xref: /third_party/ffmpeg/libavcodec/encode.h (revision cabdff1a)
1/*
2 * generic encoding-related code
3 *
4 * This file is part of FFmpeg.
5 *
6 * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
8 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
9 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 *
11 * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
14 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 *
16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17 * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
18 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
19 */
20
21#ifndef AVCODEC_ENCODE_H
22#define AVCODEC_ENCODE_H
23
24#include "libavutil/frame.h"
25
26#include "avcodec.h"
27#include "packet.h"
28
29/**
30 * Called by encoders to get the next frame for encoding.
31 *
32 * @param frame An empty frame to be filled with data.
33 * @return 0 if a new reference has been successfully written to frame
34 *         AVERROR(EAGAIN) if no data is currently available
35 *         AVERROR_EOF if end of stream has been reached, so no more data
36 *                     will be available
37 */
38int ff_encode_get_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *frame);
39
40/**
41 * Get a buffer for a packet. This is a wrapper around
42 * AVCodecContext.get_encode_buffer() and should be used instead calling get_encode_buffer()
43 * directly.
44 */
45int ff_get_encode_buffer(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *avpkt, int64_t size, int flags);
46
47/**
48 * Allocate buffers for a frame. Encoder equivalent to ff_get_buffer().
49 */
50int ff_encode_alloc_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *frame);
51
52/**
53 * Check AVPacket size and allocate data.
54 *
55 * Encoders supporting FFCodec.encode2() can use this as a convenience to
56 * obtain a big enough buffer for the encoded bitstream.
57 *
58 * @param avctx   the AVCodecContext of the encoder
59 * @param avpkt   The AVPacket: on success, avpkt->data will point to a buffer
60 *                of size at least `size`; the packet will not be refcounted.
61 *                This packet must be initially blank.
62 * @param size    an upper bound of the size of the packet to encode
63 * @return        non negative on success, negative error code on failure
64 */
65int ff_alloc_packet(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *avpkt, int64_t size);
66
67/*
68 * Perform encoder initialization and validation.
69 * Called when opening the encoder, before the FFCodec.init() call.
70 */
71int ff_encode_preinit(AVCodecContext *avctx);
72
73#endif /* AVCODEC_ENCODE_H */
74