ffmpeg结构体之间的关系
FFMPEG中结构体很多。最关键的结构体可以分成以下几类：
a) 解协议（http,rtsp,rtmp,mms）
AVIOContext，URLProtocol，URLContext主要存储视音频使用的协议的类型以及状态。URLProtocol存储输入视音频使用的封装格式。每种协议都对应一个URLProtocol结构。（注意：FFMPEG中文件也被当做一种协议“file”）
b) 解封装（flv,avi,rmvb,mp4）
AVFormatContext主要存储视音频封装格式中包含的信息；AVInputFormat存储输入视音频使用的封装格式。每种视音频封装格式都对应一个AVInputFormat 结构。
c) 解码（h264,mpeg2,aac,mp3）
每个AVStream存储一个视频/音频流的相关数据；每个AVStream对应一个AVCodecContext，存储该视频/音频流使用解码方式的相关数据；每个AVCodecContext中对应一个AVCodec，包含该视频/音频对应的解码器。每种解码器都对应一个AVCodec结构。
d) 存数据
视频的话，每个结构一般是存一帧；音频可能有好几帧
解码前数据：AVPacket
解码后数据：AVFrame
他们之间的对应关系如下所示：
> AVIOContext：输入输出对应的结构体，用于输入输出（读写文件，RTMP协议等）。
>
> AVFormatContext：统领全局的基本结构体。主要用于处理封装格式（FLV/MKV/RMVB等）。
>
> AVStream，AVCodecContext：视音频流对应的结构体，用于视音频编解码。
>
> AVFrame：存储非压缩的数据（视频对应RGB/YUV像素数据，音频对应PCM采样数据）。
>
> AVPacket：存储压缩数据（视频对应H.264等码流数据，音频对应AAC/MP3等码流数据）。
结构体介绍
AVFormatContext
AVFormatContext是包含码流参数较多的结构体。
（ffmpeg6.0——>avformat.h）
typedef struct AVFormatContext {
/**
* A class for logging and @ref avoptions. Set by avformat_alloc_context().
* Exports (de)muxer private options if they exist.
*/
const AVClass *av_class;
/**
* The input container format.
*
* Demuxing only, set by avformat_open_input().
*/
const struct AVInputFormat *iformat;
/**
* The output container format.
*
* Muxing only, must be set by the caller before avformat_write_header().
*/
const struct AVOutputFormat *oformat;
/**
* Format private data. This is an AVOptions-enabled struct
* if and only if iformat/oformat.priv_class is not NULL.
*
* - muxing: set by avformat_write_header()
* - demuxing: set by avformat_open_input()
*/
void *priv_data;
/**
* I/O context.
*
* - demuxing: either set by the user before avformat_open_input() (then
* the user must close it manually) or set by avformat_open_input().
* - muxing: set by the user before avformat_write_header(). The caller must
* take care of closing / freeing the IO context.
*
* Do NOT set this field if AVFMT_NOFILE flag is set in
* iformat/oformat.flags. In such a case, the (de)muxer will handle
* I/O in some other way and this field will be NULL.
*/
AVIOContext *pb;
/* stream info */
/**
* Flags signalling stream properties. A combination of AVFMTCTX_*.
* Set by libavformat.
*/
int ctx_flags;
/**
* Number of elements in AVFormatContext.streams.
*
* Set by avformat_new_stream(), must not be modified by any other code.
*/
unsigned int nb_streams;
/**
* A list of all streams in the file. New streams are created with
* avformat_new_stream().
*
* - demuxing: streams are created by libavformat in avformat_open_input().
* If AVFMTCTX_NOHEADER is set in ctx_flags, then new streams may also
* appear in av_read_frame().
* - muxing: streams are created by the user before avformat_write_header().
*
* Freed by libavformat in avformat_free_context().
*/
AVStream **streams;
/**
* input or output URL. Unlike the old filename field, this field has no
* length restriction.
*
* - demuxing: set by avformat_open_input(), initialized to an empty
* string if url parameter was NULL in avformat_open_input().
* - muxing: may be set by the caller before calling avformat_write_header()
* (or avformat_init_output() if that is called first) to a string
* which is freeable by av_free(). Set to an empty string if it
* was NULL in avformat_init_output().
*
* Freed by libavformat in avformat_free_context().
*/
char *url;
/**
* Position of the first frame of the component, in
* AV_TIME_BASE fractional seconds. NEVER set this value directly:
* It is deduced from the AVStream values.
*
* Demuxing only, set by libavformat.
*/
int64_t start_time;
/**
* Duration of the stream, in AV_TIME_BASE fractional
* seconds. Only set this value if you know none of the individual stream
* durations and also do not set any of them. This is deduced from the
* AVStream values if not set.
*
* Demuxing only, set by libavformat.
*/
int64_t duration;
/**
* Total stream bitrate in bit/s, 0 if not
* available. Never set it directly if the file_size and the
* duration are known as FFmpeg can compute it automatically.
