GstUtils

GstUtils — Various utility functions

Synopsis


#include <gst/gst.h>

#define             GST_BOILERPLATE_WITH_INTERFACE      (type, type_as_function,		
                                                         parent_type, parent_type_as_macro, interface_type,			
                                                         interface_type_as_macro, interface_as_function)
#define             GST_BOILERPLATE_FULL                (type, type_as_function, parent_type, parent_type_macro, additional_initializations)
#define             GST_BOILERPLATE                     (type,type_as_function,parent_type,parent_type_macro)
#define             GST_CALL_PARENT                     (parent_class_cast, name, args)
#define             GST_CALL_PARENT_WITH_DEFAULT        (parent_class_cast, name, args, def_return)
#define             GDOUBLE_FROM_BE                     (val)
#define             GDOUBLE_FROM_LE                     (val)
#define             GDOUBLE_TO_BE                       (val)
#define             GDOUBLE_TO_LE                       (val)
gdouble             GDOUBLE_SWAP_LE_BE                  (gdouble in);
#define             GFLOAT_FROM_BE                      (val)
#define             GFLOAT_FROM_LE                      (val)
#define             GFLOAT_TO_BE                        (val)
#define             GFLOAT_TO_LE                        (val)
gfloat              GFLOAT_SWAP_LE_BE                   (gfloat in);
#define             GST_READ_UINT8                      (data)
#define             GST_READ_UINT16_LE                  (data)
#define             GST_READ_UINT16_BE                  (data)
#define             GST_READ_UINT24_LE                  (data)
#define             GST_READ_UINT24_BE                  (data)
#define             GST_READ_UINT32_LE                  (data)
#define             GST_READ_UINT32_BE                  (data)
#define             GST_READ_UINT64_LE                  (data)
#define             GST_READ_UINT64_BE                  (data)
gfloat              GST_READ_FLOAT_LE                   (const guint8 *data);
gfloat              GST_READ_FLOAT_BE                   (const guint8 *data);
gdouble             GST_READ_DOUBLE_LE                  (const guint8 *data);
gdouble             GST_READ_DOUBLE_BE                  (const guint8 *data);
#define             GST_WRITE_UINT8                     (data, num)
#define             GST_WRITE_UINT16_LE                 (data, num)
#define             GST_WRITE_UINT16_BE                 (data, num)
#define             GST_WRITE_UINT24_LE                 (data, num)
#define             GST_WRITE_UINT24_BE                 (data, num)
#define             GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE                 (data, num)
#define             GST_WRITE_UINT32_BE                 (data, num)
#define             GST_WRITE_UINT64_LE                 (data, num)
#define             GST_WRITE_UINT64_BE                 (data, num)
void                GST_WRITE_FLOAT_LE                  (guint8 *data,
                                                         gfloat num);
void                GST_WRITE_FLOAT_BE                  (guint8 *data,
                                                         gfloat num);
void                GST_WRITE_DOUBLE_LE                 (guint8 *data,
                                                         gdouble num);
void                GST_WRITE_DOUBLE_BE                 (guint8 *data,
                                                         gdouble num);
#define             GST_ROUND_UP_2                      (num)
#define             GST_ROUND_UP_4                      (num)
#define             GST_ROUND_UP_8                      (num)
#define             GST_ROUND_UP_16                     (num)
#define             GST_ROUND_UP_32                     (num)
#define             GST_ROUND_UP_64                     (num)
#define             GST_ROUND_DOWN_2                    (num)
#define             GST_ROUND_DOWN_4                    (num)
#define             GST_ROUND_DOWN_8                    (num)
#define             GST_ROUND_DOWN_16                   (num)
#define             GST_ROUND_DOWN_32                   (num)
#define             GST_ROUND_DOWN_64                   (num)
void                gst_atomic_int_set                  (gint *atomic_int,
                                                         gint value);
