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diff --git a/libavutil/pixdesc.h b/libavutil/pixdesc.h
index ef93bfed82..0947fd1f88 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixdesc.h
+++ b/libavutil/pixdesc.h
@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@
* pixel format descriptor
* Copyright (c) 2009 Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
*
- * This file is part of Libav.
+ * This file is part of FFmpeg.
*
- * Libav is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
- * Libav is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with Libav; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
@@ -76,9 +76,12 @@ typedef struct AVPixFmtDescriptor{
uint8_t flags;
/**
- * Parameters that describe how pixels are packed. If the format
- * has chroma components, they must be stored in comp[1] and
- * comp[2].
+ * Parameters that describe how pixels are packed.
+ * If the format has 2 or 4 components, then alpha is last.
+ * If the format has 1 or 2 components, then luma is 0.
+ * If the format has 3 or 4 components,
+ * if the RGB flag is set then 0 is red, 1 is green and 2 is blue;
+ * otherwise 0 is luma, 1 is chroma-U and 2 is chroma-V.
*/
AVComponentDescriptor comp[4];
}AVPixFmtDescriptor;
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ typedef struct AVPixFmtDescriptor{
#define PIX_FMT_PLANAR 16 ///< At least one pixel component is not in the first data plane
#define PIX_FMT_RGB 32 ///< The pixel format contains RGB-like data (as opposed to YUV/grayscale)
/**
- * The pixel format is "pseudo-paletted". This means that Libav treats it as
+ * The pixel format is "pseudo-paletted". This means that FFmpeg treats it as
* paletted internally, but the palette is generated by the decoder and is not
* stored in the file.
*/
@@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ void av_write_image_line(const uint16_t *src, uint8_t *data[4], const int linesi
* For example in a little-endian system, first looks for "gray16",
* then for "gray16le".
*
- * Finally if no pixel format has been found, returns PIX_FMT_NONE.
+ * Finally if no pixel format has been found, returns AV_PIX_FMT_NONE.
*/
enum AVPixelFormat av_get_pix_fmt(const char *name);
@@ -186,6 +189,12 @@ char *av_get_pix_fmt_string (char *buf, int buf_size, enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt
int av_get_bits_per_pixel(const AVPixFmtDescriptor *pixdesc);
/**
+ * Return the number of bits per pixel for the pixel format
+ * described by pixdesc, including any padding or unused bits.
+ */
+int av_get_padded_bits_per_pixel(const AVPixFmtDescriptor *pixdesc);
+
+/**
* @return a pixel format descriptor for provided pixel format or NULL if
* this pixel format is unknown.
*/
@@ -210,9 +219,14 @@ enum AVPixelFormat av_pix_fmt_desc_get_id(const AVPixFmtDescriptor *desc);
* Utility function to access log2_chroma_w log2_chroma_h from
* the pixel format AVPixFmtDescriptor.
*
+ * See avcodec_get_chroma_sub_sample() for a function that asserts a
+ * valid pixel format instead of returning an error code.
+ * Its recommanded that you use avcodec_get_chroma_sub_sample unless
+ * you do check the return code!
+ *
* @param[in] pix_fmt the pixel format
- * @param[out] h_shift store log2_chroma_h
- * @param[out] v_shift store log2_chroma_w
+ * @param[out] h_shift store log2_chroma_w
+ * @param[out] v_shift store log2_chroma_h
*
* @return 0 on success, AVERROR(ENOSYS) on invalid or unknown pixel format
*/