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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 * Extensible 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.
261 */
262 AV_FRAME_DATA_EXIF,
263
264 /**
265 * HDR dynamic metadata associated with a video frame. The payload is
266 * an AVDynamicHDRSmpte2094App5 type and contains information for color
267 * volume transform as specified in the SMPTE 2094-50 standard.
268 */
269 AV_FRAME_DATA_DYNAMIC_HDR_SMPTE_2094_APP5,
270 };
271
272 enum AVActiveFormatDescription {
273 AV_AFD_SAME = 8,
274 AV_AFD_4_3 = 9,
275 AV_AFD_16_9 = 10,
276 AV_AFD_14_9 = 11,
277 AV_AFD_4_3_SP_14_9 = 13,
278 AV_AFD_16_9_SP_14_9 = 14,
279 AV_AFD_SP_4_3 = 15,
280 };
281
282
283 /**
284 * Structure to hold side data for an AVFrame.
285 *
286 * sizeof(AVFrameSideData) is not a part of the public ABI, so new fields may be added
287 * to the end with a minor bump.
288 */
289 typedef struct AVFrameSideData {
290 enum AVFrameSideDataType type;
291 uint8_t *data;
292 size_t size;
293 AVDictionary *metadata;
294 AVBufferRef *buf;
295 } AVFrameSideData;
296
297 enum AVSideDataProps {
298 /**
299 * The side data type can be used in stream-global structures.
300 * Side data types without this property are only meaningful on per-frame
301 * basis.
302 */
303 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_GLOBAL = (1 << 0),
304
305 /**
306 * Multiple instances of this side data type can be meaningfully present in
307 * a single side data array.
308 */
309 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_MULTI = (1 << 1),
310
311 /**
312 * Side data depends on the video dimensions. Side data with this property
313 * loses its meaning when rescaling or cropping the image, unless
314 * either recomputed or adjusted to the new resolution.
315 */
316 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_SIZE_DEPENDENT = (1 << 2),
317
318 /**
319 * Side data depends on the video color space. Side data with this property
320 * loses its meaning when changing the video color encoding, e.g. by
321 * adapting to a different set of primaries or transfer characteristics.
322 */
323 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_COLOR_DEPENDENT = (1 << 3),
324
325 /**
326 * Side data depends on the channel layout. Side data with this property
327 * loses its meaning when downmixing or upmixing, unless either recomputed
328 * or adjusted to the new layout.
329 */
330 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_CHANNEL_DEPENDENT = (1 << 4),
331 };
332
333 /**
334 * This struct describes the properties of a side data type. Its instance
335 * corresponding to a given type can be obtained from av_frame_side_data_desc().
336 */
337 typedef struct AVSideDataDescriptor {
338 /**
339 * Human-readable side data description.
340 */
341 const char *name;
342
343 /**
344 * Side data property flags, a combination of AVSideDataProps values.
345 */
346 unsigned props;
347 } AVSideDataDescriptor;
348
349 /**
350 * Structure describing a single Region Of Interest.
351 *
352 * When multiple regions are defined in a single side-data block, they
353 * should be ordered from most to least important - some encoders are only
354 * capable of supporting a limited number of distinct regions, so will have
355 * to truncate the list.
356 *
357 * When overlapping regions are defined, the first region containing a given
358 * area of the frame applies.
359 */
360 typedef struct AVRegionOfInterest {
361 /**
362 * Must be set to the size of this data structure (that is,
363 * sizeof(AVRegionOfInterest)).
364 */
365 uint32_t self_size;
366 /**
367 * Distance in pixels from the top edge of the frame to the top and
368 * bottom edges and from the left edge of the frame to the left and
369 * right edges of the rectangle defining this region of interest.
370 *
371 * The constraints on a region are encoder dependent, so the region
372 * actually affected may be slightly larger for alignment or other
373 * reasons.
374 */
375 int top;
376 int bottom;
377 int left;
378 int right;
379 /**
380 * Quantisation offset.
381 *
382 * Must be in the range -1 to +1. A value of zero indicates no quality
383 * change. A negative value asks for better quality (less quantisation),
384 * while a positive value asks for worse quality (greater quantisation).
