[FFmpeg-user] Alter YUV values of AVFrames

[Mike Scheutzow]

killkenny64 wrote:
> I'm trying to apply an effect to a video by altering the YUV values using
> FFMpeg programmatically in C.
> 
> ...
> 
> Why are the other frames effected when I only change the AVFrame->data of
> the first frame?
> 
> I tried again by changing all the Y, U and V values in AVFrame->data to 0
> for only the first frame.
> 

You must treat the AVFrame as read-only. AVFrame->data often points to 
the actual reference frame memory used internally by the decoder.

You must make a deep copy of AVFrame->data before modifying it, and pass 
that to the next step.


Mike Scheutzow