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1 /*
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17 */
18
19 /**
20 * @file
21 * @ingroup lavu_frame
22 * reference-counted frame API
23 */
24
25 #ifndef AVUTIL_FRAME_H
26 #define AVUTIL_FRAME_H
27
28 #include <stddef.h>
29 #include <stdint.h>
30
31 #include "avutil.h"
32 #include "buffer.h"
33 #include "channel_layout.h"
34 #include "dict.h"
35 #include "rational.h"
36 #include "samplefmt.h"
37 #include "pixfmt.h"
38 #include "version.h"
39
40
41 /**
42 * @defgroup lavu_frame AVFrame
43 * @ingroup lavu_data
44 *
45 * @{
46 * AVFrame is an abstraction for reference-counted raw multimedia data.
47 */
48
49 enum AVFrameSideDataType {
50 /**
51 * The data is the AVPanScan struct defined in libavcodec.
52 */
53 AV_FRAME_DATA_PANSCAN,
54 /**
55 * ATSC A53 Part 4 Closed Captions.
56 * A53 CC bitstream is stored as uint8_t in AVFrameSideData.data.
57 * The number of bytes of CC data is AVFrameSideData.size.
58 */
59 AV_FRAME_DATA_A53_CC,
60 /**
61 * Stereoscopic 3d metadata.
62 * The data is the AVStereo3D struct defined in libavutil/stereo3d.h.
63 */
64 AV_FRAME_DATA_STEREO3D,
65 /**
66 * The data is the AVMatrixEncoding enum defined in libavutil/channel_layout.h.
67 */
68 AV_FRAME_DATA_MATRIXENCODING,
69 /**
70 * Metadata relevant to a downmix procedure.
71 * The data is the AVDownmixInfo struct defined in libavutil/downmix_info.h.
72 */
73 AV_FRAME_DATA_DOWNMIX_INFO,
74 /**
75 * ReplayGain information in the form of the AVReplayGain struct.
76 */
77 AV_FRAME_DATA_REPLAYGAIN,
78 /**
79 * This side data contains a 3x3 transformation matrix describing an affine
80 * transformation that needs to be applied to the frame for correct
81 * presentation.
82 *
83 * See libavutil/display.h for a detailed description of the data.
84 */
85 AV_FRAME_DATA_DISPLAYMATRIX,
86 /**
87 * Active Format Description data consisting of a single byte as specified
88 * in ETSI TS 101 154 using AVActiveFormatDescription enum.
89 */
90 AV_FRAME_DATA_AFD,
91 /**
92 * Motion vectors exported by some codecs (on demand through the export_mvs
93 * flag set in the libavcodec AVCodecContext flags2 option).
94 * The data is the AVMotionVector struct defined in
95 * libavutil/motion_vector.h.
96 */
97 AV_FRAME_DATA_MOTION_VECTORS,
98 /**
99 * Recommmends skipping the specified number of samples. This is exported
100 * only if the "skip_manual" AVOption is set in libavcodec.
101 * This has the same format as AV_PKT_DATA_SKIP_SAMPLES.
102 * @code
103 * u32le number of samples to skip from start of this packet
104 * u32le number of samples to skip from end of this packet
105 * u8 reason for start skip
106 * u8 reason for end skip (0=padding silence, 1=convergence)
107 * @endcode
108 */
109 AV_FRAME_DATA_SKIP_SAMPLES,
110 /**
111 * This side data must be associated with an audio frame and corresponds to
112 * enum AVAudioServiceType defined in avcodec.h.
113 */
114 AV_FRAME_DATA_AUDIO_SERVICE_TYPE,
115 /**
116 * Mastering display metadata associated with a video frame. The payload is
117 * an AVMasteringDisplayMetadata type and contains information about the
118 * mastering display color volume.
119 */
120 AV_FRAME_DATA_MASTERING_DISPLAY_METADATA,
121 /**
122 * The GOP timecode in 25 bit timecode format. Data format is 64-bit integer.
123 * This is set on the first frame of a GOP that has a temporal reference of 0.
124 */
125 AV_FRAME_DATA_GOP_TIMECODE,
126
127 /**
128 * The data represents the AVSphericalMapping structure defined in
129 * libavutil/spherical.h.
130 */
131 AV_FRAME_DATA_SPHERICAL,
132
133 /**
134 * Content light level (based on CTA-861.3). This payload contains data in
135 * the form of the AVContentLightMetadata struct.
136 */
137 AV_FRAME_DATA_CONTENT_LIGHT_LEVEL,
138
139 /**
140 * The data contains an ICC profile as an opaque octet buffer following the
141 * format described by ISO 15076-1 with an optional name defined in the
142 * metadata key entry "name".
143 */
144 AV_FRAME_DATA_ICC_PROFILE,
145
146 /**
147 * Timecode which conforms to SMPTE ST 12-1. The data is an array of 4 uint32_t
148 * where the first uint32_t describes how many (1-3) of the other timecodes are used.
149 * The timecode format is described in the documentation of av_timecode_get_smpte_from_framenum()
150 * function in libavutil/timecode.h.
