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• FFmpeg API example (encode_video.c) does not work correctly

  30 January 2023, by NewbieCoder

  I am using the official encode_video.c example to test if FFmpeg works correctly for me. 
I got the pre-built windows edition from ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds. It is built already with libx264 and other external libraries. I got both dev and shared editions and added the DLLs, header files and libs accordingly in Visual Studio.

  



  Now the encode_video.c example does not work correctly.

  



  



  What I tried:

  



  I compiled the example and run it on many different file formats and codecs such as the following.

  



  First I tried all of these file formats (.mp4, .m4v, .h264, .x264, .avi, .flv) with codec name as libx264. The code executed without errors but the output video file did not play in VLC or Windows 10 default player.

  



  Next, I tried all of those above file formats but with codec name as mpeg4. The code executed without errors but the output video file played only for .m4v in VLC.

  



  



  What is expected:

  



  All of those combinations should have produced a video file which could be played in VLC. None of them worked except for .m4v as file format and mpeg4 as codec name.

  



  



  Please tell me how to make this work for h264. I mainly want it to work for h264 as that is only important for now.

  



  I am running the code like ./encode_video.exe test.mp4 libx264 where first argument is output filename and second argument is codec name.

  



  This is the output for test.mp4 and libx264 as command line arguments https://imgur.com/a/AHLQwuK

  



  It seems that in the encode function, it goes over the below code and returns because of AVERROR(EAGAIN) or AVERROR_EOF. Please tell me what is happening.

  



  while (ret >= 0) {
        ret = avcodec_receive_packet(enc_ctx, pkt);
        if (ret == AVERROR(EAGAIN) || ret == AVERROR_EOF)
            return;
        else if (ret < 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Error during encoding\n");
            exit(1);
        }

        printf("Write packet %3"PRId64" (size=%5d)\n", pkt->pts, pkt->size);
        fwrite(pkt->data, 1, pkt->size, outfile);
        av_packet_unref(pkt);
    }


  



  I used DepenciesGUI to find out the DLLs linked and it shows that the DLLs are correctly linked. Please help me figure out what the problem is now!!

  


• avcodec/proresenc_aw : use for frame flag in the header the same value than the offic...

  8 October 2018, by Martin Vignali

  avcodec/proresenc_aw : use for frame flag in the header the same value than the official encoder
  

  • [DH] libavcodec/proresenc_anatoliy.c
  • [DH] tests/ref/vsynth/vsynth1-prores
  • [DH] tests/ref/vsynth/vsynth2-prores
  • [DH] tests/ref/vsynth/vsynth3-prores
  • [DH] tests/ref/vsynth/vsynth_lena-prores

• How to make audio sound better? (C + FFMpeg audio generation example)

  21 February 2017, by Rella

  So I found this great C FFMpeg official example which I simplified:

  #include 
  
  #include 
  
  #include 
  
  
  
  #ifdef HAVE_AV_CONFIG_H
  
  #undef HAVE_AV_CONFIG_H
  
  #endif
  
  
  
  #include "libavcodec/avcodec.h"
  
  #include "libavutil/mathematics.h"
  
  
  
  #define INBUF_SIZE 4096
  
  #define AUDIO_INBUF_SIZE 20480
  
  #define AUDIO_REFILL_THRESH 4096
  
  
  
  /*
  
   * Audio encoding example
  
   */
  
  static void audio_encode_example(const char *filename)
  
  {
  
      AVCodec *codec;
  
      AVCodecContext *c= NULL;
  
      int frame_size, i, j, out_size, outbuf_size;
  
      FILE *f;
  
      short *samples;
  
      float t, tincr;
  
      uint8_t *outbuf;
  
  
  
      printf("Audio encoding\n");
  
  
  
      /* find the MP2 encoder */
  
      codec = avcodec_find_encoder(CODEC_ID_MP2);
  
      if (!codec) {
  
          fprintf(stderr, "codec not found\n");
  
          exit(1);
  
      }
  
  
  
      c= avcodec_alloc_context();
  
  
  
      /* put sample parameters */
  
      c->bit_rate = 64000;
  
      c->sample_rate = 44100;
  
      c->channels = 2;
  
  
  
      /* open it */
  
      if (avcodec_open(c, codec) < 0) {
  
          fprintf(stderr, "could not open codec\n");
  
          exit(1);
  
      }
  
  
  
      /* the codec gives us the frame size, in samples */
  
      frame_size = c->frame_size;
  
      samples = malloc(frame_size * 2 * c->channels);
  
      outbuf_size = 10000;
  
      outbuf = malloc(outbuf_size);
  
  
  
      f = fopen(filename, "wb");
  
      if (!f) {
  
          fprintf(stderr, "could not open %s\n", filename);
  
          exit(1);
  
      }
  
  
  
      /* encode a single tone sound */
  
      t = 0;
  
      tincr = 2 * M_PI * 440.0 / c->sample_rate;
  
      for(i=0;i<200;i++) {
  
          for(j=0;j* encode the samples */
  
          out_size = avcodec_encode_audio(c, outbuf, outbuf_size, samples);
  
          fwrite(outbuf, 1, out_size, f);
  
      }
  
      fclose(f);
  
      free(outbuf);
  
      free(samples);
  
  
  
      avcodec_close(c);
  
      av_free(c);
  
  }
  
  
  
  int main(int argc, char **argv)
  
  {
  
  
  
      /* must be called before using avcodec lib */
  
      avcodec_init();
  
  
  
      /* register all the codecs */
  
      avcodec_register_all();
  
  
  
      audio_encode_example("test.mp2");
  
  
  
      return 0;
  
  }

  How should it sound like? May be I don’t get something but it sounds awful =( how to make audio generation sound better/ more interesting/ melodical in a wary shourt way (no special functions just how to change this code to make it sound better)?