[vlc-devel] [PATCH] videotoolbox: require more pictures from the Core

[Thomas Guillem]

cf. comment.

This is a temporary fix since we don't want that hw decoders depend on a
limit set by the core. Specially for hw decoders that are allocating
their own output buffers.
---
 modules/codec/videotoolbox.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/codec/videotoolbox.c b/modules/codec/videotoolbox.c
index aae548504bb..34d3cf422f0 100644
--- a/modules/codec/videotoolbox.c
+++ b/modules/codec/videotoolbox.c
@@ -1463,6 +1463,12 @@ static int OpenDecoder(vlc_object_t *p_this)
             break;
     }
 
+    /* Some samples need more than the dbp_size set by the core (18 max). This
+     * is a case for HEVC interlaced samples. Increase this limit to handle
+     * such case. This won't have any impact on memory usage since the picture
+     * from the Core are just place holders to put our VT context. */
+    p_dec->i_extra_picture_buffers = 6;
+
     if (p_sys->pf_codec_init && !p_sys->pf_codec_init(p_dec))
     {
         CloseDecoder(p_this);
-- 
2.28.0