385 *
386 * The range is calibrated so that the extreme values indicate the
387 * largest possible offset - if the rest of the frame is encoded with the
388 * worst possible quality, an offset of -1 indicates that this region
389 * should be encoded with the best possible quality anyway. Intermediate
390 * values are then interpolated in some codec-dependent way.
391 *
392 * For example, in 10-bit H.264 the quantisation parameter varies between
393 * -12 and 51. A typical qoffset value of -1/10 therefore indicates that
394 * this region should be encoded with a QP around one-tenth of the full
395 * range better than the rest of the frame. So, if most of the frame
396 * were to be encoded with a QP of around 30, this region would get a QP
397 * of around 24 (an offset of approximately -1/10 * (51 - -12) = -6.3).
398 * An extreme value of -1 would indicate that this region should be
399 * encoded with the best possible quality regardless of the treatment of
400 * the rest of the frame - that is, should be encoded at a QP of -12.
401 */
402 AVRational qoffset;
403 } AVRegionOfInterest;
404
405 /**
406 * This structure describes decoded (raw) audio or video data.
407 *
408 * AVFrame must be allocated using av_frame_alloc(). Note that this only
409 * allocates the AVFrame itself, the buffers for the data must be managed
410 * through other means (see below).
411 * AVFrame must be freed with av_frame_free().
412 *
413 * AVFrame is typically allocated once and then reused multiple times to hold
414 * different data (e.g. a single AVFrame to hold frames received from a
415 * decoder). In such a case, av_frame_unref() will free any references held by
416 * the frame and reset it to its original clean state before it
417 * is reused again.
418 *
419 * The data described by an AVFrame is usually reference counted through the
420 * AVBuffer API. The underlying buffer references are stored in AVFrame.buf /
421 * AVFrame.extended_buf. An AVFrame is considered to be reference counted if at
422 * least one reference is set, i.e. if AVFrame.buf[0] != NULL. In such a case,
423 * every single data plane must be contained in one of the buffers in
424 * AVFrame.buf or AVFrame.extended_buf.
425 * There may be a single buffer for all the data, or one separate buffer for
426 * each plane, or anything in between.
427 *
428 * sizeof(AVFrame) is not a part of the public ABI, so new fields may be added
429 * to the end with a minor bump.
430 *
431 * Fields can be accessed through AVOptions, the name string used, matches the
432 * C structure field name for fields accessible through AVOptions.
433 */
434 typedef struct AVFrame {
435 #define AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS 8
436 /**
437 * pointer to the picture/channel planes.
438 * This might be different from the first allocated byte. For video,
439 * it could even point to the end of the image data.
440 *
441 * All pointers in data and extended_data must point into one of the
442 * AVBufferRef in buf or extended_buf.
443 *
444 * Some decoders access areas outside 0,0 - width,height, please
445 * see avcodec_align_dimensions2(). Some filters and swscale can read
446 * up to 16 bytes beyond the planes, if these filters are to be used,
447 * then 16 extra bytes must be allocated.
448 *
449 * NOTE: Pointers not needed by the format MUST be set to NULL.
450 *
451 * @attention In case of video, the data[] pointers can point to the
452 * end of image data in order to reverse line order, when used in
453 * combination with negative values in the linesize[] array.
454 */
455 uint8_t *data[AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS];
456
457 /**
458 * For video, a positive or negative value, which is typically indicating
459 * the size in bytes of each picture line, but it can also be:
460 * - the negative byte size of lines for vertical flipping
461 * (with data[n] pointing to the end of the data
462 * - a positive or negative multiple of the byte size as for accessing
463 * even and odd fields of a frame (possibly flipped)
464 *
465 * For audio, only linesize[0] may be set. For planar audio, each channel
466 * plane must be the same size.
467 *
468 * For video the linesizes should be multiples of the CPUs alignment
469 * preference, this is 16 or 32 for modern desktop CPUs.
470 * Some code requires such alignment other code can be slower without
471 * correct alignment, for yet other it makes no difference.
472 *
473 * @note The linesize may be larger than the size of usable data -- there
474 * may be extra padding present for performance reasons.
