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RTSP relay using ffmpeg library
23 novembre 2015, par kiran_gI am implementing an RTSP relay using libavcodec (ffmpeg). Basically, it connects to an IP camera, which is an RTSP server, PULLs the stream and then PUSHes it to wowza. I am finding it very difficult to get any sample implementation for this in the internet. So I started implementing this using bits and pieces from here and there. I took code for code samples to a) read RTSP stream and write to file b)read from file and serve it over RTSP.
This is the current state of the code :
/*
* Copyright (c) 2010 Nicolas George
* Copyright (c) 2011 Stefano Sabatini
* Copyright (c) 2014 Andrey Utkin
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
* in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
* to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
* THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
* THE SOFTWARE.
*/
/**
* @file
* API example for demuxing, decoding, filtering, encoding and muxing
* @example transcoding.c
*/
#include <libavcodec></libavcodec>avcodec.h>
#include <libavformat></libavformat>avformat.h>
#include <libavfilter></libavfilter>avfiltergraph.h>
#include <libavfilter></libavfilter>buffersink.h>
#include <libavfilter></libavfilter>buffersrc.h>
#include <libavutil></libavutil>opt.h>
#include <libavutil></libavutil>pixdesc.h>
static AVFormatContext *ifmt_ctx,*temp;
static AVFormatContext *ofmt_ctx;
typedef struct FilteringContext {
AVFilterContext *buffersink_ctx;
AVFilterContext *buffersrc_ctx;
AVFilterGraph *filter_graph;
} FilteringContext;
static FilteringContext *filter_ctx;
static int open_input_file(const char *filename)
{
int ret;
unsigned int i;
ifmt_ctx = NULL;
if ((ret = avformat_open_input(&ifmt_ctx, filename, NULL, NULL)) < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot open input file\n");
return ret;
}
if ((ret = avformat_find_stream_info(ifmt_ctx, NULL)) < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot find stream information\n");
return ret;
}
for (i = 0; i < ifmt_ctx->nb_streams; i++) {
AVStream *stream;
AVCodecContext *codec_ctx;
stream = ifmt_ctx->streams[i];
codec_ctx = stream->codec;
/* Reencode video & audio and remux subtitles etc. */
if (codec_ctx->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO
|| codec_ctx->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO) {
/* Open decoder */
ret = avcodec_open2(codec_ctx,
avcodec_find_decoder(codec_ctx->codec_id), NULL);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to open decoder for stream #%u\n", i);
return ret;
}
}
}
av_dump_format(ifmt_ctx, 0, filename, 0);
return 0;
}
static int open_output_file(const char *filename)
{
AVStream *out_stream;
AVStream *in_stream;
AVCodecContext *dec_ctx, *enc_ctx;
AVCodec *encoder,*codec;
int ret;
unsigned int i;
ofmt_ctx = NULL;
avformat_open_input(&temp, "rtsp://localhost:8554/live", NULL, NULL);
avformat_alloc_output_context2(&ofmt_ctx, temp->oformat,"rtsp", filename);
if (!ofmt_ctx) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Could not create output context\n");
return AVERROR_UNKNOWN;
}
for (i = 0; i < ifmt_ctx->nb_streams; i++) {
out_stream = avformat_new_stream(ofmt_ctx, NULL);
if (!out_stream) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed allocating output stream\n");
return AVERROR_UNKNOWN;
}
in_stream = ifmt_ctx->streams[i];
dec_ctx = in_stream->codec;
enc_ctx = out_stream->codec;
if (dec_ctx->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO
|| dec_ctx->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO) {
/* in this example, we choose transcoding to same codec */
encoder = avcodec_find_encoder(dec_ctx->codec_id);
printf("codec : %d",dec_ctx->codec_id);
if (!encoder) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Necessary encoder not found\n");
return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
}
/* In this example, we transcode to same properties (picture size,
* sample rate etc.). These properties can be changed for output
* streams easily using filters */
if (dec_ctx->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO) {
enc_ctx->height = dec_ctx->height;
enc_ctx->width = dec_ctx->width;
enc_ctx->sample_aspect_ratio = dec_ctx->sample_aspect_ratio;
/* take first format from list of supported formats */
enc_ctx->pix_fmt = encoder->pix_fmts[0];
//enc_ctx->codec_id = AV_CODEC_ID_H264;
/* video time_base can be set to whatever is handy and supported by encoder */
enc_ctx->time_base = dec_ctx->time_base;
} else {
enc_ctx->sample_rate = dec_ctx->sample_rate;
enc_ctx->channel_layout = dec_ctx->channel_layout;
enc_ctx->channels = av_get_channel_layout_nb_channels(enc_ctx->channel_layout);
/* take first format from list of supported formats */
enc_ctx->sample_fmt = encoder->sample_fmts[0];
enc_ctx->pix_fmt =AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24 ;
enc_ctx->time_base = (AVRational){1, enc_ctx->sample_rate};
}
/* Third parameter can be used to pass settings to encoder */
//codec = avcodec_find_encoder(AV_CODEC_ID_H264);
ret = avcodec_open2(enc_ctx, encoder, NULL);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot open video encoder for stream #%u\n", i);
return ret;
}
} else if (dec_ctx->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_UNKNOWN) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Elementary stream #%d is of unknown type, cannot proceed\n", i);
return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
} else {
/* if this stream must be remuxed */
ret = avcodec_copy_context(ofmt_ctx->streams[i]->codec,
