[Libav-user] Using libavformat/libavcodec with sample accurate seeking

[Paul B Mahol]

Hi,

On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 7:16 AM, Christopher Snowhill <kode54 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've noticed that when using these libraries in my own projects, at
> least in VGMStream, and with the WMA Pro codec, it is necessary to
> perform my own pre-roll when seeking for looping, or else the codec
> ramps the audio in from silence on every loop as it catches back up to a
> valid state. I currently use either two seconds, or the beginning of the
> file if it's less than two seconds prior to the intended seek point,
> then discard sample data that is returned by the decoder.
>
> Is this always necessary by design? Or am I misusing the seeking API?
>
> I currently use:
>
> int64_t ts = target_sample * formatCtx->duration / total_samples;
> avformat_seek_file(formatCtx, -1, ts - 1000, ts, ts, AVSEEK_FLAG_ANY);
>

Do you call avcodec_flush_buffers()?
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