const gchar*        gst_flow_get_name                   (GstFlowReturn ret);
GQuark              gst_flow_to_quark                   (GstFlowReturn ret);
void                gst_print_element_args              (GString *buf,
                                                         gint indent,
                                                         GstElement *element);
void                gst_print_pad_caps                  (GString *buf,
                                                         gint indent,
                                                         GstPad *pad);
#define             gst_guint64_to_gdouble              (value)
#define             gst_gdouble_to_guint64              (value)
GType               gst_type_register_static_full       (GType parent_type,
                                                         const gchar *type_name,
                                                         guint class_size,
                                                         GBaseInitFunc base_init,
                                                         GBaseFinalizeFunc base_finalize,
                                                         GClassInitFunc class_init,
                                                         GClassFinalizeFunc class_finalize,
                                                         gconstpointer class_data,
                                                         guint instance_size,
                                                         guint16 n_preallocs,
                                                         GInstanceInitFunc instance_init,
                                                         const GTypeValueTable *value_table,
                                                         GTypeFlags flags);
void                gst_util_dump_mem                   (const guchar *mem,
                                                         guint size);
guint64             gst_util_uint64_scale               (guint64 val,
                                                         guint64 num,
                                                         guint64 denom);
guint64             gst_util_uint64_scale_round         (guint64 val,
                                                         guint64 num,
                                                         guint64 denom);
guint64             gst_util_uint64_scale_ceil          (guint64 val,
                                                         guint64 num,
                                                         guint64 denom);
guint64             gst_util_uint64_scale_int           (guint64 val,
                                                         gint num,
                                                         gint denom);
guint64             gst_util_uint64_scale_int_round     (guint64 val,
                                                         gint num,
                                                         gint denom);
guint64             gst_util_uint64_scale_int_ceil      (guint64 val,
                                                         gint num,
                                                         gint denom);
guint32             gst_util_seqnum_next                (void);
gint32              gst_util_seqnum_compare             (guint32 s1,
                                                         guint32 s2);
void                gst_util_set_object_arg             (GObject *object,
                                                         const gchar *name,
                                                         const gchar *value);
void                gst_util_set_value_from_string      (GValue *value,
                                                         const gchar *value_str);
GstClockTime        gst_util_get_timestamp              (void);
enum                GstSearchMode;
gpointer            gst_util_array_binary_search        (gpointer array,
                                                         guint num_elements,
                                                         gsize element_size,
                                                         GCompareDataFunc search_func,
                                                         GstSearchMode mode,
                                                         gconstpointer search_data,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Description

