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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/developer.texi | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | libavcodec/avcodec.h | 3 |
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diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi index ae9609dae6..aff28b845e 100644 --- a/doc/developer.texi +++ b/doc/developer.texi @@ -404,6 +404,8 @@ send a reminder by email. Your patch should eventually be dealt with. Did you register it in @file{allcodecs.c} or @file{allformats.c}? @item Did you add the AVCodecID to @file{avcodec.h}? + When adding new codec IDs, also add an entry to the codec descriptor + list in @file{libavcodec/codec_desc.c}. @item If it has a fourcc, did you add it to @file{libavformat/riff.c}, even if it is only a decoder? diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h index 9658b67ab6..07d75c2692 100644 --- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h +++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h @@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ * If you add a codec ID to this list, add it so that * 1. no value of a existing codec ID changes (that would break ABI), * 2. it is as close as possible to similar codecs. + * + * After adding new codec IDs, do not forget to add an entry to the codec + * descriptor list and bump libavcodec minor version. */ enum AVCodecID { AV_CODEC_ID_NONE, |