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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.top_of_page"></a>input-selector</span></h2>
<p>input-selector — N-to-1 input stream selector</p>
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<a name="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.synopsis"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<a name="GstInputSelector"></a><pre class="synopsis">struct              <a class="link" href="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.html#GstInputSelector-struct" title="struct GstInputSelector">GstInputSelector</a>;
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<a name="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.object-hierarchy"></a><h2>Object Hierarchy</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">
  <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gobject/unstable/gobject-The-Base-Object-Type.html#GObject">GObject</a>
   +----<a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gobject/unstable/gobject-The-Base-Object-Type.html#GInitiallyUnowned">GInitiallyUnowned</a>
         +----<a href="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer/html/GstObject.html">GstObject</a>
               +----<a href="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer/html/GstElement.html">GstElement</a>
                     +----GstInputSelector
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<a name="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.properties"></a><h2>Properties</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">
  "<a class="link" href="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.html#GstInputSelector--active-pad" title='The "active-pad" property'>active-pad</a>"               <a href="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer/html/GstPad.html"><span class="type">GstPad</span></a>*               : Read / Write
  "<a class="link" href="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.html#GstInputSelector--n-pads" title='The "n-pads" property'>n-pads</a>"                   <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a>                 : Read
  "<a class="link" href="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.html#GstInputSelector--select-all" title='The "select-all" property'>select-all</a>"               <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a>              : Read / Write
  "<a class="link" href="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.html#GstInputSelector--sync-streams" title='The "sync-streams" property'>sync-streams</a>"             <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a>              : Read / Write
  "<a class="link" href="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.html#GstInputSelector--cache-buffers" title='The "cache-buffers" property'>cache-buffers</a>"            <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a>              : Read / Write
  "<a class="link" href="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.html#GstInputSelector--sync-mode" title='The "sync-mode" property'>sync-mode</a>"                <span class="type">GstInputSelectorSyncMode</span>  : Read / Write
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<a name="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.signals"></a><h2>Signals</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">
  "<a class="link" href="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.html#GstInputSelector-block" title='The "block" signal'>block</a>"                                          : <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gobject/unstable/gobject-Signals.html#G-SIGNAL-ACTION:CAPS"><code class="literal">Action</code></a>
  "<a class="link" href="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.html#GstInputSelector-switch" title='The "switch" signal'>switch</a>"                                         : <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gobject/unstable/gobject-Signals.html#G-SIGNAL-RUN-LAST:CAPS"><code class="literal">Run Last</code></a>
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<a name="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>
Direct one out of N input streams to the output pad.
</p>
<p>
The input pads are from a GstPad subclass and have additional
properties, which users may find useful, namely:
</p>
<p>
</p>
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<li class="listitem">
"running-time": Running time of stream on pad (<span class="type">gint64</span>)
</li>
<li class="listitem">
"tags": The currently active tags on the pad (<a href="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer/html/gstreamer-GstTagList.html#GstTagList"><span class="type">GstTagList</span></a>, boxed type)
</li>
<li class="listitem">
"active": If the pad is currently active (<a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a>)
</li>
<li class="listitem">
"always-ok" : Make an inactive pads return <a href="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer/html/GstPad.html#GST-FLOW-OK:CAPS"><span class="type">GST_FLOW_OK</span></a> instead of
<a href="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer/html/GstPad.html#GST-FLOW-NOT-LINKED:CAPS"><span class="type">GST_FLOW_NOT_LINKED</span></a>
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
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<a name="idp11337552"></a><h3>Element Information</h3>
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<td><p><span class="term">plugin</span></p></td>
<td>
            <a class="link" href="gstreamer-plugins-plugin-coreelements.html#plugin-coreelements">coreelements</a>
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<td><p><span class="term">author</span></p></td>
<td>Julien Moutte &lt;julien@moutte.net&gt;, Jan Schmidt &lt;thaytan@mad.scientist.com&gt;, Wim Taymans &lt;wim.taymans@gmail.com&gt;</td>
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<td><p><span class="term">class</span></p></td>
<td>Generic</td>
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<div class="refsect2">
<a name="idp11345088"></a><h3>Element Pads</h3>
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<td><p><span class="term">name</span></p></td>
<td>sink_%u</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term">direction</span></p></td>
<td>sink</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term">presence</span></p></td>
<td>request</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term">details</span></p></td>
<td>ANY</td>
</tr>
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<td><p><span class="term">name</span></p></td>
<td>src</td>
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<td><p><span class="term">direction</span></p></td>
<td>source</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term">presence</span></p></td>
<td>always</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term">details</span></p></td>
<td>ANY</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
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<p>
</p>
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<div class="refsect1">
<a name="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.details"></a><h2>Details</h2>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="GstInputSelector-struct"></a><h3>struct GstInputSelector</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">struct GstInputSelector;</pre>
<p>
</p>
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<a name="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.property-details"></a><h2>Property Details</h2>
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<a name="GstInputSelector--active-pad"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">"active-pad"</code> property</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">  "active-pad"               <a href="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer/html/GstPad.html"><span class="type">GstPad</span></a>*               : Read / Write</pre>
<p>The currently active sink pad.</p>
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<a name="GstInputSelector--n-pads"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">"n-pads"</code> property</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">  "n-pads"                   <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a>                 : Read</pre>
<p>The number of sink pads.</p>
<p>Default value: 0</p>
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<a name="GstInputSelector--select-all"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">"select-all"</code> property</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">  "select-all"               <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a>              : Read / Write</pre>
<p>Forwards data from all input pads.</p>
<p>Default value: FALSE</p>
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<div class="refsect2">
<a name="GstInputSelector--sync-streams"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">"sync-streams"</code> property</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">  "sync-streams"             <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a>              : Read / Write</pre>
<p>
If set to <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> all inactive streams will be synced to the
running time of the active stream or to the current clock.
