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index d637d4cf3b26d2cfb940483e0e9b80c0ed470fd8..cd29fba5d913a558c5d9599bfa2b9cc04c0d73c9 100644 (file)
 // For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx.h".
 #include "wx/wxprec.h"
 
-#include "wx/mediactrl.h"
-
 #if wxUSE_MEDIACTRL
 
+#include "wx/mediactrl.h"
+
 #if wxUSE_GSTREAMER
 
 #include <gst/gst.h>                // main gstreamer header
 #   include <gst/gconf/gconf.h>        // gstreamer glib configuration
 #endif
 
-#include "wx/log.h"                 // wxLogDebug/wxLogSysError/wxLogTrace
-#include "wx/app.h"                 // wxTheApp->argc, wxTheApp->argv
+#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/filesys.h"             // FileNameToURL()
 #include "wx/thread.h"              // wxMutex/wxMutexLocker
-#include "wx/timer.h"               // wxTimer
+#include "wx/vector.h"              // wxVector<wxString>
 
 #ifdef __WXGTK__
-#    include "wx/gtk/win_gtk.h"     // for <gdk/gdkx.h>/GDK_WINDOW_XWINDOW
+    #include <gtk/gtk.h>
+    #include <gdk/gdkx.h>
+    #include "wx/gtk/private/gtk2-compat.h"
 #endif
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //=============================================================================
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//  GStreamer (most version compatability) macros
+//  GStreamer (most version compatibility) 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
+// into two separate 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)
 // Max wait time for element state waiting - GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE for inf
 #define wxGSTREAMER_TIMEOUT (100 * GST_MSECOND) // Max 100 milliseconds
 
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wxGTK Debugging and idle stuff
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#ifdef __WXGTK__
-
-#   ifdef __WXDEBUG__
-#       if wxUSE_THREADS
-#           define DEBUG_MAIN_THREAD \
-                if (wxThread::IsMain() && g_mainThreadLocked) \
-                    wxPrintf(wxT("gui reentrance"));
-#       else
-#           define DEBUG_MAIN_THREAD
-#       endif
-#   else
-#      define DEBUG_MAIN_THREAD
-#   endif // Debug
-
-extern void wxapp_install_idle_handler();
-extern bool g_isIdle;
-extern bool g_mainThreadLocked;
-#endif // wxGTK
-
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  wxLogTrace mask string
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -162,7 +147,7 @@ class WXDLLIMPEXP_MEDIA
 public:
 
     wxGStreamerMediaBackend();
-    ~wxGStreamerMediaBackend();
+    virtual ~wxGStreamerMediaBackend();
 
     virtual bool CreateControl(wxControl* ctrl, wxWindow* parent,
                                      wxWindowID id,
@@ -178,6 +163,10 @@ public:
 
     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();
 
@@ -198,6 +187,8 @@ public:
     virtual double GetVolume();
 
     //------------implementation from now on-----------------------------------
+    bool CheckForErrors();
+    bool DoLoad(const wxString& locstring);
     wxMediaCtrl* GetControl() { return m_ctrl; } // for C Callbacks
     void HandleStateChange(GstElementState oldstate, GstElementState newstate);
     bool QueryVideoSizeFromElement(GstElement* element);
@@ -217,16 +208,33 @@ public:
     wxMutex         m_asynclock;    // See "discussion of internals"
     class wxGStreamerMediaEventHandler* m_eventHandler; // see below
 
+    // Mutex protecting just the variables below which are set from
+    // gst_error_callback() called from a different thread.
+    wxMutex m_mutexErr;
+    struct Error
+    {
+        Error(const gchar* message, const gchar* debug)
+            : m_message(message, wxConvUTF8),
+              m_debug(debug, wxConvUTF8)
+        {
+        }
+
+        wxString m_message,
+                 m_debug;
+    };
+
+    wxVector<Error> m_errors;
+
     friend class wxGStreamerMediaEventHandler;
     friend class wxGStreamerLoadWaitTimer;
-    DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxGStreamerMediaBackend);
+    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
+// are issued in a separate 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.
@@ -268,16 +276,14 @@ IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxGStreamerMediaBackend, wxMediaBackend)
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #ifdef __WXGTK__
 extern "C" {
-static gboolean gtk_window_expose_callback(GtkWidget *widget,
-                                           GdkEventExpose *event,
-                                           wxGStreamerMediaBackend *be)
+static gboolean
+#ifdef __WXGTK3__
+draw(GtkWidget* widget, cairo_t* cr, wxGStreamerMediaBackend* be)
+#else
+expose_event(GtkWidget* widget, GdkEventExpose* event, wxGStreamerMediaBackend* be)
+#endif
 {
-    if(event->count > 0)
-        return FALSE;
-
-    GdkWindow *window = GTK_PIZZA(be->GetControl()->m_wxwindow)->bin_window;
-
-    // I've seen this reccommended somewhere...
+    // I've seen this recommended 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 ) );
@@ -294,9 +300,17 @@ static gboolean gtk_window_expose_callback(GtkWidget *widget,
     else
     {
         // draw a black background like some other backends do....
-        gdk_draw_rectangle (window, widget->style->black_gc, TRUE, 0, 0,
+#ifdef __WXGTK3__
+        GtkAllocation a;
+        gtk_widget_get_allocation(widget, &a);
+        cairo_rectangle(cr, 0, 0, a.width, a.height);
+        cairo_set_source_rgb(cr, 0, 0, 0);
+        cairo_fill(cr);
+#else
+        gdk_draw_rectangle (event->window, widget->style->black_gc, TRUE, 0, 0,
                             widget->allocation.width,
                             widget->allocation.height);
+#endif
     }
 
