Errors could happen here when the device was removed already
or when something is broken anyway. If errors happen here and
they're propagated, the element can't shutdown cleanly.

Fixes bug #614545.

Also change my email from the old university one to the current one.

There's not much point in using GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR with GObject
virtual functions such as get_property, set_propery, finalize and
dispose, since they'll never be used by anyone anyway. Saves a
few bytes and possibly a sixteenth of a polar bear.

Improve the debug message when alsa returns an error.

ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: Make all access non-blocking so that we can better handle unplugging of usb devices. Fixes #5...

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Based on patch by: Matthias Kretz <kretz at kde dot org>
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_open),
(gst_alsasink_prepare), (gst_alsasink_unprepare),
(gst_alsasink_write):
Make all access non-blocking so that we can better handle unplugging
of usb devices. Fixes #559111

Cleanup Plugin docs. Link to signals and properties. Fix sub-section titles. Drop mentining that all our example pipe...

Original commit message from CVS:
* docs/plugins/gst-plugins-base-plugins-docs.sgml:
* docs/plugins/gst-plugins-base-plugins-overrides.txt:
* docs/plugins/gst-plugins-base-plugins-sections.txt:
* docs/plugins/gst-plugins-base-plugins.args:
* docs/plugins/gst-plugins-base-plugins.hierarchy:
* docs/plugins/gst-plugins-base-plugins.interfaces:
* docs/plugins/gst-plugins-base-plugins.prerequisites:
* docs/plugins/gst-plugins-base-plugins.signals:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-adder.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-alsa.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-audioconvert.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-audiorate.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-audioresample.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-audiotestsrc.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-cdparanoia.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-decodebin.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-ffmpegcolorspace.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-gdp.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-gnomevfs.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-libvisual.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-ogg.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-pango.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-playback.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-queue2.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-subparse.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-tcp.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-theora.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-typefindfunctions.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-uridecodebin.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-video4linux.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-videorate.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-videoscale.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-videotestsrc.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-volume.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-vorbis.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-ximagesink.xml:
* docs/plugins/inspect/plugin-xvimagesink.xml:
* ext/alsa/gstalsamixer.c:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c:
* ext/gio/gstgiosink.c:
* ext/gio/gstgiosrc.c:
* ext/gio/gstgiostreamsink.c:
* ext/gio/gstgiostreamsrc.c:
* ext/gnomevfs/gstgnomevfssink.c:
* ext/gnomevfs/gstgnomevfssrc.c:
* ext/ogg/gstoggdemux.c:
* ext/ogg/gstoggmux.c:
* ext/pango/gstclockoverlay.c:
* ext/pango/gsttextoverlay.c:
* ext/pango/gsttextrender.c:
* ext/pango/gsttimeoverlay.c:
* ext/theora/theoradec.c:
* ext/theora/theoraenc.c:
* ext/theora/theoraparse.c:
* ext/vorbis/vorbisdec.c:
* ext/vorbis/vorbisenc.c:
* ext/vorbis/vorbisparse.c:
* ext/vorbis/vorbistag.c:
* gst/adder/gstadder.c:
* gst/audioconvert/gstaudioconvert.c:
* gst/audioresample/gstaudioresample.c:
* gst/audiotestsrc/gstaudiotestsrc.c:
* gst/ffmpegcolorspace/gstffmpegcolorspace.c:
* gst/gdp/gstgdpdepay.c:
* gst/gdp/gstgdppay.c:
* gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c:
* gst/playback/gstplaybin.c:
* gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c:
* gst/playback/gstqueue2.c:
* gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c:
* gst/tcp/gstmultifdsink.c:
* gst/tcp/gsttcpserversink.c:
* gst/videorate/gstvideorate.c:
* gst/videoscale/gstvideoscale.c:
* gst/videotestsrc/gstvideotestsrc.c:
* gst/volume/gstvolume.c:
* sys/ximage/ximagesink.c:
* sys/xvimage/xvimagesink.c:
Cleanup Plugin docs. Link to signals and properties. Fix sub-section
titles. Drop mentining that all our example pipelines are "simple"
pipelines.

