[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] avformat: Add IPFS protocol support.

Mark Gaiser markg85 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 2 04:51:48 EET 2022


On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 3:29 AM Lynne <dev at lynne.ee> wrote:

> 1 Feb 2022, 22:58 by markg85 at gmail.com:
>
> > This patch adds support for:
> > - ffplay ipfs://<cid>
> > - ffplay ipns://<cid>
> >
> > IPFS data can be played from so called "ipfs gateways".
> > A gateway is essentially a webserver that gives access to the
> > distributed IPFS network.
> >
> > This protocol support (ipfs and ipns) therefore translates
> > ipfs:// and ipns:// to a http:// url. This resulting url is
> > then handled by the http protocol. It could also be https
> > depending on the gateway provided.
> >
> > To use this protocol, a gateway must be provided.
> > If you do nothing it will try to find it in your
> > $HOME/.ipfs/gateway file. The ways to set it manually are:
> > 1. Define a -gateway <url> to the gateway.
> > 2. Define $IPFS_GATEWAY with the full http link to the gateway.
> > 3. Define $IPFS_PATH and point it to the IPFS data path.
> > 4. Have IPFS running in your local user folder (under $HOME/.ipfs).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mark Gaiser <markg85 at gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  configure                 |   2 +
> >  doc/protocols.texi        |  30 +++++
> >  libavformat/Makefile      |   2 +
> >  libavformat/ipfsgateway.c | 267 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  libavformat/protocols.c   |   2 +
> >  5 files changed, 303 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 libavformat/ipfsgateway.c
> >
>
> Fix all the coding style issues first...
>
Any hints on those? As I thought it was matching the other files (looking
at crypto.c) nicely.

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