151 */
152 AV_FRAME_DATA_S12M_TIMECODE,
153
154 /**
155 * HDR dynamic metadata associated with a video frame. The payload is
156 * an AVDynamicHDRPlus type and contains information for color
157 * volume transform - application 4 of SMPTE 2094-40:2016 standard.
158 */
159 AV_FRAME_DATA_DYNAMIC_HDR_PLUS,
160
161 /**
162 * Regions Of Interest, the data is an array of AVRegionOfInterest type, the number of
163 * array element is implied by AVFrameSideData.size / AVRegionOfInterest.self_size.
164 */
165 AV_FRAME_DATA_REGIONS_OF_INTEREST,
166
167 /**
168 * Encoding parameters for a video frame, as described by AVVideoEncParams.
169 */
170 AV_FRAME_DATA_VIDEO_ENC_PARAMS,
171
172 /**
173 * User data unregistered metadata associated with a video frame.
174 * This is the H.26[45] UDU SEI message, and shouldn't be used for any other purpose
175 * The data is stored as uint8_t in AVFrameSideData.data which is 16 bytes of
176 * uuid_iso_iec_11578 followed by AVFrameSideData.size - 16 bytes of user_data_payload_byte.
177 */
178 AV_FRAME_DATA_SEI_UNREGISTERED,
179
180 /**
181 * Film grain parameters for a frame, described by AVFilmGrainParams.
182 * Must be present for every frame which should have film grain applied.
183 *
184 * May be present multiple times, for example when there are multiple
185 * alternative parameter sets for different video signal characteristics.
186 * The user should select the most appropriate set for the application.
187 */
188 AV_FRAME_DATA_FILM_GRAIN_PARAMS,
189
190 /**
191 * Bounding boxes for object detection and classification,
192 * as described by AVDetectionBBoxHeader.
193 */
194 AV_FRAME_DATA_DETECTION_BBOXES,
195
196 /**
197 * Dolby Vision RPU raw data, suitable for passing to x265
198 * or other libraries. Array of uint8_t, with NAL emulation
199 * bytes intact.
200 */
201 AV_FRAME_DATA_DOVI_RPU_BUFFER,
202
203 /**
204 * Parsed Dolby Vision metadata, suitable for passing to a software
205 * implementation. The payload is the AVDOVIMetadata struct defined in
206 * libavutil/dovi_meta.h.
207 */
208 AV_FRAME_DATA_DOVI_METADATA,
209
210 /**
211 * HDR Vivid dynamic metadata associated with a video frame. The payload is
212 * an AVDynamicHDRVivid type and contains information for color
213 * volume transform - CUVA 005.1-2021.
214 */
215 AV_FRAME_DATA_DYNAMIC_HDR_VIVID,
216
217 /**
218 * Ambient viewing environment metadata, as defined by H.274.
219 */
220 AV_FRAME_DATA_AMBIENT_VIEWING_ENVIRONMENT,
221
222 /**
223 * Provide encoder-specific hinting information about changed/unchanged
224 * portions of a frame. It can be used to pass information about which
225 * macroblocks can be skipped because they didn't change from the
226 * corresponding ones in the previous frame. This could be useful for
227 * applications which know this information in advance to speed up
228 * encoding.
229 */
230 AV_FRAME_DATA_VIDEO_HINT,
231
232 /**
233 * Raw LCEVC payload data, as a uint8_t array, with NAL emulation
234 * bytes intact.
235 */
236 AV_FRAME_DATA_LCEVC,
237
238 /**
239 * This side data must be associated with a video frame.
240 * The presence of this side data indicates that the video stream is
241 * composed of multiple views (e.g. stereoscopic 3D content,
242 * cf. H.264 Annex H or H.265 Annex G).
243 * The data is an int storing the view ID.
244 */
245 AV_FRAME_DATA_VIEW_ID,
246 };
247
248 enum AVActiveFormatDescription {
249 AV_AFD_SAME = 8,
250 AV_AFD_4_3 = 9,
251 AV_AFD_16_9 = 10,
252 AV_AFD_14_9 = 11,
253 AV_AFD_4_3_SP_14_9 = 13,
254 AV_AFD_16_9_SP_14_9 = 14,
255 AV_AFD_SP_4_3 = 15,
256 };
257
258
259 /**
260 * Structure to hold side data for an AVFrame.
261 *
262 * sizeof(AVFrameSideData) is not a part of the public ABI, so new fields may be added
263 * to the end with a minor bump.
264 */
265 typedef struct AVFrameSideData {
266 enum AVFrameSideDataType type;
267 uint8_t *data;
268 size_t size;
269 AVDictionary *metadata;
270 AVBufferRef *buf;
271 } AVFrameSideData;
272
273 enum AVSideDataProps {
274 /**
275 * The side data type can be used in stream-global structures.
276 * Side data types without this property are only meaningful on per-frame
277 * basis.
278 */
279 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_GLOBAL = (1 << 0),
280
281 /**
282 * Multiple instances of this side data type can be meaningfully present in
283 * a single side data array.
284 */
285 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_MULTI = (1 << 1),
286
287 /**
288 * Side data depends on the video dimensions. Side data with this property
289 * loses its meaning when rescaling or cropping the image, unless
290 * either recomputed or adjusted to the new resolution.
