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perhapse alloc based on Width*Height*Depth? That should give a reasonable buffer given a worst-case (uncompressible) still image.

In modules/codec/ffmpeg/encoder.c AVCODEC_MAX_VIDEO_FRAME_SIZE is set to 3MB, however this is not large enough for some complex 1080i content. If the image is complex enough avcodec_encode_video() will hit 3MB and produce a truncated png snapshot file. I've increased the limit to 8MB in my build and...