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26 * @file libavcodec/opt.h
30 #include "libavutil/rational.h"
41 FF_OPT_TYPE_BINARY, ///< offset must point to a pointer immediately followed by an int for the length
42 FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST=128,
48 typedef struct AVOption {
52 * short English help text
53 * @todo What about other languages?
58 * The offset relative to the context structure where the option
59 * value is stored. It should be 0 for named constants.
62 enum AVOptionType type;
65 * the default value for scalar options
68 double min; ///< minimum valid value for the option
69 double max; ///< maximum valid value for the option
72 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM 1 ///< a generic parameter which can be set by the user for muxing or encoding
73 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM 2 ///< a generic parameter which can be set by the user for demuxing or decoding
74 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_METADATA 4 ///< some data extracted or inserted into the file like title, comment, ...
75 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_AUDIO_PARAM 8
76 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM 16
77 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_SUBTITLE_PARAM 32
78 //FIXME think about enc-audio, ... style flags
81 * The logical unit to which the option belongs. Non-constant
82 * options and corresponding named constants share the same
90 * Looks for an option in \p obj. Looks only for the options which
91 * have the flags set as specified in \p mask and \p flags (that is,
92 * for which it is the case that opt->flags & mask == flags).
94 * @param[in] obj a pointer to a struct whose first element is a
95 * pointer to an AVClass
96 * @param[in] name the name of the option to look for
97 * @param[in] unit the unit of the option to look for, or any if NULL
98 * @return a pointer to the option found, or NULL if no option
101 const AVOption *av_find_opt(void *obj, const char *name, const char *unit, int mask, int flags);
103 #if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 53
105 * @see av_set_string2()
107 attribute_deprecated const AVOption *av_set_string(void *obj, const char *name, const char *val);
110 * @return a pointer to the AVOption corresponding to the field set or
111 * NULL if no matching AVOption exists, or if the value \p val is not
113 * @see av_set_string3()
115 attribute_deprecated const AVOption *av_set_string2(void *obj, const char *name, const char *val, int alloc);
119 * Sets the field of obj with the given name to value.
121 * @param[in] obj A struct whose first element is a pointer to an
123 * @param[in] name the name of the field to set
124 * @param[in] val The value to set. If the field is not of a string
125 * type, then the given string is parsed.
126 * SI postfixes and some named scalars are supported.
127 * If the field is of a numeric type, it has to be a numeric or named
128 * scalar. Behavior with more than one scalar and +- infix operators
130 * If the field is of a flags type, it has to be a sequence of numeric
131 * scalars or named flags separated by '+' or '-'. Prefixing a flag
132 * with '+' causes it to be set without affecting the other flags;
133 * similarly, '-' unsets a flag.
134 * @param[out] o_out if non-NULL put here a pointer to the AVOption
136 * @param alloc when 1 then the old value will be av_freed() and the
138 * when 0 then no av_free() nor av_strdup() will be used
139 * @return 0 if the value has been set, an AVERROR* error code if no
140 * matching option exists, or if the value \p val is not valid
142 int av_set_string3(void *obj, const char *name, const char *val, int alloc, const AVOption **o_out);
144 const AVOption *av_set_double(void *obj, const char *name, double n);
145 const AVOption *av_set_q(void *obj, const char *name, AVRational n);
146 const AVOption *av_set_int(void *obj, const char *name, int64_t n);
147 double av_get_double(void *obj, const char *name, const AVOption **o_out);
148 AVRational av_get_q(void *obj, const char *name, const AVOption **o_out);
149 int64_t av_get_int(void *obj, const char *name, const AVOption **o_out);
150 const char *av_get_string(void *obj, const char *name, const AVOption **o_out, char *buf, int buf_len);
151 const AVOption *av_next_option(void *obj, const AVOption *last);
152 int av_opt_show(void *obj, void *av_log_obj);
153 void av_opt_set_defaults(void *s);
154 void av_opt_set_defaults2(void *s, int mask, int flags);
156 #endif /* AVCODEC_OPT_H */