Use G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS everywhere for GParamSpecs that use static strings (i.e. all). This gives us less memory u...

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* configure.ac:
* ext/alsa/gstalsamixerelement.c:
(gst_alsa_mixer_element_class_init):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_class_init):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (gst_alsasrc_class_init):
* ext/cdparanoia/gstcdparanoiasrc.c:
(gst_cd_paranoia_src_class_init):
* ext/gio/gstgiosink.c: (gst_gio_sink_class_init):
* ext/gio/gstgiosrc.c: (gst_gio_src_class_init):
* ext/gio/gstgiostreamsink.c: (gst_gio_stream_sink_class_init):
* ext/gio/gstgiostreamsrc.c: (gst_gio_stream_src_class_init):
* ext/gnomevfs/gstgnomevfssink.c: (gst_gnome_vfs_sink_class_init):
* ext/gnomevfs/gstgnomevfssrc.c: (gst_gnome_vfs_src_class_init):
* ext/ogg/gstoggmux.c: (gst_ogg_mux_class_init):
* ext/pango/gsttextoverlay.c: (gst_text_overlay_class_init):
* ext/pango/gsttextrender.c: (gst_text_render_class_init):
* ext/theora/theoradec.c: (gst_theora_dec_class_init):
* ext/theora/theoraenc.c: (gst_theora_enc_class_init):
* ext/theora/theoraparse.c: (gst_theora_parse_class_init):
* ext/vorbis/vorbisenc.c: (gst_vorbis_enc_class_init):
* gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiofiltertemplate.c:
(gst_audio_filter_template_class_init):
* gst-libs/gst/audio/gstbaseaudiosink.c:
(gst_base_audio_sink_class_init):
* gst-libs/gst/audio/gstbaseaudiosrc.c:
(gst_base_audio_src_class_init):
* gst-libs/gst/cdda/gstcddabasesrc.c:
(gst_cdda_base_src_class_init):
* gst-libs/gst/interfaces/mixertrack.c:
(gst_mixer_track_class_init):
* gst-libs/gst/rtp/gstbasertpdepayload.c:
(gst_base_rtp_depayload_class_init):
* gst-libs/gst/rtp/gstbasertppayload.c:
(gst_basertppayload_class_init):
* gst/audioconvert/gstaudioconvert.c:
(gst_audio_convert_class_init):
* gst/audiorate/gstaudiorate.c: (gst_audio_rate_class_init):
* gst/audioresample/gstaudioresample.c:
(gst_audioresample_class_init):
* gst/audiotestsrc/gstaudiotestsrc.c:
(gst_audio_test_src_class_init):
* gst/gdp/gstgdppay.c: (gst_gdp_pay_class_init):
* gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c: (gst_decode_bin_class_init):
* gst/playback/gstplaybasebin.c: (gst_play_base_bin_class_init),
(preroll_unlinked):
* gst/playback/gstplaybin.c: (gst_play_bin_class_init):
* gst/playback/gstplaybin2.c: (gst_play_bin_class_init):
* gst/playback/gstplaysink.c: (gst_play_sink_class_init):
* gst/playback/gstqueue2.c: (gst_queue_class_init):
* gst/playback/gststreaminfo.c: (gst_stream_info_class_init):
* gst/playback/gststreamselector.c: (gst_selector_pad_class_init),
(gst_stream_selector_class_init):
* gst/playback/gsturidecodebin.c: (gst_uri_decode_bin_class_init):
* gst/subparse/gstsubparse.c: (gst_sub_parse_class_init):
* gst/tcp/gstmultifdsink.c: (gst_multi_fd_sink_class_init):
* gst/tcp/gsttcpclientsink.c: (gst_tcp_client_sink_class_init):
* gst/tcp/gsttcpclientsrc.c: (gst_tcp_client_src_class_init):
* gst/tcp/gsttcpserversink.c: (gst_tcp_server_sink_class_init):
* gst/tcp/gsttcpserversrc.c: (gst_tcp_server_src_class_init):
* gst/videorate/gstvideorate.c: (gst_video_rate_class_init):
* gst/videoscale/gstvideoscale.c: (gst_video_scale_class_init):
* gst/videotestsrc/gstvideotestsrc.c:
(gst_video_test_src_class_init):
* gst/volume/gstvolume.c: (gst_volume_class_init):
* sys/v4l/gstv4lelement.c: (gst_v4lelement_class_init):
* sys/v4l/gstv4lmjpegsink.c: (gst_v4lmjpegsink_class_init):
* sys/v4l/gstv4lmjpegsrc.c: (gst_v4lmjpegsrc_class_init):
* sys/v4l/gstv4lsrc.c: (gst_v4lsrc_class_init):
* sys/ximage/ximagesink.c: (gst_ximagesink_class_init):
* sys/xvimage/xvimagesink.c: (gst_xvimagesink_class_init):
Use G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS everywhere for GParamSpecs that use
static strings (i.e. all). This gives us less memory usage,
fewer allocations and thus less memory defragmentation. Depend
on core CVS for this. Fixes bug #523806.

