Re: Is it a good way to separate pipelines in order to dynamically change properties?

Hi,
Mr. Nicolas.

I'm Kamiya.

I'm trying to combine multiple files with the splitmuxsrc signal 
"format_location" you advised.
I haven't tried concat element yet. I thought that splitmuxsrc would be 
more suitable because of the large number of files.

It succeeded when the return value of GStrv* type was initialized as an 
array.(code below)

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static GStrv* formatLocationHandler(GstElement *splitmux, gpointer udata)
{
    gchar *locations[4];

    locations[0] = g_strdup("C:/Rec/2023/07/26/1808_28911.mp4");
    locations[1] = g_strdup("C:/Rec/2023/07/26/1808_38919.mp4");
    locations[2] = g_strdup("C:/Rec/2023/07/26/1808_47902.mp4");
    locations[3] = nullptr;

    GStrv *ret  = (GStrv*)g_new0(GStrv, 1);
    std::memcpy(ret, &locations, sizeof(locations));

    return ret;
}
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On the other hand, if the return value was dynamically allocated, it will 
be crashed after exiting formatLocationHandler.(code below)

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static GStrv* formatLocationHandler(GstElement *splitmux, gpointer udata)
{
    gchar **locations = (gchar**)g_new0(gchar*, 4);

    locations[0] = g_strdup("C:/Rec/2023/07/26/1808_28911.mp4");
    locations[1] = g_strdup("C:/Rec/2023/07/26/1808_38919.mp4");
    locations[2] = g_strdup("C:/Rec/2023/07/26/1808_47902.mp4");
    locations[3] = nullptr;

    GStrv *ret  = (GStrv*)g_new0(GStrv, 1);
    std::memcpy(ret, &locations, sizeof(locations));

    return ret;
}
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Could you tell me how to dynamically allocate the file list in 
formatLocationHandler ?
I am very embarrassed that it may be a basic problem with C language or 
GLib, but I have been unable to solve it for a long time, so I would 
appreciate your help.

Best regards,
Kamiya.


SHIGEHARU KAMIYA/TOA wrote on 2023/08/03 12:04:11:
> 
> Hi,
> Mr. Nicolas.
> 
> Thank you for your reply.
> Your way looks nice!
> 
> I am trying it now.
> I will let you know the results later.
> 
> Thank you.
> Kamiya.
> 
> "gstreamer-devel" <[email protected]> 
> wrote on 2023/08/03 07:09:52:

> > 
> > Hi,

> > Le mar. 1 août 2023, 03 h 15, geysee via gstreamer-devel <
> > [email protected]> a écrit :

> > > Hello
> > > I am Kamiya.
> > >
> > > I have a question.
> > >
> > > Is it a good way to separate pipelines in order to dynamically 
change
> > > properties
> > > that cannot be changed in the PLAYING state, such as the location 
property
> > > in filesrc?

> > 
> > It can be a good method. But from what you described below, you may 
get
> > easier results with concat element instead. splitmuxsrc should work, 
there
> > is a signal to query the filename from your app instead of using the 
glob.

> > 
> > >
> > > I'm sorry for the long post, but the background of the question is 
as
> > > follows.
> > >
> > >
> > > 
> > 
> 
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> > > I'm making a system that records video from a network camera while
> > > dividing it into files.
> > > If the file is split at 10 minute intervals, the file path will be 
as
> > > follows.
> > >
> > > C:/Rec/2023/07/31/1330_00000.mp4
> > > C:/Rec/2023/07/31/1340_00000.mp4
> > > C:/Rec/2023/07/31/1350_00000.mp4
> > >
> > > With gstreamer C++ coding, I am trying to export as a single file by
> > > specifying the date and time range from the divided recording files.
> > >
> > > If the date and time range is in one file, like 13:32 - 13:34, then 
the
> > > pipeline below has been successful. (Properties are omitted)
> > >
> > > pileline : filesrc ! qtdemux ! h265parse ! queue ! qtmux ! filesink
> > >
> > > On the other hand, if the date and time range is split into multiple
> > > files, like 7/31 20:00 - 8/1 10:00, this pipeline fails.
> > >
> > > First, I tried multifilesrc and splitmuxsrc, but the location 
property is
> > > a glob pattern, it didn't fit the file path of date and time.
> > > Next, I tried updating the location property of filesrc 
sequentially, but
> > > I couldn't change the location when this state is PLAYING.
> > >
> > > So now I'm trying to divide the pipeline into two as follows.
> > >
> > > pipeline1 : filesrc ! qtdemux ! h265parse ! appsink
> > > pipeline2 : appsrc ! queue ! qtmux ! filesink
> > >
> > > When pipeline1 reaches the end of stream, I change the state of 
pipeline1
> > > to Ready.
> > > Next I change the location of filesrc. Finaly I change state to 
PLAYING
> > > again.
> > > The State of pipeline2 is not changed.
> > >
> > > However this way has not been successful yet. There are more 
problems than
> > > single pipeline.
> > >
> > > Currently looking into the following issues:
> > > If there was single pipeline it was processed at high speed, but if 
the
> > > pipeline is divided, the processing time will be as per the 
timestamp.
> > >
> > > Is it a good way to split the pipeline like this?
> > > I would appreciate if you give me some advice.
> > >
> > > 
> > 
> 
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> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Kamiya.