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#include <endian.h>
#include <stddef.h>
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Classes | |
struct | LTCFrame |
struct | LTCFrameExt |
struct | SMPTETimecode |
Macros | |
#define | LIBLTC_VERSION "1.3.0" |
#define | LIBLTC_VERSION_MAJOR 1 |
#define | LIBLTC_VERSION_MINOR 3 |
#define | LIBLTC_VERSION_MICRO 0 |
#define | LIBLTC_CUR 11 |
#define | LIBLTC_REV 5 |
#define | LIBLTC_AGE 0 |
#define | LTC_FRAME_BIT_COUNT 80 |
Typedefs | |
typedef unsigned char | ltcsnd_sample_t |
typedef long long int | ltc_off_t |
typedef struct LTCFrame | LTCFrame |
typedef struct LTCFrameExt | LTCFrameExt |
typedef struct SMPTETimecode | SMPTETimecode |
typedef struct LTCDecoder | LTCDecoder |
typedef struct LTCEncoder | LTCEncoder |
Enumerations | |
enum | LTC_TV_STANDARD { LTC_TV_525_60 , LTC_TV_625_50 , LTC_TV_1125_60 , LTC_TV_FILM_24 } |
enum | LTC_BG_FLAGS { LTC_USE_DATE = 1 , LTC_TC_CLOCK = 2 , LTC_BGF_DONT_TOUCH = 4 , LTC_NO_PARITY = 8 } |
libltc - en+decode linear timecode
Linear (or Longitudinal) Timecode (LTC) is an encoding of timecode data as a Manchester-Biphase encoded audio signal. The audio signal is commonly recorded on a VTR track or other storage media.
libltc facilitates decoding and encoding of LTC from/to timecode, including SMPTE date support.
Copyright (C) 2006-2014 Robin Gareus robin @gar eus.o rg
Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Jan Weiß jan@g ehei mwerk .de
Inspired by SMPTE Decoder - Maarten de Boer mdebo er@i ua.up f.es
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
Definition in file ltc.h.
typedef long long int ltc_off_t |
typedef struct LTCDecoder LTCDecoder |
Opaque structure see: ltc_decoder_create, ltc_decoder_free
typedef struct LTCEncoder LTCEncoder |
Opaque structure see: ltc_encoder_create, ltc_encoder_free
typedef struct LTCFrameExt LTCFrameExt |
see LTCFrameExt
typedef unsigned char ltcsnd_sample_t |
typedef struct SMPTETimecode SMPTETimecode |
see SMPTETimecode
enum LTC_BG_FLAGS |
encoder and LTCframe <> timecode operation flags
Enumerator | |
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LTC_USE_DATE | LTCFrame <> SMPTETimecode converter and LTCFrame increment/decrement use date, also set BGF2 to '1' when encoder is initialized or re-initialized (unless LTC_BGF_DONT_TOUCH is given) |
LTC_TC_CLOCK | the Timecode is wall-clock aka freerun. This also sets BGF1 (unless LTC_BGF_DONT_TOUCH is given) |
LTC_BGF_DONT_TOUCH | encoder init or re-init does not touch the BGF bits (initial values after initialization is zero) |
LTC_NO_PARITY | parity bit is left untouched when setting or in/decrementing the encoder frame-number |
enum LTC_TV_STANDARD |
LTCDecoder* ltc_decoder_create | ( | int | apv, |
int | queue_size | ||
) |
Create a new LTC decoder.
apv | audio-frames per video frame. This is just used for initial settings, the speed is tracked dynamically. setting this in the right ballpark is needed to properly decode the first LTC frame in a sequence. |
queue_size | length of the internal queue to store decoded frames to SMPTEDecoderWrite. |
int ltc_decoder_free | ( | LTCDecoder * | d | ) |
Release memory of decoder.
d | decoder handle |
void ltc_decoder_queue_flush | ( | LTCDecoder * | d | ) |
Remove all LTC frames from the internal queue.
d | decoder handle |
int ltc_decoder_queue_length | ( | LTCDecoder * | d | ) |
Count number of LTC frames currently in the queue.
d | decoder handle |
int ltc_decoder_read | ( | LTCDecoder * | d, |
LTCFrameExt * | frame | ||
) |
Decoded LTC frames are placed in a queue. This function retrieves a frame from the queue, and stores it at LTCFrameExt*
d | decoder handle |
frame | the decoded LTC frame is copied there |
void ltc_decoder_write | ( | LTCDecoder * | d, |
ltcsnd_sample_t * | buf, | ||
size_t | size, | ||
ltc_off_t | posinfo | ||
) |
Feed the LTC decoder with new audio samples.
