enum GstAudioConvertDithering"><span class="type">GstAudioConvertDithering</span></a>  : Read / Write
63   "<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.html#GstAudioConvert--noise-shaping" title='The "noise-shaping" property'>noise-shaping</a>"            <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.html#GstAudioConvertNoiseShaping" title="enum GstAudioConvertNoiseShaping"><span class="type">GstAudioConvertNoiseShaping</span></a>  : Read / Write
64 </pre>
65 </div>
66 <div class="refsect1">
67 <a name="gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
68 <p>
69 Audioconvert converts raw audio buffers between various possible formats.
70 It supports integer to float conversion, width/depth conversion,
71 signedness and endianness conversion and channel transformations.
72 </p>
73 <p>
74 </p>
75 <div class="refsect2">
76 <a name="idp9937248"></a><h3>Example launch line</h3>
77 <div class="informalexample">
78   <table class="listing_frame" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
79     <tbody>
80       <tr>
81         <td class="listing_lines" align="right"><pre>1</pre></td>
82         <td class="listing_code"><pre class="programlisting">gst<span class="gtkdoc opt">-</span>launch <span class="gtkdoc opt">-</span>v <span class="gtkdoc opt">-</span>m audiotestsrc <span class="gtkdoc opt">!</span> audioconvert <span class="gtkdoc opt">!</span> audio<span class="gtkdoc opt">/</span>x<span class="gtkdoc opt">-</span>raw<span class="gtkdoc opt">-</span><span class="gtkdoc kwb">int</span><span class="gtkdoc opt">,</span>channels<span class="gtkdoc opt">=</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="gtkdoc opt">,</span>width<span class="gtkdoc opt">=</span><span class="number">8</span><span class="gtkdoc opt">,</span>depth<span class="gtkdoc opt">=</span><span class="number">8</span> <span class="gtkdoc opt">!</span> level <span class="gtkdoc opt">!</span> fakesink silent<span class="gtkdoc opt">=</span>TRUE</pre></td>
83       </tr>
84     </tbody>
85   </table>
86 </div>
87  This pipeline converts audio to 8-bit.  The level element shows that
88 the output levels still match the one for a sine wave.
89 <div class="informalexample">
90   <table class="listing_frame" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
91     <tbody>
92       <tr>
93         <td class="listing_lines" align="right"><pre>1</pre></td>
94         <td class="listing_code"><pre class="programlisting">gst<span class="gtkdoc opt">-</span>launch <span class="gtkdoc opt">-</span>v <span class="gtkdoc opt">-</span>m audiotestsrc <span class="gtkdoc opt">!</span> audioconvert <span class="gtkdoc opt">!</span> vorbisenc <span class="gtkdoc opt">!</span> fakesink silent<span class="gtkdoc opt">=</span>TRUE</pre></td>
95       </tr>
96     </tbody>
97   </table>
98 </div>
99  The vorbis encoder takes float audio data instead of the integer data
100 generated by audiotestsrc.
101 </div>
102 <p>
103 </p>
104 <p>
105 Last reviewed on 2006-03-02 (0.10.4)
106 </p>
107 <div class="refsynopsisdiv">
108 <h2>Synopsis</h2>
109 <div class="refsect2">
110 <a name="idp7421920"></a><h3>Element Information</h3>
111 <div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
112 <col align="left" valign="top">
113 <tbody>
114 <tr>
115 <td><p><span class="term">plugin</span></p></td>
116 <td>
117             <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-plugins-plugin-audioconvert.html#plugin-audioconvert">audioconvert</a>
118           </td>
119 </tr>
120 <tr>
121 <td><p><span class="term">author</span></p></td>
122 <td>Benjamin Otte &lt;otte@gnome.org&gt;</td>
123 </tr>
124 <tr>
125 <td><p><span class="term">class</span></p></td>
126 <td>Filter/Converter/Audio</td>
127 </tr>
128 </tbody>
129 </table></div>
130 </div>
131 <hr>
132 <div class="refsect2">
133 <a name="idp7007232"></a><h3>Element Pads</h3>
