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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.top_of_page"></a>fdmemory</span></h2>
<p>fdmemory — Memory wrapper for fd backed memory</p>
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<a name="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.functions"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstMemory.html#GstMemory-struct"><span class="returnvalue">GstMemory</span></a> *
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<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.html#gst-fd-allocator-alloc" title="gst_fd_allocator_alloc ()">gst_fd_allocator_alloc</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gobjectgobject-Type-Information.html#GType"><span class="returnvalue">GType</span></a>
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<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.html#gst-fd-allocator-get-type" title="gst_fd_allocator_get_type ()">gst_fd_allocator_get_type</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstAllocator.html#GstAllocator-struct"><span class="returnvalue">GstAllocator</span></a> *
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<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.html#gst-fd-allocator-new" title="gst_fd_allocator_new ()">gst_fd_allocator_new</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a>
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<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.html#gst-fd-memory-get-fd" title="gst_fd_memory_get_fd ()">gst_fd_memory_get_fd</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<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-fdmemory.html#gst-is-fd-memory" title="gst_is_fd_memory ()">gst_is_fd_memory</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a name="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.other"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2>
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<td class="datatype_keyword">enum</td>
<td class="function_name"><a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.html#GstFdMemoryFlags" title="enum GstFdMemoryFlags">GstFdMemoryFlags</a></td>
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<a name="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.includes"></a><h2>Includes</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">#include &lt;gst/allocators/gstfdmemory.h&gt;
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<a name="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
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<a name="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.functions_details"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<a name="gst-fd-allocator-alloc"></a><h3>gst_fd_allocator_alloc ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstMemory.html#GstMemory-struct"><span class="returnvalue">GstMemory</span></a> *
gst_fd_allocator_alloc (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstAllocator.html#GstAllocator-struct"><span class="type">GstAllocator</span></a> *allocator</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> fd</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Basic-Types.html#gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> size</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.html#GstFdMemoryFlags" title="enum GstFdMemoryFlags"><span class="type">GstFdMemoryFlags</span></a> flags</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Return a <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstMemory.html#GstMemory-struct"><code class="literal">GstMemory</code></a> that wraps a generic file descriptor.</p>
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<a name="gst-fd-allocator-alloc.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>allocator</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>allocator to be used for this memory</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>fd</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>file descriptor</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>size</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>memory size</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>flags</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>extra <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.html#GstFdMemoryFlags" title="enum GstFdMemoryFlags"><span class="type">GstFdMemoryFlags</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<a name="gst-fd-allocator-alloc.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> a GstMemory based on <em class="parameter"><code>allocator</code></em>
.
When the buffer will be released the allocator will close the <em class="parameter"><code>fd</code></em>
unless
the <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.html#GST-FD-MEMORY-FLAG-DONT-CLOSE:CAPS"><code class="literal">GST_FD_MEMORY_FLAG_DONT_CLOSE</code></a> flag is specified.
The memory is only mmapped on <code class="function">gst_buffer_mmap()</code> request. </p>
<p><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Free data after the code is done."><span class="acronym">transfer full</span></acronym>]</span></p>
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<p class="since">Since: 1.6</p>
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<a name="gst-fd-allocator-get-type"></a><h3>gst_fd_allocator_get_type ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gobjectgobject-Type-Information.html#GType"><span class="returnvalue">GType</span></a>
gst_fd_allocator_get_type (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
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<a name="gst-fd-allocator-new"></a><h3>gst_fd_allocator_new ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstAllocator.html#GstAllocator-struct"><span class="returnvalue">GstAllocator</span></a> *
gst_fd_allocator_new (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
<p>Return a new fd allocator.</p>
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<a name="gst-fd-allocator-new.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> a new fd allocator, or NULL if the allocator
isn't available. Use <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstObject.html#gst-object-unref"><code class="function">gst_object_unref()</code></a> to release the allocator 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>
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<p class="since">Since: 1.6</p>
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<a name="gst-fd-memory-get-fd"></a><h3>gst_fd_memory_get_fd ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Basic-Types.html#gint"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a>
gst_fd_memory_get_fd (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstMemory.html#GstMemory-struct"><span class="type">GstMemory</span></a> *mem</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Get the fd from <em class="parameter"><code>mem</code></em>
. Call <a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.html#gst-is-fd-memory" title="gst_is_fd_memory ()"><code class="function">gst_is_fd_memory()</code></a> to check if <em class="parameter"><code>mem</code></em>
has
an fd.</p>
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<a name="gst-fd-memory-get-fd.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>mem</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstMemory.html#GstMemory-struct"><span class="type">GstMemory</span></a></p></td>
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<a name="gst-fd-memory-get-fd.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> the fd of <em class="parameter"><code>mem</code></em>
or -1 when there is no fd on <em class="parameter"><code>mem</code></em>
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<p class="since">Since: 1.6</p>
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<a name="gst-is-fd-memory"></a><h3>gst_is_fd_memory ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>
gst_is_fd_memory (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstMemory.html#GstMemory-struct"><span class="type">GstMemory</span></a> *mem</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Check if <em class="parameter"><code>mem</code></em>
is memory backed by an fd</p>
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<a name="gst-is-fd-memory.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>mem</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstMemory.html#GstMemory-struct"><span class="type">GstMemory</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<a name="gst-is-fd-memory.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> when <em class="parameter"><code>mem</code></em>
has an fd that can be retrieved with
<a class="link" href="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.html#gst-fd-memory-get-fd" title="gst_fd_memory_get_fd ()"><code class="function">gst_fd_memory_get_fd()</code></a>.</p>
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<p class="since">Since: 1.6</p>
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<a name="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.other_details"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2>
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<a name="GstFdMemoryFlags"></a><h3>enum GstFdMemoryFlags</h3>
<p>Various flags to control the operation of the fd backed memory.</p>
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<a name="GstFdMemoryFlags.members"></a><h4>Members</h4>
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<td class="enum_member_name"><p><a name="GST-FD-MEMORY-FLAG-NONE:CAPS"></a>GST_FD_MEMORY_FLAG_NONE</p></td>
<td class="enum_member_description">
<p>no flag</p>
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<td class="enum_member_name"><p><a name="GST-FD-MEMORY-FLAG-KEEP-MAPPED:CAPS"></a>GST_FD_MEMORY_FLAG_KEEP_MAPPED</p></td>
<td class="enum_member_description">
<p>once the memory is mapped,
keep it mapped until the memory is destroyed.</p>
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<td class="enum_member_name"><p><a name="GST-FD-MEMORY-FLAG-MAP-PRIVATE:CAPS"></a>GST_FD_MEMORY_FLAG_MAP_PRIVATE</p></td>
<td class="enum_member_description">
<p>do a private mapping instead of
the default shared mapping.</p>
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<td class="enum_member_annotations"> </td>
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<td class="enum_member_name"><p><a name="GST-FD-MEMORY-FLAG-DONT-CLOSE:CAPS"></a>GST_FD_MEMORY_FLAG_DONT_CLOSE</p></td>
<td class="enum_member_description">
<p>don't close the file descriptor when
the memory is freed. Since: 1.10.</p>
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<td class="enum_member_annotations"> </td>
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<p class="since">Since: 1.6</p>
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<a name="gst-plugins-base-libs-fdmemory.see-also"></a><h2>See Also</h2>
<p><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-1.0GstMemory.html#GstMemory-struct"><span class="type">GstMemory</span></a></p>
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