cleanups

server/src/main.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-mod video;
 mod surface;
 mod types;
+mod video;
 mod vnc_engine;
 
 use video::encoder_thread;
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use rand::distributions::DistString;
 use tokio::sync::{
     broadcast,
     mpsc::{self, error::TryRecvError},
+    Mutex as TokioMutex,
 };
 use vnc_engine::VncMessageOutput;
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ struct AppState {
     /// Channel for sending things to the VNC engine
     /// should later be used for control
     engine_tx: mpsc::Sender<vnc_engine::VncMessageInput>,
-    encoder_tx: mpsc::Sender<encoder_thread::EncodeThreadInput>,
+    encoder_tx: Arc<TokioMutex<mpsc::Sender<encoder_thread::EncodeThreadInput>>>,
 
     websocket_broadcast_tx: broadcast::Sender<ws::Message>,
 }
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ impl AppState {
         let (chat_tx, _chat_rx) = broadcast::channel(10);
         Self {
             engine_tx: engine_tx,
-            encoder_tx: encoder_tx,
+            encoder_tx: Arc::new(TokioMutex::new(encoder_tx)),
             websocket_broadcast_tx: chat_tx,
         }
     }
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                         // let's encode a frame
                         // First we copy the current VNC framebuffer to the shared
                         // frame between the encoder thread and ffmpeg
+
+                        // TODO: Do this on the encoder thread
                         {
                             let mut frame_locked = frame
                                 .lock()
@@ -130,6 +133,8 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                         }
 
                         let _ = encoder_tx_clone
+                            .lock()
+                            .await
                             .send(crate::encoder_thread::EncodeThreadInput::SendFrame)
                             .await;
                     }
@@ -146,6 +151,8 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                         }
 
                         let _ = encoder_tx_clone
+                            .lock()
+                            .await
                             .send(crate::encoder_thread::EncodeThreadInput::Init { size: size })
                             .await;
                     }
@@ -227,16 +234,18 @@ async fn ws_handler(
 async fn handle_socket(socket: WebSocket, who: SocketAddr, state: Arc<AppState>) {
     let (mut sender, mut receiver) = socket.split();
 
-    // Force a ws connection to mean a keyframe
-    let _ = state
-        .encoder_tx
-        .send(crate::encoder_thread::EncodeThreadInput::ForceKeyframe)
-        .await;
+    {
+        let locked = state.encoder_tx.lock().await;
 
-    let _ = state
-        .encoder_tx
-        .send(crate::encoder_thread::EncodeThreadInput::SendFrame)
-        .await;
+        // Force a ws connection to mean a keyframe
+        let _ = locked
+            .send(crate::encoder_thread::EncodeThreadInput::ForceKeyframe)
+            .await;
+
+        let _ = locked
+            .send(crate::encoder_thread::EncodeThreadInput::SendFrame)
+            .await;
+    }
 
     // random username
     let username: Arc<String> =

server/src/video/encoder_thread.rs

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ fn encoder_thread_main(
 ) {
     let mut packet = ffmpeg::Packet::empty();
 
+
     let mut encoder: Option<H264Encoder> = None;
     let mut sws = None;
 
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ fn encoder_thread_main(
                 }
 
                 EncodeThreadInput::ForceKeyframe => {
+                    println!("got force keyframe request");
                     force_keyframe = true;
                 }
 

server/src/video/h264_encoder.rs

@@ -30,14 +30,7 @@ fn create_context_and_set_common_parameters(
 
     let mut video_encoder_context = create_context_from_codec(encoder)?.encoder().video()?;
 
-    // TODO: Either no GOP, or a fairly large one.
-    // idk
-    let gop = /*if max_framerate / 2 != 0 {
-        max_framerate / 2
-    } else {
-        max_framerate
-    } */
-     i32::MAX as u32;
+
 
     video_encoder_context.set_width(size.width);
     video_encoder_context.set_height(size.height);
@@ -53,7 +46,11 @@ fn create_context_and_set_common_parameters(
     video_encoder_context.set_time_base(ffmpeg::Rational(1, max_framerate as i32).invert());
     video_encoder_context.set_format(ffmpeg::format::Pixel::YUV420P);
 
-    video_encoder_context.set_gop(gop);
+    // We manually control the GOP of the stream so we only need one stream
+    // that can be broadcast to many users.
+    //
+    // TODO: Either no GOP, or a fairly large one.
+    video_encoder_context.set_gop(i32::MAX as u32);
     video_encoder_context.set_max_b_frames(0);
 
     unsafe {
@@ -104,6 +101,8 @@ impl H264Encoder {
         dict.set("crf", "43");
         dict.set("crf_max", "48");
 
+        dict.set("forced-idr", "1");
+
         let encoder = video_encoder_context
             .open_as_with(encoder, dict)
             .with_context(|| "While opening x264 video codec")?;

server/src/video/mod.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-pub mod h264_encoder;
 pub mod encoder_thread;
+pub mod h264_encoder;
+//pub mod lc_muxer;
 
+/// Re-export of `ffmpeg_the_third` crate in an infinitely less obtuse name.
 pub use ffmpeg_the_third as ffmpeg;
 
-pub use encoder_thread::*;
+pub use encoder_thread::*;