Original commit message from CVS:
* gst-libs/gst/audio/gstringbuffer.c: (gst_ring_buffer_parse_caps):
* gst-libs/gst/audio/gstringbuffer.h:
Rename recently added buffer types to make more sense.
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (alsasink_parse_spec),
(gst_alsasink_write):
Adapt for above API changes.
Fixes bug #520523.

Correct all relevant warnings found by the sparse semantic code analyzer. This include marking several symbols static...

Original commit message from CVS:
* ext/alsa/gstalsamixertrack.c: (gst_alsa_mixer_track_get_type):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (set_hwparams):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (set_hwparams):
* ext/gio/gstgio.c: (gst_gio_uri_handler_get_uri):
* ext/ogg/gstoggmux.h:
* ext/ogg/gstogmparse.c:
* gst-libs/gst/audio/audio.c:
* gst-libs/gst/fft/kiss_fft_f64.c: (kiss_fft_f64_alloc):
* gst-libs/gst/pbutils/missing-plugins.c:
(gst_missing_uri_sink_message_new),
(gst_missing_element_message_new),
(gst_missing_decoder_message_new),
(gst_missing_encoder_message_new):
* gst-libs/gst/rtp/gstbasertppayload.c:
* gst-libs/gst/rtp/gstrtcpbuffer.c:
(gst_rtcp_packet_bye_get_reason):
* gst/audioconvert/gstaudioconvert.c:
* gst/audioresample/gstaudioresample.c:
* gst/ffmpegcolorspace/imgconvert.c:
* gst/playback/test.c: (gen_video_element), (gen_audio_element):
* gst/typefind/gsttypefindfunctions.c:
* gst/videoscale/vs_4tap.c:
* gst/videoscale/vs_4tap.h:
* sys/v4l/gstv4lelement.c:
* sys/v4l/gstv4lsrc.c: (gst_v4lsrc_get_any_caps):
* sys/v4l/v4l_calls.c:
* sys/v4l/v4lsrc_calls.c: (gst_v4lsrc_capture_init),
(gst_v4lsrc_try_capture):
* sys/ximage/ximagesink.c: (gst_ximagesink_check_xshm_calls),
(gst_ximagesink_ximage_new):
* sys/xvimage/xvimagesink.c: (gst_xvimagesink_check_xshm_calls),
(gst_xvimagesink_xvimage_new):
* tests/check/elements/audioconvert.c:
* tests/check/elements/audioresample.c:
(fail_unless_perfect_stream):
* tests/check/elements/audiotestsrc.c: (setup_audiotestsrc):
* tests/check/elements/decodebin.c:
* tests/check/elements/gdpdepay.c: (setup_gdpdepay),
(setup_gdpdepay_streamheader):
* tests/check/elements/gdppay.c: (setup_gdppay), (GST_START_TEST),
(setup_gdppay_streamheader):
* tests/check/elements/gnomevfssink.c: (setup_gnomevfssink):
* tests/check/elements/multifdsink.c: (setup_multifdsink):
* tests/check/elements/textoverlay.c:
* tests/check/elements/videorate.c: (setup_videorate):
* tests/check/elements/videotestsrc.c: (setup_videotestsrc):
* tests/check/elements/volume.c: (setup_volume):
* tests/check/elements/vorbisdec.c: (setup_vorbisdec):
* tests/check/elements/vorbistag.c:
* tests/check/generic/clock-selection.c:
* tests/check/generic/states.c: (setup), (teardown):
* tests/check/libs/cddabasesrc.c:
* tests/check/libs/video.c:
* tests/check/pipelines/gio.c:
* tests/check/pipelines/oggmux.c:
* tests/check/pipelines/simple-launch-lines.c:
(simple_launch_lines_suite):
* tests/check/pipelines/streamheader.c:
* tests/check/pipelines/theoraenc.c:
* tests/check/pipelines/vorbisdec.c:
* tests/check/pipelines/vorbisenc.c:
* tests/examples/seek/scrubby.c:
* tests/examples/seek/seek.c: (query_positions_elems),
(query_positions_pads):
* tests/icles/stress-xoverlay.c: (myclock):
Correct all relevant warnings found by the sparse semantic code
analyzer. This include marking several symbols static, using
NULL instead of 0 for pointers and using "foo (void)" instead
of "foo ()" for declarations.
* win32/common/libgstrtp.def:
Add gst_rtp_buffer_set_extension_data to the symbol definition file.

