Add an RTP/H.264 packetiser and a capture/replay pair

The packetiser is RFC 6184: single-NAL packets, FU-A fragmentation, and
STAP-A aggregation for parameter sets and SEI. Pure stdlib, because the
simulator ships in the package and cannot drag a media library behind it.
A VCL NAL is never aggregated and interleaved mode is absent; the docstring
says so rather than leaving it to be discovered.

Parameter sets repeat rather than appearing once at the head of the stream,
which is what the aircraft does and the only reason a viewer joining a flight
already in progress can recover. A start offset, random with a controllable
seed, exists to hand a decoder a stream that begins mid-GOP on purpose.

Capture and replay is the other half, and the two are different instruments.
The packetised path paces at a nominal frame rate, which proves a decoder and
a renderer work. A replay reproduces the recorded inter-packet gaps packet for
packet, which is what a latency or jitter measurement needs. The aircraft's
packet-type mix cannot be derived from first principles: the measurement we
have read only the outer header byte of each packet, so what its 740 FU-A
packets carried is still unknown, and only a real capture settles it.

The loop point is the one gap a file cannot describe. It is estimated from the
capture's mean frame period rather than its median packet gap, which was the
first thing tried and is wrong: with a dozen packets to a frame most gaps are
intra-frame, so the stream looped a frame early every time.
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"""Record the aircraft's RTP stream, and replay it packet for packet.
Two halves of one idea. `record` binds the port we name in the ARSDK
handshake and writes every datagram the drone sends us, with the time it
arrived. `ReplaySource` feeds that file back to a client with the gaps it was
recorded with, which is the only way to put a viewer in front of the
aircraft's real pacing without the aircraft.
That distinction is the point of having two paths at all.
`rtp.PacketisedSource` builds a stream from any video file and sends it at a
steady frame rate, which proves a decoder and a renderer work. A replay
reproduces bursts, reordering and jitter as they happened, which is what a
latency measurement needs. They are different instruments and a caller should
know which one it has.
The file is deliberately dull: a magic string, a version, then a record per
packet. Nothing is parsed, nothing is dropped, and the payload bytes are kept
whole, so a later pass can answer questions the recorder never asked. Counting
the NAL types carried inside FU-A packets is the obvious one: the only
measurement we have of the drone's stream read the outer header byte of each
packet and stopped there, so what the fragments carried is still unknown.
Recording needs the drone. Reading, writing and replaying a file do not, which
is what makes the format testable here.
python -m mcbebop.media.capture out.rtpcap --seconds 10
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import logging
import random
import socket
import statistics
import struct
import time
from collections.abc import Iterable, Iterator
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from itertools import pairwise
from pathlib import Path
from mcbebop.media.rtp import CLOCK_RATE, DEFAULT_FPS, parse_packet, resolve_start_offset, rewrite_header
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
MAGIC = b"BEBOPRTP"
VERSION = 1
_FILE_HEADER = struct.Struct("<8sHH")
_RECORD = struct.Struct("<dI")
#: The port the controller names as `arstream2_client_stream_port`.
DEFAULT_CAPTURE_PORT = 55004
_MAX_DATAGRAM = 65535
_POLL = 0.25
class CaptureFormatError(ValueError):
"""The file is not a capture, or is a version we do not know."""
def write_capture(path: str | Path, packets: Iterable[tuple[float, bytes]]) -> int:
"""Write `(arrival seconds, datagram)` pairs. Returns the packet count.
Times are relative to the first packet, so a file is comparable with
itself regardless of when it was taken.
"""
out = Path(path)
out.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
count = 0
with out.open("wb") as fh:
fh.write(_FILE_HEADER.pack(MAGIC, VERSION, 0))
for at, data in packets:
fh.write(_RECORD.pack(at, len(data)) + data)
count += 1
return count
def read_capture(path: str | Path) -> Iterator[tuple[float, bytes]]:
"""Stream a capture back as `(arrival seconds, datagram)` pairs.
A truncated tail stops the read rather than raising: a capture cut short
by Ctrl-C is still worth replaying, and the alternative is losing the
whole file to its last partial record.
"""
with Path(path).open("rb") as fh:
head = fh.read(_FILE_HEADER.size)
if len(head) < _FILE_HEADER.size:
raise CaptureFormatError(f"{path} is too short to be a capture")
magic, version, _flags = _FILE_HEADER.unpack(head)
if magic != MAGIC:
raise CaptureFormatError(f"{path} does not start with {MAGIC!r}")
if version != VERSION:
raise CaptureFormatError(f"{path} is capture version {version}, this reads {VERSION}")
while True:
raw = fh.read(_RECORD.size)
if len(raw) < _RECORD.size:
if raw:
log.warning("%s ends mid-record; stopping there", path)
return
at, length = _RECORD.unpack(raw)
data = fh.read(length)
if len(data) < length:
log.warning("%s ends mid-packet; stopping there", path)
return
yield at, data
def record(
path: str | Path,
*,
port: int = DEFAULT_CAPTURE_PORT,
host: str = "",
seconds: float | None = None,
max_packets: int | None = None,
) -> int:
"""Bind `port` and write every datagram that arrives. Returns the count.
Read-only with respect to the aircraft: it sends nothing, so it cannot be
the reason a stream stops. Something else has to hold the ARSDK session
and send VideoEnable, and it has to do it after this is listening, because
RTP is connectionless and whatever arrives before the bind is gone.
