Initialization: GStreamer Editing Services 1.7.1 Reference Manual

## Initialization Initialization |

## Functions

gboolean | ges_init ()
gboolean | ges_init_check ()
void | ges_version ()
GOptionGroup * | ges_init_get_option_group ()
#define | GES_VERSION_MAJOR
#define | GES_VERSION_MICRO
#define | GES_VERSION_MINOR
#define | GES_VERSION_NANO

## Includes

    #include <ges/ges.h>

## Description

## Functions

### ges_init ()

    gboolean
    ges_init (void);

Initialize the GStreamer Editing Service. Call this before any usage of GES. You should take care of initilizing GStreamer before calling this function.

### ges_init_check ()

    gboolean
    ges_init_check (int *argc,
                    char **argv[],
                    GError **err);

Initializes the GStreamer Editing Services library, setting up internal path lists, and loading evrything needed.

This function will return `FALSE` if GES could not be initialized for some reason.

#### Parameters

argc | pointer to application's argc. | [inout][allow-none]
argv | pointer to application's argv. | [inout][array length=argc][allow-none]
err | pointer to a GError to which a message will be posted on error |

#### Returns

`TRUE` if GES could be initialized.

### ges_version ()

    void
    ges_version (guint *major,
                 guint *minor,
                 guint *micro,
                 guint *nano);

Gets the version number of the GStreamer Editing Services library.

#### Parameters

major | pointer to a guint to store the major version number. | [out]
minor | pointer to a guint to store the minor version number. | [out]
micro | pointer to a guint to store the micro version number. | [out]
nano | pointer to a guint to store the nano version number. | [out]

### ges_init_get_option_group ()

    GOptionGroup *
    ges_init_get_option_group (void);

Returns a GOptionGroup with GES's argument specifications. The group is set up to use standard GOption callbacks, so when using this group in combination with GOption parsing methods, all argument parsing and initialization is automated.

This function is useful if you want to integrate GES with other libraries that use GOption (see `g_option_context_add_group()` ).

If you use this function, you should make sure you initialise the GStreamer as one of the very first things in your program.

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#### Returns

a pointer to GES's option group.

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### GES_VERSION_MAJOR

    #define GES_VERSION_MAJOR (1)

### GES_VERSION_MICRO

    #define GES_VERSION_MICRO (1)

### GES_VERSION_MINOR

    #define GES_VERSION_MINOR (7)

### GES_VERSION_NANO

    #define GES_VERSION_NANO  (0)

## Types and Values