demux_decode.c

Show how to use the libavformat and libavcodec API to demux and decode audio and video data.

Show how to use the libavformat and libavcodec API to demux and decode audio and video data. Write the output as raw audio and input files to be played by ffplay.

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/**
 * @file libavformat and libavcodec demuxing and decoding API usage example
 * @example demux_decode.c
 *
 * Show how to use the libavformat and libavcodec API to demux and decode audio
 * and video data. Write the output as raw audio and input files to be played by
 * ffplay.
 */
 
#include <libavutil/imgutils.h>
#include <libavutil/samplefmt.h>
#include <libavutil/timestamp.h>
#include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
#include <libavformat/avformat.h>
 
static AVFormatContext *fmt_ctx = NULL;
static AVCodecContext *video_dec_ctx = NULL, *audio_dec_ctx;
static int width, height;
static enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt;
static AVStream *video_stream = NULL, *audio_stream = NULL;
static const char *src_filename = NULL;
static const char *video_dst_filename = NULL;
static const char *audio_dst_filename = NULL;
static FILE *video_dst_file = NULL;
static FILE *audio_dst_file = NULL;
 
static uint8_t *video_dst_data[4] = {NULL};
static int      video_dst_linesize[4];
static int video_dst_bufsize;
 
static int video_stream_idx = -1, audio_stream_idx = -1;
static AVFrame *frame = NULL;
static AVPacket *pkt = NULL;
static int video_frame_count = 0;
static int audio_frame_count = 0;
 
static int output_video_frame(AVFrame *frame)
{
    if (frame->width != width || frame->height != height ||
        frame->format != pix_fmt) {
        /* To handle this change, one could call av_image_alloc again and
         * decode the following frames into another rawvideo file. */
        fprintf(stderr, "Error: Width, height and pixel format have to be "
                "constant in a rawvideo file, but the width, height or "
                "pixel format of the input video changed:\n"
                "old: width = %d, height = %d, format = %s\n"
                "new: width = %d, height = %d, format = %s\n",
                width, height, av_get_pix_fmt_name(pix_fmt),
                frame->width, frame->height,
                av_get_pix_fmt_name(frame->format));
        return -1;
    }
 
    printf("video_frame n:%d\n",
           video_frame_count++);
 
    /* copy decoded frame to destination buffer:
     * this is required since rawvideo expects non aligned data */
    av_image_copy2(video_dst_data, video_dst_linesize,
                   frame->data, frame->linesize,
                   pix_fmt, width, height);
 
    /* write to rawvideo file */
    fwrite(video_dst_data[0], 1, video_dst_bufsize, video_dst_file);
    return 0;
}
 
static int output_audio_frame(AVFrame *frame)
{
    size_t unpadded_linesize = frame->nb_samples * av_get_bytes_per_sample(frame->format);
    printf("audio_frame n:%d nb_samples:%d pts:%s\n",
           audio_frame_count++, frame->nb_samples,
           av_ts2timestr(frame->pts, &audio_dec_ctx->time_base));
 
    /* Write the raw audio data samples of the first plane. This works
     * fine for packed formats (e.g. AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S16). However,
     * most audio decoders output planar audio, which uses a separate
     * plane of audio samples for each channel (e.g. AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S16P).
     * In other words, this code will write only the first audio channel
     * in these cases.
     * You should use libswresample or libavfilter to convert the frame
     * to packed data. */
    fwrite(frame->extended_data[0], 1, unpadded_linesize, audio_dst_file);
 
    return 0;
}
 
static int decode_packet(AVCodecContext *dec, const AVPacket *pkt)
{
    int ret = 0;
 
    // submit the packet to the decoder
    ret = avcodec_send_packet(dec, pkt);
    if (ret < 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Error submitting a packet for decoding (%s)\n", av_err2str(ret));
        return ret;
    }
 
    // get all the available frames from the decoder
    while (ret >= 0) {
        ret = avcodec_receive_frame(dec, frame);
        if (ret < 0) {
            // those two return values are special and mean there is no output
            // frame available, but there were no errors during decoding
            if (ret == AVERROR_EOF || ret == AVERROR(EAGAIN))
                return 0;
 
            fprintf(stderr, "Error during decoding (%s)\n", av_err2str(ret));
            return ret;
        }
 
