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diff --git a/v4l2-spec/v4l2.sgml b/v4l2-spec/v4l2.sgml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9f43b6d1e --- /dev/null +++ b/v4l2-spec/v4l2.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,473 @@ +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN" [ +<!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "entities.sgml"> %entities; +<!ENTITY indices SYSTEM "indices.sgml"> + +<!ENTITY eg "e. g."> +<!ENTITY ie "i. e."> +<!ENTITY fd "File descriptor returned by <link linkend='func-open'><function>open()</function></link>."> +<!ENTITY i2c "I<superscript>2</superscript>C"> +<!ENTITY return-value "<title>Return Value</title><para>On success <returnvalue>0</returnvalue> is returned, on error <returnvalue>-1</returnvalue> and the <varname>errno</varname> variable is set appropriately:</para>"> +<!ENTITY manvol "<manvolnum>2</manvolnum>"> + +<!-- Table templates: structs, structs w/union, defines. --> +<!ENTITY cs-str "<colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1*'><colspec colname='c2' colwidth='1*'><colspec colname='c3' colwidth='2*'><spanspec spanname='hspan' namest='c1' nameend='c3'>"> +<!ENTITY cs-ustr "<colspec colname='c1' colwidth='1*'><colspec colname='c2' colwidth='1*'><colspec colname='c3' colwidth='1*'><colspec colname='c4' colwidth='2*'><spanspec spanname='hspan' namest='c1' nameend='c4'>"> +<!ENTITY cs-def "<colspec colname='c1' colwidth='3*'><colspec colname='c2' colwidth='1*'><colspec colname='c3' colwidth='4*'><spanspec spanname='hspan' namest='c1' nameend='c3'>"> + +<!-- Video for Linux mailing list address. --> +<!ENTITY v4l-ml "<ulink url='http://www.linuxtv.org/lists.php'>http://www.linuxtv.org/lists.php</ulink>"> + +<!-- LinuxTV v4l-dvb repository. --> +<!ENTITY v4l-dvb "<ulink url='http://linuxtv.org/repo/'>http://linuxtv.org/repo/</ulink>"> + +]> + +<book id="v4l2spec"> + <bookinfo> + <title>Video for Linux Two API Specification</title> + <subtitle>Revision 0.25</subtitle> + + <authorgroup> + <author> + <firstname>Michael</firstname> + <surname>Schimek</surname> + <othername role="mi">H</othername> + <affiliation> + <address> + <email>mschimek@gmx.at</email> + </address> + </affiliation> + </author> + + <author> + <firstname>Bill</firstname> + <surname>Dirks</surname> + <!-- Commented until Bill opts in to be spammed. + <affiliation> + <address> + <email>bill@thedirks.org</email> + </address> + </affiliation> --> + <contrib>Original author of the V4L2 API and +documentation.</contrib> + </author> + + <author> + <firstname>Hans</firstname> + <surname>Verkuil</surname> + <contrib>Designed and documented the VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS ioctl, +the extended control ioctls and major parts of the sliced VBI +API.</contrib> + <affiliation> + <address> + <email>hverkuil@xs4all.nl</email> + </address> + </affiliation> + </author> + + <author> + <firstname>Martin</firstname> + <surname>Rubli</surname> + <!-- + <affiliation> + <address> + <email>martin_rubli@logitech.com</email> + </address> + </affiliation> --> + <contrib>Designed and documented the VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMESIZES +and VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMEINTERVALS ioctls.</contrib> + </author> + </authorgroup> + + <copyright> + <year>1999</year> + <year>2000</year> + <year>2001</year> + <year>2002</year> + <year>2003</year> + <year>2004</year> + <year>2005</year> + <year>2006</year> + <year>2007</year> + <year>2008</year> + <year>2009</year> + <holder>Bill Dirks, Michael H. Schimek, Hans Verkuil, Martin +Rubli</holder> + </copyright> + + <legalnotice> + <para>This document is copyrighted © 1999-2009 by Bill +Dirks, Michael H. Schimek, Hans Verkuil and Martin Rubli.</para> + + <para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify +this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, +Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software +Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and +with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the +appendix entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".</para> + + <para>Programming examples can be used and distributed without +restrictions.</para> + </legalnotice> + + <revhistory> + <!-- Put document revisions here, newest first. --> + <!-- API revisions (changes and additions of defines, enums, +structs, ioctls) must be noted in more detail in the history chapter +(compat.sgml), along with the possible impact on existing drivers and +applications. --> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.25</revnumber> + <date>2009-01-18</date> + <authorinitials>hv</authorinitials> + <revremark>Added pixel formats VYUY, NV16 and NV61, and changed +the debug ioctls VIDIOC_DBG_G/S_REGISTER and VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_IDENT. +Added camera controls V4L2_CID_ZOOM_ABSOLUTE, V4L2_CID_ZOOM_RELATIVE, +V4L2_CID_ZOOM_CONTINUOUS and V4L2_CID_PRIVACY.