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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 * Recommends 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 * This side data contains information about the reference display width(s)
249 * and reference viewing distance(s) as well as information about the
250 * corresponding reference stereo pair(s), i.e., the pair(s) of views to be
251 * displayed for the viewer's left and right eyes on the reference display
252 * at the reference viewing distance.
253 * The payload is the AV3DReferenceDisplaysInfo struct defined in
254 * libavutil/tdrdi.h.
255 */
256 AV_FRAME_DATA_3D_REFERENCE_DISPLAYS,
257
258 /**
259 * Exchangeable image file format metadata. The payload is a buffer containing
260 * EXIF metadata, starting with either 49 49 2a 00, or 4d 4d 00 2a. These four
261 * bytes signify the endianness, and occur as the first part of the TIFF header.
262 */
263 AV_FRAME_DATA_EXIF,
264
265 /**
266 * HDR dynamic metadata associated with a video frame. The payload is
267 * an AVDynamicHDRSmpte2094App5 type and contains information for color
268 * volume transform as specified in the SMPTE 2094-50 standard.
269 */
270 AV_FRAME_DATA_DYNAMIC_HDR_SMPTE_2094_APP5,
271 };
272
273 enum AVActiveFormatDescription {
274 AV_AFD_SAME = 8,
275 AV_AFD_4_3 = 9,
276 AV_AFD_16_9 = 10,
277 AV_AFD_14_9 = 11,
278 AV_AFD_4_3_SP_14_9 = 13,
279 AV_AFD_16_9_SP_14_9 = 14,
280 AV_AFD_SP_4_3 = 15,
281 };
282
283
284 /**
285 * Structure to hold side data for an AVFrame.
286 *
287 * sizeof(AVFrameSideData) is not a part of the public ABI, so new fields may be added
288 * to the end with a minor bump.
289 */
290 typedef struct AVFrameSideData {
291 enum AVFrameSideDataType type;
292 uint8_t *data;
293 size_t size;
294 AVDictionary *metadata;
295 AVBufferRef *buf;
296 } AVFrameSideData;
297
298 enum AVSideDataProps {
299 /**
300 * The side data type can be used in stream-global structures.
301 * Side data types without this property are only meaningful on per-frame
302 * basis.
303 */
304 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_GLOBAL = (1 << 0),
305
306 /**
307 * Multiple instances of this side data type can be meaningfully present in
308 * a single side data array.
309 */
310 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_MULTI = (1 << 1),
311
312 /**
313 * Side data depends on the video dimensions. Side data with this property
314 * loses its meaning when rescaling or cropping the image, unless
315 * either recomputed or adjusted to the new resolution.
316 */
317 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_SIZE_DEPENDENT = (1 << 2),
318
319 /**
320 * Side data depends on the video color space. Side data with this property
321 * loses its meaning when changing the video color encoding, e.g. by
322 * adapting to a different set of primaries or transfer characteristics.
323 */
324 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_COLOR_DEPENDENT = (1 << 3),
325
326 /**
327 * Side data depends on the channel layout. Side data with this property
328 * loses its meaning when downmixing or upmixing, unless either recomputed
329 * or adjusted to the new layout.
330 */
331 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_CHANNEL_DEPENDENT = (1 << 4),
332 };
333
334 /**
335 * This struct describes the properties of a side data type. Its instance
336 * corresponding to a given type can be obtained from av_frame_side_data_desc().
337 */
338 typedef struct AVSideDataDescriptor {
339 /**
340 * Human-readable side data description.
341 */
342 const char *name;
343
344 /**
345 * Side data property flags, a combination of AVSideDataProps values.
346 */
347 unsigned props;
348 } AVSideDataDescriptor;
349
350 /**
351 * Structure describing a single Region Of Interest.
352 *
353 * When multiple regions are defined in a single side-data block, they
354 * should be ordered from most to least important - some encoders are only
355 * capable of supporting a limited number of distinct regions, so will have
356 * to truncate the list.
357 *
358 * When overlapping regions are defined, the first region containing a given
359 * area of the frame applies.
360 */
361 typedef struct AVRegionOfInterest {
362 /**
363 * Must be set to the size of this data structure (that is,
364 * sizeof(AVRegionOfInterest)).
