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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 * IAMF Mix Gain Parameter Data associated with the audio frame. This metadata
274 * is in the form of the AVIAMFParamDefinition struct and contains information
275 * defined in sections 3.6.1 and 3.8.1 of the Immersive Audio Model and
276 * Formats standard.
277 */
278 AV_FRAME_DATA_IAMF_MIX_GAIN_PARAM,
279
280 /**
281 * IAMF Demixing Info Parameter Data associated with the audio frame. This
282 * metadata is in the form of the AVIAMFParamDefinition struct and contains
283 * information defined in sections 3.6.1 and 3.8.2 of the Immersive Audio Model
284 * and Formats standard.
285 */
286 AV_FRAME_DATA_IAMF_DEMIXING_INFO_PARAM,
287
288 /**
289 * IAMF Recon Gain Info Parameter Data associated with the audio frame. This
290 * metadata is in the form of the AVIAMFParamDefinition struct and contains
291 * information defined in sections 3.6.1 and 3.8.3 of the Immersive Audio Model
292 * and Formats standard.
293 */
294 AV_FRAME_DATA_IAMF_RECON_GAIN_INFO_PARAM,
295
296 /**
297 * Color information from a RAW camera codecs, needed to correctly process
298 * the video data. The payload is an AVRawColorParams struct defined in
299 * libavutil/raw_color_params.h.
300 */
301 AV_FRAME_DATA_RAW_COLOR_PARAMS,
302
303 /**
304 * Metadata relevant to a downmix procedure in the form of a remixig matrix.
305 * The data is the AVDownmixMatrix struct defined in libavutil/downmix_info.h.
306 */
307 AV_FRAME_DATA_DOWNMIX_MATRIX,
308
309 /**
310 * Parameters describing how to combine this gain map with its base image
311 * to form an alternate rendition. The payload is the AVGainMapParams
312 * struct defined in libavutil/gain_map.h.
313 */
314 AV_FRAME_DATA_GAIN_MAP_PARAMS,
315 };
316
317 enum AVActiveFormatDescription {
318 AV_AFD_SAME = 8,
319 AV_AFD_4_3 = 9,
320 AV_AFD_16_9 = 10,
321 AV_AFD_14_9 = 11,
322 AV_AFD_4_3_SP_14_9 = 13,
323 AV_AFD_16_9_SP_14_9 = 14,
324 AV_AFD_SP_4_3 = 15,
325 };
326
327
328 /**
329 * Structure to hold side data for an AVFrame.
330 *
331 * sizeof(AVFrameSideData) is not a part of the public ABI, so new fields may be added
332 * to the end with a minor bump.
333 */
334 typedef struct AVFrameSideData {
335 enum AVFrameSideDataType type;
336 uint8_t *data;
337 size_t size;
338 AVDictionary *metadata;
339 AVBufferRef *buf;
340 } AVFrameSideData;
341
342 enum AVSideDataProps {
343 /**
344 * The side data type can be used in stream-global structures.
345 * Side data types without this property are only meaningful on per-frame
346 * basis.
347 */
348 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_GLOBAL = (1 << 0),
349
350 /**
351 * Multiple instances of this side data type can be meaningfully present in
352 * a single side data array.
353 */
354 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_MULTI = (1 << 1),
355
356 /**
357 * Side data depends on the video dimensions. Side data with this property
358 * loses its meaning when rescaling or cropping the image, unless
359 * either recomputed or adjusted to the new resolution.
360 */
361 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_SIZE_DEPENDENT = (1 << 2),
362
363 /**
364 * Side data depends on the video color space. Side data with this property
365 * loses its meaning when changing the video color encoding, e.g. by
366 * adapting to a different set of primaries or transfer characteristics.
367 */
368 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_COLOR_DEPENDENT = (1 << 3),
369
370 /**
371 * Side data depends on the channel layout. Side data with this property
372 * loses its meaning when downmixing or upmixing, unless either recomputed
373 * or adjusted to the new layout.
374 */
375 AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_CHANNEL_DEPENDENT = (1 << 4),
376 };
377
378 /**
379 * This struct describes the properties of a side data type. Its instance
380 * corresponding to a given type can be obtained from av_frame_side_data_desc().
381 */
382 typedef struct AVSideDataDescriptor {
383 /**
384 * Human-readable side data description.
385 */
386 const char *name;
387
388 /**
389 * Side data property flags, a combination of AVSideDataProps values.
