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This PR introduces DeFFcode Stable v0.2.9. It brings major features including support for multiple FFmpeg outputs (-extra_outputs) and stderr capture (-capture_stderr) for better pipeline diagnosing. It also hardens subprocess handling, fixes several bugs related to terminate() and exit codes, and fully migrates the documentation engine from MkDocs to Zensical.
This release provides the ability to generate additional outputs (like files or network streams) alongside decoded frames without needing a separate pipeline. It also improves error visibility by allowing users to capture FFmpeg's stderr_tail and returncode. Furthermore, it ensures more robust and graceful subprocess termination (especially during clean stream ends or timeouts) and modernizes the documentation infrastructure by migrating to Zensical.
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Key Release Highlights:
FFdecoder: Added -extra_outputs for multiple outputs and -capture_stderr for FFmpeg stderr capture.
Subprocess Hardening:terminate() now gracefully waits for -extra_outputs finalization before escalating to SIGKILL, and check_sp_output no longer inherits the parent's stdin.
Bug Fixes: Fixed terminate() skipping cleanup, reported exit code 0 on clean stream end, and fixed invalid format assignment in metadata setter warnings.
Documentation: Completely migrated the docs engine to Zensical, updated CI/CD docs deployer, and added a relative link checker script.
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New Features
FFdecoder can send input to additional file or stream outputs while continuing to deliver decoded frames to Python.
Optional FFmpeg diagnostics provide the exit code and recent error output when processing ends.
Bug Fixes
Improved FFmpeg process shutdown and prevented subprocesses from inheriting standard input by default.
Documentation
Added multi-output recipes and reference guidance, and corrected documentation links.
Maintenance
Updated to version 0.2.9 and refreshed CI and documentation publishing workflows, including checks for broken documentation links.
- Add `-capture_stderr` exclusive param that pipes FFmpeg stderr into the
existing reader thread, keeping the last 50 lines in a deque and echoing
them when `verbose=True`. `showinfo` is parsed only with `-extract_metadata`.
- Add `returncode` and `stderr_tail` properties.
- `terminate()` now escalates wait -> kill -> wait, cleans up already-exited
processes, and returns the FFmpeg exit code.
- Log `stderr_tail` at error level when FFmpeg exits non-zero mid-stream.
- Default `stdin` to DEVNULL in `check_sp_output`.
Refs #74
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
`.format(key)` was called on the `None` returned by `logger.warning`, so
assigning an invalid-typed value raised `AttributeError` instead of
being discarded.
Refs #74
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Append user-defined outputs after the rawvideo pipe so one FFmpeg process
can decode frames into Python and write files/streams in parallel.
- map filtergraph labels consumed only by extra outputs into Sourcer's
probe, avoiding "unconnected output" and source-metadata fallback
- wait for FFmpeg to finalize extra outputs on terminate() before
escalating to SIGTERM/kill
- drop `-clones` from multi-input per-source probes in Sourcer
- Set `theme.variant: classic` to keep Material for MkDocs look.
- Switch emoji extension namespace from `material.extensions` to `zensical.extensions`.
- Drop `git-revision-date-localized` plugin (ignored by Zensical).
Refs #78
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace MkDocs, Material, git-revision-date, minify and mkdocs-exclude
packages with `zensical`, `mkdocstrings-python` and the Zensical-compatible
`mike` fork.
Refs #78
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Zensical resolves relative links from the source file, MkDocs resolved
non-.md links from the page URL. Drop one leading `../` from relative
links and images flagged as broken in the Zensical build.
Refs #78
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Point live feed device recipe links to `recipes/advanced/`.
- Point FFmpeg auto-installation links to `installation/ffmpeg_install/`.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Checks relative href/src links in built docs resolve to existing files
(case-sensitive), ported from vidgear.
Refs #78
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Mark stream exhausted when `generateFrame()` runs to completion, not only on
short reads, so finite (known frame count) streams are covered too.
