filesink
Write incoming data to a file in the local file system.
Example launch line
gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src num-buffers=1 ! jpegenc ! filesink location=capture1.jpeg
Capture one frame from a v4l2 camera and save as jpeg image.
Hierarchy
GObject ╰──GInitiallyUnowned ╰──GstObject ╰──GstElement ╰──GstBaseSink ╰──filesink
Factory details
Authors: – Thomas Vander Stichele
Classification: – Sink/File
Rank – primary
Plugin – gstcoreelements
Package – GStreamer
Pad Templates
Properties
append
“append” gboolean
Append to an already existing file.
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : false
blocksize
“blocksize” guint
Size in bytes to pull per buffer (0 = default)
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : 4096
buffer-mode
“buffer-mode” GstFileSinkBufferMode *
The buffering mode to use
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : default (-1)
buffer-size
“buffer-size” guint
Size of buffer in number of bytes for line or full buffer-mode
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : 65536
enable-last-sample
“enable-last-sample” gboolean
Enable the last-sample property
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : true
location
“location” gchararray
Location of the file to write
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : NULL
max-bitrate
“max-bitrate” guint64
The maximum bits per second to render (0 = disabled)
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : 0
max-lateness
“max-lateness” gint64
Maximum number of nanoseconds that a buffer can be late before it is dropped (-1 unlimited)
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : 18446744073709551615
max-transient-error-timeout
“max-transient-error-timeout” gint
Retry up to this many ms on transient errors (currently EACCES)
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : 0
o-sync
“o-sync” gboolean
Open the file with O_SYNC for enabling synchronous IO
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : false
processing-deadline
“processing-deadline” guint64
Maximum processing time for a buffer in nanoseconds
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : 20000000
qos
“qos” gboolean
Generate Quality-of-Service events upstream
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : false
render-delay
“render-delay” guint64
Additional render delay of the sink in nanoseconds
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : 0
stats
“stats” GstStructure *
Sink Statistics
Flags : Read
Default value :
application/x-gst-base-sink-stats, average-rate=(double)0, dropped=(guint64)0, rendered=(guint64)0;
throttle-time
“throttle-time” guint64
The time to keep between rendered buffers (0 = disabled)
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : 0
Named constants
GstFileSinkBufferMode
File read buffering mode.
Members
default
(-1) – Default buffering
full
(0) – Fully buffered
line
(1) – Line buffered (deprecated, like full)
unbuffered
(2) – Unbuffered
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