gst_plugins_good/gst/avi/gstavimux.c
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+/* AVI muxer plugin for GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
+ *           (C) 2006 Mark Nauwelaerts <manauw@skynet.be>
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/* based on:
+ * - the old avimuxer (by Wim Taymans)
+ * - xawtv's aviwriter (by Gerd Knorr)
+ * - mjpegtools' avilib (by Rainer Johanni)
+ * - openDML large-AVI docs
+ */
+
+/**
+ * SECTION:element-avimux
+ *
+ * Muxes raw or compressed audio and/or video streams into an AVI file.
+ *
+ * <refsect2>
+ * <title>Example launch lines</title>
+ * <para>(write everything in one line, without the backslash characters)</para>
+ * |[
+ * gst-launch videotestsrc num-buffers=250 \
+ * ! 'video/x-raw-yuv,format=(fourcc)I420,width=320,height=240,framerate=(fraction)25/1' \
+ * ! queue ! mux. \
+ * audiotestsrc num-buffers=440 ! audioconvert \
+ * ! 'audio/x-raw-int,rate=44100,channels=2' ! queue ! mux. \
+ * avimux name=mux ! filesink location=test.avi
+ * ]| This will create an .AVI file containing an uncompressed video stream
+ * with a test picture and an uncompressed audio stream containing a 
+ * test sound.
+ * |[
+ * gst-launch videotestsrc num-buffers=250 \
+ * ! 'video/x-raw-yuv,format=(fourcc)I420,width=320,height=240,framerate=(fraction)25/1' \
+ * ! xvidenc ! queue ! mux. \
+ * audiotestsrc num-buffers=440 ! audioconvert ! 'audio/x-raw-int,rate=44100,channels=2' \
+ * ! lame ! queue ! mux. \
+ * avimux name=mux ! filesink location=test.avi
+ * ]| This will create an .AVI file containing the same test video and sound
+ * as above, only that both streams will be compressed this time. This will
+ * only work if you have the necessary encoder elements installed of course.
+ * </refsect2>
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "gst/gst-i18n-plugin.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <gst/video/video.h>
+
+#include "gstavimux.h"
+
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (avimux_debug);
+#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT avimux_debug
+
+enum
+{
+  ARG_0,
+  ARG_BIGFILE
+};
+
+#define DEFAULT_BIGFILE TRUE
+
+static const GstElementDetails gst_avi_mux_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Avi muxer",
+    "Codec/Muxer",
+    "Muxes audio and video into an avi stream",
+    "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>");
+
+static GstStaticPadTemplate src_factory = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
+    GST_PAD_SRC,
+    GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
+    GST_STATIC_CAPS ("video/x-msvideo")
+    );
+
+static GstStaticPadTemplate video_sink_factory =
+    GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("video_%d",
+    GST_PAD_SINK,
+    GST_PAD_REQUEST,
+    GST_STATIC_CAPS ("video/x-raw-yuv, "
+        "format = (fourcc) { YUY2, I420 }, "
+        "width = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "height = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "framerate = (fraction) [ 0, MAX ]; "
+        "image/jpeg, "
+        "width = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "height = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "framerate = (fraction) [ 0, MAX ]; "
+        "video/x-divx, "
+        "width = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "height = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "framerate = (fraction) [ 0, MAX ], "
+        "divxversion = (int) [ 3, 5 ]; "
+        "video/x-xvid, "
+        "width = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "height = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "framerate = (fraction) [ 0, MAX ]; "
+        "video/x-3ivx, "
+        "width = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "height = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "framerate = (fraction) [ 0, MAX ]; "
+        "video/x-msmpeg, "
+        "width = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "height = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "framerate = (fraction) [ 0, MAX ], "
+        "msmpegversion = (int) [ 41, 43 ]; "
+        "video/mpeg, "
+        "width = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "height = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "framerate = (fraction) [ 0, MAX ], "
+        "mpegversion = (int) { 1, 2, 4}, "
+        "systemstream = (boolean) FALSE; "
+        "video/x-h263, "
+        "width = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "height = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "framerate = (fraction) [ 0, MAX ]; "
+        "video/x-h264, "
+        "width = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "height = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "framerate = (fraction) [ 0, MAX ]; "
+        "video/x-dv, "
+        "width = (int) 720, "
+        "height = (int) { 576, 480 }, "
+        "framerate = (fraction) [ 0, MAX ], "
+        "systemstream = (boolean) FALSE; "
+        "video/x-huffyuv, "
+        "width = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "height = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], " "framerate = (fraction) [ 0, MAX ];"
+        "video/x-dirac, "
+        "width = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "height = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], " "framerate = (fraction) [ 0, MAX ];"
+        "video/x-wmv, "
+        "width = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], "
+        "height = (int) [ 16, 4096 ], " "framerate = (fraction) [ 0, MAX ], "
+        "wmvversion = (int) [ 1, 3]")
+    );
+
+static GstStaticPadTemplate audio_sink_factory =
+    GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("audio_%d",
+    GST_PAD_SINK,
+    GST_PAD_REQUEST,
+    GST_STATIC_CAPS ("audio/x-raw-int, "
+        "endianness = (int) LITTLE_ENDIAN, "
+        "signed = (boolean) { TRUE, FALSE }, "
+        "width = (int) { 8, 16 }, "
+        "depth = (int) { 8, 16 }, "
+        "rate = (int) [ 1000, 96000 ], "
+        "channels = (int) [ 1, 2 ]; "
+        "audio/mpeg, "
+        "mpegversion = (int) 1, "
+        "layer = (int) [ 1, 3 ], "
+        "rate = (int) [ 1000, 96000 ], " "channels = (int) [ 1, 2 ]; "
+        "audio/mpeg, "
+        "mpegversion = (int) 4, "
+        "rate = (int) [ 1000, 96000 ], " "channels = (int) [ 1, 2 ]; "
+/*#if 0 VC6 doesn't support #if here ...
+        "audio/x-vorbis, "
+        "rate = (int) [ 1000, 96000 ], " "channels = (int) [ 1, 2 ]; "
+#endif*/
+        "audio/x-ac3, "
+        "rate = (int) [ 1000, 96000 ], " "channels = (int) [ 1, 2 ]; "
+        "audio/x-alaw, "
+        "rate = (int) [ 1000, 48000 ], " "channels = (int) [ 1, 2 ]; "
+        "audio/x-mulaw, "
+        "rate = (int) [ 1000, 48000 ], " "channels = (int) [ 1, 2 ]; "
+        "audio/x-wma, "
+        "rate = (int) [ 1000, 96000 ], " "channels = (int) [ 1, 2 ], "
+        "wmaversion = (int) [ 1, 2 ] ")
+    );
+
+static void gst_avi_mux_base_init (gpointer g_class);
+static void gst_avi_mux_class_init (GstAviMuxClass * klass);
+static void gst_avi_mux_init (GstAviMux * avimux);
+static void gst_avi_mux_pad_reset (GstAviPad * avipad, gboolean free);
+
+static GstFlowReturn gst_avi_mux_collect_pads (GstCollectPads * pads,
+    GstAviMux * avimux);
+static gboolean gst_avi_mux_handle_event (GstPad * pad, GstEvent * event);
+static GstPad *gst_avi_mux_request_new_pad (GstElement * element,
+    GstPadTemplate * templ, const gchar * name);
+static void gst_avi_mux_release_pad (GstElement * element, GstPad * pad);
+static void gst_avi_mux_set_property (GObject * object,
+    guint prop_id, const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec);
+static void gst_avi_mux_get_property (GObject * object,
+    guint prop_id, GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec);
+static GstStateChangeReturn gst_avi_mux_change_state (GstElement * element,
+    GstStateChange transition);
+
+static GstElementClass *parent_class = NULL;
+
+GType
+gst_avi_mux_get_type (void)
+{
+  static GType avimux_type = 0;
+
+  if (!avimux_type) {
+    static const GTypeInfo avimux_info = {
+      sizeof (GstAviMuxClass),
+      gst_avi_mux_base_init,
+      NULL,
+      (GClassInitFunc) gst_avi_mux_class_init,
+      NULL,
+      NULL,
+      sizeof (GstAviMux),
+      0,
+      (GInstanceInitFunc) gst_avi_mux_init,
+    };
+    static const GInterfaceInfo tag_setter_info = {
+      NULL,
+      NULL,
+      NULL
+    };
+
+    avimux_type =
+        g_type_register_static (GST_TYPE_ELEMENT, "GstAviMux", &avimux_info, 0);
+    g_type_add_interface_static (avimux_type, GST_TYPE_TAG_SETTER,
+        &tag_setter_info);
+  }
+  return avimux_type;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_avi_mux_base_init (gpointer g_class)
+{
+  GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
+
+  gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
+      gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_factory));
+  gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
