How to convert RGB from YUV420p for ffmpeg encoder?
Runnable example on FFmpeg 2.7.6
This answer got me on the right path, but:
- the API changed slightly since:
SwsContext *must bestruct SwsContext *instead - I wanted a minimal runnable example to test it out
The example synthesizes and encodes some colorful frames generated by generate_rgb.
ffmpeg_encoder_set_frame_yuv_from_rgb does the RGB24 to YUV conversion.
Preview of generated output:
#include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
#include <libavutil/imgutils.h>
#include <libavutil/opt.h>
#include <libswscale/swscale.h>
static AVCodecContext *c = NULL;
static AVFrame *frame;
static AVPacket pkt;
static FILE *file;
struct SwsContext *sws_context = NULL;
static void ffmpeg_encoder_set_frame_yuv_from_rgb(uint8_t *rgb) {
const int in_linesize[1] = { 3 * c->width };
sws_context = sws_getCachedContext(sws_context,
c->width, c->height, AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24,
c->width, c->height, AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P,
0, 0, 0, 0);
sws_scale(sws_context, (const uint8_t * const *)&rgb, in_linesize, 0,
c->height, frame->data, frame->linesize);
}
uint8_t* generate_rgb(int width, int height, int pts, uint8_t *rgb) {
int x, y, cur;
rgb = realloc(rgb, 3 * sizeof(uint8_t) * height * width);
for (y = 0; y < height; y++) {
for (x = 0; x < width; x++) {
cur = 3 * (y * width + x);
rgb[cur + 0] = 0;
rgb[cur + 1] = 0;
rgb[cur + 2] = 0;
if ((frame->pts / 25) % 2 == 0) {
if (y < height / 2) {
if (x < width / 2) {
/* Black. */
} else {
rgb[cur + 0] = 255;
}
} else {
if (x < width / 2) {
rgb[cur + 1] = 255;
} else {
rgb[cur + 2] = 255;
}
}
} else {
if (y < height / 2) {
rgb[cur + 0] = 255;
if (x < width / 2) {
rgb[cur + 1] = 255;
} else {
rgb[cur + 2] = 255;
}
} else {
if (x < width / 2) {
rgb[cur + 1] = 255;
rgb[cur + 2] = 255;
} else {
rgb[cur + 0] = 255;
rgb[cur + 1] = 255;
rgb[cur + 2] = 255;
}
}
}
}
}
return rgb;
}
/* Allocate resources and write header data to the output file. */
void ffmpeg_encoder_start(const char *filename, int codec_id, int fps, int width, int height) {
AVCodec *codec;
int ret;
codec = avcodec_find_encoder(codec_id);
if (!codec) {
fprintf(stderr, "Codec not found\n");
exit(1);
}
c = avcodec_alloc_context3(codec);
if (!c) {
fprintf(stderr, "Could not allocate video codec context\n");
exit(1);
}
c->bit_rate = 400000;
c->width = width;
c->height = height;
c->time_base.num = 1;
c->time_base.den = fps;
c->gop_size = 10;
c->max_b_frames = 1;
c->pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P;
if (codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_H264)
av_opt_set(c->priv_data, "preset", "slow", 0);
if (avcodec_open2(c, codec, NULL) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Could not open codec\n");
exit(1);
}
file = fopen(filename, "wb");
if (!file) {
fprintf(stderr, "Could not open %s\n", filename);
exit(1);
}
frame = av_frame_alloc();
if (!frame) {
fprintf(stderr, "Could not allocate video frame\n");
exit(1);
}
frame->format = c->pix_fmt;
frame->width = c->width;
frame->height = c->height;
ret = av_image_alloc(frame->data, frame->linesize, c->width, c->height, c->pix_fmt, 32);
if (ret < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Could not allocate raw picture buffer\n");
exit(1);
}
}
/*
Write trailing data to the output file
and free resources allocated by ffmpeg_encoder_start.
*/
void ffmpeg_encoder_finish(void) {
uint8_t endcode[] = { 0, 0, 1, 0xb7 };
int got_output, ret;
do {
fflush(stdout);
ret = avcodec_encode_video2(c, &pkt, NULL, &got_output);
if (ret < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error encoding frame\n");
exit(1);
}
if (got_output) {
fwrite(pkt.data, 1, pkt.size, file);
av_packet_unref(&pkt);
}
} while (got_output);
fwrite(endcode, 1, sizeof(endcode), file);
fclose(file);
avcodec_close(c);
av_free(c);
av_freep(&frame->data[0]);
av_frame_free(&frame);
}
/*
Encode one frame from an RGB24 input and save it to the output file.
Must be called after ffmpeg_encoder_start, and ffmpeg_encoder_finish
must be called after the last call to this function.
*/
void ffmpeg_encoder_encode_frame(uint8_t *rgb) {
int ret, got_output;
ffmpeg_encoder_set_frame_yuv_from_rgb(rgb);
av_init_packet(&pkt);
pkt.data = NULL;
pkt.size = 0;
ret = avcodec_encode_video2(c, &pkt, frame, &got_output);
if (ret < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error encoding frame\n");
exit(1);
}
if (got_output) {
fwrite(pkt.data, 1, pkt.size, file);
av_packet_unref(&pkt);
}
}
/* Represents the main loop of an application which generates one frame per loop. */
static void encode_example(const char *filename, int codec_id) {
int pts;
int width = 320;
int height = 240;
uint8_t *rgb = NULL;
ffmpeg_encoder_start(filename, codec_id, 25, width, height);
for (pts = 0; pts < 100; pts++) {
frame->pts = pts;
rgb = generate_rgb(width, height, pts, rgb);
ffmpeg_encoder_encode_frame(rgb);
}
ffmpeg_encoder_finish();
free(rgb);
}
int main(void) {
avcodec_register_all();
encode_example("tmp.h264", AV_CODEC_ID_H264);
encode_example("tmp.mpg", AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG1VIDEO);
/* TODO: is this encoded correctly? Possible to view it without container? */
/*encode_example("tmp.vp8", AV_CODEC_ID_VP8);*/
return 0;
}
GitHub upstream.
Tested on Ubuntu 15.10.
You can use libswscale from FFmpeg like this:
#include <libswscale/swscale.h>
SwsContext * ctx = sws_getContext(imgWidth, imgHeight,
AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24, imgWidth, imgHeight,
AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P, 0, 0, 0, 0);
uint8_t * inData[1] = { rgb24Data }; // RGB24 have one plane
int inLinesize[1] = { 3*imgWidth }; // RGB stride
sws_scale(ctx, inData, inLinesize, 0, imgHeight, dst_picture.data, dst_picture.linesize);
Note that you should create an instance of the SwsContext object only once, not for each frame.