Topics

  Decoding

 

 

  Encoding

 

 

  Codecs

 

  Internal

 

  send/receive encoding and decoding API overview

  The avcodec_send_packet()/avcodec_receive_frame()/avcodec_send_frame()/ avcodec_receive_packet() functions provide an encode/decode API, which decouples input and output.

 

  Core functions/structures.

  Basic definitions, functions for querying libavcodec capabilities, allocating core structures, etc.

 

  Utility functions

  Miscellaneous utility functions related to both encoding and decoding (or neither).

 

  Bitstream filters

  Bitstream filters transform encoded media data without decoding it.

 

Files

file   avcodec.h

  Libavcodec external API header.

 

file   defs.h

  Misc types and constants that do not belong anywhere else.

 

file   version.h

  Libavcodec version macros.

 

file   version_major.h

  Libavcodec version macros.