390 */
391 unsigned props;
392 } AVSideDataDescriptor;
393
394 /**
395 * Structure describing a single Region Of Interest.
396 *
397 * When multiple regions are defined in a single side-data block, they
398 * should be ordered from most to least important - some encoders are only
399 * capable of supporting a limited number of distinct regions, so will have
400 * to truncate the list.
401 *
402 * When overlapping regions are defined, the first region containing a given
403 * area of the frame applies.
404 */
405 typedef struct AVRegionOfInterest {
406 /**
407 * Must be set to the size of this data structure (that is,
408 * sizeof(AVRegionOfInterest)).
409 */
410 uint32_t self_size;
411 /**
412 * Distance in pixels from the top edge of the frame to the top and
413 * bottom edges and from the left edge of the frame to the left and
414 * right edges of the rectangle defining this region of interest.
415 *
416 * The constraints on a region are encoder dependent, so the region
417 * actually affected may be slightly larger for alignment or other
418 * reasons.
419 */
420 int top;
421 int bottom;
422 int left;
423 int right;
424 /**
425 * Quantisation offset.
426 *
427 * Must be in the range -1 to +1. A value of zero indicates no quality
428 * change. A negative value asks for better quality (less quantisation),
429 * while a positive value asks for worse quality (greater quantisation).
430 *
431 * The range is calibrated so that the extreme values indicate the
432 * largest possible offset - if the rest of the frame is encoded with the
433 * worst possible quality, an offset of -1 indicates that this region
434 * should be encoded with the best possible quality anyway. Intermediate
435 * values are then interpolated in some codec-dependent way.
436 *
437 * For example, in 10-bit H.264 the quantisation parameter varies between
438 * -12 and 51. A typical qoffset value of -1/10 therefore indicates that
439 * this region should be encoded with a QP around one-tenth of the full
440 * range better than the rest of the frame. So, if most of the frame
441 * were to be encoded with a QP of around 30, this region would get a QP
442 * of around 24 (an offset of approximately -1/10 * (51 - -12) = -6.3).
443 * An extreme value of -1 would indicate that this region should be
444 * encoded with the best possible quality regardless of the treatment of
445 * the rest of the frame - that is, should be encoded at a QP of -12.
446 */
447 AVRational qoffset;
448 } AVRegionOfInterest;
449
450 /**
451 * This structure describes decoded (raw) audio or video data.
452 *
453 * AVFrame must be allocated using av_frame_alloc(). Note that this only
454 * allocates the AVFrame itself, the buffers for the data must be managed
455 * through other means (see below).
456 * AVFrame must be freed with av_frame_free().
457 *
458 * AVFrame is typically allocated once and then reused multiple times to hold
459 * different data (e.g. a single AVFrame to hold frames received from a
460 * decoder). In such a case, av_frame_unref() will free any references held by
461 * the frame and reset it to its original clean state before it
462 * is reused again.
463 *
464 * The data described by an AVFrame is usually reference counted through the
465 * AVBuffer API. The underlying buffer references are stored in AVFrame.buf /
466 * AVFrame.extended_buf. An AVFrame is considered to be reference counted if at
467 * least one reference is set, i.e. if AVFrame.buf[0] != NULL. In such a case,
468 * every single data plane must be contained in one of the buffers in
469 * AVFrame.buf or AVFrame.extended_buf.
470 * There may be a single buffer for all the data, or one separate buffer for
471 * each plane, or anything in between.
472 *
473 * sizeof(AVFrame) is not a part of the public ABI, so new fields may be added
474 * to the end with a minor bump.
475 *
476 * Fields can be accessed through AVOptions, the name string used, matches the
477 * C structure field name for fields accessible through AVOptions.
478 */
479 typedef struct AVFrame {
480 #define AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS 8
481 /**
482 * pointer to the picture/channel planes.
483 * This might be different from the first allocated byte. For video,
484 * it could even point to the end of the image data.
485 *
486 * All pointers in data and extended_data must point into one of the
487 * AVBufferRef in buf or extended_buf.
488 *
489 * Some decoders access areas outside 0,0 - width,height, please
490 * see avcodec_align_dimensions2(). Some filters and swscale can read
491 * up to 16 bytes beyond the planes, if these filters are to be used,
492 * then 16 extra bytes must be allocated.
