[Ffmpeg-devel] [RFC] AVParser before muxing

[Måns Rullgård]

Baptiste COUDURIER <baptiste.coudurier at smartjog.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> As most of you probably know, we are facing a problem of muxing codecs
> differently depending on output format. One problem is h264 nal encoding
> in mp4, but I can think also about removing VOL header in mpeg4 key frames.
>
> Michael suggested something like AVParser. It could be a good
> interaction layer just before actually giving the frame to av_write_frame.
>
> Identifying the output format by FORMAT_ID_MP4, or MUXER_ID_MP4 for
> example, in AVFormatContext. That extends the process to be specific for
> each muxer.
>
> What do you guys think about it ?

I think format-specifics belong in the muxers, no matter what.

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