[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v3 1/7] fftools/textformat: Extract and generalize textformat api from ffprobe.c

Stefano Sabatini stefasab at gmail.com
Sat Mar 8 16:00:56 EET 2025


Sorry for delayed review, due to a sickness on my side for the past
three days.

On date Saturday 2025-03-01 10:01:58 +0000, softworkz wrote:
> From: softworkz <softworkz at hotmail.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: softworkz <softworkz at hotmail.com>
> ---
>  fftools/textformat/avtextformat.c  | 671 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  fftools/textformat/avtextformat.h  | 171 ++++++++
>  fftools/textformat/avtextwriters.h |  68 +++
>  fftools/textformat/tf_compact.c    | 282 ++++++++++++
>  fftools/textformat/tf_default.c    | 145 +++++++
>  fftools/textformat/tf_flat.c       | 174 ++++++++
>  fftools/textformat/tf_ini.c        | 160 +++++++
>  fftools/textformat/tf_json.c       | 215 +++++++++
>  fftools/textformat/tf_xml.c        | 221 ++++++++++
>  fftools/textformat/tw_avio.c       | 129 ++++++
>  fftools/textformat/tw_buffer.c     |  92 ++++
>  fftools/textformat/tw_stdout.c     |  82 ++++
>  12 files changed, 2410 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 fftools/textformat/avtextformat.c
>  create mode 100644 fftools/textformat/avtextformat.h
>  create mode 100644 fftools/textformat/avtextwriters.h
>  create mode 100644 fftools/textformat/tf_compact.c
>  create mode 100644 fftools/textformat/tf_default.c
>  create mode 100644 fftools/textformat/tf_flat.c
>  create mode 100644 fftools/textformat/tf_ini.c
>  create mode 100644 fftools/textformat/tf_json.c
>  create mode 100644 fftools/textformat/tf_xml.c
>  create mode 100644 fftools/textformat/tw_avio.c
>  create mode 100644 fftools/textformat/tw_buffer.c
>  create mode 100644 fftools/textformat/tw_stdout.c
> 
> diff --git a/fftools/textformat/avtextformat.c b/fftools/textformat/avtextformat.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..1fba78b103
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/fftools/textformat/avtextformat.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,671 @@
> +/*

> + * Copyright (c) The ffmpeg developers

nit: FFmpeg here and in the other headers

> + *
> + * This file is part of FFmpeg.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> + * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> + * Lesser General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
> + * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
> + */
> +
> +#include <limits.h>
> +#include <stdarg.h>
> +#include <stdint.h>
> +#include <stdio.h>
> +#include <string.h>
> +
> +#include "libavutil/mem.h"
> +#include "libavutil/avassert.h"
> +#include "libavutil/bprint.h"
> +#include "libavutil/error.h"
> +#include "libavutil/hash.h"
> +#include "libavutil/intreadwrite.h"
> +#include "libavutil/macros.h"
> +#include "libavutil/opt.h"
> +#include "avtextformat.h"
> +
> +#define SECTION_ID_NONE -1
> +
> +#define SHOW_OPTIONAL_FIELDS_AUTO       -1
> +#define SHOW_OPTIONAL_FIELDS_NEVER       0
> +#define SHOW_OPTIONAL_FIELDS_ALWAYS      1
> +
> +static const struct {
> +    double bin_val;
> +    double dec_val;
> +    const char *bin_str;
> +    const char *dec_str;
> +} si_prefixes[] = {
> +    { 1.0, 1.0, "", "" },
> +    { 1.024e3, 1e3, "Ki", "K" },
> +    { 1.048576e6, 1e6, "Mi", "M" },
> +    { 1.073741824e9, 1e9, "Gi", "G" },
> +    { 1.099511627776e12, 1e12, "Ti", "T" },
> +    { 1.125899906842624e15, 1e15, "Pi", "P" },
> +};
> +

> +static const char *avtext_context_get_formatter_name(void *p)

why the prefix for a static const?

> +{
> +    AVTextFormatContext *tctx = p;
> +    return tctx->formatter->name;
> +}
> +
> +#define OFFSET(x) offsetof(AVTextFormatContext, x)
> +
> +static const AVOption textcontext_options[] = {
> +    { "string_validation", "set string validation mode",
> +      OFFSET(string_validation), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=AV_TEXTFORMAT_STRING_VALIDATION_REPLACE}, 0, AV_TEXTFORMAT_STRING_VALIDATION_NB-1, .unit = "sv" },
> +    { "sv", "set string validation mode",
> +      OFFSET(string_validation), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=AV_TEXTFORMAT_STRING_VALIDATION_REPLACE}, 0, AV_TEXTFORMAT_STRING_VALIDATION_NB-1, .unit = "sv" },
> +        { "ignore",  NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = AV_TEXTFORMAT_STRING_VALIDATION_IGNORE},  .unit = "sv" },
> +        { "replace", NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = AV_TEXTFORMAT_STRING_VALIDATION_REPLACE}, .unit = "sv" },
> +        { "fail",    NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = AV_TEXTFORMAT_STRING_VALIDATION_FAIL},    .unit = "sv" },
> +    { "string_validation_replacement", "set string validation replacement string", OFFSET(string_validation_replacement), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str=""}},
> +    { "svr", "set string validation replacement string", OFFSET(string_validation_replacement), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="\xEF\xBF\xBD"}},
> +    { NULL }
> +};
> +

> +static void *trextcontext_child_next(void *obj, void *prev)

trext -> text typo?

> +{
> +    AVTextFormatContext *ctx = obj;
> +    if (!prev && ctx->formatter && ctx->formatter->priv_class && ctx->priv)
> +        return ctx->priv;
> +    return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static const AVClass textcontext_class = {
> +    .class_name = "AVTextContext",
> +    .item_name  = avtext_context_get_formatter_name,
> +    .option     = textcontext_options,
> +    .version    = LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT,
> +    .child_next = trextcontext_child_next,
> +};
> +
> +static void bprint_bytes(AVBPrint *bp, const uint8_t *ubuf, size_t ubuf_size)
> +{
> +    int i;
> +    av_bprintf(bp, "0X");
> +    for (i = 0; i < ubuf_size; i++)
> +        av_bprintf(bp, "%02X", ubuf[i]);
> +}
> +
> +int avtext_context_close(AVTextFormatContext **ptctx)
> +{
> +    AVTextFormatContext *tctx = *ptctx;
> +    int i;
> +    int ret = 0;
> +

> +    if (!tctx)
> +        return -1;

let's aid the programmer with a message error code, return EINVAL?

> +
> +    av_hash_freep(&tctx->hash);
> +
> +    av_hash_freep(&tctx->hash);
> +
> +    if (tctx->formatter->uninit)
> +        tctx->formatter->uninit(tctx);
> +    for (i = 0; i < SECTION_MAX_NB_LEVELS; i++)
> +        av_bprint_finalize(&tctx->section_pbuf[i], NULL);
> +    if (tctx->formatter->priv_class)
> +        av_opt_free(tctx->priv);
> +    av_freep(&tctx->priv);
> +    av_opt_free(tctx);
> +    av_freep(ptctx);
> +    return ret;
> +}
> +
> +
> +int avtext_context_open(AVTextFormatContext **ptctx, const AVTextFormatter *formatter, AVTextWriterContext *writer_context, const char *args,
> +                        const struct AVTextFormatSection *sections, int nb_sections,
> +                        int show_value_unit,
> +                        int use_value_prefix,
> +                        int use_byte_value_binary_prefix,
> +                        int use_value_sexagesimal_format,
> +                        int show_optional_fields,
> +                        char *show_data_hash)
> +{
> +    AVTextFormatContext *tctx;
> +    int i, ret = 0;
> +
> +    if (!(tctx = av_mallocz(sizeof(AVTextFormatContext)))) {
> +        ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
> +        goto fail;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (!(tctx->priv = av_mallocz(formatter->priv_size))) {
> +        ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
> +        goto fail;
> +    }
> +
> +    tctx->show_value_unit = show_value_unit;
> +    tctx->use_value_prefix = use_value_prefix;
> +    tctx->use_byte_value_binary_prefix = use_byte_value_binary_prefix;
> +    tctx->use_value_sexagesimal_format = use_value_sexagesimal_format;
> +    tctx->show_optional_fields = show_optional_fields;
> +

> +    if (nb_sections > SECTION_MAX_NB_SECTIONS) {
> +        av_log(tctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "The number of section definitions (%d) is larger than the maximum allowed (%d)\n", nb_sections, SECTION_MAX_NB_SECTIONS);

set ret = AVERROR(EINVAL) or this will return 0

> +        goto fail;
> +    }
> +
> +    tctx->class = &textcontext_class;
> +    tctx->formatter = formatter;
> +    tctx->level = -1;
> +    tctx->sections = sections;
> +    tctx->nb_sections = nb_sections;
> +    tctx->writer = writer_context;
> +
> +    av_opt_set_defaults(tctx);
> +
> +    if (formatter->priv_class) {
> +        void *priv_ctx = tctx->priv;
> +        *(const AVClass **)priv_ctx = formatter->priv_class;
> +        av_opt_set_defaults(priv_ctx);
> +    }
> +

> +    /* convert options to dictionary */
> +    if (args) {

non blocking, but probably we want to provide a more programmer
friendly interface, so there is no need to serialize and deserialiaze
the data here

