Allow to change packet.duration. Why this property is read-only?

[idkosilov]

Overview

Currently, PyAV does not provide a straightforward way to modify the duration of packets in media files. This feature request proposes to add support for modifying duration of packets in PyAV.

Desired Behavior

PyAV should provide methods to modify duration of packets. Specifically:

A method to modify duration of packets, which can be useful for adjusting the playback speed of a video or audio file.
A method to modify packet duration can be useful for adjusting timing or frame rate in a media file.

Example API

Here is an example API that demonstrates how PyAV could support modifying duration of packets:

for packet in input.demux(input_stream):
      packet.duration = int(packet.duration * packet.time_base / output_stream.time_base)
      packet.time_base = output_stream.time_base
      packet.dts = last_dts + packet.duration
      packet.pts = last_pts + packet.duration
      last_pts, last_dts = packet.pts, packet.dts
      packet.stream = output_stream
      output_container.mux(packet)

Additional context

Adding support for modifying duration in PyAV would make it easier for users to adjust the timing, playback speed, and other aspects of media files using Python.

[lim1942]

I wan`t to modify duration too. But the attribute of packet is not writable ....