[Libav-user] Some input files decoded upside down.

[Jason Cipriani]

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Jason Cipriani
<jason.cipriani at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm learning how to use libav. I'm following the tutorial at
> http://dranger.com/ffmpeg/tutorial01.html and have been able to read
> files, decode them, and save each frame to an image just fine. However,
> certain input files lead to the frames being decoded upside down (the input
> files play correctly in, say, mplayer).
>
> I have one input file that uses a rawvideo codec. This is decoded upside
> down. I have another input file that uses h264, this is decoded in the
> correct orientation.
>
> My question is, is there a flag in some *Context somewhere that indicates
> that the video frames are bottom-up, so that I can flip vertically if
> necessary when processing the frames after decoding?
>
> Also, then, it's easy enough for me to process an image upside down if
> necessary, but can sws_scale (or something similar) flip an image
> vertically so I can do the flip and RGB conversion all in one step?
>
> Thanks!
> Jason
>


Sorry to be a bother, but does anybody have any insight into this?

Thanks!
Jason
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