On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 03:50:05PM +0100, Mark Gaiser wrote:
> This patch adds support for:
> - ffplay ipfs://<cid>
> - ffplay ipns://<cid>
> 
> IPFS data can be played from so called "ipfs gateways".
> A gateway is essentially a webserver that gives access to the
> distributed IPFS network.
> 
> This protocol support (ipfs and ipns) therefore translates
> ipfs:// and ipns:// to a http:// url. This resulting url is
> then handled by the http protocol. It could also be https
> depending on the gateway provided.
> 
> To use this protocol, a gateway must be provided.
> If you do nothing it will try to find it in your
> $HOME/.ipfs/gateway file. The ways to set it manually are:
> 1. Define a -gateway <url> to the gateway.
> 2. Define $IPFS_GATEWAY with the full http link to the gateway.
> 3. Define $IPFS_PATH and point it to the IPFS data path.
> 4. Have IPFS running in your local user folder (under $HOME/.ipfs).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Gaiser <markg85@gmail.com>
> ---
>  configure                 |   2 +
>  doc/protocols.texi        |  30 ++++
>  libavformat/Makefile      |   2 +
>  libavformat/ipfsgateway.c | 310 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  libavformat/protocols.c   |   2 +
>  5 files changed, 346 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 libavformat/ipfsgateway.c

Theres some trailing whitespace which needs to be removed
our git scripts block trailing whitespace in most files

[...]
> +static int ipfs_close(URLContext *h)
> +{
> +    IPFSGatewayContext *c = h->priv_data;
> +    av_free(c->gateway);

this results in a double free
[...]

thx

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