[Ffmpeg-devel] List of output formats/codecs?

[Ian Gowen]

Excellent, this is exactly what I need. Thanks Martin :)

--Ian

On 6/29/05, Martin Boehme <boehme at inb.uni-luebeck.de> wrote:
> Hi Ian,
> 
> > Howdy, I'm working on integrating FFMpeg into another application, and I
> > was wondering if there is a way to get a list of usable output formats and
> > encoders at runtime,
> 
> first_avcodec (declared in avcodec.h) points to a linked list of codecs.
> Similarly, first_iformat and first_oformat (declared in avformat.h)
> point to linked lists of input and output formats. For examples of how
> to walk these lists, see the code for avcodec_find_encoder()
> (libavcodec/utils.c), av_find_input_format() and guess_format() (both
> libavformat/utils.c).
> 
> > and possibly(this is probably a long shot) what pixel
> > formats are valid with the combination of an encoder/container.
> 
> The pix_fmts element of the AVCodec structure points to an array of
> pixel formats supported by the codec -- for most codecs, this is
> PIX_FMT_YUV420P.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Martin
> 
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