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2 * vlc_stream.h: Stream (between access and demux) descriptor and methods
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7 * Authors: Laurent Aimar <fenrir@via.ecp.fr>
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24 #ifndef VLC_STREAM_H
25 #define VLC_STREAM_H 1
27 #include <vlc_block.h>
29 # ifdef __cplusplus
30 extern "C" {
31 # endif
33 /**
34 * \defgroup stream Stream
35 * \ingroup input
36 * Buffered input byte streams
37 * @{
38 * \file
39 * Byte streams and byte stream filter modules interface
42 /**
43 * stream_t definition
46 struct stream_t
48 struct vlc_common_members obj;
50 char *psz_name;
51 char *psz_url; /**< Full URL or MRL (can be NULL) */
52 const char *psz_location; /**< Location (URL with the scheme stripped) */
53 char *psz_filepath; /**< Local file path (if applicable) */
54 bool b_preparsing; /**< True if this access is used to preparse */
56 union {
57 /**
58 * Input stream
60 * Depending on the module capability:
61 * - "stream filter" or "demux": input byte stream (not NULL)
62 * - "access": a NULL pointer
63 * - "demux_filter": undefined
65 stream_t *s;
66 /**
67 * Input demuxer
69 * If the module capability is "demux_filter", this is the upstream
70 * demuxer or demux filter. Otherwise, this is undefined.
72 demux_t *p_next;
75 /* es output */
76 es_out_t *out; /* our p_es_out */
78 /**
79 * Read data.
81 * Callback to read data from the stream into a caller-supplied buffer.
83 * This may be NULL if the stream is actually a directory rather than a
84 * byte stream, or if \ref stream_t.pf_block is non-NULL.
86 * \param buf buffer to read data into
87 * \param len buffer length (in bytes)
89 * \retval -1 no data available yet
90 * \retval 0 end of stream (incl. fatal error)
91 * \retval positive number of bytes read (no more than len)
93 ssize_t (*pf_read)(stream_t *, void *buf, size_t len);
95 /**
96 * Read data block.
98 * Callback to read a block of data. The data is read into a block of
99 * memory allocated by the stream. For some streams, data can be read more
100 * efficiently in block of a certain size, and/or using a custom allocator
101 * for buffers. In such case, this callback should be provided instead of
102 * \ref stream_t.pf_read; otherwise, this should be NULL.
104 * \param eof storage space for end-of-stream flag [OUT]
105 * (*eof is always false when invoking pf_block(); pf_block() should set
106 * *eof to true if it detects the end of the stream)
108 * \return a data block,
109 * NULL if no data available yet, on error and at end-of-stream
111 block_t *(*pf_block)(stream_t *, bool *eof);
114 * Read directory.
116 * Callback to fill an item node from a directory
117 * (see doc/browsing.txt for details).
119 * NULL if the stream is not a directory.
121 int (*pf_readdir)(stream_t *, input_item_node_t *);
123 int (*pf_demux)(stream_t *);
126 * Seek.
128 * Callback to set the stream pointer (in bytes from start).
130 * May be NULL if seeking is not supported.
132 int (*pf_seek)(stream_t *, uint64_t);
135 * Stream control.
137 * Cannot be NULL.