493 *
494 * NOTE: Pointers not needed by the format MUST be set to NULL.
495 *
496 * @attention In case of video, the data[] pointers can point to the
497 * end of image data in order to reverse line order, when used in
498 * combination with negative values in the linesize[] array.
499 */
500 uint8_t *data[AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS];
501
502 /**
503 * For video, a positive or negative value, which is typically indicating
504 * the size in bytes of each picture line, but it can also be:
505 * - the negative byte size of lines for vertical flipping
506 * (with data[n] pointing to the end of the data
507 * - a positive or negative multiple of the byte size as for accessing
508 * even and odd fields of a frame (possibly flipped)
509 *
510 * For audio, only linesize[0] may be set. For planar audio, each channel
511 * plane must be the same size.
512 *
513 * For video the linesizes should be multiples of the CPUs alignment
514 * preference, this is 16 or 32 for modern desktop CPUs.
515 * Some code requires such alignment other code can be slower without
516 * correct alignment, for yet other it makes no difference.
517 *
518 * @note The linesize may be larger than the size of usable data -- there
519 * may be extra padding present for performance reasons.
520 *
521 * @attention In case of video, line size values can be negative to achieve
522 * a vertically inverted iteration over image lines.
523 */
524 int linesize[AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS];
525
526 /**
527 * pointers to the data planes/channels.
528 *
529 * For video, this should simply point to data[].
530 *
531 * For planar audio, each channel has a separate data pointer, and
532 * linesize[0] contains the size of each channel buffer.
533 * For packed audio, there is just one data pointer, and linesize[0]
534 * contains the total size of the buffer for all channels.
535 *
536 * Note: Both data and extended_data should always be set in a valid frame,
537 * but for planar audio with more channels that can fit in data,
538 * extended_data must be used in order to access all channels.
539 */
540 uint8_t **extended_data;
541
542 /**
543 * @name Video dimensions
544 * Video frames only. The coded dimensions (in pixels) of the video frame,
545 * i.e. the size of the rectangle that contains some well-defined values.
546 *
547 * @note The part of the frame intended for display/presentation is further
548 * restricted by the @ref cropping "Cropping rectangle".
549 * @{
550 */
551 int width, height;
552 /**
553 * @}
554 */
555
556 /**
557 * number of audio samples (per channel) described by this frame
558 */
559 int nb_samples;
560
561 /**
562 * format of the frame, -1 if unknown or unset
563 * Values correspond to enum AVPixelFormat for video frames,
564 * enum AVSampleFormat for audio)
565 */
566 int format;
567
568 /**
569 * Picture type of the frame.
570 */
571 enum AVPictureType pict_type;
572
573 /**
574 * Sample aspect ratio for the video frame, 0/1 if unknown/unspecified.
575 */
576 AVRational sample_aspect_ratio;
577
578 /**
579 * Presentation timestamp in time_base units (time when frame should be shown to user).
580 */
581 int64_t pts;
582
583 /**
584 * DTS copied from the AVPacket that triggered returning this frame. (if frame threading isn't used)
585 * This is also the Presentation time of this AVFrame calculated from
586 * only AVPacket.dts values without pts values.
587 */
588 int64_t pkt_dts;
589
590 /**
591 * Time base for the timestamps in this frame.
592 * In the future, this field may be set on frames output by decoders or
593 * filters, but its value will be by default ignored on input to encoders
594 * or filters.
595 */
596 AVRational time_base;
597
598 /**
599 * quality (between 1 (good) and FF_LAMBDA_MAX (bad))
600 */
601 int quality;
602
603 /**
604 * Frame owner's private data.
605 *
606 * This field may be set by the code that allocates/owns the frame data.
607 * It is then not touched by any library functions, except:
608 * - it is copied to other references by av_frame_copy_props() (and hence by
609 * av_frame_ref());
610 * - it is set to NULL when the frame is cleared by av_frame_unref()
611 * - on the caller's explicit request. E.g. libavcodec encoders/decoders
612 * will copy this field to/from @ref AVPacket "AVPackets" if the caller sets
613 * @ref AV_CODEC_FLAG_COPY_OPAQUE.
614 *
615 * @see opaque_ref the reference-counted analogue
616 */
617 void *opaque;
618
619 /**
620 * Number of fields in this frame which should be repeated, i.e. the total
621 * duration of this frame should be repeat_pict + 2 normal field durations.
