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    /*
    
     * filter layer
    
     * Copyright (c) 2007 Bobby Bingham
    
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     *
     * This file is part of FFmpeg.
     *
     * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
     * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
     * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
     *
     * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
     * Lesser General Public License for more details.
     *
     * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
     * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
     * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
     */
    
    
    #ifndef AVFILTER_AVFILTER_H
    #define AVFILTER_AVFILTER_H
    
    /**
     * @file
     * @ingroup lavfi
    
     * Main libavfilter public API header
    
     * @defgroup lavfi libavfilter
     * Graph-based frame editing library.
     *
    
    #include "libavutil/attributes.h"
    
    #include "libavutil/buffer.h"
    
    #include "libavutil/dict.h"
    
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    #include "libavutil/frame.h"
    
    #include "libavutil/log.h"
    
    #include "libavutil/samplefmt.h"
    
    #include "libavutil/pixfmt.h"
    
    #include "libavutil/rational.h"
    
    #include "libavfilter/version.h"
    
    
     * Return the LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_INT constant.
    
     */
    unsigned avfilter_version(void);
    
    
     * Return the libavfilter build-time configuration.
    
    const char *avfilter_configuration(void);
    
     * Return the libavfilter license.
    
    const char *avfilter_license(void);
    
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    typedef struct AVFilterContext AVFilterContext;
    typedef struct AVFilterLink    AVFilterLink;
    typedef struct AVFilterPad     AVFilterPad;
    
    typedef struct AVFilterFormats AVFilterFormats;
    
    /**
     * Get the number of elements in a NULL-terminated array of AVFilterPads (e.g.
     * AVFilter.inputs/outputs).
     */
    int avfilter_pad_count(const AVFilterPad *pads);
    
    
    /**
     * Get the name of an AVFilterPad.
     *
     * @param pads an array of AVFilterPads
     * @param pad_idx index of the pad in the array it; is the caller's
     *                responsibility to ensure the index is valid
     *
     * @return name of the pad_idx'th pad in pads
     */
    
    const char *avfilter_pad_get_name(const AVFilterPad *pads, int pad_idx);
    
    
    /**
     * Get the type of an AVFilterPad.
     *
     * @param pads an array of AVFilterPads
     * @param pad_idx index of the pad in the array; it is the caller's
     *                responsibility to ensure the index is valid
     *
     * @return type of the pad_idx'th pad in pads
     */
    
    enum AVMediaType avfilter_pad_get_type(const AVFilterPad *pads, int pad_idx);
    
    /**
     * The number of the filter inputs is not determined just by AVFilter.inputs.
     * The filter might add additional inputs during initialization depending on the
     * options supplied to it.
     */
    #define AVFILTER_FLAG_DYNAMIC_INPUTS        (1 << 0)
    /**
     * The number of the filter outputs is not determined just by AVFilter.outputs.
     * The filter might add additional outputs during initialization depending on
     * the options supplied to it.
     */
    #define AVFILTER_FLAG_DYNAMIC_OUTPUTS       (1 << 1)
    
    /**
     * The filter supports multithreading by splitting frames into multiple parts
     * and processing them concurrently.
     */
    #define AVFILTER_FLAG_SLICE_THREADS         (1 << 2)
    
    /**
     * Some filters support a generic "enable" expression option that can be used
     * to enable or disable a filter in the timeline. Filters supporting this
    
     * option have this flag set. When the enable expression is false, the default
     * no-op filter_frame() function is called in place of the filter_frame()
     * callback defined on each input pad, thus the frame is passed unchanged to
     * the next filters.
     */
    #define AVFILTER_FLAG_SUPPORT_TIMELINE_GENERIC  (1 << 16)
    /**
     * Same as AVFILTER_FLAG_SUPPORT_TIMELINE_GENERIC, except that the filter will
     * have its filter_frame() callback(s) called as usual even when the enable
     * expression is false. The filter will disable filtering within the
     * filter_frame() callback(s) itself, for example executing code depending on
     * the AVFilterContext->is_disabled value.
     */
    #define AVFILTER_FLAG_SUPPORT_TIMELINE_INTERNAL (1 << 17)
    /**
     * Handy mask to test whether the filter supports or no the timeline feature
     * (internally or generically).
    
