[FFmpeg-devel] The quantization parameter QP (s-> qscale) in FFmpeg-"mpeg4videodec.c"-

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 03:51:22PM +0100, Moad Toutou wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm still looking for my quantization parameter QP. I located a set of files that manipulates this variable QP:
> 
> 1-/ffmpeg/libavcodec/cavsdec.c
> 2-/ffmpeg/libavcodec/bink.c
> 3-/ffmpeg/libavcodec/libx264.c
> 4-/libavcodec/proresenc_anatoliy.c
> 5-/ffmpeg/libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c
> 
> The file that interests me most is "mpeg4videodec.c" because I'm more interested in MPEG video decoding.
> 
> For me, the value of qp in the file "mpeg4videodec.c" equal to "s-> qscale".
> 

> My first question: is "qp" equals "s-> qscale"?

mostly yes


> 
> I brought a  modéfications to the file "mpeg4videodec.c" and my second question is:  what is the ffmpeg command for which, the execution of this command, the program will go through by the file instructions "mpeg4 video dec.c"?

it will when decoding a mpeg4 video


> 
> This is the kind of instructions that i added in the file "mpeg4videodec.c" :
> 
> -av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "the value of qp is %d", s->qscale);
> -av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "the value of qp is %d", s->qscale);
> -av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_INFO, "the value of qp is %d", s->qscale);
> -av_log(s->avctx, AV_LOG_INFO, "the value of qp is %d", s->qscale);
> 

> Finally, in what place, i'm going to get the results ? (in the consol or in the log files?

this depends on the used log callback, see how av_log() is implemented
if it interrests you. see the header where av_log is declared for a
documentation of its API


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