ffmpeg开发系列--av_read_frame()

int av_read_frame(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt){
    const int genpts = s->flags & AVFMT_FLAG_GENPTS;　//missing pts?
    int          eof = 0;
    int ret;
    AVStream *st;

    if (!genpts) {
        ret = s->packet_buffer ?
            read_from_packet_buffer(&s->packet_buffer, &s->packet_buffer_end, pkt) :
            read_frame_internal(s, pkt);
        if (ret < 0)
            return ret;
        goto return_packet;
    }

    for (;;) {
        AVPacketList *pktl = s->packet_buffer; //packet_buffer是AVPacketList*

        if (pktl) {
            AVPacket *next_pkt = &pktl->pkt;

            if (next_pkt->dts != AV_NOPTS_VALUE) {
                int wrap_bits = s->streams[next_pkt->stream_index]->pts_wrap_bits;
                // last dts seen for this stream. if any of packets following
                // current one had no dts, we will set this to AV_NOPTS_VALUE.
                int64_t last_dts = next_pkt->dts;
                while (pktl && next_pkt->pts == AV_NOPTS_VALUE) {
                    if (pktl->pkt.stream_index == next_pkt->stream_index &&
                        (av_compare_mod(next_pkt->dts, pktl->pkt.dts, 2LL << (wrap_bits - 1)) < 0)) {
                        if (av_compare_mod(pktl->pkt.pts, pktl->pkt.dts, 2LL << (wrap_bits - 1))) { //not b frame
                            next_pkt->pts = pktl->pkt.dts;
                        }
                        if (last_dts != AV_NOPTS_VALUE) {
                            // Once last dts was set to AV_NOPTS_VALUE, we don't change it.
                            last_dts = pktl->pkt.dts;
                        }
                    }
                    pktl = pktl->next;
                }
                if (eof && next_pkt->pts == AV_NOPTS_VALUE && last_dts != AV_NOPTS_VALUE) {
                    // Fixing the last reference frame had none pts issue (For MXF etc).
                    // We only do this when
                    // 1. eof.
                    // 2. we are not able to resolve a pts value for current packet.
                    // 3. the packets for this stream at the end of the files had valid dts.
                    next_pkt->pts = last_dts + next_pkt->duration;
                }
                pktl = s->packet_buffer;
            }

            /* read packet from packet buffer, if there is data */
            if (!(next_pkt->pts == AV_NOPTS_VALUE &&
                  next_pkt->dts != AV_NOPTS_VALUE && !eof)) {
                ret = read_from_packet_buffer(&s->packet_buffer,
                                               &s->packet_buffer_end, pkt);
                goto return_packet;
            }
        }

        ret = read_frame_internal(s, pkt);
        if (ret < 0) {
            if (pktl && ret != AVERROR(EAGAIN)) {
                eof = 1;
                continue;
            } else
                return ret;
        }

        if (av_dup_packet(add_to_pktbuf(&s->packet_buffer, pkt,
                          &s->packet_buffer_end)) < 0)
            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
    }

return_packet:

    st = s->streams[pkt->stream_index];
    if (st->skip_samples) {
        uint8_t *p = av_packet_new_side_data(pkt, AV_PKT_DATA_SKIP_SAMPLES, 10);
        AV_WL32(p, st->skip_samples);
        av_log(s, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "demuxer injecting skip %d\n", st->skip_samples);
        st->skip_samples = 0;
    }

    if ((s->iformat->flags & AVFMT_GENERIC_INDEX) && pkt->flags & AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY) {
        ff_reduce_index(s, st->index);
        av_add_index_entry(st, pkt->pos, pkt->dts, 0, 0, AVINDEX_KEYFRAME);
    }

    if (is_relative(pkt->dts))
        pkt->dts -= RELATIVE_TS_BASE;
    if (is_relative(pkt->pts))
        pkt->pts -= RELATIVE_TS_BASE;

    return ret;
}

这个函数比较常用,读取码流中的音频若干帧或者视频一帧。例如，解码视频的时候，每解码一个视频帧，需要先调用 av_read_frame()获得一帧视频的压缩数据，然后才能对该数据进行解码