*/
int64_t bit_rate;
unsigned int packet_size;
int max_delay;
/**
* Flags modifying the (de)muxer behaviour. A combination of AVFMT_FLAG_*.
* Set by the user before avformat_open_input() / avformat_write_header().
*/
int flags;
#define AVFMT_FLAG_GENPTS 0x0001 ///< Generate missing pts even if it requires parsing future frames.
#define AVFMT_FLAG_IGNIDX 0x0002 ///< Ignore index.
#define AVFMT_FLAG_NONBLOCK 0x0004 ///< Do not block when reading packets from input.
#define AVFMT_FLAG_IGNDTS 0x0008 ///< Ignore DTS on frames that contain both DTS & PTS
#define AVFMT_FLAG_NOFILLIN 0x0010 ///< Do not infer any values from other values, just return what is stored in the container
#define AVFMT_FLAG_NOPARSE 0x0020 ///< Do not use AVParsers, you also must set AVFMT_FLAG_NOFILLIN as the fillin code works on frames and no parsing -> no frames. Also seeking to frames can not work if parsing to find frame boundaries has been disabled
#define AVFMT_FLAG_NOBUFFER 0x0040 ///< Do not buffer frames when possible
#define AVFMT_FLAG_CUSTOM_IO 0x0080 ///< The caller has supplied a custom AVIOContext, don't avio_close() it.
#define AVFMT_FLAG_DISCARD_CORRUPT 0x0100 ///< Discard frames marked corrupted
#define AVFMT_FLAG_FLUSH_PACKETS 0x0200 ///< Flush the AVIOContext every packet.
/**
* When muxing, try to avoid writing any random/volatile data to the output.
* This includes any random IDs, real-time timestamps/dates, muxer version, etc.
*
* This flag is mainly intended for testing.
*/
#define AVFMT_FLAG_BITEXACT 0x0400
#define AVFMT_FLAG_SORT_DTS 0x10000 ///< try to interleave outputted packets by dts (using this flag can slow demuxing down)
#define AVFMT_FLAG_FAST_SEEK 0x80000 ///< Enable fast, but inaccurate seeks for some formats
#define AVFMT_FLAG_SHORTEST 0x100000 ///< Stop muxing when the shortest stream stops.
#define AVFMT_FLAG_AUTO_BSF 0x200000 ///< Add bitstream filters as requested by the muxer
/**
* Maximum number of bytes read from input in order to determine stream
* properties. Used when reading the global header and in
* avformat_find_stream_info().
*
* Demuxing only, set by the caller before avformat_open_input().
*
* @note this is \e not used for determining the \ref AVInputFormat
* "input format"
* @sa format_probesize
*/
int64_t probesize;
/**
* Maximum duration (in AV_TIME_BASE units) of the data read
* from input in avformat_find_stream_info().
* Demuxing only, set by the caller before avformat_find_stream_info().
* Can be set to 0 to let avformat choose using a heuristic.
*/
int64_t max_analyze_duration;
const uint8_t *key;
int keylen;
unsigned int nb_programs;
AVProgram **programs;
/**
* Forced video codec_id.
* Demuxing: Set by user.
*/
enum AVCodecID video_codec_id;
/**
* Forced audio codec_id.
* Demuxing: Set by user.
*/
enum AVCodecID audio_codec_id;
/**
* Forced subtitle codec_id.
* Demuxing: Set by user.
*/
enum AVCodecID subtitle_codec_id;
/**
* Maximum amount of memory in bytes to use for the index of each stream.
* If the index exceeds this size, entries will be discarded as
* needed to maintain a smaller size. This can lead to slower or less
* accurate seeking (depends on demuxer).
* Demuxers for which a full in-memory index is mandatory will ignore
* this.
* - muxing: unused
* - demuxing: set by user
*/
unsigned int max_index_size;
/**
* Maximum amount of memory in bytes to use for buffering frames
* obtained from realtime capture devices.
*/
unsigned int max_picture_buffer;
/**
* Number of chapters in AVChapter array.
* When muxing, chapters are normally written in the file header,
* so nb_chapters should normally be initialized before write_header
* is called. Some muxers (e.g. mov and mkv) can also write chapters
* in the trailer. To write chapters in the trailer, nb_chapters
* must be zero when write_header is called and non-zero when
* write_trailer is called.
* - muxing: set by user
* - demuxing: set by libavformat
*/
unsigned int nb_chapters;
AVChapter **chapters;
/**
* Metadata that applies to the whole file.
*
* - demuxing: set by libavformat in avformat_open_input()
* - muxing: may be set by the caller before avformat_write_header()
*
* Freed by libavformat in avformat_free_context().
*/
AVDictionary *metadata;
/**
* Start time of the stream in real world time, in microseconds
* since the Unix epoch (00:00 1st January 1970). That is, pts=0 in the
* stream was captured at this real world time.
* - muxing: Set by the caller before avformat_write_header(). If set to
* either 0 or AV_NOPTS_VALUE, then the current wall-time will
* be used.
