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[wxWidgets.git] / src / unix / mediactrl.cpp

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Name:        src/unix/mediactrl.cpp
// Purpose:     GStreamer backend for Unix
// Author:      Ryan Norton <wxprojects@comcast.net>
// Modified by:
// Created:     02/04/05
// RCS-ID:      $Id$
// Copyright:   (c) 2004-2005 Ryan Norton
// Licence:     wxWindows licence
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx.h".
#include "wx/wxprec.h"

#if wxUSE_MEDIACTRL

#include "wx/mediactrl.h"

#if wxUSE_GSTREAMER

#include <gst/gst.h>                // main gstreamer header

// xoverlay/video stuff, gst-gconf for 0.8
#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || GST_VERSION_MINOR >= 10
#   include <gst/interfaces/xoverlay.h>
#else
#   include <gst/xoverlay/xoverlay.h>
#   include <gst/gconf/gconf.h>        // gstreamer glib configuration
#endif

#ifndef  WX_PRECOMP
    #include "wx/log.h"             // wxLogDebug/wxLogSysError/wxLogTrace
    #include "wx/app.h"             // wxTheApp->argc, wxTheApp->argv
    #include "wx/timer.h"           // wxTimer
#endif

#include "wx/thread.h"              // wxMutex/wxMutexLocker

#ifdef __WXGTK__
    #include <gtk/gtk.h>
#    include <gdk/gdkx.h>           // for GDK_WINDOW_XWINDOW
#endif

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Discussion of internals
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

/*
   This is the GStreamer backend for unix. Currently we require 0.8 or
   0.10. Here we use the "playbin" GstElement for ease of use.

   Note that now we compare state change functions to GST_STATE_FAILURE
   now rather than GST_STATE_SUCCESS as newer gstreamer versions return
   non-success values for returns that are otherwise successful but not
   immediate.

   Also this probably doesn't work with anything other than wxGTK at the
   moment but with a tad bit of work it could theorectically work in
   straight wxX11 et al.

   One last note is that resuming from pausing/seeking can result
   in erratic video playback (GStreamer-based bug, happens in totem as well)
   - this is better in 0.10, however. One thing that might make it worse
   here is that we don't preserve the aspect ratio of the video and stretch
   it to the whole window.

   Note that there are some things used here that could be undocumented -
   for reference see the media player Kiss and Totem as well as some
   other sources. There was a backend for a kde media player as well
   that attempted thread-safety...

   Then there is the issue of m_asynclock. This serves several purposes:
   1) It prevents the C callbacks from sending wx state change events
      so that we don't get duplicate ones in 0.8
   2) It makes the sync and async handlers in 0.10 not drop any
      messages so that while we are polling it we get the messages in
      SyncStateChange instead of the queue.
   3) Keeps the pausing in Stop() synchronous

   RN: Note that I've tried to follow the wxGTK conventions here as close
   as possible. In the implementation the C Callbacks come first, then
   the internal functions, then the public ones. Set your vi to 80
   characters people :).
*/

//=============================================================================
//  Declarations
//=============================================================================

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  GStreamer (most version compatability) macros
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// In 0.9 there was a HUGE change to GstQuery and the
// gst_element_query function changed dramatically and split off
// into two seperate ones
#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && GST_VERSION_MINOR <= 8
#    define wxGst_element_query_duration(e, f, p) \
                gst_element_query(e, GST_QUERY_TOTAL, f, p)
#    define wxGst_element_query_position(e, f, p) \
                gst_element_query(e, GST_QUERY_POSITION, f, p)
#elif GST_VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && GST_VERSION_MINOR == 9
// However, the actual 0.9 version has a slightly different definition
// and instead of gst_element_query_duration it has two parameters to
// gst_element_query_position instead
#    define wxGst_element_query_duration(e, f, p) \
                gst_element_query_position(e, f, 0, p)
#    define wxGst_element_query_position(e, f, p) \
                gst_element_query_position(e, f, p, 0)
#else
#    define wxGst_element_query_duration \
                gst_element_query_duration
#    define wxGst_element_query_position \
                gst_element_query_position
#endif

// Other 0.10 macros
#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || GST_VERSION_MINOR >= 10
#   define GST_STATE_FAILURE GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE
#   define GST_STATE_SUCCESS GST_STATE_CHANGE_SUCCESS
#   define GstElementState GstState
#   define gst_gconf_get_default_video_sink() \
        gst_element_factory_make ("gconfvideosink", "video-sink");
#   define gst_gconf_get_default_audio_sink() \
        gst_element_factory_make ("gconfaudiosink", "audio-sink");
#endif

// Max wait time for element state waiting - GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE for inf
#define wxGSTREAMER_TIMEOUT (100 * GST_MSECOND) // Max 100 milliseconds

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  wxLogTrace mask string
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#define wxTRACE_GStreamer wxT("GStreamer")

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//  wxGStreamerMediaBackend
//
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
class WXDLLIMPEXP_MEDIA
    wxGStreamerMediaBackend : public wxMediaBackendCommonBase
{
public:

    wxGStreamerMediaBackend();
    virtual ~wxGStreamerMediaBackend();

    virtual bool CreateControl(wxControl* ctrl, wxWindow* parent,
                                     wxWindowID id,
                                     const wxPoint& pos,
                                     const wxSize& size,
                                     long style,
                                     const wxValidator& validator,
                                     const wxString& name);

    virtual bool Play();
    virtual bool Pause();
    virtual bool Stop();

    virtual bool Load(const wxString& fileName);
    virtual bool Load(const wxURI& location);
    virtual bool Load(const wxURI& location,
                      const wxURI& proxy)
        { return wxMediaBackendCommonBase::Load(location, proxy); }


    virtual wxMediaState GetState();

    virtual bool SetPosition(wxLongLong where);
    virtual wxLongLong GetPosition();
    virtual wxLongLong GetDuration();

    virtual void Move(int x, int y, int w, int h);
    wxSize GetVideoSize() const;

    virtual double GetPlaybackRate();
    virtual bool SetPlaybackRate(double dRate);

    virtual wxLongLong GetDownloadProgress();
    virtual wxLongLong GetDownloadTotal();

    virtual bool SetVolume(double dVolume);
    virtual double GetVolume();

