rmovie 0.5.0 → 0.5.1

data/ext/rmovie/extconf.rb

@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 require 'mkmf'
 
+# hack to prebuild local quadrupel 
+system "ruby ./pre-setup.rb"
+
 dir_config("ffmpeg")
-#dir_config("quadrupel")
+dir_config("quadrupel", "quadrupel", 'quadrupel')
 
 def fail(err)
       printf(" extconf failed: %s\n", err)
@@ -18,13 +21,13 @@ unless have_library('avformat', 'av_register_all')
       fail('need avformat library')
 end
 
-#unless have_library('quadrupel', 'quadrupel_init')
-#      fail('need quadrupel library')
-#end
+unless have_library('quadrupel', 'quadrupel_init')
+      fail('need quadrupel library')
+end
 
-#unless have_header("qp_util.h")
-#    fail("can't find quadrupel header files")
-#end
+unless have_header("qp_util.h")
+    fail("can't find quadrupel header files")
+end
 
 if with_config("strict") or enable_config("strict")
     $CFLAGS += " -Wall "
@@ -34,10 +37,5 @@ if with_config("debug") or enable_config("debug")
     $CFLAGS += " -g"
 end
 
-# hard code quadrupel stuff for now
-$INCFLAGS << ' ' + '-Iquadrupel'.chomp
-$LDFLAGS << ' ' + '-Lquadrupel/'.chomp
-$LIBS << ' ' + '-lquadrupel'.chomp
-
 create_header "config.h" 
 create_makefile("rmovie")

data/ext/rmovie/quadrupel/ChangeLog

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+ChangeLog for quadrupel (quadrupel.sf.net)
+
+Version 0.2 (11/01/2006)
+New Features:
+    * Support for creaing animated GIFs from movie frames  
+
+Version 0.1
+New Features:
+    * Intial release

data/ext/rmovie/quadrupel/LICENSE

@@ -0,0 +1,339 @@
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data/ext/rmovie/quadrupel/Makefile

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.SUFFIXES:
 .SUFFIXES: .c .o
 
 CC = gcc
@@ -6,11 +5,11 @@ CFLAGS = -g
 ALL_CFLAGS = -fpic $(CFLAGS)
 
 LIBNAME = libquadrupel.a
-HEADERS = qp_movie.h qp_frame.h qp_util.h
-OBJ = qp_movie.o qp_frame.o qp_util.o
+HEADERS = qp_movie.h qp_frame.h qp_util.h qp_animated_gif.h
+OBJ = qp_movie.o qp_frame.o qp_util.o qp_animated_gif.o
 ARFLAGS = -rcs
 
-srcdir= ./
+srcdir = ./
 prefix = ./
 libdir = $(prefix)/lib/
 includedir = $(prefix)/include/

data/ext/rmovie/quadrupel/TODO

@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ TODO:
 * Implement audio in export
 
 * Re-add support for raw video input (it was part of output_example.c but I removed it until I get basic exporting working)
+
+* Add error global and remove fprintf stuff