291 */
292 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_SIZE_DEPENDENT = (1 << 2),
293
294 /**
295 * Side data depends on the video color space. Side data with this property
296 * loses its meaning when changing the video color encoding, e.g. by
297 * adapting to a different set of primaries or transfer characteristics.
298 */
299 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_COLOR_DEPENDENT = (1 << 3),
300
301 /**
302 * Side data depends on the channel layout. Side data with this property
303 * loses its meaning when downmixing or upmixing, unless either recomputed
304 * or adjusted to the new layout.
305 */
306 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_CHANNEL_DEPENDENT = (1 << 4),
307 };
308
309 /**
310 * This struct describes the properties of a side data type. Its instance
311 * corresponding to a given type can be obtained from av_frame_side_data_desc().
312 */
313 typedef struct AVSideDataDescriptor {
314 /**
315 * Human-readable side data description.
316 */
317 const char *name;
318
319 /**
320 * Side data property flags, a combination of AVSideDataProps values.
321 */
322 unsigned props;
323 } AVSideDataDescriptor;
324
325 /**
326 * Structure describing a single Region Of Interest.
327 *
328 * When multiple regions are defined in a single side-data block, they
329 * should be ordered from most to least important - some encoders are only
330 * capable of supporting a limited number of distinct regions, so will have
331 * to truncate the list.
332 *
333 * When overlapping regions are defined, the first region containing a given
334 * area of the frame applies.
335 */
336 typedef struct AVRegionOfInterest {
337 /**
338 * Must be set to the size of this data structure (that is,
339 * sizeof(AVRegionOfInterest)).
340 */
341 uint32_t self_size;
342 /**
343 * Distance in pixels from the top edge of the frame to the top and
344 * bottom edges and from the left edge of the frame to the left and
345 * right edges of the rectangle defining this region of interest.
346 *
347 * The constraints on a region are encoder dependent, so the region
348 * actually affected may be slightly larger for alignment or other
349 * reasons.
350 */
351 int top;
352 int bottom;
353 int left;
354 int right;
355 /**
356 * Quantisation offset.
357 *
358 * Must be in the range -1 to +1. A value of zero indicates no quality
359 * change. A negative value asks for better quality (less quantisation),
360 * while a positive value asks for worse quality (greater quantisation).
361 *
362 * The range is calibrated so that the extreme values indicate the
363 * largest possible offset - if the rest of the frame is encoded with the
364 * worst possible quality, an offset of -1 indicates that this region
365 * should be encoded with the best possible quality anyway. Intermediate
366 * values are then interpolated in some codec-dependent way.
367 *
368 * For example, in 10-bit H.264 the quantisation parameter varies between
369 * -12 and 51. A typical qoffset value of -1/10 therefore indicates that
370 * this region should be encoded with a QP around one-tenth of the full
371 * range better than the rest of the frame. So, if most of the frame
372 * were to be encoded with a QP of around 30, this region would get a QP
373 * of around 24 (an offset of approximately -1/10 * (51 - -12) = -6.3).
374 * An extreme value of -1 would indicate that this region should be
375 * encoded with the best possible quality regardless of the treatment of
376 * the rest of the frame - that is, should be encoded at a QP of -12.
377 */
378 AVRational qoffset;
379 } AVRegionOfInterest;
380
381 /**
382 * This structure describes decoded (raw) audio or video data.
383 *
384 * AVFrame must be allocated using av_frame_alloc(). Note that this only
385 * allocates the AVFrame itself, the buffers for the data must be managed
386 * through other means (see below).
387 * AVFrame must be freed with av_frame_free().
388 *
389 * AVFrame is typically allocated once and then reused multiple times to hold
390 * different data (e.g. a single AVFrame to hold frames received from a
391 * decoder). In such a case, av_frame_unref() will free any references held by
392 * the frame and reset it to its original clean state before it
393 * is reused again.
394 *
395 * The data described by an AVFrame is usually reference counted through the
396 * AVBuffer API. The underlying buffer references are stored in AVFrame.buf /
397 * AVFrame.extended_buf. An AVFrame is considered to be reference counted if at
398 * least one reference is set, i.e. if AVFrame.buf[0] != NULL. In such a case,
399 * every single data plane must be contained in one of the buffers in
400 * AVFrame.buf or AVFrame.extended_buf.
401 * There may be a single buffer for all the data, or one separate buffer for
402 * each plane, or anything in between.
403 *
404 * sizeof(AVFrame) is not a part of the public ABI, so new fields may be added
405 * to the end with a minor bump.
406 *
407 * Fields can be accessed through AVOptions, the name string used, matches the
408 * C structure field name for fields accessible through AVOptions.
409 */
410 typedef struct AVFrame {
411 #define AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS 8
412 /**
413 * pointer to the picture/channel planes.
414 * This might be different from the first allocated byte. For video,
415 * it could even point to the end of the image data.
416 *
417 * All pointers in data and extended_data must point into one of the
418 * AVBufferRef in buf or extended_buf.
