Video4Linux (V4L) driver-specific documentation¶

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Table of Contents

1. Guidelines for Video4Linux pixel format 4CCs
- 1.1. Raw bayer
2. Infrared remote control support in video4linux drivers
- 2.1. Basics
- 2.2. How it works
3. Using with lircd
4. Using without lircd
5. Tuner drivers
- 5.1. Simple tuner Programming
- 5.2. Tuner Manufacturers
6. Cards List
- 6.1. AU0828 cards list
- 6.2. BTTV cards list
- 6.3. cx23885 cards list
- 6.4. CX88 cards list
- 6.5. EM28xx cards list
- 6.6. IVTV cards list
- 6.7. SAA7134 cards list
- 6.8. SAA7164 cards list
- 6.9. TM6000 cards list
- 6.10. Tuner cards list
- 6.11. USBvision cards list
- 6.12. The gspca cards list
7. The bttv driver
- 7.1. Release notes for bttv
- 7.2. Make bttv work with your card
- 7.3. Autodetecting cards
- 7.4. Still doesn't work?
- 7.5. Modprobe options
- 7.6. If the box freezes hard with bttv
- 7.7. Bttv quirks
- 7.8. bttv and sound mini howto
  - 7.8.1. How sound works in detail
  - 7.8.2. Other elements of the tvcards array
- 7.9. Cards
- 7.10. Chips used at bttv devices
- 7.11. Specs
- 7.12. Thanks
- 7.13. Contributors
8. The cafe_ccic driver
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Load time options
9. The cpia2 driver
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Features
- 9.3. Making and installing the stv672 driver modules
10. The cx2341x driver
- 10.1. Memory at cx2341x chips
- 10.2. Missing documentation
- 10.3. The cx2341x firmware upload
  - 10.3.1. How to find
  - 10.3.2. How to load
- 10.4. How to call the firmware API
- 10.5. OSD firmware API description
- 10.6. Encoder firmware API description
- 10.7. Decoder firmware API description
- 10.8. PVR350 Video decoder registers 0x02002800 -> 0x02002B00
- 10.9. The cx231xx DMA engine
- 10.10. Non-compressed file format
  - 10.10.1. Raw format c example
- 10.11. Format of embedded V4L2_MPEG_STREAM_VBI_FMT_IVTV VBI data
11. The cx88 driver
- 11.1. Current status
- 11.2. How to add support for new cards
- 11.3. Documentation missing at the cx88 datasheet
- 11.4. Hauppauge WinTV cx88 IR information
  - 11.4.1. Additional info
12. The VPBE V4L2 driver design
- 12.1. File partitioning
- 12.2. Functional partitioning
- 12.3. Current status
- 12.4. To be done
13. The Samsung S5P/EXYNOS4 FIMC driver
- 13.1. Supported SoCs
- 13.2. Supported features
- 13.3. Not currently supported
- 13.4. Files partitioning
- 13.5. User space interfaces
- 13.6. 5. Device mapping to video and subdev device nodes
- 13.7. 7. Build
14. i.MX Video Capture Driver
- 14.1. Introduction
- 14.2. Features
- 14.3. Entities
- 14.4. imx6-mipi-csi2
- 14.5. ipuX_csiY_mux
- 14.6. ipuX_csiY
- 14.7. Cropping in ipuX_csiY
- 14.8. Frame Skipping in ipuX_csiY
- 14.9. Frame Interval Monitor in ipuX_csiY
- 14.10. ipuX_vdic
- 14.11. ipuX_ic_prp
- 14.12. ipuX_ic_prpenc
- 14.13. ipuX_ic_prpvf
- 14.14. Capture Pipelines
- 14.15. Unprocessed Video Capture:
- 14.16. IC Direct Conversions:
- 14.17. Motion Compensated De-interlace:
- 14.18. Usage Notes
- 14.19. SabreLite with OV5642 and OV5640
- 14.20. i.MX6Q SabreAuto with ADV7180 decoder
- 14.21. i.MX6DL SabreAuto with ADV7180 decoder
- 14.22. SabreSD with MIPI CSI-2 OV5640
- 14.23. Known Issues
- 14.24. File list
- 14.25. References
- 14.26. Authors
15. i.MX7 Video Capture Driver
- 15.1. Introduction
- 15.2. Entities
- 15.3. imx7-mipi-csi2
- 15.4. csi-mux
- 15.5. csi
- 15.6. Usage Notes
- 15.7. Warp7 with OV2680
- 15.8. References
16. Intel Image Processing Unit 3 (IPU3) Imaging Unit (ImgU) driver
- 16.1. Introduction
- 16.2. CIO2
  - 16.2.1. Capturing frames in raw Bayer format
- 16.3. ImgU
- 16.4. Configuring the Intel IPU3
- 16.5. Example user space code for IPU3
- 16.6. Overview of IPU3 pipeline
- 16.7. References
17. The ivtv driver
- 17.1. Features
- 17.2. Additional features for the PVR-350 (CX23415 based)
- 17.3. See also
- 17.4. IRC
- 17.5. Devices
- 17.6. Base devices