622 *
623 * For interlaced frames this field may be set to 1, which signals that this
624 * frame should be presented as 3 fields: beginning with the first field (as
625 * determined by AV_FRAME_FLAG_TOP_FIELD_FIRST being set or not), followed
626 * by the second field, and then the first field again.
627 *
628 * For progressive frames this field may be set to a multiple of 2, which
629 * signals that this frame's duration should be (repeat_pict + 2) / 2
630 * normal frame durations.
631 *
632 * @note This field is computed from MPEG2 repeat_first_field flag and its
633 * associated flags, H.264 pic_struct from picture timing SEI, and
634 * their analogues in other codecs. Typically it should only be used when
635 * higher-layer timing information is not available.
636 */
637 int repeat_pict;
638
639 /**
640 * Sample rate of the audio data.
641 */
642 int sample_rate;
643
644 /**
645 * AVBuffer references backing the data for this frame. All the pointers in
646 * data and extended_data must point inside one of the buffers in buf or
647 * extended_buf. This array must be filled contiguously -- if buf[i] is
648 * non-NULL then buf[j] must also be non-NULL for all j < i.
649 *
650 * There may be at most one AVBuffer per data plane, so for video this array
651 * always contains all the references. For planar audio with more than
652 * AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS channels, there may be more buffers than can fit in
653 * this array. Then the extra AVBufferRef pointers are stored in the
654 * extended_buf array.
655 */
656 AVBufferRef *buf[AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS];
657
658 /**
659 * For planar audio which requires more than AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS
660 * AVBufferRef pointers, this array will hold all the references which
661 * cannot fit into AVFrame.buf.
662 *
663 * Note that this is different from AVFrame.extended_data, which always
664 * contains all the pointers. This array only contains the extra pointers,
665 * which cannot fit into AVFrame.buf.
666 *
667 * This array is always allocated using av_malloc() by whoever constructs
668 * the frame. It is freed in av_frame_unref().
669 */
670 AVBufferRef **extended_buf;
671 /**
672 * Number of elements in extended_buf.
673 */
674 int nb_extended_buf;
675
676 AVFrameSideData **side_data;
677 int nb_side_data;
678
679 /**
680 * @defgroup lavu_frame_flags AV_FRAME_FLAGS
681 * @ingroup lavu_frame
682 * Flags describing additional frame properties.
683 *
684 * @{
685 */
686
687 /**
688 * The frame data may be corrupted, e.g. due to decoding errors.
689 */
690 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_CORRUPT (1 << 0)
691 /**
692 * A flag to mark frames that are keyframes.
693 */
694 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_KEY (1 << 1)
695 /**
696 * A flag to mark the frames which need to be decoded, but shouldn't be output.
697 */
698 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_DISCARD (1 << 2)
699 /**
700 * A flag to mark frames whose content is interlaced.
701 */
702 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_INTERLACED (1 << 3)
703 /**
704 * A flag to mark frames where the top field is displayed first if the content
705 * is interlaced.
706 */
707 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_TOP_FIELD_FIRST (1 << 4)
708 /**
709 * A decoder can use this flag to mark frames which were originally encoded losslessly.
710 *
711 * For coding bitstream formats which support both lossless and lossy
712 * encoding, it is sometimes possible for a decoder to determine which method
713 * was used when the bitstream was encoded.
714 */
715 #define AV_FRAME_FLAG_LOSSLESS (1 << 5)
716 /**
717 * @}
718 */
719
720 /**
721 * Frame flags, a combination of @ref lavu_frame_flags
722 */
723 int flags;
724
725 /**
726 * MPEG vs JPEG YUV range.
727 * - encoding: Set by user
728 * - decoding: Set by libavcodec
729 */
730 enum AVColorRange color_range;
731
732 enum AVColorPrimaries color_primaries;
733
734 enum AVColorTransferCharacteristic color_trc;
735
736 /**
737 * YUV colorspace type.
738 * - encoding: Set by user
739 * - decoding: Set by libavcodec
740 */
741 enum AVColorSpace colorspace;
742
743 enum AVChromaLocation chroma_location;
744
745 /**
746 * frame timestamp estimated using various heuristics, in stream time base
747 * - encoding: unused
748 * - decoding: set by libavcodec, read by user.
749 */
750 int64_t best_effort_timestamp;
751
752 /**
753 * metadata.
754 * - encoding: Set by user.