419 *
420 * Some decoders access areas outside 0,0 - width,height, please
421 * see avcodec_align_dimensions2(). Some filters and swscale can read
422 * up to 16 bytes beyond the planes, if these filters are to be used,
423 * then 16 extra bytes must be allocated.
424 *
425 * NOTE: Pointers not needed by the format MUST be set to NULL.
426 *
427 * @attention In case of video, the data[] pointers can point to the
428 * end of image data in order to reverse line order, when used in
429 * combination with negative values in the linesize[] array.
430 */
431 uint8_t *data[AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS];
432
433 /**
434 * For video, a positive or negative value, which is typically indicating
435 * the size in bytes of each picture line, but it can also be:
436 * - the negative byte size of lines for vertical flipping
437 * (with data[n] pointing to the end of the data
438 * - a positive or negative multiple of the byte size as for accessing
439 * even and odd fields of a frame (possibly flipped)
440 *
441 * For audio, only linesize[0] may be set. For planar audio, each channel
442 * plane must be the same size.
443 *
444 * For video the linesizes should be multiples of the CPUs alignment
445 * preference, this is 16 or 32 for modern desktop CPUs.
446 * Some code requires such alignment other code can be slower without
447 * correct alignment, for yet other it makes no difference.
448 *
449 * @note The linesize may be larger than the size of usable data -- there
450 * may be extra padding present for performance reasons.
451 *
452 * @attention In case of video, line size values can be negative to achieve
453 * a vertically inverted iteration over image lines.
454 */
455 int linesize[AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS];
456
457 /**
458 * pointers to the data planes/channels.
459 *
460 * For video, this should simply point to data[].
461 *
462 * For planar audio, each channel has a separate data pointer, and
463 * linesize[0] contains the size of each channel buffer.
464 * For packed audio, there is just one data pointer, and linesize[0]
465 * contains the total size of the buffer for all channels.
466 *
467 * Note: Both data and extended_data should always be set in a valid frame,
468 * but for planar audio with more channels that can fit in data,
469 * extended_data must be used in order to access all channels.
470 */
471 uint8_t **extended_data;
472
473 /**
474 * @name Video dimensions
475 * Video frames only. The coded dimensions (in pixels) of the video frame,
476 * i.e. the size of the rectangle that contains some well-defined values.
477 *
478 * @note The part of the frame intended for display/presentation is further
479 * restricted by the @ref cropping "Cropping rectangle".
480 * @{
481 */
482 int width, height;
483 /**
484 * @}
485 */
486
487 /**
488 * number of audio samples (per channel) described by this frame
489 */
490 int nb_samples;
491
492 /**
493 * format of the frame, -1 if unknown or unset
494 * Values correspond to enum AVPixelFormat for video frames,
495 * enum AVSampleFormat for audio)
496 */
497 int format;
498
499 /**
500 * Picture type of the frame.
501 */
502 enum AVPictureType pict_type;
503
504 /**
505 * Sample aspect ratio for the video frame, 0/1 if unknown/unspecified.
506 */
507 AVRational sample_aspect_ratio;
508
509 /**
510 * Presentation timestamp in time_base units (time when frame should be shown to user).
511 */
512 int64_t pts;
513
514 /**
515 * DTS copied from the AVPacket that triggered returning this frame. (if frame threading isn't used)
516 * This is also the Presentation time of this AVFrame calculated from
517 * only AVPacket.dts values without pts values.
518 */
519 int64_t pkt_dts;
520
521 /**
522 * Time base for the timestamps in this frame.
523 * In the future, this field may be set on frames output by decoders or
524 * filters, but its value will be by default ignored on input to encoders
525 * or filters.
526 */
527 AVRational time_base;
528
529 /**
530 * quality (between 1 (good) and FF_LAMBDA_MAX (bad))
531 */
532 int quality;
533
534 /**
535 * Frame owner's private data.
536 *
537 * This field may be set by the code that allocates/owns the frame data.
538 * It is then not touched by any library functions, except:
539 * - it is copied to other references by av_frame_copy_props() (and hence by
540 * av_frame_ref());
541 * - it is set to NULL when the frame is cleared by av_frame_unref()
542 * - on the caller's explicit request. E.g. libavcodec encoders/decoders
543 * will copy this field to/from @ref AVPacket "AVPackets" if the caller sets
544 * @ref AV_CODEC_FLAG_COPY_OPAQUE.
545 *
546 * @see opaque_ref the reference-counted analogue
547 */
548 void *opaque;
549
550 /**
551 * Number of fields in this frame which should be repeated, i.e. the total
552 * duration of this frame should be repeat_pict + 2 normal field durations.
553 *
554 * For interlaced frames this field may be set to 1, which signals that this
555 * frame should be presented as 3 fields: beginning with the first field (as
556 * determined by AV_FRAME_FLAG_TOP_FIELD_FIRST being set or not), followed
557 * by the second field, and then the first field again.
558 *
559 * For progressive frames this field may be set to a multiple of 2, which
560 * signals that this frame's duration should be (repeat_pict + 2) / 2
561 * normal frame durations.
