[FFmpeg-user] avformat_free_context function is not able to free the stuff that was cached by avcodec_encode_video2

[Nicolas George]

> I am not sure if this should to to the ffmpeg or libavcodec dev mailing
> lists, but here is what I learned today:
> 
> avcodec_encode_video2 has the ability to cache stuff on its own if neede
> (e.g GOP Encoding). Now from my dll application I learned that:
> 
> 
> -) avcodec_encode_video2 seems to cache raw (the input buffer) instead of
> only the encoded packet->data (I expected else), this can be seen by
> checking the growth of memory before and after this function call
> 
> -) avformat_free_context(AVFormatContext outputcontext) did not free the
> memory that the  avcodec_encode_video2 function allocated all over

Does this happen with the ffmpeg command-line tool too? It is regularly
tested for memory leaks. If there is none in the command-line tool, maybe
something is wrong in your program.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George
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