avdevice.h

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#ifndef AVDEVICE_AVDEVICE_H
#define AVDEVICE_AVDEVICE_H

#include "version.h"

/**
 * @file
 * @ingroup lavd
 * Main libavdevice API header
 */

/**
 * @defgroup lavd Special devices muxing/demuxing library
 * @{
 * Libavdevice is a complementary library to @ref libavf "libavformat". It
 * provides various "special" platform-specific muxers and demuxers, e.g. for
 * grabbing devices, audio capture and playback etc. As a consequence, the
 * (de)muxers in libavdevice are of the AVFMT_NOFILE type (they use their own
 * I/O functions). The filename passed to avformat_open_input() often does not
 * refer to an actually existing file, but has some special device-specific
 * meaning - e.g. for x11grab it is the display name.
 *
 * To use libavdevice, simply call avdevice_register_all() to register all
 * compiled muxers and demuxers. They all use standard libavformat API.
 * @}
 */

#include "libavformat/avformat.h"

/**
 * Return the LIBAVDEVICE_VERSION_INT constant.
 */
unsigned avdevice_version(void);

/**
 * Return the libavdevice build-time configuration.
 */
const char *avdevice_configuration(void);

/**
 * Return the libavdevice license.
 */
const char *avdevice_license(void);

/**
 * Initialize libavdevice and register all the input and output devices.
 * @warning This function is not thread safe.
 */
void avdevice_register_all(void);

typedef struct AVDeviceRect {
    int x;      /**< x coordinate of top left corner */
    int y;      /**< y coordinate of top left corner */
    int width;  /**< width */
    int height; /**< height */
} AVDeviceRect;

/**
 * Message types used by avdevice_app_to_dev_control_message().
 */
enum AVAppToDevMessageType {
    /**
     * Dummy message.
     */
    AV_APP_TO_DEV_NONE = MKBETAG('N','O','N','E'),

    /**
     * Window size change message.
     *
     * Message is sent to the device every time the application changes the size
     * of the window device renders to.
     * Message should also be sent right after window is created.
     *
     * data: AVDeviceRect: new window size.
     */
    AV_APP_TO_DEV_WINDOW_SIZE = MKBETAG('G','E','O','M'),

    /**
     * Repaint request message.
     *
     * Message is sent to the device when window have to be rapainted.
     *
     * data: AVDeviceRect: area required to be repainted.
     *       NULL: whole area is required to be repainted.
     */
    AV_APP_TO_DEV_WINDOW_REPAINT = MKBETAG('R','E','P','A')
};

/**
 * Message types used by avdevice_dev_to_app_control_message().
 */
enum AVDevToAppMessageType {
    /**
     * Dummy message.
     */
    AV_DEV_TO_APP_NONE = MKBETAG('N','O','N','E'),

    /**
     * Create window buffer message.
     *
     * Device requests to create a window buffer. Exact meaning is device-
     * and application-dependent. Message is sent before rendering first
     * frame and all one-shot initializations should be done here.
     * Application is allowed to ignore preferred window buffer size.
     *
     * @note: Application is obligated to inform about window buffer size
     *        with AV_APP_TO_DEV_WINDOW_SIZE message.
     *
     * data: AVDeviceRect: preferred size of the window buffer.
     *       NULL: no preferred size of the window buffer.
     */
    AV_DEV_TO_APP_CREATE_WINDOW_BUFFER = MKBETAG('B','C','R','E'),

    /**
     * Prepare window buffer message.
     *
     * Device requests to prepare a window buffer for rendering.
     * Exact meaning is device- and application-dependent.
     * Message is sent before rendering of each frame.
     *
     * data: NULL.
     */
    AV_DEV_TO_APP_PREPARE_WINDOW_BUFFER = MKBETAG('B','P','R','E'),

    /**
     * Display window buffer message.
     *
     * Device requests to display a window buffer.
     * Message is sent when new frame is ready to be displyed.
     * Usually buffers need to be swapped in handler of this message.
     *
     * data: NULL.
     */
    AV_DEV_TO_APP_DISPLAY_WINDOW_BUFFER = MKBETAG('B','D','I','S'),

    /**
     * Destroy window buffer message.
     *
     * Device requests to destroy a window buffer.
     * Message is sent when device is about to be destroyed and window
     * buffer is not required anymore.
     *
     * data: NULL.
     */
    AV_DEV_TO_APP_DESTROY_WINDOW_BUFFER = MKBETAG('B','D','E','S')
};

/**
 * Send control message from application to device.
 *
 * @param s         device context.
 * @param type      message type.
 * @param data      message data. Exact type depends on message type.
 * @param data_size size of message data.
 * @return >= 0 on success, negative on error.
 *         AVERROR(ENOSYS) when device doesn't implement handler of the message.
 */
int avdevice_app_to_dev_control_message(struct AVFormatContext *s,
                                        enum AVAppToDevMessageType type,
                                        void *data, size_t data_size);

/**
 * Send control message from device to application.
 *
 * @param s         device context.
 * @param type      message type.
 * @param data      message data. Can be NULL.
 * @param data_size size of message data.
 * @return >= 0 on success, negative on error.
 *         AVERROR(ENOSYS) when application doesn't implement handler of the message.
 */
int avdevice_dev_to_app_control_message(struct AVFormatContext *s,
                                        enum AVDevToAppMessageType type,
                                        void *data, size_t data_size);

/**
 * Structure describes basic parameters of the device.
 */
typedef struct AVDeviceInfo {
    char *device_name;                   /**< device name, format depends on device */
    char *device_description;            /**< human friendly name */
} AVDeviceInfo;

/**
 * List of devices.
 */
typedef struct AVDeviceInfoList {
    AVDeviceInfo **devices;              /**< list of autodetected devices */
    int nb_devices;                      /**< number of autodetected devices */
    int default_device;                  /**< index of default device or -1 if no default */
} AVDeviceInfoList;

/**
 * List devices.
 *
 * Returns available device names and their parameters.
 *
 * @note: Some devices may accept system-dependent device names that cannot be
 *        autodetected. The list returned by this function cannot be assumed to
 *        be always completed.
 *
 * @param s                device context.
 * @param[out] device_list list of autodetected devices.
 * @return count of autodetected devices, negative on error.
 */
int avdevice_list_devices(struct AVFormatContext *s, AVDeviceInfoList **device_list);

/**
 * Convinient function to free result of avdevice_list_devices().
 *
 * @param devices device list to be freed.
 */
void avdevice_free_list_devices(AVDeviceInfoList **device_list);

#endif /* AVDEVICE_AVDEVICE_H */