    #define AVFILTER_FLAG_SUPPORT_TIMELINE (AVFILTER_FLAG_SUPPORT_TIMELINE_GENERIC | AVFILTER_FLAG_SUPPORT_TIMELINE_INTERNAL)
    
     * Filter definition. This defines the pads a filter contains, and all the
    
     * callback functions used to interact with the filter.
     */
    
        /**
         * Filter name. Must be non-NULL and unique among filters.
         */
        const char *name;
    
         * A description of the filter. May be NULL.
         *
         * You should use the NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL() macro to define it.
    
         */
        const char *description;
    
    
        /**
         * List of inputs, terminated by a zeroed element.
         *
         * NULL if there are no (static) inputs. Instances of filters with
         * AVFILTER_FLAG_DYNAMIC_INPUTS set may have more inputs than present in
         * this list.
         */
        const AVFilterPad *inputs;
        /**
         * List of outputs, terminated by a zeroed element.
         *
         * NULL if there are no (static) outputs. Instances of filters with
         * AVFILTER_FLAG_DYNAMIC_OUTPUTS set may have more outputs than present in
         * this list.
         */
        const AVFilterPad *outputs;
    
         * A class for the private data, used to declare filter private AVOptions.
         * This field is NULL for filters that do not declare any options.
         *
         * If this field is non-NULL, the first member of the filter private data
         * must be a pointer to AVClass, which will be set by libavfilter generic
         * code to this class.
    
         */
        const AVClass *priv_class;
    
    
        /*****************************************************************
         * All fields below this line are not part of the public API. They
         * may not be used outside of libavfilter and can be changed and
         * removed at will.
         * New public fields should be added right above.
         *****************************************************************
         */
    
         * Filter initialization function.
         *
         * This callback will be called only once during the filter lifetime, after
         * all the options have been set, but before links between filters are
         * established and format negotiation is done.
         *
         * Basic filter initialization should be done here. Filters with dynamic
         * inputs and/or outputs should create those inputs/outputs here based on
         * provided options. No more changes to this filter's inputs/outputs can be
         * done after this callback.
         *
         * This callback must not assume that the filter links exist or frame
         * parameters are known.
         *
         * @ref AVFilter.uninit "uninit" is guaranteed to be called even if
         * initialization fails, so this callback does not have to clean up on
         * failure.
         *
         * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on failure
    
        int (*init)(AVFilterContext *ctx);
    
         * Should be set instead of @ref AVFilter.init "init" by the filters that
         * want to pass a dictionary of AVOptions to nested contexts that are
         * allocated during init.
         *
         * On return, the options dict should be freed and replaced with one that
         * contains all the options which could not be processed by this filter (or
         * with NULL if all the options were processed).
         *
         * Otherwise the semantics is the same as for @ref AVFilter.init "init".
    
         */
        int (*init_dict)(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVDictionary **options);
    
    
         * Filter uninitialization function.
         *
         * Called only once right before the filter is freed. Should deallocate any
         * memory held by the filter, release any buffer references, etc. It does
         * not need to deallocate the AVFilterContext.priv memory itself.
         *
         * This callback may be called even if @ref AVFilter.init "init" was not
         * called or failed, so it must be prepared to handle such a situation.
    
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        void (*uninit)(AVFilterContext *ctx);
    
    
         * Query formats supported by the filter on its inputs and outputs.
         *
         * This callback is called after the filter is initialized (so the inputs
         * and outputs are fixed), shortly before the format negotiation. This
         * callback may be called more than once.
         *
         * This callback must set AVFilterLink.out_formats on every input link and
         * AVFilterLink.in_formats on every output link to a list of pixel/sample
         * formats that the filter supports on that link. For audio links, this
         * filter must also set @ref AVFilterLink.in_samplerates "in_samplerates" /
         * @ref AVFilterLink.out_samplerates "out_samplerates" and
         * @ref AVFilterLink.in_channel_layouts "in_channel_layouts" /
         * @ref AVFilterLink.out_channel_layouts "out_channel_layouts" analogously.
         *
         * This callback may be NULL for filters with one input, in which case
         * libavfilter assumes that it supports all input formats and preserves
         * them on output.
    