> +        AVDictionary *opts = NULL;
> +        const AVDictionaryEntry *opt = NULL;
> +
> +        if ((ret = av_dict_parse_string(&opts, args, "=", ":", 0)) < 0) {
> +            av_log(tctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to parse option string '%s' provided to textformat context\n", args);
> +            av_dict_free(&opts);
> +            goto fail;
> +        }
> +
> +        while ((opt = av_dict_iterate(opts, opt))) {
> +            if ((ret = av_opt_set(tctx, opt->key, opt->value, AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN)) < 0) {
> +                av_log(tctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to set option '%s' with value '%s' provided to textformat context\n",
> +                       opt->key, opt->value);
> +                av_dict_free(&opts);
> +                goto fail;
> +            }
> +        }
> +
> +        av_dict_free(&opts);
> +    }
> +
> +    if (show_data_hash) {
> +        if ((ret = av_hash_alloc(&tctx->hash, show_data_hash)) < 0) {
> +            if (ret == AVERROR(EINVAL)) {
> +                const char *n;
> +                av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Unknown hash algorithm '%s'\nKnown algorithms:", show_data_hash);
> +                for (i = 0; (n = av_hash_names(i)); i++)
> +                    av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, " %s", n);
> +                av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "\n");
> +            }
> +            return ret;
> +        }
> +    }
> +
> +    /* validate replace string */
> +    {
> +        const uint8_t *p = tctx->string_validation_replacement;
> +        const uint8_t *endp = p + strlen(p);
> +        while (*p) {
> +            const uint8_t *p0 = p;
> +            int32_t code;
> +            ret = av_utf8_decode(&code, &p, endp, tctx->string_validation_utf8_flags);
> +            if (ret < 0) {
> +                AVBPrint bp;
> +                av_bprint_init(&bp, 0, AV_BPRINT_SIZE_AUTOMATIC);
> +                bprint_bytes(&bp, p0, p-p0),
> +                    av_log(tctx, AV_LOG_ERROR,
> +                           "Invalid UTF8 sequence %s found in string validation replace '%s'\n",
> +                           bp.str, tctx->string_validation_replacement);
> +                return ret;
> +            }
> +        }
> +    }
> +
> +    for (i = 0; i < SECTION_MAX_NB_LEVELS; i++)
> +        av_bprint_init(&tctx->section_pbuf[i], 1, AV_BPRINT_SIZE_UNLIMITED);
> +
> +    if (tctx->formatter->init)
> +        ret = tctx->formatter->init(tctx);
> +    if (ret < 0)
> +        goto fail;
> +
> +    *ptctx = tctx;
> +
> +    return 0;
> +
> +fail:
> +    avtext_context_close(&tctx);
> +    return ret;
> +}
> +
> +/* Temporary definitions during refactoring */
> +static const char unit_second_str[]         = "s"    ;
> +static const char unit_hertz_str[]          = "Hz"   ;
> +static const char unit_byte_str[]           = "byte" ;
> +static const char unit_bit_per_second_str[] = "bit/s";
> +
> +
> +void avtext_print_section_header(AVTextFormatContext *tctx,
> +                                               const void *data,
> +                                               int section_id)
> +{
> +    tctx->level++;
> +    av_assert0(tctx->level < SECTION_MAX_NB_LEVELS);
> +
> +    tctx->nb_item[tctx->level] = 0;
> +    memset(tctx->nb_item_type[tctx->level], 0, sizeof(tctx->nb_item_type[tctx->level]));
> +    tctx->section[tctx->level] = &tctx->sections[section_id];
> +
> +    if (tctx->formatter->print_section_header)
> +        tctx->formatter->print_section_header(tctx, data);
> +}
> +
> +void avtext_print_section_footer(AVTextFormatContext *tctx)
> +{
> +    int section_id = tctx->section[tctx->level]->id;
> +    int parent_section_id = tctx->level ?
> +        tctx->section[tctx->level-1]->id : SECTION_ID_NONE;
> +
> +    if (parent_section_id != SECTION_ID_NONE) {
> +        tctx->nb_item[tctx->level - 1]++;
> +        tctx->nb_item_type[tctx->level - 1][section_id]++;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (tctx->formatter->print_section_footer)
> +        tctx->formatter->print_section_footer(tctx);
> +    tctx->level--;
> +}
> +
> +void avtext_print_integer(AVTextFormatContext *tctx,
> +                                        const char *key, int64_t val)
> +{
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *section = tctx->section[tctx->level];
> +
> +    if (section->show_all_entries || av_dict_get(section->entries_to_show, key, NULL, 0)) {
> +        tctx->formatter->print_integer(tctx, key, val);
> +        tctx->nb_item[tctx->level]++;
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +static inline int validate_string(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, char **dstp, const char *src)
> +{
> +    const uint8_t *p, *endp;
> +    AVBPrint dstbuf;
> +    int invalid_chars_nb = 0, ret = 0;
> +
> +    av_bprint_init(&dstbuf, 0, AV_BPRINT_SIZE_UNLIMITED);
> +
> +    endp = src + strlen(src);
> +    for (p = src; *p;) {
> +        uint32_t code;
> +        int invalid = 0;
> +        const uint8_t *p0 = p;
> +
> +        if (av_utf8_decode(&code, &p, endp, tctx->string_validation_utf8_flags) < 0) {
> +            AVBPrint bp;
> +            av_bprint_init(&bp, 0, AV_BPRINT_SIZE_AUTOMATIC);
> +            bprint_bytes(&bp, p0, p-p0);
> +            av_log(tctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG,
> +                   "Invalid UTF-8 sequence %s found in string '%s'\n", bp.str, src);
> +            invalid = 1;
> +        }
> +
> +        if (invalid) {
> +            invalid_chars_nb++;
> +
> +            switch (tctx->string_validation) {
> +            case AV_TEXTFORMAT_STRING_VALIDATION_FAIL:
> +                av_log(tctx, AV_LOG_ERROR,
> +                       "Invalid UTF-8 sequence found in string '%s'\n", src);
> +                ret = AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
> +                goto end;
> +                break;
> +
> +            case AV_TEXTFORMAT_STRING_VALIDATION_REPLACE:
> +                av_bprintf(&dstbuf, "%s", tctx->string_validation_replacement);
> +                break;
> +            }
> +        }
> +
> +        if (!invalid || tctx->string_validation == AV_TEXTFORMAT_STRING_VALIDATION_IGNORE)
> +            av_bprint_append_data(&dstbuf, p0, p-p0);
> +    }
> +
> +    if (invalid_chars_nb && tctx->string_validation == AV_TEXTFORMAT_STRING_VALIDATION_REPLACE) {
> +        av_log(tctx, AV_LOG_WARNING,
> +               "%d invalid UTF-8 sequence(s) found in string '%s', replaced with '%s'\n",
> +               invalid_chars_nb, src, tctx->string_validation_replacement);
> +    }
> +
> +end:
> +    av_bprint_finalize(&dstbuf, dstp);
> +    return ret;
> +}
> +
> +struct unit_value {
> +    union { double d; int64_t i; } val;
> +    const char *unit;
> +};
> +
> +static char *value_string(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, char *buf, int buf_size, struct unit_value uv)
> +{
> +    double vald;
> +    int64_t vali;
> +    int show_float = 0;
> +
> +    if (uv.unit == unit_second_str) {
> +        vald = uv.val.d;
> +        show_float = 1;
> +    } else {
> +        vald = vali = uv.val.i;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (uv.unit == unit_second_str && tctx->use_value_sexagesimal_format) {
> +        double secs;
> +        int hours, mins;
> +        secs  = vald;
> +        mins  = (int)secs / 60;
> +        secs  = secs - mins * 60;
> +        hours = mins / 60;
> +        mins %= 60;
> +        snprintf(buf, buf_size, "%d:%02d:%09.6f", hours, mins, secs);
> +    } else {
> +        const char *prefix_string = "";
> +
> +        if (tctx->use_value_prefix && vald > 1) {
> +            int64_t index;
> +
> +            if (uv.unit == unit_byte_str && tctx->use_byte_value_binary_prefix) {
> +                index = (int64_t) (log2(vald)) / 10;
> +                index = av_clip(index, 0, FF_ARRAY_ELEMS(si_prefixes) - 1);
> +                vald /= si_prefixes[index].bin_val;
> +                prefix_string = si_prefixes[index].bin_str;
> +            } else {
> +                index = (int64_t) (log10(vald)) / 3;
> +                index = av_clip(index, 0, FF_ARRAY_ELEMS(si_prefixes) - 1);
> +                vald /= si_prefixes[index].dec_val;
> +                prefix_string = si_prefixes[index].dec_str;
> +            }
> +            vali = vald;
> +        }
> +
> +        if (show_float || (tctx->use_value_prefix && vald != (int64_t)vald))
> +            snprintf(buf, buf_size, "%f", vald);
> +        else
> +            snprintf(buf, buf_size, "%"PRId64, vali);
> +        av_strlcatf(buf, buf_size, "%s%s%s", *prefix_string || tctx->show_value_unit ? " " : "",
> +                 prefix_string, tctx->show_value_unit ? uv.unit : "");
> +    }
> +
> +    return buf;
> +}
> +
> +
> +void avtext_print_unit_int(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *key, int value, const char *unit)
> +{
> +    char val_str[128];
> +    struct unit_value uv;
> +    uv.val.i = value;
> +    uv.unit = unit;
> +    avtext_print_string(tctx, key, value_string(tctx, val_str, sizeof(val_str), uv), 0);
> +}
> +
> +
> +int avtext_print_string(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *key, const char *val, int flags)
> +{
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *section = tctx->section[tctx->level];
> +    int ret = 0;
> +
> +    if (tctx->show_optional_fields == SHOW_OPTIONAL_FIELDS_NEVER ||
> +        (tctx->show_optional_fields == SHOW_OPTIONAL_FIELDS_AUTO
> +        && (flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_PRINT_STRING_OPTIONAL)
> +        && !(tctx->formatter->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_FLAG_SUPPORTS_OPTIONAL_FIELDS)))
> +        return 0;
> +
> +    if (section->show_all_entries || av_dict_get(section->entries_to_show, key, NULL, 0)) {
> +        if (flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_PRINT_STRING_VALIDATE) {
> +            char *key1 = NULL, *val1 = NULL;
> +            ret = validate_string(tctx, &key1, key);
> +            if (ret < 0) goto end;
> +            ret = validate_string(tctx, &val1, val);
> +            if (ret < 0) goto end;
> +            tctx->formatter->print_string(tctx, key1, val1);
> +        end:
> +            if (ret < 0) {
> +                av_log(tctx, AV_LOG_ERROR,
> +                       "Invalid key=value string combination %s=%s in section %s\n",
> +                       key, val, section->unique_name);
> +            }
> +            av_free(key1);
> +            av_free(val1);
> +        } else {
> +            tctx->formatter->print_string(tctx, key, val);
> +        }
> +
> +        tctx->nb_item[tctx->level]++;
> +    }
> +
> +    return ret;
> +}
> +
> +void avtext_print_rational(AVTextFormatContext *tctx,
> +                                         const char *key, AVRational q, char sep)
> +{
> +    AVBPrint buf;
> +    av_bprint_init(&buf, 0, AV_BPRINT_SIZE_AUTOMATIC);
> +    av_bprintf(&buf, "%d%c%d", q.num, sep, q.den);
> +    avtext_print_string(tctx, key, buf.str, 0);
> +}
> +
> +void avtext_print_time(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *key,
> +                              int64_t ts, const AVRational *time_base, int is_duration)
> +{
> +    char buf[128];
> +
> +    if ((!is_duration && ts == AV_NOPTS_VALUE) || (is_duration && ts == 0)) {
> +        avtext_print_string(tctx, key, "N/A", AV_TEXTFORMAT_PRINT_STRING_OPTIONAL);
> +    } else {
> +        double d = ts * av_q2d(*time_base);
> +        struct unit_value uv;
> +        uv.val.d = d;
> +        uv.unit = unit_second_str;
> +        value_string(tctx, buf, sizeof(buf), uv);
> +        avtext_print_string(tctx, key, buf, 0);
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +void avtext_print_ts(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *key, int64_t ts, int is_duration)
> +{
> +    if ((!is_duration && ts == AV_NOPTS_VALUE) || (is_duration && ts == 0)) {
> +        avtext_print_string(tctx, key, "N/A", AV_TEXTFORMAT_PRINT_STRING_OPTIONAL);
> +    } else {
> +        avtext_print_integer(tctx, key, ts);
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +void avtext_print_data(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *name,
> +                              const uint8_t *data, int size)
> +{
> +    AVBPrint bp;
> +    int offset = 0, l, i;
> +
> +    av_bprint_init(&bp, 0, AV_BPRINT_SIZE_UNLIMITED);
> +    av_bprintf(&bp, "\n");
> +    while (size) {
> +        av_bprintf(&bp, "%08x: ", offset);
> +        l = FFMIN(size, 16);
> +        for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
> +            av_bprintf(&bp, "%02x", data[i]);
> +            if (i & 1)
> +                av_bprintf(&bp, " ");
> +        }
> +        av_bprint_chars(&bp, ' ', 41 - 2 * i - i / 2);
> +        for (i = 0; i < l; i++)
> +            av_bprint_chars(&bp, data[i] - 32U < 95 ? data[i] : '.', 1);
> +        av_bprintf(&bp, "\n");
> +        offset += l;
> +        data   += l;
> +        size   -= l;
> +    }
> +    avtext_print_string(tctx, name, bp.str, 0);
> +    av_bprint_finalize(&bp, NULL);
> +}
> +
> +void avtext_print_data_hash(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *name,
> +                                   const uint8_t *data, int size)
> +{
> +    char *p, buf[AV_HASH_MAX_SIZE * 2 + 64] = { 0 };
> +
> +    if (!tctx->hash)
> +        return;
> +    av_hash_init(tctx->hash);
> +    av_hash_update(tctx->hash, data, size);
> +    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s:", av_hash_get_name(tctx->hash));
> +    p = buf + strlen(buf);
> +    av_hash_final_hex(tctx->hash, p, buf + sizeof(buf) - p);
> +    avtext_print_string(tctx, name, buf, 0);
> +}
> +
> +void avtext_print_integers(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *name,
> +                                  uint8_t *data, int size, const char *format,
> +                                  int columns, int bytes, int offset_add)
> +{
> +    AVBPrint bp;
> +    int offset = 0, l, i;
> +
> +    av_bprint_init(&bp, 0, AV_BPRINT_SIZE_UNLIMITED);
> +    av_bprintf(&bp, "\n");
> +    while (size) {
> +        av_bprintf(&bp, "%08x: ", offset);
> +        l = FFMIN(size, columns);
> +        for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
> +            if      (bytes == 1) av_bprintf(&bp, format, *data);
> +            else if (bytes == 2) av_bprintf(&bp, format, AV_RN16(data));
> +            else if (bytes == 4) av_bprintf(&bp, format, AV_RN32(data));
> +            data += bytes;
> +            size --;
> +        }
> +        av_bprintf(&bp, "\n");
> +        offset += offset_add;
> +    }
> +    avtext_print_string(tctx, name, bp.str, 0);
> +    av_bprint_finalize(&bp, NULL);
> +}
> +

