Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [FFmpeg-cvslog] lavf/demux: stop calling avcodec_close()

[James Almer <jamrial@gmail.com>]

On 3/27/2024 11:13 AM, Kieran Kunhya wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 at 14:03, Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Feb 09, 2024 at 03:19:58PM +0000, Anton Khirnov wrote:
>>> ffmpeg | branch: master | Anton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net> | Thu Feb
>> 1 08:57:24 2024 +0100| [ca18bb597223b3df5bbf8a1836d157ba58b62570] |
>> committer: Anton Khirnov
>>>
>>> lavf/demux: stop calling avcodec_close()
>>>
>>> Replace it with recreating the codec context.
>>>
>>> This is the last remaining blocker for deprecating avcodec_close().
>>>
>>>>
>> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?a=commit;h=ca18bb597223b3df5bbf8a1836d157ba58b62570
>>> ---
>>>
>>>   libavformat/demux.c | 61
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>>>   1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> This breaks ffprobe "Closed Caption" output
>> before:
>> Stream #0:2[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video (Main), yuv420p(tv, progressive),
>> 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], Closed Captions, 29.97 fps, 59.94 tbr, 90k tbn
>>
> 
> Closed Captions are sparse side data, we shouldn't be exposing it like this
> to begin with.

This avcodec_string() output is based on which 
AVCodecContext->properties flags are set (For CC, it happens when a 
caption is found). Which yes, it's not exactly ideal.
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