        // write the frame data to output file
        if (dec->codec->type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO)
            ret = output_video_frame(frame);
        else
            ret = output_audio_frame(frame);
 
        av_frame_unref(frame);
    }
 
    return ret;
}
 
static int open_codec_context(int *stream_idx,
                              AVCodecContext **dec_ctx, AVFormatContext *fmt_ctx, enum AVMediaType type)
{
    int ret, stream_index;
    AVStream *st;
    const AVCodec *dec = NULL;
 
    ret = av_find_best_stream(fmt_ctx, type, -1, -1, NULL, 0);
    if (ret < 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Could not find %s stream in input file '%s'\n",
                av_get_media_type_string(type), src_filename);
        return ret;
    } else {
        stream_index = ret;
        st = fmt_ctx->streams[stream_index];
 
        /* find decoder for the stream */
        dec = avcodec_find_decoder(st->codecpar->codec_id);
        if (!dec) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Failed to find %s codec\n",
                    av_get_media_type_string(type));
            return AVERROR(EINVAL);
        }
 
        /* Allocate a codec context for the decoder */
        *dec_ctx = avcodec_alloc_context3(dec);
        if (!*dec_ctx) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Failed to allocate the %s codec context\n",
                    av_get_media_type_string(type));
            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
        }
 
        /* Copy codec parameters from input stream to output codec context */
        if ((ret = avcodec_parameters_to_context(*dec_ctx, st->codecpar)) < 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Failed to copy %s codec parameters to decoder context\n",
                    av_get_media_type_string(type));
            return ret;
        }
 
        /* Init the decoders */
        if ((ret = avcodec_open2(*dec_ctx, dec, NULL)) < 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open %s codec\n",
                    av_get_media_type_string(type));
            return ret;
        }
        *stream_idx = stream_index;
    }
 
    return 0;
}
 
static int get_format_from_sample_fmt(const char **fmt,
                                      enum AVSampleFormat sample_fmt)
{
    int i;
    struct sample_fmt_entry {
        enum AVSampleFormat sample_fmt; const char *fmt_be, *fmt_le;
    } sample_fmt_entries[] = {
        { AV_SAMPLE_FMT_U8,  "u8",    "u8"    },
        { AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S16, "s16be", "s16le" },
        { AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S32, "s32be", "s32le" },
        { AV_SAMPLE_FMT_FLT, "f32be", "f32le" },
        { AV_SAMPLE_FMT_DBL, "f64be", "f64le" },
    };
    *fmt = NULL;
 
    for (i = 0; i < FF_ARRAY_ELEMS(sample_fmt_entries); i++) {
        struct sample_fmt_entry *entry = &sample_fmt_entries[i];
        if (sample_fmt == entry->sample_fmt) {
            *fmt = AV_NE(entry->fmt_be, entry->fmt_le);
            return 0;
        }
    }
 
    fprintf(stderr,
            "sample format %s is not supported as output format\n",
            av_get_sample_fmt_name(sample_fmt));
    return -1;
}
 
int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
    int ret = 0;
 
    if (argc != 4) {
        fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s  input_file video_output_file audio_output_file\n"
                "API example program to show how to read frames from an input file.\n"
                "This program reads frames from a file, decodes them, and writes decoded\n"
                "video frames to a rawvideo file named video_output_file, and decoded\n"
                "audio frames to a rawaudio file named audio_output_file.\n",
                argv[0]);
        exit(1);
    }
    src_filename = argv[1];
    video_dst_filename = argv[2];
    audio_dst_filename = argv[3];
 
    /* open input file, and allocate format context */
    if (avformat_open_input(&fmt_ctx, src_filename, NULL, NULL) < 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Could not open source file %s\n", src_filename);
        exit(1);
    }
 
    /* retrieve stream information */
    if (avformat_find_stream_info(fmt_ctx, NULL) < 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Could not find stream information\n");
        exit(1);
    }
 
    if (open_codec_context(&video_stream_idx, &video_dec_ctx, fmt_ctx, AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO) >= 0) {
        video_stream = fmt_ctx->streams[video_stream_idx];
 
        video_dst_file = fopen(video_dst_filename, "wb");
        if (!video_dst_file) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Could not open destination file %s\n", video_dst_filename);
            ret = 1;
            goto end;
        }
 
