On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 12:05 PM, wm4 <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue,  5 Aug 2014 11:13:04 -0400
> Andrew Stone <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The only flags, for now, indicate if metadata was updated and are set after 
>> each call to
>> av_read_frame(). This comes with the caveat that, on stream start, it might 
>> not be set properly
>> as packets might be buffered in AVFormatContext.packet_buffer before being 
>> given to the user
>> in av_read_frame().
>> ---
>>  doc/APIchanges         |  4 ++++
>>  libavformat/avformat.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
>>  libavformat/utils.c    |  2 ++
>>  libavformat/version.h  |  2 +-
>>  4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
>> index 261993b..a677e42 100644
>> --- a/doc/APIchanges
>> +++ b/doc/APIchanges
>> @@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ libavutil:     2013-12-xx
>>
>>  API changes, most recent first:
>>
>> +2014-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavf 55.21.0 - avformat.h
>> +  Add AVFormatContext.event_flags for signaling to the user when events
>> +  have happened in the stream.
>> +
>>  2014-07-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 53.19.0 - avstring.h
>>    Make name matching function from lavf public as av_match_name().
>>
>> diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h
>> index ab2081a..f69765e 100644
>> --- a/libavformat/avformat.h
>> +++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
>> @@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ struct AVFormatContext;
>>   *    -  sorting  -- a modified version of a tag that should be used for
>>   *       sorting will have '-sort' appended. E.g. artist="The Beatles",
>>   *       artist-sort="Beatles, The".
>> + * - Some protocols and demuxers support metadata updates. After a 
>> successful
>> + *   call to av_read_packet(), AVFormatContext.event_flags will be updated 
>> to
>> + *   indicate if metadata was updated. Currently, only file 
>> (AVFormatContext)
>> + *   and stream (AVStream) metadata change.
>>   *
>>   * -  Demuxers attempt to export metadata in a generic format, however tags
>>   *    with no generic equivalents are left as they are stored in the 
>> container.
>> @@ -1177,6 +1181,16 @@ typedef struct AVFormatContext {
>>       * @see AVCodecContext.strict_std_compliance
>>       */
>>      int strict_std_compliance;
>> +
>> +    /**
>> +     * Flags for the user to detect events happening on the stream. These
>> +     * are cleared and set anew after each call to av_read_frame().
>> +     * A combination of AVFMT_EVENT_FLAG_*.
>> +     */
>> +    int event_flags;
>> +#define AVFMT_EVENT_FLAG_METADATA_UPDATED        0x0001 ///< The call 
>> resulted in updated metadata for the whole file.
>> +#define AVFMT_EVENT_FLAG_STREAM_METADATA_UPDATED 0x0002 ///< The call 
>> resulted in updated metadata for a stream.
>> +
>>      /*****************************************************************
>>       * All fields below this line are not part of the public API. They
>>       * may not be used outside of libavformat and can be changed and
>> diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
>> index 698fcfe..6d191f1 100644
>> --- a/libavformat/utils.c
>> +++ b/libavformat/utils.c
>> @@ -982,6 +982,8 @@ int av_read_frame(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
>>      const int genpts = s->flags & AVFMT_FLAG_GENPTS;
>>      int eof = 0;
>>
>> +    s->event_flags = 0;
>> +
>
> Why? IMO it would be better to have the user reset them. This reduces
> the chance that events are accidentally missed.

To me, as a user, it seems more awkward that I would have to reset a
flag in a struct from a library than the library resetting it after a
call. Plus, since the user should be checking the flags after every
call to av_read_packet, it's unlikely they'll miss the event.
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