valve

The valve is a simple element that drops buffers when the property is set to TRUE and lets then through otherwise.

Any downstream error received while the property is TRUE is ignored. So downstream element can be set to GST_STATE_NULL and removed, without using pad blocking.

Hierarchy

GObject
    ╰──GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰──GstObject
            ╰──GstElement
                ╰──valve

Factory details

Authors: – Olivier Crete

Classification: – Filter

Rank – none

Plugin – coreelements

Package – GStreamer

Pad Templates

`sink`

ANY

Presence – always

Direction – sink

Object type – GstPad

`src`

ANY

Presence – always

Direction – src

Object type – GstPad

Properties

drop

“drop” gboolean

Whether to drop buffers and events or let them through

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : false

drop-mode

“drop-mode” Valve-drop-mode *

Drop mode to use. By default all buffers and events are dropped.

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : drop-all (0)

Named constants

Valve-drop-mode

Members

drop-all (0) – Drop all buffers and events

forward-sticky-events (1) – Drop all buffers but forward sticky events

transform-to-gap (2) – Convert all dropped buffers into gap events and forward sticky events

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