"""
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
sock.bind((host, port))
sock.settimeout(_POLL)
deadline = None if seconds is None else time.monotonic() + seconds
first: float | None = None
packets: list[tuple[float, bytes]] = []
log.info("recording RTP on %s:%d to %s", host or "0.0.0.0", port, path)
try:
while deadline is None or time.monotonic() < deadline:
try:
data, _addr = sock.recvfrom(_MAX_DATAGRAM)
except TimeoutError:
continue
now = time.monotonic()
first = now if first is None else first
packets.append((now - first, data))
if max_packets is not None and len(packets) >= max_packets:
break
except KeyboardInterrupt:
log.info("interrupted; writing what arrived")
finally:
sock.close()
count = write_capture(path, packets)
span = packets[-1][0] if packets else 0.0
log.info("wrote %d packets over %.2fs to %s", count, span, path)
return count
def _median_positive(values: Iterable[int | float], fallback: float) -> float:
positive = [v for v in values if v > 0]
return statistics.median(positive) if positive else fallback
@dataclass
class ReplaySource:
"""A recorded RTP stream, sent again with its original inter-packet gaps.
Only the SSRC and the sequence numbers are rewritten, so the client sees a
stream from us rather than one that looks like a replay of someone else's.
Timestamps keep their recorded deltas; what is added is a running offset,
so a loop carries the clock forward instead of jumping back to the start
of the capture and stalling every decoder downstream.
The loop point is the one gap in the file that does not exist in it: the
interval between the last packet and a next one that was never recorded.
It is estimated as what would carry the stream to the start of the frame
after the last, from the capture's own mean frame period. The median gap
is the wrong estimator here and was the first thing tried: with a dozen
packets to a frame, most gaps are the ones *inside* a frame, so the median
is an intra-frame gap and the stream would loop a frame early every time.
"""
packets_in: tuple[tuple[float, bytes], ...]
start_offset: float | str | None = None
seed: int | None = None
ssrc: int = field(default_factory=lambda: random.getrandbits(32))
@classmethod
def from_path(
cls,
path: str | Path,
*,
start_offset: float | str | None = None,
seed: int | None = None,
) -> ReplaySource:
packets = tuple(read_capture(path))
if not packets:
raise CaptureFormatError(f"{path} holds no packets")
return cls(packets_in=packets, start_offset=start_offset, seed=seed)
def __post_init__(self) -> None:
# Both counters live on the instance, not in `packets()`, so a client
# that disables and re-enables video sees the stream continue rather
# than a clock that jumps backwards under an unchanged SSRC.
counters = random.Random(self.seed)
self._seq = counters.getrandbits(16)
self._ticks = counters.getrandbits(32)
# A separate generator, so the chosen offset does not move when the
# number of counter draws above changes.
offset = resolve_start_offset(self.start_offset, self.duration, random.Random(self.seed))
self.start_index = next(
(i for i, (at, _) in enumerate(self.packets_in) if at >= offset),
0,
)
stamps = [parse_packet(data)[2] for _at, data in self.packets_in]
# Ticks step only between frames, so the median of the positive steps
# is one frame's worth however many packets a frame took.
ticks = [(b - a) % (1 << 32) for a, b in pairwise(stamps)]
self._loop_ticks = int(_median_positive(ticks, CLOCK_RATE / DEFAULT_FPS))
self._loop_gap = self._gap_to_the_next_frame(stamps)
def _gap_to_the_next_frame(self, stamps: list[int]) -> float:
"""How long after the last recorded packet the next frame would start."""
starts = [at for i, (at, _) in enumerate(self.packets_in) if i == 0 or stamps[i] != stamps[i - 1]]
if len(starts) < 2:
return 1.0 / DEFAULT_FPS
period = (starts[-1] - starts[0]) / (len(starts) - 1)
return max(0.0, period - (self.duration - starts[-1]))
@property
def duration(self) -> float:
return self.packets_in[-1][0] if self.packets_in else 0.0
@property
def describe(self) -> str:
return (
f"{len(self.packets_in)} recorded packets over {self.duration:.2f}s, "
f"replayed from index {self.start_index}"
)
def packets(self) -> Iterator[tuple[float, bytes]]:
total = len(self.packets_in)
index = self.start_index
prev_at, prev_ticks = None, None
while True:
at, data = self.packets_in[index]
stamp = parse_packet(data)[2]
if prev_at is None:
delay, step = 0.0, 0
elif index == 0:
# The wrap: the file's own gaps say nothing about this one.
delay, step = self._loop_gap, self._loop_ticks
else:
delay, step = at - prev_at, (stamp - prev_ticks) % (1 << 32)
self._ticks = (self._ticks + step) % (1 << 32)
yield (
max(0.0, delay),
rewrite_header(data, ssrc=self.ssrc, seq=self._seq, timestamp=self._ticks),
)
self._seq = (self._seq + 1) & 0xFFFF
prev_at, prev_ticks = at, stamp
index = (index + 1) % total
def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
import argparse
import sys
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
prog="python -m mcbebop.media.capture",
description="Record the Bebop 2's RTP video stream for later replay.",
)
parser.add_argument("out", help="where to write the capture")
parser.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=DEFAULT_CAPTURE_PORT)
parser.add_argument("--seconds", type=float, default=None, help="stop after this long")
parser.add_argument("--packets", type=int, default=None, help="stop after this many packets")
args = parser.parse_args(argv)
# stderr, because this module is importable from the MCP server and
# stdout there is the JSON-RPC transport.
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(message)s", stream=sys.stderr)
count = record(args.out, port=args.port, seconds=args.seconds, max_packets=args.packets)
return 0 if count else 1
if __name__ == "__main__": # pragma: no cover - a hand-run tool
raise SystemExit(main())
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"""RTP/H.264 packetisation, so the simulator can emit a video stream.
The Bebop 2 does not serve RTSP. It pushes plain RTP to the port the
controller named in its handshake, which means a simulator can imitate the
whole video path with a UDP socket and nothing else. This module is the
packetiser half of that: Annex-B H.264 in, RFC 6184 datagrams out. Pure
stdlib, because the simulator ships in the package and must not drag a media
library in behind it.
