[FFmpeg-trac] #6775(avcodec:new): gst-libav can no longer decode video (3.4 regression)

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Tue Oct 24 14:24:37 EEST 2017


#6775: gst-libav can no longer decode video (3.4 regression)
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             Reporter:  heftig      |                     Type:  defect
               Status:  new         |                 Priority:  normal
            Component:  avcodec     |                  Version:
             Keywords:  regression  |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:              |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0           |
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 Summary of the bug:

 gst-libav attempts to drain the decoder (by feeding avcodec_decode_video2
 empty packets) before every discontinuity in the stream. The compat
 implementation used since 3.4 doesn't seem to handle this case correctly.
 It does not consume any data from the following (real) packets and further
 calls echo a message: "Got unexpected packet size after a partial decode"

 Since the start of the stream is also considered a discontinuity, the
 decode can't even start. Avoiding draining at the start of the stream
 doesn't solve the problem for any further discontinuity.

 Downstream bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=789193

 How to reproduce:

 {{{
 gst-launch-1.0 videotestsrc ! x264enc ! rtph264pay ! identity drop-
 probability=0.1 ! rtph264depay ! h264parse ! avdec_h264 ! videoconvert !
 autovideosink
 }}}

 This creates a h264 stream which is missing 10% of frames.

 (1) With FFmpeg 3.3, it manages a best-effort (glitchy) decode.

 (2) With FFmpeg 3.4, it does not start decoding at all.

 (3) Reverting gst-libav commit 67e55e47 (or inserting a call to
 avcodec_flush_buffers after draining) allows decoding to start, but causes
 the decoder state to be cleared after each missing frame, creating much
 worse output than (1).

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/6775>
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