GstQuery

Queries can be performed on pads (gst.pad.Pad.query) and elements (gst.element.Element.query). Please note that some queries might need a running pipeline to work.

Queries can be created using the gst_query_new_*() functions. Query values can be set using gst_query_set_*(), and parsed using gst_query_parse_*() helpers.

The following example shows how to query the duration of a pipeline:

GstQuery *query;
gboolean res;
query = gst_query_new_duration (GST_FORMAT_TIME);
res = gst_element_query (pipeline, query);
if (res) {
  gint64 duration;
  gst_query_parse_duration (query, NULL, &duration);
  g_print ("duration = %"GST_TIME_FORMAT, GST_TIME_ARGS (duration));
} else {
  g_print ("duration query failed...");
}
gst_query_unref (query);