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36 * @defgroup avoptions AVOptions
39 * AVOptions provide a generic system to declare options on arbitrary structs
40 * ("objects"). An option can have a help text, a type and a range of possible
41 * values. Options may then be enumerated, read and written to.
43 * @section avoptions_implement Implementing AVOptions
44 * This section describes how to add AVOptions capabilities to a struct.
46 * All AVOptions-related information is stored in an AVClass. Therefore
47 * the first member of the struct must be a pointer to an AVClass describing it.
48 * The option field of the AVClass must be set to a NULL-terminated static array
49 * of AVOptions. Each AVOption must have a non-empty name, a type, a default
50 * value and for number-type AVOptions also a range of allowed values. It must
51 * also declare an offset in bytes from the start of the struct, where the field
52 * associated with this AVOption is located. Other fields in the AVOption struct
53 * should also be set when applicable, but are not required.
55 * The following example illustrates an AVOptions-enabled struct:
57 * typedef struct test_struct {
65 * static const AVOption test_options[] = {
66 * { "test_int", "This is a test option of int type.", offsetof(test_struct, int_opt),
67 * AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -1 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX },
68 * { "test_str", "This is a test option of string type.", offsetof(test_struct, str_opt),
69 * AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING },
70 * { "test_bin", "This is a test option of binary type.", offsetof(test_struct, bin_opt),
71 * AV_OPT_TYPE_BINARY },
75 * static const AVClass test_class = {
76 * .class_name = "test class",
77 * .item_name = av_default_item_name,
78 * .option = test_options,
79 * .version = LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT,
83 * Next, when allocating your struct, you must ensure that the AVClass pointer
84 * is set to the correct value. Then, av_opt_set_defaults() must be called to
85 * initialize defaults. After that the struct is ready to be used with the
88 * When cleaning up, you may use the av_opt_free() function to automatically
89 * free all the allocated string and binary options.
91 * Continuing with the above example:
94 * test_struct *alloc_test_struct(void)
96 * test_struct *ret = av_malloc(sizeof(*ret));
97 * ret->class = &test_class;
98 * av_opt_set_defaults(ret);
101 * void free_test_struct(test_struct **foo)
108 * @subsection avoptions_implement_nesting Nesting
109 * It may happen that an AVOptions-enabled struct contains another
110 * AVOptions-enabled struct as a member (e.g. AVCodecContext in
111 * libavcodec exports generic options, while its priv_data field exports
112 * codec-specific options). In such a case, it is possible to set up the
113 * parent struct to export a child's options. To do that, simply
114 * implement AVClass.child_next() and AVClass.child_class_next() in the
115 * parent struct's AVClass.
116 * Assuming that the test_struct from above now also contains a
117 * child_struct field:
120 * typedef struct child_struct {
124 * static const AVOption child_opts[] = {
125 * { "test_flags", "This is a test option of flags type.",
126 * offsetof(child_struct, flags_opt), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS, { .i64 = 0 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX },
129 * static const AVClass child_class = {
130 * .class_name = "child class",
131 * .item_name = av_default_item_name,
132 * .option = child_opts,
133 * .version = LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT,
136 * void *child_next(void *obj, void *prev)
138 * test_struct *t = obj;
139 * if (!prev && t->child_struct)
140 * return t->child_struct;
143 * const AVClass child_class_next(const AVClass *prev)
145 * return prev ? NULL : &child_class;
148 * Putting child_next() and child_class_next() as defined above into
149 * test_class will now make child_struct's options accessible through
150 * test_struct (again, proper setup as described above needs to be done on
151 * child_struct right after it is created).
153 * From the above example it might not be clear why both child_next()
154 * and child_class_next() are needed. The distinction is that child_next()
155 * iterates over actually existing objects, while child_class_next()
156 * iterates over all possible child classes. E.g. if an AVCodecContext
157 * was initialized to use a codec which has private options, then its
158 * child_next() will return AVCodecContext.priv_data and finish
159 * iterating. OTOH child_class_next() on AVCodecContext.av_class will
160 * iterate over all available codecs with private options.
162 * @subsection avoptions_implement_named_constants Named constants
163 * It is possible to create named constants for options. Simply set the unit
164 * field of the option the constants should apply to to a string and
165 * create the constants themselves as options of type AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST
166 * with their unit field set to the same string.
