[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] mxfenc.c: look for reel_name within streams as well

[Bart Styczen]

If an MXF file has reel_name stored in a stream, while copying or remuxing file, some (most) of the stream metadata is lost.
Here’s the file: https://streams.videolan.org/ffmpeg/incoming/original.mxf
After running ffmpeg -i original.mxf -c copy output.mxf, and checking with ffprobe, 
the original file has the following stream metadata:
>       file_package_umid: 0x060A2B340101010501010D431300000064F640280FA57031060E2B347F7F2A80
>       file_package_name: B002C0006_230803_1932_000001 (0)
>       track_name      : B002C0006_230803_1932_000001 (0)_v1
>       reel_umid       : 0x060A2B340101010501010D431300000064F640280FA67031060E2B347F7F2A80
>       reel_name       : B002C0006_230803_1932_000001 (1)
>       timecode        : 00:06:15:21

And the copied file only these:
>       file_package_umid: 0x060A2B340101010501010D001339242252947134203924220052947134203901
>       file_package_name: B002C0006_230803_1932_000001 (0)


After applying the patch, copied file correctly shows reel metadata and the timecode:
>       file_package_umid: 0x060A2B340101010501010D001321CA09529471342721CA090052947134272101
>       file_package_name: B002C0006_230803_1932_000001 (0)
>       reel_umid       : 0x060A2B340101010501010D001321CA09529471342721CA090052947134272102
>       reel_name       : B002C0006_230803_1932_000001 (1)
>       timecode        : 00:06:15:21


The track_name is still missing though, so I will continue to investigate the issue. 

Signed-off-by: Bart Styczen <bart.styczen at cine.dev>
---
libavformat/mxfenc.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libavformat/mxfenc.c b/libavformat/mxfenc.c
index d8252ed68f..d3ae83a9fb 100644
--- a/libavformat/mxfenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/mxfenc.c
@@ -1817,7 +1817,17 @@ static int mxf_write_header_metadata_sets(AVFormatContext *s)
    }

    entry = av_dict_get(s->metadata, "reel_name", NULL, 0);
-    if (entry) {
+    if (!entry) {
+        /* check if any of the streams contain a reel_name */
+        for (i = 0; i < s->nb_streams; i++) {
+            st = s->streams[i];
+            if (entry = av_dict_get(st->metadata, "reel_name", NULL, 0)) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    if(entry) {
        packages[2].name = entry->value;
        packages[2].type = SourcePackage;
        packages[2].instance = 2;
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