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§gstreamer-rs

GStreamer (Video library) bindings for Rust. Documentation can be found here.
These bindings are providing a safe API that can be used to interface with GStreamer, e.g. for writing GStreamer-based applications and GStreamer plugins.
The bindings are mostly autogenerated with gir based on the GObject-Introspection API metadata provided by the GStreamer project.
§Table of Contents
§Installation
To build the GStreamer bindings or anything depending on them, you need to have at least GStreamer 1.14 and gst-plugins-base 1.14 installed. In addition, some of the examples/tutorials require various GStreamer plugins to be available, which can be found in gst-plugins-base, gst-plugins-good, gst-plugins-bad, gst-plugins-ugly and/or gst-libav.
§Linux/BSDs
You need to install the above mentioned packages with your distributions package manager, or build them from source.
On Debian/Ubuntu they can be installed with
$ apt-get install libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \
gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly \
gstreamer1.0-libav libgstrtspserver-1.0-dev libges-1.0-dev
The minimum required version of the above libraries is >= 1.14. If you
build the gstreamer-player sub-crate, or any of the examples that
depend on gstreamer-player, you must ensure that in addition to the above
packages, libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-dev
is installed. See the Cargo.toml
files for the full details,
$ apt-get install libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-dev
Package names on other distributions should be similar. Please submit a pull request with instructions for yours.
§macOS
You can install GStreamer and the plugins via Homebrew or by installing the binaries provided by the GStreamer project.
We recommend using the official GStreamer binaries over Homebrew, especially as GStreamer in Homebrew is currently broken.
§GStreamer Binaries
You need to download the two .pkg
files from the GStreamer website and
install them, e.g. gstreamer-1.0-1.20.4-universal.pkg
and
gstreamer-1.0-devel-1.20.4-universal.pkg
.
After installation, you also need to set the PATH
environment variable as
follows
$ export PATH="/Library/Frameworks/GStreamer.framework/Versions/1.0/bin${PATH:+:$PATH}"
Also note that the pkg-config
from GStreamer should be the first one in
the PATH
as other versions have all kinds of quirks that will cause
problems.
§Homebrew
Homebrew only installs various plugins if explicitly enabled, so some extra
--with-*
flags may be required.
$ brew install gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good \
gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav gst-rtsp-server \
gst-editing-services --with-orc --with-libogg --with-opus \
--with-pango --with-theora --with-libvorbis --with-libvpx \
--enable-gtk3
Make sure the version of these libraries is >= 1.14.
§Windows
You can install GStreamer and the plugins via MSYS2
with pacman
or by installing the
binaries provided by
the GStreamer project.
We recommend using the official GStreamer binaries over MSYS2.
§GStreamer Binaries
You need to download the two .msi
files for your platform from the
GStreamer website and install them, e.g. gstreamer-1.0-x86_64-1.20.4.msi
and
gstreamer-1.0-devel-x86_64-1.20.4.msi
. Make sure to select the version that
matches your Rust toolchain, i.e. MinGW or MSVC.
After installation set the ``PATH` environment variable as follows:
# For a UNIX-style shell:
$ export PATH="c:/gstreamer/1.0/msvc_x86_64/bin${PATH:+:$PATH}"
# For cmd.exe:
$ set PATH=C:\gstreamer\1.0\msvc_x86_64\bin;%PATH%
Make sure to update the path to where you have actually installed GStreamer and for the corresponding toolchain.
Also note that the pkg-config.exe
from GStreamer should be the first one in
the PATH
as other versions have all kinds of quirks that will cause
problems.
§MSYS2 / pacman
$ pacman -S glib2-devel pkg-config \
mingw-w64-x86_64-gstreamer mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-base \
mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-good mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-bad \
mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-ugly mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-libav \
mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-rtsp-server
Make sure the version of these libraries is >= 1.14.
Note that the version of pkg-config
included in MSYS2
is
known to have problems
compiling GStreamer, so you may need to install another version. One option
would be pkg-config-lite
.
§Getting Started
The API reference can be found here, however it is only the Rust API reference and does not explain any of the concepts.