562 *
563 * @note This field is computed from MPEG2 repeat_first_field flag and its
564 * associated flags, H.264 pic_struct from picture timing SEI, and
565 * their analogues in other codecs. Typically it should only be used when
566 * higher-layer timing information is not available.
567 */
568 int repeat_pict;
569
570 /**
571 * Sample rate of the audio data.
572 */
573 int sample_rate;
574
575 /**
576 * AVBuffer references backing the data for this frame. All the pointers in
577 * data and extended_data must point inside one of the buffers in buf or
578 * extended_buf. This array must be filled contiguously -- if buf[i] is
579 * non-NULL then buf[j] must also be non-NULL for all j < i.
580 *
581 * There may be at most one AVBuffer per data plane, so for video this array
582 * always contains all the references. For planar audio with more than
583 * AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS channels, there may be more buffers than can fit in
584 * this array. Then the extra AVBufferRef pointers are stored in the
585 * extended_buf array.
586 */
587 AVBufferRef *buf[AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS];
588
589 /**
590 * For planar audio which requires more than AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS
591 * AVBufferRef pointers, this array will hold all the references which
592 * cannot fit into AVFrame.buf.
593 *
594 * Note that this is different from AVFrame.extended_data, which always
595 * contains all the pointers. This array only contains the extra pointers,
596 * which cannot fit into AVFrame.buf.
597 *
598 * This array is always allocated using av_malloc() by whoever constructs
599 * the frame. It is freed in av_frame_unref().
600 */
601 AVBufferRef **extended_buf;
602 /**
603 * Number of elements in extended_buf.
604 */
605 int nb_extended_buf;
606
607 AVFrameSideData **side_data;
608 int nb_side_data;
609
610 /**
611 * @defgroup lavu_frame_flags AV_FRAME_FLAGS
612 * @ingroup lavu_frame
613 * Flags describing additional frame properties.
614 *
615 * @{
616 */
617
618 /**
619 * The frame data may be corrupted, e.g. due to decoding errors.
620 */
621 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_CORRUPT (1 << 0)
622 /**
623 * A flag to mark frames that are keyframes.
624 */
625 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_KEY (1 << 1)
626 /**
627 * A flag to mark the frames which need to be decoded, but shouldn't be output.
628 */
629 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_DISCARD (1 << 2)
630 /**
631 * A flag to mark frames whose content is interlaced.
632 */
633 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_INTERLACED (1 << 3)
634 /**
635 * A flag to mark frames where the top field is displayed first if the content
636 * is interlaced.
637 */
638 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_TOP_FIELD_FIRST (1 << 4)
639 /**
640 * A decoder can use this flag to mark frames which were originally encoded losslessly.
641 *
642 * For coding bitstream formats which support both lossless and lossy
643 * encoding, it is sometimes possible for a decoder to determine which method
644 * was used when the bitsream was encoded.
645 */
646 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_LOSSLESS (1 << 5)
647 /**
648 * @}
649 */
650
651 /**
652 * Frame flags, a combination of @ref lavu_frame_flags
653 */
654 int flags;
655
656 /**
657 * MPEG vs JPEG YUV range.
658 * - encoding: Set by user
659 * - decoding: Set by libavcodec
660 */
661 enum AVColorRange color_range;
662
663 enum AVColorPrimaries color_primaries;
664
665 enum AVColorTransferCharacteristic color_trc;
666
667 /**
668 * YUV colorspace type.
669 * - encoding: Set by user
670 * - decoding: Set by libavcodec
671 */
672 enum AVColorSpace colorspace;
673
674 enum AVChromaLocation chroma_location;
675
676 /**
677 * frame timestamp estimated using various heuristics, in stream time base
678 * - encoding: unused
679 * - decoding: set by libavcodec, read by user.
680 */
681 int64_t best_effort_timestamp;
682
683 /**
684 * metadata.
685 * - encoding: Set by user.
686 * - decoding: Set by libavcodec.
687 */
688 AVDictionary *metadata;
689
690 /**
691 * decode error flags of the frame, set to a combination of
692 * FF_DECODE_ERROR_xxx flags if the decoder produced a frame, but there
693 * were errors during the decoding.
694 * - encoding: unused
695 * - decoding: set by libavcodec, read by user.
696 */
697 int decode_error_flags;
698 #define FF_DECODE_ERROR_INVALID_BITSTREAM 1
699 #define FF_DECODE_ERROR_MISSING_REFERENCE 2
700 #define FF_DECODE_ERROR_CONCEALMENT_ACTIVE 4
701 #define FF_DECODE_ERROR_DECODE_SLICES 8
702
703 /**
704 * For hwaccel-format frames, this should be a reference to the
705 * AVHWFramesContext describing the frame.
706 */
707 AVBufferRef *hw_frames_ctx;
708
709 /**
710 * Frame owner's private data.
711 *
712 * This field may be set by the code that allocates/owns the frame data.
713 * It is then not touched by any library functions, except:
714 * - a new reference to the underlying buffer is propagated by
715 * av_frame_copy_props() (and hence by av_frame_ref());
716 * - it is unreferenced in av_frame_unref();
717 * - on the caller's explicit request. E.g. libavcodec encoders/decoders
718 * will propagate a new reference to/from @ref AVPacket "AVPackets" if the
719 * caller sets @ref AV_CODEC_FLAG_COPY_OPAQUE.