167 * Their default_val field should contain the value of the named
169 * For example, to add some named constants for the test_flags option
170 * above, put the following into the child_opts array:
172 * { "test_flags", "This is a test option of flags type.",
173 * offsetof(child_struct, flags_opt), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS, { .i64 = 0 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, "test_unit" },
174 * { "flag1", "This is a flag with value 16", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = 16 }, 0, 0, "test_unit" },
177 * @section avoptions_use Using AVOptions
178 * This section deals with accessing options in an AVOptions-enabled struct.
179 * Such structs in Libav are e.g. AVCodecContext in libavcodec or
180 * AVFormatContext in libavformat.
182 * @subsection avoptions_use_examine Examining AVOptions
183 * The basic functions for examining options are av_opt_next(), which iterates
184 * over all options defined for one object, and av_opt_find(), which searches
185 * for an option with the given name.
187 * The situation is more complicated with nesting. An AVOptions-enabled struct
188 * may have AVOptions-enabled children. Passing the AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN flag
189 * to av_opt_find() will make the function search children recursively.
191 * For enumerating there are basically two cases. The first is when you want to
192 * get all options that may potentially exist on the struct and its children
193 * (e.g. when constructing documentation). In that case you should call
194 * av_opt_child_class_next() recursively on the parent struct's AVClass. The
195 * second case is when you have an already initialized struct with all its
196 * children and you want to get all options that can be actually written or read
197 * from it. In that case you should call av_opt_child_next() recursively (and
198 * av_opt_next() on each result).
200 * @subsection avoptions_use_get_set Reading and writing AVOptions
201 * When setting options, you often have a string read directly from the
202 * user. In such a case, simply passing it to av_opt_set() is enough. For
203 * non-string type options, av_opt_set() will parse the string according to the
206 * Similarly av_opt_get() will read any option type and convert it to a string
207 * which will be returned. Do not forget that the string is allocated, so you
208 * have to free it with av_free().
210 * In some cases it may be more convenient to put all options into an
211 * AVDictionary and call av_opt_set_dict() on it. A specific case of this
212 * are the format/codec open functions in lavf/lavc which take a dictionary
213 * filled with option as a parameter. This allows to set some options
214 * that cannot be set otherwise, since e.g. the input file format is not known
215 * before the file is actually opened.
225 AV_OPT_TYPE_RATIONAL,
226 AV_OPT_TYPE_BINARY, ///< offset must point to a pointer immediately followed by an int for the length
228 AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST = 128,
234 typedef struct AVOption {
238 * short English help text
239 * @todo What about other languages?
244 * The offset relative to the context structure where the option
245 * value is stored. It should be 0 for named constants.
248 enum AVOptionType type;
251 * the default value for scalar options
257 /* TODO those are unused now */
260 double min; ///< minimum valid value for the option
261 double max; ///< maximum valid value for the option
264 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM 1 ///< a generic parameter which can be set by the user for muxing or encoding
265 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM 2 ///< a generic parameter which can be set by the user for demuxing or decoding
266 #if FF_API_OPT_TYPE_METADATA
267 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_METADATA 4 ///< some data extracted or inserted into the file like title, comment, ...
269 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_AUDIO_PARAM 8
270 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM 16
271 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_SUBTITLE_PARAM 32
273 * The option is inteded for exporting values to the caller.
275 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_EXPORT 64
277 * The option may not be set through the AVOptions API, only read.
278 * This flag only makes sense when AV_OPT_FLAG_EXPORT is also set.
280 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_READONLY 128
281 //FIXME think about enc-audio, ... style flags
284 * The logical unit to which the option belongs. Non-constant
285 * options and corresponding named constants share the same
292 * Show the obj options.
294 * @param req_flags requested flags for the options to show. Show only the
295 * options for which it is opt->flags & req_flags.
296 * @param rej_flags rejected flags for the options to show. Show only the
297 * options for which it is !(opt->flags & req_flags).
298 * @param av_log_obj log context to use for showing the options
300 int av_opt_show2(void *obj, void *av_log_obj, int req_flags, int rej_flags);
303 * Set the values of all AVOption fields to their default values.
