[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2] lavfi/drawtext: Add localtime_ms for millisecond precision

Thilo Borgmann thilo.borgmann at mail.de
Tue Jan 18 14:52:45 EET 2022


Am 16.01.22 um 12:06 schrieb Nicolas George:
> Thilo Borgman (12022-01-14):
>> v6 does:
>>
>> $> ffmpeg ... drawtext="fontfile=...:text='%{localtime   \:%a %b %d %Y %S}'"           (seconds)
>> $> ffmpeg ... drawtext="fontfile=...:text='%{localtime_ms\:%a %b %d %Y %S}'"           (milliseconds)
>>
>> I suggest v7 should according to your remark:
>>
>> $> ffmpeg ... drawtext="fontfile=...:text='%{localtime   \:%a %b %d %Y %S}'"           (seconds)
>> $> ffmpeg ... drawtext="fontfile=...:text='%{localtime   \:%a %b %d %Y %S}':show_ms=1" (milliseconds)
>>
>> Good?
> 
> I dislike both versions, from a user interface point of view: if there
> is a format string, then it stands to reason, for the user, that the
> resulting text is governed by the format string, not by an extra option
> somewhere else.
> 
> There is no "use_four_digit_year=1" option, there is %Y instead of %y.
> 
> There is no "use_slashes=1" option, you write %Y/%m/%d instead of
> %Y-%m-%d.
> 
> There are no "omit_date=1" and "omit_hour=1" options, you just write
> what you want in the format string.
> 
> My proposal goes the same way:
> 
> $> ffmpeg ... drawtext="fontfile=...:text='%{localtime   \:%a %b %d %Y %S.%3N}'"
> 
> It has several merits over your proposal:
> 
> - It can be extended later to support printing the milliseconds at
>   another place than the end (for example to put the time in brackets).
> 
> - It can be extended to support microseconds or centiseconds (%6N, %2N).
> 
> - It is somewhat compatible with GNU date and possibly a few others.
> 
> And I do not think it is harder to implement.

Ok, did introduce a variable: %[1-6]N
Parsing and clipping value to valid range of 1-6.
Default 3.

That way it is position independent and can show any number of decimals from 1 to 6.

Thanks,
Thilo
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From: Thilo Borgmann <thilo.borgmann at mail.de>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:51:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH v7] lavfi/drawtext: Add localtime_ms for millisecond precision

Suggested-By: ffmpeg at fb.com
---
 doc/filters.texi          |  4 +++
 libavfilter/vf_drawtext.c | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
index 05d4b1a56e..c3895138e0 100644
--- a/doc/filters.texi
+++ b/doc/filters.texi
@@ -11378,10 +11378,14 @@ It can be used to add padding with zeros from the left.
 @item gmtime
 The time at which the filter is running, expressed in UTC.
 It can accept an argument: a strftime() format string.
+The format string is extended to support the variable @var{%[1-6]N}
+which prints fractions of the second with optionally specified number of digits.
 
 @item localtime
 The time at which the filter is running, expressed in the local time zone.
 It can accept an argument: a strftime() format string.
+The format string is extended to support the variable @var{%[1-6]N}
+which prints fractions of the second with optionally specified number of digits.
 
 @item metadata
 Frame metadata. Takes one or two arguments.
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_drawtext.c b/libavfilter/vf_drawtext.c
index 2a88692cbd..448b174dbb 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_drawtext.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_drawtext.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/opt.h"
 #include "libavutil/random_seed.h"
 #include "libavutil/parseutils.h"
+#include "libavutil/time.h"
 #include "libavutil/timecode.h"
 #include "libavutil/time_internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/tree.h"
@@ -1045,14 +1046,82 @@ static int func_strftime(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVBPrint *bp,
                          char *fct, unsigned argc, char **argv, int tag)
 {
     const char *fmt = argc ? argv[0] : "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S";
+    int64_t unow;
     time_t now;
     struct tm tm;
-
-    time(&now);
-    if (tag == 'L')
+    char *begin;
+    char *tmp;
+    int len;
+    char *fmt_new;
+    const char *fmt_tmp;
+    int div;
+
+    unow = av_gettime();
+    now  = unow / 1000000;
+    if (tag == 'L' || tag == 'm')
         localtime_r(&now, &tm);
     else
         tm = *gmtime_r(&now, &tm);
+
+    // manually parse format for %N (fractional seconds)
+    begin = (char*)fmt;
+    while ((begin = av_stristr(begin, "%"))) {
+        tmp = begin + 1;
+        len = 0;
+        // count digits between % and possible N
+        while (*tmp != '\0' && av_isdigit((int)*tmp)) {
+            len++;
+            tmp++;
+        }
+        // N encountered, insert time
+        if (*tmp == 'N') {
+            int num_digits = 3; // default show millisecond [1,6]
+
+            // if digits given, parse as number in [1,6]
+            if (len > 0) {
+                av_sscanf(begin + 1, "%i", &num_digits);
+                num_digits = av_clip(num_digits, 1, 6); // ensure valid value
+            }
+
+            len += 2; // add % and N to get length of string part
+
+            switch(num_digits) {
+            case 1:
+                fmt_tmp = "%.*s%01d%s";
+                div     = 100000;
+                break;
+            case 2:
+                fmt_tmp = "%.*s%02d%s";
+                div     = 10000;
+                break;
+            case 3:
+                fmt_tmp = "%.*s%03d%s";
+                div     = 1000;
+                break;
+            case 4:
+                fmt_tmp = "%.*s%04d%s";
+                div     = 100;
+                break;
+            case 5:
+                fmt_tmp = "%.*s%05d%s";
+                div     = 10;
+                break;
+            case 6:
+                fmt_tmp = "%.*s%06d%s";
+                div     = 1;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            fmt_new = av_asprintf(fmt_tmp, begin - fmt, fmt, (int)(unow % 1000000) / div, begin + len);
+            if (!fmt_new)
+                return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+            av_bprint_strftime(bp, fmt_new, &tm);
+            av_freep(&fmt_new);
+            return 0;
+        }
+        begin++;
+    }
+
     av_bprint_strftime(bp, fmt, &tm);
     return 0;
 }
-- 
2.20.1 (Apple Git-117)



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