Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml

   1  <partinfo>
   2     <authorgroup>
   3       <author>
   4         <firstname>Michael</firstname>
   5         <surname>Schimek</surname>
   6         <othername role="mi">H</othername>
   7         <affiliation>
   8           <address>
   9             <email>mschimek@gmx.at</email>
  10           </address>
  11         </affiliation>
  12       </author>
  13
  14       <author>
  15         <firstname>Bill</firstname>
  16         <surname>Dirks</surname>
  17         <!-- Commented until Bill opts in to be spammed.
  18         <affiliation>
  19           <address>
  20             <email>bill@thedirks.org</email>
  21           </address>
  22         </affiliation> -->
  23         <contrib>Original author of the V4L2 API and
  24 documentation.</contrib>
  25       </author>
  26
  27       <author>
  28         <firstname>Hans</firstname>
  29         <surname>Verkuil</surname>
  30         <contrib>Designed and documented the VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS ioctl,
  31 the extended control ioctls, major parts of the sliced VBI API, the
  32 MPEG encoder and decoder APIs and the DV Timings API.</contrib>
  33         <affiliation>
  34           <address>
  35             <email>hverkuil@xs4all.nl</email>
  36           </address>
  37         </affiliation>
  38       </author>
  39
  40       <author>
  41         <firstname>Martin</firstname>
  42         <surname>Rubli</surname>
  43         <!--
  44         <affiliation>
  45           <address>
  46             <email>martin_rubli@logitech.com</email>
  47           </address>
  48         </affiliation> -->
  49         <contrib>Designed and documented the VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMESIZES
  50 and VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMEINTERVALS ioctls.</contrib>
  51       </author>
  52
  53       <author>
  54         <firstname>Andy</firstname>
  55         <surname>Walls</surname>
  56         <contrib>Documented the fielded V4L2_MPEG_STREAM_VBI_FMT_IVTV
  57 MPEG stream embedded, sliced VBI data format in this specification.
  58 </contrib>
  59         <affiliation>
  60           <address>
  61             <email>awalls@md.metrocast.net</email>
  62           </address>
  63         </affiliation>
  64       </author>
  65
  66       <author>
  67         <firstname>Mauro</firstname>
  68         <surname>Carvalho Chehab</surname>
  69         <contrib>Documented libv4l, designed and added v4l2grab example,
  70 Remote Controller chapter.</contrib>
  71         <affiliation>
  72           <address>
  73             <email>mchehab@redhat.com</email>
  74           </address>
  75         </affiliation>
  76       </author>
  77
  78       <author>
  79         <firstname>Muralidharan</firstname>
  80         <surname>Karicheri</surname>
  81         <contrib>Documented the Digital Video timings API.</contrib>
  82         <affiliation>
  83           <address>
  84             <email>m-karicheri2@ti.com</email>
  85           </address>
  86         </affiliation>
  87       </author>
  88
  89       <author>
  90         <firstname>Pawel</firstname>
  91         <surname>Osciak</surname>
  92         <contrib>Designed and documented the multi-planar API.</contrib>
  93         <affiliation>
  94           <address>
  95             <email>pawel AT osciak.com</email>
  96           </address>
  97         </affiliation>
  98       </author>
  99
 100       <author>
 101         <firstname>Sakari</firstname>
 102         <surname>Ailus</surname>
 103         <contrib>Subdev selections API.</contrib>
 104         <affiliation>
 105           <address>
 106             <email>sakari.ailus@iki.fi</email>
 107           </address>
 108         </affiliation>
 109       </author>
 110     </authorgroup>
 111
 112     <copyright>
 113       <year>1999</year>
 114       <year>2000</year>
 115       <year>2001</year>
 116       <year>2002</year>
 117       <year>2003</year>
 118       <year>2004</year>
 119       <year>2005</year>
 120       <year>2006</year>
 121       <year>2007</year>
 122       <year>2008</year>
 123       <year>2009</year>
 124       <year>2010</year>
 125       <year>2011</year>
 126       <year>2012</year>
 127       <holder>Bill Dirks, Michael H. Schimek, Hans Verkuil, Martin
 128 Rubli, Andy Walls, Muralidharan Karicheri, Mauro Carvalho Chehab,
 129         Pawel Osciak</holder>
 130     </copyright>
 131     <legalnotice>
 132     <para>Except when explicitly stated as GPL, programming examples within
 133             this part can be used and distributed without restrictions.</para>
 134     </legalnotice>
 135     <revhistory>
 136       <!-- Put document revisions here, newest first. -->
 137       <!-- API revisions (changes and additions of defines, enums,
 138 structs, ioctls) must be noted in more detail in the history chapter
 139 (compat.xml), along with the possible impact on existing drivers and
 140 applications. -->
 141
 142       <revision>
 143         <revnumber>3.5</revnumber>
 144         <date>2012-05-07</date>
 145         <authorinitials>sa, sn</authorinitials>
 146         <revremark>Added V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER_MENU and V4L2 subdev
 147             selections API. Improved the description of V4L2_CID_COLORFX
 148             control, added V4L2_CID_COLORFX_CBCR control.
