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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.top_of_page"></a>appsink</span></h2>
<p>appsink — Easy way for applications to extract samples from a
pipeline</p>
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<a name="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.functions"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<td class="function_type">
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>
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<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-set-caps" title="gst_app_sink_set_caps ()">gst_app_sink_set_caps</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstCaps.html#GstCaps-struct"><span class="returnvalue">GstCaps</span></a> *
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-get-caps" title="gst_app_sink_get_caps ()">gst_app_sink_get_caps</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-is-eos" title="gst_app_sink_is_eos ()">gst_app_sink_is_eos</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-set-emit-signals" title="gst_app_sink_set_emit_signals ()">gst_app_sink_set_emit_signals</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
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<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-get-emit-signals" title="gst_app_sink_get_emit_signals ()">gst_app_sink_get_emit_signals</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>
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<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-set-max-buffers" title="gst_app_sink_set_max_buffers ()">gst_app_sink_set_max_buffers</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Basic-Types.html#guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>
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<td class="function_name">
<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-get-max-buffers" title="gst_app_sink_get_max_buffers ()">gst_app_sink_get_max_buffers</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>
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<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-set-drop" title="gst_app_sink_set_drop ()">gst_app_sink_set_drop</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
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<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-get-drop" title="gst_app_sink_get_drop ()">gst_app_sink_get_drop</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstSample.html#GstSample-struct"><span class="returnvalue">GstSample</span></a> *
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<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-pull-preroll" title="gst_app_sink_pull_preroll ()">gst_app_sink_pull_preroll</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstSample.html#GstSample-struct"><span class="returnvalue">GstSample</span></a> *
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<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-pull-sample" title="gst_app_sink_pull_sample ()">gst_app_sink_pull_sample</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstSample.html#GstSample-struct"><span class="returnvalue">GstSample</span></a> *
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<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-try-pull-preroll" title="gst_app_sink_try_pull_preroll ()">gst_app_sink_try_pull_preroll</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstSample.html#GstSample-struct"><span class="returnvalue">GstSample</span></a> *
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<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-try-pull-sample" title="gst_app_sink_try_pull_sample ()">gst_app_sink_try_pull_sample</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>
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<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-set-callbacks" title="gst_app_sink_set_callbacks ()">gst_app_sink_set_callbacks</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a name="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.other"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2>
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<td class="datatype_keyword"> </td>
<td class="function_name"><a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#GstAppSinkCallbacks" title="GstAppSinkCallbacks">GstAppSinkCallbacks</a></td>
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<a name="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.includes"></a><h2>Includes</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">#include &lt;gst/app/gstappsink.h&gt;
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<a name="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>Appsink is a sink plugin that supports many different methods for making
the application get a handle on the GStreamer data in a pipeline. Unlike
most GStreamer elements, Appsink provides external API functions.</p>
<p>appsink can be used by linking to the gstappsink.h header file to access the
methods or by using the appsink action signals and properties.</p>
<p>The normal way of retrieving samples from appsink is by using the
<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-pull-sample" title="gst_app_sink_pull_sample ()"><code class="function">gst_app_sink_pull_sample()</code></a> and <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-pull-preroll" title="gst_app_sink_pull_preroll ()"><code class="function">gst_app_sink_pull_preroll()</code></a> methods.
These methods block until a sample becomes available in the sink or when the
sink is shut down or reaches EOS. There are also timed variants of these
methods, <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-try-pull-sample" title="gst_app_sink_try_pull_sample ()"><code class="function">gst_app_sink_try_pull_sample()</code></a> and <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-try-pull-preroll" title="gst_app_sink_try_pull_preroll ()"><code class="function">gst_app_sink_try_pull_preroll()</code></a>,
which accept a timeout parameter to limit the amount of time to wait.</p>
<p>Appsink will internally use a queue to collect buffers from the streaming
thread. If the application is not pulling samples fast enough, this queue
will consume a lot of memory over time. The "max-buffers" property can be
used to limit the queue size. The "drop" property controls whether the
streaming thread blocks or if older buffers are dropped when the maximum
queue size is reached. Note that blocking the streaming thread can negatively
affect real-time performance and should be avoided.</p>
<p>If a blocking behaviour is not desirable, setting the "emit-signals" property
to <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> will make appsink emit the "new-sample" and "new-preroll" signals
when a sample can be pulled without blocking.</p>
<p>The "caps" property on appsink can be used to control the formats that
appsink can receive. This property can contain non-fixed caps, the format of
the pulled samples can be obtained by getting the sample caps.</p>
<p>If one of the pull-preroll or pull-sample methods return <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>, the appsink
is stopped or in the EOS state. You can check for the EOS state with the
"eos" property or with the <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-is-eos" title="gst_app_sink_is_eos ()"><code class="function">gst_app_sink_is_eos()</code></a> method.</p>
<p>The eos signal can also be used to be informed when the EOS state is reached
to avoid polling.</p>
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<div class="refsect1">
<a name="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.functions_details"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="gst-app-sink-set-caps"></a><h3>gst_app_sink_set_caps ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
gst_app_sink_set_caps (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a> *appsink</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code>const <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstCaps.html#GstCaps-struct"><span class="type">GstCaps</span></a> *caps</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Set the capabilities on the appsink element. This function takes
a copy of the caps structure. After calling this method, the sink will only
accept caps that match <em class="parameter"><code>caps</code></em>
. If <em class="parameter"><code>caps</code></em>
is non-fixed, or incomplete,
you must check the caps on the samples to get the actual used caps.</p>
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<a name="gst-app-sink-set-caps.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>appsink</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>caps</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>caps to set</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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</tbody>
</table></div>
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<a name="gst-app-sink-get-caps"></a><h3>gst_app_sink_get_caps ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstCaps.html#GstCaps-struct"><span class="returnvalue">GstCaps</span></a> *
