Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] format/imfdec: improve error handling when selecting tracks for playback

[Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>]

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On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 01:19:09PM -0700, Pierre-Anthony Lemieux wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 1:15 PM Michael Niedermayer
> <michael@niedermayer.cc> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 10:39:22AM -0700, Pierre-Anthony Lemieux wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 10:27 AM Michael Niedermayer
> > > <michael@niedermayer.cc> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 01:02:33PM -0700, pal@sandflow.com wrote:
> > > > > From: Pierre-Anthony Lemieux <pal@palemieux.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > Addresses coverity 1512414
> > > > >
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  libavformat/imfdec.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
> > > > >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/libavformat/imfdec.c b/libavformat/imfdec.c
> > > > > index 5bbe7a53f8..58b1455c9f 100644
> > > > > --- a/libavformat/imfdec.c
> > > > > +++ b/libavformat/imfdec.c
> > > > > @@ -681,8 +681,11 @@ static IMFVirtualTrackPlaybackCtx *get_next_track_with_minimum_timestamp(AVForma
> > > > >  {
> > > > >      IMFContext *c = s->priv_data;
> > > > >      IMFVirtualTrackPlaybackCtx *track;
> > > >
> > > > > +    AVRational minimum_timestamp = av_make_q(INT_MAX, 1);
> > > > > -    AVRational minimum_timestamp = av_make_q(INT32_MAX, 1);
> > > >
> > > > iam not sure thats a good idea, it would change behavior on different platforms
> > >
> > > I was following the earlier observations that "The initialization of
> > > minimum_timestamp presumes that int are 32bit which need not be true":
> > >
> > > http://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2022-August/300587.html
> > >
> > > If I am not mistaken, the numerator and denominator of AVRational are
> > > defined as `int`:
> > >
> > > https://www.ffmpeg.org/doxygen/trunk/structAVRational.html
> > >
> > > What would be the alternative?
> >
> > I dont understand why this code uses AVRational for timestamps
> > normally timestamps are int64_t with a AVRational timebase and would use
> > av_compare_ts() for comparing
> 
> Temporal offsets on IMF tracks are typically expressed as rationals,
> and each track can have its own timebase.

av_compare_ts() can compare 2 timestamps in 2 different timebases

the problem with using AVRational for timestamps in 1sec units is
that alot of 64bit * 32/32bit timestamps cannot be represented exactly


thx

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