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20 #ifndef AVFORMAT_AVIO_H
21 #define AVFORMAT_AVIO_H
26 * Buffered I/O operations
31 #include "libavutil/common.h"
32 #include "libavutil/dict.h"
33 #include "libavutil/log.h"
35 #include "libavformat/version.h"
38 #define AVIO_SEEKABLE_NORMAL 0x0001 /**< Seeking works like for a local file */
41 * Callback for checking whether to abort blocking functions.
42 * AVERROR_EXIT is returned in this case by the interrupted
43 * function. During blocking operations, callback is called with
44 * opaque as parameter. If the callback returns 1, the
45 * blocking operation will be aborted.
47 * No members can be added to this struct without a major bump, if
48 * new elements have been added after this struct in AVFormatContext
52 int (*callback)(void*);
57 * Bytestream IO Context.
58 * New fields can be added to the end with minor version bumps.
59 * Removal, reordering and changes to existing fields require a major
61 * sizeof(AVIOContext) must not be used outside libav*.
63 * @note None of the function pointers in AVIOContext should be called
64 * directly, they should only be set by the client application
65 * when implementing custom I/O. Normally these are set to the
66 * function pointers specified in avio_alloc_context()
70 * A class for private options.
72 * If this AVIOContext is created by avio_open2(), av_class is set and
73 * passes the options down to protocols.
75 * If this AVIOContext is manually allocated, then av_class may be set by
78 * warning -- this field can be NULL, be sure to not pass this AVIOContext
79 * to any av_opt_* functions in that case.
82 unsigned char *buffer; /**< Start of the buffer. */
83 int buffer_size; /**< Maximum buffer size */
84 unsigned char *buf_ptr; /**< Current position in the buffer */
85 unsigned char *buf_end; /**< End of the data, may be less than
86 buffer+buffer_size if the read function returned
87 less data than requested, e.g. for streams where
88 no more data has been received yet. */
89 void *opaque; /**< A private pointer, passed to the read/write/seek/...
91 int (*read_packet)(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size);
92 int (*write_packet)(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size);
93 int64_t (*seek)(void *opaque, int64_t offset, int whence);
94 int64_t pos; /**< position in the file of the current buffer */
95 int must_flush; /**< true if the next seek should flush */
96 int eof_reached; /**< true if eof reached */
97 int write_flag; /**< true if open for writing */
99 unsigned long checksum;
100 unsigned char *checksum_ptr;
101 unsigned long (*update_checksum)(unsigned long checksum, const uint8_t *buf, unsigned int size);
102 int error; /**< contains the error code or 0 if no error happened */
104 * Pause or resume playback for network streaming protocols - e.g. MMS.
106 int (*read_pause)(void *opaque, int pause);
108 * Seek to a given timestamp in stream with the specified stream_index.
109 * Needed for some network streaming protocols which don't support seeking
112 int64_t (*read_seek)(void *opaque, int stream_index,
113 int64_t timestamp, int flags);
115 * A combination of AVIO_SEEKABLE_ flags or 0 when the stream is not seekable.
123 * Return AVIO_FLAG_* access flags corresponding to the access permissions
124 * of the resource in url, or a negative value corresponding to an
125 * AVERROR code in case of failure. The returned access flags are
126 * masked by the value in flags.
128 * @note This function is intrinsically unsafe, in the sense that the
129 * checked resource may change its existence or permission status from
130 * one call to another. Thus you should not trust the returned value,
131 * unless you are sure that no other processes are accessing the
134 int avio_check(const char *url, int flags);
137 * Allocate and initialize an AVIOContext for buffered I/O. It must be later
138 * freed with av_free().
140 * @param buffer Memory block for input/output operations via AVIOContext.
141 * The buffer must be allocated with av_malloc() and friends.
142 * @param buffer_size The buffer size is very important for performance.
143 * For protocols with fixed blocksize it should be set to this blocksize.
144 * For others a typical size is a cache page, e.g. 4kb.
145 * @param write_flag Set to 1 if the buffer should be writable, 0 otherwise.
146 * @param opaque An opaque pointer to user-specific data.
147 * @param read_packet A function for refilling the buffer, may be NULL.
148 * @param write_packet A function for writing the buffer contents, may be NULL.
149 * @param seek A function for seeking to specified byte position, may be NULL.
151 * @return Allocated AVIOContext or NULL on failure.