When defining own plugins, use the GST_BOILERPLATE ease gobject creation.

Details

GST_BOILERPLATE_WITH_INTERFACE()

#define             GST_BOILERPLATE_WITH_INTERFACE(type, type_as_function,		\
                parent_type, parent_type_as_macro, interface_type,			\
                interface_type_as_macro, interface_as_function)

Like GST_BOILERPLATE, but makes the type 1) implement an interface, and 2) implement GstImplementsInterface for that type.

After this you will need to implement interface_as_function ## _supported and interface_as_function ## _interface_init

type : the name of the type struct
type_as_function : the prefix for the functions
parent_type : the parent type struct name
parent_type_as_macro : the parent type macro
interface_type : the name of the interface type struct
interface_type_as_macro : the interface type macro
interface_as_function : the interface function name prefix

GST_BOILERPLATE_FULL()

#define             GST_BOILERPLATE_FULL(type, type_as_function, parent_type, parent_type_macro, additional_initializations)

Define the boilerplate type stuff to reduce typos and code size. Defines the get_type method and the parent_class static variable. 

  GST_BOILERPLATE_FULL (GstFdSink, gst_fdsink, GstElement, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT, _do_init);

type : the name of the type struct
type_as_function : the prefix for the functions
parent_type : the parent type struct name
parent_type_macro : the parent type macro
additional_initializations : function pointer in the form of void additional_initializations (GType type) that can be used for initializing interfaces and the like

GST_BOILERPLATE()

#define             GST_BOILERPLATE(type,type_as_function,parent_type,parent_type_macro)

Define the boilerplate type stuff to reduce typos and code size. Defines the get_type method and the parent_class static variable. 

  GST_BOILERPLATE (GstFdSink, gst_fdsink, GstElement, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT);

type : the name of the type struct
type_as_function : the prefix for the functions
parent_type : the parent type struct name
parent_type_macro : the parent type macro

GST_CALL_PARENT()

#define             GST_CALL_PARENT(parent_class_cast, name, args)

Just call the parent handler. This assumes that there is a variable named parent_class that points to the (duh!) parent class. Note that this macro is not to be used with things that return something, use the _WITH_DEFAULT version for that

parent_class_cast : the name of the class cast macro for the parent type
name : name of the function to call
args : arguments enclosed in '( )'

GST_CALL_PARENT_WITH_DEFAULT()

#define             GST_CALL_PARENT_WITH_DEFAULT(parent_class_cast, name, args, def_return)

Same as GST_CALL_PARENT(), but in case there is no implementation, it evaluates to def_return.

parent_class_cast : the name of the class cast macro for the parent type
name : name of the function to call
args : arguments enclosed in '( )'
def_return : default result

GDOUBLE_FROM_BE()

#define GDOUBLE_FROM_BE(val) (GDOUBLE_TO_BE (val))

Convert 64-bit floating point value (double) from big endian byte order into native byte order.

val : value

Since 0.10.22

GDOUBLE_FROM_LE()

#define GDOUBLE_FROM_LE(val) (GDOUBLE_TO_LE (val))

Convert 64-bit floating point value (double) from little endian byte order into native byte order.

val : value

Since 0.10.22

GDOUBLE_TO_BE()

#define             GDOUBLE_TO_BE(val)

Convert 64-bit floating point value (double) from native byte order into big endian byte order.

val : value

Since 0.10.22

GDOUBLE_TO_LE()

#define             GDOUBLE_TO_LE(val)

Convert 64-bit floating point value (double) from native byte order into little endian byte order.

val : value

Since 0.10.22

GDOUBLE_SWAP_LE_BE ()

gdouble             GDOUBLE_SWAP_LE_BE                  (gdouble in);

Swap byte order of a 64-bit floating point value (double).

in : input value
Returns : in byte-swapped.

Since 0.10.22

GFLOAT_FROM_BE()

#define GFLOAT_FROM_BE(val)  (GFLOAT_TO_BE (val))

Convert 32-bit floating point value (float) from big endian byte order into native byte order.

val : value

Since 0.10.22

GFLOAT_FROM_LE()

#define GFLOAT_FROM_LE(val)  (GFLOAT_TO_LE (val))

Convert 32-bit floating point value (float) from little endian byte order into native byte order.

val : value

Since 0.10.22

GFLOAT_TO_BE()

#define             GFLOAT_TO_BE(val)

Convert 32-bit floating point value (float) from native byte order into big endian byte order.

val : value

Since 0.10.22

GFLOAT_TO_LE()

#define             GFLOAT_TO_LE(val)

Convert 32-bit floating point value (float) from native byte order into little endian byte order.

val : value

Since 0.10.22

GFLOAT_SWAP_LE_BE ()

gfloat              GFLOAT_SWAP_LE_BE                   (gfloat in);

Swap byte order of a 32-bit floating point value (float).

in : input value
Returns : in byte-swapped.

