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  1. /*
  2. * AVCodec public API
  3. *
  4. * This file is part of FFmpeg.
  5. *
  6. * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  7. * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  8. * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  9. * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  10. *
  11. * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  12. * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  13. * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
  14. * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  15. *
  16. * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  17. * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
  18. * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  19. */
  20. #ifndef AVCODEC_CODEC_H
  21. #define AVCODEC_CODEC_H
  22. #include <stdint.h>
  23. #include "libavutil/avutil.h"
  24. #include "libavutil/hwcontext.h"
  25. #include "libavutil/log.h"
  26. #include "libavutil/pixfmt.h"
  27. #include "libavutil/rational.h"
  28. #include "libavutil/samplefmt.h"
  29. #include "libavcodec/codec_id.h"
  30. #include "libavcodec/version_major.h"
  31. /**
  32. * @addtogroup lavc_core
  33. * @{
  34. */
  35. /**
  36. * Decoder can use draw_horiz_band callback.
  37. */
  38. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_DRAW_HORIZ_BAND (1 << 0)
  39. /**
  40. * Codec uses get_buffer() or get_encode_buffer() for allocating buffers and
  41. * supports custom allocators.
  42. * If not set, it might not use get_buffer() or get_encode_buffer() at all, or
  43. * use operations that assume the buffer was allocated by
  44. * avcodec_default_get_buffer2 or avcodec_default_get_encode_buffer.
  45. */
  46. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_DR1 (1 << 1)
  47. /**
  48. * Encoder or decoder requires flushing with NULL input at the end in order to
  49. * give the complete and correct output.
  50. *
  51. * NOTE: If this flag is not set, the codec is guaranteed to never be fed with
  52. * with NULL data. The user can still send NULL data to the public encode
  53. * or decode function, but libavcodec will not pass it along to the codec
  54. * unless this flag is set.
  55. *
  56. * Decoders:
  57. * The decoder has a non-zero delay and needs to be fed with avpkt->data=NULL,
  58. * avpkt->size=0 at the end to get the delayed data until the decoder no longer
  59. * returns frames.
  60. *
  61. * Encoders:
  62. * The encoder needs to be fed with NULL data at the end of encoding until the
  63. * encoder no longer returns data.
  64. *
  65. * NOTE: For encoders implementing the AVCodec.encode2() function, setting this
  66. * flag also means that the encoder must set the pts and duration for
  67. * each output packet. If this flag is not set, the pts and duration will
  68. * be determined by libavcodec from the input frame.
  69. */
  70. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_DELAY (1 << 5)
  71. /**
  72. * Codec can be fed a final frame with a smaller size.
  73. * This can be used to prevent truncation of the last audio samples.
  74. */
  75. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_SMALL_LAST_FRAME (1 << 6)
  76. #if FF_API_SUBFRAMES
  77. /**
  78. * Codec can output multiple frames per AVPacket
  79. * Normally demuxers return one frame at a time, demuxers which do not do
  80. * are connected to a parser to split what they return into proper frames.
  81. * This flag is reserved to the very rare category of codecs which have a
  82. * bitstream that cannot be split into frames without timeconsuming
  83. * operations like full decoding. Demuxers carrying such bitstreams thus
  84. * may return multiple frames in a packet. This has many disadvantages like
  85. * prohibiting stream copy in many cases thus it should only be considered
  86. * as a last resort.
  87. */
  88. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_SUBFRAMES (1 << 8)
  89. #endif
  90. /**
  91. * Codec is experimental and is thus avoided in favor of non experimental
  92. * encoders
  93. */
  94. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL (1 << 9)
  95. /**
  96. * Codec should fill in channel configuration and samplerate instead of container
  97. */
  98. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_CHANNEL_CONF (1 << 10)
  99. /**
  100. * Codec supports frame-level multithreading.
  101. */
  102. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS (1 << 12)
  103. /**
  104. * Codec supports slice-based (or partition-based) multithreading.
  105. */
  106. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_SLICE_THREADS (1 << 13)
  107. /**
  108. * Codec supports changed parameters at any point.
  109. */
  110. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_PARAM_CHANGE (1 << 14)
  111. /**
  112. * Codec supports multithreading through a method other than slice- or
  113. * frame-level multithreading. Typically this marks wrappers around
  114. * multithreading-capable external libraries.
  115. */
  116. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_OTHER_THREADS (1 << 15)
  117. /**
  118. * Audio encoder supports receiving a different number of samples in each call.
  119. */
  120. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_VARIABLE_FRAME_SIZE (1 << 16)
  121. /**
  122. * Decoder is not a preferred choice for probing.