153 AVIOContext *avio_alloc_context(
154 unsigned char *buffer,
158 int (*read_packet)(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size),
159 int (*write_packet)(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size),
160 int64_t (*seek)(void *opaque, int64_t offset, int whence));
162 void avio_w8(AVIOContext *s, int b);
163 void avio_write(AVIOContext *s, const unsigned char *buf, int size);
164 void avio_wl64(AVIOContext *s, uint64_t val);
165 void avio_wb64(AVIOContext *s, uint64_t val);
166 void avio_wl32(AVIOContext *s, unsigned int val);
167 void avio_wb32(AVIOContext *s, unsigned int val);
168 void avio_wl24(AVIOContext *s, unsigned int val);
169 void avio_wb24(AVIOContext *s, unsigned int val);
170 void avio_wl16(AVIOContext *s, unsigned int val);
171 void avio_wb16(AVIOContext *s, unsigned int val);
174 * Write a NULL-terminated string.
175 * @return number of bytes written.
177 int avio_put_str(AVIOContext *s, const char *str);
180 * Convert an UTF-8 string to UTF-16LE and write it.
181 * @return number of bytes written.
183 int avio_put_str16le(AVIOContext *s, const char *str);
186 * Passing this as the "whence" parameter to a seek function causes it to
187 * return the filesize without seeking anywhere. Supporting this is optional.
188 * If it is not supported then the seek function will return <0.
190 #define AVSEEK_SIZE 0x10000
193 * Oring this flag as into the "whence" parameter to a seek function causes it to
194 * seek by any means (like reopening and linear reading) or other normally unreasonble
195 * means that can be extreemly slow.
196 * This may be ignored by the seek code.
198 #define AVSEEK_FORCE 0x20000
201 * fseek() equivalent for AVIOContext.
202 * @return new position or AVERROR.
204 int64_t avio_seek(AVIOContext *s, int64_t offset, int whence);
207 * Skip given number of bytes forward
208 * @return new position or AVERROR.
210 static av_always_inline int64_t avio_skip(AVIOContext *s, int64_t offset)
212 return avio_seek(s, offset, SEEK_CUR);
216 * ftell() equivalent for AVIOContext.
217 * @return position or AVERROR.
219 static av_always_inline int64_t avio_tell(AVIOContext *s)
221 return avio_seek(s, 0, SEEK_CUR);
226 * @return filesize or AVERROR
228 int64_t avio_size(AVIOContext *s);
230 /** @warning currently size is limited */
231 int avio_printf(AVIOContext *s, const char *fmt, ...) av_printf_format(2, 3);
233 void avio_flush(AVIOContext *s);
237 * Read size bytes from AVIOContext into buf.
238 * @return number of bytes read or AVERROR
240 int avio_read(AVIOContext *s, unsigned char *buf, int size);
243 * @name Functions for reading from AVIOContext
246 * @note return 0 if EOF, so you cannot use it if EOF handling is
249 int avio_r8 (AVIOContext *s);
250 unsigned int avio_rl16(AVIOContext *s);
251 unsigned int avio_rl24(AVIOContext *s);
252 unsigned int avio_rl32(AVIOContext *s);
253 uint64_t avio_rl64(AVIOContext *s);
254 unsigned int avio_rb16(AVIOContext *s);
255 unsigned int avio_rb24(AVIOContext *s);
256 unsigned int avio_rb32(AVIOContext *s);
257 uint64_t avio_rb64(AVIOContext *s);
263 * Read a string from pb into buf. The reading will terminate when either
264 * a NULL character was encountered, maxlen bytes have been read, or nothing
265 * more can be read from pb. The result is guaranteed to be NULL-terminated, it
266 * will be truncated if buf is too small.
267 * Note that the string is not interpreted or validated in any way, it
268 * might get truncated in the middle of a sequence for multi-byte encodings.
270 * @return number of bytes read (is always <= maxlen).
271 * If reading ends on EOF or error, the return value will be one more than
272 * bytes actually read.
274 int avio_get_str(AVIOContext *pb, int maxlen, char *buf, int buflen);
277 * Read a UTF-16 string from pb and convert it to UTF-8.
278 * The reading will terminate when either a null or invalid character was
279 * encountered or maxlen bytes have been read.
280 * @return number of bytes read (is always <= maxlen)
282 int avio_get_str16le(AVIOContext *pb, int maxlen, char *buf, int buflen);
283 int avio_get_str16be(AVIOContext *pb, int maxlen, char *buf, int buflen);
287 * @name URL open modes
288 * The flags argument to avio_open must be one of the following
289 * constants, optionally ORed with other flags.
292 #define AVIO_FLAG_READ 1 /**< read-only */
293 #define AVIO_FLAG_WRITE 2 /**< write-only */
294 #define AVIO_FLAG_READ_WRITE (AVIO_FLAG_READ|AVIO_FLAG_WRITE) /**< read-write pseudo flag */
300 * Use non-blocking mode.