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.24</revnumber> + <date>2008-03-04</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Added pixel formats Y16 and SBGGR16, new controls +and a camera controls class. Removed VIDIOC_G/S_MPEGCOMP.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.23</revnumber> + <date>2007-08-30</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Fixed a typo in VIDIOC_DBG_G/S_REGISTER. +Clarified the byte order of packed pixel formats.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.22</revnumber> + <date>2007-08-29</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Added the Video Output Overlay interface, new MPEG +controls, V4L2_FIELD_INTERLACED_TB and V4L2_FIELD_INTERLACED_BT, +VIDIOC_DBG_G/S_REGISTER, VIDIOC_(TRY_)ENCODER_CMD, +VIDIOC_G_CHIP_IDENT, VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX, new pixel formats. +Clarifications in the cropping chapter, about RGB pixel formats, the +mmap(), poll(), select(), read() and write() functions. Typographical +fixes.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.21</revnumber> + <date>2006-12-19</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Fixed a link in the VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS section.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.20</revnumber> + <date>2006-11-24</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Clarified the purpose of the audioset field in +struct v4l2_input and v4l2_output.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.19</revnumber> + <date>2006-10-19</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Documented V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB444.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.18</revnumber> + <date>2006-10-18</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Added the description of extended controls by Hans +Verkuil. Linked V4L2_PIX_FMT_MPEG to V4L2_CID_MPEG_STREAM_TYPE.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.17</revnumber> + <date>2006-10-12</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Corrected V4L2_PIX_FMT_HM12 description.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.16</revnumber> + <date>2006-10-08</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMESIZES and +VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMEINTERVALS are now part of the API.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.15</revnumber> + <date>2006-09-23</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Cleaned up the bibliography, added BT.653 and +BT.1119. capture.c/start_capturing() for user pointer I/O did not +initialize the buffer index. Documented the V4L MPEG and MJPEG +VID_TYPEs and V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR8. Updated the list of reserved pixel +formats. See the history chapter for API changes.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.14</revnumber> + <date>2006-09-14</date> + <authorinitials>mr</authorinitials> + <revremark>Added VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMESIZES and +VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMEINTERVALS proposal for frame format enumeration of +digital devices.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.13</revnumber> + <date>2006-04-07</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Corrected the description of struct v4l2_window +clips. New V4L2_STD_ and V4L2_TUNER_MODE_LANG1_LANG2 +defines.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.12</revnumber> + <date>2006-02-03</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Corrected the description of struct +v4l2_captureparm and v4l2_outputparm.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.11</revnumber> + <date>2006-01-27</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Improved the description of struct +v4l2_tuner.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.10</revnumber> + <date>2006-01-10</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>VIDIOC_G_INPUT and VIDIOC_S_PARM +clarifications.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.9</revnumber> + <date>2005-11-27</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Improved the 525 line numbering diagram. Hans +Verkuil and I rewrote the sliced VBI section. He also contributed a +VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS page. Fixed VIDIOC_S_STD call in the video standard +selection example. Various updates.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.8</revnumber> + <date>2004-10-04</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Somehow a piece of junk slipped into the capture +example, removed.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.7</revnumber> + <date>2004-09-19</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Fixed video standard selection, control +enumeration, downscaling and aspect example. Added read and user +pointer i/o to video capture example.