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=head1 DESCRIPTION

GStreamer1 implements a framework that allows for processing and encoding of 
multimedia sources in a manner similar to a shell pipeline.

Because it's introspection-based, most of the classes follow directly from the 
C API.  Therefore, most of the documentation is by example rather than 
a full breakdown of the class structure.

=head1 PORTING FROM GStreamer

If you're porting from the original GStreamer module, here are some things 
to keep in mind.

=head2 ElementFactory

The original GStreamer had a version of C<< ElementFactory->make() >> which 
could be called with a list of gst plugins and associated names.  GStreamer1 
may add a similar method in the future.  For now, the bindings directly follow 
from the C interface, so they take only one at a time.

Example:

    my $rpi        = GStreamer1::ElementFactory::make( rpicamsrc => 'and_who' );
    my $h264parse  = GStreamer1::ElementFactory::make( h264parse => 'are_you' );
    my $capsfilter = GStreamer1::ElementFactory::make(
        capsfilter => 'the_proud_lord_said' );
    my $avdec_h264 = GStreamer1::ElementFactory::make(
        avdec_h264 => 'that_i_should_bow_so_low' );
    my $jpegenc    = GStreamer1::ElementFactory::make( jpegenc => 'only_a_cat' );
    my $fakesink   = GStreamer1::ElementFactory::make(
        fakesink => 'of_a_different_coat' );

=head2 Adding/linking

The original GStreamer added methods for C<< Pipeline->add() >> and 
C<< Element->link() >> that could take lists of objects.  GStreamer1 may add 
similar methods in the future.  For now, the bindings directly follow from the 
C interface, so they take only one object at a time.

Example:

    my @link = ( $rpi, $h264parse, $capsfilter, $avdec_h264, $jpegenc, $fakesink );
    $pipeline->add( $_ ) for @link;
    foreach my $i (0 .. $#link) {
        last if ! exists $link[$i+1];
        my $this = $link[$i];
        my $next = $link[$i+1];
        $this->link( $next );
    }

=head1 EXAMPLES

See the C<examples/> directory in the distribution.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<GStreamer> - Perl bindings to the old 0.10 version of GStreamer

L<http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/>

=head1 SPECIAL THANKS

To Torsten Schönfeld for pointing me in the right direction on creating 
this module.

=head1 LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2014  Timm Murray
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