What is implemented, and what is not:
Single-NAL packets when a NAL fits the MTU, FU-A fragmentation when it does
not, and STAP-A aggregation for runs of parameter sets and SEI. Nothing else.
In particular a VCL NAL is never aggregated, so an access unit that fits in
one datagram still goes out as one single-NAL packet rather than a STAP-A.
Interleaved mode (types 25 to 29 other than 28), MTAP and the RTCP side are
absent; a viewer that needs RTCP from the simulator needs a capture replay.
The live aircraft's packet-type mix is not reproduced and cannot be from
first principles. Six seconds off the drone carried 1461 packets whose outer
NAL byte was STAP-A, 740 FU-A and 200 non-IDR, which is around eight STAP-A
per frame at 30 fps and far more aggregation than parameter sets alone can
explain. Those are *outer* header bytes: for a FU-A packet the type lives in
the next byte and was never read, so what the carried NALs were is unknown.
Closing that gap needs a real capture, which is what `media/capture.py` and
`ReplaySource` exist for.
Repeating the parameter sets is the one behaviour here that is not optional.
The aircraft's SPS and PPS recur throughout the stream rather than appearing
once at the start, which is why a viewer can join a flight already in
progress and recover in a second or two. `PacketisedSource` does the same.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import logging
import random
import struct
from collections.abc import Iterator, Sequence
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Protocol
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
PAYLOAD_TYPE = 96 # dynamic, bound to H264/90000 by the SDP
CLOCK_RATE = 90_000
DEFAULT_MTU = 1400 # payload bytes, so a 1500-byte link does not fragment
DEFAULT_FPS = 30.0
# version 2, no padding, no extension, no CSRC.
_V2 = 0x80
_MARKER = 0x80
_RTP_HEADER = struct.Struct(">BBHII")
_STAP_A_LENGTH = struct.Struct(">H")
NAL_STAP_A = 24
NAL_FU_A = 28
_VCL = frozenset(range(1, 6)) # 1 non-IDR .. 5 IDR
_SPS, _PPS = 7, 8
# What is worth aggregating: parameter sets, SEI and the access unit
# delimiter. All small, all repeated, none of them a picture.
_AGGREGATABLE = frozenset({6, _SPS, _PPS, 9})
_START_CODE = b"\x00\x00\x01"
def nal_type(nal: bytes) -> int:
return nal[0] & 0x1F
def _nri(nal: bytes) -> int:
return nal[0] & 0x60
def iter_nals(data: bytes) -> Iterator[bytes]:
"""Split an Annex-B elementary stream into NAL units.
Both start codes are accepted. The three-byte form is the one actually
searched for, and a fourth leading zero is simply a trailing zero of the
previous NAL, which is why trailing zeros are stripped: a decoder ignores
them but they would otherwise inflate every NAL's length and so change
where the MTU falls.
"""
start = data.find(_START_CODE)
if start < 0:
return
pos = start + len(_START_CODE)
while True:
nxt = data.find(_START_CODE, pos)
end = len(data) if nxt < 0 else nxt
nal = data[pos:end].rstrip(b"\x00")
if nal:
yield nal
if nxt < 0:
return
pos = nxt + len(_START_CODE)
def _opens_picture(nal: bytes) -> bool:
"""Is this a VCL NAL whose slice starts at macroblock zero?
`first_mb_in_slice` is the first ue(v) in the slice header, and ue(v) is
zero exactly when the first bit is set. That makes the boundary between
access units readable without a bitstream parser, and it keeps a
multi-slice picture in one access unit instead of splitting it into one
per slice, which would put the marker bit in the wrong places.
"""
return len(nal) > 1 and nal_type(nal) in _VCL and bool(nal[1] & 0x80)
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class AccessUnit:
"""One decodable picture, with whatever headers precede it."""
nals: tuple[bytes, ...]
@property
def carries_parameter_sets(self) -> bool:
return any(nal_type(n) in (_SPS, _PPS) for n in self.nals)
@property
def is_idr(self) -> bool:
return any(nal_type(n) == 5 for n in self.nals)
def access_units(nals: Sequence[bytes]) -> list[AccessUnit]:
"""Group NALs into access units.
A picture-opening VCL NAL closes the previous unit, so parameter sets and
SEI attach to the picture they precede rather than to the one before.
"""
units: list[AccessUnit] = []
current: list[bytes] = []
have_picture = False
for nal in nals:
if _opens_picture(nal) and have_picture:
units.append(AccessUnit(tuple(current)))
current, have_picture = [], False
current.append(nal)
have_picture = have_picture or nal_type(nal) in _VCL
if current:
units.append(AccessUnit(tuple(current)))
return units
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class AnnexBStream:
"""A parsed Annex-B file, ready to be looped."""
units: tuple[AccessUnit, ...]
parameter_sets: tuple[bytes, ...]
@classmethod
def from_bytes(cls, data: bytes) -> AnnexBStream:
nals = list(iter_nals(data))
if not nals:
raise ValueError("no NAL units found; is this an Annex-B elementary stream?")
# Keep the last of each kind: a stream whose resolution changes
# mid-file should be repeated with the sets that are in force, and
# x264 writes the same pair every time anyway.
latest: dict[int, bytes] = {}
for nal in nals:
kind = nal_type(nal)
if kind in (_SPS, _PPS):
latest[kind] = nal
sets = tuple(latest[k] for k in (_SPS, _PPS) if k in latest)
if not sets:
log.warning("the stream carries no SPS/PPS, so a viewer joining late cannot start")
return cls(units=tuple(access_units(nals)), parameter_sets=sets)
@classmethod
def from_path(cls, path: str | Path) -> AnnexBStream:
return cls.from_bytes(Path(path).read_bytes())
@dataclass
class Packetiser:
"""Annex-B access units in, RTP datagrams out.
