GstDeviceMonitor

GstDeviceMonitor — A device monitor and prober

Synopsis

#include <gst/gst.h>

struct              GstDeviceMonitor;
struct              GstDeviceMonitorClass;
GstDeviceMonitor *  gst_device_monitor_new              (void);
GstBus *            gst_device_monitor_get_bus          (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor);
guint               gst_device_monitor_add_filter       (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor,
                                                         const gchar *classes,
                                                         GstCaps *caps);
gboolean            gst_device_monitor_remove_filter    (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor,
                                                         guint filter_id);
gboolean            gst_device_monitor_start            (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor);
void                gst_device_monitor_stop             (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor);
GList *             gst_device_monitor_get_devices      (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor);
gchar **            gst_device_monitor_get_providers    (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor);
gboolean            gst_device_monitor_get_show_all_devices
                                                        (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor);
void                gst_device_monitor_set_show_all_devices
                                                        (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor,
                                                         gboolean show_all);
gchar **            gst_device_provider_get_hidden_providers
                                                        (GstDeviceProvider *provider);
void                gst_device_provider_hide_provider   (GstDeviceProvider *provider,
                                                         const gchar *name);
void                gst_device_provider_unhide_provider (GstDeviceProvider *provider,
                                                         const gchar *name);

Description

Applications should create a GstDeviceMonitor when they want to probe, list and monitor devices of a specific type. The GstDeviceMonitor will create the appropriate GstDeviceProvider objects and manage them. It will then post messages on its GstBus for devices that have been added and removed.

The device monitor will monitor all devices matching the filters that the application has set.

The basic use pattern of a device monitor is as follows:

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static gboolean
my_bus_func (GstBus * bus, GstMessage * message, gpointer user_data)
{
   GstDevice *device;
   gchar *name;

   switch (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (message)) {
     case GST_MESSAGE_DEVICE_ADDED:
       gst_message_parse_device_added (message, &device);
       name = gst_device_get_display_name (device);
       g_print("Device added: %s\n", name);
       g_free (name);
       gst_object_unref (device);
       break;
     case GST_MESSAGE_DEVICE_REMOVED:
       gst_message_parse_device_removed (message, &device);
       name = gst_device_get_display_name (device);
       g_print("Device removed: %s\n", name);
       g_free (name);
       gst_object_unref (device);
       break;
     default:
       break;
   }

   return G_SOURCE_CONTINUE;
}

GstDeviceMonitor *
setup_raw_video_source_device_monitor (void) {
   GstDeviceMonitor *monitor;
   GstBus *bus;
   GstCaps *caps;

   monitor = gst_device_monitor_new ();

   bus = gst_device_monitor_get_bus (monitor);
   gst_bus_add_watch (bus, my_bus_func, NULL);
   gst_object_unref (bus);

   caps = gst_caps_new_empty_simple ("video/x-raw");
   gst_device_monitor_add_filter (monitor, "Video/Source", caps);
   gst_caps_unref (caps);

   gst_device_monitor_start (monitor);

   return monitor;
}

Details

struct GstDeviceMonitor

struct GstDeviceMonitor {
  GstObject                parent;
};

Opaque device monitor object structure.

GstObject parent;

the parent GstObject structure

Since 1.4


struct GstDeviceMonitorClass

struct GstDeviceMonitorClass {
  GstObjectClass           parent_class;
};

Opaque device monitor class structure.

GstObjectClass parent_class;

the parent GstObjectClass structure

Since 1.4


gst_device_monitor_new ()

GstDeviceMonitor *  gst_device_monitor_new              (void);

Create a new GstDeviceMonitor

Returns :

a new device monitor. [transfer full]

Since 1.4


gst_device_monitor_get_bus ()

GstBus *            gst_device_monitor_get_bus          (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor);

Gets the GstBus of this GstDeviceMonitor

monitor :

a GstDeviceProvider

Returns :

a GstBus. [transfer full]

Since 1.4


gst_device_monitor_add_filter ()

guint               gst_device_monitor_add_filter       (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor,
                                                         const gchar *classes,
                                                         GstCaps *caps);

Adds a filter for which GstDevice will be monitored, any device that matches all these classes and the GstCaps will be returned.

