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+/*
+ * libjpeg8-mem-dest - an example about reusing the memory buffer with libjpeg8
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Antonio Ospite <ospite@studenti.unina.it>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <jpeglib.h>
+
+#define WIDTH 800
+#define HEIGHT 480
+
+static unsigned char *new_image(void)
+{
+ unsigned char *image;
+ int i;
+
+ image = malloc(WIDTH * HEIGHT * 3 * sizeof(*image));
+ if (image == NULL) {
+ perror("malloc");
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < WIDTH * HEIGHT * 3; i++)
+ image[i] = rand() % 0xff;
+
+ return image;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ int i;
+ struct jpeg_compress_struct cinfo;
+ struct jpeg_error_mgr jerr;
+ JSAMPROW row_pointer[1];
+ int row_stride;
+
+ unsigned char *out_buf;
+ unsigned long out_buf_size;
+
+ unsigned char *input_image;
+
+ cinfo.err = jpeg_std_error(&jerr);
+ jpeg_create_compress(&cinfo);
+
+ out_buf = NULL;
+ out_buf_size = 0;
+ jpeg_mem_dest(&cinfo, &out_buf, &out_buf_size);
+
+ cinfo.image_width = WIDTH;
+ cinfo.image_height = HEIGHT;
+ cinfo.input_components = 3;
+ cinfo.in_color_space = JCS_RGB;
+
+ jpeg_set_defaults(&cinfo);
+ jpeg_set_quality(&cinfo, 80, TRUE);
+
+ row_stride = WIDTH * 3;
+
+ srand(time(NULL));
+
+ i = 0;
+ while(i++ < 10) {
+ input_image = new_image();
+
+ jpeg_start_compress(&cinfo, TRUE);
+ while(cinfo.next_scanline < cinfo.image_height) {
+ row_pointer[0] = &input_image[cinfo.next_scanline * row_stride];
+ (void) jpeg_write_scanlines(&cinfo, row_pointer, 1);
+ }
+ jpeg_finish_compress(&cinfo);
+
+ free(input_image);
+
+ /* Is out_buf_size the number of bytes of the jpeg image, or the
+ * size of the allocated buffer? */
+ fprintf(stderr, "out_buf: %p out_buf_size: %ld\n", out_buf, out_buf_size);
+ {
+ char filename[256] = { 0 };
+ FILE *out_file;
+
+ snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "out%03d.jpg", i);
+ out_file = fopen(filename, "wb");
+ fwrite(out_buf, out_buf_size, 1, out_file);
+ fclose(out_file);
+ }
+
+#if 1
+ /*
+ * Rewind the buffer, taken from:
+ * http://sourceforge.net/p/libjpeg-turbo/discussion/1086868/thread/b797ffaf/
+ */
+ cinfo.dest->free_in_buffer += cinfo.dest->next_output_byte - out_buf;
+ cinfo.dest->next_output_byte = out_buf;
+#else
+ /* The code above avoids freeing and allocating a NEW buffer
+ * Isn't there a more straightforward way to recycle the old
+ * buffer after we consumed its content?
+ */
+ free(out_buf);
+ out_buf = NULL;
+ out_buf_size = 0;
+ jpeg_mem_dest(&cinfo, &out_buf, &out_buf_size);
+#endif
+ }
+
+ jpeg_destroy_compress(&cinfo);
+
+ free(out_buf);
+
+ return 0;
+}