lavc: Clarify the behaviour of dimension and format context fields
The AVCodecContext width, height, coded_width, coded_height and format are used mainly as decoding hints and they get internally overwritten during the data parsing stage. Do not assume they match the last AVFrame provided by avcodec_decode_video2 and assimilated functions since multi-threading and other frame reordering might make those values to refer to frames that will be outputted in the future. CC: libav-stable@libav.org
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				| @ -1217,21 +1217,31 @@ typedef struct AVCodecContext { | |||||||
|     /* video only */ |     /* video only */ | ||||||
|     /**
 |     /**
 | ||||||
|      * picture width / height. |      * picture width / height. | ||||||
|  |      * | ||||||
|  |      * @note Those fields may not match the values of the last | ||||||
|  |      * AVFrame outputted by avcodec_decode_video2 due frame | ||||||
|  |      * reordering. | ||||||
|  |      * | ||||||
|      * - encoding: MUST be set by user. |      * - encoding: MUST be set by user. | ||||||
|      * - decoding: May be set by the user before opening the decoder if known e.g. |      * - decoding: May be set by the user before opening the decoder if known e.g. | ||||||
|      *             from the container. Some decoders will require the dimensions |      *             from the container. Some decoders will require the dimensions | ||||||
|      *             to be set by the caller. During decoding, the decoder may |      *             to be set by the caller. During decoding, the decoder may | ||||||
|      *             overwrite those values as required. |      *             overwrite those values as required while parsing the data. | ||||||
|      */ |      */ | ||||||
|     int width, height; |     int width, height; | ||||||
| 
 | 
 | ||||||
|     /**
 |     /**
 | ||||||
|      * Bitstream width / height, may be different from width/height e.g. when |      * Bitstream width / height, may be different from width/height e.g. when | ||||||
|      * the decoded frame is cropped before being output. |      * the decoded frame is cropped before being output. | ||||||
|  |      * | ||||||
|  |      * @note Those field may not match the value of the last | ||||||
|  |      * AVFrame outputted by avcodec_decode_video2 due frame | ||||||
|  |      * reordering. | ||||||
|  |      * | ||||||
|      * - encoding: unused |      * - encoding: unused | ||||||
|      * - decoding: May be set by the user before opening the decoder if known |      * - decoding: May be set by the user before opening the decoder if known | ||||||
|      *             e.g. from the container. During decoding, the decoder may |      *             e.g. from the container. During decoding, the decoder may | ||||||
|      *             overwrite those values as required. |      *             overwrite those values as required while parsing the data. | ||||||
|      */ |      */ | ||||||
|     int coded_width, coded_height; |     int coded_width, coded_height; | ||||||
| 
 | 
 | ||||||
| @ -1250,8 +1260,14 @@ typedef struct AVCodecContext { | |||||||
|      * Pixel format, see AV_PIX_FMT_xxx. |      * Pixel format, see AV_PIX_FMT_xxx. | ||||||
|      * May be set by the demuxer if known from headers. |      * May be set by the demuxer if known from headers. | ||||||
|      * May be overriden by the decoder if it knows better. |      * May be overriden by the decoder if it knows better. | ||||||
|  |      * | ||||||
|  |      * @note This field may not match the value of the last | ||||||
|  |      * AVFrame outputted by avcodec_decode_video2 due frame | ||||||
|  |      * reordering. | ||||||
|  |      * | ||||||
|      * - encoding: Set by user. |      * - encoding: Set by user. | ||||||
|      * - decoding: Set by user if known, overridden by libavcodec if known |      * - decoding: Set by user if known, overridden by libavcodec while | ||||||
|  |      *             parsing the data. | ||||||
|      */ |      */ | ||||||
|     enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt; |     enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt; | ||||||
| 
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