If this function is called multiple times to add more filters, each will be matched independently. That is, adding more filters will not further restrict what devices are matched.

The GstCaps supported by the device as returned by gst_device_get_caps() are not intersected with caps filters added using this function.

Filters must be added before the GstDeviceMonitor is started.

monitor :

a device monitor

classes :

device classes to use as filter or NULL for any class. [allow-none]

caps :

the GstCaps to filter or NULL for ANY. [allow-none]

Returns :

The id of the new filter or 0 if no provider matched the filter's classes.

Since 1.4


gst_device_monitor_remove_filter ()

gboolean            gst_device_monitor_remove_filter    (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor,
                                                         guint filter_id);

Removes a filter from the GstDeviceMonitor using the id that was returned by gst_device_monitor_add_filter().

monitor :

a device monitor

filter_id :

the id of the filter

Returns :

TRUE of the filter id was valid, FALSE otherwise

Since 1.4


gst_device_monitor_start ()

gboolean            gst_device_monitor_start            (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor);

Starts monitoring the devices, one this has succeeded, the GST_MESSAGE_DEVICE_ADDED and GST_MESSAGE_DEVICE_REMOVED messages will be emitted on the bus when the list of devices changes.

monitor :

A GstDeviceMonitor

Returns :

TRUE if the device monitoring could be started

Since 1.4


gst_device_monitor_stop ()

void                gst_device_monitor_stop             (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor);

Stops monitoring the devices.

monitor :

A GstDeviceProvider

Since 1.4


gst_device_monitor_get_devices ()

GList *             gst_device_monitor_get_devices      (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor);

Gets a list of devices from all of the relevant monitors. This may actually probe the hardware if the monitor is not currently started.

monitor :

A GstDeviceProvider

Returns :

a GList of GstDevice. [transfer full][element-type GstDevice]

Since 1.4


gst_device_monitor_get_providers ()

gchar **            gst_device_monitor_get_providers    (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor);

Get a list of the currently selected device provider factories.

This

monitor :

a GstDeviceMonitor

Returns :

A list of device provider factory names that are currently being monitored by monitor or NULL when nothing is being monitored. [transfer full][array zero-terminated=1][element-type gchar*]

Since 1.6


gst_device_monitor_get_show_all_devices ()

gboolean            gst_device_monitor_get_show_all_devices
                                                        (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor);

Get if monitor is curretly showing all devices, even those from hidden providers.

monitor :

a GstDeviceMonitor

Returns :

TRUE when all devices will be shown.

Since 1.6


gst_device_monitor_set_show_all_devices ()

void                gst_device_monitor_set_show_all_devices
                                                        (GstDeviceMonitor *monitor,
                                                         gboolean show_all);

Set if all devices should be visible, even those devices from hidden providers. Setting show_all to true might show some devices multiple times.

monitor :

a GstDeviceMonitor

show_all :

show all devices

Since 1.6


gst_device_provider_get_hidden_providers ()

gchar **            gst_device_provider_get_hidden_providers
                                                        (GstDeviceProvider *provider);

Get the provider factory names of the GstDeviceProvider instances that are hidden by provider.

provider :

a GstDeviceProvider

Returns :

a list of hidden providers factory names or NULL when nothing is hidden by provider. Free with g_strfreev. [transfer full][array zero-terminated=1][element-type gchar*]

Since 1.6


gst_device_provider_hide_provider ()

void                gst_device_provider_hide_provider   (GstDeviceProvider *provider,
                                                         const gchar *name);

Make provider hide the devices from the factory with name.

This function is used when provider will also provide the devices reported by provider factory name. A monitor should stop monitoring the device provider with name to avoid duplicate devices.

provider :

a GstDeviceProvider

name :

a provider factory name

Since 1.6


gst_device_provider_unhide_provider ()

void                gst_device_provider_unhide_provider (GstDeviceProvider *provider,
                                                         const gchar *name);

Make provider unhide the devices from factory name.

This function is used when provider will no longer provide the devices reported by provider factory name. A monitor should start monitoring the devices from provider factory name in order to see all devices again.

provider :

a GstDeviceProvider

name :

a provider factory name

Since 1.6

See Also

GstDevice, GstDeviceProvider