301 * If this flag is set, operations on the context will return
302 * AVERROR(EAGAIN) if they can not be performed immediately.
303 * If this flag is not set, operations on the context will never return
305 * Note that this flag does not affect the opening/connecting of the
306 * context. Connecting a protocol will always block if necessary (e.g. on
307 * network protocols) but never hang (e.g. on busy devices).
308 * Warning: non-blocking protocols is work-in-progress; this flag may be
311 #define AVIO_FLAG_NONBLOCK 8
314 * Create and initialize a AVIOContext for accessing the
315 * resource indicated by url.
316 * @note When the resource indicated by url has been opened in
317 * read+write mode, the AVIOContext can be used only for writing.
319 * @param s Used to return the pointer to the created AVIOContext.
320 * In case of failure the pointed to value is set to NULL.
321 * @param flags flags which control how the resource indicated by url
323 * @return 0 in case of success, a negative value corresponding to an
324 * AVERROR code in case of failure
326 int avio_open(AVIOContext **s, const char *url, int flags);
329 * Create and initialize a AVIOContext for accessing the
330 * resource indicated by url.
331 * @note When the resource indicated by url has been opened in
332 * read+write mode, the AVIOContext can be used only for writing.
334 * @param s Used to return the pointer to the created AVIOContext.
335 * In case of failure the pointed to value is set to NULL.
336 * @param flags flags which control how the resource indicated by url
338 * @param int_cb an interrupt callback to be used at the protocols level
339 * @param options A dictionary filled with protocol-private options. On return
340 * this parameter will be destroyed and replaced with a dict containing options
341 * that were not found. May be NULL.
342 * @return 0 in case of success, a negative value corresponding to an
343 * AVERROR code in case of failure
345 int avio_open2(AVIOContext **s, const char *url, int flags,
346 const AVIOInterruptCB *int_cb, AVDictionary **options);
349 * Close the resource accessed by the AVIOContext s and free it.
350 * This function can only be used if s was opened by avio_open().
352 * @return 0 on success, an AVERROR < 0 on error.
354 int avio_close(AVIOContext *s);
357 * Open a write only memory stream.
359 * @param s new IO context
360 * @return zero if no error.
362 int avio_open_dyn_buf(AVIOContext **s);
365 * Return the written size and a pointer to the buffer. The buffer
366 * must be freed with av_free().
367 * Padding of FF_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE is added to the buffer.
369 * @param s IO context
370 * @param pbuffer pointer to a byte buffer
371 * @return the length of the byte buffer
373 int avio_close_dyn_buf(AVIOContext *s, uint8_t **pbuffer);
376 * Iterate through names of available protocols.
378 * @param opaque A private pointer representing current protocol.
379 * It must be a pointer to NULL on first iteration and will
380 * be updated by successive calls to avio_enum_protocols.
381 * @param output If set to 1, iterate over output protocols,
382 * otherwise over input protocols.
384 * @return A static string containing the name of current protocol or NULL
386 const char *avio_enum_protocols(void **opaque, int output);
389 * Pause and resume playing - only meaningful if using a network streaming
390 * protocol (e.g. MMS).
391 * @param pause 1 for pause, 0 for resume
393 int avio_pause(AVIOContext *h, int pause);
396 * Seek to a given timestamp relative to some component stream.
397 * Only meaningful if using a network streaming protocol (e.g. MMS.).
398 * @param stream_index The stream index that the timestamp is relative to.
399 * If stream_index is (-1) the timestamp should be in AV_TIME_BASE
400 * units from the beginning of the presentation.
401 * If a stream_index >= 0 is used and the protocol does not support
402 * seeking based on component streams, the call will fail with ENOTSUP.
403 * @param timestamp timestamp in AVStream.time_base units
404 * or if there is no stream specified then in AV_TIME_BASE units.
405 * @param flags Optional combination of AVSEEK_FLAG_BACKWARD, AVSEEK_FLAG_BYTE
406 * and AVSEEK_FLAG_ANY. The protocol may silently ignore
407 * AVSEEK_FLAG_BACKWARD and AVSEEK_FLAG_ANY, but AVSEEK_FLAG_BYTE will
408 * fail with ENOTSUP if used and not supported.
409 * @return >= 0 on success
410 * @see AVInputFormat::read_seek
412 int64_t avio_seek_time(AVIOContext *h, int stream_index,
413 int64_t timestamp, int flags);
415 #endif /* AVFORMAT_AVIO_H */