threadframe.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2022 Andreas Rheinhardt <andreas.rheinhardt@outlook.com>
 *
 * This file is part of FFmpeg.
 *
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#ifndef AVCODEC_THREADFRAME_H
#define AVCODEC_THREADFRAME_H
 
#include "libavutil/frame.h"
#include "avcodec.h"
 
typedef struct ThreadFrame {
    AVFrame *f;
    AVCodecContext *owner[2];
    // progress->data is an array of 2 ints holding progress for top/bottom
    // fields
    AVBufferRef *progress;
} ThreadFrame;
 
/**
 * Notify later decoding threads when part of their reference picture is ready.
 * Call this when some part of the picture is finished decoding.
 * Later calls with lower values of progress have no effect.
 *
 * @param f The picture being decoded.
 * @param progress Value, in arbitrary units, of how much of the picture has decoded.
 * @param field The field being decoded, for field-picture codecs.
 * 0 for top field or frame pictures, 1 for bottom field.
 */
void ff_thread_report_progress(ThreadFrame *f, int progress, int field);
 
/**
 * Wait for earlier decoding threads to finish reference pictures.
 * Call this before accessing some part of a picture, with a given
 * value for progress, and it will return after the responsible decoding
 * thread calls ff_thread_report_progress() with the same or
 * higher value for progress.
 *
 * @param f The picture being referenced.
 * @param progress Value, in arbitrary units, to wait for.
 * @param field The field being referenced, for field-picture codecs.
 * 0 for top field or frame pictures, 1 for bottom field.
 */
void ff_thread_await_progress(const ThreadFrame *f, int progress, int field);
 
/**
 * Wrapper around ff_get_buffer() for frame-multithreaded codecs.
 * Call this function instead of ff_get_buffer() if you might need
 * to wait for progress on this frame.
 * Cannot be called after the codec has called ff_thread_finish_setup().
 *
 * @param avctx The current context.
 * @param f The frame to write into.
 * @note: It is fine to call this with codecs that do not support
 *        frame threading.
 */
int ff_thread_get_ext_buffer(AVCodecContext *avctx, ThreadFrame *f, int flags);
 
/**
 * Unref a ThreadFrame.
 *
 * This is basically a wrapper around av_frame_unref() and should
 * be called instead of it.
 *
 * @param avctx The current context.
 * @param f The picture being released.
 */
void ff_thread_release_ext_buffer(AVCodecContext *avctx, ThreadFrame *f);
 
int ff_thread_ref_frame(ThreadFrame *dst, const ThreadFrame *src);
 
int ff_thread_can_start_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx);
 
#endif