gstrtpbuffer

gstrtpbuffer — Helper methods for dealing with RTP buffers

Synopsis


#include <gst/rtp/gstrtpbuffer.h>

#define             GST_RTP_VERSION
void                gst_rtp_buffer_allocate_data        (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint payload_len,
                                                         guint8 pad_len,
                                                         guint8 csrc_count);
GstBuffer*          gst_rtp_buffer_new_take_data        (gpointer data,
                                                         guint len);
GstBuffer*          gst_rtp_buffer_new_copy_data        (gpointer data,
                                                         guint len);
GstBuffer*          gst_rtp_buffer_new_allocate         (guint payload_len,
                                                         guint8 pad_len,
                                                         guint8 csrc_count);
GstBuffer*          gst_rtp_buffer_new_allocate_len     (guint packet_len,
                                                         guint8 pad_len,
                                                         guint8 csrc_count);
guint               gst_rtp_buffer_calc_header_len      (guint8 csrc_count);
guint               gst_rtp_buffer_calc_packet_len      (guint payload_len,
                                                         guint8 pad_len,
                                                         guint8 csrc_count);
guint               gst_rtp_buffer_calc_payload_len     (guint packet_len,
                                                         guint8 pad_len,
                                                         guint8 csrc_count);
gboolean            gst_rtp_buffer_validate             (GstBuffer *buffer);
gboolean            gst_rtp_buffer_validate_data        (guint8 *data,
                                                         guint len);
void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_packet_len       (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint len);
guint               gst_rtp_buffer_get_packet_len       (GstBuffer *buffer);
guint               gst_rtp_buffer_get_header_len       (GstBuffer *buffer);
guint8              gst_rtp_buffer_get_version          (GstBuffer *buffer);
void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_version          (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint8 version);
gboolean            gst_rtp_buffer_get_padding          (GstBuffer *buffer);
void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_padding          (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         gboolean padding);
void                gst_rtp_buffer_pad_to               (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint len);
gboolean            gst_rtp_buffer_get_extension        (GstBuffer *buffer);
void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_extension        (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         gboolean extension);
gboolean            gst_rtp_buffer_get_extension_data   (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint16 *bits,
                                                         gpointer *data,
                                                         guint *wordlen);
guint32             gst_rtp_buffer_get_ssrc             (GstBuffer *buffer);
void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_ssrc             (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint32 ssrc);
guint8              gst_rtp_buffer_get_csrc_count       (GstBuffer *buffer);
guint32             gst_rtp_buffer_get_csrc             (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint8 idx);
void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_csrc             (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint8 idx,
                                                         guint32 csrc);
gboolean            gst_rtp_buffer_get_marker           (GstBuffer *buffer);
void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_marker           (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         gboolean marker);
guint8              gst_rtp_buffer_get_payload_type     (GstBuffer *buffer);
void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_payload_type     (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint8 payload_type);
guint16             gst_rtp_buffer_get_seq              (GstBuffer *buffer);
void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_seq              (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint16 seq);
guint32             gst_rtp_buffer_get_timestamp        (GstBuffer *buffer);
void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_timestamp        (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint32 timestamp);
GstBuffer*          gst_rtp_buffer_get_payload_buffer   (GstBuffer *buffer);
GstBuffer*          gst_rtp_buffer_get_payload_subbuffer
                                                        (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint offset,
                                                         guint len);
guint               gst_rtp_buffer_get_payload_len      (GstBuffer *buffer);
gpointer            gst_rtp_buffer_get_payload          (GstBuffer *buffer);
guint32             gst_rtp_buffer_default_clock_rate   (guint8 payload_type);
gint                gst_rtp_buffer_compare_seqnum       (guint16 seqnum1,
                                                         guint16 seqnum2);
guint64             gst_rtp_buffer_ext_timestamp        (guint64 *exttimestamp,
                                                         guint32 timestamp);
gboolean            gst_rtp_buffer_set_extension_data   (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint16 bits,
                                                         guint16 length);
gboolean            gst_rtp_buffer_list_validate        (GstBufferList *list);
guint               gst_rtp_buffer_list_get_payload_len (GstBufferList *list);
guint8              gst_rtp_buffer_list_get_payload_type
                                                        (GstBufferList *list);
void                gst_rtp_buffer_list_set_payload_type
                                                        (GstBufferList *list,
                                                         guint8 payload_type);
guint16             gst_rtp_buffer_list_get_seq         (GstBufferList *list);
guint16             gst_rtp_buffer_list_set_seq         (GstBufferList *list,
                                                         guint16 seq);
guint32             gst_rtp_buffer_list_get_ssrc        (GstBufferList *list);
void                gst_rtp_buffer_list_set_ssrc        (GstBufferList *list,
                                                         guint32 ssrc);
guint32             gst_rtp_buffer_list_get_timestamp   (GstBufferList *list);
void                gst_rtp_buffer_list_set_timestamp   (GstBufferList *list,
                                                         guint32 timestamp);

Description

The GstRTPBuffer helper functions makes it easy to parse and create regular GstBuffer objects that contain RTP payloads. These buffers are typically of 'application/x-rtp' GstCaps.