365 */
366 uint32_t self_size;
367 /**
368 * Distance in pixels from the top edge of the frame to the top and
369 * bottom edges and from the left edge of the frame to the left and
370 * right edges of the rectangle defining this region of interest.
371 *
372 * The constraints on a region are encoder dependent, so the region
373 * actually affected may be slightly larger for alignment or other
374 * reasons.
375 */
376 int top;
377 int bottom;
378 int left;
379 int right;
380 /**
381 * Quantisation offset.
382 *
383 * Must be in the range -1 to +1. A value of zero indicates no quality
384 * change. A negative value asks for better quality (less quantisation),
385 * while a positive value asks for worse quality (greater quantisation).
386 *
387 * The range is calibrated so that the extreme values indicate the
388 * largest possible offset - if the rest of the frame is encoded with the
389 * worst possible quality, an offset of -1 indicates that this region
390 * should be encoded with the best possible quality anyway. Intermediate
391 * values are then interpolated in some codec-dependent way.
392 *
393 * For example, in 10-bit H.264 the quantisation parameter varies between
394 * -12 and 51. A typical qoffset value of -1/10 therefore indicates that
395 * this region should be encoded with a QP around one-tenth of the full
396 * range better than the rest of the frame. So, if most of the frame
397 * were to be encoded with a QP of around 30, this region would get a QP
398 * of around 24 (an offset of approximately -1/10 * (51 - -12) = -6.3).
399 * An extreme value of -1 would indicate that this region should be
400 * encoded with the best possible quality regardless of the treatment of
401 * the rest of the frame - that is, should be encoded at a QP of -12.
402 */
403 AVRational qoffset;
404 } AVRegionOfInterest;
405
406 /**
407 * This structure describes decoded (raw) audio or video data.
408 *
409 * AVFrame must be allocated using av_frame_alloc(). Note that this only
410 * allocates the AVFrame itself, the buffers for the data must be managed
411 * through other means (see below).
412 * AVFrame must be freed with av_frame_free().
413 *
414 * AVFrame is typically allocated once and then reused multiple times to hold
415 * different data (e.g. a single AVFrame to hold frames received from a
416 * decoder). In such a case, av_frame_unref() will free any references held by
417 * the frame and reset it to its original clean state before it
418 * is reused again.
419 *
420 * The data described by an AVFrame is usually reference counted through the
421 * AVBuffer API. The underlying buffer references are stored in AVFrame.buf /
422 * AVFrame.extended_buf. An AVFrame is considered to be reference counted if at
423 * least one reference is set, i.e. if AVFrame.buf[0] != NULL. In such a case,
424 * every single data plane must be contained in one of the buffers in
425 * AVFrame.buf or AVFrame.extended_buf.
426 * There may be a single buffer for all the data, or one separate buffer for
427 * each plane, or anything in between.
428 *
429 * sizeof(AVFrame) is not a part of the public ABI, so new fields may be added
430 * to the end with a minor bump.
431 *
432 * Fields can be accessed through AVOptions, the name string used, matches the
433 * C structure field name for fields accessible through AVOptions.
434 */
435 typedef struct AVFrame {
436 #define AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS 8
437 /**
438 * pointer to the picture/channel planes.
439 * This might be different from the first allocated byte. For video,
440 * it could even point to the end of the image data.
441 *
442 * All pointers in data and extended_data must point into one of the
443 * AVBufferRef in buf or extended_buf.
444 *
445 * Some decoders access areas outside 0,0 - width,height, please
446 * see avcodec_align_dimensions2(). Some filters and swscale can read
447 * up to 16 bytes beyond the planes, if these filters are to be used,
448 * then 16 extra bytes must be allocated.
449 *
450 * NOTE: Pointers not needed by the format MUST be set to NULL.
451 *
452 * @attention In case of video, the data[] pointers can point to the
453 * end of image data in order to reverse line order, when used in
454 * combination with negative values in the linesize[] array.
455 */
456 uint8_t *data[AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS];
457
458 /**
459 * For video, a positive or negative value, which is typically indicating
460 * the size in bytes of each picture line, but it can also be:
461 * - the negative byte size of lines for vertical flipping
462 * (with data[n] pointing to the end of the data
463 * - a positive or negative multiple of the byte size as for accessing
464 * even and odd fields of a frame (possibly flipped)
465 *
466 * For audio, only linesize[0] may be set. For planar audio, each channel
467 * plane must be the same size.
