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22 
23 /**
24  * @file
25  * video encoding with libavcodec API example
26  *
27  * @example encode_video.c
28  */
29 
30 #include <stdio.h>
31 #include <stdlib.h>
32 #include <string.h>
33 
34 #include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
35 
36 #include <libavutil/opt.h>
37 #include <libavutil/imgutils.h>
38 
39 static void encode(AVCodecContext *enc_ctx, AVFrame *frame, AVPacket *pkt,
40  FILE *outfile)
41 {
42  int ret;
43 
44  /* send the frame to the encoder */
45  if (frame)
46  printf("Send frame %3"PRId64"\n", frame->pts);
47 
48  ret = avcodec_send_frame(enc_ctx, frame);
49  if (ret < 0) {
50  fprintf(stderr, "Error sending a frame for encoding\n");
51  exit(1);
52  }
53 
54  while (ret >= 0) {
55  ret = avcodec_receive_packet(enc_ctx, pkt);
56  if (ret == AVERROR(EAGAIN) || ret == AVERROR_EOF)
57  return;
58  else if (ret < 0) {
59  fprintf(stderr, "Error during encoding\n");
60  exit(1);
61  }
62 
63  printf("Write packet %3"PRId64" (size=%5d)\n", pkt->pts, pkt->size);
64  fwrite(pkt->data, 1, pkt->size, outfile);
65  av_packet_unref(pkt);
66  }
67 }
68 
69 int main(int argc, char **argv)
70 {
71  const char *filename, *codec_name;
72  const AVCodec *codec;
74  int i, ret, x, y;
75  FILE *f;
76  AVFrame *frame;
77  AVPacket *pkt;
78  uint8_t endcode[] = { 0, 0, 1, 0xb7 };
79 
80  if (argc <= 2) {
81  fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <output file> <codec name>\n", argv[0]);
82  exit(0);
83  }
84  filename = argv[1];
85  codec_name = argv[2];
86 
87  /* find the mpeg1video encoder */
88  codec = avcodec_find_encoder_by_name(codec_name);
89  if (!codec) {
90  fprintf(stderr, "Codec '%s' not found\n", codec_name);
91  exit(1);
92  }
93 
94  c = avcodec_alloc_context3(codec);
95  if (!c) {
96  fprintf(stderr, "Could not allocate video codec context\n");
97  exit(1);
98  }
99 
100  pkt = av_packet_alloc();
101  if (!pkt)
102  exit(1);
103 
104  /* put sample parameters */
105  c->bit_rate = 400000;
106  /* resolution must be a multiple of two */
107  c->width = 352;
108  c->height = 288;
109  /* frames per second */
110  c->time_base = (AVRational){1, 25};
111  c->framerate = (AVRational){25, 1};
112 
113  /* emit one intra frame every ten frames
114  * check frame pict_type before passing frame
115  * to encoder, if frame->pict_type is AV_PICTURE_TYPE_I
116  * then gop_size is ignored and the output of encoder
117  * will always be I frame irrespective to gop_size
118  */
119  c->gop_size = 10;
120  c->max_b_frames = 1;
122 
123  if (codec->id == AV_CODEC_ID_H264)
124  av_opt_set(c->priv_data, "preset", "slow", 0);
125 
126  /* open it */
127  ret = avcodec_open2(c, codec, NULL);
128  if (ret < 0) {
129  fprintf(stderr, "Could not open codec: %s\n", av_err2str(ret));
130  exit(1);
131  }
132 
133  f = fopen(filename, "wb");
134  if (!f) {
135  fprintf(stderr, "Could not open %s\n", filename);
136  exit(1);
137  }
138 
139  frame = av_frame_alloc();
140  if (!frame) {
141  fprintf(stderr, "Could not allocate video frame\n");
142  exit(1);
143  }
144  frame->format = c->pix_fmt;
145  frame->width = c->width;
146  frame->height = c->height;
147 
148  ret = av_frame_get_buffer(frame, 32);
149  if (ret < 0) {
150  fprintf(stderr, "Could not allocate the video frame data\n");
151  exit(1);
152  }
153 
154  /* encode 1 second of video */
155  for (i = 0; i < 25; i++) {
156  fflush(stdout);
157 
158  /* make sure the frame data is writable */
159  ret = av_frame_make_writable(frame);
160  if (ret < 0)
161  exit(1);
162 
163  /* prepare a dummy image */
164  /* Y */
165  for (y = 0; y < c->height; y++) {
166  for (x = 0; x < c->width; x++) {
167  frame->data[0][y * frame->linesize[0] + x] = x + y + i * 3;
168  }
169  }
170 
171  /* Cb and Cr */
172  for (y = 0; y < c->height/2; y++) {
173  for (x = 0; x < c->width/2; x++) {
174  frame->data[1][y * frame->linesize[1] + x] = 128 + y + i * 2;
175  frame->data[2][y * frame->linesize[2] + x] = 64 + x + i * 5;
176  }
177  }
178 
179  frame->pts = i;
180 
181  /* encode the image */
182  encode(c, frame, pkt, f);
183  }
184 
185  /* flush the encoder */
186  encode(c, NULL, pkt, f);
187 
188  /* add sequence end code to have a real MPEG file */
189  fwrite(endcode, 1, sizeof(endcode), f);
190  fclose(f);
191 
193  av_frame_free(&frame);
194  av_packet_free(&pkt);
195 
196  return 0;
197 }
#define NULL
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