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h264 annexb bitstream to flv mux ffmpeg library

I have an IP Camera which gives H264 annexb Bitstream through SDK calls. I want to pack this video stream into FLV container. So far I've got to know the following :-

I have to convert H264 annexb to H264 AVCC : For this I'll have to replace NAL header byte (0x00000001) with Size of NALU (big endian format).

My question is, What do I do with SPS and PPS ? should I write (av_interleaved_write_frame) them as are after replacing the NAL header ? or do I not write these frames at all ?

I read about AVCC requiring extra data. How do I construct that ? where do I pass that ?

Solution

  • First retrieve the SPS/PPS from the camera. Write the SPS/PPS to AVCC extradata format (see how to here: Possible Locations for Sequence/Picture Parameter Set(s) for H.264 Stream)

    Set AVCodecContext.extradata 

    void *extradata = /**/;
int extradata_size = /**/;
codecCtx->extradata_size = extradata_size;
codecCtx->extradata = av_malloc ( codecCtx->extradata_size );
memcpy ( codecCtx->extradata, extradata, codecCtx->extradata_size);

    Before calling avcodec_open2