+#ifndef FFMPEG_CMDUTILS_H
+#define FFMPEG_CMDUTILS_H
+
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include "libavcodec/avcodec.h"
+#include "libavformat/avformat.h"
+#include "libswscale/swscale.h"
+
+/**
+ * program name, defined by the program for show_version().
+ */
+extern const char program_name[];
+
+/**
+ * program birth year, defined by the program for show_banner()
+ */
+extern const int program_birth_year;
+
+extern const int this_year;
+
+extern const char **opt_names;
+extern AVCodecContext *avcodec_opts[CODEC_TYPE_NB];
+extern AVFormatContext *avformat_opts;
+extern struct SwsContext *sws_opts;
+
+/**
+ * Fallback for options that are not explicitly handled, these will be
+ * parsed through AVOptions.
+ */
+int opt_default(const char *opt, const char *arg);
+
+/**
+ * Sets the libav* libraries log level.
+ */
+int opt_loglevel(const char *opt, const char *arg);
+
+/**
+ * Parses a string and returns its corresponding value as a double.
+ * Exits from the application if the string cannot be correctly
+ * parsed or the corresponding value is invalid.
+ *
+ * @param context the context of the value to be set (e.g. the
+ * corresponding commandline option name)
+ * @param numstr the string to be parsed
+ * @param type the type (OPT_INT64 or OPT_FLOAT) as which the
+ * string should be parsed
+ * @param min the minimum valid accepted value
+ * @param max the maximum valid accepted value
+ */
+double parse_number_or_die(const char *context, const char *numstr, int type, double min, double max);
+
+/**
+ * Parses a string specifying a time and returns its corresponding
+ * value as a number of microseconds. Exits from the application if
+ * the string cannot be correctly parsed.
+ *
+ * @param context the context of the value to be set (e.g. the
+ * corresponding commandline option name)
+ * @param timestr the string to be parsed
+ * @param is_duration a flag which tells how to interpret timestr, if
+ * not zero timestr is interpreted as a duration, otherwise as a
+ * date
+ *
+ * @see parse_date()
+ */
+int64_t parse_time_or_die(const char *context, const char *timestr, int is_duration);