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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:15:37 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix at earliest point: check for NULL codec before opening encoder
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fpull%2F1933%2Fhead;p=thirdparty%2Ftvheadend.git

Fix at earliest point: check for NULL codec before opening encoder

Co-authored-by: Flole998 <9951871+Flole998@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/src/transcoding/codec/codec.c b/src/transcoding/codec/codec.c
index 38f78c8ca..6e5d1e3e7 100644
--- a/src/transcoding/codec/codec.c
+++ b/src/transcoding/codec/codec.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ tvh_codec_get_type_string(TVHCodec *self)
 const AVCodec *
 tvh_codec_get_codec(TVHCodec *self)
 {
-    return self ? self->codec : NULL;
+    return self->codec;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/transcoding/transcode/context.c b/src/transcoding/transcode/context.c
index 6d939e8f0..b30492dca 100644
--- a/src/transcoding/transcode/context.c
+++ b/src/transcoding/transcode/context.c
@@ -414,6 +414,11 @@ tvh_context_encode(TVHContext *self, AVFrame *avframe)
     int ret = 0;
 
     if (!avcodec_is_open(self->oavctx)) {
+        // Check if we have a valid codec before attempting to open
+        if (!self->oavctx->codec) {
+            tvh_context_log(self, LOG_ERR, "cannot open encoder: no codec available");
+            return -1;
+        }
         ret = tvh_context_open(self, OPEN_ENCODER);
     }
     if (!ret && !(ret = tvh_context_push_frame(self, avframe))) {