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

sink

ANY

Presencealways

Directionsink

Object typeGstPad


Properties

append

“append” gboolean

Append to an already existing file.

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : false


async

“async” gboolean

Go asynchronously to PAUSED

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : true


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


last-sample

“last-sample” GstSample *

The last sample received in the sink

Flags : Read


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;

sync

“sync” gboolean

Sync on the clock

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : false


throttle-time

“throttle-time” guint64

The time to keep between rendered buffers (0 = disabled)

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : 0


ts-offset

“ts-offset” gint64

Timestamp offset in nanoseconds

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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