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  M libavformat/allformats.c (extern declaration)
  M configure (--enable-libcuframes option + dep check)

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FFmpeg multithreading methods
==============================================
FFmpeg provides two methods for multithreading codecs.
Slice threading decodes multiple parts of a frame at the same time, using
AVCodecContext execute() and execute2().
Frame threading decodes multiple frames at the same time.
It accepts N future frames and delays decoded pictures by N-1 frames.
The later frames are decoded in separate threads while the user is
displaying the current one.
Restrictions on clients
==============================================
Slice threading -
* The client's draw_horiz_band() must be thread-safe according to the comment
in avcodec.h.
Frame threading -
* Restrictions with slice threading also apply.
* Custom get_buffer2() and get_format() callbacks must be thread-safe.
* There is one frame of delay added for every thread beyond the first one.
Clients must be able to handle this; the pkt_dts and pkt_pts fields in
AVFrame will work as usual.
Restrictions on codec implementations
==============================================
Slice threading -
None except that there must be something worth executing in parallel.
Frame threading -
* Codecs can only accept entire pictures per packet.
* Codecs similar to ffv1, whose streams don't reset across frames,
will not work because their bitstreams cannot be decoded in parallel.
* The contents of buffers must not be read before ff_progress_frame_await()
has been called on them. reget_buffer() and buffer age optimizations no longer work.
* The contents of buffers must not be written to after ff_progress_frame_report()
has been called on them. This includes draw_edges().
Porting codecs to frame threading
==============================================
Find all context variables that are needed by the next frame. Move all
code changing them, as well as code calling get_buffer(), up to before
the decode process starts. Call ff_thread_finish_setup() afterwards. If
some code can't be moved, have update_thread_context() run it in the next
thread.
Add AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS to the codec capabilities. There will be very little
speed gain at this point but it should work.
Use ff_thread_get_buffer() (or ff_progress_frame_get_buffer()
in case you have inter-frame dependencies and use the ProgressFrame API)
to allocate frame buffers.
Call ff_progress_frame_report() after some part of the current picture has decoded.
A good place to put this is where draw_horiz_band() is called - add this if it isn't
called anywhere, as it's useful too and the implementation is trivial when you're
doing this. Note that draw_edges() needs to be called before reporting progress.
Before accessing a reference frame or its MVs, call ff_progress_frame_await().