summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/libavutil/frame.h
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'libavutil/frame.h')
-rw-r--r--libavutil/frame.h3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libavutil/frame.h b/libavutil/frame.h
index 56001a8798..76a8123dcb 100644
--- a/libavutil/frame.h
+++ b/libavutil/frame.h
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ typedef struct AVFrame {
* see avcodec_align_dimensions2(). Some filters and swscale can read
* up to 16 bytes beyond the planes, if these filters are to be used,
* then 16 extra bytes must be allocated.
+ *
+ * NOTE: Except for hwaccel formats, pointers not needed by the format
+ * MUST be set to NULL.
*/
uint8_t *data[AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS];