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author | Nathan Caldwell <saintdev@gmail.com> | 2012-09-28 08:41:24 +0400 |
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committer | Diego Biurrun <diego@biurrun.de> | 2012-09-28 12:50:07 +0400 |
commit | e4aa3831b7eda41c51a369f5b98d0a6e76fbbcc7 (patch) | |
tree | ac24a0cd4144dbcc233711dbf53738f81ad34c44 /libavcodec/avcodec.h | |
parent | 4dc8c8386eef942dba35c4f2fb3210e22b511a5b (diff) |
avcodec: document the use of AVCodecContext.delay for audio decoding
Signed-off-by: Diego Biurrun <diego@biurrun.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'libavcodec/avcodec.h')
-rw-r--r-- | libavcodec/avcodec.h | 17 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h index a7aec4e949..59fff22194 100644 --- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h +++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h @@ -1449,15 +1449,18 @@ typedef struct AVCodecContext { * encoded input. * * Audio: - * Number of "priming" samples added to the beginning of the stream - * during encoding. The decoded output will be delayed by this many - * samples relative to the input to the encoder. Note that this field is - * purely informational and does not directly affect the pts output by - * the encoder, which should always be based on the actual presentation - * time, including any delay. + * For encoding, this is the number of "priming" samples added to the + * beginning of the stream. The decoded output will be delayed by this + * many samples relative to the input to the encoder. Note that this + * field is purely informational and does not directly affect the pts + * output by the encoder, which should always be based on the actual + * presentation time, including any delay. + * For decoding, this is the number of samples the decoder needs to + * output before the decoder's output is valid. When seeking, you should + * start decoding this many samples prior to your desired seek point. * * - encoding: Set by libavcodec. - * - decoding: unused + * - decoding: Set by libavcodec. */ int delay; |