  123. * This indicates that the decoder is not a good choice for probing.
  124. * It could for example be an expensive to spin up hardware decoder,
  125. * or it could simply not provide a lot of useful information about
  126. * the stream.
  127. * A decoder marked with this flag should only be used as last resort
  128. * choice for probing.
  129. */
  130. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_AVOID_PROBING (1 << 17)
  131. /**
  132. * Codec is backed by a hardware implementation. Typically used to
  133. * identify a non-hwaccel hardware decoder. For information about hwaccels, use
  134. * avcodec_get_hw_config() instead.
  135. */
  136. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_HARDWARE (1 << 18)
  137. /**
  138. * Codec is potentially backed by a hardware implementation, but not
  139. * necessarily. This is used instead of AV_CODEC_CAP_HARDWARE, if the
  140. * implementation provides some sort of internal fallback.
  141. */
  142. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_HYBRID (1 << 19)
  143. /**
  144. * This encoder can reorder user opaque values from input AVFrames and return
  145. * them with corresponding output packets.
  146. * @see AV_CODEC_FLAG_COPY_OPAQUE
  147. */
  148. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_ENCODER_REORDERED_OPAQUE (1 << 20)
  149. /**
  150. * This encoder can be flushed using avcodec_flush_buffers(). If this flag is
  151. * not set, the encoder must be closed and reopened to ensure that no frames
  152. * remain pending.
  153. */
  154. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_ENCODER_FLUSH (1 << 21)
  155. /**
  156. * The encoder is able to output reconstructed frame data, i.e. raw frames that
  157. * would be produced by decoding the encoded bitstream.
  158. *
  159. * Reconstructed frame output is enabled by the AV_CODEC_FLAG_RECON_FRAME flag.
  160. */
  161. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_ENCODER_RECON_FRAME (1 << 22)
  162. /**
  163. * AVProfile.
  164. */
  165. typedef struct AVProfile {
  166. int profile;
  167. const char *name; ///< short name for the profile
  168. } AVProfile;
  169. /**
  170. * AVCodec.
  171. */
  172. typedef struct AVCodec {
  173. /**
  174. * Name of the codec implementation.
  175. * The name is globally unique among encoders and among decoders (but an
  176. * encoder and a decoder can share the same name).
  177. * This is the primary way to find a codec from the user perspective.
  178. */
  179. const char *name;
  180. /**
  181. * Descriptive name for the codec, meant to be more human readable than name.
  182. * You should use the NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL() macro to define it.
  183. */
  184. const char *long_name;
  185. enum AVMediaType type;
  186. enum AVCodecID id;
  187. /**
  188. * Codec capabilities.
  189. * see AV_CODEC_CAP_*
  190. */
  191. int capabilities;
  192. uint8_t max_lowres; ///< maximum value for lowres supported by the decoder
  193. const AVRational *supported_framerates; ///< array of supported framerates, or NULL if any, array is terminated by {0,0}
  194. const enum AVPixelFormat *pix_fmts; ///< array of supported pixel formats, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by -1
  195. const int *supported_samplerates; ///< array of supported audio samplerates, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by 0
  196. const enum AVSampleFormat *sample_fmts; ///< array of supported sample formats, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by -1
  197. const AVClass *priv_class; ///< AVClass for the private context
  198. const AVProfile *profiles; ///< array of recognized profiles, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by {AV_PROFILE_UNKNOWN}
  199. /**
  200. * Group name of the codec implementation.
  201. * This is a short symbolic name of the wrapper backing this codec. A
  202. * wrapper uses some kind of external implementation for the codec, such
  203. * as an external library, or a codec implementation provided by the OS or
  204. * the hardware.
  205. * If this field is NULL, this is a builtin, libavcodec native codec.
  206. * If non-NULL, this will be the suffix in AVCodec.name in most cases
  207. * (usually AVCodec.name will be of the form "<codec_name>_<wrapper_name>").
  208. */
  209. const char *wrapper_name;
  210. /**
  211. * Array of supported channel layouts, terminated with a zeroed layout.
  212. */
  213. const AVChannelLayout *ch_layouts;
  214. } AVCodec;
  215. /**
  216. * Iterate over all registered codecs.
  217. *
  218. * @param opaque a pointer where libavcodec will store the iteration state. Must
  219. * point to NULL to start the iteration.
  220. *
  221. * @return the next registered codec or NULL when the iteration is
  222. * finished
  223. */
  224. const AVCodec *av_codec_iterate(void **opaque);
  225. /**
  226. * Find a registered decoder with a matching codec ID.