468 *
469 * For video the linesizes should be multiples of the CPUs alignment
470 * preference, this is 16 or 32 for modern desktop CPUs.
471 * Some code requires such alignment other code can be slower without
472 * correct alignment, for yet other it makes no difference.
473 *
474 * @note The linesize may be larger than the size of usable data -- there
475 * may be extra padding present for performance reasons.
476 *
477 * @attention In case of video, line size values can be negative to achieve
478 * a vertically inverted iteration over image lines.
479 */
480 int linesize[AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS];
481
482 /**
483 * pointers to the data planes/channels.
484 *
485 * For video, this should simply point to data[].
486 *
487 * For planar audio, each channel has a separate data pointer, and
488 * linesize[0] contains the size of each channel buffer.
489 * For packed audio, there is just one data pointer, and linesize[0]
490 * contains the total size of the buffer for all channels.
491 *
492 * Note: Both data and extended_data should always be set in a valid frame,
493 * but for planar audio with more channels that can fit in data,
494 * extended_data must be used in order to access all channels.
495 */
496 uint8_t **extended_data;
497
498 /**
499 * @name Video dimensions
500 * Video frames only. The coded dimensions (in pixels) of the video frame,
501 * i.e. the size of the rectangle that contains some well-defined values.
502 *
503 * @note The part of the frame intended for display/presentation is further
504 * restricted by the @ref cropping "Cropping rectangle".
505 * @{
506 */
507 int width, height;
508 /**
509 * @}
510 */
511
512 /**
513 * number of audio samples (per channel) described by this frame
514 */
515 int nb_samples;
516
517 /**
518 * format of the frame, -1 if unknown or unset
519 * Values correspond to enum AVPixelFormat for video frames,
520 * enum AVSampleFormat for audio)
521 */
522 int format;
523
524 /**
525 * Picture type of the frame.
526 */
527 enum AVPictureType pict_type;
528
529 /**
530 * Sample aspect ratio for the video frame, 0/1 if unknown/unspecified.
531 */
532 AVRational sample_aspect_ratio;
533
534 /**
535 * Presentation timestamp in time_base units (time when frame should be shown to user).
536 */
537 int64_t pts;
538
539 /**
540 * DTS copied from the AVPacket that triggered returning this frame. (if frame threading isn't used)
541 * This is also the Presentation time of this AVFrame calculated from
542 * only AVPacket.dts values without pts values.
543 */
544 int64_t pkt_dts;
545
546 /**
547 * Time base for the timestamps in this frame.
548 * In the future, this field may be set on frames output by decoders or
549 * filters, but its value will be by default ignored on input to encoders
550 * or filters.
551 */
552 AVRational time_base;
553
554 /**
555 * quality (between 1 (good) and FF_LAMBDA_MAX (bad))
556 */
557 int quality;
558
559 /**
560 * Frame owner's private data.
561 *
562 * This field may be set by the code that allocates/owns the frame data.
563 * It is then not touched by any library functions, except:
564 * - it is copied to other references by av_frame_copy_props() (and hence by
565 * av_frame_ref());
566 * - it is set to NULL when the frame is cleared by av_frame_unref()
567 * - on the caller's explicit request. E.g. libavcodec encoders/decoders
568 * will copy this field to/from @ref AVPacket "AVPackets" if the caller sets
569 * @ref AV_CODEC_FLAG_COPY_OPAQUE.
570 *
571 * @see opaque_ref the reference-counted analogue
572 */
573 void *opaque;
574
575 /**
576 * Number of fields in this frame which should be repeated, i.e. the total
577 * duration of this frame should be repeat_pict + 2 normal field durations.
578 *
579 * For interlaced frames this field may be set to 1, which signals that this
580 * frame should be presented as 3 fields: beginning with the first field (as
581 * determined by AV_FRAME_FLAG_TOP_FIELD_FIRST being set or not), followed
582 * by the second field, and then the first field again.
583 *
584 * For progressive frames this field may be set to a multiple of 2, which
585 * signals that this frame's duration should be (repeat_pict + 2) / 2
586 * normal frame durations.
