Example usage of X264. We create a raw YUV pattern and encode it with x264.

main.cpp

#include <stdio.h>
#include <core/BitStream.h>
#include <core/VideoEncoder.h>
#include <core/TestPattern.h>
#include <flv/FLVReader.h>

#define TEST_FLV_READER 0

int main() {

#if TEST_FLV_READER
  BitStream bs;
  bs.loadFile("./barsandtone.flv");

  FLVReader flv(bs);
  flv.parse();
#endif

  VideoSettings vs;
  vs.width = 320;
  vs.height = 240;
  vs.fps = 20;

  VideoEncoder ve;
  if(!ve.setup(vs)) {
    printf("error: cannot setup the VideoEncoder");
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }

  if(!ve.initialize()) {
    printf("error: cannot intialize the VideoEncoder");
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }

  std::vector<uint8_t> test_frame;
  TestPattern tp;

  tp.openFile("test_frames/raw.yuv");
  tp.setup(vs.width, vs.height, 24);

  FLVTag flv_tag;
  AVPacket pkt;
  pkt.allocate(vs.width * vs.height + (vs.width * vs.height / 4) * 2);


  ve.openFile("test_frames/raw.h264");
  for(int i = 0; i < 240; ++i) {
    tp.generateFrame(pkt.data);
    tp.writeFrameToFile(pkt.data);
    ve.encodePacket(&pkt, flv_tag);
    ve.writeTagToFile(flv_tag);
  }
  ve.closeFile();

  return 1;
}

TestPattern.cpp

#include <cmath>
#include <assert.h>
#include <core/TestPattern.h>


TestPattern::TestPattern() 
  :w(0)
  ,h(0)
  ,frame_num(0)
  ,duration(0)
{
}

TestPattern::~TestPattern() {

  if(ofs.is_open()) {
    ofs.close();
  }

}

bool TestPattern::setup(int width, int height, int framespersec) {
  assert(width > 0);
  assert(height > 0);
  assert(framespersec > 0);
  w = width;
  h = height;
  fps = framespersec;
  return true;
}

void TestPattern::generateFrame(std::vector<uint8_t>& result) {
  int y_bytes = w * h;
  int uv_bytes = w * h / 4;
  result.assign( y_bytes + uv_bytes + uv_bytes, 0x00 );

  // Y channel
  int POT = 3;
  for(int i = 0; i < w; ++i) {
    for(int j = 0; j < h; ++j) {
      int dx = j * w + i;
      result[dx] = (((i ^ j) >> POT) & 1) - 1; // checkerbord
    }
  }

  // U channel
  duration = float(frame_num)/fps;
  float t = 0.5 + 0.5 * sin(duration * 6.2831);
  int offset = y_bytes;
  for(int i = 0; i < uv_bytes; ++i) {
    int dx = offset + i;
    result[dx] = t * 0xFF;
  }

  // V channel
  offset = y_bytes + uv_bytes;
  for(int i = 0; i < uv_bytes; ++i) {
    int dx = offset + i;
    result[dx] = (1.0 - t) * 0xFF;
  }

  ++frame_num;
}

bool TestPattern::openFile(std::string path) {
  ofs.open(path.c_str(), std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
  if(!ofs.is_open()) {
    printf("error: cannot open: %s\n", path.c_str());
    return false;
  }
  return true;
}

bool TestPattern::writeFrameToFile(std::vector<uint8_t>& result) {

  if(!ofs.is_open()) {
    printf("error: the file is not opened! call openFile first.\n");
    return false;
  }

  ofs.write((char*)&result.front(), result.size());
  return true;

}

TestPattern.h

/*

  # Test Pattern

  Generates a test YUV/I420p pattern

  When you call `openFile()` and `writeFrameToFile()` you can use avconv to 
  convert the raw yuv file into a video using:

  ````sh
  ./avconv -f rawvideo  -s 320x240 -i raw.yuv -r 10 -vcodec h264 out.mov
  ````

 */
#ifndef ROXLU_TEST_PATTERN_H
#define ROXLU_TEST_PATTERN_H

#include <inttypes.h>
#include <vector>
#include <fstream>

class TestPattern {

 public:
  TestPattern();
  ~TestPattern();

  bool setup(int width, int height, int fps);
  bool openFile(std::string file);
  void generateFrame(std::vector<uint8_t>& result);
  bool writeFrameToFile(std::vector<uint8_t>& result);

 private:
  int w;
  int h;
  int fps;
  unsigned long frame_num;
  std::ofstream ofs;
  float duration;
};

#endif

VideoEncoder.cpp

#include <assert.h>
#include <core/VideoEncoder.h>
#include <core/Debug.h>

VideoEncoder::VideoEncoder() 
  :encoder(NULL)
  ,vflip(true)
  ,frame_num(0)
{
}