ifmt_ctx->streams[i]->codec);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Copying stream context failed\n");
return ret;
}
}
if (ofmt_ctx->oformat->flags & AVFMT_GLOBALHEADER)
enc_ctx->flags |= AV_CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER;
}
av_dump_format(ofmt_ctx, 0, filename, 1);
if (!(ofmt_ctx->oformat->flags & AVFMT_NOFILE)) {
ret = avio_open(&ofmt_ctx->pb, filename, AVIO_FLAG_WRITE);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Could not open output file '%s'", filename);
return ret;
}
}
/* init muxer, write output file header */
ret = avformat_write_header(ofmt_ctx, NULL);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error occurred when opening output file\n");
return ret;
}
return 0;
}
static int init_filter(FilteringContext* fctx, AVCodecContext *dec_ctx,
AVCodecContext *enc_ctx, const char *filter_spec)
{
char args[512];
int ret = 0;
AVFilter *buffersrc = NULL;
AVFilter *buffersink = NULL;
AVFilterContext *buffersrc_ctx = NULL;
AVFilterContext *buffersink_ctx = NULL;
AVFilterInOut *outputs = avfilter_inout_alloc();
AVFilterInOut *inputs = avfilter_inout_alloc();
AVFilterGraph *filter_graph = avfilter_graph_alloc();
if (!outputs || !inputs || !filter_graph) {
ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
goto end;
}
if (dec_ctx->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO) {
buffersrc = avfilter_get_by_name("buffer");
buffersink = avfilter_get_by_name("buffersink");
if (!buffersrc || !buffersink) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "filtering source or sink element not found\n");
ret = AVERROR_UNKNOWN;
goto end;
}
snprintf(args, sizeof(args),
"video_size=%dx%d:pix_fmt=%d:time_base=%d/%d:pixel_aspect=%d/%d",
dec_ctx->width, dec_ctx->height, dec_ctx->pix_fmt,
dec_ctx->time_base.num, dec_ctx->time_base.den,
dec_ctx->sample_aspect_ratio.num,
dec_ctx->sample_aspect_ratio.den);
ret = avfilter_graph_create_filter(&buffersrc_ctx, buffersrc, "in",
args, NULL, filter_graph);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot create buffer source\n");
goto end;
}
ret = avfilter_graph_create_filter(&buffersink_ctx, buffersink, "out",
NULL, NULL, filter_graph);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot create buffer sink\n");
goto end;
}
ret = av_opt_set_bin(buffersink_ctx, "pix_fmts",
(uint8_t*)&enc_ctx->pix_fmt, sizeof(enc_ctx->pix_fmt),
AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot set output pixel format\n");
goto end;
}
} else if (dec_ctx->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO) {
buffersrc = avfilter_get_by_name("abuffer");
buffersink = avfilter_get_by_name("abuffersink");
if (!buffersrc || !buffersink) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "filtering source or sink element not found\n");
ret = AVERROR_UNKNOWN;
goto end;
}
if (!dec_ctx->channel_layout)
dec_ctx->channel_layout =
av_get_default_channel_layout(dec_ctx->channels);
snprintf(args, sizeof(args),
"time_base=%d/%d:sample_rate=%d:sample_fmt=%s:channel_layout=0x%"PRIx64,
dec_ctx->time_base.num, dec_ctx->time_base.den, dec_ctx->sample_rate,
av_get_sample_fmt_name(dec_ctx->sample_fmt),
dec_ctx->channel_layout);
ret = avfilter_graph_create_filter(&buffersrc_ctx, buffersrc, "in",
args, NULL, filter_graph);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot create audio buffer source\n");
goto end;
}
ret = avfilter_graph_create_filter(&buffersink_ctx, buffersink, "out",
NULL, NULL, filter_graph);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot create audio buffer sink\n");
goto end;
}
ret = av_opt_set_bin(buffersink_ctx, "sample_fmts",
(uint8_t*)&enc_ctx->sample_fmt, sizeof(enc_ctx->sample_fmt),
AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot set output sample format\n");
goto end;
}
ret = av_opt_set_bin(buffersink_ctx, "channel_layouts",
(uint8_t*)&enc_ctx->channel_layout,
sizeof(enc_ctx->channel_layout), AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot set output channel layout\n");
goto end;
}
ret = av_opt_set_bin(buffersink_ctx, "sample_rates",
(uint8_t*)&enc_ctx->sample_rate, sizeof(enc_ctx->sample_rate),
AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot set output sample rate\n");
goto end;
}
} else {
ret = AVERROR_UNKNOWN;
goto end;
}
/* Endpoints for the filter graph. */
outputs->name = av_strdup("in");
outputs->filter_ctx = buffersrc_ctx;
outputs->pad_idx = 0;
outputs->next = NULL;
inputs->name = av_strdup("out");
inputs->filter_ctx = buffersink_ctx;
inputs->pad_idx = 0;
inputs->next = NULL;
if (!outputs->name || !inputs->name) {
ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
goto end;
}
if ((ret = avfilter_graph_parse_ptr(filter_graph, filter_spec,
&inputs, &outputs, NULL)) < 0)
goto end;
if ((ret = avfilter_graph_config(filter_graph, NULL)) < 0)
goto end;
/* Fill FilteringContext */
fctx->buffersrc_ctx = buffersrc_ctx;
fctx->buffersink_ctx = buffersink_ctx;
fctx->filter_graph = filter_graph;
end:
avfilter_inout_free(&inputs);
avfilter_inout_free(&outputs);
return ret;
}
static int init_filters(void)
{
const char *filter_spec;
unsigned int i;
int ret;
filter_ctx = av_malloc_array(ifmt_ctx->nb_streams, sizeof(*filter_ctx));
if (!filter_ctx)
return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
for (i = 0; i < ifmt_ctx->nb_streams; i++) {
filter_ctx[i].buffersrc_ctx = NULL;
filter_ctx[i].buffersink_ctx = NULL;
filter_ctx[i].filter_graph = NULL;
if (!(ifmt_ctx->streams[i]->codec->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO
|| ifmt_ctx->streams[i]->codec->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO))
continue;