139 * \see stream_query_e
141 int (*pf_control)(stream_t *, int i_query, va_list);
144 * Private data pointer
146 void *p_sys;
148 /* Weak link to parent input */
149 input_thread_t *p_input;
153 * Possible commands to send to vlc_stream_Control() and vlc_stream_vaControl()
155 enum stream_query_e
157 /* capabilities */
158 STREAM_CAN_SEEK, /**< arg1= bool * res=cannot fail*/
159 STREAM_CAN_FASTSEEK, /**< arg1= bool * res=cannot fail*/
160 STREAM_CAN_PAUSE, /**< arg1= bool * res=cannot fail*/
161 STREAM_CAN_CONTROL_PACE, /**< arg1= bool * res=cannot fail*/
162 /* */
163 STREAM_GET_SIZE=6, /**< arg1= uint64_t * res=can fail */
165 /* */
166 STREAM_GET_PTS_DELAY = 0x101,/**< arg1= vlc_tick_t* res=cannot fail */
167 STREAM_GET_TITLE_INFO, /**< arg1=input_title_t*** arg2=int* res=can fail */
168 STREAM_GET_TITLE, /**< arg1=unsigned * res=can fail */
169 STREAM_GET_SEEKPOINT, /**< arg1=unsigned * res=can fail */
170 STREAM_GET_META, /**< arg1= vlc_meta_t * res=can fail */
171 STREAM_GET_CONTENT_TYPE, /**< arg1= char ** res=can fail */
172 STREAM_GET_SIGNAL, /**< arg1=double *pf_quality, arg2=double *pf_strength res=can fail */
173 STREAM_GET_TAGS, /**< arg1=const block_t ** res=can fail */
175 STREAM_SET_PAUSE_STATE = 0x200, /**< arg1= bool res=can fail */
176 STREAM_SET_TITLE, /**< arg1= int res=can fail */
177 STREAM_SET_SEEKPOINT, /**< arg1= int res=can fail */
179 /* XXX only data read through vlc_stream_Read/Block will be recorded */
180 STREAM_SET_RECORD_STATE, /**< arg1=bool, arg2=const char *psz_ext (if arg1 is true) res=can fail */
182 STREAM_SET_PRIVATE_ID_STATE = 0x1000, /* arg1= int i_private_data, bool b_selected res=can fail */
183 STREAM_SET_PRIVATE_ID_CA, /* arg1= void * */
184 STREAM_GET_PRIVATE_ID_STATE, /* arg1=int i_private_data arg2=bool * res=can fail */
188 * Reads data from a byte stream.
190 * This function always waits for the requested number of bytes, unless a fatal
191 * error is encountered or the end-of-stream is reached first.
193 * If the buffer is NULL, data is skipped instead of read. This is effectively
194 * a relative forward seek, but it works even on non-seekable streams.
196 * \param buf start of buffer to read data into [OUT]
197 * \param len number of bytes to read
198 * \return the number of bytes read or a negative value on error.
200 VLC_API ssize_t vlc_stream_Read(stream_t *, void *buf, size_t len) VLC_USED;
203 * Reads partial data from a byte stream.
205 * This function waits until some data is available for reading from the
206 * stream, a fatal error is encountered or the end-of-stream is reached.
208 * Unlike vlc_stream_Read(), this function does not wait for the full requested
209 * bytes count. It can return a short count even before the end of the stream
210 * and in the absence of any error.
212 * \param buf start of buffer to read data into [OUT]
213 * \param len buffer size (maximum number of bytes to read)
214 * \return the number of bytes read or a negative value on error.
216 VLC_API ssize_t vlc_stream_ReadPartial(stream_t *, void *buf, size_t len)
217 VLC_USED;
220 * Peeks at data from a byte stream.
222 * This function buffers for the requested number of bytes, waiting if
223 * necessary. Then it stores a pointer to the buffer. Unlike vlc_stream_Read()
224 * or vlc_stream_Block(), this function does not modify the stream read offset.
226 * \note
227 * The buffer remains valid until the next read/peek or seek operation on the
228 * same stream. In case of error, the buffer address is undefined.
230 * \param bufp storage space for the buffer address [OUT]
231 * \param len number of bytes to peek
232 * \return the number of bytes actually available (shorter than requested if
233 * the end-of-stream is reached), or a negative value on error.
235 VLC_API ssize_t vlc_stream_Peek(stream_t *, const uint8_t **, size_t) VLC_USED;
238 * Reads a data block from a byte stream.
240 * This function dequeues the next block of data from the byte stream. The
241 * byte stream back-end decides on the size of the block; the caller cannot
242 * make any assumption about it.
244 * The function might also return NULL spuriously - this does not necessarily
245 * imply that the stream is ended nor that it has encountered a nonrecoverable
246 * error.
248 * This function should be used instead of vlc_stream_Read() or
249 * vlc_stream_Peek() when the caller can handle reads of any size.