    //------------implementation from now on-----------------------------------
    bool DoLoad(const wxString& locstring);
    wxMediaCtrl* GetControl() { return m_ctrl; } // for C Callbacks
    void HandleStateChange(GstElementState oldstate, GstElementState newstate);
    bool QueryVideoSizeFromElement(GstElement* element);
    bool QueryVideoSizeFromPad(GstPad* caps);
    void SetupXOverlay();
    bool SyncStateChange(GstElement* element, GstElementState state,
                         gint64 llTimeout = wxGSTREAMER_TIMEOUT);
    bool TryAudioSink(GstElement* audiosink);
    bool TryVideoSink(GstElement* videosink);

    GstElement*     m_playbin;      // GStreamer media element
    wxSize          m_videoSize;    // Cached actual video size
    double          m_dRate;        // Current playback rate -
                                    // see GetPlaybackRate for notes
    wxLongLong      m_llPausedPos;  // Paused position - see Pause()
    GstXOverlay*    m_xoverlay;     // X Overlay that contains the GST video
    wxMutex         m_asynclock;    // See "discussion of internals"
    class wxGStreamerMediaEventHandler* m_eventHandler; // see below

    friend class wxGStreamerMediaEventHandler;
    friend class wxGStreamerLoadWaitTimer;
    DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxGStreamerMediaBackend);
};

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaEventHandler
//
// OK, this will take an explanation - basically gstreamer callbacks
// are issued in a seperate thread, and in this thread we may not set
// the state of the playbin, so we need to send a wx event in that
// callback so that we set the state of the media and other stuff
// like GUI calls.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
class wxGStreamerMediaEventHandler : public wxEvtHandler
{
    public:
    wxGStreamerMediaEventHandler(wxGStreamerMediaBackend* be) : m_be(be)
    {
        this->Connect(wxID_ANY, wxEVT_MEDIA_FINISHED,
           wxMediaEventHandler(wxGStreamerMediaEventHandler::OnMediaFinish));
    }

    void OnMediaFinish(wxMediaEvent& event);

    wxGStreamerMediaBackend* m_be;
};

//=============================================================================
// Implementation
//=============================================================================

IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxGStreamerMediaBackend, wxMediaBackend)

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// C Callbacks
//
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// "expose_event" from m_ctrl->m_wxwindow
//
// Handle GTK expose event from our window - here we hopefully
// redraw the video in the case of pausing and other instances...
// (Returns TRUE to pass to other handlers, FALSE if not)
//
// TODO: Do a DEBUG_MAIN_THREAD/install_idle_handler here?
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifdef __WXGTK__
extern "C" {
static gboolean gtk_window_expose_callback(GtkWidget *widget,
                                           GdkEventExpose *event,
                                           wxGStreamerMediaBackend *be)
{
    if(event->count > 0)
        return FALSE;

    GdkWindow *window = widget->window;

    // I've seen this reccommended somewhere...
    // TODO: Is this needed? Maybe it is just cruft...
    // gst_x_overlay_set_xwindow_id( GST_X_OVERLAY(be->m_xoverlay),
    //                              GDK_WINDOW_XWINDOW( window ) );

    // If we have actual video.....
    if(!(be->m_videoSize.x==0&&be->m_videoSize.y==0) &&
       GST_STATE(be->m_playbin) >= GST_STATE_PAUSED)
    {
        // GST Doesn't redraw automatically while paused
        // Plus, the video sometimes doesn't redraw when it looses focus
        // or is painted over so we just tell it to redraw...
        gst_x_overlay_expose(be->m_xoverlay);
    }
    else
    {
        // draw a black background like some other backends do....
        gdk_draw_rectangle (window, widget->style->black_gc, TRUE, 0, 0,
                            widget->allocation.width,
                            widget->allocation.height);
    }

    return FALSE;
}
}
#endif // wxGTK

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// "realize" from m_ctrl->m_wxwindow
//
// If the window wasn't realized when Load was called, this is the
// callback for when it is - the purpose of which is to tell
// GStreamer to play the video in our control
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifdef __WXGTK__
extern "C" {
static gint gtk_window_realize_callback(GtkWidget* widget,
                                        wxGStreamerMediaBackend* be)
{
    gdk_flush();

    GdkWindow *window = widget->window;
    wxASSERT(window);

    gst_x_overlay_set_xwindow_id( GST_X_OVERLAY(be->m_xoverlay),
                                GDK_WINDOW_XWINDOW( window )
                                );
    g_signal_connect (be->GetControl()->m_wxwindow,
                      "expose_event",
                      G_CALLBACK(gtk_window_expose_callback), be);
    return 0;
}
}
#endif // wxGTK

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// "state-change" from m_playbin/GST_MESSAGE_STATE_CHANGE
//
// Called by gstreamer when the state changes - here we
// send the appropriate corresponding wx event.
//
// 0.8 only as HandleStateChange does this in both versions
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && GST_VERSION_MINOR < 10
extern "C" {
static void gst_state_change_callback(GstElement *play,
                                      GstElementState oldstate,
                                      GstElementState newstate,
                                      wxGStreamerMediaBackend* be)
{
    if(be->m_asynclock.TryLock() == wxMUTEX_NO_ERROR)
    {
        be->HandleStateChange(oldstate, newstate);
        be->m_asynclock.Unlock();
    }
}
}
#endif // <0.10