> +static const char *avtextwriter_context_get_writer_name(void *p)

you can also drop the public av prefix here

> +{
> +    AVTextWriterContext *wctx = p;
> +    return wctx->writer->name;
> +}
> +
> +static void *writercontext_child_next(void *obj, void *prev)
> +{
> +    AVTextFormatContext *ctx = obj;
> +    if (!prev && ctx->formatter && ctx->formatter->priv_class && ctx->priv)
> +        return ctx->priv;
> +    return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static const AVClass textwriter_class = {
> +    .class_name = "AVTextWriterContext",
> +    .item_name  = avtextwriter_context_get_writer_name,
> +    .version    = LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT,
> +    .child_next = writercontext_child_next,
> +};
> +
> +
> +int avtextwriter_context_close(AVTextWriterContext **pwctx)
> +{
> +    AVTextWriterContext *wctx = *pwctx;
> +    int ret = 0;
> +
> +    if (!wctx)

> +        return -1;

AVERROR(EINVAL)

> +
> +    if (wctx->writer->uninit)
> +        wctx->writer->uninit(wctx);
> +    if (wctx->writer->priv_class)
> +        av_opt_free(wctx->priv);
> +    av_freep(&wctx->priv);
> +    av_freep(pwctx);
> +    return ret;
> +}
> +
> +
> +int avtextwriter_context_open(AVTextWriterContext **pwctx, const AVTextWriter *writer)
> +{
> +    AVTextWriterContext *wctx;
> +    int ret = 0;
> +
> +    if (!(wctx = av_mallocz(sizeof(AVTextWriterContext)))) {
> +        ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
> +        goto fail;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (!(wctx->priv = av_mallocz(writer->priv_size))) {
> +        ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
> +        goto fail;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (writer->priv_class) {
> +        void *priv_ctx = wctx->priv;
> +        *(const AVClass **)priv_ctx = writer->priv_class;
> +        av_opt_set_defaults(priv_ctx);
> +    }
> +
> +    wctx->class = &textwriter_class;
> +    wctx->writer = writer;
> +
> +    av_opt_set_defaults(wctx);
> +
> +
> +    if (wctx->writer->init)
> +        ret = wctx->writer->init(wctx);
> +    if (ret < 0)
> +        goto fail;
> +
> +    *pwctx = wctx;
> +
> +    return 0;
> +
> +fail:
> +    avtextwriter_context_close(&wctx);
> +    return ret;
> +}
> +

> +static const AVTextFormatter *registered_formatters[7+1];

maybe use a const here, also I'd be more happy if we had a more
dynamic registration system to avoid the hardcoded bits

> +static void formatters_register_all(void)
> +{
> +    static int initialized;
> +
> +    if (initialized)
> +        return;
> +    initialized = 1;
> +
> +    registered_formatters[0] = &avtextformatter_default;
> +    registered_formatters[1] = &avtextformatter_compact;
> +    registered_formatters[2] = &avtextformatter_csv;
> +    registered_formatters[3] = &avtextformatter_flat;
> +    registered_formatters[4] = &avtextformatter_ini;
> +    registered_formatters[5] = &avtextformatter_json;
> +    registered_formatters[6] = &avtextformatter_xml;
> +}
> +
> +const AVTextFormatter *avtext_get_formatter_by_name(const char *name)
> +{
> +    formatters_register_all();
> +
> +    for (int i = 0; registered_formatters[i]; i++)
> +        if (!strcmp(registered_formatters[i]->name, name))
> +            return registered_formatters[i];
> +
> +    return NULL;
> +}
> diff --git a/fftools/textformat/avtextformat.h b/fftools/textformat/avtextformat.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..b7b6e0eea0
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/fftools/textformat/avtextformat.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) The ffmpeg developers
> + *
> + * This file is part of FFmpeg.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> + * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> + * Lesser General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
> + * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef FFTOOLS_TEXTFORMAT_AVTEXTFORMAT_H
> +#define FFTOOLS_TEXTFORMAT_AVTEXTFORMAT_H
> +
> +#include <stddef.h>
> +#include <stdint.h>
> +#include "libavutil/attributes.h"
> +#include "libavutil/dict.h"
> +#include "libavformat/avio.h"
> +#include "libavutil/bprint.h"
> +#include "libavutil/rational.h"
> +#include "libavutil/hash.h"
> +#include "avtextwriters.h"
> +
> +#define SECTION_MAX_NB_CHILDREN 11
> +
> +
> +struct AVTextFormatSection {
> +    int id;             ///< unique id identifying a section
> +    const char *name;
> +
> +#define AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_WRAPPER      1 ///< the section only contains other sections, but has no data at its own level
> +#define AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY        2 ///< the section contains an array of elements of the same type
> +#define AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_HAS_VARIABLE_FIELDS 4 ///< the section may contain a variable number of fields with variable keys.
> +                                           ///  For these sections the element_name field is mandatory.
> +#define AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_HAS_TYPE        8 ///< the section contains a type to distinguish multiple nested elements
> +#define AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_NUMBERING_BY_TYPE 16 ///< the items in this array section should be numbered individually by type
> +
> +    int flags;
> +    const int children_ids[SECTION_MAX_NB_CHILDREN+1]; ///< list of children section IDS, terminated by -1
> +    const char *element_name; ///< name of the contained element, if provided
> +    const char *unique_name;  ///< unique section name, in case the name is ambiguous
> +    AVDictionary *entries_to_show;
> +    const char *(* get_type)(const void *data); ///< function returning a type if defined, must be defined when SECTION_FLAG_HAS_TYPE is defined
> +    int show_all_entries;
> +} AVTextFormatSection;
> +
> +typedef struct AVTextFormatContext AVTextFormatContext;
> +
> +#define AV_TEXTFORMAT_FLAG_SUPPORTS_OPTIONAL_FIELDS 1
> +#define AV_TEXTFORMAT_FLAG_SUPPORTS_MIXED_ARRAY_CONTENT 2
> +
> +typedef enum {
> +    AV_TEXTFORMAT_STRING_VALIDATION_FAIL,
> +    AV_TEXTFORMAT_STRING_VALIDATION_REPLACE,
> +    AV_TEXTFORMAT_STRING_VALIDATION_IGNORE,
> +    AV_TEXTFORMAT_STRING_VALIDATION_NB
> +} StringValidation;
> +
> +typedef struct AVTextFormatter {
> +    const AVClass *priv_class;      ///< private class of the formatter, if any
> +    int priv_size;                  ///< private size for the formatter context
> +    const char *name;
> +
> +    int  (*init)  (AVTextFormatContext *tctx);
> +    void (*uninit)(AVTextFormatContext *tctx);
> +
> +    void (*print_section_header)(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const void *data);
> +    void (*print_section_footer)(AVTextFormatContext *tctx);
> +    void (*print_integer)       (AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *, int64_t);
> +    void (*print_rational)      (AVTextFormatContext *tctx, AVRational *q, char *sep);
> +    void (*print_string)        (AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *, const char *);
> +    int flags;                  ///< a combination or AV_TEXTFORMAT__FLAG_*
> +} AVTextFormatter;
> +
> +#define SECTION_MAX_NB_LEVELS    12
> +#define SECTION_MAX_NB_SECTIONS 100
> +
> +struct AVTextFormatContext {
> +    const AVClass *class;           ///< class of the formatter
> +    const AVTextFormatter *formatter;           ///< the AVTextFormatter of which this is an instance
> +    AVTextWriterContext *writer;           ///< the AVTextWriterContext 
> +
> +    char *name;                     ///< name of this formatter instance
> +    void *priv;                     ///< private data for use by the filter
> +
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *sections; ///< array containing all sections
> +    int nb_sections;                ///< number of sections
> +
> +    int level;                      ///< current level, starting from 0
> +
> +    /** number of the item printed in the given section, starting from 0 */
> +    unsigned int nb_item[SECTION_MAX_NB_LEVELS];
> +    unsigned int nb_item_type[SECTION_MAX_NB_LEVELS][SECTION_MAX_NB_SECTIONS];
> +
> +    /** section per each level */
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *section[SECTION_MAX_NB_LEVELS];
> +    AVBPrint section_pbuf[SECTION_MAX_NB_LEVELS]; ///< generic print buffer dedicated to each section,
> +                                                  ///  used by various formatters
> +
> +    int show_optional_fields;
> +    int show_value_unit;
> +    int use_value_prefix;
> +    int use_byte_value_binary_prefix;
> +    int use_value_sexagesimal_format;
> +
> +    struct AVHashContext *hash;
> +
> +    int string_validation;
> +    char *string_validation_replacement;
> +    unsigned int string_validation_utf8_flags;
> +};
> +
> +#define AV_TEXTFORMAT_PRINT_STRING_OPTIONAL 1
> +#define AV_TEXTFORMAT_PRINT_STRING_VALIDATE 2
> +
> +int avtext_context_open(AVTextFormatContext **ptctx, const AVTextFormatter *formatter, AVTextWriterContext *writer, const char *args,
> +                        const struct AVTextFormatSection *sections, int nb_sections,

