Method

VipsImagegifsave_buffer

Declaration [src] 

int
vips_gifsave_buffer (
  VipsImage* in,
  void** buf,
  size_t* len,
  ...
)

Description [src]

As vips_gifsave(), but save to a memory buffer.

The address of the buffer is returned in buf, the length of the buffer in len. You are responsible for freeing the buffer with g_free() when you are done with it.

Optional arguments

  • dither: gdouble, quantisation dithering level
  • effort: gint, quantisation CPU effort
  • bitdepth: gint, number of bits per pixel
  • interframe_maxerror: gdouble, maximum inter-frame error for transparency
  • reuse: gboolean, reuse palette from input
  • interlace: gboolean, write an interlaced (progressive) GIF
  • interpalette_maxerror: gdouble, maximum inter-palette error for palette reusage
  • keep_duplicate_frames: gboolean, keep duplicate frames in the output instead of combining them

See also

vips_gifsave(), vips_image_write_to_file().

This method is not directly available to language bindings.

Parameters

buf

Type: An array of guint8

Return output buffer here.

The length of the array is specified in the len argument.
The data is owned by the caller of the method.
len

Type: size_t*

Return output length here.

The data is owned by the caller of the method.
...

Type: 

NULL-terminated list of optional named arguments.

Return value

Type: int

0 on success, -1 on error.