view opt.h @ 7177:a82e7d9c8c34 libavcodec

Clarify comment about parity nibble.

/*
 * AVOptions
 * copyright (c) 2005 Michael Niedermayer <[e-mail]>
 *
 * 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 FFMPEG_OPT_H
#define FFMPEG_OPT_H

/**
 * @file opt.h
 * AVOptions
 */

#include "libavutil/rational.h"

enum AVOptionType{
    FF_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS,
    FF_OPT_TYPE_INT,
    FF_OPT_TYPE_INT64,
    FF_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE,
    FF_OPT_TYPE_FLOAT,
    FF_OPT_TYPE_STRING,
    FF_OPT_TYPE_RATIONAL,
    FF_OPT_TYPE_BINARY,  ///< offset must point to a pointer immediately followed by an int for the length
    FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST=128,
};

/**
 * AVOption
 */
typedef struct AVOption {
    const char *name;

    /**
     * short English help text
     * @todo What about other languages?
     */
    const char *help;

    /**
     * The offset relative to the context structure where the option
     * value is stored. It should be 0 for named constants.
     */
    int offset;
    enum AVOptionType type;

    /**
     * the default value for scalar options
     */
    double default_val;
    double min;                 ///< minimum valid value for the option
    double max;                 ///< maximum valid value for the option

    int flags;
#define AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM  1   ///< a generic parameter which can be set by the user for muxing or encoding
#define AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM  2   ///< a generic parameter which can be set by the user for demuxing or decoding
#define AV_OPT_FLAG_METADATA        4   ///< some data extracted or inserted into the file like title, comment, ...
#define AV_OPT_FLAG_AUDIO_PARAM     8
#define AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM     16
#define AV_OPT_FLAG_SUBTITLE_PARAM  32
//FIXME think about enc-audio, ... style flags

    /**
     * The logical unit to which the option belongs. Non-constant
     * options and corresponding named constants share the same
     * unit. May be NULL.
     */
    const char *unit;
} AVOption;


const AVOption *av_find_opt(void *obj, const char *name, const char *unit, int mask, int flags);
const AVOption *av_set_string(void *obj, const char *name, const char *val);
const AVOption *av_set_double(void *obj, const char *name, double n);
const AVOption *av_set_q(void *obj, const char *name, AVRational n);
const AVOption *av_set_int(void *obj, const char *name, int64_t n);
double av_get_double(void *obj, const char *name, const AVOption **o_out);
AVRational av_get_q(void *obj, const char *name, const AVOption **o_out);
int64_t av_get_int(void *obj, const char *name, const AVOption **o_out);
const char *av_get_string(void *obj, const char *name, const AVOption **o_out, char *buf, int buf_len);
const AVOption *av_next_option(void *obj, const AVOption *last);
int av_opt_show(void *obj, void *av_log_obj);
void av_opt_set_defaults(void *s);
void av_opt_set_defaults2(void *s, int mask, int flags);

#endif /* FFMPEG_OPT_H */