[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] hls demuxer: add option to defer parsing of variants

Rainer Hochecker fernetmenta at online.de
Fri Nov 24 00:20:10 EET 2017


---
 doc/demuxers.texi |   5 +
 libavformat/hls.c | 299 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 2 files changed, 204 insertions(+), 100 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/demuxers.texi b/doc/demuxers.texi
index 73dc0feec1..634b122e10 100644
--- a/doc/demuxers.texi
+++ b/doc/demuxers.texi
@@ -316,6 +316,11 @@ segment index to start live streams at (negative values are from the end).
 @item max_reload
 Maximum number of times a insufficient list is attempted to be reloaded.
 Default value is 1000.
+
+ at item load_all_variants
+If 0, only the first variant/playlist is loaded on open. All other variants
+get disabled and can be enabled by setting discard option in program.
+Default value is 1.
 @end table
 
 @section image2
diff --git a/libavformat/hls.c b/libavformat/hls.c
index 786934af03..c55f5ea439 100644
--- a/libavformat/hls.c
+++ b/libavformat/hls.c
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ struct playlist {
     int n_segments;
     struct segment **segments;
     int needed, cur_needed;
+    int parsed;
     int cur_seq_no;
     int64_t cur_seg_offset;
     int64_t last_load_time;
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ typedef struct HLSContext {
     int strict_std_compliance;
     char *allowed_extensions;
     int max_reload;
+    int load_all_variants;
 } HLSContext;
 
 static int read_chomp_line(AVIOContext *s, char *buf, int maxlen)
@@ -314,6 +316,9 @@ static struct playlist *new_playlist(HLSContext *c, const char *url,
     pls->is_id3_timestamped = -1;
     pls->id3_mpegts_timestamp = AV_NOPTS_VALUE;
 
+    pls->index = c->n_playlists;
+    pls->parsed = 0;
+    pls->needed = 0;
     dynarray_add(&c->playlists, &c->n_playlists, pls);
     return pls;
 }
@@ -721,6 +726,7 @@ static int parse_playlist(HLSContext *c, const char *url,
         free_segment_list(pls);
         pls->finished = 0;
         pls->type = PLS_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED;
+        pls->parsed = 1;
     }
     while (!avio_feof(in)) {
         read_chomp_line(in, line, sizeof(line));
@@ -1377,23 +1383,41 @@ reload:
 static void add_renditions_to_variant(HLSContext *c, struct variant *var,
                                       enum AVMediaType type, const char *group_id)
 {
-    int i;
+    int i, j;
+    int found;
 
     for (i = 0; i < c->n_renditions; i++) {
         struct rendition *rend = c->renditions[i];
 