 149             Added camera controls V4L2_CID_AUTO_EXPOSURE_BIAS,
 150             V4L2_CID_AUTO_N_PRESET_WHITE_BALANCE, V4L2_CID_IMAGE_STABILIZATION,
 151             V4L2_CID_ISO_SENSITIVITY, V4L2_CID_ISO_SENSITIVITY_AUTO,
 152             V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE_METERING, V4L2_CID_SCENE_MODE,
 153             V4L2_CID_3A_LOCK, V4L2_CID_AUTO_FOCUS_START,
 154             V4L2_CID_AUTO_FOCUS_STOP, V4L2_CID_AUTO_FOCUS_STATUS
 155             and V4L2_CID_AUTO_FOCUS_RANGE.
 156         </revremark>
 157         <date>2012-05-01</date>
 158         <authorinitials>hv</authorinitials>
 159         <revremark>Added VIDIOC_ENUM_DV_TIMINGS, VIDIOC_QUERY_DV_TIMINGS and
 160         VIDIOC_DV_TIMINGS_CAP.
 161         </revremark>
 162       </revision>
 163
 164       <revision>
 165         <revnumber>3.4</revnumber>
 166         <date>2012-01-25</date>
 167         <authorinitials>sn</authorinitials>
 168         <revremark>Added <link linkend="jpeg-controls">JPEG compression
 169             control class.</link>
 170         </revremark>
 171       </revision>
 172
 173       <revision>
 174         <revnumber>3.3</revnumber>
 175         <date>2012-01-11</date>
 176         <authorinitials>hv</authorinitials>
 177         <revremark>Added device_caps field to struct v4l2_capabilities.</revremark>
 178       </revision>
 179
 180       <revision>
 181         <revnumber>3.2</revnumber>
 182         <date>2011-08-26</date>
 183         <authorinitials>hv</authorinitials>
 184         <revremark>Added V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE.</revremark>
 185       </revision>
 186
 187       <revision>
 188         <revnumber>3.1</revnumber>
 189         <date>2011-06-27</date>
 190         <authorinitials>mcc, po, hv</authorinitials>
 191         <revremark>Documented that VIDIOC_QUERYCAP now returns a per-subsystem version instead of a per-driver one.
 192                    Standardize an error code for invalid ioctl.
 193                    Added V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_BITMASK.</revremark>
 194       </revision>
 195
 196       <revision>
 197         <revnumber>2.6.39</revnumber>
 198         <date>2011-03-01</date>
 199         <authorinitials>mcc, po</authorinitials>
 200         <revremark>Removed VIDIOC_*_OLD from videodev2.h header and update it to reflect latest changes. Added the <link linkend="planar-apis">multi-planar API</link>.</revremark>
 201       </revision>
 202
 203       <revision>
 204         <revnumber>2.6.37</revnumber>
 205         <date>2010-08-06</date>
 206         <authorinitials>hv</authorinitials>
 207         <revremark>Removed obsolete vtx (videotext) API.</revremark>
 208       </revision>
 209
 210       <revision>
 211         <revnumber>2.6.33</revnumber>
 212         <date>2009-12-03</date>
 213         <authorinitials>mk</authorinitials>
 214         <revremark>Added documentation for the Digital Video timings API.</revremark>
 215       </revision>
 216
 217       <revision>
 218         <revnumber>2.6.32</revnumber>
 219         <date>2009-08-31</date>
 220         <authorinitials>mcc</authorinitials>
 221         <revremark>Now, revisions will match the kernel version where
 222 the V4L2 API changes will be used by the Linux Kernel.
