bool CvCapture_GStreamer::open()

in modules/videoio/src/cap_gstreamer.cpp [555:830]


bool CvCapture_GStreamer::open( int type, const char* filename )
{
    CV_FUNCNAME("cvCaptureFromCAM_GStreamer");

    __BEGIN__;

    gst_initializer::init();

    bool file = false;
    bool stream = false;
    bool manualpipeline = false;
    char *uri = NULL;
    uridecodebin = NULL;
    GstElementFactory * testfac;
    GstStateChangeReturn status;

    if (type == CV_CAP_GSTREAMER_V4L){
        testfac = gst_element_factory_find("v4lsrc");
        if (!testfac){
            return false;
        }
        g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(testfac));
        filename = "v4lsrc ! " COLOR_ELEM " ! appsink";
    }
    if (type == CV_CAP_GSTREAMER_V4L2){
        testfac = gst_element_factory_find("v4l2src");
        if (!testfac){
            return false;
        }
        g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(testfac));
        filename = "v4l2src ! " COLOR_ELEM " ! appsink";
    }


    // test if we have a valid uri. If so, open it with an uridecodebin
    // else, we might have a file or a manual pipeline.
    // if gstreamer cannot parse the manual pipeline, we assume we were given and
    // ordinary file path.
    if(!gst_uri_is_valid(filename))
    {
        uri = realpath(filename, NULL);
        stream = false;
        if(uri)
        {
            uri = g_filename_to_uri(uri, NULL, NULL);
            if(uri)
            {
                file = true;
            }
            else
            {
                CV_WARN("GStreamer: Error opening file\n");
                close();
                return false;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            GError *err = NULL;
            uridecodebin = gst_parse_launch(filename, &err);
            if(!uridecodebin)
            {
                fprintf(stderr, "GStreamer: Error opening bin: %s\n", err->message);
                return false;
            }
            stream = true;
            manualpipeline = true;
        }
    } else {
        stream = true;
        uri = g_strdup(filename);
    }

    bool element_from_uri = false;
    if(!uridecodebin)
    {
        // At this writing, the v4l2 element (and maybe others too) does not support caps renegotiation.
        // This means that we cannot use an uridecodebin when dealing with v4l2, since setting
        // capture properties will not work.
        // The solution (probably only until gstreamer 1.2) is to make an element from uri when dealing with v4l2.
        gchar * protocol = gst_uri_get_protocol(uri);
        if (!strcasecmp(protocol , "v4l2"))
        {
#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR == 0
            uridecodebin = gst_element_make_from_uri(GST_URI_SRC, uri, "src");
#else
            uridecodebin = gst_element_make_from_uri(GST_URI_SRC, uri, "src", NULL);
#endif
            element_from_uri = true;
        }else{
            uridecodebin = gst_element_factory_make("uridecodebin", NULL);
            g_object_set(G_OBJECT(uridecodebin), "uri", uri, NULL);
        }
        g_free(protocol);

        if(!uridecodebin) {
            //fprintf(stderr, "GStreamer: Error opening bin: %s\n", err->message);
            close();
            return false;
        }
    }

    if(manualpipeline)
    {
        GstIterator *it = NULL;
#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR == 0
        it = gst_bin_iterate_sinks(GST_BIN(uridecodebin));
        if(gst_iterator_next(it, (gpointer *)&sink) != GST_ITERATOR_OK) {
            CV_ERROR(CV_StsError, "GStreamer: cannot find appsink in manual pipeline\n");
            return false;
        }
#else
        it = gst_bin_iterate_sinks (GST_BIN(uridecodebin));

        gboolean done = FALSE;
        GstElement *element = NULL;
        gchar* name = NULL;
        GValue value = G_VALUE_INIT;

        while (!done) {
          switch (gst_iterator_next (it, &value)) {
            case GST_ITERATOR_OK:
              element = GST_ELEMENT (g_value_get_object (&value));
              name = gst_element_get_name(element);
              if (name){
                if(strstr(name, "opencvsink") != NULL || strstr(name, "appsink") != NULL) {
                  sink = GST_ELEMENT ( gst_object_ref (element) );
                  done = TRUE;
                }
                g_free(name);
              }
              g_value_unset (&value);

              break;
            case GST_ITERATOR_RESYNC:
              gst_iterator_resync (it);
              break;
            case GST_ITERATOR_ERROR:
            case GST_ITERATOR_DONE:
              done = TRUE;
              break;
          }
        }
        gst_iterator_free (it);


