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1 /*
2  * AVCodec public API
3  *
4  * This file is part of FFmpeg.
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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.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 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_TRUNCATED           (1 <<  3)
54 /**
55  * Encoder or decoder requires flushing with NULL input at the end in order to
56  * give the complete and correct output.
57  *
58  * NOTE: If this flag is not set, the codec is guaranteed to never be fed with
59  *       with NULL data. The user can still send NULL data to the public encode
60  *       or decode function, but libavcodec will not pass it along to the codec
61  *       unless this flag is set.
62  *
63  * Decoders:
64  * The decoder has a non-zero delay and needs to be fed with avpkt->data=NULL,
65  * avpkt->size=0 at the end to get the delayed data until the decoder no longer
66  * returns frames.
67  *
68  * Encoders:
69  * The encoder needs to be fed with NULL data at the end of encoding until the
70  * encoder no longer returns data.
71  *
72  * NOTE: For encoders implementing the AVCodec.encode2() function, setting this
73  *       flag also means that the encoder must set the pts and duration for
74  *       each output packet. If this flag is not set, the pts and duration will
75  *       be determined by libavcodec from the input frame.
76  */
77 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_DELAY               (1 <<  5)
78 /**
79  * Codec can be fed a final frame with a smaller size.
80  * This can be used to prevent truncation of the last audio samples.
81  */
82 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_SMALL_LAST_FRAME    (1 <<  6)
83 
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 /**
97  * Codec is experimental and is thus avoided in favor of non experimental
98  * encoders
99  */
100 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL        (1 <<  9)
101 /**
102  * Codec should fill in channel configuration and samplerate instead of container
103  */
104 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_CHANNEL_CONF        (1 << 10)
105 /**
106  * Codec supports frame-level multithreading.
107  */
108 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS       (1 << 12)
109 /**
110  * Codec supports slice-based (or partition-based) multithreading.
111  */
112 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_SLICE_THREADS       (1 << 13)
113 /**
114  * Codec supports changed parameters at any point.
115  */
116 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_PARAM_CHANGE        (1 << 14)
117 /**
118  * Codec supports multithreading through a method other than slice- or
119  * frame-level multithreading. Typically this marks wrappers around
120  * multithreading-capable external libraries.
121  */
122 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_OTHER_THREADS       (1 << 15)
123 #if FF_API_AUTO_THREADS
124 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_AUTO_THREADS        AV_CODEC_CAP_OTHER_THREADS
125 #endif
126 /**
127  * Audio encoder supports receiving a different number of samples in each call.
128  */
129 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_VARIABLE_FRAME_SIZE (1 << 16)
130 /**
131  * Decoder is not a preferred choice for probing.
132  * This indicates that the decoder is not a good choice for probing.
133  * It could for example be an expensive to spin up hardware decoder,
134  * or it could simply not provide a lot of useful information about
135  * the stream.
136  * A decoder marked with this flag should only be used as last resort
137  * choice for probing.
138  */
139 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_AVOID_PROBING       (1 << 17)
140 
141 #if FF_API_UNUSED_CODEC_CAPS
142 /**
143  * Deprecated and unused. Use AVCodecDescriptor.props instead
144  */
145 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_INTRA_ONLY       0x40000000
146 /**
147  * Deprecated and unused. Use AVCodecDescriptor.props instead
148  */
149 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_LOSSLESS         0x80000000
150 #endif
151 
152 /**
153  * Codec is backed by a hardware implementation. Typically used to
154  * identify a non-hwaccel hardware decoder. For information about hwaccels, use
155  * avcodec_get_hw_config() instead.
156  */
157 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_HARDWARE            (1 << 18)
158 
159 /**
160  * Codec is potentially backed by a hardware implementation, but not
161  * necessarily. This is used instead of AV_CODEC_CAP_HARDWARE, if the
162  * implementation provides some sort of internal fallback.
163  */
164 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_HYBRID              (1 << 19)
165 
166 /**
167  * This codec takes the reordered_opaque field from input AVFrames
168  * and returns it in the corresponding field in AVCodecContext after
169  * encoding.
170  */
171 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_ENCODER_REORDERED_OPAQUE (1 << 20)
172 
173 /**
174  * This encoder can be flushed using avcodec_flush_buffers(). If this flag is
175  * not set, the encoder must be closed and reopened to ensure that no frames
176  * remain pending.
177  */
178 #define AV_CODEC_CAP_ENCODER_FLUSH   (1 << 21)
179 
180 /**
181  * AVProfile.
182  */
183 typedef struct AVProfile {
184     int profile;
185     const char *name; ///< short name for the profile
186 } AVProfile;
187 
188 typedef struct AVCodecDefault AVCodecDefault;
189 
190 struct AVCodecContext;
191 struct AVSubtitle;
192 struct AVPacket;
193 
194 /**
195  * AVCodec.
196  */
197 typedef struct AVCodec {
198     /**
199      * Name of the codec implementation.
200      * The name is globally unique among encoders and among decoders (but an
201      * encoder and a decoder can share the same name).
202      * This is the primary way to find a codec from the user perspective.
