Play audio and video with a Pipeline in Gstreamer

Question

Is there a way make a pipeline that will play any video file (which will contain audio too)? I have tried linking elements like:

filesrc -> decodebin

along with

queue -> audioconvert -> autoaudiosink

and

queue -> autovideoconvert -> autovideosink

This causes two problems:

1. A queue cannot be linked to an autovideoconvert .
2. I have no idea how to implement a pad with the "pad-added" event, especially when the pipeline supports both audio and video.

I would like to know how to do this without the need for gst.parse_launch . Also, I want the pieline to work with any format I throw at it (like playbin), but cannot use a playbin as I will need to link other elements ( level and volume ).

Alternatively, is there a way to connect elements (such as level ) to a playbin?

Answer 1

I've built an example video player that makes use of the elements you described.

It should show you how to connect the pads to eachother dynamically.

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'''

import gst
import gobject
gobject.threads_init()
import logging


logging.basicConfig()

_log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
_log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)


class VideoPlayer(object):
    '''
    Simple video player
    '''

    source_file = None

    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        self.loop = gobject.MainLoop()

        if kwargs.get('src'):
            self.source_file = kwargs.get('src')

        self.__setup()

    def run(self):
        self.loop.run()

    def stop(self):
        self.loop.quit()

    def __setup(self):
        _log.info('Setting up VideoPlayer...')
        self.__setup_pipeline()
        _log.info('Set up')

    def __setup_pipeline(self):
        self.pipeline = gst.Pipeline('video-player-pipeline')

        # Source element
        self.filesrc = gst.element_factory_make('filesrc')
        self.filesrc.set_property('location', self.source_file)
        self.pipeline.add(self.filesrc)

        # Demuxer
        self.decoder = gst.element_factory_make('decodebin2')
        self.decoder.connect('pad-added', self.__on_decoded_pad)
        self.pipeline.add(self.decoder)

        # Video elements
        self.videoqueue = gst.element_factory_make('queue', 'videoqueue')
        self.pipeline.add(self.videoqueue)

        self.autovideoconvert = gst.element_factory_make('autovideoconvert')
        self.pipeline.add(self.autovideoconvert)

        self.autovideosink = gst.element_factory_make('autovideosink')
        self.pipeline.add(self.autovideosink)

        # Audio elements
        self.audioqueue = gst.element_factory_make('queue', 'audioqueue')
        self.pipeline.add(self.audioqueue)

        self.audioconvert = gst.element_factory_make('audioconvert')
        self.pipeline.add(self.audioconvert)

        self.autoaudiosink = gst.element_factory_make('autoaudiosink')
        self.pipeline.add(self.autoaudiosink)

        self.progressreport = gst.element_factory_make('progressreport')
        self.progressreport.set_property('update-freq', 1)
        self.pipeline.add(self.progressreport)

        # Link source and demuxer
        linkres = gst.element_link_many(
            self.filesrc,
            self.decoder)

        if not linkres:
            _log.error('Could not link source & demuxer elements!\n{0}'.format(
                    linkres))

        linkres = gst.element_link_many(
            self.audioqueue,
            self.audioconvert,
            self.autoaudiosink)

        if not linkres:
            _log.error('Could not link audio elements!\n{0}'.format(
                    linkres))

        linkres = gst.element_link_many(
            self.videoqueue,
            self.progressreport,
            self.autovideoconvert,
            self.autovideosink)

        if not linkres:
            _log.error('Could not link video elements!\n{0}'.format(
                    linkres))

        self.bus = self.pipeline.get_bus()
        self.bus.add_signal_watch()
        self.bus.connect('message', self.__on_message)

        self.pipeline.set_state(gst.STATE_PLAYING)

    def __on_decoded_pad(self, pad, data):
        _log.debug('on_decoded_pad: {0}'.format(pad))

        if pad.get_caps()[0].to_string().startswith('audio'):
            pad.link(self.audioqueue.get_pad('sink'))
        else:
            pad.link(self.videoqueue.get_pad('sink'))

    def __on_message(self, bus, message):
        _log.debug(' - MESSAGE: {0}'.format(message))
        

if __name__ == '__main__':
    player = VideoPlayer(
        src='/home/joar/Videos/big_buck_bunny_1080p_stereo.avi')

    player.run()

Answer 2

queue is not a source element, you need to have either uridecodebin or decodebin or something simliar as the source element.

