[Libav-user] Extract AVFrameSideData

[lyncher at sapo.pt]

Thanks Devin for your feedback.

That fake encoder will have a definition like:
>     .type           = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
>     .id             = AV_CODEC_ID_EIA_608,

But if it's defined like this, it will output a video with eia_608 
type.... which doesn't t allow ccaption_dec to be applied.

If it's defined like:
>     .type           = AVMEDIA_TYPE_SUBTITLE,
>     .id             = AV_CODEC_ID_EIA_608,

No video packets will be sent to it.


What should be the correct definition to have this fake encoder 
configured like:
     Video > Fake Encoder > eia_608 caption stream

Thanks
lyncher


On 06-06-2019 21:51, Devin Heitmueller wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 3:19 PM <lyncher at sapo.pt> wrote:
>
>> I would like to be able to retrieve the CC bytes from a previously
>> decoded AVFrame and using ccaption_dec to format it in SRT (or any other
>> supported format).
>> I was thinking to create a Filter that receives an AVFrame and returns
>> an AVPacket.... but this combination seems no to be possible.
>> How can I extract AVSideData from a AVFrame and output it in a filter as
>> AV_CODEC_ID_EIA_608?
> So filters can only have AVFrames as inputs and outputs.  You cannot
> have a filter which takes in AVFrames and outputs AVPackets.
> Something that takes in frames and outputs packets is technically an
> encoder.  So in principle you could split the video with a filter and
> feed the real video to whatever encoder you are using (e.g. x264), and
> the second video feed goes into your fake encoder which outputs the
> 608 AVPackets.
>
> One of these days I'll kill an afternoon and hack together such an
> encoder, but just haven't had the need yet.
>
> Devin
>