On Tue, 3 Feb 2015 22:59:20 +0000 (UTC)
Lyndon Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi
> Is there an example to show the recommended way one should set codec specific 
> options ? In the included examples both av_dict_set() and av_opt_set_xxx() 
> are used.
> 
> Also is there a way to choose codec asides from the AV_CODEC_ID_XXX... 
> enumeration ? For example, there are two ProRes codecs but there is only one 
> AV_CODEC_ID_PRORES - how do I select ?
> Finally, is there any documentation for codec options or do you have to read 
> the source ?
> Thanks
> 

Something like:

AVCodec *codec = avcodec_find_decoder_by_name(name);
AVCodecContext *ctx = avcodec_alloc_context3(codec);

You still need to set the codec ID on the context, which in this case
forces the format, not the decoder.
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