Stateful on purpose. The sequence number, the timestamp and the SSRC
belong to a stream rather than to a frame, and a looping source must not
reset any of them: a decoder handed a timestamp that jumps backwards
treats the whole stream as corrupt.
"""
mtu: int = DEFAULT_MTU
payload_type: int = PAYLOAD_TYPE
ssrc: int = field(default_factory=lambda: random.getrandbits(32))
seq: int = field(default_factory=lambda: random.getrandbits(16))
timestamp: int = field(default_factory=lambda: random.getrandbits(32))
aggregate: bool = True
def __post_init__(self) -> None:
# Two bytes of FU-A header, so an MTU below three could never carry a
# payload byte and would loop forever.
if self.mtu < 3:
raise ValueError(f"mtu must be at least 3 payload bytes, got {self.mtu}")
def packetise(self, nals: Sequence[bytes], *, advance: int = 0) -> list[bytes]:
"""Datagrams for one access unit, then move the clock on by `advance`.
The marker bit lands on the last packet of the unit, which is how a
receiver knows the picture is complete without parsing it.
"""
payloads: list[bytes] = []
for group in self._groups(nals):
if len(group) > 1:
payloads.append(self._stap_a(group))
elif len(group[0]) <= self.mtu:
payloads.append(group[0])
else:
payloads.extend(self._fu_a(group[0]))
packets = [self._frame(p, marker=i == len(payloads) - 1) for i, p in enumerate(payloads)]
self.timestamp = (self.timestamp + advance) % (1 << 32)
return packets
# -- grouping --------------------------------------------------------
def _groups(self, nals: Sequence[bytes]) -> list[list[bytes]]:
"""Runs of NALs that travel together. Singletons unless aggregating.
A STAP-A of one NAL is legal but pointless, so a run of length one is
emitted as a single-NAL packet instead.
"""
if not self.aggregate:
return [[nal] for nal in nals]
groups: list[list[bytes]] = []
run: list[bytes] = []
used = 1 # the STAP-A header byte
for nal in nals:
cost = _STAP_A_LENGTH.size + len(nal)
if nal_type(nal) in _AGGREGATABLE and used + cost <= self.mtu:
run.append(nal)
used += cost
continue
if run:
groups.append(run)
run, used = [], 1
if nal_type(nal) in _AGGREGATABLE and 1 + cost <= self.mtu:
run, used = [nal], 1 + cost
else:
groups.append([nal])
if run:
groups.append(run)
return groups
# -- packet shapes ---------------------------------------------------
def _frame(self, payload: bytes, *, marker: bool) -> bytes:
seq = self.seq
self.seq = (seq + 1) & 0xFFFF
second = (_MARKER if marker else 0) | self.payload_type
return _RTP_HEADER.pack(_V2, second, seq, self.timestamp, self.ssrc) + payload
def _stap_a(self, nals: Sequence[bytes]) -> bytes:
# The aggregate's NRI is the highest of what it carries, so dropping
# it costs a receiver no more than dropping the most important NAL in
# it would have.
out = bytearray([max(_nri(n) for n in nals) | NAL_STAP_A])
for nal in nals:
out += _STAP_A_LENGTH.pack(len(nal)) + nal
return bytes(out)
def _fu_a(self, nal: bytes) -> list[bytes]:
indicator = _nri(nal) | NAL_FU_A
kind = nal_type(nal)
body = nal[1:] # the original header is rebuilt by the receiver
budget = self.mtu - 2
chunks = [body[i : i + budget] for i in range(0, len(body), budget)]
out = []
for i, chunk in enumerate(chunks):
flags = (0x80 if i == 0 else 0) | (0x40 if i == len(chunks) - 1 else 0)
out.append(bytes([indicator, flags | kind]) + chunk)
return out
def parse_packet(packet: bytes) -> tuple[int, int, int, int, bool, bytes]:
"""Read an RTP packet back: payload type, seq, timestamp, ssrc, marker, payload.
Here rather than in the tests because the capture tools and the replay
path need it too, and a second implementation would be a second chance to
get the field order wrong.
"""
if len(packet) < _RTP_HEADER.size:
raise ValueError(f"an RTP packet is at least {_RTP_HEADER.size} bytes, got {len(packet)}")
first, second, seq, timestamp, ssrc = _RTP_HEADER.unpack_from(packet)
if first >> 6 != 2:
raise ValueError(f"not RTP version 2: first byte {first:#04x}")
csrc = first & 0x0F
offset = _RTP_HEADER.size + 4 * csrc
return second & 0x7F, seq, timestamp, ssrc, bool(second & _MARKER), packet[offset:]
def rewrite_header(packet: bytes, *, ssrc: int, seq: int, timestamp: int) -> bytes:
"""Restamp a recorded packet with our SSRC, sequence number and clock.
The caller supplies the timestamp rather than an offset because a replay
that loops has to carry the recorded gaps forward past the loop point
instead of jumping back to where the capture started. `ReplaySource`
accumulates the recorded deltas to do that.
"""
first, second, _seq, _timestamp, _ssrc = _RTP_HEADER.unpack_from(packet)
head = _RTP_HEADER.pack(first, second, seq & 0xFFFF, timestamp & 0xFFFFFFFF, ssrc & 0xFFFFFFFF)
return head + packet[_RTP_HEADER.size :]
class VideoSource(Protocol):
"""Where the simulator gets datagrams and when to send them.
One pair per packet: how long to wait before sending it, and the bytes.
The generator is expected to be endless, so a viewer can be left running.
"""
def packets(self) -> Iterator[tuple[float, bytes]]: ...
