v4l2src simple pipeline to c-application - gstreamer-1.0

Question

My pipeline is like this
gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src ! videoconvert ! xvimagesink
and my code is like this
#include <gst/gst.h>
// easier to pass them as callbacks
typedef struct _CustomData{
GstElement *pipeline;
GstElement *source;
GstElement *convert;
GstElement *sink;
}CustomData;
// callback function
// here src is the v4l2src, newpad is gstpad that has just been added to src element. This is usually the pad to which we want to lnk
// data is the pointer we provided when attaching to the signal.
static void pad_added_handler(GstElement *src, GstPad *new_pad,CustomData *data)
{
GstPad *sink_pad = gst_element_get_static_pad(data->convert, "sink");
GstPadLinkReturn ret;
GstCaps *new_pad_caps = NULL;
GstStructure *new_pad_struct = NULL;
const gchar *new_pad_type = NULL;
if(gst_pad_is_linked(sink_pad))
{
g_print("we are linked. igonring\n");
}
// check the new pad types
// we have previously created a piece of pipeline which deals with videoconvert linked with xvimagesink and we will nto be able to link it to a pad producing video.
//gst-pad_get_current_caps()- retrieves current capabilities of pad
new_pad_caps = gst_pad_get_current_caps(new_pad);
new_pad_struct = gst_caps_get_structure(new_pad_caps, 0);
new_pad_type = gst_structure_get_name(new_pad_struct);
if(!g_str_has_prefix(new_pad_type, "video/x-raw"))
{
g_print("It has new pad type");
}
// gst_pad_link tries to link two pads . the link must be specified from source to sink and both pads must be owned by elements residing in same pipeline
ret = gst_pad_link(new_pad, sink_pad);
if(GST_PAD_LINK_FAILED(ret))
{
g_print("type is new_pad_type");
}
if(new_pad_caps !=NULL)
{
gst_caps_unref(new_pad_caps);
}
gst_object_unref(sink_pad);
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
GMainLoop *loop;
CustomData data;
GstBus *bus;
GstMessage *msg;
gboolean terminate = FALSE;
gst_init(&argc, &argv);
// loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
// create the elements
data.source = gst_element_factory_make("v4l2src", "source");
data.convert = gst_element_factory_make("videoconvert", "convert");
data.sink = gst_element_factory_make("xvimagesink", "sink");
data.pipeline = gst_pipeline_new("new-pipeline");
if(!data.pipeline || !data.source || !data.convert || !data.sink)
{
g_printerr("Not all elements could be created\n");
return -1;
}
//we did not link source at this point of time, we will do it later
gst_bin_add_many(GST_BIN(data.pipeline), data.source, data.convert, data.sink, NULL);
// we link convert element to sink, do not link them with source. we dont have source pads here. so we just have videoconvert->sink unlinked
// gst_element_link(data.source, data.convert);
if(!gst_element_link(data.convert,data.sink))
{
g_printerr("elements could not be linked\n");
gst_object_unref(data.pipeline);
return -1;
}
// we set the device source
//g_object_set(source, "device", "/dev/video0", NULL);
//connect to pad added signal.
// we want to attach pad added signal to source element. to do so, we are using g_signal_connect and provide callback function and datapointer.
// when source element has enough information to start producing data, it will create source pads and trigger the pad added signal. at this point, our callback is called
g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(data.source), "pad-added", G_CALLBACK(pad_added_handler), &data );
//g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(data.source), "pad-added", G_CALLBACK(handler), &data);
GstStateChangeReturn ret;
ret =gst_element_set_state (data.pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
if (ret == GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE) {
g_printerr ("Unable to set the pipeline to the playing state.\n");
gst_object_unref (data.pipeline);
return -1;
}
// g_main_loop_run(loop);
/* Listen to the bus */
bus = gst_element_get_bus (data.pipeline);
do {
msg = gst_bus_timed_pop_filtered (bus, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE,
GST_MESSAGE_STATE_CHANGED | GST_MESSAGE_ERROR | GST_MESSAGE_EOS);
/* Parse message */
if (msg != NULL) {
GError *err;
gchar *debug_info;
switch (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (msg)) {
case GST_MESSAGE_ERROR:
gst_message_parse_error (msg, &err, &debug_info);
g_printerr ("Error received from element %s: %s\n", GST_OBJECT_NAME (msg->src), err->message);
g_printerr ("Debugging information: %s\n", debug_info ? debug_info : "none");
g_clear_error (&err);
g_free (debug_info);
terminate = TRUE;
break;
case GST_MESSAGE_EOS:
g_print ("End-Of-Stream reached.\n");
terminate = TRUE;
break;
case GST_MESSAGE_STATE_CHANGED:
/* We are only interested in state-changed messages from the pipeline */
if (GST_MESSAGE_SRC (msg) == GST_OBJECT (data.pipeline)) {
GstState old_state, new_state, pending_state;
gst_message_parse_state_changed (msg, &old_state, &new_state, &pending_state);
g_print ("Pipeline state changed from %s to %s:\n",
gst_element_state_get_name (old_state), gst_element_state_get_name (new_state));
}
break;
default:
/* We should not reach here */
g_printerr ("Unexpected message received.\n");
break;
}
gst_message_unref (msg);
}
} while (!terminate);
/* Free resources */
gst_object_unref (bus);
gst_element_set_state(data.pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
gst_object_unref(data.pipeline);
return 0;
}
and I am getting error like this
Pipeline state changed from NULL to READY:
Pipeline state changed from READY to PAUSED:
Error received from element source: Internal data stream error.
Debugging information: gstbasesrc.c(3055): gst_base_src_loop (): /GstPipeline:new-pipeline/GstV4l2Src:source:
streaming stopped, reason not-linked (-1)
Please let me know what changes should I make to make my pipeline work. Thanks! the above code is based on dynamic pipeline example from gstreamer tutorials. I dont understand where I am going wrong.