Last reviewed on 2006-07-17 (0.10.10)

Details

GST_RTP_VERSION

#define GST_RTP_VERSION 2

The supported RTP version 2.


gst_rtp_buffer_allocate_data ()

void                gst_rtp_buffer_allocate_data        (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint payload_len,
                                                         guint8 pad_len,
                                                         guint8 csrc_count);

Allocate enough data in buffer to hold an RTP packet with csrc_count CSRCs, a payload length of payload_len and padding of pad_len. MALLOCDATA of buffer will be overwritten and will not be freed. All other RTP header fields will be set to 0/FALSE.

buffer : a GstBuffer
payload_len : the length of the payload
pad_len : the amount of padding
csrc_count : the number of CSRC entries

gst_rtp_buffer_new_take_data ()

GstBuffer*          gst_rtp_buffer_new_take_data        (gpointer data,
                                                         guint len);

Create a new buffer and set the data and size of the buffer to data and len respectively. data will be freed when the buffer is unreffed, so this function transfers ownership of data to the new buffer.

data : data for the new buffer
len : the length of data
Returns : A newly allocated buffer with data and of size len.

gst_rtp_buffer_new_copy_data ()

GstBuffer*          gst_rtp_buffer_new_copy_data        (gpointer data,
                                                         guint len);

Create a new buffer and set the data to a copy of len bytes of data and the size to len. The data will be freed when the buffer is freed.

data : data for the new buffer
len : the length of data
Returns : A newly allocated buffer with a copy of data and of size len.

gst_rtp_buffer_new_allocate ()

GstBuffer*          gst_rtp_buffer_new_allocate         (guint payload_len,
                                                         guint8 pad_len,
                                                         guint8 csrc_count);

Allocate a new Gstbuffer with enough data to hold an RTP packet with csrc_count CSRCs, a payload length of payload_len and padding of pad_len. All other RTP header fields will be set to 0/FALSE.

payload_len : the length of the payload
pad_len : the amount of padding
csrc_count : the number of CSRC entries
Returns : A newly allocated buffer that can hold an RTP packet with given parameters.

gst_rtp_buffer_new_allocate_len ()

GstBuffer*          gst_rtp_buffer_new_allocate_len     (guint packet_len,
                                                         guint8 pad_len,
                                                         guint8 csrc_count);

Create a new GstBuffer that can hold an RTP packet that is exactly packet_len long. The length of the payload depends on pad_len and csrc_count and can be calculated with gst_rtp_buffer_calc_payload_len(). All RTP header fields will be set to 0/FALSE.

packet_len : the total length of the packet
pad_len : the amount of padding
csrc_count : the number of CSRC entries
Returns : A newly allocated buffer that can hold an RTP packet of packet_len.

gst_rtp_buffer_calc_header_len ()

guint               gst_rtp_buffer_calc_header_len      (guint8 csrc_count);

Calculate the header length of an RTP packet with csrc_count CSRC entries. An RTP packet can have at most 15 CSRC entries.

csrc_count : the number of CSRC entries
Returns : The length of an RTP header with csrc_count CSRC entries.

gst_rtp_buffer_calc_packet_len ()

guint               gst_rtp_buffer_calc_packet_len      (guint payload_len,
                                                         guint8 pad_len,
                                                         guint8 csrc_count);

Calculate the total length of an RTP packet with a payload size of payload_len, a padding of pad_len and a csrc_count CSRC entries.

payload_len : the length of the payload
pad_len : the amount of padding
csrc_count : the number of CSRC entries
Returns : The total length of an RTP header with given parameters.

gst_rtp_buffer_calc_payload_len ()

guint               gst_rtp_buffer_calc_payload_len     (guint packet_len,
                                                         guint8 pad_len,
                                                         guint8 csrc_count);

Calculate the length of the payload of an RTP packet with size packet_len, a padding of pad_len and a csrc_count CSRC entries.

