AVFrame.data

pointer to the picture/channel planes. This might be different from the first allocated byte

Some decoders access areas outside 0,0 - width,height, please see avcodec_align_dimensions2(). Some filters and swscale can read up to 16 bytes beyond the planes, if these filters are to be used, then 16 extra bytes must be allocated.

struct AVFrame
uint8_t*[AV_NUM_DATA_POINTERS] data;

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