gst_app_sink_get_caps (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a> *appsink</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Get the configured caps on <em class="parameter"><code>appsink</code></em>
.</p>
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<a name="gst-app-sink-get-caps.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>appsink</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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</table></div>
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<a name="gst-app-sink-get-caps.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> the <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstCaps.html#GstCaps-struct"><span class="type">GstCaps</span></a> accepted by the sink. <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstCaps.html#gst-caps-unref"><code class="function">gst_caps_unref()</code></a> after usage.</p>
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<a name="gst-app-sink-is-eos"></a><h3>gst_app_sink_is_eos ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
gst_app_sink_is_eos (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a> *appsink</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Check if <em class="parameter"><code>appsink</code></em>
is EOS, which is when no more samples can be pulled because
an EOS event was received.</p>
<p>This function also returns <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> when the appsink is not in the PAUSED or
PLAYING state.</p>
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<a name="gst-app-sink-is-eos.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>appsink</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
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<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-is-eos.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if no more samples can be pulled and the appsink is EOS.</p>
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<div class="refsect2">
<a name="gst-app-sink-set-emit-signals"></a><h3>gst_app_sink_set_emit_signals ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
gst_app_sink_set_emit_signals (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a> *appsink</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a> emit</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Make appsink emit the "new-preroll" and "new-sample" signals. This option is
by default disabled because signal emission is expensive and unneeded when
the application prefers to operate in pull mode.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-set-emit-signals.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>appsink</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>emit</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the new state</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="refsect2">
<a name="gst-app-sink-get-emit-signals"></a><h3>gst_app_sink_get_emit_signals ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
gst_app_sink_get_emit_signals (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a> *appsink</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Check if appsink will emit the "new-preroll" and "new-sample" signals.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-get-emit-signals.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody><tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>appsink</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-get-emit-signals.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if <em class="parameter"><code>appsink</code></em>
is emiting the "new-preroll" and "new-sample"
signals.</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="gst-app-sink-set-max-buffers"></a><h3>gst_app_sink_set_max_buffers ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
gst_app_sink_set_max_buffers (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a> *appsink</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Basic-Types.html#guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> max</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Set the maximum amount of buffers that can be queued in <em class="parameter"><code>appsink</code></em>
. After this
amount of buffers are queued in appsink, any more buffers will block upstream
elements until a sample is pulled from <em class="parameter"><code>appsink</code></em>
.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-set-max-buffers.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>appsink</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>max</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the maximum number of buffers to queue</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="gst-app-sink-get-max-buffers"></a><h3>gst_app_sink_get_max_buffers ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Basic-Types.html#guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>
gst_app_sink_get_max_buffers (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a> *appsink</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Get the maximum amount of buffers that can be queued in <em class="parameter"><code>appsink</code></em>
.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-get-max-buffers.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody><tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>appsink</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-get-max-buffers.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> The maximum amount of buffers that can be queued.</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="gst-app-sink-set-drop"></a><h3>gst_app_sink_set_drop ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
gst_app_sink_set_drop (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a> *appsink</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a> drop</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Instruct <em class="parameter"><code>appsink</code></em>
to drop old buffers when the maximum amount of queued
buffers is reached.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-set-drop.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>appsink</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>drop</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the new state</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="gst-app-sink-get-drop"></a><h3>gst_app_sink_get_drop ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
gst_app_sink_get_drop (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a> *appsink</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Check if <em class="parameter"><code>appsink</code></em>
will drop old buffers when the maximum amount of queued
buffers is reached.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-get-drop.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody><tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>appsink</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-get-drop.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if <em class="parameter"><code>appsink</code></em>
is dropping old buffers when the queue is
filled.</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="gst-app-sink-pull-preroll"></a><h3>gst_app_sink_pull_preroll ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstSample.html#GstSample-struct"><span class="returnvalue">GstSample</span></a> *
gst_app_sink_pull_preroll (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a> *appsink</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Get the last preroll sample in <em class="parameter"><code>appsink</code></em>
. This was the sample that caused the
appsink to preroll in the PAUSED state. This sample can be pulled many times
and remains available to the application even after EOS.</p>
<p>This function is typically used when dealing with a pipeline in the PAUSED
state. Calling this function after doing a seek will give the sample right
after the seek position.</p>
<p>Note that the preroll sample will also be returned as the first sample
when calling <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-pull-sample" title="gst_app_sink_pull_sample ()"><code class="function">gst_app_sink_pull_sample()</code></a>.</p>
<p>If an EOS event was received before any buffers, this function returns
<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>. Use <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-is-eos" title="gst_app_sink_is_eos ()"><code class="function">gst_app_sink_is_eos()</code></a> to check for the EOS condition.</p>
<p>This function blocks until a preroll sample or EOS is received or the appsink
element is set to the READY/NULL state.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-pull-preroll.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody><tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>appsink</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-pull-preroll.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstSample.html#GstSample-struct"><span class="type">GstSample</span></a> or NULL when the appsink is stopped or EOS.
