[Libav-user] any way to interrupt avcodec_decode_video2 ?

[Don Moir]

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From: "Hendrik Leppkes" <h.leppkes at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Libav-user] any way to interrupt avcodec_decode_video2 ?


> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Don Moir <donmoir at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Would like to interrupt avcodec_decode_video2 at times like when starting a
>> new seek. Decoding takes the most time of anything I do. Since app is
>> timeline oriented, trying to keep seek time down to minimum and if
>> avcodec_decode_video2 has been called, seems there is no way out until its
>> finished and this decoding time can delay a new seek attempt.
>>
>
> No, you cannot interrupt it.
> You'll have to wait until the current frame finishes decoding.

Could be a callback added to AVCodecContext I suppose and I realize it would take awhile before fully implemented, but could be 
useful.

Not sure if anyone else cares enough though. The decoding can be heavy on slower machines.