         * @return zero on success, a negative value corresponding to an
         * AVERROR code otherwise
    
         */
        int (*query_formats)(AVFilterContext *);
    
    
        int priv_size;      ///< size of private data to allocate for the filter
    
        /**
         * Used by the filter registration system. Must not be touched by any other
         * code.
         */
    
        /**
         * Make the filter instance process a command.
         *
         * @param cmd    the command to process, for handling simplicity all commands must be alphanumeric only
         * @param arg    the argument for the command
         * @param res    a buffer with size res_size where the filter(s) can return a response. This must not change when the command is not supported.
         * @param flags  if AVFILTER_CMD_FLAG_FAST is set and the command would be
    
         *               time consuming then a filter should treat it like an unsupported command
    
         *
         * @returns >=0 on success otherwise an error code.
         *          AVERROR(ENOSYS) on unsupported commands
         */
        int (*process_command)(AVFilterContext *, const char *cmd, const char *arg, char *res, int res_len, int flags);
    
    
        /**
         * Filter initialization function, alternative to the init()
         * callback. Args contains the user-supplied parameters, opaque is
         * used for providing binary data.
         */
    
        int (*init_opaque)(AVFilterContext *ctx, void *opaque);
    
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    } AVFilter;
    
    
    /**
     * Process multiple parts of the frame concurrently.
     */
    #define AVFILTER_THREAD_SLICE (1 << 0)
    
    typedef struct AVFilterInternal AVFilterInternal;
    
    
    /** An instance of a filter */
    
        const AVClass *av_class;        ///< needed for av_log() and filters common options
    
        const AVFilter *filter;         ///< the AVFilter of which this is an instance
    
        char *name;                     ///< name of this filter instance
    
        AVFilterPad   *input_pads;      ///< array of input pads
        AVFilterLink **inputs;          ///< array of pointers to input links
        unsigned    nb_inputs;          ///< number of input pads
    
        AVFilterPad   *output_pads;     ///< array of output pads
        AVFilterLink **outputs;         ///< array of pointers to output links
        unsigned    nb_outputs;         ///< number of output pads
    
        void *priv;                     ///< private data for use by the filter
    
        struct AVFilterGraph *graph;    ///< filtergraph this filter belongs to
    
        /**
         * Type of multithreading being allowed/used. A combination of
         * AVFILTER_THREAD_* flags.
         *
         * May be set by the caller before initializing the filter to forbid some
         * or all kinds of multithreading for this filter. The default is allowing
         * everything.
         *
         * When the filter is initialized, this field is combined using bit AND with
         * AVFilterGraph.thread_type to get the final mask used for determining
         * allowed threading types. I.e. a threading type needs to be set in both
         * to be allowed.
         *
    
         * After the filter is initialized, libavfilter sets this field to the
    
         * threading type that is actually used (0 for no multithreading).
         */
        int thread_type;
    
        /**
         * An opaque struct for libavfilter internal use.
         */
        AVFilterInternal *internal;
    
        struct AVFilterCommand *command_queue;
    
        char *enable_str;               ///< enable expression string
        void *enable;                   ///< parsed expression (AVExpr*)
        double *var_values;             ///< variable values for the enable expression
        int is_disabled;                ///< the enabled state from the last expression evaluation
    
    
        /**
         * For filters which will create hardware frames, sets the device the
         * filter should create them in.  All other filters will ignore this field:
         * in particular, a filter which consumes or processes hardware frames will
         * instead use the hw_frames_ctx field in AVFilterLink to carry the
         * hardware context information.
         */
        AVBufferRef *hw_device_ctx;
    
    
        /**
         * Max number of threads allowed in this filter instance.
         * If <= 0, its value is ignored.
         * Overrides global number of threads set per filter graph.
         */
        int nb_threads;
    
    
        /**
         * Ready status of the filter.
         * A non-0 value means that the filter needs activating;
         * a higher value suggests a more urgent activation.
         */
        unsigned ready;
    
     * A link between two filters. This contains pointers to the source and
    
     * destination filters between which this link exists, and the indexes of
    
     * the pads involved. In addition, this link also contains the parameters
    
     * which have been negotiated and agreed upon between the filter, such as
    
     * image dimensions, format, etc.
    
