commit 9b36497e155d8fa6d65dd9617a9574fba8472fe6
Author: Andreas Frisch <fraxinas@opendreambox.org>
Date:   Mon Apr 18 19:48:23 2016 +0200

    initial commit: test application for videotestsrc overlay with semitransparent png mask

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diff --git a/video-overlay-test.py b/video-overlay-test.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys, os
+import gi
+gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
+gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0')
+gi.require_version('GstVideo', '1.0')
+gi.require_version('GdkX11', '3.0')
+from gi.repository import Gst, GObject, Gtk, GdkX11, GstVideo
+
+class GTK_Main:
+	def __init__(self):
+		window = Gtk.Window(Gtk.WindowType.TOPLEVEL)
+		window.set_title("Live Video Preview")
+		window.set_default_size(1024, 830)
+		window.connect("destroy", Gtk.main_quit, "WM destroy")
+		vbox = Gtk.VBox()
+		window.add(vbox)
+		self.movie_window = Gtk.DrawingArea()
+		vbox.add(self.movie_window)
+		hbox = Gtk.HBox()
+		vbox.pack_start(hbox, False, False, 0)
+		hbox.set_border_width(10)
+		hbox.pack_start(Gtk.Label(), False, False, 0)
+		self.button = Gtk.Button("Start")
+		self.button.connect("clicked", self.start_stop)
+		hbox.pack_start(self.button, False, False, 0)
+		self.button2 = Gtk.Button("Quit")
+		self.button2.connect("clicked", self.exit)
+		hbox.pack_start(self.button2, False, False, 0)
+		hbox.add(Gtk.Label())
+		window.show_all()
+
+		self.player = Gst.Pipeline.new("player")
+		source = Gst.ElementFactory.make("videotestsrc", "file-source")
+		source.set_property("pattern", 1)
+		capsfilter = Gst.ElementFactory.make("capsfilter", "capsfilter")
+		caps = Gst.Caps.from_string("video/x-raw, width=1024, height=768")
+		capsfilter.set_property("caps", caps)
+		video_convert = Gst.ElementFactory.make("videoconvert", "video_convert")
+
+		png_source = Gst.ElementFactory.make("filesrc", "png-source")
+		png_source.set_property("location", os.path.realpath("overlay.png"))
+		png_decoder = Gst.ElementFactory.make("pngdec", "png-decoder")
+		alphacolor = Gst.ElementFactory.make("alphacolor", "alphacolor")
+		png_convert = Gst.ElementFactory.make("videoconvert", "png_convert")
+		imagefreeze = Gst.ElementFactory.make("imagefreeze", "imagefreeze")
+
+		mixer = Gst.ElementFactory.make("videomixer", "mixer")
+		mix_convert = Gst.ElementFactory.make("videoconvert", "mix_convert")
+		videosink = Gst.ElementFactory.make("xvimagesink", "video-output")
+
+		for ele in (source, capsfilter, video_convert, png_source, png_decoder, alphacolor, png_convert, imagefreeze, mixer, mix_convert, videosink):
+			self.player.add(ele)
+			
+		source.link(capsfilter)
+		capsfilter.link(video_convert)
+		video_convert.link(mixer)
+
+		png_source.link(png_decoder)
+		png_decoder.link(alphacolor)
+		alphacolor.link(png_convert)
+		png_convert.link(imagefreeze)
+		imagefreeze.link(mixer)
+
+		mixer.link(mix_convert)
+		mix_convert.link(videosink)
+
+		bus = self.player.get_bus()
+		bus.add_signal_watch()
+		bus.enable_sync_message_emission()
+		bus.connect("message", self.on_message)
+		bus.connect("sync-message::element", self.on_sync_message)
+
+	def start_stop(self, w):
+		if self.button.get_label() == "Start":
+			self.xid = self.movie_window.get_property('window').get_xid()
+			self.button.set_label("Stop")
+			self.player.set_state(Gst.State.PLAYING)
+		else:
+			self.player.set_state(Gst.State.NULL)
+			self.button.set_label("Start")
+			
+	def exit(self, widget, data=None):
+		Gtk.main_quit()
+
+	def on_message(self, bus, message):
+		t = message.type
+		if t == Gst.MessageType.EOS:
+			self.player.set_state(Gst.State.NULL)
+			self.button.set_label("Start")
+		elif t == Gst.MessageType.ERROR:
+			err, debug = message.parse_error()
+			print "Error: %s" % err, debug
+			self.player.set_state(Gst.State.NULL)
+			self.button.set_label("Start")
+
+	def on_sync_message(self, bus, message):
+		struct = message.get_structure()
+		if not struct:
+			return
+		message_name = struct.get_name()
+		if message_name == "prepare-window-handle":
+			message.src.set_window_handle(self.xid)
+
+Gst.init(None)
+GTK_Main()
+GObject.threads_init()
+Gtk.main()