[FFmpeg-user] FFmpeg API function for transcoding

Gaurav G gaurav.g at sasken.com
Fri Oct 14 16:39:20 CEST 2011


Hi Atish,

As per my understanding of the FFMPEG i do not think we have a direct API for transcoding. We need to use the existing API of FFMPEG to make the transcoding application.

Thanks,
Gaurav
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From: ffmpeg-user-bounces at ffmpeg.org [ffmpeg-user-bounces at ffmpeg.org] On Behalf Of Atish Kathpal [atish.kathpal at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 8:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-user] FFmpeg API function for transcoding

Any tips?

Regards
Atish

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Atish Kathpal <atish.kathpal at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello friends
>
> Your insights would be of great help. Please throw some light on my newbie
> question.
>
> Regards
> Atish
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Atish Kathpal <atish.kathpal at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I mean to ask, if there is an API that looks like this:
>>
>> TranscodeVideo(InFilePath, OutFilePath, *argumentslist[]);
>>
>> Or the only way to do this with the FFmpeg APIs is to read the input file
>> one frame at a time and then encode/decode it according to requirements?
>>
>> In either case, it will be useful if you could point me to useful
>> documentations. Please tell me if the former is possible with the given APIs
>> without having to code for every frame.
>>
>> Regards
>> Atish
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Atish Kathpal <atish.kathpal at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> Can anyone point me to the function in libavformat/libavcodec APIs of
>>> FFmpeg which can transcode an input video file to an outputvideo file of
>>> choice.
>>>
>>> I am basically looking for the corresponding function in API that is an
>>> equivalent of the CLI command, say: ffmpeg -i /tmp/test.yuv /tmp/out.avi
>>>
>>>
>>> Please help me out.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Atish
>>>
>>
>>
>
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