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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> | 2011-05-31 15:27:44 -0400 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> | 2011-07-27 16:52:05 -0400 |
commit | 4266129964b8238526936d723de65b419d8069c6 (patch) | |
tree | 38c6b5cd3dc99b8599391ffad3b87e399bef56a2 /Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/libv4l.xml | |
parent | 04893043ae9ea8aa82b712491ed25ba6c4ffbca3 (diff) |
[media] DocBook: Move all media docbook stuff into its own directory
This patch addresses several issues pointed by Randy Dunlap
<rdunlap@xenotime.net> at changeset ece722c:
- In the generated index.html file, "media" is listed first, but it
should be listed in alphabetical order, not first.
- The generated files are (hidden) in .tmpmedia/
- The link from the top-level index.html file to "media" is to
media/index.html, but the file is actually in .tmpmedia/media/index.html
- Please build docs with and without using "O=builddir" and test that.
- Would it be possible for media to have its own Makefile instead of
merging into this one?
Due to the way cleandocs target works, I had to rename the media DocBook
to media_api, otherwise cleandocs would remove the /media directory.
Thanks-to: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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1 | <title>Libv4l Userspace Library</title> | ||
2 | <section id="libv4l-introduction"> | ||
3 | <title>Introduction</title> | ||
4 | |||
5 | <para>libv4l is a collection of libraries which adds a thin abstraction | ||
6 | layer on top of video4linux2 devices. The purpose of this (thin) layer | ||
7 | is to make it easy for application writers to support a wide variety of | ||
8 | devices without having to write separate code for different devices in the | ||
9 | same class.</para> | ||
10 | <para>An example of using libv4l is provided by | ||
11 | <link linkend='v4l2grab-example'>v4l2grab</link>. | ||
12 | </para> | ||
13 | |||
14 | <para>libv4l consists of 3 different libraries:</para> | ||
15 | <section> | ||
16 | <title>libv4lconvert</title> | ||
17 | |||
18 | <para>libv4lconvert is a library that converts several | ||
19 | different pixelformats found in V4L2 drivers into a few common RGB and | ||
20 | YUY formats.</para> | ||
21 | <para>It currently accepts the following V4L2 driver formats: | ||
22 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-BGR24"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_BGR24</constant></link>, | ||
23 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-HM12"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_HM12</constant></link>, | ||
24 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-JPEG"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_JPEG</constant></link>, | ||
25 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-MJPEG"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_MJPEG</constant></link>, | ||
26 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-MR97310A"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_MR97310A</constant></link>, | ||
27 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-OV511"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_OV511</constant></link>, | ||
28 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-OV518"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_OV518</constant></link>, | ||
29 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-PAC207"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_PAC207</constant></link>, | ||
30 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-PJPG"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_PJPG</constant></link>, | ||
31 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-RGB24"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB24</constant></link>, | ||
32 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-SBGGR8"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_SBGGR8</constant></link>, | ||
33 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-SGBRG8"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGBRG8</constant></link>, | ||
34 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-SGRBG8"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_SGRBG8</constant></link>, | ||
35 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-SN9C10X"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_SN9C10X</constant></link>, | ||
36 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-SN9C20X-I420"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_SN9C20X_I420</constant></link>, | ||
37 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-SPCA501"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_SPCA501</constant></link>, | ||
38 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-SPCA505"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_SPCA505</constant></link>, | ||
39 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-SPCA508"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_SPCA508</constant></link>, | ||
40 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-SPCA561"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_SPCA561</constant></link>, | ||
41 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-SQ905C"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_SQ905C</constant></link>, | ||
42 | <constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_SRGGB8</constant>, | ||
43 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-UYVY"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_UYVY</constant></link>, | ||
44 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-YUV420"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV420</constant></link>, | ||
45 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-YUYV"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUYV</constant></link>, | ||
46 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-YVU420"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_YVU420</constant></link>, | ||
47 | and <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-YVYU"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_YVYU</constant></link>. | ||
48 | </para> | ||
49 | <para>Later on libv4lconvert was expanded to also be able to do | ||
50 | various video processing functions to improve webcam video quality. | ||
51 | The video processing is split in to 2 parts: libv4lconvert/control and | ||
52 | libv4lconvert/processing.</para> | ||
53 | |||
54 | <para>The control part is used to offer video controls which can | ||
55 | be used to control the video processing functions made available by | ||
