# HG changeset patch
# User reimar
# Date 1272816449 0
# Node ID bb0470c1ebd9111d8017bf8e8263f571a7d494b5
# Parent  da59da2961536409e4ef3bc006115b41d434249b
Clarify how allocation works for the picture argument for
avcodec_decode_video3.

diff -r da59da296153 -r bb0470c1ebd9 avcodec.h
--- a/avcodec.h	Sat May 01 18:45:02 2010 +0000
+++ b/avcodec.h	Sun May 02 16:07:29 2010 +0000
@@ -3464,6 +3464,8 @@
  *
  * @param avctx the codec context
  * @param[out] picture The AVFrame in which the decoded video frame will be stored.
+ *             Use avcodec_alloc_frame to get an AVFrame, the codec will call
+ *             get_buffer to get memory for the actual image data.
  * @param[in] avpkt The input AVpacket containing the input buffer.
  *            You can create such packet with av_init_packet() and by then setting
  *            data and size, some decoders might in addition need other fields like