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  • Receiving "End of file" while streaming RTSP on iOS

    7 novembre 2013, par Tushar Koul

    I'm using ffmpeg library to stream RTSP from an IP camera in the local network. The streaming is working fine with the code.

    The only problem is that the stream seems to stop after some time. On further debugging I found out that I'm receiving an "End of file" and thats why the loop is breaking.

    while(!playerShouldStop)// && (av_read_frame(pFormatCtx, &pkt1)>=0))
    {
            int ret = av_read_frame(pFormatCtx, &pkt1);
            NSLog(@"av read frame returned = %s",av_err2str(ret));
            if(ret >= 0)
            {
                // process video
            }
            else 
               break;
    }

    Logs says

    av read frame returned = End of file

    I downloaded Wireshark to check what RTSP packets I'm getting but no help there.

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    First of all is it normal to receive EOF in a live stream (which is not supposed to end).

    Secondly, calling av_read_frame() again and again is not helping either, but when I restart the entire method ( right from avformat_open_input ) then it works. Just that the streaming isn't smooth and comes to a pause every now and then.

  • FFMPEG sensible defaults

    7 novembre 2013, par ddlshack

    I'm using ffmpeg to watermark videos with a PNG file using vfilters like so:

    ffmpeg -i 26.wmv -vcodec libx264 -acodec copy -vf "movie=logo.png [watermark]; [in][watermark] overlay=10:10 [out]" 26_w.mkv

    However, the input files are all of different quality/bitrates, and I want the output files to be of similar quality/bitrate to the input files. How would I achieve this? Also, I know almost nothing about ffmpeg, so are there any options which would be sensible to set to give a good quality:filesize ratio?

  • Parsing NAL units using FFMPEG

    6 novembre 2013, par 2ndlife

    I am new to MPEG-4 and taking baby steps to learn it. I am using FFMPEG as reference.

    1. I understand that all mpeg-4 are encoded into NAL units and wrt to FFMPEG av_read_frame() function returns one NAL unit, Am I right? Is frame a NAL unit? (though it can be a combination of multiple NALs)

    2. I also saw that h264_parser.c implements a function called h264_parse which is calling parse_nal_units() inside, If i need to get NAL units how can I use this parse_nal_units from my main function?

    3. What is av_parse_Parse2() function do? does it return decoded NAL units?

    4. OR FFMPEG has -vbsf h264_mp4toannexb switch to dump raw NAL units, Can somebody help me understand how I can use the same from my main function?

    Please help me out here... -ash5

  • Autostart Ffmpeg when I connect to Red5 ? [on hold]

    6 novembre 2013, par Alex Scott

    I have setup Red5 media server on my server along with ffmpeg and I can connect to my Red5 server using Flash Media Encoder and I can view my stream within my website.

    My problem is that I know you can now use ffmpeg to convert the stream into segmented files and create the m3u8 playlist.

    Unfortunately, my stream is not live 24/7, only on weekends, so I want to know if it is possible to automatically start the ffmpeg decoding process when the stream is active and end it when the stream finishes?

    The website which I am using this on is Official Sound FM.

    Thanks in advance for helping me with this matter and if anyone should require my services to setup a similar streaming service with them, please don't hesitate to ask me.

  • libavcodec/libx264 do not produce B-frames

    6 novembre 2013, par Rob Schmidt

    I am writing an application in C++ that uses libavcodec with libx264 to encode video. However, the encoded data ended up being much larger than I expected. I analyzed the results and discovered that my encoding never produced B-frames, only I- and P-frames.

    I created a standalone utility based on the ffmpeg source code and examples to test my encoder setup. It reads in an H.264 file, re-encodes the decoded frames, and outputs the result to a file using the ITU H.264 Annex B format. I also used ffmpeg to perform the same operation so I could compare against a known good implementation. My utility never outputs B-frames whereas ffmpeg does.

    I have since tried to figure out what ffmpeg does that my code doesn't. I first tried manually specifying encoder settings related to B-frames. This had no effect.

    I then tried running both ffmpeg and my utility under gdb and comparing the contents of the AVStream, AVCodecContext, and X264Context prior to opening the encoder and manually setting any fields that appeared different. Even with identical settings, I still only produce I- and P-frames.

    Finally, I thought that perhaps the problem was with my timestamp handling. I reworked my test utility to mimic the pipeline used by ffmpeg and to output timestamp debugging output like ffmpeg does. Even with my timestamps identical to ffmpeg's I still get no B-frames.