 223 Also added Remote Controller chapter.</revremark>
 224       </revision>
 225
 226       <revision>
 227         <revnumber>0.29</revnumber>
 228         <date>2009-08-26</date>
 229         <authorinitials>ev</authorinitials>
 230         <revremark>Added documentation for string controls and for FM Transmitter controls.</revremark>
 231       </revision>
 232
 233       <revision>
 234         <revnumber>0.28</revnumber>
 235         <date>2009-08-26</date>
 236         <authorinitials>gl</authorinitials>
 237         <revremark>Added V4L2_CID_BAND_STOP_FILTER documentation.</revremark>
 238       </revision>
 239
 240       <revision>
 241         <revnumber>0.27</revnumber>
 242         <date>2009-08-15</date>
 243         <authorinitials>mcc</authorinitials>
 244         <revremark>Added libv4l and Remote Controller documentation;
 245 added v4l2grab and keytable application examples.</revremark>
 246       </revision>
 247
 248       <revision>
 249         <revnumber>0.26</revnumber>
 250         <date>2009-07-23</date>
 251         <authorinitials>hv</authorinitials>
 252         <revremark>Finalized the RDS capture API. Added modulator and RDS encoder
 253 capabilities. Added support for string controls.</revremark>
 254       </revision>
 255
 256       <revision>
 257         <revnumber>0.25</revnumber>
 258         <date>2009-01-18</date>
 259         <authorinitials>hv</authorinitials>
 260         <revremark>Added pixel formats VYUY, NV16 and NV61, and changed
 261 the debug ioctls VIDIOC_DBG_G/S_REGISTER and VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_IDENT.
 262 Added camera controls V4L2_CID_ZOOM_ABSOLUTE, V4L2_CID_ZOOM_RELATIVE,
 263 V4L2_CID_ZOOM_CONTINUOUS and V4L2_CID_PRIVACY.</revremark>
 264       </revision>
 265
 266       <revision>
 267         <revnumber>0.24</revnumber>
 268         <date>2008-03-04</date>
 269         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 270         <revremark>Added pixel formats Y16 and SBGGR16, new controls
 271 and a camera controls class. Removed VIDIOC_G/S_MPEGCOMP.</revremark>
 272       </revision>
 273
 274       <revision>
 275         <revnumber>0.23</revnumber>
 276         <date>2007-08-30</date>
 277         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 278         <revremark>Fixed a typo in VIDIOC_DBG_G/S_REGISTER.
 279 Clarified the byte order of packed pixel formats.</revremark>
 280       </revision>
 281
 282       <revision>
 283         <revnumber>0.22</revnumber>
 284         <date>2007-08-29</date>
 285         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 286         <revremark>Added the Video Output Overlay interface, new MPEG
 287 controls, V4L2_FIELD_INTERLACED_TB and V4L2_FIELD_INTERLACED_BT,
 288 VIDIOC_DBG_G/S_REGISTER, VIDIOC_(TRY_)ENCODER_CMD,
 289 VIDIOC_G_CHIP_IDENT, VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX, new pixel formats.
 290 Clarifications in the cropping chapter, about RGB pixel formats, the
 291 mmap(), poll(), select(), read() and write() functions. Typographical
 292 fixes.</revremark>
 293       </revision>
 294
 295       <revision>
 296         <revnumber>0.21</revnumber>
 297         <date>2006-12-19</date>
 298         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 299         <revremark>Fixed a link in the VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS section.</revremark>
 300       </revision>
 301
 302       <revision>
 303         <revnumber>0.20</revnumber>
 304         <date>2006-11-24</date>
 305         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 306         <revremark>Clarified the purpose of the audioset field in
 307 struct v4l2_input and v4l2_output.</revremark>
 308       </revision>
 309
 310       <revision>
 311         <revnumber>0.19</revnumber>
 312         <date>2006-10-19</date>
 313         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 314         <revremark>Documented V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB444.</revremark>
 315       </revision>
 316
 317       <revision>
 318         <revnumber>0.18</revnumber>
 319         <date>2006-10-18</date>
 320         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 321         <revremark>Added the description of extended controls by Hans
 322 Verkuil. Linked V4L2_PIX_FMT_MPEG to V4L2_CID_MPEG_STREAM_TYPE.</revremark>
 323       </revision>
 324
 325       <revision>
 326         <revnumber>0.17</revnumber>
 327         <date>2006-10-12</date>
 328         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 329         <revremark>Corrected V4L2_PIX_FMT_HM12 description.</revremark>
 330       </revision>
 331
 332       <revision>
 333         <revnumber>0.16</revnumber>
 334         <date>2006-10-08</date>
