[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avcodec: add a mention about get_encode_buffer in the old encode API doxy

[Anton Khirnov]

Quoting James Almer (2021-03-13 00:15:37)
> Direct users to the callback that should be used to keep supporting user
> provided buffers with the new encode API.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Almer <jamrial at gmail.com>
> ---
>  libavcodec/avcodec.h | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
> index fbd4804160..76911baea2 100644
> --- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
> +++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
> @@ -3680,7 +3680,9 @@ void av_parser_close(AVCodecParserContext *s);
>   *                            not be used.
>   * @return          0 on success, negative error code on failure
>   *
> - * @deprecated use avcodec_send_frame()/avcodec_receive_packet() instead
> + * @deprecated use avcodec_send_frame()/avcodec_receive_packet() instead, and
> + *             if allowed and required, set AVCodecContext.get_encode_buffer to
> + *             a custom function to pass user supplied output buffers.

This sentence would be easier to read if it was split in two IMO.

-- 
Anton Khirnov