+ * @param str the buffer to fill with the url
+ * @param size the size of the str buffer
+ * @param proto the protocol identifier, if null, the separator
+ * after the identifier is left out, too
+ * @param authorization an optional authorization string, may be null.
+ * An empty string is treated the same as a null string.
+ * @param hostname the host name string
+ * @param port the port number, left out from the string if negative
+ * @param fmt a generic format string for everything to add after the
+ * host/port, may be null
+ * @return the number of characters written to the destination buffer
+ */
+int ff_url_join(char *str, int size, const char *proto,
+ const char *authorization, const char *hostname,
+ int port, const char *fmt, ...) av_printf_format(7, 8);
+
+/**
+ * Append the media-specific SDP fragment for the media stream c
+ * to the buffer buff.
+ *
+ * Note, the buffer needs to be initialized, since it is appended to
+ * existing content.
+ *
+ * @param buff the buffer to append the SDP fragment to
+ * @param size the size of the buff buffer
+ * @param c the AVCodecContext of the media to describe
+ * @param dest_addr the destination address of the media stream, may be NULL
+ * @param dest_type the destination address type, may be NULL
+ * @param port the destination port of the media stream, 0 if unknown
+ * @param ttl the time to live of the stream, 0 if not multicast
+ * @param fmt the AVFormatContext, which might contain options modifying
+ * the generated SDP
+ */
+void ff_sdp_write_media(char *buff, int size, AVCodecContext *c,
+ const char *dest_addr, const char *dest_type,
+ int port, int ttl, AVFormatContext *fmt);
+
+/**
+ * Write a packet to another muxer than the one the user originally
+ * intended. Useful when chaining muxers, where one muxer internally
+ * writes a received packet to another muxer.
+ *
+ * @param dst the muxer to write the packet to
+ * @param dst_stream the stream index within dst to write the packet to
+ * @param pkt the packet to be written
+ * @param src the muxer the packet originally was intended for
+ * @return the value av_write_frame returned
+ */
+int ff_write_chained(AVFormatContext *dst, int dst_stream, AVPacket *pkt,
+ AVFormatContext *src);
+
+/**
+ * Get the length in bytes which is needed to store val as v.
+ */
+int ff_get_v_length(uint64_t val);
+
+/**
+ * Put val using a variable number of bytes.
+ */
+void ff_put_v(AVIOContext *bc, uint64_t val);
+
+/**
+ * Read a whole line of text from AVIOContext. Stop reading after reaching
+ * either a \\n, a \\0 or EOF. The returned string is always \\0-terminated,
+ * and may be truncated if the buffer is too small.
+ *
+ * @param s the read-only AVIOContext
+ * @param buf buffer to store the read line
+ * @param maxlen size of the buffer
+ * @return the length of the string written in the buffer, not including the
+ * final \\0
+ */
+int ff_get_line(AVIOContext *s, char *buf, int maxlen);
+
+#define SPACE_CHARS " \t\r\n"
+
+/**
+ * Callback function type for ff_parse_key_value.
+ *
+ * @param key a pointer to the key
+ * @param key_len the number of bytes that belong to the key, including the '='
+ * char
+ * @param dest return the destination pointer for the value in *dest, may
+ * be null to ignore the value
+ * @param dest_len the length of the *dest buffer
+ */
+typedef void (*ff_parse_key_val_cb)(void *context, const char *key,
+ int key_len, char **dest, int *dest_len);
+/**
+ * Parse a string with comma-separated key=value pairs. The value strings
+ * may be quoted and may contain escaped characters within quoted strings.
+ *
+ * @param str the string to parse
+ * @param callback_get_buf function that returns where to store the
+ * unescaped value string.
