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Diffstat (limited to 'libavcodec/avcodec.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | libavcodec/avcodec.h | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h index ca062eda91..4c5800b432 100644 --- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h +++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h @@ -3566,6 +3566,9 @@ AVCodecContext *avcodec_alloc_context2(enum AVMediaType); * @param codec if non-NULL, allocate private data and initialize defaults * for the given codec. It is illegal to then call avcodec_open2() * with a different codec. + * If NULL, then the codec-specific defaults won't be initialized, + * which may result in suboptimal default settings (this is + * important mainly for encoders, e.g. libx264). * * @return An AVCodecContext filled with default values or NULL on failure. * @see avcodec_get_context_defaults |