[FFmpeg-devel] sws_Context

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 05:58:53PM +0000, C Chatterjee wrote:
> 
> I am working with MJPEG 422.
> I noticed the following issues:
> 1. Color conversion from 422 to 420 with sws_Context using SINC filter causes color artifacts.

do not use SINC


> 2. sws_Contexts have memory allocation. In ffmpeg cmdutils.c init_opts() we do:
>     sws_opts = sws_getContext(16, 16, 0, 16, 16, 0, SWS_BICUBIC, NULL, NULL, NULL);
>     and in uninit_opts() we do:
>     av_freep(&sws_opts);

no, uninit_opts() uses sws_freeContext()

>     Are we freeing all memories allocated?
>    See ff_yuv2rgb_c_init_tables() where we do c->yuvTable = av_malloc(1024*3);


> 3. Is sws_Context non-reentrant due to global variables?

There exists nothing with this name in ffmpeg.
If you talk about libswscale, its possible to create multiple contexts
and use them from multiple threads at the same time.

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Rewriting code that is poorly written but fully understood is good.
Rewriting code that one doesnt understand is a sign that one is less smart
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