* - demuxing: Set by libavformat. AV_NOPTS_VALUE if unknown. Note that
* the value may become known after some number of frames
* have been received.
*/
int64_t start_time_realtime;
/**
* The number of frames used for determining the framerate in
* avformat_find_stream_info().
* Demuxing only, set by the caller before avformat_find_stream_info().
*/
int fps_probe_size;
/**
* Error recognition; higher values will detect more errors but may
* misdetect some more or less valid parts as errors.
* Demuxing only, set by the caller before avformat_open_input().
*/
int error_recognition;
/**
* Custom interrupt callbacks for the I/O layer.
*
* demuxing: set by the user before avformat_open_input().
* muxing: set by the user before avformat_write_header()
* (mainly useful for AVFMT_NOFILE formats). The callback
* should also be passed to avio_open2() if it's used to
* open the file.
*/
AVIOInterruptCB interrupt_callback;
/**
* Flags to enable debugging.
*/
int debug;
#define FF_FDEBUG_TS 0x0001
/**
* Maximum buffering duration for interleaving.
*
* To ensure all the streams are interleaved correctly,
* av_interleaved_write_frame() will wait until it has at least one packet
* for each stream before actually writing any packets to the output file.
* When some streams are "sparse" (i.e. there are large gaps between
* successive packets), this can result in excessive buffering.
*
* This field specifies the maximum difference between the timestamps of the
* first and the last packet in the muxing queue, above which libavformat
* will output a packet regardless of whether it has queued a packet for all
* the streams.
*
* Muxing only, set by the caller before avformat_write_header().
*/
int64_t max_interleave_delta;
/**
* Allow non-standard and experimental extension
* @see AVCodecContext.strict_std_compliance
*/
int strict_std_compliance;
/**
* Flags indicating events happening on the file, a combination of
* AVFMT_EVENT_FLAG_*.
*
* - demuxing: may be set by the demuxer in avformat_open_input(),
* avformat_find_stream_info() and av_read_frame(). Flags must be cleared
* by the user once the event has been handled.
* - muxing: may be set by the user after avformat_write_header() to
* indicate a user-triggered event. The muxer will clear the flags for
* events it has handled in av_[interleaved]_write_frame().
*/
int event_flags;
/**
* - demuxing: the demuxer read new metadata from the file and updated
* AVFormatContext.metadata accordingly
* - muxing: the user updated AVFormatContext.metadata and wishes the muxer to
* write it into the file
*/
#define AVFMT_EVENT_FLAG_METADATA_UPDATED 0x0001
/**
* Maximum number of packets to read while waiting for the first timestamp.
* Decoding only.
*/
int max_ts_probe;
/**
* Avoid negative timestamps during muxing.
* Any value of the AVFMT_AVOID_NEG_TS_* constants.
* Note, this works better when using av_interleaved_write_frame().
* - muxing: Set by user
* - demuxing: unused
*/
int avoid_negative_ts;
#define AVFMT_AVOID_NEG_TS_AUTO -1 ///< Enabled when required by target format
#define AVFMT_AVOID_NEG_TS_DISABLED 0 ///< Do not shift timestamps even when they are negative.
#define AVFMT_AVOID_NEG_TS_MAKE_NON_NEGATIVE 1 ///< Shift timestamps so they are non negative
#define AVFMT_AVOID_NEG_TS_MAKE_ZERO 2 ///< Shift timestamps so that they start at 0
/**
* Transport stream id.
* This will be moved into demuxer private options. Thus no API/ABI compatibility
*/
int ts_id;
/**
* Audio preload in microseconds.
* Note, not all formats support this and unpredictable things may happen if it is used when not supported.
* - encoding: Set by user
* - decoding: unused
*/
int audio_preload;
/**
* Max chunk time in microseconds.
* Note, not all formats support this and unpredictable things may happen if it is used when not supported.
* - encoding: Set by user
* - decoding: unused
*/
int max_chunk_duration;
/**
* Max chunk size in bytes
* Note, not all formats support this and unpredictable things may happen if it is used when not supported.
* - encoding: Set by user
* - decoding: unused
*/
int max_chunk_size;
/**
* forces the use of wallclock timestamps as pts/dts of packets
* This has undefined results in the presence of B frames.
* - encoding: unused
* - decoding: Set by user
*/
int use_wallclock_as_timestamps;
/**
* avio flags, used to force AVIO_FLAG_DIRECT.
* - encoding: unused
* - decoding: Set by user
*/
int avio_flags;
/**
* The duration field can be estimated through various ways, and this field can be used
* to know how the duration was estimated.
* - encoding: unused
* - decoding: Read by user
*/
enum AVDurationEstimationMethod duration_estimation_method;
/**
* Skip initial bytes when opening stream
* - encoding: unused
* - decoding: Set by user
*/
int64_t skip_initial_bytes;
/**
* Correct single timestamp overflows
* - encoding: unused
* - decoding: Set by user
*/
unsigned int correct_ts_overflow;
/**
* Force seeking to any (also non key) frames.
