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[FFmpeg-devel] avdevice/avfoundation: add scaleFactor attribute for avfoundation

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sharpbai Aug. 6, 2017, 11:31 p.m. UTC
From: sharpbai <tian.bai@duobei.com>

feature: add scaleFactor attribute for avfoundation
added by: siyuan.wang@duobei.com
added by: yiren.li@duobei.com
---
 doc/indevs.texi            | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 libavdevice/avfoundation.m |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)

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Thilo Borgmann Aug. 7, 2017, 3:22 p.m. UTC | #1
Am 07.08.17 um 01:31 schrieb sharpbai:
> From: sharpbai <tian.bai@duobei.com>
> 
> feature: add scaleFactor attribute for avfoundation
> added by: siyuan.wang@duobei.com
> added by: yiren.li@duobei.com
> ---
>  doc/indevs.texi            | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  libavdevice/avfoundation.m |  6 ++++++
>  2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/indevs.texi b/doc/indevs.texi
> index 09e3321..1ba71d7 100644
> --- a/doc/indevs.texi
> +++ b/doc/indevs.texi
> @@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ Capture the mouse pointer. Default is 0.
>  @item -capture_mouse_clicks
>  Capture the screen mouse clicks. Default is 0.
>  
> +@item -scale_factor
> +Scale factor for capture the screen. Set this property to scale the buffers
"Scale factor during screen capturing. Set this property to scale the screens by a given factor." 


> +by a given factor. For example capturing a retina screen which resolution 2880x1800 
Trailing whitespace.


> +with a scale_factor of 0.5 (or 0.05) produces video buffers at 1440x900 (or 144x90).
The example part should cover that so this can be removed.


> +This is useful for reducing captured file size and increasing performance 
> +in capturing screen. 
Can also be removed.


> Default is 1.0 (no scaling).
> +
>  @end table
>  
>  @subsection Examples
> @@ -169,6 +176,21 @@ Record video from the system default video device using the pixel format bgr0 an
>  $ ffmpeg -f avfoundation -pixel_format bgr0 -i "default:none" out.avi
>  @end example
>  
> +@item
> +Capture video from the first screen using the pixel format bgr0 and scaling in half size into out.avi.
> +First command use the avfoundation device command to enumerate all the available input devices including
> +screens ready to be captured:
> +@example
> +$ ffmpeg -f avfoundation -list_devices true -i ""
> +@end example
> +Once you've figured out the device index corresponding to the screen to be captured use, run the second
> +command with the correct screen device index to execute screen capture. 
The documentation already covers the block above so this should be removed.


> For example on my mac the index
> +of "Screen Capture 0" is "1", I should replace @code{-i "<screen_device_index>"} with @code{-i "1"} in the second command.
> +@example
> +$ ffmpeg -f avfoundation -pixel_format bgr0 -scale_factor 0.5 -i "<screen_device_index>" out.avi
> +@end example
> +
> +
Remove things like "on my mac" and "I should...".
See the other examples for reference.


>  @end itemize
>  
>  @section bktr
> diff --git a/libavdevice/avfoundation.m b/libavdevice/avfoundation.m
> index e2ddf47..1196cf3 100644
> --- a/libavdevice/avfoundation.m
> +++ b/libavdevice/avfoundation.m
> @@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ typedef struct
>  
>      int             capture_cursor;
>      int             capture_mouse_clicks;
> +    float           scale_factor;
>  
>      int             list_devices;
>      int             video_device_index;
> @@ -735,6 +736,10 @@ static int avf_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
>                  capture_screen_input.minFrameDuration = CMTimeMake(ctx->framerate.den, ctx->framerate.num);
>              }
>  
> +            if (ctx->scale_factor > 0.0) {
> +                capture_screen_input.scaleFactor = ctx->scale_factor;
> +            }
> +
>  #if !TARGET_OS_IPHONE && __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= 1080
>              if (ctx->capture_cursor) {
>                  capture_screen_input.capturesCursor = YES;
> @@ -1025,6 +1030,7 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
>      { "video_size", "set video size", offsetof(AVFContext, width), AV_OPT_TYPE_IMAGE_SIZE, {.str = NULL}, 0, 0, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
>      { "capture_cursor", "capture the screen cursor", offsetof(AVFContext, capture_cursor), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0}, 0, 1, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
>      { "capture_mouse_clicks", "capture the screen mouse clicks", offsetof(AVFContext, capture_mouse_clicks), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0}, 0, 1, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
> +    { "scale_factor", "scale screen factor range", offsetof(AVFContext, scale_factor), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLOAT, {.dbl=1.0}, 0.0, 1.0, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
This is still a value and not a range.