720 *
721 * @see opaque the plain pointer analogue
722 */
723 AVBufferRef *opaque_ref;
724
725 /**
726 * @anchor cropping
727 * @name Cropping
728 * Video frames only. The number of pixels to discard from the the
729 * top/bottom/left/right border of the frame to obtain the sub-rectangle of
730 * the frame intended for presentation.
731 * @{
732 */
733 size_t crop_top;
734 size_t crop_bottom;
735 size_t crop_left;
736 size_t crop_right;
737 /**
738 * @}
739 */
740
741 /**
742 * RefStruct reference for internal use by a single libav* library.
743 * Must not be used to transfer data between libraries.
744 * Has to be NULL when ownership of the frame leaves the respective library.
745 *
746 * Code outside the FFmpeg libs must never check or change private_ref.
747 */
748 void *private_ref;
749
750 /**
751 * Channel layout of the audio data.
752 */
753 AVChannelLayout ch_layout;
754
755 /**
756 * Duration of the frame, in the same units as pts. 0 if unknown.
757 */
758 int64_t duration;
759 } AVFrame;
760
761
762 /**
763 * Allocate an AVFrame and set its fields to default values. The resulting
764 * struct must be freed using av_frame_free().
765 *
766 * @return An AVFrame filled with default values or NULL on failure.
767 *
768 * @note this only allocates the AVFrame itself, not the data buffers. Those
769 * must be allocated through other means, e.g. with av_frame_get_buffer() or
770 * manually.
771 */
772 AVFrame *av_frame_alloc(void);
773
774 /**
775 * Free the frame and any dynamically allocated objects in it,
776 * e.g. extended_data. If the frame is reference counted, it will be
777 * unreferenced first.
778 *
779 * @param frame frame to be freed. The pointer will be set to NULL.
780 */
781 void av_frame_free(AVFrame **frame);
782
783 /**
784 * Set up a new reference to the data described by the source frame.
785 *
786 * Copy frame properties from src to dst and create a new reference for each
787 * AVBufferRef from src.
788 *
789 * If src is not reference counted, new buffers are allocated and the data is
790 * copied.
791 *
792 * @warning: dst MUST have been either unreferenced with av_frame_unref(dst),
793 * or newly allocated with av_frame_alloc() before calling this
794 * function, or undefined behavior will occur.
795 *
796 * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error
797 */
798 int av_frame_ref(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src);
799
800 /**
801 * Ensure the destination frame refers to the same data described by the source
802 * frame, either by creating a new reference for each AVBufferRef from src if
803 * they differ from those in dst, by allocating new buffers and copying data if
804 * src is not reference counted, or by unrefencing it if src is empty.
805 *
806 * Frame properties on dst will be replaced by those from src.
807 *
808 * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error. On error, dst is
809 * unreferenced.
810 */
811 int av_frame_replace(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src);
812
813 /**
814 * Create a new frame that references the same data as src.
815 *
816 * This is a shortcut for av_frame_alloc()+av_frame_ref().
817 *
818 * @return newly created AVFrame on success, NULL on error.
819 */
820 AVFrame *av_frame_clone(const AVFrame *src);
821
822 /**
823 * Unreference all the buffers referenced by frame and reset the frame fields.
824 */
825 void av_frame_unref(AVFrame *frame);
826
827 /**
828 * Move everything contained in src to dst and reset src.
829 *
830 * @warning: dst is not unreferenced, but directly overwritten without reading
831 * or deallocating its contents. Call av_frame_unref(dst) manually
832 * before calling this function to ensure that no memory is leaked.
833 */
834 void av_frame_move_ref(AVFrame *dst, AVFrame *src);
835
836 /**
837 * Allocate new buffer(s) for audio or video data.
838 *
839 * The following fields must be set on frame before calling this function:
840 * - format (pixel format for video, sample format for audio)
841 * - width and height for video
842 * - nb_samples and ch_layout for audio
843 *
844 * This function will fill AVFrame.data and AVFrame.buf arrays and, if
845 * necessary, allocate and fill AVFrame.extended_data and AVFrame.extended_buf.
846 * For planar formats, one buffer will be allocated for each plane.
847 *
848 * @warning: if frame already has been allocated, calling this function will
849 * leak memory. In addition, undefined behavior can occur in certain
850 * cases.
851 *
852 * @param frame frame in which to store the new buffers.
853 * @param align Required buffer size and data pointer alignment. If equal to 0,
854 * alignment will be chosen automatically for the current CPU.
855 * It is highly recommended to pass 0 here unless you know what
856 * you are doing.
857 *
858 * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error.
859 */
860 int av_frame_get_buffer(AVFrame *frame, int align);
861
862 /**
863 * Check if the frame data is writable.
864 *
865 * @return A positive value if the frame data is writable (which is true if and
866 * only if each of the underlying buffers has only one reference, namely the one
867 * stored in this frame). Return 0 otherwise.
868 *
869 * If 1 is returned the answer is valid until av_buffer_ref() is called on any
870 * of the underlying AVBufferRefs (e.g. through av_frame_ref() or directly).
