tools: gst-play: error out instead of crashing if there's no playbin element

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/gst-play.c b/tools/gst-play.c
index c9b6e73f5..a6ea68b7e 100644
--- a/tools/gst-play.c
+++ b/tools/gst-play.c
@@ -138,16 +138,20 @@ static GstPlay *
 play_new (gchar ** uris, const gchar * audio_sink, const gchar * video_sink,
     gboolean gapless, gdouble initial_volume)
 {
-  GstElement *sink;
+  GstElement *sink, *playbin;
   GstPlay *play;
 
+  playbin = gst_element_factory_make ("playbin", "playbin");
+  if (playbin == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+
   play = g_new0 (GstPlay, 1);
 
   play->uris = uris;
   play->num_uris = g_strv_length (uris);
   play->cur_idx = -1;
 
-  play->playbin = gst_element_factory_make ("playbin", "playbin");
+  play->playbin = playbin;
 
   if (audio_sink != NULL) {
     if (strchr (audio_sink, ' ') != NULL)
@@ -1213,6 +1217,12 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   /* prepare */
   play = play_new (uris, audio_sink, video_sink, gapless, volume);
 
+  if (play == NULL) {
+    g_printerr
+        ("Failed to create 'playbin' element. Check your GStreamer installation.\n");
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+
   if (interactive) {
     if (gst_play_kb_set_key_handler (keyboard_cb, play)) {
       g_print (_("Press 'k' to see a list of keyboard shortcuts.\n"));