Parse raw audio for LTC timestamps. Once a complete LTC frame has been decoded it is pushed into a queue (ltc_decoder_read)
d | decoder handle |
buf | pointer to ltcsnd_sample_t - unsigned 8 bit mono audio data |
size | size number of samples to parse |
posinfo | (optional, recommended) sample-offset in the audio-stream. It is added to off_start, off_end in LTCFrameExt and should be monotonic (ie incremented by size for every call to ltc_decoder_write) |
void ltc_decoder_write_float | ( | LTCDecoder * | d, |
float * | buf, | ||
size_t | size, | ||
ltc_off_t | posinfo | ||
) |
Wrapper around ltc_decoder_write that accepts floating point audio samples. Note: internally libltc uses 8 bit only.
d | decoder handle |
buf | pointer to audio sample data |
size | number of samples to parse |
posinfo | (optional, recommended) sample-offset in the audio-stream. |
void ltc_decoder_write_s16 | ( | LTCDecoder * | d, |
short * | buf, | ||
size_t | size, | ||
ltc_off_t | posinfo | ||
) |
Wrapper around ltc_decoder_write that accepts signed 16 bit audio samples. Note: internally libltc uses 8 bit only.
d | decoder handle |
buf | pointer to audio sample data |
size | number of samples to parse |
posinfo | (optional, recommended) sample-offset in the audio-stream. |
void ltc_decoder_write_u16 | ( | LTCDecoder * | d, |
unsigned short * | buf, | ||
size_t | size, | ||
ltc_off_t | posinfo | ||
) |
Wrapper around ltc_decoder_write that accepts unsigned 16 bit audio samples. Note: internally libltc uses 8 bit only.
d | decoder handle |
buf | pointer to audio sample data |
size | number of samples to parse |
posinfo | (optional, recommended) sample-offset in the audio-stream. |
void ltc_encoder_buffer_flush | ( | LTCEncoder * | e | ) |
reset the write-pointer of the encoder-buffer
e | encoder handle |
LTCEncoder* ltc_encoder_create | ( | double | sample_rate, |
double | fps, | ||
enum LTC_TV_STANDARD | standard, | ||
int | flags | ||
) |
Allocate and initialize LTC audio encoder.
calls ltc_encoder_reinit internally see, see notes there.
sample_rate | audio sample rate (eg. 48000) |
fps | video-frames per second (e.g. 25.0) |
standard | the TV standard to use for Binary Group Flag bit position |
flags | binary combination of LTC_BG_FLAGS |
int ltc_encoder_dec_timecode | ( | LTCEncoder * | e | ) |
Move the encoder to the previous timecode frame. This is useful for encoding reverse LTC. uses ltc_frame_decrement() internally.
int ltc_encoder_encode_byte | ( | LTCEncoder * | e, |
int | byte, | ||
double | speed | ||
) |
Generate LTC audio for given byte of the LTC-frame and place it into the internal buffer.
see ltc_encoder_get_buffer and ltc_encoder_get_bufptr
LTC has 10 bytes per frame: 0 <= bytecnt < 10 use SMPTESetTime(..) to set the current frame before Encoding. see tests/encoder.c for an example.
