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diff --git a/thirdparty/libtheora/theora/codec.h b/thirdparty/libtheora/theora/codec.h index 5c2669630c..29b8602325 100644 --- a/thirdparty/libtheora/theora/codec.h +++ b/thirdparty/libtheora/theora/codec.h @@ -16,11 +16,12 @@ ********************************************************************/ /**\mainpage - * + * * \section intro Introduction * - * This is the documentation for <tt>libtheora</tt> C API. - * The current reference + * This is the documentation for the <tt>libtheora</tt> C API. + * + * The \c libtheora package is the current reference * implementation for <a href="http://www.theora.org/">Theora</a>, a free, * patent-unencumbered video codec. * Theora is derived from On2's VP3 codec with additional features and @@ -30,29 +31,31 @@ * <a href="http://www.theora.org/doc/Theora.pdf">the Theora * specification</a>. * - * \subsection Organization + * \section Organization * - * The functions documented here are actually subdivided into three + * The functions documented here are divided between two * separate libraries: - * - <tt>libtheoraenc</tt> contains the encoder interface, + * - \c libtheoraenc contains the encoder interface, * described in \ref encfuncs. - * - <tt>libtheoradec</tt> contains the decoder interface and - * routines shared with the encoder. - * You must also link to this if you link to <tt>libtheoraenc</tt>. - * The routines in this library are described in \ref decfuncs and - * \ref basefuncs. - * - <tt>libtheora</tt> contains the \ref oldfuncs. + * - \c libtheoradec contains the decoder interface, + * described in \ref decfuncs, \n + * and additional \ref basefuncs. + * + * New code should link to \c libtheoradec. If using encoder + * features, it must also link to \c libtheoraenc. * - * New code should link to <tt>libtheoradec</tt> and, if using encoder - * features, <tt>libtheoraenc</tt>. Together these two export both - * the standard and the legacy API, so this is all that is needed by - * any code. The older <tt>libtheora</tt> library is provided just for - * compatibility with older build configurations. + * During initial development, prior to the 1.0 release, + * \c libtheora exported a different \ref oldfuncs which + * combined both encode and decode functions. + * In general, legacy API symbols can be indentified + * by their \c theora_ or \c OC_ namespace prefixes. + * The current API uses \c th_ or \c TH_ instead. * - * In general the recommended 1.x API symbols can be distinguished - * by their <tt>th_</tt> or <tt>TH_</tt> namespace prefix. - * The older, legacy API uses <tt>theora_</tt> or <tt>OC_</tt> - * prefixes instead. + * While deprecated, \c libtheoraenc and \c libtheoradec + * together export the legacy api as well at the one documented above. + * Likewise, the legacy \c libtheora included with this package + * exports the new 1.x API. Older code and build scripts can therefore + * but updated independently to the current scheme. */ /**\file @@ -168,7 +171,7 @@ typedef struct{ typedef th_img_plane th_ycbcr_buffer[3]; /**Theora bitstream information. - * This contains the basic playback parameters for a stream, and corresponds to + * This contains the basic playback parameters for a stream, and corresponds to * the initial 'info' header packet. * To initialize an encoder, the application fills in this structure and * passes it to th_encode_alloc(). @@ -317,7 +320,7 @@ typedef struct{ * In filling in this structure, th_decode_headerin() will null-terminate * the user_comment strings for safety. * However, the bitstream format itself treats them as 8-bit clean vectors, - * possibly containing null characters, and so the length array should be + * possibly containing null characters, so the length array should be * treated as their authoritative length. */ typedef struct th_comment{ @@ -448,7 +451,13 @@ typedef struct{ /**\defgroup basefuncs Functions Shared by Encode and Decode*/ /*@{*/ -/**\name Basic shared functions*/ +/**\name Basic shared functions + * These functions return information about the library itself, + * or provide high-level information about codec state + * and packet type. + * + * You must link to \c libtheoradec if you use any of the + * functions in this section.*/ /*@{*/ /**Retrieves a human-readable string to identify the library vendor and * version. @@ -510,7 +519,12 @@ extern int th_packet_iskeyframe(ogg_packet *_op); /*@}*/ -/**\name Functions for manipulating header data*/ +/**\name Functions for manipulating header data + * These functions manipulate the #th_info and #th_comment structures + * which describe video parameters and key-value metadata, respectively. + * + * You must link to \c libtheoradec if you use any of the + * functions in this section.*/ /*@{*/ /**Initializes a th_info structure. * This should be called on a freshly allocated #th_info structure before @@ -537,7 +551,7 @@ extern void th_comment_init(th_comment *_tc); * \param _tc The #th_comment struct to add the comment to. * \param _comment Must be a null-terminated UTF-8 string containing the * comment in "TAG=the value" form.*/ -extern void th_comment_add(th_comment *_tc, char *_comment); +extern void th_comment_add(th_comment *_tc,const char *_comment); /**Add a comment to an initialized #th_comment structure. * \note Neither th_comment_add() nor th_comment_add_tag() support * comments containing null values, although the bitstream format does @@ -545,10 +559,11 @@ extern void th_comment_add(th_comment *_tc, char *_comment); * To add such comments you will need to manipulate the #th_comment * structure directly. * \param _tc The #th_comment struct to add the comment to. - * \param _tag A null-terminated string containing the tag associated with + * \param _tag A null-terminated string containing the tag associated with * the comment. * \param _val The corresponding value as a null-terminated string.*/ -extern void th_comment_add_tag(th_comment *_tc,char *_tag,char *_val); +extern void th_comment_add_tag(th_comment *_tc,const char *_tag, + const char *_val); /**Look up a comment value by its tag. * \param _tc An initialized #th_comment structure. * \param _tag The tag to look up. @@ -564,15 +579,15 @@ extern void th_comment_add_tag(th_comment *_tc,char *_tag,char *_val); * It should not be modified or freed by the application, and * modifications to the structure may invalidate the pointer. * \retval NULL If no matching tag is found.*/ -extern char *th_comment_query(th_comment *_tc,char *_tag,int _count); +extern char *th_comment_query(th_comment *_tc,const char *_tag,int _count); /**Look up the number of instances of a tag. * Call this first when querying for a specific tag and then iterate over the * number of instances with separate calls to th_comment_query() to * retrieve all the values for that tag in order. * \param _tc An initialized #th_comment structure. * \param _tag The tag to look up. - * \return The number on instances of this particular tag.*/ -extern int th_comment_query_count(th_comment *_tc,char *_tag); + * \return The number of instances of this particular tag.*/ +extern int th_comment_query_count(th_comment *_tc,const char *_tag); /**Clears a #th_comment structure. * This should be called on a #th_comment structure after it is no longer * needed. |