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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. #if FF_API_FLAG_TRUNCATED
  48. /**
  49. * @deprecated Use parsers to always send proper frames.
  50. */
  51. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_TRUNCATED (1 << 3)
  52. #endif
  53. /**
  54. * Encoder or decoder requires flushing with NULL input at the end in order to
  55. * give the complete and correct output.
  56. *
  57. * NOTE: If this flag is not set, the codec is guaranteed to never be fed with
  58. * with NULL data. The user can still send NULL data to the public encode
  59. * or decode function, but libavcodec will not pass it along to the codec
  60. * unless this flag is set.
  61. *
  62. * Decoders:
  63. * The decoder has a non-zero delay and needs to be fed with avpkt->data=NULL,
  64. * avpkt->size=0 at the end to get the delayed data until the decoder no longer
  65. * returns frames.
  66. *
  67. * Encoders:
  68. * The encoder needs to be fed with NULL data at the end of encoding until the
  69. * encoder no longer returns data.
  70. *
  71. * NOTE: For encoders implementing the AVCodec.encode2() function, setting this
  72. * flag also means that the encoder must set the pts and duration for
  73. * each output packet. If this flag is not set, the pts and duration will
  74. * be determined by libavcodec from the input frame.
  75. */
  76. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_DELAY (1 << 5)
  77. /**
  78. * Codec can be fed a final frame with a smaller size.
  79. * This can be used to prevent truncation of the last audio samples.
  80. */
  81. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_SMALL_LAST_FRAME (1 << 6)
  82. /**
  83. * Codec can output multiple frames per AVPacket
  84. * Normally demuxers return one frame at a time, demuxers which do not do
  85. * are connected to a parser to split what they return into proper frames.
  86. * This flag is reserved to the very rare category of codecs which have a
  87. * bitstream that cannot be split into frames without timeconsuming
  88. * operations like full decoding. Demuxers carrying such bitstreams thus
  89. * may return multiple frames in a packet. This has many disadvantages like
  90. * prohibiting stream copy in many cases thus it should only be considered
  91. * as a last resort.
  92. */
  93. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_SUBFRAMES (1 << 8)
  94. /**
  95. * Codec is experimental and is thus avoided in favor of non experimental
  96. * encoders
  97. */
  98. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL (1 << 9)
  99. /**
  100. * Codec should fill in channel configuration and samplerate instead of container
  101. */
  102. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_CHANNEL_CONF (1 << 10)
  103. /**
  104. * Codec supports frame-level multithreading.
  105. */
  106. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS (1 << 12)
  107. /**
  108. * Codec supports slice-based (or partition-based) multithreading.
  109. */
  110. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_SLICE_THREADS (1 << 13)
  111. /**
  112. * Codec supports changed parameters at any point.
  113. */
  114. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_PARAM_CHANGE (1 << 14)
  115. /**
  116. * Codec supports multithreading through a method other than slice- or
  117. * frame-level multithreading. Typically this marks wrappers around
  118. * multithreading-capable external libraries.
  119. */
  120. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_OTHER_THREADS (1 << 15)
  121. #if FF_API_AUTO_THREADS
  122. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_AUTO_THREADS AV_CODEC_CAP_OTHER_THREADS
  123. #endif
  124. /**
  125. * Audio encoder supports receiving a different number of samples in each call.
  126. */
  127. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_VARIABLE_FRAME_SIZE (1 << 16)
  128. /**
  129. * Decoder is not a preferred choice for probing.
  130. * This indicates that the decoder is not a good choice for probing.
  131. * It could for example be an expensive to spin up hardware decoder,
  132. * or it could simply not provide a lot of useful information about
  133. * the stream.
  134. * A decoder marked with this flag should only be used as last resort
  135. * choice for probing.
  136. */
  137. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_AVOID_PROBING (1 << 17)
  138. #if FF_API_UNUSED_CODEC_CAPS
  139. /**
  140. * Deprecated and unused. Use AVCodecDescriptor.props instead
  141. */
  142. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_INTRA_ONLY 0x40000000
  143. /**
  144. * Deprecated and unused. Use AVCodecDescriptor.props instead
  145. */
  146. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_LOSSLESS 0x80000000
  147. #endif
  148. /**
  149. * Codec is backed by a hardware implementation. Typically used to
  150. * identify a non-hwaccel hardware decoder. For information about hwaccels, use
  151. * avcodec_get_hw_config() instead.