755 * - decoding: Set by libavcodec.
756 */
757 AVDictionary *metadata;
758
759 /**
760 * decode error flags of the frame, set to a combination of
761 * FF_DECODE_ERROR_xxx flags if the decoder produced a frame, but there
762 * were errors during the decoding.
763 * - encoding: unused
764 * - decoding: set by libavcodec, read by user.
765 */
766 int decode_error_flags;
767 #define FF_DECODE_ERROR_INVALID_BITSTREAM 1
768 #define FF_DECODE_ERROR_MISSING_REFERENCE 2
769 #define FF_DECODE_ERROR_CONCEALMENT_ACTIVE 4
770 #define FF_DECODE_ERROR_DECODE_SLICES 8
771
772 /**
773 * For hwaccel-format frames, this should be a reference to the
774 * AVHWFramesContext describing the frame.
775 */
776 AVBufferRef *hw_frames_ctx;
777
778 /**
779 * Frame owner's private data.
780 *
781 * This field may be set by the code that allocates/owns the frame data.
782 * It is then not touched by any library functions, except:
783 * - a new reference to the underlying buffer is propagated by
784 * av_frame_copy_props() (and hence by av_frame_ref());
785 * - it is unreferenced in av_frame_unref();
786 * - on the caller's explicit request. E.g. libavcodec encoders/decoders
787 * will propagate a new reference to/from @ref AVPacket "AVPackets" if the
788 * caller sets @ref AV_CODEC_FLAG_COPY_OPAQUE.
789 *
790 * @see opaque the plain pointer analogue
791 */
792 AVBufferRef *opaque_ref;
793
794 /**
795 * @anchor cropping
796 * @name Cropping
797 * Video frames only. The number of pixels to discard from the
798 * top/bottom/left/right border of the frame to obtain the sub-rectangle of
799 * the frame intended for presentation.
800 * @{
801 */
802 size_t crop_top;
803 size_t crop_bottom;
804 size_t crop_left;
805 size_t crop_right;
806 /**
807 * @}
808 */
809
810 /**
811 * RefStruct reference for internal use by a single libav* library.
812 * Must not be used to transfer data between libraries.
813 * Has to be NULL when ownership of the frame leaves the respective library.
814 *
815 * Code outside the FFmpeg libs must never check or change private_ref.
816 */
817 void *private_ref;
818
819 /**
820 * Channel layout of the audio data.
821 */
822 AVChannelLayout ch_layout;
823
824 /**
825 * Duration of the frame, in the same units as pts. 0 if unknown.
826 */
827 int64_t duration;
828
829 /**
830 * Indicates how the alpha channel of the video is to be handled.
831 * - encoding: Set by user
832 * - decoding: Set by libavcodec
833 */
834 enum AVAlphaMode alpha_mode;
835 } AVFrame;
836
837
838 /**
839 * Allocate an AVFrame and set its fields to default values. The resulting
840 * struct must be freed using av_frame_free().
841 *
842 * @return An AVFrame filled with default values or NULL on failure.
843 *
844 * @note this only allocates the AVFrame itself, not the data buffers. Those
845 * must be allocated through other means, e.g. with av_frame_get_buffer() or
846 * manually.
847 */
848 AVFrame *av_frame_alloc(void);
849
850 /**
851 * Free the frame and any dynamically allocated objects in it,
852 * e.g. extended_data. If the frame is reference counted, it will be
853 * unreferenced first.
854 *
855 * @param frame frame to be freed. The pointer will be set to NULL.
856 */
857 void av_frame_free(AVFrame **frame);
858
859 /**
860 * Set up a new reference to the data described by the source frame.
861 *
862 * Copy frame properties from src to dst and create a new reference for each
863 * AVBufferRef from src.
864 *
865 * If src is not reference counted, new buffers are allocated and the data is
866 * copied.
867 *
868 * @warning: dst MUST have been either unreferenced with av_frame_unref(dst),
869 * or newly allocated with av_frame_alloc() before calling this
870 * function, or undefined behavior will occur.
871 *
872 * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error
873 */
874 int av_frame_ref(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src);
875
876 /**
877 * Ensure the destination frame refers to the same data described by the source
878 * frame, either by creating a new reference for each AVBufferRef from src if
879 * they differ from those in dst, by allocating new buffers and copying data if
880 * src is not reference counted, or by unreferencing it if src is empty.
