filesink

Write incoming data to a file in the local file system.

Example launch line

 gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src num-buffers=1 ! jpegenc ! filesink location=capture1.jpeg

Capture one frame from a v4l2 camera and save as jpeg image.

Hierarchy

GObject
    ╰──GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰──GstObject
            ╰──GstElement
                ╰──GstBaseSink
                    ╰──filesink

Implemented interfaces

Factory details

Authors: – Thomas Vander Stichele

Classification: – Sink/File

Rank – primary

Plugin – coreelements

Package – GStreamer

Pad Templates

sink

ANY

Presence – always

Direction – sink

Object type – GstPad

Properties

append 

“append” gboolean

Append to an already existing file.

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : false

buffer-mode 

“buffer-mode” File-sink-buffer-mode *

The buffering mode to use

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : default (-1)

buffer-size 

“buffer-size” guint

Size of buffer in number of bytes for line or full buffer-mode

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 65536

file-mode 

“file-mode” File-sink-file-mode *

Ability to specify file mode.

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : truncate (1)

Since : 1.24

location 

“location” gchararray

Location of the file to write

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : NULL

max-transient-error-timeout 

“max-transient-error-timeout” gint

Retry up to this many ms on transient errors (currently EACCES)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0

o-sync 

“o-sync” gboolean

Open the file with O_SYNC for enabling synchronous IO

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : false

Named constants

File-sink-buffer-mode

File read buffering mode.

Members

default (-1) – Default buffering
full (0) – Fully buffered
line (1) – Line buffered (deprecated, like full)
unbuffered (2) – Unbuffered

File-sink-file-mode

File write mode.

Members

truncate (1) – Truncate file (mode wb)
output (2) – Append file (mode ab)
overwrite (3) – Overwrite file without truncating (mode rb+)

Since : 1.24

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