* avio_open2() or a custom one.
* - Unless the format is of the AVFMT_NOSTREAMS type, at least one stream must
* be created with the avformat_new_stream() function. The caller should fill
- * the @ref AVStream.codec "stream codec context" information, such as the
- * codec @ref AVCodecContext.codec_type "type", @ref AVCodecContext.codec_id
+ * the @ref AVStream.codecpar "stream codec parameters" information, such as the
+ * codec @ref AVCodecParameters.codec_type "type", @ref AVCodecParameters.codec_id
* "id" and other parameters (e.g. width / height, the pixel or sample format,
* etc.) as known. The @ref AVStream.time_base "stream timebase" should
* be set to the timebase that the caller desires to use for this stream (note
* that the timebase actually used by the muxer can be different, as will be
* described later).
* - It is advised to manually initialize only the relevant fields in
- * AVCodecContext, rather than using @ref avcodec_copy_context() during
+ * AVCodecParameters, rather than using @ref avcodec_parameters_copy() during
* remuxing: there is no guarantee that the codec context values remain valid
* for both input and output format contexts.
* - The caller may fill in additional information, such as @ref
*/
int av_append_packet(AVIOContext *s, AVPacket *pkt, int size);
-#if FF_API_LAVF_FRAC
-/*************************************************/
-/* fractional numbers for exact pts handling */
-
-/**
- * The exact value of the fractional number is: 'val + num / den'.
- * num is assumed to be 0 <= num < den.
- */
-typedef struct AVFrac {
- int64_t val, num, den;
-} AVFrac;
-#endif
-
/*************************************************/
/* input/output formats */
#endif
void *priv_data;
-#if FF_API_LAVF_FRAC
- /**
- * @deprecated this field is unused
- */
- attribute_deprecated
- struct AVFrac pts;
-#endif
-
/**
* This is the fundamental unit of time (in seconds) in terms
* of which frame timestamps are represented.
*/
AVStream *avformat_new_stream(AVFormatContext *s, const AVCodec *c);
+/**
+ * Wrap an existing array as stream side data.
+ *
+ * @param st stream
+ * @param type side information type
+ * @param data the side data array. It must be allocated with the av_malloc()
+ * family of functions. The ownership of the data is transferred to
+ * st.
+ * @param size side information size
+ * @return zero on success, a negative AVERROR code on failure. On failure,
+ * the stream is unchanged and the data remains owned by the caller.
+ */
+int av_stream_add_side_data(AVStream *st, enum AVPacketSideDataType type,
+ uint8_t *data, size_t size);
+
/**
* Allocate new information from stream.
*
* increasing dts. Callers doing their own interleaving should call
* av_write_frame() instead of this function.
*
+ * Using this function instead of av_write_frame() can give muxers advance
+ * knowledge of future packets, improving e.g. the behaviour of the mp4
+ * muxer for VFR content in fragmenting mode.
+ *
* @param s media file handle
* @param pkt The packet containing the data to be written.
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