style: added platform-dependent type aliases for char and string

Signed-off-by: k4yt3x <i@k4yt3x.com>

include/libvideo2x/char_defs.h

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#ifndef CHAR_DEFS_H
+#define CHAR_DEFS_H
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+typedef wchar_t CharType;
+#define STR(x) L##x
+#else
+typedef char CharType;
+#define STR(x) x
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+#include <string>
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+typedef std::wstring StringType;
+#else
+typedef std::string StringType;
+#endif
+
+#endif  // __cplusplus
+#endif  // CHAR_DEFS_H

include/libvideo2x/fsutils.h

@@ -2,11 +2,18 @@
 #define FSUTILS_H
 
 #include <filesystem>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "char_defs.h"
 
 bool filepath_is_readable(const std::filesystem::path &path);
 
 std::filesystem::path find_resource_file(const std::filesystem::path &path);
 
-std::string path_to_string(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+std::string path_to_u8string(const std::filesystem::path &path);
+
+StringType path_to_string_type(const std::filesystem::path &path);
+
+StringType to_string_type(int value);
 
 #endif  // FSUTILS_H

include/libvideo2x/libvideo2x.h

@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+#include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
+#include <libavformat/avformat.h>
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#include "char_defs.h"
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #ifdef LIBVIDEO2X_EXPORTS
 #define LIBVIDEO2X_API __declspec(dllexport)
@@ -19,9 +30,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
-#include <libavformat/avformat.h>
-
 // Enum to specify filter type
 enum FilterType {
     FILTER_LIBPLACEBO,
@@ -43,11 +51,7 @@ enum Libvideo2xLogLevel {
 struct LibplaceboConfig {
     int out_width;
     int out_height;
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    const wchar_t *shader_path;
-#else
-    const char *shader_path;
-#endif
+    const CharType *shader_path;
 };
 
 // Configuration for RealESRGAN filter
@@ -55,11 +59,7 @@ struct RealESRGANConfig {
     int gpuid;
     bool tta_mode;
     int scaling_factor;
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    const wchar_t *model_name;
-#else
-    const char *model_name;
-#endif
+    const CharType *model_name;
 };
 
 // Unified filter configuration
@@ -93,15 +93,22 @@ struct VideoProcessingContext {
     bool completed;
 };
 
-// C-compatible process_video function
+/**
+ * @brief Process a video file using the selected filter and encoder settings.
+ *
+ * @param[in] in_fname Path to the input video file
+ * @param[in] out_fname Path to the output video file
+ * @param[in] log_level Log level
+ * @param[in] benchmark Flag to enable benchmarking mode
+ * @param[in] hw_type Hardware device type
+ * @param[in] filter_config Filter configurations
+ * @param[in] encoder_config Encoder configurations
+ * @param[in,out] proc_ctx Video processing context
+ * @return int 0 on success, non-zero value on error
+ */
 LIBVIDEO2X_API int process_video(
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    const wchar_t *in_fname,
-    const wchar_t *out_fname,
-#else
-    const char *in_fname,
-    const char *out_fname,
-#endif
+    const CharType *in_fname,
+    const CharType *out_fname,
     enum Libvideo2xLogLevel log_level,
     bool benchmark,
     enum AVHWDeviceType hw_device_type,

include/libvideo2x/realesrgan_filter.h

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
 }
 
+#include "char_defs.h"
 #include "filter.h"
 #include "realesrgan.h"
 
@@ -15,11 +16,7 @@ class RealesrganFilter : public Filter {
     int gpuid;
     bool tta_mode;
     int scaling_factor;
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    const std::wstring model_name;
-#else
-    const std::string model_name;
-#endif
+    const StringType model_name;
     AVRational in_time_base;
     AVRational out_time_base;
     AVPixelFormat out_pix_fmt;
@@ -30,11 +27,7 @@ class RealesrganFilter : public Filter {
         int gpuid = 0,
         bool tta_mode = false,
         int scaling_factor = 4,
-#ifdef _WIN32
-        const std::wstring model_name = L"realesr-animevideov3"
-#else
-        const std::string model_name = "realesr-animevideov3"
-#endif
+        const StringType model_name = STR("realesr-animevideov3")
     );
 
     // Destructor