871 *
872 * @see av_frame_make_writable(), av_buffer_is_writable()
873 */
874 int av_frame_is_writable(AVFrame *frame);
875
876 /**
877 * Ensure that the frame data is writable, avoiding data copy if possible.
878 *
879 * Do nothing if the frame is writable, allocate new buffers and copy the data
880 * if it is not. Non-refcounted frames behave as non-writable, i.e. a copy
881 * is always made.
882 *
883 * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error.
884 *
885 * @see av_frame_is_writable(), av_buffer_is_writable(),
886 * av_buffer_make_writable()
887 */
888 int av_frame_make_writable(AVFrame *frame);
889
890 /**
891 * Copy the frame data from src to dst.
892 *
893 * This function does not allocate anything, dst must be already initialized and
894 * allocated with the same parameters as src.
895 *
896 * This function only copies the frame data (i.e. the contents of the data /
897 * extended data arrays), not any other properties.
898 *
899 * @return >= 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error.
900 */
901 int av_frame_copy(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src);
902
903 /**
904 * Copy only "metadata" fields from src to dst.
905 *
906 * Metadata for the purpose of this function are those fields that do not affect
907 * the data layout in the buffers. E.g. pts, sample rate (for audio) or sample
908 * aspect ratio (for video), but not width/height or channel layout.
909 * Side data is also copied.
910 */
911 int av_frame_copy_props(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src);
912
913 /**
914 * Get the buffer reference a given data plane is stored in.
915 *
916 * @param frame the frame to get the plane's buffer from
917 * @param plane index of the data plane of interest in frame->extended_data.
918 *
919 * @return the buffer reference that contains the plane or NULL if the input
920 * frame is not valid.
921 */
922 AVBufferRef *av_frame_get_plane_buffer(const AVFrame *frame, int plane);
923
924 /**
925 * Add a new side data to a frame.
926 *
927 * @param frame a frame to which the side data should be added
928 * @param type type of the added side data
929 * @param size size of the side data
930 *
931 * @return newly added side data on success, NULL on error
932 */
933 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_new_side_data(AVFrame *frame,
934 enum AVFrameSideDataType type,
935 size_t size);
936
937 /**
938 * Add a new side data to a frame from an existing AVBufferRef
939 *
940 * @param frame a frame to which the side data should be added
941 * @param type the type of the added side data
942 * @param buf an AVBufferRef to add as side data. The ownership of
943 * the reference is transferred to the frame.
944 *
945 * @return newly added side data on success, NULL on error. On failure
946 * the frame is unchanged and the AVBufferRef remains owned by
947 * the caller.
948 */
949 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_new_side_data_from_buf(AVFrame *frame,
950 enum AVFrameSideDataType type,
951 AVBufferRef *buf);
952
953 /**
954 * @return a pointer to the side data of a given type on success, NULL if there
955 * is no side data with such type in this frame.
956 */
957 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_get_side_data(const AVFrame *frame,
958 enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
959
960 /**
961 * Remove and free all side data instances of the given type.
962 */
963 void av_frame_remove_side_data(AVFrame *frame, enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
964
965
966 /**
967 * Flags for frame cropping.
968 */
969 enum {
970 /**
971 * Apply the maximum possible cropping, even if it requires setting the
972 * AVFrame.data[] entries to unaligned pointers. Passing unaligned data
973 * to FFmpeg API is generally not allowed, and causes undefined behavior
974 * (such as crashes). You can pass unaligned data only to FFmpeg APIs that
975 * are explicitly documented to accept it. Use this flag only if you
976 * absolutely know what you are doing.
977 */
978 AV_FRAME_CROP_UNALIGNED = 1 << 0,
979 };
980
981 /**
982 * Crop the given video AVFrame according to its crop_left/crop_top/crop_right/
983 * crop_bottom fields. If cropping is successful, the function will adjust the
984 * data pointers and the width/height fields, and set the crop fields to 0.
985 *
986 * In all cases, the cropping boundaries will be rounded to the inherent
987 * alignment of the pixel format. In some cases, such as for opaque hwaccel
988 * formats, the left/top cropping is ignored. The crop fields are set to 0 even
989 * if the cropping was rounded or ignored.
990 *
991 * @param frame the frame which should be cropped
992 * @param flags Some combination of AV_FRAME_CROP_* flags, or 0.
993 *
994 * @return >= 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error. If the cropping fields
995 * were invalid, AVERROR(ERANGE) is returned, and nothing is changed.
996 */
997 int av_frame_apply_cropping(AVFrame *frame, int flags);
998
999 /**
1000 * @return a string identifying the side data type
1001 */
1002 const char *av_frame_side_data_name(enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1003
1004 /**
1005 * @return side data descriptor corresponding to a given side data type, NULL
1006 * when not available.
1007 */
1008 const AVSideDataDescriptor *av_frame_side_data_desc(enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1009
1010 /**
1011 * Free all side data entries and their contents, then zeroes out the
1012 * values which the pointers are pointing to.
1013 *
1014 * @param sd pointer to array of side data to free. Will be set to NULL
1015 * upon return.