  152. */
  153. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_HARDWARE (1 << 18)
  154. /**
  155. * Codec is potentially backed by a hardware implementation, but not
  156. * necessarily. This is used instead of AV_CODEC_CAP_HARDWARE, if the
  157. * implementation provides some sort of internal fallback.
  158. */
  159. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_HYBRID (1 << 19)
  160. /**
  161. * This codec takes the reordered_opaque field from input AVFrames
  162. * and returns it in the corresponding field in AVCodecContext after
  163. * encoding.
  164. */
  165. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_ENCODER_REORDERED_OPAQUE (1 << 20)
  166. /**
  167. * This encoder can be flushed using avcodec_flush_buffers(). If this flag is
  168. * not set, the encoder must be closed and reopened to ensure that no frames
  169. * remain pending.
  170. */
  171. #define AV_CODEC_CAP_ENCODER_FLUSH (1 << 21)
  172. /**
  173. * AVProfile.
  174. */
  175. typedef struct AVProfile {
  176. int profile;
  177. const char *name; ///< short name for the profile
  178. } AVProfile;
  179. /**
  180. * AVCodec.
  181. */
  182. typedef struct AVCodec {
  183. /**
  184. * Name of the codec implementation.
  185. * The name is globally unique among encoders and among decoders (but an
  186. * encoder and a decoder can share the same name).
  187. * This is the primary way to find a codec from the user perspective.
  188. */
  189. const char *name;
  190. /**
  191. * Descriptive name for the codec, meant to be more human readable than name.
  192. * You should use the NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL() macro to define it.
  193. */
  194. const char *long_name;
  195. enum AVMediaType type;
  196. enum AVCodecID id;
  197. /**
  198. * Codec capabilities.
  199. * see AV_CODEC_CAP_*
  200. */
  201. int capabilities;
  202. uint8_t max_lowres; ///< maximum value for lowres supported by the decoder
  203. const AVRational *supported_framerates; ///< array of supported framerates, or NULL if any, array is terminated by {0,0}
  204. const enum AVPixelFormat *pix_fmts; ///< array of supported pixel formats, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by -1
  205. const int *supported_samplerates; ///< array of supported audio samplerates, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by 0
  206. const enum AVSampleFormat *sample_fmts; ///< array of supported sample formats, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by -1
  207. #if FF_API_OLD_CHANNEL_LAYOUT
  208. /**
  209. * @deprecated use ch_layouts instead
  210. */
  211. attribute_deprecated
  212. const uint64_t *channel_layouts; ///< array of support channel layouts, or NULL if unknown. array is terminated by 0
  213. #endif
  214. const AVClass *priv_class; ///< AVClass for the private context
  215. const AVProfile *profiles; ///< array of recognized profiles, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by {FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN}
  216. /**
  217. * Group name of the codec implementation.
  218. * This is a short symbolic name of the wrapper backing this codec. A
  219. * wrapper uses some kind of external implementation for the codec, such
  220. * as an external library, or a codec implementation provided by the OS or
  221. * the hardware.
  222. * If this field is NULL, this is a builtin, libavcodec native codec.
  223. * If non-NULL, this will be the suffix in AVCodec.name in most cases
  224. * (usually AVCodec.name will be of the form "<codec_name>_<wrapper_name>").
  225. */
  226. const char *wrapper_name;
  227. /**
  228. * Array of supported channel layouts, terminated with a zeroed layout.
  229. */
  230. const AVChannelLayout *ch_layouts;
  231. } AVCodec;
  232. /**
  233. * Iterate over all registered codecs.
  234. *
  235. * @param opaque a pointer where libavcodec will store the iteration state. Must
  236. * point to NULL to start the iteration.
  237. *
  238. * @return the next registered codec or NULL when the iteration is
  239. * finished
  240. */
  241. const AVCodec *av_codec_iterate(void **opaque);
  242. /**
  243. * Find a registered decoder with a matching codec ID.
  244. *
  245. * @param id AVCodecID of the requested decoder
  246. * @return A decoder if one was found, NULL otherwise.
  247. */
  248. const AVCodec *avcodec_find_decoder(enum AVCodecID id);
  249. /**
  250. * Find a registered decoder with the specified name.
