Merge commit '1c9e8616c535ef496e7ee8a5cbc5e9e972a6977d'

* commit '1c9e8616c535ef496e7ee8a5cbc5e9e972a6977d':
  hwcontext: add a function for opening devices

Merged-by: Hendrik Leppkes <h.leppkes@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext.h b/libavutil/hwcontext.h
index dc8169903b..4e9da0224d 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext.h
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext.h
@@ -242,6 +242,34 @@ AVBufferRef *av_hwdevice_ctx_alloc(enum AVHWDeviceType type);
 int av_hwdevice_ctx_init(AVBufferRef *ref);
 
 /**
+ * Open a device of the specified type and create an AVHWDeviceContext for it.
+ *
+ * This is a convenience function intended to cover the simple cases. Callers
+ * who need to fine-tune device creation/management should open the device
+ * manually and then wrap it in an AVHWDeviceContext using
+ * av_hwdevice_ctx_alloc()/av_hwdevice_ctx_init().
+ *
+ * The returned context is already initialized and ready for use, the caller
+ * should not call av_hwdevice_ctx_init() on it. The user_opaque/free fields of
+ * the created AVHWDeviceContext are set by this function and should not be
+ * touched by the caller.
+ *
+ * @param device_ctx On success, a reference to the newly-created device context
+ *                   will be written here. The reference is owned by the caller
+ *                   and must be released with av_buffer_unref() when no longer
+ *                   needed. On failure, NULL will be written to this pointer.
+ * @param type The type of the device to create.
+ * @param device A type-specific string identifying the device to open.
+ * @param opts A dictionary of additional (type-specific) options to use in
+ *             opening the device. The dictionary remains owned by the caller.
+ * @param flags currently unused
+ *
+ * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR code on failure.
+ */
+int av_hwdevice_ctx_create(AVBufferRef **device_ctx, enum AVHWDeviceType type,
+                           const char *device, AVDictionary *opts, int flags);
+
+/**
  * Allocate an AVHWFramesContext tied to a given device context.
  *
  * @param device_ctx a reference to a AVHWDeviceContext. This function will make