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moq_audio/decode/
decoder.rs

1//! Audio decoder front end.
2//!
3//! Mirror of [`encode::Encoder`](crate::encode::Encoder): dispatches over the
4//! catalog codec and produces interleaved `f32` PCM.
5
6use std::time::Duration;
7
8use unsafe_libopus::{
9	OPUS_OK, OPUS_RESET_STATE, OpusDecoder, opus_decode_float, opus_decoder_create, opus_decoder_ctl_impl,
10	opus_decoder_destroy, varargs,
11};
12
13#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
14use symphonia_core::codecs::audio::AudioDecoder;
15
16#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
17use crate::aac;
18use crate::opus;
19use crate::pcm;
20use crate::{Error, Format};
21
22/// Opus packets cap at 120 ms (RFC 6716 ยง2.1.4).
23const MAX_FRAME_MS: usize = 120;
24
25/// Decoder configuration: the PCM layout to emit, plus the subscription's
26/// latency budget.
27///
28/// The mirror of [`encode::Config`](crate::encode::Config): it describes the
29/// output, since the codec's own shape is read from the catalog.
30///
31/// `#[non_exhaustive]`: build via [`Config::new`] (or `default()`) and set the
32/// optional fields, so future knobs don't break callers.
33#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
34#[non_exhaustive]
35pub struct Config {
36	/// How to pack samples in each emitted frame.
37	pub format: Format,
38	/// Sample rate to emit at. `None` uses the codec's native rate from the
39	/// catalog; anything else resamples.
40	pub sample_rate: Option<u32>,
41	/// Channel count to emit. `None` uses the codec's native count; anything
42	/// else remixes mono and stereo at the decode boundary.
43	pub channels: Option<u32>,
44	/// Upper bound on buffering before skipping a stalled group.
45	///
46	/// Forwarded to [`moq_mux::container::Consumer::with_latency`]: if a group is
47	/// stuck and a newer group is more than this far ahead, the consumer skips.
48	/// `None` keeps the moq-mux default of zero, which skips aggressively. Set it
49	/// to the playout buffer you can tolerate (typically tens to a few hundred ms)
50	/// for the best congestion-vs-quality trade-off. The `_max` suffix is a
51	/// reminder that we never *add* latency here: the consumer skips only when
52	/// newer data is already this far ahead. A companion `latency_min` for
53	/// jitter-buffer padding will land in a follow-up.
54	pub latency_max: Option<Duration>,
55}
56
57impl Config {
58	/// A default config: the codec's native rate and channel count, interleaved
59	/// `f32`, and the moq-mux default latency.
60	pub fn new() -> Self {
61		Self::default()
62	}
63}
64
65/// Decodes codec packets into interleaved `f32` PCM.
66///
67/// The bring-your-own-payload layer under [`Consumer`](super::Consumer): use it
68/// when the packets don't come from a plain track subscription.
69pub struct Decoder {
70	backend: Backend,
71	sample_rate: u32,
72	channel_count: u32,
73	delay: usize,
74}
75
76enum Backend {
77	Opus(Opus),
78	Pcm {
79		bytes_per_frame: usize,
80	},
81	#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
82	Aac(Box<Aac>),
83}
84
85struct Opus {
86	inner: *mut OpusDecoder,
87	pre_skip_remaining: usize,
88	max_frame_size: usize,
89}
90
91// SAFETY: see Encoder.
92unsafe impl Send for Opus {}
93
94/// Boxed in [`Backend`]: the symphonia decoder carries its own filterbank state,
95/// which is far larger than the other backends' handles.
96#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
97struct Aac {
98	inner: symphonia_codec_aac::AacDecoder,
99}
100
101impl Decoder {
102	/// Build a decoder from a catalog [`AudioConfig`](hang::catalog::AudioConfig).
103	///
104	/// Parses the OpusHead `description` if present; falls back to the catalog's
105	/// declared sample rate / channel count. PCM uses those catalog fields
106	/// directly and requires an absent `description`.