475 *
476 * @attention In case of video, line size values can be negative to achieve
477 * a vertically inverted iteration over image lines.
478 */
479 int linesize[AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS];
480
481 /**
482 * pointers to the data planes/channels.
483 *
484 * For video, this should simply point to data[].
485 *
486 * For planar audio, each channel has a separate data pointer, and
487 * linesize[0] contains the size of each channel buffer.
488 * For packed audio, there is just one data pointer, and linesize[0]
489 * contains the total size of the buffer for all channels.
490 *
491 * Note: Both data and extended_data should always be set in a valid frame,
492 * but for planar audio with more channels that can fit in data,
493 * extended_data must be used in order to access all channels.
494 */
495 uint8_t **extended_data;
496
497 /**
498 * @name Video dimensions
499 * Video frames only. The coded dimensions (in pixels) of the video frame,
500 * i.e. the size of the rectangle that contains some well-defined values.
501 *
502 * @note The part of the frame intended for display/presentation is further
503 * restricted by the @ref cropping "Cropping rectangle".
504 * @{
505 */
506 int width, height;
507 /**
508 * @}
509 */
510
511 /**
512 * number of audio samples (per channel) described by this frame
513 */
514 int nb_samples;
515
516 /**
517 * format of the frame, -1 if unknown or unset
518 * Values correspond to enum AVPixelFormat for video frames,
519 * enum AVSampleFormat for audio)
520 */
521 int format;
522
523 /**
524 * Picture type of the frame.
525 */
526 enum AVPictureType pict_type;
527
528 /**
529 * Sample aspect ratio for the video frame, 0/1 if unknown/unspecified.
530 */
531 AVRational sample_aspect_ratio;
532
533 /**
534 * Presentation timestamp in time_base units (time when frame should be shown to user).
535 */
536 int64_t pts;
537
538 /**
539 * DTS copied from the AVPacket that triggered returning this frame. (if frame threading isn't used)
540 * This is also the Presentation time of this AVFrame calculated from
541 * only AVPacket.dts values without pts values.
542 */
543 int64_t pkt_dts;
544
545 /**
546 * Time base for the timestamps in this frame.
547 * In the future, this field may be set on frames output by decoders or
548 * filters, but its value will be by default ignored on input to encoders
549 * or filters.
550 */
551 AVRational time_base;
552
553 /**
554 * quality (between 1 (good) and FF_LAMBDA_MAX (bad))
555 */
556 int quality;
557
558 /**
559 * Frame owner's private data.
560 *
561 * This field may be set by the code that allocates/owns the frame data.
562 * It is then not touched by any library functions, except:
563 * - it is copied to other references by av_frame_copy_props() (and hence by
564 * av_frame_ref());
565 * - it is set to NULL when the frame is cleared by av_frame_unref()
566 * - on the caller's explicit request. E.g. libavcodec encoders/decoders
567 * will copy this field to/from @ref AVPacket "AVPackets" if the caller sets
568 * @ref AV_CODEC_FLAG_COPY_OPAQUE.
569 *
570 * @see opaque_ref the reference-counted analogue
571 */
572 void *opaque;
573
574 /**
575 * Number of fields in this frame which should be repeated, i.e. the total
576 * duration of this frame should be repeat_pict + 2 normal field durations.
577 *
578 * For interlaced frames this field may be set to 1, which signals that this
579 * frame should be presented as 3 fields: beginning with the first field (as
580 * determined by AV_FRAME_FLAG_TOP_FIELD_FIRST being set or not), followed
581 * by the second field, and then the first field again.
582 *
583 * For progressive frames this field may be set to a multiple of 2, which
584 * signals that this frame's duration should be (repeat_pict + 2) / 2
585 * normal frame durations.
586 *
587 * @note This field is computed from MPEG2 repeat_first_field flag and its
588 * associated flags, H.264 pic_struct from picture timing SEI, and
589 * their analogues in other codecs. Typically it should only be used when
590 * higher-layer timing information is not available.
591 */
592 int repeat_pict;
593
594 /**
595 * Sample rate of the audio data.
