ffmpeg Reading Media Reading from a format context
Example
Formats contain one or more encoded and muxed streams. We usually read these in chunks, which are often called frames (though in certain cases, FFmpeg refers exclusively to decoded, raw media chunks as frames, and encoded chunks as packets, which may be confusing). To read a single frame from a format, use the following:
// A Format Context - see other examples on how to create it
AVFormatContext *formatContext;
// Initialize the AVPacket manually
AVPacket avPacket;
av_init_packet(&avPacket); // set fields of avPacket to default.
avPacket.data = NULL;
avPacket.size = 0;
// Read from the context into the packet
if(av_read_frame(formatContext, &avPacket) == 0){
// nothing read
}
// Use the packet (such as decoding it and playing it)
// Free packet
av_packet_unref(&avPacket);
