stb.c

#define STB_IMAGE_IMPLEMENTATION
#define STB_IMAGE_WRITE_IMPLEMENTATION
#define STBI_ONLY_PNG
#define STBI_ONLY_JPEG
#define STBI_ONLY_BMP
#define STBI_ONLY_GIF

#include "stb_image.h"
#include "stb_image_write.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

typedef struct gif_result_t {
	int delay;
	unsigned char *data;
	struct gif_result_t *next;
} gif_result;

STBIDEF unsigned char *stbi_xload(char const *filename, int *x, int *y, int *frames)
{
	FILE *f;
	stbi__context s;
	unsigned char *result = 0;

	if (!(f = stbi__fopen(filename, "rb")))
		return stbi__errpuc("can't fopen", "Unable to open file");

	stbi__start_file(&s, f);

	if (stbi__gif_test(&s))
	{
		int c;
		stbi__gif g;
		gif_result head;
		gif_result *prev = 0, *gr = &head;

		memset(&g, 0, sizeof(g));
		memset(&head, 0, sizeof(head));

		*frames = 0;

		while (gr->data = stbi__gif_load_next(&s, &g, &c, 4))
		{
			if (gr->data == (unsigned char*)&s)
			{
				gr->data = 0;
				break;
			}

			if (prev) prev->next = gr;
			gr->delay = g.delay;
			prev = gr;
			gr = (gif_result*) stbi__malloc(sizeof(gif_result));
			memset(gr, 0, sizeof(gif_result));
			++(*frames);
		}

		STBI_FREE(g.out);

		if (gr != &head)
			STBI_FREE(gr);

		if (*frames > 0)
		{
			*x = g.w;
			*y = g.h;
		}

		result = head.data;

		if (*frames > 1)
		{
			unsigned int size = 4 * g.w * g.h;
			unsigned char *p = 0;

			result = (unsigned char*)stbi__malloc(*frames * (size + 2));
			gr = &head;
			p = result;

			while (gr)
			{
				prev = gr;
				memcpy(p, gr->data, size);
				p += size;
				*p++ = gr->delay & 0xFF;
				*p++ = (gr->delay & 0xFF00) >> 8;
				gr = gr->next;

				STBI_FREE(prev->data);
				if (prev != &head) STBI_FREE(prev);
			}
		}
	}
	else
	{
		result = stbi__load_main(&s, x, y, frames, 4);
		*frames = !!result;
	}

	fclose(f);
	return result;
}

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

Freeing inside the loop still seems incorrect because gr->out and gr->data point at the same image data (and that's used later on). Also, in some cases stbi__gif_load_next will need the data from the previous frame.

I had the same impression... but in the (2 or 3) .gifs I've tried so far, Valgrind still gives me a memory leak if I comment out the STBI_FREE(gr->out) inside the loop. However I think that, as you say, there might be cases in which this approach would fail... I don't know how to find a robust solution to this (and actually I don't know why my code seems to work, if I free gr->out that points to gr->data: but Valgrind should tell me if I free memory twice... and it seems to like my code [so far]...).

I think you can remove the gif_result : stbi__gifinheritance and just call STBI_FREE(s.out) after the while loop.

If s is the stbi__context, in my version of stb_image, it has a lot of buffers, but not s.out:

typedef struct
{
   stbi__uint32 img_x, img_y;
   int img_n, img_out_n;

   stbi_io_callbacks io;
   void *io_user_data;

   int read_from_callbacks;
   int buflen;
   stbi_uc buffer_start[128];

   stbi_uc *img_buffer, *img_buffer_end;
   stbi_uc *img_buffer_original, *img_buffer_original_end;
} stbi__context;

So I don't know which one to try...

I'm sorry: on a closer look the memory leaks seem to be still present even with my (horrible and incorrect) 'fix'.
So I don't have any valid solution yet.

Sorry, STBI_FREE(s.out) is wrong. Should be STBI_FREE(g.out) instead. I'll take another look to see if I find why it's still leaking. Maybe I'll do some actual testing too instead of just trying to guess what's wrong.

I tested with some sample gifs. Adding STBI_FREE(g.out) after the while loop seems to fix the leaks here. Make sure you call stbi_image_free on the result of stbi_xload at some point too.