VideoEncoder::~VideoEncoder() {
  if(ofs.is_open()) {
    closeFile();
  }
}

// @todo check if width / height are valid (multiples of 16 I believe)
bool VideoEncoder::setup(VideoSettings s) {
  assert(s.width > 0);
  assert(s.height > 0);
  assert(s.fps > 0);

  settings = s;

  return true;
}

bool VideoEncoder::initialize() {
  assert(settings.width);
  assert(settings.height);

  if(!initializeX264()) {
    return false;
  }

  if(!initializePic()) {
    return false;
  }

  return true;
}

bool VideoEncoder::initializeX264() {
  assert(settings.width > 0);
  assert(settings.height > 0);
  assert(settings.fps > 0);

  int r = 0;
  x264_param_t* p = &params;
  
  r = x264_param_default_preset(p, "ultrafast", "zerolatency");
  if(r != 0) {
    printf("error: cannot set the default preset on x264.\n");
    return false;
  }

#if !defined(NDEBUG)
  p->i_log_level = X264_LOG_DEBUG;
#endif   

  p->i_threads = 1;
  p->i_width = settings.width;
  p->i_height = settings.height;
  p->i_fps_num = settings.fps;
  p->i_fps_den = 1;
  p->b_annexb = 1;
  p->b_repeat_headers = 1;  // @todo - test this, we might want SPS/PPS before every keyframe! (when we set b_repeat_headers to 0 and convert the raw .h264 to .mov (with avconv) the resulting mov is faulty)
  p->i_keyint_max = settings.fps; // @todo - when writing raw frames to an .h264 file we need this else the video is going to be garbage  

#if 0
  // tmp
  p->rc.i_rc_method = X264_RC_CRF;
  p->rc.f_rf_constant = 25;
  p->rc.f_rf_constant_max = 45;
#endif
  // end 

  r = x264_param_apply_profile(p, "baseline");
  if(r != 0) {
    printf("error: cannot set the baseline profile on x264.\n");
    return false;
  }

  encoder = x264_encoder_open(p);
  if(!encoder) {
    printf("error: cannot create the encoder.\n");
    return false;
  }

  x264_encoder_parameters(encoder,&params);  

  print_x264_params(p);

  return true;
}

bool VideoEncoder::initializePic() {

  unsigned int csp = (vflip) ? X264_CSP_I420 | X264_CSP_VFLIP : X264_CSP_I420;

#if 0  
  int r = x264_picture_alloc(&pic_out, csp, settings.width, settings.height);
  if(r != 0) {
    printf("error: cannot allocate the pic_out.\n");
    return false;
  }
#endif
  
  x264_picture_init(&pic_in);
  pic_in.img.i_csp = csp;
  pic_in.img.i_stride[0] = settings.width;
  pic_in.img.i_stride[1] = settings.width >> 1;
  pic_in.img.i_stride[2] = settings.width >> 1;
  pic_in.img.i_plane = 3;

  return true;
}


bool VideoEncoder::encodePacket(AVPacket* p, FLVTag& tag) {
  assert(p);
  assert(encoder);

  size_t nbytes_y = settings.width * settings.height;
  size_t nbytes_uv = nbytes_y / 4;

  pic_in.img.plane[0] = &p->data.front();
  pic_in.img.plane[1] = &p->data[nbytes_y];
  pic_in.img.plane[2] = &p->data[nbytes_y + nbytes_uv];

  pic_in.i_pts = frame_num;
  frame_num++;

  x264_nal_t* nal = NULL;
  int nals_count = 0;
  int frame_size = x264_encoder_encode(encoder, &nal, &nals_count, &pic_in, &pic_out);
  
  if(frame_size < 0) {
    printf("error: x264_encoder_encode failed.\n");
    return false;
  }

  if(!nal) {
    printf("error: x264_encoder_encode returned no valid nals.\n");
    return false;
  }

  tag.timestamp = p->timestamp;
  tag.data = nal[0].p_payload;
  tag.size = frame_size;

  return true;
}

bool VideoEncoder::openFile(std::string filepath) {

  if(ofs.is_open()) {
    printf("error: cannot open the video encoder output file becuase it's already open.\n");
    return false;
  }
  
  ofs.open(filepath.c_str(), std::ios::binary | std::ios::out);
  if(!ofs.is_open()) {
    printf("error: cannot open the video encoder output file: %s\n", filepath.c_str());
    return false;
  }
  
  return true;
}

bool VideoEncoder::writeTagToFile(FLVTag& tag) {

  if(!ofs.is_open()) {
    printf("error: cannot write the video tag to the encoder output file because the file hasn't been opened yet.\n");
    return false;
  }
  
  ofs.write((char*)tag.data, tag.size);

  return true;
}

bool VideoEncoder::closeFile() {

  if(!ofs.is_open()) {
    printf("error: cannot close the encoder file because it hasn't been opened yet.\n");
    return false;
  }

  ofs.close();

  return true;
}

Hi Roxlu, I'd like to second S4nshinez gratitude, and request that you post the missing files. Regards, David

Hi S4nshinez and amdijefri,
I found those missing files in another of Roxlu's repositories.

This is the link: https://github.com/roxlu/video_streamer/tree/master/projects/streamer/include/streamer/core
And FLVReader.h is in https://github.com/roxlu/video_streamer/tree/master/projects/streamer/include/streamer/flv