Packets

class av.packet.Packet(input=None)

Bases: Buffer

A packet of encoded data within a Stream.

This may, or may not include a complete object within a stream. decode() must be called to extract encoded data.

decode()

Send the packet’s data to the decoder and return a list of AudioFrame, VideoFrame or SubtitleSet.

dts

The decoding timestamp in time_base units for this packet.

Type:

int

duration

The duration in time_base units for this packet.

Returns None if it is not known.

Type:

int

is_corrupt

is_discard

is_disposable

is_keyframe

is_trusted

pos

The byte position of this packet within the Stream.

Returns None if it is not known.

Type:

int

pts

The presentation timestamp in time_base units for this packet.

This is the time at which the packet should be shown to the user.

Type:

int

size

The size in bytes of this packet’s data.

Type:

int

stream

The Stream this packet was demuxed from.

stream_index

time_base

The unit of time (in fractional seconds) in which timestamps are expressed.

Type:

fractions.Fraction