     *
     * Applications must not normally access the link structure directly.
     * Use the buffersrc and buffersink API instead.
     * In the future, access to the header may be reserved for filters
     * implementation.
    
        AVFilterContext *src;       ///< source filter
    
        AVFilterPad *srcpad;        ///< output pad on the source filter
    
        AVFilterContext *dst;       ///< dest filter
    
        AVFilterPad *dstpad;        ///< input pad on the dest filter
    
        enum AVMediaType type;      ///< filter media type
    
    
        /* These parameters apply only to video */
    
        int w;                      ///< agreed upon image width
        int h;                      ///< agreed upon image height
    
        AVRational sample_aspect_ratio; ///< agreed upon sample aspect ratio
    
        /* These parameters apply only to audio */
    
        uint64_t channel_layout;    ///< channel layout of current buffer (see libavutil/channel_layout.h)
    
        int format;                 ///< agreed upon media format
    
        /**
         * Define the time base used by the PTS of the frames/samples
         * which will pass through this link.
         * During the configuration stage, each filter is supposed to
         * change only the output timebase, while the timebase of the
         * input link is assumed to be an unchangeable property.
         */
        AVRational time_base;
    
        /*****************************************************************
         * All fields below this line are not part of the public API. They
         * may not be used outside of libavfilter and can be changed and
         * removed at will.
         * New public fields should be added right above.
         *****************************************************************
         */
    
         * Lists of formats and channel layouts supported by the input and output
         * filters respectively. These lists are used for negotiating the format
         * to actually be used, which will be loaded into the format and
         * channel_layout members, above, when chosen.
         *
    
         */
        AVFilterFormats *in_formats;
        AVFilterFormats *out_formats;
    
    
        /**
         * Lists of channel layouts and sample rates used for automatic
         * negotiation.
         */
        AVFilterFormats  *in_samplerates;
        AVFilterFormats *out_samplerates;
        struct AVFilterChannelLayouts  *in_channel_layouts;
        struct AVFilterChannelLayouts *out_channel_layouts;
    
    
        /**
         * Audio only, the destination filter sets this to a non-zero value to
         * request that buffers with the given number of samples should be sent to
         * it. AVFilterPad.needs_fifo must also be set on the corresponding input
         * pad.
         * Last buffer before EOF will be padded with silence.
         */
        int request_samples;
    
        /** stage of the initialization of the link properties (dimensions, etc) */
        enum {
            AVLINK_UNINIT = 0,      ///< not started
            AVLINK_STARTINIT,       ///< started, but incomplete
            AVLINK_INIT             ///< complete
        } init_state;
    
    
        /**
         * Graph the filter belongs to.
         */
        struct AVFilterGraph *graph;
    
    
        /**
         * Current timestamp of the link, as defined by the most recent
         * frame(s), in link time_base units.
         */
        int64_t current_pts;
    
    
        /**
         * Current timestamp of the link, as defined by the most recent
         * frame(s), in AV_TIME_BASE units.
         */
    
        int64_t current_pts_us;
    
    
        /**
         * Index in the age array.
         */
        int age_index;
    
         * Frame rate of the stream on the link, or 1/0 if unknown or variable;
         * if left to 0/0, will be automatically copied from the first input
    
         * of the source filter if it exists.
         *
         * Sources should set it to the best estimation of the real frame rate.
    
         * If the source frame rate is unknown or variable, set this to 1/0.
    
         * Filters should update it if necessary depending on their function.
         * Sinks can use it to set a default output frame rate.
    