107	pub fn new(catalog: &hang::catalog::AudioConfig) -> Result<Self, Error> {
108		match &catalog.codec {
109			hang::catalog::AudioCodec::Opus => Self::new_opus(catalog),
110			hang::catalog::AudioCodec::Pcm => Self::new_pcm(catalog),
111			#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
112			hang::catalog::AudioCodec::AAC(aac) => Self::new_aac(catalog, aac.profile),
113			codec => Err(Error::Unsupported(format!("unsupported audio codec: {codec}"))),
114		}
115	}
116
117	fn new_opus(catalog: &hang::catalog::AudioConfig) -> Result<Self, Error> {
118		let (sample_rate, channel_count, pre_skip) = if let Some(desc) = &catalog.description {
119			let mut buf = desc.as_ref();
120			match moq_mux::codec::opus::Config::parse(&mut buf) {
121				Ok(head) => (head.sample_rate, head.channel_count, head.pre_skip),
122				Err(_) => (catalog.sample_rate, catalog.channel_count, 0),
123			}
124		} else {
125			(catalog.sample_rate, catalog.channel_count, 0)
126		};
127
128		opus::validate_rate(sample_rate)?;
129		let channels = opus::validate_channels(channel_count)?;
130
131		let mut err = 0i32;
132		// SAFETY: out-pointer is valid; inner is checked for null below.
133		let inner = unsafe { opus_decoder_create(sample_rate as i32, channels, &mut err) };
134		if err != OPUS_OK || inner.is_null() {
135			return Err(opus::error(err, "opus_decoder_create"));
136		}
137
138		let max_frame_size = (sample_rate as usize * MAX_FRAME_MS) / 1000;
139		let pre_skip_remaining = (pre_skip as usize * sample_rate as usize) / 48_000;
140
141		Ok(Self {
142			backend: Backend::Opus(Opus {
143				inner,
144				pre_skip_remaining,
145				max_frame_size,
146			}),
147			sample_rate,
148			channel_count,
149			delay: pre_skip_remaining,
150		})
151	}
152
153	/// AAC-LC only, which is what every gateway that feeds this crate publishes.
154	///
155	/// HE-AAC is rejected however its config spells it: leading with SBR or PS
156	/// (mp4a.40.5 / .29), or leading with LC and declaring SBR in a sync extension
157	/// after the core. Symphonia decodes no SBR either way, so the alternative is
158	/// half-rate audio that sounds like a fault rather than an unsupported codec.
159	/// A stream that signals SBR only in band is indistinguishable from LC in the
160	/// config, and does decode as the core.
161	#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
162	fn new_aac(catalog: &hang::catalog::AudioConfig, profile: u8) -> Result<Self, Error> {
163		use symphonia_core::codecs::audio::well_known::CODEC_ID_AAC;
164		use symphonia_core::codecs::audio::{AudioCodecParameters, AudioDecoderOptions};
165
166		let description = aac::description(catalog, profile)?;
167
168		let mut params = AudioCodecParameters::new();
169		params
170			.for_codec(CODEC_ID_AAC)
171			.with_extra_data(description.to_vec().into_boxed_slice());
172
173		let inner = symphonia_codec_aac::AacDecoder::try_new(&params, &AudioDecoderOptions::default())
174			.map_err(|err| Error::Unsupported(format!("aac decoder: {err}")))?;
175
176		// Resolved by the decoder from the config, so this is what it will emit
177		// even when the catalog's own fields say otherwise.