587 *
588 * @note This field is computed from MPEG2 repeat_first_field flag and its
589 * associated flags, H.264 pic_struct from picture timing SEI, and
590 * their analogues in other codecs. Typically it should only be used when
591 * higher-layer timing information is not available.
592 */
593 int repeat_pict;
594
595 /**
596 * Sample rate of the audio data.
597 */
598 int sample_rate;
599
600 /**
601 * AVBuffer references backing the data for this frame. All the pointers in
602 * data and extended_data must point inside one of the buffers in buf or
603 * extended_buf. This array must be filled contiguously -- if buf[i] is
604 * non-NULL then buf[j] must also be non-NULL for all j < i.
605 *
606 * There may be at most one AVBuffer per data plane, so for video this array
607 * always contains all the references. For planar audio with more than
608 * AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS channels, there may be more buffers than can fit in
609 * this array. Then the extra AVBufferRef pointers are stored in the
610 * extended_buf array.
611 */
612 AVBufferRef *buf[AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS];
613
614 /**
615 * For planar audio which requires more than AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS
616 * AVBufferRef pointers, this array will hold all the references which
617 * cannot fit into AVFrame.buf.
618 *
619 * Note that this is different from AVFrame.extended_data, which always
620 * contains all the pointers. This array only contains the extra pointers,
621 * which cannot fit into AVFrame.buf.
622 *
623 * This array is always allocated using av_malloc() by whoever constructs
624 * the frame. It is freed in av_frame_unref().
625 */
626 AVBufferRef **extended_buf;
627 /**
628 * Number of elements in extended_buf.
629 */
630 int nb_extended_buf;
631
632 AVFrameSideData **side_data;
633 int nb_side_data;
634
635 /**
636 * @defgroup lavu_frame_flags AV_FRAME_FLAGS
637 * @ingroup lavu_frame
638 * Flags describing additional frame properties.
639 *
640 * @{
641 */
642
643 /**
644 * The frame data may be corrupted, e.g. due to decoding errors.
645 */
646 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_CORRUPT (1 << 0)
647 /**
648 * A flag to mark frames that are keyframes.
649 */
650 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_KEY (1 << 1)
651 /**
652 * A flag to mark the frames which need to be decoded, but shouldn't be output.
653 */
654 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_DISCARD (1 << 2)
655 /**
656 * A flag to mark frames whose content is interlaced.
657 */
658 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_INTERLACED (1 << 3)
659 /**
660 * A flag to mark frames where the top field is displayed first if the content
661 * is interlaced.
662 */
663 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_TOP_FIELD_FIRST (1 << 4)
664 /**
665 * A decoder can use this flag to mark frames which were originally encoded losslessly.
666 *
667 * For coding bitstream formats which support both lossless and lossy
668 * encoding, it is sometimes possible for a decoder to determine which method
669 * was used when the bitstream was encoded.
670 */
671 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_LOSSLESS (1 << 5)
672 /**
673 * @}
674 */
675
676 /**
677 * Frame flags, a combination of @ref lavu_frame_flags
678 */
679 int flags;
680
681 /**
682 * MPEG vs JPEG YUV range.
683 * - encoding: Set by user
684 * - decoding: Set by libavcodec
685 */
686 enum AVColorRange color_range;
687
688 enum AVColorPrimaries color_primaries;
689
690 enum AVColorTransferCharacteristic color_trc;
691
692 /**
693 * YUV colorspace type.
694 * - encoding: Set by user
695 * - decoding: Set by libavcodec
696 */
697 enum AVColorSpace colorspace;
698
699 enum AVChromaLocation chroma_location;
700
701 /**
702 * frame timestamp estimated using various heuristics, in stream time base
703 * - encoding: unused
704 * - decoding: set by libavcodec, read by user.
705 */
706 int64_t best_effort_timestamp;
707
708 /**
709 * metadata.
710 * - encoding: Set by user.
711 * - decoding: Set by libavcodec.
712 */
713 AVDictionary *metadata;
714
715 /**
716 * decode error flags of the frame, set to a combination of
717 * FF_DECODE_ERROR_xxx flags if the decoder produced a frame, but there
718 * were errors during the decoding.