56 | libv4lconvert/processing. These controls are stored application wide | ||
57 | (until reboot) by using a persistent shared memory object.</para> | ||
58 | |||
59 | <para>libv4lconvert/processing offers the actual video | ||
60 | processing functionality.</para> | ||
61 | </section> | ||
62 | <section> | ||
63 | <title>libv4l1</title> | ||
64 | <para>This library offers functions that can be used to quickly | ||
65 | make v4l1 applications work with v4l2 devices. These functions work exactly | ||
66 | like the normal open/close/etc, except that libv4l1 does full emulation of | ||
67 | the v4l1 api on top of v4l2 drivers, in case of v4l1 drivers it | ||
68 | will just pass calls through.</para> | ||
69 | <para>Since those functions are emulations of the old V4L1 API, | ||
70 | it shouldn't be used for new applications.</para> | ||
71 | </section> | ||
72 | <section> | ||
73 | <title>libv4l2</title> | ||
74 | <para>This library should be used for all modern V4L2 | ||
75 | applications.</para> | ||
76 | <para>It provides handles to call V4L2 open/ioctl/close/poll | ||
77 | methods. Instead of just providing the raw output of the device, it enhances | ||
78 | the calls in the sense that it will use libv4lconvert to provide more video | ||
79 | formats and to enhance the image quality.</para> | ||
80 | <para>In most cases, libv4l2 just passes the calls directly | ||
81 | through to the v4l2 driver, intercepting the calls to | ||
82 | <link linkend='vidioc-g-fmt'><constant>VIDIOC_TRY_FMT</constant></link>, | ||
83 | <link linkend='vidioc-g-fmt'><constant>VIDIOC_G_FMT</constant></link> | ||
84 | <link linkend='vidioc-g-fmt'><constant>VIDIOC_S_FMT</constant></link> | ||
85 | <link linkend='vidioc-enum-framesizes'><constant>VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMESIZES</constant></link> | ||
86 | and <link linkend='vidioc-enum-frameintervals'><constant>VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMEINTERVALS</constant></link> | ||
87 | in order to emulate the formats | ||
88 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-BGR24"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_BGR24</constant></link>, | ||
89 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-RGB24"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB24</constant></link>, | ||
90 | <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-YUV420"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV420</constant></link>, | ||
91 | and <link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-YVU420"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_YVU420</constant></link>, | ||
92 | if they aren't available in the driver. | ||
93 | <link linkend='vidioc-enum-fmt'><constant>VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT</constant></link> | ||
94 | keeps enumerating the hardware supported formats, plus the emulated formats | ||
95 | offered by libv4l at the end. | ||
96 | </para> | ||
97 | <section id="libv4l-ops"> | ||
98 | <title>Libv4l device control functions</title> | ||
99 | <para>The common file operation methods are provided by | ||
100 | libv4l.</para> | ||
101 | <para>Those functions operate just like glibc | ||
102 | open/close/dup/ioctl/read/mmap/munmap:</para> | ||
103 | <itemizedlist><listitem> | ||
104 | <para>int v4l2_open(const char *file, int oflag, | ||
105 | ...) - | ||
106 | operates like the standard <link linkend='func-open'>open()</link> function. | ||
107 | </para></listitem><listitem> | ||
108 | <para>int v4l2_close(int fd) - | ||
109 | operates like the standard <link linkend='func-close'>close()</link> function. | ||
110 | </para></listitem><listitem> | ||
111 | <para>int v4l2_dup(int fd) - | ||
112 | operates like the standard dup() function, duplicating a file handler. | ||
113 | </para></listitem><listitem> | ||
114 | <para>int v4l2_ioctl (int fd, unsigned long int request, ...) - | ||
115 | operates like the standard <link linkend='func-ioctl'>ioctl()</link> function. | ||
116 | </para></listitem><listitem> | ||
117 | <para>int v4l2_read (int fd, void* buffer, size_t n) - | ||
118 | operates like the standard <link linkend='func-read'>read()</link> function. | ||
119 | </para></listitem><listitem> | ||
120 | <para>void v4l2_mmap(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, int64_t offset); - | ||
121 | operates like the standard <link linkend='func-mmap'>mmap()</link> function. | ||
122 | </para></listitem><listitem> | ||
123 | <para>int v4l2_munmap(void *_start, size_t length); - | ||
124 | operates like the standard <link linkend='func-munmap'>munmap()</link> function. | ||
125 | </para></listitem> | ||
126 | </itemizedlist> | ||
127 | <para>Those functions provide additional control:</para> | ||
128 | <itemizedlist><listitem> | ||
129 | <para>int v4l2_fd_open(int fd, int v4l2_flags) - | ||
130 | opens an already opened fd for further use through v4l2lib and possibly | ||
131 | modify libv4l2's default behavior through the v4l2_flags argument. | ||
132 | Currently, v4l2_flags can be <constant>V4L2_DISABLE_CONVERSION</constant>, | ||
133 | to disable format conversion. | ||
134 | </para></listitem><listitem> | ||
135 | <para>int v4l2_set_control(int fd, int cid, int value) - | ||
136 | This function takes a value of 0 - 65535, and then scales that range to | ||
137 | the actual range of the given v4l control id, and then if the cid exists | ||
138 | and is not locked sets the cid to the scaled value. | ||
139 | </para></listitem><listitem> | ||
140 | <para>int v4l2_get_control(int fd, int cid) - | ||
141 | This function returns a value of 0 - 65535, scaled to from the actual range | ||
142 | of the given v4l control id. when the cid does not exist, could not be | ||
143 | accessed for some reason, or some error occurred 0 is returned. | ||
144 | </para></listitem> | ||
145 | </itemizedlist> | ||
146 | </section> | ||
147 | </section> | ||
148 | <section> | ||
149 | |||
150 | <title>v4l1compat.so wrapper library</title> | ||
151 | |||
152 | <para>This library intercepts calls to | ||
153 | open/close/ioctl/mmap/mmunmap operations and redirects them to the libv4l | ||
154 | counterparts, by using LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/v4l1compat.so. It also | ||
155 | emulates V4L1 calls via V4L2 API.</para> | ||
156 | <para>It allows usage of binary legacy applications that | ||
157 | still don't use libv4l.</para> | ||
158 | </section> | ||
159 | |||
160 | </section> | ||
161 | <!-- | ||
162 | Local Variables: | ||
163 | mode: sgml | ||
164 | sgml-parent-document: "v4l2.sgml" | ||
165 | indent-tabs-mode: nil | ||
166 | End: | ||
167 | --> | ||