     return FALSE;
@@ -313,26 +327,24 @@ static gboolean gtk_window_expose_callback(GtkWidget *widget,
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #ifdef __WXGTK__
 extern "C" {
-static gint gtk_window_realize_callback(GtkWidget* theWidget,
+static gint gtk_window_realize_callback(GtkWidget* widget,
                                         wxGStreamerMediaBackend* be)
 {
-    DEBUG_MAIN_THREAD // TODO: Is this neccessary?
+    gdk_flush();
 
-    if (g_isIdle)   // FIXME: Why is needed? For wxYield? ??
-        wxapp_install_idle_handler();
-
-    wxYield();    // FIXME: RN: X Server gets an error/crash if I don't do
-                  //       this or a messagebox beforehand?!?!??
-
-    GdkWindow *window = GTK_PIZZA(theWidget)->bin_window;
+    GdkWindow* window = gtk_widget_get_window(widget);
     wxASSERT(window);
 
     gst_x_overlay_set_xwindow_id( GST_X_OVERLAY(be->m_xoverlay),
-                                GDK_WINDOW_XWINDOW( window )
+                                GDK_WINDOW_XID(window)
                                 );
     g_signal_connect (be->GetControl()->m_wxwindow,
-                      "expose_event",
-                      G_CALLBACK(gtk_window_expose_callback), be);
+#ifdef __WXGTK3__
+        "draw", G_CALLBACK(draw),
+#else
+        "expose_event", G_CALLBACK(expose_event),
+#endif
+        be);
     return 0;
 }
 }
@@ -368,7 +380,7 @@ static void gst_state_change_callback(GstElement *play,
 // Called by gstreamer when the media is done playing ("end of stream")
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 extern "C" {
-static void gst_finish_callback(GstElement *play,
+static void gst_finish_callback(GstElement *WXUNUSED(play),
                                 wxGStreamerMediaBackend* be)
 {
     wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_GStreamer, wxT("gst_finish_callback"));
@@ -385,19 +397,14 @@ static void gst_finish_callback(GstElement *play,
 // on the command line as well for those who want extra traces.
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 extern "C" {
-static void gst_error_callback(GstElement *play,
-                               GstElement *src,
+static void gst_error_callback(GstElement *WXUNUSED(play),
+                               GstElement *WXUNUSED(src),
                                GError     *err,
                                gchar      *debug,
                                wxGStreamerMediaBackend* 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);
+    wxMutexLocker lock(be->m_mutexErr);
+    be->m_errors.push_back(wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Error(err->message, debug));
 }
 }
 
