VideoDecoder.allocateOutputBuffer

gst.buffer.Buffer allocateOutputBuffer()

Helper function that allocates a buffer to hold a video frame for decoder's current #GstVideoCodecState.

You should use [gstvideo.video_decoder.VideoDecoder.allocateOutputFrame] instead of this function, if possible at all.

Returns

allocated buffer, or NULL if no buffer could be

allocated (e.g. when downstream is flushing or shutting down)