Reorder arguments for av_fifo_generic_read to be more logical and

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+Never assume the API of libav* to be stable unless at least 1 week has passed since
+the last major version increase.
+The last version increases were:
+libavcodec:  ?
+libavdevice: ?
+libavfilter: ?
+libavformat: ?
+libpostproc: ?
+libswscale:  ?
+libavutil:   2009-03-08
+
+
+API changes, most recent first:
+
+20090308 - r17869 - lavu 50.0.0  - AVFifoBuffer
+  av_fifo_init, av_fifo_read, av_fifo_write and av_fifo_realloc were dropped and replaced
+  by av_fifo_alloc, av_fifo_generic_read, av_fifo_generic_write and av_fifo_realloc2.
+  In addition, the order of the function arguments of av_fifo_generic_read were changed
+  to match av_fifo_generic_write.
+  The AVFifoBuffer/struct AVFifoBuffer may only be used in an opaque way by applications,
+  they may not use sizeof() or directly access members.
+
 20090301 - r17682 - lavf 52.31.0 - Generic metadata API
   This version introduces a new metadata API (see av_metadata_get() and friends).
   The old API is now deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. This especially