596 */
597 int sample_rate;
598
599 /**
600 * AVBuffer references backing the data for this frame. All the pointers in
601 * data and extended_data must point inside one of the buffers in buf or
602 * extended_buf. This array must be filled contiguously -- if buf[i] is
603 * non-NULL then buf[j] must also be non-NULL for all j < i.
604 *
605 * There may be at most one AVBuffer per data plane, so for video this array
606 * always contains all the references. For planar audio with more than
607 * AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS channels, there may be more buffers than can fit in
608 * this array. Then the extra AVBufferRef pointers are stored in the
609 * extended_buf array.
610 */
611 AVBufferRef *buf[AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS];
612
613 /**
614 * For planar audio which requires more than AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS
615 * AVBufferRef pointers, this array will hold all the references which
616 * cannot fit into AVFrame.buf.
617 *
618 * Note that this is different from AVFrame.extended_data, which always
619 * contains all the pointers. This array only contains the extra pointers,
620 * which cannot fit into AVFrame.buf.
621 *
622 * This array is always allocated using av_malloc() by whoever constructs
623 * the frame. It is freed in av_frame_unref().
624 */
625 AVBufferRef **extended_buf;
626 /**
627 * Number of elements in extended_buf.
628 */
629 int nb_extended_buf;
630
631 AVFrameSideData **side_data;
632 int nb_side_data;
633
634 /**
635 * @defgroup lavu_frame_flags AV_FRAME_FLAGS
636 * @ingroup lavu_frame
637 * Flags describing additional frame properties.
638 *
639 * @{
640 */
641
642 /**
643 * The frame data may be corrupted, e.g. due to decoding errors.
644 */
645 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_CORRUPT (1 << 0)
646 /**
647 * A flag to mark frames that are keyframes.
648 */
649 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_KEY (1 << 1)
650 /**
651 * A flag to mark the frames which need to be decoded, but shouldn't be output.
652 */
653 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_DISCARD (1 << 2)
654 /**
655 * A flag to mark frames whose content is interlaced.
656 */
657 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_INTERLACED (1 << 3)
658 /**
659 * A flag to mark frames where the top field is displayed first if the content
660 * is interlaced.
661 */
662 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_TOP_FIELD_FIRST (1 << 4)
663 /**
664 * A decoder can use this flag to mark frames which were originally encoded losslessly.
665 *
666 * For coding bitstream formats which support both lossless and lossy
667 * encoding, it is sometimes possible for a decoder to determine which method
668 * was used when the bitstream was encoded.
669 */
670 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_LOSSLESS (1 << 5)
671 /**
672 * @}
673 */
674
675 /**
676 * Frame flags, a combination of @ref lavu_frame_flags
677 */
678 int flags;
679
680 /**
681 * MPEG vs JPEG YUV range.
682 * - encoding: Set by user
683 * - decoding: Set by libavcodec
684 */
685 enum AVColorRange color_range;
686
687 enum AVColorPrimaries color_primaries;
688
689 enum AVColorTransferCharacteristic color_trc;
690
691 /**
692 * YUV colorspace type.
693 * - encoding: Set by user
694 * - decoding: Set by libavcodec
695 */
696 enum AVColorSpace colorspace;
697
698 enum AVChromaLocation chroma_location;
699
700 /**
701 * frame timestamp estimated using various heuristics, in stream time base
702 * - encoding: unused
703 * - decoding: set by libavcodec, read by user.
704 */
705 int64_t best_effort_timestamp;
706
707 /**
708 * metadata.
709 * - encoding: Set by user.
710 * - decoding: Set by libavcodec.
711 */
712 AVDictionary *metadata;
713
714 /**
715 * decode error flags of the frame, set to a combination of
716 * FF_DECODE_ERROR_xxx flags if the decoder produced a frame, but there
717 * were errors during the decoding.
718 * - encoding: unused
719 * - decoding: set by libavcodec, read by user.
720 */
721 int decode_error_flags;
722 #define FF_DECODE_ERROR_INVALID_BITSTREAM 1
723 #define FF_DECODE_ERROR_MISSING_REFERENCE 2
724 #define FF_DECODE_ERROR_CONCEALMENT_ACTIVE 4
725 #define FF_DECODE_ERROR_DECODE_SLICES 8
726
727 /**
728 * For hwaccel-format frames, this should be a reference to the
729 * AVHWFramesContext describing the frame.
