In addition to the flv file format, this allows the ability to save to
container formats such as mp4, ts, mkv, and any other containers that
support the current codecs being used.
It pipes the encoded data to the ffmpeg-mux process, which then safely
muxes the file from the encoded data. If the main program unexpectedly
terminates, the ffmpeg-mux piped program will safely close the file and
write trailer data, preventing file corruption.
This makes FFmpeg usable as an output, and removes or changes most of
the code that was originally intended for testing purposes.
Changes the settings for the FFmpeg output to the following:
* url: Sets the output URL or file path
* video_bitrate: Sets the video bitrate
* audio_bitrate: Sets the audio bitrate
* video_encoder: Sets the video encoder (by name, blank for default)
* audio_encoder: Sets the audio encoder (by name, blank for default)
* video_settings: Sets custom video encoder FFmpeg settings
* audio_settings: Sets custom audio encoder FFmpeg settings
* scale_width: Image scale width (0 if none)
* scale_height: Image scale height (0 if none)
The reason why scale_width and scale_height are provided is because it
may internally convert formats, and it may be a bit more optimal to use
that scaler instead of the pre-output scaler just in case it already has
to convert formats internally anyway (though you can do it either way
you wish).
Video format handling has also changed; it will now attempt to use the
closest format to the current format if available for a given video
codec.
The API used to be designed in such a way to where it would expect
exports for each individual source/output/encoder/etc. You would export
functions for each and it would automatically load those functions based
on a specific naming scheme from the module.
The idea behind this was that I wanted to limit the usage of structures
in the API so only functions could be used. It was an interesting idea
in theory, but this idea turned out to be flawed in a number of ways:
1.) Requiring exports to create sources/outputs/encoders/etc meant that
you could not create them by any other means, which meant that
things like faruton's .net plugin would become difficult.
2.) Export function declarations could not be checked, therefore if you
created a function with the wrong parameters and parameter types,
the compiler wouldn't know how to check for that.
3.) Required overly complex load functions in libobs just to handle it.
It makes much more sense to just have a load function that you call
manually. Complexity is the bane of all good programs.
4.) It required that you have functions of specific names, which looked
and felt somewhat unsightly.
So, to fix these issues, I replaced it with a more commonly used API
scheme, seen commonly in places like kernels and typical C libraries
with abstraction. You simply create a structure that contains the
callback definitions, and you pass it to a function to register that
definition (such as obs_register_source), which you call in the
obs_module_load of the module.
It will also automatically check the structure size and ensure that it
only loads the required values if the structure happened to add new
values in an API change.
The "main" source file for each module must include obs-module.h, and
must use OBS_DECLARE_MODULE() within that source file.
Also, started writing some doxygen documentation in to the main library
headers. Will add more detailed documentation as I go.
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John Bradley
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