203      */
204     const char *name;
205     /**
206      * Descriptive name for the codec, meant to be more human readable than name.
207      * You should use the NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL() macro to define it.
208      */
209     const char *long_name;
210     enum AVMediaType type;
211     enum AVCodecID id;
212     /**
213      * Codec capabilities.
214      * see AV_CODEC_CAP_*
215      */
216     int capabilities;
217     const AVRational *supported_framerates; ///< array of supported framerates, or NULL if any, array is terminated by {0,0}
218     const enum AVPixelFormat *pix_fmts;     ///< array of supported pixel formats, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by -1
219     const int *supported_samplerates;       ///< array of supported audio samplerates, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by 0
220     const enum AVSampleFormat *sample_fmts; ///< array of supported sample formats, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by -1
221     const uint64_t *channel_layouts;         ///< array of support channel layouts, or NULL if unknown. array is terminated by 0
222     uint8_t max_lowres;                     ///< maximum value for lowres supported by the decoder
223     const AVClass *priv_class;              ///< AVClass for the private context
224     const AVProfile *profiles;              ///< array of recognized profiles, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by {FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN}
225 
226     /**
227      * Group name of the codec implementation.
228      * This is a short symbolic name of the wrapper backing this codec. A
229      * wrapper uses some kind of external implementation for the codec, such
230      * as an external library, or a codec implementation provided by the OS or
231      * the hardware.
232      * If this field is NULL, this is a builtin, libavcodec native codec.
233      * If non-NULL, this will be the suffix in AVCodec.name in most cases
234      * (usually AVCodec.name will be of the form "<codec_name>_<wrapper_name>").
235      */
236     const char *wrapper_name;
237 
238     /*****************************************************************
239      * No fields below this line are part of the public API. They
240      * may not be used outside of libavcodec and can be changed and
241      * removed at will.
242      * New public fields should be added right above.
243      *****************************************************************
244      */
245     int priv_data_size;
246 #if FF_API_NEXT
247     struct AVCodec *next;
248 #endif
249     /**
250      * @name Frame-level threading support functions
251      * @{
252      */
253     /**
254      * Copy necessary context variables from a previous thread context to the current one.
255      * If not defined, the next thread will start automatically; otherwise, the codec
256      * must call ff_thread_finish_setup().
257      *
258      * dst and src will (rarely) point to the same context, in which case memcpy should be skipped.
259      */
260     int (*update_thread_context)(struct AVCodecContext *dst, const struct AVCodecContext *src);
261     /** @} */
262 
263     /**
264      * Private codec-specific defaults.
265      */
266     const AVCodecDefault *defaults;
267 
268     /**
269      * Initialize codec static data, called from av_codec_iterate().
270      *
271      * This is not intended for time consuming operations as it is
272      * run for every codec regardless of that codec being used.
273      */
274     void (*init_static_data)(struct AVCodec *codec);
275 
276     int (*init)(struct AVCodecContext *);
277     int (*encode_sub)(struct AVCodecContext *, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size,
278                       const struct AVSubtitle *sub);
279     /**
280      * Encode data to an AVPacket.
281      *
282      * @param      avctx          codec context
283      * @param      avpkt          output AVPacket
284      * @param[in]  frame          AVFrame containing the raw data to be encoded
285      * @param[out] got_packet_ptr encoder sets to 0 or 1 to indicate that a
286      *                            non-empty packet was returned in avpkt.
287      * @return 0 on success, negative error code on failure
288      */
289     int (*encode2)(struct AVCodecContext *avctx, struct AVPacket *avpkt,
290                    const struct AVFrame *frame, int *got_packet_ptr);
291     /**
292      * Decode picture or subtitle data.
293      *
294      * @param      avctx          codec context
295      * @param      outdata        codec type dependent output struct
296      * @param[out] got_frame_ptr  decoder sets to 0 or 1 to indicate that a
297      *                            non-empty frame or subtitle was returned in
298      *                            outdata.
299      * @param[in]  avpkt          AVPacket containing the data to be decoded
300      * @return amount of bytes read from the packet on success, negative error
301      *         code on failure
302      */
303     int (*decode)(struct AVCodecContext *avctx, void *outdata,
304                   int *got_frame_ptr, struct AVPacket *avpkt);
305     int (*close)(struct AVCodecContext *);
306     /**
307      * Encode API with decoupled frame/packet dataflow. This function is called
308      * to get one output packet. It should call ff_encode_get_frame() to obtain
309      * input data.
310      */
311     int (*receive_packet)(struct AVCodecContext *avctx, struct AVPacket *avpkt);
312 
313     /**
314      * Decode API with decoupled packet/frame dataflow. This function is called
315      * to get one output frame. It should call ff_decode_get_packet() to obtain
316      * input data.
317      */
318     int (*receive_frame)(struct AVCodecContext *avctx, struct AVFrame *frame);
319     /**
320      * Flush buffers.
321      * Will be called when seeking
322      */
323     void (*flush)(struct AVCodecContext *);
324     /**
325      * Internal codec capabilities.