For getting started with GStreamer development, the best would be to follow the documentation on the GStreamer website, especially the Application Development Manual. While being C-centric, it explains all the fundamental concepts of GStreamer and the code examples should be relatively easily translatable to Rust. The API is basically the same, function/struct names are the same and everything is only more convenient (hopefully) and safer.
In addition there are tutorials on the GStreamer website. Many of them were ported to Rust already and the code can be found in the tutorials directory.
Some further examples for various aspects of GStreamer and how to use it from Rust can be found in the examples directory.
Various GStreamer plugins written in Rust can be found in the gst-plugins-rs repository.
§LICENSE
gstreamer-rs and all crates contained in here are licensed under either of
- Apache License, Version 2.0, (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
- MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
GStreamer itself is licensed under the Lesser General Public License version 2.1 or (at your option) any later version: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html
§Contribution
Any kinds of contributions are welcome as a pull request.
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in gstreamer-rs by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
Re-exports§
pub use crate::video_frame::VideoFrame;
pub use crate::video_frame::VideoFrameExt;
pub use crate::video_frame::VideoFrameRef;
pub use crate::video_event::DownstreamForceKeyUnitEvent;
pub use crate::video_event::ForceKeyUnitEvent;
pub use crate::video_event::StillFrameEvent;
pub use crate::video_event::UpstreamForceKeyUnitEvent;
pub use crate::video_overlay_composition::VideoOverlayComposition;
pub use crate::video_overlay_composition::VideoOverlayCompositionRef;
pub use crate::video_overlay_composition::VideoOverlayRectangle;
pub use crate::video_overlay_composition::VideoOverlayRectangleRef;
pub use crate::video_meta::VideoCaptionMeta;
v1_16
pub use crate::video_meta::VideoAFDMeta;
v1_18
pub use crate::video_meta::VideoBarMeta;
v1_18
pub use crate::video_meta::VideoAffineTransformationMeta;
pub use crate::video_meta::VideoCropMeta;
pub use crate::video_meta::VideoMeta;
pub use crate::video_meta::VideoOverlayCompositionMeta;
pub use crate::video_meta::VideoRegionOfInterestMeta;
pub use crate::video_converter::VideoConverter;
pub use crate::video_converter::VideoConverterConfig;
pub use crate::video_codec_state::VideoCodecState;
pub use crate::video_codec_state::VideoCodecStateContext;
pub use glib;
pub use gst;
pub use gst_base;
pub use gstreamer_video_sys as ffi;
Modules§
- prelude
- subclass
- video_
codec_ state - video_
converter - video_
event - video_
frame - video_
message - video_
meta - video_
overlay_ composition
Macros§
Structs§
- Ancillary
Iter v1_16
- Color
Balance - GLib type: GObject with reference counted clone semantics.
- Color
Balance Channel - GLib type: GObject with reference counted clone semantics.
- Navigation
- GLib type: GObject with reference counted clone semantics.
- Navigation
Modifier Type v1_22
- Valid
Video Time Code - GLib type: Inline allocated boxed type with stack copy semantics.
- Video
Aggregator v1_16
- GLib type: GObject with reference counted clone semantics.
- Video
Aggregator Convert Pad v1_16
- GLib type: GObject with reference counted clone semantics.
- Video
Aggregator Pad v1_16
- GLib type: GObject with reference counted clone semantics.
- Video
Aggregator Parallel Convert Pad v1_20
- GLib type: GObject with reference counted clone semantics.
- Video
Alignment - Video
Ancillary v1_16
- GLib type: Inline allocated boxed type with stack copy semantics.
- Video
Buffer Flags - Video
Buffer Pool - GLib type: GObject with reference counted clone semantics.
- Video
Caps Builder - Video
Chroma Site - Video
Codec Frame - Video
Codec Frame Flags - Video
Colorimetry - Video
Content Light Level v1_18
- Video
Decoder - GLib type: GObject with reference counted clone semantics.
- Video
Decoder Request Sync Point Flags v1_20
- Video
Encoder - GLib type: GObject with reference counted clone semantics.
- Video
Filter - GLib type: GObject with reference counted clone semantics.