881 *
882 * Frame properties on dst will be replaced by those from src.
883 *
884 * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error. On error, dst is
885 * unreferenced.
886 */
887 int av_frame_replace(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src);
888
889 /**
890 * Create a new frame that references the same data as src.
891 *
892 * This is a shortcut for av_frame_alloc()+av_frame_ref().
893 *
894 * @return newly created AVFrame on success, NULL on error.
895 */
896 AVFrame *av_frame_clone(const AVFrame *src);
897
898 /**
899 * Unreference all the buffers referenced by frame and reset the frame fields.
900 */
901 void av_frame_unref(AVFrame *frame);
902
903 /**
904 * Move everything contained in src to dst and reset src.
905 *
906 * @warning: dst is not unreferenced, but directly overwritten without reading
907 * or deallocating its contents. Call av_frame_unref(dst) manually
908 * before calling this function to ensure that no memory is leaked.
909 */
910 void av_frame_move_ref(AVFrame *dst, AVFrame *src);
911
912 /**
913 * Allocate new buffer(s) for audio or video data.
914 *
915 * The following fields must be set on frame before calling this function:
916 * - format (pixel format for video, sample format for audio)
917 * - width and height for video
918 * - nb_samples and ch_layout for audio
919 *
920 * This function will fill AVFrame.data and AVFrame.buf arrays and, if
921 * necessary, allocate and fill AVFrame.extended_data and AVFrame.extended_buf.
922 * For planar formats, one buffer will be allocated for each plane.
923 *
924 * @warning: if frame already has been allocated, calling this function will
925 * leak memory. In addition, undefined behavior can occur in certain
926 * cases.
927 *
928 * @param frame frame in which to store the new buffers.
929 * @param align Required buffer size and data pointer alignment. If equal to 0,
930 * alignment will be chosen automatically for the current CPU.
931 * It is highly recommended to pass 0 here unless you know what
932 * you are doing.
933 *
934 * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error.
935 */
936 int av_frame_get_buffer(AVFrame *frame, int align);
937
938 /**
939 * Check if the frame data is writable.
940 *
941 * @return A positive value if the frame data is writable (which is true if and
942 * only if each of the underlying buffers has only one reference, namely the one
943 * stored in this frame). Return 0 otherwise.
944 *
945 * If 1 is returned the answer is valid until av_buffer_ref() is called on any
946 * of the underlying AVBufferRefs (e.g. through av_frame_ref() or directly).
947 *
948 * @see av_frame_make_writable(), av_buffer_is_writable()
949 */
950 int av_frame_is_writable(AVFrame *frame);
951
952 /**
953 * Ensure that the frame data is writable, avoiding data copy if possible.
954 *
955 * Do nothing if the frame is writable, allocate new buffers and copy the data
956 * if it is not. Non-refcounted frames behave as non-writable, i.e. a copy
957 * is always made.
958 *
959 * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error.
960 *
961 * @see av_frame_is_writable(), av_buffer_is_writable(),
962 * av_buffer_make_writable()
963 */
964 int av_frame_make_writable(AVFrame *frame);
965
966 /**
967 * Copy the frame data from src to dst.
968 *
969 * This function does not allocate anything, dst must be already initialized and
970 * allocated with the same parameters as src.
971 *
972 * This function only copies the frame data (i.e. the contents of the data /
973 * extended data arrays), not any other properties.
974 *
975 * @return >= 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error.
976 */
977 int av_frame_copy(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src);
978
979 /**
980 * Copy only "metadata" fields from src to dst.
981 *
982 * Metadata for the purpose of this function are those fields that do not affect
983 * the data layout in the buffers. E.g. pts, sample rate (for audio) or sample
984 * aspect ratio (for video), but not width/height or channel layout.
985 * Side data is also copied.
986 */
987 int av_frame_copy_props(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src);
988
989 /**
990 * Get the buffer reference a given data plane is stored in.
991 *
992 * @param frame the frame to get the plane's buffer from
993 * @param plane index of the data plane of interest in frame->extended_data.
994 *
995 * @return the buffer reference that contains the plane or NULL if the input
996 * frame is not valid.
997 */
998 AVBufferRef *av_frame_get_plane_buffer(const AVFrame *frame, int plane);
999
1000 /**
1001 * Add a new side data to a frame.
