GstPreset

GstPreset — helper interface for element presets

Synopsis

#include <gst/gst.h>

                    GstPreset;
struct              GstPresetInterface;
gchar **            gst_preset_get_preset_names         (GstPreset *preset);
gchar **            gst_preset_get_property_names       (GstPreset *preset);
gboolean            gst_preset_load_preset              (GstPreset *preset,
                                                         const gchar *name);
gboolean            gst_preset_save_preset              (GstPreset *preset,
                                                         const gchar *name);
gboolean            gst_preset_rename_preset            (GstPreset *preset,
                                                         const gchar *old_name,
                                                         const gchar *new_name);
gboolean            gst_preset_delete_preset            (GstPreset *preset,
                                                         const gchar *name);
gboolean            gst_preset_set_meta                 (GstPreset *preset,
                                                         const gchar *name,
                                                         const gchar *tag,
                                                         const gchar *value);
gboolean            gst_preset_get_meta                 (GstPreset *preset,
                                                         const gchar *name,
                                                         const gchar *tag,
                                                         gchar **value);
gboolean            gst_preset_set_app_dir              (const gchar *app_dir);
const gchar *       gst_preset_get_app_dir              (void);

Object Hierarchy

  GInterface
   +----GstPreset

Description

This interface offers methods to query and manipulate parameter preset sets. A preset is a bunch of property settings, together with meta data and a name. The name of a preset serves as key for subsequent method calls to manipulate single presets. All instances of one type will share the list of presets. The list is created on demand, if presets are not used, the list is not created.

The interface comes with a default implementation that serves most plugins. Wrapper plugins will override most methods to implement support for the native preset format of those wrapped plugins. One method that is useful to be overridden is gst_preset_get_property_names(). With that one can control which properties are saved and in which order.

The default implementation supports presets located in a system directory, application specific directory and in the users home directory. When getting a list of presets individual presets are read and overlaid in 1) system, 2) application and 3) user order. Whenever an earlier entry is newer, the later entries will be updated.

Details

GstPreset

typedef struct _GstPreset GstPreset;

Opaque GstPreset data structure.

struct GstPresetInterface

struct GstPresetInterface {
  GTypeInterface parent;

  /* methods */
  gchar**      (*get_preset_names)    (GstPreset *preset);

  gchar**      (*get_property_names)  (GstPreset *preset);

  gboolean     (*load_preset)         (GstPreset *preset, const gchar *name);
  gboolean     (*save_preset)         (GstPreset *preset, const gchar *name);
  gboolean     (*rename_preset)       (GstPreset *preset, const gchar *old_name,
                                       const gchar *new_name);
  gboolean     (*delete_preset)       (GstPreset *preset, const gchar *name);

  gboolean     (*set_meta)            (GstPreset *preset, const gchar *name,
                                       const gchar *tag, const gchar *value);
  gboolean     (*get_meta)            (GstPreset *preset, const gchar *name,
                                       const gchar *tag, gchar **value);
};

GstPreset interface.

GTypeInterface parent;

 parent interface type.

get_preset_names ()

 virtual method to get list of presets

get_property_names ()

 virtual methods to get properties that are persistent

load_preset ()

 virtual methods to load a preset into properties

save_preset ()

 virtual methods to save properties into a preset

rename_preset ()

 virtual methods to rename a preset

delete_preset ()

 virtual methods to remove a preset

set_meta ()

 virtual methods to set textual meta data to a preset

get_meta ()

 virtual methods to get textual meta data from a preset

gst_preset_get_preset_names ()

gchar **            gst_preset_get_preset_names         (GstPreset *preset);

Get a copy of preset names as a NULL terminated string array.

preset :

 a GObject that implements GstPreset

Returns :

 list with names, ue g_strfreev() after usage. [transfer full][array zero-terminated=1][element-type gchar*]

gst_preset_get_property_names ()

gchar **            gst_preset_get_property_names       (GstPreset *preset);

Get a the names of the GObject properties that can be used for presets.

preset :

 a GObject that implements GstPreset

Returns :

 an array of property names which should be freed with g_strfreev() after use. [transfer full][array zero-terminated=1][element-type gchar*]

gst_preset_load_preset ()

gboolean            gst_preset_load_preset              (GstPreset *preset,
                                                         const gchar *name);

Load the given preset.

preset :

 a GObject that implements GstPreset

name :

 preset name to load

Returns :

 TRUE for success, FALSE if e.g. there is no preset with that name

gst_preset_save_preset ()

gboolean            gst_preset_save_preset              (GstPreset *preset,
                                                         const gchar *name);

Save the current object settings as a preset under the given name. If there is already a preset by this name it will be overwritten.

preset :

 a GObject that implements GstPreset

name :

 preset name to save

Returns :

 TRUE for success, FALSE

gst_preset_rename_preset ()

gboolean            gst_preset_rename_preset            (GstPreset *preset,
                                                         const gchar *old_name,
                                                         const gchar *new_name);

Renames a preset. If there is already a preset by the new_name it will be overwritten.

preset :

 a GObject that implements GstPreset

old_name :

 current preset name

new_name :

 new preset name

Returns :

 TRUE for success, FALSE if e.g. there is no preset with old_name

gst_preset_delete_preset ()

gboolean            gst_preset_delete_preset            (GstPreset *preset,
                                                         const gchar *name);

Delete the given preset.

preset :

 a GObject that implements GstPreset

name :

 preset name to remove

Returns :

 TRUE for success, FALSE if e.g. there is no preset with that name

gst_preset_set_meta ()

gboolean            gst_preset_set_meta                 (GstPreset *preset,
                                                         const gchar *name,
                                                         const gchar *tag,
                                                         const gchar *value);

Sets a new value for an existing meta data item or adds a new item. Meta data tag names can be something like e.g. "comment". Supplying NULL for the value will unset an existing value.

preset :

 a GObject that implements GstPreset

name :

 preset name

tag :

 meta data item name

value :

 new value

Returns :

 TRUE for success, FALSE if e.g. there is no preset with that name

gst_preset_get_meta ()

gboolean            gst_preset_get_meta                 (GstPreset *preset,
                                                         const gchar *name,
                                                         const gchar *tag,
                                                         gchar **value);

Gets the value for an existing meta data tag. Meta data tag names can be something like e.g. "comment". Returned values need to be released when done.

preset :

 a GObject that implements GstPreset

name :

 preset name

tag :

 meta data item name

value :

 value. [out callee-allocates]

Returns :

 TRUE for success, FALSE if e.g. there is no preset with that name or no value for the given tag

gst_preset_set_app_dir ()

gboolean            gst_preset_set_app_dir              (const gchar *app_dir);

Sets an extra directory as an absolute path that should be considered when looking for presets. Any presets in the application dir will shadow the system presets.

app_dir :

 the application specific preset dir

Returns :

 TRUE for success, FALSE if the dir already has been set

gst_preset_get_app_dir ()

const gchar *       gst_preset_get_app_dir              (void);

Gets the directory for application specific presets if set by the application.

Returns :

 the directory or NULL, don't free or modify the string
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