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.6</revnumber> + <date>2004-08-01</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>v4l2_buffer changes, added video capture example, +various corrections.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.5</revnumber> + <date>2003-11-05</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Pixel format erratum.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.4</revnumber> + <date>2003-09-17</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Corrected source and Makefile to generate a PDF. +SGML fixes. Added latest API changes. Closed gaps in the history +chapter.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.3</revnumber> + <date>2003-02-05</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Another draft, more corrections.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.2</revnumber> + <date>2003-01-15</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>Second draft, with corrections pointed out by Gerd +Knorr.</revremark> + </revision> + + <revision> + <revnumber>0.1</revnumber> + <date>2002-12-01</date> + <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials> + <revremark>First draft, based on documentation by Bill Dirks +and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark> + </revision> + </revhistory> + + </bookinfo> + + <toc></toc> <!-- autogenerated --> + + <preface> + <title>Introduction</title> + + <para>Video For Linux Two is the second version of the Video For +Linux API, a kernel interface for analog radio and video capture and +output drivers.</para> + + <para>Early drivers used ad-hoc interfaces. These were replaced in +Linux 2.2 by Alan Cox' V4L API, based on the interface of the bttv +driver. In 1999 Bill Dirks started the development of V4L2 to fix some +shortcomings of V4L and to support a wider range of devices. The API +was revised again in 2002 prior to its inclusion in Linux 2.5/2.6, and +work continues on improvements and additions while maintaining +compatibility with existing drivers and applications. In 2006/2007 +efforts began on FreeBSD drivers with a V4L2 interface.</para> + + <para>This book documents the V4L2 API. Intended audience are +driver and application writers.</para> + + <para>If you have questions or ideas regarding the API, please +write to the linux-media mailing list: &v4l-ml;.</para> + + <para>The latest version of this document and the DocBook SGML +sources are part of the &v4l-dvb; repository. The online version is +available here: <ulink url="http://linuxtv.org/downloads/video4linux/API/V4L2_API">http://linuxtv.org/downloads/video4linux/API/V4L2_API</ulink>.</para> + </preface> + + <chapter id="common"> + &sub-common; + </chapter> + + <chapter id="pixfmt"> + &sub-pixfmt; + </chapter> + + <chapter id="io"> + &sub-io; + </chapter> + + <chapter id="devices"> + <title>Interfaces</title> + + <section id="capture"> &sub-dev-capture; </section> + <section id="overlay"> &sub-dev-overlay; </section> + <section id="output"> &sub-dev-output; </section> + <section id="osd"> &sub-dev-osd; </section> + <section id="codec"> &sub-dev-codec; </section> + <section id="effect"> &sub-dev-effect; </section> + <section id="raw-vbi"> &sub-dev-raw-vbi; </section> + <section id="sliced"> &sub-dev-sliced-vbi; </section> + <section id="ttx"> &sub-dev-teletext; </section> + <section id="radio"> &sub-dev-radio; </section> + <section id="rds"> &sub-dev-rds; </section> + </chapter> + + <reference id="user-func"> + <title>Function Reference</title> + + <!-- Keep this alphabetically sorted. --> + + &sub-close; + &sub-ioctl; + <!-- All ioctls go here. --> + &sub-cropcap; + &sub-dbg-g-chip-ident; + &sub-dbg-g-register; + &sub-encoder-cmd; + &sub-enumaudio; + &sub-enumaudioout; + &sub-enum-fmt; + &sub-enum-framesizes; + &sub-enum-frameintervals; + &sub-enuminput; + &sub-enumoutput; + &sub-enumstd; + &sub-g-audio; + &sub-g-audioout; + &sub-g-crop; + &sub-g-ctrl; + &sub-g-enc-index; + &sub-g-ext-ctrls; + &sub-g-fbuf; + &sub-g-fmt; + &sub-g-frequency; + &sub-g-input; + &sub-g-jpegcomp; + &sub-g-modulator; + &sub-g-output; + &sub-g-parm; + &sub-g-priority; + &sub-g-sliced-vbi-cap; + &sub-g-std; + &sub-g-tuner; + &sub-log-status; + &sub-overlay; + &sub-qbuf; + &sub-querybuf; + &sub-querycap; + &sub-queryctrl; + &sub-querystd; + &sub-reqbufs; + &sub-s-hw-freq-seek; + &sub-streamon; + <!-- End of ioctls. --> + &sub-mmap; + &sub-munmap; + &sub-open; + &sub-poll; + &sub-read; + &sub-select; + &sub-write; + </reference> + + <chapter id="driver"> + &sub-driver; + </chapter> + + <chapter id="compat"> + &sub-compat; + </chapter> + + <appendix id="videodev"> + <title>Video For Linux Two Header File</title> + &sub-videodev2-h; + </appendix> + + <appendix id="capture-example"> + <title>Video Capture Example</title> + &sub-capture-c; + </appendix> + + &sub-fdl-appendix; + + &sub-indices; + + &sub-biblio; + +</book> |