730 */
731 AVBufferRef *hw_frames_ctx;
732
733 /**
734 * Frame owner's private data.
735 *
736 * This field may be set by the code that allocates/owns the frame data.
737 * It is then not touched by any library functions, except:
738 * - a new reference to the underlying buffer is propagated by
739 * av_frame_copy_props() (and hence by av_frame_ref());
740 * - it is unreferenced in av_frame_unref();
741 * - on the caller's explicit request. E.g. libavcodec encoders/decoders
742 * will propagate a new reference to/from @ref AVPacket "AVPackets" if the
743 * caller sets @ref AV_CODEC_FLAG_COPY_OPAQUE.
744 *
745 * @see opaque the plain pointer analogue
746 */
747 AVBufferRef *opaque_ref;
748
749 /**
750 * @anchor cropping
751 * @name Cropping
752 * Video frames only. The number of pixels to discard from the
753 * top/bottom/left/right border of the frame to obtain the sub-rectangle of
754 * the frame intended for presentation.
755 * @{
756 */
757 size_t crop_top;
758 size_t crop_bottom;
759 size_t crop_left;
760 size_t crop_right;
761 /**
762 * @}
763 */
764
765 /**
766 * RefStruct reference for internal use by a single libav* library.
767 * Must not be used to transfer data between libraries.
768 * Has to be NULL when ownership of the frame leaves the respective library.
769 *
770 * Code outside the FFmpeg libs must never check or change private_ref.
771 */
772 void *private_ref;
773
774 /**
775 * Channel layout of the audio data.
776 */
777 AVChannelLayout ch_layout;
778
779 /**
780 * Duration of the frame, in the same units as pts. 0 if unknown.
781 */
782 int64_t duration;
783
784 /**
785 * Indicates how the alpha channel of the video is to be handled.
786 * - encoding: Set by user
787 * - decoding: Set by libavcodec
788 */
789 enum AVAlphaMode alpha_mode;
790 } AVFrame;
791
792
793 /**
794 * Allocate an AVFrame and set its fields to default values. The resulting
795 * struct must be freed using av_frame_free().
796 *
797 * @return An AVFrame filled with default values or NULL on failure.
798 *
799 * @note this only allocates the AVFrame itself, not the data buffers. Those
800 * must be allocated through other means, e.g. with av_frame_get_buffer() or
801 * manually.
802 */
803 AVFrame *av_frame_alloc(void);
804
805 /**
806 * Free the frame and any dynamically allocated objects in it,
807 * e.g. extended_data. If the frame is reference counted, it will be
808 * unreferenced first.
809 *
810 * @param frame frame to be freed. The pointer will be set to NULL.
811 */
812 void av_frame_free(AVFrame **frame);
813
814 /**
815 * Set up a new reference to the data described by the source frame.
816 *
817 * Copy frame properties from src to dst and create a new reference for each
818 * AVBufferRef from src.
819 *
820 * If src is not reference counted, new buffers are allocated and the data is
821 * copied.
822 *
823 * @warning: dst MUST have been either unreferenced with av_frame_unref(dst),
824 * or newly allocated with av_frame_alloc() before calling this
825 * function, or undefined behavior will occur.
826 *
827 * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error
828 */
829 int av_frame_ref(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src);
830
831 /**
832 * Ensure the destination frame refers to the same data described by the source
833 * frame, either by creating a new reference for each AVBufferRef from src if
834 * they differ from those in dst, by allocating new buffers and copying data if
835 * src is not reference counted, or by unreferencing it if src is empty.
836 *
837 * Frame properties on dst will be replaced by those from src.
838 *
839 * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error. On error, dst is
840 * unreferenced.
841 */
842 int av_frame_replace(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src);
843
844 /**
845 * Create a new frame that references the same data as src.
846 *
847 * This is a shortcut for av_frame_alloc()+av_frame_ref().
848 *
849 * @return newly created AVFrame on success, NULL on error.