Original commit message from CVS:
2008-02-29  Julien Moutte  <julien@fluendo.com>

* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_open_iec958_pcm),
(gst_alsa_probe_supported_formats): Probe for IEC958 pcm to
detect
if we can do SPDIF output.
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.h:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (set_hwparams), (alsasink_parse_spec),
(gst_alsasink_prepare), (gst_alsasink_close),
(gst_alsasink_write):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.h: Initial support for SPDIF.
* gst-libs/gst/audio/gstringbuffer.c:
(gst_ring_buffer_parse_caps):
* gst-libs/gst/audio/gstringbuffer.h: Add non linear buffer
types
to support AC3, EC3 and IEC958 buffers.

Original commit message from CVS:
Patch by: Tommi Myöhänen <ext-tommi dot myohanen at nokia dot com>
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (set_hwparams), (gst_alsasink_delay):
Add some more debug info.
Make sure we never return a negative delay. Fixes #516246.

ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: Revert patch that makes the sink hold the object lock when calling snd_pcm_delay(), since it ...

Original commit message from CVS:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_delay):
Revert patch that makes the sink hold the object lock when
calling snd_pcm_delay(), since it breaks playback for me.

ext/alsa/: Don't use snd_pcm_sw_params_set_xfer_align() if we're compiling against libasound >= 1.0.16, since it's be...

Original commit message from CVS:
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.h: (GST_CHECK_ALSA_VERSION):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (set_swparams):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (set_swparams), (gst_alsasrc_open):
Don't use snd_pcm_sw_params_set_xfer_align() if we're compiling
against libasound >= 1.0.16, since it's been deprecated in
0.10.16, and alignment is always 1 then, apparently. (#512899)

Original commit message from CVS:
2008-02-11  Julien Moutte  <julien@fluendo.com>

Patch by: Alan Peevers <peeves@pacbell.net>

* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_delay): Take appropriate
lock when calling alsa methods.

ext/alsa/: 'Could not open resource for writing' is not an acceptable even less so when we're trying to open it to re...

Original commit message from CVS:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_open):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (gst_alsasrc_open):
'Could not open resource for writing' is not an acceptable
error message when we can't open the audio device (see #492334),
even less so when we're trying to open it to record something.