data/ext/rmovie/quadrupel/qp_animated_gif.c

@@ -0,0 +1,277 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "qp_util.h"
+#include "qp_frame.h"
+#include "qp_animated_gif.h"
+
+
+/*
+ * qp_add_video_stream()
+ */
+static AVStream * qp_add_video_stream(qp_animated_gif_context *qp_animated_gif,
+        int width, int height, int frame_rate, int loop_count)
+{
+    AVFormatContext *oc = qp_animated_gif->fmt_ctx;
+    int codec_id = qp_animated_gif->fmt->video_codec; 
+    AVCodecContext *c = NULL;
+    AVStream *st = NULL;
+
+    st = av_new_stream(oc, 0);
+    if (st == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+#if LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD > 4626
+    if (loop_count < 0) {
+        loop_count = AVFMT_NOOUTPUTLOOP;
+    } else if (loop_count == 0) {
+        loop_count = AVFMT_INFINITEOUTPUTLOOP;
+    } else if (loop_count > QP_ANIMATED_GIF_MAX_LOOP_COUNT) {
+        loop_count = QP_ANIMATED_GIF_MAX_LOOP_COUNT;
+    }
+
+    oc->loop_output = loop_count;
+#endif
+    
+    c = GET_CODEC_PTR(st->codec);
+    c->codec_id = CODEC_ID_RAWVIDEO;
+    c->codec_type = CODEC_TYPE_VIDEO;
+    c->pix_fmt = PIX_FMT_RGB24;
+
+    /* put sample parameters */
+    /* resolution must be a multiple of two */
+    c->width = width;
+    c->height = height;
+
+    /* frames per second */
+#if LIBAVCODEC_BUILD > 4753
+    c->time_base.den = frame_rate;
+    c->time_base.num = 1;
+#else
+    c->frame_rate = frame_rate;
+    c->frame_rate_base = 1;
+#endif
+
+    return st;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * qp_alloc_animated_gif()
+ */
+qp_animated_gif_context* qp_alloc_animated_gif_ctx(qp_malloc_t malloc_func)
+{
+    qp_animated_gif_context *qp_animated_gif = NULL;
+
+    qp_malloc_t malloc_function = malloc_func ? malloc_func : malloc;
+    qp_animated_gif = malloc_function(sizeof(qp_animated_gif_context));
+
+    if (qp_animated_gif == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    qp_animated_gif->fmt = guess_format("gif", NULL, NULL);
+    
+    qp_animated_gif->fmt_ctx = av_alloc_format_context();
+    if (!qp_animated_gif->fmt_ctx) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    qp_animated_gif->fmt_ctx->oformat = qp_animated_gif->fmt;
+    //qp_animated_gif->fmt_ctx->oformat->flags &= AVFMT_RAWPICTURE;
+    qp_animated_gif->codec_ctx = NULL;
+    //qp_animated_gif->video_st = NULL;
+    
+    qp_animated_gif->state = QP_ANIMATED_GIF_STATE_UNOPENED;
+
+    return qp_animated_gif;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * qp_free_animated_gif_ctx
+ */
+int qp_close_animated_gif_ctx(qp_animated_gif_context *qp_animated_gif)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    if (qp_animated_gif->state != QP_ANIMATED_GIF_STATE_OPENED) {
+        // todo: need to return an error message stating that movie 
+        // is not opened
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    // write the trailer, if any 
+    av_write_trailer(qp_animated_gif->fmt_ctx);
+
+    // close video stream 
+    if (qp_animated_gif->video_st) {
+        if (GET_CODEC_PTR(qp_animated_gif->video_st->codec)) {
+            avcodec_close(GET_CODEC_PTR(qp_animated_gif->video_st->codec));
+        }
+        av_free(qp_animated_gif->video_outbuf);
+    }
+
+    // free the streams 
+    for(i = 0; i < qp_animated_gif->fmt_ctx->nb_streams; i++) {
+        av_freep(&qp_animated_gif->fmt_ctx->streams[i]);
+    }
+
+    if (!(qp_animated_gif->fmt->flags & AVFMT_NOFILE)) {
+        // close the output file 
+        url_fclose(&qp_animated_gif->fmt_ctx->pb);
+    }
+
+    if (GET_CODEC_PTR(qp_animated_gif->codec_ctx)) {
+        avcodec_close(GET_CODEC_PTR(qp_animated_gif->codec_ctx));
+    }
+
+    // free the contexts 
+    if (qp_animated_gif->fmt_ctx) {
+        av_free(qp_animated_gif->fmt_ctx);
+    }
+
+    qp_animated_gif->state = QP_ANIMATED_GIF_STATE_CLOSED;
+}
+
+/* 
+ * qp_free_animated_gif_file()
+ */
+void qp_free_animated_gif_ctx(qp_animated_gif_context *qp_animated_gif, 
+        qp_free_t free_func)
+{
+    qp_free_t free_function = free_func ? free_func : free;
+    free_function(qp_animated_gif);
+}
+
+
+/* 
+ * qp_open_animated_gif_file()
+ */