178		let params = inner.codec_params();
179		let sample_rate = params
180			.sample_rate
181			.ok_or_else(|| Error::Unsupported("aac config declares no sample rate".into()))?;
182		let channel_count = params
183			.channels
184			.as_ref()
185			.map(|channels| channels.count())
186			.ok_or_else(|| Error::Unsupported("aac config declares no channels".into()))?;
187
188		Ok(Self {
189			backend: Backend::Aac(Box::new(Aac { inner })),
190			sample_rate,
191			channel_count: channel_count as u32,
192			delay: 0,
193		})
194	}
195
196	fn new_pcm(catalog: &hang::catalog::AudioConfig) -> Result<Self, Error> {
197		if catalog.sample_rate == 0 {
198			return Err(Error::Unsupported("pcm sample rate must be greater than zero".into()));
199		}
200		if catalog.channel_count == 0 {
201			return Err(Error::Unsupported("pcm channel count must be greater than zero".into()));
202		}
203		if catalog.description.is_some() {
204			return Err(Error::Unsupported("pcm catalog description must be absent".into()));
205		}
206		let bitrate = pcm::bitrate(catalog.sample_rate, catalog.channel_count)?;
207		if catalog.bitrate.is_some_and(|declared| declared != bitrate) {
208			return Err(Error::Unsupported(format!(
209				"pcm catalog bitrate must be {bitrate} bits per second"
210			)));
211		}
212		let bytes_per_frame = pcm::frame_bytes(1, catalog.channel_count)?;
213
214		Ok(Self {
215			backend: Backend::Pcm { bytes_per_frame },
216			sample_rate: catalog.sample_rate,
217			channel_count: catalog.channel_count,
218			delay: 0,
219		})
220	}
221
222	/// The rate the codec decodes at, read from the catalog.
223	pub fn sample_rate(&self) -> u32 {
224		self.sample_rate
225	}
226
227	/// The channel count the codec decodes at, read from the catalog.
228	pub fn channel_count(&self) -> u32 {
229		self.channel_count
230	}
231
232	/// Reset codec history and reapply startup delay for a new discontinuous epoch.
233	pub fn reset(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
234		match &mut self.backend {
235			Backend::Opus(opus) => {
236				// SAFETY: `inner` owns a live decoder and OPUS_RESET_STATE takes no arguments.
237				let rc = unsafe { opus_decoder_ctl_impl(opus.inner, OPUS_RESET_STATE, varargs![]) };
238				if rc != OPUS_OK {
239					return Err(crate::opus::error(rc, "OPUS_RESET_STATE"));
240				}
241				opus.pre_skip_remaining = self.delay;
242			}
243			Backend::Pcm { .. } => {}
244			#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
245			Backend::Aac(aac) => aac.inner.reset(),
246		}
247		Ok(())
248	}
249
250	/// Codec delay trimmed from the beginning of a fresh decoder, in native-rate frames.
251	pub(super) fn delay(&self) -> usize {
252		self.delay
253	}
254
255	/// Decode one packet into interleaved `f32` PCM.
256	pub fn decode(&mut self, packet: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<f32>, Error> {
257		match &mut self.backend {
258			Backend::Opus(opus) => {
259				let mut out = vec![0.0f32; opus.max_frame_size * self.channel_count as usize];
260				// SAFETY: `inner` owns a live OpusDecoder; packet/out slices are
261				// bounded by the lengths we pass.
262				let samples = unsafe {
263					opus_decode_float(
264						&mut *opus.inner,
265						packet.as_ptr(),
266						packet.len() as i32,
267						out.as_mut_ptr(),
268						opus.max_frame_size as i32,
269						0,
270					)
271				};
272				if samples < 0 {
273					return Err(crate::opus::decode_error(samples));
274				}
275				out.truncate(samples as usize * self.channel_count as usize);
276				let trim_frames = opus.pre_skip_remaining.min(samples as usize);
277				if trim_frames > 0 {
278					let trim_samples = trim_frames * self.channel_count as usize;
279					out.copy_within(trim_samples.., 0);
280					out.truncate(out.len() - trim_samples);
281					opus.pre_skip_remaining -= trim_frames;
282				}
283				Ok(out)
284			}
285			Backend::Pcm { bytes_per_frame } => {
286				if packet.is_empty() || !packet.len().is_multiple_of(*bytes_per_frame) {
287					return Err(Error::Misaligned {
288						got: packet.len(),
289						expected: packet.len().max(1).next_multiple_of(*bytes_per_frame),
290					});
291				}
292
293				Ok(packet
294					.chunks_exact(pcm::BYTES_PER_SAMPLE)
295					.map(|sample| f32::from_le_bytes([sample[0], sample[1], sample[2], sample[3]]))
296					.collect())
297			}
298			#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
299			Backend::Aac(aac) => {
300				// The packet is a raw AAC frame, not ADTS, so there is nothing to
301				// timestamp it with here: the container carries the timestamp and the
302				// decoder only reads the payload.
