element: link_many should activate pads if needed

gst_element_link_many does some magic and creates ghostpads
if needed, but it didn't set the newly created ghostpad to
active if needed. This patch fixes it.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=626784

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gst/gstutils.c b/gst/gstutils.c
index 60eb5b31b2..f1b52af891 100644
--- a/gst/gstutils.c
+++ b/gst/gstutils.c
@@ -1450,18 +1450,28 @@ ghost_up (GstElement * e, GstPad * pad)
   static gint ghost_pad_index = 0;
   GstPad *gpad;
   gchar *name;
+  GstState current;
+  GstState next;
   GstObject *parent = GST_OBJECT_PARENT (e);
 
   name = g_strdup_printf ("ghost%d", ghost_pad_index++);
   gpad = gst_ghost_pad_new (name, pad);
   g_free (name);
 
+  GST_STATE_LOCK (e);
+  gst_element_get_state (e, &current, &next, 0);
+
+  if (current > GST_STATE_READY || next == GST_STATE_PAUSED)
+    gst_pad_set_active (gpad, TRUE);
+
   if (!gst_element_add_pad ((GstElement *) parent, gpad)) {
     g_warning ("Pad named %s already exists in element %s\n",
         GST_OBJECT_NAME (gpad), GST_OBJECT_NAME (parent));
     gst_object_unref ((GstObject *) gpad);
+    GST_STATE_UNLOCK (e);
     return NULL;
   }
+  GST_STATE_UNLOCK (e);
 
   return gpad;
 }