[Libav-user] Can not delete video file while program is running

[Kevin J. Brooks]

Baris,

Thank you for your help.

Sincerely,
Kevin J. Brooks
Senior Software Engineer

On 11/4/2015 2:40 AM, Baris Demiray wrote:
>
> 2015-11-03 23:15 GMT+01:00 Kevin J. Brooks <kbrooks at r2c-ss.com 
> <mailto:kbrooks at r2c-ss.com>>:
>
>     Hello All,
>
>     I have a program that the user can start and stop recording video
>     at their will.  Each time the user starts recording, the video is
>     saved to a new file.  The problem is if the user decides to delete
>     a newly created video without shutting down my program first, then
>     he is unable to do so.  Windows tells the user that my program
>     still has the file open.  Here is my code when the user stops
>     recording.
>
>     av_write_trailer(m_oc);
>
>
>     avcodec_close(m_videoCodecCTX);
>
>     avcodec_close(m_audioCodecCTX);
>
>     sws_freeContext(m_video_st.sws_ctx);
>
>     avformat_free_context(m_oc);
>
>     av_frame_free(&m_videoPicture);
>
>
>     What am I missing?
>
>
> These are mostly about releasing the memory resources. How do you open 
> the video file? You may need avio_close() if you used avio_open(), or 
> standard file closure methods if you're handling it yourself.
>
> Also, AFAIK you don't need keep your conversation context that long, 
> you can release it right after sws_scale() is done.
>
>
>     Thanks,
>     Kevin
>
>
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