The default output signal is @ -3dBFS (38..218 at 8 bit unsigned). see also ltc_encoder_set_volume
if speed is < 0, the bits are encoded in reverse. slowdown > 10.0 requires custom buffer sizes; see ltc_encoder_set_bufsize
e | encoder handle |
byte | byte of the LTC-frame to encode 0..9 |
speed | vari-speed, < 1.0 faster, > 1.0 slower ; must be != 0 |
void ltc_encoder_encode_frame | ( | LTCEncoder * | e | ) |
Encode a full LTC frame at fixed speed. This is equivalent to calling ltc_encoder_encode_byte 10 times for bytes 0..9 with speed 1.0.
Note: The internal buffer must be empty before calling this function. Otherwise it may overflow. This is usually the case if it is read with ltc_encoder_get_buffer after calling this function.
The default internal buffersize is exactly one full LTC frame at speed 1.0.
e | encoder handle |
void ltc_encoder_free | ( | LTCEncoder * | e | ) |
Release memory of the encoder.
e | encoder handle |
int ltc_encoder_get_buffer | ( | LTCEncoder * | e, |
ltcsnd_sample_t * | buf | ||
) |
Copy the accumulated encoded audio to the given sample-buffer and flush the internal buffer.
e | encoder handle |
buf | place to store the audio-samples, needs to be large enough to hold ltc_encoder_get_buffersize bytes |
size_t ltc_encoder_get_buffersize | ( | LTCEncoder * | e | ) |
Query the length of the internal buffer. It is allocated to hold audio-frames for exactly one LTC frame for the given sample-rate and frame-rate. ie. (1 + sample-rate / fps) bytes
Note this returns the total size of the buffer, not the used/free part. See also ltc_encoder_get_bufptr
e | encoder handle |
ltcsnd_sample_t* ltc_encoder_get_bufptr | ( | LTCEncoder * | e, |
int * | size, | ||
int | flush | ||
) |
Retrieve a pointer to the accumulated encoded audio-data.
e | encoder handle |
size | if set, the number of valid bytes in the buffer is stored there |
flush | call ltc_encoder_buffer_flush - reset the buffer write-pointer |
void ltc_encoder_get_frame | ( | LTCEncoder * | e, |
LTCFrame * | f | ||
) |
Low-level access to the encoder internal LTCFrame data
e | encoder handle |
f | return LTC frame data |
void ltc_encoder_get_timecode | ( | LTCEncoder * | e, |
SMPTETimecode * | t | ||
) |
Query the current encoder timecode.
Note: the decoder stores its internal state in an LTC-frame, this function converts that LTC-Frame into SMPTETimecode on demand. see also ltc_encoder_get_frame.
e | encoder handle |
t | is set to current timecode |
int ltc_encoder_inc_timecode | ( | LTCEncoder * | e | ) |
Move the encoder to the next timecode frame. uses ltc_frame_increment() internally.
int ltc_encoder_reinit | ( | LTCEncoder * | e, |
double | sample_rate, | ||
double | fps, | ||
enum LTC_TV_STANDARD | standard, | ||
int | flags | ||
) |
Change the encoder settings without re-allocating any library internal data structure (realtime safe). changing the fps and or sample-rate implies a buffer flush, and biphase state reset.
This call will fail if the internal buffer is too small to hold one full LTC frame. Use ltc_encoder_set_bufsize to prepare an internal buffer large enough to accommodate all sample_rate, fps combinations that you would like to re-init to.
The LTC frame payload data is not modified by this call, however, the flag-bits of the LTC-Frame are updated: If fps equals to 29.97 or 30000.0/1001.0, the LTCFrame's 'dfbit' bit is set to 1 to indicate drop-frame timecode.
Unless the LTC_BGF_DONT_TOUCH flag is set the BGF1 is set or cleared depending on LTC_TC_CLOCK and BGF0,2 according to LTC_USE_DATE and the given standard. col_frame is cleared and the parity recomputed (unless LTC_NO_PARITY is given).
e | encoder handle |
sample_rate | audio sample rate (eg. 48000) |
fps | video-frames per second (e.g. 25.0) |
standard | the TV standard to use for Binary Group Flag bit position |
flags | binary combination of LTC_BG_FLAGS |
void ltc_encoder_reset | ( | LTCEncoder * | e | ) |
reset ecoder state. flushes buffer, reset biphase state
e | encoder handle |
int ltc_encoder_set_bufsize | ( | LTCEncoder * | e, |
double | sample_rate, | ||
double | fps | ||
) |
Configure a custom size for the internal buffer.
