random access decoding

[mikl_la]

i'm in writing video-decoding-functionslike getNextFrame(), getPreviousFrame(), getFrameAtPosition(int framenumber). the question is how to get the previous frame or how to get a frame at a specific position!? how can i do this if indeed such a thing is possible. i'd thought i can do this with the setRate()-funktion of the advanced threaded demuxer, or with the setPosition()-funktion of dataReader... but it doesn't really work.

thanks and regards
michael

[mikl_la]

i'm getting the timestamps of every i-frame with the GetTime()-function of MediaData-Class and write them into a vector:

while(umcRes != UMC_ERR_END_OF_STREAM){
while(UMC_ERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA == (umcRes = splitter->GetNextData(&mediaDataIn, track)))
vm_time_sleep(5);


if(I_PICTURE == mediaDataIn.GetFrameType()){
index[++i].time = mediaDataIn.GetTime();
}
}

after that i call the SetTimePosition()-function of Splitter-Class and the GetFrame()-function of Decoder-Class: e.g.

splitter->SetTimePosition(index.timestamp);

while(UMC_ERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA == (umcRes = splitter->GetNextData(&mediaDataIn, track)))
vm_time_sleep(5);

videoDecoder->GetFrame(umcRes == UMC_OK ? &mediaDataIn : NULL, &videoDataOut);


the problem is i don't get the correct frame.
is it correct to use the timestamps of MediaData-Class? or is there a problem with the SetTimePosition()-function?

thanks
michael

[shyaki]

Quoting - mikl_la

i'm getting the timestamps of every i-frame with the GetTime()-function of MediaData-Class and write them into a vector:

while(umcRes != UMC_ERR_END_OF_STREAM){
while(UMC_ERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA == (umcRes = splitter->GetNextData(&mediaDataIn, track)))
vm_time_sleep(5);


if(I_PICTURE == mediaDataIn.GetFrameType()){
index[++i].time = mediaDataIn.GetTime();
}
}

after that i call the SetTimePosition()-function of Splitter-Class and the GetFrame()-function of Decoder-Class: e.g.

splitter->SetTimePosition(index.timestamp);

while(UMC_ERR_NOT_ENOUGH_DATA == (umcRes = splitter->GetNextData(&mediaDataIn, track)))
vm_time_sleep(5);

videoDecoder->GetFrame(umcRes == UMC_OK ? &mediaDataIn : NULL, &videoDataOut);


the problem is i don't get the correct frame.
is it correct to use the timestamps of MediaData-Class? or is there a problem with the SetTimePosition()-function?

thanks
michael

If your stream contains only IDR frames, it is doable to random access individual positions, otherwise, due to the IBP reference, you need to send data to the decoder from the nearest IDR frame until the position you want to decode.

[mikl_la]

Quoting - shyaki

If your stream contains only IDR frames, it is doable to random access individual positions, otherwise, due to the IBP reference, you need to send data to the decoder from the nearest IDR frame until the position you want to decode.

i'm doing it like that...
but the problem is, that i don't get the correct i-frame. i am getting the one before the frame i want. seems, that setTimePosition() from splitter don't work right!? or maybe the timestamps are wrong!?