Original commit message from CVS:
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c:
* ext/alsa/gstalsadeviceprobe.c:
* ext/alsa/gstalsamixer.c:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c:
Change alsa alloca's to malloc to fix warnings on gcc-4.2.

Original commit message from CVS:
* ext/alsa/Makefile.am:
There is no GST_PLUGINS_BASE_LIBS defined.
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_delay):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (gst_alsasrc_delay):
Add support for ALSA 24-bit formats.
snd_pcm_delay can return an error code, especially
during XRUNS. In that case, the best we can do is assume
delay = 0.
* gst/audioconvert/Makefile.am:
Add flags from -base before any more-remote dependencies.

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* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_open):
Extra log line.
* ext/pango/gstclockoverlay.c: (gst_clock_overlay_init):
* ext/pango/gsttimeoverlay.c: (gst_time_overlay_init):
Use pango_font_description_set_family_static instead of
pango_font_description_set_family to save a string copy (it was
leaking due to the strdup anyway)
* gst/tcp/gsttcpclientsink.c: (gst_tcp_client_sink_finalize):
* gst/tcp/gsttcpclientsrc.c: (gst_tcp_client_src_finalize):
* gst/tcp/gsttcpserversink.c: (gst_tcp_server_sink_finalize):
* gst/tcp/gsttcpserversrc.c: (gst_tcp_server_src_finalize):
Chain up in finalize.

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* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_class_init),
(gst_alsasink_write), (gst_alsasink_reset):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.h:
Remove unused dispose function.
Rename lock to not interfere with alsasrc lock.
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (gst_alsasrc_finalize),
(gst_alsasrc_class_init), (gst_alsasrc_init), (set_swparams),
(gst_alsasrc_read), (gst_alsasrc_reset):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.h:
Implement finalize function.
Use lock to protect alsa access.
Implement _reset.
Fine tune sw params.

ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: Ignore errors in reset, these are not fatal. They also grab the element lock which is already...

Original commit message from CVS:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_reset):
Ignore errors in reset, these are not fatal. They also grab the element
lock which is already taking when this function is called. Fixes
#405451.

ext/alsa/: Improve device-name detection a bit, especially in the case where the device is not actually open (#405020...

Original commit message from CVS:
Based on patch by: Julien Puydt <julien.puydt at laposte net>
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_find_device_name_no_handle),
(gst_alsa_find_device_name):
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.h:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_get_property):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (gst_alsasrc_get_property):
Improve device-name detection a bit, especially in the case where
the device is not actually open (#405020, #405024). Move common code
into gstalsa.c instead of duplicating it.

Original commit message from CVS:
* ext/alsa/gstalsadeviceprobe.c:
(gst_alsa_device_property_probe_get_values):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (set_hwparams):
* ext/ogg/gstoggdemux.c: (gst_ogg_demux_chain_elem_pad),
(gst_ogg_chain_new_stream), (gst_ogg_demux_read_chain):
* ext/ogg/gstoggmux.c: (gst_ogg_mux_send_headers),
(gst_ogg_mux_process_best_pad):
* ext/ogg/gstoggparse.c: (gst_ogg_parse_new_stream),
(gst_ogg_parse_chain):
* ext/ogg/gstogmparse.c: (gst_ogm_parse_stream_header):
* ext/vorbis/vorbisdec.c: (vorbis_handle_data_packet):
* ext/vorbis/vorbisenc.c: (gst_vorbis_enc_setup),
(gst_vorbis_enc_buffer_check_discontinuous):
* ext/vorbis/vorbisparse.c: (vorbis_parse_src_query):
* gst-libs/gst/audio/gstbaseaudiosink.c:
(gst_base_audio_sink_render):
* gst-libs/gst/cdda/gstcddabasesrc.c:
(gst_cdda_base_src_handle_track_seek):
* gst-libs/gst/rtp/gstbasertpdepayload.c:
(gst_base_rtp_depayload_push_full):
* gst-libs/gst/rtp/gstbasertppayload.c: (gst_basertppayload_push):
* gst/audioresample/resample.c: (resample_input_pushthrough):
* gst/playback/gstplaybasebin.c: (queue_out_of_data):
* gst/tcp/gstmultifdsink.c: (gst_multi_fd_sink_handle_clients):
* gst/typefind/gsttypefindfunctions.c: (mp3_type_find_at_offset),
(wavpack_type_find):
* gst/videotestsrc/gstvideotestsrc.c: (gst_video_test_src_create):
* sys/xvimage/xvimagesink.c: (gst_xvimage_buffer_destroy),
(gst_xvimagesink_check_xshm_calls), (gst_xvimagesink_xvimage_new):
* tests/check/elements/volume.c: (GST_START_TEST):
Printf format fixes.

