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-rw-r--r--doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi3
-rw-r--r--ffmpeg.c3
-rw-r--r--libavformat/avformat.h8
-rw-r--r--libavformat/gif.c47
4 files changed, 48 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi b/doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi
index c0771eb8d1..31e73ef6d5 100644
--- a/doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi
+++ b/doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi
@@ -498,6 +498,9 @@ read input at native frame rate. Mainly used to simulate a grab device.
@item -loop
loop over the input stream. Currently it works only for image
streams. This option is used for ffserver automatic testing.
+@item -loop_output number_of_times
+Repeatedly loop output for formats that support looping such as animated gif
+(Zero will loop the output infinitely)
@end table
@node FFmpeg formula evaluator
diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index 4b78ff5802..a8551323ad 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ static int frame_skip_factor= 0;
static int frame_skip_exp= 0;
static int frame_skip_cmp= FF_CMP_DCTMAX;
extern int loop_input; /* currently a hack */
+static int loop_output = AVFMT_NOOUTPUTLOOP;
static int gray_only = 0;
static int gop_size = 12;
@@ -3689,6 +3690,7 @@ static void opt_output_file(const char *filename)
oc->mux_rate= mux_rate;
oc->preload= (int)(mux_preload*AV_TIME_BASE);
oc->max_delay= (int)(mux_max_delay*AV_TIME_BASE);
+ oc->loop_output = loop_output;
/* reset some options */
file_oformat = NULL;
@@ -4177,6 +4179,7 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
{ "bitexact", OPT_EXPERT, {(void*)opt_bitexact}, "only use bit exact algorithms (for codec testing)" },
{ "re", OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT, {(void*)&rate_emu}, "read input at native frame rate", "" },
{ "loop", OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT, {(void*)&loop_input}, "loop (current only works with images)" },
+ { "loop_output", HAS_ARG | OPT_INT | OPT_EXPERT, {(void*)&loop_output}, "number of times to loop output in formats that support looping (0 loops forever)", "" },
{ "v", HAS_ARG, {(void*)opt_verbose}, "control amount of logging", "verbose" },
{ "target", HAS_ARG, {(void*)opt_target}, "specify target file type (\"vcd\", \"svcd\", \"dvd\", \"dv\", \"pal-vcd\", \"ntsc-svcd\", ...)", "type" },
{ "threads", HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT, {(void*)opt_thread_count}, "thread count", "count" },
diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h
index f81a4f37fa..705ff008b9 100644
--- a/libavformat/avformat.h
+++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
extern "C" {
#endif
-#define LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD 4626
+#define LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD 4627
#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT FFMPEG_VERSION_INT
#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION FFMPEG_VERSION
@@ -327,6 +327,12 @@ typedef struct AVFormatContext {
int packet_size;
int preload;
int max_delay;
+
+#define AVFMT_NOOUTPUTLOOP -1
+#define AVFMT_INFINITEOUTPUTLOOP 0
+ /* number of times to loop output in formats that support it */
+ int loop_output;
+
} AVFormatContext;
typedef struct AVPacketList {
diff --git a/libavformat/gif.c b/libavformat/gif.c
index 0cb9b9a1ee..1248139d79 100644
--- a/libavformat/gif.c
+++ b/libavformat/gif.c
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@
/* bitstream minipacket size */
#define GIF_CHUNKS 100
-/* slows down the decoding (and some browsers doesn't like it) */
-/* #define GIF_ADD_APP_HEADER */
+/* slows down the decoding (and some browsers don't like it) */
+/* update on the 'some browsers don't like it issue from above: this was probably due to missing 'Data Sub-block Terminator' (byte 19) in the app_header */
+#define GIF_ADD_APP_HEADER // required to enable looping of animated gif
typedef struct {
unsigned char r;
@@ -169,7 +170,8 @@ static void gif_flush_put_bits_rev(PutBitContext *s)
/* GIF header */
static int gif_image_write_header(ByteIOContext *pb,
- int width, int height, uint32_t *palette)
+ int width, int height, int loop_count,
+ uint32_t *palette)
{
int i;
unsigned int v;
@@ -197,17 +199,37 @@ static int gif_image_write_header(ByteIOContext *pb,
}
}
+ /* update: this is the 'NETSCAPE EXTENSION' that allows for looped animated gif
+ see http://members.aol.com/royalef/gifabout.htm#net-extension
+
+ byte 1 : 33 (hex 0x21) GIF Extension code
+ byte 2 : 255 (hex 0xFF) Application Extension Label
+ byte 3 : 11 (hex (0x0B) Length of Application Block
+ (eleven bytes of data to follow)
+ bytes 4 to 11 : "NETSCAPE"
+ bytes 12 to 14 : "2.0"
+ byte 15 : 3 (hex 0x03) Length of Data Sub-Block
+ (three bytes of data to follow)
+ byte 16 : 1 (hex 0x01)
+ bytes 17 to 18 : 0 to 65535, an unsigned integer in
+ lo-hi byte format. This indicate the
+ number of iterations the loop should
+ be executed.
+ bytes 19 : 0 (hex 0x00) a Data Sub-block Terminator
+ */
+
/* application extension header */
- /* XXX: not really sure what to put in here... */
#ifdef GIF_ADD_APP_HEADER
+ if (loop_count >= 0 && loop_count <= 65535) {
put_byte(pb, 0x21);
put_byte(pb, 0xff);
put_byte(pb, 0x0b);
- put_tag(pb, "NETSCAPE2.0");
- put_byte(pb, 0x03);
- put_byte(pb, 0x01);
- put_byte(pb, 0x00);
- put_byte(pb, 0x00);
+ put_tag(pb, "NETSCAPE2.0"); // bytes 4 to 14
+ put_byte(pb, 0x03); // byte 15
+ put_byte(pb, 0x01); // byte 16
+ put_le16(pb, (uint16_t)loop_count);
+ put_byte(pb, 0x00); // byte 19
+ }
#endif
return 0;
}
@@ -294,7 +316,7 @@ static int gif_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
GIFContext *gif = s->priv_data;
ByteIOContext *pb = &s->pb;
AVCodecContext *enc, *video_enc;
- int i, width, height/*, rate*/;
+ int i, width, height, loop_count /*, rate*/;
/* XXX: do we reject audio streams or just ignore them ?
if(s->nb_streams > 1)
@@ -316,13 +338,14 @@ static int gif_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
} else {
width = video_enc->width;
height = video_enc->height;
+ loop_count = s->loop_output;
// rate = video_enc->time_base.den;
}
/* XXX: is it allowed ? seems to work so far... */
video_enc->pix_fmt = PIX_FMT_RGB24;
- gif_image_write_header(pb, width, height, NULL);
+ gif_image_write_header(pb, width, height, loop_count, NULL);
put_flush_packet(&s->pb);
return 0;
@@ -384,7 +407,7 @@ static int gif_write_trailer(AVFormatContext *s)
/* better than nothing gif image writer */
int gif_write(ByteIOContext *pb, AVImageInfo *info)
{
- gif_image_write_header(pb, info->width, info->height,
+ gif_image_write_header(pb, info->width, info->height, AVFMT_NOOUTPUTLOOP,
(uint32_t *)info->pict.data[1]);
gif_image_write_image(pb, 0, 0, info->width, info->height,
info->pict.data[0], info->pict.linesize[0],