> +                        int show_value_unit,
> +                        int use_value_prefix,
> +                        int use_byte_value_binary_prefix,
> +                        int use_value_sexagesimal_format,
> +                        int show_optional_fields,

this might be later changed to flags to simplify the interface

> +                        char *show_data_hash);
> +
> +int avtext_context_close(AVTextFormatContext **tctx);
> +
> +
> +void avtext_print_section_header(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const void *data, int section_id);
> +
> +void avtext_print_section_footer(AVTextFormatContext *tctx);
> +
> +void avtext_print_integer(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *key, int64_t val);
> +
> +int avtext_print_string(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *key, const char *val, int flags);
> +
> +void avtext_print_unit_int(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *key, int value, const char *unit);
> +
> +void avtext_print_rational(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *key, AVRational q, char sep);
> +
> +void avtext_print_time(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *key, int64_t ts, const AVRational *time_base, int is_duration);
> +
> +void avtext_print_ts(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *key, int64_t ts, int is_duration);
> +
> +void avtext_print_data(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *name, const uint8_t *data, int size);
> +
> +void avtext_print_data_hash(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *name, const uint8_t *data, int size);
> +
> +void avtext_print_integers(AVTextFormatContext *tctx, const char *name, uint8_t *data, int size, 
> +                           const char *format, int columns, int bytes, int offset_add);
> +
> +const AVTextFormatter *avtext_get_formatter_by_name(const char *name);
> +
> +extern const AVTextFormatter avtextformatter_default;
> +extern const AVTextFormatter avtextformatter_compact;
> +extern const AVTextFormatter avtextformatter_csv;
> +extern const AVTextFormatter avtextformatter_flat;
> +extern const AVTextFormatter avtextformatter_ini;
> +extern const AVTextFormatter avtextformatter_json;
> +extern const AVTextFormatter avtextformatter_xml;
> +
> +#endif /* FFTOOLS_TEXTFORMAT_AVTEXTFORMAT_H */
> diff --git a/fftools/textformat/avtextwriters.h b/fftools/textformat/avtextwriters.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..b344881d05
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/fftools/textformat/avtextwriters.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) The ffmpeg developers
> + *
> + * This file is part of FFmpeg.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> + * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> + * Lesser General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
> + * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef FFTOOLS_TEXTFORMAT_AVTEXTWRITERS_H
> +#define FFTOOLS_TEXTFORMAT_AVTEXTWRITERS_H
> +
> +#include <stddef.h>
> +#include <stdint.h>
> +#include "libavutil/attributes.h"
> +#include "libavutil/dict.h"
> +#include "libavformat/avio.h"
> +#include "libavutil/bprint.h"
> +#include "libavutil/rational.h"
> +#include "libavutil/hash.h"
> +
> +typedef struct AVTextWriterContext AVTextWriterContext;
> +
> +typedef struct AVTextWriter {
> +    const AVClass *priv_class;      ///< private class of the writer, if any
> +    int priv_size;                  ///< private size for the writer private class
> +    const char *name;
> +
> +    int (* init)(AVTextWriterContext *wctx);
> +    void (* uninit)(AVTextWriterContext *wctx);
> +    void (* writer_w8)(AVTextWriterContext *wctx, int b);
> +    void (* writer_put_str)(AVTextWriterContext *wctx, const char *str);
> +    void (* writer_printf)(AVTextWriterContext *wctx, const char *fmt, ...);
> +} AVTextWriter;
> +
> +typedef struct AVTextWriterContext {
> +    const AVClass *class;            ///< class of the writer
> +    const AVTextWriter *writer;
> +    const char *name;
> +    void *priv;                     ///< private data for use by the writer
> +
> +} AVTextWriterContext;
> +
> +
> +int avtextwriter_context_open(AVTextWriterContext **pwctx, const AVTextWriter *writer);
> +
> +int avtextwriter_context_close(AVTextWriterContext **pwctx);
> +
> +int avtextwriter_create_stdout(AVTextWriterContext **pwctx);
> +
> +int avtextwriter_create_avio(AVTextWriterContext **pwctx, AVIOContext *avio_ctx, int close_on_uninit);
> +
> +int avtextwriter_create_file(AVTextWriterContext **pwctx, const char *output_filename, int close_on_uninit);
> +
> +int avtextwriter_create_buffer(AVTextWriterContext **pwctx, AVBPrint *buffer);
> +
> +#endif /* FFTOOLS_TEXTFORMAT_AVTEXTWRITERS_H */
> diff --git a/fftools/textformat/tf_compact.c b/fftools/textformat/tf_compact.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..ad07ca4bd0
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/fftools/textformat/tf_compact.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) The ffmpeg developers
> + *
> + * This file is part of FFmpeg.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> + * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> + * Lesser General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
> + * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
> + */
> +
> +#include <limits.h>
> +#include <stdarg.h>
> +#include <stdint.h>
> +#include <stdio.h>
> +#include <string.h>
> +
> +#include "avtextformat.h"
> +#include <libavutil/mem.h>
> +#include <libavutil/avassert.h>
> +#include <libavutil/bprint.h>
> +#include <libavutil/error.h>
> +#include <libavutil/macros.h>
> +#include <libavutil/opt.h>
> +
> +
> +#define writer_w8(wctx_, b_) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_w8((wctx_)->writer, b_)
> +#define writer_put_str(wctx_, str_) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_put_str((wctx_)->writer, str_)
> +#define writer_printf(wctx_, fmt_, ...) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_printf((wctx_)->writer, fmt_, __VA_ARGS__)
> +
> +
> +#define DEFINE_FORMATTER_CLASS(name)                   \
> +static const char *name##_get_name(void *ctx)       \
> +{                                                   \
> +    return #name ;                                  \
> +}                                                   \
> +static const AVClass name##_class = {               \
> +    .class_name = #name,                            \
> +    .item_name  = name##_get_name,                  \
> +    .option     = name##_options                    \
> +}
> +
> +
> +/* Compact output */
> +
> +/**
> + * Apply C-language-like string escaping.
> + */
> +static const char *c_escape_str(AVBPrint *dst, const char *src, const char sep, void *log_ctx)
> +{
> +    const char *p;
> +
> +    for (p = src; *p; p++) {
> +        switch (*p) {
> +        case '\b': av_bprintf(dst, "%s", "\\b");  break;
> +        case '\f': av_bprintf(dst, "%s", "\\f");  break;
> +        case '\n': av_bprintf(dst, "%s", "\\n");  break;
> +        case '\r': av_bprintf(dst, "%s", "\\r");  break;
> +        case '\\': av_bprintf(dst, "%s", "\\\\"); break;
> +        default:
> +            if (*p == sep)
> +                av_bprint_chars(dst, '\\', 1);
> +            av_bprint_chars(dst, *p, 1);
> +        }
> +    }
> +    return dst->str;
> +}
> +

> +/**
> + * Quote fields containing special characters, check RFC4180.
> + */

totally unrelated fun fact, I later discovered this is not supported
by MS Excel:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/why-excel-does-not-support-rfc-4180-standard-for/d0e379b1-ec3e-40d0-ad4f-33b20693c030