Original commit message from CVS:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (xrun_recovery), (gst_alsasink_write):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (xrun_recovery), (gst_alsasrc_read):
Use DEBUG_OBJECT more.

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* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_set_property),
(gst_alsasink_open):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (gst_alsasrc_set_property),
(gst_alsasrc_open):
Avoid setting and using a NULL device name.
Print more info when we fail to open a device.

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* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (caps_add_channel_configuration),
(gst_alsa_detect_channels):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c:
Add support for cards that (only) do more than 8 channels,
like the Delta 44 (#345188).
* gst-libs/gst/audio/multichannel.c:
(gst_audio_check_channel_positions):
* gst-libs/gst/audio/multichannel.h:
API: add GST_AUDIO_CHANNEL_POSITION_NONE, which stands for an
unspecified channel position and cannot be combined with any
of the other audio channel positions; adjust position layout
checks accordingly (#345188).

ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: Don't try to calculate silence samples, base class does this much better now.

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* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (set_hwparams), (gst_alsasink_prepare):
Don't try to calculate silence samples, base class does this much
better now.
* gst-libs/gst/audio/gstringbuffer.c: (build_linear_format),
(gst_ring_buffer_debug_spec_caps), (gst_ring_buffer_parse_caps),
(gst_ring_buffer_acquire):
Calculate silence samples correctly.
* gst-libs/gst/audio/gstringbuffer.h:
Add _CAST macro.

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* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (set_hwparams), (gst_alsasink_prepare):
* gst-libs/gst/audio/gstringbuffer.c: (build_linear_format),
(gst_ring_buffer_debug_spec_caps), (gst_ring_buffer_parse_caps):
Revert last two changes that broke the freeze.

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* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (set_hwparams), (gst_alsasink_prepare):
basesink calculates silence sample correctly for us.

ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: If we fail to set the buffer_time and period_time alsa parameters, post a warning and leave a...

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* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (set_hwparams):
If we fail to set the buffer_time and period_time alsa
parameters, post a warning and leave alsa select a
default instead of failing. Fixes #342085

ext/alsa/: Clean up and simplify alsa device probing. Make it actually work for multiple classes. Don't cache results...

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* ext/alsa/gstalsadeviceprobe.c: (gst_alsa_get_device_list),
(gst_alsa_device_property_probe_probe_property),
(gst_alsa_device_property_probe_needs_probe),
(gst_alsa_device_property_probe_get_values),
(gst_alsa_type_add_device_property_probe_interface):
* ext/alsa/gstalsadeviceprobe.h:
* ext/alsa/gstalsamixerelement.c:
(gst_alsa_mixer_element_init_interfaces):
* ext/alsa/gstalsamixerelement.h:
Clean up and simplify alsa device probing. Make it actually work
for multiple classes. Don't cache results any longer.
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_init_interfaces),
(gst_alsasink_init):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (gst_alsasrc_dispose),
(gst_alsasrc_interface_supported), (gst_implements_interface_init),
(gst_alsasrc_init_interfaces), (gst_alsasrc_set_property):
Make alsasink and alsasrc implement the GstPropertyProbe interface
for device probing (#342181).
Patch by: Martin Szulecki  <gnomebugzilla at sukimashita com>

ext/alsa/: Refactor and improve caps probing code: probe signedness when we probe the supported formats/widths; set e...