         * It is similar to the r_frame_rate field in AVStream.
    
         */
        AVRational frame_rate;
    
    
        /**
         * Buffer partially filled with samples to achieve a fixed/minimum size.
         */
    
    
        /**
         * Size of the partial buffer to allocate.
         * Must be between min_samples and max_samples.
         */
        int partial_buf_size;
    
        /**
    
         * Minimum number of samples to filter at once. If filter_frame() is
    
         * called with fewer samples, it will accumulate them in partial_buf.
         * This field and the related ones must not be changed after filtering
         * has started.
         * If 0, all related fields are ignored.
         */
        int min_samples;
    
        /**
    
         * Maximum number of samples to filter at once. If filter_frame() is
    
         * called with more samples, it will split them.
         */
        int max_samples;
    
        /**
         * Number of channels.
         */
        int channels;
    
    
        /**
         * Link processing flags.
         */
        unsigned flags;
    
    
        /**
         * Number of past frames sent through the link.
         */
    
        int64_t frame_count_in, frame_count_out;
    
         * A pointer to a FFFramePool struct.
    
    
        /**
         * True if a frame is currently wanted on the output of this filter.
         * Set when ff_request_frame() is called by the output,
         * cleared when a frame is filtered.
         */
        int frame_wanted_out;
    
    
        /**
         * For hwaccel pixel formats, this should be a reference to the
         * AVHWFramesContext describing the frames.
         */
        AVBufferRef *hw_frames_ctx;
    
    
    #ifndef FF_INTERNAL_FIELDS
    
        /**
         * Internal structure members.
         * The fields below this limit are internal for libavfilter's use
         * and must in no way be accessed by applications.
         */
        char reserved[0xF000];
    
    #else /* FF_INTERNAL_FIELDS */
    
        /**
         * Queue of frames waiting to be filtered.
         */
        FFFrameQueue fifo;
    
        /**
         * If set, the source filter can not generate a frame as is.
         * The goal is to avoid repeatedly calling the request_frame() method on
         * the same link.
         */
        int frame_blocked_in;
    
        /**
         * Link input status.
         * If not zero, all attempts of filter_frame will fail with the
         * corresponding code.
         */
        int status_in;
    
        /**
         * Timestamp of the input status change.
         */
        int64_t status_in_pts;
    
        /**
         * Link output status.
         * If not zero, all attempts of request_frame will fail with the
         * corresponding code.
         */
        int status_out;
    
    #endif /* FF_INTERNAL_FIELDS */
    
    
     * Link two filters together.
    
     * @param src    the source filter
     * @param srcpad index of the output pad on the source filter
     * @param dst    the destination filter
     * @param dstpad index of the input pad on the destination filter
     * @return       zero on success
    
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    int avfilter_link(AVFilterContext *src, unsigned srcpad,
                      AVFilterContext *dst, unsigned dstpad);
    
    
    /**
     * Free the link in *link, and set its pointer to NULL.
     */
    void avfilter_link_free(AVFilterLink **link);
    
    
    /**
     * Get the number of channels of a link.
     */
    int avfilter_link_get_channels(AVFilterLink *link);
    
    
    /**
     * Set the closed field of a link.
    
     * @deprecated applications are not supposed to mess with links, they should
     * close the sinks.
    
    attribute_deprecated
    
    void avfilter_link_set_closed(AVFilterLink *link, int closed);
    
    
     * Negotiate the media format, dimensions, etc of all inputs to a filter.
    
     * @param filter the filter to negotiate the properties for its inputs
     * @return       zero on successful negotiation
    
    int avfilter_config_links(AVFilterContext *filter);
    
    #define AVFILTER_CMD_FLAG_ONE   1 ///< Stop once a filter understood the command (for target=all for example), fast filters are favored automatically
    #define AVFILTER_CMD_FLAG_FAST  2 ///< Only execute command when its fast (like a video out that supports contrast adjustment in hw)
    
    /**
     * Make the filter instance process a command.
    
     * It is recommended to use avfilter_graph_send_command().
    