>  
>      { NULL },
>  };
> 

Instead of having the others find your changes, you should comment on any raised questions rather than just adapting your code wherever things are non trivial.

Your patch misses to cover the scale factor in case of a device name string given by the user.

Do you have an idea why only 0.0 < scale_factor <= 1.0 is working correctly?
What happens for scale_factor == 0.0?
Although Apple's reference says it works for scale_factor > 1.0, it should be documented (at least in the code) that it seems not to actually do anything for scale_factor > 1.0.

-Thilo
sharpbai Aug. 18, 2017, 1:44 p.m. UTC | #2
Thank you for your patient. I will follow your direction.

Question 1: Your patch misses to cover the scale factor in case of a
device name string given by the user.

The problem in mac os the screen to be catpured in avfoundation not
have a real name. Only video device in avfoundation has a name. The
screen name "Capture screen [n]" you have seen through "-list_devices"
is given by ffmpeg developer for convinent. So there is a possibility
that someone may build a capture device which name is the same as
"Capture screen 0" which may result in capturing wrong device. So
using "-list_devices" to find out the screen index then assign it
should be the only right way.

Question 2: Although Apple's reference says it works for scale_factor
> 1.0, it should be documented (at least in the code) that it seems
not to actually do anything for scale_factor > 1.0.

This is a tough problem. I spent 5 days to prepare an available test
environment which is almost done yesterday. My test environment covers
the following operating systems:

- Mac OS X 10.7.5
- Mac OS X 10.8.5
- Mac OS X 10.8.5
- Mac OS X 10.10.5
- Mac OS X 10.11.5
- mac OS 10.12.6

I have confirmed that on 10.7 and 10.8 the value of scale_factor can
be larger than 1.0(scale_factor = 10.0 works. scale_factor = 20.0, the
ffmpeg using 2.4GB memory and freezing), the maximum value is unknown
but i think is infinate :)

I have compared the images which scale_factor range from 1.0 to 4.0
captured in 10.8, the images which scale_factor greater than 1.0 are
not clearer than 1.0. They are simply scaled larger.

From 10.9 and later, the value of scale_factor is limited to maximum
1.0. I think Apple had recognized that the value larger than 1.0 is
not useful.

So I think the scale_factor range should be 0.0 to 1.0. The value
greater than 1.0 can be done through ffmpeg scale filter or any other
way.