* - encoding: unused
* - decoding: Set by user
*/
int seek2any;
/**
* Flush the I/O context after each packet.
* - encoding: Set by user
* - decoding: unused
*/
int flush_packets;
/**
* format probing score.
* The maximal score is AVPROBE_SCORE_MAX, its set when the demuxer probes
* the format.
* - encoding: unused
* - decoding: set by avformat, read by user
*/
int probe_score;
/**
* Maximum number of bytes read from input in order to identify the
* \ref AVInputFormat "input format". Only used when the format is not set
* explicitly by the caller.
*
* Demuxing only, set by the caller before avformat_open_input().
*
* @sa probesize
*/
int format_probesize;
/**
* ',' separated list of allowed decoders.
* If NULL then all are allowed
* - encoding: unused
* - decoding: set by user
*/
char *codec_whitelist;
/**
* ',' separated list of allowed demuxers.
* If NULL then all are allowed
* - encoding: unused
* - decoding: set by user
*/
char *format_whitelist;
/**
* IO repositioned flag.
* This is set by avformat when the underlaying IO context read pointer
* is repositioned, for example when doing byte based seeking.
* Demuxers can use the flag to detect such changes.
*/
int io_repositioned;
/**
* Forced video codec.
* This allows forcing a specific decoder, even when there are multiple with
* the same codec_id.
* Demuxing: Set by user
*/
const AVCodec *video_codec;
/**
* Forced audio codec.
* This allows forcing a specific decoder, even when there are multiple with
* the same codec_id.
* Demuxing: Set by user
*/
const AVCodec *audio_codec;
/**
* Forced subtitle codec.
* This allows forcing a specific decoder, even when there are multiple with
* the same codec_id.
* Demuxing: Set by user
*/
const AVCodec *subtitle_codec;
/**
* Forced data codec.
* This allows forcing a specific decoder, even when there are multiple with
* the same codec_id.
* Demuxing: Set by user
*/
const AVCodec *data_codec;
/**
* Number of bytes to be written as padding in a metadata header.
* Demuxing: Unused.
* Muxing: Set by user via av_format_set_metadata_header_padding.
*/
int metadata_header_padding;
/**
* User data.
* This is a place for some private data of the user.
*/
void *opaque;
/**
* Callback used by devices to communicate with application.
*/
av_format_control_message control_message_cb;
/**
* Output timestamp offset, in microseconds.
* Muxing: set by user
*/
int64_t output_ts_offset;
/**
* dump format separator.
* can be ", " or "\n " or anything else
* - muxing: Set by user.
* - demuxing: Set by user.
*/
uint8_t *dump_separator;
/**
* Forced Data codec_id.
* Demuxing: Set by user.
*/
enum AVCodecID data_codec_id;
/**
* ',' separated list of allowed protocols.
* - encoding: unused
* - decoding: set by user
*/
char *protocol_whitelist;
/**
* A callback for opening new IO streams.
*
* Whenever a muxer or a demuxer needs to open an IO stream (typically from
* avformat_open_input() for demuxers, but for certain formats can happen at
* other times as well), it will call this callback to obtain an IO context.
*
* @param s the format context
* @param pb on success, the newly opened IO context should be returned here
* @param url the url to open
* @param flags a combination of AVIO_FLAG_*
* @param options a dictionary of additional options, with the same
* semantics as in avio_open2()
* @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR code on failure
*
* @note Certain muxers and demuxers do nesting, i.e. they open one or more
* additional internal format contexts. Thus the AVFormatContext pointer
* passed to this callback may be different from the one facing the caller.
* It will, however, have the same 'opaque' field.
*/
int (*io_open)(struct AVFormatContext *s, AVIOContext **pb, const char *url,
int flags, AVDictionary **options);
#if FF_API_AVFORMAT_IO_CLOSE
/**
* A callback for closing the streams opened with AVFormatContext.io_open().
*
* @deprecated use io_close2
*/
attribute_deprecated
void (*io_close)(struct AVFormatContext *s, AVIOContext *pb);
#endif
/**
* ',' separated list of disallowed protocols.
* - encoding: unused
* - decoding: set by user
*/
char *protocol_blacklist;
/**
* The maximum number of streams.
* - encoding: unused
* - decoding: set by user
*/
int max_streams;
/**
* Skip duration calcuation in estimate_timings_from_pts.