Since 0.10.22

GST_READ_UINT8()

#define GST_READ_UINT8(data)		(_GST_GET (data, 0,  8,  0))

Read an 8 bit unsigned integer value from the memory buffer.

data : memory location

GST_READ_UINT16_LE()

#define             GST_READ_UINT16_LE(data)

Read a 16 bit unsigned integer value in little endian format from the memory buffer.

data : memory location

GST_READ_UINT16_BE()

#define             GST_READ_UINT16_BE(data)

Read a 16 bit unsigned integer value in big endian format from the memory buffer.

data : memory location

GST_READ_UINT24_LE()

#define             GST_READ_UINT24_LE(data)

Read a 24 bit unsigned integer value in little endian format from the memory buffer.

data : memory location

Since 0.10.22

GST_READ_UINT24_BE()

#define             GST_READ_UINT24_BE(data)

Read a 24 bit unsigned integer value in big endian format from the memory buffer.

data : memory location

Since 0.10.22

GST_READ_UINT32_LE()

#define             GST_READ_UINT32_LE(data)

Read a 32 bit unsigned integer value in little endian format from the memory buffer.

data : memory location

GST_READ_UINT32_BE()

#define             GST_READ_UINT32_BE(data)

Read a 32 bit unsigned integer value in big endian format from the memory buffer.

data : memory location

GST_READ_UINT64_LE()

#define             GST_READ_UINT64_LE(data)

Read a 64 bit unsigned integer value in little endian format from the memory buffer.

data : memory location

GST_READ_UINT64_BE()

#define             GST_READ_UINT64_BE(data)

Read a 64 bit unsigned integer value in big endian format from the memory buffer.

data : memory location

GST_READ_FLOAT_LE ()

gfloat              GST_READ_FLOAT_LE                   (const guint8 *data);

Read a 32 bit float value in little endian format from the memory buffer.

data : memory location
Returns : The floating point value read from data

Since 0.10.22

GST_READ_FLOAT_BE ()

gfloat              GST_READ_FLOAT_BE                   (const guint8 *data);

Read a 32 bit float value in big endian format from the memory buffer.

data : memory location
Returns : The floating point value read from data

Since 0.10.22

GST_READ_DOUBLE_LE ()

gdouble             GST_READ_DOUBLE_LE                  (const guint8 *data);

Read a 64 bit double value in little endian format from the memory buffer.

data : memory location
Returns : The double-precision floating point value read from data

Since 0.10.22

GST_READ_DOUBLE_BE ()

gdouble             GST_READ_DOUBLE_BE                  (const guint8 *data);

Read a 64 bit double value in big endian format from the memory buffer.

data : memory location
Returns : The double-precision floating point value read from data

Since 0.10.22

GST_WRITE_UINT8()

#define             GST_WRITE_UINT8(data, num)

Store an 8 bit unsigned integer value into the memory buffer.

data : memory location
num : value to store

GST_WRITE_UINT16_LE()

#define             GST_WRITE_UINT16_LE(data, num)

Store a 16 bit unsigned integer value in little endian format into the memory buffer.

data : memory location
num : value to store

GST_WRITE_UINT16_BE()

#define             GST_WRITE_UINT16_BE(data, num)

Store a 16 bit unsigned integer value in big endian format into the memory buffer.

data : memory location
num : value to store

GST_WRITE_UINT24_LE()

#define             GST_WRITE_UINT24_LE(data, num)

Store a 24 bit unsigned integer value in little endian format into the memory buffer.

data : memory location
num : value to store

Since 0.10.22

GST_WRITE_UINT24_BE()

#define             GST_WRITE_UINT24_BE(data, num)

Store a 24 bit unsigned integer value in big endian format into the memory buffer.

data : memory location
num : value to store

Since 0.10.22

GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE()

#define             GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE(data, num)

Store a 32 bit unsigned integer value in little endian format into the memory buffer.

data : memory location
num : value to store

GST_WRITE_UINT32_BE()

#define             GST_WRITE_UINT32_BE(data, num)

Store a 32 bit unsigned integer value in big endian format into the memory buffer.

data : memory location
num : value to store

GST_WRITE_UINT64_LE()

#define             GST_WRITE_UINT64_LE(data, num)