if (ifmt_ctx->streams[i]->codec->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO)
filter_spec = "null"; /* passthrough (dummy) filter for video */
else
filter_spec = "anull"; /* passthrough (dummy) filter for audio */
ret = init_filter(&filter_ctx[i], ifmt_ctx->streams[i]->codec,
ofmt_ctx->streams[i]->codec, filter_spec);
if (ret)
return ret;
}
return 0;
}
static int encode_write_frame(AVFrame *filt_frame, unsigned int stream_index, int *got_frame) {
int ret;
int got_frame_local;
AVPacket enc_pkt;
int (*enc_func)(AVCodecContext *, AVPacket *, const AVFrame *, int *) =
(ifmt_ctx->streams[stream_index]->codec->codec_type ==
AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO) ? avcodec_encode_video2 : avcodec_encode_audio2;
if (!got_frame)
got_frame = &got_frame_local;
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO, "Encoding frame\n");
/* encode filtered frame */
enc_pkt.data = NULL;
enc_pkt.size = 0;
av_init_packet(&enc_pkt);
ret = enc_func(ofmt_ctx->streams[stream_index]->codec, &enc_pkt,
filt_frame, got_frame);
av_frame_free(&filt_frame);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
if (!(*got_frame))
return 0;
/* prepare packet for muxing */
enc_pkt.stream_index = stream_index;
av_packet_rescale_ts(&enc_pkt,
ofmt_ctx->streams[stream_index]->codec->time_base,
ofmt_ctx->streams[stream_index]->time_base);
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Muxing frame\n");
/* mux encoded frame */
ret = av_interleaved_write_frame(ofmt_ctx, &enc_pkt);
return ret;
}
static int filter_encode_write_frame(AVFrame *frame, unsigned int stream_index)
{
int ret;
AVFrame *filt_frame;
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO, "Pushing decoded frame to filters\n");
/* push the decoded frame into the filtergraph */
ret = av_buffersrc_add_frame_flags(filter_ctx[stream_index].buffersrc_ctx,
frame, 0);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error while feeding the filtergraph\n");
return ret;
}
/* pull filtered frames from the filtergraph */
while (1) {
filt_frame = av_frame_alloc();
if (!filt_frame) {
ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
break;
}
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO, "Pulling filtered frame from filters\n");
ret = av_buffersink_get_frame(filter_ctx[stream_index].buffersink_ctx,
filt_frame);
if (ret < 0) {
/* if no more frames for output - returns AVERROR(EAGAIN)
* if flushed and no more frames for output - returns AVERROR_EOF
* rewrite retcode to 0 to show it as normal procedure completion
*/
if (ret == AVERROR(EAGAIN) || ret == AVERROR_EOF)
ret = 0;
av_frame_free(&filt_frame);
break;
}
filt_frame->pict_type = AV_PICTURE_TYPE_NONE;
ret = encode_write_frame(filt_frame, stream_index, NULL);
if (ret < 0)
break;
}
return ret;
}
static int flush_encoder(unsigned int stream_index)
{
int ret;
int got_frame;
if (!(ofmt_ctx->streams[stream_index]->codec->codec->capabilities &
AV_CODEC_CAP_DELAY))
return 0;
while (1) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO, "Flushing stream #%u encoder\n", stream_index);
ret = encode_write_frame(NULL, stream_index, &got_frame);
if (ret < 0)
break;
if (!got_frame)
return 0;
}
return ret;
}
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int ret;
AVPacket packet = { .data = NULL, .size = 0 };
AVFrame *frame = NULL;
enum AVMediaType type;
unsigned int stream_index;
unsigned int i;
int got_frame;
int (*dec_func)(AVCodecContext *, AVFrame *, int *, const AVPacket *);
if (argc != 3) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Usage: %s <input file="file" /> <output file="file">\n", argv[0]);
return 1;
}
av_register_all();
avfilter_register_all();
avformat_network_init();
if ((ret = open_input_file(argv[1])) < 0)
goto end;
if ((ret = open_output_file(argv[2])) < 0)
goto end;
if ((ret = init_filters()) < 0)
goto end;
/* read all packets */
while (1) {
if ((ret = av_read_frame(ifmt_ctx, &packet)) < 0)
break;
stream_index = packet.stream_index;
type = ifmt_ctx->streams[packet.stream_index]->codec->codec_type;
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Demuxer gave frame of stream_index %u\n",
stream_index);
if (filter_ctx[stream_index].filter_graph) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Going to reencode&filter the frame\n");
frame = av_frame_alloc();
if (!frame) {
ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
break;
}
av_packet_rescale_ts(&packet,
ifmt_ctx->streams[stream_index]->time_base,
ifmt_ctx->streams[stream_index]->codec->time_base);
dec_func = (type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO) ? avcodec_decode_video2 :
avcodec_decode_audio4;
ret = dec_func(ifmt_ctx->streams[stream_index]->codec, frame,
&got_frame, &packet);
if (ret < 0) {
av_frame_free(&frame);
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Decoding failed\n");
break;
}
if (got_frame) {
frame->pts = av_frame_get_best_effort_timestamp(frame);
ret = filter_encode_write_frame(frame, stream_index);
av_frame_free(&frame);
if (ret < 0)
goto end;
} else {
av_frame_free(&frame);
}
} else {
/* remux this frame without reencoding */
av_packet_rescale_ts(&packet,
ifmt_ctx->streams[stream_index]->time_base,
ofmt_ctx->streams[stream_index]->time_base);
ret = av_interleaved_write_frame(ofmt_ctx, &packet);
if (ret < 0)
goto end;
}
av_packet_unref(&packet);
}
/* flush filters and encoders */
for (i = 0; i < ifmt_ctx->nb_streams; i++) {
/* flush filter */
if (!filter_ctx[i].filter_graph)
continue;
ret = filter_encode_write_frame(NULL, i);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Flushing filter failed\n");
goto end;
}
/* flush encoder */