18. Maxim Integrated MAX2175 RF to bits tuner driver
- 18.1. V4L2_CID_MAX2175_I2S_ENABLE
- 18.2. V4L2_CID_MAX2175_HSLS
- 18.3. V4L2_CID_MAX2175_RX_MODE (menu)
19. Vaio Picturebook Motion Eye Camera Driver
- 19.1. Hardware supported
- 19.2. Driver options
- 19.3. Module use
- 19.4. Usage:
- 19.5. Private API
- 19.6. Bugs / Todo
20. OMAP 3 Image Signal Processor (ISP) driver
- 20.1. Introduction
- 20.2. Split to subdevs
- 20.3. Controlling the OMAP 3 ISP
- 20.4. Events
- 20.5. Private IOCTLs
- 20.6. CCDC and preview block IOCTLs
- 20.7. Statistic blocks IOCTLs
- 20.8. VIDIOC_OMAP3ISP_STAT_EN
- 20.9. VIDIOC_OMAP3ISP_AEWB_CFG, VIDIOC_OMAP3ISP_HIST_CFG and VIDIOC_OMAP3ISP_AF_CFG
- 20.10. VIDIOC_OMAP3ISP_STAT_REQ
- 20.11. Technical reference manuals (TRMs) and other documentation
- 20.12. References
21. OMAP4 ISS Driver
- 21.1. Introduction
- 21.2. Tested platforms
- 21.3. File list
- 21.4. References
22. Philips webcams (pwc driver)
23. The pvrusb2 driver
- 23.1. Background
- 23.2. Building
- 23.3. Source file list / functional overview
24. PXA-Camera Host Driver
- 24.1. Constraints
- 24.2. Global video workflow
- 24.3. DMA usage
25. Qualcomm Camera Subsystem driver
- 25.1. Introduction
- 25.2. Qualcomm Camera Subsystem hardware
- 25.3. Supported functionality
- 25.4. Driver Architecture and Design
- 25.5. Implementation
- 25.6. Documentation
- 25.7. References
26. The Radiotrack radio driver
- 26.1. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 26.2. WHY THIS DOCUMENT?
- 26.3. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
- 26.4. CONTROLLING THE CARD WITH IOPORT
- 26.5. PROGRAMMING EXAMPLES
27. Renesas R-Car Fine Display Processor (FDP1) Driver
28. The saa7134 driver
- 28.1. Status
- 28.2. Build
- 28.3. Changes / Fixes
- 28.4. Known Problems
- 28.5. Card Variations:
- 28.6. LifeView GPIOs
- 28.7. Credits
29. Cropping and Scaling algorithm, used in the sh_mobile_ceu_camera driver
- 29.1. Terminology
- 29.2. Generic scaling / cropping scheme
- 29.3. S_FMT
- 29.4. S_CROP
30. The Silicon Labs Si470x FM Radio Receivers driver
- 30.1. Information from Silicon Labs
- 30.2. Supported ICs
- 30.3. Supported USB devices
- 30.4. Software
- 30.5. Audio Listing
- 30.6. Module Parameters
- 30.7. Errors
- 30.8. Open Issues
- 30.9. Other useful information and links
31. The Silicon Labs Si4713 FM Radio Transmitter Driver
- 31.1. Information about the Device
- 31.2. Device driver description
- 31.3. Properties description
- 31.4. RNL
- 31.5. Stereo/Mono and RDS subchannels
- 31.6. Testing
32. The SI476x Driver
- 32.1. TODO for the driver
- 32.2. Parameters exposed over debugfs
33. The Soc-Camera Drivers
- 33.1. Terminology
- 33.2. Purpose of the soc-camera subsystem
- 33.3. Existing drivers
- 33.4. Camera host API
- 33.5. Camera API
- 33.6. VIDIOC_S_CROP and VIDIOC_S_FMT behaviour
- 33.7. Format conversion
34. The Linux USB Video Class (UVC) driver
- 34.1. Extension Unit (XU) support
35. The Virtual Media Controller Driver (vimc)
- 35.1. Topology
  - 35.1.1. Configuring the topology
- 35.2. Subdevices
- 35.3. Module options
- 35.4. Source code documentation
  - 35.4.1. vimc-streamer
36. The Virtual Video Test Driver (vivid)
- 36.1. Configuring the driver
- 36.2. Video Capture
- 36.3. Video Output
  - 36.3.1. S-Video Output
  - 36.3.2. HDMI Output
- 36.4. VBI Capture
- 36.5. VBI Output
- 36.6. Radio Receiver
- 36.7. Radio Transmitter
- 36.8. Software Defined Radio Receiver
- 36.9. Metadata Capture
- 36.10. Metadata Output
- 36.11. Touch Capture
- 36.12. Controls
- 36.13. Video, VBI and RDS Looping
  - 36.13.1. Video and Sliced VBI looping
  - 36.13.2. Radio & RDS Looping
- 36.14. Cropping, Composing, Scaling
- 36.15. Formats
- 36.16. Capture Overlay
- 36.17. Output Overlay
- 36.18. CEC (Consumer Electronics Control)
- 36.19. Some Future Improvements
37. Zoran 364xx based USB webcam module
- 37.1. Introduction
- 37.2. Install
- 37.3. Usage
- 37.4. links
- 37.5. Supported devices