Holding previously decoded but not outputted pictures even after
new_sequence is not a safe approach in various aspect.
However, we cannot drain out DPB on new_sequence() unconditionally,
because there is a case where decoder should drop decoded pictures
if NoOutputOfPriorPicsFlag is set.
To detect NoOutputOfPriorPicsFlag before the new_sequence() call,
this patch splits decoding process into two path, one for nal unit parsing
in order to detect NoOutputOfPriorPicsFlag and then each nal unit
will be decoded.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1937>
The GST_VIDEO_DECODER_ERROR() should be used only for robust/error-resilient
decoding purpose. Any other error codes such as not-negotiated or flushing
should be returned without modified for upstream to be able to handle
it immediately. (for example, application might want to try other
decoder element on not-negotiated)
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1070>
boolean return value is not sufficient for representing the reason
of error in most cases. For instance, any errors around new_sequence()
would mean negotiation error, not just *ERROR*.
And some subclasses will allocate buffer/memory/surface on new_picture()
but it could be failed because of expected error, likely flushing
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1019>