> +static const char *csv_escape_str(AVBPrint *dst, const char *src, const char sep, void *log_ctx)
> +{
> +    char meta_chars[] = { sep, '"', '\n', '\r', '\0' };
> +    int needs_quoting = !!src[strcspn(src, meta_chars)];
> +
> +    if (needs_quoting)
> +        av_bprint_chars(dst, '"', 1);
> +
> +    for (; *src; src++) {
> +        if (*src == '"')
> +            av_bprint_chars(dst, '"', 1);
> +        av_bprint_chars(dst, *src, 1);
> +    }
> +    if (needs_quoting)
> +        av_bprint_chars(dst, '"', 1);
> +    return dst->str;
> +}
> +
> +static const char *none_escape_str(AVBPrint *dst, const char *src, const char sep, void *log_ctx)
> +{
> +    return src;
> +}
> +
> +typedef struct CompactContext {
> +    const AVClass *class;
> +    char *item_sep_str;
> +    char item_sep;
> +    int nokey;
> +    int print_section;
> +    char *escape_mode_str;
> +    const char * (*escape_str)(AVBPrint *dst, const char *src, const char sep, void *log_ctx);
> +    int nested_section[SECTION_MAX_NB_LEVELS];
> +    int has_nested_elems[SECTION_MAX_NB_LEVELS];
> +    int terminate_line[SECTION_MAX_NB_LEVELS];
> +} CompactContext;
> +
> +#undef OFFSET
> +#define OFFSET(x) offsetof(CompactContext, x)
> +
> +static const AVOption compact_options[]= {
> +    {"item_sep", "set item separator",    OFFSET(item_sep_str),    AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="|"},  0, 0 },
> +    {"s",        "set item separator",    OFFSET(item_sep_str),    AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="|"},  0, 0 },
> +    {"nokey",    "force no key printing", OFFSET(nokey),           AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,   {.i64=0},    0,        1        },
> +    {"nk",       "force no key printing", OFFSET(nokey),           AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,   {.i64=0},    0,        1        },
> +    {"escape",   "set escape mode",       OFFSET(escape_mode_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="c"},  0, 0 },
> +    {"e",        "set escape mode",       OFFSET(escape_mode_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="c"},  0, 0 },
> +    {"print_section", "print section name", OFFSET(print_section), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,   {.i64=1},    0,        1        },
> +    {"p",             "print section name", OFFSET(print_section), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,   {.i64=1},    0,        1        },
> +    {NULL},
> +};
> +
> +DEFINE_FORMATTER_CLASS(compact);
> +
> +static av_cold int compact_init(AVTextFormatContext *wctx)
> +{
> +    CompactContext *compact = wctx->priv;
> +
> +    if (strlen(compact->item_sep_str) != 1) {
> +        av_log(wctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Item separator '%s' specified, but must contain a single character\n",
> +               compact->item_sep_str);
> +        return AVERROR(EINVAL);
> +    }
> +    compact->item_sep = compact->item_sep_str[0];
> +
> +    if      (!strcmp(compact->escape_mode_str, "none")) compact->escape_str = none_escape_str;
> +    else if (!strcmp(compact->escape_mode_str, "c"   )) compact->escape_str = c_escape_str;
> +    else if (!strcmp(compact->escape_mode_str, "csv" )) compact->escape_str = csv_escape_str;
> +    else {
> +        av_log(wctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Unknown escape mode '%s'\n", compact->escape_mode_str);
> +        return AVERROR(EINVAL);
> +    }
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static void compact_print_section_header(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const void *data)
> +{
> +    CompactContext *compact = wctx->priv;
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *section = wctx->section[wctx->level];
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *parent_section = wctx->level ?
> +        wctx->section[wctx->level-1] : NULL;
> +    compact->terminate_line[wctx->level] = 1;
> +    compact->has_nested_elems[wctx->level] = 0;
> +
> +    av_bprint_clear(&wctx->section_pbuf[wctx->level]);
> +    if (parent_section &&
> +        (section->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_HAS_TYPE ||
> +         (!(section->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY) &&
> +          !(parent_section->flags & (AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_WRAPPER|AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY))))) {
> +
> +        /* define a prefix for elements not contained in an array or
> +           in a wrapper, or for array elements with a type */
> +        const char *element_name = (char *)av_x_if_null(section->element_name, section->name);
> +        AVBPrint *section_pbuf = &wctx->section_pbuf[wctx->level];
> +
> +        compact->nested_section[wctx->level] = 1;
> +        compact->has_nested_elems[wctx->level-1] = 1;
> +
> +        av_bprintf(section_pbuf, "%s%s",
> +                   wctx->section_pbuf[wctx->level-1].str, element_name);
> +
> +        if (section->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_HAS_TYPE) {
> +            // add /TYPE to prefix
> +            av_bprint_chars(section_pbuf, '/', 1);
> +
> +            // normalize section type, replace special characters and lower case
> +            for (const char *p = section->get_type(data); *p; p++) {
> +                char c =
> +                    (*p >= '0' && *p <= '9') ||
> +                    (*p >= 'a' && *p <= 'z') ||
> +                    (*p >= 'A' && *p <= 'Z') ? av_tolower(*p) : '_';
> +                av_bprint_chars(section_pbuf, c, 1);
> +            }
> +        }
> +        av_bprint_chars(section_pbuf, ':', 1);
> +
> +        wctx->nb_item[wctx->level] = wctx->nb_item[wctx->level-1];
> +    } else {
> +        if (parent_section && !(parent_section->flags & (AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_WRAPPER|AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY)) &&
> +            wctx->level && wctx->nb_item[wctx->level-1])
> +            writer_w8(wctx, compact->item_sep);
> +        if (compact->print_section &&
> +            !(section->flags & (AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_WRAPPER|AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY)))
> +            writer_printf(wctx, "%s%c", section->name, compact->item_sep);
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +static void compact_print_section_footer(AVTextFormatContext *wctx)
> +{
> +    CompactContext *compact = wctx->priv;
> +
> +    if (!compact->nested_section[wctx->level] &&
> +        compact->terminate_line[wctx->level] &&
> +        !(wctx->section[wctx->level]->flags & (AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_WRAPPER|AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY)))
> +        writer_w8(wctx, '\n');
> +}
> +
> +static void compact_print_str(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const char *key, const char *value)
> +{
> +    CompactContext *compact = wctx->priv;
> +    AVBPrint buf;
> +
> +    if (wctx->nb_item[wctx->level]) writer_w8(wctx, compact->item_sep);
> +    if (!compact->nokey)
> +        writer_printf(wctx, "%s%s=", wctx->section_pbuf[wctx->level].str, key);
> +    av_bprint_init(&buf, 1, AV_BPRINT_SIZE_UNLIMITED);
> +    writer_put_str(wctx, compact->escape_str(&buf, value, compact->item_sep, wctx));
> +    av_bprint_finalize(&buf, NULL);
> +}
> +
> +static void compact_print_int(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const char *key, int64_t value)
> +{
> +    CompactContext *compact = wctx->priv;
> +
> +    if (wctx->nb_item[wctx->level]) writer_w8(wctx, compact->item_sep);
> +    if (!compact->nokey)
> +        writer_printf(wctx, "%s%s=", wctx->section_pbuf[wctx->level].str, key);
> +    writer_printf(wctx, "%"PRId64, value);
> +}
> +
> +const AVTextFormatter avtextformatter_compact = {
> +    .name                 = "compact",
> +    .priv_size            = sizeof(CompactContext),
> +    .init                 = compact_init,
> +    .print_section_header = compact_print_section_header,
> +    .print_section_footer = compact_print_section_footer,
> +    .print_integer        = compact_print_int,
> +    .print_string         = compact_print_str,
> +    .flags = AV_TEXTFORMAT_FLAG_SUPPORTS_OPTIONAL_FIELDS,
> +    .priv_class           = &compact_class,
> +};
> +
> +/* CSV output */
> +
> +#undef OFFSET
> +#define OFFSET(x) offsetof(CompactContext, x)
> +
> +static const AVOption csv_options[] = {
> +    {"item_sep", "set item separator",    OFFSET(item_sep_str),    AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str=","},  0, 0 },
> +    {"s",        "set item separator",    OFFSET(item_sep_str),    AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str=","},  0, 0 },
> +    {"nokey",    "force no key printing", OFFSET(nokey),           AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,   {.i64=1},    0,        1        },
> +    {"nk",       "force no key printing", OFFSET(nokey),           AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,   {.i64=1},    0,        1        },
> +    {"escape",   "set escape mode",       OFFSET(escape_mode_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="csv"}, 0, 0 },
> +    {"e",        "set escape mode",       OFFSET(escape_mode_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="csv"}, 0, 0 },
> +    {"print_section", "print section name", OFFSET(print_section), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,   {.i64=1},    0,        1        },
> +    {"p",             "print section name", OFFSET(print_section), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,   {.i64=1},    0,        1        },
> +    {NULL},
> +};
> +
> +DEFINE_FORMATTER_CLASS(csv);
> +
> +const AVTextFormatter avtextformatter_csv = {
> +    .name                 = "csv",
> +    .priv_size            = sizeof(CompactContext),
> +    .init                 = compact_init,
> +    .print_section_header = compact_print_section_header,
> +    .print_section_footer = compact_print_section_footer,
> +    .print_integer        = compact_print_int,
> +    .print_string         = compact_print_str,
> +    .flags = AV_TEXTFORMAT_FLAG_SUPPORTS_OPTIONAL_FIELDS,
> +    .priv_class           = &csv_class,
> +};
> diff --git a/fftools/textformat/tf_default.c b/fftools/textformat/tf_default.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..9625dd813b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/fftools/textformat/tf_default.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) The ffmpeg developers
> + *
> + * This file is part of FFmpeg.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> + * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> + * Lesser General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
> + * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
> + */
> +
> +#include <limits.h>
> +#include <stdarg.h>
> +#include <stdint.h>
> +#include <stdio.h>
> +#include <string.h>
> +
> +#include "avtextformat.h"
> +#include <libavutil/mem.h>
> +#include <libavutil/avassert.h>
> +#include <libavutil/bprint.h>
> +#include <libavutil/opt.h>
> +
> +#define writer_w8(wctx_, b_) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_w8((wctx_)->writer, b_)
> +#define writer_put_str(wctx_, str_) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_put_str((wctx_)->writer, str_)
> +#define writer_printf(wctx_, fmt_, ...) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_printf((wctx_)->writer, fmt_, __VA_ARGS__)
> +
> +#define DEFINE_FORMATTER_CLASS(name)                   \
> +static const char *name##_get_name(void *ctx)       \
> +{                                                   \
> +    return #name ;                                  \
> +}                                                   \
> +static const AVClass name##_class = {               \
