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Demuxers read a media file and split it into chunks of data (packets). More...
Data Structures | |
| struct | AVInputFormat |
Functions | |
| AVInputFormat * | av_find_input_format (const char *short_name) |
| Find AVInputFormat based on the short name of the input format. | |
| AVInputFormat * | av_probe_input_format (AVProbeData *pd, int is_opened) |
| Guess the file format. | |
| AVInputFormat * | av_probe_input_format2 (AVProbeData *pd, int is_opened, int *score_max) |
| Guess the file format. | |
| AVInputFormat * | av_probe_input_format3 (AVProbeData *pd, int is_opened, int *score_ret) |
| Guess the file format. | |
| int | av_probe_input_buffer (AVIOContext *pb, AVInputFormat **fmt, const char *filename, void *logctx, unsigned int offset, unsigned int max_probe_size) |
| Probe a bytestream to determine the input format. | |
| int | avformat_open_input (AVFormatContext **ps, const char *filename, AVInputFormat *fmt, AVDictionary **options) |
| Open an input stream and read the header. | |
| attribute_deprecated int | av_demuxer_open (AVFormatContext *ic) |
| int | avformat_find_stream_info (AVFormatContext *ic, AVDictionary **options) |
| Read packets of a media file to get stream information. | |
| AVProgram * | av_find_program_from_stream (AVFormatContext *ic, AVProgram *last, int s) |
| Find the programs which belong to a given stream. | |
| int | av_find_best_stream (AVFormatContext *ic, enum AVMediaType type, int wanted_stream_nb, int related_stream, AVCodec **decoder_ret, int flags) |
| Find the "best" stream in the file. | |
| int | av_read_frame (AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt) |
| Return the next frame of a stream. | |
| int | av_seek_frame (AVFormatContext *s, int stream_index, int64_t timestamp, int flags) |
| Seek to the keyframe at timestamp. | |
| int | avformat_seek_file (AVFormatContext *s, int stream_index, int64_t min_ts, int64_t ts, int64_t max_ts, int flags) |
| Seek to timestamp ts. | |
| int | av_read_play (AVFormatContext *s) |
| Start playing a network-based stream (e.g. | |
| int | av_read_pause (AVFormatContext *s) |
| Pause a network-based stream (e.g. | |
| void | avformat_close_input (AVFormatContext **s) |
| Close an opened input AVFormatContext. | |
Demuxers read a media file and split it into chunks of data (packets).
A packet contains one or more encoded frames which belongs to a single elementary stream. In the lavf API this process is represented by the avformat_open_input() function for opening a file, av_read_frame() for reading a single packet and finally avformat_close_input(), which does the cleanup.
The minimum information required to open a file is its URL or filename, which is passed to avformat_open_input(), as in the following code:
The above code attempts to allocate an AVFormatContext, open the specified file (autodetecting the format) and read the header, exporting the information stored there into s. Some formats do not have a header or do not store enough information there, so it is recommended that you call the avformat_find_stream_info() function which tries to read and decode a few frames to find missing information.
In some cases you might want to preallocate an AVFormatContext yourself with avformat_alloc_context() and do some tweaking on it before passing it to avformat_open_input(). One such case is when you want to use custom functions for reading input data instead of lavf internal I/O layer. To do that, create your own AVIOContext with avio_alloc_context(), passing your reading callbacks to it. Then set the pb field of your AVFormatContext to newly created AVIOContext.
Since the format of the opened file is in general not known until after avformat_open_input() has returned, it is not possible to set demuxer private options on a preallocated context. Instead, the options should be passed to avformat_open_input() wrapped in an AVDictionary:
This code passes the private options 'video_size' and 'pixel_format' to the demuxer. They would be necessary for e.g. the rawvideo demuxer, since it cannot know how to interpret raw video data otherwise. If the format turns out to be something different than raw video, those options will not be recognized by the demuxer and therefore will not be applied. Such unrecognized options are then returned in the options dictionary (recognized options are consumed). The calling program can handle such unrecognized options as it wishes, e.g.
