avcodec/evc_decoder: Provided support for EVC decoder

- Added EVC decoder wrapper
- Changes in project configuration file and libavcodec Makefile
- Added documentation for xevd wrapper

Signed-off-by: Dawid Kozinski <d.kozinski@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: James Almer <jamrial@gmail.com>

2 files changed, 35 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/doc/decoders.texi b/doc/decoders.texi
index f75364166e..293c82c2ba 100644
--- a/doc/decoders.texi
+++ b/doc/decoders.texi
@@ -130,6 +130,30 @@ Set amount of frame threads to use during decoding. The default value is 0 (auto
 
 @end table
 
+@section libxevd
+
+eXtra-fast Essential Video Decoder (XEVD) MPEG-5 EVC decoder wrapper.
+
+This decoder requires the presence of the libxevd headers and library
+during configuration. You need to explicitly configure the build with
+@option{--enable-libxevd}.
+
+The xevd project website is at @url{https://github.com/mpeg5/xevd}.
+
+@subsection Options
+
+The following options are supported by the libxevd wrapper.
+The xevd-equivalent options or values are listed in parentheses for easy migration.
+
+To get a more accurate and extensive documentation of the libxevd options,
+invoke the command  @code{xevd_app --help} or consult the libxevd documentation.
+
+@table @option
+@item threads (@emph{threads})
+Force to use a specific number of threads
+
+@end table
+
 @section QSV Decoders
 
 The family of Intel QuickSync Video decoders (VC1, MPEG-2, H.264, HEVC,
diff --git a/doc/general_contents.texi b/doc/general_contents.texi
index 58503bb495..8b48fed060 100644
--- a/doc/general_contents.texi
+++ b/doc/general_contents.texi
@@ -351,6 +351,14 @@ Go to @url{https://github.com/mpeg5/xeve} and follow the instructions for
 installing the XEVE library. Then pass @code{--enable-libxeve} to configure to
 enable it.
 
+@section eXtra-fast Essential Video Decoder (XEVD)
+
+FFmpeg can make use of the XEVD library for EVC video decoding.
+
+Go to @url{https://github.com/mpeg5/xevd} and follow the instructions for
+installing the XEVD library. Then pass @code{--enable-libxevd} to configure to
+enable it.
+
 @section ZVBI
 
 ZVBI is a VBI decoding library which can be used by FFmpeg to decode DVB
@@ -606,7 +614,7 @@ library:
 @item raw DTS                   @tab X @tab X
 @item raw DTS-HD                @tab   @tab X
 @item raw E-AC-3                @tab X @tab X
-@item raw EVC                   @tab X @tab
+@item raw EVC                   @tab X @tab X
 @item raw FLAC                  @tab X @tab X
 @item raw GSM                   @tab   @tab X
 @item raw H.261                 @tab X @tab X
@@ -953,8 +961,8 @@ following image formats are supported:
 @item Electronic Arts TQI video  @tab     @tab  X
 @item Escape 124             @tab     @tab  X
 @item Escape 130             @tab     @tab  X
-@item EVC / MPEG-5 Part 1    @tab  E  @tab
-    @tab encoding supported through external library libxeve
+@item EVC / MPEG-5 Part 1    @tab  E  @tab  E
+    @tab encoding and decoding supported through external libraries libxeve and libxevd
 @item FFmpeg video codec #1  @tab  X  @tab  X
     @tab lossless codec (fourcc: FFV1)
 @item Flash Screen Video v1  @tab  X  @tab  X