- In `terminate()`, wait `TERMINATE_TIMEOUT_SUBPROCESS` for FFmpeg to exit on
its own after stream end before sending SIGTERM, avoiding rc 255 races.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Document multi-output (`-extra_outputs`) and stderr capture
(`-capture_stderr`) features for FFdecoder
- Record terminate() improvements, check_sp_output stdin fix, and
Sourcer probe change
- Note docs migration to Zensical, CI/CD pinning, link checker, and
new tests
- List bug fixes for terminate() cleanup, exit codes, and metadata
setter warning
- Demote v0.2.8 entry from latest in changelog
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FFdecoder now supports additional FFmpeg outputs alongside Python frame decoding. It can capture stderr and expose process exit codes. Documentation moves to Zensical, adds link validation, and includes multi-output recipes, corrected links, and v0.2.9 release material.
Changes: FFdecoder output and process handling
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Extra outputs and probing deffcode/ffdecoder.py, deffcode/sourcer.py, tests/test_ffdecoder.py, docs/reference/ffdecoder/params.md, docs/recipes/advanced/multi_output.md, docs/recipes/advanced/index.md, README.md, docs/index.md
FFdecoder appends flat -extra_outputs arguments after the rawvideo output and adjusts probing for mapped filtergraph labels. Tests and documentation cover copied, filtered, and tee outputs while retaining Python frame output.
Stderr capture and process lifecycle deffcode/ffdecoder.py, deffcode/ffhelper.py, tests/test_ffdecoder.py, tests/test_ffhelper.py, docs/reference/ffdecoder/params.md
FFdecoder exposes recent stderr lines and the process exit code. Stream-end handling and terminate() wait for or stop FFmpeg and return its code. check_sp_output defaults subprocess stdin to DEVNULL; tests cover stderr, exits, termination, and metadata assignment.
Documentation build and release updates
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Zensical deployment and link validation .github/workflows/CIlinux.yml, .github/workflows/docs_deployer.yml, mkdocs.yml, scripts/bash/check_links.sh, scripts/bash/check_links_whitelist.txt, .gitignore
The Linux CI job uses ubuntu-24.04, and documentation deployment jobs use ubuntu-24.04. The development job builds the site and checks links before deployment.
Documentation content and link corrections README.md, docs/index.md, docs/recipes/advanced/*, docs/reference/*, docs/contribution/issue.md, docs/help*, docs/installation/ffmpeg_install.md, docs/recipes/basic/*
The documentation adds multi-output examples and updates relative links to documentation pages and images. The referenced instructions and behavior remain unchanged.
Release metadata and notes deffcode/version.py, pyproject.toml, docs/changelog.md, README.md, docs/index.md, docs/overrides/main.html
The package version changes to v0.2.9. The changelog and announcement are updated for that release; citation metadata changes to v0.2.8.
sequenceDiagram
participant FFdecoder
participant FFmpeg
participant Python
participant ExtraOutputs
FFdecoder->>FFmpeg: Start with rawvideo and extra-output arguments
FFmpeg->>Python: Deliver decoded frames
FFmpeg->>ExtraOutputs: Write configured file or stream outputs
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abhiTronix/deffcode#73: It introduced subprocess timeout and termination handling and multi-input probing, which this change uses and extends.
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Documentation navigation is fixed, but FFdecoder termination may still hang with a custom executable that leaves a descendant holding stderr.
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Major · Install linux-modules-extra only when the runner kernel provides it. · CIlinux.yml:56
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Install linux-modules-extra only when the runner kernel provides it.
The ubuntu-24.04 runner reports kernel 7.0.0-1017-azure, and APT cannot locate linux-modules-extra-7.0.0-1017-azure. Because apt-get install aborts on the missing package, ffmpeg and the v4l2loopback packages are not installed either. The CI Linux (3.13) job fails at this step before pytest runs.
