vcs-camera-satellite/src/gst.rs

use gstreamer::{
    self as gst,
    prelude::{Cast, ElementExtManual, GstBinExtManual},
    ElementFactory,
};
use gstreamer_app as gst_app;

use crate::config::AppConfig;

pub struct Pipeline {
    pub pipeline: gst::Pipeline,

    pub sink: gst_app::AppSink,
}

const HEIGHT: usize = 480;

pub fn new_pipeline(config: &AppConfig) -> Pipeline {
    let pipeline = gst::Pipeline::builder()
        .name("camera_to_rtp_pipeine")
        .build();

    let source = ElementFactory::make("mfvideosrc").build().unwrap();

    let video_convert = ElementFactory::make("videoconvert").build().unwrap();

    let video_scale = ElementFactory::make("videoscale")
        .property("add-borders", true)
        .build()
        .unwrap();

    let video_scale_caps = gstreamer::Caps::builder("video/x-raw")
        .field("height", HEIGHT as i32)
        .field("width", (HEIGHT as f64 * config.aspect_ratio) as i32)
        .build();

    // We are using VP8 because VP9 resulted in much worse video quality
    // when testing -NY 8/25/2024
    let vp8enc = ElementFactory::make("vp8enc").build().unwrap();

    let rtp = ElementFactory::make("rtpvp8pay").build().unwrap();

    let app_sink = gst_app::AppSink::builder().build();

    pipeline
        .add_many([
            &source,
            &video_convert,
            &video_scale,
            &vp8enc,
            &rtp,
            app_sink.upcast_ref(),
        ])
        .expect("Could not add all the stuff to the pipeline");

    gst::Element::link_many(&[&source, &video_convert, &video_scale]).unwrap();

    video_scale
        .link_filtered(&vp8enc, &video_scale_caps)
        .expect("Could not link videoscale to vp8enc with caps!");

    gst::Element::link_many(&[&vp8enc, &rtp, app_sink.upcast_ref()]).unwrap();

    Pipeline {
        pipeline,
        sink: app_sink,
    }
}