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[ffmpeg] / libavcodec / avcodec.h

diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 5ebad926046a8ec3d4f6c0f341fa344bd94e5a80..b6a4b0ec240fac4f312b759cfcaefc0700847e25 100644 (file)
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -2406,7 +2406,12 @@ typedef struct AVCodecContext {
      *
      * Decoders cannot use the buffer after returning from
      * avcodec_decode_audio4(), so they will not call release_buffer(), as it
-     * is assumed to be released immediately upon return.
+     * is assumed to be released immediately upon return. In some rare cases,
+     * a decoder may need to call get_buffer() more than once in a single
+     * call to avcodec_decode_audio4(). In that case, when get_buffer() is
+     * called again after it has already been called once, the previously
+     * acquired buffer is assumed to be released at that time and may not be
+     * reused by the decoder.
      *
      * As a convenience, av_samples_get_buffer_size() and
      * av_samples_fill_arrays() in libavutil may be used by custom get_buffer()