[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Add AVStream.opaque

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 12:03:25PM +0200, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm considering to add an opaque field to AVStream, which would be
> filled with application ad-hoc data.
> 
> This would allow the user to put in AVStream a pointer to an external
> struct, e.g. in the case of ffmpeg.c it would allow to avoid the use
> of an external ist_table, as each stream would contain the pointer to
> the AVInputStream struct, thus slightly simplifying the application
> logic.

ok if its clearly documented that such field cannot be used to pass data
between application and lavf

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