[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] HAM6/HAM8 support for IFF demuxer/decoder

Sebastian Vater cdgs.basty
Tue May 4 20:59:39 CEST 2010


Sebastian Vater a ?crit :
> Peter Ross a ?crit :
>   
>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 02:11:25PM +0200, Sebastian Vater wrote:
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>>> Michael Niedermayer a ?crit :
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>>>       
>>>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 01:51:09PM +0200, Sebastian Vater wrote:
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>>>>> Michael Niedermayer a ?crit :
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>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 01:10:18PM +0200, Sebastian Vater wrote:
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>>>>>>> Peter Ross a ?crit :
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>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:17:12PM +0200, Sebastian Vater wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> Sebastian Vater a ?crit :
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>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>>>> So here is it!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The long awaited HAM6/8 decoding support for IFF-ILBM.
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>>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>>>>                     
>>>>>>>> Yep, glad somebody took the time.
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>> +#define CAMG_EHB  0x80   // Extra HalfBrite
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>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>> Macro isn't used.
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>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>> Just added it, the next patch for EHB support will use it, should I
>>>>>>> remove it until then and add the define when EHB is done?
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>> @@ -152,6 +157,12 @@ static int iff_read_header(AVFormatContext *s,
>>>>>>>>>              st->codec->channels = (get_be32(pb) < 6) ? 1 : 2;
>>>>>>>>>              break;
>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>> +        case ID_CAMG:
>>>>>>>>> +            if (data_size < 4)
>>>>>>>>> +                return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
>>>>>>>>>     
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>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>> Is this really neccessary. We dont check data_size for any of the other tags.
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>>>>>>> The IFF standard says that chunks can be of any length, it seems that
>>>>>>> you missed by patch which does add the checking for other tags, too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not checking such stuff could also cause security issues if someone with
>>>>>>> a bad mind prepares an attack with a malformed IFF file.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It would not be the first case picture decoders cause buffer overflows
>>>>>>> thanks to malformed image data/structure. ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also chunks can always be longer than the initial definition to it, just
>>>>>>> like you can add new data fields to a struct. ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But in one point you're correct here, it should really be evaluated if
>>>>>>> the decoder should abort if the chunk is to small (i.e. just 2 bytes,
>>>>>>> because the amiga display mode used for it had a zero lower word) or
>>>>>>> just consider to small stuff to be set to 0 (in that case non-HAM and
>>>>>>> non-EHB would always be assumed).
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>>> +        if (iff->camg_display_mode & CAMG_HAM) {
>>>>>>>>> +            switch (st->codec->bits_per_coded_sample) {
>>>>>>>>> +            case 6: // HAM6
>>>>>>>>> +                st->codec->bits_per_coded_sample = 12; // 4096 color HAM6 image
>>>>>>>>> +                break;
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +            case 8: // HAM8
>>>>>>>>> +                st->codec->bits_per_coded_sample = 18; // 262144 color HAM8 image
>>>>>>>>> +                break;
>>>>>>>>>     
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>>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>> My only concern here is that 'bits_per_coded_sample' is being abused to
>>>>>>>> indicate both bpp *and* whether HAM coding is used. If somebody out there
>>>>>>>> encodes 12-bit RGB into IFF then we will have a problem.
>>>>>>>>   
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>>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>> I just realized that too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And I'm just thinking of a better solution. Is it appreciated in ffmpeg
>>>>>>> to use codec_tag as a bitfield or split up the uint32_t internally into
>>>>>>> 4 uint8_t or 2 2 uint8_t's?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Right now the IFF demuxer and decoder use codec_tag to store whether
>>>>>>> it's an PBM or ILBM file.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would like to split it internally into 4 bytes and use one byte for
>>>>>>> tagging if it's EHB/HAM, one byte for transparent color index, one byte
>>>>>>> for the compression identifier and one byte for plane number being a
>>>>>>> mask to skip.
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>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> you would like to look at AVCodecContext.extradata
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [...]
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>>>>> I know extradata, but it's used for the palette data already and moving
>>>>> that data structures around or adding sth. at the end requires defining
>>>>> a completely new structure (one for the palette data and one for extra
>>>>> data).
>>>>>
>>>>> So I'ld use codec_tag for it, using an whole 32 bit integer just for
>>>>> indicating if it's a PBM or ILBM (one bit would be enough for that) is
>>>>> in my eyes, just a waste.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or are there any reasons for not doing it the way, I wrote my last msg?
>>>>>     
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> dont forget to fill AVIn/OutputFormat.codec_tag ;)
>>>> (when you try you will see why the idea of spliting codec_tag like this
>>>>  doesnt work)
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> Oh ok, I got the point. So it should always be a kind of fourcc, right?
>>>     
>>>       
>> Yes, its meant to be a 'tag' for identification.
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> Then I have to do this with extradata...
>>>     
>>>       
>> Yep, just allocate a fixed length of bytes (for the flags) at the start
>> of the extradata buffer and then append palette.
>>   
>>     
>
> Fixed! Please review attached patch.
>   

Just figured out that the last patch doesn't decode HAM5/7 properly.

Now it does. The error was  not setting hbits correctly (should always
be 4 or 6, even for HAM5 and HAM7).

Besides this I fixed an indentation of actually new code.

-- 

Best regards,
                   :-) Basty/CDGS (-:

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