Element that creates a file and stores incoming buffers there (in binary format). Can also be used as a pipe to standard output by setting location to :stdout, though this requires additional configuration.

When Membrane.File.SeekSinkEvent is received, the element starts writing buffers starting from position. By default, it overwrites previously stored bytes. You can set insert? field of the event to true to start inserting new buffers without overwriting previous ones. Please note, that inserting requires rewriting the file, what negatively impacts performance. For more information refer to Membrane.File.SeekSinkEvent moduledoc.

Pipeline logs are directed to standard output by default. To separate them from the sink's output we recommend redirecting the logger to standard error. For simple use cases using the default logger configuration (like stand-alone scripts) this can be achieved by simply calling redirect_logs_to_stderr/0. See examples/file_to_pipe.exs for a working example.

Element options

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

• location

  Path.t() | :stdout

  Required
  Path of the output file or :stdout

Pads

:input

Accepted formats:

_any