719 * - encoding: unused
720 * - decoding: set by libavcodec, read by user.
721 */
722 int decode_error_flags;
723 #define FF_DECODE_ERROR_INVALID_BITSTREAM 1
724 #define FF_DECODE_ERROR_MISSING_REFERENCE 2
725 #define FF_DECODE_ERROR_CONCEALMENT_ACTIVE 4
726 #define FF_DECODE_ERROR_DECODE_SLICES 8
727
728 /**
729 * For hwaccel-format frames, this should be a reference to the
730 * AVHWFramesContext describing the frame.
731 */
732 AVBufferRef *hw_frames_ctx;
733
734 /**
735 * Frame owner's private data.
736 *
737 * This field may be set by the code that allocates/owns the frame data.
738 * It is then not touched by any library functions, except:
739 * - a new reference to the underlying buffer is propagated by
740 * av_frame_copy_props() (and hence by av_frame_ref());
741 * - it is unreferenced in av_frame_unref();
742 * - on the caller's explicit request. E.g. libavcodec encoders/decoders
743 * will propagate a new reference to/from @ref AVPacket "AVPackets" if the
744 * caller sets @ref AV_CODEC_FLAG_COPY_OPAQUE.
745 *
746 * @see opaque the plain pointer analogue
747 */
748 AVBufferRef *opaque_ref;
749
750 /**
751 * @anchor cropping
752 * @name Cropping
753 * Video frames only. The number of pixels to discard from the
754 * top/bottom/left/right border of the frame to obtain the sub-rectangle of
755 * the frame intended for presentation.
756 * @{
757 */
758 size_t crop_top;
759 size_t crop_bottom;
760 size_t crop_left;
761 size_t crop_right;
762 /**
763 * @}
764 */
765
766 /**
767 * RefStruct reference for internal use by a single libav* library.
768 * Must not be used to transfer data between libraries.
769 * Has to be NULL when ownership of the frame leaves the respective library.
770 *
771 * Code outside the FFmpeg libs must never check or change private_ref.
772 */
773 void *private_ref;
774
775 /**
776 * Channel layout of the audio data.
777 */
778 AVChannelLayout ch_layout;
779
780 /**
781 * Duration of the frame, in the same units as pts. 0 if unknown.
782 */
783 int64_t duration;
784
785 /**
786 * Indicates how the alpha channel of the video is to be handled.
787 * - encoding: Set by user
788 * - decoding: Set by libavcodec
789 */
790 enum AVAlphaMode alpha_mode;
791 } AVFrame;
792
793
794 /**
795 * Allocate an AVFrame and set its fields to default values. The resulting
796 * struct must be freed using av_frame_free().
797 *
798 * @return An AVFrame filled with default values or NULL on failure.
799 *
800 * @note this only allocates the AVFrame itself, not the data buffers. Those
801 * must be allocated through other means, e.g. with av_frame_get_buffer() or
802 * manually.
803 */
804 AVFrame *av_frame_alloc(void);
805
806 /**
807 * Free the frame and any dynamically allocated objects in it,
808 * e.g. extended_data. If the frame is reference counted, it will be
809 * unreferenced first.
810 *
811 * @param frame frame to be freed. The pointer will be set to NULL.
812 */
813 void av_frame_free(AVFrame **frame);
814
815 /**
816 * Set up a new reference to the data described by the source frame.
817 *
818 * Copy frame properties from src to dst and create a new reference for each
819 * AVBufferRef from src.
820 *
821 * If src is not reference counted, new buffers are allocated and the data is
822 * copied.
823 *
824 * @warning: dst MUST have been either unreferenced with av_frame_unref(dst),
825 * or newly allocated with av_frame_alloc() before calling this
826 * function, or undefined behavior will occur.
827 *
828 * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error
829 */
830 int av_frame_ref(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src);
831
832 /**
833 * Ensure the destination frame refers to the same data described by the source
834 * frame, either by creating a new reference for each AVBufferRef from src if
835 * they differ from those in dst, by allocating new buffers and copying data if
836 * src is not reference counted, or by unreferencing it if src is empty.
837 *
838 * Frame properties on dst will be replaced by those from src.
839 *
840 * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error. On error, dst is
841 * unreferenced.
