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Diffstat (limited to 'gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecode.c')
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecode.c b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecode.c index de61d14c..3fa3c175 100644 --- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecode.c +++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecode.c @@ -23,11 +23,28 @@ */ /** - * SECTION:gstvaapidecode + * SECTION:element-vaapidecode * @short_description: A VA-API based video decoder * * vaapidecode decodes from raw bitstreams to surfaces suitable for - * the vaapisink element. + * the vaapisink or vaapipostproc elements using the installed <ulink + * url="https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Software/vaapi/">VA-API</ulink> + * back-end. + * + * In the case of OpenGL based elements, the buffers have the + * #GstVideoGLTextureUploadMeta meta, which efficiently copies the + * content of the VA-API surface into a GL texture. + * + * Also it can deliver normal video buffers that can be rendered or + * processed by other elements, but the performance would be rather + * bad. + * + * <refsect2> + * <title>Example launch line</title> + * |[ + * gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=~/big_buck_bunny.mov ! qtdemux ! h264parse ! vaapidecode ! vaapisink + * ]| + * </refsect2> */ #include "gstcompat.h" |