Hello,
Following the encode_video.c example on github
(https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/58f24adc05b0ea47c3f7ed5cb9e8d5774e2fbaaf/doc/examples/encode_video.c),
I have managed to change the bit rate of the encoded video in the
encoding loop.
However, I have noticed that the video has a short lag or skip when the
bit rate is changed. Is this behavior expected? I am doing real-time
live streaming and having this short skip is undesirable.
More details on how I changed bit rate on the fly:
In the encoding loop, I basically called "avcodec_free_context(&c);",
followed by "c = avcodec_alloc_context3(codec);", setting the other
parameters (e.g. c->bit_rate, c->width, etc.), and then
"avcodec_open2(c, codec, NULL)". In short, I called line 66 to 98 in
encode_video.c once during the encoding loop (line 122 onwards) to
change the bit rate.
Did I do it correctly? Perhaps I did something unnecessary which
introduced the skip in the video.
Thanks for the help.
Regards,
Joel
_______________________________________________
Libav-user mailing list
[email protected]
http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-user
I just thought I should answer my own question, in case anyone comes
across it.
The whole re-initialization of the AVCodecContext by using
avcodec_free_context, av_codec_alloc_context3, and avcodec_open2 takes
anywhere from 0.2 seconds to 0.8 seconds from my measurements. Doing it
sequentially during the encoding loop causes the skip.
So, just do it in another thread, then swap the AVCodecContext in when
done.
_______________________________________________
Libav-user mailing list
[email protected]
http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-user