         if (rend->type == type && !strcmp(rend->group_id, group_id)) {
 
-            if (rend->playlist)
+            if (rend->playlist) {
                 /* rendition is an external playlist
                  * => add the playlist to the variant */
-                dynarray_add(&var->playlists, &var->n_playlists, rend->playlist);
-            else
+                found = 0;
+                for (j = 0; j < var->n_playlists; j++) {
+                    if (var->playlists[j] == rend->playlist) {
+                        found = 1;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (!found)
+                    dynarray_add(&var->playlists, &var->n_playlists, rend->playlist);
+            } else {
                 /* rendition is part of the variant main Media Playlist
                  * => add the rendition to the main Media Playlist */
-                dynarray_add(&var->playlists[0]->renditions,
-                             &var->playlists[0]->n_renditions,
-                             rend);
+                found = 0;
+                for (j = 0; j < var->playlists[0]->n_renditions; j++) {
+                    if (var->playlists[0]->renditions[j] == rend) {
+                        found = 1;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (!found)
+                    dynarray_add(&var->playlists[0]->renditions,
+                                 &var->playlists[0]->n_renditions,
+                                 rend);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1631,6 +1655,122 @@ static int hls_close(AVFormatContext *s)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int init_playlist(HLSContext *c, struct playlist *pls)
+{
+    AVInputFormat *in_fmt = NULL;
+    int highest_cur_seq_no = 0;
+    int ret;
+    int i;
+
+    if (!(pls->ctx = avformat_alloc_context())) {
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+    }
+
+    if (pls->n_segments == 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    pls->needed = 1;
+    pls->parent = c->ctx;
+
+    /*
+     * If this is a live stream and this playlist looks like it is one segment
+     * behind, try to sync it up so that every substream starts at the same
+     * time position (so e.g. avformat_find_stream_info() will see packets from
+     * all active streams within the first few seconds). This is not very generic,
+     * though, as the sequence numbers are technically independent.
+     */
+    highest_cur_seq_no = 0;
+    for (i = 0; i < c->n_playlists; i++) {
+        struct playlist *pls = c->playlists[i];
+        if (!pls->parsed)
+            continue;
+        if (pls->cur_seq_no > highest_cur_seq_no)
+            highest_cur_seq_no = pls->cur_seq_no;
+    }
+    if (!pls->finished && pls->cur_seq_no == highest_cur_seq_no - 1 &&
+        highest_cur_seq_no < pls->start_seq_no + pls->n_segments) {
+        pls->cur_seq_no = highest_cur_seq_no;
+    }
+
+    pls->read_buffer = av_malloc(INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE);
+    if (!pls->read_buffer){
+        ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+        avformat_free_context(pls->ctx);
+        pls->ctx = NULL;
+        return ret;
+    }
+    ffio_init_context(&pls->pb, pls->read_buffer, INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE, 0, pls,
+                      read_data, NULL, NULL);
+    pls->pb.seekable = 0;
+    ret = av_probe_input_buffer(&pls->pb, &in_fmt, pls->segments[0]->url,
+                                NULL, 0, 0);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        /* Free the ctx - it isn't initialized properly at this point,
+         * so avformat_close_input shouldn't be called. If
+         * avformat_open_input fails below, it frees and zeros the
+         * context, so it doesn't need any special treatment like this. */
+        av_log(c->ctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error when loading first segment '%s'\n", pls->segments[0]->url);
+        avformat_free_context(pls->ctx);
+        pls->ctx = NULL;
+        return ret;
+    }
+    pls->ctx->pb       = &pls->pb;
+    pls->ctx->io_open  = nested_io_open;
+    pls->ctx->flags   |= c->ctx->flags & ~AVFMT_FLAG_CUSTOM_IO;
+
+    if ((ret = ff_copy_whiteblacklists(pls->ctx, c->ctx)) < 0)
+        return ret;
+
+    ret = avformat_open_input(&pls->ctx, pls->segments[0]->url, in_fmt, NULL);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        av_log(c->ctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error opening playlist %s", pls->segments[0]->url);
+        avformat_free_context(pls->ctx);
+        pls->ctx = NULL;
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    if (pls->id3_deferred_extra && pls->ctx->nb_streams == 1) {
+        ff_id3v2_parse_apic(pls->ctx, &pls->id3_deferred_extra);
+        avformat_queue_attached_pictures(pls->ctx);
+        ff_id3v2_free_extra_meta(&pls->id3_deferred_extra);
+        pls->id3_deferred_extra = NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (pls->is_id3_timestamped == -1)
+        av_log(c->ctx, AV_LOG_WARNING, "No expected HTTP requests have been made\n");
+
+    /*
+     * For ID3 timestamped raw audio streams we need to detect the packet
+     * durations to calculate timestamps in fill_timing_for_id3_timestamped_stream(),
+     * but for other streams we can rely on our user calling avformat_find_stream_info()
+     * on us if they want to.
+     */
+    if (pls->is_id3_timestamped) {
+        ret = avformat_find_stream_info(pls->ctx, NULL);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            avformat_free_context(pls->ctx);
+            pls->ctx = NULL;
+            return ret;
+        }
+    }
+
+    pls->has_noheader_flag = !!(pls->ctx->ctx_flags & AVFMTCTX_NOHEADER);
+
+    /* Create new AVStreams for each stream in this playlist */
+    ret = update_streams_from_subdemuxer(c->ctx, pls);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        avformat_free_context(pls->ctx);
+        pls->ctx = NULL;
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    add_metadata_from_renditions(c->ctx, pls, AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO);
+    add_metadata_from_renditions(c->ctx, pls, AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO);
+    add_metadata_from_renditions(c->ctx, pls, AVMEDIA_TYPE_SUBTITLE);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static int hls_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
 {
     void *u = (s->flags & AVFMT_FLAG_CUSTOM_IO) ? NULL : s->pb;
@@ -1675,8 +1815,15 @@ static int hls_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
         goto fail;
     }
     /* If the playlist only contained playlists (Master Playlist),
-     * parse each individual playlist. */
-    if (c->n_playlists > 1 || c->playlists[0]->n_segments == 0) {
+     * parse all individual playlists.
+     * If option load_all_variants is false, load only first variant */
+    if (!c->load_all_variants && c->n_variants > 1) {
+        for (i = 0; i < c->variants[0]->n_playlists; i++) {
+            struct playlist *pls = c->variants[0]->playlists[i];
+            if ((ret = parse_playlist(c, pls->url, pls, NULL)) < 0)
+                goto fail;
+        }
+    } else if (c->n_playlists > 1 || c->playlists[0]->n_segments == 0) {
         for (i = 0; i < c->n_playlists; i++) {
             struct playlist *pls = c->playlists[i];
             if ((ret = parse_playlist(c, pls->url, pls, NULL)) < 0)
@@ -1720,13 +1867,17 @@ static int hls_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
         if (!program)
             goto fail;
         av_dict_set_int(&program->metadata, "variant_bitrate", v->bandwidth, 0);
+
+        /* start with the first variant and disable all others */
+        if (i > 0 && !c->load_all_variants)
+            program->discard = AVDISCARD_ALL;
     }
 