ret = flush_encoder(i);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Flushing encoder failed\n");
goto end;
}
}
av_write_trailer(ofmt_ctx);
end:
av_packet_unref(&packet);
av_frame_free(&frame);
for (i = 0; i < ifmt_ctx->nb_streams; i++) {
avcodec_close(ifmt_ctx->streams[i]->codec);
if (ofmt_ctx && ofmt_ctx->nb_streams > i && ofmt_ctx->streams[i] && ofmt_ctx->streams[i]->codec)
avcodec_close(ofmt_ctx->streams[i]->codec);
if (filter_ctx && filter_ctx[i].filter_graph)
avfilter_graph_free(&filter_ctx[i].filter_graph);
}
av_free(filter_ctx);
avformat_close_input(&ifmt_ctx);
if (ofmt_ctx && !(ofmt_ctx->oformat->flags & AVFMT_NOFILE))
avio_closep(&ofmt_ctx->pb);
avformat_free_context(ofmt_ctx);
if (ret < 0)
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error occurred: %s\n", av_err2str(ret));
return ret ? 1 : 0;
}
</output>When we run this we are getting this error :
Input #0, rtsp, from 'rtsp://localhost:8554/live':
Metadata:
title : Unnamed
comment : N/A
Duration: N/A, start: 5294.642467, bitrate: N/A
Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline), yuv420p, 640x480 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 30 fps, 30 tbr, 90k tbn, 60 tbc
[libx264 @ 0xe87c80] Specified pixel format -1 is invalid or not supported
Cannot open video encoder for stream #0
codec : 28 and pix :12
Error occurred: Invalid argumentBut I could see that the correct pixel format macro "AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P" is provided.
UPDATE 1 :
This is the section in ffmpeg where the error is thrown from(utils.c line 1547) :if (avctx->codec->pix_fmts) {
for (i = 0; avctx->codec->pix_fmts[i] != AV_PIX_FMT_NONE; i++)
if (avctx->pix_fmt == avctx->codec->pix_fmts[i])
break;
if (avctx->codec->pix_fmts[i] == AV_PIX_FMT_NONE
&& !((avctx->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_MJPEG || avctx->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_LJPEG)
&& avctx->strict_std_compliance <= FF_COMPLIANCE_UNOFFICIAL)) {
char buf[128];
snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", avctx->pix_fmt);
av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Specified pixel format %s is invalid or not supported\n",
(char *)av_x_if_null(av_get_pix_fmt_name(avctx->pix_fmt), buf));
ret = AVERROR(EINVAL);
goto free_and_end;
}Can someone suggest a solution for this.
Thanks
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Scale filter crashes with error when used from transcoding example
27 juin 2017, par ValiI’ve modified a bit (just to compile in c++) this code example :
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/master/doc/examples/transcoding.c.What works : as is (null filter), a number of other filters like framerate, drawtext, ...
What doesn’t work : scale filter when scaling down.
I use the following syntax for scale ( I’ve tried many others also, same effect) :
"scale=w=iw/2 :-1"The error is : "Input picture width (240) is greater than stride (128)" where the values for width and stride depend on the input.
Misc environment info : windows, VS 2017, input example : rtsp ://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov
Any clue as to what I’m doing wrong ?
Thanks !
EDITED to add working code sample
#pragma comment(lib, "avcodec.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "avutil.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "avformat.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "avfilter.lib")
/*
* Copyright (c) 2010 Nicolas George
* Copyright (c) 2011 Stefano Sabatini
* Copyright (c) 2014 Andrey Utkin
*
**** EDITED 2017 for testing (see original here: https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/master/doc/examples/transcoding.c)
*
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/**
* @file
* API example for demuxing, decoding, filtering, encoding and muxing
* @example transcoding.c
*/
extern "C"
{
#include <libavcodec></libavcodec>avcodec.h>
#include <libavformat></libavformat>avformat.h>
#include <libavfilter></libavfilter>avfiltergraph.h>
#include <libavfilter></libavfilter>buffersink.h>
#include <libavfilter></libavfilter>buffersrc.h>
#include <libavutil></libavutil>opt.h>
#include <libavutil></libavutil>pixdesc.h>
}
static AVFormatContext *ifmt_ctx;
static AVFormatContext *ofmt_ctx;
typedef struct FilteringContext {
AVFilterContext *buffersink_ctx;
AVFilterContext *buffersrc_ctx;
AVFilterGraph *filter_graph;
} FilteringContext;
static FilteringContext *filter_ctx;
typedef struct StreamContext {
AVCodecContext *dec_ctx;
AVCodecContext *enc_ctx;
} StreamContext;
static StreamContext *stream_ctx;
static int open_input_file(const char *filename, int& videoStreamIndex)
{
int ret;
unsigned int i;
ifmt_ctx = NULL;
if ((ret = avformat_open_input(&ifmt_ctx, filename, NULL, NULL)) < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot open input file\n");
return ret;
}
if ((ret = avformat_find_stream_info(ifmt_ctx, NULL)) < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot find stream information\n");
return ret;
}
// Just need video
videoStreamIndex = -1;
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < ifmt_ctx->nb_streams; i++)
{
if (ifmt_ctx->streams[i]->codecpar->codec_type != AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO)
continue;
videoStreamIndex = i;
break;
}
if (videoStreamIndex < 0)
{
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot find video stream\n");
return videoStreamIndex;
}
stream_ctx = (StreamContext*)av_mallocz_array(ifmt_ctx->nb_streams, sizeof(*stream_ctx));
if (!stream_ctx)
return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
for (i = 0; i < ifmt_ctx->nb_streams; i++) {