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// "eos" from m_playbin/GST_MESSAGE_EOS
//
// Called by gstreamer when the media is done playing ("end of stream")
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
extern "C" {
static void gst_finish_callback(GstElement *WXUNUSED(play),
                                wxGStreamerMediaBackend* be)
{
    wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_GStreamer, wxT("gst_finish_callback"));
    wxMediaEvent event(wxEVT_MEDIA_FINISHED);
    be->m_eventHandler->AddPendingEvent(event);
}
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// "error" from m_playbin/GST_MESSAGE_ERROR
//
// Called by gstreamer when an error is encountered playing the media -
// We call wxLogTrace in addition wxLogSysError so that we can get it
// on the command line as well for those who want extra traces.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
extern "C" {
static void gst_error_callback(GstElement *WXUNUSED(play),
                               GstElement *WXUNUSED(src),
                               GError     *err,
                               gchar      *debug,
                               wxGStreamerMediaBackend* WXUNUSED(be))
{
    wxString sError;
    sError.Printf(wxT("gst_error_callback\n")
                  wxT("Error Message:%s\nDebug:%s\n"),
                  (const wxChar*)wxConvUTF8.cMB2WX(err->message),
                  (const wxChar*)wxConvUTF8.cMB2WX(debug));
    wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_GStreamer, sError);
    wxLogSysError(sError);
}
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// "notify::caps" from the videopad inside "stream-info" of m_playbin
//
// Called by gstreamer when the video caps for the media is ready - currently
// we use the caps to get the natural size of the video
//
// (Undocumented?)
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
extern "C" {
static void gst_notify_caps_callback(GstPad* pad,
                                     GParamSpec* WXUNUSED(pspec),
                                     wxGStreamerMediaBackend* be)
{
    wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_GStreamer, wxT("gst_notify_caps_callback"));
    be->QueryVideoSizeFromPad(pad);
}
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// "notify::stream-info" from m_playbin
//
// Run through the stuff in "stream-info" of m_playbin for a valid
// video pad, and then attempt to query the video size from it - if not
// set up an event to do so when ready.
//
// Currently unused - now we just query it directly using
// QueryVideoSizeFromElement.
//
// (Undocumented?)
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || GST_VERSION_MINOR >= 10
extern "C" {
static void gst_notify_stream_info_callback(GstElement* WXUNUSED(element),
                                            GParamSpec* WXUNUSED(pspec),
                                            wxGStreamerMediaBackend* be)
{
    wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_GStreamer, wxT("gst_notify_stream_info_callback"));
    be->QueryVideoSizeFromElement(be->m_playbin);
}
}
#endif

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// "desired-size-changed" from m_xoverlay
//
// 0.8-specific this provides us with the video size when it changes -
// even though we get the caps as well this seems to come before the
// caps notification does...
//
// Note it will return 16,16 for an early-bird value or for audio
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && GST_VERSION_MINOR < 10
extern "C" {
static void gst_desired_size_changed_callback(GstElement * play,
                                              guint width, guint height,
                                              wxGStreamerMediaBackend* be)
{
    if(!(width == 16 && height == 16))
    {
        be->m_videoSize.x = width;
        be->m_videoSize.y = height;
    }
    else
        be->QueryVideoSizeFromElement(be->m_playbin);
}
}
#endif

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// gst_bus_async_callback [static]
// gst_bus_sync_callback [static]
//
// Called by m_playbin for notifications such as end-of-stream in 0.10 -
// in previous versions g_signal notifications were used. Because everything
// in centered in one switch statement though it reminds one of old WinAPI
// stuff.
//
// gst_bus_sync_callback is that sync version that is called on the main GUI
// thread before the async version that we use to set the xwindow id of the
// XOverlay (NB: This isn't currently used - see CreateControl()).
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || GST_VERSION_MINOR >= 10
extern "C" {
static gboolean gst_bus_async_callback(GstBus* WXUNUSED(bus),
                                       GstMessage* message,
                                       wxGStreamerMediaBackend* be)
{
    if(((GstElement*)GST_MESSAGE_SRC(message)) != be->m_playbin)
        return TRUE;
    if(be->m_asynclock.TryLock() != wxMUTEX_NO_ERROR)
        return TRUE;

    switch(GST_MESSAGE_TYPE(message))
    {
        case GST_MESSAGE_STATE_CHANGED:
        {
            GstState oldstate, newstate, pendingstate;
            gst_message_parse_state_changed(message, &oldstate,
                                            &newstate, &pendingstate);
            be->HandleStateChange(oldstate, newstate);
            break;
        }
        case GST_MESSAGE_EOS:
        {
            gst_finish_callback(NULL, be);
            break;
        }
        case GST_MESSAGE_ERROR:
        {
            GError* error;
            gchar* debug;
            gst_message_parse_error(message, &error, &debug);
            gst_error_callback(NULL, NULL, error, debug, be);
            break;
        }
        default:
            break;
    }

    be->m_asynclock.Unlock();
    return FALSE; // remove the message from Z queue
}

static GstBusSyncReply gst_bus_sync_callback(GstBus* bus,
                                             GstMessage* message,
                                             wxGStreamerMediaBackend* be)
{
    // Pass a non-xwindowid-setting event on to the async handler where it
    // belongs
    if (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (message) != GST_MESSAGE_ELEMENT ||
        !gst_structure_has_name (message->structure, "prepare-xwindow-id"))
    {
        //
        // NB: Unfortunately, the async callback can be quite
        // buggy at times and often doesn't get called at all,
        // so here we are processing it right here in the calling
        // thread instead of the GUI one...
        //
        if(gst_bus_async_callback(bus, message, be))
            return GST_BUS_PASS;
        else
            return GST_BUS_DROP;
    }

    wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_GStreamer, wxT("Got prepare-xwindow-id"));
    be->SetupXOverlay();
    return GST_BUS_DROP; // We handled this message - drop from the queue
}
}
#endif

