Derived from: virtual BMediaNode
Declared in: be/media/BufferProducer.h
Library: libmedia.so
Allocation: Constructor only
A BBufferProducer is a BMediaNode that emits buffers containing media data that other nodes (BBufferConsumers in particular) will receive and, potentially, process. If your node wants to emit buffers, it must be derived from BBufferProducer and override the hook functions to implement the BBufferProducer protocol.
Currently, the only video clipping format supported by the Media Kit is B_CLIP_SHORT_RUNS, although there is a function in this class for converting between this format and BRegions.
This format begins with a header, consisting of two int16 values:
| offsetX | X offset for all following coordinates. |
| offsetY | Y offset for all following coordinates. |
These values indicate the offset for the X and Y coordinates indicated throughout the rest of the clipping data.
The remainder of the clipping data consists of entries indicating each line of video data, as follows:
| numShorts | The number of values in the coordList. Always an even number. If negative, repeats the previous entry |numShorts| times. |
| coordList... | List of coordinates. Even entries are left-edge X coordinates, odd entries are right-edge X coordinates. |
The clipping data contains one of these entries for each time the clipping information changes.
For example, if the clipping is a rectangle with the left edge at 100, top edge at 50, right edge at 300, and bottom edge at 200, the clipping data for a 640x480 display might be:
header
| offsetX: 0
offsetY: 50 |
entry 1
| numShorts: 2
coordList: 100, 300 |
entry 2
| numShorts: -150 |
entry 3
| numShorts: 2
coordList: 0, 639 |
entry 4
| numShorts: -280 |
The header indicates that the clipping data begins at row 50.
The first entry indicates that clipping should span from column 100 to column 300 on the first row of clipping (row 50). The second entry says to repeat this 150 times.
Entry 3 indicates that clipping from that point on should be from column 0 to column 639 (the entire width of the display). Entry 4 causes this to repeat 280 times, to the bottom of the display.
protected:
explicit BBufferProducer(media_type producerType = B_MEDIA_UNKNOWN_TYPE)
Constructs the BBufferProducer object. The producerType specifies the type of media data that will be output by the node.
If the node will produce more than one type of data, your BBufferProducer subclass should set the kind to the default (which is a wildcard value).
status_t ChangeFormat(const media_source &source,
const media_destination &destination,
media_format *newFormat)
Informs the destination that the data flowing between source and destination is immediately changing to the format specified by newFormat.
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You must never call SendBuffer() while this call is pending. |
RETURN CODES
B_OK. The format change request has been sent without error.
B_MEDIA_CHANGE_IN_PROGRESS. A mutual exclusion error has occurred with SendBuffer(); ChangeFormat() and SendBuffer() can't both be running at the same time.
Other errors. You may receive other errors if the consumer doesn't agree with the new format you're requesting.
static status_t ClipDataToRegion(int32 format, int32 byteCount,
const void *clipData, BRegion *region)
Given byteCount bytes of clipping data clipDatain the specified format, makes the specified region match the clipping region.
The region you specify must already exist.
The only format currently supported is B_CLIP_SHORT_RUNS.
RETURN CODES
B_OK. The clip data was converted without error.
B_MEDIA_BAD_CLIP_FORMAT. The specified clip format is invalid.
See also: BBufferConsumer::RegionToClipData()
virtual void Connect(status_t status, const media_source &source,
const media_destination &destination,
media_format &format,
char *ioName) = 0
Implement this hook function to establish a connection between the source and the destination. The format negotiation is already complete by the time Connect() is called, so you have to accept the specified format.
The status argument indicates whether or not the connection actually took place; this is the result code returned by the BBufferConsumer::Connected() function or an error code indicating an error that has occurred during other preparation for the connection.
If status isn't B_OK, you should release the media_source that was reserved for this connection by PrepareToConnect(); this lets it be used by other connection attempts.