305 * @param s an AVOption-enabled struct (its first member must be a pointer to AVClass)
307 void av_opt_set_defaults(void *s);
310 * Parse the key/value pairs list in opts. For each key/value pair
311 * found, stores the value in the field in ctx that is named like the
312 * key. ctx must be an AVClass context, storing is done using
315 * @param key_val_sep a 0-terminated list of characters used to
316 * separate key from value
317 * @param pairs_sep a 0-terminated list of characters used to separate
318 * two pairs from each other
319 * @return the number of successfully set key/value pairs, or a negative
320 * value corresponding to an AVERROR code in case of error:
321 * AVERROR(EINVAL) if opts cannot be parsed,
322 * the error code issued by av_opt_set() if a key/value pair
325 int av_set_options_string(void *ctx, const char *opts,
326 const char *key_val_sep, const char *pairs_sep);
329 * Free all allocated objects in obj.
331 void av_opt_free(void *obj);
334 * Check whether a particular flag is set in a flags field.
336 * @param field_name the name of the flag field option
337 * @param flag_name the name of the flag to check
338 * @return non-zero if the flag is set, zero if the flag isn't set,
339 * isn't of the right type, or the flags field doesn't exist.
341 int av_opt_flag_is_set(void *obj, const char *field_name, const char *flag_name);
344 * Set all the options from a given dictionary on an object.
346 * @param obj a struct whose first element is a pointer to AVClass
347 * @param options options to process. This dictionary will be freed and replaced
348 * by a new one containing all options not found in obj.
349 * Of course this new dictionary needs to be freed by caller
350 * with av_dict_free().
352 * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR if some option was found in obj,
353 * but could not be set.
355 * @see av_dict_copy()
357 int av_opt_set_dict(void *obj, struct AVDictionary **options);
360 * @defgroup opt_eval_funcs Evaluating option strings
362 * This group of functions can be used to evaluate option strings
363 * and get numbers out of them. They do the same thing as av_opt_set(),
364 * except the result is written into the caller-supplied pointer.
366 * @param obj a struct whose first element is a pointer to AVClass.
367 * @param o an option for which the string is to be evaluated.
368 * @param val string to be evaluated.
369 * @param *_out value of the string will be written here.
371 * @return 0 on success, a negative number on failure.
373 int av_opt_eval_flags (void *obj, const AVOption *o, const char *val, int *flags_out);
374 int av_opt_eval_int (void *obj, const AVOption *o, const char *val, int *int_out);
375 int av_opt_eval_int64 (void *obj, const AVOption *o, const char *val, int64_t *int64_out);
376 int av_opt_eval_float (void *obj, const AVOption *o, const char *val, float *float_out);
377 int av_opt_eval_double(void *obj, const AVOption *o, const char *val, double *double_out);
378 int av_opt_eval_q (void *obj, const AVOption *o, const char *val, AVRational *q_out);
383 #define AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN 0x0001 /**< Search in possible children of the
384 given object first. */
386 * The obj passed to av_opt_find() is fake -- only a double pointer to AVClass
387 * instead of a required pointer to a struct containing AVClass. This is
388 * useful for searching for options without needing to allocate the corresponding
391 #define AV_OPT_SEARCH_FAKE_OBJ 0x0002
394 * Look for an option in an object. Consider only options which
395 * have all the specified flags set.
397 * @param[in] obj A pointer to a struct whose first element is a
398 * pointer to an AVClass.
399 * Alternatively a double pointer to an AVClass, if
400 * AV_OPT_SEARCH_FAKE_OBJ search flag is set.
401 * @param[in] name The name of the option to look for.
402 * @param[in] unit When searching for named constants, name of the unit
404 * @param opt_flags Find only options with all the specified flags set (AV_OPT_FLAG).
405 * @param search_flags A combination of AV_OPT_SEARCH_*.
407 * @return A pointer to the option found, or NULL if no option
410 * @note Options found with AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN flag may not be settable
411 * directly with av_opt_set(). Use special calls which take an options
412 * AVDictionary (e.g. avformat_open_input()) to set options found with this
415 const AVOption *av_opt_find(void *obj, const char *name, const char *unit,
416 int opt_flags, int search_flags);
419 * Look for an option in an object. Consider only options which
420 * have all the specified flags set.
422 * @param[in] obj A pointer to a struct whose first element is a
423 * pointer to an AVClass.
424 * Alternatively a double pointer to an AVClass, if
425 * AV_OPT_SEARCH_FAKE_OBJ search flag is set.
426 * @param[in] name The name of the option to look for.
427 * @param[in] unit When searching for named constants, name of the unit
429 * @param opt_flags Find only options with all the specified flags set (AV_OPT_FLAG).
