#!/usr/bin/env python

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"""Video codec helper — live remainder after the 2026-06-11 dead-code sweep.

The torchcodec/torchvision decode stack that lived here served the deleted
lerobot dataset modules; training decodes video through
``src/adapters/lerobot_base._read_video_frame`` (shared PyAV container cache).
"""
from __future__ import annotations

import importlib
import logging


def get_safe_default_codec():
    if importlib.util.find_spec("torchcodec"):
        return "torchcodec"
    logging.warning(
        "'torchcodec' is not available in your platform, falling back to 'pyav' as a default decoder"
    )
    return "pyav"