Answer 1

The following works though
#include <gst/gst.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
GstElement *pipeline, *source,*filter, *convert, *sink;
GstBus *bus;
GstMessage *msg;
GstCaps *caps;
gst_init(&argc, &argv);
source = gst_element_factory_make("v4l2src", "source");
filter = gst_element_factory_make("capsfilter","filter");
convert = gst_element_factory_make("videoconvert", "convert");
sink = gst_element_factory_make("xvimagesink", "sink");\
pipeline = gst_pipeline_new("pipe");
gst_bin_add_many(GST_BIN(pipeline), source, convert,sink, NULL);
gst_element_link_many(source,convert,sink,NULL);
caps = gst_caps_new_simple("video/x-raw", "format", G_TYPE_STRING, "YUY2", NULL);
g_object_set(G_OBJECT(filter), "caps", caps, NULL);
gst_element_set_state(pipeline,GST_STATE_PLAYING);
bus = gst_element_get_bus (pipeline);
msg = gst_bus_timed_pop_filtered (bus, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE, GST_MESSAGE_ERROR | GST_MESSAGE_EOS);
/* Parse message */
if (msg != NULL) {
GError *err;
gchar *debug_info;
switch (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (msg)) {
case GST_MESSAGE_ERROR:
gst_message_parse_error (msg, &err, &debug_info);
g_printerr ("Error received from element %s: %s\n", GST_OBJECT_NAME (msg->src), err->message);
g_printerr ("Debugging information: %s\n", debug_info ? debug_info : "none");
g_clear_error (&err);
g_free (debug_info);
break;
case GST_MESSAGE_EOS:
g_print ("End-Of-Stream reached.\n");
break;
default:
/* We should not reach here because we only asked for ERRORs and EOS */
g_printerr ("Unexpected message received.\n");
break;
}
gst_message_unref (msg);
}
/* Free resources */
gst_object_unref(bus);
gst_element_set_state(pipeline,GST_STATE_NULL);
gst_object_unref(pipeline);
}
Any ideas why if I add pads, it is not working well??