packet_len : the length of the total RTP packet
pad_len : the amount of padding
csrc_count : the number of CSRC entries
Returns : The length of the payload of an RTP packet with given parameters.

gst_rtp_buffer_validate ()

gboolean            gst_rtp_buffer_validate             (GstBuffer *buffer);

Check if the data pointed to by buffer is a valid RTP packet using validate_data(). Use this function to validate a packet before using the other functions in this module.

buffer : the buffer to validate
Returns : TRUE if buffer is a valid RTP packet.

gst_rtp_buffer_validate_data ()

gboolean            gst_rtp_buffer_validate_data        (guint8 *data,
                                                         guint len);

Check if the data and size point to the data of a valid RTP packet. This function checks the length, version and padding of the packet data. Use this function to validate a packet before using the other functions in this module.

data : the data to validate
len : the length of data to validate
Returns : TRUE if the data points to a valid RTP packet.

gst_rtp_buffer_set_packet_len ()

void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_packet_len       (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint len);

Set the total buffer size to len. The data in the buffer will be made larger if needed. Any padding will be removed from the packet.

buffer : the buffer
len : the new packet length

gst_rtp_buffer_get_packet_len ()

guint               gst_rtp_buffer_get_packet_len       (GstBuffer *buffer);

Return the total length of the packet in buffer.

buffer : the buffer
Returns : The total length of the packet in buffer.

gst_rtp_buffer_get_header_len ()

guint               gst_rtp_buffer_get_header_len       (GstBuffer *buffer);

Return the total length of the header in buffer. This include the length of the fixed header, the CSRC list and the extension header.

buffer : the buffer
Returns : The total length of the header in buffer.

gst_rtp_buffer_get_version ()

guint8              gst_rtp_buffer_get_version          (GstBuffer *buffer);

Get the version number of the RTP packet in buffer.

buffer : the buffer
Returns : The version of buffer.

gst_rtp_buffer_set_version ()

void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_version          (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint8 version);

Set the version of the RTP packet in buffer to version.

buffer : the buffer
version : the new version

gst_rtp_buffer_get_padding ()

gboolean            gst_rtp_buffer_get_padding          (GstBuffer *buffer);

Check if the padding bit is set on the RTP packet in buffer.

buffer : the buffer
Returns : TRUE if buffer has the padding bit set.

gst_rtp_buffer_set_padding ()

void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_padding          (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         gboolean padding);

Set the padding bit on the RTP packet in buffer to padding.

buffer : the buffer
padding : the new padding

gst_rtp_buffer_pad_to ()

void                gst_rtp_buffer_pad_to               (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint len);

Set the amount of padding in the RTP packet in buffer to len. If len is 0, the padding is removed.

NOTE: This function does not work correctly.

buffer : the buffer
len : the new amount of padding

gst_rtp_buffer_get_extension ()

gboolean            gst_rtp_buffer_get_extension        (GstBuffer *buffer);

Check if the extension bit is set on the RTP packet in buffer.

buffer : the buffer
Returns : TRUE if buffer has the extension bit set.

gst_rtp_buffer_set_extension ()

void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_extension        (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         gboolean extension);

Set the extension bit on the RTP packet in buffer to extension.

buffer : the buffer
extension : the new extension

gst_rtp_buffer_get_extension_data ()

gboolean            gst_rtp_buffer_get_extension_data   (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint16 *bits,
                                                         gpointer *data,
                                                         guint *wordlen);

Get the extension data. bits will contain the extension 16 bits of custom data. data will point to the data in the extension and wordlen will contain the length of data in 32 bits words.

If buffer did not contain an extension, this function will return FALSE with bits, data and wordlen unchanged.

buffer : the buffer
bits : location for result bits
data : location for data
wordlen : location for length of data in 32 bits words
Returns : TRUE if buffer had the extension bit set.

