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+2005-11-21  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* examples/cutter.py:
+	  Add an example for the cutter element
+
 2005-11-21  Edward Hervey  <edward@fluendo.com>
 
 	* gst/gst-types.defs:
diff --git a/examples/cutter.py b/examples/cutter.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- Mode: Python -*-
+# vi:si:et:sw=4:sts=4:ts=4
+
+# gst-python
+# Copyright (C) 2005 Thomas Vander Stichele
+#
+# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Library General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+# License along with this library; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+# Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+import gst
+import time
+
+import gobject
+#gobject.threads_init() # so we can safely receive signals from threads
+
+count = 0
+
+def on_message_application(cutter, message, loop):
+    global count
+    s = message.structure
+    which = 'below'
+    if s['above']: which = 'above'
+    print "%s: %s threshold" % (gst.TIME_ARGS(s['timestamp']), which)
+    if s['above']: count += 1
+    if count > 2: loop.quit()
+
+def main():
+    type = 'async'
+    loop = gobject.MainLoop()
+
+    pipeline = gst.Pipeline("cutter")
+    src = gst.element_factory_make("sinesrc", "src")
+    cutter = gst.element_factory_make("cutter")
+    cutter.set_property('threshold', 0.5)
+    sink = gst.element_factory_make("fakesink", "sink")
+    pipeline.add(src, cutter, sink)
+    src.link(cutter)
+    cutter.link(sink)
+
+    control = gst.Controller(src, "volume")
+    control.set_interpolation_mode("volume", gst.INTERPOLATE_LINEAR)
+
+    control.set("volume", 0, 0.0)
+    control.set("volume", 2 * gst.SECOND, 1.0)
+    control.set("volume", 4 * gst.SECOND, 0.0)
+    control.set("volume", 6 * gst.SECOND, 1.0)
+    control.set("volume", 8 * gst.SECOND, 0.0)
+    control.set("volume", 10 * gst.SECOND, 1.0)
+
+    bus = pipeline.get_bus()
+
+    if type == 'async':
+        bus.add_signal_watch()
+        bus.connect('message::element', on_message_application, loop)
+    else:
+        # FIXME: needs wrapping in gst-python
+        bus.set_sync_handler(bus.sync_signal_handler)
+        bus.connect('sync-message::element', on_message_application, loop)
+
+    pipeline.set_state(gst.STATE_PLAYING)
+
+    loop.run()
+
+    pipeline.set_state(gst.STATE_NULL)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()