On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Tomas Härdin <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Fri, 2010-09-17 at 14:13 +0400, Kulti wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Tomas Härdin <[email protected]
> >wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 20:11 +0400, Kulti wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Tomas Härdin <
> [email protected]
> > > >wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Please don't top post on this list. It makes it harder for people
> to
> > > > > read it.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 17:02 +0400, Kulti wrote:
> > > > > > Hm... Thanks, I'm use flv-container, but how to set VFR? It's
> mean,
> > > that
> > > > > I
> > > > > > need to modify AVCodecContext.time_base before encoding every
> frames?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Tomas Härdin <
> > > [email protected]
> > > > > >wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 13:36 +0400, Kulti wrote:
> > > > > > > > Hi, all.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I have a webcam and need to transcode mjpeg to any formats,
> but
> > > > > sometime
> > > > > > > > webcam lagged and fps fall down. Can ffmpeg atuo fill dropped
> > > frames
> > > > > to
> > > > > > > > constantly fps?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Why do you want constant fps? Just use a container that handles
> VFR
> > > > > > > (avi, flv, mov etc.).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Anyway, assuming the frames are timestamped correctly ffmpeg
> should
> > > > > > > behave correctly. If not, try forcing constant framerate with
> -r.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > /Tomas
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > FLV has a fixed time base of 1 kHz, so it's always VFR. In other
> cases,
> > > > > like AVI, you can set time_base to be less than or equal to the
> inverse
> > > > > of the maximum fps.
> > > > >
> > > > > In other words, if you know your camera can't deliver more than 50
> fps
> > > > > you can set time_base to 1/50, 1/123, 1/10000 or whatever. In the
> > > > > specific case of AVI you shouldn't set it too low though, since it
> pads
> > > > > with empty packets for the "missing" time stamps (IIRC something
> like
> > > > > 39*16 = 624 B overhead if you mux 25 fps with a time base of 1
> kHz).
> > > FLV
> > > > > does not have this problem though.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hope that helps :)
> > > > >
> > > > > /Tomas
> > > > >
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> > > > >
> > > > Sorry for top-post... and thanks for your help.
> > > >
> > > > So, I set time_base to fixed value 1/25 (that I get from
> AVCodecContext
> > > for
> > > > mjpeg-decoder). Then I added timer and frame-counter before
> > > > av_write_frame(). I see, that fps is 19-21. But I need
> live-streaming.
> > > So, I
> > > > hardcoded time_base to 1/20, and all works fine before webcam is not
> lag,
> > > > but after fall down fps to 15 transcoding process broken.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I understand, that must be working for transcoding into file,
> but I
> > > > need real-time transoding for live streaming. I can't see any way
> instead
> > > > inserting frames, when some drops...
> > >
> > > What you do is convert the current time to the stream's time base, and
> > > stick that value in as the packet's DTS. Sort of like this:
> > >
> > > //remember what the time was when the program started
> > > int64_t t0 = get_microseconds_time(); //replace with whatever function
> > > is suitable
> > >
> > > ...
> > > //for each AVPacket
> > > int64_t t = get_microseconds_time();
> > > pkt->dts = av_rescale_q(t - t0, AV_TIME_BASE_Q, st->time_base);
> > > av_write_frame(...);
> > >
> > > That seconds line converts your zero-centered times from microseconds
> to
> > > the stream's time base. This means if the camera suddenly slows down a
> > > bit, the DTS value will have gaps. This is fine as long as the muxer
> can
> > > handle VFR (such as AVI and FLV).
> > >
> > > /Tomas
> > >
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> > >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > I'm not familiar with pts, dts etc. May be you can advise me any docs?
> >
> > In my application I already have rescale for pts:
> > avPacket->pts = av_rescale_q(codedFrame->pts, pCodecCtx->time_base,
> > pVideoStream->time_base);
> >
> > and I've added rescale for dts too:
> > avPacket->dts = av_rescale_q(getTimeMicroSeconds() -
> > startEncodingTimeMicroSeconds, AV_TIME_BASE_Q, pVideoStream->time_base);
> >
> > but after any seconds I've received error message:
> > st:0 error, pts < dts
> >
> > So, I added following code:
> > if( avPacket->pts < avPacket->dts )
> >   avPacket->pts = avPacket->dts;
> >
> > Is it right way? Now it works about 50 minutes and other error displayed:
> > st:0 error, non monotone timestamps 2885736 >= -1385734
> >
> > As I understand from ffmpeg sources, it's meaning, that stream's dts >=
> > packet's dts, but I have not any idea to fix them.
>
> What I do is that I only set pts. libavformat will generate the dts
> values by sorting the pts:es and some other magic. So try setting only
> pts, and set it to the rescaled real time (microseconds etc.).
>
> /Tomas
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Well, now it's looks like work. Just replase setting avPacket->pts by
rescale realtime difference instead codedFrame->pts. Thanks.

PS. And I still cannot understand this magic with pts and dts. Why It's
works, when I rescale pts(base on codedFrame->pts) and dts(base on realtime
diff)? And why it's work with rescale only pts(base on realtime diff)? It's
a rhetorical question...
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