1002 *
1003 * @param frame a frame to which the side data should be added
1004 * @param type type of the added side data
1005 * @param size size of the side data
1006 *
1007 * @return newly added side data on success, NULL on error
1008 */
1009 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_new_side_data(AVFrame *frame,
1010 enum AVFrameSideDataType type,
1011 size_t size);
1012
1013 /**
1014 * Add a new side data to a frame from an existing AVBufferRef
1015 *
1016 * @param frame a frame to which the side data should be added
1017 * @param type the type of the added side data
1018 * @param buf an AVBufferRef to add as side data. The ownership of
1019 * the reference is transferred to the frame.
1020 *
1021 * @return newly added side data on success, NULL on error. On failure
1022 * the frame is unchanged and the AVBufferRef remains owned by
1023 * the caller.
1024 */
1025 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_new_side_data_from_buf(AVFrame *frame,
1026 enum AVFrameSideDataType type,
1027 AVBufferRef *buf);
1028
1029 /**
1030 * @return a pointer to the side data of a given type on success, NULL if there
1031 * is no side data with such type in this frame.
1032 */
1033 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_get_side_data(const AVFrame *frame,
1034 enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1035
1036 /**
1037 * Remove and free all side data instances of the given type.
1038 */
1039 void av_frame_remove_side_data(AVFrame *frame, enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1040
1041
1042 /**
1043 * Flags for frame cropping.
1044 */
1045 enum {
1046 /**
1047 * Apply the maximum possible cropping, even if it requires setting the
1048 * AVFrame.data[] entries to unaligned pointers. Passing unaligned data
1049 * to FFmpeg API is generally not allowed, and causes undefined behavior
1050 * (such as crashes). You can pass unaligned data only to FFmpeg APIs that
1051 * are explicitly documented to accept it. Use this flag only if you
1052 * absolutely know what you are doing.
1053 */
1054 AV_FRAME_CROP_UNALIGNED = 1 << 0,
1055 };
1056
1057 /**
1058 * Crop the given video AVFrame according to its crop_left/crop_top/crop_right/
1059 * crop_bottom fields. If cropping is successful, the function will adjust the
1060 * data pointers and the width/height fields, and set the crop fields to 0.
1061 *
1062 * In all cases, the cropping boundaries will be rounded to the inherent
1063 * alignment of the pixel format. In some cases, such as for opaque hwaccel
1064 * formats, the left/top cropping is ignored. The crop fields are set to 0 even
1065 * if the cropping was rounded or ignored.
1066 *
1067 * @param frame the frame which should be cropped
1068 * @param flags Some combination of AV_FRAME_CROP_* flags, or 0.
1069 *
1070 * @return >= 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error. If the cropping fields
1071 * were invalid, AVERROR(ERANGE) is returned, and nothing is changed.
1072 */
1073 int av_frame_apply_cropping(AVFrame *frame, int flags);
1074
1075 /**
1076 * @return a string identifying the side data type
1077 */
1078 const char *av_frame_side_data_name(enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1079
1080 /**
1081 * @return side data descriptor corresponding to a given side data type, NULL
1082 * when not available.
1083 */
1084 const AVSideDataDescriptor *av_frame_side_data_desc(enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1085
1086 /**
1087 * Free all side data entries and their contents, then zeroes out the
1088 * values which the pointers are pointing to.
1089 *
1090 * @param sd pointer to array of side data to free. Will be set to NULL
1091 * upon return.
1092 * @param nb_sd pointer to an integer containing the number of entries in
1093 * the array. Will be set to 0 upon return.
1094 */
1095 void av_frame_side_data_free(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd);
1096
1097 /**
1098 * Remove existing entries before adding new ones.
1099 */
1100 #define AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_UNIQUE (1 << 0)
1101 /**
1102 * Don't add a new entry if another of the same type exists.
1103 * Applies only for side data types without the AV_SIDE_DATA_PROP_MULTI prop.
1104 */
1105 #define AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_REPLACE (1 << 1)
1106 /**
1107 * Create a new reference to the passed in buffer instead of taking ownership
1108 * of it.
1109 */
1110 #define AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_NEW_REF (1 << 2)
1111
1112 /**
1113 * Add new side data entry to an array.
1114 *
1115 * @param sd pointer to array of side data to which to add another entry,
1116 * or to NULL in order to start a new array.
1117 * @param nb_sd pointer to an integer containing the number of entries in
1118 * the array.
