pbUtilsGetCodecDescription

Returns a localised (as far as this is possible) string describing the media format specified in caps, for use in error dialogs or other messages to be seen by the user. Should never return NULL unless caps is invalid.

Also see the convenience function gstpbutils.global.pbUtilsAddCodecDescriptionToTagList.

string
pbUtilsGetCodecDescription

Parameters

caps gst.caps.Caps

the (fixed) #GstCaps for which an format description is needed

Return Value

Type: string

a newly-allocated description string, or NULL on error. Free string with glib.global.gfree when not needed any longer.