    At this point I don't know what else to try. When I run ffmpeg, I run it with the command line below. Note that aside from the "superfast" preset, I pretty much use the default values.

    ffmpeg -v debug -i ~/annexb.264 -codec:v libx264 -preset superfast -g 30 -f h264 ./out.264

    The code that configures the encoder is listed below. It specifies the "superfast" preset too.

    static AVStream *add_video_stream(AVFormatContext *output_ctx, AVCodec **output_codec, enum AVCodecID codec_id)
{
    *output_codec = avcodec_find_encoder(codec_id);
    if (*output_codec == NULL) {
        printf("Could not find encoder for '%s' (%d)\n", avcodec_get_name(codec_id), codec_id);
        return NULL;
    }

    AVStream *output_stream = avformat_new_stream(output_ctx, *output_codec);
    if (output_stream == NULL) {
        printf("Could not create video stream.\n");
        return NULL;
    }
    output_stream->id = output_ctx->nb_streams - 1;
    AVCodecContext *codec_ctx = output_stream->codec;

    avcodec_get_context_defaults3(codec_ctx, *output_codec);

    codec_ctx->width = 1280;
    codec_ctx->height = 720;

    codec_ctx->time_base.den = 15000;
    codec_ctx->time_base.num = 1001;

/*    codec_ctx->gop_size = 30;*/
    codec_ctx->pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ420P;

    // try to force B-frame output
/*    codec_ctx->max_b_frames = 3;*/
/*    codec_ctx->b_frame_strategy = 2;*/

    output_stream->sample_aspect_ratio.num = 1;
    output_stream->sample_aspect_ratio.den = 1;

    codec_ctx->sample_aspect_ratio.num = 1;
    codec_ctx->sample_aspect_ratio.den = 1;

    codec_ctx->chroma_sample_location = AVCHROMA_LOC_LEFT;

    codec_ctx->bits_per_raw_sample = 8;

    if ((output_ctx->oformat->flags & AVFMT_GLOBALHEADER) != 0) {
        codec_ctx->flags |= CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER;
    }

    return output_stream;
}


int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    // ... open input file 

    avformat_alloc_output_context2(&output_ctx, NULL, "h264", output_path);
    if (output_ctx == NULL) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Unable to allocate output context.\n");
        return 1;
    } 

    AVCodec *output_codec = NULL;
    output_stream = add_video_stream(output_ctx, &output_codec, output_ctx->oformat->video_codec);
    if (output_stream == NULL) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Error adding video stream to output context.\n");
        return 1;
    }
    encode_ctx = output_stream->codec;

    // seems to have no effect
#if 0
    if (decode_ctx->extradata_size != 0) {
        size_t extradata_size = decode_ctx->extradata_size;
        printf("extradata_size: %zu\n", extradata_size);
        encode_ctx->extradata = av_mallocz(extradata_size + FF_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE);
        memcpy(encode_ctx->extradata, decode_ctx->extradata, extradata_size);
        encode_ctx->extradata_size = extradata_size;
    }
#endif // 0

    AVDictionary *opts = NULL;
    av_dict_set(&opts, "preset", "superfast", 0);
    // av_dict_set(&opts, "threads", "auto", 0); // seems to have no effect

    ret = avcodec_open2(encode_ctx, output_codec, &opts);
    if (ret < 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Unable to open output video cocec: %s\n", av_err2str(ret));
        return 1;
    }

    // ... decoding/encoding loop, clean up, etc.

    return 0;
}

    My test utility produces the following debug output in which you can see there are no B-frames produced:

    [libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] using mv_range_thread = 56
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] using SAR=1/1
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] profile High, level 3.1
Output #0, h264, to './out.264':
    Stream #0:0, 0, 1/90000: Video: h264, yuvj420p, 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 1001/15000, q=-1--1, 90k tbn, 14.99 tbc



[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] frame=   0 QP=17.22 NAL=3 Slice:I Poc:0   I:3600 P:0    SKIP:0    size=122837 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] frame=   1 QP=18.03 NAL=2 Slice:P Poc:2   I:411  P:1825 SKIP:1364 size=25863 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] frame=   2 QP=17.03 NAL=2 Slice:P Poc:4   I:369  P:2159 SKIP:1072 size=37880 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] frame=   3 QP=16.90 NAL=2 Slice:P Poc:6   I:498  P:2330 SKIP:772  size=50509 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] frame=   4 QP=16.68 NAL=2 Slice:P Poc:8   I:504  P:2233 SKIP:863  size=50791 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] frame=   5 QP=16.52 NAL=2 Slice:P Poc:10  I:513  P:2286 SKIP:801  size=51820 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] frame=   6 QP=16.49 NAL=2 Slice:P Poc:12  I:461  P:2293 SKIP:846  size=51311 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] frame=   7 QP=16.65 NAL=2 Slice:P Poc:14  I:476  P:2287 SKIP:837  size=51196 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] frame=   8 QP=16.66 NAL=2 Slice:P Poc:16  I:508  P:2240 SKIP:852  size=51577 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] frame=   9 QP=16.55 NAL=2 Slice:P Poc:18  I:477  P:2278 SKIP:845  size=51531 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] frame=  10 QP=16.67 NAL=2 Slice:P Poc:20  I:517  P:2233 SKIP:850  size=51946 bytes



