gst_plugin_load_by_name() assumed a plugin has a filename,
which isn't true for static plugins, leading to criticals.
If a plugin is already loaded, just return the loaded plugin,
which makes it work for static plugins as well as saving a
moment for already-loaded dynamic plugins.
Add locking in gst_plugin_is_loaded(), as a plugin may be
still being loaded in another thread.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/3552>
the licence in gstreamer/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/gstplugin.c
currently is defined to be one of:
LGPL GPL QPL GPL/QPL MPL BSD MIT/X11 0BSD Proprietary
The open source project for the kinesis plugin is using an
Apache 2.0 license. Because "Apache 2.0" is not one of the
supported licenses it automatically falls back to Proprietary.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/2514>
If a file includes a new version of a plugin that exits in the
registry, the output of gst-inspect is incorrect. The output has the
correct version but incorrect filename, and element description.
This seems to have also fixed some documentation issues.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1344>
It is an extremely common mistake on Windows to have incorrect PATH
values when loading a plugin, and the error from g_module_error()
(which just calls FormatMessageW()) is very confusing in this case:
The specified module could not be found.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/debug/system-error-codes--0-499-#ERROR_MOD_NOT_FOUND
It implies the plugin itself could not be found. The actual issue is
that a DLL dependency could not be found. We need to detect this case
and print a more useful error message.
We should still print the error fetched from FormatMessage() so that
people are able to google for it.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1540>
