VideoTexture: new VideoTexture.ImageFFmpeg to load and reload images.

The FFmpeg library allows to load image files. Although it is possible
to load images using the VideoFFmpeg class, it is not very efficient.
The new class VideoTexture.ImageFFmpeg is dedicated to image management.

Constructor:
-----------
VideoTexture.ImageFFmpeg('image_file_name')
  Opens the file but does not load the texture yet.
  The file name can also be a network address. It can also be a video
  file name; in that case only the first image is loaded.

Methods:
-------
refresh(True)
  Loads the image to texture. 
  You just need to call it once, the file is automatically closed after
  that and calling refresh() again will have no effect.

reload('new_file_name')
  Reloads the image (if new_file_name is omitted) or loads a new image.
  The file is opened but the texture is not updated yet, you need
  to call refresh() once to load the texture.

Attributes:
----------
status
  returns the image status:
    2 : file opened, texture not loaded
    3 : file closed, texture loaded

image
  returns the image data as a string of RGBA pixel

size
  returns the image size [x,y]

scale
  get/set the scale flag. 
  If the scale flag is False, the image is rescale to texture format
  using gluScaleImage() function, slow but good quality.
  If the scale flag is True, the image is rescaled using a fast but
  less accurate algorithm.

flip
  get/set Y-flip flag.
  Set to True by default as FFmpeg always provides the image upside down

filter
  get/set filter(s) on the image.

Example:

source/gameengine/VideoTexture/VideoFFmpeg.cpp

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ m_codec(NULL), m_formatCtx(NULL), m_codecCtx(NULL),
 m_frame(NULL), m_frameDeinterlaced(NULL), m_frameRGB(NULL), m_imgConvertCtx(NULL),
 m_deinterlace(false), m_preseek(0),	m_videoStream(-1), m_baseFrameRate(25.0),
 m_lastFrame(-1),  m_curPosition(-1), m_startTime(0), 
-m_captWidth(0), m_captHeight(0), m_captRate(0.f)
+m_captWidth(0), m_captHeight(0), m_captRate(0.f), m_isImage(false)
 {
 	// set video format
 	m_format = RGB24;
@@ -77,49 +77,48 @@ bool VideoFFmpeg::release()
 	if (m_codecCtx)
 	{
 		avcodec_close(m_codecCtx);
+		m_codecCtx = NULL;
 	}
 	if (m_formatCtx)
 	{
 		av_close_input_file(m_formatCtx);
+		m_formatCtx = NULL;
 	}
 	if (m_frame)
 	{
 		av_free(m_frame);
+		m_frame = NULL;
 	}
 	if (m_frameDeinterlaced)
 	{
 		MEM_freeN(m_frameDeinterlaced->data[0]);
 		av_free(m_frameDeinterlaced);
+		m_frameDeinterlaced = NULL;
 	}
 	if (m_frameRGB)
 	{
 		MEM_freeN(m_frameRGB->data[0]);
 		av_free(m_frameRGB);
+		m_frameRGB = NULL;
 	}
 	if (m_imgConvertCtx)
 	{
 		sws_freeContext(m_imgConvertCtx);
+		m_imgConvertCtx = NULL;
 	}
-
 	m_codec = NULL;
-	m_codecCtx = NULL;
-	m_formatCtx = NULL;
-	m_frame = NULL;
-	m_frame = NULL;
-	m_frameRGB = NULL;
-	m_imgConvertCtx = NULL;
-
-	// object will be deleted after that
+	m_status = SourceStopped;
 	return true;
 }
 
