+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);
+
+/**
+ * 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);
+
+/**
+ * Check if the given stream matches a stream specifier.
+ *
+ * @param s Corresponding format context.
+ * @param st Stream from s to be checked.
+ * @param spec A stream specifier of the [v|a|s|d]:[\<stream index\>] form.
+ *
+ * @return 1 if the stream matches, 0 if it doesn't, <0 on error
+ */
+int check_stream_specifier(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *st, const char *spec);
+
+/**
+ * Filter out options for given codec.
+ *
+ * Create a new options dictionary containing only the options from
+ * opts which apply to the codec with ID codec_id.
+ *
+ * @param opts dictionary to place options in
+ * @param codec_id ID of the codec that should be filtered for
+ * @param s Corresponding format context.
+ * @param st A stream from s for which the options should be filtered.
+ * @param codec The particular codec for which the options should be filtered.
+ * If null, the default one is looked up according to the codec id.
+ * @return a pointer to the created dictionary
+ */
+AVDictionary *filter_codec_opts(AVDictionary *opts, enum AVCodecID codec_id,
+ AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *st, AVCodec *codec);