[Libav-user] Speeding Up avformat_open_input()

[Williams, Blake]

I'm reading fragmented MP4 files, and the call to avformat_open_input() takes a significant amount of time compiling the file's header information.

Is there any way to speed up this process?  I've tried using the AVFMT_FLAG_IGNIDX flag, but then a subsequent seek takes a long time to complete, if it doesn't crash first.  I'd like to be able to "unfragment" the MP4 file in the background, after  avformat_open_input() has returned.

Thanks,
Blake


Blake Williams
Principal Software Engineer, Training and Control Systems
DRS Technologies, Inc.

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