 
 // set initial parameters
-void VideoFFmpeg::initParams (short width, short height, float rate)
+void VideoFFmpeg::initParams (short width, short height, float rate, bool image)
 {
 	m_captWidth = width;
 	m_captHeight = height;
 	m_captRate = rate;
+	m_isImage = image;
 }
 
 int VideoFFmpeg::openStream(const char *filename, AVInputFormat *inputFormat, AVFormatParameters *formatParams)
@@ -266,6 +265,18 @@ void VideoFFmpeg::openFile (char * filename)
 		// for streaming it is important to do non blocking read
 		m_formatCtx->flags |= AVFMT_FLAG_NONBLOCK;
 	}
+
+	if (m_isImage) 
+	{
+		// the file is to be treated as an image, i.e. load the first frame only
+		m_isFile = false;
+		// in case of reload, the filename is taken from m_imageName, no need to change it
+		if (m_imageName.Ptr() != filename)
+			m_imageName = filename;
+		m_preseek = 0;
+		play();
+	}
+
 }
 
 
@@ -348,7 +359,6 @@ void VideoFFmpeg::openCam (char * file, short camIdx)
 	VideoBase::openCam(file, camIdx);
 }
 
-
 // play video
 bool VideoFFmpeg::play (void)
 {
@@ -450,6 +460,13 @@ void VideoFFmpeg::loadFrame (void)
 				init(short(m_codecCtx->width), short(m_codecCtx->height));
 				// process image
 				process((BYTE*)(frame->data[0]));
+				// in case it is an image, automatically stop reading it
+				if (m_isImage)
+				{
+					m_status = SourceStopped;
+					// close the file as we don't need it anymore
+					release();
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -751,7 +768,123 @@ PyTypeObject VideoFFmpegType =
 	Image_allocNew,           /* tp_new */
 };
 
+// object initialization
+static int ImageFFmpeg_init (PyObject * pySelf, PyObject * args, PyObject * kwds)
+{
+	PyImage * self = reinterpret_cast<PyImage*>(pySelf);
+	// parameters - video source
+	// file name or format type for capture (only for Linux: video4linux or dv1394)
+	char * file = NULL;
 
+	// get parameters
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &file))
+		return -1; 
+
+	try
+	{
+		// create video object
+		Video_init<VideoFFmpeg>(self);
+
+		getVideoFFmpeg(self)->initParams(0, 0, 1.0, true);
+
+		// open video source
+		Video_open(getVideo(self), file, -1);
+	}
+	catch (Exception & exp)
+	{
+		exp.report();
+		return -1;
+	}
+	// initialization succeded
+	return 0;
+}
+
+PyObject * Image_reload (PyImage * self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	char * newname = NULL;
+
+	if (self->m_image != NULL && PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|s", &newname))
+	{
+		VideoFFmpeg* video = getFFmpeg(self);
+		// check type of object
+		if (!newname)
+			newname = video->getImageName();
+		if (!newname) {
+			// if not set, retport error
+			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "No image file name given");
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		// make sure the previous file is cleared
+		video->release();
+		// open the new file
+		video->openFile(newname);
+	}
+	Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+// methods structure
+static PyMethodDef imageMethods[] =
+{ // methods from VideoBase class
+	{"refresh", (PyCFunction)Video_refresh, METH_NOARGS, "Refresh image, i.e. load it"},
+	{"reload", (PyCFunction)Image_reload, METH_VARARGS, "Reload image, i.e. reopen it"},
+	{NULL}
+};
+// attributes structure
+static PyGetSetDef imageGetSets[] =
+{ // methods from VideoBase class
+	{(char*)"status", (getter)Video_getStatus, NULL, (char*)"video status", NULL},
+	// attributes from ImageBase class
+	{(char*)"image", (getter)Image_getImage, NULL, (char*)"image data", NULL},
+	{(char*)"size", (getter)Image_getSize, NULL, (char*)"image size", NULL},
+	{(char*)"scale", (getter)Image_getScale, (setter)Image_setScale, (char*)"fast scale of image (near neighbour)", NULL},
+	{(char*)"flip", (getter)Image_getFlip, (setter)Image_setFlip, (char*)"flip image vertically", NULL},
+	{(char*)"filter", (getter)Image_getFilter, (setter)Image_setFilter, (char*)"pixel filter", NULL},
+	{NULL}
+};
+
+// python type declaration
+PyTypeObject ImageFFmpegType =
+{ 
+	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
+	0,                         /*ob_size*/
+	"VideoTexture.ImageFFmpeg",   /*tp_name*/
+	sizeof(PyImage),          /*tp_basicsize*/
+	0,                         /*tp_itemsize*/
+	(destructor)Image_dealloc, /*tp_dealloc*/
+	0,                         /*tp_print*/
+	0,                         /*tp_getattr*/
+	0,                         /*tp_setattr*/
+	0,                         /*tp_compare*/
+	0,                         /*tp_repr*/
+	0,                         /*tp_as_number*/
+	0,                         /*tp_as_sequence*/
+	0,                         /*tp_as_mapping*/
+	0,                         /*tp_hash */
+	0,                         /*tp_call*/
+	0,                         /*tp_str*/
+	0,                         /*tp_getattro*/
+	0,                         /*tp_setattro*/
+	0,                         /*tp_as_buffer*/
+	Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,        /*tp_flags*/
+	"FFmpeg image source",       /* tp_doc */
+	0,		               /* tp_traverse */
+	0,		               /* tp_clear */
+	0,		               /* tp_richcompare */
+	0,		               /* tp_weaklistoffset */
+	0,		               /* tp_iter */
+	0,		               /* tp_iternext */
+	imageMethods,    /* tp_methods */
+	0,                   /* tp_members */
+	imageGetSets,          /* tp_getset */
+	0,                         /* tp_base */
+	0,                         /* tp_dict */
+	0,                         /* tp_descr_get */
+	0,                         /* tp_descr_set */
+	0,                         /* tp_dictoffset */
+	(initproc)ImageFFmpeg_init,     /* tp_init */
+	0,                         /* tp_alloc */
+	Image_allocNew,           /* tp_new */
+};
 