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Update the CI Linux package-install step so ffmpeg and the v4l2loopback packages
install independently of whether a matching kernel extras package exists. Check
whether linux-modules-extra for the runner’s current kernel is available before
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- Line 1146: In `terminate()`, avoid closing `self.__process.stderr` before the
process has exited or been stopped, as that can block on the reader lock. After
the process-stop logic, join `__stderr_thread` before closing stderr; ensure
this ordering also works when stderr capture is enabled without extra outputs.
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- Line 23: Verify the actual publication date for v0.2.9 and update its
changelog heading to match, so the release is not future-dated.
Review comments at @docs/contribution/issue.md:
- Line 44: Update the checklist link in the contribution guide so its fragment
targets an existing section in the help page, and adjust the link text to match
that section; alternatively, add the missing FAQ anchor to the help page.
Review comments at @docs/recipes/basic/extract-video-metadata.md:
- Line 108: Update the Advanced Recipe link in the metadata note to use the
fragment generated from the target section heading, “Overriding source video
metadata in FFdecoder API,” so the link opens that section.
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Minor · Reject labeled side outputs without an explicit primary map. · ffdecoder.py:244-254
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Reject labeled side outputs without an explicit primary map.
When -extra_outputs contains a labeled filtergraph map and no primary -map exists, the probe clones the side label. FFdecoder then uses the side output dimensions for Python frames. This can resize the primary output or make Python read raw bytes with the wrong dimensions. It violates the documented contract that extra outputs do not alter Python frames.
Add the guard after self.__custom_resolution is initialized. A guard at the current clone block would raise AttributeError.
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# reset improper values
self.__custom_resolution = None
++ if (+ self.__extra_outputs+ and "-filter_complex" in sourcer_params+ and "-map" not in self.__extra_params+ and any(+ key == "-map" and val.startswith("[")+ for key, val in pairwise(self.__extra_outputs)+ )+ and (+ self.__custom_resolution is None+ or isinstance(self.__custom_resolution, str)+ )+ ):+ raise ValueError(+ "Labeled `-extra_outputs` require an explicit `-map` for Python frames."+ )
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Add a guard after `self.__custom_resolution` is initialized to reject labeled
`-extra_outputs` used with `-filter_complex` when `self.__extra_params` has no
explicit `-map`. Apply the guard only when `self.__custom_resolution` is unset
or a string, and raise a `ValueError` explaining that an explicit map is
required for Python frames; do not place it in the clone block, where the
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- Around line 244-254: Add a guard after `self.__custom_resolution` is
initialized to reject labeled `-extra_outputs` used with `-filter_complex` when
`self.__extra_params` has no explicit `-map`. Apply the guard only when
`self.__custom_resolution` is unset or a string, and raise a `ValueError`
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Brief Description
This PR introduces DeFFcode Stable v0.2.9. It brings major features including support for multiple FFmpeg outputs (
-extra_outputs) and stderr capture (-capture_stderr) for better pipeline diagnosing. It also hardens subprocess handling, fixes several bugs related toterminate()and exit codes, and fully migrates the documentation engine from MkDocs to Zensical.Requirements / Checklist
Related Issue
Resolves #74, Resolves #75, Resolves #78.
Context
This release provides the ability to generate additional outputs (like files or network streams) alongside decoded frames without needing a separate pipeline. It also improves error visibility by allowing users to capture FFmpeg's
stderr_tailandreturncode. Furthermore, it ensures more robust and graceful subprocess termination (especially during clean stream ends or timeouts) and modernizes the documentation infrastructure by migrating to Zensical.Types of changes
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Key Release Highlights:
-extra_outputsfor multiple outputs and-capture_stderrfor FFmpeg stderr capture.terminate()now gracefully waits for-extra_outputsfinalization before escalating toSIGKILL, andcheck_sp_outputno longer inherits the parent'sstdin.terminate()skipping cleanup, reported exit code0on clean stream end, and fixed invalid format assignment in metadata setter warnings.Summary by CodeRabbit