2017-08-07 23:22 GMT+08:00 Thilo Borgmann <thilo.borgmann@mail.de>:
> Am 07.08.17 um 01:31 schrieb sharpbai:
>> From: sharpbai <tian.bai@duobei.com>
>>
>> feature: add scaleFactor attribute for avfoundation
>> added by: siyuan.wang@duobei.com
>> added by: yiren.li@duobei.com
>> ---
>>  doc/indevs.texi            | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  libavdevice/avfoundation.m |  6 ++++++
>>  2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/doc/indevs.texi b/doc/indevs.texi
>> index 09e3321..1ba71d7 100644
>> --- a/doc/indevs.texi
>> +++ b/doc/indevs.texi
>> @@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ Capture the mouse pointer. Default is 0.
>>  @item -capture_mouse_clicks
>>  Capture the screen mouse clicks. Default is 0.
>>
>> +@item -scale_factor
>> +Scale factor for capture the screen. Set this property to scale the buffers
> "Scale factor during screen capturing. Set this property to scale the screens by a given factor."
>
>
>> +by a given factor. For example capturing a retina screen which resolution 2880x1800
> Trailing whitespace.
>
>
>> +with a scale_factor of 0.5 (or 0.05) produces video buffers at 1440x900 (or 144x90).
> The example part should cover that so this can be removed.
>
>
>> +This is useful for reducing captured file size and increasing performance
>> +in capturing screen.
> Can also be removed.
>
>
>> Default is 1.0 (no scaling).
>> +
>>  @end table
>>
>>  @subsection Examples
>> @@ -169,6 +176,21 @@ Record video from the system default video device using the pixel format bgr0 an
>>  $ ffmpeg -f avfoundation -pixel_format bgr0 -i "default:none" out.avi
>>  @end example
>>
>> +@item
>> +Capture video from the first screen using the pixel format bgr0 and scaling in half size into out.avi.
>> +First command use the avfoundation device command to enumerate all the available input devices including
>> +screens ready to be captured:
>> +@example
>> +$ ffmpeg -f avfoundation -list_devices true -i ""
>> +@end example
>> +Once you've figured out the device index corresponding to the screen to be captured use, run the second
>> +command with the correct screen device index to execute screen capture.
> The documentation already covers the block above so this should be removed.
>
>
>> For example on my mac the index
>> +of "Screen Capture 0" is "1", I should replace @code{-i "<screen_device_index>"} with @code{-i "1"} in the second command.
>> +@example
>> +$ ffmpeg -f avfoundation -pixel_format bgr0 -scale_factor 0.5 -i "<screen_device_index>" out.avi
>> +@end example
>> +
>> +
> Remove things like "on my mac" and "I should...".
> See the other examples for reference.
>
>
>>  @end itemize
>>
>>  @section bktr
>> diff --git a/libavdevice/avfoundation.m b/libavdevice/avfoundation.m
>> index e2ddf47..1196cf3 100644
>> --- a/libavdevice/avfoundation.m
>> +++ b/libavdevice/avfoundation.m
>> @@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ typedef struct
>>
>>      int             capture_cursor;
>>      int             capture_mouse_clicks;
>> +    float           scale_factor;
>>
>>      int             list_devices;
>>      int             video_device_index;
>> @@ -735,6 +736,10 @@ static int avf_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
>>                  capture_screen_input.minFrameDuration = CMTimeMake(ctx->framerate.den, ctx->framerate.num);
>>              }
>>
>> +            if (ctx->scale_factor > 0.0) {
>> +                capture_screen_input.scaleFactor = ctx->scale_factor;
>> +            }
>> +
>>  #if !TARGET_OS_IPHONE && __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= 1080
>>              if (ctx->capture_cursor) {
>>                  capture_screen_input.capturesCursor = YES;
>> @@ -1025,6 +1030,7 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
>>      { "video_size", "set video size", offsetof(AVFContext, width), AV_OPT_TYPE_IMAGE_SIZE, {.str = NULL}, 0, 0, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
>>      { "capture_cursor", "capture the screen cursor", offsetof(AVFContext, capture_cursor), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0}, 0, 1, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
>>      { "capture_mouse_clicks", "capture the screen mouse clicks", offsetof(AVFContext, capture_mouse_clicks), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0}, 0, 1, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
>> +    { "scale_factor", "scale screen factor range", offsetof(AVFContext, scale_factor), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLOAT, {.dbl=1.0}, 0.0, 1.0, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
> This is still a value and not a range.
>
>
>>
>>      { NULL },
>>  };
>>
>
> Instead of having the others find your changes, you should comment on any raised questions rather than just adapting your code wherever things are non trivial.
>
> Your patch misses to cover the scale factor in case of a device name string given by the user.
>
> Do you have an idea why only 0.0 < scale_factor <= 1.0 is working correctly?
> What happens for scale_factor == 0.0?
> Although Apple's reference says it works for scale_factor > 1.0, it should be documented (at least in the code) that it seems not to actually do anything for scale_factor > 1.0.
>
> -Thilo
Thilo Borgmann Aug. 19, 2017, 3:05 p.m. UTC | #3
Hi,

Am 18.08.17 um 15:44 schrieb sharp bai:
> Thank you for your patient. I will follow your direction.
> 
> Question 1: Your patch misses to cover the scale factor in case of a
> device name string given by the user.
> 
> The problem in mac os the screen to be catpured in avfoundation not
> have a real name. Only video device in avfoundation has a name. The
> screen name "Capture screen [n]" you have seen through "-list_devices"
> is given by ffmpeg developer for convinent. So there is a possibility
> that someone may build a capture device which name is the same as
> "Capture screen 0" which may result in capturing wrong device. 

this is obviously why unique indices are there.

> So
> using "-list_devices" to find out the screen index then assign it
> should be the only right way.

This is the only unique and failsafe way. However, we support both ways and if you add functionality it has to continue to work with both existing ways. This is why I want you to add your scale factor handling also to the case of device names used.


> Question 2: Although Apple's reference says it works for scale_factor
>> 1.0, it should be documented (at least in the code) that it seems
> not to actually do anything for scale_factor > 1.0.
> 
> This is a tough problem. I spent 5 days to prepare an available test
> environment which is almost done yesterday. My test environment covers
> the following operating systems:
> 
> - Mac OS X 10.7.5
> - Mac OS X 10.8.5
> - Mac OS X 10.8.5
> - Mac OS X 10.10.5
> - Mac OS X 10.11.5
> - mac OS 10.12.6
> 
> I have confirmed that on 10.7 and 10.8 the value of scale_factor can
> be larger than 1.0(scale_factor = 10.0 works. scale_factor = 20.0, the
> ffmpeg using 2.4GB memory and freezing), the maximum value is unknown
> but i think is infinate :)

Please add this to the documentation and limit the scale_factor range to 0.0 to 1.0.
Add a small note to the documents and a complete short explanation directly in the code.


