[FFmpeg-devel] Palette support broken when using avcodec_copy_context

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:37:12PM +0200, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote:
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> Le 30 juil. 2010 ? 11:05, Reimar D?ffinger a ?crit :
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> > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:48:08AM +0200, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote:
> >> I have a problem with the palette support. Actually, the palctrl field in AVCodecContext is allocated and free by the demuxers (mov.c for example).
> >> If you use avcodec_copy_context, this field is set to NULL and so, the decoder crash when it try to access it. 
> >> As this field is managed by the demuxer, it's not possible to copy it in avcodec_copy_context, else it will leaks (the demuxer will never free it).
> >> 
> >> Has someone any idea about how to fix that ? 
> > 
> > Yes, get rid of it. It is deprecated because it simply doesn't and can't work right.
> > You should be able to find some old patches for this around (I think over a year ago).
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> Do you mean in the endless " [RFC] WC3 decoder without AVPaletteControl" discussion that ended without solution ? 

Probably yes.