850 */
851 AVFrame *av_frame_clone(const AVFrame *src);
852
853 /**
854 * Unreference all the buffers referenced by frame and reset the frame fields.
855 */
856 void av_frame_unref(AVFrame *frame);
857
858 /**
859 * Move everything contained in src to dst and reset src.
860 *
861 * @warning: dst is not unreferenced, but directly overwritten without reading
862 * or deallocating its contents. Call av_frame_unref(dst) manually
863 * before calling this function to ensure that no memory is leaked.
864 */
865 void av_frame_move_ref(AVFrame *dst, AVFrame *src);
866
867 /**
868 * Allocate new buffer(s) for audio or video data.
869 *
870 * The following fields must be set on frame before calling this function:
871 * - format (pixel format for video, sample format for audio)
872 * - width and height for video
873 * - nb_samples and ch_layout for audio
874 *
875 * This function will fill AVFrame.data and AVFrame.buf arrays and, if
876 * necessary, allocate and fill AVFrame.extended_data and AVFrame.extended_buf.
877 * For planar formats, one buffer will be allocated for each plane.
878 *
879 * @warning: if frame already has been allocated, calling this function will
880 * leak memory. In addition, undefined behavior can occur in certain
881 * cases.
882 *
883 * @param frame frame in which to store the new buffers.
884 * @param align Required buffer size and data pointer alignment. If equal to 0,
885 * alignment will be chosen automatically for the current CPU.
886 * It is highly recommended to pass 0 here unless you know what
887 * you are doing.
888 *
889 * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error.
890 */
891 int av_frame_get_buffer(AVFrame *frame, int align);
892
893 /**
894 * Check if the frame data is writable.
895 *
896 * @return A positive value if the frame data is writable (which is true if and
897 * only if each of the underlying buffers has only one reference, namely the one
898 * stored in this frame). Return 0 otherwise.
899 *
900 * If 1 is returned the answer is valid until av_buffer_ref() is called on any
901 * of the underlying AVBufferRefs (e.g. through av_frame_ref() or directly).
902 *
903 * @see av_frame_make_writable(), av_buffer_is_writable()
904 */
905 int av_frame_is_writable(AVFrame *frame);
906
907 /**
908 * Ensure that the frame data is writable, avoiding data copy if possible.
909 *
910 * Do nothing if the frame is writable, allocate new buffers and copy the data
911 * if it is not. Non-refcounted frames behave as non-writable, i.e. a copy
912 * is always made.
913 *
914 * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error.
915 *
916 * @see av_frame_is_writable(), av_buffer_is_writable(),
917 * av_buffer_make_writable()
918 */
919 int av_frame_make_writable(AVFrame *frame);
920
921 /**
922 * Copy the frame data from src to dst.
923 *
924 * This function does not allocate anything, dst must be already initialized and
925 * allocated with the same parameters as src.
926 *
927 * This function only copies the frame data (i.e. the contents of the data /
928 * extended data arrays), not any other properties.
929 *
930 * @return >= 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error.
931 */
932 int av_frame_copy(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src);
933
934 /**
935 * Copy only "metadata" fields from src to dst.
936 *
937 * Metadata for the purpose of this function are those fields that do not affect
938 * the data layout in the buffers. E.g. pts, sample rate (for audio) or sample
939 * aspect ratio (for video), but not width/height or channel layout.
940 * Side data is also copied.
941 */
942 int av_frame_copy_props(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src);
943
944 /**
945 * Get the buffer reference a given data plane is stored in.
946 *
947 * @param frame the frame to get the plane's buffer from
948 * @param plane index of the data plane of interest in frame->extended_data.
949 *
950 * @return the buffer reference that contains the plane or NULL if the input
951 * frame is not valid.
952 */
953 AVBufferRef *av_frame_get_plane_buffer(const AVFrame *frame, int plane);
954
955 /**
956 * Add a new side data to a frame.