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// Private (although not in the C++ sense)  methods
//
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::HandleStateChange
//
// Handles a state change event from our C Callback for "state-change" or
// the async queue in 0.10. (Mostly this is here to avoid locking the
// the mutex twice...)
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void wxGStreamerMediaBackend::HandleStateChange(GstElementState oldstate,
                                                GstElementState newstate)
{
    switch(newstate)
    {
        case GST_STATE_PLAYING:
            wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_GStreamer, wxT("Play event"));
            QueuePlayEvent();
            break;
        case GST_STATE_PAUSED:
            // For some reason .10 sends a lot of oldstate == newstate
            // messages - most likely for pending ones - also
            // !<GST_STATE_PAUSED as we are only concerned
            if(oldstate < GST_STATE_PAUSED || oldstate == newstate)
                break;
            if(wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetPosition() != 0)
            {
                wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_GStreamer, wxT("Pause event"));
                QueuePauseEvent();
            }
            else
            {
                wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_GStreamer, wxT("Stop event"));
                QueueStopEvent();
            }
            break;
       default: // GST_STATE_NULL etc.
            break;
    }
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::QueryVideoSizeFromElement
//
// Run through the stuff in "stream-info" of element for a valid
// video pad, and then attempt to query the video size from it - if not
// set up an event to do so when ready. Return true
// if we got a valid video pad.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::QueryVideoSizeFromElement(GstElement* element)
{
    const GList *list = NULL;
    g_object_get (G_OBJECT (element), "stream-info", &list, NULL);

    for ( ; list != NULL; list = list->next)
    {
        GObject *info = (GObject *) list->data;
        gint type;
        GParamSpec *pspec;
        GEnumValue *val;
        GstPad *pad = NULL;

        g_object_get (info, "type", &type, NULL);
        pspec = g_object_class_find_property (
                        G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS (info), "type");
        val = g_enum_get_value (G_PARAM_SPEC_ENUM (pspec)->enum_class, type);

        if (!strncasecmp(val->value_name, "video", 5) ||
            !strncmp(val->value_name, "GST_STREAM_TYPE_VIDEO", 21))
        {
            // Newer gstreamer 0.8+ plugins are SUPPOSED to have "object"...
            // but a lot of old plugins still use "pad" :)
            pspec = g_object_class_find_property (
                        G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS (info), "object");

            if (!pspec)
                g_object_get (info, "pad", &pad, NULL);
            else
                g_object_get (info, "object", &pad, NULL);

#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && GST_VERSION_MINOR <= 8
            // Killed in 0.9, presumely because events and such
            // should be pushed on pads regardless of whether they
            // are currently linked
            pad = (GstPad *) GST_PAD_REALIZE (pad);
            wxASSERT(pad);
#endif

            if(!QueryVideoSizeFromPad(pad))
            {
                // wait for those caps to get ready
                g_signal_connect(
                pad,
                "notify::caps",
                G_CALLBACK(gst_notify_caps_callback),
                this);
            }
            break;
        }// end if video
    }// end searching through info list

    // no video (or extremely delayed stream-info)
    if(list == NULL)
    {
        m_videoSize = wxSize(0,0);
        return false;
    }

    return true;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::QueryVideoSizeFromPad
//
// Gets the size of our video (in wxSize) from a GstPad
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::QueryVideoSizeFromPad(GstPad* pad)
{
    const GstCaps* caps = GST_PAD_CAPS(pad);
    if ( caps )
    {
        const GstStructure *s = gst_caps_get_structure (caps, 0);
        wxASSERT(s);

        gst_structure_get_int (s, "width", &m_videoSize.x);
        gst_structure_get_int (s, "height", &m_videoSize.y);

        const GValue *par;
        par = gst_structure_get_value (s, "pixel-aspect-ratio");

        if (par)
        {
            wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_GStreamer,
                       wxT("pixel-aspect-ratio found in pad"));
            int num = par->data[0].v_int,
                den = par->data[1].v_int;

            // TODO: maybe better fraction normalization...
            if (num > den)
                m_videoSize.x = (int) ((float) num * m_videoSize.x / den);
            else
                m_videoSize.y = (int) ((float) den * m_videoSize.y / num);
        }

         wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_GStreamer, wxT("Adjusted video size: [%i,%i]"),
                     m_videoSize.x, m_videoSize.y);
        return true;
    } // end if caps

    return false; // not ready/massive failure
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::SetupXOverlay
//
// Attempts to set the XWindow id of our GstXOverlay to tell it which
// window to play video in.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void wxGStreamerMediaBackend::SetupXOverlay()
{
    // Use the xoverlay extension to tell gstreamer to play in our window
#ifdef __WXGTK__
    if(!GTK_WIDGET_REALIZED(m_ctrl->m_wxwindow))
    {
        // Not realized yet - set to connect at realization time
        g_signal_connect (m_ctrl->m_wxwindow,
                          "realize",
                          G_CALLBACK (gtk_window_realize_callback),
                          this);
    }
    else
    {
        gdk_flush();

        GdkWindow *window = m_ctrl->m_wxwindow->window;
        wxASSERT(window);
#endif

    gst_x_overlay_set_xwindow_id( GST_X_OVERLAY(m_xoverlay),
#ifdef __WXGTK__
                        GDK_WINDOW_XWINDOW( window )
#else
                        ctrl->GetHandle()
#endif
                                  );

#ifdef __WXGTK__
    g_signal_connect (m_ctrl->m_wxwindow,
                        // m_ctrl->m_wxwindow/*m_ctrl->m_widget*/,
                      "expose_event",
                      G_CALLBACK(gtk_window_expose_callback), this);
    } // end if GtkPizza realized
#endif
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::SyncStateChange
//
// This function is rather complex - basically the idea is that we
// poll the GstBus of m_playbin until it has reached desiredstate, an error
// is reached, or there are no more messages left in the GstBus queue.
//
// Returns true if there are no messages left in the queue or
// the current state reaches the disired state.
//
// PRECONDITION: Assumes m_asynclock is Lock()ed
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || GST_VERSION_MINOR >= 10
bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::SyncStateChange(GstElement* element,
                                              GstElementState desiredstate,
                                              gint64 llTimeout)
{
    GstBus* bus = gst_element_get_bus(element);
    GstMessage* message;
    bool bBreak = false,
         bSuccess = false;
    gint64 llTimeWaited = 0;

    do
    {
#if 1
        // NB: The GStreamer gst_bus_poll is unfortunately broken and
        // throws silly critical internal errors (for instance
        // "message != NULL" when the whole point of it is to
        // poll for the message in the first place!) so we implement
        // our own "waiting mechinism"
        if(gst_bus_have_pending(bus) == FALSE)
        {
            if(llTimeWaited >= llTimeout)
                return true; // Reached timeout... assume success
            llTimeWaited += 10*GST_MSECOND;
            wxMilliSleep(10);
            continue;
        }

