[Libav-user] Accessing prores_ks codec from api

[Gonzalo]

El 17/03/16 a las 17:00, Gonzalo escribió:
> I would like to access the prores_ks codec from the api as I read it 
> encodes better, but AV_CODEC_ID_PRORES selects the default prores 
> codec.  Can someone walk me thru?
>
To answer myself and for the record, the trick is to use:

codec = avcodec_find_encoder_by_name( "prores_ks" );

or if it fails:

desc = avcodec_descriptor_get_by_name( name );
if (desc)
{
     codec = avcodec_find_encoder( desc->id );
}

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Gonzalo Garramuño
ggarra13 at gmail.com