On entry, ioName contains the connection name specified by the consumer (this may be different from the name specified by the BBufferProducer::PrepareToConnect() function). On return, ioName should point to a name for the connection; if the name really matters to you, copy the name you want the connection to have back into ioName; otherwise, you can leave it alone.
virtual void Disconnect(const media_source &source,
const media_destination &destination) = 0
Your implementation of Disconnect() should terminate the connection between the specified source and destination. Once you return from this function, you shouldn't send any further buffers on the connection.
virtual status_t DisposeOutputCookie(int32 cookie)
Once a client has finished iterating through your outputs via GetNextOutput() calls, it will call this function with the last value you returned as a cookie. This gives you the opportunity to dispose of any memory you may have allocated for the iteration process.
Return B_OK if the cookie is successfully disposed of (or if nothing needs to be done); otherwise, return an appropriate error code.
virtual void EnableOutput(const media_source &whichOutput,
bool enabled,
int32 *changeTag)
This hook function is called when a consumer's SetOutputEnabled() function is called. This indicates whether or not the output specified by whichOutput needs to be sent buffers. You must implement this function so that you don't send buffers to outputs that don't need them.
By default, output is always enabled.
status_t FindLatencyFor(const media_destination &forDestination,
bigtime_t *outLatency,
media_node_id *outTimeSource)
GetLatencyFor() returns the latency introduced by sending data to the destination forDestination. On return, the latency will be stored in outLatency, and the time source used by forDestination will be available in outTimeSource (unless an error is returned, in which case these values are undetermined).
The latency of sending a buffer from one time source to another should always be assumed to be zero, since there may be no relationship between the progress of time of two different time sources.
RETURN CODES
B_OK. The latency was returned without error.
B_MEDIA_BAD_DESTINATION. The destination is invalid.
Port errors. The request couldn't be sent to the destination.
virtual status_t FormatChangeRequested(const media_source &source,
const media_destination &destination,
media_format *ioFormat,
int32 *outChangeTag) = 0
Implement FormatChangeRequested() to change the format of the media data flowing from the given source to the specified destination to the format specified by ioFormat. If there are wildcards specified in ioFormat, fill them in to match the format you prefer before returning from this call. You should also fill out outChangeTag to indicate the change tag value at which the new format will take effect.
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This call is issued synchronously by the destination, so you can't ask it if the format is acceptable. Fortunately, since the destination issued the request, you can safely assume that it's fine. |
Return B_OK if the change request is processed successfully; otherwise, return an appropriate error code.
See also: FormatSuggestionRequested(), FormatProposal()
virtual status_t FormatProposal(const media_source &output,
media_format *format) = 0
Your BBufferProducer should implement this function to verify that the proposed media_format is suitable for the specified output. If any fields in the format are wildcards, and you have a specific requirement, adjust those fields to match your requirements before returning.
Return B_OK if the proposed format is acceptable; once you've done so, the Media Kit will assume that any connection request made on output with the specified format (after any changes you may have made) will succeed.
If output isn't available, return B_BAD_SOURCE.
If format isn't reasonable, return B_BAD_MEDIA_FORMAT.
virtual status_t FormatSuggestionRequested(media_type type,
int32 quality, media_format *format) = 0
You must implement FormatSuggestionRequested() to return fill the buffer pointed to by format that your producer is capable of emitting that meets the desired type and quality requirements.
If your producer can work with a range of possible formats, let the quality argument guide your selection. For example, you might choose to use 10 fps for previews, and 60 fps interlaced 640x480 for full-quality video.
If type is a media class that your producer doesn't want to work with, return B_BAD_MEDIA_FORMAT. If you're preapared to accept a wide range of values for some specific field, set that field to the wildcard value (see media_audio_format::wildcard() and media_video_format::wildcard() for more information.
Return B_OK if the format is successfully returned.
virtual status_t GetLatency(bigtime_t *outLatency)
Implement this hook function to store, in outLatency, the total amount of latency your BBufferProducer incurs from receiving a buffer of data until it reaches its ultimate destination.
Call FindLatencyFor() on whatever outputs the data is being forwarded to, add your own latency to the largest of those values, and return that value.
The default implementation of GetLatency() finds the maximum latency of your currently-available outputs by iterating over them, and returns that value in outLatency; therefore, your implementation of this function may simply need to call the inherited version of this function, then add your own processing latency to the returned value.
RETURN CODES
B_OK. The latency has been returned successfully.