@@ -411,7 +418,7 @@ static void gst_error_callback(GstElement *play,
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 extern "C" {
 static void gst_notify_caps_callback(GstPad* pad,
-                                     GParamSpec* pspec,
+                                     GParamSpec* WXUNUSED(pspec),
                                      wxGStreamerMediaBackend* be)
 {
     wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_GStreamer, wxT("gst_notify_caps_callback"));
@@ -433,8 +440,8 @@ static void gst_notify_caps_callback(GstPad* pad,
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #if GST_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || GST_VERSION_MINOR >= 10
 extern "C" {
-static void gst_notify_stream_info_callback(GstElement* element,
-                                            GParamSpec* pspec,
+static void gst_notify_stream_info_callback(GstElement* WXUNUSED(element),
+                                            GParamSpec* WXUNUSED(pspec),
                                             wxGStreamerMediaBackend* be)
 {
     wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_GStreamer, wxT("gst_notify_stream_info_callback"));
@@ -484,10 +491,19 @@ static void gst_desired_size_changed_callback(GstElement * play,
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #if GST_VERSION_MAJOR > 0 || GST_VERSION_MINOR >= 10
 extern "C" {
-static gboolean gst_bus_async_callback(GstBus* bus,
+static gboolean gst_bus_async_callback(GstBus* WXUNUSED(bus),
                                        GstMessage* message,
                                        wxGStreamerMediaBackend* be)
 {
+    if ( GST_MESSAGE_TYPE(message) == GST_MESSAGE_ERROR )
+    {
+        GError* error;
+        gchar* debug;
+        gst_message_parse_error(message, &error, &debug);
+        gst_error_callback(NULL, NULL, error, debug, be);
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
     if(((GstElement*)GST_MESSAGE_SRC(message)) != be->m_playbin)
         return TRUE;
     if(be->m_asynclock.TryLock() != wxMUTEX_NO_ERROR)
@@ -508,14 +524,7 @@ static gboolean gst_bus_async_callback(GstBus* bus,
             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;
     }
@@ -717,7 +726,7 @@ 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))
+    if (!gtk_widget_get_realized(m_ctrl->m_wxwindow))
     {
         // Not realized yet - set to connect at realization time
         g_signal_connect (m_ctrl->m_wxwindow,
@@ -727,24 +736,26 @@ void wxGStreamerMediaBackend::SetupXOverlay()
     }
     else
     {
-        wxYield(); // see realize callback...
-        GdkWindow *window = GTK_PIZZA(m_ctrl->m_wxwindow)->bin_window;
+        gdk_flush();
+
+        GdkWindow* window = gtk_widget_get_window(m_ctrl->m_wxwindow);
         wxASSERT(window);
 #endif
-
-    gst_x_overlay_set_xwindow_id( GST_X_OVERLAY(m_xoverlay),
+        gst_x_overlay_set_xwindow_id(GST_X_OVERLAY(m_xoverlay),
 #ifdef __WXGTK__
-                        GDK_WINDOW_XWINDOW( window )
+                        GDK_WINDOW_XID(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);
+        g_signal_connect(m_ctrl->m_wxwindow,
+#ifdef __WXGTK3__
+            "draw", G_CALLBACK(draw),
+#else
+            "expose_event", G_CALLBACK(expose_event),
+#endif
+            this);
     } // end if GtkPizza realized
 #endif
 }
@@ -908,7 +919,7 @@ bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::TryVideoSink(GstElement* videosink)
 //
 // Called when the media is about to stop
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void wxGStreamerMediaEventHandler::OnMediaFinish(wxMediaEvent& event)
+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
@@ -950,7 +961,8 @@ void wxGStreamerMediaEventHandler::OnMediaFinish(wxMediaEvent& event)
 // Sets m_playbin to NULL signifying we havn't loaded anything yet
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 wxGStreamerMediaBackend::wxGStreamerMediaBackend()
-    : m_playbin(NULL)
+    : m_playbin(NULL),
+      m_eventHandler(NULL)
 {
 }
 
@@ -974,6 +986,32 @@ wxGStreamerMediaBackend::~wxGStreamerMediaBackend()
     }
 }
 
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxGStreamerMediaBackend::CheckForErrors
+//
+// Reports any errors received from gstreamer. Should be called after any
+// failure.
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::CheckForErrors()
+{
+    wxMutexLocker lock(m_mutexErr);
+    if ( m_errors.empty() )
+        return false;
+
+    for ( unsigned n = 0; n < m_errors.size(); n++ )
+    {
+        const Error& err = m_errors[n];
+
+        wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_GStreamer,
+                   "gst_error_callback: %s", err.m_debug);
+        wxLogError(_("Media playback error: %s"), err.m_message);
+    }
+
+    m_errors.clear();
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxGStreamerMediaBackend::CreateControl
 //
@@ -990,31 +1028,59 @@ bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::CreateControl(wxControl* ctrl, wxWindow* parent,
     //
     //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++ )
     {
-        argvGST[i] = wxStrdupA(wxConvUTF8.cWX2MB(wxTheApp->argv[i]));
+        argvGST[i] = wxStrdupA(wxTheApp->argv[i].utf8_str());
     }
 
     argvGST[wxTheApp->argc] = NULL;
 
     int argcGST = wxTheApp->argc;
+#else
+#define argcGST wxTheApp->argc
+#define argvGST wxTheApp->argv
+#endif
 
-    gst_init(&argcGST, &argvGST);
+    //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
 
-    // free our copy
+    // Cleanup arguments for unicode case
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
     for ( i = 0; i < argcGST; i++ )
     {
         free(argvGST[i]);
     }
 
     delete [] argvGST;
-#else
-    gst_init(&wxTheApp->argc, &wxTheApp->argv);
 #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
     //
@@ -1022,7 +1088,7 @@ bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::CreateControl(wxControl* ctrl, wxWindow* parent,
 