@property
def describe(self) -> str: ...
def resolve_start_offset(offset: float | str | None, duration: float, rng: random.Random) -> float:
"""Where in the stream to begin, in seconds.
`"random"` exists to reproduce a viewer switched on while the drone is
already flying, which hands a stateless decoder a stream that begins
mid-GOP. The seed is the caller's so a failure can be run again.
"""
if offset is None:
return 0.0
if isinstance(offset, str):
if offset != "random":
raise ValueError(f"start_offset must be a number or 'random', got {offset!r}")
return rng.uniform(0.0, duration) if duration > 0 else 0.0
if offset < 0:
raise ValueError(f"start_offset must not be negative, got {offset}")
return offset % duration if duration > 0 else 0.0
@dataclass
class PacketisedSource:
"""An Annex-B file, packetised and paced at a nominal frame rate.
Steady pacing: every frame goes out one period after the last and the
packets within a frame go out back to back. That is a synthetic
instrument. It is the right one for checking that a decoder and a
renderer work, and the wrong one for measuring latency or jitter against
the aircraft, which sends in bursts this does not imitate. Use
`ReplaySource` over a real capture for that.
"""
stream: AnnexBStream
fps: float = DEFAULT_FPS
mtu: int = DEFAULT_MTU
parameter_set_period: int = 30
start_offset: float | str | None = None
seed: int | None = None
def __post_init__(self) -> None:
if self.fps <= 0:
raise ValueError(f"fps must be positive, got {self.fps}")
if not self.stream.units:
raise ValueError("the stream has no access units")
self.packetiser = Packetiser(mtu=self.mtu)
self._rng = random.Random(self.seed)
self.start_index = round(self._offset_seconds() * self.fps) % len(self.stream.units)
def _offset_seconds(self) -> float:
return resolve_start_offset(self.start_offset, len(self.stream.units) / self.fps, self._rng)
@property
def describe(self) -> str:
return (
f"{len(self.stream.units)} access units paced at {self.fps:g} fps from index {self.start_index}"
)
def packets(self) -> Iterator[tuple[float, bytes]]:
units = self.stream.units
ticks = round(CLOCK_RATE / self.fps)
period = 1.0 / self.fps
index = self.start_index
frame = 0
while True:
unit = units[index]
nals = list(unit.nals)
# Nothing else here lets a viewer join a stream in progress: it
# cannot decode a picture whose parameter sets it never saw.
if (
self.parameter_set_period > 0
and frame % self.parameter_set_period == 0
and not unit.carries_parameter_sets
):
nals = [*self.stream.parameter_sets, *nals]
datagrams = self.packetiser.packetise(nals, advance=ticks)
for i, datagram in enumerate(datagrams):
yield (period if i == 0 else 0.0), datagram
index = (index + 1) % len(units)
frame += 1
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"""The RTP packetiser and the capture format, against bytes.
Synthetic NALs throughout: a NAL is a header byte and a payload as far as
RFC 6184 is concerned, so real H.264 would only make the assertions harder to
read. The one test that needs real video is the ffmpeg decode in
`test_sim_video.py`, which is the only one that can tell whether any of this
is actually correct.
"""
import random
import struct
from itertools import pairwise
import pytest
from mcbebop.media import capture, rtp
# header bytes: NRI 3 is "most important", which parameter sets carry.
SPS = bytes([0x67]) + b"\x42\xc0\x1e"
PPS = bytes([0x68]) + b"\xce\x3c\x80"
SEI = bytes([0x06]) + b"\x05\x02\x00\x00\x80"
# A slice whose first bit is set, so first_mb_in_slice is 0 and it opens a
# picture. 0x65 is an IDR at NRI 3, 0x41 a non-IDR at NRI 2.
IDR = bytes([0x65, 0x88]) + b"\xaa" * 40
SLICE = bytes([0x41, 0x9A]) + b"\xbb" * 40
# first bit clear, so first_mb_in_slice is not 0: a continuation slice.
SLICE_2 = bytes([0x41, 0x1A]) + b"\xcc" * 40
def annex_b(*nals: bytes, four_byte: bool = False) -> bytes:
code = b"\x00\x00\x00\x01" if four_byte else b"\x00\x00\x01"
return b"".join(code + nal for nal in nals)
# -- Annex-B parsing -----------------------------------------------------
def test_three_and_four_byte_start_codes_both_split():
assert list(rtp.iter_nals(annex_b(SPS, PPS))) == [SPS, PPS]
assert list(rtp.iter_nals(annex_b(SPS, PPS, four_byte=True))) == [SPS, PPS]
def test_trailing_zeros_belong_to_the_start_code_not_the_nal():
# A fourth zero before 00 00 01 is a trailing byte of the previous NAL.
# Counting it would change the length and so change where the MTU falls.
data = b"\x00\x00\x01" + SPS + b"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01" + PPS
assert list(rtp.iter_nals(data)) == [SPS, PPS]
def test_a_stream_with_no_start_code_yields_nothing():
assert list(rtp.iter_nals(b"\xde\xad\xbe\xef")) == []
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Annex-B"):
rtp.AnnexBStream.from_bytes(b"\xde\xad\xbe\xef")
def test_leading_garbage_before_the_first_start_code_is_skipped():
assert list(rtp.iter_nals(b"junk" + annex_b(SPS))) == [SPS]
def test_nal_type_reads_the_low_five_bits():
assert rtp.nal_type(SPS) == 7
assert rtp.nal_type(PPS) == 8
assert rtp.nal_type(IDR) == 5
assert rtp.nal_type(SLICE) == 1
# -- access units --------------------------------------------------------
def test_parameter_sets_attach_to_the_picture_that_follows_them():
units = rtp.access_units([SPS, PPS, IDR, SLICE])
assert [u.nals for u in units] == [(SPS, PPS, IDR), (SLICE,)]
assert units[0].is_idr and units[0].carries_parameter_sets
assert not units[1].is_idr and not units[1].carries_parameter_sets
def test_a_continuation_slice_stays_in_the_same_access_unit():