  227. *
  228. * @param id AVCodecID of the requested decoder
  229. * @return A decoder if one was found, NULL otherwise.
  230. */
  231. const AVCodec *avcodec_find_decoder(enum AVCodecID id);
  232. /**
  233. * Find a registered decoder with the specified name.
  234. *
  235. * @param name name of the requested decoder
  236. * @return A decoder if one was found, NULL otherwise.
  237. */
  238. const AVCodec *avcodec_find_decoder_by_name(const char *name);
  239. /**
  240. * Find a registered encoder with a matching codec ID.
  241. *
  242. * @param id AVCodecID of the requested encoder
  243. * @return An encoder if one was found, NULL otherwise.
  244. */
  245. const AVCodec *avcodec_find_encoder(enum AVCodecID id);
  246. /**
  247. * Find a registered encoder with the specified name.
  248. *
  249. * @param name name of the requested encoder
  250. * @return An encoder if one was found, NULL otherwise.
  251. */
  252. const AVCodec *avcodec_find_encoder_by_name(const char *name);
  253. /**
  254. * @return a non-zero number if codec is an encoder, zero otherwise
  255. */
  256. int av_codec_is_encoder(const AVCodec *codec);
  257. /**
  258. * @return a non-zero number if codec is a decoder, zero otherwise
  259. */
  260. int av_codec_is_decoder(const AVCodec *codec);
  261. /**
  262. * Return a name for the specified profile, if available.
  263. *
  264. * @param codec the codec that is searched for the given profile
  265. * @param profile the profile value for which a name is requested
  266. * @return A name for the profile if found, NULL otherwise.
  267. */
  268. const char *av_get_profile_name(const AVCodec *codec, int profile);
  269. enum {
  270. /**
  271. * The codec supports this format via the hw_device_ctx interface.
  272. *
  273. * When selecting this format, AVCodecContext.hw_device_ctx should
  274. * have been set to a device of the specified type before calling
  275. * avcodec_open2().
  276. */
  277. AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_DEVICE_CTX = 0x01,
  278. /**
  279. * The codec supports this format via the hw_frames_ctx interface.
  280. *
  281. * When selecting this format for a decoder,
  282. * AVCodecContext.hw_frames_ctx should be set to a suitable frames
  283. * context inside the get_format() callback. The frames context
  284. * must have been created on a device of the specified type.
  285. *
  286. * When selecting this format for an encoder,
  287. * AVCodecContext.hw_frames_ctx should be set to the context which
  288. * will be used for the input frames before calling avcodec_open2().
  289. */
  290. AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_FRAMES_CTX = 0x02,
  291. /**
  292. * The codec supports this format by some internal method.
  293. *
  294. * This format can be selected without any additional configuration -
  295. * no device or frames context is required.
  296. */
  297. AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_INTERNAL = 0x04,
  298. /**
  299. * The codec supports this format by some ad-hoc method.
  300. *
  301. * Additional settings and/or function calls are required. See the
  302. * codec-specific documentation for details. (Methods requiring
  303. * this sort of configuration are deprecated and others should be
  304. * used in preference.)
  305. */
  306. AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_AD_HOC = 0x08,
  307. };
  308. typedef struct AVCodecHWConfig {
  309. /**
  310. * For decoders, a hardware pixel format which that decoder may be
  311. * able to decode to if suitable hardware is available.
  312. *
  313. * For encoders, a pixel format which the encoder may be able to
  314. * accept. If set to AV_PIX_FMT_NONE, this applies to all pixel
  315. * formats supported by the codec.
  316. */
  317. enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt;
  318. /**
  319. * Bit set of AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_* flags, describing the possible
  320. * setup methods which can be used with this configuration.
  321. */
  322. int methods;
  323. /**
  324. * The device type associated with the configuration.
  325. *
  326. * Must be set for AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_DEVICE_CTX and
  327. * AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_FRAMES_CTX, otherwise unused.
  328. */
  329. enum AVHWDeviceType device_type;
  330. } AVCodecHWConfig;
  331. /**
  332. * Retrieve supported hardware configurations for a codec.
  333. *
  334. * Values of index from zero to some maximum return the indexed configuration
  335. * descriptor; all other values return NULL. If the codec does not support
  336. * any hardware configurations then it will always return NULL.
  337. */
  338. const AVCodecHWConfig *avcodec_get_hw_config(const AVCodec *codec, int index);
  339. /**
  340. * @}
  341. */
  342. #endif /* AVCODEC_CODEC_H */