1016 * @param nb_sd pointer to an integer containing the number of entries in
1017 * the array. Will be set to 0 upon return.
1018 */
1019 void av_frame_side_data_free(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd);
1020
1021 /**
1022 * Remove existing entries before adding new ones.
1023 */
1024 #define AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_UNIQUE (1 << 0)
1025 /**
1026 * Don't add a new entry if another of the same type exists.
1027 * Applies only for side data types without the AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_MULTI prop.
1028 */
1029 #define AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_REPLACE (1 << 1)
1030 /**
1031 * Create a new reference to the passed in buffer instead of taking ownership
1032 * of it.
1033 */
1034 #define AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_NEW_REF (1 << 2)
1035
1036 /**
1037 * Add new side data entry to an array.
1038 *
1039 * @param sd pointer to array of side data to which to add another entry,
1040 * or to NULL in order to start a new array.
1041 * @param nb_sd pointer to an integer containing the number of entries in
1042 * the array.
1043 * @param type type of the added side data
1044 * @param size size of the side data
1045 * @param flags Some combination of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_* flags, or 0.
1046 *
1047 * @return newly added side data on success, NULL on error.
1048 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_UNIQUE being set, entries of
1049 * matching AVFrameSideDataType will be removed before the addition
1050 * is attempted.
1051 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_REPLACE being set, if an
1052 * entry of the same type already exists, it will be replaced instead.
1053 */
1054 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_side_data_new(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1055 enum AVFrameSideDataType type,
1056 size_t size, unsigned int flags);
1057
1058 /**
1059 * Add a new side data entry to an array from an existing AVBufferRef.
1060 *
1061 * @param sd pointer to array of side data to which to add another entry,
1062 * or to NULL in order to start a new array.
1063 * @param nb_sd pointer to an integer containing the number of entries in
1064 * the array.
1065 * @param type type of the added side data
1066 * @param buf Pointer to AVBufferRef to add to the array. On success,
1067 * the function takes ownership of the AVBufferRef and *buf is
1068 * set to NULL, unless AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_NEW_REF is set
1069 * in which case the ownership will remain with the caller.
1070 * @param flags Some combination of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_* flags, or 0.
1071 *
1072 * @return newly added side data on success, NULL on error.
1073 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_UNIQUE being set, entries of
1074 * matching AVFrameSideDataType will be removed before the addition
1075 * is attempted.
1076 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_REPLACE being set, if an
1077 * entry of the same type already exists, it will be replaced instead.
1078 *
1079 */
1080 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_side_data_add(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1081 enum AVFrameSideDataType type,
1082 AVBufferRef **buf, unsigned int flags);
1083
1084 /**
1085 * Add a new side data entry to an array based on existing side data, taking
1086 * a reference towards the contained AVBufferRef.
1087 *
1088 * @param sd pointer to array of side data to which to add another entry,
1089 * or to NULL in order to start a new array.
1090 * @param nb_sd pointer to an integer containing the number of entries in
1091 * the array.
1092 * @param src side data to be cloned, with a new reference utilized
1093 * for the buffer.
1094 * @param flags Some combination of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_* flags, or 0.
1095 *
1096 * @return negative error code on failure, >=0 on success.
1097 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_UNIQUE being set, entries of
1098 * matching AVFrameSideDataType will be removed before the addition
1099 * is attempted.
1100 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_REPLACE being set, if an
1101 * entry of the same type already exists, it will be replaced instead.
1102 */
1103 int av_frame_side_data_clone(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1104 const AVFrameSideData *src, unsigned int flags);
1105
1106 /**
1107 * Get a side data entry of a specific type from an array.
1108 *
1109 * @param sd array of side data.
1110 * @param nb_sd integer containing the number of entries in the array.
1111 * @param type type of side data to be queried
1112 *
1113 * @return a pointer to the side data of a given type on success, NULL if there
1114 * is no side data with such type in this set.
1115 */
1116 const AVFrameSideData *av_frame_side_data_get_c(const AVFrameSideData * const *sd,
1117 const int nb_sd,
1118 enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1119
1120 /**
1121 * Wrapper around av_frame_side_data_get_c() to workaround the limitation
1122 * that for any type T the conversion from T * const * to const T * const *
1123 * is not performed automatically in C.
1124 * @see av_frame_side_data_get_c()
1125 */
1126 static inline
1127 2339963 const AVFrameSideData *av_frame_side_data_get(AVFrameSideData * const *sd,
1128 const int nb_sd,
1129 enum AVFrameSideDataType type)
1130 {
1131 2339963 return av_frame_side_data_get_c((const AVFrameSideData * const *)sd,
1132 nb_sd, type);
1133 }
1134
1135 /**
1136 * Remove and free all side data instances of the given type from an array.
1137 */
1138 void av_frame_side_data_remove(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1139 enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1140
1141 /**
1142 * Remove and free all side data instances that match any of the given
1143 * side data properties. (See enum AVSideDataProps)
1144 */
1145 void av_frame_side_data_remove_by_props(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1146 int props);
1147
1148 /**
1149 * @}
1150 */
1151
1152 #endif /* AVUTIL_FRAME_H */
1153