# Splitting a multi-slice picture per slice would put the marker bit and
# the timestamp step in the wrong places.
units = rtp.access_units([IDR, SLICE_2, SLICE])
assert [u.nals for u in units] == [(IDR, SLICE_2), (SLICE,)]
def test_the_stream_keeps_the_parameter_sets_for_reuse():
stream = rtp.AnnexBStream.from_bytes(annex_b(SPS, PPS, IDR, SLICE, SLICE))
assert stream.parameter_sets == (SPS, PPS)
assert len(stream.units) == 3
def test_a_stream_without_parameter_sets_warns(caplog):
rtp.AnnexBStream.from_bytes(annex_b(IDR))
assert "joining late" in caplog.text
# -- RTP headers ---------------------------------------------------------
def unpack(packet):
return rtp.parse_packet(packet)
def test_a_small_nal_becomes_exactly_one_single_nal_packet():
p = rtp.Packetiser(mtu=1400, ssrc=0x11223344, seq=7, timestamp=9000)
packets = p.packetise([IDR])
assert len(packets) == 1
pt, seq, ts, ssrc, marker, payload = unpack(packets[0])
assert (pt, seq, ts, ssrc, marker) == (96, 7, 9000, 0x11223344, True)
assert payload == IDR # the NAL travels whole, header byte included
def test_the_header_is_twelve_bytes_of_version_two():
packets = rtp.Packetiser().packetise([IDR])
assert packets[0][0] == 0x80 # V=2, no padding, no extension, no CSRC
assert len(packets[0]) == 12 + len(IDR)
def test_parse_packet_rejects_anything_that_is_not_version_two():
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="version 2"):
rtp.parse_packet(b"\x40" + b"\x00" * 15)
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="at least"):
rtp.parse_packet(b"\x80\x60")
# -- FU-A ----------------------------------------------------------------
def big_nal(size: int, header: int = 0x65) -> bytes:
return bytes([header]) + bytes((i % 251) + 1 for i in range(size - 1))
def test_an_oversized_nal_fragments_into_well_formed_fu_a():
nal = big_nal(4000)
p = rtp.Packetiser(mtu=1400)
packets = p.packetise([nal])
payloads = [unpack(pkt)[5] for pkt in packets]
assert len(payloads) == 3 # 1398 payload bytes per fragment, 3999 to carry
for payload in payloads:
assert payload[0] & 0x1F == rtp.NAL_FU_A
assert payload[0] & 0x60 == nal[0] & 0x60 # NRI is preserved
assert payload[1] & 0x1F == rtp.nal_type(nal) # the carried type
assert payload[1] & 0x20 == 0 # the reserved bit must be zero
starts = [bool(p[1] & 0x80) for p in payloads]
ends = [bool(p[1] & 0x40) for p in payloads]
assert starts == [True, False, False]
assert ends == [False, False, True]
def test_fu_a_fragments_reassemble_into_the_original_nal():
nal = big_nal(4000)
payloads = [unpack(p)[5] for p in rtp.Packetiser(mtu=1400).packetise([nal])]
rebuilt = bytes([(payloads[0][0] & 0xE0) | (payloads[0][1] & 0x1F)])
rebuilt += b"".join(p[2:] for p in payloads)
assert rebuilt == nal
def test_no_fragment_exceeds_the_mtu():
for mtu in (3, 50, 1400):
packets = rtp.Packetiser(mtu=mtu).packetise([big_nal(4000)])
assert max(len(unpack(p)[5]) for p in packets) <= mtu
def test_a_nal_exactly_at_the_mtu_is_not_fragmented():
nal = big_nal(100)
assert len(rtp.Packetiser(mtu=100, aggregate=False).packetise([nal])) == 1
assert len(rtp.Packetiser(mtu=99, aggregate=False).packetise([nal])) == 2
def test_an_mtu_too_small_to_carry_a_payload_byte_is_refused():
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="at least 3"):
rtp.Packetiser(mtu=2)
# -- STAP-A --------------------------------------------------------------
def test_parameter_sets_aggregate_into_one_stap_a():
packets = rtp.Packetiser(mtu=1400).packetise([SPS, PPS, SEI, IDR])
assert len(packets) == 2 # one STAP-A for the headers, one for the picture
payload = unpack(packets[0])[5]
assert payload[0] & 0x1F == rtp.NAL_STAP_A
assert payload[0] & 0x60 == 0x60 # the highest NRI of what it carries
carried, pos = [], 1
while pos < len(payload):
(length,) = struct.unpack_from(">H", payload, pos)
carried.append(payload[pos + 2 : pos + 2 + length])
pos += 2 + length
assert carried == [SPS, PPS, SEI]
def test_a_picture_is_never_aggregated():