* - encoding: unused
* - decoding: set by user
*/
int skip_estimate_duration_from_pts;
/**
* Maximum number of packets that can be probed
* - encoding: unused
* - decoding: set by user
*/
int max_probe_packets;
int (*io_close2)(struct AVFormatContext *s, AVIOContext *pb);
} AVFormatContext;
在使用FFMPEG进行开发的时候，AVFormatContext是一个贯穿始终的数据结构，很多函数都要用到它作为参数。它是FFMPEG解封装（flv，mp4，rmvb，avi）功能的结构体。下面看几个主要变量的作用（在这里考虑解码的情况）：
> struct AVInputFormat *iformat：输入数据的封装格式
> AVIOContext *pb：输入数据的缓存
> unsigned int nb_streams：视音频流的个数
> AVStream **streams：视音频流
> char filename[1024]：文件名
> int64_t duration：时长（单位：微秒us，转换为秒需要除以1000000）
> int bit_rate：比特率（单位bps，转换为kbps需要除以1000）
> AVDictionary *metadata：元数据
AVCodecContext
AVCodecContext是包含变量较多的结构体（感觉差不多是变量最多的结构体）。
首先看一下结构体的定义（位于avcodec.h）：
这里代码太长了，我就不添加进来了，大家自己下载源码查看。
struct AVInputFormat *iformat：输入数据的封装格式
AVIOContext *pb：输入数据的缓存
unsigned int nb_streams：视音频流的个数
AVStream **streams：视音频流
char filename[1024]：文件名
int64_t duration：时长（单位：微秒us，转换为秒需要除以1000000）
int bit_rate：比特率（单位bps，转换为kbps需要除以1000）
AVDictionary *metadata：元数据
详细介绍参考：FFMPEG结构体分析：AVCodecContext
AVIOContext
AVIOContext是FFMPEG管理输入输出数据的结构体
首先看一下结构体的定义（位于avio.h）：
typedef struct AVIOContext {
/**
* A class for private options.
*
* If this AVIOContext is created by avio_open2(), av_class is set and
* passes the options down to protocols.
*
* If this AVIOContext is manually allocated, then av_class may be set by
* the caller.
*
* warning -- this field can be NULL, be sure to not pass this AVIOContext
* to any av_opt_* functions in that case.
*/
const AVClass *av_class;
/*
* The following shows the relationship between buffer, buf_ptr,
* buf_ptr_max, buf_end, buf_size, and pos, when reading and when writing
* (since AVIOContext is used for both):
*
**********************************************************************************
* READING
**********************************************************************************
*
* | buffer_size |
* |---------------------------------------|
* | |
*
* buffer buf_ptr buf_end
* +---------------+-----------------------+
* |/ / / / / / / /|/ / / / / / /| |
* read buffer: |/ / consumed / | to be read /| |
* |/ / / / / / / /|/ / / / / / /| |
* +---------------+-----------------------+
*
* pos
* +-------------------------------------------+-----------------+
* input file: | | |
* +-------------------------------------------+-----------------+
*
*
**********************************************************************************
* WRITING
**********************************************************************************
*
* | buffer_size |
* |--------------------------------------|
* | |
*
* buf_ptr_max
* buffer (buf_ptr) buf_end
* +-----------------------+--------------+
* |/ / / / / / / / / / / /| |
* write buffer: | / / to be flushed / / | |
* |/ / / / / / / / / / / /| |
* +-----------------------+--------------+
* buf_ptr can be in this
* due to a backward seek
*
* pos
* +-------------+----------------------------------------------+
* output file: | | |
* +-------------+----------------------------------------------+
*
*/
unsigned char *buffer; /**< Start of the buffer. */
int buffer_size; /**< Maximum buffer size */
unsigned char *buf_ptr; /**< Current position in the buffer */
unsigned char *buf_end; /**< End of the data, may be less than
buffer+buffer_size if the read function returned
less data than requested, e.g. for streams where
no more data has been received yet. */
void *opaque; /**< A private pointer, passed to the read/write/seek/...
functions. */
int (*read_packet)(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size);
int (*write_packet)(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size);
int64_t (*seek)(void *opaque, int64_t offset, int whence);
int64_t pos; /**< position in the file of the current buffer */
int eof_reached; /**< true if was unable to read due to error or eof */
int error; /**< contains the error code or 0 if no error happened */
int write_flag; /**< true if open for writing */
int max_packet_size;
int min_packet_size; /**< Try to buffer at least this amount of data
before flushing it. */
unsigned long checksum;
unsigned char *checksum_ptr;
unsigned long (*update_checksum)(unsigned long checksum, const uint8_t *buf, unsigned int size);
/**
* Pause or resume playback for network streaming protocols - e.g. MMS.
*/
int (*read_pause)(void *opaque, int pause);
/**
* Seek to a given timestamp in stream with the specified stream_index.
* Needed for some network streaming protocols which don't support seeking
* to byte position.
*/
int64_t (*read_seek)(void *opaque, int stream_index,
int64_t timestamp, int flags);
/**
* A combination of AVIO_SEEKABLE_ flags or 0 when the stream is not seekable.
*/
int seekable;
/**
* avio_read and avio_write should if possible be satisfied directly
* instead of going through a buffer, and avio_seek will always
* call the underlying seek function directly.
*/
int direct;
/**
* ',' separated list of allowed protocols.
*/
const char *protocol_whitelist;
/**
* ',' separated list of disallowed protocols.
