missingElementInstallerDetailNew

fnstring missingElementInstallerDetailNew(string factoryName)

Returns an opaque string containing all the details about the missing element to be passed to an external installer called via [gstpbutils.global.installPluginsAsync] or [gstpbutils.global.installPluginsSync].

This function is mainly for applications that call external plugin installation mechanisms using one of the two above-mentioned functions in the case where the application knows exactly what kind of plugin it is missing.

Parameters

factoryNamethe name of the missing element (element factory), e.g. "videoscale" or "cdparanoiasrc"

Returns

a newly-allocated detail string. Free string

with [glib.global.gfree] when not needed any longer.