class VideoCodecInitdata

Detailed Description

Initialization data to open a video codec stream.

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The following table contains values that can be set with class VideoCodecInitdata :

Name	Type	Get call
Codec type	VIDEOCODEC_TYPE	GetCodecType
Codec profile	STREAMCODEC_PROFILE	GetCodecProfile
Video formats	std::vector<VIDEOCODEC_FORMAT>	GetVideoFormats
Width	uint32_t	GetWidth
Height	uint32_t	GetHeight
Extra data	const uint8_t*	GetExtraData
Extra data size	unsigned int	GetExtraDataSize
Crypto session	kodi::addon::StreamCryptoSession	GetCryptoSession

Topics
	Value Help

Enumeration Type Documentation

VIDEOCODEC_FORMAT

enum VIDEOCODEC_FORMAT

The video stream representations requested by Kodi.

Enumerator
VIDEOCODEC_FORMAT_UNKNOWN	Unknown types, this is used to declare the end of a list of requested types.
VIDEOCODEC_FORMAT_YV12	YV12 4:2:0 YCrCb planar format.
VIDEOCODEC_FORMAT_I420	These formats are identical to YV12 except that the U and V plane order is reversed.
VIDEOCODEC_FORMAT_MAXFORMATS	The maximum value to use in a list.

VIDEOCODEC_TYPE

enum VIDEOCODEC_TYPE

Video codec types that can be requested from Kodi.

Enumerator
VIDEOCODEC_UNKNOWN	Unknown or other type requested.
VIDEOCODEC_VP8	VP8 video coding format
VIDEOCODEC_H264	Advanced Video Coding (AVC), also referred to as H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10, Advanced Video Coding (MPEG-4 AVC).
VIDEOCODEC_VP9	VP9 video coding format VP9 is the successor to VP8 and competes mainly with MPEG's High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC/H.265).
VIDEOCODEC_AV1	AV1 video coding format AV1 is the successor to VP9 and competes mainly with MPEG's High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC/H.265).

Function Documentation

GetCodecType()

VIDEOCODEC_TYPE GetCodecType ( ) const

inline

The codec type required by Kodi to process the stream.

See VIDEOCODEC_TYPE for possible values.

GetCodecProfile()

STREAMCODEC_PROFILE GetCodecProfile ( ) const

inline

Used profiles for non-scalable 2D video.

GetVideoFormats()

std::vector< VIDEOCODEC_FORMAT > GetVideoFormats ( ) const

inline

The video stream representations requested by Kodi.

This contains a list of the required video formats. One of them has to select the addon to return the created image.

GetWidth()

uint32_t GetWidth ( ) const

inline

Picture width.

GetHeight()

uint32_t GetHeight ( ) const

inline

Picture height.

GetExtraData()

const uint8_t * GetExtraData ( ) const

inline

Depending on the required decoding, additional data given by the stream.

GetExtraDataSize()

unsigned int GetExtraDataSize ( ) const

inline

Size of the data given with extraData.

GetCryptoSession()

kodi::addon::StreamCryptoSession GetCryptoSession ( ) const

inline

Data to manage stream cryptography
To get class structure manages any encryption values required in order to have them available in their stream processing.

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The following table contains values that can be set with cpp_kodi_addon_inputstream_Defs_Info_StreamCryptoSession :

Name	Type	Set call	Get call
Keysystem for encrypted media	STREAM_CRYPTO_KEY_SYSTEM	SetKeySystem	GetKeySystem
Flags for special conditions	uint8_t	SetFlags	GetFlags
Crypto session key id	std::string	SetSessionId	GetSessionId