</p>
<p>
To make sure no buffers are dropped by input-selector
that might be needed when switching the active pad,
sync-mode should be set to "clock" and cache-buffers to TRUE.
</p>
<p>Default value: TRUE</p>
<p class="since">Since 0.10.36</p>
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<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="GstInputSelector--cache-buffers"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">"cache-buffers"</code> property</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">  "cache-buffers"            <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a>              : Read / Write</pre>
<p>
If set to <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> and GstInputSelector:sync-streams is also set to <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a>,
the active pad will cache the buffers still considered valid (after current
running time, see sync-mode) to avoid missing frames if/when the pad is
reactivated.
</p>
<p>
The active pad may push more buffers than what is currently displayed/consumed
and when changing pads those buffers will be discarded and the only way to
reactivate that pad without loosing the already consumed buffers is to enable cache.
</p>
<p>Default value: FALSE</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="GstInputSelector--sync-mode"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">"sync-mode"</code> property</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">  "sync-mode"                <span class="type">GstInputSelectorSyncMode</span>  : Read / Write</pre>
<p>
Select how input-selector will sync buffers when in sync-streams mode.
</p>
<p>
Note that when using the "active-segment" mode, the "active-segment" may
be ahead of current clock time when switching the active pad, as the current
active pad may have pushed more buffers than what was displayed/consumed,
which may cause delays and some missing buffers.
</p>
<p>Default value: Sync using the current active segment</p>
<p class="since">Since 0.10.36</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="refsect1">
<a name="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.signal-details"></a><h2>Signal Details</h2>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="GstInputSelector-block"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">"block"</code> signal</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">gint64</span>              user_function                      (<a class="link" href="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.html#GstInputSelector"><span class="type">GstInputSelector</span></a> *inputselector,
                                                        <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a>          user_data)          : <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gobject/unstable/gobject-Signals.html#G-SIGNAL-ACTION:CAPS"><code class="literal">Action</code></a></pre>
<p>
Block all sink pads in preparation for a switch. Returns the stop time of
the current switch segment, as a running time, or 0 if there is no current
active pad or the current active pad never received data.
</p>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>inputselector</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the <a class="link" href="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.html#GstInputSelector"><span class="type">GstInputSelector</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>user data set when the signal handler was connected.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
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<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="GstInputSelector-switch"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">"switch"</code> signal</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                user_function                      (<a class="link" href="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.html#GstInputSelector"><span class="type">GstInputSelector</span></a> *gstinputselector,
                                                        <a href="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer/html/GstPad.html"><span class="type">GstPad</span></a>           *arg1,
                                                        <span class="type">gint64</span>            arg2,
                                                        <span class="type">gint64</span>            arg3,
                                                        <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a>          user_data)             : <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gobject/unstable/gobject-Signals.html#G-SIGNAL-RUN-LAST:CAPS"><code class="literal">Run Last</code></a></pre>
<p>
</p>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>gstinputselector</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the object which received the signal.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>user data set when the signal handler was connected.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
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<a name="gstreamer-plugins-input-selector.see-also"></a><h2>See Also</h2>
<a class="link" href="gstreamer-plugins-output-selector.html#GstOutputSelector"><span class="type">GstOutputSelector</span></a>
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