> +    .class_name = #name,                            \
> +    .item_name  = name##_get_name,                  \
> +    .option     = name##_options                    \
> +}
> +
> +/* Default output */
> +
> +typedef struct DefaultContext {
> +    const AVClass *class;
> +    int nokey;
> +    int noprint_wrappers;
> +    int nested_section[SECTION_MAX_NB_LEVELS];
> +} DefaultContext;
> +
> +#undef OFFSET
> +#define OFFSET(x) offsetof(DefaultContext, x)
> +
> +static const AVOption default_options[] = {
> +    { "noprint_wrappers", "do not print headers and footers", OFFSET(noprint_wrappers), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=0}, 0, 1 },
> +    { "nw",               "do not print headers and footers", OFFSET(noprint_wrappers), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=0}, 0, 1 },
> +    { "nokey",          "force no key printing",     OFFSET(nokey),          AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=0}, 0, 1 },
> +    { "nk",             "force no key printing",     OFFSET(nokey),          AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=0}, 0, 1 },
> +    {NULL},
> +};
> +
> +DEFINE_FORMATTER_CLASS(default);
> +
> +/* lame uppercasing routine, assumes the string is lower case ASCII */
> +static inline char *upcase_string(char *dst, size_t dst_size, const char *src)
> +{
> +    int i;
> +    for (i = 0; src[i] && i < dst_size-1; i++)
> +        dst[i] = av_toupper(src[i]);
> +    dst[i] = 0;
> +    return dst;
> +}
> +
> +static void default_print_section_header(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const void *data)
> +{
> +    DefaultContext *def = wctx->priv;
> +    char buf[32];
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *section = wctx->section[wctx->level];
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *parent_section = wctx->level ?
> +        wctx->section[wctx->level-1] : NULL;
> +
> +    av_bprint_clear(&wctx->section_pbuf[wctx->level]);
> +    if (parent_section &&
> +        !(parent_section->flags & (AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_WRAPPER|AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY))) {
> +        def->nested_section[wctx->level] = 1;
> +        av_bprintf(&wctx->section_pbuf[wctx->level], "%s%s:",
> +                   wctx->section_pbuf[wctx->level-1].str,
> +                   upcase_string(buf, sizeof(buf),
> +                                 av_x_if_null(section->element_name, section->name)));
> +    }
> +
> +    if (def->noprint_wrappers || def->nested_section[wctx->level])
> +        return;
> +
> +    if (!(section->flags & (AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_WRAPPER|AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY)))
> +        writer_printf(wctx, "[%s]\n", upcase_string(buf, sizeof(buf), section->name));
> +}
> +
> +static void default_print_section_footer(AVTextFormatContext *wctx)
> +{
> +    DefaultContext *def = wctx->priv;
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *section = wctx->section[wctx->level];
> +    char buf[32];
> +
> +    if (def->noprint_wrappers || def->nested_section[wctx->level])
> +        return;
> +
> +    if (!(section->flags & (AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_WRAPPER|AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY)))
> +        writer_printf(wctx, "[/%s]\n", upcase_string(buf, sizeof(buf), section->name));
> +}
> +
> +static void default_print_str(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const char *key, const char *value)
> +{
> +    DefaultContext *def = wctx->priv;
> +
> +    if (!def->nokey)
> +        writer_printf(wctx, "%s%s=", wctx->section_pbuf[wctx->level].str, key);
> +    writer_printf(wctx, "%s\n", value);
> +}
> +
> +static void default_print_int(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const char *key, int64_t value)
> +{
> +    DefaultContext *def = wctx->priv;
> +
> +    if (!def->nokey)
> +        writer_printf(wctx, "%s%s=", wctx->section_pbuf[wctx->level].str, key);
> +    writer_printf(wctx, "%"PRId64"\n", value);
> +}
> +
> +const AVTextFormatter avtextformatter_default = {
> +    .name                  = "default",
> +    .priv_size             = sizeof(DefaultContext),
> +    .print_section_header  = default_print_section_header,
> +    .print_section_footer  = default_print_section_footer,
> +    .print_integer         = default_print_int,
> +    .print_string          = default_print_str,
> +    .flags = AV_TEXTFORMAT_FLAG_SUPPORTS_OPTIONAL_FIELDS,
> +    .priv_class            = &default_class,
> +};
> \ No newline at end of file
> diff --git a/fftools/textformat/tf_flat.c b/fftools/textformat/tf_flat.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..afdc494aee
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/fftools/textformat/tf_flat.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) The ffmpeg developers
> + *
> + * This file is part of FFmpeg.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> + * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> + * Lesser General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
> + * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
> + */
> +
> +#include <limits.h>
> +#include <stdarg.h>
> +#include <stdint.h>
> +#include <stdio.h>
> +#include <string.h>
> +
> +#include "avtextformat.h"
> +#include <libavutil/mem.h>
> +#include <libavutil/avassert.h>
> +#include <libavutil/bprint.h>
> +#include <libavutil/error.h>
> +#include <libavutil/macros.h>
> +#include <libavutil/opt.h>
> +
> +#define writer_w8(wctx_, b_) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_w8((wctx_)->writer, b_)
> +#define writer_put_str(wctx_, str_) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_put_str((wctx_)->writer, str_)
> +#define writer_printf(wctx_, fmt_, ...) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_printf((wctx_)->writer, fmt_, __VA_ARGS__)
> +
> +#define DEFINE_FORMATTER_CLASS(name)                   \
> +static const char *name##_get_name(void *ctx)       \
> +{                                                   \
> +    return #name ;                                  \
> +}                                                   \
> +static const AVClass name##_class = {               \
> +    .class_name = #name,                            \
> +    .item_name  = name##_get_name,                  \
> +    .option     = name##_options                    \
> +}
> +
> +
> +/* Flat output */
> +
> +typedef struct FlatContext {
> +    const AVClass *class;
> +    const char *sep_str;
> +    char sep;
> +    int hierarchical;
> +} FlatContext;
> +
> +#undef OFFSET
> +#define OFFSET(x) offsetof(FlatContext, x)
> +
> +static const AVOption flat_options[]= {
> +    {"sep_char", "set separator",    OFFSET(sep_str),    AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="."},  0, 0 },
> +    {"s",        "set separator",    OFFSET(sep_str),    AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="."},  0, 0 },
> +    {"hierarchical", "specify if the section specification should be hierarchical", OFFSET(hierarchical), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=1}, 0, 1 },
> +    {"h",            "specify if the section specification should be hierarchical", OFFSET(hierarchical), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=1}, 0, 1 },
> +    {NULL},
> +};
> +
> +DEFINE_FORMATTER_CLASS(flat);
> +
> +static av_cold int flat_init(AVTextFormatContext *wctx)
> +{
> +    FlatContext *flat = wctx->priv;
> +
> +    if (strlen(flat->sep_str) != 1) {
> +        av_log(wctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Item separator '%s' specified, but must contain a single character\n",
> +               flat->sep_str);
> +        return AVERROR(EINVAL);
> +    }
> +    flat->sep = flat->sep_str[0];
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static const char *flat_escape_key_str(AVBPrint *dst, const char *src, const char sep)
> +{
> +    const char *p;
> +
> +    for (p = src; *p; p++) {
> +        if (!((*p >= '0' && *p <= '9') ||
> +              (*p >= 'a' && *p <= 'z') ||
> +              (*p >= 'A' && *p <= 'Z')))
> +            av_bprint_chars(dst, '_', 1);
> +        else
> +            av_bprint_chars(dst, *p, 1);
> +    }
> +    return dst->str;
> +}
> +
> +static const char *flat_escape_value_str(AVBPrint *dst, const char *src)
> +{
> +    const char *p;
> +
> +    for (p = src; *p; p++) {
> +        switch (*p) {
> +        case '\n': av_bprintf(dst, "%s", "\\n");  break;
> +        case '\r': av_bprintf(dst, "%s", "\\r");  break;
> +        case '\\': av_bprintf(dst, "%s", "\\\\"); break;
> +        case '"':  av_bprintf(dst, "%s", "\\\""); break;
> +        case '`':  av_bprintf(dst, "%s", "\\`");  break;
> +        case '$':  av_bprintf(dst, "%s", "\\$");  break;
> +        default:   av_bprint_chars(dst, *p, 1);   break;
> +        }
> +    }
> +    return dst->str;
> +}
> +
> +static void flat_print_section_header(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const void *data)
> +{
> +    FlatContext *flat = wctx->priv;
> +    AVBPrint *buf = &wctx->section_pbuf[wctx->level];
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *section = wctx->section[wctx->level];
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *parent_section = wctx->level ?
> +        wctx->section[wctx->level-1] : NULL;
> +
> +    /* build section header */
> +    av_bprint_clear(buf);
> +    if (!parent_section)
> +        return;
> +    av_bprintf(buf, "%s", wctx->section_pbuf[wctx->level-1].str);
> +
> +    if (flat->hierarchical ||
> +        !(section->flags & (AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY|AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_WRAPPER))) {
> +        av_bprintf(buf, "%s%s", wctx->section[wctx->level]->name, flat->sep_str);
> +
> +        if (parent_section->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY) {
> +            int n = parent_section->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_NUMBERING_BY_TYPE ?
> +                wctx->nb_item_type[wctx->level-1][section->id] :
> +                wctx->nb_item[wctx->level-1];
> +            av_bprintf(buf, "%d%s", n, flat->sep_str);
> +        }
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +static void flat_print_int(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const char *key, int64_t value)
> +{
> +    writer_printf(wctx, "%s%s=%"PRId64"\n", wctx->section_pbuf[wctx->level].str, key, value);
> +}
> +
> +static void flat_print_str(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const char *key, const char *value)
> +{
> +    FlatContext *flat = wctx->priv;
> +    AVBPrint buf;
> +
> +    writer_put_str(wctx, wctx->section_pbuf[wctx->level].str);
> +    av_bprint_init(&buf, 1, AV_BPRINT_SIZE_UNLIMITED);
> +    writer_printf(wctx, "%s=", flat_escape_key_str(&buf, key, flat->sep));
> +    av_bprint_clear(&buf);
> +    writer_printf(wctx, "\"%s\"\n", flat_escape_value_str(&buf, value));
> +    av_bprint_finalize(&buf, NULL);
> +}
> +
> +const AVTextFormatter avtextformatter_flat = {
> +    .name                  = "flat",
> +    .priv_size             = sizeof(FlatContext),
> +    .init                  = flat_init,
> +    .print_section_header  = flat_print_section_header,
> +    .print_integer         = flat_print_int,
> +    .print_string          = flat_print_str,
> +    .flags = AV_TEXTFORMAT_FLAG_SUPPORTS_OPTIONAL_FIELDS|AV_TEXTFORMAT_FLAG_SUPPORTS_MIXED_ARRAY_CONTENT,
> +    .priv_class            = &flat_class,
> +};
> diff --git a/fftools/textformat/tf_ini.c b/fftools/textformat/tf_ini.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..99a9af5690
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/fftools/textformat/tf_ini.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) The ffmpeg developers
> + *