Store a 64 bit unsigned integer value in little endian format into the memory buffer.

data : memory location
num : value to store

GST_WRITE_UINT64_BE()

#define             GST_WRITE_UINT64_BE(data, num)

Store a 64 bit unsigned integer value in big endian format into the memory buffer.

data : memory location
num : value to store

GST_WRITE_FLOAT_LE ()

void                GST_WRITE_FLOAT_LE                  (guint8 *data,
                                                         gfloat num);

Store a 32 bit float value in little endian format into the memory buffer.

data : memory location
num : value to store

Since 0.10.22

GST_WRITE_FLOAT_BE ()

void                GST_WRITE_FLOAT_BE                  (guint8 *data,
                                                         gfloat num);

Store a 32 bit float value in big endian format into the memory buffer.

data : memory location
num : value to store

Since 0.10.22

GST_WRITE_DOUBLE_LE ()

void                GST_WRITE_DOUBLE_LE                 (guint8 *data,
                                                         gdouble num);

Store a 64 bit double value in little endian format into the memory buffer.

data : memory location
num : value to store

Since 0.10.22

GST_WRITE_DOUBLE_BE ()

void                GST_WRITE_DOUBLE_BE                 (guint8 *data,
                                                         gdouble num);

Store a 64 bit double value in big endian format into the memory buffer.

data : memory location
num : value to store

Since 0.10.22

GST_ROUND_UP_2()

#define GST_ROUND_UP_2(num)  (((num)+1)&~1)

Rounds an integer value up to the next multiple of 2.

num : integer value to round up

GST_ROUND_UP_4()

#define GST_ROUND_UP_4(num)  (((num)+3)&~3)

Rounds an integer value up to the next multiple of 4.

num : integer value to round up

GST_ROUND_UP_8()

#define GST_ROUND_UP_8(num)  (((num)+7)&~7)

Rounds an integer value up to the next multiple of 8.

num : integer value to round up

GST_ROUND_UP_16()

#define GST_ROUND_UP_16(num) (((num)+15)&~15)

Rounds an integer value up to the next multiple of 16.

num : integer value to round up

GST_ROUND_UP_32()

#define GST_ROUND_UP_32(num) (((num)+31)&~31)

Rounds an integer value up to the next multiple of 32.

num : integer value to round up

GST_ROUND_UP_64()

#define GST_ROUND_UP_64(num) (((num)+63)&~63)

Rounds an integer value up to the next multiple of 64.

num : integer value to round up

GST_ROUND_DOWN_2()

#define GST_ROUND_DOWN_2(num)  ((num)&(~1))

Rounds an integer value down to the next multiple of 2.

num : integer value to round down

Since 0.10.12

GST_ROUND_DOWN_4()

#define GST_ROUND_DOWN_4(num)  ((num)&(~3))

Rounds an integer value down to the next multiple of 4.

num : integer value to round down

Since 0.10.12

GST_ROUND_DOWN_8()

#define GST_ROUND_DOWN_8(num)  ((num)&(~7))

Rounds an integer value down to the next multiple of 8.

num : integer value to round down

Since 0.10.12

GST_ROUND_DOWN_16()

#define GST_ROUND_DOWN_16(num) ((num)&(~15))

Rounds an integer value down to the next multiple of 16.

num : integer value to round down

Since 0.10.12

GST_ROUND_DOWN_32()

#define GST_ROUND_DOWN_32(num) ((num)&(~31))

Rounds an integer value down to the next multiple of 32.

num : integer value to round down

Since 0.10.12

GST_ROUND_DOWN_64()

#define GST_ROUND_DOWN_64(num) ((num)&(~63))

Rounds an integer value down to the next multiple of 64.

num : integer value to round down

Since 0.10.12

gst_atomic_int_set ()

void                gst_atomic_int_set                  (gint *atomic_int,
                                                         gint value);

Warning

gst_atomic_int_set is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. Use g_atomic_int_set().