     */
    int avfilter_process_command(AVFilterContext *filter, const char *cmd, const char *arg, char *res, int res_len, int flags);
    
    
    /** Initialize the filter system. Register all builtin filters. */
    
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    void avfilter_register_all(void);
    
    /** Uninitialize the filter system. Unregister all filters. */
    
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    void avfilter_uninit(void);
    
     * Register a filter. This is only needed if you plan to use
    
     * avfilter_get_by_name later to lookup the AVFilter structure by name. A
    
     * filter can still by instantiated with avfilter_graph_alloc_filter even if it
     * is not registered.
    
     * @param filter the filter to register
    
     * @return 0 if the registration was successful, a negative value
    
    int avfilter_register(AVFilter *filter);
    
     * Get a filter definition matching the given name.
    
     * @param name the filter name to find
     * @return     the filter definition, if any matching one is registered.
    
     *             NULL if none found.
     */
    
    #if !FF_API_NOCONST_GET_NAME
    const
    #endif
    
    AVFilter *avfilter_get_by_name(const char *name);
    
    /**
     * Iterate over all registered filters.
     * @return If prev is non-NULL, next registered filter after prev or NULL if
     * prev is the last filter. If prev is NULL, return the first registered filter.
     */
    const AVFilter *avfilter_next(const AVFilter *prev);
    
    #if FF_API_OLD_FILTER_REGISTER
    
    /**
     * If filter is NULL, returns a pointer to the first registered filter pointer,
     * if filter is non-NULL, returns the next pointer after filter.
     * If the returned pointer points to NULL, the last registered filter
     * was already reached.
    
    AVFilter **av_filter_next(AVFilter **filter);
    
     * Create a filter instance.
    
     *
     * @param filter_ctx put here a pointer to the created filter context
     * on success, NULL on failure
    
     * @param filter    the filter to create an instance of
    
     * @param inst_name Name to give to the new instance. Can be NULL for none.
    
     * @return >= 0 in case of success, a negative error code otherwise
    
     * @deprecated use avfilter_graph_alloc_filter() instead
    
    int avfilter_open(AVFilterContext **filter_ctx, AVFilter *filter, const char *inst_name);
    
     * Initialize a filter.
    
     * @param filter the filter to initialize
    
     * @param args   A string of parameters to use when initializing the filter.
     *               The format and meaning of this string varies by filter.
    
     * @param opaque Any extra non-string data needed by the filter. The meaning
    
     *               of this parameter varies by filter.
    
     * @return       zero on success
    
    int avfilter_init_filter(AVFilterContext *filter, const char *args, void *opaque);
    
    #endif
    
    /**
     * Initialize a filter with the supplied parameters.
     *
     * @param ctx  uninitialized filter context to initialize
     * @param args Options to initialize the filter with. This must be a
     *             ':'-separated list of options in the 'key=value' form.
     *             May be NULL if the options have been set directly using the
     *             AVOptions API or there are no options that need to be set.
     * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on failure
     */
    int avfilter_init_str(AVFilterContext *ctx, const char *args);
    
    /**
     * Initialize a filter with the supplied dictionary of options.
     *
     * @param ctx     uninitialized filter context to initialize
     * @param options An AVDictionary filled with options for this filter. On
     *                return this parameter will be destroyed and replaced with
     *                a dict containing options that were not found. This dictionary
     *                must be freed by the caller.
     *                May be NULL, then this function is equivalent to
     *                avfilter_init_str() with the second parameter set to NULL.
     * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on failure
     *
     * @note This function and avfilter_init_str() do essentially the same thing,
     * the difference is in manner in which the options are passed. It is up to the
     * calling code to choose whichever is more preferable. The two functions also
     * behave differently when some of the provided options are not declared as
     * supported by the filter. In such a case, avfilter_init_str() will fail, but
     * this function will leave those extra options in the options AVDictionary and
     * continue as usual.
     */
    int avfilter_init_dict(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVDictionary **options);
    
    
     * Free a filter context. This will also remove the filter from its
     * filtergraph's list of filters.
    
