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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-query-dv-timings.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-query-dv-timings.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6c82eafd2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-query-dv-timings.rst @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*- + +.. _VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS: + +***************************** +ioctl VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS +***************************** + +Name +==== + +VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS - VIDIOC_SUBDEV_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS - Sense the DV preset received by the current input + + +Synopsis +======== + +.. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS, struct v4l2_dv_timings *argp ) + :name: VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS + +.. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_SUBDEV_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS, struct v4l2_dv_timings *argp ) + :name: VIDIOC_SUBDEV_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS + + +Arguments +========= + +``fd`` + File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`. + +``argp`` + Pointer to struct :c:type:`v4l2_dv_timings`. + + +Description +=========== + +The hardware may be able to detect the current DV timings automatically, +similar to sensing the video standard. To do so, applications call +:ref:`VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS` with a pointer to a struct +:c:type:`v4l2_dv_timings`. Once the hardware detects +the timings, it will fill in the timings structure. + +.. note:: + + Drivers shall *not* switch timings automatically if new + timings are detected. Instead, drivers should send the + ``V4L2_EVENT_SOURCE_CHANGE`` event (if they support this) and expect + that userspace will take action by calling :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS`. + The reason is that new timings usually mean different buffer sizes as + well, and you cannot change buffer sizes on the fly. In general, + applications that receive the Source Change event will have to call + :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS`, and if the detected timings are valid they + will have to stop streaming, set the new timings, allocate new buffers + and start streaming again. + +If the timings could not be detected because there was no signal, then +ENOLINK is returned. If a signal was detected, but it was unstable and +the receiver could not lock to the signal, then ``ENOLCK`` is returned. If +the receiver could lock to the signal, but the format is unsupported +(e.g. because the pixelclock is out of range of the hardware +capabilities), then the driver fills in whatever timings it could find +and returns ``ERANGE``. In that case the application can call +:ref:`VIDIOC_DV_TIMINGS_CAP` to compare the +found timings with the hardware's capabilities in order to give more +precise feedback to the user. + + +Return Value +============ + +On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set +appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the +:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter. + +ENODATA + Digital video timings are not supported for this input or output. + +ENOLINK + No timings could be detected because no signal was found. + +ENOLCK + The signal was unstable and the hardware could not lock on to it. + +ERANGE + Timings were found, but they are out of range of the hardware + capabilities. |