[Libav-user] blackdetect using libavfilter C API

[Philippe Gorley]

On 2019-03-08 2:47 p.m., Venkateswaran.S wrote:
> Hi Philippe,
> 
> Thanks for your reply. I have got the required output by adding below 
> function call in my code,
> if ((tag = av_dict_get(filt_frame->metadata, "lavfi.black_duration", 
> tag, AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX)))
>      printf("%s=%s\n", tag->key);
> 
> and it prints below output,
> 
> [blackdetect @ 0x5566fef000c0] black_start:5.46379 black_end:7.29896 
> black_duration:1.83517
> [blackdetect @ 0x5566fef000c0] black_start:82.8328 black_end:84.4594 
> black_duration:1.62662
> [blackdetect @ 0x5566fef000c0] black_start:142.768 black_end:144.019 
> black_duration:1.25125
> 
> I'm using "lavfi.black_duration" because if I use "lavfi.black_start" it 
> print black_start at 0 second (false detection).

I could not find "lavfi.black_duration" anywhere in the file 
libavfilter/vf_blackdetect.c (or the source code at all), so I doubt 
it's being set.

If the key doesn't exist in the AVDictionary, av_dict_get returns NULL 
(0). You want to check until it returns an actual AVDictionaryEntry, 
then check AVDictionaryEntry.value for the time string.

> 
> Now, I tried to run the same filter through command line using below 
> command,
> ffmpeg -i SonOfGod.mp4 -vf "blackdetect=d=1:pix_th=0.00" -an -f null -
> 
> and it prints below output,
> 
> [blackdetect @ 0x5601cbc54c60] black_start:5.46379 black_end:7.007 
> black_duration:1.54321
> [blackdetect @ 0x5601cbc54c60] black_start:82.8745 black_end:84.1674 
> black_duration:1.29296
> 
> above command line tool produces perfect output and exactly matches with 
> actual video content timing (black start & back end).
> 
> How does both the C API and FFmpeg cmd tool give different output? is 
> there anything I'm missing in C API code 
> https://ffmpeg.org/doxygen/3.4/filtering__video_8c_source.html (removed 
> display_frame function).

The black duration log you see is the result of the filter subtracting 
black_start from black_end in the check_black_end function.

> 
> Testing Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hsl5UG9O_c&t=6s
> 
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You want to get lavfi.black_end and lavfi.black_start, parse the time 
strings and find the difference.

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Philippe Gorley
Free Software Consultant | Montréal, Qc
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