[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] H.264 parser segfault fix

[Gil Pedersen]

Small fix for an issue I encountered while trying to receive an H.264  
RTSP stream.

MPlayer (r29378) will call the h264_parse() function with avctx=NULL  
(demux_rtp.cpp:563). This works for standard NALs, but SPS, PPS and  
SEI NAL units cause the parser to call into the regular H.264 code,  
which expects that avctx!=NULL, thus resulting in a segfault.

I'm not aware if this is caused by incorrect usage of the parser  
function from MPlayer, or in fact an libavcodec bug. Considering that  
the avctx is in all but one case only used for debugging, I'd say use  
the supplied patch. If that is not acceptable I'll have to look at  
MPlayers RTP demuxing code, which already seems a bit messy using a  
global to store state.

Best Regards,
Gil Pedersen

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