On Thu,  7 Sep 2017 20:49:04 +0100
Mark Thompson <[email protected]> wrote:

> ---
> (Also version bump.)
> 
> Written intending to also be useful for encoders, but there won't actually be 
> any implementations.
> 
> 
>  doc/APIchanges       |  3 +++
>  libavcodec/avcodec.h | 69 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 72 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
> index ed90be890..1f12969ea 100644
> --- a/doc/APIchanges
> +++ b/doc/APIchanges
> @@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ libavutil:     2017-03-23
>  
>  API changes, most recent first:
>  
> +2017-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavc 58.x+1.0 - avcodec.h
> +  Add AVCodecHWConfig and AVCodec.hw_configs.
> +
>  2016-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavf 58.1.0 - avio.h
>    Add avio_read_partial().
>  
> diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
> index 162f1abe4..53cd58c2a 100644
> --- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
> +++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
> @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
>  #include "libavutil/cpu.h"
>  #include "libavutil/dict.h"
>  #include "libavutil/frame.h"
> +#include "libavutil/hwcontext.h"
>  #include "libavutil/log.h"
>  #include "libavutil/pixfmt.h"
>  #include "libavutil/rational.h"
> @@ -2735,6 +2736,65 @@ typedef struct AVProfile {
>      const char *name; ///< short name for the profile
>  } AVProfile;
>  
> +enum {
> +    /**
> +     * The codec supports this format via the hw_device_ctx interface.
> +     *
> +     * When selecting this format, AVCodecContext.hw_device_ctx should
> +     * have been set to a device of the specified type before calling
> +     * avcodec_open2().
> +     */
> +    AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_DEVICE_CTX = 0x01,
> +    /**
> +     * The codec supports this format via the hw_frames_ctx interface.
> +     *
> +     * When selecting this format for a decoder,
> +     * AVCodecContext.hw_frames_ctx should be set to a suitable frames
> +     * context inside the get_format() callback.  The frames context
> +     * must have been created on a device of the specified type.
> +     */
> +    AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_FRAMES_CTX = 0x02,
> +    /**
> +     * The codec supports this format by some internal method.
> +     *
> +     * This format can be selected without any additional configuration -
> +     * no device or frames are required.
> +     */
> +    AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_INTERNAL      = 0x04,
> +    /**
> +     * The codec supports this format by some ad-hoc method.
> +     *
> +     * Additional settings and/or function calls are required.  See the
> +     * codec-specific documentation for details.  (Methods requiring
> +     * this sort of configuration are deprecated and others should be
> +     * used in preference.)
> +     */
> +    AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_AD_HOC        = 0x08,
> +};

I really like how explicit this is. It sort of provides a new API user
with a starting point, and what to expect from a specific codec.

> +
> +typedef struct AVCodecHWConfig {
> +    /**
> +     * A hardware pixel format which the codec can use.
> +     */
> +    enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt;
> +    /**
> +     * Bit set of AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_* flags, describing the possible
> +     * setup methods which can be used with this configuration.
> +     */
> +    int methods;
> +    /**
> +     * Set if this configuration is for a decoder which uses AVHWAccel.
> +     */
> +    int hwaccel;

So a bool, i.e. 1 or 0?

> +    /**
> +     * The device type associated with the configuration.
> +     *
> +     * Must be set for AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_DEVICE_CTX and
> +     * AV_CODEC_HW_CONFIG_METHOD_HW_FRAMES_CTX, otherwise unused.
> +     */
> +    enum AVHWDeviceType device_type;
> +} AVCodecHWConfig;
> +
>  typedef struct AVCodecDefault AVCodecDefault;
>  
>  struct AVSubtitle;
> @@ -2770,6 +2830,15 @@ typedef struct AVCodec {
>      const AVClass *priv_class;              ///< AVClass for the private 
> context
>      const AVProfile *profiles;              ///< array of recognized 
> profiles, or NULL if unknown, array is terminated by {FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN}
>  
> +    /**
> +     * Array of hardware configurations supported by the codec, or NULL
> +     * if no hardware supported.
> +     *
> +     * The array is terminated by a configuration with a pix_fmt of
> +     * AV_PIX_FMT_NONE.
> +     */
> +    const AVCodecHWConfig *hw_configs;
> +
>      /*****************************************************************
>       * No fields below this line are part of the public API. They
>       * may not be used outside of libavcodec and can be changed and

Generally LGTM.
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