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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 10:05:51 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/common.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/common.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d84aeb703 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/common.rst @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later + +.. _common: + +################### +Common API Elements +################### +Programming a V4L2 device consists of these steps: + +- Opening the device + +- Changing device properties, selecting a video and audio input, video + standard, picture brightness a. o. + +- Negotiating a data format + +- Negotiating an input/output method + +- The actual input/output loop + +- Closing the device + +In practice most steps are optional and can be executed out of order. It +depends on the V4L2 device type, you can read about the details in +:ref:`devices`. In this chapter we will discuss the basic concepts +applicable to all devices. + + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + open + querycap + app-pri + video + audio + tuner + standard + dv-timings + control + extended-controls + ext-ctrls-camera + ext-ctrls-flash + ext-ctrls-image-source + ext-ctrls-image-process + ext-ctrls-codec + ext-ctrls-jpeg + ext-ctrls-dv + ext-ctrls-rf-tuner + ext-ctrls-fm-tx + ext-ctrls-fm-rx + ext-ctrls-detect + fourcc + format + planar-apis + selection-api + crop + streaming-par |