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| -rw-r--r-- | libavcodec/avcodec.h | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h index 0ef1676daf..3cf131d0a5 100644 --- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h +++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h @@ -2097,6 +2097,10 @@ typedef struct AVCodecContext { * This callback must use the above value to calculate the required buffer size, * which must padded by at least AV_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE bytes. * + * In some specific cases, the encoder may not use the entire buffer allocated by this + * callback. This will be reflected in the size value in the packet once returned by + * avcodec_receive_packet(). + * * This callback must fill the following fields in the packet: * - data: alignment requirements for AVPacket apply, if any. Some architectures and * encoders may benefit from having aligned data. |