// Just need video
if (i != videoStreamIndex)
continue;
AVStream *stream = ifmt_ctx->streams[i];
AVCodec *dec = avcodec_find_decoder(stream->codecpar->codec_id);
AVCodecContext *codec_ctx;
if (!dec) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to find decoder for stream #%u\n", i);
return AVERROR_DECODER_NOT_FOUND;
}
codec_ctx = avcodec_alloc_context3(dec);
if (!codec_ctx) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to allocate the decoder context for stream #%u\n", i);
return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
}
ret = avcodec_parameters_to_context(codec_ctx, stream->codecpar);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to copy decoder parameters to input decoder context "
"for stream #%u\n", i);
return ret;
}
/* Reencode video & audio and remux subtitles etc. */
if (codec_ctx->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO
|| codec_ctx->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO) {
if (codec_ctx->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO)
codec_ctx->framerate = av_guess_frame_rate(ifmt_ctx, stream, NULL);
/* Open decoder */
ret = avcodec_open2(codec_ctx, dec, NULL);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to open decoder for stream #%u\n", i);
return ret;
}
}
stream_ctx[i].dec_ctx = codec_ctx;
}
av_dump_format(ifmt_ctx, 0, filename, 0);
return 0;
}
static int open_output_file(const char *filename, const int videoStreamIndex)
{
AVStream *out_stream;
AVStream *in_stream;
AVCodecContext *dec_ctx, *enc_ctx;
AVCodec *encoder;
int ret;
unsigned int i;
ofmt_ctx = NULL;
avformat_alloc_output_context2(&ofmt_ctx, NULL, NULL, filename);
if (!ofmt_ctx) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Could not create output context\n");
return AVERROR_UNKNOWN;
}
for (i = 0; i < ifmt_ctx->nb_streams; i++) {
// Just need video
if (i != videoStreamIndex)
continue;
out_stream = avformat_new_stream(ofmt_ctx, NULL);
if (!out_stream) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed allocating output stream\n");
return AVERROR_UNKNOWN;
}
in_stream = ifmt_ctx->streams[i];
dec_ctx = stream_ctx[i].dec_ctx;
if (dec_ctx->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO) {
/* in this example, we choose transcoding to same codec */
encoder = avcodec_find_encoder(dec_ctx->codec_id);
if (!encoder) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Necessary encoder not found\n");
return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
}
enc_ctx = avcodec_alloc_context3(encoder);
if (!enc_ctx) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Failed to allocate the encoder context\n");
return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
}
/* In this example, we transcode to same properties (picture size,
* sample rate etc.). These properties can be changed for output
* streams easily using filters */
enc_ctx->height = dec_ctx->height;
enc_ctx->width = dec_ctx->width;
enc_ctx->sample_aspect_ratio = dec_ctx->sample_aspect_ratio;
/* take first format from list of supported formats */
if (encoder->pix_fmts)
enc_ctx->pix_fmt = encoder->pix_fmts[0];
else
enc_ctx->pix_fmt = dec_ctx->pix_fmt;
/* video time_base can be set to whatever is handy and supported by encoder */
//enc_ctx->time_base = av_inv_q(dec_ctx->framerate);
enc_ctx->time_base = dec_ctx->time_base;
/* Third parameter can be used to pass settings to encoder */
ret = avcodec_open2(enc_ctx, encoder, NULL);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot open video encoder for stream #%u\n", i);
return ret;
}
ret = avcodec_parameters_from_context(out_stream->codecpar, enc_ctx);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to copy encoder parameters to output stream #%u\n", i);
return ret;
}
if (ofmt_ctx->oformat->flags & AVFMT_GLOBALHEADER)
enc_ctx->flags |= AV_CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER;
out_stream->time_base = enc_ctx->time_base;
stream_ctx[i].enc_ctx = enc_ctx;
}
else if (dec_ctx->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_UNKNOWN) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Elementary stream #%d is of unknown type, cannot proceed\n", i);
return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
}
else {
/* if this stream must be remuxed */
ret = avcodec_parameters_copy(out_stream->codecpar, in_stream->codecpar);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Copying parameters for stream #%u failed\n", i);
return ret;
}
out_stream->time_base = in_stream->time_base;
}
}
av_dump_format(ofmt_ctx, 0, filename, 1);
if (!(ofmt_ctx->oformat->flags & AVFMT_NOFILE)) {
ret = avio_open(&ofmt_ctx->pb, filename, AVIO_FLAG_WRITE);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Could not open output file '%s'", filename);
return ret;
}
}
/* init muxer, write output file header */
ret = avformat_write_header(ofmt_ctx, NULL);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error occurred when opening output file\n");
return ret;
}
return 0;
}
static int init_filter(FilteringContext* fctx, AVCodecContext *dec_ctx,
AVCodecContext *enc_ctx, const char *filter_spec)
{
char args[512];
int ret = 0;
AVFilter *buffersrc = NULL;
AVFilter *buffersink = NULL;
AVFilterContext *buffersrc_ctx = NULL;
AVFilterContext *buffersink_ctx = NULL;
AVFilterInOut *outputs = avfilter_inout_alloc();
AVFilterInOut *inputs = avfilter_inout_alloc();
AVFilterGraph *filter_graph = avfilter_graph_alloc();
if (!outputs || !inputs || !filter_graph) {
ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
goto end;
}
if (dec_ctx->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO) {
buffersrc = avfilter_get_by_name("buffer");