303				let packet = symphonia_core::packet::PacketRef::new(
304					0,
305					symphonia_core::units::Timestamp::ZERO,
306					symphonia_core::units::Duration::ZERO,
307					packet,
308				);
309
310				let decoded = aac
311					.inner
312					.decode_ref(&packet)
313					.map_err(|err| Error::Decode(format!("aac: {err}")))?;
314
315				let mut out = Vec::new();
316				decoded.copy_to_vec_interleaved(&mut out);
317				Ok(out)
318			}
319		}
320	}
321}
322
323impl Drop for Opus {
324	fn drop(&mut self) {
325		// SAFETY: `inner` is a live OpusDecoder that nothing else aliases.
326		unsafe { opus_decoder_destroy(self.inner) };
327	}
328}
329
330#[cfg(test)]
331mod tests {
332	use super::*;
333
334	/// Three consecutive AAC-LC frames of a 440 Hz full-scale sine, mono at
335	/// 44.1 kHz, and the AudioSpecificConfig that opens them. Generated with:
336	///
337	/// ```text
338	/// ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:sample_rate=44100:duration=0.2" -af volume=8 -ac 1 -c:a aac -b:a 32k -f adts sine.aac
339	/// ```
340	///
341	/// then stripping the ADTS header off each frame, since the wire carries raw
342	/// AAC. These are frames 2 to 4, past the encoder's priming. lavfi's sine is
343	/// an eighth of full scale, which is what the volume filter is undoing.
344	#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
345	const AAC_DESCRIPTION: &[u8] = b"\x12\x08";
346
347	#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
348	const AAC_FRAMES: [&[u8]; 3] = [
349		b"\x01\x52\xf2\x8b\x1a\xd7\x8e\x7b\xfd\xa7\xef\xe7\xe3\x55\xd3\x4d\x2f\x55\x2e\x47\x1c\x92\x49\x11\x20\x77\x3f\xbe\x74\xdd\x99\xb3\x7b\xfb\x90\xc9\xf0\x61\x9f\xdc\x0c\x9f\x06\x19\xfd\xe1\x1f\x1f\x00\x67\xf7\x03\x87\xc0\x19\xfd\xc0\xc9\xf0\x07",
350		b"\x01\x1e\x32\x89\xe2\x9d\x6b\x33\xe7\xff\xe2\xfe\xbf\xfa\xff\xe7\x2f\x8b\xd5\xd5\xe7\x5f\x3f\x59\xeb\xf1\xcb\xba\xa5\x5e\x52\x4a\xbd\x8d\x74\x50\x8c\x08\xa8\xa0\xd4\x51\x40\xa1\x86\x5d\x06\xb4\x6c\x32\xe6\x25\x9a\x66\x75\xcd\xf9\xbf\x6f\x83\xb7\x53\x80",
351		b"\x01\x1e\x32\x8a\x22\x7d\x40\x87\x48\xdb\xdf\xff\xf9\x4f\xff\x87\xde\xef\x8b\xeb\x1e\x77\x5d\xfc\x67\x8f\x8c\x77\x8a\xd6\x29\x96\x1f\x29\xe7\x39\xd4\x53\xcf\x3c\xf3\xce\x79\xd4\x27\x9c\xf5\x65\x2a\x9b\xe9\x80\xb7\xba\xa9\xf9\x58\xc7\x3c\x58\x27\x8a\x60\xa1\x57",
352	];
353
354	#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
355	fn aac_catalog() -> hang::catalog::AudioConfig {
356		let mut catalog = hang::catalog::AudioConfig::new(hang::catalog::AAC { profile: 2 }, 44_100, 1);
357		catalog.description = Some(bytes::Bytes::from_static(AAC_DESCRIPTION));
358		catalog
359	}
360
361	#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
362	#[test]
363	fn aac_decodes_a_sine() {
364		let mut decoder = Decoder::new(&aac_catalog()).unwrap();
365		assert_eq!(decoder.sample_rate(), 44_100);
366		assert_eq!(decoder.channel_count(), 1);
367
368		let decoded: Vec<Vec<f32>> = AAC_FRAMES.iter().map(|frame| decoder.decode(frame).unwrap()).collect();
369
370		// AAC-LC frames are 1024 samples each, whatever the packet size.
