[Libav-user] Regarding pixellated video in ffmpeg decoding

[Shiju Sasi]

Hi,

I have created a sample windows application using ffmpeg and x264 and
attached it's screenshot. In the application, I capture video and encode it
using x264, then decode it using ffmpeg and render it. My problem is large
amount of pixellation. I eliminated the possibility of rendering issues and
concluded that decoded and scaled output became pixellated.

Request your 2 minutes to review my working approach to see if I have
missed out anything obvious. I have copied only the relevant parts due to
formatting issues in gmail. If you can review to check if I have missed out
any obvious methods/settings as part of decoding, it will be really helpful.

FYI, I have allocated pCodecCtx in the below code using avcodec_alloc_context3
and I have set only the coded_height, coded_width and pix_fmt fields. I
also use

if(pDecoder->capabilities & CODEC_CAP_TRUNCATED)

pCodecCtx->flags|=CODEC_FLAG_TRUNCATED;

In the scale context, I use SWS_POINT flag for maximum quality.



void decode_h264(const uint8_t* in_buf, int in_buf_size, uint8_t** out_buf,
int* out_buf_size)
{
   int got_picture = 0;
   AVPacket avpkt;
   av_init_packet(&avpkt);
   while(in_buf_size > 0)
   {
      int len = 0;
      len = av_parser_parse2(pDecoderParserContext,pCodecCtx, &avpkt.data,
&avpkt.size, in_buf, in_buf_size, 0, 0, 0);
      in_buf += len;
      in_buf_size -= len;
      if(avpkt.size > 0)
      {
        avcodec_decode_video2(pCodecCtx, pFrame,&got_picture,&avpkt);
       if(got_picture > 0)
       {
         sws_scale(decoderConvertCtx, pFrame->data, pFrame->linesize , 0,
pFrame->height, pOutFrame->data, pOutFrame->linesize);
       }
       *out_buf_size = userpOutFrame->linesize[0];
       *out_buf = pOutFrame->data[0];
      }
   }

}

Thanks in advance,
Shiju
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