codec.h (13211B)
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 21 #ifndef AVCODEC_CODEC_H 22 #define AVCODEC_CODEC_H 23 24 #include <stdint.h> 25 26 #include "libavutil/avutil.h" 27 #include "libavutil/hwcontext.h" 28 #include "libavutil/log.h" 29 #include "libavutil/pixfmt.h" 30 #include "libavutil/rational.h" 31 #include "libavutil/samplefmt.h" 32 33 #include "libavcodec/codec_id.h" 34 #include "libavcodec/version_major.h" 35 36 /** 37 * @addtogroup lavc_core 38 * @{ 39 */ 40 41 /** 42 * Decoder can use draw_horiz_band callback. 43 */ 44 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_DRAW_HORIZ_BAND (1 << 0) 45 /** 46 * Codec uses get_buffer() or get_encode_buffer() for allocating buffers and 47 * supports custom allocators. 48 * If not set, it might not use get_buffer() or get_encode_buffer() at all, or 49 * use operations that assume the buffer was allocated by 50 * avcodec_default_get_buffer2 or avcodec_default_get_encode_buffer. 51 */ 52 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_DR1 (1 << 1) 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 #if FF_API_SUBFRAMES 84 /** 85 * Codec can output multiple frames per AVPacket 86 * Normally demuxers return one frame at a time, demuxers which do not do 87 * are connected to a parser to split what they return into proper frames. 88 * This flag is reserved to the very rare category of codecs which have a 89 * bitstream that cannot be split into frames without timeconsuming 90 * operations like full decoding. Demuxers carrying such bitstreams thus 91 * may return multiple frames in a packet. This has many disadvantages like 92 * prohibiting stream copy in many cases thus it should only be considered 93 * as a last resort. 94 */ 95 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_SUBFRAMES (1 << 8) 96 #endif 97 98 /** 99 * Codec is experimental and is thus avoided in favor of non experimental 100 * encoders 101 */ 102 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL (1 << 9) 103 /** 104 * Codec should fill in channel configuration and samplerate instead of container 105 */ 106 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_CHANNEL_CONF (1 << 10) 107 /** 108 * Codec supports frame-level multithreading. 109 */ 110 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS (1 << 12) 111 /** 112 * Codec supports slice-based (or partition-based) multithreading. 113 */ 114 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_SLICE_THREADS (1 << 13) 115 /** 116 * Codec supports changed parameters at any point. 117 */ 118 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_PARAM_CHANGE (1 << 14) 119 /** 120 * Codec supports multithreading through a method other than slice- or 121 * frame-level multithreading. Typically this marks wrappers around 122 * multithreading-capable external libraries. 123 */ 124 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_OTHER_THREADS (1 << 15) 125 /** 126 * Audio encoder supports receiving a different number of samples in each call. 127 */ 128 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_VARIABLE_FRAME_SIZE (1 << 16) 129 /** 130 * Decoder is not a preferred choice for probing. 131 * This indicates that the decoder is not a good choice for probing. 132 * It could for example be an expensive to spin up hardware decoder, 133 * or it could simply not provide a lot of useful information about 134 * the stream. 135 * A decoder marked with this flag should only be used as last resort 136 * choice for probing. 137 */ 138 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_AVOID_PROBING (1 << 17) 139 140 /** 141 * Codec is backed by a hardware implementation. Typically used to 142 * identify a non-hwaccel hardware decoder. For information about hwaccels, use 143 * avcodec_get_hw_config() instead. 144 */ 145 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_HARDWARE (1 << 18) 146 147 /** 148 * Codec is potentially backed by a hardware implementation, but not 149 * necessarily. This is used instead of AV_CODEC_CAP_HARDWARE, if the 150 * implementation provides some sort of internal fallback. 151 */ 152 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_HYBRID (1 << 19) 153 154 /** 155 * This encoder can reorder user opaque values from input AVFrames and return 156 * them with corresponding output packets. 157 * @see AV_CODEC_FLAG_COPY_OPAQUE 158 */ 159 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_ENCODER_REORDERED_OPAQUE (1 << 20) 160 161 /** 162 * This encoder can be flushed using avcodec_flush_buffers(). If this flag is 163 * not set, the encoder must be closed and reopened to ensure that no frames 164 * remain pending. 165 */ 166 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_ENCODER_FLUSH (1 << 21) 167 168 /** 169 * The encoder is able to output reconstructed frame data, i.e. raw frames that 170 * would be produced by decoding the encoded bitstream. 171 * 172 * Reconstructed frame output is enabled by the AV_CODEC_FLAG_RECON_FRAME flag. 173 */ 174 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_ENCODER_RECON_FRAME (1 << 22) 175 176 /** 177 * AVProfile. 178 */ 179 typedef struct AVProfile { 180 int profile; 181 const char *name; ///< short name for the profile 182 } AVProfile; 183 184 /** 185 * AVCodec. 186 */ 187 typedef struct AVCodec { 188 /** 189 * Name of the codec implementation. 190 * The name is globally unique among encoders and among decoders (but an 191 * encoder and a decoder can share the same name). 192 * This is the primary way to find a codec from the user perspective. 193 */ 194 const char *name; 195 /** 196 * Descriptive name for the codec, meant to be more human readable than name. 197 * You should use the NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL() macro to define it. 198 */ 199 const char *long_name; 200 enum AVMediaType type; 201 enum AVCodecID id; 202 /** 203 * Codec capabilities. 