This is an example pipeline in the gst-launch format.

uridecodebin \
    uri="file:///home/joar/Dropbox/Music/04 - Deadmau5 - Clockwork (Jonas Steur Remix).mp3" \
! audioconvert ! autoaudiosink

it means that in the pipeline there is

• uridecodebin - A decoding bin, capable of decoding whatever source file is compatible with GStreamer, with the uri property set to file:///home/joar/Dropbox/Music/04 - Deadmau5 - Clockwork (Jonas Steur Remix).mp3 .
• audioconvert - Converts audio between different formats
• autoaudiosink

If needed, you could add a queue element between the uridecodebin and the audioconvert .

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Update

I can do what you describe using the following gst-launch command

gst-launch-0.10 filesrc \
    location="/home/joar/Dropbox/Skrillex vs. Adele - Set Fire to Everybody.mov" \
! decodebin name=dmux \
dmux. ! queue ! audioconvert ! autoaudiosink \
dmux. ! queue ! autovideoconvert ! autovideosink

Answer 3

Alternatively you could use GStreamer 1.0 by now.

There you'll find the new properties audio-filter and video-filter , which can be utilized to connect elements (such as level) to a playbin.

With Python GObject Introspection this could be done as easy as:

level = Gst.ElementFactory.make('level')

playbin = Gst.ElementFactory.make("playbin")
playbin.props.audio_filter = level

Answer 4

I am sure you would have implemented this by now. But for others who looks at your question, my answer might help . The code is as follows

 #!/usr/bin/python
 import pygst
 pygst.require('0.10')
 import gst

 import pygtk
 pygtk.require('2.0')
 import gtk

 # this is very important, without this, callbacks from gstreamer thread
 # will messed our program up


 def on_new_decoded_pad(dbin, pad, islast):
     structure_name = pad.get_caps()[0].get_name()
     decode = pad.get_parent()
     pipeline = decode.get_parent()
     if structure_name.startswith("video"):
            queuev = pipeline.get_by_name('queuev')
        decode.link(queuev)
     if structure_name.startswith("audio"):
            queuea = pipeline.get_by_name('queuea')
    print queuea
        decode.link(queuea)


 def main():
     pipeline = gst.Pipeline('pipleline')

     filesrc = gst.element_factory_make("filesrc", "filesrc")
     filesrc.set_property('location', '/home/thothadri/Videos/nuclear.avi')

     decode = gst.element_factory_make("decodebin", "decode")

     queuev = gst.element_factory_make("queue", "queuev")

     sink = gst.element_factory_make("autovideosink", "sink")

     queuea = gst.element_factory_make("queue", "queuea")

     convert = gst.element_factory_make('audioconvert', 'convert')

     sink_audio = gst.element_factory_make("autoaudiosink", "sink_audio")

     pipeline.add(filesrc,decode,queuev,queuea,convert,sink,sink_audio)

     gst.element_link_many(filesrc, decode)
     gst.element_link_many(queuev,sink)
     gst.element_link_many(queuea,convert,sink_audio)

     decode.connect("new-decoded-pad", on_new_decoded_pad)

     pipeline.set_state(gst.STATE_PLAYING)



 main()
 gtk.gdk.threads_init()
 gtk.main()  

Answer 5

Pipeline to play audio & video on local:

gst-launch-1.0 -v filesrc location=random-file.mpeg ! decodebin name=demux demux. ! queue ! videoconvert ! xvimagesink demux. ! queue ! audioconvert ! pulsesink

we can use autovideosink in place of xvimagesink.