842 */
843 int av_frame_replace(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src);
844
845 /**
846 * Create a new frame that references the same data as src.
847 *
848 * This is a shortcut for av_frame_alloc()+av_frame_ref().
849 *
850 * @return newly created AVFrame on success, NULL on error.
851 */
852 AVFrame *av_frame_clone(const AVFrame *src);
853
854 /**
855 * Unreference all the buffers referenced by frame and reset the frame fields.
856 */
857 void av_frame_unref(AVFrame *frame);
858
859 /**
860 * Move everything contained in src to dst and reset src.
861 *
862 * @warning: dst is not unreferenced, but directly overwritten without reading
863 * or deallocating its contents. Call av_frame_unref(dst) manually
864 * before calling this function to ensure that no memory is leaked.
865 */
866 void av_frame_move_ref(AVFrame *dst, AVFrame *src);
867
868 /**
869 * Allocate new buffer(s) for audio or video data.
870 *
871 * The following fields must be set on frame before calling this function:
872 * - format (pixel format for video, sample format for audio)
873 * - width and height for video
874 * - nb_samples and ch_layout for audio
875 *
876 * This function will fill AVFrame.data and AVFrame.buf arrays and, if
877 * necessary, allocate and fill AVFrame.extended_data and AVFrame.extended_buf.
878 * For planar formats, one buffer will be allocated for each plane.
879 *
880 * @warning: if frame already has been allocated, calling this function will
881 * leak memory. In addition, undefined behavior can occur in certain
882 * cases.
883 *
884 * @param frame frame in which to store the new buffers.
885 * @param align Required buffer size and data pointer alignment. If equal to 0,
886 * alignment will be chosen automatically for the current CPU.
887 * It is highly recommended to pass 0 here unless you know what
888 * you are doing.
889 *
890 * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error.
891 */
892 int av_frame_get_buffer(AVFrame *frame, int align);
893
894 /**
895 * Check if the frame data is writable.
896 *
897 * @return A positive value if the frame data is writable (which is true if and
898 * only if each of the underlying buffers has only one reference, namely the one
899 * stored in this frame). Return 0 otherwise.
900 *
901 * If 1 is returned the answer is valid until av_buffer_ref() is called on any
902 * of the underlying AVBufferRefs (e.g. through av_frame_ref() or directly).
903 *
904 * @see av_frame_make_writable(), av_buffer_is_writable()
905 */
906 int av_frame_is_writable(AVFrame *frame);
907
908 /**
909 * Ensure that the frame data is writable, avoiding data copy if possible.
910 *
911 * Do nothing if the frame is writable, allocate new buffers and copy the data
912 * if it is not. Non-refcounted frames behave as non-writable, i.e. a copy
913 * is always made.
914 *
915 * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error.
916 *
917 * @see av_frame_is_writable(), av_buffer_is_writable(),
918 * av_buffer_make_writable()
919 */
920 int av_frame_make_writable(AVFrame *frame);
921
922 /**
923 * Copy the frame data from src to dst.
924 *
925 * This function does not allocate anything, dst must be already initialized and
926 * allocated with the same parameters as src.
927 *
928 * This function only copies the frame data (i.e. the contents of the data /
929 * extended data arrays), not any other properties.
930 *
931 * @return >= 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error.
932 */
933 int av_frame_copy(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src);
934
935 /**
936 * Copy only "metadata" fields from src to dst.
937 *
938 * Metadata for the purpose of this function are those fields that do not affect
939 * the data layout in the buffers. E.g. pts, sample rate (for audio) or sample
940 * aspect ratio (for video), but not width/height or channel layout.
941 * Side data is also copied.
942 */
943 int av_frame_copy_props(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src);
944
945 /**
946 * Get the buffer reference a given data plane is stored in.
947 *
948 * @param frame the frame to get the plane's buffer from
949 * @param plane index of the data plane of interest in frame->extended_data.
950 *
951 * @return the buffer reference that contains the plane or NULL if the input
952 * frame is not valid.
953 */
954 AVBufferRef *av_frame_get_plane_buffer(const AVFrame *frame, int plane);
955
956 /**
957 * Add a new side data to a frame.
