[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Add duration info to AVFrame

[Nicolas George]

Le nonidi 19 ventôse, an CCXX, Stefano Sabatini a écrit :
> 1. I could export pkt_duration in AVFrame, like it is done with
>    pkt_pts, duration is expressed in stream time_base units.
> 
>    This alone is not sufficient, because to decode pkt* things we need
>    to reference the AVStream, which is not always available.

IMHO, there is no reason th have pkt_pts and not pkt_duration.

> 2. I create a duration field in AVFrame, with no specified timebase,
>    which is done for passing the duration information between
>    different layers (e.g. lavc -> lavfi -> lavc), similar to what we
>    did for pts.
>    Then I could add a time_base unit in AVFrame, which is used for
>    specifying the PTS and duration timebase.

This would probably not be a bad idea, but beware not to cause confusion,
especially with the bitstream pts.

Do you intend to add duration to AVFilterBufferRef too?

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George
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