avcodec_close() is deprecated and it's not supported anymore to re-open
a codec, so we only ever allocate the codec in set_format() now and
always free it after usage.
As part of this, also fix various memory leaks in related code paths.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/7148>
Subtracting a gint from another (or a guint from another) has no guarantees that
it will result in a gint.
Therefore do the actual comparision instead.
Also use the *actual* type for comparing flags (the field value types are different)
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/3319>
The AVClass name of Animated PNG in FFmpeg 5.x is "(A)PNG"
and it will be converted to "-a-png" through
g_ascii_strdown() and g_strcanon(). But GLib disallow leading '-'
character for a GType name. Strip leading '-' to workaround it.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/2724>