missing tcp plugins: tcpclient[src|sink] tcpserver[src|sink]

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I assume that this is because ossbuild uses:
"GStreamer Base Plugins      v0.10.28"
And these plugins are only available in a later version of gst-plugins-base? 
(the git web interface doesn't show me enough information to work it out)

I am using the 0.10.7 beta4 build (thanks - works great!)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by tot...@gmail.com on 5 Apr 2011 at 4:33

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Looking at the source, it seems that tcpclient[src|sink] and 
tcpserver[src|sink] were already present as of v0.10.28 (and pretty much 
unchanged since).

Does anyone know why they are not available in the beta SDK builds?

Original comment by tot...@gmail.com on 18 Apr 2011 at 4:46

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I believe, IIRC, that it's because they require unix headers/libs that are 
unavailable for compilation with MSVC. They need to be ported, basically. Of 
course, it's been a while since I last looked at it...

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 18 Apr 2011 at 10:23

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Hah, a quick search seems to indicate that porting the tcp code to winsocks 
shouldn't be too hard.
Is there any documentation out there on how to add existing code (the /gst/ 
dir) to the VS project?

Original comment by tot...@gmail.com on 23 Apr 2011 at 8:01

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Sorry, I meant the /gst/tcp/ directory, obviously.

Original comment by tot...@gmail.com on 27 Apr 2011 at 1:50

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Open the project in visual studio (use the solution, actually) and then just 
drag and drop the files from explorer into the visual studio project. I believe 
there's already one made that should include those files, if they had been 
msvc-compatible.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 27 Apr 2011 at 3:33

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Look at Main/GStreamer/Windows/Build/Plugins/Base/gst/notimpl/ and then copy 
libgsttcp.vcproj into Main/GStreamer/Windows/Build/Plugins/Base/gst/, add it to 
the solution, and then you might need to modify some paths since that was made 
before we shifted some paths around. That should be enough to get you started. 
If it's still not working, copy one of the projects in 
Main/GStreamer/Windows/Build/Plugins/Base/gst/, change its project GUID, then 
add it to the solution.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 27 Apr 2011 at 3:38

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When you're done, submit your patches upstream. Once they're submitted, 
accepted, and added to the repo., open a new issue here to let us know and 
we'll update our repo. with the changes.

Original comment by david.g.hoyt on 27 Apr 2011 at 3:40

• Changed state: WontFix

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Last time I tried to load it up, Visual Studio barfed at me with lots of 
errors. I just haven't got time to fight with it at the moment... So, don't 
hold your breath.

Original comment by tot...@gmail.com on 2 Sep 2011 at 7:17

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I've had a go, and managed to get as far as connecting to the other end 
(clientsrc and clientsink only) - it is not meant to be usable, just RFC at 
this stage.
* WSAStartup should be moved to a common location so it only gets called once, 
but what about WSACleanup? Is there a global shutdown hook that can be used?
* Are there any good existing examples of how to use WSAGetLastError instead of 
errno?

I am not sure how much more time I can spend on this in the near future, so I 
am attaching what I have. Feel free to comment.

Original comment by tot...@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2011 at 2:02

Attachments:

• tcp-win32.patch