Clarify/simplify documentation for the default_val field in AVOption.
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1 /*
2 * AVOptions
3 * copyright (c) 2005 Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
5 * This file is part of FFmpeg.
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22 #ifndef FFMPEG_OPT_H
23 #define FFMPEG_OPT_H
25 /**
26 * @file opt.h
27 * AVOptions
30 #include "libavutil/rational.h"
32 enum AVOptionType{
33 FF_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS,
34 FF_OPT_TYPE_INT,
35 FF_OPT_TYPE_INT64,
36 FF_OPT_TYPE_DOUBLE,
37 FF_OPT_TYPE_FLOAT,
38 FF_OPT_TYPE_STRING,
39 FF_OPT_TYPE_RATIONAL,
40 FF_OPT_TYPE_BINARY, ///< offset must point to a pointer immediately followed by an int for the length
41 FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST=128,
44 /**
45 * AVOption
47 typedef struct AVOption {
48 const char *name;
50 /**
51 * short English help text
52 * @todo What about other languages?
54 const char *help;
56 /**
57 * The offset relative to the context structure where the option
58 * value is stored. It should be 0 for named constants.
60 int offset;
61 enum AVOptionType type;
63 /**
64 * the default value for scalar options
66 double default_val;
67 double min; ///< minimum valid value for the option
68 double max; ///< maximum valid value for the option
70 int flags;
71 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM 1 ///< a generic parameter which can be set by the user for muxing or encoding
72 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM 2 ///< a generic parameter which can be set by the user for demuxing or decoding
73 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_METADATA 4 ///< some data extracted or inserted into the file like title, comment, ...
74 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_AUDIO_PARAM 8
75 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM 16
76 #define AV_OPT_FLAG_SUBTITLE_PARAM 32
77 //FIXME think about enc-audio, ... style flags
79 /**
80 * The logical unit to which the option belongs. Non-constant
81 * options and corresponding named constants share the same
82 * unit. May be NULL.
84 const char *unit;
85 } AVOption;
88 const AVOption *av_find_opt(void *obj, const char *name, const char *unit, int mask, int flags);
89 const AVOption *av_set_string(void *obj, const char *name, const char *val);
90 const AVOption *av_set_double(void *obj, const char *name, double n);
91 const AVOption *av_set_q(void *obj, const char *name, AVRational n);
92 const AVOption *av_set_int(void *obj, const char *name, int64_t n);
93 double av_get_double(void *obj, const char *name, const AVOption **o_out);
94 AVRational av_get_q(void *obj, const char *name, const AVOption **o_out);
95 int64_t av_get_int(void *obj, const char *name, const AVOption **o_out);
96 const char *av_get_string(void *obj, const char *name, const AVOption **o_out, char *buf, int buf_len);
97 const AVOption *av_next_option(void *obj, const AVOption *last);
98 int av_opt_show(void *obj, void *av_log_obj);
99 void av_opt_set_defaults(void *s);
100 void av_opt_set_defaults2(void *s, int mask, int flags);
102 #endif /* FFMPEG_OPT_H */