+      gst_static_pad_template_get (&audio_sink_factory));
+  gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
+      gst_static_pad_template_get (&video_sink_factory));
+
+  gst_element_class_set_details (element_class, &gst_avi_mux_details);
+
+  GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (avimux_debug, "avimux", 0, "Muxer for AVI streams");
+}
+
+static void
+gst_avi_mux_finalize (GObject * object)
+{
+  GstAviMux *mux = GST_AVI_MUX (object);
+  GSList *node;
+
+  /* completely free each sinkpad */
+  node = mux->sinkpads;
+  while (node) {
+    GstAviPad *avipad = (GstAviPad *) node->data;
+
+    node = node->next;
+
+    gst_avi_mux_pad_reset (avipad, TRUE);
+    g_free (avipad);
+  }
+  g_slist_free (mux->sinkpads);
+  mux->sinkpads = NULL;
+
+  g_free (mux->idx);
+  mux->idx = NULL;
+
+  gst_object_unref (mux->collect);
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->finalize (object);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_avi_mux_class_init (GstAviMuxClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *gobject_class;
+  GstElementClass *gstelement_class;
+
+  gobject_class = (GObjectClass *) klass;
+  gstelement_class = (GstElementClass *) klass;
+
+  parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
+
+  gobject_class->get_property = gst_avi_mux_get_property;
+  gobject_class->set_property = gst_avi_mux_set_property;
+  gobject_class->finalize = gst_avi_mux_finalize;
+
+  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, ARG_BIGFILE,
+      g_param_spec_boolean ("bigfile", "Bigfile Support (>2GB)",
+          "Support for openDML-2.0 (big) AVI files", DEFAULT_BIGFILE,
+          G_PARAM_READWRITE));
+
+  gstelement_class->request_new_pad =
+      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_avi_mux_request_new_pad);
+  gstelement_class->release_pad = GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_avi_mux_release_pad);
+  gstelement_class->change_state = GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_avi_mux_change_state);
+}
+
+/* reset pad to initial state
+ * free - if true, release all, not only stream related, data */
+static void
+gst_avi_mux_pad_reset (GstAviPad * avipad, gboolean free)
+{
+  /* generic part */
+  memset (&(avipad->hdr), 0, sizeof (gst_riff_strh));
+
+  memset (&(avipad->idx[0]), 0, sizeof (avipad->idx));
+
+  if (free) {
+    g_free (avipad->tag);
+    avipad->tag = NULL;
+    g_free (avipad->idx_tag);
+    avipad->idx_tag = NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (avipad->is_video) {
+    GstAviVideoPad *vidpad = (GstAviVideoPad *) avipad;
+
+    avipad->hdr.type = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('v', 'i', 'd', 's');
+    if (vidpad->vids_codec_data) {
+      gst_buffer_unref (vidpad->vids_codec_data);
+      vidpad->vids_codec_data = NULL;
+    }
+
+    memset (&(vidpad->vids), 0, sizeof (gst_riff_strf_vids));
+    memset (&(vidpad->vprp), 0, sizeof (gst_riff_vprp));
+  } else {
+    GstAviAudioPad *audpad = (GstAviAudioPad *) avipad;
+
+    avipad->hdr.type = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('a', 'u', 'd', 's');
+    if (audpad->auds_codec_data) {
+      gst_buffer_unref (audpad->auds_codec_data);
+      audpad->auds_codec_data = NULL;
+    }
+
+    memset (&(audpad->auds), 0, sizeof (gst_riff_strf_auds));
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_avi_mux_reset (GstAviMux * avimux)
+{
+  GSList *node, *newlist = NULL;
+
+  /* free and reset each sinkpad */
+  node = avimux->sinkpads;
+  while (node) {
+    GstAviPad *avipad = (GstAviPad *) node->data;
+
+    node = node->next;
+
+    gst_avi_mux_pad_reset (avipad, FALSE);
+    /* if this pad has collectdata, keep it, otherwise dump it completely */
+    if (avipad->collect)
+      newlist = g_slist_append (newlist, avipad);
+    else {
+      gst_avi_mux_pad_reset (avipad, TRUE);
+      g_free (avipad);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* free the old list of sinkpads, only keep the real collecting ones */
+  g_slist_free (avimux->sinkpads);
+  avimux->sinkpads = newlist;
+
+  /* avi data */
+  avimux->num_frames = 0;
+  memset (&(avimux->avi_hdr), 0, sizeof (gst_riff_avih));
+  avimux->avi_hdr.max_bps = 10000000;
+  avimux->codec_data_size = 0;
+
+  if (avimux->tags_snap) {
+    gst_tag_list_free (avimux->tags_snap);
+    avimux->tags_snap = NULL;
+  }
+
+  g_free (avimux->idx);
+  avimux->idx = NULL;
+
+  /* state info */
+  avimux->write_header = TRUE;
+
+  /* tags */
+  gst_tag_setter_reset_tags (GST_TAG_SETTER (avimux));
+}
+
+static void
+gst_avi_mux_init (GstAviMux * avimux)
+{
+  avimux->srcpad = gst_pad_new_from_static_template (&src_factory, "src");
+  gst_pad_use_fixed_caps (avimux->srcpad);
+  gst_element_add_pad (GST_ELEMENT (avimux), avimux->srcpad);
+
+  /* property */
+  avimux->enable_large_avi = DEFAULT_BIGFILE;
+
+  avimux->collect = gst_collect_pads_new ();
+  gst_collect_pads_set_function (avimux->collect,
+      (GstCollectPadsFunction) (GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_avi_mux_collect_pads)),
+      avimux);
+
+  /* set to clean state */
+  gst_avi_mux_reset (avimux);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_avi_mux_vidsink_set_caps (GstPad * pad, GstCaps * vscaps)
+{
+  GstAviMux *avimux;
+  GstAviVideoPad *avipad;
+  GstAviCollectData *collect_pad;
+  GstStructure *structure;
+  const gchar *mimetype;
+  const GValue *fps, *par;
+  const GValue *codec_data;
+  gint width, height;
+  gint par_n, par_d;
+
+  avimux = GST_AVI_MUX (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));
+
+  /* find stream data */
+  collect_pad = (GstAviCollectData *) gst_pad_get_element_private (pad);
+  g_assert (collect_pad);
+  avipad = (GstAviVideoPad *) collect_pad->avipad;
+  g_assert (avipad);
+  g_assert (avipad->parent.is_video);
+  g_assert (avipad->parent.hdr.type == GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('v', 'i', 'd', 's'));
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (avimux, "%s:%s, caps=%" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
+      GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (pad), vscaps);
+
+  structure = gst_caps_get_structure (vscaps, 0);
+  mimetype = gst_structure_get_name (structure);
+
+  /* global */
+  avipad->vids.size = sizeof (gst_riff_strf_vids);
+  avipad->vids.planes = 1;
+  if (!gst_structure_get_int (structure, "width", &width) ||
+      !gst_structure_get_int (structure, "height", &height)) {
+    goto refuse_caps;
+  }
+
+  avipad->vids.width = width;
+  avipad->vids.height = height;
+
+  fps = gst_structure_get_value (structure, "framerate");
+  if (fps == NULL || !GST_VALUE_HOLDS_FRACTION (fps))
+    goto refuse_caps;
+
+  avipad->parent.hdr.rate = gst_value_get_fraction_numerator (fps);
+  avipad->parent.hdr.scale = gst_value_get_fraction_denominator (fps);
+
+  /* (pixel) aspect ratio data, if any */
+  par = gst_structure_get_value (structure, "pixel-aspect-ratio");
+  /* only use video properties header if there is non-trivial aspect info */
+  if (par && GST_VALUE_HOLDS_FRACTION (par) &&
+      ((par_n = gst_value_get_fraction_numerator (par)) !=
+          (par_d = gst_value_get_fraction_denominator (par)))) {
+    GValue to_ratio = { 0, };
+    guint ratio_n, ratio_d;
+
+    /* some fraction voodoo to obtain simplest possible ratio */
+    g_value_init (&to_ratio, GST_TYPE_FRACTION);
+    gst_value_set_fraction (&to_ratio, width * par_n, height * par_d);
+    ratio_n = gst_value_get_fraction_numerator (&to_ratio);
+    ratio_d = gst_value_get_fraction_denominator (&to_ratio);
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (avimux, "generating vprp data with aspect ratio %d/%d",
+        ratio_n, ratio_d);
+    /* simply fill in */
+    avipad->vprp.vert_rate = avipad->parent.hdr.rate / avipad->parent.hdr.scale;
+    avipad->vprp.hor_t_total = width;
+    avipad->vprp.vert_lines = height;
+    avipad->vprp.aspect = (ratio_n) << 16 | (ratio_d & 0xffff);
+    avipad->vprp.width = width;
+    avipad->vprp.height = height;
+    avipad->vprp.fields = 1;
+    avipad->vprp.field_info[0].compressed_bm_height = height;
+    avipad->vprp.field_info[0].compressed_bm_width = width;
+    avipad->vprp.field_info[0].valid_bm_height = height;
+    avipad->vprp.field_info[0].valid_bm_width = width;
+  }
+
+  /* codec initialization data, if any */
+  codec_data = gst_structure_get_value (structure, "codec_data");
+  if (codec_data) {
+    avipad->vids_codec_data = gst_value_get_buffer (codec_data);
+    gst_buffer_ref (avipad->vids_codec_data);
+    /* keep global track of size */
+    avimux->codec_data_size += GST_BUFFER_SIZE (avipad->vids_codec_data);
+  }
+
+  if (!strcmp (mimetype, "video/x-raw-yuv")) {
+    guint32 format;
+
+    gst_structure_get_fourcc (structure, "format", &format);
+    avipad->vids.compression = format;
+    switch (format) {
+      case GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('Y', 'U', 'Y', '2'):
+        avipad->vids.bit_cnt = 16;
+        break;
