libvlc_picture.h

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/*****************************************************************************
 * libvlc_picture.h:  libvlc external API
 *****************************************************************************
 * Copyright (C) 2018 VLC authors and VideoLAN
 *
 * Authors: Hugo Beauzée-Luyssen <hugo@beauzee.fr>
 *
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#ifndef VLC_LIBVLC_PICTURE_H
#define VLC_LIBVLC_PICTURE_H 1

# ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
# endif

typedef struct libvlc_picture_t libvlc_picture_t;

typedef enum libvlc_picture_type_t
{
    libvlc_picture_Argb,
    libvlc_picture_Png,
    libvlc_picture_Jpg,
} libvlc_picture_type_t;

/**
 * Increment the reference count of this picture.
 *
 * \see libvlc_picture_release()
 * \param pic A picture object
 */
LIBVLC_API void
libvlc_picture_retain( libvlc_picture_t* pic );

/**
 * Decrement the reference count of this picture.
 * When the reference count reaches 0, the picture will be released.
 * The picture must not be accessed after calling this function.
 *
 * \see libvlc_picture_retain
 * \param pic A picture object
 */
LIBVLC_API void
libvlc_picture_release( libvlc_picture_t* pic );

/**
 * Saves this picture to a file. The image format is the same as the one
 * returned by \link libvlc_picture_type \endlink
 *
 * \param pic A picture object
 * \param path The path to the generated file
 * \return 0 in case of success, -1 otherwise
 */
LIBVLC_API int
libvlc_picture_save( const libvlc_picture_t* pic, const char* path );

/**
 * Returns the image internal buffer, including potential padding.
 * The libvlc_picture_t owns the returned buffer, which must not be modified nor
 * freed.
 *
 * \param pic A picture object
 * \param size A pointer to a size_t that will hold the size of the buffer [required]
 * \return A pointer to the internal buffer.
 */
LIBVLC_API const unsigned char*
libvlc_picture_get_buffer( const libvlc_picture_t* pic, size_t *size );

/**
 * Returns the picture type
 *
 * \param pic A picture object
 * \see libvlc_picture_type_t
 */
LIBVLC_API libvlc_picture_type_t
libvlc_picture_type( const libvlc_picture_t* pic );

/**
 * Returns the image stride, ie. the number of bytes per line.
 * This can only be called on images of type libvlc_picture_Argb
 *
 * \param pic A picture object
 */
LIBVLC_API unsigned int
libvlc_picture_get_stride( const libvlc_picture_t* pic );

/**
 * Returns the width of the image in pixels
 *
 * \param pic A picture object
 */
LIBVLC_API unsigned int
libvlc_picture_get_width( const libvlc_picture_t* pic );

/**
 * Returns the height of the image in pixels
 *
 * \param pic A picture object
 */
LIBVLC_API unsigned int
libvlc_picture_get_height( const libvlc_picture_t* pic );

/**
 * Returns the time at which this picture was generated, in milliseconds
 * \param pic A picture object
 */
LIBVLC_API libvlc_time_t
libvlc_picture_get_time( const libvlc_picture_t* pic );

# ifdef __cplusplus
}
# endif

#endif // VLC_LIBVLC_PICTURE_H