typedef struct AVPacket {
/**
* Presentation timestamp in AVStream->time_base units; the time at which
* the decompressed packet will be presented to the user.
* Can be AV_NOPTS_VALUE if it is not stored in the file.
* pts MUST be larger or equal to dts as presentation cannot happen before
* decompression, unless one wants to view hex dumps. Some formats misuse
* the terms dts and pts/cts to mean something different. Such timestamps
* must be converted to true pts/dts before they are stored in AVPacket.
*/
int64_t pts;
/**
* Decompression timestamp in AVStream->time_base units; the time at which
* the packet is decompressed.
* Can be AV_NOPTS_VALUE if it is not stored in the file.
*/
int64_t dts;
uint8_t *data;
int size;
int stream_index;
int flags;
/**
* Duration of this packet in AVStream->time_base units, 0 if unknown.
* Equals next_pts - this_pts in presentation order.
*/
int duration;
void (*destruct)(struct AVPacket *);
void *priv;
int64_t pos; ///< byte position in stream, -1 if unknown
/**
* Time difference in AVStream->time_base units from the pts of this
* packet to the point at which the output from the decoder has converged
* independent from the availability of previous frames. That is, the
* frames are virtually identical no matter if decoding started from
* the very first frame or from this keyframe.
* Is AV_NOPTS_VALUE if unknown.
* This field is not the display duration of the current packet.
* This field has no meaning if the packet does not have AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY
* set.
*
* The purpose of this field is to allow seeking in streams that have no
* keyframes in the conventional sense. It corresponds to the
* recovery point SEI in H.264 and match_time_delta in NUT. It is also
* essential for some types of subtitle streams to ensure that all
* subtitles are correctly displayed after seeking.
*/
int64_t convergence_duration;
} AVPacket;
在AVPacket结构体中,重要的变量有以下几个:
uint8_t *data:压缩编码的数据。
例如对于H.264来说。1个AVPacket的data通常对应一个NAL,只是对应,而不是一模一样。
int size:data的大小
int64_t pts:解压缩后的包展示给用户的时间点,即展示时间戳
int64_t dts:该包被解码后的时间点,即解码时间戳
int duration: 此包的持续时间next_pts - this_pts
int stream_index:标识该AVPacket所属的视频/音频流。
对于视频(Video)来说,AVPacket通常包含一个压缩的Frame;而音频(Audio)则有可能包含多个压缩的Frame。并且,一个packet也有可能是空的,不包含任何压缩数据data,只含有边缘数据side data(side data,容器提供的关于packet的一些附加信息)