[vlc-devel] Q: Deinterlacer merge function

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

	Hello,

I am looking at the Merge() function in the deinterlacer. There seems to be 
confusion with the picture pitches, and/or in my brain:

On the one hand, linear, mean and blend modes assume that the input pitch is 
smaller (or equal) to the output pitch. If this is not true, an overflow will 
occur while running memcpy() or Merge().

On the other hand, the IVTC and Phosphor (i.e. ComposeFrame()) check the 
visible widths instead of the pitches. They make no assumptions: neither that 
both input pitches are equal, nor that the input pitches and the output pitch 
are equal.

While the latter approach is certainly safe, it is suboptimal: The picture 
widths are not so SIMD-friendly power-of-two multiples as picture pitches. 
Also, if all pitches are equal, the Merge() operation for each plane could be 
all done in one go, rather than one scan line at a time.


So hmm, can the the pitches from the two input pictures actually be different 
(for the same plane, of course)? I'd think they have to be equal to the width 
of the video format...

Also, can the output pitch differ from the input pitch?
How come the filter only checks chroma and height after GetOutputFormat()?

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Rémi Denis-Courmont
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