[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/2] ffmpeg: pass reference counted packets on codec copy when possible

[James Almer]

Should prevent unnecessary copy of data in cases where new references
to the packet are created within the muxer or a bitstream filter.

Signed-off-by: James Almer <jamrial at gmail.com>
---
 fftools/ffmpeg.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg.c b/fftools/ffmpeg.c
index ec9ce29097..1b2e37b8d8 100644
--- a/fftools/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/fftools/ffmpeg.c
@@ -2049,6 +2049,11 @@ static void do_streamcopy(InputStream *ist, OutputStream *ost, const AVPacket *p
 
     opkt.flags    = pkt->flags;
 
+    if (pkt->buf) {
+        opkt.buf = av_buffer_ref(pkt->buf);
+        if (!opkt.buf)
+            exit_program(1);
+    }
     opkt.data = pkt->data;
     opkt.size = pkt->size;
 
-- 
2.16.2