[Libav-user] av_open_input_file takes a while

[Alex Cohn]

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Mika Rajala <mika_rajala_2 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi
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> I'm using the method avformat_open_input to load a ~2GB h264 encoded video file.
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> int err = avformat_open_input(&m_formatContext, path, NULL, NULL);
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> This takes a bit too long however, is there any way to make it faster?
>
> -mika

You could probably reduce the opening time if you disable format/codec sniffing.

Alex