Unconditionally sets the atomic integer to value.

atomic_int : pointer to an atomic integer
value : value to set

gst_flow_get_name ()

const gchar*        gst_flow_get_name                   (GstFlowReturn ret);

Gets a string representing the given flow return.

ret : a GstFlowReturn to get the name of.
Returns : a static string with the name of the flow return.

gst_flow_to_quark ()

GQuark              gst_flow_to_quark                   (GstFlowReturn ret);

Get the unique quark for the given GstFlowReturn.

ret : a GstFlowReturn to get the quark of.
Returns : the quark associated with the flow return or 0 if an invalid return was specified.

gst_print_element_args ()

void                gst_print_element_args              (GString *buf,
                                                         gint indent,
                                                         GstElement *element);

Print the element argument in a human readable format in the given GString.

buf : the buffer to print the args in
indent : initial indentation
element : the element to print the args of

gst_print_pad_caps ()

void                gst_print_pad_caps                  (GString *buf,
                                                         gint indent,
                                                         GstPad *pad);

Write the pad capabilities in a human readable format into the given GString.

buf : the buffer to print the caps in
indent : initial indentation
pad : the pad to print the caps from

gst_guint64_to_gdouble()

#define             gst_guint64_to_gdouble(value)

Convert value to a gdouble.

value : the guint64 value to convert

gst_gdouble_to_guint64()

#define             gst_gdouble_to_guint64(value)

Convert value to a guint64.

value : the gdouble value to convert

gst_type_register_static_full ()

GType               gst_type_register_static_full       (GType parent_type,
                                                         const gchar *type_name,
                                                         guint class_size,
                                                         GBaseInitFunc base_init,
                                                         GBaseFinalizeFunc base_finalize,
                                                         GClassInitFunc class_init,
                                                         GClassFinalizeFunc class_finalize,
                                                         gconstpointer class_data,
                                                         guint instance_size,
                                                         guint16 n_preallocs,
                                                         GInstanceInitFunc instance_init,
                                                         const GTypeValueTable *value_table,
                                                         GTypeFlags flags);

Helper function which constructs a GTypeInfo structure and registers a GType, but which generates less linker overhead than a static const GTypeInfo structure. For further details of the parameters, please see GTypeInfo in the GLib documentation.

Registers type_name as the name of a new static type derived from parent_type. The value of flags determines the nature (e.g. abstract or not) of the type. It works by filling a GTypeInfo struct and calling g_type_info_register_static().

parent_type : The GType of the parent type the newly registered type will derive from
type_name : NULL-terminated string used as the name of the new type
class_size : Size of the class structure.
base_init : Location of the base initialization function (optional).
base_finalize : Location of the base finalization function (optional).
class_init : Location of the class initialization function for class types Location of the default vtable inititalization function for interface types. (optional)
class_finalize : Location of the class finalization function for class types. Location of the default vtable finalization function for interface types. (optional)
class_data : User-supplied data passed to the class init/finalize functions.
instance_size : Size of the instance (object) structure (required for instantiatable types only).
n_preallocs : The number of pre-allocated (cached) instances to reserve memory for (0 indicates no caching). Ignored on recent GLib's.
instance_init : Location of the instance initialization function (optional, for instantiatable types only).
value_table : A GTypeValueTable function table for generic handling of GValues of this type (usually only useful for fundamental types).
flags : GTypeFlags for this GType. E.g: G_TYPE_FLAG_ABSTRACT
Returns : A GType for the newly-registered type.

Since 0.10.14

gst_util_dump_mem ()

void                gst_util_dump_mem                   (const guchar *mem,
                                                         guint size);

Dumps the memory block into a hex representation. Useful for debugging.

mem : a pointer to the memory to dump
size : the size of the memory block to dump

gst_util_uint64_scale ()

guint64             gst_util_uint64_scale               (guint64 val,
                                                         guint64 num,
                                                         guint64 denom);

Scale val by the rational number num / denom, avoiding overflows and underflows and without loss of precision.