Call <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstSample.html#gst-sample-unref"><code class="function">gst_sample_unref()</code></a> after usage. </p>
<p><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Free data after the code is done."><span class="acronym">transfer full</span></acronym>]</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="gst-app-sink-pull-sample"></a><h3>gst_app_sink_pull_sample ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstSample.html#GstSample-struct"><span class="returnvalue">GstSample</span></a> *
gst_app_sink_pull_sample (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a> *appsink</code></em>);</pre>
<p>This function blocks until a sample or EOS becomes available or the appsink
element is set to the READY/NULL state.</p>
<p>This function will only return samples when the appsink is in the PLAYING
state. All rendered buffers will be put in a queue so that the application
can pull samples at its own rate. Note that when the application does not
pull samples fast enough, the queued buffers could consume a lot of memory,
especially when dealing with raw video frames.</p>
<p>If an EOS event was received before any buffers, this function returns
<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>. Use <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-is-eos" title="gst_app_sink_is_eos ()"><code class="function">gst_app_sink_is_eos()</code></a> to check for the EOS condition.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-pull-sample.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody><tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>appsink</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-pull-sample.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstSample.html#GstSample-struct"><span class="type">GstSample</span></a> or NULL when the appsink is stopped or EOS.
Call <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstSample.html#gst-sample-unref"><code class="function">gst_sample_unref()</code></a> after usage. </p>
<p><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Free data after the code is done."><span class="acronym">transfer full</span></acronym>]</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="gst-app-sink-try-pull-preroll"></a><h3>gst_app_sink_try_pull_preroll ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstSample.html#GstSample-struct"><span class="returnvalue">GstSample</span></a> *
gst_app_sink_try_pull_preroll (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a> *appsink</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstClock.html#GstClockTime"><span class="type">GstClockTime</span></a> timeout</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Get the last preroll sample in <em class="parameter"><code>appsink</code></em>
. This was the sample that caused the
appsink to preroll in the PAUSED state. This sample can be pulled many times
and remains available to the application even after EOS.</p>
<p>This function is typically used when dealing with a pipeline in the PAUSED
state. Calling this function after doing a seek will give the sample right
after the seek position.</p>
<p>Note that the preroll sample will also be returned as the first sample
when calling <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-pull-sample" title="gst_app_sink_pull_sample ()"><code class="function">gst_app_sink_pull_sample()</code></a>.</p>
<p>If an EOS event was received before any buffers or the timeout expires,
this function returns <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>. Use <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-is-eos" title="gst_app_sink_is_eos ()"><code class="function">gst_app_sink_is_eos()</code></a> to check for the EOS
condition.</p>
<p>This function blocks until a preroll sample or EOS is received, the appsink
element is set to the READY/NULL state, or the timeout expires.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-try-pull-preroll.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>appsink</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>timeout</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the maximum amount of time to wait for the preroll sample</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-try-pull-preroll.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstSample.html#GstSample-struct"><span class="type">GstSample</span></a> or NULL when the appsink is stopped or EOS or the timeout expires.
