Miscellany

#include <gst/gst.h>

/*
 * Global objects are usually a bad thing. For the purpose of this
 * example, we will use them, however.
 */

GstElement *pipeline, *source, *encoder, *sink;

static gboolean
bus_call (GstBus     *bus,
	  GstMessage *msg,
	  gpointer    data)
{
  GMainLoop *loop = data;

  switch (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (msg)) {
    case GST_MESSAGE_EOS:
      g_print ("End-of-stream\n");
      g_main_loop_quit (loop);
      break;
    case GST_MESSAGE_ERROR: {
      gchar *debug;
      GError *err;

      gst_message_parse_error (msg, &err, &debug);
      g_free (debug);

      g_print ("Error: %s\n", err->message);
      g_error_free (err);

      g_main_loop_quit (loop);
      break;
    }
    default:
      break;
  }

  return TRUE;
}

static void
new_pad (GstElement *element,
	 GstPad     *pad,
	 gpointer    data)
{
  GstPad *sinkpad;
  /* We can now link this pad with the audio decoder */
  g_print ("Dynamic pad created, linking parser/decoder\n");

  sinkpad = gst_element_get_pad (encoder, "sink");
  gst_pad_link (pad, sinkpad);

  gst_object_unref (sinkpad);
}

int
main (int   argc,
      char *argv[])
{
  GMainLoop *loop;

  /* initialize GStreamer */
  gst_init (&argc, &argv);
  loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);

  /* create elements */
  pipeline = gst_pipeline_new ("snapshot");
  source = gst_element_factory_make ("v4lsrc", "webcam");
  encoder = gst_element_factory_make ("pngenc", "encoder");
  sink = gst_element_factory_make ("filesink", "sink");
  if (!pipeline || !encoder || !sink) {
    g_print ("One element could not be created\n");
    return -1;
  }

  /* set filename property on the file source. Also add a message
   * handler. */
g_object_set (G_OBJECT (sink), "location", argv[1], NULL);
  gst_bus_add_watch (gst_pipeline_get_bus (GST_PIPELINE (pipeline)),
		     bus_call, loop);

  /* put all elements in a bin */
  gst_bin_add_many (GST_BIN (pipeline),
		    source, encoder, sink, NULL);

  /* link together - note that we cannot link the parser and
   * decoder yet, becuse the parser uses dynamic pads. For that,
   * we set a pad-added signal handler. */
  gst_element_link (source, encoder);
  g_signal_connect (encoder, "pad-added", G_CALLBACK (new_pad), NULL);

  /* Now set to playing and iterate. */
  g_print ("Setting to PLAYING\n");
  gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
  g_print ("Running\n");
  g_main_loop_run (loop);

  /* clean up nicely */
  g_print ("Returned, stopping playback\n");
  gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
  g_print ("Deleting pipeline\n");
  gst_object_unref (GST_OBJECT (pipeline));

  return 0;
}