     * @param filter the filter to free
    
    void avfilter_free(AVFilterContext *filter);
    
     * Insert a filter in the middle of an existing link.
    
     * @param link the link into which the filter should be inserted
     * @param filt the filter to be inserted
    
     * @param filt_srcpad_idx the input pad on the filter to connect
     * @param filt_dstpad_idx the output pad on the filter to connect
    
     * @return     zero on success
    
    int avfilter_insert_filter(AVFilterLink *link, AVFilterContext *filt,
    
                               unsigned filt_srcpad_idx, unsigned filt_dstpad_idx);
    
     * @return AVClass for AVFilterContext.
     *
     * @see av_opt_find().
    
    const AVClass *avfilter_get_class(void);
    
    typedef struct AVFilterGraphInternal AVFilterGraphInternal;
    
    
    /**
     * A function pointer passed to the @ref AVFilterGraph.execute callback to be
     * executed multiple times, possibly in parallel.
     *
     * @param ctx the filter context the job belongs to
     * @param arg an opaque parameter passed through from @ref
     *            AVFilterGraph.execute
     * @param jobnr the index of the job being executed
     * @param nb_jobs the total number of jobs
     *
     * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error
     */
    typedef int (avfilter_action_func)(AVFilterContext *ctx, void *arg, int jobnr, int nb_jobs);
    
    /**
     * A function executing multiple jobs, possibly in parallel.
     *
     * @param ctx the filter context to which the jobs belong
     * @param func the function to be called multiple times
     * @param arg the argument to be passed to func
     * @param ret a nb_jobs-sized array to be filled with return values from each
     *            invocation of func
     * @param nb_jobs the number of jobs to execute
     *
     * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error
     */
    typedef int (avfilter_execute_func)(AVFilterContext *ctx, avfilter_action_func *func,
                                        void *arg, int *ret, int nb_jobs);
    
    
    typedef struct AVFilterGraph {
        const AVClass *av_class;
        AVFilterContext **filters;
        unsigned nb_filters;
    
        char *scale_sws_opts; ///< sws options to use for the auto-inserted scale filters
        char *resample_lavr_opts;   ///< libavresample options to use for the auto-inserted resample filters
    
    
        /**
         * Type of multithreading allowed for filters in this graph. A combination
         * of AVFILTER_THREAD_* flags.
         *
         * May be set by the caller at any point, the setting will apply to all
         * filters initialized after that. The default is allowing everything.
         *
         * When a filter in this graph is initialized, this field is combined using
         * bit AND with AVFilterContext.thread_type to get the final mask used for
         * determining allowed threading types. I.e. a threading type needs to be
         * set in both to be allowed.
         */
        int thread_type;
    
        /**
         * Maximum number of threads used by filters in this graph. May be set by
         * the caller before adding any filters to the filtergraph. Zero (the
         * default) means that the number of threads is determined automatically.
         */
        int nb_threads;
    
        /**
         * Opaque object for libavfilter internal use.
         */
        AVFilterGraphInternal *internal;
    
        /**
         * Opaque user data. May be set by the caller to an arbitrary value, e.g. to
         * be used from callbacks like @ref AVFilterGraph.execute.
         * Libavfilter will not touch this field in any way.
         */
        void *opaque;
    
        /**
         * This callback may be set by the caller immediately after allocating the
         * graph and before adding any filters to it, to provide a custom
         * multithreading implementation.
         *
         * If set, filters with slice threading capability will call this callback
         * to execute multiple jobs in parallel.
         *
         * If this field is left unset, libavfilter will use its internal
         * implementation, which may or may not be multithreaded depending on the
         * platform and build options.
         */
        avfilter_execute_func *execute;
    
        char *aresample_swr_opts; ///< swr options to use for the auto-inserted aresample filters, Access ONLY through AVOptions
    
        /**
         * Private fields
         *
         * The following fields are for internal use only.
         * Their type, offset, number and semantic can change without notice.
         */
    
        AVFilterLink **sink_links;
        int sink_links_count;
    
        unsigned disable_auto_convert;
    
    } AVFilterGraph;
    
    /**
     * Allocate a filter graph.
    