     /* Select the starting segments */
     for (i = 0; i < c->n_playlists; i++) {
         struct playlist *pls = c->playlists[i];
 
-        if (pls->n_segments == 0)
+        if (pls->n_segments == 0 && !pls->parsed)
             continue;
 
         pls->cur_seq_no = select_cur_seq_no(c, pls);
@@ -1736,97 +1887,9 @@ static int hls_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     /* Open the demuxer for each playlist */
     for (i = 0; i < c->n_playlists; i++) {
         struct playlist *pls = c->playlists[i];
-        AVInputFormat *in_fmt = NULL;
-
-        if (!(pls->ctx = avformat_alloc_context())) {
-            ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-            goto fail;
-        }
-
-        if (pls->n_segments == 0)
-            continue;
-
-        pls->index  = i;
-        pls->needed = 1;
-        pls->parent = s;
-
-        /*
-         * If this is a live stream and this playlist looks like it is one segment
-         * behind, try to sync it up so that every substream starts at the same
-         * time position (so e.g. avformat_find_stream_info() will see packets from
-         * all active streams within the first few seconds). This is not very generic,
-         * though, as the sequence numbers are technically independent.
-         */
-        if (!pls->finished && pls->cur_seq_no == highest_cur_seq_no - 1 &&
-            highest_cur_seq_no < pls->start_seq_no + pls->n_segments) {
-            pls->cur_seq_no = highest_cur_seq_no;
-        }
-
-        pls->read_buffer = av_malloc(INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE);
-        if (!pls->read_buffer){
-            ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-            avformat_free_context(pls->ctx);
-            pls->ctx = NULL;
-            goto fail;
-        }
-        ffio_init_context(&pls->pb, pls->read_buffer, INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE, 0, pls,
-                          read_data, NULL, NULL);
-        pls->pb.seekable = 0;
-        ret = av_probe_input_buffer(&pls->pb, &in_fmt, pls->segments[0]->url,
-                                    NULL, 0, 0);
-        if (ret < 0) {
-            /* Free the ctx - it isn't initialized properly at this point,
-             * so avformat_close_input shouldn't be called. If
-             * avformat_open_input fails below, it frees and zeros the
-             * context, so it doesn't need any special treatment like this. */
-            av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error when loading first segment '%s'\n", pls->segments[0]->url);
-            avformat_free_context(pls->ctx);
-            pls->ctx = NULL;
-            goto fail;
-        }
-        pls->ctx->pb       = &pls->pb;
-        pls->ctx->io_open  = nested_io_open;
-        pls->ctx->flags   |= s->flags & ~AVFMT_FLAG_CUSTOM_IO;
-
-        if ((ret = ff_copy_whiteblacklists(pls->ctx, s)) < 0)
-            goto fail;
-
-        ret = avformat_open_input(&pls->ctx, pls->segments[0]->url, in_fmt, NULL);
-        if (ret < 0)
-            goto fail;
-
-        if (pls->id3_deferred_extra && pls->ctx->nb_streams == 1) {
-            ff_id3v2_parse_apic(pls->ctx, &pls->id3_deferred_extra);
-            avformat_queue_attached_pictures(pls->ctx);
-            ff_id3v2_free_extra_meta(&pls->id3_deferred_extra);
-            pls->id3_deferred_extra = NULL;
-        }
-
-        if (pls->is_id3_timestamped == -1)
-            av_log(s, AV_LOG_WARNING, "No expected HTTP requests have been made\n");
-
-        /*
-         * For ID3 timestamped raw audio streams we need to detect the packet
-         * durations to calculate timestamps in fill_timing_for_id3_timestamped_stream(),
-         * but for other streams we can rely on our user calling avformat_find_stream_info()
-         * on us if they want to.
-         */
-        if (pls->is_id3_timestamped) {
-            ret = avformat_find_stream_info(pls->ctx, NULL);
-            if (ret < 0)
-                goto fail;
-        }
 
