gstreamermm: Gst::VideoOverlay Class Reference

An interface for setting/getting a Window on elements supporting it. More...

Inheritance diagram for Gst::VideoOverlay:

Collaboration diagram for Gst::VideoOverlay:

Public Member Functions
virtual	~VideoOverlay ()

GstVideoOverlay*	gobj ()
	Provides access to the underlying C GObject. More...

const GstVideoOverlay*	gobj () const
	Provides access to the underlying C GObject. More...

void	set_window_handle (guintptr window_handle)
	This will call the video overlay's set_window_handle method. More...

void	got_window_handle (guintptr window_handle)
	This will post a "have-window-handle" element message on the bus. More...

void	prepare_window_handle ()
	This will post a "prepare-window-handle" element message on the bus to give applications an opportunity to call gst_video_overlay_set_window_handle() before a plugin creates its own window. More...

void	expose ()
	Tell an overlay that it has been exposed. More...

void	handle_events (bool handle_events)
	Tell an overlay that it should handle events from the window system. More...

bool	set_render_rectangle (int x, int y, int width, int height)
	Configure a subregion as a video target within the window set by gst_video_overlay_set_window_handle(). More...

Static Public Member Functions
static void	add_interface (GType gtype_implementer)

static GType	get_type ()
	Get the GType for this class, for use with the underlying GObject type system. More...

Protected Member Functions
	VideoOverlay ()
	You should derive from this class to use it. More...

Related Functions
(Note that these are not member functions.)
Glib::RefPtr< Gst::VideoOverlay >	wrap (GstVideoOverlay* object, bool take_copy=false)
	A Glib::wrap() method for this object. More...

Detailed Description

An interface for setting/getting a Window on elements supporting it.

The VideoOverlay interface is used for 2 main purposes :

To get a grab on the Window where the video sink element is going to render. This is achieved by either being informed about the Window identifier that the video sink element generated, or by forcing the video sink element to use a specific Window identifier for rendering.
To force a redrawing of the latest video frame the video sink element displayed on the Window. Indeed if the Pipeline is in STATE_PAUSED state, moving the Window around will damage its content. Application developers will want to handle the Expose events themselves and force the video sink element to refresh the Window's content.

Using the Window created by the video sink is probably the simplest scenario, in some cases, though, it might not be flexible enough for application developers if they need to catch events such as mouse moves and button clicks.

Setting a specific Window identifier on the video sink element is the most flexible solution but it has some issues. Indeed the application needs to set its Window identifier at the right time to avoid internal Window creation from the video sink element. To solve this issue a Message is posted on the bus to inform the application that it should set the Window identifier immediately. Here is an example on how to do that correctly:

#include <gdk/gdkx.h>
...
void PlayerWindow::on_bus_message_sync(
 const Glib::RefPtr<Gst::Message>& message)
{
 // ignore anything but 'prepare-xwindow-id' element messages
 if(message->get_message_type() != Gst::MESSAGE_ELEMENT)
 return;
 if(!message->get_structure().has_name("prepare-xwindow-id"))
 return;
 Glib::RefPtr<Gst::Element> element =
 Glib::RefPtr<Gst::Element>::cast_dynamic(message->get_source());
 Glib::RefPtr< Gst::ElementInterfaced<Gst::XOverlay> > xoverlay =
 Gst::Interface::cast <Gst::XOverlay>(element);
 if(xoverlay)
 {
 const gulong xWindowId =
 GDK_WINDOW_XID(widget->get_window()->gobj());
 xoverlay->set_xwindow_id(xWindowId);
 }
}
...
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
 ...
 // Get the bus from the pipeline:
 Glib::RefPtr<Gst::Bus> bus = pipeline->get_bus();
 // Enable synchronous message emission:
 bus->enable_sync_message_emission();
 // Connect to bus's synchronous message signal:
 bus->signal_sync_message().connect(
 sigc::mem_fun(*this, &PlayerWindow::on_bus_message_sync));
 ...
}

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Gst::VideoOverlay::VideoOverlay ( )

protected

You should derive from this class to use it.

virtual Gst::VideoOverlay::~VideoOverlay ( )

virtual

Member Function Documentation

static void Gst::VideoOverlay::add_interface ( GType gtype_implementer )

static

void Gst::VideoOverlay::expose ( )

Tell an overlay that it has been exposed.

This will redraw the current frame in the drawable even if the pipeline is PAUSED.

static GType Gst::VideoOverlay::get_type ( )

static

Get the GType for this class, for use with the underlying GObject type system.

GstVideoOverlay* Gst::VideoOverlay::gobj ( )

inline

Provides access to the underlying C GObject.

const GstVideoOverlay* Gst::VideoOverlay::gobj ( ) const

inline

Provides access to the underlying C GObject.

void Gst::VideoOverlay::got_window_handle ( guintptr window_handle )

This will post a "have-window-handle" element message on the bus.

This function should only be used by video overlay plugin developers.

Parameters

handle A platform-specific handle referencing the window.

void Gst::VideoOverlay::handle_events ( bool handle_events )

Tell an overlay that it should handle events from the window system.

These events are forwarded upstream as navigation events. In some window system, events are not propagated in the window hierarchy if a client is listening for them. This method allows you to disable events handling completely from the Gst::VideoOverlay.

Parameters

handle_events A bool indicating if events should be handled or not.

void Gst::VideoOverlay::prepare_window_handle ( )

This will post a "prepare-window-handle" element message on the bus to give applications an opportunity to call gst_video_overlay_set_window_handle() before a plugin creates its own window.

This function should only be used by video overlay plugin developers.

bool Gst::VideoOverlay::set_render_rectangle	(	int	x,
		int	y,
		int	width,
		int	height
	)

Configure a subregion as a video target within the window set by gst_video_overlay_set_window_handle().

If this is not used or not supported the video will fill the area of the window set as the overlay to 100%. By specifying the rectangle, the video can be overlayed to a specific region of that window only. After setting the new rectangle one should call gst_video_overlay_expose() to force a redraw. To unset the region pass -1 for the width and height parameters.

This method is needed for non fullscreen video overlay in UI toolkits that do not support subwindows.

Parameters

x	The horizontal offset of the render area inside the window.
y	The vertical offset of the render area inside the window.
width	The width of the render area inside the window.
height	The height of the render area inside the window.

Returns: false if not supported by the sink.

void Gst::VideoOverlay::set_window_handle ( guintptr window_handle )

This will call the video overlay's set_window_handle method.

You should use this method to tell to an overlay to display video output to a specific window (e.g. an XWindow on X11). Passing 0 as the handle will tell the overlay to stop using that window and create an internal one.

Parameters

handle A handle referencing the window.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

Glib::RefPtr< Gst::VideoOverlay > wrap	(	GstVideoOverlay *	object,
		bool	take_copy = `false`
	)

A Glib::wrap() method for this object.

Parameters

object	The C instance.
take_copy	False if the result should take ownership of the C instance. True if it should take a new copy or ref.

Returns: A C++ instance that wraps this C instance.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

gstreamermm/videooverlay.h

gstreamermm: Gst::VideoOverlay Class Reference

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Protected Member Functions

Related Functions

Detailed Description

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation

Friends And Related Function Documentation