957 *
958 * @param frame a frame to which the side data should be added
959 * @param type type of the added side data
960 * @param size size of the side data
961 *
962 * @return newly added side data on success, NULL on error
963 */
964 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_new_side_data(AVFrame *frame,
965 enum AVFrameSideDataType type,
966 size_t size);
967
968 /**
969 * Add a new side data to a frame from an existing AVBufferRef
970 *
971 * @param frame a frame to which the side data should be added
972 * @param type the type of the added side data
973 * @param buf an AVBufferRef to add as side data. The ownership of
974 * the reference is transferred to the frame.
975 *
976 * @return newly added side data on success, NULL on error. On failure
977 * the frame is unchanged and the AVBufferRef remains owned by
978 * the caller.
979 */
980 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_new_side_data_from_buf(AVFrame *frame,
981 enum AVFrameSideDataType type,
982 AVBufferRef *buf);
983
984 /**
985 * @return a pointer to the side data of a given type on success, NULL if there
986 * is no side data with such type in this frame.
987 */
988 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_get_side_data(const AVFrame *frame,
989 enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
990
991 /**
992 * Remove and free all side data instances of the given type.
993 */
994 void av_frame_remove_side_data(AVFrame *frame, enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
995
996
997 /**
998 * Flags for frame cropping.
999 */
1000 enum {
1001 /**
1002 * Apply the maximum possible cropping, even if it requires setting the
1003 * AVFrame.data[] entries to unaligned pointers. Passing unaligned data
1004 * to FFmpeg API is generally not allowed, and causes undefined behavior
1005 * (such as crashes). You can pass unaligned data only to FFmpeg APIs that
1006 * are explicitly documented to accept it. Use this flag only if you
1007 * absolutely know what you are doing.
1008 */
1009 AV_FRAME_CROP_UNALIGNED = 1 << 0,
1010 };
1011
1012 /**
1013 * Crop the given video AVFrame according to its crop_left/crop_top/crop_right/
1014 * crop_bottom fields. If cropping is successful, the function will adjust the
1015 * data pointers and the width/height fields, and set the crop fields to 0.
1016 *
1017 * In all cases, the cropping boundaries will be rounded to the inherent
1018 * alignment of the pixel format. In some cases, such as for opaque hwaccel
1019 * formats, the left/top cropping is ignored. The crop fields are set to 0 even
1020 * if the cropping was rounded or ignored.
1021 *
1022 * @param frame the frame which should be cropped
1023 * @param flags Some combination of AV_FRAME_CROP_* flags, or 0.
1024 *
1025 * @return >= 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error. If the cropping fields
1026 * were invalid, AVERROR(ERANGE) is returned, and nothing is changed.
1027 */
1028 int av_frame_apply_cropping(AVFrame *frame, int flags);
1029
1030 /**
1031 * @return a string identifying the side data type
1032 */
1033 const char *av_frame_side_data_name(enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1034
1035 /**
1036 * @return side data descriptor corresponding to a given side data type, NULL
1037 * when not available.
1038 */
1039 const AVSideDataDescriptor *av_frame_side_data_desc(enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1040
1041 /**
1042 * Free all side data entries and their contents, then zeroes out the
1043 * values which the pointers are pointing to.
1044 *
1045 * @param sd pointer to array of side data to free. Will be set to NULL
1046 * upon return.
1047 * @param nb_sd pointer to an integer containing the number of entries in
1048 * the array. Will be set to 0 upon return.
1049 */
1050 void av_frame_side_data_free(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd);
1051
1052 /**
1053 * Remove existing entries before adding new ones.
1054 */
1055 #define AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_UNIQUE (1 << 0)
1056 /**
1057 * Don't add a new entry if another of the same type exists.
1058 * Applies only for side data types without the AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_MULTI prop.
1059 */
1060 #define AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_REPLACE (1 << 1)
1061 /**
1062 * Create a new reference to the passed in buffer instead of taking ownership
1063 * of it.
1064 */
1065 #define AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_NEW_REF (1 << 2)
1066
1067 /**
1068 * Add new side data entry to an array.
1069 *
1070 * @param sd pointer to array of side data to which to add another entry,
1071 * or to NULL in order to start a new array.
1072 * @param nb_sd pointer to an integer containing the number of entries in
1073 * the array.
1074 * @param type type of the added side data
1075 * @param size size of the side data
1076 * @param flags Some combination of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_* flags, or 0.
