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>Chapter 10. Element states</H1
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Once you have created a pipeline packed with elements, nothing will happen
right away. This is where the different states come into play.
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An element can be in one of the following four states:
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> NULL: this is the default state all elements are in when they are created
and are doing nothing.
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> READY: An element is ready to start doing something.
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> PAUSED: The element is paused for a period of time.
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> PLAYING: The element is doing something.
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All elements start with the NULL state. The elements will go throught
the following state changes: NULL -> READY -> PAUSED ->
PLAYING. When going from NULL to PLAYING, GStreamer will
internally go throught the intermediate states.
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You can set the following states on an element:
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>will make the element ready to start processing data.
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>temporary stops the data flow.
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>means there really is data flowing through the graph.
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