This function can potentially be very slow if val and num are both greater than G_MAXUINT32.

val : the number to scale
num : the numerator of the scale ratio
denom : the denominator of the scale ratio
Returns : val * num / denom. In the case of an overflow, this function returns G_MAXUINT64. If the result is not exactly representable as an integer it is truncated. See also gst_util_uint64_scale_round(), gst_util_uint64_scale_ceil(), gst_util_uint64_scale_int(), gst_util_uint64_scale_int_round(), gst_util_uint64_scale_int_ceil().

gst_util_uint64_scale_round ()

guint64             gst_util_uint64_scale_round         (guint64 val,
                                                         guint64 num,
                                                         guint64 denom);

Scale val by the rational number num / denom, avoiding overflows and underflows and without loss of precision.

This function can potentially be very slow if val and num are both greater than G_MAXUINT32.

val : the number to scale
num : the numerator of the scale ratio
denom : the denominator of the scale ratio
Returns : val * num / denom. In the case of an overflow, this function returns G_MAXUINT64. If the result is not exactly representable as an integer, it is rounded to the nearest integer (half-way cases are rounded up). See also gst_util_uint64_scale(), gst_util_uint64_scale_ceil(), gst_util_uint64_scale_int(), gst_util_uint64_scale_int_round(), gst_util_uint64_scale_int_ceil().

gst_util_uint64_scale_ceil ()

guint64             gst_util_uint64_scale_ceil          (guint64 val,
                                                         guint64 num,
                                                         guint64 denom);

Scale val by the rational number num / denom, avoiding overflows and underflows and without loss of precision.

This function can potentially be very slow if val and num are both greater than G_MAXUINT32.

val : the number to scale
num : the numerator of the scale ratio
denom : the denominator of the scale ratio
Returns : val * num / denom. In the case of an overflow, this function returns G_MAXUINT64. If the result is not exactly representable as an integer, it is rounded up. See also gst_util_uint64_scale(), gst_util_uint64_scale_round(), gst_util_uint64_scale_int(), gst_util_uint64_scale_int_round(), gst_util_uint64_scale_int_ceil().

gst_util_uint64_scale_int ()

guint64             gst_util_uint64_scale_int           (guint64 val,
                                                         gint num,
                                                         gint denom);

Scale val by the rational number num / denom, avoiding overflows and underflows and without loss of precision. num must be non-negative and denom must be positive.

val : guint64 (such as a GstClockTime) to scale.
num : numerator of the scale factor.
denom : denominator of the scale factor.
Returns : val * num / denom. In the case of an overflow, this function returns G_MAXUINT64. If the result is not exactly representable as an integer, it is truncated. See also gst_util_uint64_scale_int_round(), gst_util_uint64_scale_int_ceil(), gst_util_uint64_scale(), gst_util_uint64_scale_round(), gst_util_uint64_scale_ceil().

gst_util_uint64_scale_int_round ()

guint64             gst_util_uint64_scale_int_round     (guint64 val,
                                                         gint num,
                                                         gint denom);

Scale val by the rational number num / denom, avoiding overflows and underflows and without loss of precision. num must be non-negative and denom must be positive.

val : guint64 (such as a GstClockTime) to scale.
num : numerator of the scale factor.
denom : denominator of the scale factor.
Returns : val * num / denom. In the case of an overflow, this function returns G_MAXUINT64. If the result is not exactly representable as an integer, it is rounded to the nearest integer (half-way cases are rounded up). See also gst_util_uint64_scale_int(), gst_util_uint64_scale_int_ceil(), gst_util_uint64_scale(), gst_util_uint64_scale_round(), gst_util_uint64_scale_ceil().