+int qp_open_animated_gif_file(qp_animated_gif_context *qp_animated_gif, 
+        char* filename, int width, int height, int frame_rate, int loop_count)
+{
+    AVCodec *codec = NULL;
+    AVCodecContext *c;
+
+    if (qp_animated_gif->state == QP_ANIMATED_GIF_STATE_OPENED) {
+        // todo: need to return an error message stating that the
+        // animated gif is alread opened
+        return -1;
+    } else if (qp_animated_gif->state == QP_ANIMATED_GIF_STATE_CLOSED) {
+        // todo: need to return an error message stating that the
+        // animated gif is alread opened
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    snprintf(qp_animated_gif->fmt_ctx->filename, 
+            sizeof(qp_animated_gif->fmt_ctx->filename), "%s", filename);
+
+    qp_animated_gif->video_st = NULL;
+    if (qp_animated_gif->fmt->video_codec != CODEC_ID_NONE) {
+        qp_animated_gif->video_st = qp_add_video_stream(
+                qp_animated_gif, width, height, frame_rate, loop_count);
+        if (qp_animated_gif->video_st == NULL) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    } 
+
+    c = GET_CODEC_PTR(qp_animated_gif->video_st->codec);
+
+    /* set the output parameters (must be done even if no parameters). */
+    if (av_set_parameters(qp_animated_gif->fmt_ctx, NULL) < 0) {
+        return -2;
+    }
+
+    /* find the video encoder */
+    codec = avcodec_find_encoder(c->codec_id);
+    if (!codec) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "codec not found\n");
+        return -3;
+    }
+
+    /* open the codec */
+    if (avcodec_open(c, codec) < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "could not open codec\n");
+        return -4;
+    }
+
+    /* allocate output buffer */
+    /* TODO: This should computed based on width / height */
+    qp_animated_gif->video_outbuf_size = 200000;
+    qp_animated_gif->video_outbuf = malloc(qp_animated_gif->video_outbuf_size);
+
+    /* open the output file, if needed */
+    if (!(qp_animated_gif->fmt->flags & AVFMT_NOFILE)) {
+        if (url_fopen(&qp_animated_gif->fmt_ctx->pb, filename,
+		    URL_WRONLY) < 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Could not open '%s'\n", filename);
+            return -5;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* write the stream header, if any */
+    av_write_header(qp_animated_gif->fmt_ctx);
+
+    qp_animated_gif->state = QP_ANIMATED_GIF_STATE_OPENED;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+/* 
+ * qp_add_animated_gif_frame()
+ * add a frame to the animated gif.
+ */
+int qp_add_animated_gif_frame(qp_animated_gif_context *qp_animated_gif, qp_frame_context *frame)
+{
+    int out_size;
+    AVCodecContext *c;
+    
+    if (qp_animated_gif->state != QP_ANIMATED_GIF_STATE_OPENED) {
+        // todo: need to return an error message stating that movie 
+        // is not opened
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    c = GET_CODEC_PTR(qp_animated_gif->video_st->codec);
+
+    if (frame->width != c->width || frame->height != c->height) {
+        qp_resample_frame(frame, c->width, c->height, 0,0,0,0);
+    }
+ 
+    /* convert frame to the RGB24 if needed */
+    qp_convert_frame(frame, PIX_FMT_RGB24);
+   
+    /* encode the image */
+    out_size = avcodec_encode_video(c, qp_animated_gif->video_outbuf, 
+            qp_animated_gif->video_outbuf_size, frame->av_frame);
+
+    /* if zero size, it means the image was buffered */
+    if (out_size != 0) {
+        AVPacket pkt;
+        av_init_packet(&pkt);
+
+        pkt.pts= c->coded_frame->pts;
+        if(c->coded_frame->key_frame)
+            pkt.flags |= PKT_FLAG_KEY;
+        pkt.stream_index= qp_animated_gif->video_st->index;
+        pkt.data= qp_animated_gif->video_outbuf;
+        pkt.size= out_size;
+
+        /* write the compressed frame in the media file */
+        if (av_write_frame(qp_animated_gif->fmt_ctx, &pkt) != 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Error while writing video frame\n");
+            return -2;
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Local variables:
+ * tab-width: 4
+ * c-basic-offset: 4
+ * End:
+ * vim600: noet sw=4 ts=4
+ * vim<600: noet sw=4 ts=4
+ */