Struct SwEncoder 

pub struct SwEncoder { /* private fields */ }

Encodes Pixel::YUV420P Video frames into Packets via a software encoder (see VideoCodec) — the mirror image of crate::elements::SwDecoder’s decode direction. A Filter: receives via Sink, pushes what it produces into its own (single) src pad.

One frame can turn into zero or one packets per send_frame (B-frame reordering delays some frames’ packets until later ones arrive, or until Eos flushes whatever’s left) — consume drains receive_packet in a loop after every send_frame/send_eof, same shape as SwDecoder’s own receive_frame drain loop.

Implementations

impl SwEncoder

pub fn new(name: impl Into<String>, options: SwEncoderOptions) -> Result<Self>

Opens the requested software video encoder with the supplied output definition.

pub fn parameters(&self) -> Parameters

This encoder’s own codec parameters — what you need to construct a matching crate::elements::SwDecoder to decode the Packets this produces, or what a crate::elements::FileMuxer track needs (same pattern crate::elements::SwAudioEncoder::parameters documents for audio), when there’s no container/demuxer in the loop to get them from otherwise (e.g. encoding straight into a Tee/RTSP sink, or decoding straight back out for a round-trip smoke test).

Trait Implementations

impl Element for SwEncoder

fn name(&self) -> Arc<str>

Returns a cheap clone (refcount bump, not a deep copy) of this element’s name — crate::bus::BusEvent stores names as Arc<str> for exactly this reason: a hot path like crate::queue::Queue posting BusEvent::Dropped once per overflowed buffer shouldn’t pay for a fresh heap allocation every time it wants to report which element it is.

fn element_type(&self) -> ElementType

See ElementType.

fn pp_log(&self) -> &PpLog

This element’s identity for crate::bus::Bus::post — same id/name as Element::name, just already wrapped as the crate::pp_log::PpLog its pp_info!/pp_warn!/pp_error! macros need. A stored private field, not built fresh per call, for the same reason name() returns a cheap Arc<str> clone instead of a fresh String — see its own docs.

fn pp_log_mut(&mut self) -> &mut PpLog

Mutable access to the same field Element::pp_log reads — used by crate::pipeline::ChainBuilder to stamp the owning crate::pipeline::Pipeline’s id onto every element that passes through it, via element_pp_log. Not meant to be called from anywhere else.

fn graph_id(&self) -> Option<ElementId>

A pre-reserved graph identity for elements that expose dynamic attachment handles. Most elements receive an ID from ChainBuilder and keep the default None implementation.

fn attach_context(&mut self, _context: &Arc<Context>)

Hands this element the pipeline it is being wired into, at the moment and for the reason Element::pp_log_mut hands it the pipeline’s identity: the clock, the playback clock and the bus are the pipeline’s to give, not the caller’s to choose.

impl Sink for SwEncoder

fn input_contract(&self) -> InputContract

System memory specifically: this encoder reads the frame’s planes on the CPU, so a D3D11 or CUDA frame is not merely the wrong format here, it is unreachable memory.

fn consume(&mut self, buf: MediaBuffer) -> Result<()>

Processes one buffer synchronously on the caller’s thread.

fn control(&mut self, msg: ControlMsg) -> Result<()>

Reacts to a ControlMsg (pause/resume/stop) and, for anything with a downstream of its own, forwards it on — same shape as consume, just a separate channel from MediaBuffer so it can reach every element (not just ones that already know how to interpret a data buffer) and, at a crate::queue::Queue, jump ahead of whatever data is backed up instead of waiting behind it. No default: every Sink has to consciously decide what this means for it, rather than silently dropping it.

fn ready_consume(&mut self) -> bool

Returns whether calling Self::consume can make progress now.

impl Source for SwEncoder

fn src_pads(&mut self) -> &mut [SrcPad]

Returns every output pad owned by this element.