Writing a new libnopegl node

The vast majority of the code is “node code”, in files following the node_*.c pattern. Since nodes need to be able to introspect each others, all their respective “private” context are declared in a common (not publicly exposed) header internal.h. This header also contains the structures definitions and prototypes required to implement a new node.

In order to add a node, you need to:

• In nopegl.h.in: declare a new NGL_NODE_* with an arbitrary unique FourCC

• Create a node_*.c file declaring a const struct node_class. Don’t forget the Copyright header. See other node files, such as node_identity.c

• in nodes_register.h: register the new node

• Reference the source file node in libnopegl/meson.build

• Run make nopegl-updatespecs (from the top-level Makefile) to update nodes.specs every time you update the parameters of the node

• Refer to internal.h for the available callbacks to implement in your class map