**Contents**


* `Video File with gstreamer ingestor (multifilesrc) <#video-file-with-gstreamer-ingestor-multifilesrc>`__

Video File with gstreamer ingestor (multifilesrc)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

**NOTE**\ :


* 
  The videos should follow a naming convention and should be named in the format characters followed by digits in the sequential order. For eg. ``video_001``\ , ``video_002``\ , ``video_003`` and so on.


  * Make use of the ``%d`` format specifier to specify the total digits present in the filename. For example, if the videos are named in the format ``video_0001``\ , ``video_0002``\ , then it has total 4 digits in the filename. Use ``%04d`` while providing the name ``<video_filename>_%04d.mp4``.
  * The ingestion will stop if it does not find the required file name.
    For example, if directory contains videos ``video_01``\ , ``video_02`` and ``video_04``\ , then the ingestion will stop after reading ``video_02`` since ``video_03`` is not present in the directory.

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  In case one does not want to loop the video with multifilesrc element then set the ``loop`` property to ``FALSE``

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  In case one wants to play a single video for specific number of iterations set the ``loop`` property to ``FALSE`` and ``stop-index`` property to the number of iterations. For example, setting ``stop-index=0`` would play it once, setting ``start-index=1`` and ``stop-index=5`` would play it five times. Setting the ``loop`` property to ``TRUE`` will override the ``stop-index`` property.

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  When playing multiple videos from a folder, set the ``loop`` property to ``FALSE`` and ``start-index`` and ``stop-index`` properties can be set for specifying the range of videos to play in a sequence. For example, if the location is set to ``/home/pipeline-server/video_dir/video%03d.avi`` and the available videos in the directory are ``video001.avi``\ , ``video002.avi``\ , ``video003.avi``\ , ``video004.avi`` specifying ``start-index=1`` and ``stop-index=2`` will play ``video001.avi`` and ``video002.avi``.

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  The ``loop`` property of ``multifilesrc`` plugin does not support video files of MP4 format. Hence MP4 video files will not loop and the recommendation is to transcode the video file to AVI format.

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  It is recommended to set the ``loop`` property of the ``multifilesrc`` element to false ``loop=FALSE`` to avoid memory bloat issues. If you want to loop the video, then use the `cvlc based RTSP stream </IEdgeInsights/EdgeVideoAnalyticsMicroservice/eii/docs/rtsp_doc.html#rtsp-simulated-camera>`_.

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  In case one notices general stream error with multifilesrc element when certain video files are used then transcode the video file to ``H264`` video with ``.avi`` container format to ensure the compatibity of the format of the video file.