        message = gst_bus_pop(bus);
#else
        message = gst_bus_poll(bus, (GstMessageType)
                           (GST_MESSAGE_STATE_CHANGED |
                            GST_MESSAGE_ERROR |
                            GST_MESSAGE_EOS), llTimeout);
        if(!message)
            return true;
#endif
        if(((GstElement*)GST_MESSAGE_SRC(message)) == element)
        {
            switch(GST_MESSAGE_TYPE(message))
            {
                case GST_MESSAGE_STATE_CHANGED:
                {
                    GstState oldstate, newstate, pendingstate;
                    gst_message_parse_state_changed(message, &oldstate,
                                                    &newstate, &pendingstate);
                    if(newstate == desiredstate)
                    {
                        bSuccess = bBreak = true;
                    }
                    break;
                }
                case GST_MESSAGE_ERROR:
                {
                    GError* error;
                    gchar* debug;
                    gst_message_parse_error(message, &error, &debug);
                    gst_error_callback(NULL, NULL, error, debug, this);
                    bBreak = true;
                    break;
                }
                case GST_MESSAGE_EOS:
                    wxLogSysError(wxT("Reached end of stream prematurely"));
                    bBreak = true;
                    break;
                default:
                    break; // not handled
            }
        }

        gst_message_unref(message);
    }while(!bBreak);

    return bSuccess;
}
#else // 0.8 implementation
bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::SyncStateChange(GstElement* element,
                                              GstElementState desiredstate,
                                              gint64 llTimeout)
{
    gint64 llTimeWaited = 0;
    while(GST_STATE(element) != desiredstate)
    {
        if(llTimeWaited >= llTimeout)
            break;
        llTimeWaited += 10*GST_MSECOND;
        wxMilliSleep(10);
    }

    return llTimeWaited != llTimeout;
}
#endif

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::TryAudioSink
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::TryVideoSink
//
// Uses various means to determine whether a passed in video/audio sink
// if suitable for us - if it is not we return false and unref the
// inappropriate sink.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::TryAudioSink(GstElement* audiosink)
{
    if( !GST_IS_ELEMENT(audiosink) )
    {
        if(G_IS_OBJECT(audiosink))
            g_object_unref(audiosink);
        return false;
    }

    return true;
}

bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::TryVideoSink(GstElement* videosink)
{
    // Check if the video sink either is an xoverlay or might contain one...
    if( !GST_IS_BIN(videosink) && !GST_IS_X_OVERLAY(videosink) )
    {
        if(G_IS_OBJECT(videosink))
            g_object_unref(videosink);
        return false;
    }

    // Make our video sink and make sure it supports the x overlay interface
    // the x overlay enables us to put the video in our control window
    // (i.e. we NEED it!) - also connect to the natural video size change event
    if( GST_IS_BIN(videosink) )
        m_xoverlay = (GstXOverlay*)
                        gst_bin_get_by_interface (GST_BIN (videosink),
                                                  GST_TYPE_X_OVERLAY);
    else
        m_xoverlay = (GstXOverlay*) videosink;

    if ( !GST_IS_X_OVERLAY(m_xoverlay) )
    {
        g_object_unref(videosink);
        return false;
    }

    return true;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaEventHandler::OnMediaFinish
//
// Called when the media is about to stop
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void wxGStreamerMediaEventHandler::OnMediaFinish(wxMediaEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
{
    // (RN - I have no idea why I thought this was good behaviour....
    // maybe it made sense for streaming/nonseeking data but
    // generally it seems like a really bad idea) -
    if(m_be->SendStopEvent())
    {
        // Stop the media (we need to set it back to paused
        // so that people can get the duration et al.
        // and send the finish event (luckily we can "Sync" it out... LOL!)
        // (We don't check return values here because we can't really do
        //  anything...)
        wxMutexLocker lock(m_be->m_asynclock);

        // Set element to ready+sync it
        gst_element_set_state (m_be->m_playbin, GST_STATE_READY);
        m_be->SyncStateChange(m_be->m_playbin, GST_STATE_READY);

        // Now set it to paused + update pause pos to 0 and
        // Sync that as well (note that we don't call Stop() here
        // due to mutex issues)
        gst_element_set_state (m_be->m_playbin, GST_STATE_PAUSED);
        m_be->SyncStateChange(m_be->m_playbin, GST_STATE_PAUSED);
        m_be->m_llPausedPos = 0;

        // Finally, queue the finish event
        m_be->QueueFinishEvent();
    }
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// Public methods
//
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend Constructor
//
// Sets m_playbin to NULL signifying we havn't loaded anything yet
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
wxGStreamerMediaBackend::wxGStreamerMediaBackend()
    : m_playbin(NULL),
      m_eventHandler(NULL)
{
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend Destructor
//
// Stops/cleans up memory
//
// NB: This could trigger a critical warning but doing a SyncStateChange
//     here is just going to slow down quitting of the app, which is bad.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
wxGStreamerMediaBackend::~wxGStreamerMediaBackend()
{
    // Dispose of the main player and related objects
    if(m_playbin)
    {
        wxASSERT( GST_IS_OBJECT(m_playbin) );
        gst_element_set_state (m_playbin, GST_STATE_NULL);
        gst_object_unref (GST_OBJECT (m_playbin));
        delete m_eventHandler;
    }
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::CreateControl
//
// Initializes GStreamer and creates the wx side of our media control
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::CreateControl(wxControl* ctrl, wxWindow* parent,
                                wxWindowID id,
                                const wxPoint& pos,
                                const wxSize& size,
                                long style,
                                const wxValidator& validator,
                                const wxString& name)
{
    //
    //init gstreamer
    //

    //Convert arguments to unicode if enabled
#if wxUSE_UNICODE
    int i;
    char **argvGST = new char*[wxTheApp->argc + 1];
    for ( i = 0; i < wxTheApp->argc; i++ )
    {
#if wxUSE_UNICODE_WCHAR
        argvGST[i] = wxStrdupA(wxConvUTF8.cWX2MB(wxTheApp->argv[i]));
#else
        argvGST[i] = wxStrdupA(wxTheApp->argv[i].utf8_str());
#endif
    }

    argvGST[wxTheApp->argc] = NULL;

    int argcGST = wxTheApp->argc;
#else
#define argcGST wxTheApp->argc
#define argvGST wxTheApp->argv
#endif

