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This flag was added in 492026209b9b58eaf6d2ea56423f6b1e1a8a76a5 in conjunction with av_demuxer_open() to allow to pass private options to demuxers. It worked as follows: av_open_input_stream() (the predecessor of avformat_open_input()) would not call the read_header function if this flag is set. Instead the user could set private options of the demuxer via the format's private class after avformat_open_input() and then call av_demuxer_open() which called the format's read_header function. This approach was abandoned in e37f161e66e042d6c2c7470c4d9881df9427fc4a and av_demuxer_open() deprecated; instead the AVDictionary based way of passing private options to the demuxer was choosen. Yet AVFMT_FLAG_PRIV_OPT has never been deprecated and av_demuxer_open() never removed. This commit implements the deprecation of the flag and schedules av_demuxer_open for removal on the next major bump. Given that av_demuxer_open() has been deprecated in 2012 and that this flag is useless without it, the flag will be ignored after the next major version bump. Signed-off-by: Andreas Rheinhardt <andreas.rheinhardt@gmail.com>
FFmpeg README
FFmpeg is a collection of libraries and tools to process multimedia content such as audio, video, subtitles and related metadata.
Libraries
libavcodecprovides implementation of a wider range of codecs.libavformatimplements streaming protocols, container formats and basic I/O access.libavutilincludes hashers, decompressors and miscellaneous utility functions.libavfilterprovides a mean to alter decoded Audio and Video through chain of filters.libavdeviceprovides an abstraction to access capture and playback devices.libswresampleimplements audio mixing and resampling routines.libswscaleimplements color conversion and scaling routines.
Tools
- ffmpeg is a command line toolbox to manipulate, convert and stream multimedia content.
- ffplay is a minimalistic multimedia player.
- ffprobe is a simple analysis tool to inspect multimedia content.
- Additional small tools such as
aviocat,ismindexandqt-faststart.
Documentation
The offline documentation is available in the doc/ directory.
The online documentation is available in the main website and in the wiki.
Examples
Coding examples are available in the doc/examples directory.
License
FFmpeg codebase is mainly LGPL-licensed with optional components licensed under GPL. Please refer to the LICENSE file for detailed information.
Contributing
Patches should be submitted to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list using
git format-patch or git send-email. Github pull requests should be
avoided because they are not part of our review process and will be ignored.