AVStream是存储每一个视频/音频流信息的结构体。该结构体定义位于libavformat/avformat.h中，如下：
/**
* Stream structure.
* New fields can be added to the end with minor version bumps.
* Removal, reordering and changes to existing fields require a major
* version bump.
* sizeof(AVStream) must not be used outside libav*.
*/
typedef struct AVStream {
//AVFormatContext中的流索引，标识视频流或者音频流
int index; /**< stream index in AVFormatContext */
/**
* Format-specific stream ID.
* decoding: set by libavformat
* encoding: set by the user, replaced by libavformat if left unset
*/
int id;
void *priv_data;
/**
* This is the fundamental unit of time (in seconds) in terms
* of which frame timestamps are represented.
*
* decoding: set by libavformat
* encoding: May be set by the caller before avformat_write_header() to
* provide a hint to the muxer about the desired timebase. In
* avformat_write_header(), the muxer will overwrite this field
* with the timebase that will actually be used for the timestamps
* written into the file (which may or may not be related to the
* user-provided one, depending on the format).
*/
//时基， 通过time_base可以把dts/pts转化为真正的时间。ffmpeg其他结构体中也有这个字段，只有AVStream中的time_base*pts=真正的时间（雷神）
AVRational time_base;
/**
* Decoding: pts of the first frame of the stream in presentation order, in stream time base.
* Only set this if you are absolutely 100% sure that the value you set
* it to really is the pts of the first frame.
* This may be undefined (AV_NOPTS_VALUE).
* @note The ASF header does NOT contain a correct start_time the ASF
* demuxer must NOT set this.
*/
int64_t start_time;
/**
* Decoding: duration of the stream, in stream time base.
* If a source file does not specify a duration, but does specify
* a bitrate, this value will be estimated from bitrate and file size.
*
* Encoding: May be set by the caller before avformat_write_header() to
* provide a hint to the muxer about the estimated duration.
*/
int64_t duration;
//该流中总共的帧数
int64_t nb_frames; ///< number of frames in this stream if known or 0
int disposition; /**< AV_DISPOSITION_* bit field */
enum AVDiscard discard; ///< Selects which packets can be discarded at will and do not need to be demuxed.
/**
* sample aspect ratio (0 if unknown)
* - encoding: Set by user.
* - decoding: Set by libavformat.
*/
AVRational sample_aspect_ratio;
AVDictionary *metadata;
/**
* Average framerate
*
* - demuxing: May be set by libavformat when creating the stream or in
* avformat_find_stream_info().
* - muxing: May be set by the caller before avformat_write_header().
*/
//平均帧率
AVRational avg_frame_rate;
/**
* For streams with AV_DISPOSITION_ATTACHED_PIC disposition, this packet
* will contain the attached picture.
*
* decoding: set by libavformat, must not be modified by the caller.
* encoding: unused
*/
AVPacket attached_pic;
/**
* An array of side data that applies to the whole stream (i.e. the
* container does not allow it to change between packets).
*
* There may be no overlap between the side data in this array and side data
* in the packets. I.e. a given side data is either exported by the muxer
* (demuxing) / set by the caller (muxing) in this array, then it never
* appears in the packets, or the side data is exported / sent through
* the packets (always in the first packet where the value becomes known or
* changes), then it does not appear in this array.
*
* - demuxing: Set by libavformat when the stream is created.
* - muxing: May be set by the caller before avformat_write_header().
*
* Freed by libavformat in avformat_free_context().
*
* @see av_format_inject_global_side_data()
*/
AVPacketSideData *side_data;
/**
* The number of elements in the AVStream.side_data array.
*/
int nb_side_data;
/**
* Flags indicating events happening on the stream, a combination of
* AVSTREAM_EVENT_FLAG_*.
*
* - demuxing: may be set by the demuxer in avformat_open_input(),
* avformat_find_stream_info() and av_read_frame(). Flags must be cleared
* by the user once the event has been handled.
* - muxing: may be set by the user after avformat_write_header(). to
* indicate a user-triggered event. The muxer will clear the flags for
* events it has handled in av_[interleaved]_write_frame().
*/
int event_flags;
/**
* - demuxing: the demuxer read new metadata from the file and updated
* AVStream.metadata accordingly
* - muxing: the user updated AVStream.metadata and wishes the muxer to write
* it into the file
*/
/**
* - demuxing: new packets for this stream were read from the file. This
* event is informational only and does not guarantee that new packets
* for this stream will necessarily be returned from av_read_frame().
*/
/**
* Real base framerate of the stream.
* This is the lowest framerate with which all timestamps can be
* represented accurately (it is the least common multiple of all
* framerates in the stream). Note, this value is just a guess!
* For example, if the time base is 1/90000 and all frames have either
* approximately 3600 or 1800 timer ticks, then r_frame_rate will be 50/1.
*/
AVRational r_frame_rate;
/**
* Codec parameters associated with this stream. Allocated and freed by
* libavformat in avformat_new_stream() and avformat_free_context()
* respectively.
*
* - demuxing: filled by libavformat on stream creation or in
* avformat_find_stream_info()
* - muxing: filled by the caller before avformat_write_header()
*/
//与此流关联的编解码器参数
AVCodecParameters *codecpar;
/**
* Number of bits in timestamps. Used for wrapping control.
*
* - demuxing: set by libavformat
* - muxing: set by libavformat
*
*/
int pts_wrap_bits;
/**
* An opaque field for libavformat internal usage.
* Must not be accessed in any way by callers.
*/
AVStreamInternal *internal;
} AVStream;