Since 0.10.15


gst_rtp_buffer_get_ssrc ()

guint32             gst_rtp_buffer_get_ssrc             (GstBuffer *buffer);

Get the SSRC of the RTP packet in buffer.

buffer : the buffer
Returns : the SSRC of buffer in host order.

gst_rtp_buffer_set_ssrc ()

void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_ssrc             (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint32 ssrc);

Set the SSRC on the RTP packet in buffer to ssrc.

buffer : the buffer
ssrc : the new SSRC

gst_rtp_buffer_get_csrc_count ()

guint8              gst_rtp_buffer_get_csrc_count       (GstBuffer *buffer);

Get the CSRC count of the RTP packet in buffer.

buffer : the buffer
Returns : the CSRC count of buffer.

gst_rtp_buffer_get_csrc ()

guint32             gst_rtp_buffer_get_csrc             (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint8 idx);

Get the CSRC at index idx in buffer.

buffer : the buffer
idx : the index of the CSRC to get
Returns : the CSRC at index idx in host order.

gst_rtp_buffer_set_csrc ()

void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_csrc             (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint8 idx,
                                                         guint32 csrc);

Modify the CSRC at index idx in buffer to csrc.

buffer : the buffer
idx : the CSRC index to set
csrc : the CSRC in host order to set at idx

gst_rtp_buffer_get_marker ()

gboolean            gst_rtp_buffer_get_marker           (GstBuffer *buffer);

Check if the marker bit is set on the RTP packet in buffer.

buffer : the buffer
Returns : TRUE if buffer has the marker bit set.

gst_rtp_buffer_set_marker ()

void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_marker           (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         gboolean marker);

Set the marker bit on the RTP packet in buffer to marker.

buffer : the buffer
marker : the new marker

gst_rtp_buffer_get_payload_type ()

guint8              gst_rtp_buffer_get_payload_type     (GstBuffer *buffer);

Get the payload type of the RTP packet in buffer.

buffer : the buffer
Returns : The payload type.

gst_rtp_buffer_set_payload_type ()

void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_payload_type     (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint8 payload_type);

Set the payload type of the RTP packet in buffer to payload_type.

buffer : the buffer
payload_type : the new type

gst_rtp_buffer_get_seq ()

guint16             gst_rtp_buffer_get_seq              (GstBuffer *buffer);

Get the sequence number of the RTP packet in buffer.

buffer : the buffer
Returns : The sequence number in host order.

gst_rtp_buffer_set_seq ()

void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_seq              (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint16 seq);

Set the sequence number of the RTP packet in buffer to seq.

buffer : the buffer
seq : the new sequence number

gst_rtp_buffer_get_timestamp ()

guint32             gst_rtp_buffer_get_timestamp        (GstBuffer *buffer);

Get the timestamp of the RTP packet in buffer.

buffer : the buffer
Returns : The timestamp in host order.

gst_rtp_buffer_set_timestamp ()

void                gst_rtp_buffer_set_timestamp        (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint32 timestamp);

Set the timestamp of the RTP packet in buffer to timestamp.

buffer : the buffer
timestamp : the new timestamp

gst_rtp_buffer_get_payload_buffer ()

GstBuffer*          gst_rtp_buffer_get_payload_buffer   (GstBuffer *buffer);

Create a buffer of the payload of the RTP packet in buffer. This function will internally create a subbuffer of buffer so that a memcpy can be avoided.

buffer : the buffer
Returns : A new buffer with the data of the payload.

gst_rtp_buffer_get_payload_subbuffer ()

GstBuffer*          gst_rtp_buffer_get_payload_subbuffer
                                                        (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint offset,
                                                         guint len);

Create a subbuffer of the payload of the RTP packet in buffer. offset bytes are skipped in the payload and the subbuffer will be of size len. If len is -1 the total payload starting from offset if subbuffered.

buffer : the buffer
offset : the offset in the payload
len : the length in the payload
Returns : A new buffer with the specified data of the payload.

Since 0.10.10


gst_rtp_buffer_get_payload_len ()

guint               gst_rtp_buffer_get_payload_len      (GstBuffer *buffer);

Get the length of the payload of the RTP packet in buffer.

buffer : the buffer
Returns : The length of the payload in buffer.

gst_rtp_buffer_get_payload ()

gpointer            gst_rtp_buffer_get_payload          (GstBuffer *buffer);

Get a pointer to the payload data in buffer. This pointer is valid as long as a reference to buffer is held.

buffer : the buffer
Returns : A pointer to the payload data in buffer.

gst_rtp_buffer_default_clock_rate ()

guint32             gst_rtp_buffer_default_clock_rate   (guint8 payload_type);

Get the default clock-rate for the static payload type payload_type.

payload_type : the static payload type
Returns : the default clock rate or -1 if the payload type is not static or the clock-rate is undefined.

Since 0.10.13


gst_rtp_buffer_compare_seqnum ()

gint                gst_rtp_buffer_compare_seqnum       (guint16 seqnum1,
                                                         guint16 seqnum2);

Compare two sequence numbers, taking care of wraparounds. This function returns the difference between seqnum1 and seqnum2.

seqnum1 : a sequence number
seqnum2 : a sequence number
Returns : a negative value if seqnum1 is bigger than seqnum2, 0 if they are equal or a positive value if seqnum1 is smaller than segnum2.