+      case GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('I', '4', '2', '0'):
+        avipad->vids.bit_cnt = 12;
+        break;
+    }
+  } else {
+    avipad->vids.bit_cnt = 24;
+    avipad->vids.compression = 0;
+
+    /* find format */
+    if (!strcmp (mimetype, "video/x-huffyuv")) {
+      avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('H', 'F', 'Y', 'U');
+    } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "image/jpeg")) {
+      avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('M', 'J', 'P', 'G');
+    } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "video/x-divx")) {
+      gint divxversion;
+
+      gst_structure_get_int (structure, "divxversion", &divxversion);
+      switch (divxversion) {
+        case 3:
+          avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('D', 'I', 'V', '3');
+          break;
+        case 4:
+          avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('D', 'I', 'V', 'X');
+          break;
+        case 5:
+          avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('D', 'X', '5', '0');
+          break;
+      }
+    } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "video/x-xvid")) {
+      avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('X', 'V', 'I', 'D');
+    } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "video/x-3ivx")) {
+      avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('3', 'I', 'V', '2');
+    } else if (gst_structure_has_name (structure, "video/x-msmpeg")) {
+      gint msmpegversion;
+
+      gst_structure_get_int (structure, "msmpegversion", &msmpegversion);
+      switch (msmpegversion) {
+        case 41:
+          avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('M', 'P', 'G', '4');
+          break;
+        case 42:
+          avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('M', 'P', '4', '2');
+          break;
+        case 43:
+          avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('M', 'P', '4', '3');
+          break;
+        default:
+          GST_INFO ("unhandled msmpegversion : %d, fall back to fourcc=MPEG",
+              msmpegversion);
+          avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('M', 'P', 'E', 'G');
+          break;
+      }
+    } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "video/x-dv")) {
+      avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('D', 'V', 'S', 'D');
+    } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "video/x-h263")) {
+      avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('H', '2', '6', '3');
+    } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "video/x-h264")) {
+      avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('H', '2', '6', '4');
+    } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "video/mpeg")) {
+      gint mpegversion;
+
+      gst_structure_get_int (structure, "mpegversion", &mpegversion);
+
+      switch (mpegversion) {
+        case 2:
+          avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('M', 'P', 'G', '2');
+          break;
+        case 4:
+          /* mplayer/ffmpeg might not work with DIVX, but with FMP4 */
+          avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('D', 'I', 'V', 'X');
+          break;
+        default:
+          GST_INFO ("unhandled mpegversion : %d, fall back to fourcc=MPEG",
+              mpegversion);
+          avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('M', 'P', 'E', 'G');
+          break;
+      }
+    } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "video/x-dirac")) {
+      avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('d', 'r', 'a', 'c');
+    } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "video/x-wmv")) {
+      gint wmvversion;
+
+      if (gst_structure_get_int (structure, "wmvversion", &wmvversion)) {
+        switch (wmvversion) {
+          case 1:
+            avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('W', 'M', 'V', '1');
+            break;
+          case 2:
+            avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('W', 'M', 'V', '2');
+            break;
+          case 3:
+            avipad->vids.compression = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('W', 'M', 'V', '3');
+          default:
+            break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!avipad->vids.compression)
+      goto refuse_caps;
+  }
+
+  avipad->parent.hdr.fcc_handler = avipad->vids.compression;
+  avipad->vids.image_size = avipad->vids.height * avipad->vids.width;
+  /* hm, maybe why avi only handles one stream well ... */
+  avimux->avi_hdr.width = avipad->vids.width;
+  avimux->avi_hdr.height = avipad->vids.height;
+  avimux->avi_hdr.us_frame = 1000000. * avipad->parent.hdr.scale /
+      avipad->parent.hdr.rate;
+
+  gst_object_unref (avimux);
+  return TRUE;
+
+refuse_caps:
+  {
+    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (avimux, "refused caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, vscaps);
+    gst_object_unref (avimux);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_avi_mux_audsink_set_caps (GstPad * pad, GstCaps * vscaps)
+{
+  GstAviMux *avimux;
+  GstAviAudioPad *avipad;
+  GstAviCollectData *collect_pad;
+  GstStructure *structure;
+  const gchar *mimetype;
+  const GValue *codec_data;
+  gint channels, rate;
+
+  avimux = GST_AVI_MUX (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));
+
+  /* find stream data */
+  collect_pad = (GstAviCollectData *) gst_pad_get_element_private (pad);
+  g_assert (collect_pad);
+  avipad = (GstAviAudioPad *) collect_pad->avipad;
+  g_assert (avipad);
+  g_assert (!avipad->parent.is_video);
+  g_assert (avipad->parent.hdr.type == GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('a', 'u', 'd', 's'));
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (avimux, "%s:%s, caps=%" GST_PTR_FORMAT,
+      GST_DEBUG_PAD_NAME (pad), vscaps);
+
+  structure = gst_caps_get_structure (vscaps, 0);
+  mimetype = gst_structure_get_name (structure);
+
+  /* we want these for all */
+  if (!gst_structure_get_int (structure, "channels", &channels) ||
+      !gst_structure_get_int (structure, "rate", &rate)) {
+    goto refuse_caps;
+  }
+
+  avipad->auds.channels = channels;
+  avipad->auds.rate = rate;
+
+  /* codec initialization data, if any */
+  codec_data = gst_structure_get_value (structure, "codec_data");
+  if (codec_data) {
+    avipad->auds_codec_data = gst_value_get_buffer (codec_data);
+    gst_buffer_ref (avipad->auds_codec_data);
+    /* keep global track of size */
+    avimux->codec_data_size += GST_BUFFER_SIZE (avipad->auds_codec_data);
+  }
+
+  if (!strcmp (mimetype, "audio/x-raw-int")) {
+    gint width, depth;
+    gboolean signedness;
+
+    avipad->auds.format = GST_RIFF_WAVE_FORMAT_PCM;
+
+    if (!gst_structure_get_int (structure, "width", &width) ||
+        !gst_structure_get_int (structure, "depth", &depth) ||
+        !gst_structure_get_boolean (structure, "signed", &signedness)) {
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (avimux,
+          "broken caps, width/depth/signed field missing");
+      goto refuse_caps;
+    }
+
+    /* no clear place to put different values for these while keeping to spec */
+    if (width != depth) {
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (avimux, "width must be same as depth!");
+      goto refuse_caps;
+    }
+
+    /* because that's the way the caps will be recreated from riff data */
+    if ((width == 8 && signedness) || (width == 16 && !signedness)) {
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (avimux,
+          "8-bit PCM must be unsigned, 16-bit PCM signed");
+      goto refuse_caps;
+    }
+
+    avipad->auds.blockalign = width;
+    avipad->auds.size = (width == 8) ? 8 : depth;
+
+    /* set some more info straight */
+    avipad->auds.blockalign /= 8;
+    avipad->auds.blockalign *= avipad->auds.channels;
+    avipad->auds.av_bps = avipad->auds.blockalign * avipad->auds.rate;
+  } else {
+    avipad->auds.format = 0;
+    /* set some defaults */
+    avipad->auds.blockalign = 1;
+    avipad->auds.av_bps = 0;
+    avipad->auds.size = 16;
+
+    if (!strcmp (mimetype, "audio/mpeg")) {
+      gint mpegversion;
+
+      gst_structure_get_int (structure, "mpegversion", &mpegversion);
+      switch (mpegversion) {
+        case 1:{
+          gint layer = 3;
+
+          gst_structure_get_int (structure, "layer", &layer);
+          switch (layer) {
+            case 3:
+              avipad->auds.format = GST_RIFF_WAVE_FORMAT_MPEGL3;
+              break;
+            case 1:
+            case 2:
+              avipad->auds.format = GST_RIFF_WAVE_FORMAT_MPEGL12;
+              break;
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+        case 4:
+          GST_WARNING ("AAC");
+          avipad->auds.format = GST_RIFF_WAVE_FORMAT_AAC;
+          break;
+      }
+    } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "audio/x-vorbis")) {
+      avipad->auds.format = GST_RIFF_WAVE_FORMAT_VORBIS3;