This is needed if you are planning to call ltc_encoder_reinit() or if you want to keep more than one LTC frame's worth of data in the library's internal buffer.
The buffer-size is (1 + sample_rate / fps) bytes. resizing the internal buffer will flush all existing data in it - alike ltc_encoder_buffer_flush.
e | encoder handle |
sample_rate | audio sample rate (eg. 48000) |
fps | video-frames per second (e.g. 25.0) |
void ltc_encoder_set_filter | ( | LTCEncoder * | e, |
double | rise_time | ||
) |
Set encoder signal rise-time / signal filtering
LTC signal should have a rise time of 40us +/- 10 us. by default the encoder honors this and low-pass filters the output depending on the sample-rate.
If you want a perfect square wave, set 'rise_time' to 0.
Note ltc_encoder_reinit resets the filter-time-constant to use the default 40us for the given sample-rate, overriding any value previously set with ltc_encoder_set_filter
e | encoder handle |
rise_time | the signal rise-time in us (10^(-6) sec), set to 0 for perfect square wave, default 40.0 |
void ltc_encoder_set_frame | ( | LTCEncoder * | e, |
LTCFrame * | f | ||
) |
void ltc_encoder_set_timecode | ( | LTCEncoder * | e, |
SMPTETimecode * | t | ||
) |
Set the encoder LTC-frame to the given SMPTETimecode. The next call to ltc_encoder_encode_byte or ltc_encoder_encode_frame will encode this time to LTC audio-samples.
Internally this call uses ltc_time_to_frame because the LTCEncoder operates on LTCframes only. see als ltc_encoder_set_frame
e | encoder handle |
t | timecode to set. |
int ltc_encoder_set_volume | ( | LTCEncoder * | e, |
double | dBFS | ||
) |
Set the volume of the generated LTC signal
typically LTC is sent at 0dBu ; in EBU calibrated systems that corresponds to -18dBFS. - by default libltc creates -3dBFS
since libltc generated 8bit audio-data, the minimum dBFS is about -42dB which corresponds to 1 bit.
0dB corresponds to a signal range of 127 1..255 with 128 at the center.
e | encoder handle |
dBFS | the volume in dB full-scale (<= 0.0) |
ltc_off_t ltc_frame_alignment | ( | double | samples_per_frame, |
enum LTC_TV_STANDARD | standard | ||
) |
LTCFrame sample alignment offset.
There is a relative offset of the LTC-Frame start and the TV-frame. The first bit of a LTC frame corresponds to a specific line in the actual video frame. When decoding this offset needs to be subtracted from the LTC-frame's audio-sample-time to match the TV-frame's start position.
For film frames or HDV the offset is zero.
samples_per_frame | audio-samples per timecode-frame (eg. 1920 = 48000/25) |
standard | the TV standard |
int ltc_frame_decrement | ( | LTCFrame * | frame, |
int | fps, | ||
enum LTC_TV_STANDARD | standard, | ||
int | flags | ||
) |
Decrement the timecode by one Frame (1/framerate seconds) and set the Frame's parity bit accordingly (see ltc_frame_set_parity)
frame | the LTC-timecode to decrement |
fps | integer framerate (for drop-frame-timecode set frame->dfbit and round-up the fps). |
standard | the TV standard to use for parity bit assignment if set to 1 the 25fps standard is enabled and LTC Frame bit 59 instead of 27 is used for the parity. It only has only has effect flag bit 4 (LTC_NO_PARITY) is cleared. |
flags | binary combination of LTC_BG_FLAGS - here only LTC_USE_DATE and LTC_NO_PARITY are relevant. if the bit 0 is set (1) interpret user-data as date and decrement date if timecode wraps at 24h. (Note: leap-years are taken into account, but since the year is two-digit only, the 100,400yr rules are ignored. "00" is assumed to be year 2000 which was a leap year.) bit 3 (8) indicates that the parity bit should not be touched |
int ltc_frame_increment | ( | LTCFrame * | frame, |