     *
     * @return the allocated filter graph on success or NULL.
    
     */
    AVFilterGraph *avfilter_graph_alloc(void);
    
    
    /**
     * Create a new filter instance in a filter graph.
     *
     * @param graph graph in which the new filter will be used
     * @param filter the filter to create an instance of
     * @param name Name to give to the new instance (will be copied to
     *             AVFilterContext.name). This may be used by the caller to identify
     *             different filters, libavfilter itself assigns no semantics to
     *             this parameter. May be NULL.
     *
     * @return the context of the newly created filter instance (note that it is
     *         also retrievable directly through AVFilterGraph.filters or with
    
     *         avfilter_graph_get_filter()) on success or NULL on failure.
    
     */
    AVFilterContext *avfilter_graph_alloc_filter(AVFilterGraph *graph,
                                                 const AVFilter *filter,
                                                 const char *name);
    
    
     * Get a filter instance identified by instance name from graph.
    
     * @param graph filter graph to search through.
     * @param name filter instance name (should be unique in the graph).
    
     * @return the pointer to the found filter instance or NULL if it
     * cannot be found.
     */
    
    AVFilterContext *avfilter_graph_get_filter(AVFilterGraph *graph, const char *name);
    
    #if FF_API_AVFILTER_OPEN
    
    /**
     * Add an existing filter instance to a filter graph.
     *
     * @param graphctx  the filter graph
     * @param filter the filter to be added
    
     *
     * @deprecated use avfilter_graph_alloc_filter() to allocate a filter in a
     * filter graph
    
    attribute_deprecated
    
    int avfilter_graph_add_filter(AVFilterGraph *graphctx, AVFilterContext *filter);
    
    
    /**
     * Create and add a filter instance into an existing graph.
     * The filter instance is created from the filter filt and inited
     * with the parameters args and opaque.
     *
     * In case of success put in *filt_ctx the pointer to the created
     * filter instance, otherwise set *filt_ctx to NULL.
     *
     * @param name the instance name to give to the created filter instance
     * @param graph_ctx the filter graph
     * @return a negative AVERROR error code in case of failure, a non
     * negative value otherwise
     */
    
    int avfilter_graph_create_filter(AVFilterContext **filt_ctx, const AVFilter *filt,
    
                                     const char *name, const char *args, void *opaque,
                                     AVFilterGraph *graph_ctx);
    
    
    /**
     * Enable or disable automatic format conversion inside the graph.
     *
     * Note that format conversion can still happen inside explicitly inserted
     * scale and aresample filters.
     *
     * @param flags  any of the AVFILTER_AUTO_CONVERT_* constants
     */
    void avfilter_graph_set_auto_convert(AVFilterGraph *graph, unsigned flags);
    
    enum {
        AVFILTER_AUTO_CONVERT_ALL  =  0, /**< all automatic conversions enabled */
        AVFILTER_AUTO_CONVERT_NONE = -1, /**< all automatic conversions disabled */
    };
    
    
    /**
     * Check validity and configure all the links and formats in the graph.
     *
     * @param graphctx the filter graph
     * @param log_ctx context used for logging
    
     * @return >= 0 in case of success, a negative AVERROR code otherwise
    
     */
    int avfilter_graph_config(AVFilterGraph *graphctx, void *log_ctx);
    
    /**
     * Free a graph, destroy its links, and set *graph to NULL.
     * If *graph is NULL, do nothing.
     */
    void avfilter_graph_free(AVFilterGraph **graph);
    
    /**
     * A linked-list of the inputs/outputs of the filter chain.
     *
     * This is mainly useful for avfilter_graph_parse() / avfilter_graph_parse2(),
     * where it is used to communicate open (unlinked) inputs and outputs from and
     * to the caller.
     * This struct specifies, per each not connected pad contained in the graph, the
     * filter context and the pad index required for establishing a link.
     */
    typedef struct AVFilterInOut {
        /** unique name for this input/output in the list */