On 10 Apr 2014, at 00:32, wm4 <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Apr 2014 23:51:44 +0200
> Info || Non-Lethal Applications <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I’m using libav for my own playback engine and it works like a charm.
>>
>> But I have trouble with seeking ...
>> I’d like to pull individual frames from a stream at a given index.
>
> Sounds like a job for https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2
>
> It basically takes a frame number, and returns a decoded image.
Wow, this looks awesome!!
Exactly what I need, pulling frames of video and audio. Will try immediately!
Thanks!!
>> To do that I’m using the following code:
>>
>> int64_t seekTarget = theFrameIndex;
>> int res = avformat_seek_file(pFormatCtx, self.videoStreamIndex, seekTarget,
>> seekTarget, seekTarget, AVSEEK_FLAG_FRAME);
>> . . .
>> while (av_read_frame(pFormatCtx, &packet)>=0)
>> {
>> int idx = packet.stream_index;
>>
>> if(idx != self.videoStreamIndex)
>> {
>> av_free_packet(&packet);
>> continue;
>> }
>>
>> int len = avcodec_decode_video2(pCodecCtx, pFrame, &frameFinished,
>> &packet);
>> if (len < 0)
>> {
>> av_free_packet(&packet);
>> break;
>> }
>>
>> if(!frameFinished)
>> {
>> av_free_packet(&packet);
>> continue;
>> }
>>
>> presentationTimeStamp = av_frame_get_best_effort_timestamp(pFrame);
>>
>> AVRational timeBase =
>> pFormatCtx->streams[self.videoStreamIndex]->time_base;
>> float ptsInSeconds = presentationTimeStamp * av_q2d(timeBase);
>> int frameIndex = (int)(ptsInSeconds * self.videoFrameRate);
>> . . .
>> }
>>
>> And that’s how I am pulling the duration that is used to seek:
>>
>> float mediaDurationInSecs = pFormatCtx->duration / 1000000.0f;
>> int durationInFrames = (int)(mediaDurationInSecs * self.videoFrameRate);
>>
>> The slider used for seeking returns a value from 0-1 which is then
>> multiplied by the duration to get the frame index.
>>
>> I’m not getting any errors but the frames returned don’t belong to the frame
>> index provided.
>> It looks like the AVSEEK_FLAG_FRAME doesn’t do what I’d expect.
>
> It doesn't. How reliable seeking is generally depends on the input
> format. Most times it's not very reliable. Typical media file types
> like avi, mp4, ts, etc. do not support this kind of seeking at all.
> Instead, they seek somewhere to the closest key frame. ffms2 does this
> stuff automatically.
Yes I saw that … worked with a Pro Res and an H.264 file. Pro Res seeking
worked flawlessly (as you might expect with an non GOP codec).
H.264 showed a lot of issues …
It looks like ffms is the way to go for me.
>> I would convert the frame index to stream time units but I don’t know why.
>> I’d need a frame duration and I don’t have one at that point…
>>
>> I’d appreciate any hint!!
>> Thanks!
>>
>
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