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Diffstat (limited to 'gst')
| -rw-r--r-- | gst/festival/gstfestival.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gst/festival/gstfestival.c b/gst/festival/gstfestival.c index f2ce45a6..d67c5403 100644 --- a/gst/festival/gstfestival.c +++ b/gst/festival/gstfestival.c @@ -64,13 +64,14 @@ * SECTION:element-festival * * This element connects to a - * <ulink url="http://www.festvox.org/festival/index.html">festival</ulink> server - * process and uses it to synthesize speech. + * <ulink url="http://www.festvox.org/festival/index.html">festival</ulink> + * server process and uses it to synthesize speech. Festival need to run already + * in server mode, started as <screen>festival --server</screen> * * <refsect2> * <title>Example pipeline</title> * |[ - * echo "hi" | gst-launch fdsrc fd=0 ! festival ! wavparse ! audioconvert ! alsasink + * echo 'Hello G-Streamer!' | gst-launch fdsrc fd=0 ! festival ! wavparse ! audioconvert ! alsasink * ]| * </refsect2> */ @@ -462,8 +463,11 @@ gst_festival_open (GstFestival * festival) festival->info->server_fd = festival_socket_open (festival->info->server_host, festival->info->server_port); - if (festival->info->server_fd == -1) + if (festival->info->server_fd == -1) { + GST_ERROR + ("Could not talk to festival server (no server running or wrong host/port?)"); return FALSE; + } return TRUE; } |