> I have compared the images which scale_factor range from 1.0 to 4.0
> captured in 10.8, the images which scale_factor greater than 1.0 are
> not clearer than 1.0. They are simply scaled larger.
>
> From 10.9 and later, the value of scale_factor is limited to maximum
> 1.0. I think Apple had recognized that the value larger than 1.0 is
> not useful.

Just for completeness, this has nothing to do with superresolution or similar so the output is never expected to be "more sharp" after upscaling.
Values > 1.0f seem to be a perfectly valid desire like they are for the scale filter...

You still don't answer to my question about scale_factor == 0.0f.
If this technically works correctly, you should add a warning whenever the output image becomes smaller than 1x1 pixels.
If this does not technically work correctly, you have to catch that case and do proper error handling.

-Thilo
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diff --git a/doc/indevs.texi b/doc/indevs.texi
index 09e3321..1ba71d7 100644
--- a/doc/indevs.texi
+++ b/doc/indevs.texi
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@  Capture the mouse pointer. Default is 0.
 @item -capture_mouse_clicks
 Capture the screen mouse clicks. Default is 0.
 
+@item -scale_factor
+Scale factor for capture the screen. Set this property to scale the buffers
+by a given factor. For example capturing a retina screen which resolution 2880x1800 
+with a scale_factor of 0.5 (or 0.05) produces video buffers at 1440x900 (or 144x90).
+This is useful for reducing captured file size and increasing performance 
+in capturing screen. Default is 1.0 (no scaling).
+
 @end table
 
 @subsection Examples
@@ -169,6 +176,21 @@  Record video from the system default video device using the pixel format bgr0 an
 $ ffmpeg -f avfoundation -pixel_format bgr0 -i "default:none" out.avi
 @end example
 
+@item
+Capture video from the first screen using the pixel format bgr0 and scaling in half size into out.avi.
+First command use the avfoundation device command to enumerate all the available input devices including
+screens ready to be captured:
+@example
+$ ffmpeg -f avfoundation -list_devices true -i ""
+@end example
+Once you've figured out the device index corresponding to the screen to be captured use, run the second
+command with the correct screen device index to execute screen capture. For example on my mac the index
+of "Screen Capture 0" is "1", I should replace @code{-i "<screen_device_index>"} with @code{-i "1"} in the second command.
+@example
+$ ffmpeg -f avfoundation -pixel_format bgr0 -scale_factor 0.5 -i "<screen_device_index>" out.avi
+@end example
+
+
 @end itemize
 
 @section bktr
diff --git a/libavdevice/avfoundation.m b/libavdevice/avfoundation.m
index e2ddf47..1196cf3 100644
--- a/libavdevice/avfoundation.m
+++ b/libavdevice/avfoundation.m
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@  typedef struct
 
     int             capture_cursor;
     int             capture_mouse_clicks;
+    float           scale_factor;
 
     int             list_devices;
     int             video_device_index;
@@ -735,6 +736,10 @@  static int avf_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
                 capture_screen_input.minFrameDuration = CMTimeMake(ctx->framerate.den, ctx->framerate.num);
             }
 
+            if (ctx->scale_factor > 0.0) {
+                capture_screen_input.scaleFactor = ctx->scale_factor;
+            }
+
 #if !TARGET_OS_IPHONE && __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= 1080
             if (ctx->capture_cursor) {
                 capture_screen_input.capturesCursor = YES;
@@ -1025,6 +1030,7 @@  static const AVOption options[] = {
     { "video_size", "set video size", offsetof(AVFContext, width), AV_OPT_TYPE_IMAGE_SIZE, {.str = NULL}, 0, 0, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
     { "capture_cursor", "capture the screen cursor", offsetof(AVFContext, capture_cursor), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0}, 0, 1, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
     { "capture_mouse_clicks", "capture the screen mouse clicks", offsetof(AVFContext, capture_mouse_clicks), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0}, 0, 1, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
+    { "scale_factor", "scale screen factor range", offsetof(AVFContext, scale_factor), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLOAT, {.dbl=1.0}, 0.0, 1.0, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM },
 
     { NULL },
 };