Basic gstreamer application

main.c

#include <gst/gst.h>
#include <glib.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  GstElement *pipeline;
  GstElement *src;
  GstElement *sink;
  GstBus *bus;
  GstMessage *msg;

  gst_init (&argc, &argv);

  pipeline = gst_pipeline_new ("sample");
  src = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesrc", "src");
  sink = gst_element_factory_make ("fakesink", "sink");

  gst_bin_add (GST_BIN(pipeline), src);
  gst_bin_add (GST_BIN(pipeline), sink);

  if (gst_element_link (src, sink) == FALSE) {
    g_print ("link failed.\n");
    return 1;
  }

  gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);

  bus = gst_element_get_bus (pipeline);
  msg = gst_bus_poll (bus, GST_MESSAGE_EOS | GST_MESSAGE_ERROR, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE);

  return 0;
}