> + * This file is part of FFmpeg.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> + * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> + * Lesser General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
> + * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
> + */
> +
> +#include <limits.h>
> +#include <stdarg.h>
> +#include <stdint.h>
> +#include <stdio.h>
> +#include <string.h>
> +
> +#include "avtextformat.h"
> +#include <libavutil/mem.h>
> +#include <libavutil/avassert.h>
> +#include <libavutil/bprint.h>
> +#include <libavutil/opt.h>
> +
> +#define writer_w8(wctx_, b_) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_w8((wctx_)->writer, b_)
> +#define writer_put_str(wctx_, str_) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_put_str((wctx_)->writer, str_)
> +#define writer_printf(wctx_, fmt_, ...) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_printf((wctx_)->writer, fmt_, __VA_ARGS__)
> +
> +#define DEFINE_FORMATTER_CLASS(name)                   \
> +static const char *name##_get_name(void *ctx)       \
> +{                                                   \
> +    return #name ;                                  \
> +}                                                   \
> +static const AVClass name##_class = {               \
> +    .class_name = #name,                            \
> +    .item_name  = name##_get_name,                  \
> +    .option     = name##_options                    \
> +}
> +
> +/* Default output */
> +
> +typedef struct DefaultContext {
> +    const AVClass *class;
> +    int nokey;
> +    int noprint_wrappers;
> +    int nested_section[SECTION_MAX_NB_LEVELS];
> +} DefaultContext;
> +
> +/* INI format output */
> +
> +typedef struct INIContext {
> +    const AVClass *class;
> +    int hierarchical;
> +} INIContext;
> +
> +#undef OFFSET
> +#define OFFSET(x) offsetof(INIContext, x)
> +
> +static const AVOption ini_options[] = {
> +    {"hierarchical", "specify if the section specification should be hierarchical", OFFSET(hierarchical), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=1}, 0, 1 },
> +    {"h",            "specify if the section specification should be hierarchical", OFFSET(hierarchical), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=1}, 0, 1 },
> +    {NULL},
> +};
> +
> +DEFINE_FORMATTER_CLASS(ini);
> +
> +static char *ini_escape_str(AVBPrint *dst, const char *src)
> +{
> +    int i = 0;
> +    char c = 0;
> +
> +    while (c = src[i++]) {
> +        switch (c) {
> +        case '\b': av_bprintf(dst, "%s", "\\b"); break;
> +        case '\f': av_bprintf(dst, "%s", "\\f"); break;
> +        case '\n': av_bprintf(dst, "%s", "\\n"); break;
> +        case '\r': av_bprintf(dst, "%s", "\\r"); break;
> +        case '\t': av_bprintf(dst, "%s", "\\t"); break;
> +        case '\\':
> +        case '#' :
> +        case '=' :
> +        case ':' : av_bprint_chars(dst, '\\', 1);
> +        default:
> +            if ((unsigned char)c < 32)
> +                av_bprintf(dst, "\\x00%02x", c & 0xff);
> +            else
> +                av_bprint_chars(dst, c, 1);
> +            break;
> +        }
> +    }
> +    return dst->str;
> +}
> +
> +static void ini_print_section_header(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const void *data)
> +{
> +    INIContext *ini = wctx->priv;
> +    AVBPrint *buf = &wctx->section_pbuf[wctx->level];
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *section = wctx->section[wctx->level];
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *parent_section = wctx->level ?
> +        wctx->section[wctx->level-1] : NULL;
> +
> +    av_bprint_clear(buf);
> +    if (!parent_section) {
> +        writer_put_str(wctx, "# ffprobe output\n\n");
> +        return;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (wctx->nb_item[wctx->level-1])
> +        writer_w8(wctx, '\n');
> +
> +    av_bprintf(buf, "%s", wctx->section_pbuf[wctx->level-1].str);
> +    if (ini->hierarchical ||
> +        !(section->flags & (AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY|AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_WRAPPER))) {
> +        av_bprintf(buf, "%s%s", buf->str[0] ? "." : "", wctx->section[wctx->level]->name);
> +
> +        if (parent_section->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY) {
> +            int n = parent_section->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_NUMBERING_BY_TYPE ?
> +                wctx->nb_item_type[wctx->level-1][section->id] :
> +                wctx->nb_item[wctx->level-1];
> +            av_bprintf(buf, ".%d", n);
> +        }
> +    }
> +
> +    if (!(section->flags & (AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY|AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_WRAPPER)))
> +        writer_printf(wctx, "[%s]\n", buf->str);
> +}
> +
> +static void ini_print_str(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const char *key, const char *value)
> +{
> +    AVBPrint buf;
> +
> +    av_bprint_init(&buf, 1, AV_BPRINT_SIZE_UNLIMITED);
> +    writer_printf(wctx, "%s=", ini_escape_str(&buf, key));
> +    av_bprint_clear(&buf);
> +    writer_printf(wctx, "%s\n", ini_escape_str(&buf, value));
> +    av_bprint_finalize(&buf, NULL);
> +}
> +
> +static void ini_print_int(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const char *key, int64_t value)
> +{
> +    writer_printf(wctx, "%s=%"PRId64"\n", key, value);
> +}
> +
> +const AVTextFormatter avtextformatter_ini = {
> +    .name                  = "ini",
> +    .priv_size             = sizeof(INIContext),
> +    .print_section_header  = ini_print_section_header,
> +    .print_integer         = ini_print_int,
> +    .print_string          = ini_print_str,
> +    .flags = AV_TEXTFORMAT_FLAG_SUPPORTS_OPTIONAL_FIELDS|AV_TEXTFORMAT_FLAG_SUPPORTS_MIXED_ARRAY_CONTENT,
> +    .priv_class            = &ini_class,
> +};
> diff --git a/fftools/textformat/tf_json.c b/fftools/textformat/tf_json.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..4579c8a3d9
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/fftools/textformat/tf_json.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) The ffmpeg developers
> + *
> + * This file is part of FFmpeg.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> + * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> + * Lesser General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
> + * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
> + */
> +
> +#include <limits.h>
> +#include <stdarg.h>
> +#include <stdint.h>
> +#include <stdio.h>
> +#include <string.h>
> +
> +#include "avtextformat.h"
> +#include <libavutil/mem.h>
> +#include <libavutil/avassert.h>
> +#include <libavutil/bprint.h>
> +#include <libavutil/opt.h>
> +
> +#define writer_w8(wctx_, b_) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_w8((wctx_)->writer, b_)
> +#define writer_put_str(wctx_, str_) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_put_str((wctx_)->writer, str_)
> +#define writer_printf(wctx_, fmt_, ...) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_printf((wctx_)->writer, fmt_, __VA_ARGS__)
> +
> +#define DEFINE_FORMATTER_CLASS(name)                   \
> +static const char *name##_get_name(void *ctx)       \
> +{                                                   \
> +    return #name ;                                  \
> +}                                                   \
> +static const AVClass name##_class = {               \
> +    .class_name = #name,                            \
> +    .item_name  = name##_get_name,                  \
> +    .option     = name##_options                    \
> +}
> +
> +
> +/* JSON output */
> +
> +typedef struct JSONContext {
> +    const AVClass *class;
> +    int indent_level;
> +    int compact;
> +    const char *item_sep, *item_start_end;
> +} JSONContext;
> +
> +#undef OFFSET
> +#define OFFSET(x) offsetof(JSONContext, x)
> +
> +static const AVOption json_options[]= {
> +    { "compact", "enable compact output", OFFSET(compact), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=0}, 0, 1 },
> +    { "c",       "enable compact output", OFFSET(compact), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=0}, 0, 1 },
> +    { NULL }
> +};
> +
> +DEFINE_FORMATTER_CLASS(json);
> +
> +static av_cold int json_init(AVTextFormatContext *wctx)
> +{
> +    JSONContext *json = wctx->priv;
> +
> +    json->item_sep       = json->compact ? ", " : ",\n";
> +    json->item_start_end = json->compact ? " "  : "\n";
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static const char *json_escape_str(AVBPrint *dst, const char *src, void *log_ctx)
> +{
> +    static const char json_escape[] = {'"', '\\', '\b', '\f', '\n', '\r', '\t', 0};
> +    static const char json_subst[]  = {'"', '\\',  'b',  'f',  'n',  'r',  't', 0};
> +    const char *p;
> +
> +    for (p = src; *p; p++) {
> +        char *s = strchr(json_escape, *p);
> +        if (s) {
> +            av_bprint_chars(dst, '\\', 1);
> +            av_bprint_chars(dst, json_subst[s - json_escape], 1);
> +        } else if ((unsigned char)*p < 32) {
> +            av_bprintf(dst, "\\u00%02x", *p & 0xff);
> +        } else {
> +            av_bprint_chars(dst, *p, 1);
> +        }
> +    }
> +    return dst->str;
> +}
> +
> +#define JSON_INDENT() writer_printf(wctx, "%*c", json->indent_level * 4, ' ')
> +
> +static void json_print_section_header(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const void *data)
> +{
> +    JSONContext *json = wctx->priv;
> +    AVBPrint buf;
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *section = wctx->section[wctx->level];
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *parent_section = wctx->level ?
> +        wctx->section[wctx->level-1] : NULL;
> +
> +    if (wctx->level && wctx->nb_item[wctx->level-1])
> +        writer_put_str(wctx, ",\n");
> +
> +    if (section->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_WRAPPER) {
> +        writer_put_str(wctx, "{\n");
> +        json->indent_level++;
> +    } else {
> +        av_bprint_init(&buf, 1, AV_BPRINT_SIZE_UNLIMITED);
> +        json_escape_str(&buf, section->name, wctx);
> +        JSON_INDENT();
> +
> +        json->indent_level++;
> +        if (section->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY) {
> +            writer_printf(wctx, "\"%s\": [\n", buf.str);
> +        } else if (parent_section && !(parent_section->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY)) {
> +            writer_printf(wctx, "\"%s\": {%s", buf.str, json->item_start_end);
> +        } else {
> +            writer_printf(wctx, "{%s", json->item_start_end);
> +
> +            /* this is required so the parser can distinguish between packets and frames */
> +            if (parent_section && parent_section->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_NUMBERING_BY_TYPE) {
> +                if (!json->compact)
> +                    JSON_INDENT();
> +                writer_printf(wctx, "\"type\": \"%s\"", section->name);
> +                wctx->nb_item[wctx->level]++;
> +            }
> +        }
> +        av_bprint_finalize(&buf, NULL);
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +static void json_print_section_footer(AVTextFormatContext *wctx)
> +{
> +    JSONContext *json = wctx->priv;
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *section = wctx->section[wctx->level];
> +
> +    if (wctx->level == 0) {
> +        json->indent_level--;
> +        writer_put_str(wctx, "\n}\n");
> +    } else if (section->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY) {
> +        writer_w8(wctx, '\n');
> +        json->indent_level--;
> +        JSON_INDENT();
> +        writer_w8(wctx, ']');
> +    } else {
> +        writer_put_str(wctx, json->item_start_end);
> +        json->indent_level--;
> +        if (!json->compact)
> +            JSON_INDENT();