Call <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstSample.html#gst-sample-unref"><code class="function">gst_sample_unref()</code></a> after usage. </p>
<p><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Free data after the code is done."><span class="acronym">transfer full</span></acronym>]</span></p>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: 1.10</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="gst-app-sink-try-pull-sample"></a><h3>gst_app_sink_try_pull_sample ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstSample.html#GstSample-struct"><span class="returnvalue">GstSample</span></a> *
gst_app_sink_try_pull_sample (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a> *appsink</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstClock.html#GstClockTime"><span class="type">GstClockTime</span></a> timeout</code></em>);</pre>
<p>This function blocks until a sample or EOS becomes available or the appsink
element is set to the READY/NULL state or the timeout expires.</p>
<p>This function will only return samples when the appsink is in the PLAYING
state. All rendered buffers will be put in a queue so that the application
can pull samples at its own rate. Note that when the application does not
pull samples fast enough, the queued buffers could consume a lot of memory,
especially when dealing with raw video frames.</p>
<p>If an EOS event was received before any buffers or the timeout expires,
this function returns <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>. Use <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-is-eos" title="gst_app_sink_is_eos ()"><code class="function">gst_app_sink_is_eos()</code></a> to check for the EOS
condition.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-try-pull-sample.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>appsink</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>timeout</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the maximum amount of time to wait for a sample</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-try-pull-sample.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstSample.html#GstSample-struct"><span class="type">GstSample</span></a> or NULL when the appsink is stopped or EOS or the timeout expires.
Call <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstSample.html#gst-sample-unref"><code class="function">gst_sample_unref()</code></a> after usage. </p>
<p><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Free data after the code is done."><span class="acronym">transfer full</span></acronym>]</span></p>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: 1.10</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="gst-app-sink-set-callbacks"></a><h3>gst_app_sink_set_callbacks ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
gst_app_sink_set_callbacks (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a> *appsink</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#GstAppSinkCallbacks" title="GstAppSinkCallbacks"><span class="type">GstAppSinkCallbacks</span></a> *callbacks</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> user_data</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Datasets.html#GDestroyNotify"><span class="type">GDestroyNotify</span></a> notify</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Set callbacks which will be executed for each new preroll, new sample and eos.
This is an alternative to using the signals, it has lower overhead and is thus
less expensive, but also less flexible.</p>
<p>If callbacks are installed, no signals will be emitted for performance
reasons.</p>
<p><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Exposed in C code, not necessarily available in other languages."><span class="acronym">skip</span></acronym>]</span></p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gst-app-sink-set-callbacks.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>appsink</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-1.0gst-plugins-base-plugins-appsink.html#GstAppSink-struct"><span class="type">GstAppSink</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>callbacks</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the callbacks</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>user_data</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a user_data argument for the callbacks</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>notify</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a destroy notify function</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="refsect1">
<a name="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.other_details"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="GstAppSinkCallbacks"></a><h3>GstAppSinkCallbacks</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">typedef struct {
void (*eos) (GstAppSink *appsink, gpointer user_data);
GstFlowReturn (*new_preroll) (GstAppSink *appsink, gpointer user_data);
GstFlowReturn (*new_sample) (GstAppSink *appsink, gpointer user_data);
} GstAppSinkCallbacks;
</pre>
<p>A set of callbacks that can be installed on the appsink with
<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-set-callbacks" title="gst_app_sink_set_callbacks ()"><code class="function">gst_app_sink_set_callbacks()</code></a>.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="GstAppSinkCallbacks.members"></a><h4>Members</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="300px" class="struct_members_name">
<col class="struct_members_description">
<col width="200px" class="struct_members_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="struct_member_name"><p><em class="structfield"><code><a name="GstAppSinkCallbacks.eos"></a>eos</code></em> ()</p></td>
<td class="struct_member_description"><p>Called when the end-of-stream has been reached. This callback
is called from the streaming thread.</p></td>
<td class="struct_member_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="struct_member_name"><p><em class="structfield"><code><a name="GstAppSinkCallbacks.new-preroll"></a>new_preroll</code></em> ()</p></td>
<td class="struct_member_description"><p>Called when a new preroll sample is available.
This callback is called from the streaming thread.
The new preroll sample can be retrieved with
<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-pull-preroll" title="gst_app_sink_pull_preroll ()"><code class="function">gst_app_sink_pull_preroll()</code></a> either from this callback
or from any other thread.</p></td>
<td class="struct_member_annotations"> </td>
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<td class="struct_member_name"><p><em class="structfield"><code><a name="GstAppSinkCallbacks.new-sample"></a>new_sample</code></em> ()</p></td>
<td class="struct_member_description"><p>Called when a new sample is available.
This callback is called from the streaming thread.
The new sample can be retrieved with
<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.html#gst-app-sink-pull-sample" title="gst_app_sink_pull_sample ()"><code class="function">gst_app_sink_pull_sample()</code></a> either from this callback
or from any other thread.</p></td>
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<a name="gst-plugins-base-libs-appsink.see-also"></a><h2>See Also</h2>
<p><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstSample.html#GstSample-struct"><span class="type">GstSample</span></a>, <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-libs-1.0GstBaseSink.html#GstBaseSink-struct"><span class="type">GstBaseSink</span></a>, appsrc</p>
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