Re: how to disable ---> enable-->disable upnp service of Rygel without re-start

[Jens Georg <mail jensge org>]

On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 09:07:25PM +0800, Soho Soho123 wrote:
> Dear Jens,
> 
> If just disable upnp service from rygel.conf,
> when playbin is in PLAYBACK state, then will the sound be stopped?

Good question, no idea. Never tried. Probably.

> I would like to get the result :
> stop dlna service  completely (include playback) and release alsa
> audio sound card
> and
> start dlna service  completely for a short time.

Do you want to continue playback at the same point? If you'd use pulseaudio,
you could just mute the DLNA player.

> It seems gstreamer takes a long time.
> But I am not sure where will take a long time.

Usually it's the registry update. You should make sure that it doesn't have to
rebuild it all the time.

> 
> Thanks!
> Best Regards,
> Soho
> 
> 2012/10/29 Jens Georg <mail jensge org>:
> > On Mo, 2012-10-29 at 10:10 +0800, Soho Soho123 wrote:
> >> Dear Jens,
> >>
> >> Do you have idea :
> >> how to disable --> enable --> disable Rygel upnp service in runtime
> >> without re-start rygel?
> >
> > With 0.15: Edit rygel.conf, set upnp-enabled to false/true and kill -HUP
> > $(pidof rygel)
> >
> > There's a slightly easier way (meaning: automatic reload) to be
> > implemented on master soon.
> >
> >> since it will take about 10 seconds for starting rygel.
> >> Or is there any other approach to reduce the starting time duration for rygel?
> >
> > Maybe you should try to find out why it is slow in starting? Does it
> > e.g. have to re-build the GStreamer registry everytime when starting?
> > IIRC you're running the renderer only?
> >
> >> Is it possible to enable or disable upnp service for rygel in runtime
> >> by modify the code in gssdp, or gupnp, or rygel ?
> >
> > Yes, in Rygel. Change all plugins to inactive (plugin.active = false) or
> > active.
> >
>