On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 8:34 PM Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Am So., 29. März 2020 um 16:45 Uhr schrieb Gautam Ramakrishnan > <gautamr...@gmail.com>: > > > > > What exactly does a parser do and how is it different from a decoder? > > > > I am unable to understand the exact use case of a parser. > > > > > > Try the following: > > > $ cat 1.jpg 2.jpg | ffmpeg -i -f null - > > > (Is expected to decode two frames as can be seen in the console output, > > > also works for example with png) > > > > > > $ cat 1.j2k 2.j2k | ffmpeg -i - -f null - > > > Will only decode one frame because there is no parser to split the > > > input. > > > > > So does it basically try to find the SOC marker and EOC markers and > > split the streams into frames? > > Basically, yes. > Look at existing parsers in libavcodec/*parser* (or git grep AVCodecParser), > especially the jpeg parser. > > Carl Eugen > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-devel mailing list > ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org > https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
Hi,, Would working on a parser be a good idea now? -- ------------- Gautam | _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