        /* allocate image where the decoded image will be put */
        width = video_dec_ctx->width;
        height = video_dec_ctx->height;
        pix_fmt = video_dec_ctx->pix_fmt;
        ret = av_image_alloc(video_dst_data, video_dst_linesize,
                             width, height, pix_fmt, 1);
        if (ret < 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Could not allocate raw video buffer\n");
            goto end;
        }
        video_dst_bufsize = ret;
    }
 
    if (open_codec_context(&audio_stream_idx, &audio_dec_ctx, fmt_ctx, AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO) >= 0) {
        audio_stream = fmt_ctx->streams[audio_stream_idx];
        audio_dst_file = fopen(audio_dst_filename, "wb");
        if (!audio_dst_file) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Could not open destination file %s\n", audio_dst_filename);
            ret = 1;
            goto end;
        }
    }
 
    /* dump input information to stderr */
    av_dump_format(fmt_ctx, 0, src_filename, 0);
 
    if (!audio_stream && !video_stream) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Could not find audio or video stream in the input, aborting\n");
        ret = 1;
        goto end;
    }
 
    frame = av_frame_alloc();
    if (!frame) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Could not allocate frame\n");
        ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
        goto end;
    }
 
    pkt = av_packet_alloc();
    if (!pkt) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Could not allocate packet\n");
        ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
        goto end;
    }
 
    if (video_stream)
        printf("Demuxing video from file '%s' into '%s'\n", src_filename, video_dst_filename);
    if (audio_stream)
        printf("Demuxing audio from file '%s' into '%s'\n", src_filename, audio_dst_filename);
 
    /* read frames from the file */
    while (av_read_frame(fmt_ctx, pkt) >= 0) {
        // check if the packet belongs to a stream we are interested in, otherwise
        // skip it
        if (pkt->stream_index == video_stream_idx)
            ret = decode_packet(video_dec_ctx, pkt);
        else if (pkt->stream_index == audio_stream_idx)
            ret = decode_packet(audio_dec_ctx, pkt);
        av_packet_unref(pkt);
        if (ret < 0)
            break;
    }
 
    /* flush the decoders */
    if (video_dec_ctx)
        decode_packet(video_dec_ctx, NULL);
    if (audio_dec_ctx)
        decode_packet(audio_dec_ctx, NULL);
 
    printf("Demuxing succeeded.\n");
 
    if (video_stream) {
        printf("Play the output video file with the command:\n"
               "ffplay -f rawvideo -pix_fmt %s -video_size %dx%d %s\n",
               av_get_pix_fmt_name(pix_fmt), width, height,
               video_dst_filename);
    }
 
    if (audio_stream) {
        enum AVSampleFormat sfmt = audio_dec_ctx->sample_fmt;
        int n_channels = audio_dec_ctx->ch_layout.nb_channels;
        const char *fmt;
 
        if (av_sample_fmt_is_planar(sfmt)) {
            const char *packed = av_get_sample_fmt_name(sfmt);
            printf("Warning: the sample format the decoder produced is planar "
                   "(%s). This example will output the first channel only.\n",
                   packed ? packed : "?");
            sfmt = av_get_packed_sample_fmt(sfmt);
            n_channels = 1;
        }
 
        if ((ret = get_format_from_sample_fmt(&fmt, sfmt)) < 0)
            goto end;
 
        printf("Play the output audio file with the command:\n"
               "ffplay -f %s -ac %d -ar %d %s\n",
               fmt, n_channels, audio_dec_ctx->sample_rate,
               audio_dst_filename);
    }
 
end:
    avcodec_free_context(&video_dec_ctx);
    avcodec_free_context(&audio_dec_ctx);
    avformat_close_input(&fmt_ctx);
    if (video_dst_file)
        fclose(video_dst_file);
    if (audio_dst_file)
        fclose(audio_dst_file);
    av_packet_free(&pkt);
    av_frame_free(&frame);
    av_free(video_dst_data[0]);
 
    return ret < 0;
}