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1 // MediaHandler.h: Base class for media handlers
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20 #ifndef GNASH_MEDIAHANDLER_H
21 #define GNASH_MEDIAHANDLER_H
23 #include "MediaParser.h" // for videoCodecType and audioCodecType enums
24 #include "dsodefs.h" // DSOEXPORT
25 #include "VideoConverter.h"
26 #include "GnashFactory.h"
28 #include <vector>
29 #include <memory>
30 #include <map>
31 #include <string>
33 // Forward declarations
34 namespace gnash {
35 class IOChannel;
36 namespace media {
37 class VideoDecoder;
38 class AudioDecoder;
39 class AudioInfo;
40 class VideoInfo;
41 class VideoInput;
42 class AudioInput;
43 class MediaHandler;
47 namespace gnash {
49 /// Gnash %media handling subsystem (libmedia)
51 /// The core Gnash lib will delegate any parsing decoding and encoding
52 /// of %media files to the %media subsystem.
53 ///
54 /// The subsystem's entry point is a MediaHandler instance, which acts
55 /// as a factory for parsers, decoders and encoders.
56 ///
57 /// @todo fix http://wiki.gnashdev.org/wiki/index.php/Libmedia, is obsoleted
58 namespace media {
60 struct DSOEXPORT RegisterAllHandlers
62 RegisterAllHandlers();
65 typedef GnashFactory<MediaHandler, RegisterAllHandlers> MediaFactory;
67 /// The MediaHandler class acts as a factory to provide parser and decoders
68 class DSOEXPORT MediaHandler
70 public:
72 virtual ~MediaHandler() {}
74 /// Return a description of this media handler.
75 virtual std::string description() const = 0;
77 /// Return an appropriate MediaParser for given input
79 /// @param stream
80 /// Input stream, ownership transferred
81 ///
82 /// @return 0 if no parser could be created for the input
83 ///
84 /// NOTE: the default implementation returns an FLVParser for FLV input
85 /// or 0 for others.
86 ///
87 virtual std::auto_ptr<MediaParser>
88 createMediaParser(std::auto_ptr<IOChannel> stream);
90 /// Create a VideoDecoder for decoding what's specified in the VideoInfo
92 /// @param info VideoInfo class with all the info needed to decode
93 /// the image stream correctly.
94 /// @return Will always return a valid VideoDecoder or throw a
95 /// gnash::MediaException if a fatal error occurs.
96 virtual std::auto_ptr<VideoDecoder>
97 createVideoDecoder(const VideoInfo& info)=0;
99 /// Create an AudioDecoder for decoding what's specified in the AudioInfo
101 /// @param info AudioInfo class with all the info needed to decode
102 /// the sound correctly.
103 /// @return Will always return a valid AudioDecoder or throw a
104 /// gnash::MediaException if a fatal error occurs.
105 virtual std::auto_ptr<AudioDecoder>
106 createAudioDecoder(const AudioInfo& info)=0;
108 /// Create an VideoConverter for converting between color spaces.
110 /// @param srcFormat The source image color space
111 /// @param dstFormat The destination image color space
113 /// @return A valid VideoConverter or a NULL auto_ptr if a fatal error
114 /// occurs.
115 virtual std::auto_ptr<VideoConverter>
116 createVideoConverter(ImgBuf::Type4CC srcFormat,
117 ImgBuf::Type4CC dstFormat)=0;
119 /// Return a VideoInput
121 /// This is always owned by the MediaHandler, but will remain alive
122 /// as long as it is referenced by a Camera object.
124 /// @param index The index of the VideoInput to return.
125 /// @return A Video Input corresponding to the specified index
126 /// or null if it is not available.
127 virtual VideoInput* getVideoInput(size_t index) = 0;
129 virtual AudioInput* getAudioInput(size_t index) = 0;
131 /// Return a list of available cameras.
133 /// This is re-generated every time the function is called.
134 virtual void cameraNames(std::vector<std::string>& names) const = 0;
136 /// Return the number of bytes padding needed for input buffers
138 /// Bitstream readers are optimized to read several bytes at a time,
139 /// and this should be used to allocate a large enough input buffer.
140 virtual size_t getInputPaddingSize() const { return 0; }
142 protected:
144 /// Base constructor
146 /// This is an abstract base class, so not instantiable anyway.
147 MediaHandler() {}
149 /// Create an AudioDecoder for CODEC_TYPE_FLASH codecs
151 /// This method is attempted as a fallback in case
152 /// a mediahandler-specific audio decoder couldn't be created
153 /// for a CODEC_TYPE_FLASH codec.
154 ///
155 /// @throws a MediaException if it can't create a decoder
157 /// @param info
158 /// Informations about the audio. It is *required*
159 /// for info.type to be media::CODEC_TYPE_FLASH (caller should check
160 /// that before calling this).
162 std::auto_ptr<AudioDecoder> createFlashAudioDecoder(const AudioInfo& info);
164 /// Return true if input stream is an FLV
166 /// If this cannot read the necessary 3 bytes, it throws an IOException.
167 bool isFLV(IOChannel& stream) throw (IOException);
172 } // gnash.media namespace
173 } // namespace gnash
175 #endif