buffersink = avfilter_get_by_name("buffersink");
if (!buffersrc || !buffersink) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "filtering source or sink element not found\n");
ret = AVERROR_UNKNOWN;
goto end;
}
snprintf(args, sizeof(args),
"video_size=%dx%d:pix_fmt=%d:time_base=%d/%d:pixel_aspect=%d/%d",
dec_ctx->width, dec_ctx->height, dec_ctx->pix_fmt,
dec_ctx->time_base.num, dec_ctx->time_base.den,
dec_ctx->sample_aspect_ratio.num,
dec_ctx->sample_aspect_ratio.den);
ret = avfilter_graph_create_filter(&buffersrc_ctx, buffersrc, "in",
args, NULL, filter_graph);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot create buffer source\n");
goto end;
}
ret = avfilter_graph_create_filter(&buffersink_ctx, buffersink, "out",
NULL, NULL, filter_graph);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot create buffer sink\n");
goto end;
}
ret = av_opt_set_bin(buffersink_ctx, "pix_fmts",
(uint8_t*)&enc_ctx->pix_fmt, sizeof(enc_ctx->pix_fmt),
AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot set output pixel format\n");
goto end;
}
}
else {
ret = AVERROR_UNKNOWN;
goto end;
}
/* Endpoints for the filter graph. */
outputs->name = av_strdup("in");
outputs->filter_ctx = buffersrc_ctx;
outputs->pad_idx = 0;
outputs->next = NULL;
inputs->name = av_strdup("out");
inputs->filter_ctx = buffersink_ctx;
inputs->pad_idx = 0;
inputs->next = NULL;
if (!outputs->name || !inputs->name) {
ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
goto end;
}
if ((ret = avfilter_graph_parse_ptr(filter_graph, filter_spec,
&inputs, &outputs, NULL)) < 0)
goto end;
if ((ret = avfilter_graph_config(filter_graph, NULL)) < 0)
goto end;
/* Fill FilteringContext */
fctx->buffersrc_ctx = buffersrc_ctx;
fctx->buffersink_ctx = buffersink_ctx;
fctx->filter_graph = filter_graph;
end:
avfilter_inout_free(&inputs);
avfilter_inout_free(&outputs);
return ret;
}
static int init_filters(const int videoStreamIndex)
{
const char *filter_spec;
unsigned int i;
int ret;
filter_ctx = (FilteringContext*)av_malloc_array(ifmt_ctx->nb_streams, sizeof(*filter_ctx));
if (!filter_ctx)
return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
for (i = 0; i < ifmt_ctx->nb_streams; i++) {
// Just video
if (i != videoStreamIndex)
continue;
filter_ctx[i].buffersrc_ctx = NULL;
filter_ctx[i].buffersink_ctx = NULL;
filter_ctx[i].filter_graph = NULL;
if (!(ifmt_ctx->streams[i]->codecpar->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO
|| ifmt_ctx->streams[i]->codecpar->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO))
continue;
filter_spec = "null"; /* passthrough (dummy) filter for video */
//filter_spec = "scale=w=iw/2:-1";
// filter_spec = "drawtext=fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf: text='%{localtime}': x=w-text_w: y=0: fontsize=24: fontcolor=yellow@1.0: box=1: boxcolor=red@1.0";
// filter_spec = "drawtext=fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf :text='test': x=w-text_w: y=text_h: fontsize=24: fontcolor=yellow@1.0: box=1: boxcolor=red@1.0";
ret = init_filter(&filter_ctx[i], stream_ctx[i].dec_ctx,
stream_ctx[i].enc_ctx, filter_spec);
if (ret)
return ret;
}
return 0;
}
static int encode_write_frame(AVFrame *filt_frame, unsigned int stream_index, int *got_frame, const int videoStreamIndex) {
// Just video
if (stream_index != videoStreamIndex)
return 0;
int ret;
int got_frame_local;
AVPacket enc_pkt;
int(*enc_func)(AVCodecContext *, AVPacket *, const AVFrame *, int *) =
(ifmt_ctx->streams[stream_index]->codecpar->codec_type ==
AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO) ? avcodec_encode_video2 : avcodec_encode_audio2;
if (!got_frame)
got_frame = &got_frame_local;
// av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO, "Encoding frame\n");
/* encode filtered frame */
enc_pkt.data = NULL;
enc_pkt.size = 0;
av_init_packet(&enc_pkt);
ret = enc_func(stream_ctx[stream_index].enc_ctx, &enc_pkt,
filt_frame, got_frame);
av_frame_free(&filt_frame);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
if (!(*got_frame))
return 0;
/* prepare packet for muxing */
/*enc_pkt.stream_index = stream_index;
av_packet_rescale_ts(&enc_pkt, stream_ctx[stream_index].enc_ctx->time_base, ofmt_ctx->streams[stream_index]->time_base);*/
enc_pkt.stream_index = 0;
av_packet_rescale_ts(&enc_pkt, stream_ctx[stream_index].enc_ctx->time_base, ofmt_ctx->streams[0]->time_base);
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Muxing frame\n");
/* mux encoded frame */
ret = av_interleaved_write_frame(ofmt_ctx, &enc_pkt);
return ret;
}
static int filter_encode_write_frame(AVFrame *frame, unsigned int stream_index, const int videoStreamIndex)
{
// Just video, all else crashes
if (stream_index != videoStreamIndex)
return 0;
int ret;
AVFrame *filt_frame;
// av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO, "Pushing decoded frame to filters\n");
/* push the decoded frame into the filtergraph */
ret = av_buffersrc_add_frame_flags(filter_ctx[stream_index].buffersrc_ctx,
frame, 0);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error while feeding the filtergraph\n");
return ret;
}
/* pull filtered frames from the filtergraph */
while (1) {
filt_frame = av_frame_alloc();
if (!filt_frame) {
ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
break;
}
// av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO, "Pulling filtered frame from filters\n");
ret = av_buffersink_get_frame(filter_ctx[stream_index].buffersink_ctx,
filt_frame);
if (ret < 0) {
/* if no more frames for output - returns AVERROR(EAGAIN)
* if flushed and no more frames for output - returns AVERROR_EOF
