[FFmpeg-devel] [FFmpeg-cvslog] avcodec: add Apple Pixlet decoder

[Paul B Mahol]

On 12/24/16, Andreas Cadhalpun <andreas.cadhalpun at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>> +    *got_frame = 1;
>>>> +
>>>> +    return pktsize;
>>>
>>> Since this is a video decoder, this should always return the full
>>> avpkt->size.
>>
>> Wrong. It returns what it consumes.
>
> Video decoders are expected to consume the full packet and the new decoding
> API does that.
> So not returning the full packet size results in a behavior difference
> between the new
> and the old API, which is bad. Why would you want that?

Because I do exactly what this decoder should do.