Patch makes it possible to compile blender with recent ffmpeg
and libav libraries, mainly by getting rid of deprecated API.
Original patch by Campbell Barton with own modifications to
support compilation with older ffmpeg versions.
This patch could break compatibility of FFV1 videos playing
back in older players, mainly because of alpha support changes.
Preserving compatibility with such players became a headache
and think it's high time to get rid of workarounds here.
This switches some areas of Blender which are related on FFmpeg stuff
from deprecated symbols to currently supported one.
Pretty straightforward changes based on documentation of FFmpeg's
API which symbols should be now used.
This should make Blender compatible with recent FFmpeg 0.11.
Should be no functional changes.
This patch adds:
* support for proxy building again (missing feature from Blender 2.49)
additionally to the way, Blender 2.49 worked, you can select several
strips at once and make Blender build proxies in the background (using
the job system)
Also a new thing: movie proxies are now build into AVI files, and
the proxy system is moved into ImBuf-library, so that other parts
of blender can also benefit from it.
* Timecode support: to fix seeking issues with files, that have
a) varying frame rates
b) very large GOP lengths
c) are broken inbetween
d) use different time code tracks
the proxy builder can now also build timecode indices, which are
used (optionally) for seeking.
For the first time, it is possible, to do frame exact seeking on
all file types.
* Support for different video-streams in one video file (can be
selected in sequencer, other parts of blender can also use it,
but UI has to be added accordingly)
* IMPORTANT: this patch *requires* ffmpeg 0.7 or newer, since
older versions don't support the pkt_pts field, that is essential
for building timecode indices.
Windows and Mac libs are already updated, Linux-users have to build
their own ffmpeg verions until distros keep up.
Added central compatibility header file, which enables blender to compile
against very old ffmpeg versions as well as very new versions using the
*NEW* API. (Old API functions are simulated using macros and inline functions)
Added a whole lot of additional checks, tested against 6 different versions
down the timeline, hopefully, now finally all is well.