-        pls->has_noheader_flag = !!(pls->ctx->ctx_flags & AVFMTCTX_NOHEADER);
-
-        /* Create new AVStreams for each stream in this playlist */
-        ret = update_streams_from_subdemuxer(s, pls);
-        if (ret < 0)
-            goto fail;
-
-        add_metadata_from_renditions(s, pls, AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO);
-        add_metadata_from_renditions(s, pls, AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO);
-        add_metadata_from_renditions(s, pls, AVMEDIA_TYPE_SUBTITLE);
+        if (pls->parsed)
+            init_playlist(c, pls);
     }
 
     update_noheader_flag(s);
@@ -1877,6 +1940,36 @@ static int recheck_discard_flags(AVFormatContext *s, int first)
     return changed;
 }
 
+static void recheck_discard_programs(AVFormatContext *s)
+{
+    HLSContext *c = s->priv_data;
+    int i, j;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < c->n_variants; i++) {
+        struct variant *var = c->variants[i];
+        AVProgram *program = s->programs[i];
+
+        if (program->discard >= AVDISCARD_ALL)
+            continue;
+
+        for (j = 0; j < c->variants[i]->n_playlists; j++) {
+            struct playlist *pls = c->variants[i]->playlists[j];
+
+            if (!pls->parsed) {
+                if (parse_playlist(c, pls->url, pls, NULL) < 0)
+                    continue;
+                if (var->audio_group[0])
+                    add_renditions_to_variant(c, var, AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO, var->audio_group);
+                if (var->video_group[0])
+                    add_renditions_to_variant(c, var, AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO, var->video_group);
+                if (var->subtitles_group[0])
+                    add_renditions_to_variant(c, var, AVMEDIA_TYPE_SUBTITLE, var->subtitles_group);
+                init_playlist(c, pls);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 static void fill_timing_for_id3_timestamped_stream(struct playlist *pls)
 {
     if (pls->id3_offset >= 0) {
@@ -1924,6 +2017,8 @@ static int hls_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
     HLSContext *c = s->priv_data;
     int ret, i, minplaylist = -1;
 
+    recheck_discard_programs(s);
+
     recheck_discard_flags(s, c->first_packet);
     c->first_packet = 0;
 
@@ -2101,6 +2196,8 @@ static int hls_read_seek(AVFormatContext *s, int stream_index,
     for (i = 0; i < c->n_playlists; i++) {
         /* Reset reading */
         struct playlist *pls = c->playlists[i];
+        if (!pls->parsed)
+            continue;
         if (pls->input)
             ff_format_io_close(pls->parent, &pls->input);
         av_packet_unref(&pls->pkt);
@@ -2157,6 +2254,8 @@ static const AVOption hls_options[] = {
         INT_MIN, INT_MAX, FLAGS},
     {"max_reload", "Maximum number of times a insufficient list is attempted to be reloaded",
         OFFSET(max_reload), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 1000}, 0, INT_MAX, FLAGS},
+    {"load_all_variants", "if > 0 all playlists of all variants are opened at startup",
+        OFFSET(load_all_variants), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64 = 1}, 0, 1, FLAGS},
     {NULL}
 };
 
-- 
2.14.1



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