958 *
959 * @param frame a frame to which the side data should be added
960 * @param type type of the added side data
961 * @param size size of the side data
962 *
963 * @return newly added side data on success, NULL on error
964 */
965 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_new_side_data(AVFrame *frame,
966 enum AVFrameSideDataType type,
967 size_t size);
968
969 /**
970 * Add a new side data to a frame from an existing AVBufferRef
971 *
972 * @param frame a frame to which the side data should be added
973 * @param type the type of the added side data
974 * @param buf an AVBufferRef to add as side data. The ownership of
975 * the reference is transferred to the frame.
976 *
977 * @return newly added side data on success, NULL on error. On failure
978 * the frame is unchanged and the AVBufferRef remains owned by
979 * the caller.
980 */
981 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_new_side_data_from_buf(AVFrame *frame,
982 enum AVFrameSideDataType type,
983 AVBufferRef *buf);
984
985 /**
986 * @return a pointer to the side data of a given type on success, NULL if there
987 * is no side data with such type in this frame.
988 */
989 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_get_side_data(const AVFrame *frame,
990 enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
991
992 /**
993 * Remove and free all side data instances of the given type.
994 */
995 void av_frame_remove_side_data(AVFrame *frame, enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
996
997
998 /**
999 * Flags for frame cropping.
1000 */
1001 enum {
1002 /**
1003 * Apply the maximum possible cropping, even if it requires setting the
1004 * AVFrame.data[] entries to unaligned pointers. Passing unaligned data
1005 * to FFmpeg API is generally not allowed, and causes undefined behavior
1006 * (such as crashes). You can pass unaligned data only to FFmpeg APIs that
1007 * are explicitly documented to accept it. Use this flag only if you
1008 * absolutely know what you are doing.
1009 */
1010 AV_FRAME_CROP_UNALIGNED = 1 << 0,
1011 };
1012
1013 /**
1014 * Crop the given video AVFrame according to its crop_left/crop_top/crop_right/
1015 * crop_bottom fields. If cropping is successful, the function will adjust the
1016 * data pointers and the width/height fields, and set the crop fields to 0.
1017 *
1018 * In all cases, the cropping boundaries will be rounded to the inherent
1019 * alignment of the pixel format. In some cases, such as for opaque hwaccel
1020 * formats, the left/top cropping is ignored. The crop fields are set to 0 even
1021 * if the cropping was rounded or ignored.
1022 *
1023 * @param frame the frame which should be cropped
1024 * @param flags Some combination of AV_FRAME_CROP_* flags, or 0.
1025 *
1026 * @return >= 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error. If the cropping fields
1027 * were invalid, AVERROR(ERANGE) is returned, and nothing is changed.
1028 */
1029 int av_frame_apply_cropping(AVFrame *frame, int flags);
1030
1031 /**
1032 * @return a string identifying the side data type
1033 */
1034 const char *av_frame_side_data_name(enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1035
1036 /**
1037 * @return side data descriptor corresponding to a given side data type, NULL
1038 * when not available.
1039 */
1040 const AVSideDataDescriptor *av_frame_side_data_desc(enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1041
1042 /**
1043 * Free all side data entries and their contents, then zeroes out the
1044 * values which the pointers are pointing to.
1045 *
1046 * @param sd pointer to array of side data to free. Will be set to NULL
1047 * upon return.
1048 * @param nb_sd pointer to an integer containing the number of entries in
1049 * the array. Will be set to 0 upon return.
1050 */
1051 void av_frame_side_data_free(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd);
1052
1053 /**
1054 * Remove existing entries before adding new ones.
1055 */
1056 #define AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_UNIQUE (1 << 0)
1057 /**
1058 * Don't add a new entry if another of the same type exists.
1059 * Applies only for side data types without the AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_MULTI prop.
1060 */
1061 #define AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_REPLACE (1 << 1)
1062 /**
1063 * Create a new reference to the passed in buffer instead of taking ownership
1064 * of it.
1065 */
1066 #define AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_NEW_REF (1 << 2)
1067
1068 /**
1069 * Add new side data entry to an array.
1070 *
1071 * @param sd pointer to array of side data to which to add another entry,
1072 * or to NULL in order to start a new array.
1073 * @param nb_sd pointer to an integer containing the number of entries in
1074 * the array.