 335         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 336         <revremark>VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMESIZES and
 337 VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMEINTERVALS are now part of the API.</revremark>
 338       </revision>
 339
 340       <revision>
 341         <revnumber>0.15</revnumber>
 342         <date>2006-09-23</date>
 343         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 344         <revremark>Cleaned up the bibliography, added BT.653 and
 345 BT.1119. capture.c/start_capturing() for user pointer I/O did not
 346 initialize the buffer index. Documented the V4L MPEG and MJPEG
 347 VID_TYPEs and V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR8. Updated the list of reserved pixel
 348 formats. See the history chapter for API changes.</revremark>
 349       </revision>
 350
 351       <revision>
 352         <revnumber>0.14</revnumber>
 353         <date>2006-09-14</date>
 354         <authorinitials>mr</authorinitials>
 355         <revremark>Added VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMESIZES and
 356 VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMEINTERVALS proposal for frame format enumeration of
 357 digital devices.</revremark>
 358       </revision>
 359
 360       <revision>
 361         <revnumber>0.13</revnumber>
 362         <date>2006-04-07</date>
 363         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 364         <revremark>Corrected the description of struct v4l2_window
 365 clips. New V4L2_STD_ and V4L2_TUNER_MODE_LANG1_LANG2
 366 defines.</revremark>
 367       </revision>
 368
 369       <revision>
 370         <revnumber>0.12</revnumber>
 371         <date>2006-02-03</date>
 372         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 373         <revremark>Corrected the description of struct
 374 v4l2_captureparm and v4l2_outputparm.</revremark>
 375       </revision>
 376
 377       <revision>
 378         <revnumber>0.11</revnumber>
 379         <date>2006-01-27</date>
 380         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 381         <revremark>Improved the description of struct
 382 v4l2_tuner.</revremark>
 383       </revision>
 384
 385       <revision>
 386         <revnumber>0.10</revnumber>
 387         <date>2006-01-10</date>
 388         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 389         <revremark>VIDIOC_G_INPUT and VIDIOC_S_PARM
 390 clarifications.</revremark>
 391       </revision>
 392
 393       <revision>
 394         <revnumber>0.9</revnumber>
 395         <date>2005-11-27</date>
 396         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 397         <revremark>Improved the 525 line numbering diagram. Hans
 398 Verkuil and I rewrote the sliced VBI section. He also contributed a
 399 VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS page. Fixed VIDIOC_S_STD call in the video standard
 400 selection example. Various updates.</revremark>
 401       </revision>
 402
 403       <revision>
 404         <revnumber>0.8</revnumber>
 405         <date>2004-10-04</date>
 406         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 407         <revremark>Somehow a piece of junk slipped into the capture
 408 example, removed.</revremark>
 409       </revision>
 410
 411       <revision>
 412         <revnumber>0.7</revnumber>
 413         <date>2004-09-19</date>
 414         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 415         <revremark>Fixed video standard selection, control
 416 enumeration, downscaling and aspect example. Added read and user
 417 pointer i/o to video capture example.</revremark>
 418       </revision>
 419
 420       <revision>
 421         <revnumber>0.6</revnumber>
 422         <date>2004-08-01</date>
 423         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 424         <revremark>v4l2_buffer changes, added video capture example,
 425 various corrections.</revremark>
 426       </revision>
 427
 428       <revision>
 429         <revnumber>0.5</revnumber>
 430         <date>2003-11-05</date>
 431         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 432         <revremark>Pixel format erratum.</revremark>
 433       </revision>
 434
 435       <revision>
 436         <revnumber>0.4</revnumber>
 437         <date>2003-09-17</date>
 438         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 439         <revremark>Corrected source and Makefile to generate a PDF.
 440 SGML fixes. Added latest API changes. Closed gaps in the history
 441 chapter.</revremark>
 442       </revision>
 443
 444       <revision>
 445         <revnumber>0.3</revnumber>
 446         <date>2003-02-05</date>
 447         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 448         <revremark>Another draft, more corrections.</revremark>
