[Libav-user] HLS: Exactly constant segment duration

[Andrey Mochenov]

Hi,

We are using FFmpeg libraries git-ee94362 libavformat v55.2.100.
Our purpose is to mux two streams (video and audio) into M3U8 playlist
using HLS.
In addition, we want the duration of every TS segment file be exactly 3.0
sec (frame rate is 25 fps).
To reach it, we are trying to set several options and properties, namely:
- segment_time
- keyint_min
- scenechange_threshold
- gop_size
- force_key_frames.

And our code looks as below:

AVCodecContext *codec_ctx = NULL;
AVFormatContext *ofmt_ctx = NULL;
int ret = 0, gopSize = (int)(3.0 * 25);   // 3 sec * 25 fps

// ofmt_ctx and codec_ctx initialization and filling are OK, but:

codec_ctx->time_base.num = 1;
codec_ctx->time_base.den = 25 // fps

// It seems, that the following three lines have no effect without explisit
setting of the "hls_time" property
codec_ctx->keyint_min = gopSize;       // in FFMpeg application, the
corresponding option is "-keyint_min 3"
codec_ctx->scenechange_threshold = 0;  // in FFMpeg application, the
corresponding option is "-sc_threshold 0"
codec_ctx->gop_size = gopSize;         // in FFMpeg application, the
corresponding option is "-g 3"

ret = av_opt_set_double(ofmt_ctx, "hls_time", 3.0, AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN);

// Any of the following lines causes "Option not found" error.
ret = av_opt_set(codec_ctx->priv_data, "profile", "main",
AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN);
ret = av_opt_set(codec_ctx->priv_data, "preset", "ultrafast",
AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN);
ret = av_opt_get(ofmt_ctx, "segment_time",  AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN, &str);
ret = av_opt_set((ofmt_ctx, "segment_time", "3.0", AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN);

Anyway, the TS files durations are different, (~2-3 sec), and not EXACTLY
3.0 sec.
Our question: What is the best way to solve the problem?

Andrey Mochenov.
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