[PATCH v2 2/2] gst: Document libcamerasrc multi stream usage
Nicolas Dufresne
nicolas at ndufresne.ca
Wed Jun 5 19:44:47 CEST 2024
From: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne at collabora.com>
This adds documentation and an example using gst-launch-1.0.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne at collabora.com>
Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham at ideasonboard.com>
---
README.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1da7a3d6..86c2b713 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -178,6 +178,22 @@ Which can be received on another device over the network with:
gst-launch-1.0 tcpclientsrc host=$DEVICE_IP port=5000 ! \
multipartdemux ! jpegdec ! autovideosink
+The GStreamer element also supports multiple streams. This is achieved by
+requesting additional source pads. Downstream caps filters can be used
+to choose specific parameters like resolution and pixel format. The pad
+property ``stream-role`` can be used to select a role.
+
+The following example displays a 640x480 view finder while streaming JPEG
+encoded 800x600 video. You can use the receiver pipeline above to view the
+remote stream from another device.
+
+.. code::
+
+ gst-launch-1.0 libcamerasrc name=cs src::stream-role=view-finder src_0::stream-role=video-recording \
+ cs.src ! queue ! video/x-raw,width=640,height=480 ! videoconvert ! autovideosink \
+ cs.src_0 ! queue ! video/x-raw,width=800,height=600 ! videoconvert ! \
+ jpegenc ! multipartmux ! tcpserversink host=0.0.0.0 port=5000
+
.. section-end-getting-started
Troubleshooting
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2.45.1
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