JPGygax68
3/1/2016 - 5:31 PM

Function that finds the next NALU inside H.264 bitstream data.

Function that finds the next NALU inside H.264 bitstream data.

find_next_nal_unit.cpp
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/*
* Find next NAL unit from the specified H.264 bitstream data.
*/
static auto find_next_nal_unit(const uint8_t *start, const uint8_t *end) -> const uint8_t *
{
    const uint8_t *p = start;

    /* Simply lookup "0x000001" pattern */
    while (p <= end - 3 && (p[0] || p[1] || p[2] != 1))
        ++p;

    if (p > end - 3)
        /* No more NAL unit in this bitstream */
        return nullptr;

    /* Include 8 bits leading zero */
    if (p > start && *(p - 1) == 0)
        return (p - 1);

    return p;
}