*/
const char *protocol_blacklist;
/**
* A callback that is used instead of write_packet.
*/
int (*write_data_type)(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size,
enum AVIODataMarkerType type, int64_t time);
/**
* If set, don't call write_data_type separately for AVIO_DATA_MARKER_BOUNDARY_POINT,
* but ignore them and treat them as AVIO_DATA_MARKER_UNKNOWN (to avoid needlessly
* small chunks of data returned from the callback).
*/
int ignore_boundary_point;
/**
* Maximum reached position before a backward seek in the write buffer,
* used keeping track of already written data for a later flush.
*/
unsigned char *buf_ptr_max;
/**
* Read-only statistic of bytes read for this AVIOContext.
*/
int64_t bytes_read;
/**
* Read-only statistic of bytes written for this AVIOContext.
*/
int64_t bytes_written;
} AVIOContext;
AVIOContext中有以下几个变量比较重要：
unsigned char *buffer：缓存开始位置
int buffer_size：缓存大小（默认32768）
unsigned char *buf_ptr：当前指针读取到的位置
unsigned char *buf_end：缓存结束的位置
void *opaque：URLContext结构体
AVStream
AVStream是存储每一个视频/音频流信息的结构体。
首先看一下结构体的定义（位于avformat.h文件中）：
typedef struct AVStream {
/**
* A class for @ref avoptions. Set on stream creation.
*/
const AVClass *av_class;
int index; /**< stream index in AVFormatContext */
/**
* Format-specific stream ID.
* decoding: set by libavformat
* encoding: set by the user, replaced by libavformat if left unset
*/
int id;
/**
* Codec parameters associated with this stream. Allocated and freed by
* libavformat in avformat_new_stream() and avformat_free_context()
* respectively.
*
* - demuxing: filled by libavformat on stream creation or in
* avformat_find_stream_info()
* - muxing: filled by the caller before avformat_write_header()
*/
AVCodecParameters *codecpar;
void *priv_data;
/**
* This is the fundamental unit of time (in seconds) in terms
* of which frame timestamps are represented.
*
* decoding: set by libavformat
* encoding: May be set by the caller before avformat_write_header() to
* provide a hint to the muxer about the desired timebase. In
* avformat_write_header(), the muxer will overwrite this field
* with the timebase that will actually be used for the timestamps
* written into the file (which may or may not be related to the
* user-provided one, depending on the format).
*/
AVRational time_base;
/**
* Decoding: pts of the first frame of the stream in presentation order, in stream time base.
* Only set this if you are absolutely 100% sure that the value you set
* it to really is the pts of the first frame.
* This may be undefined (AV_NOPTS_VALUE).
* @note The ASF header does NOT contain a correct start_time the ASF
* demuxer must NOT set this.
*/
int64_t start_time;
/**
* Decoding: duration of the stream, in stream time base.
* If a source file does not specify a duration, but does specify
* a bitrate, this value will be estimated from bitrate and file size.
*
* Encoding: May be set by the caller before avformat_write_header() to
* provide a hint to the muxer about the estimated duration.
*/
int64_t duration;
int64_t nb_frames; ///< number of frames in this stream if known or 0
/**
* Stream disposition - a combination of AV_DISPOSITION_* flags.
* - demuxing: set by libavformat when creating the stream or in
* avformat_find_stream_info().
* - muxing: may be set by the caller before avformat_write_header().
*/
int disposition;
enum AVDiscard discard; ///< Selects which packets can be discarded at will and do not need to be demuxed.
/**
* sample aspect ratio (0 if unknown)
* - encoding: Set by user.
* - decoding: Set by libavformat.
*/
AVRational sample_aspect_ratio;
AVDictionary *metadata;
/**
* Average framerate
*
* - demuxing: May be set by libavformat when creating the stream or in
* avformat_find_stream_info().
* - muxing: May be set by the caller before avformat_write_header().
*/
AVRational avg_frame_rate;
/**
* For streams with AV_DISPOSITION_ATTACHED_PIC disposition, this packet
* will contain the attached picture.
*
* decoding: set by libavformat, must not be modified by the caller.
* encoding: unused
*/
AVPacket attached_pic;
/**
* An array of side data that applies to the whole stream (i.e. the
* container does not allow it to change between packets).
*
* There may be no overlap between the side data in this array and side data
* in the packets. I.e. a given side data is either exported by the muxer
* (demuxing) / set by the caller (muxing) in this array, then it never
* appears in the packets, or the side data is exported / sent through
* the packets (always in the first packet where the value becomes known or
* changes), then it does not appear in this array.
*
* - demuxing: Set by libavformat when the stream is created.
* - muxing: May be set by the caller before avformat_write_header().
*
* Freed by libavformat in avformat_free_context().
*
* @see av_format_inject_global_side_data()
*/
AVPacketSideData *side_data;
/**
* The number of elements in the AVStream.side_data array.
*/
int nb_side_data;
/**
* Flags indicating events happening on the stream, a combination of
* AVSTREAM_EVENT_FLAG_*.