    //Really init gstreamer
    gboolean bInited;
    GError* error = NULL;
#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || GST_VERSION_MINOR >= 10
    bInited = gst_init_check(&argcGST, &argvGST, &error);
#else
    bInited = gst_init_check(&argcGST, &argvGST);
#endif

    // Cleanup arguments for unicode case
#if wxUSE_UNICODE
    for ( i = 0; i < argcGST; i++ )
    {
        free(argvGST[i]);
    }

    delete [] argvGST;
#endif

    if(!bInited)    //gst_init_check fail?
    {
        if(error)
        {
            wxLogSysError(wxT("Could not initialize GStreamer\n")
                          wxT("Error Message:%s"),
                          (const wxChar*) wxConvUTF8.cMB2WX(error->message)
                         );
            g_error_free(error);
        }
        else
            wxLogSysError(wxT("Could not initialize GStreamer"));

        return false;
    }

    //
    // wxControl creation
    //
    m_ctrl = wxStaticCast(ctrl, wxMediaCtrl);

#ifdef __WXGTK__
    // We handle our own GTK expose events
    m_ctrl->m_noExpose = true;
#endif

    if( !m_ctrl->wxControl::Create(parent, id, pos, size,
                            style,  // TODO: remove borders???
                            validator, name) )
    {
        wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("Could not create wxControl!!!"));
        return false;
    }

#ifdef __WXGTK__
    // Turn off double-buffering so that
    // so it doesn't draw over the video and cause sporadic
    // disappearances of the video
    gtk_widget_set_double_buffered(m_ctrl->m_wxwindow, FALSE);
#endif

    // don't erase the background of our control window
    // so that resizing is a bit smoother
    m_ctrl->SetBackgroundStyle(wxBG_STYLE_CUSTOM);

    // Create our playbin object
    m_playbin = gst_element_factory_make ("playbin", "play");
    if (!GST_IS_ELEMENT(m_playbin))
    {
        if(G_IS_OBJECT(m_playbin))
            g_object_unref(m_playbin);
        wxLogSysError(wxT("Got an invalid playbin"));
        return false;
    }

#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && GST_VERSION_MINOR < 10
    // Connect the glib events/callbacks we want to our playbin
    g_signal_connect(m_playbin, "eos",
                     G_CALLBACK(gst_finish_callback), this);
    g_signal_connect(m_playbin, "error",
                     G_CALLBACK(gst_error_callback), this);
    g_signal_connect(m_playbin, "state-change",
                     G_CALLBACK(gst_state_change_callback), this);
#else
    // GStreamer 0.10+ uses GstBus for this now, connect to the sync
    // handler as well so we can set the X window id of our xoverlay
    gst_bus_add_watch (gst_element_get_bus(m_playbin),
                       (GstBusFunc) gst_bus_async_callback, this);
    gst_bus_set_sync_handler(gst_element_get_bus(m_playbin),
                             (GstBusSyncHandler) gst_bus_sync_callback, this);
    g_signal_connect(m_playbin, "notify::stream-info",
                     G_CALLBACK(gst_notify_stream_info_callback), this);
#endif

    // Get the audio sink
    GstElement* audiosink = gst_gconf_get_default_audio_sink();
    if( !TryAudioSink(audiosink) )
    {
        // fallback to autodetection, then alsa, then oss as a stopgap
        audiosink = gst_element_factory_make ("autoaudiosink", "audio-sink");
        if( !TryAudioSink(audiosink) )
        {
            audiosink = gst_element_factory_make ("alsasink", "alsa-output");
            if( !TryAudioSink(audiosink) )
            {
                audiosink = gst_element_factory_make ("osssink", "play_audio");
                if( !TryAudioSink(audiosink) )
                {
                    wxLogSysError(wxT("Could not find a valid audiosink"));
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }
    }

    // Setup video sink - first try gconf, then auto, then xvimage and
    // then finally plain ximage
    GstElement* videosink = gst_gconf_get_default_video_sink();
    if( !TryVideoSink(videosink) )
    {
        videosink = gst_element_factory_make ("autovideosink", "video-sink");
        if( !TryVideoSink(videosink) )
        {
            videosink = gst_element_factory_make ("xvimagesink", "video-sink");
            if( !TryVideoSink(videosink) )
            {
                // finally, do a final fallback to ximagesink
                videosink =
                    gst_element_factory_make ("ximagesink", "video-sink");
                if( !TryVideoSink(videosink) )
                {
                    g_object_unref(audiosink);
                    wxLogSysError(wxT("Could not find a suitable video sink"));
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }
    }

#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && GST_VERSION_MINOR < 10
    // Not on 0.10... called when video size changes
    g_signal_connect(m_xoverlay, "desired-size-changed",
                     G_CALLBACK(gst_desired_size_changed_callback), this);
#endif
    // Tell GStreamer which window to draw to in 0.8 - 0.10
    // sometimes needs this too...
    SetupXOverlay();

    // Now that we know (or, rather think) our video and audio sink
    // are valid set our playbin to use them
    g_object_set (G_OBJECT (m_playbin),
                  "video-sink", videosink,
                  "audio-sink", audiosink,
                   NULL);

    m_eventHandler = new wxGStreamerMediaEventHandler(this);
    return true;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Load (File version)
//
// Just calls DoLoad() with a prepended file scheme
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Load(const wxString& fileName)
{
    return DoLoad(wxString( wxT("file://") ) + fileName);
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Load (URI version)
//
// In the case of a file URI passes it unencoded -
// also, as of 0.10.3 and earlier GstURI (the uri parser for gstreamer)
// is sort of broken and only accepts uris with at least two slashes
// after the scheme (i.e. file: == not ok, file:// == ok)
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Load(const wxURI& location)
{
    if(location.GetScheme().CmpNoCase(wxT("file")) == 0)
    {
        wxString uristring = location.BuildUnescapedURI();

