Basic tutorial 6: Media formats and Pad Capabilities

Capabilities if GstPad.

目标

Pad的Capabilities时GStreamer的一个基本元素,由于大部分时间都由框架自动处理它们,所以用户很少感觉到它们的存在。这篇略微理论化的教程将展示:

  • 什么是Pad Capabilities。

  • 如何检索它们。

  • 什么时候检索它们。

  • 为什么用户需要了解他们。

介绍

Pads

如之前介绍的一般,Pads允许信息进出elements。Pad的Capabilities(简称为Caps)指定了Pad能够传递什么类型的信息。例如,“320x200分辨率,30FPS的RGB视频”,或是“16位音频样本,5.1通道,采样率44100Hz”,或者是mp3和h264这类的压缩格式。

Pads可以支持多种Capabilities(例如一个video sink可以支持不同格式的RGB/YUV视频)并且Capabilities的值可以是一个范围(例如一个audio sink能够支持从1hz到48000hz的采样率)。然而,真正在Pad之间传递的信息必须只有一种明确制定的类型。 通过一个称为“协商”的过程,两个连接的pad就一个公共类型达成一致,从而pad的capability固定下来(它们只有一种类型,不包含范围)。下面的例程讲向你清楚的展现这个协商的过程。

两个elements支持的Capabilities类型必须有交集它们才能连接,否则它们无法理解彼此传递的数据,这就是Capabilities的主要设计目的。

作为一个应用程序开发者,你经常需要通过连接elements来构建piepline,因此你需要了解你所使用的elements的Pad Caps,或者至少当GStreamer elements因为“协商”错误而连接失败能够知道它们具体是什么。

Pad templates

Pads从Pad Templates生成,Pad Templates指明了一个Pad所有可能的Capabilities。模版对于创建一个相似的Caps时很有用的,并且允许提前拒绝elements之间的连接:假如两个elements的Pad模版的Capabilities没有交集,就没有必要进行更深入的“协商”。

Pad模版可以视作“协商”过程的第一步,随着过程的发展,实际的Pads被实例化并且Pads的Capabilities也不断被完善固定下来(或者“协商“失败)。

Capabilities examples

SINK template: 'sink'
Availability: Always
Capabilities:
audio/x-raw
format: S16LE
rate: [ 1, 2147483647 ]
channels: [ 1, 2 ]
audio/x-raw
format: U8
rate: [ 1, 2147483647 ]
channels: [ 1, 2 ]

这是一个element的永久sink pad(暂时不讨论Availablility)。它支持2种媒体格式,都是音频的原始数据audio/x-raw-int,16位的小端序符号数和8位的无符号数。方括号表示一个范围,例如,频道channels的范围是1到2.

SRC template: 'src'
Availability: Always
Capabilities:
video/x-raw
width: [ 1, 2147483647 ]
height: [ 1, 2147483647 ]
framerate: [ 0/1, 2147483647/1 ]
format: { I420, NV12, NV21, YV12, YUY2, Y42B, Y444, YUV9, YVU9, Y41B, Y800, Y8, GREY, Y16 , UYVY, YVYU, IYU1, v308, AYUV, A420 }

video/x-raw表示这个source pad输出原始格式的视频。它支持一个很广的维数和帧率,一系列的YUV格式(用花括号列出了)。所有这些格式都显示不同的图像编码格式和子采样程度。

注解

用户可以使用gst-inspect-1.0工具学习所有GStreamer element是Caps信息。

注意有些elements需要查询底层硬件以获得支持的格式,并相应地提供它们的Pad Caps(通常在element的READY状态或者更早)。因此同一个element在不同平台上支持的Caps有可能不同,甚至某两次运行之间就会有所不同(虽然这种情况很少见)。

这篇教程实例化了两个elements(通过GstElementFactory的方式),展示了他们的Pad模版,连接它们并将pipeline设置为播放状态。在每个状态变化的阶段,展示了sink element的Pad的Capabilities,你能够观察到在整个“协商”过程中Pad Caps固定之前的所有变化。

A trivial Pad Capabilities Example

basic-tutorial-6.c

#include <gst/gst.h>

/* Functions below print the Capabilities in a human-friendly format */
static gboolean print_field (GQuark field, const GValue * value, gpointer pfx) {
gchar *str = gst_value_serialize (value);

g_print ("%s %15s: %s\n", (gchar *) pfx, g_quark_to_string (field), str);
g_free (str);
return TRUE;
}

static void print_caps (const GstCaps * caps, const gchar * pfx) {
guint i;

g_return_if_fail (caps != NULL);

if (gst_caps_is_any (caps)) {
g_print ("%sANY\n", pfx);
return;
}
if (gst_caps_is_empty (caps)) {
g_print ("%sEMPTY\n", pfx);
return;
}

for (i = 0; i < gst_caps_get_size (caps); i++) {
GstStructure *structure = gst_caps_get_structure (caps, i);

g_print ("%s%s\n", pfx, gst_structure_get_name (structure));
gst_structure_foreach (structure, print_field, (gpointer) pfx);
}
}

