[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] pkt_pts reordering

[Vladimir Pantelic]

Michael Niedermayer wrote:

> --- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
> +++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
> @@ -998,6 +998,7 @@ typedef struct AVPanScan{
>        * that time,\
>        * the decoder reorders values as needed and sets AVFrame.reordered_opaque\
>        * to exactly one of the values provided by the user through AVCodecContext.reordered_opaque \
> +     * @deprecated in favor of pkt_pts\
>        * - encoding: unused\
>        * - decoding: Read by user.\
>        */\
> @@ -2579,6 +2580,7 @@ typedef struct AVCodecContext {
>       /**
>        * opaque 64bit number (generally a PTS) that will be reordered and
>        * output in AVFrame.reordered_opaque
> +     * @deprecated in favor of pkt_pts
>        * - encoding: unused
>        * - decoding: Set by user.
>        */

Shouldn't we keep a method for the user to attach an arbitrary
*opaque* value to a decoded frame?