[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 4/4] avcodec/targa: Do not return images when there is no image in the tga

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 10:58:31AM +0100, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> Quoting Michael Niedermayer (2021-12-03 15:04:47)
> > On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 06:27:15PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 08:06:48PM +0200, Paul B Mahol wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 8:00 PM Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 07:35:32PM +0200, Paul B Mahol wrote:
> > > > > > Please do not apply, This actually changes output to nothing.
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you have such a TGA file without an image in it?
> > > > >
> > > > > Why would that be relevant, comply with TGA specifications please.
> > > > 
> > > > thx
> > > 
> > > It is relevant as it would allow to check how such a file is handled
> > > by various implementations
> > > The specification does not specify that. It just says 
> > > "No image Data included"
> > > and our decoder returns a black image, the specification doesnt say that
> > > means "black image" or i missed it when reading 
> > > after the patch the decoder returns nothing instead of a black image
> > > The other type this might reach is type 8, the specification i have doesnt
> > > say anything about type 8 except that its reserved
> > > 
> > >     Truevision TGAa
> > > FILE FORMAT SPECIFICATION
> > > Version 2.0
> > > ...
> > > Image Type - Field 3 (1 byte):
> > > The TGA File Format can be used to store Pseudo-Color, True-Color and Direct-Color images of various
> > > pixel depths. Truevision has currently defined seven image types:
> > > image       Description
> > > Type    0   No image Data included
> > 
> > ping
> > what do you prefer for this issue ?
> > Id like to do something here not just ignore it even if the conclusion is
> > that this is "not a bug but intended behavior"
> 
> A brief look at other opensource decoders suggest they don't support
> type==0 at all. image-rs does, but it's not clear to be what its output
> is. I'd say not returning a frame is reasonable.

ok, will apply

thx

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