[FFmpeg-cvslog] r17525 - trunk/libavutil/avutil.h

[michael]

Author: michael
Date: Sun Feb 22 14:48:25 2009
New Revision: 17525

Log:
Add note about big vs. little endian.

Modified:
   trunk/libavutil/avutil.h

Modified: trunk/libavutil/avutil.h
==============================================================================
--- trunk/libavutil/avutil.h	Sun Feb 22 12:35:32 2009	(r17524)
+++ trunk/libavutil/avutil.h	Sun Feb 22 14:48:25 2009	(r17525)
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ unsigned avutil_version(void);
  * For all the 8bit per pixel formats, an RGB32 palette is in data[1] like
  * for pal8. This palette is filled in automatically by the function
  * allocating the picture.
+ *
+ * Note, make sure that all newly added big endian formats have pix_fmt&1==1
+ *       and that all newly added little endian formats have pix_fmt&1==0
+ *       this allows simpler detection of big vs little endian.
  */
 enum PixelFormat {
     PIX_FMT_NONE= -1,