- Video
Flags - Video
Format Flags - Video
Format Info - Video
Format Iterator - Video
Frame Flags - Video
Info - Video
Info Builder - Video
Info DmaDrm v1_24
- Video
Mastering Display Info v1_18
- Video
Mastering Display Info Coordinate v1_18
- Video
Multiview Flags - Video
Orientation - GLib type: GObject with reference counted clone semantics.
- Video
Overlay - GLib type: GObject with reference counted clone semantics.
- Video
Overlay Format Flags - Video
Pack Flags - Video
Rectangle - Video
Sink - GLib type: GObject with reference counted clone semantics.
- Video
Tile Info v1_22
- Video
Time Code - GLib type: Inline allocated boxed type with stack copy semantics.
- Video
Time Code Flags - Video
Time Code Interval - GLib type: Inline allocated boxed type with stack copy semantics.
- Video
Time Code Meta - VideoVBI
Encoder v1_16
- VideoVBI
Parser v1_16
Enums§
- Ancillary
Meta Field v1_24
- Color
Balance Type - Navigation
Command - Navigation
Event Type - Navigation
Message Type - Navigation
Query Type - VideoAFD
Description Mode v1_16
- VideoAFD
Spec v1_18
- VideoAFD
Value v1_18
- Video
Alpha Mode - Video
AncillaryDID v1_16
- Video
AncillaryDI D16 v1_16
- Video
Caption Type v1_16
- Video
Chroma Mode - Video
Color Matrix - Video
Color Primaries - Video
Color Range - Video
Dither Method - Video
Endianness - Video
Field Order - Video
Format - Video
Gamma Mode - Video
Interlace Mode - Video
Matrix Mode - Video
Multiview Frame Packing - Video
Multiview Mode - Video
Orientation Method - Video
Primaries Mode - Video
Resampler Method - Video
Tile Mode - Video
Transfer Function - VideoVBI
Error v1_16
- Video Vertical Blanking Interval related Errors.
Constants§
Statics§
- BUFFER_
POOL_ OPTION_ VIDEO_ AFFINE_ TRANSFORMATION_ META - BUFFER_
POOL_ OPTION_ VIDEO_ ALIGNMENT - BUFFER_
POOL_ OPTION_ VIDEO_ GL_ TEXTURE_ UPLOAD_ META - BUFFER_
POOL_ OPTION_ VIDEO_ META - CAPS_
FEATURES_ FORMAT_ INTERLACED v1_16
- CAPS_
FEATURES_ META_ GST_ VIDEO_ AFFINE_ TRANSFORMATION_ META - CAPS_
FEATURES_ META_ GST_ VIDEO_ GL_ TEXTURE_ UPLOAD_ META - CAPS_
FEATURES_ META_ GST_ VIDEO_ META - CAPS_
FEATURES_ META_ GST_ VIDEO_ OVERLAY_ COMPOSITION - CAPS_
FEATURE_ FORMAT_ INTERLACED v1_16
- CAPS_
FEATURE_ META_ GST_ VIDEO_ AFFINE_ TRANSFORMATION_ META - CAPS_
FEATURE_ META_ GST_ VIDEO_ GL_ TEXTURE_ UPLOAD_ META - CAPS_
FEATURE_ META_ GST_ VIDEO_ META - CAPS_
FEATURE_ META_ GST_ VIDEO_ OVERLAY_ COMPOSITION - VIDEO_
FORMATS_ ALL - VIDEO_
FORMATS_ ANY
Traits§
Functions§
- calculate_
display_ ratio - center_
video_ rectangle - convert_
sample - convert_
sample_ async - convert_
sample_ async_ local - convert_
sample_ future - dma_
drm_ format_ from_ gst_ format v1_24
- dma_
drm_ format_ to_ gst_ format v1_24
- dma_
drm_ fourcc_ from_ format v1_24
- dma_
drm_ fourcc_ from_ str v1_24
- dma_
drm_ fourcc_ to_ format v1_24
- dma_
drm_ fourcc_ to_ string v1_24
- guess_
framerate - is_
common_ aspect_ ratio v1_22
- is_
video_ overlay_ prepare_ window_ handle_ message - video_
make_ raw_ caps