[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Stream specifier enhancement

[Bodecs Bela]

Dear Marton Balint,

2015.10.12. 23:07 keltezéssel, Marton Balint írta:
>
> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015, Bodecs Bela wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> currently stream specifiers may contain stream index, stream type,
>> stream id, program id, metadata key/value es usable config settings.
>> But you can not combine them. In some case, mainly working with
>> multiprogram mpeg-ts containers as input, this feature would be handy.
>> This patch makes it possible to combine them.
>> Examples: p:601:a  will select all audio streams of program 601,
>> a:m:language:hun will select all audio streams marked by its metadata
>> as hun language,
>> p:604:v:0  will select first video stream of program 604,
>> a:m:language:hun:0 will select 1st audio streams with hun language.
>> p:403:s:0 will select the first avaiable sub_title tream of program 403,
>> and p:403:s:m:language:hun:0  will select the first hungarian language
>> sub_title stream of program 403.  To select first hungarian language
>> audio stream a:m:language:hun:0
>> The order of sub-specifiers (program/type/metadata/usable_config) is
>> arbitrary. So, you may also write v:p:604:0 to select first video stream
>> of program 604
>>
>> Please consider to put this enhancement into the official ffmpeg code.
>
> I like the idea, but are you sure just concating the specifiers is a 
> good approach?
>
> For example, what will the following mean?
>
> m:language:u
>
> All usable streams with language metadata or streams where the 
> language metadata is 'm'?
>
Thank you for you like my idea.
The current stream specifier syntax is very robust, easy to parse and 
easy to use. I would not introduce any new
syntax for applying multiple criteria in the stream specifier 
expressions. On the other hand, there are only few people,
who really needs this multiple criteria feature. My enhancement does not 
alter the current behaviour in any way.
So most of the users will not notice anything. But those who really need 
it, they will appreciate it.
So, I think, by making possible to concatenate  specifiers  inside 
stream specifier expressions is a natural way to
extend the current syntax.

Regarding your example: m:language:u
This expression is right in the current applicable syntax, without any 
enhancement. It means "all streams where the language metadata is u"
To select "streams where the language metadata is 'm'? " you should 
write  m:language:m

With my enhancement you can achive to select "All usable streams with 
language metadata" as you wrote:
(more precisely I think you mean: all usable stream where there exists 
language metadata independently its value)

u:m:language  or m:language::u


> Regards,
> Marton
> _______________________________________________
> ffmpeg-devel mailing list
> ffmpeg-devel at ffmpeg.org
> http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel
best regards,

Bela Bodecs