+    } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "audio/x-ac3")) {
+      avipad->auds.format = GST_RIFF_WAVE_FORMAT_A52;
+    } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "audio/x-alaw")) {
+      avipad->auds.format = GST_RIFF_WAVE_FORMAT_ALAW;
+      avipad->auds.size = 8;
+      avipad->auds.blockalign = avipad->auds.channels;
+      avipad->auds.av_bps = avipad->auds.blockalign * avipad->auds.rate;
+    } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "audio/x-mulaw")) {
+      avipad->auds.format = GST_RIFF_WAVE_FORMAT_MULAW;
+      avipad->auds.size = 8;
+      avipad->auds.blockalign = avipad->auds.channels;
+      avipad->auds.av_bps = avipad->auds.blockalign * avipad->auds.rate;
+    } else if (!strcmp (mimetype, "audio/x-wma")) {
+      gint version;
+      gint bitrate;
+      gint block_align;
+
+      if (gst_structure_get_int (structure, "wmaversion", &version)) {
+        switch (version) {
+          case 1:
+            avipad->auds.format = GST_RIFF_WAVE_FORMAT_WMAV1;
+            break;
+          case 2:
+            avipad->auds.format = GST_RIFF_WAVE_FORMAT_WMAV2;
+            break;
+          default:
+            break;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (avipad->auds.format != 0) {
+        if (gst_structure_get_int (structure, "block_align", &block_align)) {
+          avipad->auds.blockalign = block_align;
+        }
+        if (gst_structure_get_int (structure, "bitrate", &bitrate)) {
+          avipad->auds.av_bps = bitrate / 8;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!avipad->auds.format)
+    goto refuse_caps;
+
+  /* by spec, hdr.rate is av_bps related, is calculated that way in stop_file,
+   * and reduces to sample rate in PCM like cases */
+  avipad->parent.hdr.rate = avipad->auds.av_bps / avipad->auds.blockalign;
+  avipad->parent.hdr.samplesize = avipad->auds.blockalign;
+  avipad->parent.hdr.scale = 1;
+
+  gst_object_unref (avimux);
+  return TRUE;
+
+refuse_caps:
+  {
+    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (avimux, "refused caps %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, vscaps);
+    gst_object_unref (avimux);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+}
+
+
+static GstPad *
+gst_avi_mux_request_new_pad (GstElement * element,
+    GstPadTemplate * templ, const gchar * req_name)
+{
+  GstAviMux *avimux;
+  GstPad *newpad;
+  GstAviPad *avipad;
+  GstElementClass *klass;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (templ != NULL, NULL);
+
+  if (templ->direction != GST_PAD_SINK)
+    goto wrong_direction;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_AVI_MUX (element), NULL);
+  avimux = GST_AVI_MUX (element);
+
+  if (!avimux->write_header)
+    goto too_late;
+
+  klass = GST_ELEMENT_GET_CLASS (element);
+
+  if (templ == gst_element_class_get_pad_template (klass, "audio_%d")) {
+    gchar *name;
+
+    /* setup pad */
+    name = g_strdup_printf ("audio_%02d", avimux->audio_pads);
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (avimux, "adding new pad: %s", name);
+    newpad = gst_pad_new_from_template (templ, name);
+    g_free (name);
+    gst_pad_set_setcaps_function (newpad,
+        GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_avi_mux_audsink_set_caps));
+
+    /* init pad specific data */
+    avipad = g_malloc0 (sizeof (GstAviAudioPad));
+    avipad->is_video = FALSE;
+    avipad->hdr.type = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('a', 'u', 'd', 's');
+    avimux->audio_pads++;
+    /* audio goes last */
+    avimux->sinkpads = g_slist_append (avimux->sinkpads, avipad);
+  } else if (templ == gst_element_class_get_pad_template (klass, "video_%d")) {
+    /* though streams are pretty generic and relatively self-contained,
+     * some video info goes in a single avi header -and therefore mux struct-
+     * so video restricted to one stream */
+    if (avimux->video_pads > 0)
+      return NULL;
+    /* setup pad */
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (avimux, "adding new pad: video_00");
+    newpad = gst_pad_new_from_template (templ, "video_00");
+    gst_pad_set_setcaps_function (newpad,
+        GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_avi_mux_vidsink_set_caps));
+    avipad = g_malloc0 (sizeof (GstAviVideoPad));
+
+    /* init pad specific data */
+    avipad->is_video = TRUE;
+    avipad->hdr.type = GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('v', 'i', 'd', 's');
+    avimux->video_pads++;
+    /* video goes first */
+    avimux->sinkpads = g_slist_prepend (avimux->sinkpads, avipad);
+  } else
+    goto wrong_template;
+
+  avipad->collect = gst_collect_pads_add_pad (avimux->collect,
+      newpad, sizeof (GstAviCollectData));
+  ((GstAviCollectData *) (avipad->collect))->avipad = avipad;
+  /* FIXME: hacked way to override/extend the event function of
+   * GstCollectPads; because it sets its own event function giving the
+   * element no access to events */
+  avimux->collect_event = (GstPadEventFunction) GST_PAD_EVENTFUNC (newpad);
+  gst_pad_set_event_function (newpad,
+      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_avi_mux_handle_event));
+
+  gst_element_add_pad (element, newpad);
+
+  return newpad;
+
+  /* ERRORS */
+wrong_direction:
+  {
+    g_warning ("avimux: request pad that is not a SINK pad\n");
+    return NULL;
+  }
+too_late:
+  {
+    g_warning ("avimux: request pad cannot be added after streaming started\n");
+    return NULL;
+  }
+wrong_template:
+  {
+    g_warning ("avimuxx: this is not our template!\n");
+    return NULL;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_avi_mux_release_pad (GstElement * element, GstPad * pad)
+{
+  GstAviMux *avimux = GST_AVI_MUX (element);
+  GSList *node;
+
+  node = avimux->sinkpads;
+  while (node) {
+    GstAviPad *avipad = (GstAviPad *) node->data;
+
+    if (avipad->collect->pad == pad) {
+      /* pad count should not be adjusted,
+       * as it also represent number of streams present */
+      avipad->collect = NULL;
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (avimux, "removed pad '%s'", GST_PAD_NAME (pad));
+      gst_collect_pads_remove_pad (avimux->collect, pad);
+      gst_element_remove_pad (element, pad);
+      /* if not started yet, we can remove any sign this pad ever existed */
+      /* in this case _start will take care of the real pad count */
+      if (avimux->write_header) {
+        avimux->sinkpads = g_slist_remove (avimux->sinkpads, avipad);
+        gst_avi_mux_pad_reset (avipad, TRUE);
+        g_free (avipad);
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+
+    node = node->next;
+  }
+
+  g_warning ("Unknown pad %s", GST_PAD_NAME (pad));
+}
+
+/* maybe some of these functions should be moved to riff.h? */
+
+/* DISCLAIMER: this function is fairly ugly. So be it (i.e. it makes the rest easier)
+ * so is this struct */
+
+typedef struct _GstMarkedBuffer
+{
+  guint *highmark;
+  GstBuffer *buffer;
+} GstMarkedBuffer;
+
+static void
+gst_avi_mux_write_tag (const GstTagList * list, const gchar * tag,
+    gpointer data)
+{
+  const struct
+  {
+    guint32 fcc;
+    gchar *tag;
+  } rifftags[] = {
+    {
+    GST_RIFF_INFO_IARL, GST_TAG_LOCATION}, {
+    GST_RIFF_INFO_IART, GST_TAG_ARTIST}, {
+    GST_RIFF_INFO_ICMT, GST_TAG_COMMENT}, {
+    GST_RIFF_INFO_ICOP, GST_TAG_COPYRIGHT}, {
+    GST_RIFF_INFO_ICRD, GST_TAG_DATE}, {
+    GST_RIFF_INFO_IGNR, GST_TAG_GENRE}, {
+    GST_RIFF_INFO_IKEY, GST_TAG_KEYWORDS}, {
+    GST_RIFF_INFO_INAM, GST_TAG_TITLE}, {
+    GST_RIFF_INFO_ISFT, GST_TAG_ENCODER}, {
+    GST_RIFF_INFO_ISRC, GST_TAG_ISRC}, {
+    0, NULL}
+  };
+  gint n, len, plen;
+  GstBuffer *buf = ((GstMarkedBuffer *) data)->buffer;
+  guint *highmark = ((GstMarkedBuffer *) data)->highmark;
+  guint8 *buffdata = GST_BUFFER_DATA (buf) + *highmark;
+  gchar *str;
+
+  for (n = 0; rifftags[n].fcc != 0; n++) {
+    if (!strcmp (rifftags[n].tag, tag) &&
+        gst_tag_list_get_string (list, tag, &str) && str) {
+      len = strlen (str);
+      plen = len + 1;
+      if (plen & 1)
+        plen++;
+      if (GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buf) >= *highmark + 8 + plen) {
+        GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata, rifftags[n].fcc);
+        GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 4, len + 1);
+        memcpy (buffdata + 8, str, len);
+        buffdata[8 + len] = 0;
+        *highmark += 8 + plen;
+        GST_DEBUG ("writing tag in buffer %p, highmark at %d", buf, *highmark);
+      }
+      g_free (str);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+#define ODML_SUPERINDEX_SIZE    \
+    (32 + GST_AVI_SUPERINDEX_COUNT * sizeof (gst_avi_superindex_entry))
+
+static GstBuffer *
+gst_avi_mux_riff_get_avi_header (GstAviMux * avimux)
+{
+  const GstTagList *tags;
+  GstBuffer *buffer;
+  guint8 *buffdata;
+  guint size = 0;
+  guint highmark = 0;
+
+  /* pointer to list size field */
+  guint8 *riff_size, *hdrl_size;
+  GSList *node;
