An easy to use GTK integration library. Meant as a GtkVideo alternative.
While GtkVideo is more of a simple example of video playback under GTK4, this
acts as a full-fledged video player in the form of a GtkWidget that can be placed
anywhere within application.
The widget offers customization options for both top header and bottom playback
controls panels. The Clapper playback API is exposed under widget "player" property
making it easy for the programmer to set media and control playback programically.
The new library will be distributed with Clapper player. This includes public headers
and GObject Introspection support.
Licensed under LGPL-2.1-or-later.
An easy to use media playback library (libclapper) as a GstPlayer replacement.
Previously we tried to use upstream `gstplayer` library to control playback and
pass all events from multiple threads GStreamer uses into an app main thread.
Since this caused some thread racy problems and we needed additional ABI breaking
changes to better suit our needs, we ended up with a modified fork of said library
renamed to `gstclapper` as a temporary solution.
This new library simply named `clapper` replaces our previous `gstclapper` solution
and is written completely from scratch by myself. The aim here is to have an easy to
use playback library better suited to work with (but not limited to) GTK and GObject
properties bindings by relying on "notify" signals.
Major differences include:
* Operates on a playback queue (inherits `GListModel` interface) instead of a single URI
* Uses "notify" signals for property changes always dispatched to app thread
* Time is passed/read as decimal number in seconds instead of int64 in nanoseconds
* Integrates `GstDiscoverer` to figure out media info (such as title) before playback
* Easy to use MPRIS support as part of library
* Optional playback remote controls with WebSocket messages
The new library will be distributed with Clapper player. This includes public headers
and GObject Introspection support.
Licensed under LGPL-2.1-or-later.
Enjoy
