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To calculate a buffer running-time, we need a buffer timestamp and
the SEGMENT event that preceeded the buffer. First we can convert
the SEGMENT event into a GstSegment
object
and then we can use the
gst_segment_to_running_time ()
function to
perform the calculation of the buffer running-time.
Synchronization is now a matter of making sure that a buffer with a certain running-time is played when the clock reaches the same running-time. Usually this task is done by sink elements. Sink also have to take into account the latency configured in the pipeline and add this to the buffer running-time before synchronizing to the pipeline clock.
Non-live sources timestamp buffers with a running-time starting from 0. After a flushing seek, they will produce buffers again from a running-time of 0.
Live sources need to timestamp buffers with a running-time matching the pipeline running-time when the first byte of the buffer was captured.