*
* - demuxing: may be set by the demuxer in avformat_open_input(),
* avformat_find_stream_info() and av_read_frame(). Flags must be cleared
* by the user once the event has been handled.
* - muxing: may be set by the user after avformat_write_header(). to
* indicate a user-triggered event. The muxer will clear the flags for
* events it has handled in av_[interleaved]_write_frame().
*/
int event_flags;
/**
* - demuxing: the demuxer read new metadata from the file and updated
* AVStream.metadata accordingly
* - muxing: the user updated AVStream.metadata and wishes the muxer to write
* it into the file
*/
#define AVSTREAM_EVENT_FLAG_METADATA_UPDATED 0x0001
/**
* - demuxing: new packets for this stream were read from the file. This
* event is informational only and does not guarantee that new packets
* for this stream will necessarily be returned from av_read_frame().
*/
#define AVSTREAM_EVENT_FLAG_NEW_PACKETS (1 << 1)
/**
* Real base framerate of the stream.
* This is the lowest framerate with which all timestamps can be
* represented accurately (it is the least common multiple of all
* framerates in the stream). Note, this value is just a guess!
* For example, if the time base is 1/90000 and all frames have either
* approximately 3600 or 1800 timer ticks, then r_frame_rate will be 50/1.
*/
AVRational r_frame_rate;
/**
* Number of bits in timestamps. Used for wrapping control.
*
* - demuxing: set by libavformat
* - muxing: set by libavformat
*
*/
int pts_wrap_bits;
} AVStream;
AVStream重要的变量如下所示：
> int index：标识该视频/音频流
> AVCodecContext *codec：指向该视频/音频流的AVCodecContext（它们是一一对应的关系）
> AVRational time_base：时基。通过该值可以把PTS，DTS转化为真正的时间。FFMPEG其他结构体中也有这个字段，但是根据我的经验，只有AVStream中的time_base是可用的。PTS*time_base=真正的时间
> int64_t duration：该视频/音频流长
> AVDictionary *metadata：元数据信息
> AVRational avg_frame_rate：帧率（注：对视频来说，这个挺重要的）
> AVPacket attached_pic：附带的图片。比如说一些MP3，AAC音频文件附带的专辑封面。
AVCodec
AVCodec是存储编解码器信息的结构体。
首先看一下结构体的定义（位于avcodec.h文件中）：
typedef struct AVCodec {
/**
* Name of the codec implementation.
* The name is globally unique among encoders and among decoders (but an
* encoder and a decoder can share the same name).
* This is the primary way to find a codec from the user perspective.
*/
const char *name;
/**
* Descriptive name for the codec, meant to be more human readable than name.
* You should use the NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL() macro to define it.
*/
const char *long_name;
enum AVMediaType type;
enum AVCodecID id;
/**
* Codec capabilities.
* see AV_CODEC_CAP_*
*/
int capabilities;
uint8_t max_lowres; ///< maximum value for lowres supported by the decoder
const AVRational *supported_framerates; ///< array of supported framerates, or NULL if any, array is terminated by {0,0}
const enum AVPixelFormat *pix_fmts; ///< array of supported pixel formats, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by -1
const int *supported_samplerates; ///< array of supported audio samplerates, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by 0
const enum AVSampleFormat *sample_fmts; ///< array of supported sample formats, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by -1
#if FF_API_OLD_CHANNEL_LAYOUT
/**
* @deprecated use ch_layouts instead
*/
attribute_deprecated
const uint64_t *channel_layouts; ///< array of support channel layouts, or NULL if unknown. array is terminated by 0
#endif
const AVClass *priv_class; ///< AVClass for the private context
const AVProfile *profiles; ///< array of recognized profiles, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by {FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN}
/**
* Group name of the codec implementation.
* This is a short symbolic name of the wrapper backing this codec. A
* wrapper uses some kind of external implementation for the codec, such
* as an external library, or a codec implementation provided by the OS or
* the hardware.
* If this field is NULL, this is a builtin, libavcodec native codec.
* If non-NULL, this will be the suffix in AVCodec.name in most cases
* (usually AVCodec.name will be of the form "<codec_name>_<wrapper_name>").
*/
const char *wrapper_name;
/**
* Array of supported channel layouts, terminated with a zeroed layout.
*/
const AVChannelLayout *ch_layouts;
} AVCodec;
下面说一下最主要的几个变量：
const char *name：编解码器的名字，比较短
const char *long_name：编解码器的名字，全称，比较长
enum AVMediaType type：指明了类型，是视频，音频，还是字幕
enum AVCodecID id：ID，不重复
const AVRational *supported_framerates：支持的帧率（仅视频）
const enum AVPixelFormat *pix_fmts：支持的像素格式（仅视频）
const int *supported_samplerates：支持的采样率（仅音频）
const enum AVSampleFormat *sample_fmts：支持的采样格式（仅音频）
const uint64_t *channel_layouts：支持的声道数（仅音频）
int priv_data_size：私有数据的大小
详细介绍参考：FFMPEG结构体分析：AVCodec
AVPacket
AVPacket是存储压缩编码数据相关信息的结构体
首先看一下结构体的定义（位于avcodec.h文件中）：
typedef struct AVPacket {
/**
* A reference to the reference-counted buffer where the packet data is
* stored.
