[FFmpeg-devel] [BUMP PATCH 1/2] avcodec: change AVCodecContext.frame_number to int64_t

[James Almer]

On 1/27/2023 3:04 PM, Anton Khirnov wrote:
> Quoting Marton Balint (2023-01-27 18:59:39)
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 27 Jan 2023, Anton Khirnov wrote:
>>
>>> I still think we should do a deprecation+replacement like we do for
>>> everything else.
>>
>> You mean you want to introduce a new 64 bit member and deprecate the old
>> 32 bit field?
>>
>> E.g.
>>
>> int64_t frame_num;
>>
>> attribute_deprcated
>> int frame_number
>>
>> And during the transition you want to sync the value between the 64bit and
>> the 32bit ?
> 
> yes

We did make changes like int -> size_t without adding new fields in 
places like AVBufferRef. See 14040a1d91.
It does however probably need an FF_API_ dance, much like in that example.