1119 * @param type type of the added side data
1120 * @param size size of the side data
1121 * @param flags Some combination of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_* flags, or 0.
1122 *
1123 * @return newly added side data on success, NULL on error.
1124 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_UNIQUE being set, entries of
1125 * matching AVFrameSideDataType will be removed before the addition
1126 * is attempted.
1127 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_REPLACE being set, if an
1128 * entry of the same type already exists, it will be replaced instead.
1129 */
1130 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_side_data_new(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1131 enum AVFrameSideDataType type,
1132 size_t size, unsigned int flags);
1133
1134 /**
1135 * Add a new side data entry to an array from an existing AVBufferRef.
1136 *
1137 * @param sd pointer to array of side data to which to add another entry,
1138 * or to NULL in order to start a new array.
1139 * @param nb_sd pointer to an integer containing the number of entries in
1140 * the array.
1141 * @param type type of the added side data
1142 * @param buf Pointer to AVBufferRef to add to the array. On success,
1143 * the function takes ownership of the AVBufferRef and *buf is
1144 * set to NULL, unless AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_NEW_REF is set
1145 * in which case the ownership will remain with the caller.
1146 * @param flags Some combination of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_* flags, or 0.
1147 *
1148 * @return newly added side data on success, NULL on error.
1149 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_UNIQUE being set, entries of
1150 * matching AVFrameSideDataType will be removed before the addition
1151 * is attempted.
1152 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_REPLACE being set, if an
1153 * entry of the same type already exists, it will be replaced instead.
1154 *
1155 */
1156 AVFrameSideData *av_frame_side_data_add(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1157 enum AVFrameSideDataType type,
1158 AVBufferRef **buf, unsigned int flags);
1159
1160 /**
1161 * Add a new side data entry to an array based on existing side data, taking
1162 * a reference towards the contained AVBufferRef.
1163 *
1164 * @param sd pointer to array of side data to which to add another entry,
1165 * or to NULL in order to start a new array.
1166 * @param nb_sd pointer to an integer containing the number of entries in
1167 * the array.
1168 * @param src side data to be cloned, with a new reference utilized
1169 * for the buffer.
1170 * @param flags Some combination of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_* flags, or 0.
1171 *
1172 * @return negative error code on failure, >=0 on success.
1173 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_UNIQUE being set, entries of
1174 * matching AVFrameSideDataType will be removed before the addition
1175 * is attempted.
1176 * @note In case of AV_FRAME_SIDE_DATA_FLAG_REPLACE being set, if an
1177 * entry of the same type already exists, it will be replaced instead.
1178 */
1179 int av_frame_side_data_clone(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1180 const AVFrameSideData *src, unsigned int flags);
1181
1182 /**
1183 * Get a side data entry of a specific type from an array.
1184 *
1185 * @param sd array of side data.
1186 * @param nb_sd integer containing the number of entries in the array.
1187 * @param type type of side data to be queried
1188 *
1189 * @return a pointer to the side data of a given type on success, NULL if there
1190 * is no side data with such type in this set.
1191 */
1192 const AVFrameSideData *av_frame_side_data_get_c(const AVFrameSideData * const *sd,
1193 const int nb_sd,
1194 enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1195
1196 /**
1197 * Wrapper around av_frame_side_data_get_c() to workaround the limitation
1198 * that for any type T the conversion from T * const * to const T * const *
1199 * is not performed automatically in C.
1200 * @see av_frame_side_data_get_c()
1201 */
1202 static inline
1203 4791846 const AVFrameSideData *av_frame_side_data_get(AVFrameSideData * const *sd,
1204 const int nb_sd,
1205 enum AVFrameSideDataType type)
1206 {
1207 4791846 return av_frame_side_data_get_c((const AVFrameSideData * const *)sd,
1208 nb_sd, type);
1209 }
1210
1211 /**
1212 * Remove and free all side data instances of the given type from an array.
1213 */
1214 void av_frame_side_data_remove(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1215 enum AVFrameSideDataType type);
1216
1217 /**
1218 * Remove and free all side data instances that match any of the given
1219 * side data properties. (See enum AVSideDataProps)
1220 */
1221 void av_frame_side_data_remove_by_props(AVFrameSideData ***sd, int *nb_sd,
1222 int props);
1223
1224 /**
1225 * @}
1226 */
1227
1228 #endif /* AVUTIL_FRAME_H */
1229