 #endif	//WITH_FFMPEG
 

source/gameengine/VideoTexture/VideoFFmpeg.h

@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ public:
 	virtual ~VideoFFmpeg ();
 
 	/// set initial parameters
-	void initParams (short width, short height, float rate);
-	/// open video file
+	void initParams (short width, short height, float rate, bool image=false);
+	/// open video/image file
 	virtual void openFile (char * file);
 	/// open video capture device
 	virtual void openCam (char * driver, short camIdx);
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public:
 	void setPreseek(int preseek) { if (preseek >= 0) m_preseek = preseek; }
 	bool getDeinterlace(void) { return m_deinterlace; }
 	void setDeinterlace(bool deinterlace) { m_deinterlace = deinterlace; }
+	char *getImageName(void) { return (m_isImage) ? m_imageName.Ptr() : NULL; }
 
 protected:
 
@@ -131,6 +132,12 @@ protected:
 	/// frame rate of capture in frames per seconds
 	float m_captRate;
 
+	/// is file an image?
+	bool m_isImage;
+
+	/// keep last image name
+	STR_String m_imageName;
+
 	/// image calculation
 	virtual void calcImage (unsigned int texId);
 

source/gameengine/VideoTexture/blendVideoTex.cpp

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ static PyMethodDef moduleMethods[] =
 
 #if WITH_FFMPEG
 extern PyTypeObject VideoFFmpegType;
+extern PyTypeObject ImageFFmpegType;
 #endif
 extern PyTypeObject FilterBlueScreenType;
 extern PyTypeObject FilterGrayType;
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ static void registerAllTypes(void)
 {
 #if WITH_FFMPEG
 	pyImageTypes.add(&VideoFFmpegType, "VideoFFmpeg");
+	pyImageTypes.add(&ImageFFmpegType, "ImageFFmpeg");
 #endif
 	pyImageTypes.add(&ImageBuffType, "ImageBuff");
 	pyImageTypes.add(&ImageMixType, "ImageMix");