[FFmpeg-cvslog] r23456 - trunk/libavcodec/avcodec.h
michael
subversion
Thu Jun 3 23:53:41 CEST 2010
Author: michael
Date: Thu Jun 3 23:53:41 2010
New Revision: 23456
Log:
Document the frames returned by the decoder better.
Modified:
trunk/libavcodec/avcodec.h
Modified: trunk/libavcodec/avcodec.h
==============================================================================
--- trunk/libavcodec/avcodec.h Thu Jun 3 23:36:38 2010 (r23455)
+++ trunk/libavcodec/avcodec.h Thu Jun 3 23:53:41 2010 (r23456)
@@ -3501,6 +3501,11 @@ attribute_deprecated int avcodec_decode_
* @param[out] picture The AVFrame in which the decoded video frame will be stored.
* Use avcodec_alloc_frame to get an AVFrame, the codec will
* allocate memory for the actual bitmap.
+ * with default get/release_buffer(), the decoder frees/reuses the bitmap as it sees fit.
+ * with overridden get/release_buffer() the user decides into what buffer the decoder
+ * decodes and the decoder tells the user once it does not need the data anymore,
+ * the user app can at this point free/reuse/keep the memory as it sees fit.
+ *
* @param[in] avpkt The input AVpacket containing the input buffer.
* You can create such packet with av_init_packet() and by then setting
* data and size, some decoders might in addition need other fields like
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