[Libav-user] Copy Image Data from Decode Frame To Encode Frame

[James Board]

>Generally speaking, the answer is yes, you can simply copy encoded
>packets from demuxer to muxer, if you don't change them. I am sure AVI
>container will not be upset, but out in the wild, there could be some
>containers for which this trick may be less straightforward to
>implement.
>
>Generally speaking, the prerequisite is that you copy *all* frames
>from input to output. If you want to "resample" the output (e.g.
>convert 60 fps to 15 fps), or want to add some more frames (e.g. merge
>two video streams into one), or otherwise manipulate the stream or the
>frames in that stream, your mileage may vary.

Okay, that's useful.  My input frames are all ffvhuff-encoded and the
output frames will be the same.  I don't change any of the video data.
I'm ignoring the audio data.  Sounds like copying packets might work.

However, what if I only copy a subset of the input frames to the output
file?  Can I still copy the packet?  If the answer is no, can I do something
simple to allow me to copy the packet (like modify a timestamp?).
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