Re: Why can't a MediaPipeline be restarted after a stop?

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 26/03/2024 à 17:10, Claus Dietrich a écrit :
> Can someone explain why I can start and stop the playing of a web-radio 
> stream with a MediaPipeline but not restart it?
>
> My practice shows, that a pipeline which contains a LinkLaterTo-Link 
> shows this behaviour. As a consequence I have to Null the pipeline, set 
> it up again and start it again which is inconsistent and inconvenient.
>
> Here a minimum project with this problem:
>
>   Private pl As MediaPipeline
>   Private src As MediaControl
>   Private cnv As MediaControl
>   Private snk As MediaControl
>
> Public Sub Form_Open()
>
>    'Generate Pipeline
>    pl = New MediaPipeline
>
>    'Generate MediaControls
>    src = New MediaControl(pl, "uridecodebin")
>    src["uri"] = 
> "http://icecast.ndr.de/ndr/ndr1wellenord/kiel/mp3/128/stream.mp3";
>    cnv = New MediaControl(pl, "audioconvert")
>    snk = New MediaControl(pl, "autoaudiosink")
>
>    'Link MediaControls
>    src.LinkLaterTo(cnv)
>    cnv.LinkTo(snk)
>
> End
>
> Public Sub ButtonStart_Click()
>
>    pl.play
>
> End
>
> Public Sub ButtonStop_Click()
>
>    pl.Stop
>
> End
>
> Best regards
>
> Claus

No idea. It works with the default GStreamer media player.

Anyway, in your case, you should use "Pause()" instead of "Stop()".

Regards,

--
Benoît Minisini.