FFMPEG中结构体很多。最关键的结构体可以分成以下几类：
a) 解协议（http,rtsp,rtmp,mms）
AVIOContext，URLProtocol，URLContext主要存储视音频使用的协议的类型以及状态。URLProtocol存储输入视音频使用的封装格式。每种协议都对应一个URLProtocol结构。（注意：FFMPEG中文件也被当做一种协议“file”）
b) 解封装（flv,avi,rmvb,mp4）
AVFormatContext主要存储视音频封装格式中包含的信息；AVInputFormat存储输入视音频使用的封装格式。每种视音频封装格式都对应一个AVInputFormat 结构。
c) 解码（h264,mpeg2,aac,mp3）
每个AVStream存储一个视频/音频流的相关数据；每个AVStream对应一个AVCodecContext，存储该视频/音频流使用解码方式的相关数据；每个AVCodecContext中对应一个AVCodec，包含该视频/音频对应的解码器。每种解码器都对应一个AVCodec结构。
d) 存数据
视频的话，每个结构一般是存一帧；音频可能有好几帧
解码前数据：AVPacket
解码后数据：AVFrame
他们之间的对应关系如下所示：
AVPacket是存储压缩编码数据相关信息的结构体。本文将会详细分析一下该结构体里重要变量的含义和作用。
首先看一下结构体的定义（位于avcodec.h文件中）：
typedef struct AVPacket {
/**
* Presentation timestamp in AVStream->time_base units; the time at which
* the decompressed packet will be presented to the user.
* Can be AV_NOPTS_VALUE if it is not stored in the file.
* pts MUST be larger or equal to dts as presentation cannot happen before
* decompression, unless one wants to view hex dumps. Some formats misuse
* the terms dts and pts/cts to mean something different. Such timestamps
* must be converted to true pts/dts before they are stored in AVPacket.
*/
int64_t pts;
/**
* Decompression timestamp in AVStream->time_base units; the time at which
* the packet is decompressed.
* Can be AV_NOPTS_VALUE if it is not stored in the file.
*/
int64_t dts;
uint8_t *data;
int size;
int stream_index;
/**
* A combination of AV_PKT_FLAG values
*/
int flags;
/**
* Additional packet data that can be provided by the container.
* Packet can contain several types of side information.
*/
struct {
uint8_t *data;
int size;
enum AVPacketSideDataType type;
} *side_data;
int side_data_elems;
/**
* Duration of this packet in AVStream->time_base units, 0 if unknown.
* Equals next_pts - this_pts in presentation order.
*/
int duration;
void (*destruct)(struct AVPacket *);
void *priv;
int64_t pos; ///< byte position in stream, -1 if unknown
/**
* Time difference in AVStream->time_base units from the pts of this
* packet to the point at which the output from the decoder has converged
* independent from the availability of previous frames. That is, the
* frames are virtually identical no matter if decoding started from
* the very first frame or from this keyframe.
* Is AV_NOPTS_VALUE if unknown.
* This field is not the display duration of the current packet.
* This field has no meaning if the packet does not have AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY
* set.
*
* The purpose of this field is to allow seeking in streams that have no
* keyframes in the conventional sense. It corresponds to the
* recovery point SEI in H.264 and match_time_delta in NUT. It is also
* essential for some types of subtitle streams to ensure that all
* subtitles are correctly displayed after seeking.
*/
int64_t convergence_duration;
} AVPacket;
uint8_t *data：压缩编码的数据。
例如对于H.264来说。1个AVPacket的data通常对应一个NAL。
注意：在这里只是对应，而不是一模一样。他们之间有微小的差别：使用FFMPEG类库分离出多媒体文件中的H.264码流
因此在使用FFMPEG进行视音频处理的时候，常常可以将得到的AVPacket的data数据直接写成文件，从而得到视音频的码流文件。
int size：data的大小
int64_t pts：显示时间戳
int64_t dts：解码时间戳
int stream_index：标识该AVPacket所属的视频/音频流。
这个结构体虽然比较简单，但是非常的常用。