* May be NULL, then the packet data is not reference-counted.
*/
AVBufferRef *buf;
/**
* Presentation timestamp in AVStream->time_base units; the time at which
* the decompressed packet will be presented to the user.
* Can be AV_NOPTS_VALUE if it is not stored in the file.
* pts MUST be larger or equal to dts as presentation cannot happen before
* decompression, unless one wants to view hex dumps. Some formats misuse
* the terms dts and pts/cts to mean something different. Such timestamps
* must be converted to true pts/dts before they are stored in AVPacket.
*/
int64_t pts;
/**
* Decompression timestamp in AVStream->time_base units; the time at which
* the packet is decompressed.
* Can be AV_NOPTS_VALUE if it is not stored in the file.
*/
int64_t dts;
uint8_t *data;
int size;
int stream_index;
/**
* A combination of AV_PKT_FLAG values
*/
int flags;
/**
* Additional packet data that can be provided by the container.
* Packet can contain several types of side information.
*/
AVPacketSideData *side_data;
int side_data_elems;
/**
* Duration of this packet in AVStream->time_base units, 0 if unknown.
* Equals next_pts - this_pts in presentation order.
*/
int64_t duration;
int64_t pos; ///< byte position in stream, -1 if unknown
/**
* for some private data of the user
*/
void *opaque;
/**
* AVBufferRef for free use by the API user. FFmpeg will never check the
* contents of the buffer ref. FFmpeg calls av_buffer_unref() on it when
* the packet is unreferenced. av_packet_copy_props() calls create a new
* reference with av_buffer_ref() for the target packet's opaque_ref field.
*
* This is unrelated to the opaque field, although it serves a similar
* purpose.
*/
AVBufferRef *opaque_ref;
/**
* Time base of the packet's timestamps.
* In the future, this field may be set on packets output by encoders or
* demuxers, but its value will be by default ignored on input to decoders
* or muxers.
*/
AVRational time_base;
} AVPacket;
在AVPacket结构体中，重要的变量有以下几个：
uint8_t *data：压缩编码的数据。
例如对于H.264来说。1个AVPacket的data通常对应一个NAL。
注意：在这里只是对应，而不是一模一样。他们之间有微小的差别：使用FFMPEG类库分离出多媒体文件中的H.264码流
因此在使用FFMPEG进行视音频处理的时候，常常可以将得到的AVPacket的data数据直接写成文件，从而得到视音频的码流文件。
int size：data的大小
int64_t pts：显示时间戳
int64_t dts：解码时间戳
int stream_index：标识该AVPacket所属的视频/音频流。
AVFrame
AVFrame是包含码流参数较多的结构体
首先看一下结构体的定义（位于avcodec.h）：
这里代码太长了，我就不添加进来了，大家自己下载源码查看。
AVFrame结构体一般用于存储原始数据（即非压缩数据，例如对视频来说是YUV，RGB，对音频来说是PCM），此外还包含了一些相关的信息。比如说，解码的时候存储了宏块类型表，QP表，运动矢量表等数据。编码的时候也存储了相关的数据。因此在使用FFMPEG进行码流分析的时候，AVFrame是一个很重要的结构体。
下面看几个主要变量的作用（在这里考虑解码的情况）：
uint8_t *data[AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS]：解码后原始数据（对视频来说是YUV，RGB，对音频来说是PCM）
int linesize[AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS]：data中“一行”数据的大小。注意：未必等于图像的宽，一般大于图像的宽。
int width, height：视频帧宽和高（1920x1080,1280x720...）
int nb_samples：音频的一个AVFrame中可能包含多个音频帧，在此标记包含了几个
int format：解码后原始数据类型（YUV420，YUV422，RGB24...）
int key_frame：是否是关键帧
enum AVPictureType pict_type：帧类型（I,B,P...）
AVRational sample_aspect_ratio：宽高比（16:9，4:3...）
int64_t pts：显示时间戳
int coded_picture_number：编码帧序号
int display_picture_number：显示帧序号
int8_t *qscale_table：QP表
uint8_t *mbskip_table：跳过宏块表
int16_t (*motion_val[2])[2]：运动矢量表
uint32_t *mb_type：宏块类型表
short *dct_coeff：DCT系数，这个没有提取过
int8_t *ref_index[2]：运动估计参考帧列表（貌似H.264这种比较新的标准才会涉及到多参考帧）
int interlaced_frame：是否是隔行扫描
uint8_t motion_subsample_log2：一个宏块中的运动矢量采样个数，取log的
详细介绍参考：FFMPEG结构体分析：AVFrame