Since 0.10.15


gst_rtp_buffer_ext_timestamp ()

guint64             gst_rtp_buffer_ext_timestamp        (guint64 *exttimestamp,
                                                         guint32 timestamp);

Update the exttimestamp field with timestamp. For the first call of the method, exttimestamp should point to a location with a value of -1.

This function makes sure that the returned value is a constantly increasing value even in the case where there is a timestamp wraparound.

exttimestamp : a previous extended timestamp
timestamp : a new timestamp
Returns : The extended timestamp of timestamp.

Since 0.10.15


gst_rtp_buffer_set_extension_data ()

gboolean            gst_rtp_buffer_set_extension_data   (GstBuffer *buffer,
                                                         guint16 bits,
                                                         guint16 length);

Set the extension bit of the rtp buffer and fill in the bits and length of the extension header. It will refuse to set the extension data if the buffer is not large enough.

buffer : the buffer
bits : the bits specific for the extension
length : the length that counts the number of 32-bit words in the extension, excluding the extension header ( therefore zero is a valid length)
Returns : True if done. Since : 0.10.18

gst_rtp_buffer_list_validate ()

gboolean            gst_rtp_buffer_list_validate        (GstBufferList *list);

Check if all RTP packets in the list are valid using validate_data(). Use this function to validate an list before using the other functions in this module.

list : the buffer list to validate
Returns : TRUE if list consists only of valid RTP packets.

Since 0.10.24


gst_rtp_buffer_list_get_payload_len ()

guint               gst_rtp_buffer_list_get_payload_len (GstBufferList *list);

Get the length of the payload of the RTP packet in list.

list : the buffer list
Returns : The length of the payload in list.

Since 0.10.24


gst_rtp_buffer_list_get_payload_type ()

guint8              gst_rtp_buffer_list_get_payload_type
                                                        (GstBufferList *list);

Get the payload type of the first RTP packet in list. All packets in list should have the same payload type.

list : the buffer list
Returns : The payload type.

Since 0.10.24


gst_rtp_buffer_list_set_payload_type ()

void                gst_rtp_buffer_list_set_payload_type
                                                        (GstBufferList *list,
                                                         guint8 payload_type);

Set the payload type of each RTP packet in list to payload_type.

list : the buffer list
payload_type : the new type

Since 0.10.24


gst_rtp_buffer_list_get_seq ()

guint16             gst_rtp_buffer_list_get_seq         (GstBufferList *list);

Get the sequence number of the first RTP packet in list. All packets within list have the same sequence number.

list : the buffer list
Returns : The seq number

Since 0.10.24


gst_rtp_buffer_list_set_seq ()

guint16             gst_rtp_buffer_list_set_seq         (GstBufferList *list,
                                                         guint16 seq);

Set the sequence number of each RTP packet in list to seq.

list : the buffer list
seq : the new sequence number
Returns : The seq number of the last packet in the list + 1.

Since 0.10.24


gst_rtp_buffer_list_get_ssrc ()

guint32             gst_rtp_buffer_list_get_ssrc        (GstBufferList *list);

Get the SSRC of the first RTP packet in list. All RTP packets within list have the same SSRC.

list : the buffer list
Returns : the SSRC of list in host order.

Since 0.10.24


gst_rtp_buffer_list_set_ssrc ()

void                gst_rtp_buffer_list_set_ssrc        (GstBufferList *list,
                                                         guint32 ssrc);

Set the SSRC on each RTP packet in list to ssrc.

list : the buffer list
ssrc : the new SSRC

Since 0.10.24


gst_rtp_buffer_list_get_timestamp ()

guint32             gst_rtp_buffer_list_get_timestamp   (GstBufferList *list);

Get the timestamp of the first RTP packet in list. All packets within list have the same timestamp.

list : the buffer list
Returns : The timestamp in host order.

Since 0.10.24


gst_rtp_buffer_list_set_timestamp ()

void                gst_rtp_buffer_list_set_timestamp   (GstBufferList *list,
                                                         guint32 timestamp);

Set the timestamp of each RTP packet in list to timestamp.

list : the buffer list
timestamp : the new timestamp

Since 0.10.24

See Also

GstBaseRTPPayload, GstBaseRTPDepayload, gstrtcpbuffer