After you have finished reading the file, you must close it with avformat_close_input(). It will free everything associated with the file.
Reading data from an opened AVFormatContext is done by repeatedly calling av_read_frame() on it. Each call, if successful, will return an AVPacket containing encoded data for one AVStream, identified by AVPacket.stream_index. This packet may be passed straight into the libavcodec decoding functions avcodec_decode_video2(), avcodec_decode_audio4() or avcodec_decode_subtitle2() if the caller wishes to decode the data.
AVPacket.pts, AVPacket.dts and AVPacket.duration timing information will be set if known. They may also be unset (i.e. AV_NOPTS_VALUE for pts/dts, 0 for duration) if the stream does not provide them. The timing information will be in AVStream.time_base units, i.e. it has to be multiplied by the timebase to convert them to seconds.
If AVPacket.buf is set on the returned packet, then the packet is allocated dynamically and the user may keep it indefinitely. Otherwise, if AVPacket.buf is NULL, the packet data is backed by a static storage somewhere inside the demuxer and the packet is only valid until the next av_read_frame() call or closing the file. If the caller requires a longer lifetime, av_dup_packet() will make an av_malloc()ed copy of it. In both cases, the packet must be freed with av_free_packet() when it is no longer needed.
| AVInputFormat* av_find_input_format | ( | const char * | short_name | ) |
Find AVInputFormat based on the short name of the input format.
Definition at line 177 of file format.c.
Referenced by av_probe_input_buffer(), ff_load_image(), http_receive_data(), movie_common_init(), open_input_file(), opt_format(), parse_ffconfig(), sap_read_header(), and show_help_demuxer().
| AVInputFormat* av_probe_input_format | ( | AVProbeData * | pd, |
| int | is_opened | ||
| ) |
| AVInputFormat* av_probe_input_format2 | ( | AVProbeData * | pd, |
| int | is_opened, | ||
| int * | score_max | ||
| ) |
Guess the file format.
| is_opened | Whether the file is already opened; determines whether demuxers with or without AVFMT_NOFILE are probed. |
| score_max | A probe score larger that this is required to accept a detection, the variable is set to the actual detection score afterwards. If the score is <= AVPROBE_SCORE_MAX / 4 it is recommended to retry with a larger probe buffer. |
Definition at line 246 of file utils.c.
Referenced by av_probe_input_buffer(), av_probe_input_format(), init_input(), and read_gab2_sub().
| AVInputFormat* av_probe_input_format3 | ( | AVProbeData * | pd, |
| int | is_opened, | ||
| int * | score_ret | ||
| ) |
Guess the file format.
| is_opened | Whether the file is already opened; determines whether demuxers with or without AVFMT_NOFILE are probed. |
| score_ret | The score of the best detection. |
Definition at line 200 of file utils.c.
Referenced by av_probe_input_format2(), and set_codec_from_probe_data().
| int av_probe_input_buffer | ( | AVIOContext * | pb, |
| AVInputFormat ** | fmt, | ||
| const char * | filename, | ||
| void * | logctx, | ||
| unsigned int | offset, | ||
| unsigned int | max_probe_size | ||
| ) |
Probe a bytestream to determine the input format.
Each time a probe returns with a score that is too low, the probe buffer size is increased and another attempt is made. When the maximum probe size is reached, the input format with the highest score is returned.
| pb | the bytestream to probe |
| fmt | the input format is put here |
| filename | the filename of the stream |
| logctx | the log context |
| offset | the offset within the bytestream to probe from |
| max_probe_size | the maximum probe buffer size (zero for default) |
Definition at line 319 of file utils.c.
Referenced by hls_read_header(), and init_input().
| int avformat_open_input | ( | AVFormatContext ** | ps, |
| const char * | filename, | ||
| AVInputFormat * | fmt, | ||
| AVDictionary ** | options | ||
| ) |
Open an input stream and read the header.
