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By default the option "flv_metadata" (internally using the field name "trust_metadata") is set to 0, meaning that we don't allocate streams based on information in the metadata, only based on actual streams we encounter. However the "datastream" metadata field still would allocate a subtitle stream. When muxing, the "datastream" field is added if either a data stream or subtitle stream is present - but the same metadata field is used to preemtively create a subtitle stream only. Thus, if the field was added due to a data stream, not a subtitle stream, the demuxer would create a stream which won't get any actual packets. If there was such an extra, empty subtitle stream, running avformat_find_stream_info still used to terminate within reasonable time before 3749eede66c3774799766b1f246afae8a6ffc9bb. After that commit, it no longer would terminate until it reaches the max analyze duration, which is 90 seconds for flv streams (see e6a084641aada7a2e4672172f2ee26642800a361, 24fdf7334d2bb9aab0abdbc878b8ae51eb57c86b and f58e011a1f30332ba824c155078ca701e29aef63). Before that commit (which removed the deprecated AVStream.codec), the "st->codecpar->codec_id = AV_CODEC_ID_TEXT", set within the demuxer, would get propagated into st->codec->codec_id by numerous avcodec_parameters_to_context(st->codec, st->codecpar), then further into st->internal->avctx->codec_id by update_stream_avctx within read_frame_internal in libavformat/utils.c (demux.c these days). Signed-off-by: Martin Storsjö <martin@martin.st>
FFmpeg README
FFmpeg is a collection of libraries and tools to process multimedia content such as audio, video, subtitles and related metadata.
Libraries
libavcodecprovides implementation of a wider range of codecs.libavformatimplements streaming protocols, container formats and basic I/O access.libavutilincludes hashers, decompressors and miscellaneous utility functions.libavfilterprovides means to alter decoded audio and video through a directed graph of connected filters.libavdeviceprovides an abstraction to access capture and playback devices.libswresampleimplements audio mixing and resampling routines.libswscaleimplements color conversion and scaling routines.
Tools
- ffmpeg is a command line toolbox to manipulate, convert and stream multimedia content.
- ffplay is a minimalistic multimedia player.
- ffprobe is a simple analysis tool to inspect multimedia content.
- Additional small tools such as
aviocat,ismindexandqt-faststart.
Documentation
The offline documentation is available in the doc/ directory.
The online documentation is available in the main website and in the wiki.
Examples
Coding examples are available in the doc/examples directory.
License
FFmpeg codebase is mainly LGPL-licensed with optional components licensed under GPL. Please refer to the LICENSE file for detailed information.
Contributing
Patches should be submitted to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list using
git format-patch or git send-email. Github pull requests should be
avoided because they are not part of our review process and will be ignored.