 #ifdef __WXGTK__
     // We handle our own GTK expose events
-    m_ctrl->m_noExpose = TRUE;
+    m_ctrl->m_noExpose = true;
 #endif
 
     if( !m_ctrl->wxControl::Create(parent, id, pos, size,
@@ -1038,9 +1104,6 @@ bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::CreateControl(wxControl* ctrl, wxWindow* parent,
     // 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);
-
-    // Tell GtkPizza not to clear the background
-    gtk_pizza_set_clear(GTK_PIZZA(m_ctrl->m_wxwindow), FALSE);
 #endif
 
     // don't erase the background of our control window
@@ -1050,12 +1113,12 @@ bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::CreateControl(wxControl* ctrl, wxWindow* parent,
     // 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
@@ -1091,7 +1154,7 @@ bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::CreateControl(wxControl* ctrl, wxWindow* parent,
                 if( !TryAudioSink(audiosink) )
                 {
                     wxLogSysError(wxT("Could not find a valid audiosink"));
-    return false;
+                    return false;
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -1116,7 +1179,7 @@ bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::CreateControl(wxControl* ctrl, wxWindow* parent,
                     g_object_unref(audiosink);
                     wxLogSysError(wxT("Could not find a suitable video sink"));
                     return false;
-    }
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1144,20 +1207,40 @@ bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::CreateControl(wxControl* ctrl, wxWindow* parent,
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Load (File version)
 //
-// Just calls the URI version
+// Just calls DoLoad() with a prepended file scheme
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Load(const wxString& fileName)
 {
-    return Load(
-                    wxURI(
-                            wxString( wxT("file://") ) + fileName
-                         )
-               );
+    return DoLoad(wxFileSystem::FileNameToURL(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
@@ -1167,7 +1250,7 @@ bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Load(const wxString& fileName)
 // video size or duration - no amount of clever hacking is going to get
 // around that, unfortunately.
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Load(const wxURI& location)
+bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::DoLoad(const wxString& locstring)
 {
     wxMutexLocker lock(m_asynclock); // lock state events and async callbacks
 
@@ -1181,19 +1264,17 @@ bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Load(const wxURI& location)
                                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;
+        CheckForErrors();
+
+        wxLogError(_("Failed to prepare playing \"%s\"."), locstring);
+        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
-    wxString locstring;
-    if(location.GetScheme().CmpNoCase(wxT("file")))
-        locstring = location.BuildUnescapedURI();
-    else
-        locstring = location.BuildURI();
-
     wxASSERT(gst_uri_protocol_is_valid("file"));
     wxASSERT(gst_uri_is_valid(locstring.mb_str()));
 
@@ -1206,11 +1287,18 @@ bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Load(const wxURI& location)
                                GST_STATE_PAUSED) == GST_STATE_FAILURE ||
         !SyncStateChange(m_playbin, GST_STATE_PAUSED))
     {
+        CheckForErrors();
         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
     }
 
+    // It may happen that both calls above succeed but we actually had some
+    // errors during the pipeline setup and it doesn't play. E.g. this happens
+    // if XVideo extension is unavailable but xvimagesink is still used.
+    if ( CheckForErrors() )
+        return false;
+
 
     NotifyMovieLoaded(); // Notify the user - all we can do for now
     return true;
@@ -1228,7 +1316,11 @@ bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Play()
 {
     if (gst_element_set_state (m_playbin,
                                GST_STATE_PLAYING) == GST_STATE_FAILURE)
+    {
+        CheckForErrors();
         return false;
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -1244,7 +1336,10 @@ bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Pause()
     m_llPausedPos = wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetPosition();
     if (gst_element_set_state (m_playbin,
                                GST_STATE_PAUSED) == GST_STATE_FAILURE)
+    {
+        CheckForErrors();
         return false;
+    }
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -1264,6 +1359,7 @@ bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Stop()
                                   GST_STATE_PAUSED) == GST_STATE_FAILURE ||
           !SyncStateChange(m_playbin, GST_STATE_PAUSED))
         {
+            CheckForErrors();
             wxLogSysError(wxT("Could not set state to paused for Stop()"));
             return false;
         }
@@ -1314,7 +1410,7 @@ wxMediaState wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetState()
 // 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()
@@ -1408,7 +1504,10 @@ wxLongLong wxGStreamerMediaBackend::GetDuration()
 // Called when the window is moved - GStreamer takes care of this
 // for us so nothing is needed
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Move(int x, int y, int w, int h)
+void wxGStreamerMediaBackend::Move(int WXUNUSED(x),
+                                   int WXUNUSED(y),
+                                   int WXUNUSED(w),
+                                   int WXUNUSED(h))
 {
 }
 
@@ -1466,6 +1565,8 @@ bool wxGStreamerMediaBackend::SetPlaybackRate(double dRate)
         m_dRate = dRate;
         return true;
     }
+#else
+    wxUnusedVar(dRate);
 #endif
 #endif