GstVaapiSurfaceProxy does not use any particular functionality from
GObject. Actually, it only needs a basic object type with reference
counting.
This is an API and ABI change.
Improve the semantics for gst_vaapi_decoder_put_buffer() when an empty
buffer is passed on. An empty buffer is a buffer with a NULL data pointer
or with a size equals to zero. In this case, that buffer is simply
skipped and the function returns TRUE. A NULL buffer argument still
marks the end-of-stream.
Reset, i.e. destroy then create, the decoder in _setcaps() handler only
if the underlying codec type actually changed. This makes it possible
to be more tolerant with certain MPEG-2 streams that get parsed to
form caps that are compatible with the previous state but minor changes
to "codec-data".
Use g_object_notify_by_pspec() instead of g_object_notify() so that to
avoid a property name lookup. i.e. this makes notifications faster to
the `vaapidecode' element.
Signed-off-by: Gwenole Beauchesne <gwenole.beauchesne@intel.com>
Drop obsolete gst_vaapi_decoder_push_surface() that was no longer used.
Change gst_vaapi_decoder_push_surface_proxy() semantics to assume PTS
is already set correctly and reference count increased, if necessary.
The new API simplifies a lot reference counting and makes it more
flexible for future additions/changes. The GstVaapiCodecInfo is
also gone. Rather, new helper macros are provided to allocate
picture, slice and quantization matrix parameter buffers.
Under some circumstances, we could have leaked a surface, thus not
releasing it to the pool of available surfaces in the VA context.
The strategy is now to use a proxy earlier and automatically ref/unref
whenever necessary. In particular, during the lifetime needed for FFmpeg.