gst_util_uint64_scale_int_ceil ()

guint64             gst_util_uint64_scale_int_ceil      (guint64 val,
                                                         gint num,
                                                         gint denom);

Scale val by the rational number num / denom, avoiding overflows and underflows and without loss of precision. num must be non-negative and denom must be positive.

val : guint64 (such as a GstClockTime) to scale.
num : numerator of the scale factor.
denom : denominator of the scale factor.
Returns : val * num / denom. In the case of an overflow, this function returns G_MAXUINT64. If the result is not exactly representable as an integer, it is rounded up. See also gst_util_uint64_scale_int(), gst_util_uint64_scale_int_round(), gst_util_uint64_scale(), gst_util_uint64_scale_round(), gst_util_uint64_scale_ceil().

gst_util_seqnum_next ()

guint32             gst_util_seqnum_next                (void);

Return a constantly incrementing sequence number.

This function is used internally to GStreamer to be able to determine which events and messages are "the same". For example, elements may set the seqnum on a segment-done message to be the same as that of the last seek event, to indicate that event and the message correspond to the same segment.

Returns : A constantly incrementing 32-bit unsigned integer, which might overflow back to 0 at some point. Use gst_util_seqnum_compare() to make sure you handle wraparound correctly.

Since 0.10.22

gst_util_seqnum_compare ()

gint32              gst_util_seqnum_compare             (guint32 s1,
                                                         guint32 s2);

Compare two sequence numbers, handling wraparound.

The current implementation just returns (gint32)(s1 - s2).

s1 : A sequence number.
s2 : Another sequence number.
Returns : A negative number if s1 is before s2, 0 if they are equal, or a positive number if s1 is after s2.

Since 0.10.22

gst_util_set_object_arg ()

void                gst_util_set_object_arg             (GObject *object,
                                                         const gchar *name,
                                                         const gchar *value);

Convertes the string value to the type of the objects argument and sets the argument with it.

Note that this function silently returns if object has no property named name or when value cannot be converted to the type of the property.

object : the object to set the argument of
name : the name of the argument to set
value : the string value to set

gst_util_set_value_from_string ()

void                gst_util_set_value_from_string      (GValue *value,
                                                         const gchar *value_str);

Converts the string to the type of the value and sets the value with it.

Note that this function is dangerous as it does not return any indication if the conversion worked or not.

value : the value to set
value_str : the string to get the value from

gst_util_get_timestamp ()

GstClockTime        gst_util_get_timestamp              (void);

Get a timestamp as GstClockTime to be used for interval meassurements. The timestamp should not be interpreted in any other way.

Returns : the timestamp

Since 0.10.16

enum GstSearchMode

typedef enum {
  GST_SEARCH_MODE_EXACT = 0,
  GST_SEARCH_MODE_BEFORE,
  GST_SEARCH_MODE_AFTER
} GstSearchMode;

The different search modes.

GST_SEARCH_MODE_EXACT Only search for exact matches.
GST_SEARCH_MODE_BEFORE Search for an exact match or the element just before.
GST_SEARCH_MODE_AFTER Search for an exact match or the element just after.

Since 0.10.23

gst_util_array_binary_search ()

gpointer            gst_util_array_binary_search        (gpointer array,
                                                         guint num_elements,
                                                         gsize element_size,
                                                         GCompareDataFunc search_func,
                                                         GstSearchMode mode,
                                                         gconstpointer search_data,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Searches inside array for search_data by using the comparison function search_func. array must be sorted ascending.

As search_data is always passed as second argument to search_func it's not required that search_data has the same type as the array elements.

The complexity of this search function is O(log (num_elements)).

array : the sorted input array
num_elements : number of elements in the array
element_size : size of every element in bytes
search_func : function to compare two elements, search_data will always be passed as second argument
mode : search mode that should be used
search_data : element that should be found
user_data : data to pass to search_func
Returns : The address of the found element or NULL if nothing was found

Since 0.10.23

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