[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] frame I:7     Avg QP:13.71  size:152207
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] frame P:190   Avg QP:16.66  size: 50949
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] mb I  I16..4: 27.1% 30.8% 42.1%
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] mb P  I16..4:  6.8%  6.0%  0.8%  P16..4: 61.8%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:24.7%
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] 8x8 transform intra:41.2% inter:86.9%
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 92.2% 28.3% 5.4% inter: 50.3% 1.9% 0.0%
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] i16 v,h,dc,p:  7%  7% 77%  8%
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu:  7% 15% 49%  6%  4%  3%  5%  3%  8%
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 19% 25% 24%  6%  7%  4%  6%  3%  6%
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] i8c dc,h,v,p: 72% 14% 10%  4%
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
[libx264 @ 0x1b8c9c0] kb/s:6539.11

    ffmpeg, on the other hand, produces the following output that is almost identical but includes B-frames:

    [libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] using mv_range_thread = 56
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] using SAR=1/1
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] profile High, level 3.1
[h264 @ 0x20b8160] detected 4 logical cores
Output #0, h264, to './out.264':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf54.63.104
    Stream #0:0, 0, 1/90000: Video: h264, yuvj420p, 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 1001/15000, q=-1--1, 90k tbn, 14.99 tbc
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 -> libx264)



[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] frame=   0 QP=17.22 NAL=3 Slice:I Poc:0   I:3600 P:0    SKIP:0    size=122835 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] frame=   1 QP=18.75 NAL=2 Slice:P Poc:8   I:984  P:2045 SKIP:571  size=54208 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] frame=   2 QP=19.40 NAL=2 Slice:B Poc:4   I:447  P:1581 SKIP:1572 size=24930 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] frame=   3 QP=19.78 NAL=0 Slice:B Poc:2   I:199  P:1002 SKIP:2399 size=10717 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] frame=   4 QP=20.19 NAL=0 Slice:B Poc:6   I:204  P:1155 SKIP:2241 size=15937 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] frame=   5 QP=18.11 NAL=2 Slice:P Poc:16  I:990  P:2221 SKIP:389  size=64240 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] frame=   6 QP=19.35 NAL=2 Slice:B Poc:12  I:439  P:1784 SKIP:1377 size=34048 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] frame=   7 QP=19.88 NAL=0 Slice:B Poc:10  I:275  P:1035 SKIP:2290 size=16911 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] frame=   8 QP=19.91 NAL=0 Slice:B Poc:14  I:257  P:1270 SKIP:2073 size=19172 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] frame=   9 QP=17.90 NAL=2 Slice:P Poc:24  I:962  P:2204 SKIP:434  size=67439 bytes
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] frame=  10 QP=18.84 NAL=2 Slice:B Poc:20  I:474  P:1911 SKIP:1215 size=37742 bytes



[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] frame I:7     Avg QP:15.95  size:130124
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] frame P:52    Avg QP:17.78  size: 64787
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] frame B:138   Avg QP:19.32  size: 26231
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] consecutive B-frames:  6.6%  0.0%  0.0% 93.4%
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] mb I  I16..4: 30.2% 35.2% 34.6%
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] mb P  I16..4: 13.9% 11.4%  0.3%  P16..4: 60.4%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:13.9%
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] mb B  I16..4:  5.7%  3.3%  0.0%  B16..8: 15.8%  0.0%  0.0%  direct:25.7%  skip:49.5%  L0:43.2% L1:37.3% BI:19.5%
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] 8x8 transform intra:39.4% inter:77.2%
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 90.7% 26.6% 3.0% inter: 34.0% 4.1% 0.0%
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] i16 v,h,dc,p:  7%  7% 77%  9%
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu:  7% 16% 51%  5%  4%  3%  5%  3%  7%
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 22% 27% 20%  6%  6%  3%  6%  3%  6%
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] i8c dc,h,v,p: 71% 15% 11%  3%
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
[libx264 @ 0x20b9c40] kb/s:4807.16

    I'm sure I'm missing something simple, but I can't for the life of me see what it is. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

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