Element that writes buffers to a set of files. File is switched on event.

Files are named according to naming_fun passed in options. This function receives sequential number of file and should return string. It defaults to path/to/file0.ext, path/to/file1.ext, ...

The event type, which starts writing to a next file is passed by split_event option. It defaults to Membrane.File.SplitEvent.

Element options

Passed via struct Membrane.File.Sink.Multi.t/0

• location

  Path.t()

  Required
  Base path to the file, will be passed to the naming function

• extension

  String.t()

  Default value: ""
  Extension of the file, should be preceeded with dot (.). It is passed to the naming function.

• naming_fun

  (Path.t(), non_neg_integer, String.t() -> Path.t())

  Default value: &Membrane.File.Sink.Multi.default_naming_fun/3
  Function accepting base path, sequential number and file extension, and returning file path as a string. Default one generates path/to/file0.ext, path/to/file1.ext, ...

• split_event

  Membrane.Event.t()

  Default value: Membrane.File.SplitEvent
  Event causing switching to a new file

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