[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avformat/hlsenc: start_number new options

Steven Liu lingjiujianke at gmail.com
Tue Jan 10 07:53:27 EET 2017


2017-01-08 8:22 GMT+08:00 Steven Liu <lingjiujianke at gmail.com>:

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> 2017-01-08 1:37 GMT+08:00 Bodecs Bela <bodecsb at vivanet.hu>:
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>> 2017.01.07. 0:32 keltezéssel, Steven Liu írta:
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>>> 2017-01-07 0:47 GMT+08:00 Bodecs Bela <bodecsb at vivanet.hu>:
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>>>> 2017.01.06. 17:33 keltezéssel, Steven Liu írta:
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>>>> 2017-01-07 0:22 GMT+08:00 Bodecs Bela <bodecsb at vivanet.hu>:
>>>>>
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>>>>> 2017.01.06. 16:50 keltezéssel, Steven Liu írta:
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>>>>>> 2017-01-06 22:07 GMT+08:00 Bodecs Bela <bodecsb at vivanet.hu>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> in avformat/hlsenc the start_number option starts the playlist
>>>>>>>> sequence
>>>>>>>> number
>>>>>>>> (#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE) from the specified number. Unless hls_flags
>>>>>>>> single_file is set, it also specifies starting sequence numbers of
>>>>>>>> segment and subtitle filenames. Sometimes it is usefull to have
>>>>>>>> unique
>>>>>>>> starting numbers at each run, but currently it is only achiveable by
>>>>>>>> setting this parameter manually.
>>>>>>>> This patch enables to set start_number parameter automatically for
>>>>>>>> practically unique numbers. If start_number is set to -1, then
>>>>>>>> the start number will be the seconds since epoch (1970-01-01
>>>>>>>> 00:00:00).
>>>>>>>> If set to -2, then the start number will be based on the current
>>>>>>>> date/time value as YYYYmmddHHMMSS. e.g. 20161231235659.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> thank you,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bela Bodecs
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Two question:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1. char b[21];   Why this is 21 ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> you are right, 15 is enough.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. +    {"start_number",  "set first number in the sequence",
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     OFFSET(start_sequence),AV_OPT_TYPE_INT64,  {.i64 = 0},     -2,
>>>>>>> INT64_MAX,
>>>>>>> E},
>>>>>>> Why is this -2 and the help message maybe need more infomation, for
>>>>>>> example
>>>>>>> -2 mean -1 mean  0 mean, and default value.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> yes, I have altered now but I have written verbosly into the doc
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> (muxers.texi), here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +If set to -1, then the start number will be the seconds since epoch
>>>>>> (1970-01-01 00:00:00).
>>>>>> +If set to -2, then the start number will be based on the current
>>>>>> date/time as YYYYmmddHHMMSS. e.g. 20161231235759.
>>>>>> +Default value is 0.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> I have enclosed a fixed version. A have changed some code, where
>>>>>>> greater
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> than 32 bit long sequence numbers were not handled correctly.
>>>>>> (av_get_frame_filename2)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thank you.
>>>>>> Bela Bodecs
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> +    {"start_number",  "set first number in the sequence, 0 is
>>>>>> default,
>>>>>>
>>>>> -1:
>>>>> second since epoch, -2: current datetime as YYYYMMDDhhmmss, actual
>>>>> value
>>>>> otherwise", OFFSET(start_sequence),AV_OPT_TYPE_INT64,  {.i64 = 0},
>>>>>   -2,
>>>>> INT64_MAX, E},
>>>>>
>>>>> I have check this option, i think add flag to control the start_number
>>>>> maybe better,
>>>>> for example:
>>>>> hls_flags
>>>>> hls_playlist_type
>>>>>
>>>>> maybe add a start_number_flags is better, What about you think?
>>>>>
>>>>> Using hls_flags is not enough to specify different values for them.
>>>>
>>>> NO, i am not mean use hls_flags, i mean you can creat a new flags,
>>>
>>> start_number_flags
>>>       generic
>>>       epoch
>>>       datetime
>>>
>> Ok, I see it. May I implement it?
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> yes, of course ;-)
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>>> I thought that there should be 3 options beside this start_number option.
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>>>> hls_start_number_playlist, hls_start_number_segment and
>>>> hls_start_number_vtt
>>>> Using start_number and any of the new 3 ones would be mutualy exlusive.
>>>>
>>>> This way anybody could use the old option (start_number) and it won't
>>>> break the current behaviour.
>>>> But those who want to have finer control, they may use the new options.
>>>>
>>>> of course -start_number x  has the same effect as using
>>>> -hls_start_number_playlist x -hls_start_number_segment x
>>>> -hls_start_number_vtt x
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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Hi Bodecs,

      If you don't have enough time, i think i can do it together  with
you;)


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