Other errors. Unable to calculate the latency.
virtual status_t GetNextOutput(int32 *cookie, media_output *outOutput) = 0
Implement this function to return information about your available outputs. The first time it's called for a new iteration loop, the value pointed to by cookie will be 0. Each time GetNextOutput() is called, you should set it to some value that makes sense to you so you can keep track of where in the iteration process the client is, but never set it to 0.
For each call to GetNextOutput(), including the first, you should return one of your outputs that the client hasn't seen during the iteration loop in outOutput.
Once all outputs have been reported, you should return B_ERROR.
virtual status_t HandleMessage(int32 message, const void *data, size_t size)
When your node derived from BBufferProducer receives a message on its control port, you should handle it yourself if you know how, or dispatch to each ancestor class in turn (starting with BBufferProducer::HandleMessage()) until one of the HandleMessage() implementations returns B_OK. If none of the inherited implementations of this function returns B_OK, you should pass the message to BMediaNode::HandleBadMessage() to be dealt with.
Your port-listening thread should call HandleMessage() to dispatch the received data.
See also: BMediaNode::HandleMessage(), About Multiple Virtual Inheritance
virtual void LateNoticeReceived(const media_source &whichSource, bigtime_t howLate, bigtime_t performanceTime)
This hook function is called when a BBufferConsumer that's receiving data from you when it determines that data is arriving late (when the BBufferConsumer::NotifyLateProducer() function is called); the exact degree to which your buffers are late is specified by the howLate argument. Your implementation of this function should take whatever steps are necessary to correct the problem, either by asking nodes upstream from you to deliver buffers earlier, dropping buffers, or other appropriate actions, depending on the current run mode.
The performanceTime argument specifies the performance time at which the notification was sent.
See also: BMediaNode::RunMode()
virtual status_t PrepareToConnect(const media_source &whichSource,
const media_destination &whichDestination,
media_format *format,
media_source *outSource,
char *outName) = 0
The PrepareToConnect() hook is called before a new connection between the source whichSource and the destination whichDestination is established, in order to give your producer one last chance to specialize any wildcards that remain in the format (although by this point there shouldn't be any, you should check anyway).
Your implementation should, additionally, return in outSource the source to be used for the connection, and should fill the outName buffer with the name the connection will be given; the consumer will see this in the outInput->name argument specified to BBufferConsumer::Connected(). If your node doesn't care what the name is, you can leave the outName untouched.
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Your Connect() function may return a different media_source value in outOutput's source field than the one specified as the source argument to this function. One reason you might do this is if you implement one media_source to accept connection requests, then create a new media_source to actually handle each connection. |
Return B_OK if the connection process should proceed, or an appropriate error code if something's wrong.
If you return B_OK, the consumer's Connected() function will be called, to let it know that a new connection is being established. Finally, the producer's Connect() function is called to complete the exchange.
See also: BBufferConsumer::Connected(), Connect()
media_type ProducerType(void)
Returns the media_type of the media data produced by the node.
status_t ProposeFormatChange(media_format *format,
const media_destination &forDestination)
Call this function to determine whether or not the destination forDestination is prepared to accept buffers in the specified format. This function can be especially useful if you want to test various formats to select the best compatible format during a hookup request in which the requested format contains wildcards.
RETURN CODES
B_OK. The proposed format is acceptable to the destination.
Other errors. The proposed format is unacceptable, or an error occurred in querying the destination node.
status_t SendBuffer(BBuffer *buffer, media_destination &destination)
Call this function to send a buffer of media data to the specified destination, which must already be connected to one of your outputs. This is how your BBufferProducer object will send data downstream to BBufferConsumers to which it's connected.
It's your responsibility to ensure that the buffer's header and the data contained in the buffer itself are valid, although SendBuffer() will automatically fill out the following header fields for you:
You can obtain a buffer to fill and send by calling BBufferConsumer::RequestBuffer() on a BBufferConsumer that you own (and that's okay to use for buffers going to the specified destination).
RETURN CODES
B_OK. The buffer was sent without error.
Port errors. An error occurred sending the buffer.
status_t SendDataStatus(int32 status,
media_destination &destination,
bigtime_t atTime)
Call this function to inform the specified destination whether or not there's data available from your producer node. Specify the appropriate status flag as the status argument, and the time at which the status takes effect as the atTime argument.
