ffmpeg中的时间

一、
首先FFmpeg中存在多个时间基(time_base),对应不同的阶段(结构体)，每个time_base具体的值不一样，ffmpeg提供函数在各个time_base中进行切换。搞清楚各个time_base的来源，对于阅读ffmpeg的代码很重要。
1、AVstream中(libavformat/avformat.h)

  typedef struct AVStream {
    /**
     * This is the fundamental unit of time (in seconds) in terms
     * of which frame timestamps are represented.
     *
     * decoding: set by libavformat
     * encoding: May be set by the caller before avformat_write_header() to
     *           provide a hint to the muxer about the desired timebase. In
     *           avformat_write_header(), the muxer will overwrite this field
     *           with the timebase that will actually be used for the timestamps
     *           written into the file (which may or may not be related to the
     *           user-provided one, depending on the format).
     */
    AVRational time_base;
    、、、
    }

可以看出这里的time_base单位为秒。
那AVStream->time_base具体的值是多少呢？下面以mpegts_demuxer为例：
通过avpriv_set_pts_info(st, 33, 1, 90000)函数，设置AVStream->time_base为1/90000。为什么是90000？因为mpeg的pts、dts都是以90kHz来采样的，所以采样间隔为1/90000秒。
2、AVCodecContext

typedef struct AVCodecContext {
    /**
     * This is the fundamental unit of time (in seconds) in terms
     * of which frame timestamps are represented. For fixed-fps content,
     * timebase should be 1/framerate and timestamp increments should be
     * identically 1.
     * This often, but not always is the inverse of the frame rate or field rate
     * for video. 1/time_base is not the average frame rate if the frame rate is not
     * constant.
     *
     * Like containers, elementary streams also can store timestamps, 1/time_base
     * is the unit in which these timestamps are specified.
     * As example of such codec time base see ISO/IEC 14496-2:2001(E)
     * vop_time_increment_resolution and fixed_vop_rate
     * (fixed_vop_rate == 0 implies that it is different from the framerate)
     *
     * - encoding: MUST be set by user.
     * - decoding: the use of this field for decoding is deprecated.
     *             Use framerate instead.
     */
    AVRational time_base;
}

从上面的信息可以看到，AVCodecContext->time_base单位同样为秒，不过精度没有AVStream->time_base高，大小为1/framerate。

总结：
AVStream->time_base比AVCodecContext->time_base精度要高(数值要小)，比如AVStream->time_base为1/90000，而AVCodecContext->time_base为1/30(假设frame_rate为30)；同样的pts和dts，以AVStream->time_base为单位，数值要比以AVCodecContext->time_base为单位要大。
二、pts、dts
那各个结构下，pts和dts使用哪个time_base来表示呢？
1、AVPacket

typedef struct AVPacket {
    /**
     * Presentation timestamp in AVStream->time_base units; the time at which
     * the decompressed packet will be presented to the user.
     * Can be AV_NOPTS_VALUE if it is not stored in the file.
     * pts MUST be larger or equal to dts as presentation cannot happen before
     * decompression, unless one wants to view hex dumps. Some formats misuse
     * the terms dts and pts/cts to mean something different. Such timestamps
     * must be converted to true pts/dts before they are stored in AVPacket.
     */
    int64_t pts;
    /**
     * Decompression timestamp in AVStream->time_base units; the time at which
     * the packet is decompressed.
     * Can be AV_NOPTS_VALUE if it is not stored in the file.
     */
    int64_t dts;

从上面可以看到，AVPacket下的pts和dts以AVStream->time_base为单位(数值比较大)。这也很容易理解，根据mpeg的协议，压缩后或解压前的数据，pts和dts是90kHz时钟的采样值，时间间隔就是AVStream->time_base。
2、AVFrame

typedef struct AVFrame {
    /**
     * Presentation timestamp in time_base units (time when frame should be shown to user).
     */
    int64_t pts;

    /**
     * PTS copied from the AVPacket that was decoded to produce this frame.
     */
    int64_t pkt_pts;

    /**
     * DTS copied from the AVPacket that triggered returning this frame. (if frame threading isn't used)
     * This is also the Presentation time of this AVFrame calculated from
     * only AVPacket.dts values without pts values.
     */
    int64_t pkt_dts;

注意：
AVFrame里面的pkt_pts和pkt_dts是拷贝自AVPacket，同样以AVStream->time_base为单位；而pts是为输出(显示)准备的，以AVCodecContex->time_base为单位)；
3、InputStream

typedef struct InputStream {
    int file_index;
    AVStream *st;
    AVCodecContext *dec_ctx;
    int64_t       start;     /* time when read started */
    /* predicted dts of the next packet read for this stream or (when there are
     * several frames in a packet) of the next frame in current packet (in AV_TIME_BASE units) */
    int64_t       next_dts;
    int64_t       dts;       ///< dts of the last packet read for this stream (in AV_TIME_BASE units)

    int64_t       next_pts;  ///< synthetic pts for the next decode frame (in AV_TIME_BASE units)
    int64_t       pts;       ///< current pts of the decoded frame  (in AV_TIME_BASE units)

从上面可以看到，InputStream下的pts和dts以AV_TIME_BASE为单位(微秒)，至于为什么要转化为微妙，可能是为了避免使用浮点数。
4、OutputStream

typedef struct OutputStream {
    /* input pts and corresponding output pts
       for A/V sync */
    struct InputStream *sync_ist; /* input stream to sync against */
    int64_t sync_opts;       /* output frame counter, could be changed to some true timestamp */ // FIXME look at frame_number
    /* pts of the first frame encoded for this stream, used for limiting
     * recording time */
    int64_t first_pts;
    /* dts of the last packet sent to the muxer */
    int64_t last_mux_dts;
    // the timebase of the packets sent to the muxer
    AVRational mux_timebase;

OutputStream涉及音视频同步，结构和InputStream不同，暂时只作记录，不分析。
三、各个time_base之间转换
ffmpeg提供av_rescale_q函数用于time_base之间转换，av_rescale_q(a,b,c)作用相当于执行a*b/c，通过设置b,c的值，可以很方便的实现time_base之间转换。
例如：
1、InputStream(AV_TIME_BASE)到AVPacket(AVStream->time_base)

static int decode_video(InputStream *ist, AVPacket *pkt, int *got_output)
{
pkt->dts  = av_rescale_q(ist->dts, AV_TIME_BASE_Q, ist->st->time_base);

2、AVPacket(AVStream->time_base)到InputStream(AV_TIME_BASE)

static int process_input_packet(InputStream *ist, const AVPacket *pkt)
{

    if (pkt->dts != AV_NOPTS_VALUE) {
        ist->next_dts = ist->dts = av_rescale_q(pkt->dts, ist->st->time_base, AV_TIME_BASE_Q);