The codecs are not opened. The stream must be closed with av_close_input_file().
| ps | Pointer to user-supplied AVFormatContext (allocated by avformat_alloc_context). May be a pointer to NULL, in which case an AVFormatContext is allocated by this function and written into ps. Note that a user-supplied AVFormatContext will be freed on failure. |
| filename | Name of the stream to open. |
| fmt | If non-NULL, this parameter forces a specific input format. Otherwise the format is autodetected. |
| options | A dictionary filled with AVFormatContext and demuxer-private options. On return this parameter will be destroyed and replaced with a dict containing options that were not found. May be NULL. |
Definition at line 462 of file utils.c.
Referenced by build_feed_streams(), build_file_streams(), ff_load_image(), ff_wms_parse_sdp_a_line(), handle_file(), hls_read_header(), http_receive_data(), libquvi_read_header(), main(), movie_common_init(), open_file(), open_input_file(), open_input_stream(), rdt_new_context(), read_ffserver_streams(), read_gab2_sub(), read_thread(), and sap_read_header().
| attribute_deprecated int av_demuxer_open | ( | AVFormatContext * | ic | ) |
| int avformat_find_stream_info | ( | AVFormatContext * | ic, |
| AVDictionary ** | options | ||
| ) |
Read packets of a media file to get stream information.
This is useful for file formats with no headers such as MPEG. This function also computes the real framerate in case of MPEG-2 repeat frame mode. The logical file position is not changed by this function; examined packets may be buffered for later processing.
| ic | media file handle |
| options | If non-NULL, an ic.nb_streams long array of pointers to dictionaries, where i-th member contains options for codec corresponding to i-th stream. On return each dictionary will be filled with options that were not found. |
Definition at line 2637 of file utils.c.
Referenced by build_file_streams(), handle_file(), hls_read_header(), main(), movie_common_init(), open_file(), open_input_file(), open_input_stream(), and read_thread().
| AVProgram* av_find_program_from_stream | ( | AVFormatContext * | ic, |
| AVProgram * | last, | ||
| int | s | ||
| ) |
Find the programs which belong to a given stream.
| ic | media file handle |
| last | the last found program, the search will start after this program, or from the beginning if it is NULL |
| s | stream index |
Definition at line 3071 of file utils.c.
Referenced by av_find_best_stream(), update_stream_timings(), and update_wrap_reference().
| int av_find_best_stream | ( | AVFormatContext * | ic, |
| enum AVMediaType | type, | ||
| int | wanted_stream_nb, | ||
| int | related_stream, | ||
| AVCodec ** | decoder_ret, | ||
| int | flags | ||
| ) |
Find the "best" stream in the file.
The best stream is determined according to various heuristics as the most likely to be what the user expects. If the decoder parameter is non-NULL, av_find_best_stream will find the default decoder for the stream's codec; streams for which no decoder can be found are ignored.
| ic | media file handle |
| type | stream type: video, audio, subtitles, etc. |
| wanted_stream_nb | user-requested stream number, or -1 for automatic selection |
| related_stream | try to find a stream related (eg. in the same program) to this one, or -1 if none |
| decoder_ret | if non-NULL, returns the decoder for the selected stream |
| flags | flags; none are currently defined |
Definition at line 3088 of file utils.c.
Referenced by find_stream(), open_codec_context(), open_input_file(), and read_thread().
| int av_read_frame | ( | AVFormatContext * | s, |
| AVPacket * | pkt | ||
| ) |
Return the next frame of a stream.
This function returns what is stored in the file, and does not validate that what is there are valid frames for the decoder. It will split what is stored in the file into frames and return one for each call. It will not omit invalid data between valid frames so as to give the decoder the maximum information possible for decoding.
If pkt->buf is NULL, then the packet is valid until the next av_read_frame() or until av_close_input_file(). Otherwise the packet is valid indefinitely. In both cases the packet must be freed with av_free_packet when it is no longer needed. For video, the packet contains exactly one frame. For audio, it contains an integer number of frames if each frame has a known fixed size (e.g. PCM or ADPCM data). If the audio frames have a variable size (e.g. MPEG audio), then it contains one frame.
pkt->pts, pkt->dts and pkt->duration are always set to correct values in AVStream.time_base units (and guessed if the format cannot provide them). pkt->pts can be AV_NOPTS_VALUE if the video format has B-frames, so it is better to rely on pkt->dts if you do not decompress the payload.