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (avimux, "creating avi header, data_size %u, idx_size %u",
+      avimux->data_size, avimux->idx_size);
+
+  if (avimux->tags_snap)
+    tags = avimux->tags_snap;
+  else {
+    /* need to make snapshot of current state of tags to ensure the same set
+     * is used next time around during header rewrite at the end */
+    tags = gst_tag_setter_get_tag_list (GST_TAG_SETTER (avimux));
+    if (tags)
+      tags = avimux->tags_snap = gst_tag_list_copy (tags);
+  }
+  if (tags) {
+    /* that should be the strlen of all tags + header sizes
+     * not all of tags end up in a avi, still this is a good estimate
+     */
+    gchar *str = gst_structure_to_string (tags);
+    size += strlen (str) + 8 * gst_structure_n_fields (tags);
+    g_free (str);
+  }
+
+  /* allocate the buffer, starting with some wild/safe upper bound */
+  size += avimux->codec_data_size + 100 + sizeof (gst_riff_avih)
+      + (g_slist_length (avimux->sinkpads) * (100 + sizeof (gst_riff_strh_full)
+          + sizeof (gst_riff_strf_vids)
+          + sizeof (gst_riff_vprp)
+          + sizeof (gst_riff_vprp_video_field_desc) * 2
+          + sizeof (gst_riff_strf_auds) + 2 + ODML_SUPERINDEX_SIZE));
+  buffer = gst_buffer_new_and_alloc (size);
+  buffdata = GST_BUFFER_DATA (buffer);
+  highmark = 0;
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (avimux, "creating buffer %p, size %d, highmark at 0",
+      buffer, GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buffer));
+
+  /* avi header metadata */
+  memcpy (buffdata + 0, "RIFF", 4);
+  /* fill in RIFF size later */
+  riff_size = buffdata + 4;
+  memcpy (buffdata + 8, "AVI ", 4);
+  memcpy (buffdata + 12, "LIST", 4);
+  /* fill in header size later */
+  hdrl_size = buffdata + 16;
+  memcpy (buffdata + 20, "hdrl", 4);
+  memcpy (buffdata + 24, "avih", 4);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 28, sizeof (gst_riff_avih));
+  buffdata += 32;
+  highmark += 32;
+
+  /* the AVI header itself */
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 0, avimux->avi_hdr.us_frame);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 4, avimux->avi_hdr.max_bps);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 8, avimux->avi_hdr.pad_gran);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 12, avimux->avi_hdr.flags);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 16, avimux->avi_hdr.tot_frames);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 20, avimux->avi_hdr.init_frames);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 24, avimux->avi_hdr.streams);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 28, avimux->avi_hdr.bufsize);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 32, avimux->avi_hdr.width);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 36, avimux->avi_hdr.height);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 40, avimux->avi_hdr.scale);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 44, avimux->avi_hdr.rate);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 48, avimux->avi_hdr.start);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 52, avimux->avi_hdr.length);
+  buffdata += 56;
+  highmark += 56;
+
+  /* stream data */
+  node = avimux->sinkpads;
+  while (node) {
+    GstAviPad *avipad = (GstAviPad *) node->data;
+    GstAviVideoPad *vidpad = (GstAviVideoPad *) avipad;
+    GstAviAudioPad *audpad = (GstAviAudioPad *) avipad;
+    guint codec_size = 0, strl_size = 0, vprp_size = 0;
+
+    if (avipad->is_video) {
+      if (vidpad->vids_codec_data)
+        codec_size = GST_BUFFER_SIZE (vidpad->vids_codec_data);
+      strl_size = sizeof (gst_riff_strh_full) + sizeof (gst_riff_strf_vids)
+          + GST_ROUND_UP_2 (codec_size) + 4 * 5 + ODML_SUPERINDEX_SIZE;
+      if (vidpad->vprp.aspect) {
+        /* let's be on the safe side */
+        vidpad->vprp.fields = MIN (vidpad->vprp.fields,
+            GST_RIFF_VPRP_VIDEO_FIELDS);
+        vprp_size = G_STRUCT_OFFSET (gst_riff_vprp, field_info)
+            + (vidpad->vprp.fields * sizeof (gst_riff_vprp_video_field_desc));
+        strl_size += 4 * 2 + vprp_size;
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (audpad->auds_codec_data)
+        codec_size = GST_BUFFER_SIZE (audpad->auds_codec_data);
+      /* +2 is codec_size field, not part of gst_riff_strf_auds */
+      strl_size = sizeof (gst_riff_strh_full) + sizeof (gst_riff_strf_auds) + 2
+          + GST_ROUND_UP_2 (codec_size) + 4 * 5 + ODML_SUPERINDEX_SIZE;
+    }
+
+    /* stream list metadata */
+    memcpy (buffdata + 0, "LIST", 4);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 4, strl_size);
+    memcpy (buffdata + 8, "strl", 4);
+    /* generic header */
+    memcpy (buffdata + 12, "strh", 4);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 16, sizeof (gst_riff_strh_full));
+    /* the actual header */
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 20, avipad->hdr.type);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 24, avipad->hdr.fcc_handler);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 28, avipad->hdr.flags);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 32, avipad->hdr.priority);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 36, avipad->hdr.init_frames);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 40, avipad->hdr.scale);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 44, avipad->hdr.rate);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 48, avipad->hdr.start);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 52, avipad->hdr.length);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 56, avipad->hdr.bufsize);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 60, avipad->hdr.quality);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 64, avipad->hdr.samplesize);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT16_LE (buffdata + 68, 0);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT16_LE (buffdata + 70, 0);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT16_LE (buffdata + 72, 0);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT16_LE (buffdata + 74, 0);
+    buffdata += 76;
+    highmark += 76;
+
+    if (avipad->is_video) {
+      /* the video header */
+      memcpy (buffdata + 0, "strf", 4);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 4,
+          sizeof (gst_riff_strf_vids) + codec_size);
+      /* the actual header */
+      GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 8, vidpad->vids.size + codec_size);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 12, vidpad->vids.width);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 16, vidpad->vids.height);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT16_LE (buffdata + 20, vidpad->vids.planes);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT16_LE (buffdata + 22, vidpad->vids.bit_cnt);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 24, vidpad->vids.compression);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 28, vidpad->vids.image_size);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 32, vidpad->vids.xpels_meter);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 36, vidpad->vids.ypels_meter);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 40, vidpad->vids.num_colors);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 44, vidpad->vids.imp_colors);
+      buffdata += 48;
+      highmark += 48;
+
+      /* include codec data, if any */
+      if (codec_size) {
+        memcpy (buffdata, GST_BUFFER_DATA (vidpad->vids_codec_data),
+            codec_size);
+
+        buffdata += codec_size;
+        highmark += codec_size;
+      }
+      /* padding */
+      if (highmark & 0x1) {
+        highmark++;
+        buffdata++;
+      }
+
+      /* add video property data, mainly for aspect ratio, if any */
+      if (vprp_size) {
+        gint f;
+
+        /* the vprp header */
+        memcpy (buffdata + 0, "vprp", 4);
+        GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 4, vprp_size);
+        /* the actual data */
+        GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 8, vidpad->vprp.format_token);
+        GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 12, vidpad->vprp.standard);
+        GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 16, vidpad->vprp.vert_rate);
+        GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 20, vidpad->vprp.hor_t_total);
+        GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 24, vidpad->vprp.vert_lines);
+        GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 28, vidpad->vprp.aspect);
+        GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 32, vidpad->vprp.width);
+        GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 36, vidpad->vprp.height);
+        GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 40, vidpad->vprp.fields);
+        buffdata += 44;
+        highmark += 44;
+        for (f = 0; f < vidpad->vprp.fields; ++f) {
+          gst_riff_vprp_video_field_desc *fd;
+
+          fd = &(vidpad->vprp.field_info[f]);