I tested with some sample gifs. Adding STBI_FREE(g.out) after the while loop seems to fix the leaks here.

Yes! This worked for me too (tested with 2 different gifs: no more leaks!)

Thanks.
P.S. You should modify your code to reflect the fix.
In any case, for clarity, from Revision 1 of this gist, users should just add STBI_FREE(g.out); after the loop (before: if (gr != &head)).

Cool. It's updated now.

This code is outdated. Multiple functions of stbi_image have been changed so this code doesn't work anymore:

In line 44: stbi__gif_load_next(&s, &g, &c, 4)
New definition: static stbi_uc *stbi__gif_load_next(stbi__context *s, stbi__gif *g, int *comp, int req_comp, stbi_uc *two_back)

In line 98: result = stbi__load_main(&s, x, y, frames, 4);
New definition: static void *stbi__load_main(stbi__context *s, int *x, int *y, int *comp, int req_comp, stbi__result_info *ri, int bpc)

Is there any way to make it work with the current functions? What has changed since 2016? There is still a link to this piece of code as a GIF loader solution.

Hey @Gtoyos, I suggest that you look into stbi_load_gif_from_memory(stbi_uc const *buffer, int len, int **delays, int *x, int *y, int *z, int *comp, int req_comp) (https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/f67165c2bb2af3060ecae7d20d6f731173485ad0/stb_image.h#L1300). It looks like it's been added somewhere along the way and it returns a buffer with all frames and delays in a separate argument.

Note: for an updated version check this version: https://github.com/opensoldat/opensoldat/blob/develop/client/libs/stb/src/stb.c

Hi @urraka, Do u have any tutorials or advice on how to use the updated version? I'm currently stuck on how to access/load the other frames of the gif. Also do you know how to allow stbi_set_flip_vertically_on_load to work on the gifs?

Hello @Platforming-Mayhem.

It goes something like this:

// INPUT:
// unsigned char *buffer;
// int bufferSize;

int width = 0;
int height = 0;
int nFrames = 0;
int *delays = NULL;
unsigned char *data = stbi_xload_mem(buffer, bufferSize, &width, &height, &nFrames, &delays);

unsigned char *get_frame_image(int frame) {
  return data + (width * height * 4 * frame);
}

int get_frame_delay(int frame) {
  return delays[frame] / 10; // don't remember what the /10 was all about, probably just time unit conversion
}

Here's some reference code using it (PASCAL)

Regarding the stbi_set_flip_vertically_on_load I wouldn't know. It's been a while since I used this stuff. You could try making that call before the loading happens and see if it makes a difference.

YESSS!!! I WORKED.
@urraka Thank you very much :)

@urraka Sorry to bother you, but do u have any idea as to why this is happening when it loads the next frame?

I also get this exception thrown when loading the next frame on majority of my gifs

Some of them don't get this issue, but those are the ones where the gif is created in a specific program, I think it was Adobe Animate CC.
Animated Gifs created in Krita don't work, Animated Gifs created in Photoshop also don't work.

Nevermind this was my mistake.

This is how you allow vertical flipping for the gifs :)

Hey @Platforming-Mayhem, looks like you got it working, good to know!

By the way, that last line you're highlighting looks suspicious to me. Isn't stbi_set_flip_vertically_on_load a function? My C/C++ is rusty but I think that might be interpreting it as a pointer and just testing that it's not zero, so stbi__vertical_flip_slices is always called.

@urraka I'm not sure, since I just copied it from one of the stb_load functions

@Platforming-Mayhem nevermind what I said, my bad. The function is stbi_set_flip_vertically_on_load but you have stbi__vertically_flip_on_load so it's all good ;D

Hi @urraka,
I've been using this code for a while now but recently I found out that it takes up a lot of memory. Is this normal and is there anyway to decrease the amount of memory that is used?
Thanks :)

Hi @Platforming-Mayhem. The way this works is the easy way out: load every frame into memory in RGBA format. If you have big images with many frames it will take a lot of memory (width * height * 4 * number of frames bytes). I suppose, in theory, one could load the compressed file into memory and buffer a few frames at a time (sort of like video preloading)... but that would need a lot more work.

Thanks :)
This was a big help :D