* rewrite retcode to 0 to show it as normal procedure completion
*/
if (ret == AVERROR(EAGAIN) || ret == AVERROR_EOF)
ret = 0;
av_frame_free(&filt_frame);
break;
}
filt_frame->pict_type = AV_PICTURE_TYPE_NONE;
ret = encode_write_frame(filt_frame, stream_index, NULL, videoStreamIndex);
if (ret < 0)
break;
}
return ret;
}
static int flush_encoder(unsigned int stream_index, const int videoStreamIndex)
{
int ret;
int got_frame;
// Just video
if (stream_index != videoStreamIndex)
return 0;
if (!(stream_ctx[stream_index].enc_ctx->codec->capabilities &
AV_CODEC_CAP_DELAY))
return 0;
while (1) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO, "Flushing stream #%u encoder\n", stream_index);
ret = encode_write_frame(NULL, stream_index, &got_frame, videoStreamIndex);
if (ret < 0)
break;
if (!got_frame)
return 0;
}
return ret;
}
#include <vector>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int ret;
AVPacket packet;
packet.data = NULL;
packet.size = 0;
AVFrame *frame = NULL;
enum AVMediaType type;
unsigned int stream_index;
unsigned int i;
int got_frame;
int(*dec_func)(AVCodecContext *, AVFrame *, int *, const AVPacket *);
#ifdef _DEBUG
// Hardcoded arguments
std::vector varguments;
{
varguments.push_back(argv[0]);
// Source
varguments.push_back("./big_buck_bunny_short.mp4 ");
// Destination
varguments.push_back("./big_buck_bunny_short-processed.mp4");
}
char** arguments = new char*[varguments.size()];
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < varguments.size(); i++)
{
arguments[i] = varguments[i];
}
argc = varguments.size();
argv = arguments;
#endif // _DEBUG
if (argc != 3) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Usage: %s <input file="file" /> <output file="file">\n", argv[0]);
return 1;
}
av_register_all();
avfilter_register_all();
int videoStreamIndex = -1;
if ((ret = open_input_file(argv[1], videoStreamIndex)) < 0)
goto end;
if ((ret = open_output_file(argv[2], videoStreamIndex)) < 0)
goto end;
if ((ret = init_filters(videoStreamIndex)) < 0)
goto end;
// Stop after a couple of frames
int framesToGet = 100;
/* read all packets */
//while (framesToGet--)
while(1)
{
if ((ret = av_read_frame(ifmt_ctx, &packet)) < 0)
break;
stream_index = packet.stream_index;
// I just need video
if (stream_index != videoStreamIndex) {
av_packet_unref(&packet);
continue;
}
type = ifmt_ctx->streams[packet.stream_index]->codecpar->codec_type;
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Demuxer gave frame of stream_index %u\n",
stream_index);
if (filter_ctx[stream_index].filter_graph) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Going to reencode&filter the frame\n");
frame = av_frame_alloc();
if (!frame) {
ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
break;
}
av_packet_rescale_ts(&packet,
ifmt_ctx->streams[stream_index]->time_base,
stream_ctx[stream_index].dec_ctx->time_base);
dec_func = (type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO) ? avcodec_decode_video2 :
avcodec_decode_audio4;
ret = dec_func(stream_ctx[stream_index].dec_ctx, frame,
&got_frame, &packet);
if (ret < 0) {
av_frame_free(&frame);
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Decoding failed\n");
break;
}
if (got_frame) {
frame->pts = frame->best_effort_timestamp;
ret = filter_encode_write_frame(frame, stream_index, videoStreamIndex);
av_frame_free(&frame);
if (ret < 0)
goto end;
}
else {
av_frame_free(&frame);
}
}
else {
/* remux this frame without reencoding */
av_packet_rescale_ts(&packet,
ifmt_ctx->streams[stream_index]->time_base,
ofmt_ctx->streams[stream_index]->time_base);
ret = av_interleaved_write_frame(ofmt_ctx, &packet);
if (ret < 0)
goto end;
}
av_packet_unref(&packet);
}
/* flush filters and encoders */
for (i = 0; i < ifmt_ctx->nb_streams; i++) {
/* flush filter */
if (!filter_ctx[i].filter_graph)
continue;
ret = filter_encode_write_frame(NULL, i, videoStreamIndex);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Flushing filter failed\n");
goto end;
}
/* flush encoder */
ret = flush_encoder(i, videoStreamIndex);
if (ret < 0) {
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Flushing encoder failed\n");
goto end;
}
}
av_write_trailer(ofmt_ctx);
end:
av_packet_unref(&packet);
av_frame_free(&frame);
for (i = 0; i < ifmt_ctx->nb_streams; i++) {
// Just video
if (i != videoStreamIndex)
continue;
avcodec_free_context(&stream_ctx[i].dec_ctx);
if (ofmt_ctx && ofmt_ctx->nb_streams > i && ofmt_ctx->streams[i] && stream_ctx[i].enc_ctx)
avcodec_free_context(&stream_ctx[i].enc_ctx);
if (filter_ctx && filter_ctx[i].filter_graph)
avfilter_graph_free(&filter_ctx[i].filter_graph);
}
av_free(filter_ctx);
av_free(stream_ctx);
avformat_close_input(&ifmt_ctx);
if (ofmt_ctx && !(ofmt_ctx->oformat->flags & AVFMT_NOFILE))
avio_closep(&ofmt_ctx->pb);
avformat_free_context(ofmt_ctx);
/*if (ret < 0)
av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error occurred: %s\n", av_err2str(ret));*/
return ret ? 1 : 0;
}
</output></vector> -
Piwik Analytics and becoming a Piwik Certified Professional
10 juillet 2017, par Piwik Core Team — AboutDigital Analytics software
Piwik Analytics is the leading open source digital analytics software, offering users around the world an opportunity to liberate their analytics. Most recently, they have introduced the Piwik Certified Professional certification exam which now allows users to become qualified in Piwik Analytics software on an individual level to gain a deeper understanding of Piwik. In this blog post I will guide you through the topics that are covered during the exam and provide you with advice on taking the official Piwik Certified Professional exam.