Definition at line 1389 of file utils.c.
Referenced by asf_read_pts(), concat_read_packet(), extract_mpeg4_header(), ff_load_image(), get_input_packet(), hls_read_packet(), http_prepare_data(), libquvi_read_packet(), main(), movie_push_frame(), mpc_read_seek(), mpegts_get_dts(), read_packets(), read_thread(), sap_fetch_packet(), search_hi_lo_keyframes(), seek_frame_generic(), and wv_read_seek().
| int av_seek_frame | ( | AVFormatContext * | s, |
| int | stream_index, | ||
| int64_t | timestamp, | ||
| int | flags | ||
| ) |
Seek to the keyframe at timestamp.
'timestamp' in 'stream_index'.
| stream_index | If stream_index is (-1), a default stream is selected, and timestamp is automatically converted from AV_TIME_BASE units to the stream specific time_base. |
| timestamp | Timestamp in AVStream.time_base units or, if no stream is specified, in AV_TIME_BASE units. |
| flags | flags which select direction and seeking mode |
Definition at line 2012 of file utils.c.
Referenced by avformat_seek_file(), libquvi_read_seek(), movie_common_init(), open_input_stream(), and rewind_file().
| int avformat_seek_file | ( | AVFormatContext * | s, |
| int | stream_index, | ||
| int64_t | min_ts, | ||
| int64_t | ts, | ||
| int64_t | max_ts, | ||
| int | flags | ||
| ) |
Seek to timestamp ts.
Seeking will be done so that the point from which all active streams can be presented successfully will be closest to ts and within min/max_ts. Active streams are all streams that have AVStream.discard < AVDISCARD_ALL.
If flags contain AVSEEK_FLAG_BYTE, then all timestamps are in bytes and are the file position (this may not be supported by all demuxers). If flags contain AVSEEK_FLAG_FRAME, then all timestamps are in frames in the stream with stream_index (this may not be supported by all demuxers). Otherwise all timestamps are in units of the stream selected by stream_index or if stream_index is -1, in AV_TIME_BASE units. If flags contain AVSEEK_FLAG_ANY, then non-keyframes are treated as keyframes (this may not be supported by all demuxers). If flags contain AVSEEK_FLAG_BACKWARD, it is ignored.
| stream_index | index of the stream which is used as time base reference |
| min_ts | smallest acceptable timestamp |
| ts | target timestamp |
| max_ts | largest acceptable timestamp |
| flags | flags |
Definition at line 2034 of file utils.c.
Referenced by av_seek_frame(), main(), open_input_file(), read_thread(), seek_subtitle(), and try_seek().
| int av_read_play | ( | AVFormatContext * | s | ) |
Start playing a network-based stream (e.g.
RTSP stream) at the current position.
Definition at line 3150 of file utils.c.
Referenced by read_thread().
| int av_read_pause | ( | AVFormatContext * | s | ) |
Pause a network-based stream (e.g.
RTSP stream).
Use av_read_play() to resume it.
Definition at line 3159 of file utils.c.
Referenced by read_thread().
| void avformat_close_input | ( | AVFormatContext ** | s | ) |
Close an opened input AVFormatContext.
Free it and all its contents and set *s to NULL.
Definition at line 3228 of file utils.c.
Referenced by avi_read_close(), build_feed_streams(), build_file_streams(), close_connection(), close_input_file(), concat_read_close(), concat_seek(), ff_load_image(), ff_rtsp_close_streams(), ff_wms_parse_sdp_a_line(), ffmpeg_cleanup(), free_variant_list(), handle_file(), http_prepare_data(), http_receive_data(), libquvi_close(), main(), movie_uninit(), open_file(), open_input_file(), open_input_stream(), rdt_free_context(), read_ffserver_streams(), read_thread(), and sap_read_close().
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