Added a small vlc_fourcc_GetCodecAudio helper.

[vlc] / include / vlc_fourcc.h

diff --git a/include/vlc_fourcc.h b/include/vlc_fourcc.h
index 3a1e8a6d6febe78f378edbca2b6d2943e9636bdc..0fe0c2dd9710b835d1bdaf6927e200442ad0d734 100644 (file)
--- a/include/vlc_fourcc.h
+++ b/include/vlc_fourcc.h
@@ -333,6 +333,15 @@ VLC_EXPORT( vlc_fourcc_t, vlc_fourcc_GetCodec, ( int i_cat, vlc_fourcc_t i_fourc
  */
 VLC_EXPORT( vlc_fourcc_t, vlc_fourcc_GetCodecFromString, ( int i_cat, const char * ) );
 
+/**
+ * It convert the gives fourcc to an audio codec when possible.
+ *
+ * The fourcc converted are aflt, araw/pcm , twos, sowt. When an incompatible i_bits
+ * is detected, 0 is returned.
+ * The other fourcc goes through vlc_fourcc_GetCodec and i_bits is not checked.
+ */
+VLC_EXPORT( vlc_fourcc_t, vlc_fourcc_GetCodecAudio, ( vlc_fourcc_t i_fourcc, int i_bits ) );
+
 /**
  * It returns the description of the given fourcc or NULL if not found.
  *