+void parse_options(void *optctx, int argc, char **argv, const OptionDef *options,
+ void (* parse_arg_function)(void *optctx, const char*));
+
+/**
+ * Parse one given option.
+ *
+ * @return on success 1 if arg was consumed, 0 otherwise; negative number on error
+ */
+int parse_option(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg,
+ const OptionDef *options);
+
+/**
+ * An option extracted from the commandline.
+ * Cannot use AVDictionary because of options like -map which can be
+ * used multiple times.
+ */
+typedef struct Option {
+ const OptionDef *opt;
+ const char *key;
+ const char *val;
+} Option;
+
+typedef struct OptionGroupDef {
+ /**< group name */
+ const char *name;
+ /**
+ * Option to be used as group separator. Can be NULL for groups which
+ * are terminated by a non-option argument (e.g. avconv output files)
+ */
+ const char *sep;
+ /**
+ * Option flags that must be set on each option that is
+ * applied to this group
+ */
+ int flags;
+} OptionGroupDef;
+
+typedef struct OptionGroup {
+ const OptionGroupDef *group_def;
+ const char *arg;
+
+ Option *opts;
+ int nb_opts;
+
+ AVDictionary *codec_opts;
+ AVDictionary *format_opts;
+ AVDictionary *resample_opts;
+ struct SwsContext *sws_opts;
+} OptionGroup;
+
+/**
+ * A list of option groups that all have the same group type
+ * (e.g. input files or output files)
+ */
+typedef struct OptionGroupList {
+ const OptionGroupDef *group_def;
+
+ OptionGroup *groups;
+ int nb_groups;
+} OptionGroupList;
+
+typedef struct OptionParseContext {
+ OptionGroup global_opts;
+
+ OptionGroupList *groups;
+ int nb_groups;
+
+ /* parsing state */
+ OptionGroup cur_group;
+} OptionParseContext;
+
+/**
+ * Parse an options group and write results into optctx.
+ *
+ * @param optctx an app-specific options context. NULL for global options group
+ */
+int parse_optgroup(void *optctx, OptionGroup *g);
+
+/**
+ * Split the commandline into an intermediate form convenient for further
+ * processing.
+ *
+ * The commandline is assumed to be composed of options which either belong to a
+ * group (those with OPT_SPEC, OPT_OFFSET or OPT_PERFILE) or are global
+ * (everything else).
+ *
+ * A group (defined by an OptionGroupDef struct) is a sequence of options
+ * terminated by either a group separator option (e.g. -i) or a parameter that
+ * is not an option (doesn't start with -). A group without a separator option
+ * must always be first in the supplied groups list.
+ *
+ * All options within the same group are stored in one OptionGroup struct in an
+ * OptionGroupList, all groups with the same group definition are stored in one
+ * OptionGroupList in OptionParseContext.groups. The order of group lists is the
+ * same as the order of group definitions.
+ */
+int split_commandline(OptionParseContext *octx, int argc, char *argv[],
+ const OptionDef *options,
+ const OptionGroupDef *groups, int nb_groups);
+
+/**
+ * Free all allocated memory in an OptionParseContext.
+ */
+void uninit_parse_context(OptionParseContext *octx);
+
+/**
+ * Find the '-loglevel' option in the command line args and apply it.
+ */
+void parse_loglevel(int argc, char **argv, const OptionDef *options);
+
+/**
+ * Return index of option opt in argv or 0 if not found.
+ */
+int locate_option(int argc, char **argv, const OptionDef *options,
+ const char *optname);