        //Workaround GstURI leading "//" problem and make sure it leads
        //with that
        return DoLoad(wxString(wxT("file://")) +
                      uristring.Right(uristring.length() - 5)
                     );
    }
    else
        return DoLoad(location.BuildURI());
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::DoLoad
//
// Loads the media
// 1) Reset member variables and set playbin back to ready state
// 2) Check URI for validity and then tell the playbin to load it
// 3) Set the playbin to the pause state
//
// NB: Even after this function is over with we probably don't have the
// video size or duration - no amount of clever hacking is going to get
// around that, unfortunately.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::DoLoad(const wxString& locstring)
{
    wxMutexLocker lock(m_asynclock); // lock state events and async callbacks

    // Reset positions & rate
    m_llPausedPos = 0;
    m_dRate = 1.0;
    m_videoSize = wxSize(0,0);

    // Set playbin to ready to stop the current media...
    if( gst_element_set_state (m_playbin,
                               GST_STATE_READY) == GST_STATE_FAILURE ||
        !SyncStateChange(m_playbin, GST_STATE_READY))
    {
        wxLogSysError(wxT("wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Load - ")
                      wxT("Could not set initial state to ready"));
            return false;
    }

    // free current media resources
    gst_element_set_state (m_playbin, GST_STATE_NULL);

    // Make sure the passed URI is valid and tell playbin to load it
    // non-file uris are encoded
    wxASSERT(gst_uri_protocol_is_valid("file"));
    wxASSERT(gst_uri_is_valid(locstring.mb_str()));

    g_object_set (G_OBJECT (m_playbin), "uri",
                  (const char*)locstring.mb_str(), NULL);

    // Try to pause media as gstreamer won't let us query attributes
    // such as video size unless it is paused or playing
    if( gst_element_set_state (m_playbin,
                               GST_STATE_PAUSED) == GST_STATE_FAILURE ||
        !SyncStateChange(m_playbin, GST_STATE_PAUSED))
    {
        return false; // no real error message needed here as this is
                      // generic failure 99% of the time (i.e. no
                      // source etc.) and has an error message
    }


    NotifyMovieLoaded(); // Notify the user - all we can do for now
    return true;
}


//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Play
//
// Sets the stream to a playing state
//
// THREAD-UNSAFE in 0.8, maybe in 0.10 as well
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Play()
{
    if (gst_element_set_state (m_playbin,
                               GST_STATE_PLAYING) == GST_STATE_FAILURE)
        return false;
    return true;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Pause
//
// Marks where we paused and pauses the stream
//
// THREAD-UNSAFE in 0.8, maybe in 0.10 as well
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Pause()
{
    m_llPausedPos = wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetPosition();
    if (gst_element_set_state (m_playbin,
                               GST_STATE_PAUSED) == GST_STATE_FAILURE)
        return false;
    return true;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Stop
//
// Pauses the stream and sets the position to 0. Note that this is
// synchronous (!) pausing.
//
// Due to the mutex locking this is probably thread-safe actually.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Stop()
{
    {   // begin state lock
        wxMutexLocker lock(m_asynclock);
        if(gst_element_set_state (m_playbin,
                                  GST_STATE_PAUSED) == GST_STATE_FAILURE ||
          !SyncStateChange(m_playbin, GST_STATE_PAUSED))
        {
            wxLogSysError(wxT("Could not set state to paused for Stop()"));
            return false;
        }
    }   // end state lock

    bool bSeekedOK = wxGStreamerMediaBackend::SetPosition(0);

    if(!bSeekedOK)
    {
        wxLogSysError(wxT("Could not seek to initial position in Stop()"));
        return false;
    }

    QueueStopEvent(); // Success
    return true;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetState
//
// Gets the state of the media
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
wxMediaState wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetState()
{
    switch(GST_STATE(m_playbin))
    {
        case GST_STATE_PLAYING:
            return wxMEDIASTATE_PLAYING;
        case GST_STATE_PAUSED:
            if (m_llPausedPos == 0)
                return wxMEDIASTATE_STOPPED;
            else
                return wxMEDIASTATE_PAUSED;
        default://case GST_STATE_READY:
            return wxMEDIASTATE_STOPPED;
    }
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetPosition
//
// If paused, returns our marked position - otherwise it queries the
// GStreamer playbin for the position and returns that
//
// NB:
// NB: At least in 0.8, when you pause and seek gstreamer
// NB: doesn't update the position sometimes, so we need to keep track of
// NB: whether we have paused or not and keep track of the time after the
// NB: pause and whenever the user seeks while paused
// NB:
//
// THREAD-UNSAFE, at least if not paused. Requires media to be at least paused.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
wxLongLong wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetPosition()
{
    if(GetState() != wxMEDIASTATE_PLAYING)
        return m_llPausedPos;
    else
    {
        gint64 pos;
        GstFormat fmtTime = GST_FORMAT_TIME;

        if (!wxGst_element_query_position(m_playbin, &fmtTime, &pos) ||
            fmtTime != GST_FORMAT_TIME || pos == -1)
            return 0;
        return pos / GST_MSECOND ;
    }
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::SetPosition
//
// Sets the position of the stream
// Note that GST_MSECOND is 1000000 (GStreamer uses nanoseconds - so
// there is 1000000 nanoseconds in a millisecond)
//
// If we are paused we update the cached pause position.
//
// This is also an exceedingly ugly function due to the three implementations
// (or, rather two plus one implementation without a seek function).
//
// This is asynchronous and thread-safe on both 0.8 and 0.10.
//
// NB: This fires both a stop and play event if the media was previously
// playing... which in some ways makes sense. And yes, this makes the video
// go all haywire at times - a gstreamer bug...
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::SetPosition(wxLongLong where)
{
#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR == 0 && GST_VERSION_MINOR == 8 \
                           && GST_VERSION_MICRO == 0
    // 0.8.0 has no gst_element_seek according to official docs!!!
    wxLogSysError(wxT("GStreamer 0.8.0 does not have gst_element_seek")
                  wxT(" according to official docs"));
    return false;
#else // != 0.8.0