1077 *
1078 * @return newly added side data on success, NULL on error.
1079 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_UNIQUE being set, entries of
1080 * matching AVFrameSideDataType will be removed before the addition
1081 * is attempted.
1082 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_REPLACE being set, if an
1083 * entry of the same type already exists, it will be replaced instead.
1084 */
1085 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_side_data_new(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1086 enum AVFrameSideDataType type,
1087 size_t size, unsigned int flags);
1088
1089 /**
1090 * Add a new side data entry to an array from an existing AVBufferRef.
1091 *
1092 * @param sd pointer to array of side data to which to add another entry,
1093 * or to NULL in order to start a new array.
1094 * @param nb_sd pointer to an integer containing the number of entries in
1095 * the array.
1096 * @param type type of the added side data
1097 * @param buf Pointer to AVBufferRef to add to the array. On success,
1098 * the function takes ownership of the AVBufferRef and *buf is
1099 * set to NULL, unless AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_NEW_REF is set
1100 * in which case the ownership will remain with the caller.
1101 * @param flags Some combination of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_* flags, or 0.
1102 *
1103 * @return newly added side data on success, NULL on error.
1104 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_UNIQUE being set, entries of
1105 * matching AVFrameSideDataType will be removed before the addition
1106 * is attempted.
1107 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_REPLACE being set, if an
1108 * entry of the same type already exists, it will be replaced instead.
1109 *
1110 */
1111 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_side_data_add(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1112 enum AVFrameSideDataType type,
1113 AVBufferRef **buf, unsigned int flags);
1114
1115 /**
1116 * Add a new side data entry to an array based on existing side data, taking
1117 * a reference towards the contained AVBufferRef.
1118 *
1119 * @param sd pointer to array of side data to which to add another entry,
1120 * or to NULL in order to start a new array.
1121 * @param nb_sd pointer to an integer containing the number of entries in
1122 * the array.
1123 * @param src side data to be cloned, with a new reference utilized
1124 * for the buffer.
1125 * @param flags Some combination of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_* flags, or 0.
1126 *
1127 * @return negative error code on failure, >=0 on success.
1128 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_UNIQUE being set, entries of
1129 * matching AVFrameSideDataType will be removed before the addition
1130 * is attempted.
1131 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_REPLACE being set, if an
1132 * entry of the same type already exists, it will be replaced instead.
1133 */
1134 int av_frame_side_data_clone(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1135 const AVFrameSideData *src, unsigned int flags);
1136
1137 /**
1138 * Get a side data entry of a specific type from an array.
1139 *
1140 * @param sd array of side data.
1141 * @param nb_sd integer containing the number of entries in the array.
1142 * @param type type of side data to be queried
1143 *
1144 * @return a pointer to the side data of a given type on success, NULL if there
1145 * is no side data with such type in this set.
1146 */
1147 const AVFrameSideData *av_frame_side_data_get_c(const AVFrameSideData * const *sd,
1148 const int nb_sd,
1149 enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1150
1151 /**
1152 * Wrapper around av_frame_side_data_get_c() to workaround the limitation
1153 * that for any type T the conversion from T * const * to const T * const *
1154 * is not performed automatically in C.
1155 * @see av_frame_side_data_get_c()
1156 */
1157 static inline
1158 2874443 const AVFrameSideData *av_frame_side_data_get(AVFrameSideData * const *sd,
1159 const int nb_sd,
1160 enum AVFrameSideDataType type)
1161 {
1162 2874443 return av_frame_side_data_get_c((const AVFrameSideData * const *)sd,
1163 nb_sd, type);
1164 }
1165
1166 /**
1167 * Remove and free all side data instances of the given type from an array.
1168 */
1169 void av_frame_side_data_remove(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1170 enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1171
1172 /**
1173 * Remove and free all side data instances that match any of the given
1174 * side data properties. (See enum AVSideDataProps)
1175 */
1176 void av_frame_side_data_remove_by_props(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1177 int props);
1178
1179 /**
1180 * @}
1181 */
1182
1183 #endif /* AVUTIL_FRAME_H */
1184