        if (!sink){
            CV_ERROR(CV_StsError, "GStreamer: cannot find appsink in manual pipeline\n");
            return false;
        }
#endif
        pipeline = uridecodebin;
    }
    else
    {
        pipeline = gst_pipeline_new(NULL);
        // videoconvert (in 0.10: ffmpegcolorspace, in 1.x autovideoconvert)
        //automatically selects the correct colorspace conversion based on caps.
        color = gst_element_factory_make(COLOR_ELEM, NULL);
        sink = gst_element_factory_make("appsink", NULL);

        gst_bin_add_many(GST_BIN(pipeline), uridecodebin, color, sink, NULL);

        if(element_from_uri) {
            if(!gst_element_link(uridecodebin, color)) {
                CV_ERROR(CV_StsError, "GStreamer: cannot link color -> sink\n");
                gst_object_unref(pipeline);
                pipeline = NULL;
                return false;
            }
        }else{
            g_signal_connect(uridecodebin, "pad-added", G_CALLBACK(newPad), color);
        }

        if(!gst_element_link(color, sink)) {
            CV_ERROR(CV_StsError, "GStreamer: cannot link color -> sink\n");
            gst_object_unref(pipeline);
            pipeline = NULL;
            return false;
        }
    }

    //TODO: is 1 single buffer really high enough?
    gst_app_sink_set_max_buffers (GST_APP_SINK(sink), 1);
    gst_app_sink_set_drop (GST_APP_SINK(sink), stream);
    //do not emit signals: all calls will be synchronous and blocking
    gst_app_sink_set_emit_signals (GST_APP_SINK(sink), 0);

#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR == 0
    caps = gst_caps_new_simple("video/x-raw-rgb",
                               "bpp",        G_TYPE_INT, 24,
                               "red_mask",   G_TYPE_INT, 0x0000FF,
                               "green_mask", G_TYPE_INT, 0x00FF00,
                               "blue_mask",  G_TYPE_INT, 0xFF0000,
                               NULL);
#else
    // support 1 and 3 channel 8 bit data, as well as bayer (also  1 channel, 8bit)
    caps = gst_caps_from_string("video/x-raw, format=(string){BGR, GRAY8}; video/x-bayer,format=(string){rggb,bggr,grbg,gbrg}");
#endif
    gst_app_sink_set_caps(GST_APP_SINK(sink), caps);
    gst_caps_unref(caps);

    // For video files only: set pipeline to PAUSED state to get its duration
    if (file)
    {
        status = gst_element_set_state(GST_ELEMENT(pipeline), GST_STATE_PAUSED);
        if (status == GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC)
        {
            // wait for status update
            GstState st1;
            GstState st2;
            status = gst_element_get_state(pipeline, &st1, &st2, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE);
        }
        if (status == GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE)
        {
            handleMessage(pipeline);
            gst_object_unref(pipeline);
            pipeline = NULL;
            CV_ERROR(CV_StsError, "GStreamer: unable to start pipeline\n");
            return false;
        }

        GstFormat format;

        format = GST_FORMAT_DEFAULT;
#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR == 0
        if(!gst_element_query_duration(sink, &format, &duration))
#else
        if(!gst_element_query_duration(sink, format, &duration))
#endif
        {
            handleMessage(pipeline);
            CV_WARN("GStreamer: unable to query duration of stream");
            duration = -1;
        }

        GstPad* pad = gst_element_get_static_pad(color, "src");
#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR == 0
        GstCaps* buffer_caps = gst_pad_get_caps(pad);
#else
        GstCaps* buffer_caps = gst_pad_get_current_caps(pad);
#endif
        const GstStructure *structure = gst_caps_get_structure (buffer_caps, 0);

        if (!gst_structure_get_int (structure, "width", &width))
        {
            CV_WARN("Cannot query video width\n");
        }

        if (!gst_structure_get_int (structure, "height", &height))
        {
            CV_WARN("Cannot query video heigth\n");
        }

        gint num = 0, denom=1;
        if(!gst_structure_get_fraction(structure, "framerate", &num, &denom))
        {
            CV_WARN("Cannot query video fps\n");
        }

        fps = (double)num/(double)denom;

         // GST_DEBUG_BIN_TO_DOT_FILE(GST_BIN(pipeline), GST_DEBUG_GRAPH_SHOW_ALL, "pipeline");
    }
    else
    {
        duration = -1;
        width = -1;
        height = -1;
        fps = -1;
    }

    __END__;

    return true;
}