204 * see AV_CODEC_CAP_* 205 */ 206 int capabilities; 207 uint8_t max_lowres; ///< maximum value for lowres supported by the decoder 208 const AVRational *supported_framerates; ///< array of supported framerates, or NULL if any, array is terminated by {0,0} 209 const enum AVPixelFormat *pix_fmts; ///< array of supported pixel formats, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by -1 210 const int *supported_samplerates; ///< array of supported audio samplerates, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by 0 211 const enum AVSampleFormat *sample_fmts; ///< array of supported sample formats, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by -1 212 const AVClass *priv_class; ///< AVClass for the private context 213 const AVProfile *profiles; ///< array of recognized profiles, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by {AV_PROFILE_UNKNOWN} 214 215 /** 216 * Group name of the codec implementation. 217 * This is a short symbolic name of the wrapper backing this codec. A 218 * wrapper uses some kind of external implementation for the codec, such 219 * as an external library, or a codec implementation provided by the OS or 220 * the hardware. 221 * If this field is NULL, this is a builtin, libavcodec native codec. 222 * If non-NULL, this will be the suffix in AVCodec.name in most cases 223 * (usually AVCodec.name will be of the form "<codec_name>_<wrapper_name>"). 224 */ 225 const char *wrapper_name; 226 227 /** 228 * Array of supported channel layouts, terminated with a zeroed layout. 229 */ 230 const AVChannelLayout *ch_layouts; 231 } AVCodec; 232 233 /** 234 * Iterate over all registered codecs. 235 * 236 * @param opaque a pointer where libavcodec will store the iteration state. Must 237 * point to NULL to start the iteration. 238 * 239 * @return the next registered codec or NULL when the iteration is 240 * finished 241 */ 242 const AVCodec *av_codec_iterate(void **opaque); 243 244 /** 245 * Find a registered decoder with a matching codec ID. 246 * 247 * @param id AVCodecID of the requested decoder 248 * @return A decoder if one was found, NULL otherwise. 249 */ 250 const AVCodec *avcodec_find_decoder(enum AVCodecID id); 251 252 /** 253 * Find a registered decoder with the specified name. 254 * 255 * @param name name of the requested decoder 256 * @return A decoder if one was found, NULL otherwise. 257 */ 258 const AVCodec *avcodec_find_decoder_by_name(const char *name); 259 260 /** 261 * Find a registered encoder with a matching codec ID. 262 * 263 * @param id AVCodecID of the requested encoder 264 * @return An encoder if one was found, NULL otherwise. 265 */ 266 const AVCodec *avcodec_find_encoder(enum AVCodecID id); 267 268 /** 269 * Find a registered encoder with the specified name. 270 * 271 * @param name name of the requested encoder 272 * @return An encoder if one was found, NULL otherwise. 273 */ 274 const AVCodec *avcodec_find_encoder_by_name(const char *name); 275 /** 276 * @return a non-zero number if codec is an encoder, zero otherwise 277 */ 278 int av_codec_is_encoder(const AVCodec *codec); 279 280 /** 281 * @return a non-zero number if codec is a decoder, zero otherwise 282 */ 283 int av_codec_is_decoder(const AVCodec *codec); 284 285 /** 286 * Return a name for the specified profile, if available. 287 * 288 * @param codec the codec that is searched for the given profile 289 * @param profile the profile value for which a name is requested 290 * @return A name for the profile if found, NULL otherwise. 291 */ 292 const char *av_get_profile_name(const AVCodec *codec, int profile); 293 294 enum { 295 /** 296 * The codec supports this format via the hw_device_ctx interface. 297 * 298 * When selecting this format, AVCodecContext.hw_device_ctx should 299 * have been set to a device of the specified type before calling 300 * avcodec_open2(). 301 */ 302 AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_DEVICE_CTX = 0x01, 303 /** 304 * The codec supports this format via the hw_frames_ctx interface. 305 * 306 * When selecting this format for a decoder, 307 * AVCodecContext.hw_frames_ctx should be set to a suitable frames 308 * context inside the get_format() callback. The frames context 309 * must have been created on a device of the specified type. 310 * 311 * When selecting this format for an encoder, 312 * AVCodecContext.hw_frames_ctx should be set to the context which 313 * will be used for the input frames before calling avcodec_open2(). 314 */ 315 AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_FRAMES_CTX = 0x02, 316 /** 317 * The codec supports this format by some internal method. 318 * 319 * This format can be selected without any additional configuration - 320 * no device or frames context is required. 321 */ 322 AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_INTERNAL = 0x04, 323 /** 324 * The codec supports this format by some ad-hoc method. 325 * 326 * Additional settings and/or function calls are required. See the 327 * codec-specific documentation for details. (Methods requiring 328 * this sort of configuration are deprecated and others should be 329 * used in preference.) 330 */ 331 AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_AD_HOC = 0x08, 332 }; 333 334 typedef struct AVCodecHWConfig { 335 /** 336 * For decoders, a hardware pixel format which that decoder may be 337 * able to decode to if suitable hardware is available. 338 * 339 * For encoders, a pixel format which the encoder may be able to 340 * accept. If set to AV_PIX_FMT_NONE, this applies to all pixel 341 * formats supported by the codec. 342 */ 343 enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt; 344 /** 345 * Bit set of AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_* flags, describing the possible 346 * setup methods which can be used with this configuration. 347 */ 348 int methods; 349 /** 350 * The device type associated with the configuration. 351 * 352 * Must be set for AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_DEVICE_CTX and 353 * AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_FRAMES_CTX, otherwise unused. 354 */ 355 enum AVHWDeviceType device_type; 356 } AVCodecHWConfig; 357 358 /** 359 * Retrieve supported hardware configurations for a codec. 360 * 361 * Values of index from zero to some maximum return the indexed configuration 362 * descriptor; all other values return NULL. If the codec does not support 363 * any hardware configurations then it will always return NULL. 364 */ 365 const AVCodecHWConfig *avcodec_get_hw_config(const AVCodec *codec, int index); 366 367 /** 368 * @} 369 */ 370 371 #endif /* AVCODEC_CODEC_H */