[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 3/3] avcodec/internal: Document how to avoid the internal->byte_buffer with ff_alloc_packet2()

[Michael Niedermayer]

Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at>
---
 libavcodec/internal.h |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libavcodec/internal.h b/libavcodec/internal.h
index 2feb68b..c410f8b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/internal.h
+++ b/libavcodec/internal.h
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ int avpriv_unlock_avformat(void);
  * or allocated in this function.
  *
  * @param avctx   the AVCodecContext of the encoder
+ *                this can be set to NULL to avoid the use of internal->byte_buffer
+ *                in the allocation algorithm. When the final used size is well
+ *                known it is more efficient to not use internal->byte_buffer.
  * @param avpkt   the AVPacket
  *                If avpkt->data is already set, avpkt->size is checked
  *                to ensure it is large enough.
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