430 * @param search_flags A combination of AV_OPT_SEARCH_*.
431 * @param[out] target_obj if non-NULL, an object to which the option belongs will be
432 * written here. It may be different from obj if AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN is present
433 * in search_flags. This parameter is ignored if search_flags contain
434 * AV_OPT_SEARCH_FAKE_OBJ.
436 * @return A pointer to the option found, or NULL if no option
439 const AVOption *av_opt_find2(void *obj, const char *name, const char *unit,
440 int opt_flags, int search_flags, void **target_obj);
443 * Iterate over all AVOptions belonging to obj.
445 * @param obj an AVOptions-enabled struct or a double pointer to an
446 * AVClass describing it.
447 * @param prev result of the previous call to av_opt_next() on this object
449 * @return next AVOption or NULL
451 const AVOption *av_opt_next(void *obj, const AVOption *prev);
454 * Iterate over AVOptions-enabled children of obj.
456 * @param prev result of a previous call to this function or NULL
457 * @return next AVOptions-enabled child or NULL
459 void *av_opt_child_next(void *obj, void *prev);
462 * Iterate over potential AVOptions-enabled children of parent.
464 * @param prev result of a previous call to this function or NULL
465 * @return AVClass corresponding to next potential child or NULL
467 const AVClass *av_opt_child_class_next(const AVClass *parent, const AVClass *prev);
470 * @defgroup opt_set_funcs Option setting functions
472 * Those functions set the field of obj with the given name to value.
474 * @param[in] obj A struct whose first element is a pointer to an AVClass.
475 * @param[in] name the name of the field to set
476 * @param[in] val The value to set. In case of av_opt_set() if the field is not
477 * of a string type, then the given string is parsed.
478 * SI postfixes and some named scalars are supported.
479 * If the field is of a numeric type, it has to be a numeric or named
480 * scalar. Behavior with more than one scalar and +- infix operators
482 * If the field is of a flags type, it has to be a sequence of numeric
483 * scalars or named flags separated by '+' or '-'. Prefixing a flag
484 * with '+' causes it to be set without affecting the other flags;
485 * similarly, '-' unsets a flag.
486 * @param search_flags flags passed to av_opt_find2. I.e. if AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN
487 * is passed here, then the option may be set on a child of obj.
489 * @return 0 if the value has been set, or an AVERROR code in case of
491 * AVERROR_OPTION_NOT_FOUND if no matching option exists
492 * AVERROR(ERANGE) if the value is out of range
493 * AVERROR(EINVAL) if the value is not valid
495 int av_opt_set (void *obj, const char *name, const char *val, int search_flags);
496 int av_opt_set_int (void *obj, const char *name, int64_t val, int search_flags);
497 int av_opt_set_double (void *obj, const char *name, double val, int search_flags);
498 int av_opt_set_q (void *obj, const char *name, AVRational val, int search_flags);
499 int av_opt_set_bin (void *obj, const char *name, const uint8_t *val, int size, int search_flags);
501 * @note Any old dictionary present is discarded and replaced with a copy of the new one. The
502 * caller still owns val is and responsible for freeing it.
504 int av_opt_set_dict_val(void *obj, const char *name, const AVDictionary *val, int search_flags);
510 * @defgroup opt_get_funcs Option getting functions
512 * Those functions get a value of the option with the given name from an object.
514 * @param[in] obj a struct whose first element is a pointer to an AVClass.
515 * @param[in] name name of the option to get.
516 * @param[in] search_flags flags passed to av_opt_find2. I.e. if AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN
517 * is passed here, then the option may be found in a child of obj.
518 * @param[out] out_val value of the option will be written here
519 * @return 0 on success, a negative error code otherwise
522 * @note the returned string will av_malloc()ed and must be av_free()ed by the caller
524 int av_opt_get (void *obj, const char *name, int search_flags, uint8_t **out_val);
525 int av_opt_get_int (void *obj, const char *name, int search_flags, int64_t *out_val);
526 int av_opt_get_double (void *obj, const char *name, int search_flags, double *out_val);
527 int av_opt_get_q (void *obj, const char *name, int search_flags, AVRational *out_val);
529 * @param[out] out_val The returned dictionary is a copy of the actual value and must
530 * be freed with av_dict_free() by the caller
532 int av_opt_get_dict_val(void *obj, const char *name, int search_flags, AVDictionary **out_val);
538 #endif /* AVUTIL_OPT_H */