[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2] fftools/ffmpeg: Avoid temporary frame

James Almer jamrial at gmail.com
Sat Nov 20 01:02:08 EET 2021


On 11/19/2021 7:59 PM, Andreas Rheinhardt wrote:
> send_frame_to_filters() sends a frame to all the filters that
> need said frame; for every filter except the last one this involves
> creating a reference to the frame, because
> av_buffersrc_add_frame_flags() by default takes ownership of
> the supplied references. Yet said function has a flag which
> changes its behaviour to create a reference itself.
> This commit uses this flag and stops creating the references itself;
> this allows to remove the spare AVFrame holding the temporary
> references; it also avoids unreferencing said frame.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Rheinhardt <andreas.rheinhardt at outlook.com>
> ---
>   fftools/ffmpeg.c     | 22 +++++++---------------
>   fftools/ffmpeg.h     |  1 -
>   fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c |  4 ----
>   3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg.c b/fftools/ffmpeg.c
> index fa66aa1cf9..c9a9cdfcd6 100644
> --- a/fftools/ffmpeg.c
> +++ b/fftools/ffmpeg.c
> @@ -633,7 +633,6 @@ static void ffmpeg_cleanup(int ret)
>           InputStream *ist = input_streams[i];
>   
>           av_frame_free(&ist->decoded_frame);
> -        av_frame_free(&ist->filter_frame);
>           av_packet_free(&ist->pkt);
>           av_dict_free(&ist->decoder_opts);
>           avsubtitle_free(&ist->prev_sub.subtitle);
> @@ -2171,11 +2170,15 @@ static int ifilter_has_all_input_formats(FilterGraph *fg)
>       return 1;
>   }
>   
> -static int ifilter_send_frame(InputFilter *ifilter, AVFrame *frame)
> +static int ifilter_send_frame(InputFilter *ifilter, AVFrame *frame, int keep_reference)
>   {
>       FilterGraph *fg = ifilter->graph;
>       AVFrameSideData *sd;
>       int need_reinit, ret;
> +    int buffersrc_flags = AV_BUFFERSRC_FLAG_PUSH;
> +
> +    if (keep_reference)
> +        buffersrc_flags |= AV_BUFFERSRC_FLAG_KEEP_REF;
>   
>       /* determine if the parameters for this input changed */
>       need_reinit = ifilter->format != frame->format;
> @@ -2217,7 +2220,6 @@ static int ifilter_send_frame(InputFilter *ifilter, AVFrame *frame)
>               AVFrame *tmp = av_frame_clone(frame);
>               if (!tmp)
>                   return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
> -            av_frame_unref(frame);
>   
>               if (!av_fifo_space(ifilter->frame_queue)) {
>                   ret = av_fifo_realloc2(ifilter->frame_queue, 2 * av_fifo_size(ifilter->frame_queue));
> @@ -2243,7 +2245,7 @@ static int ifilter_send_frame(InputFilter *ifilter, AVFrame *frame)
>           }
>       }
>   
> -    ret = av_buffersrc_add_frame_flags(ifilter->filter, frame, AV_BUFFERSRC_FLAG_PUSH);
> +    ret = av_buffersrc_add_frame_flags(ifilter->filter, frame, buffersrc_flags);
>       if (ret < 0) {
>           if (ret != AVERROR_EOF)
>               av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error while filtering: %s\n", av_err2str(ret));
> @@ -2306,18 +2308,10 @@ static int decode(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *frame, int *got_frame, AVPacke
>   static int send_frame_to_filters(InputStream *ist, AVFrame *decoded_frame)
>   {
>       int i, ret;
> -    AVFrame *f;
>   
>       av_assert1(ist->nb_filters > 0); /* ensure ret is initialized */
>       for (i = 0; i < ist->nb_filters; i++) {
> -        if (i < ist->nb_filters - 1) {
> -            f = ist->filter_frame;
> -            ret = av_frame_ref(f, decoded_frame);
> -            if (ret < 0)
> -                break;
> -        } else
> -            f = decoded_frame;
> -        ret = ifilter_send_frame(ist->filters[i], f);
> +        ret = ifilter_send_frame(ist->filters[i], decoded_frame, i < ist->nb_filters - 1);
>           if (ret == AVERROR_EOF)
>               ret = 0; /* ignore */
>           if (ret < 0) {
> @@ -2385,7 +2379,6 @@ static int decode_audio(InputStream *ist, AVPacket *pkt, int *got_output,
>       ist->nb_samples = decoded_frame->nb_samples;
>       err = send_frame_to_filters(ist, decoded_frame);
>   
> -    av_frame_unref(ist->filter_frame);
>       av_frame_unref(decoded_frame);
>       return err < 0 ? err : ret;
>   }
> @@ -2511,7 +2504,6 @@ static int decode_video(InputStream *ist, AVPacket *pkt, int *got_output, int64_
>       err = send_frame_to_filters(ist, decoded_frame);
>   
>   fail:
> -    av_frame_unref(ist->filter_frame);
>       av_frame_unref(decoded_frame);
>       return err < 0 ? err : ret;
>   }
> diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg.h b/fftools/ffmpeg.h
> index e86ab61047..1728010f56 100644
> --- a/fftools/ffmpeg.h
> +++ b/fftools/ffmpeg.h
> @@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ typedef struct InputStream {
>       AVCodecContext *dec_ctx;
>       const AVCodec *dec;
>       AVFrame *decoded_frame;
> -    AVFrame *filter_frame; /* a ref of decoded_frame, to be sent to filters */
>       AVPacket *pkt;
>   
>       int64_t       prev_pkt_pts;
> diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c b/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c
> index 98bd3b47b6..6732a29625 100644
> --- a/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c
> +++ b/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c
> @@ -893,10 +893,6 @@ static void add_input_streams(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *ic)
>           if (!ist->decoded_frame)
>               exit_program(1);
>   
> -        ist->filter_frame = av_frame_alloc();
> -        if (!ist->filter_frame)
> -            exit_program(1);
> -
>           ist->pkt = av_packet_alloc();
>           if (!ist->pkt)
>               exit_program(1);

Should be ok.


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