1 @TEMPLATE decoder_tmpl.c
4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INTRODUCTION
5 This is an example of a simple decoder loop. It takes an input file
6 containing the compressed data (in IVF format), passes it through the
7 decoder, and writes the decompressed frames to disk. Other decoder
8 examples build upon this one.
10 The details of the IVF format have been elided from this example for
11 simplicity of presentation, as IVF files will not generally be used by
12 your application. In general, an IVF file consists of a file header,
13 followed by a variable number of frames. Each frame consists of a frame
14 header followed by a variable length payload. The length of the payload
15 is specified in the first four bytes of the frame header. The payload is
16 the raw compressed data.
17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INTRODUCTION
22 For decoders, you only have to include `vpx_decoder.h` and then any
23 header files for the specific codecs you use. In this case, we're using
24 vp8. The `VPX_CODEC_DISABLE_COMPAT` macro can be defined to ensure
25 strict compliance with the latest SDK by disabling some backwards
26 compatibility features. Defining this macro is encouraged.
27 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DEC_INCLUDES
29 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DEC_INCLUDES
32 Initializing The Codec
33 ----------------------
34 The decoder is initialized by the following code. This is an example for
35 the VP8 decoder, but the code is analogous for all algorithms. Replace
36 `vpx_codec_vp8_dx()` with a pointer to the interface exposed by the
37 algorithm you want to use. The `cfg` argument is left as NULL in this
38 example, because we want the algorithm to determine the stream
39 configuration (width/height) and allocate memory automatically. This
40 parameter is generally only used if you need to preallocate memory,
41 particularly in External Memory Allocation mode.
42 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DEC_INIT
44 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DEC_INIT
49 Once the frame has been read into memory, it is decoded using the
50 `vpx_codec_decode` function. The call takes a pointer to the data
51 (`frame`) and the length of the data (`frame_sz`). No application data
52 is associated with the frame in this example, so the `user_priv`
53 parameter is NULL. The `deadline` parameter is left at zero for this
54 example. This parameter is generally only used when doing adaptive
56 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DECODE
58 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DECODE
60 Codecs may produce a variable number of output frames for every call to
61 `vpx_codec_decode`. These frames are retrieved by the
62 `vpx_codec_get_frame` iterator function. The iterator variable `iter` is
63 initialized to NULL each time `vpx_codec_decode` is called.
64 `vpx_codec_get_frame` is called in a loop, returning a pointer to a
65 decoded image or NULL to indicate the end of list.
66 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET_FRAME
68 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET_FRAME
71 Processing The Decoded Data
72 ---------------------------
73 In this example, we simply write the encoded data to disk. It is
74 important to honor the image's `stride` values.
75 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PROCESS_DX
77 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PROCESS_DX
82 The `vpx_codec_destroy` call frees any memory allocated by the codec.
83 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DESTROY
85 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DESTROY
90 This example does not special case any error return codes. If there was
91 an error, a descriptive message is printed and the program exits. With
92 few exeptions, vpx_codec functions return an enumerated error status,
93 with the value `0` indicating success.
94 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DIE_CODEC
96 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DIE_CODEC