/* Prints information about a Pad Template, including its Capabilities */
static void print_pad_templates_information (GstElementFactory * factory) {
const GList *pads;
GstStaticPadTemplate *padtemplate;

g_print ("Pad Templates for %s:\n", gst_element_factory_get_longname (factory));
if (!gst_element_factory_get_num_pad_templates (factory)) {
g_print (" none\n");
return;
}

pads = gst_element_factory_get_static_pad_templates (factory);
while (pads) {
padtemplate = pads->data;
pads = g_list_next (pads);

if (padtemplate->direction == GST_PAD_SRC)
g_print (" SRC template: '%s'\n", padtemplate->name_template);
else if (padtemplate->direction == GST_PAD_SINK)
g_print (" SINK template: '%s'\n", padtemplate->name_template);
else
g_print (" UNKNOWN!!! template: '%s'\n", padtemplate->name_template);

if (padtemplate->presence == GST_PAD_ALWAYS)
g_print (" Availability: Always\n");
else if (padtemplate->presence == GST_PAD_SOMETIMES)
g_print (" Availability: Sometimes\n");
else if (padtemplate->presence == GST_PAD_REQUEST)
g_print (" Availability: On request\n");
else
g_print (" Availability: UNKNOWN!!!\n");

if (padtemplate->static_caps.string) {
GstCaps *caps;
g_print (" Capabilities:\n");
caps = gst_static_caps_get (&padtemplate->static_caps);
print_caps (caps, " ");
gst_caps_unref (caps);

}

g_print ("\n");
}
}

/* Shows the CURRENT capabilities of the requested pad in the given element */
static void print_pad_capabilities (GstElement *element, gchar *pad_name) {
GstPad *pad = NULL;
GstCaps *caps = NULL;

/* Retrieve pad */
pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (element, pad_name);
if (!pad) {
g_printerr ("Could not retrieve pad '%s'\n", pad_name);
return;
}

/* Retrieve negotiated caps (or acceptable caps if negotiation is not finished yet) */
caps = gst_pad_get_current_caps (pad);
if (!caps)
caps = gst_pad_query_caps (pad, NULL);

/* Print and free */
g_print ("Caps for the %s pad:\n", pad_name);
print_caps (caps, " ");
gst_caps_unref (caps);
gst_object_unref (pad);
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
GstElement *pipeline, *source, *sink;
GstElementFactory *source_factory, *sink_factory;
GstBus *bus;
GstMessage *msg;
GstStateChangeReturn ret;
gboolean terminate = FALSE;

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

/* Create the element factories */
source_factory = gst_element_factory_find ("audiotestsrc");
sink_factory = gst_element_factory_find ("autoaudiosink");
if (!source_factory || !sink_factory) {
g_printerr ("Not all element factories could be created.\n");
return -1;
}

/* Print information about the pad templates of these factories */
print_pad_templates_information (source_factory);
print_pad_templates_information (sink_factory);

/* Ask the factories to instantiate actual elements */
source = gst_element_factory_create (source_factory, "source");
sink = gst_element_factory_create (sink_factory, "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;
}

/* Print initial negotiated caps (in NULL state) */
g_print ("In NULL state:\n");
print_pad_capabilities (sink, "sink");

/* Start playing */
ret = gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
if (ret == GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE) {
g_printerr ("Unable to set the pipeline to the playing state (check the bus for error messages).\n");
}

/* Wait until error, EOS or State Change */
bus = gst_element_get_bus (pipeline);
do {
msg = gst_bus_timed_pop_filtered (bus, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE, GST_MESSAGE_ERROR | GST_MESSAGE_EOS |
GST_MESSAGE_STATE_CHANGED);

