Functions for Encoding

Functions for encoding
You must link to libtheoraenc and libtheoradec if you use any of the functions in this section. The functions are listed in the order they are used in a typical encode. The basic steps are: Fill in a th_info structure with details on the format of the video you wish to encode. Allocate a th_enc_ctx handle with th_encode_alloc(). Perform any additional encoder configuration required with th_encode_ctl(). Repeatedly call th_encode_flushheader() to retrieve all the header packets. For each uncompressed frame: Submit the uncompressed frame via th_encode_ycbcr_in() Repeatedly call th_encode_packetout() to retrieve any video data packets that are ready. Call th_encode_free() to release all encoder memory.
th_enc_ctx *	th_encode_alloc (const th_info *_info)
	Allocates an encoder instance.
int	th_encode_ctl (th_enc_ctx *_enc, int _req, void *_buf, size_t _buf_sz)
	Encoder control function.
int	th_encode_flushheader (th_enc_ctx *_enc, th_comment *_comments, ogg_packet *_op)
	Outputs the next header packet.
int	th_encode_ycbcr_in (th_enc_ctx *_enc, th_ycbcr_buffer _ycbcr)
	Submits an uncompressed frame to the encoder.
int	th_encode_packetout (th_enc_ctx *_enc, int _last, ogg_packet *_op)
	Retrieves encoded video data packets.
void	th_encode_free (th_enc_ctx *_enc)
	Frees an allocated encoder instance.

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Function Documentation

th_enc_ctx* th_encode_alloc

(

const th_info *

_info

)

Allocates an encoder instance.

Parameters:

_info

A th_info struct filled with the desired encoding parameters.

Returns:

The initialized th_enc_ctx handle.

Return values:

NULL

If the encoding parameters were invalid.

int th_encode_ctl	(	th_enc_ctx *	_enc,
		int	_req,
		void *	_buf,
		size_t	_buf_sz
	)

Encoder control function.

This is used to provide advanced control the encoding process.

Parameters:

	_enc	A th_enc_ctx handle.
	_req	The control code to process. See the list of available control codes for details.
	_buf	The parameters for this control code.
	_buf_sz	The size of the parameter buffer.

int th_encode_flushheader	(	th_enc_ctx *	_enc,
		th_comment *	_comments,
		ogg_packet *	_op
	)

Outputs the next header packet.

This should be called repeatedly after encoder initialization until it returns 0 in order to get all of the header packets, in order, before encoding actual video data.

Parameters:

	_enc	A th_enc_ctx handle.
	_comments	The metadata to place in the comment header, when it is encoded.
	_op	An ogg_packet structure to fill. All of the elements of this structure will be set, including a pointer to the header data. The memory for the header data is owned by libtheoraenc, and may be invalidated when the next encoder function is called.

Returns:

A positive value indicates that a header packet was successfully produced.

Return values:

	0	No packet was produced, and no more header packets remain.
	TH_EFAULT	_enc, _comments, or _op was NULL.

void th_encode_free

(

th_enc_ctx *

_enc

)

Frees an allocated encoder instance.

Parameters:

_enc

A th_enc_ctx handle.

int th_encode_packetout	(	th_enc_ctx *	_enc,
		int	_last,
		ogg_packet *	_op
	)

Retrieves encoded video data packets.

This should be called repeatedly after each frame is submitted to flush any encoded packets, until it returns 0. The encoder will not buffer these packets as subsequent frames are compressed, so a failure to do so will result in lost video data.

Note:

Currently the encoder operates in a one-frame-in, one-packet-out manner. However, this may be changed in the future.

Parameters:

	_enc	A th_enc_ctx handle.
	_last	Set this flag to a non-zero value if no more uncompressed frames will be submitted. This ensures that a proper EOS flag is set on the last packet.
	_op	An ogg_packet structure to fill. All of the elements of this structure will be set, including a pointer to the video data. The memory for the video data is owned by libtheoraenc, and may be invalidated when the next encoder function is called.

Returns:

A positive value indicates that a video data packet was successfully produced.

Return values:

	0	No packet was produced, and no more encoded video data remains.
	TH_EFAULT	_enc or _op was NULL.

int th_encode_ycbcr_in	(	th_enc_ctx *	_enc,
		th_ycbcr_buffer	_ycbcr
	)

Submits an uncompressed frame to the encoder.

Parameters:

	_enc	A th_enc_ctx handle.
	_ycbcr	A buffer of Y'CbCr data to encode. If the width and height of the buffer matches the frame size the encoder was initialized with, the encoder will only reference the portion inside the picture region. Any data outside this region will be ignored, and need not map to a valid address. Alternatively, you can pass a buffer equal to the size of the picture region, if this is less than the full frame size. When using subsampled chroma planes, odd picture sizes or odd picture offsets may require an unexpected chroma plane size, and their use is generally discouraged, as they will not be well-supported by players and other media frameworks. See Section 4.4 of the Theora specification for details if you wish to use them anyway.

Return values:

	0	Success.
	TH_EFAULT	_enc or _ycbcr is NULL.
	TH_EINVAL	The buffer size matches neither the frame size nor the picture size the encoder was initialized with, or encoding has already completed.