[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Speex parser

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:40:45AM -0400, Justin Ruggles wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here is a Speex parser.  It does not split any frames, but only analyzes
> them in order to set the proper AVCodecContext parameters.

the decoder can do this, av_find_stream_info() should already create a
decoder to fill these in when they are missing.


> 
> It is useful mainly for stream copy when no header is present or if some
> values in the header are encoded as "unknown".  Also, if the extradata
> is missing, the parser will create it using correct values.  This is
> better than what is done currently in the FLV demuxer, which guesses
> some header values based on defaults and sets some as "unknown".

it seems creating fake(1) extradata belongs more in a bitstream filter than
a parser

(1) fake in the sense that it does not exist like that in the container

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