251 * \return either a data block or NULL
253 VLC_API block_t *vlc_stream_ReadBlock(stream_t *) VLC_USED;
256 * Tells the current stream position.
258 * This function tells the current read offset (in bytes) from the start of
259 * the start of the stream.
260 * @note The read offset may be larger than the stream size, either because of
261 * a seek past the end, or because the stream shrank asynchronously.
263 * @return the byte offset from the beginning of the stream (cannot fail)
265 VLC_API uint64_t vlc_stream_Tell(const stream_t *) VLC_USED;
268 * Checks for end of stream.
270 * Checks if the last attempt to reads data from the stream encountered the
271 * end of stream before the attempt could be fully satisfied.
272 * The value is initially false, and is reset to false by vlc_stream_Seek().
274 * \note The function can return false even though the current stream position
275 * is equal to the stream size. It will return true after the following attempt
276 * to read more than zero bytes.
278 * \note It might be possible to read after the end of the stream.
279 * It implies the size of the stream increased asynchronously in the mean time.
280 * Streams of most types cannot trigger such a case,
281 * but regular local files notably can.
283 * \note In principles, the stream size should match the stream offset when
284 * the end-of-stream is reached. But that rule is not enforced; it is entirely
285 * dependent on the underlying implementation of the stream.
287 VLC_API bool vlc_stream_Eof(const stream_t *) VLC_USED;
290 * Sets the current stream position.
292 * This function changes the read offset within a stream, if the stream
293 * supports seeking. In case of error, the read offset is not changed.
295 * @note It is possible (but not useful) to seek past the end of a stream.
297 * @param offset byte offset from the beginning of the stream
298 * @return zero on success, a negative value on error
300 VLC_API int vlc_stream_Seek(stream_t *, uint64_t offset) VLC_USED;
302 VLC_API int vlc_stream_vaControl(stream_t *s, int query, va_list args);
304 static inline int vlc_stream_Control(stream_t *s, int query, ...)
306 va_list ap;
307 int ret;
309 va_start(ap, query);
310 ret = vlc_stream_vaControl(s, query, ap);
311 va_end(ap);
312 return ret;
315 VLC_API block_t *vlc_stream_Block(stream_t *s, size_t);
316 VLC_API char *vlc_stream_ReadLine(stream_t *);
319 * Reads a directory.
321 * This function fills an input item node with any and all the items within
322 * a directory. The behaviour is undefined if the stream is not a directory.
324 * \param s directory object to read from
325 * \param node node to store the items into
326 * \return VLC_SUCCESS on success
328 VLC_API int vlc_stream_ReadDir(stream_t *s, input_item_node_t *node);
331 * Closes a byte stream.
332 * \param s byte stream to close
334 VLC_API void vlc_stream_Delete(stream_t *s);
336 VLC_API stream_t *vlc_stream_CommonNew(vlc_object_t *, void (*)(stream_t *));
339 * Get the size of the stream.
341 VLC_USED static inline int vlc_stream_GetSize( stream_t *s, uint64_t *size )
343 return vlc_stream_Control( s, STREAM_GET_SIZE, size );
346 static inline int64_t stream_Size( stream_t *s )
348 uint64_t i_pos;
350 if( vlc_stream_GetSize( s, &i_pos ) )
351 return 0;
352 if( i_pos >> 62 )
353 return (int64_t)1 << 62;
354 return i_pos;
357 VLC_USED
358 static inline bool stream_HasExtension( stream_t *s, const char *extension )
360 const char *name = (s->psz_filepath != NULL) ? s->psz_filepath
361 : s->psz_url;
362 const char *ext = strrchr( name, '.' );
363 return ext != NULL && !strcasecmp( ext, extension );
367 * Get the Content-Type of a stream, or NULL if unknown.
368 * Result must be free()'d.