  251. *
  252. * @param name name of the requested decoder
  253. * @return A decoder if one was found, NULL otherwise.
  254. */
  255. const AVCodec *avcodec_find_decoder_by_name(const char *name);
  256. /**
  257. * Find a registered encoder with a matching codec ID.
  258. *
  259. * @param id AVCodecID of the requested encoder
  260. * @return An encoder if one was found, NULL otherwise.
  261. */
  262. const AVCodec *avcodec_find_encoder(enum AVCodecID id);
  263. /**
  264. * Find a registered encoder with the specified name.
  265. *
  266. * @param name name of the requested encoder
  267. * @return An encoder if one was found, NULL otherwise.
  268. */
  269. const AVCodec *avcodec_find_encoder_by_name(const char *name);
  270. /**
  271. * @return a non-zero number if codec is an encoder, zero otherwise
  272. */
  273. int av_codec_is_encoder(const AVCodec *codec);
  274. /**
  275. * @return a non-zero number if codec is a decoder, zero otherwise
  276. */
  277. int av_codec_is_decoder(const AVCodec *codec);
  278. /**
  279. * Return a name for the specified profile, if available.
  280. *
  281. * @param codec the codec that is searched for the given profile
  282. * @param profile the profile value for which a name is requested
  283. * @return A name for the profile if found, NULL otherwise.
  284. */
  285. const char *av_get_profile_name(const AVCodec *codec, int profile);
  286. enum {
  287. /**
  288. * The codec supports this format via the hw_device_ctx interface.
  289. *
  290. * When selecting this format, AVCodecContext.hw_device_ctx should
  291. * have been set to a device of the specified type before calling
  292. * avcodec_open2().
  293. */
  294. AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_DEVICE_CTX = 0x01,
  295. /**
  296. * The codec supports this format via the hw_frames_ctx interface.
  297. *
  298. * When selecting this format for a decoder,
  299. * AVCodecContext.hw_frames_ctx should be set to a suitable frames
  300. * context inside the get_format() callback. The frames context
  301. * must have been created on a device of the specified type.
  302. *
  303. * When selecting this format for an encoder,
  304. * AVCodecContext.hw_frames_ctx should be set to the context which
  305. * will be used for the input frames before calling avcodec_open2().
  306. */
  307. AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_FRAMES_CTX = 0x02,
  308. /**
  309. * The codec supports this format by some internal method.
  310. *
  311. * This format can be selected without any additional configuration -
  312. * no device or frames context is required.
  313. */
  314. AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_INTERNAL = 0x04,
  315. /**
  316. * The codec supports this format by some ad-hoc method.
  317. *
  318. * Additional settings and/or function calls are required. See the
  319. * codec-specific documentation for details. (Methods requiring
  320. * this sort of configuration are deprecated and others should be
  321. * used in preference.)
  322. */
  323. AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_AD_HOC = 0x08,
  324. };
  325. typedef struct AVCodecHWConfig {
  326. /**
  327. * For decoders, a hardware pixel format which that decoder may be
  328. * able to decode to if suitable hardware is available.
  329. *
  330. * For encoders, a pixel format which the encoder may be able to
  331. * accept. If set to AV_PIX_FMT_NONE, this applies to all pixel
  332. * formats supported by the codec.
  333. */
  334. enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt;
  335. /**
  336. * Bit set of AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_* flags, describing the possible
  337. * setup methods which can be used with this configuration.
  338. */
  339. int methods;
  340. /**
  341. * The device type associated with the configuration.
  342. *
  343. * Must be set for AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_DEVICE_CTX and
  344. * AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_FRAMES_CTX, otherwise unused.
  345. */
  346. enum AVHWDeviceType device_type;
  347. } AVCodecHWConfig;
  348. /**
  349. * Retrieve supported hardware configurations for a codec.
  350. *
  351. * Values of index from zero to some maximum return the indexed configuration
  352. * descriptor; all other values return NULL. If the codec does not support
  353. * any hardware configurations then it will always return NULL.
  354. */
  355. const AVCodecHWConfig *avcodec_get_hw_config(const AVCodec *codec, int index);
  356. /**
  357. * @}
  358. */
  359. #endif /* AVCODEC_CODEC_H */