+ * @param context the opaque context pointer to pass to callback_get_buf
+ */
+void ff_parse_key_value(const char *str, ff_parse_key_val_cb callback_get_buf,
+ void *context);
+
+/**
+ * Find stream index based on format-specific stream ID
+ * @return stream index, or < 0 on error
+ */
+int ff_find_stream_index(AVFormatContext *s, int id);
+
+/**
+ * Internal version of av_index_search_timestamp
+ */
+int ff_index_search_timestamp(const AVIndexEntry *entries, int nb_entries,
+ int64_t wanted_timestamp, int flags);
+
+/**
+ * Internal version of av_add_index_entry
+ */
+int ff_add_index_entry(AVIndexEntry **index_entries,
+ int *nb_index_entries,
+ unsigned int *index_entries_allocated_size,
+ int64_t pos, int64_t timestamp, int size, int distance, int flags);
+
+/**
+ * Add a new chapter.
+ *
+ * @param s media file handle
+ * @param id unique ID for this chapter
+ * @param start chapter start time in time_base units
+ * @param end chapter end time in time_base units
+ * @param title chapter title
+ *
+ * @return AVChapter or NULL on error
+ */
+AVChapter *avpriv_new_chapter(AVFormatContext *s, int id, AVRational time_base,
+ int64_t start, int64_t end, const char *title);
+
+/**
+ * Ensure the index uses less memory than the maximum specified in
+ * AVFormatContext.max_index_size by discarding entries if it grows
+ * too large.
+ */
+void ff_reduce_index(AVFormatContext *s, int stream_index);
+
+/*
+ * Convert a relative url into an absolute url, given a base url.
+ *
+ * @param buf the buffer where output absolute url is written
+ * @param size the size of buf
+ * @param base the base url, may be equal to buf.
+ * @param rel the new url, which is interpreted relative to base
+ */
+void ff_make_absolute_url(char *buf, int size, const char *base,
+ const char *rel);
+
+enum CodecID ff_guess_image2_codec(const char *filename);
+
+/**
+ * Convert a date string in ISO8601 format to Unix timestamp.
+ */
+int64_t ff_iso8601_to_unix_time(const char *datestr);
+
+/**
+ * Perform a binary search using av_index_search_timestamp() and
+ * AVInputFormat.read_timestamp().
+ *
+ * @param target_ts target timestamp in the time base of the given stream
+ * @param stream_index stream number
+ */
+int ff_seek_frame_binary(AVFormatContext *s, int stream_index,
+ int64_t target_ts, int flags);
+
+/**
+ * Update cur_dts of all streams based on the given timestamp and AVStream.
+ *
+ * Stream ref_st unchanged, others set cur_dts in their native time base.
+ * Only needed for timestamp wrapping or if (dts not set and pts!=dts).
+ * @param timestamp new dts expressed in time_base of param ref_st
+ * @param ref_st reference stream giving time_base of param timestamp
+ */
+void ff_update_cur_dts(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *ref_st, int64_t timestamp);
+
+/**
+ * Perform a binary search using read_timestamp().
+ *
+ * @param target_ts target timestamp in the time base of the given stream
+ * @param stream_index stream number
+ */
+int64_t ff_gen_search(AVFormatContext *s, int stream_index,
+ int64_t target_ts, int64_t pos_min,
+ int64_t pos_max, int64_t pos_limit,
+ int64_t ts_min, int64_t ts_max,
+ int flags, int64_t *ts_ret,
+ int64_t (*read_timestamp)(struct AVFormatContext *, int , int64_t *, int64_t ));
+
+/**
+ * Set the pts for a given stream. If the new values would be invalid
+ * (<= 0), it leaves the AVStream unchanged.
+ *
+ * @param s stream
+ * @param pts_wrap_bits number of bits effectively used by the pts
+ * (used for wrap control, 33 is the value for MPEG)
+ * @param pts_num numerator to convert to seconds (MPEG: 1)
+ * @param pts_den denominator to convert to seconds (MPEG: 90000)
+ */
+void avpriv_set_pts_info(AVStream *s, int pts_wrap_bits,
+ unsigned int pts_num, unsigned int pts_den);
+
+/**
+ * Add side data to a packet for changing parameters to the given values.
+ * Parameters set to 0 aren't included in the change.