 449       </revision>
 450
 451       <revision>
 452         <revnumber>0.2</revnumber>
 453         <date>2003-01-15</date>
 454         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 455         <revremark>Second draft, with corrections pointed out by Gerd
 456 Knorr.</revremark>
 457       </revision>
 458
 459       <revision>
 460         <revnumber>0.1</revnumber>
 461         <date>2002-12-01</date>
 462         <authorinitials>mhs</authorinitials>
 463         <revremark>First draft, based on documentation by Bill Dirks
 464 and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark>
 465       </revision>
 466     </revhistory>
 467 </partinfo>
 468
 469 <title>Video for Linux Two API Specification</title>
 470  <subtitle>Revision 3.5</subtitle>
 471
 472   <chapter id="common">
 473     &sub-common;
 474   </chapter>
 475
 476   <chapter id="pixfmt">
 477     &sub-pixfmt;
 478   </chapter>
 479
 480   <chapter id="io">
 481     &sub-io;
 482   </chapter>
 483
 484   <chapter id="devices">
 485     <title>Interfaces</title>
 486
 487     <section id="capture"> &sub-dev-capture; </section>
 488     <section id="overlay"> &sub-dev-overlay; </section>
 489     <section id="output"> &sub-dev-output; </section>
 490     <section id="osd"> &sub-dev-osd; </section>
 491     <section id="codec"> &sub-dev-codec; </section>
 492     <section id="effect"> &sub-dev-effect; </section>
 493     <section id="raw-vbi"> &sub-dev-raw-vbi; </section>
 494     <section id="sliced"> &sub-dev-sliced-vbi; </section>
 495     <section id="ttx"> &sub-dev-teletext; </section>
 496     <section id="radio"> &sub-dev-radio; </section>
 497     <section id="rds"> &sub-dev-rds; </section>
 498     <section id="event"> &sub-dev-event; </section>
 499     <section id="subdev"> &sub-dev-subdev; </section>
 500   </chapter>
 501
 502   <chapter id="driver">
 503           &sub-driver;
 504   </chapter>
 505
 506   <chapter id="libv4l">
 507           &sub-libv4l;
 508   </chapter>
 509
 510   <chapter id="compat">
 511           &sub-compat;
 512   </chapter>
 513
 514   <appendix id="user-func">
 515   <title>Function Reference</title>
 516
 517     <!-- Keep this alphabetically sorted. -->
 518
 519     &sub-close;
 520     &sub-ioctl;
 521     <!-- All ioctls go here. -->
 522     &sub-create-bufs;
 523     &sub-cropcap;
 524     &sub-dbg-g-chip-ident;
 525     &sub-dbg-g-register;
 526     &sub-decoder-cmd;
 527     &sub-dqevent;
 528     &sub-dv-timings-cap;
 529     &sub-encoder-cmd;
 530     &sub-enumaudio;
 531     &sub-enumaudioout;
 532     &sub-enum-dv-presets;
 533     &sub-enum-dv-timings;
 534     &sub-enum-fmt;
 535     &sub-enum-framesizes;
 536     &sub-enum-frameintervals;
 537     &sub-enuminput;
 538     &sub-enumoutput;
 539     &sub-enumstd;
 540     &sub-g-audio;
 541     &sub-g-audioout;
 542     &sub-g-crop;
 543     &sub-g-ctrl;
 544     &sub-g-dv-preset;
 545     &sub-g-dv-timings;
 546     &sub-g-enc-index;
 547     &sub-g-ext-ctrls;
 548     &sub-g-fbuf;
 549     &sub-g-fmt;
 550     &sub-g-frequency;
 551     &sub-g-input;
 552     &sub-g-jpegcomp;
 553     &sub-g-modulator;
 554     &sub-g-output;
 555     &sub-g-parm;
 556     &sub-g-priority;
 557     &sub-g-selection;
 558     &sub-g-sliced-vbi-cap;
 559     &sub-g-std;
 560     &sub-g-tuner;
 561     &sub-log-status;
 562     &sub-overlay;
 563     &sub-qbuf;
 564     &sub-querybuf;
 565     &sub-querycap;
 566     &sub-queryctrl;
 567     &sub-query-dv-preset;
 568     &sub-query-dv-timings;
 569     &sub-querystd;
 570     &sub-prepare-buf;
 571     &sub-reqbufs;
 572     &sub-s-hw-freq-seek;
 573     &sub-streamon;
 574     &sub-subdev-enum-frame-interval;
 575     &sub-subdev-enum-frame-size;
 576     &sub-subdev-enum-mbus-code;
 577     &sub-subdev-g-crop;
 578     &sub-subdev-g-fmt;
 579     &sub-subdev-g-frame-interval;
 580     &sub-subdev-g-selection;
 581     &sub-subscribe-event;
 582     <!-- End of ioctls. -->
 583     &sub-mmap;
 584     &sub-munmap;
 585     &sub-open;
 586     &sub-poll;
 587     &sub-read;
 588     &sub-select;
 589     &sub-write;
 590   </appendix>
 591
 592   <appendix id="videodev">
 593     <title>Video For Linux Two Header File</title>
 594     &sub-videodev2-h;
 595   </appendix>
 596
 597   <appendix id="capture-example">
 598     <title>Video Capture Example</title>
 599     &sub-capture-c;
 600   </appendix>
 601
 602   <appendix id="v4l2grab-example">
 603     <title>Video Grabber example using libv4l</title>
 604     <para>This program demonstrates how to grab V4L2 images in ppm format by
 605 using libv4l handlers. The advantage is that this grabber can potentially work
 606 with any V4L2 driver.</para>
 607     &sub-v4l2grab-c;
 608   </appendix>
 609
 610   &sub-media-indices;
 611
 612   &sub-biblio;
 613