gst_videotestsrc_autovideosink.c

/*
  gcc -o gst_videotestsrc_autovideosink gst_videotestsrc_autovideosink.c `pkg-config --cflags --libs gstreamer-1.0`

*/

#include <gst/gst.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    GstElement *pipeline, *source, *sink;
    GstBus *bus;
    GstMessage *msg;
    GError *error = NULL;

    /* Initialize GStreamer */
    gst_init(&argc, &argv);

    /* Create the elements */
    source = gst_element_factory_make("videotestsrc", "source");
    sink = gst_element_factory_make("autovideosink", "sink");

    /* Create the empty pipeline */
    pipeline = gst_pipeline_new("test-pipeline");

    if (!pipeline || !source || !sink) {
        g_printerr("Not all elements could be created.\n");
        return -1;
    }

    /* Build the pipeline */
    gst_bin_add_many(GST_BIN(pipeline), source, sink, NULL);
    if (gst_element_link(source, sink) != TRUE) {
        g_printerr("Elements could not be linked.\n");
        gst_object_unref(pipeline);
        return -1;
    }

    /* Start playing */
    gst_element_set_state(pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);

    /* Wait until error or EOS */
    bus = gst_element_get_bus(pipeline);
    msg = gst_bus_timed_pop_filtered(bus, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE, (GstMessageType)(GST_MESSAGE_ERROR | GST_MESSAGE_EOS));

    /* Parse message */
    if (msg != NULL) {
        GError *err;
        gchar *debug_info;

        switch (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE(msg)) {
            case GST_MESSAGE_ERROR:
                gst_message_parse_error(msg, &err, &debug_info);
                g_printerr("Error received from element %s: %s\n", GST_OBJECT_NAME(msg->src), err->message);
                g_printerr("Debugging information: %s\n", debug_info ? debug_info : "none");
                g_clear_error(&err);
                g_free(debug_info);
                break;
            case GST_MESSAGE_EOS:
                g_print("End-Of-Stream reached.\n");
                break;
            default:
                /* We should not reach here because we only asked for ERRORs and EOS */
                g_printerr("Unexpected message received.\n");
                break;
        }
        gst_message_unref(msg);
    }

    /* Free resources */
    gst_object_unref(bus);
    gst_element_set_state(pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
    gst_object_unref(pipeline);
    return 0;
}