[Libav-user] avformat_find_stream_info blocking/hanging?

[Chung, Ian (UK)]

Processing MPEG Transport Stream over network containing single H264 stream.

Simplified code (without error checks) uses
avformat_open_input(formatCtx, <URL>, NULL, NULL) to open network stream
then
avformat_find_stream_info(formatCtx, NULL) to get stream information.

When input stream is "good" quality, functions behave as expected and I can determine details, extract video and process. All works fine.

However when input stream is poor, i.e. corruption, the avformat_open_input() can still return as success but avformat_find_stream_info() hangs indefinitely.

Setting the format context (probesize and max_analyze_duration) does not have any effect.

Is there a mechanism to timeout the avformat_find_stream_info()?

The input Transport Stream format is controlled and known. Is it possible to populate the format context and thus avoid calling avformat_find_stream_info()?

Any help appreciated.


Ian Chung
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