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* ext/alsa/Makefile.am:
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.c: (gst_alsa_detect_rates),
(gst_alsa_detect_formats), (get_channel_free_structure),
(caps_add_channel_configuration), (gst_alsa_detect_channels),
(gst_alsa_probe_supported_formats):
* ext/alsa/gstalsa.h:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_getcaps):
Refactor and improve caps probing code: probe signedness
when we probe the supported formats/widths; set endianness
to the one we actually probed for (ie. cpu endianness).
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (gst_alsasrc_init), (gst_alsasrc_getcaps),
(gst_alsasrc_close):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.h:
Implement caps probing for alsasrc.

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* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_getcaps):
Query supported sample rates. Fixes #341732.

ext/alsa/gstalsasink.*: Don't leak allocated snd_output_t structure if there's more than one alsasink instance at a t...

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* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_finalise),
(gst_alsasink_init):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.h:
Don't leak allocated snd_output_t structure if there's
more than one alsasink instance at a time (#341873).
Also fix GObject macros in header file.

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* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_getcaps),
(alsasink_parse_spec):
query witdh capabilities from alsa, fixes #338919

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* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (set_hwparams), (alsasink_parse_spec):
More debug to trace why my USB headset is not working with gst

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Patch by: j^ <j at bootlab dot org>
* ext/alsa/gstalsamixerelement.c:
(gst_alsa_mixer_element_class_init):
* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c:
* ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c: (gst_alsasrc_class_init):
* ext/ogg/gstoggdemux.c:
* ext/ogg/gstoggmux.c:
* ext/ogg/gstoggparse.c:
* ext/pango/gstclockoverlay.c:
* ext/pango/gsttextoverlay.c:
* ext/pango/gsttextrender.c:
* ext/pango/gsttimeoverlay.c:
* ext/theora/theoradec.c:
* ext/theora/theoraenc.c:
* ext/vorbis/vorbisdec.c:
* ext/vorbis/vorbisenc.c:
* gst/audioconvert/gstaudioconvert.c:
* gst/subparse/gstsubparse.c:
* gst/tcp/gstmultifdsink.c:
* gst/tcp/gsttcpclientsink.c:
* gst/tcp/gsttcpclientsrc.c:
* gst/tcp/gsttcpserversink.c:
* gst/tcp/gsttcpserversrc.c:
better/unified long descriptions
Fixes #336477

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* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_getcaps):
* win32/common/config.h:
Revert accidental commits to these files.

gst/playback/gststreamselector.c: Preserve the existing buggy streamselector behaviour by performing a fallback buffe...

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* gst/playback/gststreamselector.c:
(gst_stream_selector_set_property),
(gst_stream_selector_bufferalloc):
Preserve the existing buggy streamselector behaviour by performing
a fallback buffer allocation when downstream isn't linked yet.
This should really be fixed in playbin by blocking pads until it's
linked them.
Also, use gst_pad_alloc_buffer instead of
gst_pad_alloc_buffer_and_set.

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* ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c: (gst_alsasink_finalise):
Chain up to the parent finalize method.
Add 32-bit sample size to the template caps.

* gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-media.c: (gst_riff_create_video_caps),
(gst_riff_create_video_template_caps):
Add the fourcc that the VMWare codec uses.

* gst/playback/gststreamselector.c:
(gst_stream_selector_set_property),
(gst_stream_selector_bufferalloc),
(gst_stream_selector_request_new_pad):
For the active pad, forward buffer-alloc requests, otherwise
return GST_FLOW_NOT_LINKED. This also prevents xvimagesink
having to memcpy every frame when used by playbin.

* gst/tcp/gstmultifdsink.c:
(gst_multi_fd_sink_handle_client_write):
Get negotiated caps from the sink pad, rather than the sink
pad's peer.