Piwik certification exam
Taking the exam will cost you a maximum investment of 60 minutes of your time, besides learning all materials of course. The exam consists of 55 multiple choice questions with four answers to choose from. The score needed to pass is 80% (44 questions answered correctly) and the cost is 50 USD total. An earned certificate is valid for 18 months, before these eighteen months are over a person should pass the exam again in order to retain the certified status.
Learning topics
The exam consists of two sections. The main section is focused on the Piwik Analytics software itself while the second part relates to digital analytics in general. All topics and content covered about Piwik Analytics is available through the official Piwik user guides. The second section tests your experience as a digital analyst, online marketer or any other function title in which you work with Piwik Analytics. In this case, the general digital analytics questions should be quite straightforward and easy to answer, and cover only a fraction of the total questions in the exam (around 10% with 5-7 general questions). An outline of all exam topics are listed below :
- A Tour of Piwik
- Track Goals and Measure Conversions
- Event Tracking
- Content Tracking
- Ecommerce Analytics
- Row Evolution – View and compare historical data
- Segmentation – Compare segments of visitors
- Visitors Maps – World, region, city
- Real Time Visitor World Map
- Real Time Analytics
- The Visitor Profile
- Site speed and Page speed
- Site Search Tracking and Reporting
- Transitions – Analyze the previous and following actions of your visitors for each page
- Page Overlay
- Custom Variables Analytics
- Custom Dimensions
- User ID
- Annotating your data
- Tracking Campaigns
- URL Builder for Marketing Campaign Tracking
The best way to prepare for the exam is read the entire Piwik user guides. You should definitely read the “Analytics Features” section since most questions of the Piwik Certified Professional – Digital Analytics exam that will be asked come from these sections. Furthermore you should be able to find your way around in Piwik at a basic level which means you know what the reports mean and where to find certain information. In addition, some basic knowledge regarding the settings is useful too. The exam is definitely not a technical implementation exam so no coding knowledge or any other deeply technical knowledge regarding Piwik is required.
Finally, some general questions will be asked regarding digital analytics covering topics about KPI’s and the role of the analyst within an organization. While Piwik provides some links to articles by Avinash Kaushik covering these topics, you will not be able to learn these topics just by reading. When you have some experience with digital analytics you should be able to answer these general digital analytics questions with common sense and (even basic) experience as a digital analyst, analytics consultant, online marketer or any other related job whereby you work with Piwik.
Taking the exam
With 55 questions to be answered in 60 minutes the key to passing the exam is to keep moving. You have about 1 minute and 5 seconds to answer each question. This means that you should focus on the easiest questions first and return later to the questions that are a bit more challenging to answer. Keep an eye on the timer that will be displayed in the exam window. When the time expires or you click ‘Finish test’ your exam will end and be automatically submitted for review. Remember to first check all questions and answers before you click on the ‘Finish test’ button. If you click too soon and you still haven’t answered all questions, all unanswered questions will be marked as incorrect.
During the test, no hard copy or online materials may be referenced. As you can imagine, it is almost impossible to check if users reference these kind of materials. However, be aware of the penalty system that is in place during the test. When a user leaves from the active test screen to another screen (i.e. a different browser tab) the screen turns red and provides a warning count when the user returns to the test screen again. You will have three warnings, after this your test will be submitted and graded as false. Furthermore, keep in mind you will have to do the test in one go and cannot pause and come back another time.
Practice makes perfect
Below I have included some example questions that could be asked during the exam. These questions do not necessarily represent how Piwik will test you on these topics.
- What is the default report date that is selected by Piwik ?
- Why would someone flatten a report in Piwik ?
- Why would a user especially use the Page Overlay report ?
- What are the three main Ecommerce interactions tracked with Piwik ?
- What is an example of an anonymized IP address in Piwik ?
Passing the Piwik Certified Professional – Digital Analytics exam
Directly after submitting the exam you will receive a notification telling you whether or not you have passed the exam. If you pass, you will be able to download your personal certification right away. A report of your exam performance will also be available. This report lists the amount of correct answers and total questions by topic. The report with your exam performance is also available if you did not pass the exam. The certificate is valid for 18 months from the date of successful completion.
Sometimes the difference between passing and failing can be a matter of how you interpret some of Piwik’s questions. There are several tricky questions included, so be sure to pay attention to detail on every question. If you fail, you may take the exam again. You will have to pay the 50 USD fee for each try, so do your best to pass it the first time.
→ Register to become a Piwik Certified Professional.
We wish you the best of luck and happy analytics !
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