370 static inline char *stream_ContentType( stream_t *s )
372 char *res;
373 if( vlc_stream_Control( s, STREAM_GET_CONTENT_TYPE, &res ) )
374 return NULL;
375 return res;
379 * Get the mime-type of a stream
381 * \warning the returned resource is to be freed by the caller
382 * \return the mime-type, or `NULL` if unknown
384 VLC_USED
385 static inline char *stream_MimeType( stream_t *s )
387 char* mime_type = stream_ContentType( s );
389 if( mime_type ) /* strip parameters */
390 mime_type[strcspn( mime_type, " ;" )] = '\0';
392 return mime_type;
396 * Checks for a MIME type.
398 * Checks if the stream has a specific MIME type.
400 VLC_USED
401 static inline bool stream_IsMimeType(stream_t *s, const char *type)
403 char *mime = stream_MimeType(s);
404 if (mime == NULL)
405 return false;
407 bool ok = !strcasecmp(mime, type);
408 free(mime);
409 return ok;
413 * Create a stream from a memory buffer.
415 * \param obj parent VLC object
416 * \param base start address of the memory buffer to read from
417 * \param size size in bytes of the memory buffer
418 * \param preserve if false, free(base) will be called when the stream is
419 * destroyed; if true, the memory buffer is preserved
421 VLC_API stream_t *vlc_stream_MemoryNew(vlc_object_t *obj, uint8_t *base,
422 size_t size, bool preserve) VLC_USED;
423 #define vlc_stream_MemoryNew(a, b, c, d) \
424 vlc_stream_MemoryNew(VLC_OBJECT(a), b, c, d)
427 * Create a stream_t reading from a URL.
428 * You must delete it using vlc_stream_Delete.
430 VLC_API stream_t * vlc_stream_NewURL(vlc_object_t *obj, const char *url)
431 VLC_USED;
432 #define vlc_stream_NewURL(a, b) vlc_stream_NewURL(VLC_OBJECT(a), b)
435 * \defgroup stream_fifo FIFO stream
436 * In-memory anonymous pipe
441 * Creates a FIFO stream.
443 * Creates a non-seekable byte stream object whose byte stream is generated
444 * by another thread in the process. This is the LibVLC equivalent of an
445 * anonymous pipe/FIFO.
447 * On the reader side, the normal stream functions are used,
448 * e.g. vlc_stream_Read() and vlc_stream_Delete().
450 * The created stream object is automatically destroyed when both the reader
451 * and the writer sides have been closed, with vlc_stream_Delete() and
452 * vlc_stream_fifo_Close() respectively.
454 * \param parent parent VLC object for the stream
455 * \return a stream object or NULL on memory error.
457 VLC_API stream_t *vlc_stream_fifo_New(vlc_object_t *parent);
460 * Writes a block to a FIFO stream.
462 * \param s FIFO stream created by vlc_stream_fifo_New()
463 * \param block data block to write to the stream
464 * \return 0 on success. -1 if the reader end has already been closed
465 * (errno is then set to EPIPE, and the block is deleted).
467 * \bug No congestion control is performed. If the reader end is not keeping
468 * up with the writer end, buffers will accumulate in memory.
470 VLC_API int vlc_stream_fifo_Queue(stream_t *s, block_t *block);
473 * Writes data to a FIFO stream.
475 * This is a convenience helper for vlc_stream_fifo_Queue().
476 * \param s FIFO stream created by vlc_stream_fifo_New()
477 * \param buf start address of data to write
478 * \param len length of data to write in bytes
479 * \return len on success, or -1 on error (errno is set accordingly)
481 VLC_API ssize_t vlc_stream_fifo_Write(stream_t *s, const void *buf,
482 size_t len);
485 * Terminates a FIFO stream.
487 * Marks the end of the FIFO stream and releases any underlying resources.
488 * \param s FIFO stream created by vlc_stream_fifo_New()
490 VLC_API void vlc_stream_fifo_Close(stream_t *s);
493 * @}
497 * Try to add a stream filter to an open stream.
498 * @return New stream to use, or NULL if the filter could not be added.
500 VLC_API stream_t* vlc_stream_FilterNew( stream_t *p_source, const char *psz_stream_filter );
503 * @}
506 # ifdef __cplusplus
508 # endif
510 #endif