+          GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 0, fd->compressed_bm_height);
+          GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 4, fd->compressed_bm_width);
+          GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 8, fd->valid_bm_height);
+          GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 12, fd->valid_bm_width);
+          GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 16, fd->valid_bm_x_offset);
+          GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 20, fd->valid_bm_y_offset);
+          GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 24, fd->video_x_t_offset);
+          GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 28, fd->video_y_start);
+          buffdata += 32;
+          highmark += 32;
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      /* the audio header */
+      memcpy (buffdata + 0, "strf", 4);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 4,
+          sizeof (gst_riff_strf_auds) + 2 + codec_size);
+      /* the actual header */
+      GST_WRITE_UINT16_LE (buffdata + 8, audpad->auds.format);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT16_LE (buffdata + 10, audpad->auds.channels);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 12, audpad->auds.rate);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 16, audpad->auds.av_bps);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT16_LE (buffdata + 20, audpad->auds.blockalign);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT16_LE (buffdata + 22, audpad->auds.size);
+      GST_WRITE_UINT16_LE (buffdata + 24, codec_size);
+      buffdata += 26;
+      highmark += 26;
+
+      /* include codec data, if any */
+      if (codec_size) {
+        memcpy (buffdata, GST_BUFFER_DATA (audpad->auds_codec_data),
+            codec_size);
+
+        buffdata += codec_size;
+        highmark += codec_size;
+      }
+      /* padding */
+      if (highmark & 0x1) {
+        highmark++;
+        buffdata++;
+      }
+    }
+
+    /* odml superindex chunk */
+    if (avipad->idx_index > 0)
+      memcpy (buffdata, "indx", 4);
+    else
+      memcpy (buffdata, "JUNK", 4);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 4, ODML_SUPERINDEX_SIZE - 8);       /* chunk size */
+    GST_WRITE_UINT16_LE (buffdata + 8, 4);      /* bytes per entry */
+    buffdata[10] = 0;           /* index subtype */
+    buffdata[11] = GST_AVI_INDEX_OF_INDEXES;    /* index type */
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 12, avipad->idx_index);     /* entries in use */
+    memcpy (buffdata + 16, avipad->tag, 4);     /* stream id */
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 20, 0);     /* reserved */
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 24, 0);     /* reserved */
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 28, 0);     /* reserved */
+    memcpy (buffdata + 32, avipad->idx,
+        GST_AVI_SUPERINDEX_COUNT * sizeof (gst_avi_superindex_entry));
+    buffdata += ODML_SUPERINDEX_SIZE;
+    highmark += ODML_SUPERINDEX_SIZE;
+
+    node = node->next;
+  }
+
+  if (avimux->video_pads > 0) {
+    /* odml header */
+    memcpy (buffdata + 0, "LIST", 4);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 4, sizeof (guint32) + 4 * 3);
+    memcpy (buffdata + 8, "odml", 4);
+    memcpy (buffdata + 12, "dmlh", 4);
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 16, sizeof (guint32));
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 20, avimux->total_frames);
+    buffdata += 24;
+    highmark += 24;
+  }
+
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (hdrl_size, (guint32) (buffdata - hdrl_size) - 4);
+
+  /* tags */
+  if (tags) {
+    guint8 *ptr;
+    guint startsize;
+    GstMarkedBuffer data ;
+    data.highmark = &highmark;
+    data.buffer = buffer;
+
+    memcpy (buffdata + 0, "LIST", 4);
+    ptr = buffdata + 4;         /* fill in later */
+    startsize = highmark + 4;
+    memcpy (buffdata + 8, "INFO", 4);
+    buffdata += 12;
+    highmark += 12;
+
+    /* 12 bytes is needed for data header */
+    GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buffer) -= 12;
+    gst_tag_list_foreach (tags, gst_avi_mux_write_tag, &data);
+    GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buffer) += 12;
+    buffdata = GST_BUFFER_DATA (buffer) + highmark;
+
+    /* update list size */
+    GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (ptr, highmark - startsize - 4);
+  }
+
+  /* avi data header */
+  memcpy (buffdata + 0, "LIST", 4);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 4, avimux->data_size);
+  memcpy (buffdata + 8, "movi", 4);
+  buffdata += 12;
+  highmark += 12;
+
+  /* finally we can fill in the RIFF size */
+  /* note that riff only counts the first avi chunk */
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (riff_size, (guint32) (buffdata - riff_size - 4)  /* header and movi tags */
+      +avimux->idx_size + avimux->data_size - 4);       /* movi data and index */
+
+  {                             /* only the part that is filled in actually makes up the header
+                                 *  unref the parent as we only need this part from now on */
+    GstBuffer *subbuffer = gst_buffer_create_sub (buffer, 0, highmark);
+
+    gst_buffer_unref (buffer);
+    return subbuffer;
+  }
+}
+
+static GstBuffer *
+gst_avi_mux_riff_get_avix_header (guint32 datax_size)
+{
+  GstBuffer *buffer;
+  guint8 *buffdata;
+
+  buffer = gst_buffer_new_and_alloc (24);
+  buffdata = GST_BUFFER_DATA (buffer);
+
+  memcpy (buffdata + 0, "RIFF", 4);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 4, datax_size + 3 * 4);
+  memcpy (buffdata + 8, "AVIX", 4);
+  memcpy (buffdata + 12, "LIST", 4);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 16, datax_size);
+  memcpy (buffdata + 20, "movi", 4);
+
+  return buffer;
+}
+
+static inline GstBuffer *
+gst_avi_mux_riff_get_header (GstAviPad * avipad, guint32 video_frame_size)
+{
+  GstBuffer *buffer;
+  guint8 *buffdata;
+
+  buffer = gst_buffer_new_and_alloc (8);
+  buffdata = GST_BUFFER_DATA (buffer);
+  memcpy (buffdata + 0, avipad->tag, 4);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 4, video_frame_size);
+
+  return buffer;
+}
+
+/* write an odml index chunk in the movi list */
+static GstFlowReturn
+gst_avi_mux_write_avix_index (GstAviMux * avimux, gchar * code,
+    gchar * chunk, gst_avi_superindex_entry * super_index,
+    gint * super_index_count)
+{
+  GstFlowReturn res;
+  GstBuffer *buffer;
+  guint8 *buffdata, *data;
+  gst_riff_index_entry *entry;
+  gint i;
+  guint32 size, entry_count;
+
+  /* allocate the maximum possible */
+  buffer = gst_buffer_new_and_alloc (32 + 8 * avimux->idx_index);
+  buffdata = GST_BUFFER_DATA (buffer);
+
+  /* general index chunk info */
+  memcpy (buffdata + 0, chunk, 4);      /* chunk id */
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 4, 0);        /* chunk size; fill later */
+  GST_WRITE_UINT16_LE (buffdata + 8, 2);        /* index entry is 2 words */
+  buffdata[10] = 0;             /* index subtype */
+  buffdata[11] = GST_AVI_INDEX_OF_CHUNKS;       /* index type: AVI_INDEX_OF_CHUNKS */
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 12, 0);       /* entries in use; fill later */
+  memcpy (buffdata + 16, code, 4);      /* stream to which index refers */
+  GST_WRITE_UINT64_LE (buffdata + 20, avimux->avix_start);      /* base offset */
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 28, 0);       /* reserved */
+  buffdata += 32;
+
+  /* now the actual index entries */
+  i = avimux->idx_index;
+  entry = avimux->idx;
+  while (i > 0) {
+    if (memcmp (&entry->id, code, 4) == 0) {
+      /* enter relative offset to the data (!) */
+      GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata, GUINT32_FROM_LE (entry->offset) + 8);
+      /* msb is set if not (!) keyframe */
+      GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 4, GUINT32_FROM_LE (entry->size)
+          | (GUINT32_FROM_LE (entry->flags)
+              & GST_RIFF_IF_KEYFRAME ? 0 : 1U << 31));
+      buffdata += 8;
+    }
+    i--;
+    entry++;
+  }
+
+  /* ok, now we know the size and no of entries, fill in where needed */
+  data = GST_BUFFER_DATA (buffer);
+  GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buffer) = size = buffdata - data;
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (data + 4, size - 8);
+  entry_count = (size - 32) / 8;
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (data + 12, entry_count);
+
+  /* decorate and send */
+  gst_buffer_set_caps (buffer, GST_PAD_CAPS (avimux->srcpad));
+  if ((res = gst_pad_push (avimux->srcpad, buffer)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+    return res;
+
+  /* keep track of this in superindex (if room) ... */
+  if (*super_index_count < GST_AVI_SUPERINDEX_COUNT) {
+    i = *super_index_count;
+    super_index[i].offset = GUINT64_TO_LE (avimux->total_data);
+    super_index[i].size = GUINT32_TO_LE (size);