/* 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);
terminate = TRUE;
break;
case GST_MESSAGE_EOS:
g_print ("End-Of-Stream reached.\n");
terminate = TRUE;
break;
case GST_MESSAGE_STATE_CHANGED:
/* We are only interested in state-changed messages from the pipeline */
if (GST_MESSAGE_SRC (msg) == GST_OBJECT (pipeline)) {
GstState old_state, new_state, pending_state;
gst_message_parse_state_changed (msg, &old_state, &new_state, &pending_state);
g_print ("\nPipeline state changed from %s to %s:\n",
gst_element_state_get_name (old_state), gst_element_state_get_name (new_state));
/* Print the current capabilities of the sink element */
print_pad_capabilities (sink, "sink");
}
break;
default:
/* We should not reach here because we only asked for ERRORs, EOS and STATE_CHANGED */
g_printerr ("Unexpected message received.\n");
break;
}
gst_message_unref (msg);
}
} while (!terminate);

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

工作流

print_pad_capabilitiesprint_capsprint_pad_templates以一种友好的形式简单展示了capabilities的结构体。假如你想了解GstCaps的内部结构,请阅读GstCaps。

/* Shows the CURRENT capabilities of the requested pad in the given element */
static void print_pad_capabilities (GstElement *element, gchar *pad_name) {
GstPad *pad = NULL;
GstCaps *caps = NULL;

/* Retrieve pad */
pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (element, pad_name);
if (!pad) {
g_printerr ("Could not retrieve pad '%s'\n", pad_name);
return;
}

/* Retrieve negotiated caps (or acceptable caps if negotiation is not finished yet) */
caps = gst_pad_get_current_caps (pad);
if (!caps)
caps = gst_pad_query_caps (pad, NULL);

/* Print and free */
g_print ("Caps for the %s pad:\n", pad_name);
print_caps (caps, " ");
gst_caps_unref (caps);
gst_object_unref (pad);
}

gst_element_get_static_pad()用于根据Pad name检索给定element的pad结构体,这个pad是静态的,因为它会一直存在。关于Pad的的更多内容请阅读GstPad。

获取pad之后我们调用gst_pad_get_current_caps()来获取这个pad当前的capabilities,可能是固定的也可能不是,这取决于当前“协商”过程的状态。pad甚至可能还未生成capabilities,在这种情况下,我们调用gst_pad_query_caps()来获取一个当前可接受的Pad Capabilities。这个当前可接受的Caps是Pad Template在NULL状态下的Caps,它不是固定的,因为还会查询实际的硬件。

然后我们打印这些获得的Capabilities信息。

/* Create the element factories */
source_factory = gst_element_factory_find ("audiotestsrc");
sink_factory = gst_element_factory_find ("autoaudiosink");
if (!source_factory || !sink_factory) {
g_printerr ("Not all element factories could be created.\n");
return -1;
}

/* Print information about the pad templates of these factories */
print_pad_templates_information (source_factory);
print_pad_templates_information (sink_factory);

/* Ask the factories to instantiate actual elements */
source = gst_element_factory_create (source_factory, "source");
sink = gst_element_factory_create (sink_factory, "sink");

在之前的教程中我们使用gst_element_factory_make()来创建GStreamer element并且跳过了factories的讨论,可以明确的是一个GstElementFactory管理着一个特定类型的GStreamer element的实例化,以factory name区分(可以理解为一个GstElementFactory代表一个插件,一个插件可以实例化多个GStreamer element对象)。

gst_element_factory_make()gst_element_factory_create()gst_element_factory_create()的简洁形式。

通过工程,Pad模板实际上已经可以访问了,所以factories一建立我们立刻打印这些信息。

我们跳过pipeline的创建和启动部分,直接跳到状态切换消息的处理:

case GST_MESSAGE_STATE_CHANGED:
/* We are only interested in state-changed messages from the pipeline */
if (GST_MESSAGE_SRC (msg) == GST_OBJECT (pipeline)) {
GstState old_state, new_state, pending_state;
gst_message_parse_state_changed (msg, &old_state, &new_state, &pending_state);
g_print ("\nPipeline state changed from %s to %s:\n",
gst_element_state_get_name (old_state), gst_element_state_get_name (new_state));
/* Print the current capabilities of the sink element */
print_pad_capabilities (sink, "sink");
}
break;

上述代码将在每次pipeline状态变化时打印autoaudiosinksink pad。在输出中你能看到一个最初的caps (Pad Template的caps)是如何逐步完善的知道它们完全固定(Caps只包含一个无范围的类型)。

总结

这篇教程展示了:

  • 什么是Pad CapabilitiesPad Template Capabilities

  • 如何使用gst_pad_get_current_caps()get_pad_query_caps()检索它们。

  • 它们根据pipeline的不同状态有不同的含义(在初始化时它们表示所有可能的Capabilities,在这之后表示当前Pad的特定Caps)。

  • 事先知道elements支持的Caps类型对于elements的连接至关重要。

  • 可以使用gst_inspect-1.0查看element支持的Pad Caps。

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