134 <div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
135 <col align="left" valign="top">
136 <tbody>
137 <tr>
138 <td><p><span class="term">name</span></p></td>
139 <td>sink</td>
140 </tr>
141 <tr>
142 <td><p><span class="term">direction</span></p></td>
143 <td>sink</td>
144 </tr>
145 <tr>
146 <td><p><span class="term">presence</span></p></td>
147 <td>always</td>
148 </tr>
149 <tr>
150 <td><p><span class="term">details</span></p></td>
151 <td>audio/x-raw-float, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], endianness=(int){ 1234, 4321 }, width=(int)64</td>
152 </tr>
153 <tr>
154 <td><p><span class="term"></span></p></td>
155 <td> audio/x-raw-float, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], endianness=(int){ 1234, 4321 }, width=(int)32</td>
156 </tr>
157 <tr>
158 <td><p><span class="term"></span></p></td>
159 <td> audio/x-raw-int, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], endianness=(int){ 1234, 4321 }, width=(int)32, depth=(int)[ 1, 32 ], signed=(boolean){ true, false }</td>
160 </tr>
161 <tr>
162 <td><p><span class="term"></span></p></td>
163 <td> audio/x-raw-int, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], endianness=(int){ 1234, 4321 }, width=(int)24, depth=(int)[ 1, 24 ], signed=(boolean){ true, false }</td>
164 </tr>
165 <tr>
166 <td><p><span class="term"></span></p></td>
167 <td> audio/x-raw-int, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], endianness=(int){ 1234, 4321 }, width=(int)16, depth=(int)[ 1, 16 ], signed=(boolean){ true, false }</td>
168 </tr>
169 <tr>
170 <td><p><span class="term"></span></p></td>
171 <td> audio/x-raw-int, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], endianness=(int){ 1234, 4321 }, width=(int)8, depth=(int)[ 1, 8 ], signed=(boolean){ true, false }</td>
172 </tr>
173 </tbody>
174 </table></div>
175 <div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
176 <col align="left" valign="top">
177 <tbody>
178 <tr>
179 <td><p><span class="term">name</span></p></td>
180 <td>src</td>
181 </tr>
182 <tr>
183 <td><p><span class="term">direction</span></p></td>
184 <td>source</td>
185 </tr>
186 <tr>
187 <td><p><span class="term">presence</span></p></td>
188 <td>always</td>
189 </tr>
190 <tr>
191 <td><p><span class="term">details</span></p></td>
192 <td>audio/x-raw-float, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], endianness=(int){ 1234, 4321 }, width=(int)64</td>
193 </tr>
194 <tr>
195 <td><p><span class="term"></span></p></td>
196 <td> audio/x-raw-float, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], endianness=(int){ 1234, 4321 }, width=(int)32</td>
197 </tr>
198 <tr>
199 <td><p><span class="term"></span></p></td>
200 <td> audio/x-raw-int, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], endianness=(int){ 1234, 4321 }, width=(int)32, depth=(int)[ 1, 32 ], signed=(boolean){ true, false }</td>
201 </tr>
202 <tr>
203 <td><p><span class="term"></span></p></td>
204 <td> audio/x-raw-int, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], endianness=(int){ 1234, 4321 }, width=(int)24, depth=(int)[ 1, 24 ], signed=(boolean){ true, false }</td>
205 </tr>
206 <tr>
207 <td><p><span class="term"></span></p></td>
208 <td> audio/x-raw-int, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], endianness=(int){ 1234, 4321 }, width=(int)16, depth=(int)[ 1, 16 ], signed=(boolean){ true, false }</td>
209 </tr>
210 <tr>
211 <td><p><span class="term"></span></p></td>
212 <td> audio/x-raw-int, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], endianness=(int){ 1234, 4321 }, width=(int)8, depth=(int)[ 1, 8 ], signed=(boolean){ true, false }</td>
213 </tr>
214 </tbody>
215 </table></div>
216 </div>
217 </div>
218 <p>
219 </p>
220 </div>
221 <div class="refsect1">
222 <a name="gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.details"></a><h2>Details</h2>
