[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] videotoolbox: allow to enable the async decoding.

[Clément Bœsch]

On Sun, Aug 09, 2015 at 01:11:44PM +0200, Sebastien Zwickert wrote:
> This patch allows to use the Videotoolbox API in asynchonous mode.
> Note that when using async decoding the user is responsible for
> releasing the async frame.
> Moreover, an option called videotoolbox_async was added to enable
> async decoding with ffmpeg CLI.
> 
> ---
>  ffmpeg.h                  |   1 +
>  ffmpeg_opt.c              |   1 +
>  ffmpeg_videotoolbox.c     |  69 +++++++++++++----
>  libavcodec/videotoolbox.c | 186 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  libavcodec/videotoolbox.h |  73 ++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 294 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
> 

Ping and more comments on this:

- is it meaningful to have a limit on the internal queue size (for memory
  load for instance), or it's not relevant in case of hw accel?

- isn't it missing a flush mechanism so seeking can be accurate?

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-- 
Clément B.
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