Gstreamer queue thread

[shiva.mudugal]

Hi All,

At what stage the gstreamer queue element creates an another thread  on its source pad ?

[Baby Octopus]

IIRC, it is done when pad is activated. It invokes gst_task function to create a thread

[shiva.mudugal]

Hello Baby Octopus,

Thank you very much for your reply. But other elements will also start their task function on src pad, then whey don't they create a thread. How is the task function of queue is differentiated. For example, other decoder elements or post processing elements like resampler or audio convert. They also create a task function on their src pad.

Hope my question makes sense.

[Baby Octopus]

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 10:20 AM, shiva.mudugal [via GStreamer-devel] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hello Baby Octopus,

Thank you very much for your reply. But other elements will also start their task function on src pad, then whey don't they create a thread. How is the task function of queue is differentiated. For example, other decoder elements or post processing elements like resampler or audio convert. They also create a task function on their src pad.

Task function is created only for few elements which need to spawn a separate thread. queue is one such element. Please go through src code of queue for more info

Filter elements do not create any threads, they work in same context of other stream threads. They dont create their own threads

Decoder and encoders might create their own threads internally. But they won't use gst_task. They might use their own internal thread APIs

 

Hope my question makes sense.

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