223 <div class="refsect2">
224 <a name="GstAudioConvert-struct"></a><h3>struct GstAudioConvert</h3>
225 <pre class="programlisting">struct GstAudioConvert;</pre>
226 <p>
227 The audioconvert object structure.
228 </p>
229 </div>
230 <hr>
231 <div class="refsect2">
232 <a name="GstAudioConvertDithering"></a><h3>enum GstAudioConvertDithering</h3>
233 <pre class="programlisting">typedef enum
234 {
235   DITHER_NONE = 0,
236   DITHER_RPDF,
237   DITHER_TPDF,
238   DITHER_TPDF_HF
239 } GstAudioConvertDithering;
240 </pre>
241 <p>
242 Set of available dithering methods when converting audio.
243 </p>
244 <div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
245 <col align="left" valign="top">
246 <tbody>
247 <tr>
248 <td><p><a name="DITHER-NONE:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">DITHER_NONE</code></span></p></td>
249 <td>No dithering
250 </td>
251 </tr>
252 <tr>
253 <td><p><a name="DITHER-RPDF:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">DITHER_RPDF</code></span></p></td>
254 <td>Rectangular dithering
255 </td>
256 </tr>
257 <tr>
258 <td><p><a name="DITHER-TPDF:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">DITHER_TPDF</code></span></p></td>
259 <td>Triangular dithering (default)
260 </td>
261 </tr>
262 <tr>
263 <td><p><a name="DITHER-TPDF-HF:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">DITHER_TPDF_HF</code></span></p></td>
264 <td>High frequency triangular dithering
265 </td>
266 </tr>
267 </tbody>
268 </table></div>
269 </div>
270 <hr>
271 <div class="refsect2">
272 <a name="GstAudioConvertNoiseShaping"></a><h3>enum GstAudioConvertNoiseShaping</h3>
273 <pre class="programlisting">typedef enum
274 {
275   NOISE_SHAPING_NONE = 0,
276   NOISE_SHAPING_ERROR_FEEDBACK,
277   NOISE_SHAPING_SIMPLE,
278   NOISE_SHAPING_MEDIUM,
279   NOISE_SHAPING_HIGH
280 } GstAudioConvertNoiseShaping;
281 </pre>
282 <p>
283 Set of available noise shaping methods
284 </p>
285 <div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
286 <col align="left" valign="top">
287 <tbody>
288 <tr>
289 <td><p><a name="NOISE-SHAPING-NONE:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">NOISE_SHAPING_NONE</code></span></p></td>
290 <td>No noise shaping (default)
291 </td>
292 </tr>
293 <tr>
294 <td><p><a name="NOISE-SHAPING-ERROR-FEEDBACK:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">NOISE_SHAPING_ERROR_FEEDBACK</code></span></p></td>
295 <td>Error feedback
296 </td>
297 </tr>
298 <tr>
299 <td><p><a name="NOISE-SHAPING-SIMPLE:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">NOISE_SHAPING_SIMPLE</code></span></p></td>
300 <td>Simple 2-pole noise shaping
301 </td>
302 </tr>
303 <tr>
304 <td><p><a name="NOISE-SHAPING-MEDIUM:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">NOISE_SHAPING_MEDIUM</code></span></p></td>
305 <td>Medium 5-pole noise shaping
306 </td>
307 </tr>
308 <tr>
309 <td><p><a name="NOISE-SHAPING-HIGH:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">NOISE_SHAPING_HIGH</code></span></p></td>
310 <td>High 8-pole noise shaping
311 </td>
312 </tr>
313 </tbody>
314 </table></div>
315 </div>
316 </div>
317 <div class="refsect1">
318 <a name="gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.property-details"></a><h2>Property Details</h2>
319 <div class="refsect2">
320 <a name="GstAudioConvert--dithering"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">"dithering"</code> property</h3>
321 <pre class="programlisting">  "dithering"                <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.html#GstAudioConvertDithering" title="enum GstAudioConvertDithering"><span class="type">GstAudioConvertDithering</span></a>  : Read / Write</pre>
322 <p>Selects between different dithering methods.</p>
323 <p>Default value: Triangular dithering (default)</p>
324 </div>
325 <hr>
326 <div class="refsect2">
327 <a name="GstAudioConvert--noise-shaping"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">"noise-shaping"</code> property</h3>
328 <pre class="programlisting">  "noise-shaping"            <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-plugins-audioconvert.html#GstAudioConvertNoiseShaping" title="enum GstAudioConvertNoiseShaping"><span class="type">GstAudioConvertNoiseShaping</span></a>  : Read / Write</pre>
329 <p>Selects between different noise shaping methods.</p>
330 <p>Default value: No noise shaping (default)</p>
331 </div>
332 </div>
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