本文对AVInputFormat结构体源码进行了简单介绍
typedef struct AVInputFormat {
/**
* 格式名列表.也可以分配一个新名字.
*/
const char *name;
/**
* 对格式的一个描述性名字,增加可读性.
*/
const char *long_name;
/**
* 可用的flag有: AVFMT_NOFILE, AVFMT_NEEDNUMBER, AVFMT_SHOW_IDS,
* AVFMT_GENERIC_INDEX, AVFMT_TS_DISCONT, AVFMT_NOBINSEARCH,
* AVFMT_NOGENSEARCH, AVFMT_NO_BYTE_SEEK, AVFMT_SEEK_TO_PTS.
*/
int flags;
/**
* 如果定义了extention那么就不会再检测了,通常不定义,因为定义的不靠谱
*/
const char *extensions;
const struct AVCodecTag * const *codec_tag;
const AVClass *priv_class; ///< AVClass for the private context
/**
* 一个模拟类型列表.用来在probe的时候check匹配的类型
* @see av_probe_input_format2
*/
const char *mime_type;
/*****************************************************************
* No fields below this line are part of the public API. They
* may not be used outside of libavformat and can be changed and
* removed at will.
* New public fields should be added right above.
*****************************************************************
*/
struct AVInputFormat *next;
/**
* Raw demuxers store their codec ID here.
*/
int raw_codec_id;
/**
* Size of private data so that it can be allocated in the wrapper.
*/
int priv_data_size;
/**
* tell一个文件是否可以按照这个格式来解析.
* 就是保证提供的buffer够大.
*/
int (*read_probe)(AVProbeData *);
/**
* read格式头信息,initialize the AVFormatContext
* structure. Return 0 if OK. 'avformat_new_stream' should be
* called to create new streams.
*/
int (*read_header)(struct AVFormatContext *);
/**
* 读一个packet放入pkt. pts and flags are also
* set. 'avformat_new_stream' can be called only if the flag
* AVFMTCTX_NOHEADER is used and only in the calling thread (not in a
* background thread).
* @return 0 on success, < 0 on error.
* When returning an error, pkt must not have been allocated
* or must be freed before returning
*/
int (*read_packet)(struct AVFormatContext *, AVPacket *pkt);
/**
* Close the stream. The AVFormatContext and AVStreams are not
* freed by this function
*/
int (*read_close)(struct AVFormatContext *);
/**
* seek到一个给定的时间戳相对于stream_index的frames
* @param stream_index Must not be -1.
* @param flags Selects which direction should be preferred if no exact
* match is available.
* @return >= 0 on success (but not necessarily the new offset)
*/
int (*read_seek)(struct AVFormatContext *,
int stream_index, int64_t timestamp, int flags);
/**
* 得到下一个时间戳in stream[stream_index].time_base units.
* @return the timestamp or AV_NOPTS_VALUE if an error occurred
*/
int64_t (*read_timestamp)(struct AVFormatContext *s, int stream_index,
int64_t *pos, int64_t pos_limit);
/**
* Start/resume playing - only meaningful if using a network-based format
* (RTSP).
*/
int (*read_play)(struct AVFormatContext *);
/**
* Pause playing - only meaningful if using a network-based format
* (RTSP).
*/
int (*read_pause)(struct AVFormatContext *);
/**
* Seek to timestamp ts.
* Seeking will be done so that the point from which all active streams
* can be presented successfully will be closest to ts and within min/max_ts.
* Active streams are all streams that have AVStream.discard < AVDISCARD_ALL.
*/
int (*read_seek2)(struct AVFormatContext *s, int stream_index, int64_t min_ts, int64_t ts, int64_t max_ts, int flags);
/**
* Returns device list with it properties.
* @see avdevice_list_devices() for more details.
*/
int (*get_device_list)(struct AVFormatContext *s, struct AVDeviceInfoList *device_list);
/**
* Initialize device capabilities submodule(子模块).
* @see avdevice_capabilities_create() for more details.
*/
int (*create_device_capabilities)(struct AVFormatContext *s, struct AVDeviceCapabilitiesQuery *caps);
/**
* Free device capabilities submodule.
* @see avdevice_capabilities_free() for more details.
*/
int (*free_device_capabilities)(struct AVFormatContext *s, struct AVDeviceCapabilitiesQuery *caps);
} AVInputFormat;