#   if GST_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || GST_VERSION_MINOR >= 10
        gst_element_seek (m_playbin, m_dRate, GST_FORMAT_TIME,
           (GstSeekFlags)(GST_SEEK_FLAG_FLUSH | GST_SEEK_FLAG_KEY_UNIT),
                          GST_SEEK_TYPE_SET, where.GetValue() * GST_MSECOND,
                          GST_SEEK_TYPE_NONE, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE );
#   else
        // NB: Some gstreamer versions return false basically all the time
        // here - even totem doesn't bother to check the return value here
        // so I guess we'll just assume it worked -
        // TODO: maybe check the gst error callback???
        gst_element_seek (m_playbin, (GstSeekType) (GST_SEEK_METHOD_SET |
            GST_FORMAT_TIME | GST_SEEK_FLAG_FLUSH),
            where.GetValue() * GST_MSECOND );

#   endif // GST_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || GST_VERSION_MINOR >= 10

    {
        m_llPausedPos = where;
        return true;
    }
    return true;
#endif //== 0.8.0
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetDuration
//
// Obtains the total time of our stream
// THREAD-UNSAFE, requires media to be paused or playing
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
wxLongLong wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetDuration()
{
    gint64 length;
    GstFormat fmtTime = GST_FORMAT_TIME;

    if(!wxGst_element_query_duration(m_playbin, &fmtTime, &length) ||
       fmtTime != GST_FORMAT_TIME || length == -1)
        return 0;
    return length / GST_MSECOND ;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Move
//
// Called when the window is moved - GStreamer takes care of this
// for us so nothing is needed
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Move(int WXUNUSED(x),
                                   int WXUNUSED(y),
                                   int WXUNUSED(w),
                                   int WXUNUSED(h))
{
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetVideoSize
//
// Returns our cached video size from Load/gst_notify_caps_callback
// gst_x_overlay_get_desired_size also does this in 0.8...
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
wxSize wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetVideoSize() const
{
    return m_videoSize;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetPlaybackRate
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::SetPlaybackRate
//
// Obtains/Sets the playback rate of the stream
//
//TODO: PlaybackRate not currently supported via playbin directly -
//TODO: Ronald S. Bultje noted on gstreamer-devel:
//TODO:
//TODO: Like "play at twice normal speed"? Or "play at 25 fps and 44,1 kHz"? As
//TODO: for the first, yes, we have elements for that, btu they"re not part of
//TODO: playbin. You can create a bin (with a ghost pad) containing the actual
//TODO: video/audiosink and the speed-changing element for this, and set that
//TODO: element as video-sink or audio-sink property in playbin. The
//TODO: audio-element is called "speed", the video-element is called "videodrop"
//TODO: (although that appears to be deprecated in favour of "videorate", which
//TODO: again cannot do this, so this may not work at all in the end). For
//TODO: forcing frame/samplerates, see audioscale and videorate. Audioscale is
//TODO: part of playbin.
//
// In 0.10 GStreamer has new gst_element_seek API that might
// support this - and I've got an attempt to do so but it is untested
// but it would appear to work...
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
double wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetPlaybackRate()
{
    return m_dRate; // Could use GST_QUERY_RATE but the API doesn't seem
                    // final on that yet and there may not be any actual
                    // plugins that support it...
}

bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::SetPlaybackRate(double dRate)
{
#if GST_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || GST_VERSION_MINOR >= 10
#if 0 // not tested enough
    if( gst_element_seek (m_playbin, dRate, GST_FORMAT_TIME,
                 (GstSeekFlags)(GST_SEEK_FLAG_FLUSH | GST_SEEK_FLAG_KEY_UNIT),
                          GST_SEEK_TYPE_CUR, 0,
                          GST_SEEK_TYPE_NONE, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE ) )
    {
        m_dRate = dRate;
        return true;
    }
#else
    wxUnusedVar(dRate);
#endif
#endif

    // failure
    return false;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetDownloadProgress
//
// Not really outwardly possible - have been suggested that one could
// get the information from the component that "downloads"
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
wxLongLong wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetDownloadProgress()
{
    return 0;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetDownloadTotal
//
// TODO: Cache this?
// NB: The length changes every call for some reason due to
//     GStreamer implementation issues
// THREAD-UNSAFE, requires media to be paused or playing
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
wxLongLong wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetDownloadTotal()
{
    gint64 length;
    GstFormat fmtBytes = GST_FORMAT_BYTES;

    if (!wxGst_element_query_duration(m_playbin, &fmtBytes, &length) ||
          fmtBytes != GST_FORMAT_BYTES || length == -1)
        return 0;
    return length;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::SetVolume
// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetVolume
//
// Sets/Gets the volume through the playbin object.
// Note that this requires a relatively recent gst-plugins so we
// check at runtime to see whether it is available or not otherwise
// GST spits out an error on the command line
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::SetVolume(double dVolume)
{
    if(g_object_class_find_property(
            G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(G_OBJECT(m_playbin)),
            "volume") != NULL)
    {
        g_object_set(G_OBJECT(m_playbin), "volume", dVolume, NULL);
        return true;
    }
    else
    {
        wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_GStreamer,
            wxT("SetVolume: volume prop not found - 0.8.5 of ")
            wxT("gst-plugins probably needed"));
    return false;
    }
}

double wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetVolume()
{
    double dVolume = 1.0;

    if(g_object_class_find_property(
            G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(G_OBJECT(m_playbin)),
            "volume") != NULL)
    {
        g_object_get(G_OBJECT(m_playbin), "volume", &dVolume, NULL);
    }
    else
    {
        wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_GStreamer,
            wxT("GetVolume: volume prop not found - 0.8.5 of ")
            wxT("gst-plugins probably needed"));
    }

    return dVolume;
}

#endif //wxUSE_GSTREAMER

// Force link into main library so this backend can be loaded
#include "wx/html/forcelnk.h"
FORCE_LINK_ME(basewxmediabackends)

#endif //wxUSE_MEDIACTRL