Element.seek

Sends a seek event to an element. See gst.event.Event.newSeek for the details of the parameters. The seek event is sent to the element using gst.element.Element.sendEvent.

MT safe.

class Element

bool

seek

(

double rate

,

gst.types.Format format

,

gst.types.SeekFlags flags

,

gst.types.SeekType startType

,

long start

,

gst.types.SeekType stopType

,

long stop

)

Parameters

rate double: The new playback rate
format gst.types.Format: The format of the seek values
flags gst.types.SeekFlags: The optional seek flags.
startType gst.types.SeekType: The type and flags for the new start position
start long: The value of the new start position
stopType gst.types.SeekType: The type and flags for the new stop position
stop long: The value of the new stop position

Return Value

Type: bool

true if the event was handled. Flushing seeks will trigger a preroll, which will emit gst.types.MessageType.AsyncDone.

gst element Element functions

static functions