371		for pcm in &decoded {
372			assert_eq!(pcm.len(), 1024);
373		}
374
375		// The first frame is missing the previous frame's overlap, so measure the
376		// last one. ffmpeg decodes this same frame to 0.744 RMS, near the 0.707 of
377		// an ideal full-scale sine.
378		let last = decoded.last().unwrap();
379		let rms = (last.iter().map(|s| s * s).sum::<f32>() / last.len() as f32).sqrt();
380		assert!((0.65..0.8).contains(&rms), "expected a full-scale sine, got {rms} RMS");
381	}
382
383	#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
384	#[test]
385	fn aac_reports_a_truncated_packet_as_decode() {
386		let mut decoder = Decoder::new(&aac_catalog()).unwrap();
387
388		let truncated = &AAC_FRAMES[0][..16];
389		assert!(matches!(decoder.decode(truncated), Err(Error::Decode(_))));
390	}
391
392	#[cfg(feature = "aac")]
393	#[test]
394	fn aac_synthesizes_a_missing_description() {
395		// An MSF catalog carries the shape in its own fields instead.
396		let mut catalog = aac_catalog();
397		catalog.description = None;
398
399		let mut decoder = Decoder::new(&catalog).unwrap();
400		assert_eq!(decoder.sample_rate(), 44_100);
401		assert_eq!(decoder.decode(AAC_FRAMES[0]).unwrap().len(), 1024);
402	}
403
404	/// A packet libopus rejects is that packet's problem, not the
405	/// configuration's. The distinction is what lets a consumer drop the frame and
406	/// keep the subscription instead of ending the stream over one bad packet.
407	#[test]
408	fn opus_reports_a_rejected_packet_as_decode() {
409		let head = moq_mux::codec::opus::Config::new(48_000, 2).encode().unwrap();
410		let mut catalog = hang::catalog::AudioConfig::new(hang::catalog::AudioCodec::Opus, 48_000, 2);
411		catalog.description = Some(head);
412
413		let mut decoder = Decoder::new(&catalog).unwrap();
414
415		// Not a valid TOC byte sequence: libopus reports OPUS_INVALID_PACKET.
416		assert!(matches!(decoder.decode(&[0xFF; 3]), Err(Error::Decode(_))));
417	}
418
419	#[test]
420	fn pcm_rejects_incomplete_channel_frame() {
421		let catalog = hang::catalog::AudioConfig::new(hang::catalog::AudioCodec::Pcm, 48_000, 2);
422		let mut decoder = Decoder::new(&catalog).unwrap();
423
424		assert!(matches!(
425			decoder.decode(&[]),
426			Err(Error::Misaligned { got: 0, expected: 8 })
427		));
428		assert!(matches!(
429			decoder.decode(&[0; 4]),
430			Err(Error::Misaligned { got: 4, expected: 8 })
431		));
432	}
433
434	#[test]
435	fn decoder_rejects_unknown_codec() {
436		let catalog = hang::catalog::AudioConfig::new(hang::catalog::AudioCodec::Unknown("future".into()), 48_000, 2);
437
438		assert!(matches!(Decoder::new(&catalog), Err(Error::Unsupported(_))));
439	}
440
441	#[test]
442	fn pcm_rejects_incorrect_catalog_bitrate() {
443		let mut catalog = hang::catalog::AudioConfig::new(hang::catalog::AudioCodec::Pcm, 48_000, 2);
444		catalog.bitrate = Some(1);
445
446		assert!(matches!(Decoder::new(&catalog), Err(Error::Unsupported(_))));
447	}
448}