> +        writer_w8(wctx, '}');
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +static inline void json_print_item_str(AVTextFormatContext *wctx,
> +                                       const char *key, const char *value)
> +{
> +    AVBPrint buf;
> +
> +    av_bprint_init(&buf, 1, AV_BPRINT_SIZE_UNLIMITED);
> +    writer_printf(wctx, "\"%s\":", json_escape_str(&buf, key,   wctx));
> +    av_bprint_clear(&buf);
> +    writer_printf(wctx, " \"%s\"", json_escape_str(&buf, value, wctx));
> +    av_bprint_finalize(&buf, NULL);
> +}
> +
> +static void json_print_str(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const char *key, const char *value)
> +{
> +    JSONContext *json = wctx->priv;
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *parent_section = wctx->level ?
> +        wctx->section[wctx->level-1] : NULL;
> +
> +    if (wctx->nb_item[wctx->level] || (parent_section && parent_section->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_NUMBERING_BY_TYPE))
> +        writer_put_str(wctx, json->item_sep);
> +    if (!json->compact)
> +        JSON_INDENT();
> +    json_print_item_str(wctx, key, value);
> +}
> +
> +static void json_print_int(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const char *key, int64_t value)
> +{
> +    JSONContext *json = wctx->priv;
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *parent_section = wctx->level ?
> +        wctx->section[wctx->level-1] : NULL;
> +    AVBPrint buf;
> +
> +    if (wctx->nb_item[wctx->level] || (parent_section && parent_section->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_NUMBERING_BY_TYPE))
> +        writer_put_str(wctx, json->item_sep);
> +    if (!json->compact)
> +        JSON_INDENT();
> +
> +    av_bprint_init(&buf, 1, AV_BPRINT_SIZE_UNLIMITED);
> +    writer_printf(wctx, "\"%s\": %"PRId64, json_escape_str(&buf, key, wctx), value);
> +    av_bprint_finalize(&buf, NULL);
> +}
> +
> +const AVTextFormatter avtextformatter_json = {
> +    .name                 = "json",
> +    .priv_size            = sizeof(JSONContext),
> +    .init                 = json_init,
> +    .print_section_header = json_print_section_header,
> +    .print_section_footer = json_print_section_footer,
> +    .print_integer        = json_print_int,
> +    .print_string         = json_print_str,
> +    .flags = AV_TEXTFORMAT_FLAG_SUPPORTS_MIXED_ARRAY_CONTENT,
> +    .priv_class           = &json_class,
> +};
> +
> diff --git a/fftools/textformat/tf_xml.c b/fftools/textformat/tf_xml.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..04c43fb85d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/fftools/textformat/tf_xml.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) The ffmpeg developers
> + *
> + * This file is part of FFmpeg.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> + * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> + * Lesser General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
> + * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
> + */
> +
> +#include <limits.h>
> +#include <stdarg.h>
> +#include <stdint.h>
> +#include <stdio.h>
> +#include <string.h>
> +
> +#include "avtextformat.h"
> +#include <libavutil/mem.h>
> +#include <libavutil/avassert.h>
> +#include <libavutil/bprint.h>
> +#include <libavutil/error.h>
> +#include <libavutil/macros.h>
> +#include <libavutil/opt.h>
> +
> +#define writer_w8(wctx_, b_) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_w8((wctx_)->writer, b_)
> +#define writer_put_str(wctx_, str_) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_put_str((wctx_)->writer, str_)
> +#define writer_printf(wctx_, fmt_, ...) (wctx_)->writer->writer->writer_printf((wctx_)->writer, fmt_, __VA_ARGS__)
> +
> +#define DEFINE_FORMATTER_CLASS(name)                   \
> +static const char *name##_get_name(void *ctx)       \
> +{                                                   \
> +    return #name ;                                  \
> +}                                                   \
> +static const AVClass name##_class = {               \
> +    .class_name = #name,                            \
> +    .item_name  = name##_get_name,                  \
> +    .option     = name##_options                    \
> +}
> +
> +/* XML output */
> +
> +typedef struct XMLContext {
> +    const AVClass *class;
> +    int within_tag;
> +    int indent_level;
> +    int fully_qualified;
> +    int xsd_strict;
> +} XMLContext;
> +
> +#undef OFFSET
> +#define OFFSET(x) offsetof(XMLContext, x)
> +
> +static const AVOption xml_options[] = {
> +    {"fully_qualified", "specify if the output should be fully qualified", OFFSET(fully_qualified), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=0},  0, 1 },
> +    {"q",               "specify if the output should be fully qualified", OFFSET(fully_qualified), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=0},  0, 1 },
> +    {"xsd_strict",      "ensure that the output is XSD compliant",         OFFSET(xsd_strict),      AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=0},  0, 1 },
> +    {"x",               "ensure that the output is XSD compliant",         OFFSET(xsd_strict),      AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=0},  0, 1 },
> +    {NULL},
> +};
> +
> +DEFINE_FORMATTER_CLASS(xml);
> +
> +static av_cold int xml_init(AVTextFormatContext *wctx)
> +{
> +    XMLContext *xml = wctx->priv;
> +
> +    if (xml->xsd_strict) {
> +        xml->fully_qualified = 1;
> +#define CHECK_COMPLIANCE(opt, opt_name)                                 \
> +        if (opt) {                                                      \
> +            av_log(wctx, AV_LOG_ERROR,                                  \
> +                   "XSD-compliant output selected but option '%s' was selected, XML output may be non-compliant.\n" \
> +                   "You need to disable such option with '-no%s'\n", opt_name, opt_name); \
> +            return AVERROR(EINVAL);                                     \
> +        }
> +        ////CHECK_COMPLIANCE(show_private_data, "private");
> +        CHECK_COMPLIANCE(wctx->show_value_unit,   "unit");
> +        CHECK_COMPLIANCE(wctx->use_value_prefix,  "prefix");
> +    }
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +#define XML_INDENT() writer_printf(wctx, "%*c", xml->indent_level * 4, ' ')
> +
> +static void xml_print_section_header(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const void *data)
> +{
> +    XMLContext *xml = wctx->priv;
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *section = wctx->section[wctx->level];
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *parent_section = wctx->level ?
> +        wctx->section[wctx->level-1] : NULL;
> +
> +    if (wctx->level == 0) {
> +        const char *qual = " xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" "
> +            "xmlns:ffprobe=\"http://www.ffmpeg.org/schema/ffprobe\" "
> +            "xsi:schemaLocation=\"http://www.ffmpeg.org/schema/ffprobe ffprobe.xsd\"";
> +
> +        writer_put_str(wctx, "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n");
> +        writer_printf(wctx, "<%sffprobe%s>\n",
> +               xml->fully_qualified ? "ffprobe:" : "",
> +               xml->fully_qualified ? qual : "");
> +        return;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (xml->within_tag) {
> +        xml->within_tag = 0;
> +        writer_put_str(wctx, ">\n");
> +    }
> +
> +    if (parent_section && (parent_section->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_WRAPPER) &&
> +        wctx->level && wctx->nb_item[wctx->level-1])
> +        writer_w8(wctx, '\n');
> +    xml->indent_level++;
> +
> +    if (section->flags & (AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_IS_ARRAY|AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_HAS_VARIABLE_FIELDS)) {
> +        XML_INDENT(); writer_printf(wctx, "<%s", section->name);
> +
> +        if (section->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_HAS_TYPE) {
> +            AVBPrint buf;
> +            av_bprint_init(&buf, 1, AV_BPRINT_SIZE_UNLIMITED);
> +            av_bprint_escape(&buf, section->get_type(data), NULL,
> +                             AV_ESCAPE_MODE_XML, AV_ESCAPE_FLAG_XML_DOUBLE_QUOTES);
> +            writer_printf(wctx, " type=\"%s\"", buf.str);
> +        }
> +        writer_printf(wctx, ">\n", section->name);
> +    } else {
> +        XML_INDENT(); writer_printf(wctx, "<%s ", section->name);
> +        xml->within_tag = 1;
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +static void xml_print_section_footer(AVTextFormatContext *wctx)
> +{
> +    XMLContext *xml = wctx->priv;
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *section = wctx->section[wctx->level];
> +
> +    if (wctx->level == 0) {
> +        writer_printf(wctx, "</%sffprobe>\n", xml->fully_qualified ? "ffprobe:" : "");
> +    } else if (xml->within_tag) {
> +        xml->within_tag = 0;
> +        writer_put_str(wctx, "/>\n");
> +        xml->indent_level--;
> +    } else {
> +        XML_INDENT(); writer_printf(wctx, "</%s>\n", section->name);
> +        xml->indent_level--;
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +static void xml_print_value(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const char *key,
> +                            const char *str, int64_t num, const int is_int)
> +{
> +    AVBPrint buf;
> +    XMLContext *xml = wctx->priv;
> +    const struct AVTextFormatSection *section = wctx->section[wctx->level];
> +
> +    av_bprint_init(&buf, 1, AV_BPRINT_SIZE_UNLIMITED);
> +
> +    if (section->flags & AV_TEXTFORMAT_SECTION_FLAG_HAS_VARIABLE_FIELDS) {
> +        xml->indent_level++;
> +        XML_INDENT();
> +        av_bprint_escape(&buf, key, NULL,
> +                         AV_ESCAPE_MODE_XML, AV_ESCAPE_FLAG_XML_DOUBLE_QUOTES);
> +        writer_printf(wctx, "<%s key=\"%s\"",
> +                      section->element_name, buf.str);
> +        av_bprint_clear(&buf);
> +
> +        if (is_int) {
> +            writer_printf(wctx, " value=\"%"PRId64"\"/>\n", num);
> +        } else {
> +            av_bprint_escape(&buf, str, NULL,
> +                             AV_ESCAPE_MODE_XML, AV_ESCAPE_FLAG_XML_DOUBLE_QUOTES);
> +            writer_printf(wctx, " value=\"%s\"/>\n", buf.str);
> +        }
> +        xml->indent_level--;
> +    } else {
> +        if (wctx->nb_item[wctx->level])
> +            writer_w8(wctx, ' ');
> +
> +        if (is_int) {
> +            writer_printf(wctx, "%s=\"%"PRId64"\"", key, num);
> +        } else {
> +            av_bprint_escape(&buf, str, NULL,
> +                             AV_ESCAPE_MODE_XML, AV_ESCAPE_FLAG_XML_DOUBLE_QUOTES);
> +            writer_printf(wctx, "%s=\"%s\"", key, buf.str);
> +        }
> +    }
> +
> +    av_bprint_finalize(&buf, NULL);
> +}
> +
> +static inline void xml_print_str(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const char *key, const char *value) {
> +    xml_print_value(wctx, key, value, 0, 0);
> +}
> +
> +static void xml_print_int(AVTextFormatContext *wctx, const char *key, int64_t value)
> +{
> +    xml_print_value(wctx, key, NULL, value, 1);
> +}
> +
> +const AVTextFormatter avtextformatter_xml = {
> +    .name                 = "xml",
> +    .priv_size            = sizeof(XMLContext),
> +    .init                 = xml_init,
> +    .print_section_header = xml_print_section_header,
> +    .print_section_footer = xml_print_section_footer,
> +    .print_integer        = xml_print_int,
> +    .print_string         = xml_print_str,
> +    .flags = AV_TEXTFORMAT_FLAG_SUPPORTS_MIXED_ARRAY_CONTENT,
> +    .priv_class           = &xml_class,
> +};

I didn't review the formatters code assuming this was copied and
adapted from the ffprobe.c file.

[...]

The rest looks good to me.


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