Possible values for the status argument are:
| Constant | Description |
|---|---|
| B_DATA_NOT_AVAILABLE | There aren't any buffers ready for the destination. |
| B_DATA_AVAILABLE | There are buffers ready for the destination. |
RETURN CODES
B_OK. The status update was sent without error.
Port errors. The status update couldn't be delivered.
virtual status_t SetBufferGroup(const media_source &forSource,
BBufferGroup *group) = 0
When a client wants a specific BBufferGroup to be used for a given output forSource, it will call this function. You should remember the group and use it for all requests for buffers to send on the output forSource (and for no other outputs, unless the client explicitly requests you do so by calling SetBufferGroup() for another output source).
If your BBufferProducer goes away, or the connection is broken, delete the BBufferGroup object.
If group is NULL, you should use whatever BBufferGroup you wish after disposing of the previous group.
It's okay to pass group on to another node upstream from your BBufferProducer if your BBufferProducer only passes along buffers it receives in its processing loop; in that case, you're not really the owner of the BBufferGroup, unless you pass true for willReclaim in the call to BMediaRoster::SetOutputBuffers().
Return B_OK if the buffer group is set without incident; otherwise, return an appropriate error code.
virtual status_t SetPlayRate(int32 numerator,
int32 denominator)
This function is called to tell the producer to resample the data rate by the specified factor. Specifying a value of 1 (ie, numerator/denominator = 1) indicates that the data should be output at the same playback rate that it comes into the node at. The format of the data should be unchanged.
For example, if you're playing a sound at 48 kHz, and you receive a call to SetPlayRate() with a numerator of 2 and a demoninator of 1 (double speed), you should resample so that you move twice as fast through the source data while keeping the output rate constant. You might do this by doing a brute-force resample to 24 kHz (which would result in twice the data rate) or do time-compression (which would retain the pitch).
As another example, if you're playing video at 30 frames per second, and your SetPlayRate() function is called with a ratio of 1:2 specified (half speed), you should continue sending 30 frames per second, but you need to arrange for the playback to look like half-speed. A reasonable way to do this would be to send each frame twice (re-time-stamped and buffered internally, if necessary), which would result in the desired half-speed appearance.
Return B_OK if the sampling rate is changed; otherwise, return an error. It's okay to return an error if you don't support varying sampling rates--the Media Kit won't hold that against you.
virtual status_t VideoClippingChanged(const media_source &forSource,
int16 numShorts,
int16 *clipData,
const media_video_display_info &display,
int32 *outFromChangeTag) = 0
This hook function is called when a client wants your BBufferProducer to output video data clipped to a particular region. Your producer must remember this clipping region and apply it to all video data you produce, without altering any bytes outside the region in any buffers sent through the source forSource.
Before your implementation of VideoClippingChanged() returns, you should set the value pointed to by outFromChangeTag to the change tag value at which the clipping will take effect, so the client will know what buffers it can expect to have the requested clipping. This can be done easily by adding the following line to your implementation:
*outFromChangeTag = UpdateChangeTag();
You can use the ClipDataToRegion() function to convert the data in clipData into an actual BRegion if that's a better format for you to work with. If you do, keep in mind that numShorts is the actual number of int16 values in the array specified by clipData, while ClipDataToRegion() requires the number of bytes of data in the array; be sure to multiply numShorts by sizeof(int16).
The media_video_display_info structure referred to by display indicates the format of the video display onto which the video is being displayed; this lets you know what color space, screen size, and so forth is in use on the video display, so your producer can render properly. VideoClippingChanged() is called not only when clipping changes, but when the configuration of the display changes as well. Your producer must abide by this starting at the specified change count.
See Video Clipping for information on the format of the clip data.
See also: ClipDataToRegion(), BBufferConsumer::RegionToClipData()
Declared in: <be/media/BufferProducer.h>
| Constant | Description |
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| B_CLIP_SHORT_RUNS | Clipping is encoded using runs of shorts. |
This value defines the only clipping format currently supported by BBufferProducer. Note that because this constant is a member of the BBufferProducer class, if you need to access it from other classes, you must code it as BBufferProducer::B_CLIP_SHORT_RUNS. See Video Clipping for a description of this format.
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