int | fps, | ||
enum LTC_TV_STANDARD | standard, | ||
int | flags | ||
) |
Increment the timecode by one Frame (1/framerate seconds) and set the Frame's parity bit accordingly (see ltc_frame_set_parity)
frame | the LTC-timecode to increment |
fps | integer framerate (for drop-frame-timecode set frame->dfbit and round-up the fps). |
standard | the TV standard to use for parity bit assignment if set to 1 the 25fps standard is enabled and LTC Frame bit 59 instead of 27 is used for the parity. It only has only has effect flag bit 4 (LTC_NO_PARITY) is cleared. |
flags | binary combination of LTC_BG_FLAGS - here only LTC_USE_DATE and LTC_NO_PARITY are relevant. If the bit 0 (1) is set (1) interpret user-data as date and increment date if timecode wraps after 24h. (Note: leap-years are taken into account, but since the year is two-digit only, the 100,400yr rules are ignored. "00" is assumed to be year 2000 which was a leap year.) |
void ltc_frame_reset | ( | LTCFrame * | frame | ) |
Reset all values of a LTC FRAME to zero, except for the sync-word (0x3FFD) at the end. The sync word is set according to architecture (big/little endian). Also set the Frame's parity bit accordingly (see ltc_frame_set_parity)
frame | the LTCFrame to reset |
void ltc_frame_set_parity | ( | LTCFrame * | frame, |
enum LTC_TV_STANDARD | standard | ||
) |
Set the parity of the LTC frame.
Bi-Phase Mark Phase Correction bit (bit 27 - or 59) may be set or cleared so that that every 80-bit word contains an even number of zeroes. This means that the phase in every Sync Word will be the same.
This is merely cosmetic; the motivation to keep the polarity of the waveform constant is to make finding the Sync Word visibly (on a scope) easier.
There is usually no need to call this function directly. The encoder utility functions ltc_time_to_frame, ltc_frame_increment and ltc_frame_decrement include a call to it.
frame | the LTC to analyze and set or clear the biphase_mark_phase_correction bit. |
standard | If 1 (aka LTC_TV_625_50) , the 25fps mode (bit 59 - aka binary_group_flag_bit2) is used, otherwise the 30fps, 24fps mode (bit 27 – biphase_mark_phase_correction) is set or cleared. |
void ltc_frame_to_time | ( | SMPTETimecode * | stime, |
LTCFrame * | frame, | ||
int | flags | ||
) |
Convert binary LTCFrame into SMPTETimecode struct
stime | output |
frame | input |
flags | binary combination of LTC_BG_FLAGS - here only LTC_USE_DATE is relevant. if LTC_USE_DATE is set, the user-fields in LTCFrame will be parsed into the date variable of SMPTETimecode. otherwise the date information in the SMPTETimecode is set to zero. |
void ltc_time_to_frame | ( | LTCFrame * | frame, |
SMPTETimecode * | stime, | ||
enum LTC_TV_STANDARD | standard, | ||
int | flags | ||
) |
Translate SMPTETimecode struct into its binary LTC representation and set the LTC frame's parity bit accordingly (see ltc_frame_set_parity)
frame | output - the frame to be set |
stime | input - timecode input |
standard | the TV standard to use for parity bit assignment |
flags | binary combination of LTC_BG_FLAGS - here only LTC_USE_DATE and LTC_NO_PARITY are relevant. if LTC_USE_DATE is given, user-fields in LTCFrame will be set from the date in SMPTETimecode, otherwise the user-bits are not modified. All non-timecode fields remain untouched - except for the parity bit unless LTC_NO_PARITY is given. |
int parse_bcg_flags | ( | LTCFrame * | f, |
enum LTC_TV_STANDARD | standard | ||
) |
Parse Binary Group Flags into standard independent format: bit 0 (1) - BGF 0, bit 1 (2) - BGF 1, bit 2 (4) - BGF 2
f | LTC frame data analyze |
standard | the TV standard to use – see LTCFrame for BGF assignment |