From a553cb4683a2da078166cbfd7b839c3b3ef5dbe2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anshul Maheshwari Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:20:02 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] documented that av_codec_close is required to call Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer --- libavformat/avformat.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h index 04fad94219..d5f8a29869 100644 --- a/libavformat/avformat.h +++ b/libavformat/avformat.h @@ -1405,6 +1405,9 @@ const AVClass *avformat_get_class(void); * * When muxing, should be called by the user before avformat_write_header(). * + * User is required to call avcodec_close() and avformat_free_context() to + * clean up the allocation by avformat_new_stream(). + * * @param c If non-NULL, the AVCodecContext corresponding to the new stream * will be initialized to use this codec. This is needed for e.g. codec-specific * defaults to be set, so codec should be provided if it is known.