[MPlayer-dev-eng] ffmpeg av1 decoding with dav1d

[Alexander Strasser]

Hi Sylvain!

On 2019-11-19 22:41 +0000, sylvain.bertrand at gmail.com wrote:
> I made a build of a recent snapshot of mplayer with a git ffmpeg where I did
> enable av1 decoding using dav1d.
>
> It seems mplayer misses codecs.conf entries for av1. I did copy grossely the libvpxvp9 codecs.conf section:
>
> videocodec fflibdav1d
>   info "FFmpeg libdav1d"
>   status working
> ; mkv
>   format 0x31307661
> ; mp4
>   format 0x31305641
>   driver ffmpeg
>   dll libdav1d
>   out YV12,420P10,420P12
>   out 422P,422P10,422P12
>   out 440P,440P10,440P12
>   out 444P,444P10,444P12
>   out GBR10P,GBR12P,GBR24P
>
> Then I could read youtube av1 encoded test videos from https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyqf6gJt7KuHBmeVzZteZUlNUQAVLwrZS
> downloaded with youtube-dl (which uses an av1/dav1d enabled ffmpeg build for mkv remuxing)
>
> Could an experienced dev with commit access add proper av1 entries in the built-in codecs.conf of mplayer?
>
> thx and best regards,

Thanks for your help.

I'm working on it again right now. I started much earlier, but for
various reasons my work stalled. Hoping to get something out soon.

There is also a related ticket: #2355.


  Alexander