[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Move av_open_input_file probe loop to its own method

[Micah F. Galizia]

Greetings,

In an effort to add a SHOUTcast demuxer (which needs to probe data 
offset within a stream and restrict the probe buffer size) I have moved 
the probe loop from av_open_input_file into its own method so that it 
can be reused.  Here are a few differences to the original way things 
were probed:

- maximum probe buffer size can be specified as a parameter.

- offset within the stream to probe from can be specified as a parameter.

- instead of seeking back to the start each time a probe fails, stream 
data is appenended to the reallocated buffer.  This lowers the amount of 
data read from the stream (there is no repetition) and results in fewer 
closed and reopened streams (when seeking fails).

Thanks in advance, and I look forward to your scathing code reviews :)
-- 
Micah F. Galizia
micahgalizia at gmail.com

"The mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, 
while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for 
one."   --W. Stekel
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