avcodec: handle AVERROR_EXPERIMENTAL

Error out on init if a codec with CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL is requested
and strict_std_compliance is not FF_COMPLIANCE_EXPERIMENTAL.

Move the check from avconv to avcodec_open2() and return
AVERROR_EXPERIMENTAL accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Luca Barbato <lu_zero@gentoo.org>

avconv.c

@@ -229,21 +229,18 @@ void assert_avoptions(AVDictionary *m)
     }
 }
 
-static void assert_codec_experimental(AVCodecContext *c, int encoder)
+static void abort_codec_experimental(AVCodec *c, int encoder)
 {
     const char *codec_string = encoder ? "encoder" : "decoder";
     AVCodec *codec;
-    if (c->codec->capabilities & CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL &&
+    av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "%s '%s' is experimental and might produce bad "
-        c->strict_std_compliance > FF_COMPLIANCE_EXPERIMENTAL) {
+            "results.\nAdd '-strict experimental' if you want to use it.\n",
-        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "%s '%s' is experimental and might produce bad "
+            codec_string, c->name);
-                "results.\nAdd '-strict experimental' if you want to use it.\n",
+    codec = encoder ? avcodec_find_encoder(c->id) : avcodec_find_decoder(c->id);
-                codec_string, c->codec->name);
+    if (!(codec->capabilities & CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL))
-        codec = encoder ? avcodec_find_encoder(c->codec->id) : avcodec_find_decoder(c->codec->id);
+        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Or use the non experimental %s '%s'.\n",
-        if (!(codec->capabilities & CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL))
+               codec_string, codec->name);
-            av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Or use the non experimental %s '%s'.\n",
+    exit(1);
-                   codec_string, codec->name);
-        exit(1);
-    }
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1442,7 +1439,7 @@ static void print_sdp(void)
 
 static int init_input_stream(int ist_index, char *error, int error_len)
 {
-    int i;
+    int i, ret;
     InputStream *ist = input_streams[ist_index];
     if (ist->decoding_needed) {
         AVCodec *codec = ist->dec;
@@ -1470,12 +1467,13 @@ static int init_input_stream(int ist_index, char *error, int error_len)
 
         if (!av_dict_get(ist->opts, "threads", NULL, 0))
             av_dict_set(&ist->opts, "threads", "auto", 0);
-        if (avcodec_open2(ist->st->codec, codec, &ist->opts) < 0) {
+        if ((ret = avcodec_open2(ist->st->codec, codec, &ist->opts)) < 0) {
+            if (ret == AVERROR_EXPERIMENTAL)
+                abort_codec_experimental(codec, 0);
             snprintf(error, error_len, "Error while opening decoder for input stream #%d:%d",
                     ist->file_index, ist->st->index);
-            return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+            return ret;
         }
-        assert_codec_experimental(ist->st->codec, 0);
         assert_avoptions(ist->opts);
     }
 
@@ -1808,13 +1806,13 @@ static int transcode_init(void)
             }
             if (!av_dict_get(ost->opts, "threads", NULL, 0))
                 av_dict_set(&ost->opts, "threads", "auto", 0);
-            if (avcodec_open2(ost->st->codec, codec, &ost->opts) < 0) {
+            if ((ret = avcodec_open2(ost->st->codec, codec, &ost->opts)) < 0) {
+                if (ret == AVERROR_EXPERIMENTAL)
+                    abort_codec_experimental(codec, 1);
                 snprintf(error, sizeof(error), "Error while opening encoder for output stream #%d:%d - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height",
                         ost->file_index, ost->index);
-                ret = AVERROR(EINVAL);
                 goto dump_format;
             }
-            assert_codec_experimental(ost->st->codec, 1);
             assert_avoptions(ost->opts);
             if (ost->st->codec->bit_rate && ost->st->codec->bit_rate < 1000)
                 av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_WARNING, "The bitrate parameter is set too low."

libavcodec/utils.c

@@ -778,6 +778,12 @@ int attribute_align_arg avcodec_open2(AVCodecContext *avctx, const AVCodec *code
     }
     avctx->frame_number = 0;
 
+    if (avctx->codec->capabilities & CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL &&
+        avctx->strict_std_compliance > FF_COMPLIANCE_EXPERIMENTAL) {
+        ret = AVERROR_EXPERIMENTAL;
+        goto free_and_end;
+    }
+
     if (avctx->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO &&
         (!avctx->time_base.num || !avctx->time_base.den)) {
         avctx->time_base.num = 1;