GstTagsetter: GStreamer 1.0 Core Reference Manual

GstTagsetter

GstTagsetter — Element interface that allows setting and retrieval of media metadata

Functions

void	gst_tag_setter_reset_tags ()
void	gst_tag_setter_merge_tags ()
void	gst_tag_setter_add_tags ()
void	gst_tag_setter_add_tag_value ()
void	gst_tag_setter_add_tag_values ()
void	gst_tag_setter_add_tag_valist ()
void	gst_tag_setter_add_tag_valist_values ()
const GstTagList *	gst_tag_setter_get_tag_list ()
void	gst_tag_setter_set_tag_merge_mode ()
GstTagMergeMode	gst_tag_setter_get_tag_merge_mode ()

Types and Values

	GstTagSetter
struct	GstTagSetterInterface

Object Hierarchy

    GInterface
    ╰── GstTagSetter

Prerequisites

GstTagSetter requires GstElement.

Includes

#include <gst/gstprotection.h>

Description

Element interface that allows setting of media metadata.

Elements that support changing a stream's metadata will implement this interface. Examples of such elements are 'vorbisenc', 'theoraenc' and 'id3v2mux'.

If you just want to retrieve metadata in your application then all you need to do is watch for tag messages on your pipeline's bus. This interface is only for setting metadata, not for extracting it. To set tags from the application, find tagsetter elements and set tags using e.g. gst_tag_setter_merge_tags() or gst_tag_setter_add_tags(). Also consider setting the GstTagMergeMode that is used for tag events that arrive at the tagsetter element (default mode is to keep existing tags). The application should do that before the element goes to GST_STATE_PAUSED.

Elements implementing the GstTagSetter interface often have to merge any tags received from upstream and the tags set by the application via the interface. This can be done like this:

GstTagMergeMode merge_mode;
const GstTagList *application_tags;
const GstTagList *event_tags;
GstTagSetter *tagsetter;
GstTagList *result;

tagsetter = GST_TAG_SETTER (element);

merge_mode = gst_tag_setter_get_tag_merge_mode (tagsetter);
application_tags = gst_tag_setter_get_tag_list (tagsetter);
event_tags = (const GstTagList *) element->event_tags;

GST_LOG_OBJECT (tagsetter, "merging tags, merge mode = %d", merge_mode);
GST_LOG_OBJECT (tagsetter, "event tags: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, event_tags);
GST_LOG_OBJECT (tagsetter, "set   tags: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, application_tags);

result = gst_tag_list_merge (application_tags, event_tags, merge_mode);

GST_LOG_OBJECT (tagsetter, "final tags: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, result);

Functions

gst_tag_setter_reset_tags ()

void
gst_tag_setter_reset_tags (GstTagSetter *setter);

Reset the internal taglist. Elements should call this from within the state-change handler.

Parameters

setter

a GstTagSetter

gst_tag_setter_merge_tags ()

void
gst_tag_setter_merge_tags (GstTagSetter *setter,
                           const GstTagList *list,
                           GstTagMergeMode mode);

Merges the given list into the setter's list using the given mode.

Parameters

setter	a GstTagSetter
list	a tag list to merge from
mode	the mode to merge with

gst_tag_setter_add_tags ()

void
gst_tag_setter_add_tags (GstTagSetter *setter,
                         GstTagMergeMode mode,
                         const gchar *tag,
                         ...);

Adds the given tag / value pairs on the setter using the given merge mode. The list must be terminated with NULL.

Parameters

setter	a GstTagSetter
mode	the mode to use
tag	tag to set
...	more tag / value pairs to set

gst_tag_setter_add_tag_value ()

void
gst_tag_setter_add_tag_value (GstTagSetter *setter,
                              GstTagMergeMode mode,
                              const gchar *tag,
                              const GValue *value);

Adds the given tag / GValue pair on the setter using the given merge mode.

Parameters

setter	a GstTagSetter
mode	the mode to use
tag	tag to set
value	GValue to set for the tag

gst_tag_setter_add_tag_values ()

void
gst_tag_setter_add_tag_values (GstTagSetter *setter,
                               GstTagMergeMode mode,
                               const gchar *tag,
                               ...);

Adds the given tag / GValue pairs on the setter using the given merge mode. The list must be terminated with NULL.

Parameters

setter	a GstTagSetter
mode	the mode to use
tag	tag to set
...	more tag / GValue pairs to set

gst_tag_setter_add_tag_valist ()

void
gst_tag_setter_add_tag_valist (GstTagSetter *setter,
                               GstTagMergeMode mode,
                               const gchar *tag,
                               va_list var_args);

Adds the given tag / value pairs on the setter using the given merge mode. The list must be terminated with NULL.

Parameters

setter	a GstTagSetter
mode	the mode to use
tag	tag to set
var_args	tag / value pairs to set

gst_tag_setter_add_tag_valist_values ()

void
gst_tag_setter_add_tag_valist_values (GstTagSetter *setter,
                                      GstTagMergeMode mode,
                                      const gchar *tag,
                                      va_list var_args);

Adds the given tag / GValue pairs on the setter using the given merge mode. The list must be terminated with NULL.

Parameters

setter	a GstTagSetter
mode	the mode to use
tag	tag to set
var_args	tag / GValue pairs to set

gst_tag_setter_get_tag_list ()

const GstTagList *
gst_tag_setter_get_tag_list (GstTagSetter *setter);

Returns the current list of tags the setter uses. The list should not be modified or freed.

This function is not thread-safe.

Parameters

setter

a GstTagSetter

Returns

a current snapshot of the taglist used in the setter or NULL if none is used.

[transfer none][nullable]

gst_tag_setter_set_tag_merge_mode ()

void
gst_tag_setter_set_tag_merge_mode (GstTagSetter *setter,
                                   GstTagMergeMode mode);

Sets the given merge mode that is used for adding tags from events to tags specified by this interface. The default is GST_TAG_MERGE_KEEP, which keeps the tags set with this interface and discards tags from events.

Parameters

setter	a GstTagSetter
mode	The mode with which tags are added

gst_tag_setter_get_tag_merge_mode ()

GstTagMergeMode
gst_tag_setter_get_tag_merge_mode (GstTagSetter *setter);

Queries the mode by which tags inside the setter are overwritten by tags from events

Parameters

setter

a GstTagSetter

Returns

the merge mode used inside the element.

Types and Values

GstTagSetter

typedef struct _GstTagSetter GstTagSetter;

Opaque GstTagSetter data structure.

struct GstTagSetterInterface

struct GstTagSetterInterface {
  GTypeInterface g_iface;

  /* signals */

  /* virtual table */
};

GstTagSetterInterface interface.

GstTagsetter

Functions

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

Prerequisites

Includes

Description

Functions

gst_tag_setter_reset_tags ()

Parameters

gst_tag_setter_merge_tags ()

Parameters

gst_tag_setter_add_tags ()

Parameters

gst_tag_setter_add_tag_value ()

Parameters

gst_tag_setter_add_tag_values ()

Parameters

gst_tag_setter_add_tag_valist ()

Parameters

gst_tag_setter_add_tag_valist_values ()

Parameters

gst_tag_setter_get_tag_list ()

Parameters

Returns

gst_tag_setter_set_tag_merge_mode ()

Parameters

gst_tag_setter_get_tag_merge_mode ()

Parameters

Returns

Types and Values

GstTagSetter

struct GstTagSetterInterface

Members