1075 * @param type type of the added side data
1076 * @param size size of the side data
1077 * @param flags Some combination of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_* flags, or 0.
1078 *
1079 * @return newly added side data on success, NULL on error.
1080 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_UNIQUE being set, entries of
1081 * matching AVFrameSideDataType will be removed before the addition
1082 * is attempted.
1083 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_REPLACE being set, if an
1084 * entry of the same type already exists, it will be replaced instead.
1085 */
1086 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_side_data_new(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1087 enum AVFrameSideDataType type,
1088 size_t size, unsigned int flags);
1089
1090 /**
1091 * Add a new side data entry to an array from an existing AVBufferRef.
1092 *
1093 * @param sd pointer to array of side data to which to add another entry,
1094 * or to NULL in order to start a new array.
1095 * @param nb_sd pointer to an integer containing the number of entries in
1096 * the array.
1097 * @param type type of the added side data
1098 * @param buf Pointer to AVBufferRef to add to the array. On success,
1099 * the function takes ownership of the AVBufferRef and *buf is
1100 * set to NULL, unless AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_NEW_REF is set
1101 * in which case the ownership will remain with the caller.
1102 * @param flags Some combination of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_* flags, or 0.
1103 *
1104 * @return newly added side data on success, NULL on error.
1105 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_UNIQUE being set, entries of
1106 * matching AVFrameSideDataType will be removed before the addition
1107 * is attempted.
1108 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_REPLACE being set, if an
1109 * entry of the same type already exists, it will be replaced instead.
1110 *
1111 */
1112 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_side_data_add(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1113 enum AVFrameSideDataType type,
1114 AVBufferRef **buf, unsigned int flags);
1115
1116 /**
1117 * Add a new side data entry to an array based on existing side data, taking
1118 * a reference towards the contained AVBufferRef.
1119 *
1120 * @param sd pointer to array of side data to which to add another entry,
1121 * or to NULL in order to start a new array.
1122 * @param nb_sd pointer to an integer containing the number of entries in
1123 * the array.
1124 * @param src side data to be cloned, with a new reference utilized
1125 * for the buffer.
1126 * @param flags Some combination of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_* flags, or 0.
1127 *
1128 * @return negative error code on failure, >=0 on success.
1129 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_UNIQUE being set, entries of
1130 * matching AVFrameSideDataType will be removed before the addition
1131 * is attempted.
1132 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_REPLACE being set, if an
1133 * entry of the same type already exists, it will be replaced instead.
1134 */
1135 int av_frame_side_data_clone(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1136 const AVFrameSideData *src, unsigned int flags);
1137
1138 /**
1139 * Get a side data entry of a specific type from an array.
1140 *
1141 * @param sd array of side data.
1142 * @param nb_sd integer containing the number of entries in the array.
1143 * @param type type of side data to be queried
1144 *
1145 * @return a pointer to the side data of a given type on success, NULL if there
1146 * is no side data with such type in this set.
1147 */
1148 const AVFrameSideData *av_frame_side_data_get_c(const AVFrameSideData * const *sd,
1149 const int nb_sd,
1150 enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1151
1152 /**
1153 * Wrapper around av_frame_side_data_get_c() to workaround the limitation
1154 * that for any type T the conversion from T * const * to const T * const *
1155 * is not performed automatically in C.
1156 * @see av_frame_side_data_get_c()
1157 */
1158 static inline
1159 2874899 const AVFrameSideData *av_frame_side_data_get(AVFrameSideData * const *sd,
1160 const int nb_sd,
1161 enum AVFrameSideDataType type)
1162 {
1163 2874899 return av_frame_side_data_get_c((const AVFrameSideData * const *)sd,
1164 nb_sd, type);
1165 }
1166
1167 /**
1168 * Remove and free all side data instances of the given type from an array.
1169 */
1170 void av_frame_side_data_remove(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1171 enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1172
1173 /**
1174 * Remove and free all side data instances that match any of the given
1175 * side data properties. (See enum AVSideDataProps)
1176 */
1177 void av_frame_side_data_remove_by_props(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1178 int props);
1179
1180 /**
1181 * @}
1182 */
1183
1184 #endif /* AVUTIL_FRAME_H */
1185