AVIOContext
typedef struct AVIOContext {
/**
* A class for private options.
*
* If this AVIOContext is created by avio_open2(), av_class is set and
* passes the options down to protocols.
*
* If this AVIOContext is manually allocated, then av_class may be set by
* the caller.
*
* warning -- this field can be NULL, be sure to not pass this AVIOContext
* to any av_opt_* functions in that case.
*/
const AVClass *av_class;
unsigned char *buffer; /**< Start of the buffer. */
int buffer_size; /**< Maximum buffer size */
unsigned char *buf_ptr; /**< Current position in the buffer */
unsigned char *buf_end; /**< End of the data, may be less than
buffer+buffer_size if the read function returned
less data than requested, e.g. for streams where
no more data has been received yet. */
void *opaque; /**< A private pointer, passed to the read/write/seek/...
functions. */
int (*read_packet)(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size);
int (*write_packet)(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size);
int64_t (*seek)(void *opaque, int64_t offset, int whence);
int64_t pos; /**< position in the file of the current buffer */
int must_flush; /**< true if the next seek should flush */
int eof_reached; /**< true if eof reached */
int write_flag; /**< true if open for writing */
int max_packet_size;
unsigned long checksum;
unsigned char *checksum_ptr;
unsigned long (*update_checksum)(unsigned long checksum, const uint8_t *buf, unsigned int size);
int error; /**< contains the error code or 0 if no error happened */
/**
* Pause or resume playback for network streaming protocols - e.g. MMS.
*/
int (*read_pause)(void *opaque, int pause);
/**
* Seek to a given timestamp in stream with the specified stream_index.
* Needed for some network streaming protocols which don‘t support seeking
* to byte position.
*/
int64_t (*read_seek)(void *opaque, int stream_index,
int64_t timestamp, int flags);
/**
* A combination of AVIO_SEEKABLE_ flags or 0 when the stream is not seekable.
*/
int seekable;
/**
* max filesize, used to limit allocations
* This field is internal to libavformat and access from outside is not allowed.
*/
int64_t maxsize;
/**
* avio_read and avio_write should if possible be satisfied directly
* instead of going through a buffer, and avio_seek will always
* call the underlying seek function directly.
*/
int direct;
/**
* Bytes read statistic
* This field is internal to libavformat and access from outside is not allowed.
*/
int64_t bytes_read;
/**
* seek statistic
* This field is internal to libavformat and access from outside is not allowed.
*/
int seek_count;
/**
* writeout statistic
* This field is internal to libavformat and access from outside is not allowed.
*/
int writeout_count;
/**
* Original buffer size
* used internally after probing and ensure seekback to reset the buffer size
* This field is internal to libavformat and access from outside is not allowed.
*/
int orig_buffer_size;
} AVIOContext;
avio_alloc_context
/** * Allocate and initialize an AVIOContext for buffered I/O. It must be later * freed with av_free(). * * @param buffer Memory block for input/output operations via AVIOContext. * The buffer must be allocated with av_malloc() and friends. * It may be freed and replaced with a new buffer by libavformat. * AVIOContext.buffer holds the buffer currently in use, * which must be later freed with av_free(). * @param buffer_size The buffer size is very important for performance. * For protocols with fixed blocksize it should be set to this blocksize. * For others a typical size is a cache page, e.g. 4kb. * @param write_flag Set to 1 if the buffer should be writable, 0 otherwise. * @param opaque An opaque pointer to user-specific data. * @param read_packet A function for refilling the buffer, may be NULL. * @param write_packet A function for writing the buffer contents, may be NULL. * The function may not change the input buffers content. * @param seek A function for seeking to specified byte position, may be NULL. * * @return Allocated AVIOContext or NULL on failure. */ AVIOContext *avio_alloc_context( unsigned char *buffer, int buffer_size, int write_flag, void *opaque, int (*read_packet)(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size), int (*write_packet)(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size), int64_t (*seek)(void *opaque, int64_t offset, int whence));
负责数据输入输出，通过avio_alloc_context函数可自定义该结构体的相关参数，比如第5和第6个参数可以自定义读写的回调函数，实现自己的IO。
AVFormatContext
包含文件一些基本的信息，将其中的pb指向自己定义的AVIOContext就可以实现自己的IO了，比如可以直接从内存中读取和写入数据等等。
AVCodecContext
包含码流的一些具体信息，内容很多，像视频的宽高，平均比特率，解码器信息，音频的采样率，声道数，采样格式等
AVCodec
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AVPacket
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AVFrame
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原文：http://my.oschina.net/u/1466652/blog/392603