Re: Embed gstreamer video in a GtkNotebook tab

[Tristan Van Berkom <tvb gnome org>]

2009/6/29 João Paulo Mafra <jpmneofito gmail com>:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to make a video player using gtk and gstreamer. I already can
> show gstreamer videos in a gtk window (as shown in
> http://tristanswork.blogspot.com/2008/09/fullscreen-video-in-gstreamer-with-gtk.html),
> but I need to show the video in a tab of the GtkNotebook widget. I asked in
> the gstreamer mailing list how to do that, and they tell me to use the
> GtkSocket widget, but it isn't as simple as it seems. GtkSocket needs a
> GtkPlug, which needs a GdkNativeWindow. I'm not sure on how to connect the
> gstreamer x-overlay plugin
> (http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/pwg/html/section-iface-xoverlay.html)
> with the GtkSocket/GtkPlug. I think this is because of my lack of X11
> knowledge. Do you think trying to use GtkSocket/GtkPlug is really the path
> to go? Any other suggestion?
>
> Any help will be much appreciated.