multifilesink
Write incoming data to a series of sequentially-named files.
This element is usually used with data where each buffer is an independent unit of data in its own right (e.g. raw video buffers or encoded JPEG or PNG images) or with streamable container formats such as MPEG-TS or MPEG-PS.
It is not possible to use this element to create independently playable mp4 files, use the splitmuxsink element for that instead.
The filename property should contain a string with a %d placeholder that will be substituted with the index for each filename.
If the GstMultiFileSink:post-messages property is TRUE, it sends an application
message named GstMultiFileSink after writing each buffer.
The message's structure contains these fields:
- 
gchararray filename: the filename where the buffer was written.
- 
gint index: index of the buffer.
- 
GstClockTime timestamp: the timestamp of the buffer.
- 
GstClockTime stream-time: the stream time of the buffer.
- GstClockTime running-time`: the running_time of the buffer.
- 
GstClockTime duration: the duration of the buffer.
- 
guint64 offset: the offset of the buffer that triggered the message.
- 
guint64 offset-end: the offset-end of the buffer that triggered the message.
Example launch line
 gst-launch-1.0 audiotestsrc ! multifilesink
 gst-launch-1.0 videotestsrc ! multifilesink post-messages=true location="frame%d"
Hierarchy
GObject ╰──GInitiallyUnowned ╰──GstObject ╰──GstElement ╰──GstBaseSink ╰──multifilesink
Factory details
Authors: – David Schleef 
Classification: – Sink/File
Rank – none
Plugin – multifile
Package – GStreamer Good Plug-ins
Pad Templates
sink
        ANYProperties
aggregate-gops
“aggregate-gops” gboolean
Whether to aggregate complete GOPs before doing any processing. Set this to TRUE to make sure each new file starts with a keyframe. This requires the upstream element to flag buffers containing key units and delta units correctly. At least the MPEG-PS and MPEG-TS muxers should be doing this.
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : false
index
“index” gint
Index to use with location property to create file names. The index is incremented by one for each buffer written.
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : 0
location
“location” gchararray
Location of the file to write
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : %%05d
max-file-duration
“max-file-duration” guint64
Maximum file size before starting a new file in max-size mode.
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : 18446744073709551615
max-file-size
“max-file-size” guint64
Maximum file size before starting a new file in max-size mode.
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : 2147483648
max-files
“max-files” guint
Maximum number of files to keep on disk. Once the maximum is reached, old files start to be deleted to make room for new ones.
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : 0
next-file
“next-file” Multi-file-sink-next *
When to start a new file.
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : buffer (0)
post-messages
“post-messages” gboolean
Post a message on the GstBus for each file.
Flags : Read / Write
Default value : false
Named constants
Multi-file-sink-next
File splitting modes.
Members
buffer (0) – New file for each buffer
        discont (1) – New file after each discontinuity
        key-frame (2) – New file at each key frame (Useful for MPEG-TS segmenting)
        key-unit-event (3) – New file after a force key unit event
        max-size (4) – New file when the configured maximum file size would be exceeded with the next buffer or buffer list
        max-duration (5) – New file when the configured maximum file duration would be exceeded with the next buffer or buffer list
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