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/*
* Codec descriptors public API
*
* This file is part of FFmpeg.
*
* FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
#ifndef AVCODEC_CODEC_DESC_H
#define AVCODEC_CODEC_DESC_H
#include "libavutil/avutil.h"
#include "codec_id.h"
/**
* @addtogroup lavc_core
* @{
*/
/**
* This struct describes the properties of a single codec described by an
* AVCodecID.
* @see avcodec_descriptor_get()
*/
typedef struct AVCodecDescriptor {
enum AVCodecID id;
enum AVMediaType type;
/**
* Name of the codec described by this descriptor. It is non-empty and
* unique for each codec descriptor. It should contain alphanumeric
* characters and '_' only.
*/
const char* name;
/**
* A more descriptive name for this codec. May be NULL.
*/
const char* long_name;
/**
* Codec properties, a combination of AV_CODEC_PROP_* flags.
*/
int props;
/**
* MIME type(s) associated with the codec.
* May be NULL; if not, a NULL-terminated array of MIME types.
* The first item is always non-NULL and is the preferred MIME type.
*/
const char* const* mime_types;
/**
* If non-NULL, an array of profiles recognized for this codec.
* Terminated with FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN.
*/
const struct AVProfile* profiles;
} AVCodecDescriptor;
/**
* Codec uses only intra compression.
* Video and audio codecs only.
*/
#define AV_CODEC_PROP_INTRA_ONLY (1 << 0)
/**
* Codec supports lossy compression. Audio and video codecs only.
* @note a codec may support both lossy and lossless
* compression modes
*/
#define AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY (1 << 1)
/**
* Codec supports lossless compression. Audio and video codecs only.
*/
#define AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSLESS (1 << 2)
/**
* Codec supports frame reordering. That is, the coded order (the order in which
* the encoded packets are output by the encoders / stored / input to the
* decoders) may be different from the presentation order of the corresponding
* frames.
*
* For codecs that do not have this property set, PTS and DTS should always be
* equal.
*/
#define AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER (1 << 3)
/**
* Subtitle codec is bitmap based
* Decoded AVSubtitle data can be read from the AVSubtitleRect->pict field.
*/
#define AV_CODEC_PROP_BITMAP_SUB (1 << 16)
/**
* Subtitle codec is text based.
* Decoded AVSubtitle data can be read from the AVSubtitleRect->ass field.
*/
#define AV_CODEC_PROP_TEXT_SUB (1 << 17)
/**
* @return descriptor for given codec ID or NULL if no descriptor exists.
*/
const AVCodecDescriptor* avcodec_descriptor_get(enum AVCodecID id);
/**
* Iterate over all codec descriptors known to libavcodec.
*
* @param prev previous descriptor. NULL to get the first descriptor.
*
* @return next descriptor or NULL after the last descriptor
*/
const AVCodecDescriptor* avcodec_descriptor_next(const AVCodecDescriptor* prev);
/**
* @return codec descriptor with the given name or NULL if no such descriptor
* exists.
*/
const AVCodecDescriptor* avcodec_descriptor_get_by_name(const char* name);
/**
* @}
*/
#endif // AVCODEC_CODEC_DESC_H