[libav-api] AAC encoding from mic

[Mark Kenna]

Hi Guys

I am trying to encode raw PCM audio from the microphone to AAC audio 
using LibAv. I am using the output_example.c as a reference but I'm 
still hitting a brick wall. Here is what I am doing:

Creating the AAC codec and opening it (the input format matches what I 
am setting the context to)
>     AVStream* FLVTranscoder::AddAudioStream(AVFormatContext *oc, 
> CodecID codec_id)
>     {
>         AVCodecContext *c;
>         AVStream *st;
>
>         st = av_new_stream(oc, 1);
>         if (!st) {
>             fprintf(stderr, "Could not alloc stream\n");
>             exit(1);
>         }
>
>         c = st->codec;
>         c->codec_id = codec_id;
>         c->codec_type = AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO;
>
>         /* put sample parameters */
>         c->sample_fmt = SAMPLE_FMT_S16;
>         c->bit_rate = 32000;
>         c->sample_rate = 8000;
>         c->channels = 1;
>
>         // some formats want stream headers to be separate
>         if(oc->oformat->flags & AVFMT_GLOBALHEADER)
>             c->flags |= CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER;
>
>         return st;
>     }

Open the Audio Codec....


Write the audio (note that the input is a 2048 length byte array)

> void Transcoder::WriteAudio(IntPtr data, int length)
>     {
>         array<int16_t>^ shortArray = gcnew array<int16_t>(length/2);
>         Marshal::Copy(data, shortArray, 0, shortArray->Length);
>
>         pin_ptr<int16_t> dataSegment = &shortArray[0];
>         WriteAudioFrame(oc, audio_st, dataSegment, shortArray->Length);
>     }
>
>     void Transcoder::WriteAudioFrame(AVFormatContext *oc, AVStream 
> *st, int16_t* data, int length)
>     {
>         AVCodecContext *c;
>         AVPacket pkt;
>         av_init_packet(&pkt);
>
>         c = st->codec;
>         pkt.size = avcodec_encode_audio(c, audio_outbuf, 
> audio_outbuf_size, data);
>
>         if (c->coded_frame && c->coded_frame->pts != AV_NOPTS_VALUE)
>             pkt.pts= av_rescale_q(c->coded_frame->pts, c->time_base, 
> st->time_base);
>
>         pkt.flags |= AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY;
>         pkt.stream_index = st->index;
>         pkt.data = audio_outbuf;
>
>         /* write the compressed frame in the media file */
>         if (av_write_frame(oc, &pkt) != 0)
>         {
>             fprintf(stderr, "Error while writing audio frame\n");
>             exit(1);
>         }
>     }

But I keep getting assertion failed when calling av_write_frame.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Mark.