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diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 15ca871b59..8c76c9f908 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -3534,6 +3534,16 @@ typedef struct AVHWAccel {
int caps_internal;
/**
+ * Fill the given hw_frames context with current codec parameters. Called
+ * from get_format. Refer to avcodec_get_hw_frames_parameters() for
+ * details.
+ *
+ * This CAN be called before AVHWAccel.init is called, and you must assume
+ * that avctx->hwaccel_priv_data is invalid.
+ */
+ int (*frame_params)(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVBufferRef *hw_frames_ctx);
+
+ /**
* Some hwaccels are ambiguous if only the id and pix_fmt fields are used.
* If non-NULL, the associated AVCodec must have
* FF_CODEC_CAP_HWACCEL_REQUIRE_CLASS set.
@@ -4674,6 +4684,109 @@ int avcodec_send_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, const AVFrame *frame);
*/
int avcodec_receive_packet(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *avpkt);
+/**
+ * Create and return a AVHWFramesContext with values adequate for hardware
+ * decoding. This is meant to get called from the get_format callback, and is
+ * a helper for preparing a AVHWFramesContext for AVCodecContext.hw_frames_ctx.
+ * This API is for decoding with certain hardware acceleration modes/APIs only.
+ *
+ * The returned AVHWFramesContext is not initialized. The caller must do this
+ * with av_hwframe_ctx_init().
+ *
+ * Calling this function is not a requirement, but makes it simpler to avoid
+ * codec or hardware API specific details when manually allocating frames.
+ *
+ * Alternatively to this, an API user can set AVCodecContext.hw_device_ctx,
+ * which sets up AVCodecContext.hw_frames_ctx fully automatically, and makes
+ * it unnecessary to call this function or having to care about
+ * AVHWFramesContext initialization at all.
+ *
+ * There are a number of requirements for calling this function:
+ *
+ * - It must be called from get_format with the same avctx parameter that was
+ * passed to get_format. Calling it outside of get_format is not allowed, and
+ * can trigger undefined behavior.
+ * - The function is not always supported (see description of return values).
+ * Even if this function returns successfully, hwaccel initialization could
+ * fail later. (The degree to which implementations check whether the stream
+ * is actually supported varies. Some do this check only after the user's
+ * get_format callback returns.)
+ * - The hw_pix_fmt must be one of the choices suggested by get_format. If the
+ * user decides to use a AVHWFramesContext prepared with this API function,
+ * the user must return the same hw_pix_fmt from get_format.
+ * - The device_ref passed to this function must support the given hw_pix_fmt.
+ * - After calling this API function, it is the user's responsibility to
+ * initialize the AVHWFramesContext (returned by the out_frames_ref parameter),
+ * and to set AVCodecContext.hw_frames_ctx to it. If done, this must be done
+ * before returning from get_format (this is implied by the normal
+ * AVCodecContext.hw_frames_ctx API rules).
+ * - The AVHWFramesContext parameters may change every time time get_format is
+ * called. Also, AVCodecContext.hw_frames_ctx is reset before get_format. So
+ * you are inherently required to go through this process again on every
+ * get_format call.
+ * - It is perfectly possible to call this function without actually using
+ * the resulting AVHWFramesContext. One use-case might be trying to reuse a
+ * previously initialized AVHWFramesContext, and calling this API function
+ * only to test whether the required frame parameters have changed.
+ * - Fields that use dynamically allocated values of any kind must not be set
+ * by the user unless setting them is explicitly allowed by the documentation.
+ * If the user sets AVHWFramesContext.free and AVHWFramesContext.user_opaque,
+ * the new free callback must call the potentially set previous free callback.
+ * This API call may set any dynamically allocated fields, including the free
+ * callback.
+ *
+ * The function will set at least the following fields on AVHWFramesContext
+ * (potentially more, depending on hwaccel API):
+ *
+ * - All fields set by av_hwframe_ctx_alloc().
+ * - Set the format field to hw_pix_fmt.
+ * - Set the sw_format field to the most suited and most versatile format. (An
+ * implication is that this will prefer generic formats over opaque formats
+ * with arbitrary restrictions, if possible.)
+ * - Set the width/height fields to the coded frame size, rounded up to the
+ * API-specific minimum alignment.
+ * - Only _if_ the hwaccel requires a pre-allocated pool: set the initial_pool_size
+ * field to the number of maximum reference surfaces possible with the codec,
+ * plus 1 surface for the user to work (meaning the user can safely reference
+ * at most 1 decoded surface at a time), plus additional buffering introduced
+ * by frame threading. If the hwaccel does not require pre-allocation, the
+ * field is left to 0, and the decoder will allocate new surfaces on demand
+ * during decoding.
+ * - Possibly AVHWFramesContext.hwctx fields, depending on the underlying
+ * hardware API.
+ *
+ * Essentially, out_frames_ref returns the same as av_hwframe_ctx_alloc(), but
+ * with basic frame parameters set.
+ *
+ * The function is stateless, and does not change the AVCodecContext or the
+ * device_ref AVHWDeviceContext.
+ *
+ * @param avctx The context which is currently calling get_format, and which
+ * implicitly contains all state needed for filling the returned
+ * AVHWFramesContext properly.
+ * @param device_ref A reference to the AVHWDeviceContext describing the device
+ * which will be used by the hardware decoder.
+ * @param hw_pix_fmt The hwaccel format you are going to return from get_format.
+ * @param out_frames_ref On success, set to a reference to an _uninitialized_
+ * AVHWFramesContext, created from the given device_ref.
+ * Fields will be set to values required for decoding.
+ * Not changed if an error is returned.
+ * @return zero on success, a negative value on error. The following error codes
+ * have special semantics:
+ * AVERROR(ENOENT): the decoder does not support this functionality. Setup
+ * is always manual, or it is a decoder which does not
+ * support setting AVCodecContext.hw_frames_ctx at all,
+ * or it is a software format.
+ * AVERROR(EINVAL): it is known that hardware decoding is not supported for
+ * this configuration, or the device_ref is not supported
+ * for the hwaccel referenced by hw_pix_fmt.
+ */
+int avcodec_get_hw_frames_parameters(AVCodecContext *avctx,
+ AVBufferRef *device_ref,
+ enum AVPixelFormat hw_pix_fmt,
+ AVBufferRef **out_frames_ref);
+
+
/**
* @defgroup lavc_parsing Frame parsing