+    super_index[i].duration = GUINT32_TO_LE (entry_count);
+    (*super_index_count)++;
+  } else
+    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (avimux, "No more room in superindex of stream %s",
+        code);
+
+  /* ... and in size */
+  avimux->total_data += size;
+  if (avimux->is_bigfile)
+    avimux->datax_size += size;
+  else
+    avimux->data_size += size;
+
+  return GST_FLOW_OK;
+}
+
+/* some other usable functions (thankyou xawtv ;-) ) */
+
+static void
+gst_avi_mux_add_index (GstAviMux * avimux, gchar * code, guint32 flags,
+    guint32 size)
+{
+  if (avimux->idx_index == avimux->idx_count) {
+    avimux->idx_count += 256;
+    avimux->idx =
+        g_realloc (avimux->idx,
+        avimux->idx_count * sizeof (gst_riff_index_entry));
+  }
+  memcpy (&(avimux->idx[avimux->idx_index].id), code, 4);
+  avimux->idx[avimux->idx_index].flags = GUINT32_TO_LE (flags);
+  avimux->idx[avimux->idx_index].offset = GUINT32_TO_LE (avimux->idx_offset);
+  avimux->idx[avimux->idx_index].size = GUINT32_TO_LE (size);
+  avimux->idx_index++;
+}
+
+static GstFlowReturn
+gst_avi_mux_write_index (GstAviMux * avimux)
+{
+  GstFlowReturn res;
+  GstBuffer *buffer;
+  guint8 *buffdata;
+
+  buffer = gst_buffer_new_and_alloc (8);
+  buffdata = GST_BUFFER_DATA (buffer);
+  memcpy (buffdata + 0, "idx1", 4);
+  GST_WRITE_UINT32_LE (buffdata + 4,
+      avimux->idx_index * sizeof (gst_riff_index_entry));
+
+  gst_buffer_set_caps (buffer, GST_PAD_CAPS (avimux->srcpad));
+  res = gst_pad_push (avimux->srcpad, buffer);
+  if (res != GST_FLOW_OK)
+    return res;
+
+  buffer = gst_buffer_new ();
+  GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buffer) = avimux->idx_index * sizeof (gst_riff_index_entry);
+  GST_BUFFER_DATA (buffer) = (guint8 *) avimux->idx;
+  GST_BUFFER_MALLOCDATA (buffer) = GST_BUFFER_DATA (buffer);
+  avimux->idx = NULL;           /* will be free()'ed by gst_buffer_unref() */
+  avimux->total_data += GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buffer) + 8;
+
+  gst_buffer_set_caps (buffer, GST_PAD_CAPS (avimux->srcpad));
+  res = gst_pad_push (avimux->srcpad, buffer);
+  if (res != GST_FLOW_OK)
+    return res;
+
+  avimux->idx_size += avimux->idx_index * sizeof (gst_riff_index_entry) + 8;
+
+  /* update header */
+  avimux->avi_hdr.flags |= GST_RIFF_AVIH_HASINDEX;
+  return GST_FLOW_OK;
+}
+
+static GstFlowReturn
+gst_avi_mux_bigfile (GstAviMux * avimux, gboolean last)
+{
+  GstFlowReturn res = GST_FLOW_OK;
+  GstBuffer *header;
+  GstEvent *event;
+  GSList *node;
+
+  /* first some odml standard index chunks in the movi list */
+  node = avimux->sinkpads;
+  while (node) {
+    GstAviPad *avipad = (GstAviPad *) node->data;
+
+    node = node->next;
+
+    res = gst_avi_mux_write_avix_index (avimux, avipad->tag,
+        avipad->idx_tag, avipad->idx, &avipad->idx_index);
+    if (res != GST_FLOW_OK)
+      return res;
+  }
+
+  if (avimux->is_bigfile) {
+    /* search back */
+    event = gst_event_new_new_segment (FALSE, 1.0, GST_FORMAT_BYTES,
+        avimux->avix_start, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE, avimux->avix_start);
+    /* if the event succeeds */
+    gst_pad_push_event (avimux->srcpad, event);
+
+    /* rewrite AVIX header */
+    header = gst_avi_mux_riff_get_avix_header (avimux->datax_size);
+    gst_buffer_set_caps (header, GST_PAD_CAPS (avimux->srcpad));
+    res = gst_pad_push (avimux->srcpad, header);
+
+    /* go back to current location, at least try */
+    event = gst_event_new_new_segment (FALSE, 1.0, GST_FORMAT_BYTES,
+        avimux->total_data, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE, avimux->total_data);
+    gst_pad_push_event (avimux->srcpad, event);
+
+    if (res != GST_FLOW_OK)
+      return res;
+  } else {                      /* write a standard index in the first riff chunk */
+    res = gst_avi_mux_write_index (avimux);
+    /* the index data/buffer is freed by pushing it */
+    avimux->idx_count = 0;
+    if (res != GST_FLOW_OK)
+      return res;
+  }
+
+  avimux->avix_start = avimux->total_data;
+
+  if (last)
+    return res;
+
+  avimux->is_bigfile = TRUE;
+  avimux->numx_frames = 0;
+  avimux->datax_size = 4;       /* movi tag */
+  avimux->idx_index = 0;
+
+  header = gst_avi_mux_riff_get_avix_header (0);
+  avimux->total_data += GST_BUFFER_SIZE (header);
+  /* avix_start is used as base offset for the odml index chunk */
+  avimux->idx_offset = avimux->total_data - avimux->avix_start;
+  gst_buffer_set_caps (header, GST_PAD_CAPS (avimux->srcpad));
+  return gst_pad_push (avimux->srcpad, header);
+}
+
+/* enough header blabla now, let's go on to actually writing the headers */
+
+static GstFlowReturn
+gst_avi_mux_start_file (GstAviMux * avimux)
+{
+  GstFlowReturn res;
+  GstBuffer *header;
+  GSList *node;
+
+  avimux->total_data = 0;
+  avimux->total_frames = 0;
+  avimux->data_size = 4;        /* movi tag */
+  avimux->datax_size = 0;
+  avimux->num_frames = 0;
+  avimux->numx_frames = 0;
+  avimux->avix_start = 0;
+
+  avimux->idx_index = 0;
+  avimux->idx_offset = 0;       /* see 10 lines below */
+  avimux->idx_size = 0;
+  avimux->idx_count = 0;
+  avimux->idx = NULL;
+
+  /* state */
+  avimux->write_header = FALSE;
+  avimux->restart = FALSE;
+
+  /* init streams, see what we've got */
+  node = avimux->sinkpads;
+  avimux->audio_pads = avimux->video_pads = 0;
+  while (node) {
+    GstAviPad *avipad = (GstAviPad *) node->data;
+
+    node = node->next;
+
+    if (!avipad->is_video) {
+      /* audio stream numbers must start at 1 iff there is a video stream 0;
+       * request_pad inserts video pad at head of list, so this test suffices */
+      if (avimux->video_pads)
+        avimux->audio_pads++;
+      avipad->tag = g_strdup_printf ("%02uwb", avimux->audio_pads);
+      avipad->idx_tag = g_strdup_printf ("ix%02u", avimux->audio_pads);
+      if (!avimux->video_pads)
+        avimux->audio_pads++;
+    } else {
+      avipad->tag = g_strdup_printf ("%02udb", avimux->video_pads);
+      avipad->idx_tag = g_strdup_printf ("ix%02u", avimux->video_pads++);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* let downstream know we think in BYTES and expect to do seeking later on */
+  gst_pad_push_event (avimux->srcpad,
+      gst_event_new_new_segment (FALSE, 1.0, GST_FORMAT_BYTES, 0, -1, 0));
+
+  /* header */
+  avimux->avi_hdr.streams = g_slist_length (avimux->sinkpads);
+  avimux->is_bigfile = FALSE;
+
+  header = gst_avi_mux_riff_get_avi_header (avimux);
+  avimux->total_data += GST_BUFFER_SIZE (header);
+
+  gst_buffer_set_caps (header, GST_PAD_CAPS (avimux->srcpad));
+  res = gst_pad_push (avimux->srcpad, header);
+
+  avimux->idx_offset = avimux->total_data;
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+static GstFlowReturn
+gst_avi_mux_stop_file (GstAviMux * avimux)
+{
+  GstFlowReturn res = GST_FLOW_OK;
+  GstEvent *event;
+  GstBuffer *header;
+  GSList *node;
+
+  /* if bigfile, rewrite header, else write indexes */
+  /* don't bail out at once if error, still try to re-write header */
+  if (avimux->video_pads > 0) {
+    if (avimux->is_bigfile) {
+      res = gst_avi_mux_bigfile (avimux, TRUE);
+    } else {
+      res = gst_avi_mux_write_index (avimux);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* we do our best to make it interleaved at least ... */
+  if (avimux->audio_pads > 0 && avimux->video_pads > 0)
+    avimux->avi_hdr.flags |= GST_RIFF_AVIH_ISINTERLEAVED;
+
+  /* set rate and everything having to do with that */
+  avimux->avi_hdr.max_bps = 0;
+  node = avimux->sinkpads;
+  while (node) {
+    GstAviPad *avipad = (GstAviPad *) node->data;
+
+    node = node->next;
+
+    if (!avipad->is_video) {
+      GstAviAudioPad *audpad = (GstAviAudioPad *) avipad;
+
+      /* calculate bps if needed */
+      if (!audpad->auds.av_bps) {
+        if (audpad->audio_time) {
+          audpad->auds.av_bps =
+              (GST_SECOND * audpad->audio_size) / audpad->audio_time;
+          /* round bps to nearest multiple of 8;
+           * which is much more likely to be the (cbr) bitrate in use;
+           * which in turn results in better timestamp calculation on playback */
+          audpad->auds.av_bps = GST_ROUND_UP_8 (audpad->auds.av_bps - 4);
+        } else {
+          GST_ELEMENT_WARNING (avimux, STREAM, MUX,
+              (_("No or invalid input audio, AVI stream will be corrupt.")),
+              (NULL));
+          audpad->auds.av_bps = 0;
+        }
+        avipad->hdr.rate = audpad->auds.av_bps * avipad->hdr.scale;
+      }
+      avimux->avi_hdr.max_bps += audpad->auds.av_bps;
+      avipad->hdr.length = (audpad->audio_time * avipad->hdr.rate) / GST_SECOND;
+    } else {
+      GstAviVideoPad *vidpad = (GstAviVideoPad *) avipad;
+
+      avimux->avi_hdr.max_bps += ((vidpad->vids.bit_cnt + 7) / 8) *
+          (1000000. / avimux->avi_hdr.us_frame) * vidpad->vids.image_size;
+      avipad->hdr.length = avimux->total_frames;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* statistics/total_frames/... */