# A STAP-A carrying a slice would be legal, but it is not what this does,
# and the docstring says so. Two small slices stay two packets.
packets = rtp.Packetiser(mtu=1400).packetise([IDR, SLICE_2])
assert len(packets) == 2
assert all(unpack(p)[5][0] & 0x1F != rtp.NAL_STAP_A for p in packets)
def test_a_lone_parameter_set_goes_out_as_a_single_nal_not_a_stap_a():
(packet,) = rtp.Packetiser(mtu=1400).packetise([SPS])
assert unpack(packet)[5] == SPS
def test_aggregation_can_be_switched_off():
packets = rtp.Packetiser(mtu=1400, aggregate=False).packetise([SPS, PPS, SEI, IDR])
assert len(packets) == 4
assert [unpack(p)[5] for p in packets] == [SPS, PPS, SEI, IDR]
def test_aggregation_stops_at_the_mtu_rather_than_overflowing():
sets = [big_nal(300, header=0x68) for _ in range(5)]
packets = rtp.Packetiser(mtu=700).packetise(sets)
assert len(packets) == 3 # 2 + 2 + 1 at 302 bytes of cost each
assert all(len(unpack(p)[5]) <= 700 for p in packets)
# -- sequence, marker, clock ---------------------------------------------
def test_sequence_numbers_advance_by_one_per_packet():
p = rtp.Packetiser(mtu=1400, seq=100)
packets = p.packetise([SPS, PPS, IDR]) + p.packetise([SLICE])
assert [unpack(pkt)[1] for pkt in packets] == [100, 101, 102]
assert p.seq == 103
def test_sequence_numbers_wrap_at_sixteen_bits():
p = rtp.Packetiser(mtu=1400, seq=0xFFFE)
packets = p.packetise([IDR]) + p.packetise([IDR]) + p.packetise([IDR])
assert [unpack(pkt)[1] for pkt in packets] == [0xFFFE, 0xFFFF, 0]
def test_the_marker_bit_lands_only_on_the_last_packet_of_an_access_unit():
p = rtp.Packetiser(mtu=1400)
packets = p.packetise([SPS, PPS, big_nal(4000)])
markers = [unpack(pkt)[4] for pkt in packets]
assert markers == [False, False, False, True]
def test_the_timestamp_is_one_per_access_unit_and_advances_between_them():
p = rtp.Packetiser(mtu=1400, timestamp=1000)
first = p.packetise([SPS, PPS, big_nal(4000)], advance=3000)
second = p.packetise([SLICE], advance=3000)
assert {unpack(pkt)[2] for pkt in first} == {1000}
assert {unpack(pkt)[2] for pkt in second} == {4000}
def test_the_timestamp_wraps_at_thirty_two_bits():
p = rtp.Packetiser(timestamp=(1 << 32) - 1000)
p.packetise([IDR], advance=3000)
assert p.timestamp == 2000
def test_the_ssrc_is_the_same_on_every_packet():
p = rtp.Packetiser(mtu=1400)
packets = p.packetise([SPS, PPS, big_nal(4000)]) + p.packetise([SLICE])
assert len({unpack(pkt)[3] for pkt in packets}) == 1
# -- start offsets -------------------------------------------------------
def test_no_offset_starts_at_the_beginning():
assert rtp.resolve_start_offset(None, 10.0, random.Random(0)) == 0.0
def test_a_random_offset_lands_inside_the_stream_and_repeats_with_a_seed():
first = rtp.resolve_start_offset("random", 10.0, random.Random(5))
second = rtp.resolve_start_offset("random", 10.0, random.Random(5))
assert first == second
assert 0.0 <= first < 10.0
def test_an_offset_past_the_end_wraps_rather_than_falling_off():
assert rtp.resolve_start_offset(12.5, 10.0, random.Random(0)) == 2.5
def test_a_nonsense_offset_is_an_error():
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="'random'"):
rtp.resolve_start_offset("middle", 10.0, random.Random(0))
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="negative"):
rtp.resolve_start_offset(-1.0, 10.0, random.Random(0))
# -- the packetised source ----------------------------------------------
@pytest.fixture
def stream():
# Ten pictures, parameter sets only at the front, which is the case that
# makes repetition matter.
nals = [SPS, PPS, IDR] + [SLICE] * 9
return rtp.AnnexBStream.from_bytes(annex_b(*nals))
def take(source, n):
out = []
for item in source.packets():
out.append(item)
if len(out) >= n:
break
return out
def test_the_source_paces_one_period_per_frame_and_nothing_between_packets(stream):
source = rtp.PacketisedSource(stream, fps=30.0)
delays = [delay for delay, _ in take(source, 6)]
assert delays[0] == pytest.approx(1 / 30)
assert delays[1] == 0.0 # the second packet of the same frame
assert sum(1 for d in delays if d > 0) == len([d for d in delays if d > 0])
def test_the_source_loops_without_the_clock_going_backwards(stream):
source = rtp.PacketisedSource(stream, fps=30.0, parameter_set_period=0)
packets = [data for _delay, data in take(source, 40)]
stamps = [unpack(p)[2] for p in packets]
assert stamps == sorted(stamps), "a timestamp that goes back makes a decoder give up"
seqs = [unpack(p)[1] for p in packets]
assert seqs == list(range(seqs[0], seqs[0] + len(seqs)))
assert len(packets) > len(stream.units), "it must have passed the loop point"
def test_parameter_sets_recur_so_a_viewer_can_join_late(stream):
source = rtp.PacketisedSource(stream, fps=30.0, parameter_set_period=4)
payloads = [unpack(data)[5] for _delay, data in take(source, 30)]
stap_a = [p for p in payloads if p[0] & 0x1F == rtp.NAL_STAP_A]
