Implement simple seek API. This can later be extended to work with GstPipeline...

Implement simple seek API. This can later be extended to work with GstPipeline as arguments and so on *autodetect pro...

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Implement simple seek API. This can later be extended to work with GstPipeline as arguments and so on *autodetect proper element to send event to and so on), but this'll do as a start... See #116149

gst/gstelement.c

@@ -1900,6 +1900,26 @@ gst_element_send_event (GstElement *element, GstEvent *event)
   return FALSE;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gst_element_seek:
+ * @element: a #GstElement to send the event to.
+ * @seek_type: the method to use for seeking.
+ * @offset: the offset to seek to.
+ *
+ * Sends a seek event to an element.
+ *
+ * Returns: TRUE if the event was handled.
+ */
+gboolean
+gst_element_seek (GstElement  *element,
+		  GstSeekType  seek_type,
+		  guint64      offset)
+{
+  GstEvent *event = gst_event_new_seek (seek_type, offset);
+
+  return gst_element_send_event (element, event);
+}
+
 /**
  * gst_element_get_query_types:
  * @element: a #GstElement to query

gst/gstelement.h

@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ void			gst_element_unlink_pads		(GstElement *src, const gchar *srcpadname,
 
 const GstEventMask*	gst_element_get_event_masks	(GstElement *element);
 gboolean		gst_element_send_event		(GstElement *element, GstEvent *event);
+gboolean		gst_element_seek		(GstElement *element, GstSeekType seek_type,
+							 guint64 offset);
 const GstQueryType*	gst_element_get_query_types	(GstElement *element);
 gboolean		gst_element_query		(GstElement *element, GstQueryType type,
 			                                 GstFormat *format, gint64 *value);