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authorAnton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net>2016-05-21 12:05:38 +0200
committerAnton Khirnov <anton@khirnov.net>2016-05-23 06:46:18 +0200
commit2ef6dab0a79a9852a92ed80b07f9e32a37530d9e (patch)
tree9feb5f0cc5dee9fb6f7f2d26863cf4346516ff12
parent04fc8e24a091ed1d77d7a3c0cbcfe60baec19a9f (diff)
lavc: document that avcodec_close() should not be used
We cannot deprecate it until the new parser API is in place, because of the way libavformat works. But the majority of the users can already simply replace it with avcodec_free_context(), which will simplify the transition once it is finally deprecated.
-rw-r--r--libavcodec/avcodec.h5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 24cf39f324..dc6649af54 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -3756,6 +3756,11 @@ int avcodec_open2(AVCodecContext *avctx, const AVCodec *codec, AVDictionary **op
* Calling this function on an AVCodecContext that hasn't been opened will free
* the codec-specific data allocated in avcodec_alloc_context3() with a non-NULL
* codec. Subsequent calls will do nothing.
+ *
+ * @note Do not use this function. Use avcodec_free_context() to destroy a
+ * codec context (either open or closed). Opening and closing a codec context
+ * multiple times is not supported anymore -- use multiple codec contexts
+ * instead.
*/
int avcodec_close(AVCodecContext *avctx);