# One at the file's own head plus one every fourth frame after it.
assert len(stap_a) >= 5
assert all(SPS in p and PPS in p for p in stap_a)
def test_turning_repetition_off_sends_the_parameter_sets_once_per_pass(stream):
source = rtp.PacketisedSource(stream, fps=30.0, parameter_set_period=0)
payloads = [unpack(data)[5] for _delay, data in take(source, 25)]
assert sum(1 for p in payloads if p[0] & 0x1F == rtp.NAL_STAP_A) == 3
def test_a_random_start_offset_begins_mid_stream_and_is_reproducible(stream):
a = rtp.PacketisedSource(stream, fps=30.0, start_offset="random", seed=11)
b = rtp.PacketisedSource(stream, fps=30.0, start_offset="random", seed=11)
assert a.start_index == b.start_index
assert 0 <= a.start_index < len(stream.units)
assert rtp.PacketisedSource(stream, fps=30.0, start_offset=0.1).start_index == 3
def test_a_source_needs_a_positive_frame_rate(stream):
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="fps"):
rtp.PacketisedSource(stream, fps=0)
# -- the capture format --------------------------------------------------
def rtp_packet(seq, timestamp, ssrc=0xAABBCCDD, payload=b"\x41\x9a\xff"):
return struct.pack(">BBHII", 0x80, 96, seq, timestamp, ssrc) + payload
def test_a_capture_round_trips(tmp_path):
path = tmp_path / "c.rtpcap"
packets = [(0.0, rtp_packet(1, 9000)), (0.033, rtp_packet(2, 12000))]
assert capture.write_capture(path, packets) == 2
assert list(capture.read_capture(path)) == packets
def test_a_capture_creates_its_parent_directory(tmp_path):
path = tmp_path / "deep" / "c.rtpcap"
capture.write_capture(path, [(0.0, rtp_packet(1, 0))])
assert path.is_file()
def test_something_that_is_not_a_capture_is_rejected(tmp_path):
path = tmp_path / "nope.rtpcap"
path.write_bytes(b"not a capture at all")
with pytest.raises(capture.CaptureFormatError, match="does not start"):
list(capture.read_capture(path))
short = tmp_path / "short.rtpcap"
short.write_bytes(b"BEBO")
with pytest.raises(capture.CaptureFormatError, match="too short"):
list(capture.read_capture(short))
def test_a_future_capture_version_is_refused_rather_than_misread(tmp_path):
path = tmp_path / "future.rtpcap"
path.write_bytes(struct.pack("<8sHH", capture.MAGIC, 99, 0))
with pytest.raises(capture.CaptureFormatError, match="version 99"):
list(capture.read_capture(path))
def test_a_capture_cut_short_still_reads_up_to_the_break(tmp_path, caplog):
path = tmp_path / "cut.rtpcap"
capture.write_capture(path, [(0.0, rtp_packet(1, 0)), (0.033, rtp_packet(2, 3000))])
path.write_bytes(path.read_bytes()[:-5]) # a Ctrl-C mid-write
got = list(capture.read_capture(path))
assert len(got) == 1
assert "mid-packet" in caplog.text
# -- replay --------------------------------------------------------------
@pytest.fixture
def capture_file(tmp_path):
"""Three frames of two packets each, with a gap only between frames."""
packets = []
for frame in range(3):
at = frame * 0.04
packets.append((at, rtp_packet(frame * 2, 9000 + frame * 3000)))
packets.append((at + 0.001, rtp_packet(frame * 2 + 1, 9000 + frame * 3000)))
path = tmp_path / "flight.rtpcap"
capture.write_capture(path, packets)
return path
def test_a_replay_reproduces_the_recorded_gaps(capture_file):
source = capture.ReplaySource.from_path(capture_file)
delays = [delay for delay, _ in take(source, 6)]
assert delays[0] == 0.0
assert delays[1] == pytest.approx(0.001)
assert delays[2] == pytest.approx(0.039)
assert delays[3] == pytest.approx(0.001)
def test_a_replay_restamps_the_ssrc_and_renumbers_continuously(capture_file):
source = capture.ReplaySource.from_path(capture_file, seed=3)
packets = [data for _delay, data in take(source, 10)]
assert {unpack(p)[3] for p in packets} == {source.ssrc}
assert source.ssrc != 0xAABBCCDD
seqs = [unpack(p)[1] for p in packets]
assert seqs == list(range(seqs[0], seqs[0] + len(seqs)))
def test_a_replay_keeps_the_recorded_timestamp_deltas(capture_file):
source = capture.ReplaySource.from_path(capture_file)
stamps = [unpack(data)[2] for _delay, data in take(source, 6)]
# Two packets per frame share a timestamp; frames are 3000 ticks apart.
assert [b - a for a, b in pairwise(stamps)] == [0, 3000, 0, 3000, 0]
def test_a_replay_carries_the_clock_past_the_loop_point(capture_file):
source = capture.ReplaySource.from_path(capture_file)
items = take(source, 14) # six recorded packets, then round again
stamps = [unpack(data)[2] for _delay, data in items]
assert stamps == sorted(stamps), "looping must not rewind the clock"
# The gap the file cannot know: filled with its own median, one frame.
assert items[6][0] == pytest.approx(0.039)
assert stamps[6] - stamps[5] == 3000
def test_a_replay_can_start_part_way_in(capture_file):
source = capture.ReplaySource.from_path(capture_file, start_offset=0.04)
assert source.start_index == 2
assert capture.ReplaySource.from_path(capture_file, start_offset="random", seed=2).start_index >= 0
def test_an_empty_capture_is_an_error_not_a_silent_stall(tmp_path):
path = tmp_path / "empty.rtpcap"
capture.write_capture(path, [])
with pytest.raises(capture.CaptureFormatError, match="no packets"):
capture.ReplaySource.from_path(path)
def test_the_recorder_writes_what_arrives_on_the_port_it_binds(tmp_path):
import socket
import threading
path = tmp_path / "live.rtpcap"
port = 0
probe = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
probe.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0))
port = probe.getsockname()[1]
probe.close()
done = threading.Event()
count = []
def run():
count.append(capture.record(path, port=port, host="127.0.0.1", max_packets=2))
done.set()
thread = threading.Thread(target=run, daemon=True)
thread.start()
sender = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
for i in range(2):
for _attempt in range(20):
sender.sendto(rtp_packet(i, i * 3000), ("127.0.0.1", port))
if done.wait(0.05) or len(count) or i == 0:
break
done.wait(5)
sender.close()
assert count == [2]
got = list(capture.read_capture(path))
assert len(got) == 2
assert got[0][0] == 0.0 # times are relative to the first packet