+  avimux->avi_hdr.tot_frames = avimux->num_frames;
+
+  /* seek and rewrite the header */
+  header = gst_avi_mux_riff_get_avi_header (avimux);
+  event = gst_event_new_new_segment (FALSE, 1.0, GST_FORMAT_BYTES,
+      0, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE, 0);
+  gst_pad_push_event (avimux->srcpad, event);
+
+  gst_buffer_set_caps (header, GST_PAD_CAPS (avimux->srcpad));
+  /* the first error survives */
+  if (res == GST_FLOW_OK)
+    res = gst_pad_push (avimux->srcpad, header);
+  else
+    gst_pad_push (avimux->srcpad, header);
+
+  event = gst_event_new_new_segment (FALSE, 1.0, GST_FORMAT_BYTES,
+      avimux->total_data, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE, avimux->total_data);
+  gst_pad_push_event (avimux->srcpad, event);
+
+  avimux->write_header = TRUE;
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+static GstFlowReturn
+gst_avi_mux_restart_file (GstAviMux * avimux)
+{
+  GstFlowReturn res;
+
+  if ((res = gst_avi_mux_stop_file (avimux)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+    return res;
+
+  gst_pad_push_event (avimux->srcpad, gst_event_new_eos ());
+
+  return gst_avi_mux_start_file (avimux);
+}
+
+/* handle events (search) */
+static gboolean
+gst_avi_mux_handle_event (GstPad * pad, GstEvent * event)
+{
+  GstAviMux *avimux;
+  gboolean ret;
+
+  avimux = GST_AVI_MUX (gst_pad_get_parent (pad));
+
+  switch (GST_EVENT_TYPE (event)) {
+    case GST_EVENT_TAG:{
+      GstTagList *list;
+      GstTagSetter *setter = GST_TAG_SETTER (avimux);
+      const GstTagMergeMode mode = gst_tag_setter_get_tag_merge_mode (setter);
+
+      gst_event_parse_tag (event, &list);
+      gst_tag_setter_merge_tags (setter, list, mode);
+      break;
+    }
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+
+  /* now GstCollectPads can take care of the rest, e.g. EOS */
+  ret = avimux->collect_event (pad, event);
+
+  gst_object_unref (avimux);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+/* send extra 'padding' data */
+static GstFlowReturn
+gst_avi_mux_send_pad_data (GstAviMux * avimux, gulong num_bytes)
+{
+  GstBuffer *buffer;
+
+  buffer = gst_buffer_new_and_alloc (num_bytes);
+  memset (GST_BUFFER_DATA (buffer), 0, num_bytes);
+  gst_buffer_set_caps (buffer, GST_PAD_CAPS (avimux->srcpad));
+  return gst_pad_push (avimux->srcpad, buffer);
+}
+
+/* do buffer */
+static GstFlowReturn
+gst_avi_mux_do_buffer (GstAviMux * avimux, GstAviPad * avipad)
+{
+  GstFlowReturn res;
+  GstBuffer *data, *header;
+  gulong total_size, pad_bytes = 0;
+  guint flags;
+
+  data = gst_collect_pads_pop (avimux->collect, avipad->collect);
+
+  if (avimux->restart) {
+    if ((res = gst_avi_mux_restart_file (avimux)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+      return res;
+  }
+
+  /* need to restart or start a next avix chunk ? */
+  if ((avimux->is_bigfile ? avimux->datax_size : avimux->data_size) +
+      GST_BUFFER_SIZE (data) > 1024 * 1024 * 2000) {
+    if (avimux->enable_large_avi) {
+      if ((res = gst_avi_mux_bigfile (avimux, FALSE)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+        return res;
+    } else {
+      if ((res = gst_avi_mux_restart_file (avimux)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+        return res;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* get header and record some stats */
+  if (GST_BUFFER_SIZE (data) & 1) {
+    pad_bytes = 2 - (GST_BUFFER_SIZE (data) & 1);
+  }
+  header = gst_avi_mux_riff_get_header (avipad, GST_BUFFER_SIZE (data));
+  total_size = GST_BUFFER_SIZE (header) + GST_BUFFER_SIZE (data) + pad_bytes;
+
+  if (avimux->is_bigfile) {
+    avimux->datax_size += total_size;
+  } else {
+    avimux->data_size += total_size;
+  }
+
+  if (avipad->is_video) {
+    avimux->total_frames++;
+
+    if (avimux->is_bigfile) {
+      avimux->numx_frames++;
+    } else {
+      avimux->num_frames++;
+    }
+
+    flags = 0x02;
+    if (!GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IS_SET (data, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT))
+      flags |= 0x10;
+  } else {
+    GstAviAudioPad *audpad = (GstAviAudioPad *) avipad;
+
+    flags = 0;
+    audpad->audio_size += GST_BUFFER_SIZE (data);
+    audpad->audio_time += GST_BUFFER_DURATION (data);
+  }
+
+  gst_avi_mux_add_index (avimux, avipad->tag, flags, GST_BUFFER_SIZE (data));
+
+  /* prepare buffers for sending */
+  gst_buffer_set_caps (header, GST_PAD_CAPS (avimux->srcpad));
+  data = gst_buffer_make_metadata_writable (data);
+  gst_buffer_set_caps (data, GST_PAD_CAPS (avimux->srcpad));
+
+  GST_LOG_OBJECT (avimux, "pushing buffers: head, data");
+
+  if ((res = gst_pad_push (avimux->srcpad, header)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+    return res;
+  if ((res = gst_pad_push (avimux->srcpad, data)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+    return res;
+
+  if (pad_bytes) {
+    if ((res = gst_avi_mux_send_pad_data (avimux, pad_bytes)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+      return res;
+  }
+
+  /* if any push above fails, we're in trouble with file consistency anyway */
+  avimux->total_data += total_size;
+  avimux->idx_offset += total_size;
+
+  return res;
+}
+
+/* pick the oldest buffer from the pads and push it */
+static GstFlowReturn
+gst_avi_mux_do_one_buffer (GstAviMux * avimux)
+{
+  GstAviPad *avipad, *best_pad;
+  GSList *node;
+  GstBuffer *buffer;
+  GstClockTime time, best_time;
+
+  node = avimux->sinkpads;
+  best_pad = NULL;
+  best_time = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+  for (; node; node = node->next) {
+    avipad = (GstAviPad *) node->data;
+
+    if (!avipad->collect)
+      continue;
+
+    buffer = gst_collect_pads_peek (avimux->collect, avipad->collect);
+    if (!buffer)
+      continue;
+    time = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer);
+    gst_buffer_unref (buffer);
+
+    /* invalid timestamp buffers pass first,
+     * these are probably initialization buffers */
+    if (best_pad == NULL || !GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (time)
+        || (GST_CLOCK_TIME_IS_VALID (best_time) && time < best_time)) {
+      best_pad = avipad;
+      best_time = time;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (best_pad) {
+    GST_LOG_OBJECT (avimux, "selected pad %s with time %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
+        GST_PAD_NAME (best_pad->collect->pad), GST_TIME_ARGS (best_time));
+
+    return gst_avi_mux_do_buffer (avimux, best_pad);
+  } else {
+    /* simply finish off the file and send EOS */
+    gst_avi_mux_stop_file (avimux);
+    gst_pad_push_event (avimux->srcpad, gst_event_new_eos ());
+    return GST_FLOW_UNEXPECTED;
+  }
+}
+
+static GstFlowReturn
+gst_avi_mux_collect_pads (GstCollectPads * pads, GstAviMux * avimux)
+{
+  GstFlowReturn res;
+
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (avimux->write_header)) {
+    if ((res = gst_avi_mux_start_file (avimux)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
+      return res;
+  }
+
+  return gst_avi_mux_do_one_buffer (avimux);
+}
+
+
+static void
+gst_avi_mux_get_property (GObject * object,
+    guint prop_id, GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  GstAviMux *avimux;
+
+  avimux = GST_AVI_MUX (object);
+
+  switch (prop_id) {
+    case ARG_BIGFILE:
+      g_value_set_boolean (value, avimux->enable_large_avi);
+      break;
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_avi_mux_set_property (GObject * object,
+    guint prop_id, const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  GstAviMux *avimux;
+
+  avimux = GST_AVI_MUX (object);
+
+  switch (prop_id) {
+    case ARG_BIGFILE:
+      avimux->enable_large_avi = g_value_get_boolean (value);
+      break;
+    default:
+      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+static GstStateChangeReturn
+gst_avi_mux_change_state (GstElement * element, GstStateChange transition)
+{
+  GstAviMux *avimux;
+  GstStateChangeReturn ret;
+
+  avimux = GST_AVI_MUX (element);
+
+  switch (transition) {
+    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_READY_TO_PAUSED:
+      gst_collect_pads_start (avimux->collect);
+      break;
+    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_PAUSED_TO_PLAYING:
+      break;
+    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_PAUSED_TO_READY:
+      gst_collect_pads_stop (avimux->collect);
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+
+  ret = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (parent_class)->change_state (element, transition);
+  if (ret == GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE)
+    goto done;
+
+  switch (transition) {
+    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_PLAYING_TO_PAUSED:
+      break;
+    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_PAUSED_TO_READY:
+      gst_avi_mux_reset (avimux);
+      break;
+    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_READY_TO_NULL:
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+
+done:
+  return ret;
+}