326      * See FF_CODEC_CAP_* in internal.h
327      */
328     int caps_internal;
329 
330     /**
331      * Decoding only, a comma-separated list of bitstream filters to apply to
332      * packets before decoding.
333      */
334     const char *bsfs;
335 
336     /**
337      * Array of pointers to hardware configurations supported by the codec,
338      * or NULL if no hardware supported.  The array is terminated by a NULL
339      * pointer.
340      *
341      * The user can only access this field via avcodec_get_hw_config().
342      */
343     const struct AVCodecHWConfigInternal *const *hw_configs;
344 
345     /**
346      * List of supported codec_tags, terminated by FF_CODEC_TAGS_END.
347      */
348     const uint32_t *codec_tags;
349 } AVCodec;
350 
351 /**
352  * Iterate over all registered codecs.
353  *
354  * @param opaque a pointer where libavcodec will store the iteration state. Must
355  *               point to NULL to start the iteration.
356  *
357  * @return the next registered codec or NULL when the iteration is
358  *         finished
359  */
360 const AVCodec *av_codec_iterate(void **opaque);
361 
362 /**
363  * Find a registered decoder with a matching codec ID.
364  *
365  * @param id AVCodecID of the requested decoder
366  * @return A decoder if one was found, NULL otherwise.
367  */
368 AVCodec *avcodec_find_decoder(enum AVCodecID id);
369 
370 /**
371  * Find a registered decoder with the specified name.
372  *
373  * @param name name of the requested decoder
374  * @return A decoder if one was found, NULL otherwise.
375  */
376 AVCodec *avcodec_find_decoder_by_name(const char *name);
377 
378 /**
379  * Find a registered encoder with a matching codec ID.
380  *
381  * @param id AVCodecID of the requested encoder
382  * @return An encoder if one was found, NULL otherwise.
383  */
384 AVCodec *avcodec_find_encoder(enum AVCodecID id);
385 
386 /**
387  * Find a registered encoder with the specified name.
388  *
389  * @param name name of the requested encoder
390  * @return An encoder if one was found, NULL otherwise.
391  */
392 AVCodec *avcodec_find_encoder_by_name(const char *name);
393 /**
394  * @return a non-zero number if codec is an encoder, zero otherwise
395  */
396 int av_codec_is_encoder(const AVCodec *codec);
397 
398 /**
399  * @return a non-zero number if codec is a decoder, zero otherwise
400  */
401 int av_codec_is_decoder(const AVCodec *codec);
402 
403 enum {
404     /**
405      * The codec supports this format via the hw_device_ctx interface.
406      *
407      * When selecting this format, AVCodecContext.hw_device_ctx should
408      * have been set to a device of the specified type before calling
409      * avcodec_open2().
410      */
411     AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_DEVICE_CTX = 0x01,
412     /**
413      * The codec supports this format via the hw_frames_ctx interface.
414      *
415      * When selecting this format for a decoder,
416      * AVCodecContext.hw_frames_ctx should be set to a suitable frames
417      * context inside the get_format() callback.  The frames context
418      * must have been created on a device of the specified type.
419      *
420      * When selecting this format for an encoder,
421      * AVCodecContext.hw_frames_ctx should be set to the context which
422      * will be used for the input frames before calling avcodec_open2().
423      */
424     AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_FRAMES_CTX = 0x02,
425     /**
426      * The codec supports this format by some internal method.
427      *
428      * This format can be selected without any additional configuration -
429      * no device or frames context is required.
430      */
431     AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_INTERNAL      = 0x04,
432     /**
433      * The codec supports this format by some ad-hoc method.
434      *
435      * Additional settings and/or function calls are required.  See the
436      * codec-specific documentation for details.  (Methods requiring
437      * this sort of configuration are deprecated and others should be
438      * used in preference.)
439      */
440     AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_AD_HOC        = 0x08,
441 };
442 
443 typedef struct AVCodecHWConfig {
444     /**
445      * For decoders, a hardware pixel format which that decoder may be
446      * able to decode to if suitable hardware is available.
447      *
448      * For encoders, a pixel format which the encoder may be able to
449      * accept.  If set to AV_PIX_FMT_NONE, this applies to all pixel
450      * formats supported by the codec.
451      */
452     enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt;
453     /**
454      * Bit set of AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_* flags, describing the possible
455      * setup methods which can be used with this configuration.
456      */
457     int methods;
458     /**
459      * The device type associated with the configuration.
460      *
461      * Must be set for AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_DEVICE_CTX and
462      * AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_FRAMES_CTX, otherwise unused.
463      */
464     enum AVHWDeviceType device_type;
465 } AVCodecHWConfig;
466 
467 /**
468  * Retrieve supported hardware configurations for a codec.
469  *
470  * Values of index from zero to some maximum return the indexed configuration
471  * descriptor; all other values return NULL.  If the codec does not support
472  * any hardware configurations then it will always return NULL.
473  */
474 const AVCodecHWConfig *avcodec_get_hw_config(const AVCodec *codec, int index);
475 
476 /**
477  * @}
478  */
479 
480 #endif /* AVCODEC_CODEC_H */
481