A simpler ffplay based on FFmpeg4 and SDL2, aimed to be a better example for learning media player than "How to Write a Video Player in Less Than 1000 Lines" and pockethook/player, etc.
Problems in other player example:
ffplay.c: understanding the code for video-audio synchronizing is quite hard. Commandline option parsing, avfilter and subtitle makes it more difficult to read.- Some simpler example can only play video stream.
- Some example use out-of-date FFmpeg API. The FFmpeg API is changing fast and many of them were deprecated.
leichn/ffplayeris a good example for beginner. But it still has some bugs:- It can't quit normally.
- Pause doesn't work well.
- AVPacketList is a deprecated structure.
- Seek is not supported.
simpleFFplay is an improved version of the leichn/ffplayer. They are all based on ffplay.c from FFmpeg.
Required FFmpeg version is 4.4.2, and required SDL2 version is 2.0.20. Test system is Ubuntu 22.04. Other environments may work but I haven't test them.
pause/unpause: SPACE>> 10s | << 10s | >>> 60s | <<< 60s: LEFT | RIGHT | UP | DOWNquit: ESC
Some very useful materials (not too old) are recommended here:
GPLv3 (Inherited from FFmpeg).