# # Multimedia device configuration # menu "Multimedia devices" config VIDEO_DEV tristate "Video For Linux" ---help--- Support for audio/video capture and overlay devices and FM radio cards. The exact capabilities of each device vary. User tools for this are available from . This kernel includes support for the new Video for Linux Two API, (V4L2) as well as the original system. Drivers and applications need to be rewritten to use V4L2, but drivers for popular cards and applications for most video capture functions already exist. Documentation for the original API is included in the file Documentation/video4linux/API.html. Documentation for V4L2 is available on the web at http://bytesex.org/v4l/ This driver is also available as a module called videodev ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read . source "drivers/media/common/Kconfig" source "drivers/media/video/Kconfig" source "drivers/media/radio/Kconfig" source "drivers/media/dvb/Kconfig" endmenu